1. my christmas tree is still up...
i simply loathe taking it down
it makes me sad
it makes me wistfull
it makes me think about everything i want and need to do with a fresh new year
that is already
slipping through my fingertips.
2. after 2 and a half years i still can't believe i live in germany...
i walk down the street every morning with oreo
thinking how amazing it is that
we live here
thinking how strange it is that
we live on a military base
thinking how conflicting it is that
i am happy but i am sad
because we are so far away...living here in germany.
3. i'm not an "animal planet" kind of mom...
cats, dogs, fish.
that's about it for me
and
i really think i like fish best
because fish can't bark at you at 5am to go out for a morning
walk.
yes fish are, currently, holding down the fort at #1.
4. i hate doing homework as much as i hate making up homework assignments...
who in their right mind likes policing their kids after a long enough day at work?
not
me.
5. i'm not 100% sure how we are going to pull off all the expected traveling we've committed ourselves to this summer...
but, like most things we do, it will happen
though i'm pretty certain that a
really large RV
might be in the works
and casa h will become casa griswald.
um yeah
pretty certain.
6. i worry about my family constantly...
(well, some of you loyal readers, some of you already knew that but i felt compelled to throw that in)
i'm not glass half empty
i'm just concerned about what i'm leaving my children-
those insane life lessons that we all survived
at the time
but feel like they will KILL ME
now that the shoe is on the other foot.
*sigh*
7. my recent passport picture was a euro biometric photo = no smile...
it's not flattering
i didn't know that my mouth points down (suggesting, according to the internet, that i am either depressed or miserable or both)
i didn't know that i cared
i guess i'm a little vain in my middle years.
hmm
8. our dog loves clothes...
LOVES them
and
even though team leader and bird are in cohoots against it
i AM buying him
leiderhosen!
yes, i am.
9. even though i can be a mom-ster at home...
i really am a happy person
10. i have three plans for us, in pen, on my essie agenda this year...
a long weekend in paris for spring break
ahhhh
paris in april
a regular weekend at the cordon bleu in november for this foodie momma
yum
cordon bleu, markets, did i mention cordon bleu
and
hogmanay in scotland.
flippen hogmanay-EXCELLENT!!!
those things WILL happen
taking me right back to number 6
living a good life is one of those lessons, right?
we're giving our littles that much, so, maybe i should ease up on that one...
(hugs to jay for the delish lunch to celebrate the new job which still hasn't officially begun...we need a list to hire a new teacher...fingers crossed that happens soon.)
umarmen und lieben
essie
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
no.295 birthday birthday birthday
hugs and love for my daddy!!!
who has made it to there and back
and is celebrating
the 27th anniversary
of 42!
a girl couldn't ask for a better poppa than the one i have-
he's been a quiet driving force behind the hurricane gales of my life
and when rain came pouring down in his
i did everything i could to be constant ray of supportive light for him
my birthday wish for my daddy this year
to continue to be a daughter worthy of his love
and to make any rain this year
turn into rainbows
i love you poppa nagise!!!
happy happy birthday!!!
nonnie
Friday, January 15, 2010
no.293 skiing weekend
begins NOW!!!
back with photos for this blog
and
e2e
on monday!
umarmen und lieben
essie
back with photos for this blog
and
e2e
on monday!
umarmen und lieben
essie
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
no.292 breathing
or at least trying to!
so the cat is out of the bag now-
staff at school was told on tuesday
letters went home to my parents yesterday
bag is wide open
and
empty-wait
full-
i got an amazing opportunity
to work as the primary literacy coach (preK-2)
at my school
and
i took it.
loving my little Smarties like i do
made this one of the hardest decisions i think i've made in forever and 1000 years.
but i did
i decided
and telling my sweeties was hard for me.
fortunately they made it better by being their shiny happy Smartie selves
walking out the door to home with big smiles and hugs
(a very nice way to end that part of my day, as the momma/wife-ness at casa h became full on monster-ness later in the afternoon *sigh* )
and so that's it
my kids know that in a few weeks there will be a new teacher
my family knows i'm having teeny tiny heart attacks
excited
scared
happy
sad
thankful
and trying to remember to breathe breathe breathe
which shouldd be the natural part of all this, right?
breathe in
breathe out
umarmen und lieben
essie
ps any happy parenting style thoughts would be appreciated by pres and team leader
they are both slightly over mine and me...slightly over theirs!
so the cat is out of the bag now-
staff at school was told on tuesday
letters went home to my parents yesterday
bag is wide open
and
empty-wait
full-
i got an amazing opportunity
to work as the primary literacy coach (preK-2)
at my school
and
i took it.
loving my little Smarties like i do
made this one of the hardest decisions i think i've made in forever and 1000 years.
but i did
i decided
and telling my sweeties was hard for me.
fortunately they made it better by being their shiny happy Smartie selves
walking out the door to home with big smiles and hugs
(a very nice way to end that part of my day, as the momma/wife-ness at casa h became full on monster-ness later in the afternoon *sigh* )
and so that's it
my kids know that in a few weeks there will be a new teacher
my family knows i'm having teeny tiny heart attacks
excited
scared
happy
sad
thankful
and trying to remember to breathe breathe breathe
which shouldd be the natural part of all this, right?
breathe in
breathe out
umarmen und lieben
essie
ps any happy parenting style thoughts would be appreciated by pres and team leader
they are both slightly over mine and me...slightly over theirs!
Monday, January 11, 2010
no.291 it's here!
on the same day, the launching of my heart
and
the arrival of my own copies of Mastering the Art of French Cooking!
e2e
the story of two crazy loving friends who have
lived,
loved,
endured,
and come back to do it all over again
worldwide
jumping headfirst into good coffee poured over
the
most wonderfully delicious friendship
as we share the mornings of our lives
one in arkansas
one in germany
2 in spirit.
i love you bunches and bunches e
i love us
i love this!
umarmen und lieben
essie
btw, no need to feel left out Julia, i love you too!
and
the arrival of my own copies of Mastering the Art of French Cooking!
e2e
the story of two crazy loving friends who have
lived,
loved,
endured,
and come back to do it all over again
worldwide
jumping headfirst into good coffee poured over
the
most wonderfully delicious friendship
as we share the mornings of our lives
one in arkansas
one in germany
2 in spirit.
i love you bunches and bunches e
i love us
i love this!
umarmen und lieben
essie
btw, no need to feel left out Julia, i love you too!
Saturday, January 09, 2010
no. 290 SNOOOOOOOOOOOW DAY
mr ben: why do we NEVER get snow days during SCHOOL DAYS?!!
momma: oooo my little man...so seriously feeling your pain :)
it's funny how the kinder seem to think that the biggers don't relish the thought of a perfectly snowy world once in a while.
(newsflash...WE DO!)
insteading of heading out with my partners in pottery
(which is probably a good thing with respect to my ever challenged bank account)
for a morning of kitchen shop-tastic in Frankfurt
i woke up to
snow.
sweet like sugar
but lots and lots colder
snow.
4 hours of internet trolling later (as i woke up with a start at the asshat of dawn)
i re-found these babies
calling me from the computer
begging me to give them a home
i think it's a no brainer.
not a snow day find on a school day, but good enough.
off to wake teens, and hubby, and dog.
umarmen und lieben
essie
momma: oooo my little man...so seriously feeling your pain :)
it's funny how the kinder seem to think that the biggers don't relish the thought of a perfectly snowy world once in a while.
(newsflash...WE DO!)
insteading of heading out with my partners in pottery
(which is probably a good thing with respect to my ever challenged bank account)
for a morning of kitchen shop-tastic in Frankfurt
i woke up to
snow.
sweet like sugar
but lots and lots colder
snow.
4 hours of internet trolling later (as i woke up with a start at the asshat of dawn)
i re-found these babies
calling me from the computer
begging me to give them a home
i think it's a no brainer.
not a snow day find on a school day, but good enough.
off to wake teens, and hubby, and dog.
umarmen und lieben
essie
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
no. 289 gaia
with love comes responsibility.
often, all the managing of the hearts becomes quite tiring, even when done in
love.
the responsibility of love,
you've adjusted
you've managed
you've survived
all in the name-
the responsibility of love
given in return
fell onto
us
sometimes we did it brilliantly
other times
not so much
regardless, you were always there, like a bright shining star
a beacon in our family sky-
the responsibilty of love
given, recieved, shared, passed on
in a handwritten letter
hanging from wired ribbon on our christmas tree
standing in Denny's in pajamas at 3am
keeping 4 very naughty kittens
learning how to use a cell phone
taking a plane across an ocean
all
by
yourself
the responsibility of love
you accepted head on.
when you did,
you made each of us
better
and the world
a teeny bit happier
(you are scottish after all and we can't make everything shiny and happy now can we!)
all rolled up into the best gift any family could ever want on
the 12th day of christmas...
i love you mommy, happy birthday wishes and kisses, from your girl
ps-i'm fairly sure you'll question THIS photo,
but,
i picked it because it was of you-still
enjoying the moment of your life in mr. ben's "flower heaven"
Monday, January 04, 2010
no.288 no way
no how
no words.
e, um...helllooo?!!!
my diabolically creative hack-tastic teen
making the momma a wittle bittle cwazy.
gab, that precious babe of yours-
no
he will
never
do something like this to his momma!
heavens.
essie
no words.
e, um...helllooo?!!!
my diabolically creative hack-tastic teen
making the momma a wittle bittle cwazy.
gab, that precious babe of yours-
no
he will
never
do something like this to his momma!
heavens.
essie
no. 287 take this mom
Well mom , I told you I was gonna surprise you...
with something big,
and using my brilliance I found myself on your blog...
I wonder what happens next?
To all of you, my mom's friends,
my mom witnessed something essential to
being a mother a few days ago in our car.
Brother to brother wrestling.
Except heres where hacking your blog becomes so fun.
Today I, Preston, will walk you through one of the most common
moves me and my brother employ on each other, as well as brothers worldwide, one that may seem socially unacceptable. Sorry mom. Derived from every videogame
where you can crouch, the term for this lethal wrestling move
is called the tea bag, or the act of humping someone's face.
I won't go into anymore intense detail,
the pictures say enough, but tea bagging in videogames
(example: Halo) is where you go over someones dead digital body,
and crouch up and down on them, resulting in your groin area
going in and out of their head. This move is easily do-able in real
life, and every mother out here should be ready for it at all times.
What you don't see here is that Ben violently got me with it before,
which is why I am using him as an example.
He was happy to be part of such a devious plot as this.
Here are said pictures;
Don't sip the haterade mom, Kevin was in on this too.(also dollie)
This will most likely give all your friends the laugh of their lives,
and if you delete this, it will sever the bond between mother and son,
so don't do it mom! This is funny! Don't ground me either.
umarmen und lieben mooooooom, aaaaaahahahahahahahaha
The example:
The sneak:
The execution:
The aftermath:
Preston wins again!!!!!
with something big,
and using my brilliance I found myself on your blog...
I wonder what happens next?
To all of you, my mom's friends,
my mom witnessed something essential to
being a mother a few days ago in our car.
Brother to brother wrestling.
Except heres where hacking your blog becomes so fun.
Today I, Preston, will walk you through one of the most common
moves me and my brother employ on each other, as well as brothers worldwide, one that may seem socially unacceptable. Sorry mom. Derived from every videogame
where you can crouch, the term for this lethal wrestling move
is called the tea bag, or the act of humping someone's face.
I won't go into anymore intense detail,
the pictures say enough, but tea bagging in videogames
(example: Halo) is where you go over someones dead digital body,
and crouch up and down on them, resulting in your groin area
going in and out of their head. This move is easily do-able in real
life, and every mother out here should be ready for it at all times.
What you don't see here is that Ben violently got me with it before,
which is why I am using him as an example.
He was happy to be part of such a devious plot as this.
Here are said pictures;
Don't sip the haterade mom, Kevin was in on this too.(also dollie)
This will most likely give all your friends the laugh of their lives,
and if you delete this, it will sever the bond between mother and son,
so don't do it mom! This is funny! Don't ground me either.
umarmen und lieben mooooooom, aaaaaahahahahahahahaha
The example:
The sneak:
The execution:
The aftermath:
Preston wins again!!!!!
no.286 e2e
the e's are hatching a wonderful-lovely plot, and,
i
cannot
w.a.i.t.
to get it started.
can't wait!
love my e.
umarmen und lieben
essie
i
cannot
w.a.i.t.
to get it started.
can't wait!
love my e.
umarmen und lieben
essie
Sunday, January 03, 2010
no. 285 hmmm
is it work avoidance
or
the "sign" of a veteran teacher
to not be working on my lesson plans
and opt instead to be blog cruising on the last night of winter break...
umarmen und lieben
essie
or
the "sign" of a veteran teacher
to not be working on my lesson plans
and opt instead to be blog cruising on the last night of winter break...
umarmen und lieben
essie
Saturday, January 02, 2010
no. 284 two days in
yesterday i made it to the gym
today i walked with my family
tomorrow i;ll get back to the gym and monday
monday will bring the return of the marathon
first grade...version 2010
*sigh*
resolutions.
so much pressure
when instead we should be embracing the fresh face of a new year-
12 pages of empty squares
perfectly symmetrical
waiting to be filled
one color for every member of casa h
helping us navigate through work, sports, appointments, travel
life.
resolutions.
should be happy colored pen filled squares of FUN
not
pressure
so here it is
my resolution for 2010:
happy colored pen filled squares of moments in a lifetime
of a wifey, momma, friend, sister, daughter, auntie, cousin, in-law
to make the moments of my lifetime
this year
moments for us all to share.
umarmen und lieben
essie
today i walked with my family
tomorrow i;ll get back to the gym and monday
monday will bring the return of the marathon
first grade...version 2010
*sigh*
resolutions.
so much pressure
when instead we should be embracing the fresh face of a new year-
12 pages of empty squares
perfectly symmetrical
waiting to be filled
one color for every member of casa h
helping us navigate through work, sports, appointments, travel
life.
resolutions.
should be happy colored pen filled squares of FUN
not
pressure
so here it is
my resolution for 2010:
happy colored pen filled squares of moments in a lifetime
of a wifey, momma, friend, sister, daughter, auntie, cousin, in-law
to make the moments of my lifetime
this year
moments for us all to share.
umarmen und lieben
essie
no.283 i thought
i was an xBox owner too...
i was wrong-
but thank you honey for sharing with me.
i would share with you too,
if,
i were an owner that is!
umarmen und lieben
essie
i was wrong-
but thank you honey for sharing with me.
i would share with you too,
if,
i were an owner that is!
umarmen und lieben
essie
Friday, January 01, 2010
no.282 carrying on
july
took us to the true beginning of our summer and a MUCH needed holiday week in Ireland- we had a week of family, on a family farm, and ended our first trip to the emerald isle with the concert of a lifetime in dublin... U2 in dublin
august
lazy days of summer, a pity party pottery-polooza to poland, trips to the airport that shattered hearts, more pottery in france, and finally, preparing for a new school year...like it or not, we learn that life goes on.
september
first day of school, my camera breaks...seriously.
flat ansley arrived, we had football, fourth grade and volunteer hours to complete.
a palidrome birthday and more more pottery!!
october
the next milestone birthday made us the parents of a sixteen year old-16!!!
honestly, i still can't believe he is 16, and that all this time has been a blink...
november
we were squirrely for a vacation, and my lifetime list of places to take our little fam had us 5 hours in the air to an island off the cost of africa-
the thanksgiving of canary will go down in family folklore...
and then, as if no time had passed at all, it was december
we had our third hannukah in germany, the third milestone birthday, the third christmas, the third new years eve...we've always said that 3 was our lucky number: p,d,b, we love you so so much!
and then there was the end of the year YAHOO visit from the gilbs...perfect!
new years eve will be posted later, blogger is t.i.r.e.d. and won't let me post videos-all in good time.
umarmen und lieben
essie
took us to the true beginning of our summer and a MUCH needed holiday week in Ireland- we had a week of family, on a family farm, and ended our first trip to the emerald isle with the concert of a lifetime in dublin... U2 in dublin
august
lazy days of summer, a pity party pottery-polooza to poland, trips to the airport that shattered hearts, more pottery in france, and finally, preparing for a new school year...like it or not, we learn that life goes on.
september
first day of school, my camera breaks...seriously.
flat ansley arrived, we had football, fourth grade and volunteer hours to complete.
a palidrome birthday and more more pottery!!
october
the next milestone birthday made us the parents of a sixteen year old-16!!!
honestly, i still can't believe he is 16, and that all this time has been a blink...
november
we were squirrely for a vacation, and my lifetime list of places to take our little fam had us 5 hours in the air to an island off the cost of africa-
the thanksgiving of canary will go down in family folklore...
and then, as if no time had passed at all, it was december
we had our third hannukah in germany, the third milestone birthday, the third christmas, the third new years eve...we've always said that 3 was our lucky number: p,d,b, we love you so so much!
and then there was the end of the year YAHOO visit from the gilbs...perfect!
new years eve will be posted later, blogger is t.i.r.e.d. and won't let me post videos-all in good time.
umarmen und lieben
essie
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