Well, our computer is currently out of order, so I'm at the library right now checking up on a couple things on line. Its amazing how many times a day I use the Internet- I'm only noticing now because I can't! I tell you what though, I'm glad I kept a copy of the Yellow Pages even though Tim originally thought it was a waste of space- I've needed it since I can't look up numbers and other info online! Anyway, not sure how long we'll be offline, but I decided to post this here in case anyone tries to contact me via e-mail or anything. Signing off, from the library.
If my internet was down I would have to crack open those cookbooks sitting on my shelf, call and *gasp* speak to people on the phone, and buy a book of stamps to pay bills, even resort to balancing a check book on a paper statement. Wow, that is just a few things off hand that I thought up.
I was going to say, let us know if you want to come over and use the internet. But then I realized that you won't get this message unless you are already on the internet. Oh well.
Bummer!!! I know what you mean...I use the internet through out the whole day to check on really stupid stuff...(bank, directions, recipes, how to get certain stains out, all the blogs, etc...) See you Sunday, I hope you're not out of a computer for too long!
Luckily I can get online with my phone... if I lost both my computer & my phone and needed to find information, I'd just curl up in a corner and cry =)
Judah named his baby doll Leila. Miss you guys! Nathan bought a web cam...hope we can figure out how to use it soon! And hope you get your computer up and running again soon. It is hard to be without!
I'm very project oriented. I get really excited about new projects! Unfortunately, I'm better at coming up with ideas for neat things to do than ever finishing them. *sigh*
I recently took a personality test that classified me as an ENFP. And its description was so scarily accurate, even down to this: "ENFPs have what some call a "silly switch." They can be intellectual, serious, all business for a while, but whenever they get the chance, they flip that switch and become CAPTAIN WILDCHILD, the scourge of the swimming pool, ticklers par excellence. Sometimes they may even appear intoxicated when the "switch" is flipped."
AAAAH! Any of you who really know me well has seen that switch flipped. *hangs head in embarrassment*
All of that is to say that the description also described me as better at starting projects than finishing them. Things that HAVE to get done, DO get done- don't worry, I'm not going to stop mid-diaper change and send Leila off au naturale, nor am I going to finish cooking the spaghetti sauce only to serve it over raw noodles. Non-necessary thing, like sewing projects and what not, are the things I tend to start and never finish.
Are any of you on the website 43Things.com? It's pretty spiffy ... and pretty simple. Its a site to make your list of 43 things you want to do! Or fewer things, if you want, but its just more fun to have 43. ;) When you've accomplished the goal, you can check it off and it is added to you "I've Done This" list. You can cheer other people on their goals that you think are worthwhile. And you can post about your progress on your goals on the discussion board for that goal. You can write the goals yourself, or, what I prefer, is to search the site to see if others are already working toward the same goal, just worded differently, and add the goal to your list from there. (For instance, you may be the only person who wants to "Make a photo journal of each month", but 53 other people might have the goal "Keep a monthly photo journal."
This site is handy for me because when I get a chance to work on something, I can look at this list and continue something I've started ... instead of what usually happens- I can never remember what projects I had going and think of yet another something to start. Fortunately, I don't have much time for projects, or the apartment would be overrun with half-finished schemes and supplies!
My 43 Things are not just projects, however. It can be anything you want to do ... important, trivial, quick, long term- whatever! I have tried to limit my list to things that are check-off-able, though, which is why there's no "Be an excellent wife and mother" goal, because when do you say "ok, I've done that- check it off!"? True, some will never actually come off the list, such as "Read my Bible everyday" but it is something I can mentally check off everyday. And some, like "have 5 or 6 kids" will be accomplished someday, Lord willing, but not for a long time yet!
Just to give you an idea, the first 10 things on my list (the list is really in no particular order):
1. Sew an apron
2. Read my Bible everyday
3. Learn to make hand tossed pizza dough
4. Improve my posture
5. Visit 10 new places in my city
6. Exercise 20 minutes everyday
7. Take an alphabet of photos
8. Sell things on Etsy
9. Develop my own homemade salsa recipe
10. Write a hymn
Hi April - I think I'm that kind of person too - an ENFP - ooh oohh. I may have grown out of it a bit, but I describe it as the "squeaky wheel gets the grease" type person and I hop from crisis to crisis, but then suddenly I'm standing there and thinking "I know I have important things and chores to do, what are they?" sort of an attitude. Then I just might wonder over to pleo and ooh oh again!
Seems like we should get together more...at least we could probably listen to each other's music without complaining! (And read each other's books?) : )
Spotted your question on herblog. I think the original was Copa Cabana. Though I have to admit, I keep wanting to say Star Wars Cantina (another parody!). :)
leahhallnoats is a high school nickname I got from my Biology teacher. It's a spoof off of the band Hall and Oates, and leahhallnoats just kind of stuck with me. :)
Hey, I think I need that. I'm not good at finishing non-essential projects either. We're looking forward to having your dad here with us in a couple of weeks!
Well, I actually bought a packet of seasoning from the store, then I breaded the chicken in flour, browned them, and then added the seasoning, soy sauce, and water. It was really yummy!
Well, most of you have probably seen the slide-show video on Tim's blog that he made of Leila's first year. I was so tickled that he made that! I think we got that idea from the Dials when we saw their kids birthday videos.
If you didn't see it though, here are a few pictures from her birthday.
In one picture you see she is holding her pinwheel ... we got that for her because she got really excited about the pinwheels at Wal-mart and loved it when we would blow on it to spin while we were shopping. Well, that was a while before her birthday, but when she opened up her pinwheel on her birthday she remembered right away and held it up and started blowing! The doll was from Bev at church and Leila has just loved it. You can see her kissing it. :)
In other news, I have been reading "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and it is been so helpful! I really didn't expect a whole lot when I started reading it, but I'm enjoying it far more than I expected. In fact Tim and I each got our own copies at a used bookstore here in town (I love McKay's!).
Speaking of McKay's Tim and I went there alone the other night- Elissa was sweet enough to offer watching Leila for a couple hours one evening so we took her up on it! Here is the anatomy of a cheap date:
Dinner at Chick-fil-A:...........................$6.94
(with a coupon and splitting
a drink and fries)
Nice back-massager:...........................$0.98
(we had a gift card)
9 old Hitchcock movies from McKay's:.....$7.60
12 books from the free bin
at McKay's:.......................................$0.00
(including 3 antique
Pearl S. Buck books and
a neat Usborne book about
sea life)
: ) Glad you had fun...I'd go to Chick-fil-a for a date, but we don't have any here! We usually eat there more than once in Indy when we go through there! Did you ever find that third WoT book?
I'm loving how creative people have been lately to save some cash. I found a couple good websites too, some w/ online coupons but several are printable. Every penny counts!
Cute pics. Looks like she really got into her cake. Our boy didn't get the idea, or else he just didn't like the cake. He poked at it a little, but that's about it! I'm jealous of your date. :) We need a used bookstore over here . . . that has English books, of course!
My favorite dates with my husband are spending time at the book store.
A place like Barnes and Noble is the best, we can get coffee and great dessert and then read book after book and or magazines that we would never buy.
Hi there...I noticed you posted what you were having for dinner as pot roast over spaghetti squash. Can you tell me how to make spaghetti squash? I've been wanting to try it for a while, but don't know where to start.
One year ago- she was so itty bitty! I can't believe she's 1 already. I'm looking forward to seeing what she will do with her cake tonight. Prediction: she will be very neat and careful, at least initially.
awwww! How sweet!!! I still have those pics from the 4th of July with your fam that I need to mail you. I already burned them to a CD for you so if you email me your physical address I can mail it to you! Renee.Dunn@gmail.com
Spent 25min. with my lower body jammed into a giant white bagel-shapped MRI...results later this week, hopefully! Thanks for checking in; I really appreciate it! : ) Ever find that third book?
hahahahahah. I just read your post about Ben from lost- I'm surprised you didn't do one of your reactionary knockouts and kick or punch him like you did me (as a scottsman) :)
Where was Leila? There, behind the end of the couch, I could see just her little fingers and the very top of her head peeking up. I looked around the end of the couch. She was hiding … and squatting … and grunting. Hmm, suspicious. I decided to try an experiment. I asked her if she was doing anything *ahem* stinky in her diaper. She firmly shook her head “NO”. Aha. Awareness – and shame. Time to obtain the appropriate little chair.
Appropriate little chair: obtained.
We tried it out yesterday, twice in fact, and both times with success! This was naturally followed by all the expected hand clapping, pointing, and exuberant praise. This is of course important now, but you know, this is one of the many things I am glad that we eventually out grow. That, along with putting everything you pick up straight to your mouth. Sometimes I think about how strange it would be if we never out grew that. Imagine meeting someone and when you try to shake hands, and as soon as you clasp their palm, you immediately open wide and slobber all over their fingers. Yes, some things are just much cuter when babies do them.
I can’t believe Leila is about to be one! She’s toddling all over the house these days. For a couple weeks after she took her first steps she really didn’t walk at all, and then she slowly started walking more and more, and now she’s walking everywhere- and fast! I still haven’t adjusted to how quickly she can get from one room to another. When Leila was just a lying-down baby, I was talking to Tim about how strange it would be to see her tiny little person come walking into the room. Tim reminded me of that conversation the other day when he and I were in the kitchen and Leila came walking in from the living room. It even sounds funny to say!
Isn't it the strangest thing to see them walking?? Lukas came walking into the bedroom today before Buddy left for work, he just LOVES it and knows that we love it too!!! So cute!
I LOVE that picture by the way!! She is so adorable!
Cute and fun! Just be careful that you get rid of any deposits quickly lest she pick it up and bring it to you! Congratulations on entering another new phase: )
AAAAwwww, she is so cute and looks just like her Daddy! I love how little they are walking around. We took Merry to the park tonight and Chris said can you see her anywhere? I said yep I see the top of her ponytail, lol!
Wow. She is getting so big April! :) I was looking at her seeing if I could find even a tiny little bit that looks like me. Ha wanna know how much I found? NONE! lol. She looks so much like Tim! Though I do see you in her too, I think she may look more and more like you as she gets older :)
She is just too sweet! Liam has just starting walking most of the time (he has been able to for months but just this week decided it was the preferred mode of transportation). He looks so funny toddling around. Do they really have to grow up?!
Oh boy, I think about that all the time - how weird it will be for Sean to come walking in the room - but I know it's right around the corner. That picture is so unbelievably cuuuuute!!!
Totally off-topic here, but have you heard Jack Johnson's "Banana Pancakes" or "Better Together" songs? I just discovered them via youtube.com and the style reminded me of one of your happy day playlist songs.
