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10 on the 10th (July edition)
By Moriah on July 10th, 2010
1. I have several unrelated loose-endish things I’ve been wanting to jot down here, so Meredith’s 10 on the 10th is the perfect place for a random list!
2. We just came out of a very stressful week. I’m glad to be on this side. God is always faithful and always good.
3. I FINALLY took Arianna to get her first portraits done. (We always use Penney’s because it’s $5 for a whole package.) I was so good about doing the 6 wk, 3-6-9 mo, one year, 18mo, etc. pictures with the other kids but here she is, closing in on 9 months and I still hadn’t taken her. They turned out stinking cute. If you want a peek, I can email you the files but I’m not sure about the copyrights for posting them here. Just let me know.
4. Remember I did that spring kids’ consignment sale? There’s an adult sale here next week and I’ve been procrastinating getting my old unused stuff and clothes ready to sell. It’s stressful adding such a huge project on top of four kids and a house. BUT, I want to use it for my personal clothing fund for the rest of the summer/fall, so I’m making myself get it done. And my, how my tastes have changed. (The sale is also taking household goods. Goodbye, attic miscellany.)
5. A couple months ago Andy and I went to a Crown Financial seminar and have been moving towards a cash system (as well as cutting various things out and downgrading others). It’s a lot of work but I know it will be worth it in the end. I will say that it’s amazing how much less we can live on with some effort and creativity.
6. Madeline has been begging me to wear her Easter dress again to church. It is in dire need of ironing, so I kept putting her off and then it was the 4th of July. So along with those items I need to iron for the sale, her dress must be done today. Need to get on that!
7. I took this photo of Arianna this afternoon and it made me laugh.
It also reminded me to mention that, yes, I AM still cloth diapering. (Probably about 85% of the time.) I’ve got a load washing right this very second. (She’s wearing a GroBaby in that photo.)
8. Thanks to all you sweet bloggers who linked up to the first Fun Mom Friday. (And by the way, the linky will be open all weekend in case there are people still wanting to participate.) I hope you got a chance to click around; there were some good ideas out there!
9. Amanda wrote a good post on blog etiquette as it relates to commenting, so I wont rehash the topic (even though Mer and I were just discussing maybe doing a joint mini-series for the new-to-blogging-peeps). I KNOW that I could be better about it, but it’s also true that we only have so many hours in a day. For myself, I’ve considered turning them off altogether just because I’d waste a lot less time checking for email.
10. Since we’re not paying for anyone to be in Mothers Day Out or school during the summer, I hired a college-aged friend from church to come over a couple hours a week. I meant to work in the attic yesterday (for that blasted sale) while she entertained the kids, but instead Andy and I went to the bank, filled up his car, and grocery shopped. (I can’t decide how pathetic it is that we used our date to run errands.) But the funny part was, when we got home and parked, he opened the back of his car and the watermelon flew out, rolled down the driveway and across the street, landing in the ditch on the other side. (I was glad it had come from Aldi and wasn’t very expensive.)
So there you have it. Hope your Saturday is free of chasing stray watermelons!
9 Responses to “10 on the 10th (July edition)”
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You’re the second person I know that had a sad, runaway watermelon tale to tell this week!
We used to use date time to run errands. It’s just SO much easier. Not lame or pathetic at all.
And I loved your fun mom friday idea. I’ll be back next week…
I did think it was funny that two posts were about sno cones…and two posts were about STL.
Off to read that etiquette link now.
Have a great weekend.
We also use our date times for errands occasionally. Either that or we get in the car, close the doors and look at each other and go, “What are we going to do?” We are excellant planners, as you can tell.
Did you see the Grocery Shrink guest post on the Nester’s blog this week? I just read her story and she and her husband used Dave Ramsey’s cash system to pay off $100,000 in debt in like six months. Crazy!! She’s got great tips! We are just starting out, too and it can be so overwhelming to figure out how to make everything work.
Hi friend! Just got back from, ahem, Cancun…and got your text msg. I totally was not thinking about CFA on Tuesday. =) (No offense or nothin). But my parents took the kids! HA! I love that pic of A. with her cloth diaper, chewing on a toy, like a happy happy baby. What’s the adult consignment sale? And we did Crown back 6 years ago or so. Wonderful stuff. And ditto Dave Ramsey, we are big DR fans! Hopefully see you tomorrow?!?
love the list…
I use cloth about 85% of the time…LOVE the cute little bottoms in them!
Hee hee, LOVE it when babies hold things in their mouths! Lil Chick usually walks around with a single duplo or a sock dangling from her mouth :)
(thanks for the linky love! :)
I always try to leave a comment, almost always! :)
Sorry I failed at FMF, but glad you got some response!
Hello, I saw your post earlier about commenting…so I’m commenting! :) I like your fun mom friday idea and have enjoyed reading about the adventures of your kids. Thanks for sharing!
Commenting is hard for a newbie like me. Oftentimes I am reading blogs from Google reader on my phone while feeding the baby. Is there any way to comment easily from Google reader? Anybody know?
If you have Better GReader. I can email you about it later. :)