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November 28, 2005

40 of something. . .suggestions needed

For my aunt and uncle's anniversary one of my cousins is arranging for them to receive 40 "somethings" for 40 days before their anniversary. Everyone in the family has claimed a day and I need ideas. Things like 40 hersey kisses, 40 roses, 40 bottles of wine, etc are being sent to them without explanation and they also won't know who its from.
I would love to send something that is indicative of TN (they are in WA) or even Chattanooga, but it needs to be cheap.
Any suggestions would be great!

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November 22, 2005

a blast from the past

When I came back from visiting my Mom the last time I brought with me 2 containers full of childhood stuff. There are 6 more waiting for me, but I decided to start small.
They contain all kinds of papers from elementary school and I ran across a story that I had to post, mostly because it was so bizarre. I had to be in first or second grade.
(punctuation and spelling are authentic)
"I have a little boy he is sick said dad. I looked yp (up) witch craft and ate pills that is how I am a witch and that is how my boy got better. The End

WHAT, how weird was I. There are other stories too, about cars getting married and about unicorns, but that was by far the strangest.
I also came across a picture from my brief and not so glorious softball days and I'm posting it to provide a good laugh.

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silly girl

The other day I asked Lizzie if she was going to be a Mommy when she grew up and she said, "Yes, and Julia can be a Daddy."

Yesterday in Sunday school she colored a picture of "Dodam and Eve" and this morning when she saw it she told me, "not supposed to eat the applesauce from the tree."

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November 14, 2005

Weight, Birthday, Batman and other such things

First and formost Julia got weighed at the doctor today and weighs 14 POUNDS!!! I am so excited, we are going to hit 15 pounds before she's one! :)
The doctor was thrilled and is not being so strict about our weigh ins, we don't have to go back for 2 weeks. Thank goodness. I feel like the more food she eats it can only get better.
My 29th birthday was Saturday. Friday night my girl friends took me out to Back Inn Cafe and it was so delicious. I ended one of the best meals I have ever had with a creme brulee martini, fun was had by all. Through the week I had no idea what I wanted for my birthday and mostly kept thinking of practical things and I so desperately wanted something fun I even joked with Andy that I wanted a bike, and he said "then we'll get you a bike". No I meant one of those strawberry shortcake bikes with a big banana seat. I wanted the excitement of a childhood birthday. And after Friday night and spending the day Saturday with my family, I was reminded that now the important moments in my life are made up of great relationships and not acquiring great things. Overall, I'd have to say it was a very good weekend. I did get a fun new bag that I'm excited about and am so thankful that Andy replaced our digital camera. It just hasn't been working the same since I dropped it into a kiddie pool. hmmmm
Andy and I had big plans for dinner on Saturday night, but as the day wore on they got changed to just going out for coffee and then we finally cancelled our sitter (thanks anyway Amy) and he went out and rented Batman Begins. I thought it was a pretty good movie. I wish that I had more of an appreciation for the way comics are written, because then I don't think I'd be as critical of the way the movie is written. I don't appreciate the dialog. I think this ruined my experience with Spiderman as well. (any insight Gosey)
Right now I'm designing a poster for New City for the Christmas Concert and it is actually falling together fairly quickly. It can be nerve racking to design for another artist because they know when its really good or not. I was wondering the other night if I really was a designer deep down or if it was just a career that I fell into and it just worked out well. And last night I found myself looking online at some newly released fonts and appreciating the line, space, and overall beauty and I also remembered how excited I get when I see the wall of paint swatches at Lowes. . . .um yeah, I think there must be some designer in me.

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November 8, 2005

a conversation with Lizzie

Yesterday she came up to me and said,
"Let me tell you about Jesus." then she went and got her bible and came back and started to tell me that God made everything and then there was Jesus.
We have a book about Christmas that we used to read to her all the time and it ends with saying that "we give gifts at Christmas time to show our love and to say Happy Birthday baby Jesus".
So we talked about Mary and baby Jesus and I asked her,
"Why do we give gifts at Christmas time?"
She thought for a minute and then said,
"Because I ate all my supper?"

Umm, not exactly. I guess we'll be reading that book a little bit more in the coming weeks.

Julia has also been chatting it up lately and said "da, da" last night, it was so great!
They grow so fast.

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November 7, 2005

a lesson in safety

Over the weekend Andy and I were playing with the girls in their room and we were chatting it up with Lizzie. She seems to be maturing daily- conversationally at least. We were practicing names and it dawned on me that she should know both her parents full names and we hadn't really worked on last names with her much. Of course she had heard me say "Lizzie Ross" mostly to get her attention when she was doing something wrong, but I don't think she could tell someone her last name if asked directly. Not yet anyway. We'll be working on this during the week. She needs to know in case she is ever lost and needs to tell someone her own name as well as ours. Now, obviously at a little over two, we hope she doesn't ever get into that situation and she does not go out of our sight in public but I would rather her be equipped. Then comes the question of when you talk to them about only trusting friends of ours and not going with people they don't know. She is so young, but last week at The Creative Discovery museum she was climbing in the play area and was out of my sight. She was up there with 2 of her friends and their mom was watching as well but there were a few exits and we did not have them all covered. Obviously I think at this young age I am 100% responsible for her and I do not expect her to fend for herself or have to protect herself. But as I looked for her on that play gym I was wondering if it was time to tell her that she is only to leave or go anywhere with me or Mrs. Amy. I could probably tell her that without being too scary or negative about it and I think she'd get it. These are more things mothers don't want to think about but I would rather be aggressive with my teaching and not unprepared.
Maybe I just watch too much Law and Order.

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