Thursday, July 29, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Lucky Number 7 - The New and Improved Version
Still a little work to be done, but WHAT a difference!
Monday, July 19, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
What a fun weekend. Aaron and I jumped at the opportunity to go water skiing with a friend yesterday evening (thanks, Bruce!). It was the first time we've ever been on Clinton Lake, and it was a perfect evening for it. Carol Jo watched Ceci for us for the evening (thanks, CJ!!!). This was only the second time I've ever water skiied, and I was able to get up on the water each time yesterday - so that was an acheivement for me! I am definitely paying the price today... :-)
We spent today at Lawrence's city pool - a pretty awesome city pool, at that. Another new experience for both of us! We had a great time. The water was warm, and Ceci was giggling her head off by the time we left. There's also a great splash-area for kids. It seems pretty crazy that we've lived in Lawrence almost 5 years now, and hadn't gone to the pool before... I'm ready to go again tomorrow, so I think that streak is over.
The house-painting is ongoing, and it is looking beautiful. The shade of yellow on the body of the house reminds me of sunshine and fresh butter. The dark red accent color will go up this week, and I am really looking forward to seeing how it looks against the yellow. What I like best about the new paint color scheme is that the house actually stands out from the trees and gardens! Pictures coming soon...
We spent today at Lawrence's city pool - a pretty awesome city pool, at that. Another new experience for both of us! We had a great time. The water was warm, and Ceci was giggling her head off by the time we left. There's also a great splash-area for kids. It seems pretty crazy that we've lived in Lawrence almost 5 years now, and hadn't gone to the pool before... I'm ready to go again tomorrow, so I think that streak is over.
The house-painting is ongoing, and it is looking beautiful. The shade of yellow on the body of the house reminds me of sunshine and fresh butter. The dark red accent color will go up this week, and I am really looking forward to seeing how it looks against the yellow. What I like best about the new paint color scheme is that the house actually stands out from the trees and gardens! Pictures coming soon...
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Summertime reflections
House painting is in full swing... it has been raining like mad here for the last few days, so the painting has moved indoors! That's a double-edged sword... I am so excited to have freshly painted beautiful rooms, but the OCD part of Caroline (that would be a big part, by the way) is pretty freaked out by having my stuff spread out all over the house. It definitely looks like a bomb went off in the downstairs areas.
I guess the one fun thing about tearing things apart this much is the opportunity to rearrange furniture. I love rearranging stuff, and this gives me a good excuse to do that. ;-) However, it also amplifies the feeling that we're moving (my dining room is THAT wrecked right now), which is not so cool. I hate moving (we're not - it just feels like it).
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I realized yesterday was the 5-yr anniversary (if you can call it something so grand as "anniversary") of this not-so-esteemed, poorly maintained blog. That in itself isn't all that exciting. But, it was a strange feeling to go back and look at my first few blog posts from summer, 2005 and realize that it's only been five short years since the content of those posts was my everyday. Sometimes it feels like yesterday, but more often than not it seems like eons ago. Regardless, this "anniversary" seemed like a nice opportunity to reflect a little. So, I started listing off things that have changed in five years, and it was a pretty significant list... to me anyway. In chronological order, major events: mom passed away from ALS; I finished grad school at Cincinnati; Aaron and I got married; Aaron and I moved to Lawrence, KS; I started my career at KU; we bought our first house; Cecilia was born, and in a rather life-changing fashion, at that.
I've kept journals since the 4th grade. No kidding. My first few journal entries basically talk about how I had pancakes for breakfast that morning, and my brothers were being mean to me. I think there are four volumes from high school alone (especially embarrassing to read now). I guess it's a nice feeling now, to be able to look back at journal entries (and blog posts) over the last five years, and not feel consistently personally humiliated by what I wrote! I wonder what that is a sign of... probably mostly self-censorship, increasingly thick skin, and a dash of increased emotional maturity. ;-) Whichever the case, it saves me the pain of thinking "How could I think that, let alone write it?", but I always feel a little like I've cheated on that akward part of me when I don't feel some mixture of guilt and embarrassment when reading my entries. I can recognize that this is odd, so perhaps in another 5 years I'll have learned to embrace it. I hope not, though.
Enough reflecting. I am starting to embarrass myself.
I guess the one fun thing about tearing things apart this much is the opportunity to rearrange furniture. I love rearranging stuff, and this gives me a good excuse to do that. ;-) However, it also amplifies the feeling that we're moving (my dining room is THAT wrecked right now), which is not so cool. I hate moving (we're not - it just feels like it).
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I realized yesterday was the 5-yr anniversary (if you can call it something so grand as "anniversary") of this not-so-esteemed, poorly maintained blog. That in itself isn't all that exciting. But, it was a strange feeling to go back and look at my first few blog posts from summer, 2005 and realize that it's only been five short years since the content of those posts was my everyday. Sometimes it feels like yesterday, but more often than not it seems like eons ago. Regardless, this "anniversary" seemed like a nice opportunity to reflect a little. So, I started listing off things that have changed in five years, and it was a pretty significant list... to me anyway. In chronological order, major events: mom passed away from ALS; I finished grad school at Cincinnati; Aaron and I got married; Aaron and I moved to Lawrence, KS; I started my career at KU; we bought our first house; Cecilia was born, and in a rather life-changing fashion, at that.
I've kept journals since the 4th grade. No kidding. My first few journal entries basically talk about how I had pancakes for breakfast that morning, and my brothers were being mean to me. I think there are four volumes from high school alone (especially embarrassing to read now). I guess it's a nice feeling now, to be able to look back at journal entries (and blog posts) over the last five years, and not feel consistently personally humiliated by what I wrote! I wonder what that is a sign of... probably mostly self-censorship, increasingly thick skin, and a dash of increased emotional maturity. ;-) Whichever the case, it saves me the pain of thinking "How could I think that, let alone write it?", but I always feel a little like I've cheated on that akward part of me when I don't feel some mixture of guilt and embarrassment when reading my entries. I can recognize that this is odd, so perhaps in another 5 years I'll have learned to embrace it. I hope not, though.
Enough reflecting. I am starting to embarrass myself.
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Family photos are so exciting!!
Happy 4th of July, everyone! It's poured down rain here all day, so we'll have to save our stash of high-end fireworks (snap-n-pops) for tomorrow.
Thursday, July 01, 2010
I'm pretty sure Ceci digs The National's newest album...
Ceci's version:
The National's High Violet album artwork:
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