Hope you all have a goulishly fun Halloween this weekend!
Can you believe I wasted money buying my kids costumes when I could have just posted these pictures (edited with picnik btw) and said “voila! they were little monsters!” and you wouldn’t have even known the difference…
I think I see a future in horror movies for these two. Is there anything creepier than an angry kid with weird shiny eyes and slightly off skin tone? I think not.
Dan snapped this picture the other day of BB sitting so proudly in “mommy’s chair” – because you know the fact that it’s considered “my” chair makes it that much better!
I was looking at my 365 project the other day and noticed that we are now more than 300 days into 2010! Time has really flown by for us this year, with our little kiddos getting steadily bigger and life happening a mile a minute!
What’s the best thing that’s happened so far this year? What are you most looking forward to in the next 64 days or so?
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I have been trying on different blog styles lately but inevitably come back to this one. I am getting rather picky about certain aspects of my blog’s style and this one seems to meet the most of my strict demands. But you know how fickle I am when it comes to these things and part of me really wants something new because I’m ridiculous and get bored easily. This is the most boring thing you’ve ever read, I know…
My book club last night discussed That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo and I was thrilled to find that pretty much everybody hated or disliked the book as much as I did. Most of them were good little book club members and finished the book (unlike me and my 60 pages in or so) and we actually found ourselves with quite a bit to talk about. I think the books that nobody likes tend to equal a lot of discussion as sometimes there are only so many ways to say, “Yes, I liked it, too.”
We’re reading The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry next which looks so very good but I’m trying to wait a bit before starting it since we won’t be meeting to discuss it until December 1st. This was my second time participating in the book club and I like it a lot – I even find I’m making a few new friends which is always nice. Little by little Wisconsin is beginning to feel like home as I meet new people and settle in.
It should feel an awful lot more like home come April when we are going to close on the house finally (knock on wood). We’ve jumped over hurdle after hurdle and were having no luck whatsoever finding a subletter and I was just so tired of the whole thing and then winter was approaching when my Realtor suggested the idea of pushing the closing date until spring, forgetting about the subletter entirely. Shockingly the seller actually said okay! So unless their financial situation should change drastically, it looks like that is what we are going to do.
It’s been a long week of errands and driving and yucky cold windy weather and whiny children who don’t like napping and soooo slowly getting over this quasi-cold like thing. I’m looking forward to the weekend and finally celebrating Halloween. I’m looking forward to trick or treating with friends and taking pictures of the kids in their costumes which we are so proud of – I don’t know if I’ve officially mentioned it here but the kids are going to be Mickey and Minnie Mouse – so cute! We picked up bits and pieces from thrift stores and made a semi-home made costume for the kids. I don’t know if we ended up saving money this way but most of the pieces can be used in their regular wardrobe afterwards so at least we bought mostly functional items.
I promise to come up with something more interesting to write about soon. I haven’t been feeling very interesting lately, truth be told, just sort of doing the day to day, you know? But I thought I’d sit down and write something more journal-like for once just for shits and giggles. Looks like it’s time to go make lunch so I guess I’ll stop procrastinating and hit “publish” …
There seems to be a recent shortage in pictures of Baby Blueberry around here. I worried you might be going into withdrawals and thought I should hurry up and post some now to avoid any rioting. Sorry it’s not a new picture (truth be told, these are so last week), you may have seen them already in 365 land, but it will have to do for now.
My children have developed a habit of stealing mommy’s hat.
Which might make me mad except they actually look really cute it in it.
Like probably cuter than me.
I love this picture because it shows so many examples of “big girl” behavior.
She’s walking and drinking at the same time guys! And not only that, but she’s walking really well.
Remember when she was just rolling over? Or like just learning to cruise furniture?
Now she’s climbing furniture and seems to have more grace and coordination than, well, me.
Not that that’s saying much.
Yesterday was MM’s first soccer practice. Things I like I about soccer:
Things My Camera Is Not Good At:
But sometimes I was able to accidentally take some really cool blurry pictures that look artsy and intentional like this:
So there’s that.
I was actually feeling really cruddy and exhausted and wanting to be in bed for his first practice, so I’d say all things considered that yesterday was a smashing success. I’m looking forward to next week’s practice when we’re hopefully all in good health and possibly carrying a nice camera that doesn’t have such silly temperamental issues.
I like to tease my camera, but really I’m just spoiled by having access to a DSLR camera. I still love my Canon for it’s slim size and usually dependable picture quality. Apparently gym lighting is just not it’s forte. Now we know.
As part of the Fall Into Reading Challenge, Katrina @ Callapidder Days has decided to post a weekly question related to the challenge.
She writes, “I thought it would be a great way to keep Fall Into Reading participants connected throughout the course of the challenge.”
Here’s the question for this week:
When you read a book, do you read EVERYTHING? In other words, do you read the dedication, the acknowledgement, the foreword, the afterword, the prologue, the epilogue, the appendices, etc.? Or do you just read the “meat” of the book? Or is your approach somewhere in between?
I think how much of the “extra stuff” I read really shows how much I like the book I’m reading. A book I’m in love with, I’ll want to read it all – from the index to the “about the author” page in the back. I think you can also usually tell a lot about a book from those little details and how many of them there are. I really appreciate the efforts an author might put into those details and get a kick out of the little extras added. But if a book is just “alright” – I might not even glance at any of those extras. If the book is just awful, I might even ::gasp:: skim the book and not bother finishing at all, nevermind reading the index or dedication pages.
How about you?
Well lovies, another month has come and gone and it’s time for another What’s On Your Nightstand? post – which is a blogging carnival hosted by 5 Minutes For Books. For anyone new to this carnival, the premise is fairly simple :
Write about whatever books you are currently reading, recently read and/or plan to read next.
Pretty simple right? Last time we “nightstanded” I was in the middle of reading devouring Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. I absolutely adored this final installment of the series everyone has been raving about. You can read my full review here.
I also read:
Right now I’m reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott on my new Kindle. So far I’m enjoying it a lot but I have a feeling it may take me awhile to finish. Here are some of the other books I hope to read in the next month:
What’s on your nightstand right now? Tell me about it in the comments section below!
Today…
Outside my window: it’s a pretty typical fall day, cloudy with colorful trees still lining the horizon. Thunderstorms are predicted for tonight, hopefully I won’t have to drive through any on the way to or from MM’s first soccer practice this afternoon.
This weekend we: purchased the finishing touches for our Halloween costumes and Dan sewed everything which needed sewing (not much). Luckily we got our errands out of the way quickly because Sunday Dan was sick with some sort of evil cold and towards the end of the night I seemed to get it also. I don’t have it quite as bad as he did, no sore throat or anything this morning, but I still feel absolutely exhausted. Hopefully my energy will perk up tonight.
We also:did a lot of baking before the Energy Suck Cold kicked in. Saturday Dan made creme brulee and Sunday morning I made homemade biscotti, pictured at the top of the post, using this recipe that I found at Annie’s Eats.
I am reading: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott on my Kindle. I’m about 5% through so it might take me awhile to get through it and I’m sure I’ll be picking up a physical book at some point also (Wednesday night is book club so I’m hoping to pick up the November book soon).
You should check out these great links:
One last picture to share before I go: check out this awesome action shot of MM jumping into a pile of leaves outside our apartment.
Hello Aloha Friday participants! If you are pressed for time, just scroll to the bottom of this post and check out the last THREE (3) sample holiday cards and tell me : Which of the three cards do you like best? That’s my question for this week – A, B or C? I really appreciate your input! If you’ve got more time on your hands, of course feel free to read the whole post. I’ve showcased some really cute card designs from cardstore.com for anyone still working on their holiday cards.
Where do you shop for your Christmas cards? Do you still head to the store and buy a big box of folded cards or have you joined the ranks of photo card shoppers? I’m going to be reviewing cardstore.com and their selection of holiday cards and stationary soon, but in the meantime I’ve got to choose a card – and there are a lot to choose from! Being on the photo card end of the shopper spectrum, I was immediately drawn to their fun designs. Here are some of my favorites:
I love love love this card but just couldn’t find the right picture for it.
I think it’s one of the best designs they have though – you know you want it.
This one made me laugh, too.
Don’t you kind of want to steal their photos and use them as is?
This is one of the cards from their Think Pink Collection.
“Every card features sweet pink accents and a special holiday message to make the card meaningful to family and friends. For this pink-themed collection, Cardstore.com and its artists donate 40% of card sales to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®.”
I really liked this one from The Pink Collection, too.
And these are just some of the cards that I loved but decided not to use. Mostly because I couldn’t find just the right pictures for them.
Also because I really loved these three :
(a)
Dan and I love how classic and elegant this one looks.
(b)
We love how fresh and fun this one looks.
(c)
Similar design from the Think Pink Collection. I used a different picture of MM here because I’m still torn between the two.
Wanna help me decide? Which one of the three is your favorite?
