...feeling a bit homesick for our old house.
...trying to stop saying "back home" when referring to grand rapids.
...eating and enjoying lots and lots of veggies.
...also really enjoying celery with peanut butter. and strawberries with peanut butter. and actually, pretty much anything with peanut butter.
...looking forward to a long weekend (thursday afternoon through monday morning!) with jeremy home.
...annoyed by the fly that keeps buzzing around me.
...thankful for a new incentive/discipline system for love that is working well (one week in).
...glad that love is having a great time at VBS this week. she really enjoys it, and i enjoy just hanging out with jobot during these mornings. this morning we made a crust for cheesecake. (i make this recipe, in case you want to try it. i don't make the chocolate sauce...we eat it with berries, or plain. it is delicious.)
...thankful that jeremy and i have been laughing together a lot lately. mostly because he is funny, but i think i can be pretty funny too.
...being entertained by jobot's growing vocabulary. he comes out with new words multiple times a day, most recently "costco", "bubble", "ouch" (thanks to his sister for teaching him that one) and "popsicle".
...looking at the new-to-us rug in our living room. i have wanted a rug in there ever since we moved in, but our budget for home decorating is basically zero at this point. and then we stopped at goodwill the other day and jeremy found a rug for $12. we decided we could handle that. and the colors match perfectly. (maybe people think it's gross to buy a rug at goodwill? well...it doesn't smell, we vacuumed it, and it seems clean, so that's good enough for us.)
...reading the heart of parenting: raising an emotionally intelligent child. i don't agree with everything, but there is a lot of information i am appreciating and hope to incorporate into my parenting.
...dreaming about future career possibilities.
...really, really needing a hair cut but hesitant to get it cut by someone new. (one of the hardest things about moving...you lose all your people... hairdresser, mechanic, babysitter, etc...)
...enjoying the quiet of afternoon rest time at our house.
what are you up to lately?
YES YES YES!! to everything in your last blog (the parenting one). i laughed and smiled the whole way through. you are way more eloquent than i am when talking about parenting, but i echo every sentiment ... from the grocery store to the "mercies new every morning."
ReplyDeleteI wanted to say I love your living room, Goodwill rug included. :) We once bought an 8x10 rug on Craigslist and when we got it home and vacuumed it for the first time, all the fibers on the rug stood straight up like a giant fuzz ball. Guess what we spent every evening doing for the next two months .... yes, shaving it with Mike's face buzzer until all the fuzz was gone. Then we swept it to keep it clean. Then sold it for the same as what we paid for it...back on Craigslist. Talk about thrifty.
Can't wait to see you in a few months. I wish it was going to be more than just a day ... I feel like we have so much to talk about! But it will be a great start.
XO
that is SO funny about the rug! i can just picture you shaving it every night - ha!
Deletei can't wait to see you too!!!
What an adorable picture of you and Jobot. The size difference is the same between my eldest niece and nephew, who are 20 months apart. Glad he's a good eater and healthy. Love at VBS already? That's great. (I guess she's 3 now, right) Your rug is perfect, and no it's totally not gross at all. Gross is buying lingerie or underwear at Goodwill!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy long weekend with your hubby!