fall closeout
sisters in ponchos*
it is currently seven degrees outside.
i find it hard to believe that it is not officially winter.
so in honor of the final day of fall
i thought i'd recap autumn 2005 in the okonkwo family...
i purchased a food processor and make up excuses to chop stuff up in it. we went to an apple orchard and picked apples. our friend chelsea got pregnant and we're estatic for her! our friend jess got pregnant and we're estatic for her (it's in the water). we got a new car. our friend anne married gino. anne's brother and our friend dave got engaged. i conspired to see the u2 show and won. i plotted to bless some srippers near our church and the verdict is still out. i killed a 'hearty mum'. i had a clean biopsy that scared the hell out of me. i shared a fifth step. i got a raise at work. i made a new friend named jen. i got a label maker and made labels compulsively on the weekends. we had friends over for dinner. we went over to friend's home to have dinner. we stayed up late. we got a dispatch subscription. we slept in late. we prayed for direction for our lives and we got some answers. made composter from trashcan. my witch friend at work left the company but was still given a vodoo doll for a holiday gift. we paid off the last of my consumer debt. my friend lori and her husband welcomed a new baby into their family. i feel officially on the mend from damamging and disoreinting work situations in the recent past that undercut my confidence that i have something to contribute professionally.
* this is the kind of thing that makes me feel like a crap aunt. aunt suzi made these ponchos for the girls.
i can't knit- but i can make funny animal noises...
today's chewable vitamin
"the most exhasuting thing in life is being insincere." ~anne linberg
2 comments:
i can't knit- but i can make funny animal noises...
And guess what these kids will remember in a few years? And that will be a good thing. I'm sure you're a wonderful aunt.
It sounds like a wonderful life, Maureen. I'm glad.
i will admit that your chastising in your most recent post is getting me to comment here, but not because i didn't want to. i've just been... without desire to comment on blogs lately, believe it or not. but here i am. look at how well i respond to guilt... ;)
as for the poncho's, yeah, they're cute and everything... but here's the thing about the aunt that can make poncho's: there is no gaurentee that the kids will even LIKE them (this is in no way a slight at the said aunt b/c i don't even know her!), but it's a garauntee that the kids will like animal noises. if you can bake them cookies, or heck -BUY them cookies, you're golden.
as for your chewable: OMG YES. good example: i come away from spending time with my mil and sil EXHAUSTED. :D
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