It is soooo cold. It is 27 degrees here in Austin - but with the wind chill
it feels like-----------12 degrees!!!!!
And it's supposed to get into single digits tonight!! This is insanely cold weather for Texas. I went out to take a picture of my house with only a light sweater on and I couldn't stand it I had to run back in after only 25 seconds. Maybe I'm getting wimpy after 8 years of living in Texas. But it is really, really cold. THe wind just gets inside and it is hard to get warm. It is supposed to rain and maybe snow tonight even (my kids are crossing their fingers). And schools are either closing or are being delayed a couple hours tomorrow (my kids are crossing their toes for this one!) It was almost 80 degrees a couple days ago! But that's Texas for you. luckily, I heard that the cold front was coming and so I was able to go and buy coats for my kids yesterday. Good thing. Their old ones were about 3 or 4 inches too short(on the arms) and wouldn't zip up on Isaac. So today we enjoyed hot chocolate after school. And nothing beats a good grilled cheese sandwich and soup on a frigid day like today.
I was going to post some pics, but I think Nate took my firewire for my camera, so, alas, I can't get the pictures off my camera. So there will be some added later.
12.07.2005
12.03.2005
Make A List
1. I love lists. Ask Nate. He makes fun of me for doing it. I write one every night before I go to bed. If I don't, I can't sleep. I usually write at least 4 or 5 others during the day. During church, while I am waiting for the kids or at the doctor's office. It passes the time. I can't seem to keep track of my lists so I make the same lists over and over again. So here is another list.
2. I love that even at age ten, when Toby loses a tooth (and he doesn't have many more to lose!) he still puts it under his pillow.
3. I love that Nate made Hazel an extra bottle and put it in the fridge for her middle of the night feeding for me.
4. I love that my brothers and sisters are growing up and now we are better friends and do more and talk more.
5. I love blogs, even more than email. I can keep up with all those people that I wouldn't get the chance to otherwise.
6. I love the time after the kids are in bed and before I go to bed. It is quiet and I can relax.
7. I love the way the house looks and feels at Christmas time in the dark with all the twinkle lights on the tree, the porch, the banisters, every where.
8. I love singing Christmas song with my children around the candle windmill.
9. I love holding Hazel in the middle of the night when it is quiet.
10. I love looking at catalogs and window shopping. (Cheaper and I can do it in bed!)
11. I love trying to get organized. It always looks good on paper, but harder to keep going in real life. It's too hard to schedule and plan real life. But I keep trying.
12. I love making stuff for other people. It seems more worthwhile than doing it for myself.
13. I love reading the terrill blogs - it is probably the most intelligent and thought provoking thing I read during the day for the most part. Mostly it is magazines and catalogs (see noumber 10 above) they are easier to put down and pick up again. I always plan on doing such things myself, but life with a baby is not so easily mulitasked. They are my heroes when it comes to literature. How can you all remember so many quotes and stories and poems and song lyrics?!
14. I love that my kids are independent.
15. I love that there are great blue herons in the pond behind my house. Since moving to Texas we have taken up bird watching. Most every kind of bird either lives here or migrates through, including the monarch butterflies and lots of bats.
16. I love shoes. My favorites list on Zappos.com is enormous. Unfortunately my closet and bank account are not.
17. I love that my kids watch everything that I do - it keeps me on my best behavior.
18. I love that my mom made us take piano lessons through high school. I am starting organ lessons next month.
19. I love to snuggle underneath my feather comforters at night when it is freezing cold outside.
20. I love chocolate. (must include that)
2. I love that even at age ten, when Toby loses a tooth (and he doesn't have many more to lose!) he still puts it under his pillow.
3. I love that Nate made Hazel an extra bottle and put it in the fridge for her middle of the night feeding for me.
4. I love that my brothers and sisters are growing up and now we are better friends and do more and talk more.
5. I love blogs, even more than email. I can keep up with all those people that I wouldn't get the chance to otherwise.
6. I love the time after the kids are in bed and before I go to bed. It is quiet and I can relax.
7. I love the way the house looks and feels at Christmas time in the dark with all the twinkle lights on the tree, the porch, the banisters, every where.
8. I love singing Christmas song with my children around the candle windmill.
9. I love holding Hazel in the middle of the night when it is quiet.
10. I love looking at catalogs and window shopping. (Cheaper and I can do it in bed!)
11. I love trying to get organized. It always looks good on paper, but harder to keep going in real life. It's too hard to schedule and plan real life. But I keep trying.
12. I love making stuff for other people. It seems more worthwhile than doing it for myself.
13. I love reading the terrill blogs - it is probably the most intelligent and thought provoking thing I read during the day for the most part. Mostly it is magazines and catalogs (see noumber 10 above) they are easier to put down and pick up again. I always plan on doing such things myself, but life with a baby is not so easily mulitasked. They are my heroes when it comes to literature. How can you all remember so many quotes and stories and poems and song lyrics?!
14. I love that my kids are independent.
15. I love that there are great blue herons in the pond behind my house. Since moving to Texas we have taken up bird watching. Most every kind of bird either lives here or migrates through, including the monarch butterflies and lots of bats.
16. I love shoes. My favorites list on Zappos.com is enormous. Unfortunately my closet and bank account are not.
17. I love that my kids watch everything that I do - it keeps me on my best behavior.
18. I love that my mom made us take piano lessons through high school. I am starting organ lessons next month.
19. I love to snuggle underneath my feather comforters at night when it is freezing cold outside.
20. I love chocolate. (must include that)
12.02.2005
Isaac's Best Handwriting Ever!!
Today I was at school and saw Isaac's teacher in the hall. She was so excited because for Isaac's spelling test today, he had the best handwriting she has ever seen from him so far this year. Isaac usually has nearly illegible handwriting. This is great handwriting. He was so excited and we are all very proud of him.
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