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puttin the parents to work

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i mentioned that we recently had a long visit from my parents.  back in mid-february i blocked off a super long weekend, thursday-sunday, in order for my parents to come visit and accomplish a boatload of things around the house.  primarily projects in the nursery and the study, but to keep my dad sufficiently occupied (ross couldn’t take off work, boo) while mom and i did things like midwife’s appointments, decor shopping, and other extraneous things, i created him a fun little to-do list.

and of course, his enthusiastic response: “Thanks for all the descriptive visuals.  Mom and I decided to come visit anyway!  Ha!“

surprisingly, he got most of this list accomplished and probably could have gotten all of it had i not forgotten about these little beauties that needed priming and painting.

but projects really started to come together during this weekend.  i’ll be sharing the “as-of-now” finished products of both the nursery and study very soon.  thanks again, mom and dad!

life and a list

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since this month has all but flown by, i have a few observations:

- as much as i love a dark, cold night perfect for snuggling up under blankets, i cannot get used to the fact that i literally race the sun on my way home from work, and the sun always wins.  returning home in total darkness is not my idea of a good time.

- i’m way behind in house chores.  my “fall decorating” consists of some fallish garland on our mantel, and a large vase full of mini gourds on the dining room table.  elaborate, no?  i’ve also been eeking along in getting the yard and garden put to bed for winter:  one yardwork day entailed us changing the entire day’s plans; the second entailed taking 3 hours off of work.  there just aren’t enough hours in the day.

- Christmas. Music. Is. Already. Playing.  what???  i’m absolutely in love with Christmas, but if I take a two footed jump into sugar plums and mistletoe TWO WEEKS before Thanksgiving, I’m going to be all sorts of messed up.  “Q99 all Christmas music all the time”:  please let me enjoy Thanksgiving before moving on to Christmas!

Next week, Ross and I will be taking a much needed break and spending Thanksgiving with his side of the family in Florida.  During that week (with the hope we’ll have internet) I’m going to catch up on the many things I haven’t posted on yet.  And to keep me on track, here’s a sample list of fun posts to come:

- our anniversary trip to Charleston

- finally taking pictures of our semi-fallish front porch

- cleaning up around the yard + why mowing your driveway is a bad idea

- a fun dinner by jen and ross

- upcoming house projects

- a Christmas decor gameplan

- the first Garden 2K10 post!

- gratuitous puppy pictures

october in review

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stream of consciousness

so much going on!   a stream of consciousness is all i can offer, and best represents what’s going on in my brain/life these days.

i was finally able to get out and make sense of my front yard situation (read: in an impulsive OCD move, i left work early and spent 2 and a half hours ravaging the dead plants, weeds, general disgustingness of the front yard.)  drove out to get pumpkins and two mums – one much larger than my head.  manically grappled with the crab grass threatening to totally overrun my lillies.  still not done, but feeling better about it.

in addition, i drove to charlottesville last saturday morning (10/31), took pictures for 4 hours of the cousin and her fiancee for engagement/save the date cards (hi ash and wes!) then drove back and planned a baby shower to be hosted the next evening.  after church, cooked allll afternoon for shower.  baby shower went surprisingly well – food edible, fun times had, many laughs laughed, many sweet, girly gifts opened and ahhed over.

garlic still not planted.  fall lettuce never got planted.  meetings on tuesday, wednesday, and thursday prevent such things.

ross and i got the proofs back on his new photography logo – we can’t decide!

little sister’s wedding coming up in two weeks!  crazy, freaky, exciting, weird, overwhelming!

we officially closed on our new mortgage – say yes to savings!

normal, sane posts are hopefully right around the corner…

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