Thursday, February 26, 2009

Grace in Small Things #26

1.  Coke Zero and clean clothes.
2.  A NEW OVEN/STOVE/RANGE FABULOUSNESS
3.  Today I wanted...badly to spend money and go out to lunch but I stayed in and behaved myself and I'm happy to have those few dollars still in my pocket.  
4.  Tons of awesome family is coming in for the next few days.
5.  Dave gets off work early today so on top of extra family we get dave/lindso/bebe time too!

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Grace in Small Things #25

1.  Work lunch with tasty crabtastic goodness.  
2.  I put a bunch of new current pictures around my cube at work so I have some super smiley baby/husband/family combo pictures to look at now.
3.  Maybe some spackle-tastic events will happen this evening.
4.  Turning words from Fantastic to ****tastic.
5.  Monday and Tuesday have FLOWN by...So looking forward to the end of my week and the weekend full of family and other loveliness.  

Monday, February 23, 2009

Seriously...Not a good start to my Monday....

Now this may not be a particularly lovely picture.  Especially with someones car in the background but lets just take a look shall we?  This is MY bamboo.  Mine...in my office.  MINE MINE MINE.  That being said...MAYBE I should be responsible for it's care?  Read the sign people.  This bamboo is my property and it has a lot of stupid significance to it...I do not want it to die.  So I would prefer if you would stop watering it with your dirty janitorial water supply.  It doesn't need watered....it needs you to leave it alone!  You are not a Botanist, you do not have a degree in Horticulture.  There for you should not be watering my plant...WITH YOUR DIRTY SOPPY SMELLY CLEANING RAG WATER.

Thank you,

The Loving Bamboo Caretaker 


***Proper care of bamboo states that water should come just one inch above the base of the stalk.  One inch above the roots.  (In case you ever want to purchase your own bamboo for recreational or home usage).

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Grace in Small Things #24

1.  Leftover drop biscuits and no one complaining.
2.  Orange drink.
3.  Free magazine subscriptions and down time to read them.
4.  My new short 4 week class starts tonight....Yippee!
5.  My bamboo that everyone makes fun of but holds so much ridiculous symbolism to me.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Baby Crack and Tylenol Obsession

Dave normally opens at work one day a week so it's not an issue getting us all out the door on time because he's usually around to take care of the bebes while I'm gettin pretty.  This morning is the first of two mornings where we both have to be out the door around the same time and you'd think that I'm preparing for a nuclear war at our house.  I have the bebes outfits picked out and ready for the rest of the week so that we can get ready as easy as possible.  Last night lunches were almost completely packed and I was prepared for the bombings....I had my duck an cover mentality and I braced myself for the worst.  

Today I got up...felt a little better than yesterday...showered with no real drama...had a cute and cheeky conversational exchange with husbando Dave...got the bebes ready and we all left the house in a calm and meaningful fashion.  I'm pretty sure it had little to do with my over preparedness.  Buuuut heck lets pat me on the back anyway.  

I've said such things as: "Pooped some concrete" and "Baby Crack bringing joy and hallucinated wonderfulness to children everywhere."  This is of course in reference to cooked carrots...obviously.  I've also suggested a good friend who I believe has only had curlers in her hair one time (because I like to play dress up) that she "go out there in a bathrobe and curlers and wave a golf club at them." Unsure as to whether she has a bathrobe also brings a level of mystery to this request.    

I've been a bundle of nose blowing cracked out on cold meds goodness today.  These are the days I should write children's books.  The illustrations alone would get me committed to some sort of hospital for the overly creative borderline questionable free spirits of the world.  They may also win me some sort of literature award.  It's days like this I wish I had a paint brush and a blank canvas and then I could pretend to do art.  Oh loveliness!

Well time to take another shot of liquid gold over the counter goodness and head home.  It's pork chop night and while I've never successfully made a pork chop....it has to happen sometime?  I'm thinking Dave is going to be sent to the grocery store to pick up some tissues and some Pillsbury fluffy flaky fattening melt-in-your-mouth bisquitieness.

Okay I leave you with this:

Me: why does he talk?  I think that its in the constitutional by-laws: No **** talkie talkie.  I'm pretty sure that's a direct quote.
TSC: I think it is in Article III, Paragraph V






word.

Monday, February 16, 2009

I am job. I'm sorry the position has been filled.

This is a pastel version of Mrs. Doubtfire.  Why you may ask?  All I can think of when I look at this is Robin Williams sitting in the unemployment office saying: I do a great impression of a hot dog. 


Although I have to say...the bebes is cuter and much less hairy than Robin Williams.  Thank goodness!

Grace in Small Things #23

1.  Feeling a wee bit better.
2.  Bebes and Dave are feeling a wee bit better too.
3.  We are painting our dining room this week/weekend.  Soon 1 room in our house will be close to completion!
4.  My mom made her super amazing tasty sugar cookies and I swear they are the only thing getting me through a bad case of the Mondays haha. 
5.  Puffs plus Lotion and Vicks=best idea ever.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Grace in Small Things #22

1.  My parents are in town this weekend!!!
2.  All our bills are paid and theres a few 'extra' dollars going to pay down bills.  
3.  Wings+Fancy Dinner=Happy Lindso Food Weekend.
4.  I get 2.5 days of family time (FT=Dave me and the bebes).  
5.  The homestead is clean and reorganized and it will be nice to spend the weekend not working on the house but enjoying the house.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Fade to Gray

The "Non-Facebook Lindsey can't count" 25 Things about Me:

 

1.  I hate licking envelopes.  I detest it with every being in my body.  When I'm rich and notorious I will hire someone to do this for me.  (Hold your breath!)

2.  I drink at least 2 cans of Coke Zero in a day.  If only Diet Coke is offered I tend to drink less but not because I dislike it…it just happens to quench my thirst better. 

3.  I'm a self proclaimed wine snob.

4.  I hate Jordon Almonds and I usually make mention of this when I'm consuming them by the handfuls.

5.  I think if I focused and put my mind to it I could be a really great children's book author. 

6.  I love wearing jeans and dress shoes with little to no heel…I think it's like a 'slightly dressed up mom thing?'

7.  I am convinced that whatever stage of life my daughter is in it's the best stage thus far. 

8.  I'm an obsessive re-reader.  I cannot read a good book just once and I rarely read new material I'm just so engrossed with my own 'classics.'

9.  I love Mexican food.  Most of my Hispanic friends claim that I am more Mexican than they are and that I cook better than their mothers…

10.  Most people see movies to avoid reading the book; I see movies that inspire me to read the book.

11.  I am exceptionally good at making appetizers, dips and soups.  Main meat entrees are not something I suggest you have me try. 

12.  I am constantly fighting the worlds stereotypes to not be labeled as a mother before say woman, wife, artist, Christian, peg legger, Mexican food eater.  I'm much more than just one thing.

13.  The first meal Dave ever 'made' for me was a pre-made stuffed green peppers.   He served it with apple juice.  We are meant to grow old together.

14.  The first meal I ever cooked for Dave was supposed to be parmesan crusted chicken.  It turned into some sort of over salted dry cut of chicken.  I think we went out to eat afterwards. 

15.  Because I was never allowed to view the Internet at home during my formative years I'm now overly obsessed with everything associated with the World Wide Web.  I also used to sneak online when my parents weren't home and look at sites like Hotmail and AOL.  I was such a rebel. 

16.  I don't hate anyone.  I will never tell a person I hate them.  It's against everything I believe. 

17.  I am a gynormous Sci-Fi geek.  Take me to another planet galaxy or goofy town in America.  I love it.  No scary sci-fi though.  I'm not mature enough to understand that its fiction.

18.  Until I got married my toenails were painted…always.  Was this some sort of ploy to get a man?  Does Dave know or care that they aren't painted? 

19.  I just got a super fabulous really cool new Digital SLR camera which I'm slowly learning how to use.  My subject(s) tend to be the bebes, Dave and our cats.  I need to branch out!

20.  I am and always will be terribly frustrated with people who feel entitled to certain things because they assume they are better than me or you or your brother. 

21.  If I was left unmanaged and uncontrolled I would hang pictures and art work on every available wall space in our house. 

22.  I actually like watching other people play video games.  I could do it for hours on end.

23.  In the past few months I started blogging and I'm now obsessed with it.  I'm also obsessed with reading other peoples blogs.  OBSESSED.  It's normal.

24.  I would love to speak many different languages I'm just not disciplined to learn at home.  Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Finnish and German are on the top of my list.

25.  Rude restaurant patrons are a huge pet peeve of mine.  Waiters are there to provide a service not to be your servant!

26.  I can play 5 different instruments.

27.  I don't drink enough water in a day according to recommended guidelines. 

28.  I am required by employment to answer the phone so when I'm not working I rarely do. 

29.  I thought this 25 things on Facebook 'thing' was kinda lame but now that I'm doing it and it's not on Facebook I'm really getting into it.  Although I will not tag anyone; and just to really you know 'show them' I'm posting more than 25...so HA!

30.  In the past five years my favorite color has changed from hot pink to teal and has now settled on gray.  Who picks gray as their favorite color?  *raises hand*

31.  Coffee to me is a treat not a daily expectation.

32.  When I was in college friends of mine had neighbors who put a big sign on their window that said "Happy Birthday Lemons!"  Even though I wasn't part of the story at all I still feel a strong urge to say "Happy Birthday Lemons" to random people. 

33.  I crave homemade chicken pot pie at least once a week and rarely make it. 

34.  I'm overly self aware of (some) areas I need improvement in.  I'm very focused on examining myself, my thoughts and my beliefs. 

35.  I find #34 exhausting and extremely rewarding if and when I grow as a person.  

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Grace in Small Things #21

1.  I actually missed a day of GiST becuase I had a wonderful evening with my husband and completely wonderfully forgot about you Internet.  Although I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings.  I actually have a whole evening with Dave planned for tonight too!
2.  My big gray not so attractive sweater I wear at least once a week.  It's so cozy I feel like I'm curled up in a fuzzy blanket everytime.  
3.  Monkey hugs.  They are the best!
4.  Steam cleaners and family dusting.  I'm lame and I own it!
5.  I finally framed these two 'name origin' prints my BIL got for the bebes for Christmas.  I'm going to hang them over her bed they are just perfect.  Oh and because I'm cheap and I'm the guy who tells you how much everything cost....they were on clearance and I had a coupon...Score!

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Oh get with it, Clairee. This is the eighties. If you can achieve puberty, you can achieve a past.

I was technically a child of the 80's.  A young child of the 80's but I still can appreciate the Cindy Lauper references and I remember the death of the eight-track.  I can't decide if my love for jean jackets comes from my momish persona or my rock and roll 1987 Punky Brewster-esque love of all things jean.  Today is totally jean jacket weather.  It's a crisp 60 degrees in February here in the land of Chicago and I'm in love.  Mostly with all the things I was in love with when it was -43 windchill and a bit nippy out a few weeks ago but heck lets go with this feeling.  This is my favorite feeling outside when I can throw on jeans and a hoodie and just be comfortable.  Sometimes I wear a hoodie AND a jean jacket.  I know I know the fashion police are out there trying not to read any further...but no worries...I'm out of your jurisdiction.  

Oh by the way I also love accesorizing with scarves.  But not cool scarves that make other women look trendy and cute...my scarves just make me think I'm trendy and cute.  Word.

I'm pretty sure I could write a whole 2937423 pages on this loveliness but alas I'm running low on Diet Coke and I'm feeling the urge to make a run for it.  

Monday, February 9, 2009

Grace in Small Things #20

1. Wheel of Fortune helps me stay stable. Mmmm WoF...
2. Working out for the first time in awhile...finally awake,
energized and healthy enough to jump back into it!
3. Pickles and iced tea...and no I swear I'm not pregnant.
4. I'm soooo excited to do a little shopping tomorrow after
work...although it's sad I consider "errands" shopping but it is solo
errands so I can actually focus which is awesome.
5. I get to see Dave a ton this week and next weekend and I'm so very
looking forward to it!

(See Below)

I joined Plinky a few weeks ago because I have such a hard time answering prompts or creating content around a topic.  Usually I just ramble till I come up with a good title to my post.  Most of the time I start to ramble before I even know what I want to talk about.  I love Plinky its a new blogging experience and I'm really hoping it helps me work backwards and grow as a writer.  Occasionally you'll see a few of my Plinky prompts answered here.  (See below)  

I'm not sure how I feel about it being formatted into my blog because this seems like I'm hinting to Dave to take me to Crate and Barrel when really I'm hinting to the almighty recession gods to point me to the end of the rainbow so I can go out and purchase these things without declaring bankruptcy.  

My writing problems don't always lack content it's more that I cannot focus long enough to create good content.  I think this is going to be a good experience for me and if writing about who would be my driver in the getaway car and how I got my nickname helps me grow as a more focused writer....so be it!

Hint: A trip to Crate and Barrel would be nice this Valentine's Day

Consumerism equals love


Crate and Barrel
I want furniture. BAD. Our house is empty and it needs a daybed and a couch and a full length mirror and end tables and an entertainment center and dining room chairs and rugs and art work and I love Crate and Barrel. Oh that would be the best Valentines Day ever. Materialism....gotta love it!


Sunday, February 8, 2009

Grace in Small Things #19

1. Arts and crafts with a 9.5 bebes.
2. Leftover enchiladas.
3. A really good book I'm going to be reading in about 10 minutes.
4. Quality family time this morning. Good solid quality family time.
5. Lotion and socks and soft feet.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Grace in Small Things #18

1. The house is dirty but it's getting 'neater' meaning the clutter is slowly getting put away so the cleaning will be a breeze.
2. I had breakfast with my family this morning; which was awesome because we won't get to hang out together the rest of the day.
3. I made Dave act like a teenager for 15 minutes before he left for work and it was the most fun we've had in awhile. ;)
4. 3 foot tall Nano.
5. Staying in my yoga pants all day and watching the snow melt outside. It's the first time we've seen our sidewalk in 2 months!

Friday, February 6, 2009

Grace in Small Things #17

1.  I woke up and wasn't exhausted.  I just got out of bed and got my day started.  I love mornings when I don't have to drag myself into my day.  

2.  I have very few plans for the evening...mostly involving me painting my toes.  Then possibly repainting my toes...and then reading a book...and passing out.  I'm fabulously lame.

3.  Pens with highlighters on one side.

4.  Funfetti DAY 2!

5.  This: 

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Grace in Small Things #16

1. Very belated funfetti.
2. Milli amusing the daylights out of me as she chases a cheerio
around the house.
3. No bills came in the mail today!
4. Movies from the 60's.
5. Sleeping in...even if it was just a little. xoxo

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Grace in Small Things #15

1.  Taking an unexpected half day off...Even if it is to take the bebes to the dr.
2.  White wine...which is not something you'll hear me say often.
3.  Pictures from high school and college...learning how not to be a jerk in real life.  
4.  The bebes wore her shoes for the first 'real' time today.  They obnoxiously enhanced her cuteness.  I hate that!
5.  Hard-drives.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Nostalgia and Neurosis and High School

I try very hard and sometimes very unsuccessfully to not live in the past.  Learn from the past but not relive the past.  I have a few bits of nostalgia here and there.  I miss college A LOT.  I do not however party with Fraternity brothers on the weekends.  Well...crap...Dave technically is/was in a Fraternity but anyway that's besides the point....and we don't party...we try to catch up on sleep.  I enjoyed college but looking back now I cannot imagine I would have the same level of tolerance for the college lifestyle.  We may create a certain fondness for the memories and I miss the emotional attachments I had back then but I don't really want to 'go back there.'  That's a terrifying thought.  Sophomore year would be hell to relive.  I learned a little too much that year.  Grew up a bit more than I wanted to at the time.  Oh and the purposefully ripped jeans were not a fashion style I ever plan on re experiencing.  Anyway I've been thinking about sophomore year a lot recently maybe you all will hear more about that later....not today....

Today I want to drift back father to High School.  

HIGH SCHOOL WAS NOT COOL.

I look at all my younger family members on Facebook and see their fun party pictures from high school and do have a twinge of jealousy.  I wasn't really allowed to do much socializing in high school.  I do have fond memories but most of them did not take place outside of school or school related functions....

I wonder where I'm going with this thought process today.....lets see....

I have a few remaining bits and pieces left over from high school...A few yearbooks...a classic and overly cliche dried boutonniere from some dance that of course was well chaperoned by adults.  One of my favorite things from high school is a sweatshirt that says Perry Football on it in small letters in the corner.  It's light gray and my parents bought it for me my Freshman year of high school.  This sweatshirt is almost 15 years old.  (I had to count on my fingers for that one).  Regardless I do still wear this sweatshirt and here's the whole point are you ready for it......

NOT IN PUBLIC!

Seriously the thing is older than some of my family members.  It's almost as old as my SIL!  AND its from HIGH SCHOOL.  Sometimes I wear it to clean toilets!  Why on earth would someone feel the need so strongly that they need to wear things from high school?  I have no words.....actually as you can see I have plenty but when did that knock any ones pants off!

I saw a girl from my school proudly wearing a big ole Perry sweatshirt.  Now I wasn't a huge fan of high school but I did go to a really great high school.  Please don't let my message diminish the wonderful memories and outstanding education some of my classmates received from Perry.  Even if that was me...I still wouldn't be sporting the sweatshirt....

I feel like I have more to say on this subject but I'm starting to doubt the importance and relevance....so here I stop.  

Right here....

I'm done now....

Bye!

Grace in Small Things #14

1.  I have a job, which sadly isn't true for so many people around me right now.
2.  The bebes is extremely clingy.  She must be held all the time.  I'm trying very hard to enjoy every minute of it and not get frusterated.  So far its working wonderfully! 
3.  Last night I got a ton of very selfish Lindsey things done and it felt great to listen to my music and have a few moments totally dedicated to wasting my own precious time.  I know I've been given opportunities but sometimes it just needs to happen on its own and it wasn't planned and it wasn't what I 'wanted' to do with my night but it was downright fantastic.  
4.  I have an amazing super geek husband and a freakishly cute Banshee/Fairy daughter.  I looked through tons of pictures last night and realized how filled with joy my life is.  
5.  I've been reading through Dooce today and the newsletters she writes to her daughter every month.  It's making me so very excited for those upcoming days, weeks, and months.....but not too excited becuase soon I'll blink and it will all have passed.  Anyway it at least gives me something to look forward to.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Grace in Small Things #13

1.  My tea is helping me to remain calm and relaxed today.  
2.  Tonight is photo editing night at the homestead.  
3.  I cleaned my purse out which was unbelievably needed.
4.  I'm back to obsessively entering contests online which means I have a chance to win the HGTV Dream House....Oh I would move to California in a heartbeat!
5.  I finally finished my "25 Random Things" for Facebook and have no intention of posting it there.  Maybe I'll post it here...Anyway for some reason it took me a week...probably because I DON'T participate in forwards/fill me out and send me back stuff...so I was not adequately prepared to create a Lindso List.  Anyway its something I worked on regardless of how silly it is and I like what I came up with.  

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Grace in Small Things #12

1. Lots of pictures got hung today.
2. A few straggler boxes are on their way out to the recycling which means we are FINALLY moved in.
3. Loving that I didn't have to watch the Superbowl to see the commercials I can view them tomorrow online.
4. Got to hear Kate Gosselin speak at church today.
5. My husband waiting to watch NCIS with me as soon as I'm done here..........................



bye!