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Rose's Theology

Yesterday, Rose tooted.

The conversation was as follows...

M: Rosie, did you toot?
R: Nooo! Mommy!
M: No, it wasn't Mommy.
R: Eelow (willow)! Daddy!
M: No, it wasn't willow or daddy.
R: Papa! Mimi!
M: No, it wasn't papa or mimi.
R: Jesus!

I mean, I suppose it's possible...since he was fully God and fully Man.

Exercise...

is not a four letter word, but boy, it makes me want to curse sometimes...

So it's been 5 weeks now of exercising. No super weight loss - maybe a couple of pounds...maybe an inch or so here and there..but I can definitely feel that I'm in better shape and that i'm stronger.

last night, i added level 2 to my Biggest Loser boot camp workout with Bob the trainer... and OH MY LORD IN HEAVEN....

rema talks about "monkey strength"...that last little bit when you think you have nothing left, and then you yell "monkey strength!" to get through it... yeah, that was me for all of the 2nd level...i mean, i was doing jumping jacks while holding weights for crying out loud.

steve was laughing at me.

but i think it's a testament to how far i've come that i was able to get through the entire workout (45 minutes)....holy moly.

i told steve, now that i know what level 2 is, i'm scared to do it again. haha.

seriously.

so that's me and exercising...sticking with it seriously for the first time in my entire life.

Go Phillies!

That was exciting, I'll admit it. It's too bad I didn't develop a greater like of baseball before we moved away... but even tho' we're in TX, I think we both will always claim the philly teams for our own... b/c frankly, the cowboys aren't even an alternative. blech.

I think that Willow playing t-ball has dramatically increased my interest in baseball...I actually enjoyed watching the game. wow!

I think I'm even going to watch the world series...i just hope they sweep it so i don't have to watch 7 whole games (shudder).

I think my biggest problem is how long it takes..but to me, baseball is INFINITELY better than football.

At the end of the top of the 9th (ooo, marvel at my baseball speak), i actually kicked my feet in a celebratory fashion.

Go Phillies!

Bicycle Fairy

Life Updates

1. our very awesome friend got us tickets to go see the Swell Season in november. i am so excited about that!!!

2. i was at lunch today, telling the in-laws about the above gift, and God's awesomeness, when steve comes back inside from taking a phone call. i ask "who was that?" and he says "dave (our realtor) - we close on the 2oth". i promptly burst into tears.

3. tears were short lived b/c willow kept asking me something unrelated to our topic of conversation...

4. Go God!

5. i realize it's not done till it's done...so feel free to pray that everything can go smoothly, and that we can, in fact, close on November 20th. we may make a little $$...not much...but that's fine. we just want to sell.

6. rose said "love you mommy" for the first time the other day - all on her own with no prompting. it was very sweet. my first thought though was "it's about time!"

7. t-ball continues to truck along. if we show up, the rest of the team better show up too...yesterday was a forfeit for lack of players, but she got to play a scrimmage game anyway.

8. willow and rose ask every day to do homework (b/c they see their cousins doing homework)...so we pull out the workbooks and have "school".

9. willow's learning her violin christmas songs for granny's group performances in december. on tap are the bass pro shop and a senior retirement place...not sure what the other 2 will be. aahhh memories. i played many of those...many many many...

Hospice Visit

I went today to see patient A. After playing for awhile, we did the whole her humming along while I play or while I sing. It went pretty well. Then, I played Jesus Loves Me, and she remembered that one. So we did it a few different times with her humming. At one point, I sang the words with her, and she was able to sing them. That was very cool. Our last thing we did before just visiting, etc... was I played JLM on the violin and sang it...and she sang with me in perfect harmony. I got goosebumps. Seriously.

State Fair

Last week, the girls and I were at Granny's for Mama T's visit. We had a fun time hanging out.

Wednesday, we went to the State Fair (i'll put more pics on facebook of rides, etc)...

hmm...what's wrong with this pic? haha.


group shot...i'm really working the "mom" look here... that's my mom and my grandmother. 4 generations! and no, we did not try the fried butter.

Over this last weekend, Steve and I went to homecoming at SOSU (his bachelor degree alma mater)... we went to the game, froze our tushes (it was in the 30's with the windchill, and we expected 70 and sunny, so you can imagine we were not dressed for it)...then that evening, a play done by the theatre dept, followed by a theatre alumni reception. fun times. also, kid free.


Here's a random pic from a couple of weeks ago, just 'cause it's cute.

T-Ball

Willow's team won today, and she scored 1 run, and made it to home plate another time (although that was a forced out). The ball even came towards her a couple of times in the outfield...she hustled for it and threw it somewhere - which is what we expected of her. :)

A fun time with friends and family. Thanks for coming out!