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9月18日 Dancing through the daysWell, it has decided to warm up again...supposed to be 92 degrees today...I must admit I miss the crispness of the cooler days we had last week. Speaking of crisp, I made a lovely apple crisp last week thanks to a recipe given by Fairlight...so very tasty! I plan to continue a-baking with a pumpkin bread that is also very good. If I can get my act together I will blog the recipe. The guest room is now put together...such fun I have had putting things away, now the house feels so much more in order and I have conquered ever so many more boxes. I find I have to bribe myself to even attempt to open them "Open this box and unpack it and you can watch one episode of Golden Girls." Boxes are so ugly and nondescript: brown, black writing, musty smell...blech! :( But, then comes the opening...flip out the short silver blade of my mini-leatherman (every girl should own one, thanks Dad!), cut tape at the ends first, then the quick and luxurious slide through the tape down the middle, lift the flaps two by two, remove the crinkly, creamy newsprint from the top and VOILE! treasures to behold, "Ahhhh, the hob nail lamp from grandma!", "Ooooooo, my hand painted hat stand!", "Ugly plastic chicken? Why the hec did I keep this?" And so it goes. I hope to start taking some pictures of the house this week to post now that there are less piles and boxes to distort the view. I have also been in the mood to do some sewing, I am attempting to make a couple of things without a pattern to go by, we shall see how they turn out. My lovely Mama, brother and sister-in-law are coming for a quick visit this weekend...I am all a dither with excitement.... 9月11日 It's here!Today is crisp and cool....I feel like fall is here! Well, I never got to continue blogging on Saturday...and time got away on Sunday too...and now it's Tuesday and 9/11. I took a few moments this morning to think and pray about the day and sadly what it means...but, I also felt a since of hope after all we still have our glorious Savior Jesus Christ to put our trust in. God Bless you all on this day of remembrance. The rest of the weekend consisted of grocery shopping, cleaning, more unpacking, football, bread baking, etc. I still continue to make progress on the house, but, I still feel like there is so much more to do. I have gotten rid of a lot more stuff and I have organized things that I can't bear to part with into two tubs. The last boxes I have gone through were my stuffed animals and childhood toys and keepsakes. I used to have a mouse collection (figurines, little toys, knick knacks, etc) and I went through the entire thing, I mean there must have been at least one hundred different ones and what a trip down memory lane! I ended up keeping three favorites and the rest are going away. It's a bit hard to be getting rid of pieces of my childhood, but I still have the memories and all of the things that I am going through have been in boxes for years...maybe by giving them away someone else can enjoy them. Plus, I feel lighter having less "stuff" dragging me down. I'm still looking for a job...I have had four interviews recently and no job offers...I really need a job! God knows what he has for me and I feel like all of this is for a reason. He has never let me down before and he won't now. I would appreciate any prayers too! I hope all is well with each of you...leave a comment and let me know what's new. 9月8日 One Sunny DayIt is Saturday Morning and what a lovely day it is so far. Elijah decided that he was ready to get up and moving at around 6am. I fed him and then hoped that he would want to nap a bit longer, but alas, no luck. So up I got, made a pot of coffee and he was soon ready for his cereal and fruit...now one wet and two poopy diapers later he is sitting playing with toys and books, David is hanging up new outside lights on the house and I am taking a few moments to blog.
Elijah is doing so well. He is sitting up all by himself and he pocesses a voracious appetite. He likes most everything that he has eaten, but is not crazy about peas, mixed veggies, and some of the meat entrees. He was also quite certain that the macaroni and cheese was something he never wanted to try again and I cannot blame him. He will certainly love the real thing when the time comes, but the pureed variety is not a pretty thing.
He also loves books, which makes me very happy. I try to read to him everyday and he gets so excited looking at the pictures and watching me form the words. One of his favorites is Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton...Oops, somebody is getting fussy...I will continue this later. 9月4日 Our Life as of LateI have been trying to upload photos for the last couple of hours and...NO LUCK!!!! Frustrated!!! I have been trying to also download my new podcasts of NPR's Wait, wait don't tell me and Cartalk (both of which I adore) and I can't seem to get those to work either. So check back I hope to have tons of photos up and running soon.
It seems like we haven't been home much lately and the truth is we haven't. Every week end since the beginning of August we have been on the road. Elijah and I also went out to the west coast to see family and had a ball. He did so well on the flights out and back and it was a joy to see him with his grandparents and aunts and uncles...he was most certainly a hit. But, I must say how nice it was to get home and to see David's sweet face again...I miss him so when we are apart for days. This past weekend we went to visit family on David's side and we always have a great time. I wasn't looking forward to travelling again, but once we were there I was happy that we had made the drive. David took me on two dates, which we never get to do...two movies (how glorious!) The Bourne Ultimatum and Superbad. We enjoyed both, one serious and one very funny. On the second night after the movie he took me to a Sushi place...tuna with sliced jalepenos(sp?) and cilantro, shrimp with avocado and cucumber wrapped in rice and seaweed, and crab with...I can't remember what was with it, but it was wrapped in rice and seaweed...then ever so gently nestled and lifted between my chop sticks, dipped in soysauce and wasabi and plopped onto my eager taste buds...WOW! The flavors and textures were divine. It had been before my pregnancy when I had sushi last...David knew just where to take me and what to do. It was lovely. We topped it off with a passion fruit creme brulee...sweetness, creaminess, with the delightful crunch of the sugar crust on top...heaven.
On Sunday we went to watch our nephew Jonathan's first football game. The sun was warm and streaming through the dappled leaves as they moved in a gentle breeze. I could feel fall in the air and an enormous sense on contentment. There is something so right in watching a live football game on a September day. It made me feel like not all was wrong with the world and that something so simple as 9 year olds playing a game for the first time was normal and American and what fall is all about...I don't know...I was a jumble of thoughts and happy to be in the bleachers. His team lost but, that didn't dimnish the day in the least. It felt like warm casseroles, stews, sweaters, apple cider, pumpkins, crisp evenings, and fall hikes all rolled into one lovely afternoon. I made mental lists of what wanted to do this fall and how excited I was to welcome the new season and smiled at the thoughts of how it would be Elijah's first and all of the things that I want him to see and experience.
We are all well here...also, babies are everwhere and such joy...my sweet cousin Bonnie just had her first, a girl named Claire...Wonder Wife had another sweet little girl...welcome Little Ones and more to come in the year ahead...My brother Joe and sister-in-law Brandi are due in a few weeks, Fairlight is due in the new year and so is my brother Craig and Sister-in-law Becky . Life feels right and sweet and very happy...glad to be back in blog land!
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