Wishful Thinking

I like so many others missed 11.11.11. It would have been nice to write something about it but, to tell you the truth, I rarely know the correct date. Today I know it is the 12th because yesterday was the 11th and I missed it. I believe today is Saturday (I have been off a day all week) and that will have to be enough. Someday I will get it together and remember these kinds of things.

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PS. Behind me is a conversation between our foster boys that "monkey pants" is not a nice thing to say.

Best Friends

Dylan has formed a close friendship with a chicken. He calls her Best Friend, unless you ask him and then he calls her Blue. He lets her in the house whenever no one is looking. Its funny how much she likes him. They hang out a lot. Snack time with Best Friend.
A walk with Best Friend.
Story time with Best Friend

Who is your best friend?

October 27

I knew this day would come, it is a day that I have been dreading. Inevitable I know but slightly depressing none the less. A disheartening feeling fell on the ground in the form of snow. SNOW! Its too early for this.
The only up side, aside from the cold and the wet, is that it is beautiful. I love the way it looks but hate the way it feels.

Pumpkins

This year I really wanted to carve pumpkins. So I did! I can't claim originality on the face above. I saw it in a magazine and he was just so dang cute I had to have one. I tried something new, so my brain wouldn't get mushy, I did pumpkin scraping. I taped pressed maple leaves to the sides and using a pin I poked the outline. Then I attacked it with the finest green little exact-o knife that I owned. The result was really cool, however, I left it inside too long and it went moldy. Thus the odd discolorations seen in the photo. The red heads each did a pumpkin as well and I must say they did very well.

401

My last post was my 400th post and I failed to mention it. That's a number I can live with! This is post 401! Anywho, our diet is over (thank heavens). Fifteen days have never felt so long. It wasn't all bad, the fruit was good and I have a new enjoyment for various squashes. The last few days were the hardest, we caved on the evening of day 14 and ordered a pizza. Autumn is over here, the leaves are not very pretty anymore. Again this year we made it to ride the ski lift. The weather was perfect and the leaves were at the peak of perfection.


"And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken." Isaiah 40:5

A Wedding

Last week I went to my friends wedding. It was wonderful! I was so happy I cried. The wedding had a theme of country casual (cowboy boots and jeans) and I had nothing to fit the bill. So I went shopping with the thought that it was going to be difficult. I thought I had prepared myself enough but I was wrong. I got so frustrated I almost cried. Why am I such a weird shape? In one brand they fit around the waist but weren't long enough. When I found a pair that were long enough they didn't fit around my waist. One size was too small but the next size up was too big. Then I found a pair that fit both around my waist and were long enough but there were too big through the hips. This went on through four different stores. And what I thought would be a quick run to the store turned into a all day affair. The shoes were worse. I really wanted a nice pair of boots, they didn't have to be cowboy boots, just boots. But no, nothing can be easy. To cut that story short I wore a pair I already had. I finally gave up on the pants and on the way out of the store a grabbed a nice looking pair off the rack and bought them without even trying them on. I didn't know if they would fit or not I was just so sick of pants at that point I didn't care. The next day I tried them on and they fit perfectly! If I had know that was how it was going to work I would have randomly bought stuff in the first place and saved myself the trouble. In the end it didn't matter, I had such a good time at the wedding that not once did I ever think about what I was wearing.

Drinking The Yard

So this juice fast/diet is hard. Harder then the Daniel fast. It requires us to drink green juices that smell like freshly cut grass. Yum. We are also allowed to eat fruit and veggie dishes, so we have a little bit of variety. I am, however, getting sick of zucchini. Maybe if I Photograph it in different lighting it will taste better. Or add a pretty pink straw. Somehow, I think not.
I have wedding to go to Saturday and I will be taking a break for the reception. Because not eating the really really good food would be a insult...right?