Observation

Does anyone else think the birds on my blog background look like they are wearing do-rags?

Just me, then??

I've got a Swanson's Dinner in the freezer with your name on it

Jimmy Fallon=Genius

If Jimmy Fallon as Neil Young doing a cover of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" doesn't make you laugh, then you are cold and dead inside.



As a bonus, the always ALWAYs polarious "Idiot Boyfriend".

Heh

They say a person's house tells a lot about them. I've always thought that was true to a certain extent. I don't particularly think my furniture and home decor says anything but "These people shop at IKEA a lot and desperatetly need new carpeting. And they should really dust more often." But the other day it occurred to me that this saying is absolutely true in one respect.

Our last big move was from Tifton to Albany almost five years ago. We had four boxes marked "clothes". We had thirty-six boxes marked books. We have a lot of bookcases in this house and we need several more.

Kitchen bookcase #1 with cookbooks


Kitchen bookcase #2 with craft books


Master bedroom bookcase (which also houses our DVDs, but it's mostly books)


Library Book Basket #1 (What? Doesn't everyone have a basket by their front door to put library books in?)


Library Book Basket #2


Playroom Bookcase #1


Palyroom Bookcases #2 and #3


Side tables in the girls' room, which I make them clean off the accumulated books once a week


Bookcase in the girls' room


Books from my bedside table


Living Room Bookcase #1


Living Room Bookcase #2 (Both bookcases were custom made for me by my awesomely handy husband, because he's cool like that. During the holidays he's going to add some more shelves to the top somehow and make it look totally cool.)


How many boxes do you think we'd need now??

Friday Night Lite

The girls are off spending the night with a friend (aka our third daughter, Katie). It's a Friday night, *and* it's payday (for both me and him) so you'd think we'd get dolled up and hit the town (such as it is in Albany), making the most of a free night.

You'd be wrong.

James is painting road show props for tomorrow night, and I'm keeping him company in the kitchen by playing DJ with iTunes. (Currently "Fool in the Rain" by Led Zeppelin is playing. I'm trying to figure out what, umm, artificial stimulants Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were taking when they came up with song. It's like they were listening to salsa music while on a bad acid trip. Not that I'd know what a bad acid trip is like, mind you.)

Moving on...

A few weeks ago we met up with all of the Vicars and the Coxs and went out to Mark's Melon Patch to pick pumpkins and look at sunflowers.

(Holy Cow! iTunes just went from Led Zeppelin to "I Know That My Redeemer Lives". Talk about a bad acid trip!)



They insisted on having their picture taken with the tallest sunflower.


All the kiddos (minus Meghan, who was with her parents somewhere)


Mama V and Papa Rich took Nathan and Samantha off to Cordele to see Thomas the Tank Engine, and Helen, Ryan and Meghan came back to our house to pick up a load of wood. The girls decided to have some fun with Meghan and my camera.

(Now this is just ridiculous. iTunes just went from Coldplay's Don't Panic to The First Noel.)





Obviously someone took this picture before the subjects were ready!








Such cuties!

And with with "You Want It" by Cheap Trick, I'm done. Adios!

That Autumnal Rush

If I was pregnant (WHICH I'M NOT!!!) I would call what I've been doing "nesting". Since I'M NOT PREGNANT, I'm just going to call it...something. I'll let you know when I think of the right word.

I've been stretching myself a little more lately. Moving out of my comfort zone. I was out of the house past 6 PM THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW last week. Crazy, I know. :P After talking about it for three years, I finally got a Relief Society book club going. I've also started one for the 8-11 year old girls at church. I've been putting a lot of effort into preschool. I've been thinking about my health and well-being (both mentally and physically) and actually DOING something about it. I've been trying to be a better wife and mother. I've been reading a lot. I've cleaned out a few closets.

It's all good.

Halloween was a hoot. The girls and James went to various parties while I stayed home to hand out candy to Trick-or-Treaters in the neighborhood. I think a good time was had by all.

Madeline was a flapper and Isabella was Tonks from the Harry Potter books. I think they both looked great, but I'm especially proud of Bella's handmade 'Weird Sisters' t-shirt.

Sorry

I know I haven't updated in awhile, but I've been busy shopping for gold stretch pants and a bedazzled eyepatch.