From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Spooky Fun

October 30, 2009

As we pack up everything except the fun Halloween costumes (for a party tonight and trick or treating tomorrow!), I wanted to make sure you knew about these super fun and spooky Halloween features that Picnik has right now. I’ve already professed my Picnik love in the past, and that love burns brightly still. I [...]

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Final Fall

October 28, 2009

Today while out at the store, I noticed this gorgeous Ginkgo tree. Almost all the leaves were still on it, having turned this luminous golden heavenly color.
I did a very unladylike thing and traipsed into the mulch and discreetly snagged a handful of leaves off the tree and shoved them into my purse.
I thought about [...]

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Sunshine

October 28, 2009

This brought me sunshine, and swept out the dirt and gunk from my spirit this morning…
“…but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.”
Excerpted [...]

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Irritating.

October 27, 2009

I find myself noticing every buzz, whir, sigh of everything in the room.
He won’t listen. He keeps doing that one thing I’ve asked him not to. He won’t leave me alone.
It’s all so irritating, like sand in your swimsuit. Or that tiny rock in your boot, it’s always there, small and menacing.
Grind grind grind go [...]

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Love For Lunch

October 26, 2009

We have been having so much fun putting lunch notes in Charlie’s lunch box each day. Jonah is the one who loved to sneak a note in, and he’s been my partner in crime as we create a little love for his brother.

We were sent these adorable cards (as well as a couple pads of [...]

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A Sister Party

October 22, 2009

I tape up a box, fill it carefully, thinking on each item quietly but quickly, and tape the box closed and move on to the next. These things I’m doing now, I was doing this time three years ago, to move to the place we are now leaving. Another move, but this journey — as [...]

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A Little Treat, Just Because

October 19, 2009

As I prance on down to live in the South for the first time in my life, and to well and truly find my inner steel magnolia, I’m sure I’ll have many stories to share. Tales of some of the most treasured southern secrets and deep history that I know I’ll just eat up with [...]

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Keep the Family Healthy During Cold and Flu

October 19, 2009

As Fall is setting in, the weather chills and noses get sniffly, we are all looking for ways to keep the kids feeling well. Having had my own bout of H1N1 flu last month, and successfully keeping the rest of the family from getting as sick as I was, this is a topic important to [...]

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On Heading to the Country

October 15, 2009

I’ve always been in love with stories. Books, literature, little worlds that I could become a part of just by turning a page. I remember being so enthralled with the Little House books, reading all about how Laura Ingalls Wilder went from young pioneer girl to pioneer woman. It made me yearn to branch out, [...]