Apr 14, 2010 | Uncategorized, What's going on |
Today was a very successful day in the grand scheme of errands. The girls of the family,along with Debbie, first went to Joanns. Oh,how I have missed that craft store. I hadn’t been in so long I think I was suffering from withdrawal. I always go in with a purpose but by the time I make it to the first aisle, I’m all “but look at that!! I could make such a great______{fill in the blank}! And its on sale too!!” I think I’ve inherited the “I don’t need it but since it’s on sale I really should buy it” genes from my aunt. I’m proud to report that I didn’t buy anything I didn’t NEED. I picked up a purple scrapbook for Hannah’s birthday party on Saturday and a cool 3-D sticker to put on the front. That’s all. But don’t think I wasn’t tempted to buy just about everything else in the store.
At Walmart I bought this cute dress in dark blue. I’ll have to wear a shirt underneath because they didn’t have my size{unless I can sew it enough}but I just love it anyway. Summer dresses make me so happy! I also bought{gee,wasn’t I Miss Spendy}headbands to decorate for the childrens hospital. I glued pretty flowers to a couple baby hats, but some of the little girls that are too big for the hats need a little pampering too!
I just got back from a cross-country walk with Katie. In no way was I going to let this beautiful day go by without being outside…even if I do feel sick! Oh allergies, do you have to make an appearance every year?
Last but certain not lest, today’s BIG news is that our friend Stephanie had her baby girl last night! I have never before in my life been glad a baby is overdue, but in this case those extra 13 days gave me more time to knit her little baby sweater. I’m not done with it yet, but the end is {almost}in sight. I can’t wait to meet her and COVER her with kisses!
Apr 2, 2010 | Uncategorized, What's going on |
Look who decided to make an appearance today!!
Its the sun! And fluffy white clouds!! And blue sky!!!
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After a morning of volunteering at the hospital which included an hour long wild-goose chase to find the school teacher and holding one of my favorite baby boys, I went with Mom,Elizabeth and Grandma to visit one of Grandma’s best friends/my piano teacher in another hospital. She was “SO HAPPY!!” to see us. “Those flowers you gave me are SO BEAUTIFUL! That was SO NICE of you! I don’t even KNOW what I’ve looked like the last week because there aren’t ANY mirrors in the bathroom!” Grandma told her it was probably better off that she didn’t know what she looked like, but Mrs D was already pulling a little mirror. “AAAGGGHHH!!!!” *slams mirror down* “Do I look like METHUSELAH?!?!” She is such a dear lady.
We then hopped over to a couple of our favorite stores to find cute Easter clothes. We don’t go all out with new Easter outfits but its fun to have something pretty and new even if its just a necklace. We brought a couple things for Elizabeth but she didn’t try them on yet so she’ll have to put on a fashion show for us tomorrow. We’re still searching for Mom but since we have all of two whole days before Easter, I’m sure we’ll find something. I bought a purple shirt the other day that I’m going to cut{gasp!}and redo. Hopefully. I have my doubts about how beautiful it will be at the end!
Care for a hat or three?
What you can’t see in this picture is the lady walking towards us just behind Elizabeth. Just as I do not make a picture-taking spectacle of myself at church, I do not do so in stores. {I prefer to ignore the fact that it was my idea to take pictures in the store in the first place. } The presence of this lady would explain the absence of Elizabeth’s polka-dot boots from the picture. I may or may not have walked away to hid once she came completely into view while Elizabeth still stood there. That highly classified information will not be revealed. Elizabeth, however, couldn’t have cared less and would have been perfectly fine walking around the store in this outfit.
When Aaron and I were playing the seasons first game of catch before supper, I had a wonderful revelation: I wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought I was going to be! Granted, the Red Sox might not hire me but we’ve only just started April. By mid-May they’ll be knocking on my door.
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We now go back into the archives of my life to the time I was about 12 or 13.Katie happened to be sleeping over the weekend of April Fools Day and we spent the night before whispering plans to eachother beneath the covers. I have never heard or seen anyone perform at the level we performed the next day. We started off by switching Mom’s coffee with Coke. Not overly brilliant but we were just warming up. It would have been better if we had warmed the Coke up since her coffee was warm before the switch, but live and learn. We then got the bag of peanuts in the shell out of the closet and proceeded to carefully crack them open to we’d end up with only the top and bottom,not a bunch of small pieces. We found tiny rocks that weighted roughly the small amount as the peanuts{not being scientist we didn’t use a scale},replaced each peanut with a rock and glued the shell back together. We got everybody with that one. They all thought we were being extremely generous but oh,no. I’m surprised no one caught on to our giggling when we offered the peanuts. I’m pleased to report that no one actually ate any peanuts rocks; we made sure to stop them before anything went in their mouth! We were so proud of ourselves that day. We still talk about it every April Fools Day. If we weren’t already best friends before, that day would have cinched the deal.
Mar 25, 2010 | Uncategorized, What's going on |
As Zachary and Molly’s honorary babysitter, I had the privilege today of driving their new car. See Exhibit A.
Exhibit A-only in light blue
The batteries on my camera were dead otherwise I would have taken a picture of the dashboard. I’ll be sure to take a picture on Friday. There is alot happening on that dashboard. I think the only thing it doesn’t do is make hot chocolate. The way technology is progressing, in about 10 years it probably will! The car should come with a handbook entitled “Modern Marvels of the World, subtitled Is All this Really Necessary?”. I couldn’t get myself to use the screen near the steering wheel that showed what was behind me when I reversed because that just seemed so wrong. In all my years of driving{all 4 1/2 of them}I’ve looked behind me when backing up. Since when do we look in the opposite direction we’re driving? I just don’t understand. “But officer, surely the little screen is better then what two real eyes could possibly see!” 🙂
Besides all that, it’s a very cute little car* and I felt OH, SO HIP driving it. It’s a far cry from the minivans I’ve be shuttling those kiddos around in!
* According to Aaron “car’s aren’t cute.”. I usually agree but that was the first thought I had when I saw it this morning. Its a free country{for now} so I say a car can be cute. What do you think?
Mar 13, 2010 | Uncategorized, What's going on |
At 7:02 last night I was bumped off my WOTH pedestal by the return of the much loved and REAL woman of the house: Mom and Elizabeth came home early! Elizabeth wasn’t feeling well so they thought it would be best to leave.
Not everything on my list was done, but it wasn’t bad either!
To make the cleaning more enjoyable, I listened to episodes 1-4 of the BigBoo Cast. It was a highly entertaining wealth of somewhat useless but not the less interesting facts and stories. I can never listen to it when my family is home, so I took the golden opportunity and ran with it. If Mom hadn’t come home early, I was on the path to cleaning and listening all the way through Episode 16. Cleaning out the bathroom closet lifted such a weight off my back. I had a trash bag and I knew how to use it. 😉
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I have been to many debate/speech tournaments in my day. The top three reasons they are not my favorite place in the world are as follows: too much stress, way too much arguing, and lastly but not least, not enough food{speech tournaments are good though}. I am also guaranteed to have some sort of emotional breakdown if my brother{s} don’t make it out of the first rounds. Its not because I’m a sore loser, but because I always feel so bad for them if they don’t win. I think I even feel worse then they do. The 20 minutes the director spends announcing who “broke” to the next round is like public torture for me. All that is to round-aboutly say that for the first time in my life I wish I was there for the “broke announcements” because my brother, my little brother Aaron, made it to regionals! I am proud. So very, very proud. If only I had been there. And if only I was feeling well enough to be there right now as he receives an award{an award for what we have yet to find out}.
Instead, I’m at home…where the food is.
ps. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s much more fun to “be the mom” when the twins are here, then be the “wife” with no children around!
Mar 12, 2010 | Uncategorized, What's going on |
My second day as reigning queen woman of the house was spent 98% of the time outside of the house. I was volunteering at the hospital all morning, then spent about 10 minutes at home before leaving to babysit Molly and Zachary. Molly and I tried to make “Thumb print cookies” but something must have gone wrong in the thumb print area because all the jelly we used to fill the centers poured over the edges of the cookies. They’ve since been more aptly renamed “elephant footstep cookies”. Were there pictures of the cookies, they would not be deemed family friendly and would, therefore, make no appearance here.
Out of the kindness of her heart, Grandma took Dad and I out to eat for supper. I had planned on making something with shrimp and spaghetti, but being gone 9 consecutive hours is hardly conducive to preparing a fancy meal so I was more than happy to have someone do the cooking for me. {According to Dad: “Mom thinks the shrimp has been frozen so long that it’s not good anymore, but I think its probably fine. We’ll find out if it’s not.“} Nothing could possibly make up for the range of emotions I the matchmaker felt upon realizing that our waiter would be so perfect for Autumn! Regardless of the fact we don’t know him from anything, they would just be so cute together! Cute is all that matters, right? My hopes were dashed however when he mentioned his fiance. Oh well, hope springs eternal in another restaurant. I left a note for him on the table the said “Enjoy your wedding! :)”. Just think, he might have that note taped to his refrigerator for all 52 years of his marriage!
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On the agenda for tomorrow:
I really hope I get something worthwhile done! I guess the feeling of ‘so much to do, so little time’ is a WOTH side effect!
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I really must go now. I’m simultaneously writing this, chatting with Elizabeth on gmail{she thinks I’m no fun since I never chat, so I’m out to prove her wrong}, watching The Office, and telling myself my ETA to bed was half an hour ago.
If, as Michael Scott said, “that was sort of clearish” at all.
Mar 10, 2010 | Uncategorized, What's going on |
The crocuses are blooming, the sun is shining, and the initiation of The Cross Country Walk with Katie has been completed. All it involves is talking to each other on the phone as we walk around our respective neighborhoods, but it makes exercising so much more enjoyable. I highly recommend doing the same with your own personal version of Katie.
Today also marks the beginning of my four-day reign as the woman of the house. Mom and the twins headed to a speech/debate tournament leaving Dad and I here to hold down the fort. They have to be there so early every morning and will leave so late at night we won’t see them. What do any respectable people do in the absence of their mother and/or wife?? Have a party, of course!!
We’re thinking of having an ice cream/hotdog/Frenchs fried onions/whatever-else-we-can-find eating party while watching Dr. Phil and Oprah. It’s possible we’ll watch movies til all hours of the night. We may throw in a little sliding down banisters and karaoke just for good measure.
It’s going to be real exciting around here.
We do have backup plans in case we get bored: school and work{like the responsible people we are}, cleaning bathroom closets certain unmentionable parts of the house as a surprise for Mom, sewing, and filling out the FAFSA form{can’t I possible just get its benefits without doing all the paperwork??}.
I told you the excitement never ends.
The first meal I make as Queen around here WOTH{woman of the house}involves chicken, cream of mushroom soup, and sour cream. OH, and French’s fried onions. Can’t forget those! 🙂
