Monday, October 31, 2011
Monday: squirmy
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Sunday: it's Sunday
Saturday: raking
Friday, October 28, 2011
Friday: excitement!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Wednesday: doppelganger
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Tuesday: 3 quarters
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Sunday: a grocery conversation
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Saturday: crash
Baby says "hi" and "I have legs! Do you want to feel them?". But Baby might be getting his arms and legs confused. It's hard to tell in the dark.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Thursday: phone call
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Wednesday: with age, comes wisdom
At the vet she got her distemper shot, so she should be happy for the next year.
When we got home she had another first: hiccups. I've never seen a cat with hiccups before. They were a lot less frequent than human hiccups, but they were repetitive just the same. Flurry did not seem thrilled.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Tuesday: hi
Monday, October 17, 2011
Monday: eyes
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Sunday: drums
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Saturday: inside
Friday, October 14, 2011
Friday: tired
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Tuesday: productive
Monday, October 10, 2011
Monday: walk
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Sunday: apples, leaves, and appendages
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Saturday: book review/give away
I was contacted a few weeks ago asking if I would be willing to do a book review. I thought, “Hey, why not? I like free books.” Soon after that, The Devil’s Puzzle by Clare O'Donohue arrived. In fact, two copies arrived so I am happy to be able to offer a give away! It’s the first one I’ve ever done. I’ll just randomly picking two people that reply to this post to get the book (although one person will be a slightly used copy).
(image from Amazon.com)
As a mystery, I'm not going to write too much about the story because I don't want to give the ending away. I was happy though that I wasn’t able to figure out “who-done-it” before the book was done. It was fun to have a quilting theme run through the book, but it wouldn’t detract from the book if you aren’t a quilter. I was a little sad that there wasn't a picture of the quilt block in the book; it seemed like since it was the name of the book it should have been there.
Overall I’d recommend the book, if you’re looking for something light and easy to read. It wasn’t a book that I couldn’t put down, but it was still interesting.
Disclaimer: I don’t have a cool official disclaimer like Denise, but I was under no obligation to write a blog post, review the book in a certain manner, or give away the book. I received no money for doing the review.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Friday: 27 week OB appt
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Thursday:apple
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Wednesday: hi
I'm tired. Good night.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Tuesday: ham and squash
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Sunday: picture
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Saturday: Flurry
Friday: rain
A block from home it started to rain harder. I took refuge under a tree, and debated whether I should continue walking because under the tree would soon be wet or if I should wait. Then the sun came out and the rain let up slightly, so I continued.
There is a good chance this is a "you had to be there" story.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Thursday: rainbows
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
wednesday: bug
I hope I'm not fighting a baby. that would make the next three months sad.
But for good news, the baby would probably live if it were born now. It really needs to incubate some more though, so we'll hope he isn't born yet.
Wednesday: want, feeling, and notice and a second want
I'm feeling like Im getting a fever (although this feeling will probably be gone by morning)
I noticed that a ton of people wore green shirts with black pants today.
I want the Internet to stop having outages.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Monday: pants
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Sunday: I'm from New York
If we say "I just moved from upstate New York," only half the people think we're from NYC.
The lesson here is to not have a major city named after a state.
PS, we have this problem with Holland too, but if we say Holland, MI no one gets mixed up so it isn't as bad.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Saturday 2: apples
And Dad and Landon are picking some apples.
Saturday: internet
Friday, September 23, 2011
Friday: hi
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Wednesday: groceries
let's list the invaders that didn't make it into the cart...because I'm really proud that I kept them out.
Oreos. Oreos tried really hard to get in.
Eggo waffles
Donuts.
different kinds of donuts
chips
Carmel rice cakes
candy
chocolate
Granola bars that are made out of peanuts
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Tuesday: problems
Monday, September 19, 2011
Monday: rain
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Sunday: Sunday morning
Friday, September 16, 2011
Thursday: squeak
Ben: Good night.
Amanda: Oh, I forgot to write a blog post. Guess it'll be a few more minutes.
Flurry: squeak! (What?!?)
Flurry: squeak! (It's time for water!)
Flurry: squeak! (You said you were going upstairs)
Ben: Flurry, chill out.
Flurry: mroww. (Fine, but I'd rather you go upstairs)
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Wednesday: flaky
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Tuesday: embarrassing
but once in a while that just doesn't work, like today. I was with a team doing a big external audit. I realized once we were standing around that I also hadn't eaten breakfast...I had been expecting that some food was at the meeting but it was late. I hid it for a while by just crouching down. but then it was time to go and I wasn't going anywhere. I got the chair that was just vacated and within 30 seconds was mostly fine. Within a few minutes I was feeling well enough to walk again. But it was still embarrassing because it was with people I didn't know very well and they got worried.
At least I had a good excuse for once. I can blame a lot of things on being pregnant and people seem to understand. :)
Monday, September 12, 2011
Monday: two people
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Sunday: recap
Thursday I had a baby shower. It was a lot of fun and I got to see some family that I haven't seen in a while. (Sorry Pat...we only had one group picture)
Then an old friend of Ben and his wife were over for the weekend. It was fun to hear them reminisce about old times. We also played a ton of games, which was a lot of fun. (But I neglected to take any pictures.)
Saturday: people
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Wednesday/Thursday: natural disasters
I'm sad. I'm sad because I wish I could see it. But I more sad because I know that this is going to impact the lives of my friends. I've heard about feet of water in basements and cars underwater and our church was flooded. I saw pictures of some of the major shopping areas with the buildings half under water. The area there grew up by the rivers, and so there are a lot of buildings that will have lots of damage.