The UnNecessary "To Do" List

In a world of too many options, there is much to do, see, and experience. There is a large number of things that I would do if the opportunity were to drop into my lap (or the money, for that matter). They would be so fun! but they aren't things that I am going to actively seek or go out of my way to create the opportunity to accomplish. If they happen, they happen. So given unlimited time and/or money I would:

1)become a stunt car driver
2)write a book
3)go to culinary school
4)design a clothing line, accessories included (jewelry, hats, cloves, purses, and shoes!)
5)become a wedding planner
6)have fresh flowers follow me everywhere I go
7)swing on vines in a jungle somewhere
8)learn to speak French fluently
9)visit France, and all the other places whose histories I know so well but there modern realities I've only met in pictures, oh so many pictures.
10)take a voyage on a tall ship, dressed like a pirate and a victorian age upperclass woman's wardrobe in the back for when the weather is cooler
11)walk down the Red Carpet!
12)drive a convertible with a scarf over my hair and white lace gloves! (preferably a 66ish Thunderbird or Mustang!)
13)learn to Ballroom dance.
14)surf and scuba dive

15)do a historic reenactment preferably something Revolutionary Warish
15) make a flapper dress

I'm curious...what's on your Unnecessary To Do list?

Perspective

"It's not about living another man's life, it's about seeing your own differently."
-A Man on A Tractor, redone by Rodney Atkins

Enter: The Ocelot

We have a beautiful new baby girl, she's now a couple weeks old but still not quite 6 lbs and just over 18 inches long.

Coming home from the hospital

Just plain adorable

She is a joy to our home! I've loved all the pink, purple, flowers, and hairbows!

A Photo Update

Our first Snow Day of 2009!!

THANKSGIVING VACATION:
Marine Gulf Speciman Lab
The Tallahassee Jr. Museum (or whatever it's been renamed to)
Roller Skating!


Speciman Lab

The Jr. Museum (has a zoo and some historical stuff)

All the animals were right up by the fence! I've been going to this place for years and this is the first time I've had such an awesome view of so many of the animals! I was glad to have Brendan with me since he'd never been before!

Roller Skating: I didn't skate being pregnant and all but it was fun!

You'll have to believe me when I tell you that Brendan was a skater-punk in high school. Long hair with bleached tips, Jinco Jeans, big baggy t-shirts and everything. Here he is trying some moves, I wished we were at a skate park so we could see him do some of his old tricks!

It's been a wonderful time!

It was SO Yummy and then it Made Me Sick

I have some favorite treats, foods, snacks, etc. Well, lots of favorites, in all honesty. But there are a few that I haven't learned to control myself over. You know "Once you pop the fun don't stop!" You really can't eat just ONE potatoe chip, I dare you, see if you can do it. Half a cup of popcorn is a serving size! HA, yeah right! M&M's: I think it's something about the size, the damage just seems like it would never come with sweet chocolate so small. Smarties: I can consume more than half my weight of these things, without even noticing until my tongue starts to tingle and my head starts to throb.

I do not know how NOT to consume TOO MUCH of these
I start eating them and the compulsion takes over...

I have no will (well, I exercise no will),

No restraint (ahem, I exercise no restraint)

No thought except for the joy the taste of this overly salty, chocolatey, sugary, morsel of manna gives me in THIS instant! Sigh, Bliss.

Until about 30 minutes later when the Law of Diminishing Returns has proved its point and I feel sick, oh so very sick...
and yet, I do this repeatedly! The title of the book I'm currently reading is flashing very bright neon in my head
"PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL!"
I also now have a new found understanding for the bugs that fly in to the window over and over and over again. This Time! This Time! This Time! This Time!

Two of My New Favorite Things

1) Designing and Making my kids Halloween CoStUmEs!

2) Spaghetti and Meatball Cupcakes

One of the most exciting things to me about becoming a parent was the reality of making my kids' Halloween costumes! My mom always made mine and my brothers, until we were big enough to assemble our own, or stop Trick or Treating (WHAT? Um yeah, didn't happen at my house...I stopped Trick or Treating because I got married and not before that). I enjoy sewing and Halloween costumes has always been something for me to look forward to. This year my kids are big enough and I decided (because they are not yet big enough to have opinions on costumes, I can dictate) that they would be a Pirate Cap'n and his Scallywag!

Check it out, they turned out AwEsOmE and I am so proud!

In keeping with our pirate festivities Brendan designed our Pumpkin!

A friend of mine bakes cakes and cupcakes for fun and to share. She's ridiculously talented at this and I don't know where she gets her ideas, but they rock! We often sample her yummy goodness of a talent at our bookclub (its a medical student wives group, some are students some the wives of students, we get together exploring Christian literature and making efforts to become better Christian wives--this bookclub is actually another one of my favorite things). Her Spaghetti and Meatball cupcakes are my absolute favorite! They are yummy but they taste ALL the better because they are so StInKiN' CUTE!!

Yep, it's a cupcake!

That's frosting with a chocolatey ball covered with strawberry sauce! AmAzInG! She loves me and made them especially for me for our Fall Party this weekend! I'm so Happy!

Ahh, from the mouth of Sweet Babes

For Family Home Evening tonight we used John 15:12 "This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you." We sang As I have Love You(the primary song) and learned the actions and then we colored/drew pictures showing how we can show love for others. The Elephant was having a wonderful time scribbling, he really is quite good at coloring! It's quite fun! And this evening as he is ordering his scribbles and trying to trace a heart I drew for him he says to me, "WOOK! I do dis because...because...I love Jesus!"

Yeah for FHE lessons that hit home!



Oh, and The Giraffe broke his leg recently, well, four weeks ago. The cast comes off on Thursday...and yeah...I'm just now posting pictures. Blogging is obviously on my backburner...