25 February 2010

100 days of...


today is Q's 100th day of school
& they are doing lots of fun things...
he's been practicing counting to 100
& as you can see
writing all of his numbers to 100
(any idea how long it takes 5 year old to write
100 numbers?
longer than 100 minutes...)

also counting out 100 jelly beans
that was a toughy
you have to reward yourself along the way when
you're doing that one :)

so in honor of that
i thought i would make a list of 100 things
but as i tried to think of what my list would be
i got tired
& i thought that if thinking of a list made me tired
how would making the actual list make me feel?

& so i have decided to make a list of 10 things
in direct proportion of Q's energy level to mine
(i think 10:1 is pretty accurate for a 5 year old to a 35 year old don't you?)
(is that a correct ratio? not a math girl either...
art & ap english! ask me about those subjects!)

so my list is:
the 10 things i'd do in a day
if money &
other people's schedules & living locations
were no object

1. breakfast at the glenwood: me, brian
& the newspaper (preferably the oregonian)
(& eggs benedict & homefries)
(& a wonderful, competent babysitter
at home watching our kids)

2. home to snuggle buggle with Q & miss m

3. meet my sister for estate sales & thrifty stores
(& a wonderful, competent babysitter
at home watching our kids)
(oh, & someone handing us money at every cash register)

4. lunch at cafe yumm with my whole family, both sides,
from the far reaches of the universe (with only a few
exceptions which i will not list here because this is a
nice, happy list & the people who wouldn't be
included aren't reading anyway...)

5. meet at a playground with all of my mom friends
& their kiddos
(& somehow it's just us the whole time
& all of the kids get along
& no one has to go to the hospital
& all the kids like the healthy snacks that magically appear
& an espresso cart is there giving free
16 oz samples & brownies that only moms can see
& the moms get to finish sentences
& when it's time to go everyone hugs
& skips to their cars
& gets in their car seats
& buckles their own seat belts
& waves
& smiles
& says 'whatever you make for dinner tonight
is just fine with me, mom')

6. me. barnes & noble. cozy chair.
magazines. peanut butter cup cookie.

7. movie & angie & a good discussion afterward
(popcorn & some sort of chocolate candy)

8. dinner with brian & Q & miss m
anywhere that serves pasta & yummy bread
& has paper table clothes that you can color on

9. dance party! all of our adult friends & family
all ages, all dance abilities
drinks & snacks & booty shaking
slow dances too, of course...
(& wonderful, competent babysitters
at all of the homes who need it,
watching all of the kids who need it)

10. brian & i head home to
sit in the hot tub that appeared in our back yard

yes
yes
i'd say that just about does it...
so i guess this list was me staying in my town
but everyone else
having to travel...
very nice :)
a travel day would be fun too...
hmmmm

also
you may have noticed that many of the items
mentioned food & snacking
& that is because i am dreaming of the day
when i can just eat what i want to
because yes
you guessed it
i am still sick...
& i though i have added a few things to my menu
(rice! mashed potatoes! jello!)
i am still nowhere near eggs benedict & homefries...
i do have sort of an answer as to why i've been so sick though
so that's nice...
the dr's figured out that
there's something going on in my liver
& tomorrow i'm getting a ct scan so they can look & see
exactly what's going on in there
& hopefully help me out...
please
please
please
help me out :)
pretty please?

so
what would you do with a day just for you to fill up?
or more importantly
what would you snack on?
:)

wishing you all happy 100 days
happy 100 everything!

:)

10 February 2010

little bits of this & that, here & there...

-i want to thank you guys for your
sweet comments
& emails
& texts
& facebook comments
& in person hugs :)
about my sickness...
such nice & kind blog readers you are!
today i have a dr. appointment
so hopefully i will have an answer or two
soon...
hooray!

-lost...
oh, i was so happy & looking forward to it!
& it's not like i've given up on it,
i mean i've been 'lost' from the beginning
but
it's the last season
we're two episodes in
& there are more questions
AND more characters...
now i know you non-lost-ers
(if you even still reading)
are saying
'duh! that's why i don't watch it in the first place!'
i'll just say this
if i don't get some answers soon
i will
um
keep watching to the end
i mean
it's only like 8 more episodes or something...
but i will be annoyed!
very annoyed!

-instyle magazine...march 2010
i've been checking my mailbox
everyday since february 3 or so...
& yesterday it came!
i love having a subscription to instyle
(thank you rona!)
& i don't care that the only thing i can afford
is the actual magazine...
(& i don't even have to buy that)
this issue does not disappoint
it's huge
& full of get-ready-for-spring colors
& styles
oh! it's so pretttttty :)
perfect for a chilly february day...


-i have been so good about cutting coupons
every sunday when the paper comes
& signing up to get emails,
to get coupons online to print...
& organizing them in this
big cool clear envelope
& making a good list...
the one thing i have not been good at is
taking the big cool clear envelope
with me to the store.
& you know?
i think that is probably the first rule of couponing:
remember to bring the coupons to the store.
maybe next month...
-one day last week brian found Q upstairs with
tape & toilet paper trying to mummify himself...
it was not working out so well
so brian & i helped the kids out :)
it was pretty fun...
the kiddos favorite parts was taking it all off
& having a tp fight :)
cuties!

hope you're days are full of fun little bits of this & that...
:)

05 February 2010

found on friday: north by northeast


the estate sale of a fashion girl & seamstress...
(& the familiar stack of yellow magazines on the bottom shelves :)


cool light...
crazy cool stairs...

cool business name...

& here's what i got...

can't pass up those cheap necklaces
nope never ever...
& blazer glasses...
anyone remember them?
my brian, he is goofy for blazer glasses...
someday i will tell you just how goofy
with a story that involves him crawling up
into the attic of a dairy queen...
yep.
goooooofy.
& now i am
because when i find them at an estate sale for 10cents
i get very excited :)

fun on friday
i must say...
:)

03 February 2010

2010, i thought we were friends...


ALERT: talk of sickness & recounting of illness ahead...
you have been warned.

it would seem that my body,
having been unsuccessful at benching me with
cold, flu & back contortions
has decided to go a different way...

let's all say hello to mr. kidney infection...
he decided to join the team a while ago
apparently & i didn't know...
i have been throwing up quite a lot
(thanks for sharing)
but thought either i had the flu
or i was pregnant
(that's how my kids introduce themselves...
it's gross but it gets my attention)
this weekend i was having a weird pain in
my back, on the inside
(again, didn't take anatomy)
so monday i went to the dr & was given
a diagnosis that i will not name here
the name is just icky
& i don't want to put it here...
anyway
antibiotics were given & i thought
'oh good! on my way to wellness!'
but tuesday afternoon i had this horrible shooting pain
in that same spot on my back
AGGGHHH
it was awful.
i feel so bad for my kids
they have seen me in tears from
pain so many times in the last month...
i called brian
& got the wheels in motion...
my bff angie came & got the kiddos
(thank you so much angie x10,002)
& brian drove me to urgent care
he even did some law breaking to get me there
which is very big for my rule follower husband...
thanks bri! :)
& so
they gave me a big antibiotic shot
& sent me home with pain meds
& best wishes that my body doesn't
try anything else on me...

better watch my back
& every other part....
*sigh*

:)

i'm hoping to be back tomorrow
with a non medical related blog post
(i can write them!)
unless all my teeth fall out
& i suddenly go blind...
barring those events
i will be back...
have a lovely day!

:)