Today, they are going to induce labor so please pray for Jill (my beautiful sil), Paul, and Christian Vincent Konrad!
Today felt like God smiled at earth. It was the most lovely day I think I have ever experienced in Florida. HORTON HEARS A WOO came out today, and I can't wait to get it!
It really is the most wonderful day to become an aunt!
I'm doing really well, Alison! Been living it up in my home state of Wisconsin. Starting school again this January. Where are you these days? Cause, I agree with you, we definitely need to see each other again.
Ahh. Only a night class and then classes tomorrow before...HOME.
HOME!
HOME deserves all caps for it is more proper and more important than any proper noun of which I have ever heard!
I'm gathering recipes, movie ideas, adventure ideas, and unfortuanatly some school work for my week at HOME.
A good girl I wish to be and a good girl always makes a to do list.
1. Make pancakes or pancake equvalent EVERY morning for the family. My darling grandfather always enjoys hot cakes.
2. Explore the woods. Each break I have already done so, thus far, but not yet with my Tim-Beau. David, Walter, and I on the snowiest of snowy days will take Tim to our Twin Hills Park or perhapes bird park.
3. Red Robin- oh what I wouldn't give for a vanilla malt shake and shoelace fries with honey-mustard and campfire sauce!
4. Finish "Little Women". I'm just embarrassed that I've never read it before.
5. Snuggle with Mommy! I've never missed my mother nor my family SO much in my entire life!
6. Go on a walk each snowy evening with Timothy to talk about the day.
Have a WONDERFUL time! I'm going home as well. It will probably be the last time I go home without a baby in tow. (Well...the baby IS in tow right now...but it's different). Kind of feels like my last trip home as a kid. I thought that would happen when I came home after I was married...nope...I'm pretty sure THIS is it. :-) Enjoy your time HOME!
I love Little Women! I never read it until I saw my sister's high school production of one of the best musical choices Mr. Moore's ever made...and I've read it almost a dozen times since. The story is chock full o' greatness.
hmmmmmmmmmmmm ohhhhhhhhhh tayyyyyyyyyyyy. Wive's on bed rest so I'm not gonna be going anywhere. I wish I could come play football... its gonna be weird not doing that...
-1 not very good chocolat chaud (hot chocolate) in France
-Escargot Persillade en Brioche (garlicy snails in bread) in Lyon, France
-Capirotata (amazingly delicious bread pudding) in Mexico City
-Ginger Icecream in Shanhai, China
-Pepperberry Prawns on the Barbie with Sweet Potatoe Hash in Melbourne, Austrailia
-Sapetzle with creamy mushroom ragout and Regensburger Sausage in Munich Germany
-A Brat in Germany
-Pizza with Sausage in Bologna, Italy
-An Irish cheese selection with Apple Chutney in Cork, Ireland
-Boston Crab cake from boston
-Seared beef medallion with chedder cheese polenta in San Fransisco
-Bay scallops with baby greens and cranberry Vinaigrette in Wellington, New Zealand
-Maple Glazed salmon with Arugula and corn in Montreal, Canada
-Spanakopita in Athens, Greece (my mom's is better)
-Kielbasa and potato pierogies with carmelized onions and sour cream in Krakow, Pland
My favorite was the Polish and French food and not because I have a bias.
Oh and we rode Soarin' twice!
The Epcot food festival is AMAZING. Just bring 70 bucks for two people to split as much stuff and Tim and I did for the whole day. That's a lot I know, but it's worth it!
We went there during Fall Break! We tried a lot the same stuff. I was quite surprised at how good the Escargot tasted. Caleb really liked the Irish cheese.
We are going to be at Epcot next week! I can't wait to eat! Last time, we had noodle bowls in Japan, fish and chips in Great Britain (maybe the best I've ever had), crepes in France, and I have a coffee in Morocco that was strong enough to keep me awake for several days. :)
I just have to say I am SO thankful that I can talk to my mom pretty much whenever I want to. I'm so thankful for cell phones and google chat!
Everyones getting pregnant, it's so great! Not to long before my nephew is born!!!
I am 21 years old, and I am still such a child! Do you know what I mean? I am so far from being an adult. There are people my age and younger who, I think, could pass for an adult...but not me! I wonder when I'll finally feel like an adult.
I'm thankful for the fact that I am so easy to be emotionally effected (or would it be affected?) by things...While it is tiresoem to cry 3-5 days out of every week for the past 21 years, it is so wonderful to be able to feel love, and hope, and JOY so strongly that you actually vomit! Well not really vomit...
But, really. I feel bad for less emotive people, because while they don't have to deal with crying in class in front of EVERYONE like ALL THE TIME, they also probably don't know what it feels like to have your heart practically EXPLODE just because the breeze is so wonderfully brisk at times!
...really...sometimes I can't stand the fact that I'm alive because my joy almost kills me! I hope someone can understand how I feel. I'm sure mothers experience it after giving birth. they are put through this painful, agonizing, new experience and the pain and the trauma stretches the threshold of pain, but in doing so, it makes them able to feel joy more fiercly; more truly.
I'm not going to take the time to make this post eloquent, I just hope some of you know what i'm talking about.
I understand how you feel! I've always described that as being passionate.... because that's how I am. And I don't mean that in any weird way just that passionate people usually feel very strongly about everything. I'm like that. I'm never just sad. When I'm sad, I'm really sad. But when I'm happy, I'm really happy.
I am so blessed to know you and your tender heart! And I do understand what having a tender heart means. And while I do not have such a tender heart as you, I have parents who can cry at the drop of a hat... and often do. I love you so much!! Thanks for being you!
By the way- not being an adult is fine. I am 33 and still feel like a child most days- maybe becasue I play with kids all day- but whatever I like being a kid.
I am assuming you know about Heath and Kerry and Adam and Lynn then? I can't wait to see you. We should watch movies and be emotional when you come up. =)
you and me both. we should start a stupid club. I read your bost below and I'm realizing that we should start a stupid crying club becuase we're really good at these things. by the way this is my way of saying I love you and thanks for being stupid with me. I was feeling a little alone...
