S'mores-in-a-bowl and Tension Tamer Tea. All is right with the world.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Just because your browser doesn't already have enough to do
Some more pictures!
The last purge -- I promise! Everything else will be current after this. :) (I have GOT to blog more often...)
In the mornings, when the girls actually stayed in their room to play instead of jumping on my bed at o'dark thirty, I'd often stumble down the hallway and open their door to scenes like this one. (More often than not Katie would be wearing Miriam's clothes.)
Who said homemaking is unfashionable?
teeny-tiny teenie bopper
Super babyyyyyyyy!!! (note the diaper on the OUTSIDE of the overalls)
What a stud. Love you, Mr. Pickles! (this photo was actually taken by Miriam)
Certifiable.
Another adorable reading-together picture, just because they're so cute when they're good!
And some old but-not-quite-as-old-as-the-even-older-news news:
Trip to the DC Zoo (can't believe we didn't get a picture of you & the hubby, Suebee!) There's an elephant in the background, I swear!
Learning all about giraffes. Alternative caption: if there's something to climb, she'll climb it.
Ah joy, a puddle to splash in!
The last purge -- I promise! Everything else will be current after this. :) (I have GOT to blog more often...)
In the mornings, when the girls actually stayed in their room to play instead of jumping on my bed at o'dark thirty, I'd often stumble down the hallway and open their door to scenes like this one. (More often than not Katie would be wearing Miriam's clothes.)
Who said homemaking is unfashionable?
teeny-tiny teenie bopper
Super babyyyyyyyy!!! (note the diaper on the OUTSIDE of the overalls)
What a stud. Love you, Mr. Pickles! (this photo was actually taken by Miriam)
Certifiable.
Another adorable reading-together picture, just because they're so cute when they're good!And some old but-not-quite-as-old-as-the-even-older-news news:
Trip to the DC Zoo (can't believe we didn't get a picture of you & the hubby, Suebee!) There's an elephant in the background, I swear!
Learning all about giraffes. Alternative caption: if there's something to climb, she'll climb it.
Ah joy, a puddle to splash in!
Week 3 of Homeschooling
Well, last week I slacked off, in a way. I declard it to be home ec week, complete with baking (Miriam's learning how to knead bread), cooking (we brought dinner to friends with a new baby), sewing, and lots of cleaning, because...
...on Tuesday our basement went (through various stages) from this:
(is carpet supposed to give off a reflection? I didn't think so...)
...to THIS!!! tan tan ta-RAAAAA!!!
(well, at least it was tidy for 48 hours, before the girls left their mark!) The girls were FASCINATED watching the men install the carpet. Miriam spent all day on the stairs watching & chatting with them.
The walls were supposed to be more creamy than yellow -- darned hardware store flourescent lighting! Oh well. We like it anyway. (although it DOES make the 5th yellow room in our house...) The bathroom door is propped against the wall b/c it won't slide across our super-fluffy carpet! We're going to have to shave about 1/8" or more off the bottom.
I love my little corner -- it's my combination sewing/writing desk. I've already used it for both purposes.
We also got a new back door, which we painted one weekend. While it was threatening to rain. And then it stopped threatening and started to rain in earnest. But thanks to my ever-resourceful hubby:
We were going to get that door finished, by gum!
It still needs another coat, and we have to apply the tile in front of the back door (it's still icy concrete), but for all intents and purposes, our downstairs is livable again! Wa-hoo! It became official when Mr. Pickles set up the TV and all accompanying accessories. :)
So aside from cleaning up & moving in downstairs, I also made this last week:
Medieval princess and a Suomalainen! (Katie wanted to dress up too.) Miriam wore it for 3 days straight. I made an apron too, but hadn't finished it yet when I took this picture.
So, even though we didn't crack a book, it was still an educational weekend!
...on Tuesday our basement went (through various stages) from this:
(is carpet supposed to give off a reflection? I didn't think so...)...to THIS!!! tan tan ta-RAAAAA!!!
(well, at least it was tidy for 48 hours, before the girls left their mark!) The girls were FASCINATED watching the men install the carpet. Miriam spent all day on the stairs watching & chatting with them.The walls were supposed to be more creamy than yellow -- darned hardware store flourescent lighting! Oh well. We like it anyway. (although it DOES make the 5th yellow room in our house...) The bathroom door is propped against the wall b/c it won't slide across our super-fluffy carpet! We're going to have to shave about 1/8" or more off the bottom.
I love my little corner -- it's my combination sewing/writing desk. I've already used it for both purposes.
We also got a new back door, which we painted one weekend. While it was threatening to rain. And then it stopped threatening and started to rain in earnest. But thanks to my ever-resourceful hubby:
We were going to get that door finished, by gum!It still needs another coat, and we have to apply the tile in front of the back door (it's still icy concrete), but for all intents and purposes, our downstairs is livable again! Wa-hoo! It became official when Mr. Pickles set up the TV and all accompanying accessories. :)
So aside from cleaning up & moving in downstairs, I also made this last week:
Medieval princess and a Suomalainen! (Katie wanted to dress up too.) Miriam wore it for 3 days straight. I made an apron too, but hadn't finished it yet when I took this picture.
So, even though we didn't crack a book, it was still an educational weekend!
Sunday, September 24, 2006
More Even Older News
Some pics pertaining to the wedding in CA.
The happy couple.... AND the bride & groom! ;) Miriam & Edy were SO happy to see each other -- so much so that I don't think Miriam even minded that she wasn't a flower girl too! (especially since she got to hold her new Aunt Sara's flowers)
Party tiiiiiiime!!! What wedding is complete without little kids dancing like crazy all over the dance floor?
The reception was held at a bee-yu-tiful house complete with entertainment for the children...
I can't BELIEVE I didn't get a shot of our two girls together in their matching dresses! I'm kicking myself now, b/c I just packed them away for the fall! :( They looked adorable, and I was very proud of how they came out -- I made them both out of a gorgeous eyelet, button-holed with rainbow-colored thread, and trimmed with pearls.
Just had to get a shot of this:
first kiss, first dance, first trampoline bounce...
Edy demonstrating how it's done.
At the gift-opening brunch.
I'm SUPERBABY!
three little maids: Maggie Lu, Katie Bear, and The Meenumator
Weddings are such great opportunities for family reunions! We had a great time visiting with all the family, although there never seems to be enough time to really catch up on everything that's going on in everyone's lives. It was good for the girls to get to know various relatives that they don't get to see very often. I was just happy they warmed up to everyone so quickly. Katie is outgoing anyway, and Miriam gets along with anyone who will adore her, so they made lots of friends. :)
hamming it up with Great-Aunt Goey
The happy couple.... AND the bride & groom! ;) Miriam & Edy were SO happy to see each other -- so much so that I don't think Miriam even minded that she wasn't a flower girl too! (especially since she got to hold her new Aunt Sara's flowers)
Party tiiiiiiime!!! What wedding is complete without little kids dancing like crazy all over the dance floor?The reception was held at a bee-yu-tiful house complete with entertainment for the children...
I can't BELIEVE I didn't get a shot of our two girls together in their matching dresses! I'm kicking myself now, b/c I just packed them away for the fall! :( They looked adorable, and I was very proud of how they came out -- I made them both out of a gorgeous eyelet, button-holed with rainbow-colored thread, and trimmed with pearls.
Just had to get a shot of this:
first kiss, first dance, first trampoline bounce...
Edy demonstrating how it's done.At the gift-opening brunch.
I'm SUPERBABY!
three little maids: Maggie Lu, Katie Bear, and The MeenumatorWeddings are such great opportunities for family reunions! We had a great time visiting with all the family, although there never seems to be enough time to really catch up on everything that's going on in everyone's lives. It was good for the girls to get to know various relatives that they don't get to see very often. I was just happy they warmed up to everyone so quickly. Katie is outgoing anyway, and Miriam gets along with anyone who will adore her, so they made lots of friends. :)
hamming it up with Great-Aunt Goey
Even Older News
I feel like I'm purging my photo files! Sorry we haven't gotten around to posting all these till now. (of course, it's not like we haven't had anything else on our minds lately...) I also apologize to those whose computers will take a long time to load all these pics!
Some pics from our June trip to CA.
I seem to remember once seeing a similar picture of me pushing the same cart in the same yard...
Katie helping Grandpa sweep the patio.
Whatchoo lookin' at? (this was a very tame squirrel -- or maybe very hungry)
bottoms up! (I can't get over how flexible Katie is...)
One evening during dinner the palm tree just spontaneously decided to shed about 3/4 of its deadwood. It sounded like an explosion as it all came crashing down. Thank goodness it was the evening and the girls weren't outside -- some of those branches are sharp as razors!
Katie making friends with one of Uncle Joe's practice babies. They got along great.
What summer is complete without...
playing in the sprinkler?
giving a flower a drink
deciding to brave it!
And of course, no visit to So. Cal. is complete without a trip to...
the BEACH!!!
bathing beauties
Ah, to be able to nap anywhere...
There is STILL sand stuck in that swimsuit.
I-I-I'm c-c-c-c-c-cooooooooold-d-d-d-d-d!!!
Grandma helps keep me warm!
mmm, all better!
Some pics from our June trip to CA.
I seem to remember once seeing a similar picture of me pushing the same cart in the same yard...
Katie helping Grandpa sweep the patio.
Whatchoo lookin' at? (this was a very tame squirrel -- or maybe very hungry)
bottoms up! (I can't get over how flexible Katie is...)
One evening during dinner the palm tree just spontaneously decided to shed about 3/4 of its deadwood. It sounded like an explosion as it all came crashing down. Thank goodness it was the evening and the girls weren't outside -- some of those branches are sharp as razors!
Katie making friends with one of Uncle Joe's practice babies. They got along great.What summer is complete without...
playing in the sprinkler?
giving a flower a drink
deciding to brave it!And of course, no visit to So. Cal. is complete without a trip to...
the BEACH!!!
bathing beauties
Ah, to be able to nap anywhere...
There is STILL sand stuck in that swimsuit.
I-I-I'm c-c-c-c-c-cooooooooold-d-d-d-d-d!!!
Grandma helps keep me warm!
mmm, all better!
Old News
Ahh, those fleeting days of summer. These pictures were actually taken back in June, the day before our basement flooded in fact. (which kinda explains why I forgot about them...) Soon after we returned from our big family vacation (hmm, guess I haven't posted pics from then either!) we took a little trip into Old Town Alexandria to eat ice cream along the waterfront.
Mommy, will you buy me one?
chocolate baby face!
This is one of the reasons we haven't posted an updated family photo on our blog in, oh, a year. It would have been perfect if Miriam hadn't been acting like a little snot. Grandma B., consider yourself avenged. She's just like her mother. Nobody's going to tell HER what to do if she doesn't FEEL like doing it, by gum!
I look at these pictures now with a sigh of reminiscence... ah, those happy, carefree days! We were so young and naive! Had we known what events would follow close on the heels of that evening of innocent family pleasures.... Seriously, that was a busy weekend for us. That night we found out I was pregnant, and the next night our basement flooded. Enter crazy summer of 2006!
Mommy, will you buy me one?
chocolate baby face!
This is one of the reasons we haven't posted an updated family photo on our blog in, oh, a year. It would have been perfect if Miriam hadn't been acting like a little snot. Grandma B., consider yourself avenged. She's just like her mother. Nobody's going to tell HER what to do if she doesn't FEEL like doing it, by gum!I look at these pictures now with a sigh of reminiscence... ah, those happy, carefree days! We were so young and naive! Had we known what events would follow close on the heels of that evening of innocent family pleasures.... Seriously, that was a busy weekend for us. That night we found out I was pregnant, and the next night our basement flooded. Enter crazy summer of 2006!
Saturday, September 23, 2006
What political stereotype are you?
Hmmm, I always thought I was more conservative than this... maybe that's what happens when I pick random answers for questions I don't understand...
It was interesting to get the rusty political-thinking gears working again -- it's been a few years since I've had to think about these kinds of things.
It was interesting to get the rusty political-thinking gears working again -- it's been a few years since I've had to think about these kinds of things.
Neo-Conservative You scored 30% Personal Liberty and 46% Economic Liberty! |
A neo-conservative believes in moderate to high government intervention on personal matters and moderate government intervention on economic matters. Unlike most other conservatives, they may tend to support a social safety net, though to a lesser extent then most leftists. Others are more capitalistically inclined. They tend to support war, police powers, foreign intervention and laws restricting personal liberty. Neo-conservatives tend to emphasize foreign policy. Neo-conservatism is the result of "fusion" between "old left" and "new right" tendencies. |
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My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The Politics Test written by brainpolice on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test |
Click "Add to Wish List"...?
Blog posts about this have been floating around the net recently. Read some of the reviews. Go ahead, I'll wait.
...Did you read them? Okay, my personal favorites so far:
A Brilliant Nose with Hints of Citrus
On the nose this milk is exceptionally elegant. Dominant floral notes (mint and white flowers) mingle with hints of fresh fruit (citrus fruits, fresh almonds). As it undergoes aeration, riper notes of vanilla and nougat come to the fore, giving a pleasant roundness to the milk. At this stage a typical whole milk characteristic, crisp elegance, clearly prevails over aromatic strength.
In the mouth, the milk, especially in the gallon size, reveals its true personality. Fruity notes (white peaches, grapefruit and bergamot) dominate an energetic attack on the palate, which is prolonged by the structure and roundedness of the milk. The balance, a combination of freshness and vigour, is ideal. With a finish that is extremely persistent and clean, mineral notes add force to this noble cow juice.
--by Barry Gilbert "Master Lactolier" (Boulder, CO United States)
I never thought I would like Tuscan milk.
When I turned 13, my family had to leave our hometown on Kashyyyk due to a period of intense economic depression. We wondered the galaxy for a full year and was unable to find jobs anywhere on Naboo, Endor, Bespin, or Alderaan. The economy was in such a trough that not even Trade Federation affiliated corporations were hiring extra Wookies. Finally, Mom and Dad had given up hope and decided to settle on being seasonal moisture farmers on Tatooine.
When we arrived at Tatooine, however, we were captured and robbed by a band of Tuscan Raiders who tortured and killed my parents for their refusal to give up the family bowcaster - I have held a grudge against the Tuscan ever since.
Last month, while I was on delivery duty speeding across the desert, I became drowsy and drove headlong into a Sarlac pit. When I was within an inch of being devoured by the Tatooine ant-lion, a mysterious Twi'Lek Jedi Master flew by and dropped a gallon, 128 oz. of Tuscan milk into the sarlac's gaping orifice and said to me: "Forgive, not hate - for hate leads to the dark side."
Before I could look, the Jedi master was gone, and the Tuscan milk had so highly satisfied the mighty Sarlac that he fell into food coma. I was then able to climb out of the pit and save myself.
I will always remember the gallon, 128 oz. of milk that saved my life, and to heed the Twi'Lek's advice to forgive the Tuscan Raiders - after all, their sweet, sweet milk had saved my life.
--by Tarfful "the Great" (Tatooine)
Obviously written by college students putting off writing term papers.
...Did you read them? Okay, my personal favorites so far:
A Brilliant Nose with Hints of Citrus
On the nose this milk is exceptionally elegant. Dominant floral notes (mint and white flowers) mingle with hints of fresh fruit (citrus fruits, fresh almonds). As it undergoes aeration, riper notes of vanilla and nougat come to the fore, giving a pleasant roundness to the milk. At this stage a typical whole milk characteristic, crisp elegance, clearly prevails over aromatic strength.
In the mouth, the milk, especially in the gallon size, reveals its true personality. Fruity notes (white peaches, grapefruit and bergamot) dominate an energetic attack on the palate, which is prolonged by the structure and roundedness of the milk. The balance, a combination of freshness and vigour, is ideal. With a finish that is extremely persistent and clean, mineral notes add force to this noble cow juice.
--by Barry Gilbert "Master Lactolier" (Boulder, CO United States)
I never thought I would like Tuscan milk.
When I turned 13, my family had to leave our hometown on Kashyyyk due to a period of intense economic depression. We wondered the galaxy for a full year and was unable to find jobs anywhere on Naboo, Endor, Bespin, or Alderaan. The economy was in such a trough that not even Trade Federation affiliated corporations were hiring extra Wookies. Finally, Mom and Dad had given up hope and decided to settle on being seasonal moisture farmers on Tatooine.
When we arrived at Tatooine, however, we were captured and robbed by a band of Tuscan Raiders who tortured and killed my parents for their refusal to give up the family bowcaster - I have held a grudge against the Tuscan ever since.
Last month, while I was on delivery duty speeding across the desert, I became drowsy and drove headlong into a Sarlac pit. When I was within an inch of being devoured by the Tatooine ant-lion, a mysterious Twi'Lek Jedi Master flew by and dropped a gallon, 128 oz. of Tuscan milk into the sarlac's gaping orifice and said to me: "Forgive, not hate - for hate leads to the dark side."
Before I could look, the Jedi master was gone, and the Tuscan milk had so highly satisfied the mighty Sarlac that he fell into food coma. I was then able to climb out of the pit and save myself.
I will always remember the gallon, 128 oz. of milk that saved my life, and to heed the Twi'Lek's advice to forgive the Tuscan Raiders - after all, their sweet, sweet milk had saved my life.
--by Tarfful "the Great" (Tatooine)
Obviously written by college students putting off writing term papers.
Monday, September 18, 2006
Pictures
Some photos pertaining to previous posts. (I only just figured out how to upload them onto the new computer.)
Little seamstress at work.
The "school wall" for showing off the latest projects. This way the day we learned about purple. It's interesting noting the girls' different creative styles. Miriam is so methodic in her creations, while Katie is more willing to experiment.
This was from Sept. 12, the feast of the Holy Name of Mary. I ran out of blue icing. :(
It was fun to make this cake -- it was the first time I had ever made a cake from scratch. I realize now why all women of a certain generation owned hand mixers. After 30 minutes of beating butter, then butter & sugar, then egg yolks, then egg whites, I began to lose some of my scorn for those who owned kitchen mixers! :)
The Katie who wore a pot on her head.
Awww, such loving sisters!
Little seamstress at work.
The "school wall" for showing off the latest projects. This way the day we learned about purple. It's interesting noting the girls' different creative styles. Miriam is so methodic in her creations, while Katie is more willing to experiment.
This was from Sept. 12, the feast of the Holy Name of Mary. I ran out of blue icing. :(It was fun to make this cake -- it was the first time I had ever made a cake from scratch. I realize now why all women of a certain generation owned hand mixers. After 30 minutes of beating butter, then butter & sugar, then egg yolks, then egg whites, I began to lose some of my scorn for those who owned kitchen mixers! :)
The Katie who wore a pot on her head.
Awww, such loving sisters!
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