Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Thoughts on an Empty House

So, I should be packing, but of course I'm not... Instead, here I sit on the floor of our apartment blogging. On the floor b/c we have not a lick of furniture in the place. Well, ok, maybe a small lick. Sophie still has her toddler bed and we still have the $10 cat-scratched recliner we bought off craigstlist. But other than that... it's pretty empty around here. Three more days till we load up the moving van and head out!

Anyway, so I've come up with a list of Great Things About Having No Furniture and here they are. Ahem...
Number 1 - Vacuuming sure is easier when there's nothing around which you must navigate!
Number 2 - One need not raise their voice to be heard at the far end of the house since everything echoes off the walls of these empty rooms! What a time saver to not have to repeat myself!
Number 3 - More wide open space makes for GREAT areas to practice your Olympic gymnastic floor routine - both mens and womens. And toddlers. Especially toddlers.

Ok, back to packing now. Kitchen, you're next!

ps - here's a link to my current favorite Sesame Street video clip (we discovered this on the Sesame Street web site - truly a gem). This is just my kind of humor, people. Seriously, I die laughing everytime they get to the "chickens just back from the shore" part. Hilarious!!!

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

1 Month Old

These pics are mostly for Marci - our camera just takes such lousy pics that it's almost not worth using... but just b/c you requested them, here are a couple from this afternoon.

Travis at one month! Happy one month of life, Little Dude!! (that's what Sophie said this afternoon -- she rounded the corner, saw Travis and said, "Hi, Little Dude!")

Hi Aunt Marse!
Buddies
Sophie's #1 favorite thing to do right now is give Travis kisses...
...#2 favorite thing to do is hold (aka squeeze the living daylights out of) Travis' hand
(and this is the face she gives me these days when I tell her to smile...)
CUTE.