Nothing warms the heart much more than watching my beautiful daughters grow their sisterly bond through using their imaginations to create a fantasy world. Donning their lavender and green crochet baby blankets as robes, they are princesses riding horses and solving mysteries and saving each other from unnamed danger. It’s so spiritually gratifying to have [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 26, 2008
What it’s not.
It was goodnaturedly suggested to me that my last post may have been motivated by something specific, something with a name–or, more accurately, an acronym. I just wanted to point out that of course it wasn’t that.
If it had been that *I* would have been the one who would have poured/prepared four different beverages [...]
July 24, 2008
Snarkety snark-snark.
Today is shaping up to be one of those days. One of those days in which my caffeine addiction, something I usually revel in, turns on me because I’m a bit overstimulated, underfed, and the nerves are being worked over like the concrete under a jackhammer.
I’ve been a bit snarky all week, so I decided [...]
July 21, 2008
Summer chronicals, Vol. 2: “Mommy, I got a ’skeeter bite!”
Super L is one of those poor souls who could marinate in insect repellant, and they will still feast upon her sweet little body. Conversely, Little Miss G has barely been bitten all summer. This prompts questions from LMG like, “Why did God make mosquitos have to bite?” Good question. I wish I knew because [...]
July 18, 2008
Asking for it.
I’ve never been the kind of girl who holds back and hopes that what I want will come to me. I’ve pretty much always been a go-getter. I guess my parents fostered that “you never know until you try” mentality in me.
In relationships if I was interested in someone, I’d put myself in a situation [...]
July 13, 2008
Random thoughts
1. I made John’s favorite dessert today and it just doesn’t taste right… Not the “I think I forgot an ingredient” kind of not right. More like the “something is definitely wrong” not right. I think it’s the walnuts. It bums me out because out I wanted to do something nice for him, and it [...]
July 11, 2008
Kiss the girls.
This week we’ve been going to bed late (late even for me) so it didn’t surprise me yesterday when I woke up to discover that 1. both the girls had somehow made it into bed with me without my realizing it, and 2. that John was running extremely late and had not left work work [...]
July 11, 2008
Drumroll, please.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The remodel is finished. I am tired and very pleased with the results. I’ll let the pics speak for themselves. (Click on the thumbnails for larger views)
What do you think?
July 9, 2008
Remodeling.
Over 4th of July weekend we took on a major home improvement project — the kitchen. We didn’t knock down walls or replace appliances although we are getting a dishwasher this week… my first dishwasher ever (insert the sound of angels singing here). But we did paint walls, put in new light fixtures and I, [...]
July 2, 2008
Five, going on fifteen.
Sunday we went to the zoo and our neighbor Nicole and her daughter joined us. Being relatively new to the area, she had never been there before, so we had fun showing her all of our favorite places. The only thing is that the St. Louis Zoo is so big that it is hard to [...]
