whatever

lazy sunday

up early to walk the puppy.

late church service.

subway for lunch.

craig packed all the kids up and went to see his dad.

i put on my iPod and danced and sang and sewed.

(thanks for the inspiration crystal)

how good it feels to have a quiet house.

(notice i didn't say a clean house?)

and just for laughs.

i think it's funny...maybe you don't.

here's the real lazy sunday.

then on a totally different subject...

hey lorel - i saw this picture today and it mad me miss you so much!

i miss my big sister.

if i could i would give you big hug.  

and shout "BEER ME!"  

or "nice shlacks and a nice blouse"

or "augh...my nails!"

i had better call you.  or you call me.

love ya.

new list

the summer list was almost completed.

no horse, no teaching lauren to drive, no new recipes...

but summer is over.

so i made a new list.

it's all mine.

every room has it's own color

and each project i want to finish.

with room at the bottom to add stuff i think of later.

with the kids at school i am trying to be productive and creative.

trying...

and this list has already helped me so much!

and i can never say "i have nothing to do"

not that i have said that in the past 5 years...but if i thought of saying it.

i can't. 

it's all here in rainbow color.

now i am going to make some pillows.

new adventure (not puppy related)

but quickly for those of you who asked -

waffle is a golden doodle - half golden retriever half poodle.

he is a boy.

he is wonderful.

i love him.

i have a new baby to take care of!

since i can't have a real baby....

believe me i have asked for that too.

but craig is really ice cold on that....frozen you could say.

but enough about puppies for now.

let me tell about my new adventure that i may take.

i told some friends recently 

that i was thinking about photography more seriously.

like as a J.O.B.  

(scary scary thought)

they said "yes yes yes DO IT!"

then i asked if i could practice on them.

they said "yes yes yes DO IT!"

(also very scary)

they made me feel so good and warm and fuzzy.

i have good friends.

so here are my first guinea pigs...(so to speak)

he left for college 2 days later. 

they should be in a band and use this for their album cover.

(or whatever people call them now that we don't have records.)

 

my favorite.

it was fun.

i learned a lot just from my first try.

thank you gb and roger and kids.

one last thing...look what claire almost touched during pictures!

seriously.

i was uncomfortable knowing this spider was in the same town as me.

it was the biggest spider i have ever seen. 

HUGE.

it looked like what you see in museums.

and i think that's where it should go.

far far away....and dead.

{{{{yuck.}}}}

uh-oh.

he said "okay"

and now waffle lives with us!

yikes.

what have i gotten myself into?!

i asked begged for it.

and now i am a little scared.

but i have a big support group...shana, gb, amy, carrie, amy to begin with.

and a kennel....thanks seth.

craig is the best.

such an awesome husband and daddy.

my friends even thought it was romantic to hear he brought home a kennel 

after the ice cold post.

not the flowers and candle kind of romantic...but still sweet.

talby said it perfectly in her card to her daddy tonight.

and this picture!

do you get it?

waffle's body is a box of "homestile" waffles.  

this is so awesome!!!

thank you shana, brian, jase and kate.

thank you craig.

wish me luck.

i have clearly lost my mind.

dear mr. ice cold,

are you really really really sure that you want to say no to this?

how?

how can you?

what is inside your heart that makes you not love these puppies?

i am happy to report that during our day of puppy sitting...

this puppy has done nothing.

she's eaten a little.

played a little.

gone potty outside only.

and slept 90% of the time.

just thought those facts may interest you mr. ice.

oh and one more fact.

there are still two left...a golden one even!

(i love you mr. ice cold.)

the "an-tick" store

i can get annie to "an-tick" with me...

because of these.

the best suckers in town are at the antique store we love.

i should have bought this chair.

it was half off even!

sometimes i go and i find too many good things in one day.

like an old school kitchen aid mixer.

 

or a holder for aluminum foil.

i hadn't seen one of these before.   

a place for everything...?

jenn - i think miss london needs this vintage metal baby bed for her dollies.

it was so sweet and only $20! (metcalf sisters store on the right side)

after 4 suckers...we settled on this bowl 

and this typewriter.

i love this typewriter.

annie thought it was a cash register.

when we got home she started playing store with it...

"that will be five dollars please."

then she started hitting the keys.

when i heard that click click click i was taken right back to being 5 years old.

my memory was of the sun register newspaper where my parents worked.

i remember the whole office. 

and sitting with sharon hudson.

don't you love when you have one of those moments?

it was such a nice memory.

my big kids thought the typewriter was so funny.

"how did this do what computers do?"

close but not quite.