Here is a pictorial overview of life in these parts. I don't have Photo Shop, just so you know.
Twice we have had a hummingbird stuck in our garage and I had to carefully catch it and release it outside. I bet you don't know anyone who has held a hummingbird in their fingers like this. I didn't crush it, but I thought about it. That's what makes me better than the serial killers and the jerks.
Ellen got her face painted at a birthday party. You know--like you do.
Living la vida loca.
We came home from our mini-vacation in Midway under cover of darkness. It felt like we were absconding and it made the trip more fun.
Maggie wears Toms now because she's in 6th grade and wants to help poor people with no shoes.
Ben is in third grade. He doesn't care about poor people YET.
After the kids left for school I celebrated by cleaning out the fridge. I was so excited I took a picture of it. What I just wrote is kind of sad.
I also cleaned Ellen's room up and took several bags of her stuff to DI. But don't tell her.
She goes to preschool Mon, Wed, Fri. Sometimes I forget Sunday night because I'm used to her Tues/Thurs schedule from last year.When I remember on Monday morning that she is going to preschool it is like Christmas, which is why Labor Day was stupid.
We had FHE about this quote before school started. It is our theme. Sadly, the presentation of our theme was not accompanied by a feast, banners, homemade crowns, or fresh flowers. I'm even more embarrassed that 1) I have not read the book this quote is from (Middlemarch) and 2) I couldn't afford to frame the quote so I stuck it up with masking tape. It's still a good theme though.
The other day I got sick of liquid soap so I went to DI and bought a bunch of bowls to hold bar soap. EVERYONE on Twitter was talking about it. It practically trended.
I also got this big old chalkboard which I will hang on the wall in my TV room. A few years ago I looted my old school to get that round table and chairs. I painted it with chalkboard paint. What? No biggie. See that ottoman? I recovered it in that fabric a couple days ago. Seriously! It's not a big deal.
It's so important to take the time to smell the roses, don't you think? Or, in this case, mums--which smell bad. Happy Fall everyone!
More about my life-I want to write a hit song called "I don't want to be your friend on facebook." It is all based on reality.
ReplyDeleteCorrection: you're really only better than the serial "hummingbird" killers. Although I'm fairly certain you are "better than the jerks". Also, I concur...mums don't smell even a tiny bit nice. And finally, how do we know you REALLY recovered those ottomans....do you have a youtube tutorial to prove it? :)
ReplyDeleteWould it make you feel better if I told you I'm jealous of your fridge? OK, good.
ReplyDeleteYou are awesome. Seriously about the fridge - mine NEVER looks like that. Must have something to do with all the bagged cheese.
ReplyDeleteYou're not going to get that quote done in vinyl and apply it to your wall, are you?
ReplyDeleteHave you read Silas Marner?
The best is how someone wrote 'I Love TV' on that chalkboard. Why isn't that your theme for the school year? I think you can get it engraved on some glass stars.
ReplyDeleteI can't atop being jealous of your fridge. It has drawers? It's so pretty. Frankly, I'm a little ashamed of you because NONE of these pictures were taken by a profession photographer who follows you around so you can pretend like the life you present on your blog is, you know, just normal everyday life.
ReplyDeleteNow that all the kids are in school I'm expecting to see a new portrait that you will swear is tounge in cheek, but you secretly love. I'm thinking sexy witch meets old timey barmaid. Has that been done yet?
New theme: 'What do we live for, if it is not to watch TV to make life less difficult?' Now THAT should go on a crown.
ReplyDeleteOh, I think you should definitely read Middlemarch. A person who can recover ottomans, clean out her fridge AND her kids' bedroom and read 53 books and see two movies in a night can for sure manage it. (I wrote my master's thesis on that book. I am its missionary.)
ReplyDeleteAnd because your theme unveiling did NOT include banners, fresh flowers, or home-made crowns, I will be a fan of you forever! I love you. Mums do stink, don't they?
ReplyDeleteAND you have two dryers! What?! No big deal, whatever!
ReplyDeleteLove the quote. If you had made banners and crowns to go with it, I might stop sending people to your blog...
I love you.
ReplyDeleteI love your fridge. The fridge that came with this house is just not cutting it. I need SPACE. (and someone to clean it out regularly so it looks like yours).
i didn't know storm lived at your house pretending to be your daughter maggie....or are lasers going to shoot out of her eyes? whoa. also, i might come steal those tiny chairs of yours. also, also, i have three things masking-taped to my walls because i can't afford giant frames. i say it's modern.
ReplyDeleteI'm so bad I don't even notice when my cleaning lady cleans the fridge!!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog. You always make me smile. I love your clean fridge! My family thinks I'm nuts because I love to clean something, then keep walking past it to admire it. Did you do that with your fridge? You know...find excuses to open it just so you could admire how good it looks. I'll bet you did!
ReplyDeletei can hear a chorus of angels singing as i look at that picture of your fridge.
ReplyDeleteyour kids seem cooler than me. and my girls have the same toms. together, our kids are saving the world.
I read Middlemarch. I am still on the fence about it, frankly.
ReplyDeletePBS did a great series on Middlemarch which would play to your (our) love of tv while alleviating your guilt at having not read that quote directly from the source. What? I already cleaned out my fridge.
ReplyDeleteI feel like I just read a stream of consciousness exercise, but with pictures added.
ReplyDeleteThis is why I love this blog.
I snorted over the Labor Day allusion. /shaking head. You're a crack-up.
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