thank you mrs. g for being our guest speaker today
really great information...
okay class so what have we learned? whitney?

umm to renew your drivers license
as soon as the postcard comes in the mail?

good...anyone else? bridger?

not to let your 20 month old play with your wallet.

yes, yes. keely?

& if you do let her play with it
take your drivers license out first
or it will just disappear
& you will never find it again
ever

& what about timing? ashton?

remember that if your
drivers license expires in august of 2006
& you take it in to renew it in november of 2007
you will have to take the written test
& the driving test over again.
& that if you had been pulled over in that time your car would have been towed
& you would be standing on the side of the road
with two little kids
& probably it would be raining
& you would feel like a total bonehead

okay ashton, that was unnecessary
mrs. g knows that she is lucky that never happened

anyone else?
yes, braxton?

don't try to start the car in second gear during
your driving test

true.
very true.
carson?

that mrs. g should be very proud
for getting a 95 on her driving test
maybe not so much for getting 80% on her written
but hey it's still passing

thank you, carson...
well, mrs. g thanks for telling the class
about all of that real world experience
& congratulations on getting your drivers license
that must feel really great

oh totally
but now i need to get to algebra
i've heard that the test today is going to be off the chain...
that's a saying right?

:)

all information in this post is
absolutely true
& absolutely factual
& absolutely embarrassing

:)

the most wonderful time of the year...

yesterday was crafty day
for me
how happy was i?
first off i got to go to a wreath making party
so much fun
my friend shari hosted at her adorable house
fully decorated for christmas
seriously
fully...
she provided the branches
& everyone brought things to contribute
like pinecones
& ribbons
& holly
& other branches
it was so fun
i got totally lost in the making
one of my favorite things to get lost in...

& i came home with
two wreaths!
hooray!
thanks shari!
:)
(shari has pictures on her blog
of everyone & their wreaths
if you need a little inspiration...
click on her blue name up there to see them)

then i came home
all full of holiday spirit
to a husband all full of holiday spirit
in the wood shop
cutting out trees for us to paint
hooray!

(miss m does not have a head wound
by the way...
just some very creative make-up
application...)
:)


check out the green one
i primed it
& miss m just swiped at it with the brush
& check it out
kinda contemporary cool...

plus at shari's house
i saw this great quote...

crafty day
please come visit again...
:)

ps
i have officially replaced
my name is earl
with samantha who?
on my current list of favorite tv shows
seriously
check it out
online
too funny
:)

hang ten...

just wandering around the internet & wanted to share...

this is a really cute site
(i am a sucker for good design)
& their mission statement is:
a company dedicated to enriching the play and learning experiences of preschool children at home by providing families with the products, tools, and experiences they need to support their children's journey toward becoming life-long learners and confident, independent adults.
& this is too cute...
& no i am not actually buying anything from this site
but a girl can dream...
:)

this is such a neat idea!
& would be super fun to make yourself too
though i love the thought of
supporting a mama with a great idea...

& if you're having a hard time
figuring out what you want for christmas
perhaps this?
(or just send me a box
& i will decorate it
& i will do it for half the price
(generous, i know...
that's just the kind of girl i am:)

cool ad here
(i do love my honda
& i don't get any money to say so...)

& last but not least
my favorite place to get lost
love these
& this
& these
& this
& this guide
& this entire shop...so great
oh just go to my favorites right here
if you want a nice start
then start clicking
& get ready to have some fun...
it's so completely inspiring...
great ideas
& so nice to support people who are making things
with their own two hands...
i'm hoping i can buy something or two this month:)
hoping
hoping
always hoping...


:)

& bouquets of newly sharpened pencils...

"happy thanksgiving....
now you're supposed to say
happy thanksgiving back"

"happy thanksgiving back"
(you've got mail)


from connecticut to canada
(hi jamie! hi colleen!)
& all points between, around & through
(i think that includes everyone:)
have a great day!
i am thankful for you all...
everyday
so so thankful

:)

next: giant shoes...

so i've been able to be crafty lately
i've always got things floating around
in my noggin
but taking time away from
momming
& wifing
& sleeping
& officing
& staring off into spacing
& many other things
that i let get in the way of being crafty & arty
that i wish didn't...
but that's another blog
another counseling session...

last week i went to my fabric stash
& was looking for something
& came upon miss m's stocking from last year
only miss m's
because no one else has one
(gasp!)
because i gave them to goodwill
(gasp!)
because i wanted to force myself
to make new ones
this year
(gasp!)
(help i'm hyperventilating...)
i am so happy when things like this happen
usually the scenerio would be
decorating for christmas
fa
ornaments
la
lights
la
tree skirt
la
wreath
la
christmas dishes
la
stockings...
la
stockings?
la
la
where are the stockings?
oh dear...
me.
felt.
sewing machine.
midnight.
december 23rd.
(in my fake scenerio i make them in
time to hang them up empty
before they get filled)

anyway
that is not what happened
but aren't you glad i took
38 seconds out of your blogging life to
pretend?
what did happen:
i got inspired!
i got excited!
i got busy!
& i made them all
brian:

(i know...
bad lighting
& not enough photoshop...)
Q:

(i know bad lighting
& too much photo shop
or too much 1987 neon felt)
miss merra sue...

& me:


the buttons on each one
are this little idea i came up with
when brian & i got married...
we each choose one button each year to add
to our stocking
so each year the look changes a little
& we get to keep track of all of our christmases
through the magic of holey notions
so brian & mine each have ten buttons this year
pretty cool!
the neat thing too is that Q is
old enough to choose his own buttons
so i poured the buttons onto a cookie sheet
so that he could see them better
& he looked through them to find the ones he liked
'one'
'two'
& then the stagnant nature of the buttons got to him
don't they move?
don't they do anything?
i could see his brain thinking...
out comes a golf ball
& 'racing flying buttons' is born
have i ever mentioned how much i like having a boy?
a different world i tell you...

& i was so excited about my stocking in particular
because i have a big jar of buttons
& we play with them
& the kids love them
& we pick out all of the red ones
or the heart shaped ones
or whatever
anyway
i've been collecting them for a long long time
& in my card business heyday
i had lots of jars of them...
then when i was done
with that particular venture
i got rid of a bunch
but not before i went through & chose my favorites...
okay
so in the jar were some really big ones
like for coats maybe
or a shirt for a fairy tale giant...
so i was deciding each design
miss m already had fun lines
& plaid for brian
& i was going to do dots for Q
& secretly i was jealous
i love dots
& circles
but he's a boy
& i can't exactly do hearts & flowers
so fine!
first born son
you have the dots!
9 hours of labor & now the dots...
but as i was sewing brian's Q was helping
& he said he wanted one just like daddy
not circles
woohoo!
squares for Q
circles for me!
then
THEN!
as we were looking through buttons
another idea!
use the giant buttons as my dots!
oh the joy!
ten giant buttons!

& then i will add other sizes as the years come...
oh joy!
i am not being sarcastic
i really get this excited about buttons...
also
since we were working on christmas
a little of this

jt always makes everything a little better...

& really they did not take that long at all
the nice thing about felt is that it doesn't fray
so no hemming or hawwing
(sorry couldn't help myself)
but besides the felt
i'm quite sure that the reason
the sewing flew was
this

the weight that had been lifted from my shoulders...
still have that 10 inch nest of hair sitting
in a ziplock on the night table...
yummm

:)

it's a tough one...

i have this problem
this issue
a personality trait
a character flaw...
i put things off
waiting for just the right timing
i don't email back when i get awesome long
information filled emails
(hi kambria!)
i don't call people back
when they call to say 'hi'
& 'i just wanted to see how you are doing'
(hi gwen!)
because i'm waiting for a window
in which there is no back ground music that include the words
wheels, bus or round & round
& just for the sake of this having three items on the list
let just say that i put off writing
blogs because i want to have the
perfect amount of time
the perfect pictures
the perfect way to express just
how wonderful & life changing
our trip to portland
my scrapbook class
the first visit to chuck e. cheese
that one piece of pizza
or my hair cut
was
just for the sake of argument
let's say that i think
i need this perfect timing
& let's just say that i have
5 emails in a folder marked
'need to write back!!!!!'
& i have forgotten to call back dear friends
& that i have actually had some wonderful experiences
in the past few weeks
& have a great list in my head
with adorable anticdotes
(spell check says that is spelled wrong
it gives me no choices
if i take out the c it would be antidotes
maybe spell check is trying to tell me something...)
& details to make you feel like you were there
with all of the neon lights
& creepy giant mouse wandering around
the descriptions were so good
you could just reach out & touch his plastic nose
& smell the pizza & dirty socks...
glorious i tell you!

so the character flaw
waiting for the perfect moment
having good intentions
but no follow through
choosing to do other things
like sleep
silly!
this can be cured!
i can write thoughful yet brief emails to those i love
yet have not seen for months
neigh years
(i went with the horse spelling on that one
i have no idea if it's right
but i like horses
& some of you do too
i know it because i read your blogs...)
i can call people back!
actually i really hate talking on the phone
so maybe i'll wait on this one...
baby steps
& i need to keep one character flaw
to keep myself humble
(oh! my sides ache from the sarcasm!)

change!
& it will start today
watch out world...
i'm coming & i'm bringing
details & pictures & thoughtful descriptions
& spelling errors!
hooray!
i'm cured

& so in honor of this
yet another counseling session down
i will give to you
my friends
& family
& people i don't know but love just the same
the list of blog
piled up in my head no more
now on the screen
cliff's notes version

hiking through the 'woods' with captain auntie kate=fun

chuck e. cheese=wild

kate cutting off 10 inches of my hair=freeing

hanging out at sip & kranz with my ultracool friend gwen & her kids & my ubercool sister in the pearl with my super cool kids & moderately cool self=cool

visiting green frog with aforementioned coolness=incredible

wilsonville playground with grandma rona=awesome

giving grandma rona a heart attack when Q jumped off a 6 foot tall rock wall=scary (for all involved including Q)

driving 45 minutes to ikea waiting 20 minutes to return $14 worth of merchandise & then driving 45 minutes back=not worth it

getting to see & hear rob bell speak live & in person=life changing (really)

cheesecake factory with brian, dad, kate & ryan=good times

coffee & happy face pancakes with grandma rona after church at shari's in which the kids colored on paper & windows (that was the little girl elf) while parents ate happy face pancakes=pushing it a little

driving home sunday afternoon with tired, crabby kiddos=mind numbing

looking in the back seat when kids finally fell asleep=heart melting

hanging out with friends monday night=wonderful

the duck football game=excruciating (thanks for the word rach!)

the crafty playtime that i helped organize in october=really great

the one that i did in august=really great too

going to see 'dan in real life' by myself the day before halloween & loving it=relaxing

that one time i met up with friends at sweet life & closed the place down=excellent

Q's third birthday that i never blogged=rad (i'm running out of descriptive words)

the movie robots=visually stunning

the first time miss m said mommy=heart melting

that one piece of pizza=delish

getting all of that off my brain=priceless

:)

trying

to find my way back
to the computer
trying
trying
trying...

(treking with miss m, captain auntie kate & captain Q)
:)

a four thousand word essay on my life right now...

because
you know
a picture is worth...



:)

it was a dark & stormy night...

actually
surprisingly
it was not
well it was dark
but that's just the nature of night
(didn't know you were getting a science lesson today did you?)
trick or treating was too fun
(thanks for coming with us grammy!)
this house does a crazy garage display every year...
cool & scary...

our little race car man

things you can't see in this picture:
-costume...excuse me, UNIFORM has been worn every day since it was purchased 10 days before
-uniform has three big rips at the seams & one hole in the leg
from that constant love...
things you can see:
-hair slicked back to show how fast he drives his race car
-super happy boy

& race car man's sister
ah yes
race car man's sister...
originally she was to be a bee...
& you can see how well that went...

every time i would come near her with the costume she would yell
'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO'
on halloween i just decided i would wrestle her into it
& see if i could distract her enough that she would forget
she was wearing it...
what that got us:
blown out eardrums for me
some candy for her
& a new costume...
valley girl circa 1984

(we trick or treated at great grandma's house...
thanks great grandma!)
notice the vans?
the leggings?
the turned up collar?
the high side pony tail?
oh how i loved putting this together...
then as we left to go trick ot treating
it was a little cold
so we got her a coat
then a hat
then she grabbed her stroller as we left
& magically transformed into
little mommy
which is the most accurate costume for her anyway...

so in all
this little sweetie had three
THREE!
costumes...
can you imagine how the first day of middle school, will be?
lord help us all
:)

halloween utterings from a three year old:
'Q what were the other kids in your class dressed up like?'
'spider man, two buzz light years & an injured turtle'
(that's a pretty specific costume, buddy)

while we were standing at the corner
waiting to cross the street
& a big group of kids walked by
'really great costumes guys! really great!'
(third grade teacher in the making...)

as we left a house
that had a little fountain near the door
'hey mom that fountain sounds like someone is peeing!'
(i'm sure that is just the effect they were going for...)

hope you all had fun!
:)

ps thanks for the costume suggestions...
i ended up going as a tired mom of two
with broken glasses
two years in a row!
:)

boys don't make passes...

so i know you've been wondering...
just dying
can't wait to find out
what i am going to be for halloween
because in the past
i have really done it up
1990- grumpy old lady

1995-noah's wife

1996-night & day
i was a wild one...

2000-vincent van gogh
(missing ear & everything
& i can't find a picture
grrr....
makes me want to
go paint a picture of sunflowers or something...)
2004-tired mom

2005-tired pregnant mom

2006-tired mom of two
(the little dino ran away gefore we could get his picture)

& also this
circa 1980 age 6

& i know there is a picture that proves that i was right!
but i can't find it
of course...

well, it seems that this year
the universe has given me a costume
& i didn't even have to ask...
thanks, universe!
on the way to church on sunday
i reached up to adjust my glasses
& CRAAACK
they broke in half
(actually it was more like
*tink* they broke in half
but as my life flashed before my eyes
the fact that i have no contacts
& that i have been thinking that i need to
make an appointment to get some
& the little fact
that
i
can
not
see
without the aid of glass or tiny pieces of plastic
(or whatever contacts are made out of)
the sound might as well have been earth shattering)
change of plans
to safeway we go
i wait in the car
holding both sides of my glasses on
with both hands
so that i can tell the two kids in the backseat apart
(i told brian
'if i didn't have to carry a purse
or hold a child
or open a door
or exist in the outside world
i would be just fine!')
my knight emerges from the store
with his crafty self
& some white athletic tape
& proceeds to fix me up
merging the two sides in a lovely wrap around
& around
& around technique
my hero...
i added my own craftyness
black sharpie
(this resulted in a little example of
the difference between men & women...
i was ever so artfully coloring the white tape with black sharpie
& brian said that it called attention to it
exact words:
'when you have a really big zit
it's better to just leave it
than to put a bunch of cover-up on it.
the cover-up just calls attention to it'
i say bless his heart
with the utmost sincerity
& i know that he believes it is better to not do the cover-up
but ladies?
hello?
are you with me?
sharpie it is!)
anyway
i need your help...
& i know you are quippy, quirky little lads & lassies
(broken glasses turn me irish...)
so help me out
with a gift like this:

what should i be?
(& no 'revenge of the nerds'.
it is obvious
& i already said it
pretty much the moment i
put on my glasses & looked in the mirror

:)

ps now you can see why i said the universe gave me the gift
& not God
i like God too much to blame this on him...

pps the odd angle is because i was
holding the camera as far up & away as i could...
no need to add double chin to this unfortunateness...
also you may ask yourself
why am i looking off to the side?
the world may never know
but the looking straight on one was a little creepy
oh!
it's halloween
shoulda done creepy!
darn!
next time!

ppps title of this blog:
not true

:)

i keep on fallin'

in

love

with

you...

happy fall!

see you soon...

:)

what's your hourly rate?

ps (that stands for PRE-SCRIPT it's the note before the real thing starts)
i want so badly to put a picture at the beginning of each post
but lately someone won't let me
i'm not naming any names
but it's in the website address of this blog
& it's not emily or ruth
they are always very accomidating of my pictures
though not so much of my spelling errors all over the place
& truth be told ruth can't stand the all-lower-case-letters thing
she was a grammar champ you know...
but i still love them
both of them
thanks, girls!
could you talk to blogspot for me, girls?
see if he could let me post a picture
just a little one?
& i promise
no headless children
promise)

so i'm re-reading one of my most favorite books ever
encyclopedia of an ordinary life
i only just read it last year i think it was...
& it is my pick for my book club book
i think it's scheduled for may or something...
i like to read
i love to read, actually
but i have a hard time reading new books
or books that aren't like all of the books i like or something
i have been in this book club since it started
it was my idea to start it, in fact
i had been reading oprah's book club books
(remember when she recomended one every month?)
& i was feeling like
i wanted to talk to someone about them
& i mentioned it to my darling angie
& she was off like a shot on that track
she makes flyers
& schedules the meetings
& collects ratings of each book by each reader
& sends out emails detailing what our group thinks of the book
& each email is written in the style that the book was written
just go back & read that last bit again
i am so serious about this
she really does that
& it is the funniest thing ever
i don't even read half the books but i always read the summeries she sends
& i am so happy that she does all of this
God knows i would have made some cute flyers
& never scheduled a thing
& sent an email full of spelling errors & lowercase letters
in the syle of crazed stay at home mom
every month
(emily & ruth would have dropped out immediately on principle)
anyway
angie
she is a firecracker that one
don't suggest anything to her unless you want it done up right:)
so
that first year
i read one book
the one i got to choose
the secret life of bees
i gave it the highest rating of anyone
& then i never read another book again
EVER
:)
okay so i didn't read another book club book again until the next year
& i don't know where i'm going with this
except to say that
i have a new book to read right now
it's whatever our book is for this month
& technically i don't actually HAVE it
but it is available for me to go find
if i choose
& yet i am rereading a book that i will most likely again reread in may
why?
i do not know.
it is familiar
& i know it doesn't take a lot of concentration?
perhaps.
because the unknown books that i have read
like bel canto & blindness made me feel icky & bored or both?
most likely.
when i don't read most of the book club books
i say it is because
i have no time to read
but of course i do.
i have time right now
but if i stopped writing
then you wouldn't have anything to read
& i am nothing if not your loving friend
bringing you things read daily
okay weekly...
your welcome
:)

i know you are readers because
when i listed my three favorite books
you all flooded my comments with your favorites
(& i loved it)
unlike when i listed my favorite tv shows
to which i got one comment.
from my sister.
okie dokie
anyway
any ideas?
should i disguise a new book with the cover of an old book i have?
sleep with a new book under my pillow until it becomes familiar?
make little copies of the cover of the book
& have them pop out all over the house at unexpected moments...
'just going to make some toast...'
shazzam! out pops 'cane river'
& i shake my head & look into the camera as if to say
'oh, that zany pop-up book cover got me again'?
or just leave myself the h alone & read whatever i want whenever i want
without feeeling the need to analize it to death?
that last one actaully seems like a nice option...
thank you, doctor
this has been a very productive session
see you next tuesday...

playtime!

i get to teach a really fun class next week
& i am really excited about it
& i am trying something new
& a little different
but i think it is really going to be so fun!
& my friend, ali will be there
which is super fun
because i love her
but also because i took a class from her last year
& now she will be at my class
i'm not sure if that has happened to me before
but it's pretty fun...
anyway
if you are going to be hanging out in eugene
next week
go look at my other blog
(did you know i had ANOTHER one?)
click right here

& i would have an adorable picture to show you
of one of the projects we will be making
except blogger is not being friendly this morning
but it's cute
& i know you want to come & play...
come on
let's play...

:)

i get to go away for a bit of the weekend
& the weekend starts...
now.
who said there were no perks to being a stay at home mom?
actually no one would say that
the perks are obvious & very cute...
anyway
the additional perk is that as long as my kids have someone of age with them
my weekend is whenever i need it to be
so i'm
heading to portland for a women of faith conference
with some of my favorite women
like this girl
& this girl
& this one too
oh & don't forget this one
& many others who apparently don't have a bloggy footprint...
also
i get to go to ikea!
oh joy!
finally oregon has a reason for people to visit
because i guess crater lake just wasn't enough to get them here...
anyway
very excited
very
very
very.
see you soon...
:)

ps the picture is from the little photo shoot i did
on tuesday
there is something about these pictures
of kids with their heads cropped off
is it cool?
is it morbid?
i don't know but i like it...

a new fave...

kiddos all comfy
"reading" books
in mom & dad's bed
so cozy...
:)

today i'm...

missing this girl
wishing she was here
amazed that it's been ten years
(can you believe it?)
wanting her to know my kiddos
thankful that i got to have her for my mom
hoping that i always remember...

tube top...

okay so
it was premiere week
& since i work wednesday & friday nights
& have bible study on mondays
& i think that desperate housewives has gone down the tubes
(some may argue that it started there...)
my only nights for tv are tuesday & thursday
(isn't it nice that i think of it as
'the two nights i can watch tv'
as opposed to 'the two nights i get to hang out with my husband'
or 'the nights i can research how to cure cancer'
but i guess i can do that stuff on saturdays & sundays
right?)
so tuesday is
the biggest loser
ncis
the unit
& i won't even go into how we decide
what to watch when...
but thursdays is all about nbc, baby
(well, until er comes on
yes, it is still on)
so i have been looking forward to the office premiere for a while
but first things first
my name is earl
oh yes.
at one point brian said
'i don't know if i have ever heard you laugh this much
at one time, it's great!'
it was so funny
oh so very funny
i mean come on
randy has to be taught how to set his alarm clock
'oh!
push time
to set the time
push alarm
to set the alarm
why didn't you tell me it rhymes?'
& just because i really like you a whole lot
i have a present for you
click here to watch the entire premiere!
oh it's lovely

& the office was great too
maybe it was because i was in smalltownville mindset
& because i had laughed approximately every 5.6 secnds of the previous hour
but it wasn't quite as funny as i had built it up to be
don't get me wrong
it was funnier than two & a half men could ever hope to be
& jim & pam?
come on...
too cute
& i have to say
i have faith in the writers
that they can do something great with this
& not let the relationship go the way of this
or this
hear that?
i have faith in you!

so on that note
let's get back to everybody's favorite game
my three favorites...

tv shows now & then

now

1...
the office
oh dear
too predictable?
so sorry
it just is
& how could it not be
with quotes like this...
Michael: I hate hospitals. In my mind, they are associated with sickness.

Michael: It is up to me to get rid of the curse that hit Meredith with my car. I’m not superstitious, but, I’m a little stitious.

Phyllis: I’m a Lutheran, and Bob is a Unitarian. It keeps things spicy.

Dwight: With the electricity we’re using to keep Meredith alive, we could power a small fan for two days. You tell me what’s unethical.

Pam: You have reached the offices of Dunder Mifflin Scranton. Currently the entire staff is out doing the Michael Scott D.M.S.M.P.M.C. Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run Race.
Michael: For The Cure.
Pam: Leave a message.

Michael: While I eventually puked my guts out, I never puked my heart out. And I’m very, very proud of that.

& that's only in the first episode of the year!
oh joy
it's going to be a great fall season...

2...really right now
my name is earl
it has to be
you can't laugh that much in one hour
& not give it the second place prize
plus in the episode on thursday
joy did two
count them
TWO!
craft projects
a mosaic of earl's face made from the broken stained glass window of the baptist church
& a quilt of earl's life made from her kid's winter coats
watch out martha...

3...
project runway
does it count that i have never watched it in real life?
only on dvd?
.....
i have consulted the rule book
& it says that shows on dvd
as long as i have watched them in the last 6 months
are okay
whew!

so project runway
if you like fashion, craftiness, cattiness, creativity
& hearing hiedi klum say 'aufedersein'
you will love this show
seriously
it is awesome
i'm on the waiting list to get season three when it
gets to netflix...
try it
you just might love it

then...
rule book again
these are shows from my past
past could be last week...
but not next week
okay...

one... family ties
(please click on that link...please please!)
oh dear
how i loved this show
& how i loved michael j fox
& let's be honest
how i still do...
favorite episode:
'self contained underwater breathing apparatus'
& now justine bateman is on 'men in trees'
just a little trivia for ya...
least favorite episode:
all of the ones i had to miss because
my dad wouldn't let us watch it
because they treated the dad like an idiot...
no hard feelings, dad
i understand
ps christmas is coming

two...
friends
i still laugh out loud at this show
(mostly chandler & monica)
when i get to watch it every two months or so
love it
can't help it

three...
sex & the city
i have little to no comments
i just love this show
i can't choose an episode
but here's a quote or two...
Miranda: I know you're probably busy, but I feel you need to know that your good friend, Miranda Hobbes, has just taken a piece of cake out of the garbage and eaten it. You'll probably need this information when you check me into the "Betty Crocker Clinic."

Carrie: That's another reason I love New York. Just like that, it can go from bad to cute.

Carrie: I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it.

i hear that it's on tbs
& if you are sensative to naughty words
i'd check that out...
if you swear like a sailor
go for dvd
cause that's me
sailing the high seas
swearing up a storm...

& you?
& you
& you too...
what's are your favorites?

:)

ps due to the unfortunateness that is television scheduling
the office & grey's anatomy are on at the same time
BUT
the good people at abc have done something
so kind
so selfless
you can watch entire episodes on abc.com
the newest ones even!
very cool
&
the nbc people have done the same thing
just in case you need to know what
happens to meredith before
you find out what happens to michael
or jim
or pam
or dwight
or phyllis
or kelly
or stanley
or angela
or creed
or oscar
or ryan
or jan
or kevin
or toby...

:)

pps this will come in quite handy when lost starts again
since i am working wednesday nights...
shout out to abc
thanks, guys...

celeb in the house...

this was in the paper on monday
that little bubbley munchkin
the one on the left?
that's our own mr.Q!
taken by our own mr. b
(i guess technically he is mr. g as is Q but who's counting?)
so fun...
i did a little kamikaze origami
(that may becaome my new screen name by the way)
because i have no idea how to scan an entire newspaper page
or i think you scan it in pieces
& then put it together in photoshop
or something
anyway
doesn't matter
the most important pieces are present...

that bubbley picture
i tell you what
brian got an honorable mention at the county fair for it
& he won a digital camera
in a contest that he entered at
ta da
bi-mart
(maybe i'm coming around, jess)
anyway
that little 2 month old face in the bubbles
gets
'um every time...

oh & click on brian's name up there
or right here
he has some new stuff on his site
he's doing senior pictures now
& has some cool wedding stuff going on too...

i myself am going to be doing some kid sessions
with friend's kids
and
i've been thinking about wanting to do some
mom shoots
like pictures of my friends who are moms
with their kids &
(gasp)
without their kids
because really
when you've got a family
& even if you get a family photo shoot
you're all stressed about who's wearing what
& stop sticking your tongue out
& all that jazz
plus a few fun pictures?
just of you?
when was the last time that happened?
i mean besides the annual trip to glamor shots of course...
also thought it would be fun to plan sessions
with two moms who are friends
& so one mom could watch all of the kids
while i took pictures of the other
& then switcharoo...
just thinking...
always thinking...
:)

i'd still take the mint hot chocolate, though...

ever have a day
when you just want to
fall into bed
& say
'i give up
someone please bring me a mint hot chocolate from dutch brothers
& then kindly leave me alone'
yep me too
having one of those today in fact
not a bad day per say (is that how you write that?
i was feeling so cool
but now i'm not so sure...)
just so busy
& then my car broke down last night
oh glee!
but as luck & very talented mechanics would have it
they fixed it faster than you can say
'miss m & i walked Q to school
& then walked to albertson's
(where they are having an incredible sale
if you buy 5 boxes of post cereal you get a gallon of milk free
& somehow it ends up costing $7
& then you get a coupon for $2 off your next shopping trip
really
$5 dollars for all of that)
& then wandered aroung bi-mart
which we will put on the list
'not my favorite store in the world'
& then back to albertson's to use that
$2 off to buy a bit of lunch for little children
who would be riding back in the jogger another 45 minutes
back home because
did i mention that my car broke down last night?'
yes
faster than you can say that
it was fixed...
still a full day
still wanting to crawl in bed
covers over
podcast on
everyone else gone from the house
& then i was browsing through some pictures
because even though i say i want to fall into bed
& i have a window of time to do so
during 'rest time'
i rarely ever do
i just wish & complain that i want to
& as i was browsing
i came across these little gems...
sweet little big girl

real genuine Q smile
(i think merra had just fallen down or spit at him or something
i do learn so very much from having a boy)

& just like that
the spell was broken
i think i can go a few more days...
:)

ps
check out this spotting of a very rarely seen
blue headed Qbird
notice how he dangles from the branch
ever so gracefully
don't startle him
if he sees you he may ask for a matchbox car...


:)

funny they still haven't called....

okay i just need to tell you that
even though i am
*getting back to getting used to brian's regular school schedule
*adding in the preschool schedule
*working for my dad & tam
*doing a special project for passionflower
*helping my friend do fun displays for her new spa
*designing pages for the october cocoa daisy kit
*getting ready for the cocoa daisy class in eugene in october
*cleaning offices & bathrooms twice a week at night until 11:30
*trying to grab an hour or two each week
to sew all of the things floating around my head
*attempting to spend quality time with my little miss m on
m, w & f
even though that two & a half hours during preschool is
the perfect time to do errands with only one kiddo
*neglecting to email back some of my favorite friends
because i want to send a meaningful & well thought out note
(sorry kambria! it's coming i promise!)

even though all of those things
i am thinking of blogging
& confession?
i think in blog quite often
i only wish i could have typed half
of the amazing blogs i come up with in my head
& another confession?
i think i thought in blog long before i ever had one
i would think of kooky little monologs
perfect for when i was interviewed by ellen
or for parade magazine...
but
third confession?
you are so much better than ellen or parade
(sorry ellen & brady!)
because you talk back!
oh how i love that...
so yes
i am a busy lady
but i'm always thinking of you...
even though...

:)