orange cream pie with dark chocolate shavings, chocolate covered strawberries, and double delight peanutbutter cookies (the winner of the 2008 Pillsbury Bake-off). so good!
stating the obvious April 23, 2008
thank goodness we have the media to tell us this astonishing pice of news.
oddly enough, steve asked me last night if i would rather…
1-take a year off my life but be able to eat ANYTHING i wanted for the rest of my life or
2-add a year to my life but not eat what i want in the meantime.
hmmmm….
green beans!!! April 22, 2008
paige is learning to feed herself. as you can see from the photo, it’s going very well!
shoe fetish April 18, 2008
like many people, i have a shoe fetish. my husband has observed that most of my shoes look the same: dark colors, maryjane style. when i see women wearing those pointy-toed shoes i think, “i could look like a grown-up if i wore shoes like that”, but they look like they would squish your toes and i am all about comfort.
in my search for old skool, low-rise vans this week, i happened upon these:
yup, they fit my criteria, and they are very similar to some shoes i wore EVERYDAY in college. i broke down and got these instead of the vans, since i couldn’t find them anywhere. plus they were on sale…so, i HAD to! and just to make myself feel better, i went through all my shoes when i got home and i am got rid of several pairs (8, to be exact)!
i suck: convicted by my daughter April 18, 2008
this morning i was a total jerk to my daughter. i was tired, it was early and i am NOT a morning person. she is very sensitive to vocal tones and words and it hurt her feelings alot. after apologizing and trying to reconcile with her she sat at the kitchen table and drew this:
it is supposed to be me and her, sad at eachother. when she showed it to me, i cried. i apologized some more, hugged her and loved on her and then she turned the paper over and drew this:
it is us, happy with eachother (there are a few of her because she couldn’t get the eyebrows the way she wanted them) and she put it up on the fridge.
i am amazed at her sensitivity and the fact that she expressed her emotions by drawing them. i have no idea if this is common for kids her age, but i love it. wouldn’t it be awesome if we could use this tool in conflict-resolution with adults?
a deadly win! April 17, 2008
last saturday my team, the Pretty Deadly’s (YEAHHHHH!!!!) beat the Toothless Annie’s (BOOOO!!!!).
it was a very exciting win because that is the first Deadly win of the season, with more to come, i hope. although my husband was there, he didn’t get pics of me so i have none to post, but i had fun knocking a few people down, getting time-outs in the penalty box (twice, still not sure WHY), and taking some hits.
the first derby bout i saw seemed very confusing and almost simplistic at the same time. basically, i thought it was a bunch of crazy women skating around a circle in mass chaos with one star player (the jammer). the more i play the more i realize the intricacies of the game. it’s sort of like field hockey- it has tons of rules and strategies and requires a whole lot of different skills that the general public is clueless to. i think the hardest part for me right now is trying to play offense and defense at the same time, looking behind me as i am roller skating and trying to either knock an opposing player down or push my jammer forward, without being knocked down, tangled up in someone’s skates or losing balance while doing all four!
spring for a day April 16, 2008
here in the land of never-ending winter, where the white witch of narnia is still presiding over her ice-kingdom, we had 2 glorious days of warmth and sunshine. paige loved playing outside and discovering a whole new world called, ”the yard”. it is odd to think that she has never really played outside yet. it really was cruel to have those 2 days now that the weather has turned cold and cloudy again. i think if i had the choice to move back to california right now, i might do it!
project complete April 14, 2008
while my mom was here this past week she helped me rescue this cute little cabinet from my basement. we hauled it up, sanded it, painted it and it’s now happily installed as my microwave stand. i LOVE the colors. thanks mom!
a week with gramsie April 14, 2008
after having my mom here for a week i am not sure what i am going to do without all her help. she watched the kids, weeded all my flower beds, washed the dishes everyday and kept the house clean. now i am on my own again and wondering how i am going to get it all done.
crayola heart colors April 12, 2008
every morning (well, ALMOST every morning), addie and i say her bible verses together. after she says the one about God looking at the heart i always ask her what He sees in her heart. today she said he sees white, because i (addie) am happy. but when i am sad he sees black and when i am angry he sees blue.
after being overwhelmed with the cuteness and incredibly brilliant creativity of my daughter i began wondering about what she said. what if emotions came in colors and colors were forms of communication? or what if God sees the varying degrees of our hearts through colors and colors were a way to worship him? and what if we could swallow colors we see and let it change how we feel and think?
i used to wonder what the color of a sunset would taste like but maybe it tastes like salsa or decadent chocolate cake so i already know how it tastes and i don’t even realize it?
obviously, i am getting delirious (or hungry) with all this nonsensical talk. actually, it’s late and i need to stop before i make a bigger fool of myself that i have already. but i guess at this moment i would say the color of my heart is white too.
medicine for the heart April 10, 2008
completely unknown to me, monica and steve had planned a surprise trip for monica and the kids (they were ALMOST in our neck of the woods) to come visit us for a couple of days. it was the best surprise ever! i think addie really needed some bella-time and i really needed some mo-time! here is proof:
