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Thursday, March 31, 2011

She and They



She is on spring break this week...

They are not.

She painted her office a sunny yellow...

They had homework and chores.

She made a new taquito recipe this week...

They liked it.

She is busy organizing her life with about a zillion "to-do" lists...

They are happily unorganized.

She finally remembered to put the recycling out...

They finally remembered to clear their breakfast dishes.

She has reluctantly had to get up early every day of her spring break...

They didn't want to get up early either.

She and they are reading a book together called The Liberation of Gabriel King...

They love the book...

She loves them!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Chicago happenings

Can you believe how awesome our room was from HOTWIRE??? It was ginormous...and that is always good when you have girls and outfits and hair and late night snacking... Left to Right:



  1. The Grand Lux Cafe...so yummy/awesome! We even got a seat right there in that window area...it was cozy...warm...and yummy.

  2. The next picture is a view of the gardens on the tops of the neighboring buildings. We also spied on the people in the other buildings and made up names and stories for them. Some of the names included...Shelly, Kathy, Ribsy, and Grandpa Joe. I won't even get into the fabulous stories that were invented about them!

  3. The room again...with a MURPHY bed!! :)

  4. Sophie standing in front of the coolest lightbulb fixture/exhibit at Urban Outfitters. So illuminating, don't you think?


Can't LOVE Chicago enough...I think I will live there one day!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Chicago Spring Fun!!

Oh my, do I ever love the city!!

Izzy, Sophie and I spent a long weekend in the city and walked our ever-lovin' legs off!

Here are a few of our highlights...

How nice to spend time with these lovelies!


Einstein Brothers bagels for breakfast every morning...

WALK, walk, walking all day...

Good food, LOTS of shopping, and LOTS of laughs! More to come on this trip!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Just thinking...

You know, as I was sorting mountains of laundry last night, it occurred to me how much I LOVE the mundane tasks of life. Once I give myself over to them (and that is sometimes a HUGE obstacle), they give me joy.

It is different joy, though, than the usual kind...it is more subdued...more joy via satisfaction of doing a job, getting it done, and checking it off of my long list...joy in thinking...I should have done this earlier--it wasn't so bad...joy in caring for my family...joy in "no clutter"...but mostly...joy that comes through thinking while I'm completing all of those tasks!



I love the time to just think.



I always thought that my best ideas usually come to me in the shower, but I've noticed that they also come to me when I'm taking the time to do all of the mundane trivialities of life...




So...thank you, dishes...

Love you, vacuuming...

My best to you, laundry...

You've got me

thinking...

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Cassie Week!!! :)

We loved our week with Cassie again! Here are some highlights!