So this says it all...Julia does it all.
Hope you all have been well. I'll up date with pictures soon.
know we are tanned and happy.
xox
J
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
Monday, June 4, 2012
Been a long time....
Yeah, yeah, yeah I know. But I 'll write about our adventures soon. I really wanted to post this... It's my life.
I love Will Ferrell.
Thanx for reading.
J
I love Will Ferrell.
Thanx for reading.
J
Monday, April 2, 2012
Bi-Monthly posts...
Last year I could hardly wait to write on the blog. What a difference a year makes. I am having a really hard time finding time to update. I envy those organized blogging moms for their diligence and discipline. Perhaps if I was sponsored I'd feel a greater urge to produce eloquent and witty prose for the view...but alas I am not so I do not. What I am trying to say is. . . I am sorry for not updating more often.
What I can offer is this update. Long and full of our nonsense.
B has decided she is not sure if she wants to keep the dog. It is hard to share time and attention with the pup and she does not like picking up the poop.
Gemma has become very comfortable here with us. She brings the shoes or various items of clothing of the person she wants to play with to the center of the room. We chase her, tell her no, put her on her bed, she shows us her belly, we rub and rub and she kicksher back leg till we stop. Then we resume our previous activity. This is repeated a half dozen times. Endless fun...a dog. B does like the playing and walking just not the pooping! We tell her Everybody Poops...
Wusthof is still laying down the cat law for the pup who seems to be a bit slow on the uptake of cat rules. It usually goes something like this. . . Cat comes out of hiding and demands our attention which draws pups attention. Pup runs over at top speed and jump stops before the cat. You would think this would please the cat since he likes to feel like the boss. But instead it only seems to irritate him. He sits up and yells something in cattish none of us understand but the pup lays down and whines. Cat seems satisfied. . . until pup skooches forward and WHAM! Smacks the pup on the nose... no claws of course. The pup jumps up and ...WHAM, WHAM, WHAM! The cat kicks the pups !&& till the pup goes to lay on her bed. Cat triumphantly jumps up on the couch ( where the pup is not allowed) and sits over the pup on her bed. Poor puppy. This happens about once every other day. It is funny to watch the establishment of the animal
hierarchy.
J's parents have been here for the month. We have spent a lot of time down on the beach with them. We love the beach! It is in the 90's this week and that is swimming weather. Though I have to say the water is a bit chilly, but that is not the point right!
We love the Grands and it is always so much fun for B. She and Grandma are silly and Poppa is forever teasing. Grandma teaches B how to spray whipped cream into her mouth and makes the best sweet drinks ever. B and Poppa watch basketball games and read stories and books. Then there is snuggle time and lots of hugs that only Grandparents can give. She truly loves her family and is sooooo happy around them.
She has also Great Grands too. Nana and Bubba. Nana teaches her how to crochet and make beaded jewlery and Bubba fixes her bike, and lets her watch endless movies.
We feel so fortunate to have Grand and Great Grand parents in our childs life. They give her something we never could, but hope to someday give her kids. I think that something is knowing she will be alright. She will do great things no matter what we do or do not do to her in her childhood. That you are only young once so do it all then. Fail and succeed while the consequences are small. . . oh, and eat lots whipped cream.
Things I Love
~Family
You can not pick them. Sometimes they drive you nuts. They tend to bring out the best in you. You can be cranky, silly, bossy, whimpy, sicky, lovey, needy...in a word just plain you and they love you anyway.
I love my families ( the one was born into, the one I married into and the one I have chosen to call friends).
~Kindle
I have had the kindle since Christmas and been a reading fiend this year. I love, love, love the e reader.
I have read classics and current (I am currently reading Gertrude Stein and the Hunger Game trilogy). I love that I have access to an endless book supply no matter where I am. I still love books. Nothing can ever replace the feeling of holding a book, written word and the sound turning a page makes, mind you but the kindle is nice too.
~Once Upon A Time
I am addicted to this show.
Thank you for reading
J
What I can offer is this update. Long and full of our nonsense.
B has decided she is not sure if she wants to keep the dog. It is hard to share time and attention with the pup and she does not like picking up the poop.
Gemma has become very comfortable here with us. She brings the shoes or various items of clothing of the person she wants to play with to the center of the room. We chase her, tell her no, put her on her bed, she shows us her belly, we rub and rub and she kicksher back leg till we stop. Then we resume our previous activity. This is repeated a half dozen times. Endless fun...a dog. B does like the playing and walking just not the pooping! We tell her Everybody Poops...
Wusthof is still laying down the cat law for the pup who seems to be a bit slow on the uptake of cat rules. It usually goes something like this. . . Cat comes out of hiding and demands our attention which draws pups attention. Pup runs over at top speed and jump stops before the cat. You would think this would please the cat since he likes to feel like the boss. But instead it only seems to irritate him. He sits up and yells something in cattish none of us understand but the pup lays down and whines. Cat seems satisfied. . . until pup skooches forward and WHAM! Smacks the pup on the nose... no claws of course. The pup jumps up and ...WHAM, WHAM, WHAM! The cat kicks the pups !&& till the pup goes to lay on her bed. Cat triumphantly jumps up on the couch ( where the pup is not allowed) and sits over the pup on her bed. Poor puppy. This happens about once every other day. It is funny to watch the establishment of the animal
hierarchy.
Cats rule!
J's parents have been here for the month. We have spent a lot of time down on the beach with them. We love the beach! It is in the 90's this week and that is swimming weather. Though I have to say the water is a bit chilly, but that is not the point right!
We love the Grands and it is always so much fun for B. She and Grandma are silly and Poppa is forever teasing. Grandma teaches B how to spray whipped cream into her mouth and makes the best sweet drinks ever. B and Poppa watch basketball games and read stories and books. Then there is snuggle time and lots of hugs that only Grandparents can give. She truly loves her family and is sooooo happy around them.
She has also Great Grands too. Nana and Bubba. Nana teaches her how to crochet and make beaded jewlery and Bubba fixes her bike, and lets her watch endless movies.
We feel so fortunate to have Grand and Great Grand parents in our childs life. They give her something we never could, but hope to someday give her kids. I think that something is knowing she will be alright. She will do great things no matter what we do or do not do to her in her childhood. That you are only young once so do it all then. Fail and succeed while the consequences are small. . . oh, and eat lots whipped cream.
Things I Love
~Family
You can not pick them. Sometimes they drive you nuts. They tend to bring out the best in you. You can be cranky, silly, bossy, whimpy, sicky, lovey, needy...in a word just plain you and they love you anyway.
I love my families ( the one was born into, the one I married into and the one I have chosen to call friends).
~Kindle
I have had the kindle since Christmas and been a reading fiend this year. I love, love, love the e reader.
I have read classics and current (I am currently reading Gertrude Stein and the Hunger Game trilogy). I love that I have access to an endless book supply no matter where I am. I still love books. Nothing can ever replace the feeling of holding a book, written word and the sound turning a page makes, mind you but the kindle is nice too.
~Once Upon A Time
I am addicted to this show.
Thank you for reading
Monday, March 12, 2012
IT'S A GIRL!!!
Yesterday we received a wonderful new addition to our family. She is a very sweet, very mellow 3 month old Labrottie. We rescued her from death on the very day it was to be dealt to her. We should have named her Lucky or Daylight, but we chose Gemma.
I am a bit tired this morning as I take her our every 2 hours for a pit stop. She is also being Kennel trained. This was her first night away from her sister as well .She was very vocal and it was heart breaking. Don't feel too bad. She needed a little time and she had the hang of it by midnight. She's laying at my feet as I type.
B is in love. She is very excited about our new pet and repeats every command I say to the. She cleaned her room on Saturday after we watched a video about puppies. "I don't want her to get sick or eat my toys mum," she says. She lays and watches her sleep. She keeps her water bowl filled. I only hope she is this excited in a month.
Wusthof is less than thrilled. He is being very grown up about and not taking it out on the puppy. He does give us sideways stances and Halloween kitty poses however. He keeps yelling at me and walking over to the pup. He sits just close enough to watch her. He gave the pup only one smack and it was when she put her noes right in his face and barked. It was hard not to laugh, really. He doesn't really care about the dog, he just does not want his stuff messed up. He is the boss of us all.
We'll be busy this week with lots of puppy stuff. Send notes for any suggestions. I've read a couple of books since Friday night when we knew she was coming to us. There is no such thing as too much information.
Enjoy the pictures:
Thank you for reading.
J
I am a bit tired this morning as I take her our every 2 hours for a pit stop. She is also being Kennel trained. This was her first night away from her sister as well .She was very vocal and it was heart breaking. Don't feel too bad. She needed a little time and she had the hang of it by midnight. She's laying at my feet as I type.
B is in love. She is very excited about our new pet and repeats every command I say to the. She cleaned her room on Saturday after we watched a video about puppies. "I don't want her to get sick or eat my toys mum," she says. She lays and watches her sleep. She keeps her water bowl filled. I only hope she is this excited in a month.
Wusthof is less than thrilled. He is being very grown up about and not taking it out on the puppy. He does give us sideways stances and Halloween kitty poses however. He keeps yelling at me and walking over to the pup. He sits just close enough to watch her. He gave the pup only one smack and it was when she put her noes right in his face and barked. It was hard not to laugh, really. He doesn't really care about the dog, he just does not want his stuff messed up. He is the boss of us all.
We'll be busy this week with lots of puppy stuff. Send notes for any suggestions. I've read a couple of books since Friday night when we knew she was coming to us. There is no such thing as too much information.
Enjoy the pictures:
Thank you for reading.
J
Monday, March 5, 2012
Happy Birthday Dr. Suess
My favorite story by a great and funny author. . .
For B's school we made these fun cakes:
Here are mine. . . almost as pretty. You can see the drippy first one bled a bit. So, I used a little corn syrup in the red dye to get it to stay put better.
Strange colored sweet frosting, sweet cake and marshmallows. The kid happiness trinity. In an unrelated story B came home complaining of a headache.
Hmmmm. . .
Thanx for reading. . .
J
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
At the beginning of the year J and I decided we have not been spending enough time together. He comes home and hits the internet and works late and I entertain B. I get boring(she says). I am full of rules (she says). I have multiple tasks to get accomplished while the aforementioned entertaining is going on. As you can imagine that is not very fun. Dad is fun and not boring(she says). Dad brings a different dimension to the evening and things always run smoother with him around. So we have set time one day a week to play games and hang out. It has been great. We usually try to play a game (Sorry is a favorite and so is War. ). This has actually started carrying over to other days in the week too. We always read at bedtime but usually it involves one of us reading to B in her bed or her reading to one of us. Lately we have been reading as a family in the evenings. We just finished Roald Dahls BFG , a book neither B or J had read before. We each took turns reading a chapter. Each one of us read the story with our own impression of each character to include voices and hand gestures. We have come to really look forward to the time. Even the cat sits and listens.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Wild world...
So I have not posted a good hearty post in quite a while.
But today I will. We are through the major holidays and have the year to recoup save for some birthdays and what-nots.
Lets start with knitting. Last year at this time I was living further north and had decided I wanted to learn how to knit. Which I did. Rocky at first, yes, but it is now something I look forward to doing. I made a few blankets but was struggling with edge work and finishing. Well...I learned how to crochet edges and borders!!! ta-dah!
Now this may not seem like that great a thing but let me tell you it is! It is. The best part of all is my Nanna showed me one day. She crochets like crazy. I picked it up after a couple of tries. I like knitting more but this skill helps.
My future dreams in knitting involve socks and cable knits (picture big fluffy blankets to snuggle with or sweaters to give) sigh.
I mentioned in earlier posts that I have a sewing machine and have learned how to use it. Very excited about this new skill too. I am currently searching for the right fabric to make curtains for several of our rooms. Love it. I am working up to being able to make cool stuff like this cushion from Living with Punks. Ah dare to dream.
I am hoping to turn these new skills into cheaper home decor projects. So far I have redone two tables, two bedside tables, B's toy box, a book shelf and a lamp. I have also turned coasters, stickers and a deck of cards in to art work. Easy-peasy-lemon-squeazy. Decorating on a minimal budget. Still have yet to paint and we've been here 8 months now....
Things I love...
~ French Onion Soup ~
I realize this is....um shall we say a "classic" dish. I only just learned how to make it however, and think it is my new favorite soup. Traditionally it is made with a beef stock but I have altered it for a vegetarian who likes cheese. It is so fragrant and tasty. I topped it with homemade crutes and gruyere cheese. I have made it several times this month at B's request. We snuggle up and watch the Simpsons. Makes for a great night.
~ Blue Skies ~
Nothing says "Good Day!" like a bright blue sky. I love the color. It compliments the world with out being loud and obnoxious. It gets my endorphin's going and makes me want to play outside. Bright, happy, comforting. Love the big blue sky. . .
Thank you for reading. . .
J
But today I will. We are through the major holidays and have the year to recoup save for some birthdays and what-nots.
Lets start with knitting. Last year at this time I was living further north and had decided I wanted to learn how to knit. Which I did. Rocky at first, yes, but it is now something I look forward to doing. I made a few blankets but was struggling with edge work and finishing. Well...I learned how to crochet edges and borders!!! ta-dah!
Now this may not seem like that great a thing but let me tell you it is! It is. The best part of all is my Nanna showed me one day. She crochets like crazy. I picked it up after a couple of tries. I like knitting more but this skill helps.
My future dreams in knitting involve socks and cable knits (picture big fluffy blankets to snuggle with or sweaters to give) sigh.
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| Le Souk at soukshop.com |
I mentioned in earlier posts that I have a sewing machine and have learned how to use it. Very excited about this new skill too. I am currently searching for the right fabric to make curtains for several of our rooms. Love it. I am working up to being able to make cool stuff like this cushion from Living with Punks. Ah dare to dream.
I am hoping to turn these new skills into cheaper home decor projects. So far I have redone two tables, two bedside tables, B's toy box, a book shelf and a lamp. I have also turned coasters, stickers and a deck of cards in to art work. Easy-peasy-lemon-squeazy. Decorating on a minimal budget. Still have yet to paint and we've been here 8 months now....
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| Felted Coasters... |
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| Deck of cards... |
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| Puffy stickers... by B of course |
Things I love...
~ French Onion Soup ~
I realize this is....um shall we say a "classic" dish. I only just learned how to make it however, and think it is my new favorite soup. Traditionally it is made with a beef stock but I have altered it for a vegetarian who likes cheese. It is so fragrant and tasty. I topped it with homemade crutes and gruyere cheese. I have made it several times this month at B's request. We snuggle up and watch the Simpsons. Makes for a great night.
I know these are a bit long but they are worth it. She goes over every detail. Get your self a good knife and some onions. . .
Here is ours. . . Bon appetit!
~ Blue Skies ~
Nothing says "Good Day!" like a bright blue sky. I love the color. It compliments the world with out being loud and obnoxious. It gets my endorphin's going and makes me want to play outside. Bright, happy, comforting. Love the big blue sky. . .
Thank you for reading. . .
J
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Another year older and what do you get?
It is Monday and a new week. I went back to the gym after a couple weeks hiatus and feel great for doing so. Do not get me wrong, I love to eat with blatant disregard of calories. My husband has a saying " All that stuff you eat in private shows in public..." He's full of nuggets like that. I like going to the gym. I have decided I like going not just for the obvious physical reasons but for the camaraderie of fellow moms. We are all there sans our little ones, at least for 1 hour, and we get to kick the crap out of bag or a self defense dummy. It is cathartic. We laugh, we push each other, we listen, we empathize, we race, we cheer each other on, and we share information all between reps, laps and drills. It's a hen house and it rejuvenates me. I need gym for my mental well being as well as my physical.
I found these videos inspiring...
Then there are these...
What more can I say after this...
Thank you for reading.
J
Monday, January 16, 2012
New Year, new blogs...
I have been a terrible blogger these last few weeks. I think it is just better to say we've been busy. Life has been fun and full. We are healthy and happy.
I have been knitting a new project and crafting up some decorations for my sparsely furnished home.
I have taught me self how to use a sewing machine! Look out world I'm-a-sewin'!
We've been cooking up a storm too.
Here are some pictures...
Happy New Year to all who read this. May your lives be full and fun.
Thanx for reading,
xoxo J
I have been knitting a new project and crafting up some decorations for my sparsely furnished home.
I have taught me self how to use a sewing machine! Look out world I'm-a-sewin'!
We've been cooking up a storm too.
Here are some pictures...
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| Singing in the rain... |
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| Back yard beauty... |
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| Finished!!!! |
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| Chocolate sauce... |
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| Hot chocolate on a cold night... |
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| my buns... |
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| She said she knew he was not the real Santa... |
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| Happy New Year!!! |
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| Vegetarian Chili... |
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| Vegan Cupcakes...Jelly donut cupcakes |
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| My Kindle case... |
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| Making things... |
Happy New Year to all who read this. May your lives be full and fun.
Thanx for reading,
xoxo J
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