tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85346920572711390932024-02-07T02:07:34.976-08:00Wherefore Equilibrium"Once I was alive by just a breath,
but
now this pilgrimage is zeal and fine allusion."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-83940158000952152312011-04-22T14:42:00.000-07:002011-04-22T15:40:10.668-07:00BeachIn the past week I've been fortunate enough to spend three days at the beach. Mostly in the rain and chill, but it didn't matter. It has been a wonderful reconnection with an old friend.I grew up the Puget Sound area of the Pacific Northwest and I'm a beach girl through and through. This does not mean tanning on a towel! It means I can spend hours walking the shoreline and climbing logs, alone orUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-82142511384598126222011-03-29T19:11:00.000-07:002011-04-22T10:19:43.819-07:00Neverending Laundryyyy--a look at my dirty laundry So, even though I promised it would never, ever, happen again . . . it did. I got behind on laundry. This is a feeling I really dislike. The quote "Cleaning while raising kids is like shoveling while it is still snowing" comes to mind these days. And there are only two of them! Well, and the two of us. I am almost at that tipping point where there is as much clean and unfolded as there is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-45815193248883642182011-03-23T13:51:00.000-07:002011-03-23T17:56:48.469-07:00Croak!I've been trying to get out lately. I send the kids outside to be nature-fied at least once a day and so I've been getting myself out with them. It's not that I don't like it, I do, but as with so many things, five minutes of children occupied by something other than me gives me time to think or finish a task on my to do list.Giving it up for being outdoors though always fills me up a little moreUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-28608308224837620882010-09-18T16:51:00.000-07:002010-09-18T17:11:03.019-07:00Baby boys!It's been a busy few months for my friends--six of them had baby boys since summer started and it's awesome. Welcome to the world James Laurence, Oliver Alexander, Lucas Q, Royce Gregory, Alexander Daniel & Robert Kimball :) I have no idea where are all the girl babies are!I'm loving all of the classic names coming back these days--if you've known me long you know I've always been a name Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-38348248782443950792010-09-06T14:15:00.000-07:002010-09-06T14:44:50.728-07:00It's been a year...But I think I'm back to blogging for good. I shouldn't promise though I suppose, given my track record. What's happened in the last year?Bear and Princess are 3 and 7, respectively. I love it and it freaks me out. They're awesome children and I still love being their mama. We had a science party and a robot party!Today is my 14th wedding anniversary! We're relaxing and had a nice brunch with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-31414646623496951942009-10-01T15:39:00.000-07:002009-10-01T15:56:35.803-07:00October :)New month, new stuff going on. I've started a blog for 8pizza (and we are having contests & giveaways all the time so check it out)! Princess is done with swimming lessons and is going to the casting class for her dance studio's annual Christmas program tomorrow. Flu shots will be complete this week (just the regular ones folks, no need to panic) and October is jam-packed with great things Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-71893384725471752952009-09-22T16:59:00.000-07:002009-09-22T17:06:28.258-07:00HelloLife is busy. You probably knew that, but lately I'm remembering a lot of things I already knew but had been too busy to know that I knew. Like that life is busy, and that it's okay. I am making no more blogging promises, because life is busy and I like it that way and I can't guarantee that I'll post more :)September has been full! I'm working fast and furious with 8pizza, and Princess is doing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-28218978961256571042009-07-23T17:02:00.000-07:002009-07-23T17:05:29.546-07:00The trip was great, photos will be forthcoming. Bear's 2nd birthday party was last week and we had a fun time, even if the numbers were sparse. Princess is having a princess party the end of August, and we are busy preparing for that. I'm eBaying and writing a little (mostly with Amanda's encouragement), and cleaning house (literally and figuratively) and enjoying the sunshine!I realize this is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-11473490029253779362009-06-10T16:45:00.000-07:002009-06-10T17:00:33.122-07:00Winners for Days 7, 8 & 9!!! And my week so far...Day 7 - Heather Justesen of UtahDay 8 - Valerie Bongards of GermanyDay 9 - June Kirk of ?Congratulations ladies! Lots of fun stuff being won these days :)MondayRan some errands, caught a couple sales and picked up some great stuff from Craig-listers for inventory! Watch for hard-to-find toys of the prehistoric variety come Christmas-time!TuesdayHome. Had a headache and so I didn't get as much Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-4622629223078572562009-06-07T20:46:00.000-07:002009-06-07T22:10:46.451-07:00Winners of DAy 5 & 6 and My Weekend!Woohoo! Day 5 winner is Wendy Steed of Idaho and Day 6 winner--winner of MY gift certificate to 8pizza on eBay--is Gayle Oreluk of Illinois! Congratulations ladies!Saturday was great! Spent the day travelling and visiting with my family and playing on the beach. I miss the beach so much! There just aren't huge stretches of easily accessible sandy beaches here. One of the few drawbacks of my Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-54995661912815458592009-06-05T21:47:00.000-07:002009-06-05T22:16:53.289-07:00Winners of Day 3 & Day 4 and My Friday!Okay! So I fell of the blog wagon yesterday. Sorry everyone.Day 3--Debbie Lambson of UtahDay 4--Gloria Lyons of MichiganWoohoo! You ladies ROCK!Cooler today. I planned to be home all day, but Craigslist called . . . Some transactions just don't go as well as you hope, and I ended up having to explain to Princess on the way home what the phrase "ripped off" means. Ah well.We stopped at one Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-59292819014348601202009-06-03T21:35:00.000-07:002009-06-03T21:48:32.892-07:00Treasure Hunt Day Two Winner and My WednesdayAnd the winner is . . .Phyllis Lamken of Idaho!Congratulations Phyllis!Long, hot day today. Took Princess to dance class and mailed a few packages. Went to the massage therapist. As I was driving home I saw my friend Joan, walking. I picked her up and dropped her off at her massage appointment! That was funny.These days I am mostly working on sorting out the new inventory I brought home from my Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-25554208632866450292009-06-02T22:23:00.000-07:002009-06-02T22:42:34.854-07:00Treasure Hunt Day One Winner and My TuesdayAnd the Day One winner of our Summer Treasure Hunt is Terry Fleming! Congratulations, Terry!It was a long, hot day, which we gratefully spent at home. Breakfast, snack time, lunch, snack time, naps (sadly not for mommy), snack time, dinner, playing in the mud in the back yard (and the baby tracking it in for Daddy to clean up), baths, stories, favorite things and bedtime. Nice.I got most of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-43798399481878607842009-06-01T10:52:00.000-07:002009-06-01T11:09:13.310-07:00Yay! Check out the contest!Okay, so I write, but my contribution to the contest created by Joyce has nothing to do with writing :) Check it out though and have some fun--there are some great things there! Additionally, if you post a comment under the contest entry on my blog, I'll give you free first class shipping on any one item from my eBay store during the month of June!Just comment on the entry titled "Summer TreasureUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-79829171205378236092009-05-29T09:40:00.000-07:002009-05-29T10:01:00.253-07:00Summer Treasure Hunt: Dig for Clues and Win!Some friends and I have put together an exciting contest to kick off your summer! Beginning June 1st, we will be giving away a prize a day. That’s right: 30 days, 30 treasures! There should be something for everyone: romance, mystery, historical, contemporary, and young adult fiction; children’s picture books; a variety of non-fiction; and just to liven things up even more, we’ve included a few Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-51128182470023740662009-04-27T16:35:00.000-07:002009-04-27T17:20:09.031-07:00Oh what a beautiful morning!Today I am really enjoying the sunshine and blue skies. Princess and I sat on the front step and had lunch together and the smell of the spring air was dizzyingly wonderful. It's a smell I have always loved; heat, earth, growth. True intoxication at it's finest. It has been a day to stop and breathe it all in.Our health insurance has an online wellness center that has a lot of little classes you Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-74625104508757727562009-04-26T18:03:00.000-07:002009-04-30T10:18:19.865-07:00My First EVER Blog Give Away!Okay, I am Courtney's number five, so it's all here fault :) Here goes:The first five people to respond to this post will receive something made by me. HOMEMADE!The item will be my choice made just for you!Restrictions and Limitations:1. I have complete creative freedom.2. What I create will be just for you.3. It will be done within the next 6 months.4. You have no clue what it will be.It may be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-64891416319932789682009-04-20T10:10:00.000-07:002009-04-20T11:09:38.889-07:00In spring there is a renewal of all things...Including my determination to keep up with my blog :) So here's an update to get you started. Since December:**The contest I entered on New Year's eve? I won first place and they've chosen a couple of the other submissions I sent in to publish as well. I am stunned. I am ecstatic. I am grateful. They'll be published in the Fall 2009 issue of Segullah. Segullah also invited me to join their staff Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-44211680659877095132008-12-31T17:27:00.000-08:002008-12-31T17:50:41.824-08:00First SubmissionI have to share. I actually, really, actually, submitted poetry for publication for the first time since eleventh grade. And eleventh grade was quite awhile back, folks, so rusty doesn't even begin to describe the way I felt about all this yesterday as I got started.I hemmed, I hawed. I decided against it. I talked myself into it. I put it off until the last, last, possible moment. I harassed Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-64681400003782272322008-12-25T13:56:00.000-08:002008-12-25T14:23:46.356-08:00ChristmasWe arrived home from our delicious and delightful trip to Connecticut at about 5:30 this morning. It was an amazing and magical adventure (even if Continental airlines has made a permanent enemy out of me) and I can't imagine not going back east much sooner than the six years we waited this time! It will take me awhile to sort it all out and share it, but it really, really was wonderful and the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-31097297946436147392008-10-26T19:48:00.000-07:002008-10-27T10:35:25.657-07:00Hope & Misery Abound"Victories in life come through our ability to work around and over the obstacles that cross our path. We grow stronger as we climb our own mountains." -- Marvin J. AshtonYes, I am still sick. This would be the misery part. I'm on antibiotics though and it's now been three weeks, so I'm hoping it clears itself up this week and leaves me able to breathe in peace!My husband was out of town Tuesday Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-35244163786480581912008-10-19T18:08:00.001-07:002008-10-19T19:48:36.525-07:00Miss me?Wow--8 weeks, that is crazy! I hope to never leave y'all hanging for that long again. Things have been pretty wild here. Currently I'm sick--coughing and hacking sick--and it's been a full week so I'm dreaming it'll be over soon.Princess' party was spectacular and we had a wonderful time with the family and friends who came (and there were plenty)! The cake turned out very well, although I was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-66260094223006065342008-08-20T15:37:00.000-07:002009-01-02T17:45:13.176-08:00August stuff...The weather has been dark and cold today and pretty dreary a lot of this week. I've been inside a lot and haven't gotten photos of the garden yet.Yesterday when my husband got the vacuum cleaner out we weren't sure how Bear was going to react to it. His sister is still frightened by it at almost 5! He loved it. He literally chased his dad around the house shouting "car car car"! It was the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-60080500616794718752008-08-17T14:01:00.000-07:002008-08-17T14:22:44.301-07:00Here and update, there an update, everywhere an . . .Well, we're half way through August! I can't believe we only have 2 weeks until Princess' party. The creation of all things buggy are underway. I am thrilled my family will be coming up to visit again, and Mom will be here for a couple of weeks. Sadly, they just announced the church summer barbecue is happening the evening of Princess' bash and I am sad about that . . . I'm not sure people Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534692057271139093.post-82588200846264055382008-08-05T15:37:00.000-07:002008-12-09T21:59:34.278-08:00Galactastic!Well, my mom's visit was great and Bear's party was as perfect as a party can get. I actually got everything done on my party to do list, my family was a great help with the slave labor aspects of the celebration and Baby Bear absolutely loved having the house filled with people who loved him! Frankly, I did too :) I managed to put together a scrapbook (my first clumsy attempt ever) of Bear's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5