i decided that november is my favorite month here.
the weather is perfect--warm during the day (tank top weather) and cool and crisp at night (sweater time!) so i get the best of both worlds.
additionally, the sun is always out every morning at 7 or so and stays out all day--none of this waiting-around-for-the-summer-marine-layer-to-burn-off business.
last night matt and i went to the field, our favorite irish restaurant--so good! then we went to see "elf", which was sweet and innocent and very funny. it, of course, got me even more in the mood for christmas! alright mare, for putting up those christmas lights!! this morning i went shopping and got a few more christmas decorations, myself. i may decorate a little bit but i'll save most of it for when you all come out here for thanksgiving. and yes on all the food!!! mom, what are you talking about with not eating as much??? it's the best day of the year to be a pig! :) i like mare's scenario in front of the fireplace, too--but you forgot to include the grasshoppers and mudslides!
justin, nice post on the emokid--yeah, they make me feel so OLD because i get so grumpy with them. glad to see it's not just me! and when i was that age (with a similar attitude and behavior, i might add) i remember looking at late twenty-something people and being like, "huh. how strange that they would like this kind of music. this is not their scene." and now i'm the old twenty-something person that doesn't fit but just wants to hear great live music in a smoke-free environment. and they have to scream and randomly dance (i was laughing at that because at the rooney show there was this weird emokid dancing randomly like a freak and running into his group of friends and us) and annoy me. so i feel your pain. and also appreciate their need for attention as a natural part of growing up. :)
matt and i are going to our friends house (marni and ed) for dinner. he has just informed me that we need to leave soon so i'm going to get ready. have a great night all of you!
tracey
Friday, November 07, 2003
friday morning before school.
i ran my 3.5 miles yesterday. with about a mile left to go i was doing my usual eye contact with the other runners i passed--some sort of bonding thing where you're friends with every runner you pass--because they've felt what you've felt at one point or another: the extreme exhaustion and runner's highs--mare and dad, can you relate? well anyways, i remember thinking, "hmm. why can i only see half of her face?" then i realized i was having an aura before a migraine. i made it home finally and was tricked because the aura disappeared for about 5 minutes before the pain kicked in. it was the worst one i've had in a long time. i ended up throwing up at one point. but thankfully, i have the best husband in the world who brought me ice, rubbed my head, scratched my back, and let me fall asleep in his arms! now i'm feeling better with just a regular headache and that fuzzy brain trauma feeling. i could go into work right now, but i'm going to take it easy for the next half hour and go in at my regularly scheduled time at 8:15.
we're going to see "elf" tonight and i'm pumped. mom and dad gave a good report and the previews have been hilarious! then on saturday we might go to our friends marni and eddie's for dinner. and i do my 5 mile run on sunday. mare, i might do this week over again, training-wise, just because last week i couldn't get out with the fires and all. i don't want to increase mileage too fast and risk injury. by the way, i hope that girl at your school is okay---what a strange day.
on monday we have a staff development day and tuesday is veteran's day so no school at all. yay! maybe matt can work from home:). it's november 7th already! yikes! how did that happen? we'll be seeing the edwards family soon. hey, do you guys want to help us decorate for christmas after thanksgiving? well, i guess mary and mom, do YOU want to help--i know the guys all just do it to humor us.
welp, i'm going to head off to work now.
have a great day everyone!
p.s. ryan and michelle--let's get some more pictures of hannah banana up online!!! :)
i ran my 3.5 miles yesterday. with about a mile left to go i was doing my usual eye contact with the other runners i passed--some sort of bonding thing where you're friends with every runner you pass--because they've felt what you've felt at one point or another: the extreme exhaustion and runner's highs--mare and dad, can you relate? well anyways, i remember thinking, "hmm. why can i only see half of her face?" then i realized i was having an aura before a migraine. i made it home finally and was tricked because the aura disappeared for about 5 minutes before the pain kicked in. it was the worst one i've had in a long time. i ended up throwing up at one point. but thankfully, i have the best husband in the world who brought me ice, rubbed my head, scratched my back, and let me fall asleep in his arms! now i'm feeling better with just a regular headache and that fuzzy brain trauma feeling. i could go into work right now, but i'm going to take it easy for the next half hour and go in at my regularly scheduled time at 8:15.
we're going to see "elf" tonight and i'm pumped. mom and dad gave a good report and the previews have been hilarious! then on saturday we might go to our friends marni and eddie's for dinner. and i do my 5 mile run on sunday. mare, i might do this week over again, training-wise, just because last week i couldn't get out with the fires and all. i don't want to increase mileage too fast and risk injury. by the way, i hope that girl at your school is okay---what a strange day.
on monday we have a staff development day and tuesday is veteran's day so no school at all. yay! maybe matt can work from home:). it's november 7th already! yikes! how did that happen? we'll be seeing the edwards family soon. hey, do you guys want to help us decorate for christmas after thanksgiving? well, i guess mary and mom, do YOU want to help--i know the guys all just do it to humor us.
welp, i'm going to head off to work now.
have a great day everyone!
p.s. ryan and michelle--let's get some more pictures of hannah banana up online!!! :)
Monday, November 03, 2003
welp, we're back from a very fun weekend in ohio.
we arrived just in time for the rehearsal on thursday night and then went to the spaghetti warehouse for dinner-yum!
lots of fun chatting with my family--and i finally got to hold my niece, hannah!
SO CUTE!!! i can not even put into words how wonderful she is--matt and i are definately proud to be "aunt tracey and uncle matt". how is it that i could just stare at her and be totally facinated at an arm moving, a lip pursing, or even cute breathing???? plus the softest, smoothest little round head that i kissed a million times! we both miss her now that we're home! (oh yeah, and the rest of you people, too ;)
then friday we took our time getting ready for the 7:00 wedding. i went running on a perfect fall day--it was rather warm actually, about 75 degrees. the leaves were falling like rain and it was so fun to run through them. michelle and i drove up to dayton and checked in the hotel, where we met up with the burns family and grammy and granddad. we headed over to the church and got ready for the big event! the wedding was beautiful--the pastor had so many wonderful things to say about kevin and emily. emily looked like a beautiful princess walking down the aisle (absolutely breathtaking) and kevin looked like such a man (he touched me with his tears and deep love for emily). they made their grand exit under a pathway of giant sparklers, which the bridal party held up on either side of the church steps--it was like a fairy tale!
the reception was fun-- i didn't get to chat with nearly as many people as i would have liked to, and i wasn't even the bride or groom!!! we did get to see mom and dad edwards for a little while (oh yeah, dad, vic kapoor, who was president of UT, is the father of mark, the guy who gave the toast speech). after the reception, we had family and friends over to our hotel room for a fun party. we finally went to bed around 3:15 am and awoke the next morning to spend more time with family and friends at 8:30am.
ryan and matt decided to go to the BG/miami hockey game, where my cousin brian was playing that night--in BG (crazy guys! i think the main motivator was pollyeye's breadsticks and dairy queen blizzards). michelle, hannah, me, mom, and dad went home for long naps and a relaxing night of chatting. we ordered chinese in and just spent time talking and watching a video of hannah while i fed that peanut a bottle (can you tell we just can't get enough?). the guys finally arrived home around 1:15 am and i was still up, due to the nap i had taken. the next morning we spent some time with the burns family and headed up to columbus around noon. pretty uneventful flight, except our connection in chicago was delayed about an hour. so we got home at 8:15pm instead of 7:35pm--we survived!
going back to work today was sort of a rude awakening. it's hard to be off for more than a weekend! well, it's not hard to be OFF; it's hard to GO BACK and get into the swing of things again.
one last thought:
now that november is here
it's beginning to look a lot like christmas....
and i'm going to be out of control!!!!
-tracey
we arrived just in time for the rehearsal on thursday night and then went to the spaghetti warehouse for dinner-yum!
lots of fun chatting with my family--and i finally got to hold my niece, hannah!
SO CUTE!!! i can not even put into words how wonderful she is--matt and i are definately proud to be "aunt tracey and uncle matt". how is it that i could just stare at her and be totally facinated at an arm moving, a lip pursing, or even cute breathing???? plus the softest, smoothest little round head that i kissed a million times! we both miss her now that we're home! (oh yeah, and the rest of you people, too ;)
then friday we took our time getting ready for the 7:00 wedding. i went running on a perfect fall day--it was rather warm actually, about 75 degrees. the leaves were falling like rain and it was so fun to run through them. michelle and i drove up to dayton and checked in the hotel, where we met up with the burns family and grammy and granddad. we headed over to the church and got ready for the big event! the wedding was beautiful--the pastor had so many wonderful things to say about kevin and emily. emily looked like a beautiful princess walking down the aisle (absolutely breathtaking) and kevin looked like such a man (he touched me with his tears and deep love for emily). they made their grand exit under a pathway of giant sparklers, which the bridal party held up on either side of the church steps--it was like a fairy tale!
the reception was fun-- i didn't get to chat with nearly as many people as i would have liked to, and i wasn't even the bride or groom!!! we did get to see mom and dad edwards for a little while (oh yeah, dad, vic kapoor, who was president of UT, is the father of mark, the guy who gave the toast speech). after the reception, we had family and friends over to our hotel room for a fun party. we finally went to bed around 3:15 am and awoke the next morning to spend more time with family and friends at 8:30am.
ryan and matt decided to go to the BG/miami hockey game, where my cousin brian was playing that night--in BG (crazy guys! i think the main motivator was pollyeye's breadsticks and dairy queen blizzards). michelle, hannah, me, mom, and dad went home for long naps and a relaxing night of chatting. we ordered chinese in and just spent time talking and watching a video of hannah while i fed that peanut a bottle (can you tell we just can't get enough?). the guys finally arrived home around 1:15 am and i was still up, due to the nap i had taken. the next morning we spent some time with the burns family and headed up to columbus around noon. pretty uneventful flight, except our connection in chicago was delayed about an hour. so we got home at 8:15pm instead of 7:35pm--we survived!
going back to work today was sort of a rude awakening. it's hard to be off for more than a weekend! well, it's not hard to be OFF; it's hard to GO BACK and get into the swing of things again.
one last thought:
now that november is here
it's beginning to look a lot like christmas....
and i'm going to be out of control!!!!
-tracey
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
welp, the third day off school this week so i'm home watching tv, painting my toenails, packing for the trip back to ohio tomorrow.
yesterday i went to one of the red cross evacuation centers to drop off some pillows and blankets and stuff and i tried to volunteer but they actually turned me away! apparently, they've had tons of volunteers--so that's neat to see.
the sun is out because we're on the coast and we just got a wind from the west, so it makes it feel more normal (it's not orange out here anymore) but it's such a sick trick, because the fire is blazing east of us (now over 300,000 acres have been burned through). i don't know if they'll call off school tomorrow or not, but i won't be there either way!
mare (and anyone else), you wanted some christmas ideas:
-dension witmer cd "philedelphia"
--christopher guest dvd collection (about $46-48 online)
-2 wearever beach chairs ($18.44 each at walmart.com on my registry:)
-photo printer
-gift certificates to home depot for plants for our backyard
-gift certificate to express for new clothes
-silver necklaces or earrings
1 day until i see my hannah banana niece!!!
-tracey
yesterday i went to one of the red cross evacuation centers to drop off some pillows and blankets and stuff and i tried to volunteer but they actually turned me away! apparently, they've had tons of volunteers--so that's neat to see.
the sun is out because we're on the coast and we just got a wind from the west, so it makes it feel more normal (it's not orange out here anymore) but it's such a sick trick, because the fire is blazing east of us (now over 300,000 acres have been burned through). i don't know if they'll call off school tomorrow or not, but i won't be there either way!
mare (and anyone else), you wanted some christmas ideas:
-dension witmer cd "philedelphia"
--christopher guest dvd collection (about $46-48 online)
-2 wearever beach chairs ($18.44 each at walmart.com on my registry:)
-photo printer
-gift certificates to home depot for plants for our backyard
-gift certificate to express for new clothes
-silver necklaces or earrings
1 day until i see my hannah banana niece!!!
-tracey
Monday, October 27, 2003
hello everyone.
thanks for all the calls from our family and friends--we feel loved!
thankfully, the fires haven't moved closer to us (the closest one is still about 20 miles away) and the winds have died down, so it will be easier to actually fight the fires. some idiots here are complaining that action wasn't taken soon enough to get more reinforcements and are of course blaming the current governor (gray davis). the fire chief finally came on the news and said that even if we had a ton of back up, it still wouldn't have mattered--the conditions were such that the fires were totally unpredictable and quick spreading.
nothing is contained yet, over 150,000 acres have burned.
they're predicting another 5 days at least.
communities are still being evacuated.
and still no school, due mostly to poor air quality.
therefore, matt and i are still trapped at home in our smoke-scented house, bored out of our minds.
definately not as devastating as 9-11, but feeling some similar helplessness and weirdness.
check out the pictures matt posted of the strange scene at our house (go to his blog)--freakish orange sky and snowing ash is so disturbing.
obviously there is nothing else going on here.
matt's calling me to play nurtz, so i must go beat him for the 4th time!
-tracey
thanks for all the calls from our family and friends--we feel loved!
thankfully, the fires haven't moved closer to us (the closest one is still about 20 miles away) and the winds have died down, so it will be easier to actually fight the fires. some idiots here are complaining that action wasn't taken soon enough to get more reinforcements and are of course blaming the current governor (gray davis). the fire chief finally came on the news and said that even if we had a ton of back up, it still wouldn't have mattered--the conditions were such that the fires were totally unpredictable and quick spreading.
nothing is contained yet, over 150,000 acres have burned.
they're predicting another 5 days at least.
communities are still being evacuated.
and still no school, due mostly to poor air quality.
therefore, matt and i are still trapped at home in our smoke-scented house, bored out of our minds.
definately not as devastating as 9-11, but feeling some similar helplessness and weirdness.
check out the pictures matt posted of the strange scene at our house (go to his blog)--freakish orange sky and snowing ash is so disturbing.
obviously there is nothing else going on here.
matt's calling me to play nurtz, so i must go beat him for the 4th time!
-tracey
Sunday, October 26, 2003
we had a fun time with mary and casey this weekend.
at our bar-lympics, mary and i were a team, "the pirates"--we had eye patches and pirate hats and kept yelling "aargh!". so much fun! we ended up going to 4 different bars and playing darts, foosball, pool, and shuffleboard. mary and i won darts, but it was downhill after that. either way, it was such a fun time.
however, we had a strange day today.
it began with me waking mary up to go for a run.
then i went out on our deck to see how cold/warm it was, and what i needed to wear.
there were ashes covering our deck and falling from the sky (which was yellow looking). it smelled like a campfire, too.
all the tv stations were covering the fires that were in our county and they were talking about closing interstate 15, so mary and casey hit the road. it has been such a surreal day, just seeing the fires consuming the land and vegetation and homes.
then my principal called (had to evacuate his home, along with several other teacher friends--everyone is okay) and said that san diego school district is closed tomorrow. it's not a satisfying day off, like a snow day is, because people are still in danger and without homes. the airport is on temporary shut down and was messed up already because of the fires in LA, so hopefully everything will be okay by thursday at 6:20 am so we can go home and be part of kevin and emily's wedding. but it is hard to say at this point. the closest fire is only 20 miles away and it is unpredictable, so who is to say what will happen...
we can just pray for everyone's safety and that the firefighters are able to contain the fires as quickly as possible.
welp, matt and i are going to try to distract ourselves with a movie or something.
-tracey
at our bar-lympics, mary and i were a team, "the pirates"--we had eye patches and pirate hats and kept yelling "aargh!". so much fun! we ended up going to 4 different bars and playing darts, foosball, pool, and shuffleboard. mary and i won darts, but it was downhill after that. either way, it was such a fun time.
however, we had a strange day today.
it began with me waking mary up to go for a run.
then i went out on our deck to see how cold/warm it was, and what i needed to wear.
there were ashes covering our deck and falling from the sky (which was yellow looking). it smelled like a campfire, too.
all the tv stations were covering the fires that were in our county and they were talking about closing interstate 15, so mary and casey hit the road. it has been such a surreal day, just seeing the fires consuming the land and vegetation and homes.
then my principal called (had to evacuate his home, along with several other teacher friends--everyone is okay) and said that san diego school district is closed tomorrow. it's not a satisfying day off, like a snow day is, because people are still in danger and without homes. the airport is on temporary shut down and was messed up already because of the fires in LA, so hopefully everything will be okay by thursday at 6:20 am so we can go home and be part of kevin and emily's wedding. but it is hard to say at this point. the closest fire is only 20 miles away and it is unpredictable, so who is to say what will happen...
we can just pray for everyone's safety and that the firefighters are able to contain the fires as quickly as possible.
welp, matt and i are going to try to distract ourselves with a movie or something.
-tracey
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
hello people.
i just finished hanging the curtains in our living room.
matt was drilling holes in the wall and i touched the drill bit,
which burned me.
apparently, that thing gets hot.
my finger still hurts.
anyhoo...
i went running with another teacher friend today.
it was 81 degrees today and so beautiful!
the water looked so blue and the breeze was so fresh
am i dreaming?
is this really my life?
nothing is better than knowing i haven't worn actual shoes since last winter/spring.
it's been flip flops and sandals this whole time--WOOOHOOOOO!!!! ahh, the little things in life...
why does this make me happy? i'm simple, apparently.
looking forward to mary and casey's visit this weekend.
our friend sue organizes this game day called "bar-lympics",
where teams play games that are typically located in bars.
this year's agenda includes: foosball, darts, shuffleboard, pool, and something else i can't remember--maybe air hockey?
this girl goes all out and has her little clipboard and keeps close score and the winners get a $50 gift certificate for somewhere.
anyways, mare and i are on a team and we're going to kick everyone's patooties!!!! anyone have a creative name for our team?
we're going to make team tshirts and be festive--but we can't think of anything good...
rydogg, such great news that hannah is gaining weight--that just means chubbier cheeks for me to kiss!
mom edwards-it sounds like you had a wonderful weekend--you should feel honored-you deserve the praise and you are an inspiration!
time for dad and matt to update, otherwise you're going to get harrassed for having the annoying opening lines:)
well, i'm going to straighten up the house.
have a great wednesday everyone!
-tracey
time to end the day with a fitting song lyric from ash...
yeah we've been walking barefoot all summer
why can't we just decide
to live like this all the time?
-ash
i just finished hanging the curtains in our living room.
matt was drilling holes in the wall and i touched the drill bit,
which burned me.
apparently, that thing gets hot.
my finger still hurts.
anyhoo...
i went running with another teacher friend today.
it was 81 degrees today and so beautiful!
the water looked so blue and the breeze was so fresh
am i dreaming?
is this really my life?
nothing is better than knowing i haven't worn actual shoes since last winter/spring.
it's been flip flops and sandals this whole time--WOOOHOOOOO!!!! ahh, the little things in life...
why does this make me happy? i'm simple, apparently.
looking forward to mary and casey's visit this weekend.
our friend sue organizes this game day called "bar-lympics",
where teams play games that are typically located in bars.
this year's agenda includes: foosball, darts, shuffleboard, pool, and something else i can't remember--maybe air hockey?
this girl goes all out and has her little clipboard and keeps close score and the winners get a $50 gift certificate for somewhere.
anyways, mare and i are on a team and we're going to kick everyone's patooties!!!! anyone have a creative name for our team?
we're going to make team tshirts and be festive--but we can't think of anything good...
rydogg, such great news that hannah is gaining weight--that just means chubbier cheeks for me to kiss!
mom edwards-it sounds like you had a wonderful weekend--you should feel honored-you deserve the praise and you are an inspiration!
time for dad and matt to update, otherwise you're going to get harrassed for having the annoying opening lines:)
well, i'm going to straighten up the house.
have a great wednesday everyone!
-tracey
time to end the day with a fitting song lyric from ash...
yeah we've been walking barefoot all summer
why can't we just decide
to live like this all the time?
-ash
Monday, October 20, 2003
alright dad edwards!
running the 5k with me and mare on thanksgiving!
any other takers--boys, mom?
you get a long sleeved tshirt, which, by itself is motivation, i think.
matt and i have a homeowner's association meeting tonight, which i hope is not boring.
but i think it will be.
oh well, at least we'll be able to meet some of our neighbors.
i'm typing and matt is going through a box of miscellaneous items that we packed up when we moved but haven't gone through yet.
all sorts of fun things being found--it's like a toy box of fun!
razors, matt's usher pin from cornerstone, our old cell phone, which is huge and heavy, tiny little paints in plastic bottles, nurtz card game, and other random weird things--
currently matt is freaking me out by swinging a butterfly knife around.
i'm nervous but he assures me that he has control.
welp, we're supposed to be at our meeting right now so i'm cutting this deal short!
thank god monday is over. even though i love my job, mondays are still hard to get through sometimes, especially after a lazy weekend!
tracey
running the 5k with me and mare on thanksgiving!
any other takers--boys, mom?
you get a long sleeved tshirt, which, by itself is motivation, i think.
matt and i have a homeowner's association meeting tonight, which i hope is not boring.
but i think it will be.
oh well, at least we'll be able to meet some of our neighbors.
i'm typing and matt is going through a box of miscellaneous items that we packed up when we moved but haven't gone through yet.
all sorts of fun things being found--it's like a toy box of fun!
razors, matt's usher pin from cornerstone, our old cell phone, which is huge and heavy, tiny little paints in plastic bottles, nurtz card game, and other random weird things--
currently matt is freaking me out by swinging a butterfly knife around.
i'm nervous but he assures me that he has control.
welp, we're supposed to be at our meeting right now so i'm cutting this deal short!
thank god monday is over. even though i love my job, mondays are still hard to get through sometimes, especially after a lazy weekend!
tracey
Saturday, October 18, 2003
hello again.
i love the feeling of waking up on the weekend, being groggy and thinking, "what time is it? i have to get up for work."
and then realizing, "yay! it's saturday!"
last night we went to a dinner party put on a by a guy from matt's work. he and his wife have these two cutie kids (3 yrs and 4 months--matt looked so cute holding the 4 month old!) and they live in a condo smaller than ours--whoa!!! they have this great little backyard though, which is beautifully landscaped and gives the illusion that a creek is running through it, has a tiny little bridge, lots of plants, cool rock formations, etc. apparently, they're going to come over and give us some tips on what to do with our backyard deck area! our friends marni and eddie went as well and so did our realtor dan and his wife debbie. we all have bought homes from dan and ended up having sort of a neat friendship. anyhoo, we had fun just chatting and then john asked us to play cranium, which brought back hilarious memories of matt acting out the category "star performer" instead of the actual item on the card, and of justin/michael tossing the cranium clay back and forth to each other and it landing in the half-empty oreo pie plate! don't worry, we got some more good ones from last night--especially from matt.:)
matt is going to L.A. today so i'm going to get some more home stuff done :). just little things now, like painting our wine nook purple, getting a picture frame for our bathroom, finishing the spray paint job on our mirrored closet doors, etc. and i'll go for a bike ride as part of my cross training program. mare, you may be doing the same today if you're following that training schedule :).
welp, i must get on with the day.
i love you all!
tracey
i love the feeling of waking up on the weekend, being groggy and thinking, "what time is it? i have to get up for work."
and then realizing, "yay! it's saturday!"
last night we went to a dinner party put on a by a guy from matt's work. he and his wife have these two cutie kids (3 yrs and 4 months--matt looked so cute holding the 4 month old!) and they live in a condo smaller than ours--whoa!!! they have this great little backyard though, which is beautifully landscaped and gives the illusion that a creek is running through it, has a tiny little bridge, lots of plants, cool rock formations, etc. apparently, they're going to come over and give us some tips on what to do with our backyard deck area! our friends marni and eddie went as well and so did our realtor dan and his wife debbie. we all have bought homes from dan and ended up having sort of a neat friendship. anyhoo, we had fun just chatting and then john asked us to play cranium, which brought back hilarious memories of matt acting out the category "star performer" instead of the actual item on the card, and of justin/michael tossing the cranium clay back and forth to each other and it landing in the half-empty oreo pie plate! don't worry, we got some more good ones from last night--especially from matt.:)
matt is going to L.A. today so i'm going to get some more home stuff done :). just little things now, like painting our wine nook purple, getting a picture frame for our bathroom, finishing the spray paint job on our mirrored closet doors, etc. and i'll go for a bike ride as part of my cross training program. mare, you may be doing the same today if you're following that training schedule :).
welp, i must get on with the day.
i love you all!
tracey
Thursday, October 16, 2003
yeah! mare and i are running a 5k on thanksgiving day at 8:00 am.
so those of you who wish to cheer us on, feel free, whether it be there, at seaport village, or from your cozy beds at home.
we figure then we can eat all day long after that!!!
funny quote from a kid:
it was picture day yesterday and one of my 4th grade girls was all dressed up
and excited about it-- i made some sort of comment like: "you look so nice today!"
and she went a thousand miles a minute trying to explain why: "thank you, last night my mom washed my hair and put grown up shampoo in it. and then she put grown up hair gel in it to make is soft--you wanna feel how soft it is? and then she put more grown up gel in it to make it smell good-you wanna smell it?" and of course, i had to touch and smell her hair (soft and good, respectively). then when we got back to her room she showed me the "grown up" hand lotion in her backpack and made me put some on. such excitement of picture day! remember getting those little black plastic combs that everyone would be using in line right before you went in the gym to get your picture taken. and then there was always that one kid who had their eyes closed in the class picture that you would laugh at for the rest of the year... ah, elementary school memories...
happy birthday to kevin (yesterday)!
only 15 more days until kev's wedding!
only 14 more days until i see my niece!
welp, i'm outta here.
tracey
so those of you who wish to cheer us on, feel free, whether it be there, at seaport village, or from your cozy beds at home.
we figure then we can eat all day long after that!!!
funny quote from a kid:
it was picture day yesterday and one of my 4th grade girls was all dressed up
and excited about it-- i made some sort of comment like: "you look so nice today!"
and she went a thousand miles a minute trying to explain why: "thank you, last night my mom washed my hair and put grown up shampoo in it. and then she put grown up hair gel in it to make is soft--you wanna feel how soft it is? and then she put more grown up gel in it to make it smell good-you wanna smell it?" and of course, i had to touch and smell her hair (soft and good, respectively). then when we got back to her room she showed me the "grown up" hand lotion in her backpack and made me put some on. such excitement of picture day! remember getting those little black plastic combs that everyone would be using in line right before you went in the gym to get your picture taken. and then there was always that one kid who had their eyes closed in the class picture that you would laugh at for the rest of the year... ah, elementary school memories...
happy birthday to kevin (yesterday)!
only 15 more days until kev's wedding!
only 14 more days until i see my niece!
welp, i'm outta here.
tracey
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
yum yum yum
thanksgiving food, the best meal of the year.
a menu item that i will add to the potato frenzy (although we can pretend like sweet potatoes are a dessert!) are my mom's cheesy potatoes, as requested by matt. maybe we can snack on fruit and veggies and dip during the day and stuff since we're going to be so FAT that evening!!!!
mare, can you bring your christmas music down here (if you're able to make a cd or so...:)?
welp, it is picture day at school today, so apparently i must make some sort of effort with my appearance--therefore, i am off!
tracey
thanksgiving food, the best meal of the year.
a menu item that i will add to the potato frenzy (although we can pretend like sweet potatoes are a dessert!) are my mom's cheesy potatoes, as requested by matt. maybe we can snack on fruit and veggies and dip during the day and stuff since we're going to be so FAT that evening!!!!
mare, can you bring your christmas music down here (if you're able to make a cd or so...:)?
welp, it is picture day at school today, so apparently i must make some sort of effort with my appearance--therefore, i am off!
tracey
Sunday, October 12, 2003
hello everyone.
another weekend gone. how did that happen so fast??
on friday night, matt and i went out to one of our favorite mexican places, ortega's.
OH MY SUCH FANTASTIC FOOD! you know how sometimes you're eating something and the first few bites are like, "yum this is so good" and then the rest of it is just normal? this place has food that EVERY SINGLE BITE makes you feel like yelling about how great it is!!!!
so we fatly went home and could barely move for 2 hours afterwards.
so embarrassing. just rolling around, all fat and full.
we managed to clean up our apartment for our visitors on saturday.
and we also managed to take some pictures of it for those of you who have been requesting!!!
one of matt's friends from work, marni, got laid off this past week. so to cheer her up, they decided to kidnap her and take her out for a fun night! we drove to her house, dressed in black and wearing pantyhose over our faces, hats on our heads, and matt had a creepy bandana covering his whole face. we busted in the front door (she knew it was us pretty immediately, thankfully), tied up her hands, put a bag over her head, and carried her out to the trunk of the car. her husband, who helped set it up, gave a funny weak protest of "stop! i will defend my wife's honor!" as he stood there watching. we were laughing the entire time--it was so much fun!
we drove back to our apartment and had some appetizers and drinks and then walked over to oktoberfest, which is the festival going on right across the street from us. we had some food and then found out an 80s band was playing. they ended up being so much fun and we danced the entire time!! it brought back such fun memories of being at junior high dances and just flinging around. plus, those guys played such a great mix of songs!!!! i haven't laughed that hard in a long time.
today matt went to watch the football games at sports city and i spray painted our mirrored closet door trim (which used to be ugly brass/bronze stuff) a silver/pewter color. it looks really sharp. unfortunately, i couldn't tell where all the paint was going and got some on the wall (which i can touch up with our extra paint) and carpet ( i have no idea what i'm going to do with that!).
hey just, would you be able to burn those other innocence albums for me?
and does anyone have christmas ideas yet?
i know it is early, but you know how i love christmas!
i'm out people, time for some chow!
and maybe a movie tonight: "mambo italiano"
-tracey
another weekend gone. how did that happen so fast??
on friday night, matt and i went out to one of our favorite mexican places, ortega's.
OH MY SUCH FANTASTIC FOOD! you know how sometimes you're eating something and the first few bites are like, "yum this is so good" and then the rest of it is just normal? this place has food that EVERY SINGLE BITE makes you feel like yelling about how great it is!!!!
so we fatly went home and could barely move for 2 hours afterwards.
so embarrassing. just rolling around, all fat and full.
we managed to clean up our apartment for our visitors on saturday.
and we also managed to take some pictures of it for those of you who have been requesting!!!
one of matt's friends from work, marni, got laid off this past week. so to cheer her up, they decided to kidnap her and take her out for a fun night! we drove to her house, dressed in black and wearing pantyhose over our faces, hats on our heads, and matt had a creepy bandana covering his whole face. we busted in the front door (she knew it was us pretty immediately, thankfully), tied up her hands, put a bag over her head, and carried her out to the trunk of the car. her husband, who helped set it up, gave a funny weak protest of "stop! i will defend my wife's honor!" as he stood there watching. we were laughing the entire time--it was so much fun!
we drove back to our apartment and had some appetizers and drinks and then walked over to oktoberfest, which is the festival going on right across the street from us. we had some food and then found out an 80s band was playing. they ended up being so much fun and we danced the entire time!! it brought back such fun memories of being at junior high dances and just flinging around. plus, those guys played such a great mix of songs!!!! i haven't laughed that hard in a long time.
today matt went to watch the football games at sports city and i spray painted our mirrored closet door trim (which used to be ugly brass/bronze stuff) a silver/pewter color. it looks really sharp. unfortunately, i couldn't tell where all the paint was going and got some on the wall (which i can touch up with our extra paint) and carpet ( i have no idea what i'm going to do with that!).
hey just, would you be able to burn those other innocence albums for me?
and does anyone have christmas ideas yet?
i know it is early, but you know how i love christmas!
i'm out people, time for some chow!
and maybe a movie tonight: "mambo italiano"
-tracey
Thursday, October 09, 2003
did i mention we had an earthquake the other day? matt did, i think. and we have casey to thank for it!!!
i didn't feel it because i was trying to control three rowdy boys at the time, but another teacher came into my room and said, "did you feel the earthquake?" and of course i said no, and she said, "oh. maybe it was just an airplane flying low." (because they really can make the place vibrate if they are really close). so now everyone's warnings have paid off--we've actually had an earthquake!!!! and darn, if only i could have felt it!
this triggers a funny memory of when cincinnati was supposed to get an earthquake.
everyone freaked out and bought earthquake insurance.
and we even had earthquake drills at our high school--ry and kevin, do you remember that? ha!
we all had to get under our desks and mr. hall, our principal, got on the loudspeaker and was trying to create a scene for us...
"...it may feel like a train is hitting the building, you may hear dogs barking..."
at that point i could no longer control my laughter and it burst right out.
i was in calculus. incidentally, i was not a favorite student of his, being a girl and all...
therefore, i was issued a detention for laughing!!
oh well! it was worth it--because, come on, DOGS BARKING!!!! who cares???
and after all that we didn't even have the earthquake... huge surprise.
mom--your ring is beautiful! good work, dad!
i've been running again. i got out of it when school started and i was too exhausted when i got home.
but i think it is just a strange cycle, because now that i'm exercising again, i have much more energy!
there is a cool running club for students at our school (some kids get there early and run 2-3 miles each morning!!!).
so another teacher and i are starting a running club for teachers! yay!
i'm pumped for mary and casey's visit!!!
i hope you guys are practicing your foosball, shuffleboard, and darts!
anything else you want to do while you're here?
maybe go downtown and get something to eat for a late dinner when you get in on friday night?
and of course bar-lympics on saturday.
did you want to go for a hike or anything? or whatever you wanto................
i guess we will give you your bday gift when you come (oops. it's all packaged up, it just hasn't made it to the post office!)
ry, nice blog--very sweet! you have a DAUGHTER!!! unbelievable.
grammy, mom, and aunt deedee-have fun visiting hannah this weekend!
i feel like there's more to say
but i'm drawing
a blank.
therefore, i'm signing off!
tracey
i didn't feel it because i was trying to control three rowdy boys at the time, but another teacher came into my room and said, "did you feel the earthquake?" and of course i said no, and she said, "oh. maybe it was just an airplane flying low." (because they really can make the place vibrate if they are really close). so now everyone's warnings have paid off--we've actually had an earthquake!!!! and darn, if only i could have felt it!
this triggers a funny memory of when cincinnati was supposed to get an earthquake.
everyone freaked out and bought earthquake insurance.
and we even had earthquake drills at our high school--ry and kevin, do you remember that? ha!
we all had to get under our desks and mr. hall, our principal, got on the loudspeaker and was trying to create a scene for us...
"...it may feel like a train is hitting the building, you may hear dogs barking..."
at that point i could no longer control my laughter and it burst right out.
i was in calculus. incidentally, i was not a favorite student of his, being a girl and all...
therefore, i was issued a detention for laughing!!
oh well! it was worth it--because, come on, DOGS BARKING!!!! who cares???
and after all that we didn't even have the earthquake... huge surprise.
mom--your ring is beautiful! good work, dad!
i've been running again. i got out of it when school started and i was too exhausted when i got home.
but i think it is just a strange cycle, because now that i'm exercising again, i have much more energy!
there is a cool running club for students at our school (some kids get there early and run 2-3 miles each morning!!!).
so another teacher and i are starting a running club for teachers! yay!
i'm pumped for mary and casey's visit!!!
i hope you guys are practicing your foosball, shuffleboard, and darts!
anything else you want to do while you're here?
maybe go downtown and get something to eat for a late dinner when you get in on friday night?
and of course bar-lympics on saturday.
did you want to go for a hike or anything? or whatever you wanto................
i guess we will give you your bday gift when you come (oops. it's all packaged up, it just hasn't made it to the post office!)
ry, nice blog--very sweet! you have a DAUGHTER!!! unbelievable.
grammy, mom, and aunt deedee-have fun visiting hannah this weekend!
i feel like there's more to say
but i'm drawing
a blank.
therefore, i'm signing off!
tracey
Monday, October 06, 2003
just over here, relaxing, totally into "innocence mission", thanks to justy.
yeah, definitely a new one to put on my frequently played albums.
no comment even necessary for that AMAZING VOICE and i love the hawaii-ish guitars, subtle but present tambourine, and--best of all, music that takes me to another place. thanks justin--perfect pick for moi!
it's been fun catching up on the bloggies. you know, i was thinking what perfect timing the blogs have been, with the family being spread out across the nation and all. i feel like i haven't really missed too much of life's events with all of you peeple.
mare and casey--first of all, congrats on being out of credit card debt--doesn't it feel SO GREAT!!!? such freedom!!! matt and i made some bad financial choices early in our marraige but have been debt free for almost 3 years now. everyone is different, so i'm not giving advice, just sharing a personal experience--what has kept us out of debt was the promise we made to God after we were finally credit card debt-free (obviously we still have car debt and a student loan). we promised that we would pay our credit card balance every month in full. and the FIRST time we would have month where we couldn't pay the full, we agreed to tear up the credit card and not get a new one until it was paid off. and so far we haven't had to! it is such a great incentive for not overspending because we always think, "wait, is this worth cutting up the card and/or breaking my promise to God?" and the answer is always no. just a fun story there for ya!
it was also fun to read mom and dad edwards accounts of their trip--sounds like such a fun trip. and i can't wait to see your ring mom!!!
i spent the whole weekend painting our living room.
matt helped me lay down the base coat (arizona tan, if you really must know), which he said looked pumpkinish.
then i colorwashed the whole deal by diluting a lighter shade (honey butter) and a darker shade (campground) with water. i used paintbrushes to blend the deal to our walls --- and that literally is the last time i will paint that room. it took 3 gallons of the base coat just to cover the walls if that tells you how large the room is. anyhoo, it was totally worth it! it looks cool and watercolored-almost, most definitely italian/venetian looking.
it's not really cold out, but i'm dying to wear my new striped skinny scarf from the gap
so i'm taking it out on a date to buy some household cleaning products at target!!!
is this really what my life has come to??? yes. i think emily would understand and even appreciate something like this...
my scarf and i must go.
farewell
tracey
it's me for you
and you for me
-innocence mission
yeah, definitely a new one to put on my frequently played albums.
no comment even necessary for that AMAZING VOICE and i love the hawaii-ish guitars, subtle but present tambourine, and--best of all, music that takes me to another place. thanks justin--perfect pick for moi!
it's been fun catching up on the bloggies. you know, i was thinking what perfect timing the blogs have been, with the family being spread out across the nation and all. i feel like i haven't really missed too much of life's events with all of you peeple.
mare and casey--first of all, congrats on being out of credit card debt--doesn't it feel SO GREAT!!!? such freedom!!! matt and i made some bad financial choices early in our marraige but have been debt free for almost 3 years now. everyone is different, so i'm not giving advice, just sharing a personal experience--what has kept us out of debt was the promise we made to God after we were finally credit card debt-free (obviously we still have car debt and a student loan). we promised that we would pay our credit card balance every month in full. and the FIRST time we would have month where we couldn't pay the full, we agreed to tear up the credit card and not get a new one until it was paid off. and so far we haven't had to! it is such a great incentive for not overspending because we always think, "wait, is this worth cutting up the card and/or breaking my promise to God?" and the answer is always no. just a fun story there for ya!
it was also fun to read mom and dad edwards accounts of their trip--sounds like such a fun trip. and i can't wait to see your ring mom!!!
i spent the whole weekend painting our living room.
matt helped me lay down the base coat (arizona tan, if you really must know), which he said looked pumpkinish.
then i colorwashed the whole deal by diluting a lighter shade (honey butter) and a darker shade (campground) with water. i used paintbrushes to blend the deal to our walls --- and that literally is the last time i will paint that room. it took 3 gallons of the base coat just to cover the walls if that tells you how large the room is. anyhoo, it was totally worth it! it looks cool and watercolored-almost, most definitely italian/venetian looking.
it's not really cold out, but i'm dying to wear my new striped skinny scarf from the gap
so i'm taking it out on a date to buy some household cleaning products at target!!!
is this really what my life has come to??? yes. i think emily would understand and even appreciate something like this...
my scarf and i must go.
farewell
tracey
it's me for you
and you for me
-innocence mission
Saturday, October 04, 2003
hello people!
the end of another week that flew!
i enjoyed checking out all the blogs this morning as i ridiculously woke up at 6 am.
mare, i'm with you on playing santa at thanksgiving--at least to you and casey.
so where are your (and casey's!) christmas ideas?
here's another idea from me: denison witmer's cd "philedelphia"
i saw a picture of our new niece, hannah, on the hospital's website---SO CUTE AND PERFECT!!! and so looking like ryan!!!
much to my dismay, michelle's pic link isn't working (neither is mary's, so it's villagephotos or whatever), so i can't see all the other pictures of her. but go check out that cutie on michelle's link! just knowing about hannah made me love her instantly, but now that i've seen a picture of her, i feel even more love and complete excitement at getting to see her in 26 days!!!
let's see, what else...
well, i had jury duty on wednesday.
i was dreading it, but
it was actually fun, if you can believe that!
you know how anything run by the govt usually has really rude people working (example: the bmv rudeness and condescending tone) who make you feel stupid? well, totally different scene at the courthouse, we (and by we i mean 500 jurors who had been called that morning) had an hour long orientation, which was amusing because the guy was funny. and they were UNDERSTANDING about things, like "if you forgot your juror ticket that was mailed to you, don't worry." etc. i sat around and read until about 11:00,when i got called to a courtroom with 50 other people. they started the selection process and then we had a 90minute break for lunch. i met matt, who is only 3 blocks away from the courthouse, and we went to horton plaza to eat and browse around. it was so fun--it's the first time i've met him for lunch downtown! then i went back and the jury selection continued (one of the potential jurors reminded me of mike serratto, saying strange things and making me crack up--he got the boot, of course). i really wanted to be picked by the end! but alas, i wasn't even called up to be questioned, which is actually okay, since it was going to be a 5 day trial.
today we're going to attempt to paint our living room.
i think we'll have to rent a ladder at home depot in order to do that, though.
the color is difficult to describe, but i'll try: it's sort of a creamy tan/caramel/honey color. it's called arizona tan, but i'm going to do a little bit lighter color wash over it to give it some depth and texture. if anyone comes here and can describe the color, be my guest!
our neighbor, artie, just told us that he's putting pergo flooring on his whole bottom floor--so jealous!!! i want to do that with our upstairs so bad! but i don't have $2000 just sitting around.
i think we're going to see a school of rock matinee tomorrow.
glad to hear that dad and justin liked it!
welp,
i'm going to prep our room for painting!
tracey
the end of another week that flew!
i enjoyed checking out all the blogs this morning as i ridiculously woke up at 6 am.
mare, i'm with you on playing santa at thanksgiving--at least to you and casey.
so where are your (and casey's!) christmas ideas?
here's another idea from me: denison witmer's cd "philedelphia"
i saw a picture of our new niece, hannah, on the hospital's website---SO CUTE AND PERFECT!!! and so looking like ryan!!!
much to my dismay, michelle's pic link isn't working (neither is mary's, so it's villagephotos or whatever), so i can't see all the other pictures of her. but go check out that cutie on michelle's link! just knowing about hannah made me love her instantly, but now that i've seen a picture of her, i feel even more love and complete excitement at getting to see her in 26 days!!!
let's see, what else...
well, i had jury duty on wednesday.
i was dreading it, but
it was actually fun, if you can believe that!
you know how anything run by the govt usually has really rude people working (example: the bmv rudeness and condescending tone) who make you feel stupid? well, totally different scene at the courthouse, we (and by we i mean 500 jurors who had been called that morning) had an hour long orientation, which was amusing because the guy was funny. and they were UNDERSTANDING about things, like "if you forgot your juror ticket that was mailed to you, don't worry." etc. i sat around and read until about 11:00,when i got called to a courtroom with 50 other people. they started the selection process and then we had a 90minute break for lunch. i met matt, who is only 3 blocks away from the courthouse, and we went to horton plaza to eat and browse around. it was so fun--it's the first time i've met him for lunch downtown! then i went back and the jury selection continued (one of the potential jurors reminded me of mike serratto, saying strange things and making me crack up--he got the boot, of course). i really wanted to be picked by the end! but alas, i wasn't even called up to be questioned, which is actually okay, since it was going to be a 5 day trial.
today we're going to attempt to paint our living room.
i think we'll have to rent a ladder at home depot in order to do that, though.
the color is difficult to describe, but i'll try: it's sort of a creamy tan/caramel/honey color. it's called arizona tan, but i'm going to do a little bit lighter color wash over it to give it some depth and texture. if anyone comes here and can describe the color, be my guest!
our neighbor, artie, just told us that he's putting pergo flooring on his whole bottom floor--so jealous!!! i want to do that with our upstairs so bad! but i don't have $2000 just sitting around.
i think we're going to see a school of rock matinee tomorrow.
glad to hear that dad and justin liked it!
welp,
i'm going to prep our room for painting!
tracey
Monday, September 29, 2003
yay! hannah michelle good came into this world at 9:50 am, weighing in at 7 pounds, 11 ounces.
ryan and michelle are now PARENTS for the rest of their lives--wow!
i can't wait to hear every detail about your beautiful daughter!!!
i can't wait to kiss my NIECE on her sweet chubby cheeks in one month!!!
my husband is home and i'm happy.
i went to such a beautiful wedding yesterday.
my girlfriend, janice, got married in mexico (about an hour away from here)
at a resort on a cliff overlooking the ocean. it was so beautiful.
and the food was so yummy!
and right after the ceremony (i'm talking 60 seconds), waiters came by the aisles with
big trays of tropical drinks in tall glasses--so fun!!!
the reception was in a big white tent right next to the ceremony so it was fun to just
sit around and chat and look at the ocean while we waited for all the pictures to be taken.
it was the best time i've had in between the ceremony and reception of any wedding i've ever been to!
i'm getting excited for christmas (emily, you're probably the only one who gets ready before i do!)
but i won't allow myself to decorate or play music or wrap presents or anything until november 1st.
that gives me a good 2 months to celebrate!!!
but what i can do now is start MAKING PLANS about which presents i'm going to buy,
how i want to decorate, the mixes i'm going to make, etc... so i can still start to get excited without
having matt make too much fun of me for being out of control!!!
welp, i'm taking off now.
have a great night!
tracey
ryan and michelle are now PARENTS for the rest of their lives--wow!
i can't wait to hear every detail about your beautiful daughter!!!
i can't wait to kiss my NIECE on her sweet chubby cheeks in one month!!!
my husband is home and i'm happy.
i went to such a beautiful wedding yesterday.
my girlfriend, janice, got married in mexico (about an hour away from here)
at a resort on a cliff overlooking the ocean. it was so beautiful.
and the food was so yummy!
and right after the ceremony (i'm talking 60 seconds), waiters came by the aisles with
big trays of tropical drinks in tall glasses--so fun!!!
the reception was in a big white tent right next to the ceremony so it was fun to just
sit around and chat and look at the ocean while we waited for all the pictures to be taken.
it was the best time i've had in between the ceremony and reception of any wedding i've ever been to!
i'm getting excited for christmas (emily, you're probably the only one who gets ready before i do!)
but i won't allow myself to decorate or play music or wrap presents or anything until november 1st.
that gives me a good 2 months to celebrate!!!
but what i can do now is start MAKING PLANS about which presents i'm going to buy,
how i want to decorate, the mixes i'm going to make, etc... so i can still start to get excited without
having matt make too much fun of me for being out of control!!!
welp, i'm taking off now.
have a great night!
tracey
Friday, September 26, 2003
yay!
it's friday!
and it's the first cloudy day in a long time. so strange. but very cool this morning as i pulled up to school and a giant cloud was just covering the place. it was all misty to walk through, and then normal on the other side!
justin, i'm pumped for the cd--i looked at them for a sec online, does the girl sing? i hope so.
i plan on getting a lot of things done this weekend, but right now i just want to blob out around this house, maybe even in bed.
i miss my husband!!! but now i can make salmon for dinner. and other stuff matt won't eat. :)
matt, i hope you're having a great time!
michelle, i'm so sorry about alpha--that does seem ridiculous, i hope those people find other groups to get plugged into. can YOU just continue with them on your own? i mean, you don't have anything else going on, like having a daughter or anything!!!
happy anniversary mom and dad, in case i don't get to the computer on your actual day!
well, i'm going to watch trading spaces now!
but i'll end with a
funny quote from a kid (i've heard this many times!!!):
peanut kindergartener looking around my room: is this your room?
me: yes, it is! what do you think, do you like it?
him: where is your bed?
me: oh, i don't live here.
him: why?
me: because i live in my own house.
him: why?
me: alright, moving on....
-tracey
it's friday!
and it's the first cloudy day in a long time. so strange. but very cool this morning as i pulled up to school and a giant cloud was just covering the place. it was all misty to walk through, and then normal on the other side!
justin, i'm pumped for the cd--i looked at them for a sec online, does the girl sing? i hope so.
i plan on getting a lot of things done this weekend, but right now i just want to blob out around this house, maybe even in bed.
i miss my husband!!! but now i can make salmon for dinner. and other stuff matt won't eat. :)
matt, i hope you're having a great time!
michelle, i'm so sorry about alpha--that does seem ridiculous, i hope those people find other groups to get plugged into. can YOU just continue with them on your own? i mean, you don't have anything else going on, like having a daughter or anything!!!
happy anniversary mom and dad, in case i don't get to the computer on your actual day!
well, i'm going to watch trading spaces now!
but i'll end with a
funny quote from a kid (i've heard this many times!!!):
peanut kindergartener looking around my room: is this your room?
me: yes, it is! what do you think, do you like it?
him: where is your bed?
me: oh, i don't live here.
him: why?
me: because i live in my own house.
him: why?
me: alright, moving on....
-tracey
Thursday, September 25, 2003
some nice posts, people.
matt, yours was so sweet. i love you.
and i, like mary and michael, love the part about the music (no need to record the quote for a fourth time, agreed?)
mare, i'm so like you with being able to connect with God in music that doesn't necessarily have godly lyrics--so many times i'm worshipful when listening to ben folds, over the rhine, norah jones, cush, dashboard, jimmy, elliott, etc etc. etc!
matt left me this morning for bg
i'm excited for him to visit with everyone
and eat pollyeyes and dairy queen (and trotters?)
i took him to the airport around 6:00, and don't really have to be at work until 8:00, so i'm actually doing a load of laundry and some other random chores.
i'm pretty proud of myself--this is the first time i've been able to keep a place really neat and clean. i think i'm much more motivated now that we own this place and have started to decorate it in our style. it makes me want to keep it nice and uncluttered. a first!
last night we went to hodad's since i had a buy 1, get 1 free deal. we ate in the window seat so we could look out at everyone walking by and smell the ocean air. then we went to the farmer's market and bought 3 little cacti (spelling of plural cactus--i've never had to do that before!). matt has been wanting some since we moved here. (actually i did buy him one a while ago, but he put it on top of the entertainment center and knocked it behind it within one day of having it. therefore, we didn't see it again until we moved at the end of august!). so we put these new guys in our kitchen window. yay!
had nice long conversations with michelle and emily in the past few days. it was good to chat with both of you!
things are clearing up at school.
it's not really appropriate to post on a blog
but i can say that i haven't felt safe at one of my schools.
we had a team meeting and thankfully everyone agreed that the child will be going to another school
where his needs will be met by actual trained professionals.
hopefully that will go through as soon as possible, too.
i have some stuff on my to do list while matt is gone.
get important papers in order, MAIL some birthday presents!, hem some curtains, etc.
matt made me promise that i wouldn't paint our family room while he was gone. i told him there's no way i could do it by myself, anyways. and he said, "well i never know with you if you're going to pull a trading spaces on me." (actually, it's "while you were out"--and that's michelle's job next year for their great room!)
well everyone, i suppose i must get going to work.
it's strange to be productive this early in the morning before i even go to my job!
have a great day!
tracey
p.s. i love how God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow
no matter what we are going through...
what an UNBELIEVABLE comfort!!!
in this cyclical pattern i feel you
the back and forth
and up and down
You stay where You are
--sixpence--
matt, yours was so sweet. i love you.
and i, like mary and michael, love the part about the music (no need to record the quote for a fourth time, agreed?)
mare, i'm so like you with being able to connect with God in music that doesn't necessarily have godly lyrics--so many times i'm worshipful when listening to ben folds, over the rhine, norah jones, cush, dashboard, jimmy, elliott, etc etc. etc!
matt left me this morning for bg
i'm excited for him to visit with everyone
and eat pollyeyes and dairy queen (and trotters?)
i took him to the airport around 6:00, and don't really have to be at work until 8:00, so i'm actually doing a load of laundry and some other random chores.
i'm pretty proud of myself--this is the first time i've been able to keep a place really neat and clean. i think i'm much more motivated now that we own this place and have started to decorate it in our style. it makes me want to keep it nice and uncluttered. a first!
last night we went to hodad's since i had a buy 1, get 1 free deal. we ate in the window seat so we could look out at everyone walking by and smell the ocean air. then we went to the farmer's market and bought 3 little cacti (spelling of plural cactus--i've never had to do that before!). matt has been wanting some since we moved here. (actually i did buy him one a while ago, but he put it on top of the entertainment center and knocked it behind it within one day of having it. therefore, we didn't see it again until we moved at the end of august!). so we put these new guys in our kitchen window. yay!
had nice long conversations with michelle and emily in the past few days. it was good to chat with both of you!
things are clearing up at school.
it's not really appropriate to post on a blog
but i can say that i haven't felt safe at one of my schools.
we had a team meeting and thankfully everyone agreed that the child will be going to another school
where his needs will be met by actual trained professionals.
hopefully that will go through as soon as possible, too.
i have some stuff on my to do list while matt is gone.
get important papers in order, MAIL some birthday presents!, hem some curtains, etc.
matt made me promise that i wouldn't paint our family room while he was gone. i told him there's no way i could do it by myself, anyways. and he said, "well i never know with you if you're going to pull a trading spaces on me." (actually, it's "while you were out"--and that's michelle's job next year for their great room!)
well everyone, i suppose i must get going to work.
it's strange to be productive this early in the morning before i even go to my job!
have a great day!
tracey
p.s. i love how God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow
no matter what we are going through...
what an UNBELIEVABLE comfort!!!
in this cyclical pattern i feel you
the back and forth
and up and down
You stay where You are
--sixpence--
Monday, September 22, 2003
weird days at work
and sleepless nights
i think it is getting better though.
i just have a situation at one school
with a child and his behavior issue
(or possession, really).
just praying that it gets cleared up and that no one gets hurt.
on to better things, though.
YES, mary--we are getting a dog someday!
but not until we are strapped down with kids :)
we like to travel too much right now!
not only that, our condo does not allow us to have dogs--so even if we were ready for a dog, it would be a no go.
but we get our fix every now and again at dog beach right down the road from us.
in fact, we went there yesterday and saw all those crazies running around, playing, and swimming in the ocean--so cute and fun!
p.s. we're finally sending your birthday present mare--we had it with us in san fran this summer, but since we didn't get to see you, it sort of got lost in the shuffle of moving. i'm planning a trip to the post office either tomorrow or weds!!!! have no fear!!!
as far as other bday ideas for me: i know it is not as much fun to buy, but i really want to get some stuff from home depot for our deck area, so a gift certificate directed that way could be nice!
things on my wish list:
lemon tree ($17)
lime tree ($20)
bamboo fencing ($21)
fiscus plant ($12)
palm tree ($50-100)-ha!
other cool tropical plants ($5-15)
we saw lost in translation the other night and it was interesting.
bill murray had some hilarious moments, plot was a tad slow, and i had that feeling of "no, don't do it!" throughout.
the scenes from tokyo were worth it all, though, and they really captured that feeling of loneliness and culture shock that comes from visiting a different country. it really made me want to go visit there someday (when someone i know lives there and can take us around- i don't know if i could figure that deal out from travel books!).
welp, i'm going to spend time with my honey!
bye!
and sleepless nights
i think it is getting better though.
i just have a situation at one school
with a child and his behavior issue
(or possession, really).
just praying that it gets cleared up and that no one gets hurt.
on to better things, though.
YES, mary--we are getting a dog someday!
but not until we are strapped down with kids :)
we like to travel too much right now!
not only that, our condo does not allow us to have dogs--so even if we were ready for a dog, it would be a no go.
but we get our fix every now and again at dog beach right down the road from us.
in fact, we went there yesterday and saw all those crazies running around, playing, and swimming in the ocean--so cute and fun!
p.s. we're finally sending your birthday present mare--we had it with us in san fran this summer, but since we didn't get to see you, it sort of got lost in the shuffle of moving. i'm planning a trip to the post office either tomorrow or weds!!!! have no fear!!!
as far as other bday ideas for me: i know it is not as much fun to buy, but i really want to get some stuff from home depot for our deck area, so a gift certificate directed that way could be nice!
things on my wish list:
lemon tree ($17)
lime tree ($20)
bamboo fencing ($21)
fiscus plant ($12)
palm tree ($50-100)-ha!
other cool tropical plants ($5-15)
we saw lost in translation the other night and it was interesting.
bill murray had some hilarious moments, plot was a tad slow, and i had that feeling of "no, don't do it!" throughout.
the scenes from tokyo were worth it all, though, and they really captured that feeling of loneliness and culture shock that comes from visiting a different country. it really made me want to go visit there someday (when someone i know lives there and can take us around- i don't know if i could figure that deal out from travel books!).
welp, i'm going to spend time with my honey!
bye!