2009 First Sentence Recap

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Last year, I did a year end recap of my blog posts ~ just posting the first sentence of first blog post from each month. Each title is lined to the post itself ~ you know, in case you are sucked in and have to read more! :) Again…I cheated on a couple, because one {or two} were either giveaways {and who wants to be reminded that they didn’t win?}…but it’s all for fun!

January ~ It’s All in the Interpretation

When singing the praises of the Hope diamond to your children, one should remember the interpretation of the word "huge".

February ~ Ka-Bub TaDa!

We're trying to get Kaleb to tell us his name and since he knows and says the names of everyone else, we figured he should pick it up quickly.

March ~ What Do You Fill Moats With?

  
Zachary was sitting at the table writing and asked the girls, "What's Mommy's middle name?"

April ~ A Little Scenery For You…

Since I was alone for some of our time in Puerto Rico (Rick had to work), it was just me and the camera ~ and self portraits aren't my thing.

May ~ Did You Get Your Seven?

Somewhere in the back of my mind there is always the thought that when I have my quiet time it must be just that: QUIET. No distractions. Nothing.

June ~ I Might Not Be Able to Type Tomorrow

I fell off of Jillian's Shred wagon.

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July ~ All These Great Posts…

While I'm trying to fall asleep at night I have all these lovely, wonderful and witty ideas for posts swimming around in my head.

August ~ The Goo is Gone in My Oven

In case you were wondering, the back of the Goo Gone bottle is not a place for uplifting and encouraging writing.

September ~ How Much Are My Kids Worth?

Rick and I found a discount coupon for a nearby water park and were debating about taking the kids because of the cost. We had measured the kids to see what price range they fell into and realized Kaleb would be the only one to go at a discounted rate.

October ~ In the Name of Fun

Days before we were heading to the U2 360 tour, there was a little back and forth Facebook banter between my friend Crystal and me about our excitement in going to the concert.

 

November ~ Why I Have Two Blogs

A reader emailed me recently and asked why I have two blogs and truthfully, it's a really good question.

December ~ He Hasn’t Changed One Bit

Well, ok. Really he has changed a lot.

After writing this post, I found a 2009 Blog Recap Carnival over at Musings of a Housewife, so I’m joining up ~ since it was already done! :)

Santa Gets NO Cookies!

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We were getting ready to put out cookies and milk for Santa on Christmas Eve and Kaleb came into the kitchen and started talking to me:

 

K: Santa gets NO cookies! They’re OUR cookies. He has his food.

 

{a little possessive of all those yummy cookies we were baking…}

 

Later Kaleb came back into the kitchen and pointed to one of the cookie containers on the counter.

 

K: Santa can have those cookies.

 

Me: Why those?

 

K: ‘Cause I don’t like those cookies. I like these cookies.

 

Poor Santa…

  

Head on over to Mary's at Not Before 7 for some more Tiny Talk Tuesday!!

 

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Fall Into Reading 2009 ~ The Wrap-up

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Over the last few months I’ve been busy reading whenever I have a spare moment, actually reading a few of the books on my list but completely going off on a tangent for the most part. Overall, I’m pretty happy with what I was able to read, even though I missed a few that I had wanted to finish up.

My favorite book? I really enjoyed the first book I read by Philip Gulley {literally made me laugh out loud} and I am looking forward to reading more from him. I am SO glad that I got around to reading the first two books in the Mark of the Lion series by Francine Rivers. I cried when finishing up the second one yesterday!

If you are a young mom {or even a seasoned one!} pick up the book Blue Like Playdough by Tricia Goyer. That book had some wonderful little nuggets in it {link to the full review is below}.

I’ve included the list of the books that I actually DID finish. If you are interested in seeing my original list {with a ridiculous amount of books to read} you can see that here. The titles below link up to the reviews/posts that I did on some of the books {in case you want to know more about the book}.

Finished non-fiction list:

1. Blue Like Playdough by Tricia Goyer
   
   
2. 25 Days, 26 Ways by Ace Collins
   
   

Finished fiction list:

1. Home to Harmony by Philip Gulley
   
   
2. Dawn’s Prelude by Tracie Peterson
   
   
3. The Carousel Painter by Judith Miller
   
   
4. Farraday Road by Ace Collins
   
   
5. Swope’s Ridge by Ace Collins
   
   
6. Watch Over Me by Christa Parrish
   
   
7. A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers
   
   
8. An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers
   
   
9. The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis {read with the kids}
   
   

Still in Process:

1. Beautiful in God’s Eyes ~ Elizabeth George {1/4 finished}
   
   
2. Closer: Devotions to Draw Couples Together ~ Jim and Cathy Burns {a few weeks into a 52 week study}
   
   
3. The Heart of Anger ~ Lou Priolo {1/4 finished}
   
   

Don’t forget to visit some other ladies that participated in the Fall Into Reading Challenge and see what they were up too!

The Queen of the Road

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Yesterday I did something so incredibly fun and exciting. And when you hear what it is…you’ll probably think that I am completely off my rocker.

No, really you will.

I was helping my brother move {that’s not the exciting part} and was in charge of getting the rental truck. And driving it. All 26’ feet of it.

There is something exhilarating about driving a piece of machinery that large. Next to little cars. Down steep hills and then successfully maneuvering it BACKING UP without causing damage to the truck or any other object.

Well, unless you count that tree branch, but since it didn’t complain, we won’t talk about it.

I am proud {yes, PROUD} to say that I handled that big baby well and only wish that my husband would have been around to see me…or that someone would have had a camera as proof that I did it.  I know that it seems like something insignificant, but apparently a big box truck with air brakes…well, that gets me excited.

I’m easy to please…and off in search of someone to let me ride in an 18 wheeler next. How pitiful am I?

Caught RED handed

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Zachary kept coming to me, saying his hand was bleeding and I couldn’t figure out what in the world was going on. Everytime I would look at his hand, the red would wipe away easily enough there weren’t any visible scratches, so I would send him off on his merry little way.

Later in the morning I was cleaning up in the kitchen and looked down at the fronts of my white cupboards and saw a child-sized red hand print smeared down the cabinet front. I stopped in my tracks and then a little light-bulb went on in my head.

Zachary.

I opened the freezer and checked the shelf with our frozen strawberries and noticed that the bag was suspiciously open. I hunted down Zachary and asked,

“Zachary. Were you in the freezer this morning?”

His answer?

“Why would I be in the strawberries?”

Busted, boyfriend.

 

Handbell Strikeforce

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If you need a good laugh today, you should head over to YouTube and check out some of the videos from Improv Everywhere. This one is GREAT for the holidays!

Can you imagine being the poor guy ringing the Salvation Army bell? :)