Aren't these just extravegant! I love them, and I wish that I had the guts to buy them and wear them in public - as it is, I am tempted to buy at least one and wear it around my house.
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Showing posts with label the little things. Show all posts
Aren't these just extravegant! I love them, and I wish that I had the guts to buy them and wear them in public - as it is, I am tempted to buy at least one and wear it around my house.
Last Night before bed . . .
Jonathan: I have to work tomorrow.
Jodi: I know.
Jonathan: that means 7:30.
Me: I know. You work every Monday and we always have to be there by 7:30. (I didn't say it, but I was thinking, duh.)
Jonathan: o.k.
This Morning . . .
Jonathan walks in at 7:23. I am standing at the stove in my pajamas about to pour the oatmeal into the pot.
Jonathan: Babe! are you not going to work today?!
Me: ofcourse I am. I'm just making some breakfast.
Jonathan: just stares in disbelief.
*the light bulb comes on over my head*
Jodi: Oh no! I forgot.
This is not a singular incident. I am notorious for this kind of thing. I don't know, I think I just block things out that I don't like, or don't deem that important at the time. For example, Jonathan tutors every Thursday - it used to be on Monday and then I asked him to change it so we could have more time together on Mondays - because I get off work earlier. Well, I NEVER remember this change. Every Thursday I get upset when he reminds me he is tutoring - because I have inevitably made plans. goofy.
Jonathan: I have to work tomorrow.
Jodi: I know.
Jonathan: that means 7:30.
Me: I know. You work every Monday and we always have to be there by 7:30. (I didn't say it, but I was thinking, duh.)
Jonathan: o.k.
This Morning . . .
Jonathan walks in at 7:23. I am standing at the stove in my pajamas about to pour the oatmeal into the pot.
Jonathan: Babe! are you not going to work today?!
Me: ofcourse I am. I'm just making some breakfast.
Jonathan: just stares in disbelief.
*the light bulb comes on over my head*
Jodi: Oh no! I forgot.
This is not a singular incident. I am notorious for this kind of thing. I don't know, I think I just block things out that I don't like, or don't deem that important at the time. For example, Jonathan tutors every Thursday - it used to be on Monday and then I asked him to change it so we could have more time together on Mondays - because I get off work earlier. Well, I NEVER remember this change. Every Thursday I get upset when he reminds me he is tutoring - because I have inevitably made plans. goofy.
Do you remember the feeling of having a loose tooth as a child? I had completely forgotten that feeling - wiggling the tooth around with your toungue, that weird hole when it was gone - the taste. Do you remember?
I have had a strange blog-block for a while; almost a phobia. Weird. Anyway, here's a few things going on in my life:
* My dear Lindsey is gone. When you live in a university-sphere, you come to expect lots of good-byes, and while they are sad - you learn an incredible about about life from each of the people you meet. Besides knitting, I learned about being an incredible wife and beautiful mother from Lindsey. She is always her husband's biggest fan and I've never heard her gain sympathy from her friends at his expense. They are a great team. And I got to watch her become a mother - with a quiet and peaceful contentment. She was amazing to watch, despite the discomforts of pregnancy and despite giving birth and despite the exhaustion of having a newborn; I never heard her complain. Not once. Thank-you Lindsey for all the lessons you didn't know you were giving.
* I finished my Medieval Romance class. I was glad to have the paper all done, but so sad the class is over. I enjoyed it so much. Ah well, on to the next one!
* My garden is growing, growing, growing. Soon it will be safe to put these sweet little sprigs of green in the ground...so they can grow to their hearts content. I never thought I would enjoy gardening, and in all actuality I haven't done any of the hard stuff yet, but I never thought I would enjoy cool soil so much....
* I have tulips growing in my backyard! These I didn't not plant - they just happened. I really have no more to say about them, but for some reason this seems like an important part of my life right now. I cut a few yellow and red ones the other day and put them in a vase in my living room - I just stared at them all evening, I couldn't take my eyes off them, it was lovely.
* I am leaving for England and Italy in 23 days! I am very excited, but I feel a strange maniac need to get new clothes for myself and my husband. I hate shopping, and we haven't bought new clothes in a long time, but for some reason it feels very important.
* and finally, I still want a baby. The longing is always there now. It used to come in go in waves and now I always feel it...the waves are just stronger longings. Life is so funny, I spent all that time and energy in school .... am still spending it, and I want to teach still, but I would give it up in a second if I could have a baby now - no questions asked.
Have a beautiful Monday my friends.
I have a purple pen. I feel the need to tell you this. It is a simple bic pen with a lid, but I have fallen in love with it. It writes in purple too. It says "April is Month Of The Young Child". Yep. Now that I write it, it sounds like some kind of Native American phrase...like, "Michigan is land of many snow" or something like that. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you about my pen. I am glad that small things can still make me happy. So here's to the small things........
Bubbles. I used to spend hours doing the dishes...making more and more bubbles...shaping them into things, blowing them around the kitchen.
A nicely made-up bed.
Kermit the frog singing "Wild Thing".
Winnie-the-Pooh.
Small children in plays and programs.
The home video of my little sister's first birthday.
Giving the perfect gift to someone.
Knowing that my long candle-lighter is always in the same place.
Planning things.
Forsythia. The name and the flower.
and purple pens that write in the perfect shade of purple.
Share what little things make you happy....maybe I want to add some to my list. :)
Bubbles. I used to spend hours doing the dishes...making more and more bubbles...shaping them into things, blowing them around the kitchen.
A nicely made-up bed.
Kermit the frog singing "Wild Thing".
Winnie-the-Pooh.
Small children in plays and programs.
The home video of my little sister's first birthday.
Giving the perfect gift to someone.
Knowing that my long candle-lighter is always in the same place.
Planning things.
Forsythia. The name and the flower.
and purple pens that write in the perfect shade of purple.
Share what little things make you happy....maybe I want to add some to my list. :)
Jonathan and I lead a small group at our house every Thursday evening. Besides all the other blessings we receive from this; it also requires me to clean my house at least once a week :) That sounds bad...I clean my house. I guess what I mean is that - when I know people are coming over, I look at my living space with a different eye, and that's helpful. Anyway, my very sweet husband decided to help me out and do the "before small group" cleaning a couple Thursdays ago. I gave him some ideas on what needed to be done...dishes, vaccuming with smell-good stuff, general arranging and putting away of things. Unfortunately I forgot to mention the bathroom. We are not fortunate enough to have two bathrooms, so that one can always be kept in tip-top shape, with nice lotion and hand towels. Nope, just one, so it has all our stuff strewn about, and we are prolific strewners (wow, positive that is NOT a word). Nightgown, hairdyer, make-up, little toothpaste remenant in the sink, maybe a few wiskers from Jonathan's last shave...yeah, bathroom stuff. So, anyway, I usually do a quick once over in the bathroom before people come, and add nice little touches like a candle and nicely folded hand towels, and above all, I close the shower curtain! We have a very cute shower curtain, and we have one of those old tubs that never looks clean no matter how often we scrub it; and while I can learn to ignore it, the thought of someone else seeing it makes me feel unwell in my mind. (dingy bathtubs make me think of scary roach-motels) So, the first few weeks of our group I was very confident in my bathroom...almost wishing people would need to go, serving lots of juice and water; no one ever did....I mean NEVER. I'm sure you can see what's coming. Jonathan did not think about the bathroom, and I did not think to check when I came home from work, guess how many people went to the bathroom that night! JUST GUESS! Every person, every single one!!! Can you believe it?!?!? And it was timed so that I couldn't go in between to check it out, so my mind was racing..."oh dear....what did I leave out? please have at least put your undies away, did I take the garbage out recently, gasp.....the shower curtain!" After everyone had left...bladders ALL empty, I walked grimly into the bathroom; the shower curtain was wide open. Sigh. As you can imagine I redoubled my efforts for the following week, and miraculously not a single person has gone since. You've just gotta love it :)
This is spring break at the university, but alas, Jonathan and I still had to work. So we decided to take a one day spring break. It was glorious and I would like to share it with you.
We woke up late, actually that's kind-of a lie. Jonathan got up at like 7 I think to start making some oven-dried tomatoes. I woke up then too, but forced myself to lay in the bed till 9 :)
Then we made pancakes and watched a pilot for a new show called Kings. Heard of it? It's really cool; it's the story of David in modern times. Very clever; the producers really did their homework.
Then we went to play tennis...and while we've done this a few times already this week...gradually becoming better and better....it's like we reverted to beginners, we were aweful. There were some old people in the court beside us (probably 70's) who were kicking our butts :) But it was fun.
Then we came home and took a shower and got our picnic ready. We had delicious sandwiches on Jonathan's homemade honey-oat bread (oh so yummy) with his fantastic sundried
tom-ah-toes...it was glorious!
We went to the beach for our picnic, with our books for reading. It was quite windy and cool at the actual beach (and I had decided to be daring and wear shorts in the 60 degree weather :), but Jonathan and I aren't big beach people anyway, so instead we enjoyed ourselves at a beautiful little park close to the beach. We layed on a blanket in the soft spring sun (have you ever noticed that the sun feels soft in the spring?) had our picnic, took a nap, read our books (I finished my Bill Bryson Notes from a Small Island...hilarious.
Then we went to the public library, got some more books, and went home to plan our garden.
Absolutely wonderful.
We woke up late, actually that's kind-of a lie. Jonathan got up at like 7 I think to start making some oven-dried tomatoes. I woke up then too, but forced myself to lay in the bed till 9 :)
Then we made pancakes and watched a pilot for a new show called Kings. Heard of it? It's really cool; it's the story of David in modern times. Very clever; the producers really did their homework.
Then we went to play tennis...and while we've done this a few times already this week...gradually becoming better and better....it's like we reverted to beginners, we were aweful. There were some old people in the court beside us (probably 70's) who were kicking our butts :) But it was fun.
Then we came home and took a shower and got our picnic ready. We had delicious sandwiches on Jonathan's homemade honey-oat bread (oh so yummy) with his fantastic sundried
tom-ah-toes...it was glorious!
We went to the beach for our picnic, with our books for reading. It was quite windy and cool at the actual beach (and I had decided to be daring and wear shorts in the 60 degree weather :), but Jonathan and I aren't big beach people anyway, so instead we enjoyed ourselves at a beautiful little park close to the beach. We layed on a blanket in the soft spring sun (have you ever noticed that the sun feels soft in the spring?) had our picnic, took a nap, read our books (I finished my Bill Bryson Notes from a Small Island...hilarious.
Then we went to the public library, got some more books, and went home to plan our garden.
Absolutely wonderful.
