Tuesday, January 25, 2011
too much to do!
I have SOOO many projects I want to do. I even have a gift card to Jo-ann fabrics just waiting for me, but I seem to have the hardest time actually getting out of the house.... ! My priorities are on things for the downstairs, but I keep seeing a million things I'd love to do for the boys room. Today I am inspired by this room. It's even the same color as the boys room! I love the reading tent, and especially the play pad with the mirror and mobile hanger for the baby. Now where could I fit that in my house?! I also love this truck and dumptruck from 20x200. Those should go above Ben's bed. Or I could do these trucks, from Make it Love it, who incidentally has a ton of free tutorials that I want to try. (Look at your own peril, crafters!) I did finally come up with a solution for Ben's bed that requires a lot less effort and skill than a quilt. I am planning to get him a cotton duvet from ikea (washable!), and make a duvet cover with some of this material I've been stashing away. And while I was looking for a picture of my fabric, I found this amazing fabric site. Ack! Project overload - .........must stop now!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
It's winter, the wall cracks are showing
I generally dislike the first half of the year. Really almost everything that's fun comes in the second half - all of our birthdays, the best part of summer, fall, Thanksgiving, Christmas, vacation, etc... all in the second half. So January is not my happiest month. But fun things have been happening, and there are more coming down the pipeline, which is nice. Last weekend we went to a belated Christmas party with a bunch of friends. No kids, (except for little marley, who barely made a peep!), lots of amazing food, and enough uninterrupted conversation to make any parent happy! I wish I had a picture or two, but I guess no kids means no cameras as well.
This weekend we are seeing people who we haven't seen in awhile. Sat. we have supper with Kevin mayer fam., who I think we've seen once since they came back from spain. And sunday we have lunch with len's fam. and his cousins collin and shelley and their little girl, amelie.
And valentine's day is coming! I'm going to get benny some jelly beans, as he keeps asking for the ones Len had after Christmas, even tho they've been gone for at least two weeks! And Izzy will get a stuffed bear or something. Len and I will go out somewhere, though we haven't figured out where yet.
March brings my favorite part of winter - our anniversary! 8 years this year. We like to do it up big for our anniversary, partly because we don't do much for birthdays. (It's fun to tell people you have the same birthday, but when it comes down to it, it's actually not so fun.) A list of things we have done for our anniversarys.
Year 1 - spent a night at the Hilton at easton. Cheesecake factory for supper, amazingly ridiculous breakfast buffet at the hotel.
Year 2 - Spent a horrible amount of money for a cabin in hocking hills with a hot tub. The hot tub was nice, but it was too cold to do anything, and not much was open that time of year. Good, but not my favorite.
Year 3- We were feeling poor, so we just went out to eat. We had an AMAZing dinner tho, it was our first trip to G. Michaels in German Village.
Year 4 - we were in Spain! We left our team for the weekend, and went to Nerja and Frigiliana. Best part - we dressed up and had an amazing italian dinner at a tiny place decked out in Christmas lights. Worst part - we paid too much money to see this cave, and Len ended up lugging our bag the whole way through it!
Year 5 - ahh, my favorite year! It was almost derailed, as we were supposed to fly skybus, but were scheduled to leave the morning they stopped flying! But we made it, and had soo much fun. Highlights - our apartment, Giacomo's, having the whole weekend to see the city.
Year 6 - Having just had a child, we opted for dinner out. Went to Tratorria Roma. I had the special, which was squash ravioli with walnuts and mushrooms - fabulous!
Year 7 - went to the German Village Guest house. Really cute little place. We tried to do too much tho, and wished we had spent more time vegging out. The hotel was very much the best part of the weekend.
So what will we do for year 8? I think we're heading to Cleveland! We have some ideas of where we want to go, but nothing nailed down yet. I think the problem again will be trying to do too much, as we are only planning to stay one night. We're both pretty excited about it.
What else? The boys are good - both are teething like mad, especially Izzy, and keeping us up nights far too often. Benny is saying new words like a mad man - I love how he always picks out the most interesting word of the sentence to repeat! (Dizzy? Damage? Sunshine?) Or he sings the word at the end of the line in a song. (Sunshine, Sunshine, happy, gray!) Izzy is growing like a weed. He is 15 lbs., and will be rolling over soon! He'd sleep through the night if only those teeth would leave him alone.
So we are chugging along, making the most of January, and those happy days (like today) when Len doesn't have work and can stay home with us. So nice! Just have to keep remembering that Jesus will get us through this winter too.......!
This weekend we are seeing people who we haven't seen in awhile. Sat. we have supper with Kevin mayer fam., who I think we've seen once since they came back from spain. And sunday we have lunch with len's fam. and his cousins collin and shelley and their little girl, amelie.
And valentine's day is coming! I'm going to get benny some jelly beans, as he keeps asking for the ones Len had after Christmas, even tho they've been gone for at least two weeks! And Izzy will get a stuffed bear or something. Len and I will go out somewhere, though we haven't figured out where yet.
March brings my favorite part of winter - our anniversary! 8 years this year. We like to do it up big for our anniversary, partly because we don't do much for birthdays. (It's fun to tell people you have the same birthday, but when it comes down to it, it's actually not so fun.) A list of things we have done for our anniversarys.
Year 1 - spent a night at the Hilton at easton. Cheesecake factory for supper, amazingly ridiculous breakfast buffet at the hotel.
Year 2 - Spent a horrible amount of money for a cabin in hocking hills with a hot tub. The hot tub was nice, but it was too cold to do anything, and not much was open that time of year. Good, but not my favorite.
Year 3- We were feeling poor, so we just went out to eat. We had an AMAZing dinner tho, it was our first trip to G. Michaels in German Village.
Year 4 - we were in Spain! We left our team for the weekend, and went to Nerja and Frigiliana. Best part - we dressed up and had an amazing italian dinner at a tiny place decked out in Christmas lights. Worst part - we paid too much money to see this cave, and Len ended up lugging our bag the whole way through it!
Year 5 - ahh, my favorite year! It was almost derailed, as we were supposed to fly skybus, but were scheduled to leave the morning they stopped flying! But we made it, and had soo much fun. Highlights - our apartment, Giacomo's, having the whole weekend to see the city.
Year 6 - Having just had a child, we opted for dinner out. Went to Tratorria Roma. I had the special, which was squash ravioli with walnuts and mushrooms - fabulous!
Year 7 - went to the German Village Guest house. Really cute little place. We tried to do too much tho, and wished we had spent more time vegging out. The hotel was very much the best part of the weekend.
So what will we do for year 8? I think we're heading to Cleveland! We have some ideas of where we want to go, but nothing nailed down yet. I think the problem again will be trying to do too much, as we are only planning to stay one night. We're both pretty excited about it.
What else? The boys are good - both are teething like mad, especially Izzy, and keeping us up nights far too often. Benny is saying new words like a mad man - I love how he always picks out the most interesting word of the sentence to repeat! (Dizzy? Damage? Sunshine?) Or he sings the word at the end of the line in a song. (Sunshine, Sunshine, happy, gray!) Izzy is growing like a weed. He is 15 lbs., and will be rolling over soon! He'd sleep through the night if only those teeth would leave him alone.
So we are chugging along, making the most of January, and those happy days (like today) when Len doesn't have work and can stay home with us. So nice! Just have to keep remembering that Jesus will get us through this winter too.......!
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