*Have you noticed the price of beef has really gone up?
*I really need to clean my oven. {Really bad} But I'm kinda nervous about doing it because the last time I turned on the self clean all of the smoke detectors went off. And since I did it at night when everyone was asleep (so I don't have to endure the stink) I can tell you, that wasn't super welcome.
* How can it be September 21st already???
*Is it wrong to buy Tess 6-9 month clothes if they fit? It just seems indecent to do when she is 22 months. But she hasn't needed new clothes for over a year and I'm sick of her wardrobe. But what if she grows soon and the money is wasted?
*Had a pest-control dude come the other day to get rid of the yellow jackets under our bay window. He said that if you get stung, tape a penny tightly over the sting and it reduces the pain greatly.
*Friday night we went to the Conference Center for a concert. It was absolutely AMAZING. But what was even more cool was our seats. We were just 6 rows behind President Monson, his wife and daughter. I could write an entire blog entry about this concert and all we saw and all that happened, but since this is just random ramblings I'll tell only one thing. President Eyring came out to give the prayer, he was on the big screen, the spotlight was on him, he was about to speak, then maestro picked up his own microphone to talk. It didn't work-- because it wasn't his turn. He got it turned on and President Eyring patiently waited for him to finish his little speech. His little speech became longer and longer and then he announced the next number and went right into it --apparently not realizing what he'd done! President Eyring didn't quite know what to do!! He quietly walked off stage and I'm guessing said a lovely little prayer in his heart.
*Cache has been a homework machine. Honestly, it seems like that is all he does. But I guess with classes like Honors Pre-Calculus, Honors English, Honors History, Chemistry, Physics, and German 3 I shouldn't be surprised. (this is 10th grade!) But it would be nice to have my son back every now and again.
*We planted 3 kinds of tomatoes in our garden this year: Early Girl, Better Boy and Celebrity. The Celebrity is best by far.
*Chandler loves family histories. So instead of reading a chapter book at night, we've gone to reading histories. I can't believe how much he loves it!
*I'm thinking about doing another recipe share on my blog. Anyone interested? Some recipes I thought might be good to share: Hawaiian Meatballs, Pumpkin Cranberry Bread, Almond Joy Bars (a brownie type of goodness, not a candy), Aussie Chicken (a yummy honey mustard chicken with bacon and cheese), Spinach Salad, a yummy dinner roll for the bread machine. Any of those striking your fancy?
*September 26th is National Love Note Day.
*Caleb and Chandler are signed up for flag football this year. They each have 2 games a week so our life will have a little football in it for the next little while. (It's only for 1 month though, so I can handle it!)
*Tom is trenching in the front yard to get hooked up for Pressurized Irrigation.
*Gas where we live is $3.64/gallon.
*Today was the Primary Program. It went well, as they usually do, but I'm also very, very glad to have it over.
*Do you love to make caramel apples in the fall? I love, love, love them!
*My photo printer is dying :(. It has been an awesome printer. Anyone have recommendations for a good photo printer? (I'm spoiled that I can print 12x12 and bigger if I use the roll paper, so I'm thinking I want at least that again.)
*Caleb gets up every morning and does 15-20 minutes of indexing.
*Since Tom has married me, the amount he spends at the Post Office has increased about 98% (although he argues it is more like a 99.9% increase).
*There are some horses that pasture about a half a block from our house. Tess asks *everyday* to go see and feed them.
*Since its launch on September 10, Cache has been super interested in the Large Hadron Collider.
*At the football game yesterday (go Cougars!) there was a girl sitting in front of us that had a real mascara job. It reminded me of a girl from high school. When I mentioned it to Tom, he immediately remembered this girl's mascara job. How funny is it that we both remember this girl's eyelashes?
*I went to the grocery store the other day and came home with a package of string cheese. I didn't even go by the string cheese, so I'm not sure how I ended up with it. But at least it showed up on my receipt so I don't need to return it or go back to pay for it . . . and I'm also glad it wasn't something useless like coffee or anchovies!
*Any good ideas as to how to get kids to stop picking scabs? Frustrates me!
*In Utah to pass your driving test you have to stop at each railroad train track and say out loud "No Train". If you miss once, it is an automatic 21 point deduction. The most you can miss to pass the driving test is 20 points. Crazy huh?
*Got a few ginormous zucchinis in the garden and I'm thinking of doing this (scroll down a bit) with them as a FHE game this week. Sounds fun.
*After the football game on Saturday, Caleb and Tom turned around and went to a REAL Salt Lake soccer game.
*At cub scouts the other day, a fellow scout announced that his mom was going to have a baby. Chandler announced his mom was too. He was in trouble for that.
*Tom and I disagree about how to fold a t-shirt. The rule is that I have to fold his 'his' way and he has to fold mine 'my' way. But we both usually forget. Somehow we manage to still live blissfully along :).
*Tessa was a sly little thief at nursery today. As we were walking out the door with her, she said, "Shoes". Tom looked at her shoes and they weren't hers! (she hadn't worn any because she wouldn't wear her Sunday shoes) I hurried back into the nursery to find out who's they were. I had to make an apology phone call and a delivery right after church. Then tonight as Tom was getting her ready for bed, he found what looked to be a plastic Pringle down her onesie. (What she calls her 'pocket'.) The only place she could have gotten that was nursery. Gotta watch her a little more closely!
*"I am." and "I do." are the shortest complete sentences in the English language.
*I really need to clean my oven. {Really bad} But I'm kinda nervous about doing it because the last time I turned on the self clean all of the smoke detectors went off. And since I did it at night when everyone was asleep (so I don't have to endure the stink) I can tell you, that wasn't super welcome.
* How can it be September 21st already???
*Is it wrong to buy Tess 6-9 month clothes if they fit? It just seems indecent to do when she is 22 months. But she hasn't needed new clothes for over a year and I'm sick of her wardrobe. But what if she grows soon and the money is wasted?
*Had a pest-control dude come the other day to get rid of the yellow jackets under our bay window. He said that if you get stung, tape a penny tightly over the sting and it reduces the pain greatly.
*Friday night we went to the Conference Center for a concert. It was absolutely AMAZING. But what was even more cool was our seats. We were just 6 rows behind President Monson, his wife and daughter. I could write an entire blog entry about this concert and all we saw and all that happened, but since this is just random ramblings I'll tell only one thing. President Eyring came out to give the prayer, he was on the big screen, the spotlight was on him, he was about to speak, then maestro picked up his own microphone to talk. It didn't work-- because it wasn't his turn. He got it turned on and President Eyring patiently waited for him to finish his little speech. His little speech became longer and longer and then he announced the next number and went right into it --apparently not realizing what he'd done! President Eyring didn't quite know what to do!! He quietly walked off stage and I'm guessing said a lovely little prayer in his heart.
*Cache has been a homework machine. Honestly, it seems like that is all he does. But I guess with classes like Honors Pre-Calculus, Honors English, Honors History, Chemistry, Physics, and German 3 I shouldn't be surprised. (this is 10th grade!) But it would be nice to have my son back every now and again.
*We planted 3 kinds of tomatoes in our garden this year: Early Girl, Better Boy and Celebrity. The Celebrity is best by far.
*Chandler loves family histories. So instead of reading a chapter book at night, we've gone to reading histories. I can't believe how much he loves it!
*I'm thinking about doing another recipe share on my blog. Anyone interested? Some recipes I thought might be good to share: Hawaiian Meatballs, Pumpkin Cranberry Bread, Almond Joy Bars (a brownie type of goodness, not a candy), Aussie Chicken (a yummy honey mustard chicken with bacon and cheese), Spinach Salad, a yummy dinner roll for the bread machine. Any of those striking your fancy?
*September 26th is National Love Note Day.
*Caleb and Chandler are signed up for flag football this year. They each have 2 games a week so our life will have a little football in it for the next little while. (It's only for 1 month though, so I can handle it!)
*Tom is trenching in the front yard to get hooked up for Pressurized Irrigation.
*Gas where we live is $3.64/gallon.
*Today was the Primary Program. It went well, as they usually do, but I'm also very, very glad to have it over.
*Do you love to make caramel apples in the fall? I love, love, love them!
*My photo printer is dying :(. It has been an awesome printer. Anyone have recommendations for a good photo printer? (I'm spoiled that I can print 12x12 and bigger if I use the roll paper, so I'm thinking I want at least that again.)
*Caleb gets up every morning and does 15-20 minutes of indexing.
*Since Tom has married me, the amount he spends at the Post Office has increased about 98% (although he argues it is more like a 99.9% increase).
*There are some horses that pasture about a half a block from our house. Tess asks *everyday* to go see and feed them.
*Since its launch on September 10, Cache has been super interested in the Large Hadron Collider.
*At the football game yesterday (go Cougars!) there was a girl sitting in front of us that had a real mascara job. It reminded me of a girl from high school. When I mentioned it to Tom, he immediately remembered this girl's mascara job. How funny is it that we both remember this girl's eyelashes?
*I went to the grocery store the other day and came home with a package of string cheese. I didn't even go by the string cheese, so I'm not sure how I ended up with it. But at least it showed up on my receipt so I don't need to return it or go back to pay for it . . . and I'm also glad it wasn't something useless like coffee or anchovies!
*Any good ideas as to how to get kids to stop picking scabs? Frustrates me!
*In Utah to pass your driving test you have to stop at each railroad train track and say out loud "No Train". If you miss once, it is an automatic 21 point deduction. The most you can miss to pass the driving test is 20 points. Crazy huh?
*Got a few ginormous zucchinis in the garden and I'm thinking of doing this (scroll down a bit) with them as a FHE game this week. Sounds fun.
*After the football game on Saturday, Caleb and Tom turned around and went to a REAL Salt Lake soccer game.
*At cub scouts the other day, a fellow scout announced that his mom was going to have a baby. Chandler announced his mom was too. He was in trouble for that.
*Tom and I disagree about how to fold a t-shirt. The rule is that I have to fold his 'his' way and he has to fold mine 'my' way. But we both usually forget. Somehow we manage to still live blissfully along :).
*Tessa was a sly little thief at nursery today. As we were walking out the door with her, she said, "Shoes". Tom looked at her shoes and they weren't hers! (she hadn't worn any because she wouldn't wear her Sunday shoes) I hurried back into the nursery to find out who's they were. I had to make an apology phone call and a delivery right after church. Then tonight as Tom was getting her ready for bed, he found what looked to be a plastic Pringle down her onesie. (What she calls her 'pocket'.) The only place she could have gotten that was nursery. Gotta watch her a little more closely!
*"I am." and "I do." are the shortest complete sentences in the English language.
6 comments:
Was Chandler in trouble for spilling the beans, or because you are not?
Are you really pregnant? Hope so. It would be fun to have someone else pregnant too.
Julianna
hey Darcee,
I too am wondering what your comment meant, clear the air here girl
Pretty clever! You have our attention ... What's the scoop? Is it another six-for-six year? (I guess this time it'd have to be nine? How would that work!? I guess the parents could adopt two dogs! And Jonny? Maybe a cat.) Maybe not even the Keith Porter's are getting this!
I get it Danna. I'll be sure to get a *new* cat (to add to our bazillion we already have :0>.
So, um, Darcee, did you find out about Chandler's comment from Chandler or from a different source? Congratulations! I hope you aren't too sick this time around.
I loved this post. I need to do one like this someday...but I'm wondering the same thing everybody else is, so spill it, Sister! (I missed that one at pack mtg.) BTW, we went to the same concert, but on Saturday. Wasn't it super?!
Any of the recipes, please! Your kids are AMAZING!
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