Sunday, June 29, 2008
Mint people
Tonight as Daddy was getting Elijah ready for bed he ran downstairs and said (what sounded like) "mint people". I said "what?". He repeated. Then Daddy followed downstairs and said "Tell Nana". Elijah sheepishly said to my mom "mint people". Daddy said "yes, He made people." (Lightbulb turned on -- Oh!!! I get it now! "mint" was "made"!) Then Daddy said "what else did God make?". Elijah said "made animals, made...(pause with a growing grin)...rainbow"! He was so happy! (He saw this rainbow a few weeks ago and loved it...for days he would point out the window afterward and say "God made rainbow!!) Turns out that while getting ready for bed Daddy was asking Elijah who God made and it turned into this list...very sweet! As busy as this little two year old is I'm very glad he's listening!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
What a week!
While I am glad that our old house is finally on the market (today as a matter of fact!), I am totally tuckered out! Allow me to vent, if you will...
Monday our entire family spent the day at the old house. The kids helped a bit inside and then had a lot of fun pulling weeds outside and cleaning the patio. We gave our neighbors the swingset Nathan and a friend built so they offered for the kiddos to play on that whenever we were at the house...so they had a blast on that. While the kids were keeping busy I went between cleaning, compiling to-do's for the next day and nursing baby. My mom, bless her heart, cleaned the fridge out and cleaned the bathrooms. Nathan put countertop in and several other manly things that us girlie girls couldn't do. Then Tuesday Vacation Bible school -- Survivor Camp-- began at church. I couldn't help out due to a nursing baby so mom and I camped out with Eli and Abigail. Tuesday morning I went to my 6 week checkup -- all is well. Then after lunch Nathan, Abby, and I went to the old house and worked like crazy. Wednesday after dropping off the Survivor Camp gang at church Mom, me, and the two littles went to the old house and worked like crazy. Then we went back to church, gathered Nathan and the gang, ate lunch, and then Nathan, Abby, and I worked at the old house. Both nights we got back after 7, unloaded stuff from the van, and ate late dinners. Today Mom, me, and the littles went grocery shopping, to get mom's haircut, to a nice consignment shop (got the girls some nice summer dresses), and then to get the church gang. After lunch...I - took - a - nap!!! Thank heaven for mom's who get it! She let me take a nice long nap! I feel refreshed and ready to tackle my clutter that has accumulated over the course of the week. How was your week?
P.S. I don't know who that is in the picture...found it online and it made me laugh!
Saturday, June 7, 2008
All things new
Here's my list of "all things new" for the Hyde family...
New house...I think there are only a few more boxes to unpack...they are in the basement for another day.
New couch...sort of...I bought a new (scotchguarded!!!) slip cover for our outdated couch...in burgundy...doing the living room in an Americana theme for summer.
New pool...(not new but new to us)... friend from church hooked us up -- being newbies to pools Nathan is now a semi pro. (Thanks, Brent!)
New perrenials...this new (old) house has a ton of beautiful flowers and plants around the grounds. Oh, and we have a cherry tree, grapes, and some herbs, too.
New air...smell that fresh country air! O.K., so some days it just smells like cow poo, but most days it's really nice!
New neighbors. At our old house we only got to know one couple that we lived next door to. Here...we have neighbors galore that want to meet us! So far we've met 6 sets of new neighbors...some that we can't even see their house from ours! We've had all sorts of desserts delivered and the kids have made some new friends!
New internet!!! After being without for over a month and getting turned down by all sorts of companies -- we live out in the country and have Amish neighbors, you know -- we are finally hooked up to a wireless company! Yippee!
New expenses...argh! When you move into a bigger house there are some things ya just have to do...we had to buy some new furniture (desk set, some beds, etc.), new washer and dryer (can I just tell you how much I LOVE my new BOSCH set?!!!), a new fridge (and an extra one downstairs in the basement since I try to buy groceries every 2-3 weeks), a new water softener, and a bit 'o new carpet. All I can say is thank the Lord for no payments and no interest for a looong time! (We do make payments and when we get our tax return next spring we'll have a lot of it paid for...just FYI.)
New phone...cell phone that is. My mom has this really sweet friend that sends gifts once in a while...really useful gifts...like a back massager when Nathan had back issues last year. A few months ago she sent mom a cell phone that is one of those pay as you go phones. It has texting capabilities and makes more sense to use to send Nathan a quick note (on his church provided cell phone) when he's busy. So I find myself very efficient at texting lately. I just have to get over being so particular that I can abbreviate and use slang when I text my BFF (best friend forever...Nathan).
New garden...and it's huge! After having two smallish raised bed gardens and not much luck at growing some things...we have a 50 ft by 30 ft garden with wonderful soil! We have over 20 tomato plants, 8? green pepper, 6 jalapenos, lots of green beans, carrots, watermelon, cantaloupe, pumpkins, zucchini, and cucumbers. The plan is to can lots of salsa, tomato sauce, and maybe ketchup. We'll freeze the green beans. I bought some peaches at Meijer 1/2 price and have canned some peach jam and peach jelly and bought more peaches to make more jam (a hit here!). We'll hopefully pick a ton of strawberries this coming week to make jam and can it and to freeze sliced strawberries for desserts.
And...last but not least...a new baby!!!!!!
Abigail Elizabeth was born on Wed., May 7th at 11:08 p.m., weighing 8lbs. 6 oz., 21 1/2 inches long. Labor was good -- the epidural helped! I pushed about 6 times. Her apgar score was 9 (that's good). She's a good eater, a good sleeper at night (she gets up a couple of times to eat but goes back down fine), she's not too fussy, and she likes to cuddle. She's my little sweet pea.
Well that updates you all on what's new for us! What's new for you?
New house...I think there are only a few more boxes to unpack...they are in the basement for another day.
New couch...sort of...I bought a new (scotchguarded!!!) slip cover for our outdated couch...in burgundy...doing the living room in an Americana theme for summer.
New pool...(not new but new to us)... friend from church hooked us up -- being newbies to pools Nathan is now a semi pro. (Thanks, Brent!)
New perrenials...this new (old) house has a ton of beautiful flowers and plants around the grounds. Oh, and we have a cherry tree, grapes, and some herbs, too.
New air...smell that fresh country air! O.K., so some days it just smells like cow poo, but most days it's really nice!
New neighbors. At our old house we only got to know one couple that we lived next door to. Here...we have neighbors galore that want to meet us! So far we've met 6 sets of new neighbors...some that we can't even see their house from ours! We've had all sorts of desserts delivered and the kids have made some new friends!
New internet!!! After being without for over a month and getting turned down by all sorts of companies -- we live out in the country and have Amish neighbors, you know -- we are finally hooked up to a wireless company! Yippee!
New expenses...argh! When you move into a bigger house there are some things ya just have to do...we had to buy some new furniture (desk set, some beds, etc.), new washer and dryer (can I just tell you how much I LOVE my new BOSCH set?!!!), a new fridge (and an extra one downstairs in the basement since I try to buy groceries every 2-3 weeks), a new water softener, and a bit 'o new carpet. All I can say is thank the Lord for no payments and no interest for a looong time! (We do make payments and when we get our tax return next spring we'll have a lot of it paid for...just FYI.)
New phone...cell phone that is. My mom has this really sweet friend that sends gifts once in a while...really useful gifts...like a back massager when Nathan had back issues last year. A few months ago she sent mom a cell phone that is one of those pay as you go phones. It has texting capabilities and makes more sense to use to send Nathan a quick note (on his church provided cell phone) when he's busy. So I find myself very efficient at texting lately. I just have to get over being so particular that I can abbreviate and use slang when I text my BFF (best friend forever...Nathan).
New garden...and it's huge! After having two smallish raised bed gardens and not much luck at growing some things...we have a 50 ft by 30 ft garden with wonderful soil! We have over 20 tomato plants, 8? green pepper, 6 jalapenos, lots of green beans, carrots, watermelon, cantaloupe, pumpkins, zucchini, and cucumbers. The plan is to can lots of salsa, tomato sauce, and maybe ketchup. We'll freeze the green beans. I bought some peaches at Meijer 1/2 price and have canned some peach jam and peach jelly and bought more peaches to make more jam (a hit here!). We'll hopefully pick a ton of strawberries this coming week to make jam and can it and to freeze sliced strawberries for desserts.
And...last but not least...a new baby!!!!!!
Abigail Elizabeth was born on Wed., May 7th at 11:08 p.m., weighing 8lbs. 6 oz., 21 1/2 inches long. Labor was good -- the epidural helped! I pushed about 6 times. Her apgar score was 9 (that's good). She's a good eater, a good sleeper at night (she gets up a couple of times to eat but goes back down fine), she's not too fussy, and she likes to cuddle. She's my little sweet pea.
Well that updates you all on what's new for us! What's new for you?
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