Tuesday

I don't have much to report.  I have a few minutes to load up some pictures.  Elisabeth has been getting hives now and then since Thursday.  Some days there are just a couple, but Saturday night, she was COVERED in them....like everywhere.  We gave her benadryl and they went away.  I talked to the doctor and they don't know what it is.  They suggested putting her back on her asthma medication to see if it helps.  I'm not sure how to get it in her food though since we've weaned off of bottles and all she eats is bananas, blueberries and tomatoes lately. (it's a powder and we would throw it in her milk at night)  any suggestions? (and Mom, I haven't forgotten to call- I'll get on it!)

 I had forgotten a while ago we found a little 49ers cheerleading outfit for Ellie.  We cheer for anyone playing AGAINST the 9ers, but she wears it to support her daddy. hahaha  She's been super into teeth lately.  I've been working on trying to get her to show me her teeth, she hasn't gotten it yet.

 Fort building!  I was feeling pretty yucky this weekend (too much gross food at our ridiculously long conference H/F) but Drew got out the chairs and blankets and made a pretty awesome fort for E.  He even made carpet! hahaha she's been going in there and just sitting...it is adorable!

 I am *so* sad these turned out blurry.  I got some funny/adorable pics of her.  She is a MESS, but she was smiling for me when I asked her to! -that's a first- my stoic child would smile when she was little and I'd do stupid stuff, but once she realized how to turn it on and off, she's been SO serious!  --we've also somehow flipped her giggle switch and she giggles at everything now, it is a great sound!

 She looks so grown up to me here.  I asked her if she wanted dinner and she knew right where to go

This is week 20 of 26 of our harvest box. I'm having a slight mourning over not getting our goody box every week.  I have absolutely ADORED EVERY. SINGLE. WEEK. of this box.  I am so grateful for Drew's coworker for introducing it to us!

So this is what we got today: Peppers, lots and lots of peppers. grape tomatoes, Jonagold apples, lettuce, red kale, garlic, acorn squash, cilantro, Romano beans

trivial thoughts

I was thinking about my week last night and how quickly it had gone by. I honestly not quite sure what happened on Monday, or Tuesday. Wednesday we went on a walk because it was so beautiful outside. ....what happened?? So then on Thursday, I had my pottery classes and then a book study with some ladies from church.

I couldn't believe how much I had missed throwing. I might not be great at it, but it was nice to know that it had been 3.5 years since I've touched a wheel and it took only seconds to center my clay. I was pleased with my ability. I made a few cups. I don't know if I'm entirely content with them, but that's where my teacher wants me to start, and I don't want to do mugs. My goal for taking these classes was, and is to thin down my clay...to become more comfortable with pulling thinner vessels. I hope I'm able to do it. I'm also able to go in on Tuesdays to throw, which I will definitely take advantage of.

The book study was fun. We chatted about Northanger Abbey...which is probably my least favorite Jane Austen book. Then again, I just have a hard time reading those books anyway, since I have to really pay attention = hard to read and walk on the treadmill at the same time! We're reading some biography on Abraham Lincoln for next month (I went and put in a request for the cd's)- there's no way I'd be able to stay awake and read a biography..just won't happen! So then, the month after, we're reading The Hobbit. So, I need to get through those two, plus the book I chose for my own reading. I think choosing what I want to read has been one of the best aspects of not being at school!

I had a stupid moment on Thursday as well. I had my salad open, all ready to eat, and realized I had forgotten to send of a reminder email to keep the pecans off. So I figured 'oh! I'll just pick them off!' - yeah, that wasn't going to work. I ate a crouton while I was at work pulling those devil nuggets off and realized that the pecans had saturated everything....I had no lunch.... So the only redeeming factor of work on Thursday had quickly been diminished! My mouth started to itch! So I kept the salad for Drew to eat. Dang. So THEN, when I was at this house that night, they had dog dander around their house, and after sitting there for 2 hours, my immune system just couldn't take that much threat on my body. I got home and my chest was so constricted, my throat and mouth were out of control with burning and itchy-ness! I shouldn't have even touched that salad. I just didn't realize my pecan allergy had gotten that bad. :( I ended up downing a whole lot of Benadryl and passing out. I don't think I moved all night. I still had residual feelings yesterday, so downed more benadryl. I think that crap stays in my system for a long time cause it's mid afternoon now and I still feel groggy.

I guess I'll go back to fiddling around on the internet. I painted all of the closet casing (that we have to put in before we put in new doors), and all of the case moulding (put around the doors). It took a solid 2 hours. Now we wait for the base boards..... Oh, I guess I have to paint the doors, too. boo. hahaha