In the meantime, feel free to join in/link-up with a delayed Makes My Monday/Terrific Tuesday tomorrow night! (We have an 8-hour drive ahead of us tomorrow...any guesses as to where we might be?)
Happy New Week, Friends!
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Makes My Monday: Long Weekends!
What Makes My Monday? The fact that our crew is happily spending our last night of a three-night getaway together! More on that tomorrow...
In the meantime, feel free to join in/link-up with a delayed Makes My Monday/Terrific Tuesday tomorrow night! (We have an 8-hour drive ahead of us tomorrow...any guesses as to where we might be?)
Happy New Week, Friends!
In the meantime, feel free to join in/link-up with a delayed Makes My Monday/Terrific Tuesday tomorrow night! (We have an 8-hour drive ahead of us tomorrow...any guesses as to where we might be?)
Happy New Week, Friends!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Way Back When-esday: Twinvitations
Twins' Age: 7
Along with other similarly-aged children, at the request of a dear e-friend, we composed letters to the then-new First Daughter (well, actually she's their second daughter...), Sasha Obama. In a recent house-cleaning, we unearthed them----sadly unsent.
Innocent overtures of youthful friend-making warm my heart this mid-week.
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Day #2 in the Hallmark Get Carded Challenge:
Last night, a great friend and fellow-mom tried to reach us via cell. At the time, I was at an eye appointment with the twins waiting in the lobby. Tried to retrieve her message at the twins' swim lessons. She had wanted to meet for dinner with all our kids (our husbands were together, elsewhere...). When we caught up with her, her crew was on the way to gymnastics; we were on our way to a promised trip to Friendly's. This freebie from the Hallmark friends seems an apt choice....
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Correspondence Gone Classic
My name is Cheryl, and I'm a former stationery store stalker.
Greeting cards that struck a chord would be acquired, even if no pending occasion precipitated the purchase. When my man recently purged our extra-room closet, he unearthed an impressive trove of squirreled away Hallmarks. He was justly irritated; why had I spent the cash and not the time to send them?
Facebook. Email. Skype. IMs. The elimination of long-distance charges. So many modern means ease and expedite our communication. Then last week, I receved a special package in my mailbox...from the Hallmark folks themselves. This line in the enclosure hit home: "Few things compare with the feeling of giving and receiving an unexpected handwritten note in the mail---that lift you get when you notice a card among the junk mail and catalogs."
How true is that? Even my tech-enamored twins leap to attention when we see something personal peeking out from the daily postal deliveries.
With glee, I am participating in the Hallmark* "Get Carded Challenge."
(*a beloved brand even before they gave me 14+ "just because" cards!)
For seven days, under the signature line, we'll select special recipients for special greetings....and we'll give a glimpse of the goings-out.
Our first, a special one, heads to a special lady---moving to a seniors' community this weekend after 37 years in the same apartment in which my brother and I were raised.
Think this may be a challenge I embrace for the long-term....
If you would like to receive a group of greetings from the kings of correspondence at Hallmark, make a comment within the duration of the next seven days. One commenter will be selected at random to win a packet of cards similar to the one we're enjoying for "Get Carded" and beyond.
Greeting cards that struck a chord would be acquired, even if no pending occasion precipitated the purchase. When my man recently purged our extra-room closet, he unearthed an impressive trove of squirreled away Hallmarks. He was justly irritated; why had I spent the cash and not the time to send them?
Facebook. Email. Skype. IMs. The elimination of long-distance charges. So many modern means ease and expedite our communication. Then last week, I receved a special package in my mailbox...from the Hallmark folks themselves. This line in the enclosure hit home: "Few things compare with the feeling of giving and receiving an unexpected handwritten note in the mail---that lift you get when you notice a card among the junk mail and catalogs."
How true is that? Even my tech-enamored twins leap to attention when we see something personal peeking out from the daily postal deliveries.
With glee, I am participating in the Hallmark* "Get Carded Challenge."
(*a beloved brand even before they gave me 14+ "just because" cards!)
For seven days, under the signature line, we'll select special recipients for special greetings....and we'll give a glimpse of the goings-out.
Our first, a special one, heads to a special lady---moving to a seniors' community this weekend after 37 years in the same apartment in which my brother and I were raised.
Think this may be a challenge I embrace for the long-term....
If you would like to receive a group of greetings from the kings of correspondence at Hallmark, make a comment within the duration of the next seven days. One commenter will be selected at random to win a packet of cards similar to the one we're enjoying for "Get Carded" and beyond.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Makes My Monday: Broccoli Cheddar and My Blue-Eyed Boy
In temperatures surely bordering upon those in Hell's attic (or is Hell's basement hotter? Doesn't heat rise? But I digress...), Darren donned his do-bo (tae kwon do uniform) and demonstrated his red belt with black stripe forms in yellow-tip earning style....with a smile.
Figured dutiful Darren deserved a lunch of his choosing to celebrate. What did He-Twin select from the menu on a 100-degree plus afternoon? Steaming broccoli cheddar soup (with a baguette, so continental!) from Panera Bread.
Knowing He-Twin can stand by his choices and avoid the easy out or common complaint ("It's too hot for tae kwon do!" "Soup? In the summer?") Makes My Monday.
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What else Makes My Monday? Joining in with the Hallmark "Get Carded" challenge!
Check in tomorrow for details...
Figured dutiful Darren deserved a lunch of his choosing to celebrate. What did He-Twin select from the menu on a 100-degree plus afternoon? Steaming broccoli cheddar soup (with a baguette, so continental!) from Panera Bread.
Knowing He-Twin can stand by his choices and avoid the easy out or common complaint ("It's too hot for tae kwon do!" "Soup? In the summer?") Makes My Monday.
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What else Makes My Monday? Joining in with the Hallmark "Get Carded" challenge!
Check in tomorrow for details...
Friday, July 22, 2011
The Feminine Critique
Due to aging eyes, Dollar Store reader glasses are required to un-blur my meal. Over dinner...
Double Daddy (giggling): "Will your eyes look that huge when you get real glasses?"
Mom (seeking back-up): "Do my eyes really look big with these on?"
She-Twin (reassuringly): "They don't look huge; they look totally normal."
Double Daddy (laughing): "They're huge."
She-Twin (with worldly conviction): "Mom, you know you can't trust him. He's a man."
Double Daddy (giggling): "Will your eyes look that huge when you get real glasses?"
Mom (seeking back-up): "Do my eyes really look big with these on?"
She-Twin (reassuringly): "They don't look huge; they look totally normal."
Double Daddy (laughing): "They're huge."
She-Twin (with worldly conviction): "Mom, you know you can't trust him. He's a man."
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Way Back When-esday: Bird Soup
Dateline: June 2008
Twins' Age: 6
Surely the flying friends of our neighborhood appreciated the fact they could not only bathe in our backyard, but sip some twin-concocted broth as well. Here's hoping the grass and dandelion cocktail was sweet to drink----it sure was sweet to watch its creation.
This found photo of our twosome's thoughtful addition to the aviary respite warms my heart this mid-week.
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Point of Reference
With a freshly restocked pile of canvas boards at the ready...
She-Twin (with ennui, and conversely, motivation): "Mom, what should I paint?"
Mom: "Maybe a tree branch with a bird on it?"
She-Twin (non-plussed): "Naaah. Don't you have any other ideas?"
Mom (passing the buck): "Would you like me to bring you one of my art books for inspiration?"
She-Twin (relieved): "That'd be great."
About 30 minutes after supplying an art historically comprehensive tome, I turned the corner to see...
Renaissance aspirations, straight out of the gate. That's my girl.
She-Twin (with ennui, and conversely, motivation): "Mom, what should I paint?"
Mom: "Maybe a tree branch with a bird on it?"
She-Twin (non-plussed): "Naaah. Don't you have any other ideas?"
Mom (passing the buck): "Would you like me to bring you one of my art books for inspiration?"
She-Twin (relieved): "That'd be great."
About 30 minutes after supplying an art historically comprehensive tome, I turned the corner to see...
Renaissance aspirations, straight out of the gate. That's my girl.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Makes My Monday: Duck...Duck...Goose!
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Parlance du Pup
Over a year ago now, we added the lovely Larry Dog to our family.
Funny. In his first week here, he emitted nary a noise. In short order, he made it clear he was absolutely one of us. Whenever he wanted something---anything----be it a treat, a walk, or a pet on the head, vocal "requests" made his desires known.
Now, it seems he's become a ventrilo-dog.
As Double Daddy took our too-long-house-bound-by-the-heat canine for a walk, Larry "wondered" aloud (and amazingly in English) if I might use the occasion to vacuum while they were out. [Good suggestion, Larry. Consider it done.]
Seems as though Larry is "convinced" She-Twin is mature enough to handle an iPod Touch. [Mature she may be, but an iPod Touch? Not any time soon...]
With great regularity, Larry "tells" me (miraculously in He-Twin's voice) how Darren is such a good boy, and his very, very best friend.
Seems pictures speak as loudly as Larry Dog's words.
Funny. In his first week here, he emitted nary a noise. In short order, he made it clear he was absolutely one of us. Whenever he wanted something---anything----be it a treat, a walk, or a pet on the head, vocal "requests" made his desires known.
Now, it seems he's become a ventrilo-dog.
As Double Daddy took our too-long-house-bound-by-the-heat canine for a walk, Larry "wondered" aloud (and amazingly in English) if I might use the occasion to vacuum while they were out. [Good suggestion, Larry. Consider it done.]
Seems as though Larry is "convinced" She-Twin is mature enough to handle an iPod Touch. [Mature she may be, but an iPod Touch? Not any time soon...]
With great regularity, Larry "tells" me (miraculously in He-Twin's voice) how Darren is such a good boy, and his very, very best friend.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Way Back When-esday: Piggies are Passe
Twins' Age: 3
Do you remember when you were young, the excitement you felt finding money inside mailed greetings from grandparents? Since they were wee, whenever our twins' cards have contained cash dividends, the new finances have been carefully folded and inserted into matching bunny banks.
Year-end good marks merited a grandparentally bestowed ten-spot each---received earlier this week by our rising 4th graders. Two far bigger children continued the ritual depicted above.
Twin-practiced traditions warm my heart his mid-week.
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Monday, July 11, 2011
Clue-d In
Nothing like having a same-aged board game mate in-house during summer months.
Sure, the sleep deprivation of the newborn months, the squalor of potty training, and science fair projects x 2 take a parental toll, but watching She-Twin and He-Twin trying to determine who "did it" with the candlestick in the dining room balances the scales a bit...
He-Twin is enchanted with his requested early birthday present from Grandma...as we all are.
Sure, the sleep deprivation of the newborn months, the squalor of potty training, and science fair projects x 2 take a parental toll, but watching She-Twin and He-Twin trying to determine who "did it" with the candlestick in the dining room balances the scales a bit...
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Makes My Monday: Cut from the Same Cloth
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Sunday School of Rock
On the way to church, listening to She-Twin's favorite, 96.5 KLR, Classic Rock...
Mommy (who grew up with Skynyrd, but never paid much attention to the lyrics): "Did they just sing 'Hope Neil Young will remember...'?"
She-Twin (exasperated, displaying her oft-voiced Neil Young distaste): "Y-e-e-s-s-s. Of course they did."
Mommy (fully ignorant, genuinely curious...): "Why are they mentioning Neil Young in their song?"
She-Twin (with a professorial air): "MOM, the guys in Lynyrd Skynyrd's feelings were really hurt by the words that Neil Young wrote in his song."
Mommy (clearly unashamed by her lack of classic rock knowledge): "What song did he do that upset them so much?"
She-Twin (done with both the conversation and being forced to think about her rock nemesis, Neil Young): "Southern Man, Mom. Southern Man."
Guess it all makes sense now. Know at least one Southern girl who don't need him around anyhow...
Mommy (who grew up with Skynyrd, but never paid much attention to the lyrics): "Did they just sing 'Hope Neil Young will remember...'?"
She-Twin (exasperated, displaying her oft-voiced Neil Young distaste): "Y-e-e-s-s-s. Of course they did."
Mommy (fully ignorant, genuinely curious...): "Why are they mentioning Neil Young in their song?"
She-Twin (with a professorial air): "MOM, the guys in Lynyrd Skynyrd's feelings were really hurt by the words that Neil Young wrote in his song."
Mommy (clearly unashamed by her lack of classic rock knowledge): "What song did he do that upset them so much?"
She-Twin (done with both the conversation and being forced to think about her rock nemesis, Neil Young): "Southern Man, Mom. Southern Man."
Guess it all makes sense now. Know at least one Southern girl who don't need him around anyhow...
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Way Back When-esday: The Dog's Day of Summer
Dateline: July 5, 2011
Twins' Age: 9 --- Larry Dog's time with our family: 1 year to the day
Who knew a year with a furry friend could fly by so quickly? Pondering the year past* with our beloved "bear" warms my heart this mid-week.
[*For the tw-introduction of Larry to our family, you can read here.]
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
From Sea to Shining Sea
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What else Makes My Monday? We're giving away TWO selections from the Scholastic Storybook Treasures DVD collection! Go visit our TwIn Reviews page to enter. GOOD LUCK!
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