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email from Paige

on the most current status of Abbey's potty training adventures:

And so, the saga continues!! Abbey's potty training was going really well. She liked using the potty like a big girl, liked telling everyone she met about it, and definitely liked the treats she was getting after using the potty. However, she always wanted to run off (making a beeline to the pantry, in search of a treat, of course) as soon as she was done, leaving a little trail behind her. So, I tried to remind her every time to clean herself. At first, she used her hands, then her shirt. I told her no, no, that wouldn't work. So then, she decided that the hand towel in the bathroom would be good to use (I hope we caught this habit early....who knows how many times she did this without our knowing!). Finally, I think I got it through to her that girls use toilet paper to clean themselves. It appears that she learned her lesson, don't you think?


Oh, the joys of motherhood...but for now, I'll just settle with nieces and nephews! :)

the verdict:

my room painting is complete and I LOVE the color! Pictures to come soon, but not until everything is perfectly in place again (the OCD is coming out in me...). It's very close, but not there yet... and the process was very easy and quick. I had great help (thank you, Brendan!) and was able to knock the whole project out in only a few hours.

Dad, my love for "projects" is steadily increasing. Aren't you proud?!

we can do it!

I'm not sure why, because I've never been any kind of women's lib activist, but I have always loved this picture. And with the remake by Alexis Bledel, I like it almost as much as the original.




it's painting day!!

I finally decided on a color and am painting my room today! This probably doesn't excite most people all that much, but this is like Christmas morning to a designer. I set my alarm for 8 AM so I'd have the whole day to get it done...and I woke up about an hour and a half before my alarm went off, which is indeed earlier than I woke up for Christmas this year.

And the color is:

the darker gray, Metropolitan (which I found the name also to be very fitting for my room in New York City!)

overheard in new york

as I was standing in the lobby of my office this morning and waiting to get on the elevator, the doorman was listening to a radio program blasting these facts.

"...we've hit the highest unemployment rate since 1983... there's no light at the end of the tunnel..... more jobs will be lost in the coming months..."

What a great way to start off the day.

this is touching...

I don't know what it is about the Bushs, but they get me every time.

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Micky D's gets a makeover!

apparently some of these are somewhere in NYC. not so sure, because I've been to a lot of McD's in Manhattan, and never seen any that look like this. I guess I'll have to keep looking...

hard to believe this is really McDonald's, huh?

is this really "news"?

Once again, from the Today Show... they actually did a news segment on THIS???

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I am dreaming of somewhere tropical...and warm. And a place where you can hear waves crashing into the sand. Yes.

faith and deficits

I ran across this article yesterday and then I saw it posted on Kat's blog, as well. It's pretty amazing that this was actually published in the NY Times... Without a doubt, a recommended read on the current devastation of the economy from a Christian perspective.

what happens in Alabama when it snows

Since my Auburn email account is still active, I still get all mass emails sent out by the university (yay...). I got this one yesterday and think it is so hilarious. Maybe it's because I now live in a city where schools close once every five years for snow, and taxis never stop driving and no grocery stores ever run out of milk and bread. Nevertheless, here is what Dean Johnny Green had to say in response to the "blizzard" in Alabama yesterday:

Subject: Classes Tomorrow

I am sorry to report but classes will not be canceled tomorrow. TigerTransit and all university services will open at normal universityhours. If you are out of town and in an area where the weather may bepreventing you from returning to Auburn by tonight or for classestomorrow, please email your professors AND be sure to send me some typeof note to let me know where you are so that I can help with an excuse,if necesary, in any way that I can. For example, if you end up at ahotel out of town, keep a copy of the bill, etc.

Please be sure to monitor the University Home Page for updates, just incase the weather or something else changes (Transit can't operatebecause of icy roads, for example) before morning!
I apologize that we won't get a de-stressor day. We only get SNOW ONCEevery TEN YEARS or so!!

Peace,

JG

why do girls do the things they do?

This morning as I was getting dressed and ready to leave for work, I was looking through my drawer for things I could "accessorize" with. I decided since I didn't have a brown necklace like I really wanted, that I should add a headband. However, the headband I was thinking of gives me a MASSIVE headache. I thought for a second and decided I really shouldn't wear it because I knew (without a doubt) my head would be hurting about 5 minutes after I put it in. I thought for a few more seconds...and my conclusion?

I am currently suffering from a MASSIVE headache.

hence, my initial question: why do girls do the things they do?