I *heart* Jamie The Very Worst Missionary.
Okay, I heart her but I really don't know her. I just really love her post over there from yesterday.
Don't read it though. She cusses a little bit.
Unless that's okay.*
Then read it.
It just might lift you.
*thoughts related to reading A Scandalous Freedom by Steve Brown in Sunday School (compliments of my husband, the teacher.)
why I like Harry Potter
8.29.2011
(taken from http://www.faithandfamilylive.com/features/why_my_family_adopted_harry_potter1)
I first read a Harry Potter novel so I could explain to my older daughter why we don’t read junk like that. As father to seven children whom we educate at home, I decided we wouldn’t have anything to do with Harry after a coworker had recommended these stories (with no little enthusiasm!) about an English boy who goes to a school to learn witchcraft and wizardry.
We don’t watch television, so I was unaware of the controversy about the books in the Christian community, but I didn’t need much guidance to figure this out. The title of the first book included the word sorcerer, and this seemed sufficient to me to keep it out of my home. Alas, our pediatrician (and Baptist mother of four) gave a copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to Hannah, then 12, and I was obliged to read it or just a few pages in order to point out its failings as literature and edifying reading. I mean, advocating witchcraft … as a Christian, this seemed a no-brainer.
I sat down with the beat-up paperback when the children were finally in bed and expected to be in bed myself in a few minutes. Instead, I was up the better part of the night enjoying the best story I had read in many years. The next day I told Hannah she could read Harry — in fact, I told her to start reading the book that day. I bought the other books in the series, apologized to my co-worker for disregarding her recommendation, and read the first chapters of the first book aloud that night to my other children.
What caused my aboutface on Harry? First, there isn’t any sorcery or invocational magic in Harry Potter (the American publisher changed the original title, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, because he felt Americans would not buy a book with philosophy in the title). Objections to the witchcraft in Harry Potter are unfounded because the incantational magic of literature has nothing to do with the occult.
As important for me, though, was the depth and evidently Christian meaning of the stories. I didn’t know then what I have learned since — that the author, J.K. Rowling, has an honors degree in classics from the University of Exeter and is Church of Scotland in her faith (Presbyterian). The author’s faith, intelligence, and classical training come shining through her stories. In the best tradition of English literature, which until very recently has been Christian literature written by Christians for Christians, Rowling instructs while delighting and baptizes the imagination.
I confess to being more than a little surprised when I learned that other readers had trouble seeing past the title to enjoy the delightful characters and drama. I realized then that I was able to see what the author was doing because I look through the same prescription eye glasses she does. Like Rowling, I love the Great Books, have an honors degree in classics, and I grew up in the Anglican communion (the American Episcopal Church). I could see the literary spellwork she was performing in these adventure-mystery tales because I could understand the literary references and formulas, recognize the Christian imagery and symbols, and translate the Latin spells.
I explained this to friends who encouraged me to write a book they could share with other friends who loved or hated Harry. This book has been published as Looking for God in Harry Potter. In it, I describe how and explain why the books have become so popular; the human heart is made by Christ for Christ — and our hearts, hardened as they may be, resonate with the Christian themes, artistry, and meaning of these books, all of which echo the great story of Our Lord’s Incarnation and Resurrection. Each book, for example, ends with Harry’s confrontation with evil — and Harry loses every single time and dies a figurative death. He is saved from death by love and a traditional symbol of Christ, and, in case you miss the reference, in the first book he rises after three days!
The most interesting thing about these books for me, however, isn’t the artistry and faith of the author, though I find them remarkable, to say the least. Father Don Peter Fleetwood of the Pontifical Council for Culture and many other literate Catholics have noted the Christian meaning and goodness of these books. What stays with me is the salutary effect these books have had on my children.
C. S. Lewis once explained the bad behavior of one of his child characters as being the unhappy result of the boy’s “not having read the right books,” namely, stories about knights in shining armor slaying dragons and rescuing fair maidens. My children love King Arthur and Robin Hood (especially the Howard Pyle versions) and our yard often has several of them acting out their favorite stories from these books as well as Harry Potter. I think my neighbors know all the spells in the books from hearing the Granger kids yell them across the lawn. “Expecto Patronum!”
I didn’t think much about this until the day I had to leave some papers with an unpleasant business associate. My 10-year-old daughter Sophia was with me in the van on the way to her violin lesson, and she could tell when we pulled into the business’s parking lot that I was uncomfortable about the man I was going to see, however brief our meeting would be. She asked me why I looked upset and I explained that I was just nervous about my errand, but that I would be right out to take her to her lesson.
She got out of the van with me, I assumed to rollerblade around the empty parking lot. No, she was determined to come in with me and skated up to the door. “Of course, I’m coming with you,” she said. “You know, Daddy, just like Harry Potter; friends don’t let friends face danger by themselves.”
My children are reading the right books. Entering the building with my daughter and comrade-in-arms, I had to think that the Harry Potter novels are some of the best.
—John Granger is an author, speaker, and teacher of the Great Books. He is the Harry Potter professor at Barnes & Noble University, where he teaches a course on how to teach children literature using Harry Potter. He is the author of Looking for God in Harry Potter. This article originally appeared in the December 2004 issue of Catholic Digest and at CatholicDigest.com.
Why We Adopted Harry Potter
by John Granger, http://www.hogwartsprofessor.com/
I first read a Harry Potter novel so I could explain to my older daughter why we don’t read junk like that. As father to seven children whom we educate at home, I decided we wouldn’t have anything to do with Harry after a coworker had recommended these stories (with no little enthusiasm!) about an English boy who goes to a school to learn witchcraft and wizardry.
We don’t watch television, so I was unaware of the controversy about the books in the Christian community, but I didn’t need much guidance to figure this out. The title of the first book included the word sorcerer, and this seemed sufficient to me to keep it out of my home. Alas, our pediatrician (and Baptist mother of four) gave a copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to Hannah, then 12, and I was obliged to read it or just a few pages in order to point out its failings as literature and edifying reading. I mean, advocating witchcraft … as a Christian, this seemed a no-brainer.
I sat down with the beat-up paperback when the children were finally in bed and expected to be in bed myself in a few minutes. Instead, I was up the better part of the night enjoying the best story I had read in many years. The next day I told Hannah she could read Harry — in fact, I told her to start reading the book that day. I bought the other books in the series, apologized to my co-worker for disregarding her recommendation, and read the first chapters of the first book aloud that night to my other children.
What caused my aboutface on Harry? First, there isn’t any sorcery or invocational magic in Harry Potter (the American publisher changed the original title, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, because he felt Americans would not buy a book with philosophy in the title). Objections to the witchcraft in Harry Potter are unfounded because the incantational magic of literature has nothing to do with the occult.
As important for me, though, was the depth and evidently Christian meaning of the stories. I didn’t know then what I have learned since — that the author, J.K. Rowling, has an honors degree in classics from the University of Exeter and is Church of Scotland in her faith (Presbyterian). The author’s faith, intelligence, and classical training come shining through her stories. In the best tradition of English literature, which until very recently has been Christian literature written by Christians for Christians, Rowling instructs while delighting and baptizes the imagination.
I confess to being more than a little surprised when I learned that other readers had trouble seeing past the title to enjoy the delightful characters and drama. I realized then that I was able to see what the author was doing because I look through the same prescription eye glasses she does. Like Rowling, I love the Great Books, have an honors degree in classics, and I grew up in the Anglican communion (the American Episcopal Church). I could see the literary spellwork she was performing in these adventure-mystery tales because I could understand the literary references and formulas, recognize the Christian imagery and symbols, and translate the Latin spells.
I explained this to friends who encouraged me to write a book they could share with other friends who loved or hated Harry. This book has been published as Looking for God in Harry Potter. In it, I describe how and explain why the books have become so popular; the human heart is made by Christ for Christ — and our hearts, hardened as they may be, resonate with the Christian themes, artistry, and meaning of these books, all of which echo the great story of Our Lord’s Incarnation and Resurrection. Each book, for example, ends with Harry’s confrontation with evil — and Harry loses every single time and dies a figurative death. He is saved from death by love and a traditional symbol of Christ, and, in case you miss the reference, in the first book he rises after three days!
The most interesting thing about these books for me, however, isn’t the artistry and faith of the author, though I find them remarkable, to say the least. Father Don Peter Fleetwood of the Pontifical Council for Culture and many other literate Catholics have noted the Christian meaning and goodness of these books. What stays with me is the salutary effect these books have had on my children.
C. S. Lewis once explained the bad behavior of one of his child characters as being the unhappy result of the boy’s “not having read the right books,” namely, stories about knights in shining armor slaying dragons and rescuing fair maidens. My children love King Arthur and Robin Hood (especially the Howard Pyle versions) and our yard often has several of them acting out their favorite stories from these books as well as Harry Potter. I think my neighbors know all the spells in the books from hearing the Granger kids yell them across the lawn. “Expecto Patronum!”
I didn’t think much about this until the day I had to leave some papers with an unpleasant business associate. My 10-year-old daughter Sophia was with me in the van on the way to her violin lesson, and she could tell when we pulled into the business’s parking lot that I was uncomfortable about the man I was going to see, however brief our meeting would be. She asked me why I looked upset and I explained that I was just nervous about my errand, but that I would be right out to take her to her lesson.
She got out of the van with me, I assumed to rollerblade around the empty parking lot. No, she was determined to come in with me and skated up to the door. “Of course, I’m coming with you,” she said. “You know, Daddy, just like Harry Potter; friends don’t let friends face danger by themselves.”
My children are reading the right books. Entering the building with my daughter and comrade-in-arms, I had to think that the Harry Potter novels are some of the best.
—John Granger is an author, speaker, and teacher of the Great Books. He is the Harry Potter professor at Barnes & Noble University, where he teaches a course on how to teach children literature using Harry Potter. He is the author of Looking for God in Harry Potter. This article originally appeared in the December 2004 issue of Catholic Digest and at CatholicDigest.com.
ugly bug - summer's last garden update
8.26.2011
The other day, I let Jackson out to do his business in the backyard and glanced toward my tomato plants.
I almost missed this little booger, but with a double-take, I realized, "THAT is not a leaf. THAT is a big nasty caterpillar." I had a caterpillar run-in in Minnesota this summer, and since then they just freak me out. Willies up the neck type thing.
As I continued to examine my tomato plant, I thought to myself, "This nasty thing is eating my plant!"
Sure enough, after careful examination and some Google-sleuthing, I had a name for my pest: the hornworm. Gross!! Some "advice" included prying the green goop off your plants with tongs or tweezers or pliers, and squishing them under your shoe!!
Um, this thing was like 5inches long. There was no way I was squashing that thing under my shoe. I'd rather grab the tongs and fling him to kingdom come. I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it.
When I went out to look for him again there were no more signs of tomato devastation and he was gone. Phew!
In other news, this tiny little pepper (about 3-inches) was one of two awful peppers I harvested from my garden this year. The tomatoes in the background are 4 of about 8 that have turned. So, it wasn't a wonderful year for peppers, beans or tomatoes, but the jalapenos and basil loved the heat wave!
So, another garden year gone. I'm a little discouraged. I think that Jeremy was right ... the soil in our backyard isn't the best. And conditions in the last several years just haven't been good for Kansas gardening.
How did your garden turn out? Should I try again next year?
I almost missed this little booger, but with a double-take, I realized, "THAT is not a leaf. THAT is a big nasty caterpillar." I had a caterpillar run-in in Minnesota this summer, and since then they just freak me out. Willies up the neck type thing.
As I continued to examine my tomato plant, I thought to myself, "This nasty thing is eating my plant!"
Um, this thing was like 5inches long. There was no way I was squashing that thing under my shoe. I'd rather grab the tongs and fling him to kingdom come. I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it.
When I went out to look for him again there were no more signs of tomato devastation and he was gone. Phew!
In other news, this tiny little pepper (about 3-inches) was one of two awful peppers I harvested from my garden this year. The tomatoes in the background are 4 of about 8 that have turned. So, it wasn't a wonderful year for peppers, beans or tomatoes, but the jalapenos and basil loved the heat wave!
So, another garden year gone. I'm a little discouraged. I think that Jeremy was right ... the soil in our backyard isn't the best. And conditions in the last several years just haven't been good for Kansas gardening.
How did your garden turn out? Should I try again next year?
Recipe: Chocolate Zucchini Cake
8.24.2011
Hi all!
Have any extra garden zucchini this year? No picture, but a great recipe from my MIL to share. I love making this because even Jeremy loves to eat it!
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
1/2 c. butter (softened)
1-3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. oil
2 eggs
1/2 c. sour milk (make it sour with 2 tsp. lemon juice)
1 t. vanilla
Cream the above, adding each ingredient as you go. (If you prefer less sugar or want to substitute the oil for applesauce, I'm sure it would turn out just as moist and yummy!)
Add:
2-1/2 c. flour
4 t. cocoa
1/2 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. cloves
1/2 t. cinnamon (or more if you like)
1/2 c. chocolate chips
2 c. zucchini
Mix just until dry ingredients are moistened. Bake in a greased 8x8 pan at 325 degrees for 60-80 min.
ENJOY!
P.S. I'm loving the garden produce harvest right now. After the heat wave, we didn't have much except jalapenos and basil, but my mom's tomato crop in Iowa was amazing and she's shared several red beauties and lots of yellow squash with us.
Have any extra garden zucchini this year? No picture, but a great recipe from my MIL to share. I love making this because even Jeremy loves to eat it!
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
1/2 c. butter (softened)
1-3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. oil
2 eggs
1/2 c. sour milk (make it sour with 2 tsp. lemon juice)
1 t. vanilla
Cream the above, adding each ingredient as you go. (If you prefer less sugar or want to substitute the oil for applesauce, I'm sure it would turn out just as moist and yummy!)
Add:
2-1/2 c. flour
4 t. cocoa
1/2 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. cloves
1/2 t. cinnamon (or more if you like)
1/2 c. chocolate chips
2 c. zucchini
Mix just until dry ingredients are moistened. Bake in a greased 8x8 pan at 325 degrees for 60-80 min.
ENJOY!
P.S. I'm loving the garden produce harvest right now. After the heat wave, we didn't have much except jalapenos and basil, but my mom's tomato crop in Iowa was amazing and she's shared several red beauties and lots of yellow squash with us.
Recipe: Greek Chicken with Olives & Feta
8.15.2011
Need a new recipe? This oh-so-good Greek Chicken with Olives and Feta might do it! Yum.
Ingredients:
Chicken breast strips
Kalamata olives, halved
Feta cheese, crumbled
Diced tomatoes
Oregano, salt, pepper
Fresh garlic
Olive Oil
Couscous
Heat oil in two separate skillets - one on medium and one on medium high. Dredge your chicken breast strips with oregano and salt and pepper. Place in hotter skillet. Sear on all sides. Mince garlic and cook in other skillet until fragrant. Stir in tomatoes, more oregano, salt, pepper and olives. Bring to a simmer. Add chicken pieces and cover. Simmer on medium or medium low until chicken is cooked. Serve over fresh couscous and sprinkle with feta cheese (and fresh parsley, which I forgot).
YUM!
Ingredients:
Chicken breast strips
Kalamata olives, halved
Feta cheese, crumbled
Diced tomatoes
Oregano, salt, pepper
Fresh garlic
Olive Oil
Couscous
Heat oil in two separate skillets - one on medium and one on medium high. Dredge your chicken breast strips with oregano and salt and pepper. Place in hotter skillet. Sear on all sides. Mince garlic and cook in other skillet until fragrant. Stir in tomatoes, more oregano, salt, pepper and olives. Bring to a simmer. Add chicken pieces and cover. Simmer on medium or medium low until chicken is cooked. Serve over fresh couscous and sprinkle with feta cheese (and fresh parsley, which I forgot).
YUM!
the "junked" tiffany lamp and some garage sale finds
8.12.2011
there was a request for a picture of the junked tiffany lamp. Here it is! Pretty much perfect condition.
Some free vintage books I scored from our local library.
Ohio's Lincoln Highway garage-sales yielded:
some vintage bias tapes...
pretty trims...
teeny-tiny rick-rack
lace trim
the smallest bias tape I've seen(!)
and EIGHT of these beauties (antique barnwood 16x20 frames) for less than 50 cents a piece!
oooooo! I love great deals. The Ohio trip was worth it ... even if we'd only just gone to that one sale. :-)
Some free vintage books I scored from our local library.
Ohio's Lincoln Highway garage-sales yielded:
some vintage bias tapes...
pretty trims...
teeny-tiny rick-rack
lace trim
the smallest bias tape I've seen(!)
and EIGHT of these beauties (antique barnwood 16x20 frames) for less than 50 cents a piece!
oooooo! I love great deals. The Ohio trip was worth it ... even if we'd only just gone to that one sale. :-)
Year-long Goals: the checkup
8.07.2011
In January, I told you about my reachable goals for the year. I had in mind to re-visit them on my blog half-way through the year. (I know, I know, it's over half-way, but close enough. Hey, I live with a 9-month old, gotta give myself some wiggle room.)
Here they are:
- create a family routine in the evening, especially including the spiritual, with the girl
- join a small group
- get a job
- make and use a budget
- work out 2 times a week
- meal plan for at least 2 meals a week
- send out more cards of encouragement
- thrift a couple times a month for my ultimate year-end goal, opening an Etsy shop
I'll confess first, things I have NOT done.
I have not gotten a job, worked out, or sent out more cards of encouragement and we haven't joined a small group. Also, the "check-back-in" with myself every month stopped after a few months. :-)
I won't make excuses for the above (although I have some good excuses) but focus on the things I have done.
I have created a routine in the evening for Ladybug and actually have been incorporating the spiritual into more things throughout the day. We read spiritual books and stories, have a sing-a-long several times a week (kids songs), and I sing over her while she relaxes for bedtime or at night. I am planning to incorporate quoting Scripture over her too, but I haven't actually done it.
We just made a budget and are using it this month. (YAY! Rejoice with us! This is a huge step after 3 years of marriage!)
I've meal-planned 5-6 nights a week almost every week and LOVE the freedom from my uninspired looking-in-the-cupboard-every-night-for-something-to-eat way of cooking. Even if it's not fancy, it's SO helpful. (Woo! Over-achieved my goal here!)
And I have spent some time thrifting (and junking!) for my Etsy shop. I have not, however, been bold enough to brave the gross Kansas heat to garage or estate sale as much as I should have. But, we are going to a major highway garage sale in Ohio next weekend. So excited!
So, tell me, what about YOUR reachable goals? Did you set any in January? How are you doing?
Here they are:
- create a family routine in the evening, especially including the spiritual, with the girl
- join a small group
- get a job
- make and use a budget
- work out 2 times a week
- meal plan for at least 2 meals a week
- send out more cards of encouragement
- thrift a couple times a month for my ultimate year-end goal, opening an Etsy shop
I'll confess first, things I have NOT done.
I have not gotten a job, worked out, or sent out more cards of encouragement and we haven't joined a small group. Also, the "check-back-in" with myself every month stopped after a few months. :-)
I won't make excuses for the above (although I have some good excuses) but focus on the things I have done.
I have created a routine in the evening for Ladybug and actually have been incorporating the spiritual into more things throughout the day. We read spiritual books and stories, have a sing-a-long several times a week (kids songs), and I sing over her while she relaxes for bedtime or at night. I am planning to incorporate quoting Scripture over her too, but I haven't actually done it.
We just made a budget and are using it this month. (YAY! Rejoice with us! This is a huge step after 3 years of marriage!)
I've meal-planned 5-6 nights a week almost every week and LOVE the freedom from my uninspired looking-in-the-cupboard-every-night-for-something-to-eat way of cooking. Even if it's not fancy, it's SO helpful. (Woo! Over-achieved my goal here!)
And I have spent some time thrifting (and junking!) for my Etsy shop. I have not, however, been bold enough to brave the gross Kansas heat to garage or estate sale as much as I should have. But, we are going to a major highway garage sale in Ohio next weekend. So excited!
So, tell me, what about YOUR reachable goals? Did you set any in January? How are you doing?
basket: makeover
8.01.2011
we've found several things "junked" in the last few weeks. a tiffany lamp, and this table and basket. I am probably going to sell the lamp and re-do the table (once I can buy some paint and the heat settles down... it's too crazy hot to do anything outside these days).
But, I did take 5 minutes to spray paint this basket outside. I'd actually been thinking it'd be nice to have a toy basket in the livingroom to round up all of the girl's little people, stuffed animals, and books. Plus, we can start teaching her to put them away in the basket!
So I spray painted it a couple of days ago. (Secret: I actually ran out before the inside was finished, so I decided that a little basket insert would take care of that for now.)
Yesterday I made the liner with some fabric I had. I tried to recycle some elastic I painstakingly removed from a vintage sheet, but just as with the tutu, it kept breaking. Finally I gave up. It is a basket with a liner but no elastic.
Lesson learned: don't use old elastic. And if you can't buy new, don't use any at all! :-)
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| basket before |
But, I did take 5 minutes to spray paint this basket outside. I'd actually been thinking it'd be nice to have a toy basket in the livingroom to round up all of the girl's little people, stuffed animals, and books. Plus, we can start teaching her to put them away in the basket!
So I spray painted it a couple of days ago. (Secret: I actually ran out before the inside was finished, so I decided that a little basket insert would take care of that for now.)
Yesterday I made the liner with some fabric I had. I tried to recycle some elastic I painstakingly removed from a vintage sheet, but just as with the tutu, it kept breaking. Finally I gave up. It is a basket with a liner but no elastic.
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| basket after |
Lesson learned: don't use old elastic. And if you can't buy new, don't use any at all! :-)
high chair cover
7.15.2011
I finally made a pattern for the high chair cover i needed to make (to ensure Ladybug didn't slide right out of the chair!) and... I give it a 6 out of 10.
I used some leftover fabric from a vintage Hawaiian dress for the front and a green-and-white polyester for the back. It was my first time to make a pattern, use batting (of any kind) and use bias tape. I feel like bias tape should be easier than it was for me. Do any of you have any tutorials or suggestions for using bias tape?
oh, and it's also reversible. my favorite part. :-)
I used some leftover fabric from a vintage Hawaiian dress for the front and a green-and-white polyester for the back. It was my first time to make a pattern, use batting (of any kind) and use bias tape. I feel like bias tape should be easier than it was for me. Do any of you have any tutorials or suggestions for using bias tape?
oh, and it's also reversible. my favorite part. :-)
July's garden!
7.14.2011
my garden has grown since my last update.
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| tomatoes |
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| can you see the tiny pepper? |
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| turn red baby! and soon! |
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| beans |
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| basil |
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| jalapenos |
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| harvested garlic. want any?? |
IKEA love
7.13.2011
My dear sweet Dad put up with a trip to IKEA on the way to our Minnesota (fishing) vacation. Bless him times a million! Jeremy and I visited one in Portland several years ago, but there is just something about that place that brings back lots of Swiss/German memories. We made a couple of trips to the one in Zurich to find a few things to make our volunteer quarters homey.
I found 6 postcards in Germany 4 years ago and have wanted them in my kitchen ever since! Finally, I found the perfect frames. About time huh?
I also fell in love with this pitcher. I also decided my mom needed one for her kitchen redo (still working on the decor!).
Finally, I got two cheap frames for some interchangeable art for little lady's room and a tiny vase for my envisioned living room shelf. (That's yet to come.)
:-) Yay for IKEA! I could've spent lots more time, but we made it through in an hour and a half. Phew. What fun! Thanks M&D!
I found 6 postcards in Germany 4 years ago and have wanted them in my kitchen ever since! Finally, I found the perfect frames. About time huh?
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I also fell in love with this pitcher. I also decided my mom needed one for her kitchen redo (still working on the decor!).
Finally, I got two cheap frames for some interchangeable art for little lady's room and a tiny vase for my envisioned living room shelf. (That's yet to come.)
:-) Yay for IKEA! I could've spent lots more time, but we made it through in an hour and a half. Phew. What fun! Thanks M&D!
Fishing and Skiing (Minnesota fun!)
7.09.2011
what we did.
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| the view |
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| the captain - with his tootsie pop |
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| fisherman #1 |
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| turtles |
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| fishing under the dock |
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| successful bass fishing! |
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| kneeboarding |
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| wiped out and submarined! |
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| skiing - my favorite |
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| glassy waters (and glowing legs) |
Our first-ever summer vacation!
7.04.2011
Last week we took the girl and drove to Minnesota with my parents to spend a week in a cabin, complete with wood paneling, bear couches, mosquitoes and charcoal grills. With the lake in view we spent our days fishing, waterskiing, napping, eating, watching (HG) TV and playing games. Cribbage was the game of the week, to say the least.
We shared a cabin with these folks:
Our cabin was the nicest one I've ever stayed in. Four bedroom, two bathrooms and 3 flat screen tvs! Air conditioning for the two 90-degree days that we had and cabin decor to boot. Love it.
Next up ... what we did! :-)
We shared a cabin with these folks:
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| Ryan and Erin |
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| my parents (Dad, you know you love it.) |
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| wood paneling and a flat screen tv! |
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| bears and fishes furniture |
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| kitchen/dining room |
Next up ... what we did! :-)
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