Both of my sister-in-laws, at different times, said to me:
"Shelly, I didn't even know that you owned jeans."
Apparently I ususally wear a skirt =)
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
!!!MISSING!!!
Have You Seen Me?
Beloved Compact Flash Card MISSING!
Compact Flash Card:
Color: Black and White
Size: 1 inch by 2 inches
Missing since early this week
Last known whereabouts: The Wonderful Household
Presumed to have met its early demise in the trash can
****If found please contact Shelly for she is heartbroken and unable to use her camera without it. ****
*insert frowny face here*
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Making A List And Checking It Twice
I don't know about you but nothing feels quite so good as checking things off my to-do list:
*Clean House (muy disgust-o)
*Make and wrap all Christmas presents for extended family (we celebrate christmas with the NY clan at Thanksgiving)
*Grocery Shopping (because the cupboards are bare)
*Re-organize kitchen cupboards (so that the groceries will fit)
*Blog (the important things)
What did you do today?
Friday, November 7, 2008
Dear Carolyn, If you didn't like my blog before you really aren't going to like this post...
Do you ever get those totally awesome passive aggressive ill-informed anonymous comments? Oh man, I like totally live for passive aggressive ill-informed anonymous comments!
This one's for "Carolyn"
(if that is your real name har har...)
whose comment didn't make the cut mostly because it was written by someone who didn't really try to understand what I was saying and also because it annoyed me.
(I am all-powerful on my blog...tee hee...well, all powerful until blogger won't upload my pictures or accept my template or ...anyway)
I do not ascribe to this theory (You know my theory--Liberal with a Capital Left and all) but I might possibly share living space with someone who does.
What do you think?
Disclaimer*****The ultra-sensitive bleeding heart liberal type or even the regular every day totally normal Democrat type probably shouldn't click on that link cause you're just gonna write me annoying comments that I'm not going to publish.*******
Ah...I Have A *Secret*
I hate secrets
and surprises
(beacuse they are like secrets, you know?)
I lament because I am in the middle of making the most stinkin' awesome christmas presents for my family.
Inspiration has struck and I've been feverishly honing my new craft...
{which I would tell you about if it weren't a secret}
I want to post pictures and talk endlessly about how fun they are and how happy they make me...
but I can't
because it's a secret
a secret surprise
which is the worst type of secret there is.
In other news, it's friday--my favorite day of all--full of our own Wonderful family traditions.
It's like christmas once a week
except without the secret surprises
and maybe that is why i like it so much
happy friday!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Maeve and Her Nemesis Alternately Titled "She Ain't No Farm Girl"
Early on in Maeve's life she met her arch enemy.
Can you spot it?
Nestled in on Amelie's bed--the thing Maeve fears most in the world...
The Dreaded Fisher Price Cow Flash Light!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh
I remember when Maeve was about 5 months old I was playing with her on the living room floor and pulled out the cow flash light and when it opened it's mouth and mooooooo came out--Maeve ran for the hills!It was so bad at one point that merely seeing the cow flash light was enough to send her into fits of tears!
We've been working on her terror a little at a time and I am happy to report that,
except for some lingering shyness,
SHE HAS OVERCOME!
I wish I had videoed her when she was at the height of her terror...
but that would have been a little mean
(that and the camera was never handy).
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Mr Wonderful Asks (While Setting Up His Classroom For Band)...
"Amelie what instrument would you like to play?"
Amelie says, "I would like to play the harp for God! Just like David."
Mer: The Morning After
The election is over.
I suffered through months of endless tv-ad torture and hours of weird network tv coverage and the creepy shifty eyed Fox anchor squinting the vote-y news to me.
I can't say I'm happy with the liberal (with a capital LEFT) man our nation has elected
(it makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit to be honest)
and I can't say I haven't thought about a northern migration
(America Junior anyone?)
but I am so happy that this outcome wasn't a surprise for God.
{He holds my future in His hands as well as the countless babies' lives whom a certain future president doesn't think matter}
HE knows what our country needs and exactly how things will unfold.
In a time of uncertainty for the beliefs of evangelical Christians
(and a time when 1 Peter never rang so true to me)
{ 1 Peter 1: 17 Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.}
we can be certain of our hope and our future and certain that we need to start praying for our president elect.
I'm probably going to need a new nick-name for him--is Oprah's Little Helper less offensive than B.O.?
After all, it's the details that concern me most.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Shelly is wishing...
...that she had cable so she could watch something other than the gut-wrenching election coverage.
Mer.
In The Spirit Of Election Day
Submitted for your approval: One of a kind Cabbage Patch Candidate Dolls
(that I found being auctioned off on Ebay)
The Palin
The McCain
Joe the Biden
B.O.
Now...do me a favor and
GO VOTE!
{republican=-)}
Monday, November 3, 2008
Sunday Morning Scar Face
Notice something different about our sweet girl?
Amelie was in a fight over the weekend...
...with a piece of playground equipment.
It's right next to her eye so it keeps oozing open...here's to hoping that it closes up soon or a stitch or two might be in our future--boo!
Ironically I had to get my face/eye area stitched up at the same age.
Unfortunately clumsiness is totally genetic =)
Luckily Amelie knows how to rock any look--even a large butterfly bandage across her face-ha!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
When Waxing Nostalgic About How *Big* My Big Girl Is Getting...
..and won't it be sad when she's really big and wears big girl clothes and goes to big girl school and doesn't want to play with us anymore and doesn't think we're cool and...
*sob
*sigh
*moan
Mr. Wonderful always has the answer,
"We'll just force her to be a gymnast so that she can be the size of a 10 year old forever."
Thanks honey--you always know how to make me feel better.
Better get to looking for intense gymnastics classes =)
Why are people still complaining about high gas prices?
It's $2.17 here...it hasn't been this cheap in 2 years(ish)?!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Do You Know Where Your Family Is?
It's 7 pm and Mr. Wonderful fell asleep tucking Amelie in for the night.
They are both snoring.
Just thought I'd share =)
Saturday Shorts
*Trick or Treating was so super stinkin' fun this year. Amelie had a blast and squealed in delight every time she saw a child in costume (even the scary ones!). She made out like a bandit.
*It was beautiful and perfect outside today--the leaves are at the peak of their color and H-field was ablaze with oranges yellows and reds--AMAZING.
*Today for the first time in a long time I resumed my early Saturday morning Wegmans ritual. Ah....it hit the spot.
*GDO (Girl's Day Out) is fun and totally necessary for my sanity. Thanks Amy!
*Nov 1 means non-stop Christmas music on my favorite early holiday station. It's never too early for Christmas music (except for when they started playing it last week...in that case it WAS too early).
*The mall was completely decked with Christmas decorations--even the tree and Santa's picture area were set up. It was a bit surreal.
*I want to start Christmas shopping.....NOW!
*Amelie loves her new craft supplies from Granny of the East--she has made 15 rainbows with her polka dot markers since we've been home =)
*No nap for Amelie and early map for Maeve = EARLY BEDTIME! WoOt! wOoT!
Goodnight!
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