Here are some of the bits and pieces that today was made of:
I sorted through piles of pictures in preparation for assembling the family photo book. Looking through all the pictures reminds me of all the fun things we’ve done and inspires me to do more fun things. It is more than just a desire to have more events to photograph. It is a reminder that all the fun stuff is the reason for the stress and that if I let stress eliminate the fun things, then my life is wrong side out.
Last night Gleek requested to have sponge curlers put into her hair. This meant that today she had beautiful ringlets. She felt beautiful too. I could tell by the way that she bobbed her head to make the curls bounce.
Biology homework is much more fun when you use a shrink wrapper, hair gel, and beads to create a three dimensional model of a cell. As an added bonus, you can squish everything around when you’re done.
Snow. We woke up to snow this morning and I was forced to realize that winter is in fact on the way. Howard joined me at the window and tried to cheer me up by calling the light dusting just “holiday sprinkles.” I don’t think that the holiday sprinkles should be allowed until after I’ve managed to get outside and rake up the carpet of leaves covering my lawn.
A friend recently wrote a blog entry about reading How To Be Ridiculously French and chronicled her application of what she learned. The idea is to dress nicely, wear make-up, and be conscious of looking good as you go about your business. I decided to give it a try for church today. I curled my hair, wore some make up, and picked fancy ear rings. I don’t know that I really felt French, but it was still kind of fun. I definitely felt more attractive than usual. It was a good way to break out of the impending winter doldrums brought on by the snow.
I don’t know why wearing an apron made cooking more fun, but it did.
Kiki and I bought flowers last week. They are still beautiful in my kitchen with warm autumn colors.
Apples make a really nice addition to chicken-pot-pie. I threw them in at the last minute and they were the best part.
I’ve just been pounced by a pair of giggle kids. Time to go giggle now.