1. I met Lori for lunch on Monday, so it seems like we've finally found a good day for our weekly lunches. Woohoo for that. We went to Wendy's in Alpine (close to her work) and the parking was so lame (too small) that I had to park over on a side street and then walk across some rocks and around a couple trees. It wasn't a big deal until after lunch when I went back to my car and ended up walking through a spiderweb! Eek! I still don't know if the spider came with me, what if it's living under my gas pedal or something?!
2. I took some more baby photos this week and am rather smitten by them (I hope the family is too). I came away from the shoot wondering why I didn't take pictures like this of my kids when they were babies. I'm guessing it's because I was in the throws of Smotherhood and because my photography skills have improved greatly over the years. I just have to be happy with the photos I DO have and should probably dig up some of my favorites.
3. Amie and I met up to go to Lisa's daughter Kylee's wedding reception on Thursday night. It freaks me out that I have a close friend who has a child getting married, especially because Lisa is only 3 years older than me! I'm really glad I have friends who are ahead of me in the different stages of parenting (i.e., puberty, teenagers, college, missions and weddings), somehow it makes it less daunting.
4. After the reception Amie and I went to Taipan Trading (a big home decor store) to wander around for a bit. I saw these silver ornaments for $1.94 and got 6 of them because I like to attach them to Christmas gifts or goodies. But when I was paying for them the cashier said "$17.77". I have such abysmal math skills that I wasn't surprised the total was off from the estimate I had going in my head, but this about $5 more than my estimate and even I'm not that dense. So I stopped to examine the receipt (which she'd just stamped with FINAL SALE) and saw that only one of the ornaments was $1.94, the other 5 were $2.94! What the? I found them all in the same bin. It turns out that the ones with the cuter striped ribbon are slightly heavier. I left there feeling like I'd just been shnockered. Three dollars seems like a lot to pay for a treat bag decoration doesn't it?
5. Little Miss Whitney lost 2 teeth this week (and has now caught up with Landon with the total number of teeth lost, he keeps track). She came home from school the other day and we had this conversation.
Whitney: I lost my tooth at school today!
Me: Wow, that must have been kind of crazy, which one is it?
Whitney: (Showing me) This one. I lost it in Mrs. Brown's room.
Me: (Laughing) Oh no, you lost your tooth in Mrs. Brown's room, ew? (I thought she really lost it and couldn't find it.)
Whitney: But I left it at school.
Me: ????? What do you mean, I thought you lost it.
Whitney: Miss Rosell put it in a baggie but I left it at school.
Me: Oh, I thought you lost somewhere in Mrs. Brown's room, so this story really isn't funny at all is it?
6. I am loving iTunes' new Genius feature, have you tried this? You select a song in your music library and then click on the little Genius icon at the bottom right of the screen and then iTunes instantly creates a new playlist of up to 100 songs based on the song you chose. It's brilliant! It has totally changed the way I listen to my music. I have a tendency to listen to the same artists and playlists, but now I'm listening to all kinds of music I'd forgotten I even had. It's energizing.
7. I made a 12x12 copy of the great photo Amy took of Landon and Whitney on Whitney's baptism day and planned to put it in the frame you see when you first walk in the house. But of course, when I went to get the glass out of the frame so I could clean it, it broke! %$#@! So I ended up making an 8x10 copy of the great family photo Amy took of us that day and put it in a frame I'd bought awhile ago. I'm happy to have this photo framed, but I'm bugged about the broken 12x12 class because that's hard to replace dang it.
**Have you ever walked through a spider web?
Are you ever bummed out about pictures you didn't take?
Are you glad you have friends who are
ahead of you in child raising years?
What would you have done about the ornament shnockering?**
Are you ever bummed out about pictures you didn't take?
Are you glad you have friends who are
ahead of you in child raising years?
What would you have done about the ornament shnockering?**
9 comments:
I love that you and Lori have lunches together. I am sad that my sisters and I don't do things like that, we just don't.
AWESOME baby photo! I hope you are charging a pretty penny for these pics!
Funny about Whitney's tooth. Luci has lost all of hers (incuding 4 the dentist pulled to prep for braces) and is sad that her getting-$-from-the-tooth-fairy-days are over. She still comments on that frequently.
On the side, Luci marched herself up to the librarian today and said she needed a book about Utah so she can learn more about where her pen pal lives. The rest of the morning Luci read out loud to me about the Mormon Taberbacle Choir, Temple Square, the intersection of diverse culture . . .
I hate walking through spiderwebs, it's creepy and always unexpected.
I definitely wish I had had better photo skills when my kids were babies. At least I have the cute ones you took of Eva!
I don't have many friends who are ahead of me in parenting stages, so I appreciate my neighbors and church friends for their experience.
I'm always always bugged when something ends up being more expensive than I anticipated.
I can't believe Whitney lost two teeth in two days. It's hilarious that Landon is keeping count.
Bummer about your glass breaking, but the 8x10 you framed sure is cute!
oh you hit one for me today! the pics i did not take...working for the last 3 days on my AWESOME 6.99 photobook (WooWoo) and discovered so many pics i thought i had or wish i had or had and were blurry...dang.
my book turned out great so i try not to think about the missed shots.
thanks again for passing the word on for the books.
I love random postings - like five for Friday or Seven for Sat! Fun
- Spider webs are NOT fun! Especially when the spider is found much later in your HAIR!~!
- Such great baby pictures! I, too, have Mom regret of my photos! I have many - but wonder why I didn't capture 'the obvious' cuteness of the daily life..
- Whitney might just have this tooth fairy thing down to a science! ha!
- I think that it would be awesome to go to lunch with a sister each week! Fun that you can do so much with your family!
- If it makes you feel better - I just broke a 12x12 glass this morning! Although, it was because I threw a plastic hanger! HA!
Love the random post, Jill. I broke some picture frme glass a few weeks ago--a big piece, like 12x19. I just called Jones Paint and Glass in AF--they cut new piece and it only cost around $7.00. Just thought I'd let you know in case you didn't know about them!
how cool that you have lunch with lori weekly. what a great tradition. suddenly, i need a jr. bacon cheeseburger with a frosty. stat.
that is a beautiful photo! if i ever get my whole family (all 3 of us) in utah at the same time, we are totally begging you for a photo shoot. :)
i hate spiderwebs. they make me gag. even the fake ones.
i love having friends who have kids who are "further along" than mine. it gives me hope and lets me learn from their experiences. plus, it makes me realize regardless of how old my kid is, i can still be young- because everyone i know with older kids seems really young still to me. :)
I hate TaiPan. I had NO idea that seasonal items were non-returnable- I didn't get a final sale stamp on my receipt when I bought a Christmas plate in OCTOBER that didn't fit where I envisioned it and then they wouldn't take it back- in OCTOBER!! Dumb. (But your words are way cute even if they cost more than you wanted!)
***FYI: A glass shop should be able to cut you the size you want at a reasonable price.
I really like the word ornaments...worth it, even if it was more than you expected.
Thanks for remembering my birthday! It meant a lot to me!
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