06.24.09
Is there such a thing as too many purple pens?
I think I need at least one more, don’t you?
05.15.09
Ten Years
Ten years ago today I met my closest girlfriends at the hair salon at 8 a.m. to get our hair done. At noon, we had lunch and helped decorate the church with bows and flowers and the reception hall with tulle. At 4 I donned my dress and posed for pictures. At 6 my dad walked me down the aisle and probably somewhere about 6:20, I said “I do.”
I didn’t think then what life would like 10 years later. On the one hand, it’s gone by in a flash. On the other … Wow, ten years! We’ve moved away and come back, had babies, finished college degrees, changed jobs numerous times. We’ve traveled to California, St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinatti, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Orlando. Maybe that’s why Washington DC seemed like the perfect anniversary destination, continuing our US cities tour.
Ten years. A drop in a bucket. But a significant milestone nonetheless.
04.12.09
Deviled eggs in Easter
I had a conversation with hubby this week about what do you do with Easter eggs after Easter. His answer: deviled eggs. I had never made deviled eggs before but gave it a shot. The site deviledeggs.com had good tips and recipes, most of which I didn’t follow because they were about boiling. I had already boiled my eggs by the time I read the site, but next time I will. Her tips included ways to get the shell to peel off easier, prevent the green ring around the yoke, etc.
Even still, my first attempt at deviled eggs turned out OK. I followed my mom’s recipe of adding mayonnaise, a tad of mustard, salt and pepper. She also adds pickle relish but I didn’t have any. Maybe next time. I even had paprika to make them look all pretty on top. Happy Easter!
04.05.09
I’m not boring
My mom sent a magazine to me this week, via Hubby when he was over there picking up one of the kids. It’s a magazine she gets through her church and one I’ve said in the past that I’d like to have if there are extras. So Hubby brings this home, and with the magazine turned to a certain page, he says, “Now don’t get mad, but I wanted to show you this.” Hmmm….
He proceeds to show me a page with several funny comments from refrigerator magnets. He points out one in particular: “A clean house is the sign of a boring woman.”
I didn’t get mad and we had a good laugh. He just knows how frustrated I can get with constantly striving for a clean house and it just seems like I’m dreaming the impossible dream.
The writer of the article that went along with these images went on to talk about Mary and Martha in Luke 10, when Martha was bustling around taking care of the house and the meal while Mary was sitting and enjoying Jesus. Balancing household demands with enjoying life is a tough tight rope to walk on. I do it everyday. As the magazine writer said, the trick is having “the wisdom to know when it’s time to go on a cleaning tear and when it’s time to sit for a while with the Lord.”
01.07.09
Knitting
My co-worker Jo taught me how to knit scarves a few months ago so now I’ve got the knitting bug. The top one is the first one I made. I like it pretty well. It’s very “fall” and soooo soft.
After this one I made three as Christmas presents for my sister, sister-in-law, and my mom. I knitted pretty much in every free moment I had from Thanksgiving until Christmas Day! Yeah, I knitted my mom’s on Christmas Day!
This bottom one is one I made for Finn. It’s so cute because it’s little — only 6 stitches across and about three feet long. He looks adorable wearing it! Now I have requests from Caden and Hubby too. And my sister liked hers so well she wants me to do one just like it for a friend’s birthday. And I bought a pretty purple yarn and fur to make another for myself. Sounds like knitting is my new hobby!
