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Admitting low points
I haven’t been blogging much lately. Too often at the end of the day when I would normally blog I decide to instead hang out with Tom, or the thoughts that are streaming through my head seem too negative to share, or I’m just to fried to write anything meaningful. I’d say in my current…
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Anders' milestones: 7 months
Crawling everywhere- on hands and knees. He’s getting fast. I love how he’ll follow the sound down the hall to find Scotland in his room. Sometimes he’ll even go down the hall and play in Scotland’s room by himself- because he knows there are toys in there. Apparently the “baby toys” that I keep in…
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Positive Discipline- worth the read
I’ve been reading “Positive Discipline” by Jane Nelsen. It’s a spectacular parenting book, with LOTS of great ideas. I’ve been trying to implement her suggestions, and I’ve seen a real change in Scotland and I’s relationship, and in my view of motherhood. Here’s a few things that have really struck me: Why do we feel…
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Center for Wooden Boats with Grandma and Poppa
Pam and Stan were here visiting the last couple of days. They drove all the way from Tucson to bring us Stan’s old truck!!!! Can we have a cheer! We can now fit our whole family in both of our vehicles. It’s going to be SOOOO nice to have a truck that I can drive…
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I want it all.
I really want to make granola, and bread, and finish painting Scotland’s wall, and landscape my back bed, and tear down a wall in my kitchen, and organize the shelves above the washer and dryer and spend more time with the young women I serve, and sing more, and get my studio going, and can a boat load of tomato sauce…
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IKEA
I’m not sure I’m cut out for IKEA. It’s just too big, with too many choices. I like small stores with few choices. Aldi, for example. Every time I left that place I felt confident and happy. Yesterday, when I returned from IKEA I felt frustrated, stressed, and exhausted. It doesn’t help that the last…
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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
I read Donald Miller’s book several months ago, but I’m leading the discussion for our book club tomorrow and so have been going over some quotes I loved. I’ll share: “If you watched a movie about a guy who wanted a Volvo and worked for years to get it, you wouldn’t cry at the end…
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Huzzah!
It turns out that obnoxiously bright street lamp at the end of our driveway allows me to garden late into the night! Sweet.
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Sleep and productivity
Often when I awake for Anders’ early morning feeding I think: Maybe I’ll just stay up and get a bunch of things done! The idea excites me, and I’ll have a swell of energy that for a while exceeds the weight in my lids and teasing headache. Then I’ll remember that adequate sleep results in…
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Announcing:
Sweet baby Anders (middle name TBD) Foutz was born yesterday January 29th, at 8:54am at Northwest Hospital. He weighted 10 lbs 9.9oz and measured 21.5inches long. Proud Poppa Happy Momma Excited brother