I’ve Changed. Or, All The Blogs I’ve Thought But Haven’t Posted.
Once upon a time there was a little girl who wanted bangs very much, and so when she was about seven or eight years old, she undertook it upon herself to cut bangs. Immediately upon doing so, she realized she would be found out if she was discovered, so she chopped those bangs off right next to her head. Which, of course, made it worse! And she was still found out anyway.
Lately, however, it was thought upon that side bangs might look good.
Before
After
To Make You Laugh
True Scotchman…
Whenever I’m asked “what’s for dinner?” I say “Food,” and they say “what kind?” and I say “Yummy kind.” Well, the other day the conversation went like this:
Jay: What’s for dinner?
Anne: Food.
Jay: What kind?
Anne: Yummy kind.
Jay (eyes big): Haggis??
On Independence Day
We went to a park to watch fireworks on the 4th. You know how fireworks leave smoke, well, it was kind of windy and the smoke was blowing, and each new burst illuminated it. “It’s lightning stains!” Jay said.
Grandkids…and at her age??
Abby and Beth were talking.
“I want a TV bug,” Abby said.
“You mean VW Bug?” Beth asked.
“Yeah, so I can take my grandkids around!” Abby replied.
How Country Kids Play Baseball
The other day, the boys demolished the railing on our deck.
The Pitcher (Ben…Eric’s on the left)
The Batter (Joe)
Smelly Story
One day, Kate was looking out the window and she saw a family of skunks on the other side of the gully! Pretty soon, a few more came strolling over…there was like eight or ten skunks in all! Ben and Eric got the shotgun and ran outside. The skunks went onto the neighbor’s property, so the boys came back in. Then a few of them came back on our property, so Ben and Eric went back out. Eric called me, or I called him, I don’t remember which, and I gave him a running commentary on what I could see, because they were above the skunks on the hill. Ben shot at them, and killed two (and he thinks he wounded another). Eric never got a shot, though, and the skunks never reappeared.
We were talking to another neighbor, and she said one year they had 17 skunks! They live-trapped ‘em and shot them. Man!
Livin’ High
Yesterday, the boys installed window air conditioners into the girls’ room, Beth’s and my room, and Mom’s and Dad’s. It’s kind of nice looking out your window and having a breeze…but the a/c makes it a lot nicer to sleep in! Well, last night, wouldn’t you know it…there was a storm. And I mean a storm! Torrential rains, all that stuff. It was leaking in my room! So I put a towel in there.
That wasn’t the least of the worries, though…Dad got quite a scare!
He was driving up a hill, in the pouring rain, and he couldn’t even see the car in front of him. He went to change gears, and couldn’t find the next gear. He looked at his speedometer…it said ZERO! He was rolling backwards down a hill in the torrential rain! Thankfully he got it in the right gear, though.
Aaaannnd…I was going to post some pictures of Elle Janie…but the person with the camera needs to unload them!! *hint hint* ;)
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
YAY!!!
I’ve been waiting for this post forever!!
How do you like your bangs? I like them, but I think you need to go all out.
Add some layers, blah blah blah, totally revamp your hairstyle. That would be awesome.
Then again, I’m the idiot who is trying to grow her hair back out, and hate it “in between” and is already toying with the idea of cutting it back really short again.
I love it really short, and I love it really long.
And in order to grow it out, I’m going to have to hate it in between for a really long time. :|
and all of those stories were great!! I can’t wait for pics of Elle Jane.
post again soon!
<3<3
July 24th, 2008 at 8:49 am
ooh a post! That definetly is country kid style baseball ;)
July 24th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
The country kid style baseball….. We love it, too. Adam, whenever we go to weed or water the garden, insists on hitting all the rocks out of the garden with a giant stick. Well, of course, that takes longer then it takes for us to weed, so he gets out of it easy. ;) Good old Adam. (I use the word ‘old’ loosely. ;) )
And, wow, we do the same with the “What’s for dinner” questions.
Your hair certainly looks—different. I’m not sure which ways my fav.
Anyway, you have a great day.
~In Christ alone my hope is found. He is my light, my strength, my song.~
July 24th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
I really like your new hair cut Anne. I got side bangs about a year ago. I have really enjoyed it. If I keep it cut above my eyes, I don’t think it looks to good on me. So, I keep it to about my nose. That way, I can pin it back if I want or, I can let it all hang down lol.
But, I think you look very nice with them shorter.
About the deck, are you planning on putting a new wood deck in or a cement one? This is the one off the downstairs family room right?
Looks like the boys are having fun with this. Steven had a great time helping me take down the fence. He used his karate moves on it LOL.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Haha … I do the same thing for that “what’s for dinner” question … except instead of saying “the yummy kind”, I usually just say “the kind you eat.” *g*