"Mom, do you think this looks like John McCain? I know this looks like Barack Obama."
Monday, September 29, 2008
Wonders of Nature
We took the boys on a hike yesterday, and saw this on a bridge. I think I've seen walking sticks about 4-5 times in my whole life, so seeing 2 walking sticks, uh, having fun, I'm sure we'll never see again. Quite remarkable.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Me and Buzz
A few nights ago I had to take Buzz to the library, since he forgot his book at school. I initially told my husband we'd be back shortly, but 20 minutes later we were still nose-deep in books, and we still hadn't visited the sale table. We were in our natural habitat: the library.
Fast forward to tonite, and it is quiet and still in the house, the younger two being gone with their daddy to the store, leaving me and Buzz in a quiet house. Both of us reading (yes, I know I'm typing right now), but both of enjoying the quiet of a good book. Sometimes I wonder if the kids will take after me in some way, and tonite I see clearly one feature that brings me very close to Buzz, and it tickles me. I wonder if he'll think about me in that way, too, someday when he picks up a good book.
Fast forward to tonite, and it is quiet and still in the house, the younger two being gone with their daddy to the store, leaving me and Buzz in a quiet house. Both of us reading (yes, I know I'm typing right now), but both of enjoying the quiet of a good book. Sometimes I wonder if the kids will take after me in some way, and tonite I see clearly one feature that brings me very close to Buzz, and it tickles me. I wonder if he'll think about me in that way, too, someday when he picks up a good book.
Waiting
I'm playing the greatest "waiting game" now, called "beat the freezer." You wait to go to the grocery store until you've got almost nothing left. It's going to be close, but I'm really trying to wait this one out as long as I can. I've spent a lot of time waiting this week. Some of it is the general type of waiting: in line at the grocery store deli, waiting for the school bus to come. Some of it was the type of waiting you don't really like to do: waiting in the doctor's office, waiting for results, waiting for my bathroom cleaner to actually start taking the soap scum off the walls. I've even been watching and waiting, like the rest of the country, to see what is happening to our economic system, and I imagine I'll be waiting to see it trickle down my way.
It's kind of hard to wait in this day and age, since we can text each other (something I can do now--wow!), email, make that phone call and reach someone instantaneously. I can have a meal in minutes, thanks to the microwave. I can watch an episode of Law and Order apparently 24-7-365, so no need to wait for that show each week. I can also get a good bottle of red wine and enjoy it now, rather than letting it age. I can get to most any store in my area in about 10 minutes. I can even find out if I'm pregnant in a minute (I'm not--so no need to comment on that, okay?).
Last night, I found myself waiting for something I just dread: The bear was up, complaining of a headache. I gave him the appropriate medicine, which then upset his stomach, so I was up at 2 am waiting with a bucket to see what would happen next. I kept thinking, "well, if he barfs, then it's only a matter of time before the others fall. Then it's a matter of waiting to get everyone well again." Turns out, it was just the medicine, not the headache that upset his tum, and he eventually fell asleep, so I went back to bed to do something I love waiting for: falling asleep.
I suppose my purpose of writing this entry is because I believe it's all about how you handle the waiting. Do you sit and stew, worry, and plan for the worst? What do you do while you wait? Pray, plan, think, analyze, reorganize. Good lesson for grown-ups, really, to sit back and wait. Teaching my kids how to wait is an important lesson, too. They need to learn that they cannot always have a snack right now, they cannot go play right now, they need to sit and wait and that sometimes it just takes longer to find the outcome.
Well, I guess I'll go back to waiting, but I'll keep on living in the meantime.
It's kind of hard to wait in this day and age, since we can text each other (something I can do now--wow!), email, make that phone call and reach someone instantaneously. I can have a meal in minutes, thanks to the microwave. I can watch an episode of Law and Order apparently 24-7-365, so no need to wait for that show each week. I can also get a good bottle of red wine and enjoy it now, rather than letting it age. I can get to most any store in my area in about 10 minutes. I can even find out if I'm pregnant in a minute (I'm not--so no need to comment on that, okay?).
Last night, I found myself waiting for something I just dread: The bear was up, complaining of a headache. I gave him the appropriate medicine, which then upset his stomach, so I was up at 2 am waiting with a bucket to see what would happen next. I kept thinking, "well, if he barfs, then it's only a matter of time before the others fall. Then it's a matter of waiting to get everyone well again." Turns out, it was just the medicine, not the headache that upset his tum, and he eventually fell asleep, so I went back to bed to do something I love waiting for: falling asleep.
I suppose my purpose of writing this entry is because I believe it's all about how you handle the waiting. Do you sit and stew, worry, and plan for the worst? What do you do while you wait? Pray, plan, think, analyze, reorganize. Good lesson for grown-ups, really, to sit back and wait. Teaching my kids how to wait is an important lesson, too. They need to learn that they cannot always have a snack right now, they cannot go play right now, they need to sit and wait and that sometimes it just takes longer to find the outcome.
Well, I guess I'll go back to waiting, but I'll keep on living in the meantime.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
The view from our house
The city balloon race is this weekend, and the test run for the balloons ran a path directly over our house. What a thrill for the kids! They lay on the ground, trying to spell out "hi" so the balloon operators would see them (they actually spelled "ih"), then attempted yelling to get their attention. We did get one to wave! About a dozen balloons altogether passed over the house.
Hurricane Ike's impact
Sunday, the remnants of the hurricane blew through our area, causing flash flooding of small creeks and rivers. Here's a few pics of the impact after the water went down. Note the water level on the fences.
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