1. We rented a house! It's a nice little two bedroom - two blocks from the train, four blocks to church.
2. We currently live in a nice medium-sized three bedroom. We have some downsizing to do - which we are mostly doing with relish. Too much stuff makes us both crazy. I'm a little nostalgic right now, though, because Ben just took his old word processor to the e-waste site. He wrote a lot of great poems on that thing.3. My back went out on Friday. Ugh.
4. I discovered HGTV during my 48 hour back pain extravaganza. I didn't even know we had it; I never flip channels thanks to TiVo. I am capable of watching ungodly amounts of HGTV, and may just need to pretend that we don't have it. It did come in really handy when I was pinned to the couch.
5. Last Wed we had a textbook perfect day at Disneyland with Ben's family. Juliette did not have one single meltdown, which I consider a small miracle.
Oh, Family...
Even the Merry-Go-Round makes me queasy. I'm old...
On "It's a Small World After All"...
Watermelon at the Frontierland BBQ joint...
So convenient to have a kid who will nap anywhere...
Happy faces with Aunt Jennifer...
6. Sadly, the day at Disney might have been too much for Juliette. Her ear infection came back with a vengeance on Friday (i.e., same day my back went out... poor Ben). She coughed so much they checked for pneumonia. After a day of antibiotics and nebulizer treatments she's still coughing like crazy.
7. I had an absolutely wonderful surprise at church on Sunday morning: a visit from Allison and Anthony! Ben was in on it the whole time. They even sprung me out of the post-church bylaws meeting early (with the blessing of the lay leaders, who love A & A nearly as much as I do) and took me out to lunch at The Spot. We even have a crazy photo to show for it. I love Allison's interpretation of it.
8. We bought one-way tickets to the Midwest today.
9. If you had told me that there would ever be a chapter in my life in which I would listen to Lady Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas more than Over the Rhine, I would have laughed in your face. But I continue to be altogether obsessed with pop music these days. I think it's a stress reliever.
10. Charlie turns two on Friday, which means my sisters and I will all be mamas of two-year-olds. Wow.
One of the things I miss most about having cable is HGTV on 24/7. It's nice and relaxing, good background stuff with the kids popping in and educational! I can't wait to have cable back- enjoy it for me, okay??
ReplyDeleteSo nice that you got to go to Disney-I really hope we can make it...someday. I heard your Ke$ha? song again the other day. hahaha.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great picture of all of you at Disney. I am glad you finally made it there. Such fun.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry about your back (that you inherited from me).
I am going to tell Over The Rhine what you have been doing...
I, too, love HGTV, and since I work from home, I have it on in the background many evenings when I'm working. My favorites are Sandra Rinomato, Lisa LaPorta, and Candice Olsen. And I love the show House Hunters, but I find that I get really sick of how entitled nearly everyone is ("*Gasp!* You mean each of my kids won't have his/her own bathroom?") that I have to take breaks from it from time to time.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I'm in northern Illinois too. I'll probably run into you at a concert someday :-)
I'll have to get some good tips from you on taking little ones to Disneyland...we're going in two weeks! And your pop music obsession is so funny...Chris is currently in a Lady Gaga phase, too, and I can't stop teasing him about it. Now that two people I respect cop to liking her I may have to give it another try.
ReplyDeleteI hope your back is feeling better and that everyone is on the mend!
Wow, that is a typical west side suburb house. I am impressed! (And excited to visit!!)
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