Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The Unthinkable

Posting without pictures, that is. But apparently I have gone from a not-so-stellar internet connection at the previous house, to a waaaaaay-not-so-stellar internet connection here at the current house! Did I just lose you?

Let me back up......

We had to move.

From the Ranch.

Really quickly.

Three days, to be exact.

(That's my record, by the way.)

God blessed us with a home of unbelievable proportions in the time from when we had to move till when we can move into our new home.

Yes. That's correct. I just said new home. More on this later....like, when I know what that happens to be.

Our current arrangement is for approximately 3 weeks and 3 days. I have it down to a science. But this said current arrangement has that same said not-so-stellar internet connection. Remember? Please try to keep up. I'm a person who can gather an entire household into a moving van in 3 days flat! Don't mess with me, man.

Did I just say that? Sorry. My face is hot right now.

Focus, Beth.

Ok, so writing a post without pictures just seems unthinkable to me, and wrong and it fills me with all sorts of weird feelings that I'm just not willing to deal with right now. For these reasons, and many others I'll not bore you (anymore) with, I will now commence with adding random photos simply so I can write a stinking post again!! I admit to having a photo-related-problem. We can deal with this at another time.

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There, it's off my chest.

When my life goes haywire, I tend to curl into a little ball and hide from my blog. The other part of me, the so called real part of me that has phone calls to make, boxes to pack, children to feed and other things that just will not go away keeps going, flourishes and I become somebody I just don't quite recognize when things are going smoothly (i.e. no imminent meltdowns).

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I mentioned His name earlier. God. He has been the biggest part in all this. Even the whole have-to-move-out-thing. Thank goodness HE knows all that is to come, what's best for us, and that HE will be glorified. Thank goodness I don't have control over my own life. What a very scary, scary place it would be.

I will fill in all the in-your-face blanks and questions my two readers will have after reading this post. (Hi Mom and Mom-in-Law!). Actually, since it's only you two, you already know all this stuff!



Silence echoing........



Enjoy the randomness. Ah, I never quite answered why these are all seemingly randomly chosen pictures. Flickr won't upload any of my photos because my not-so-stellar internet connection is, well, not-so-stellar. It's a turtle. Molasses. Goo. It's just plain slow!

Cattails

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Project 365, a new twist

Have you done this? I started a 365 project last year, then around April it started to peter out. Just the other day, I noticed the blog I had started in my dashboard to showcase that project and realized I had not only let it slide, but had completely abandoned it altogether. I'm pathetic!

So here's a new way to make me feel pathetic, but this way actually may just keep me going. Shuttercal is where you do your 365, then turn it into a calendar. Woah. That just might be something I can hang onto. Besides, by January 1st of 2010, I might just be done with the whole moving-every-12-months-or-so-thing (at least for awhile, right?) so life can get back to "normal"......whatever that is.

Here's an exceedingly random photo taken last week while we were trick-or-treating in Vail Village with absolutely nothing in common with the previous two paragraphs. I just can't hardly stand a post without a photo.

So sue me.

Just don't make me move again.
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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Guess what we're up to?

packed van

One good thing about moving a lot is that you get pretty good at it.

This time we did it in three days. Not too shabby!

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Come on Three!

I missed it. Here, at least. Not in reality.

There were the presents. The cupcakes. The ice cream.

We sang Happy Birthday. He blew out the candles.

But it wasn't recorded here.

So.......

Hmmmm


Happy Birthday, Addison!!

Monday, October 26, 2009

The Latest Greatest

We have quite a commute to school and this is my week to carpool the morning shift. I like to listen to the news on the way, but I don't always think it's the best thing for the kids to have their innocent little ears tuned into. I typically crank the control all the way to the front of the car and hope their chatter will drown out the rest. It usually does.

So when I listened to a long feature on the one thing that is sure to be the latest-greatest-got-to-have-it-toy-for-the-upcoming-holiday-season, I switched off the radio, got my kids' attention and asked them, "Have you heard of a toy called a zoo zoo pet?" (Little did I know they are actually called "zhu zhu pets".)

Emma piped up, "What's that?"

I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't know exactly. I was just wondering if you had heard of them."

Silence. Then, "But what are they?" from Emma, the 8 year old again.

Me, wishing I hadn't said a thing about the little rodents, "They're a toy."

The eight-year old, "Oh." Long silence. "I want one!!"

Now, please explain to me why a person with no means of earning income on her own, without knowing more than that a thing is a toy and that her mom has now heard of it, would so desperately desire this said thing.

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I guess I have a long way to go as a parent.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

We went to Warmth...I mean, West!

Our trip to Utah was just what we planned: relaxing and fun time together. Emphasis on that word because that was our goal. It's hard to find concentrated time together when we stay home for the weekend because there's just always so many distractions. We didn't do a whole lot, but it was fun, I didn't have to cook or do dishes and we all came home tired but happy!

Just a sampling of our weekend....
sliding
Addison must have gone up and down the slide a bagillion times!

Sunny girl
A sunny girl in the warm light.

Chillin'
Chillin' on the rock climbing wall. Aren't you supposed to, um, climb it?

Sharing a laugh wtih Dad
It's much more fun to share a laugh with Dad than climb a rock wall!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Caught on Camera


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I spy a dog.


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Geeze. On camera?


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Oh, sorry, Winnie. Just gettin' a nibble, eh?


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No need to look so guilty about it!

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Good dog.