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hi.....it's wednesday.

 

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moving on from that ad for Chlorox....


so...you know how you miss your window of telling someone something if you wait too long?

like if they have spinach in their teeth and you don't say anything for the whole meal and you say something as you get in your car to leave?  

or you find out you are pregnant and don't tell your friends and then you dont see them again until you are obviously showing and it's weird like "umm...hey....i forgot to tell you i'm pregnant"  "When are you due?" "um....next month."  (i have had that happen)

there is a window to share big news before things become awkward.

i missed that window.

so....in the spirit of all this awkwardness....

we are moving.

this weekend.

i know. i know.

craig and i have been talking about it for a year.
our kids are in school in another town (except lauren who is finishing her high school here)
and we have wanted to be in that town all year for lots of reasons...especially for the kids!

we looked at houses, we looked at building, we talked about every option and then

we found a house to rent.

it is the perfect solution until we know what we really want long term.  



it is two minutes from school.  TWO!!   (which is nice considering we overslept today and missed the bus!)

it's adorable....it really is.
and it's in the country!
with a barn!
with a basketball goal....it's so HOOSIERS.



we have been moving carloads there for over a week.
we move officially this weekend.




BUT we are also keeping our current house too.
we will still come here for when our family visits.
when our friends come for a week and we can all stay in one place.
for holidays.
for craft weekends.
for special family nights.
and i will be able to come here and sew and sew and sew.
keeping this house opens up ALL kinds of new and FUN possibilities! 

i am still processing all of it emotionally.
it's a little bit crazy to do but it's also a little bit awesome.

we are confident in this decision.
four of the five kids are happy and pumped up about it.
we are excited about a big change.

we are looking forward to see what GOD brings before us in this adventure.

there are so many wonderful memories to be made here.
i can't wait.
bring on the country.

so.....what do you think?

 

a favorite of mine...

i love hearing my children practice piano.
they whine and complain.
they say "WHY DO I HAVE TO TAKE PIANO?!"
and at times....throw themselves on the floor dramatically and kick their legs up and down. 

but when they can play and when they do play....


 
i love to listen.

it's like background music for the family.

the soundtrack of life in our home.

and they do love to play once they have figured out the notes.



she sticks out her tongue quite often when she concentrates.


she gets silly too....

we got this piano for FREE from the classifieds when we lived in illinois.
in the newspaper...before craigslist existed!
the woman giving it away was going to miss it and she said "it has a sweet sound" several times.
it's been well loved for a long time.

(and i think it needs some white paint on it sooner or later.
i can't believe it's still wood color after all these years!)


all the kids have taken lessons at some point in their little lives.
right now it's only talby and annie playing.
i wish they all played.
but i am just not that mom.
it takes so much dedication from THE MOM to have all your kids play and keep at it.
so we are down to two kiddos in lessons immediately after school on mondays.



one awesome thing about their lessons is they are at a college in the music department.
so when we walk in every week there is music everywhere.
trumpets practicing scales....cellos, violins and yesterday a full choir was singing!
i love that extra something the music dept. brings to our mondays. 

photo bomber.
and there is that tongue again!


 
waffle always has to be right at our feet.
literally.

well since i showed a home video yesterday....
why not one more today?!
it makes the pictures come to life right? 

pretty quickly waffle begins barking and continues throughout the entire song.
i am sure it was at something very important like a leaf falling or a person walking by two blocks away.... 

i hope that one day at least ONE of our kids wants to play an instrument for fun.
but it has to be their choice and it's either in you or it's not.
and it's not in me.
at all.
but i sure do love to listen to them play.

what about you?
do you play?
do your kids? 

 

 

hello monday....my back hurts.

i am sore from running after a two week break.
why in my back though?  ugh. 

how was your weekend?
i feel like it was a little too busy for my taste.
not any hanging out.
just go go go.
and if i was not going....i was thinking about what next?...where was i?....where is that thing?....just one more load of laundry....oh don't forget that....

that stuff will weigh you down you know?
your sleep isn't even good cause your brain is just on overload.

oh well....it's over now and it's monday.
a new week.
a BIG week.

 
annie made the cheese part of our lasagna this weekend.
it is my favorite meal.
it just IS.

how about some winners from last weeks giveaway??

for the SpunkyFluff sign......

You're killin' me smalls

Posted by: Mae | February 22, 2012 at 01:13 PM

 

for the 31 BiTS necklace.....

Wow. I can't believe those beads are paper? I loved the waverly necklace the best, until I saw the 87 cuff. LOVE that bracelet. Might have to save up and get it! Empowering women to live life and kick a** at their profession = awesome. Who knows how many lives have been changed by this!

Posted by: Jenn | February 25, 2012 at 12:32 AM

 

email me at [email protected] with your address ok?
:)



 
lauren had a volleyball tournament on sunday.
it's always fun to watch her play.
she seems happy when she's out there.



my little girls were cracking me up last night at bedtime.
 

 
oh that justin bieber....he is pretty special.

please enjoy this lovely performance of "Baby Baby" complete with my 10 and 7 year old rapping Ludacris, a very messy bedroom, giggling, baby dolls and iguanas and two very cool rock star sisters.
sometimes the bedtime stalling technique they have is pretty darn cute.

that iguana was definitely lip syncing......

i gotta get movin' on my monday list.
it is going to be a WEEK of lists.

and i am nervously gearing up to ROCK my body on thursday.
i feel like i should have kept quiet.
i hope you don't really expect much for a "plan" since i am not a nutritionalist, a fitness guru or anything remotely
athletic but i will tell you what my thoughts are....and what i am going to do for the weeks of march.
i guess.

i am making it up as i go along.
(that was probably pretty obvious)

have a great day today.