So I want to bury my drama and 'woe is us' from yesterday, but we had class tonight so I once again didn't get around to going through overdue birthday pictures -tomorrow I promise!!- and am left with having to post something tonight off the top of my head before I head to bed.
How about a Tuesday Top Ten?...
I've been enjoying my kids enjoying some good old classic things I relish from my childhood lately; they discovered The Flintstones this summer, they've spent the past year laughing along with Tom and Jerry and all things Charlie Brown and Snoopy, they both have a collection of the Mr. and Little Miss books that they love and there are a few oldie but goodie toys that are out constantly in the playroom as of late. Transformers, Lite Bright, classic games like Perfection and Trouble... I love that those great things from our childhood can still capture kids' attention.
On that note, here are my Top Ten Favorite, Most Played With, Toys From My Childhood:
1. lite bright
2. shrinky dinks
3. a big wheel
4. a bike with a banana seat
5. fisher price little people (camper set was my fave) (or parking them in their cars at the "drive-in", otherwise known as the tv when there was a show on I wanted to watch.)
6. holly hobby anything
7. ditto strawberry shortcake
8. see 'n say
9. Mr. Spell
10. roller skates
What were your favorites as a kid?
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
here we go again
So I was ready to buckle down and (finally) post Sawyer's birthday pics and party stuff tonight, and I could fake it and go ahead with that fun and cheery post, but I'm not.
I'm not up for smiles and happy birthday business when all I have is other stuff in my brain.
As of this morning and the announcements and meetings that met Ryan at work today, we are officially back in the same spot we were two and a half years ago when the job we moved for then was pulled out from under him. Not quite such the shocker this time, but a bit unnerving all the same.
Unnerving, not only in the sense of uh, what are we going to do?!?, but in the fact that I really don't want to have to move again.
I've always been the type to move easily... I like new places, I'm open to change, I find new journeys exciting and appealing. Hence the reason I've moved 14 times in six different cities (three different states) in the past 16 years. Yeah, move much?
But this time?
I want to stay. I like it here. We like it here. We have real friends, we have great schools, the kids have awesome opportunities here, we have a house we love in an incredible neighborhood, this weather -all of it- is perfect for our taste, I could go on and on. I'm not ready to let go of this yet. I want more time.
We knew this was a possibility. I think we didn't want to believe it.
I did have that frame of mind for a long time... I didn't necessarily think of this as very long term. Ever since we moved here, every time we would pick a paint color or would fix something up or do some new decorating, I would honestly look at it as what would potential home buyers think of this?... would this be something appealing on the market?... is this good for when we'll have to sell the house?...
I think this kitchen redo we did this summer was the very first time I've looked at a change or an improvement in our house as something we did for us. Something just for us. Something improving our house for our own enjoyment, who cares what anyone else would think because gosh darnit, we're going to live here and enjoy it.
It's only that recently that I stopped looking at my house through the eyes of a realtor or the possibility of having to sell our house soon, and was just able to see it as ours indefinitely.
Joke's on me.
That's not to say we're moving for sure.
We'll be done with this job, that's the only for sure.
Basically, we don't have a clue what's next. Decisions and announcements have been made, but there's a lot still up in the air. How long do we have, what roads do we take?
It's a bit overwhelming.
So much so that I just want to bury my head and ignore it all and just listen to the "we're going to stay here, we're going to stay here" looping over and over with fingers crossed in my head.
Prayers please.
I'm not up for smiles and happy birthday business when all I have is other stuff in my brain.
As of this morning and the announcements and meetings that met Ryan at work today, we are officially back in the same spot we were two and a half years ago when the job we moved for then was pulled out from under him. Not quite such the shocker this time, but a bit unnerving all the same.
Unnerving, not only in the sense of uh, what are we going to do?!?, but in the fact that I really don't want to have to move again.
I've always been the type to move easily... I like new places, I'm open to change, I find new journeys exciting and appealing. Hence the reason I've moved 14 times in six different cities (three different states) in the past 16 years. Yeah, move much?
But this time?
I want to stay. I like it here. We like it here. We have real friends, we have great schools, the kids have awesome opportunities here, we have a house we love in an incredible neighborhood, this weather -all of it- is perfect for our taste, I could go on and on. I'm not ready to let go of this yet. I want more time.
We knew this was a possibility. I think we didn't want to believe it.
I did have that frame of mind for a long time... I didn't necessarily think of this as very long term. Ever since we moved here, every time we would pick a paint color or would fix something up or do some new decorating, I would honestly look at it as what would potential home buyers think of this?... would this be something appealing on the market?... is this good for when we'll have to sell the house?...
I think this kitchen redo we did this summer was the very first time I've looked at a change or an improvement in our house as something we did for us. Something just for us. Something improving our house for our own enjoyment, who cares what anyone else would think because gosh darnit, we're going to live here and enjoy it.
It's only that recently that I stopped looking at my house through the eyes of a realtor or the possibility of having to sell our house soon, and was just able to see it as ours indefinitely.
Joke's on me.
That's not to say we're moving for sure.
We'll be done with this job, that's the only for sure.
Basically, we don't have a clue what's next. Decisions and announcements have been made, but there's a lot still up in the air. How long do we have, what roads do we take?
It's a bit overwhelming.
So much so that I just want to bury my head and ignore it all and just listen to the "we're going to stay here, we're going to stay here" looping over and over with fingers crossed in my head.
Prayers please.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
three on the other side
Sunday's back-up topic is Survey Sunday and I loved reading Kim's husband's answers to the THREE questions from the other day, I went ahead and surveyed Ryan for fun:
THREE NAMES I GO BY
1. My Ryan
2. Daddy
3. Colonel
THREE JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE
1. Scientist
2. Shift Leader @ Chik-fil-A
3. College Pro Painter
THREE PLACES I HAVE LIVED
1. Oregon
2. Michigan
3. Missouri
THREE TV SHOWS THAT I WATCH
1. Curb Your Enthusiasm
2. Saved By the Bell (reruns)
3. LOST
THREE PLACES I HAVE BEEN
1. the strait of Juan de Fuca
2. the 45th parallel
3. next to the world's largest sitka spruce tree
THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO
1. to the world's second largest sitka spruce
2. New Zealand
3. Nepal
THREE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS
1. steak
2. aerosol cheese
3. dungeness crab
THREE THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
1. retirement
2. a Duck's national championship
3. Christmas
THREE ANIMALS WHO I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS WITH
1. Argon
2. Oz
3. Niko
THREE THINGS I AM REALLY SCARED OF
1. ticks
2. wooden spoons
3. peach fuzz
THREE FAVORITE BOOKS
1. Ten Hungry Monsters
2. can we count
3. magazines??
THREE FAVORITE BANDS/SINGERS
1. Beastie Boys
2. Keith Green
3. Bebo Norman
THREE FAVORITE MOVIES
1. The Big Lebowski
2. Best in Show
3. The Matrix
THREE FAVORITE DRINKS
1. Dr Pepper
2. Bridgeport IPA
3. Captain Morgan
THREE THINGS I FIND MOST ATTRACTIVE IN A GIRL
1. Logic
2. Sports Fan
3. her Clavicles
THREE THINGS I COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT
1. My family
2. tv
3. Chick-fil-A
THREE NAMES I GO BY
1. My Ryan
2. Daddy
3. Colonel
THREE JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE
1. Scientist
2. Shift Leader @ Chik-fil-A
3. College Pro Painter
THREE PLACES I HAVE LIVED
1. Oregon
2. Michigan
3. Missouri
THREE TV SHOWS THAT I WATCH
1. Curb Your Enthusiasm
2. Saved By the Bell (reruns)
3. LOST
THREE PLACES I HAVE BEEN
1. the strait of Juan de Fuca
2. the 45th parallel
3. next to the world's largest sitka spruce tree
THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO
1. to the world's second largest sitka spruce
2. New Zealand
3. Nepal
THREE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS
1. steak
2. aerosol cheese
3. dungeness crab
THREE THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
1. retirement
2. a Duck's national championship
3. Christmas
THREE ANIMALS WHO I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS WITH
1. Argon
2. Oz
3. Niko
THREE THINGS I AM REALLY SCARED OF
1. ticks
2. wooden spoons
3. peach fuzz
THREE FAVORITE BOOKS
1. Ten Hungry Monsters
2. can we count
3. magazines??
THREE FAVORITE BANDS/SINGERS
1. Beastie Boys
2. Keith Green
3. Bebo Norman
THREE FAVORITE MOVIES
1. The Big Lebowski
2. Best in Show
3. The Matrix
THREE FAVORITE DRINKS
1. Dr Pepper
2. Bridgeport IPA
3. Captain Morgan
THREE THINGS I FIND MOST ATTRACTIVE IN A GIRL
1. Logic
2. Sports Fan
3. her Clavicles
THREE THINGS I COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT
1. My family
2. tv
3. Chick-fil-A
Saturday, November 7, 2009
saturday social
I was going to compile a list of new blogs I've found lately, but as most of them are either about foster care or adoption, I wasn't sure how relevant and interesting that would be for everyone who comes by here. So here are a few more all around interesting things to check out tonight instead...
Found this on facebook... and it is really cool!
groupon.com
Check it out and see if your city (or a city you'll be visiting) is part of their offers.
And are these not the cutest things?...
My Family from WiddlyTinks.com
My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com
Found this on facebook... and it is really cool!
groupon.com
Check it out and see if your city (or a city you'll be visiting) is part of their offers.
And are these not the cutest things?...
My Family from WiddlyTinks.com
My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com
Make your own family or countdown or ticker or lots more fun at WiddlyTinks.com.
Also love this idea:
Secret Notebooks
and these points about slowing down:
Improve Your Marriage and Life by Eating Slower
and I've become addicted to not only this blog, but their $50 Fridays. Whole outfit ideas for under $50?! Love it!!
Secret Notebooks
and these points about slowing down:
Improve Your Marriage and Life by Eating Slower
and I've become addicted to not only this blog, but their $50 Fridays. Whole outfit ideas for under $50?! Love it!!
Friday, November 6, 2009
three
THREE NAMES I GO BY
1. Heather
2. Mommy
3. Heather
THREE JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE
1. nanny
2. teacher
3. @ Great Harvest Bread Co.
THREE PLACES I HAVE LIVED
1. Oregon
2. Michigan
3. Missouri
THREE TV SHOWS THAT I WATCH
1. How I Met Your Mother
2. The Office
3. The Middle
THREE PLACES I HAVE BEEN
1. Up and down the West Coast
2. New York City, NY
3. San Juan Islands
THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO
1. Australia
2. More of Canada
3. Sanibel Island
THREE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS
1. Cereal
2. Raspberries
3. Steak
THREE THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
1. Sleeping in tomorrow
2. Going back to Portland
3. Christmas
THREE ANIMALS WHO I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS WITH
1. Jimmy
2. Zoey
3. Niko
THREE THINGS I AM REALLY SCARED OF
1. Being alone in the dark
2. Touching things underwater that I can't see
3. Losing my husband or my kids
THREE FAVORITE BOOKS
1. Anything by Max Lucado
2. I Know This Much is True
3. The Pilots Wife
THREE FAVORITE BANDS/SINGERS
1. Bebo Norman
2. Neil Diamond
3. Counting Crows
THREE FAVORITE MOVIES
1. The Story of Us
2. When a Man Loves a Woman
3. The Princess Bride
THREE FAVORITE DRINKS
1. Water
2. Milk
3. Captain Morgan and Diet Coke
THREE THINGS I FIND MOST ATTRACTIVE IN A GUY
1. Quick wit
2. Confidence
3. Nice hands
THREE THINGS I COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT
1. My family
2. My camera
3. The internet
1. Heather
2. Mommy
3. Heather
THREE JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE
1. nanny
2. teacher
3. @ Great Harvest Bread Co.
THREE PLACES I HAVE LIVED
1. Oregon
2. Michigan
3. Missouri
THREE TV SHOWS THAT I WATCH
1. How I Met Your Mother
2. The Office
3. The Middle
THREE PLACES I HAVE BEEN
1. Up and down the West Coast
2. New York City, NY
3. San Juan Islands
THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO
1. Australia
2. More of Canada
3. Sanibel Island
THREE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS
1. Cereal
2. Raspberries
3. Steak
THREE THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
1. Sleeping in tomorrow
2. Going back to Portland
3. Christmas
THREE ANIMALS WHO I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS WITH
1. Jimmy
2. Zoey
3. Niko
THREE THINGS I AM REALLY SCARED OF
1. Being alone in the dark
2. Touching things underwater that I can't see
3. Losing my husband or my kids
THREE FAVORITE BOOKS
1. Anything by Max Lucado
2. I Know This Much is True
3. The Pilots Wife
THREE FAVORITE BANDS/SINGERS
1. Bebo Norman
2. Neil Diamond
3. Counting Crows
THREE FAVORITE MOVIES
1. The Story of Us
2. When a Man Loves a Woman
3. The Princess Bride
THREE FAVORITE DRINKS
1. Water
2. Milk
3. Captain Morgan and Diet Coke
THREE THINGS I FIND MOST ATTRACTIVE IN A GUY
1. Quick wit
2. Confidence
3. Nice hands
THREE THINGS I COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT
1. My family
2. My camera
3. The internet
Thursday, November 5, 2009
take me away
When's the last time you ran got away?
I'm boycotting going thru my pictures again. So let's talk about trips.
When's the last time you got away... either on your own, with the girls or with your husband? Where did you go, what did you do, did it rejuvenate you?
I'm hoping for a little of that this weekend.
I'll report back after.
Speaking of away- did you see the John Krasinski movie, Away We Go? We watched it last week and I loved it! We laughed, I actually cried... and "Strollers?! I love my babies... why would I want to PUSH them away from me?" HA!
I'm boycotting going thru my pictures again. So let's talk about trips.
When's the last time you got away... either on your own, with the girls or with your husband? Where did you go, what did you do, did it rejuvenate you?
I'm hoping for a little of that this weekend.
I'll report back after.
Speaking of away- did you see the John Krasinski movie, Away We Go? We watched it last week and I loved it! We laughed, I actually cried... and "Strollers?! I love my babies... why would I want to PUSH them away from me?" HA!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
hmmm...
I have a couple of posts half written up, but am too tired to edit pictures to go with them. I'll get my poor boy's birthday post up at some point soon.
I'm trying to come up with a "Wednesday Works" something to talk about, but the only things I can think of also involve taking pictures. Pftttt.
I feel like today is Friday... The kids don't have school the rest of the week and I went tonight to Ryan's soccer game with him, which sadly feels like a date. I'm going to be struggling in the morning with the fact that it's only Thursday and I still have to get up and get dressed and be ready for the baby bright and early in the morning.
Um, I don't really have anything else interesting running through my head right now. I'm hungry. And tired.
And a pathetic blogger, apparently.
Goodnight.
I'm trying to come up with a "Wednesday Works" something to talk about, but the only things I can think of also involve taking pictures. Pftttt.
I feel like today is Friday... The kids don't have school the rest of the week and I went tonight to Ryan's soccer game with him, which sadly feels like a date. I'm going to be struggling in the morning with the fact that it's only Thursday and I still have to get up and get dressed and be ready for the baby bright and early in the morning.
Um, I don't really have anything else interesting running through my head right now. I'm hungry. And tired.
And a pathetic blogger, apparently.
Goodnight.
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