Here is my day in bullet points.
- Breakfast at IHOP for Whitney's birthday.
- Home to blog, shower, tidy up the house, then watch Bleak House on the computer while putting Jenn's photos in an album.
- I found some ice trays that make pebble ice. It's not exactly like Sonic, but it's doing the job! I just need to buy more so the freezer can keep up with the rate I consume it.
- Surprise visit from Michelle & Eva who brought me roses from their yard. It's a rare treat to have them at my house, especially just stopping by.
- Another surprise visit from Amie to drop off a card and treats for Whitney, book orders, and a multiplication cd for Landon. Delightful. (She wouldn't let me take a picture of her whole self, only her hands. $%#@ Apparently the thought of me taking a picture of her was a deterrent to stopping by and Michelle agreed! I'm shocked.)
- Solitude at home while finishing my Bleak House disc from Netflix along with the first disc of Friday Night Lights Season 1 (I watched them all last year, but am refreshing myself because I love that show so much).
- Ran to the grocery store, then picked up Landon from school (Whitney was with my mom).
- Got good mail from Mique today! Thanks!
- Home for an hour to putter around and prep for football.
- Football, glorious football on a gorgeous, brisk fall day. We won 27-6, everyone played great, no parents wigged out, and we got Krispy Kreme Donuts for the treat afterwards!! (There were plenty even for the coaches and siblings, so nice.)
{This was part of the view from the field tonight. Wow.}- Home for fabulous Thursday night tv.
Fortunately she had so much fun with my mom today and came home to find a present from Lori and the treats from Amie so she isn't questioning it. (This may be the last year we can get away with something like this.)
**Did anyone show up at your house today?
Have you seen these pebble ice trays?
Do you ever hide things from yourself by mistake?**
Have you seen these pebble ice trays?
Do you ever hide things from yourself by mistake?**
27 comments:
Jill - you look so cute in a hat and I am loving your ORANGE jacket for football! So glad that no parent wigged tonight! That view from the field is amazing! Where do you get such trays for pebble ice? I have never seen that...
No one unexpected dropped by - but I did have four little GIRLS tonight at my home - so that was a treat and now as I type I just realized that was a missed photo opt! Argh!
Hope you find Whitney's gift. I have done that many times with Christmas gifts. I have now ONE giant bin I hide things in so I always know where to look. Here's hoping that my littles never find that bin! :-)
Jill-
I alway lose presents. I have had to change the hiding place so often I can't remember what the heck is going on. I hate when I do that.
No unexpected guests- darn, but I did get lunch from my favorite downtown spot.
How sweet to have roses from Michelle's yard! I love roses.
Football looks like so much fun. I love when I have good reasons to be outside in the fall. Otherwise I don't spend enough time enjoying it.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WHITNEY!
I have way too many piles of 'stuff' where things get lost. Especially the camera battery charger and the scotch tape. They are never where they are supposed to be.
I love the pebble ice trays! I am jealous!
I cannot find Tyler's card from us or his siblings. Luckily, he wasn't too upset about it. I love your new profile pic!
hey how fun to go out for breakfast in whitney's honor. Yes I have had things missing...for awhile...specially when you need them the most...then you see them again, when you don't need them...classic. How nice to get those unexpected visitors...the flowers and treats look delicious and beautiful.
I hope Whitney had a great day! I love the photos you posted from each year. I seriously can't believe she is 7 either! When did that happen? She is such a cute girl full of personality and knows just who she is. She is SO "Whitney". Sometimes Olivia says things like her or cuts up a million papers and puts them together and tells me they are a game or something and it reminds me so much of Whitney. I think they will have fun together soon. I hope that Whit's present arrives shortly!! It seemed perfect for her.
Okay. Friday Night Lights. I'm a diehard Season One fan (we like the same NBC shows, although the 30 Rock Jerry Seinfeld was in, my opinion, lacking... but next week's Werewolf Bar Mitzvah made up for it). However, this Season Two draaaaaaama of F.N.L. hs been killing the show. I liked the fact it was about realistic teenagers. Now, realistic teenagers might be part of the activities that happened in episode one involving a bridge... but BOO. They are making all the "rock" characters of that show go crazy, which is an interesting choice, but it kills me. And not just me. HA
Fall is good for the spirits... I have had a couple "all is well" weeks too - even though it really isn't I just don't seem to care and feel happy anyway.
I like the bullet points of your day... you know I need a play by play of what you are doing so this is perfect.
I have been loving the sunrises and sunsets too!
I have those same ice trays! I have had them for years and now I don't know where I got them? It does take many trays to fill up a cup.
Happy Birthday to Whitney!!
I have that same problem of hiding a gift and then not remembering it or where it was. My mom always does this too! I hope you find it soon!
Guess what I hid from myself, by mistake...my good mail labels. I put them somewhere I would remember to use them and now I don't know where that place is!! You would think it would be an obvious place.... Grrrrrr.....
Sounds like an excellent birthday for Whitney, and fun for you. Flowers & unexpected visitors are the best!
I just started watching Friday Night Lights on Netflix. Awesome. In fact I stayed up til two am last night watching which is kind of an idiotic thing to do.
First....I hide things from myself ALL THE TIME!! I am constantly putting "special" things away and then forgetting about them! I will search and search (I only have so much closet space...seriously!?) As a matter of fact I am SEARCHING for the booster harness straps that I removed when Noelle was about 4 and CAREFULLY put in a bag and stowed away to use when Chelsey was ready. I have been looking for those silly straps for months now! UGGG!
So glad you had a great day...I love drop in visits!! The mountains are GORGEOUS!
I SO wish I had discovered those ice cube trays first and given them to you! Such a nice at-home alternative.
I lose gifts all the time. I hide them a little too well, I guess. Recently I found a video game I had gotten for the boys two Christmases ago! I remember when I was growing up, every Christmas my mom would be going crazy because she couldn't find someone's main gift.
I have to say it did cross my mind that you would be taking pictures when I came and I wondered if I could handle it. But I did think you would do some more zooming in!
No one came by my house. :(
I've never seen those ice trays before, but they look awesome. I do have a fridge that will crush my ice though and that is definately nice.
I have the hardest time keeping track of presents, etc. I put things in my craft room and then forget about them or cannot find them when I want them. Then once I find them when I clean I'm like Duh!
Oh the lost gift. It happens to me every Christmas!
I love the play by play,they are some of my favorite posts. A stand in for Sonic ice is a great idea. I haven't seen them in stores either but I do like small ice.
The mountains are gorgeous!
Happy birthday to Whitney! I lose gifts too. My mom does to so maybe it's genetic? :) I hope you find it soon.
That is such a cool picture of the mountains! Happy birthday Whitney!
Can your life get anymore perfect, it doesn't sound like it to me!
What a nice day.
Love the outdoor photos - you at practice and the gorgeous mountains. Happy day to your little girl! And congrats on the "all is well" sentiment.
What an awesome day! So funny about the gift for Whitney! That view from the field is breathtakingly beautiful!
I have done internet searches for pebble ice trays myself and haven't found any. My mom does have trays like the ones you have. They work well. I guess any smaller and it would be kinda hard to pop out the ice. They must use some kind of machine.
Lost gifts...such a pain. We have experience with that too.
I do love the pebble ice, yum!
I hate when I put something in a really good place to hide it and then forget where that really good place is, what a bummer.
Timp looks peaceful, oh how I miss the mountains.
I'd be in such a dither if I had TWO surprise visits from people! I worry too much about things to have people drop by unexpectedly. It's silly of me.
Hope you find W's present. How annoying is that? I have a dress and shoes hidden in my drawer for Erin's Light Party. I actually dreamt the other night that she found them! Eeek!
I love the 'pop over' as one of my friends calls it - friends stopping by.
I wonder if there is a goodmovies site like goodreads to share movies. I take that back, I'm not up for another online community right now, but I am going to check out Bleakhouse.
I have been away at the beach for a week - words can not easily describe a week at the beach but fabulous & relaxing top the list. The last couple of days I have been catching up on blog reading. What a wonderful feeling - kind of like coming back to days worth of catch-up lunches with friends. But more easily scheduled at 9:00 in the evening :)
When I see your photos of fall, mountains, creeks, I think those look like pictures in magazines and then I realize that pictures in magazines must be taken somewhere -- and you are actually there.
I love Fall and am really envious of those who live in areas where there is really a Fall season. Here in Mississippi, we revel in the couple of cool mornings and the brief follage changes. We are REALLY good at pretending! The good thing is I really appreciate the small Fall moments. But at the same time I dream of experiencing FALL for an entire season!
loving the orange mug and coat. woowoo!
i constantly "lose" gifts. such fun to find them though!
and yes, i did have a visitor today. a locksmith...hmm, one who actually keeps his appts. interesting.
(more on my blog later...) let's just say %$#@ !
Happy Birthday Whitney! She is too cute! Misplacing a present--that sounds sooo like me. Good luck finding it!
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