Raindrops on Roses

February 24, 2012September 30, 2015 Lindsey P. Brackett4 Comments

Friday has been lovely so far, thank you.

Annabelle has pain meds that are working so well she’s eaten eggs, grits, mashed potatoes, ice cream, two popsicles, and almost a whole 20 oz bottle of ginger ale.

Yay for Lortab Elixer which you should request if you ever have to deal with a stubborn child who has had a tonsillectomy. I pray you don’t.

I’ve been in a bit of a funk all week which is why there’s no blog celebrating my birthday or really much about Amelia’s party. I figured there was no reason to drag everyone down with me into my pregnancy-hormone induced sadness because I didn’t have a birthday cake.

Seriously, I had plenty that was better.

Like this sweet breakfast my girls and their daddy made. Ignore the just-out-of-bed mommy hiding behind the flowers (those were Eeyore’s thistle at our Pooh party).

I like how Amelia is too short to be in the picture.

They also made me birthday brownies.

And I’m loving this little project I’ve got going. It was a Valentine’s banner, then Pooh quotes, now it’s mine and Millie’s birthday love.

Oh, and while Joshua and the girls were making dinner and brownies, I was banished to the couch and told to stay there. So I actually finished a craft. Amazing what can happen when you stay in one place longer than five minutes.

I think it will photograph better when I get around to hanging it up. But it’s my very first yarn wreath. The next one is about half done. Who can believe I’d finish something?

Oh, and here’s Amelia’s cake that almost gave me the emotional breakdown last weekend.

Icing and I do not get along unless it’s on a fork headed for my mouth. And made of cream cheese. This was neither so we had a bit of a dilemma. People soothed my feelings by saying it looked like honey. My mom told me to get off Pinterest and quit comparing myself to everyone else. That’s why when I saw this I had to share it.

This morning I was over visiting Carissa and loved her link up to the monthly photo collage. Since my 365 is a bit behind, this seemed like a good bandwagon to jump on. So then I made a January collage for us. I’m thinking all these would be cute printed as a calendar for family Christmas gifts.

In January

we visited Biltmore

cooked lots of yummy breakfasts

hung out with the Harris family before they moved

prayed for sun

celebrated cousin Hailey’s birthday

and had some cozy moments.

If you’re interested in this project check out Simple as That by clicking below.

So Friday has been full of some of my favorite things.

Blogging.

What do you think of the new look?

MOPS:

where we stocked a friend’s freezer with tons of frozen meals for her family while she undergoes cancer treatment.

Shopping.

Target’s daily deal was nursing tanks so I couldn’t pass that up.

And Old Navy sent me birthday coupons and I have some mad money, so I think we might need some spring clothes.

Open Windows.

It’s February. But Georgia thinks it’s spring. Which is fine with me because spring means we’re getting close to Baby Gus’s arrival.

And it’s raining a bit. So somewhere there are raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens and bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens…..

Definitely no mittens here.

Linking up with Rachel

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Here’s What I Need

February 22, 2012 Lindsey P. Brackett2 Comments

I need someone real or virtual to help me redesign this blog.

I like this new look because it’s cleaner and wider. I hate wasted space.

But I want to be able to begin archiving recipes

and articles that I’m working on

on page tabs up top.

I might could figure that out. We’ll see.

And how do I get a header?
I downloaded one but can’t figure out how to personalize it?

Help you creative genuiuses out there!

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And Then She Was Two

February 20, 2012September 30, 2015 Lindsey P. Brackett3 Comments

Dear Amelia,
Two years ago you made a sudden appearance surprising nurses and my midwife and me with your quickness. Only a couple of hours before I had told your Marmie not to hurry because you certainly weren’t. How wrong I was! And how wrong were so many who thought surely you would be the first baby boy Brackett.

But you made us a family of five and ushered Daddy into that unofficial “three girls” club. Men shook his hand and told him to find a man cave when you all became teenagers. I pulled out all the saved baby girl clothes, the pink crocheted blankets, the bows to tame the wild mane of dark hair you have always had.

And now you are two. It’s hard to believe so much has changed in so short an amount of time. You (and your sissy monsters) have grown and developed and everyday become more of the person God wants you to be. I pray for your safety, your development, your sensitive feelings. I need to bow my knees more often and thank God for your sweetness, your presence, your sticky hugs and butterfly kisses.

Your smile that makes my world go ’round.

I thought you’d always be my baby. And you will. My baby girl, my baby we asked for from the Lord. How I love you. How I miss you being so small and snuggly in the Bjorn tucked away safe against my chest. How I love you being two with your infectious laughter, lispy “yesh”, great love of Winnie the Pooh and horses and puppies. How I love being with you everyday, listening to you sing as you color, sharing your favorite peanut butter and jelly, cuddling with you before naptime.

Maybe sometimes you think I don’t love the Llama Llama books as much as you. And maybe sometimes I beg you to lay down quickly so I can rest this body that’s bringing you a brother soon. There are times when I can’t watch anymore Pooh Bear or I get frustrated with you or you are too defiant and have to be reprimanded.

But I love you so. I hope you know that today in your little heart. And I hope you know it everyday for the rest of your life.

2012-02-19

“>Happy Birthday Millie Moo!
Mommy

reflections

Two Years Ago…

February 18, 2012 Lindsey P. BrackettLeave a comment

I was two days from delivering sweet baby Amelia when I sat down at my kitchen table and started this blog. Now over 250 posts later, it’s getting a new look and a more narrowed focus.

If one can narrow randomness.

Thanks for joining me on this journey, for commenting on my musings, for helping me find faith in myself and this gift. I enjoy telling you about our lives. I hope you enjoy reading about them.

Some of my favorites…

And Then She Was One

Because Nobody’s Perfect

Random Acts of Runaways

Small Graces

A Monday Menu

(Im)Perfectly Patient

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13 Miscellaneous Monday Facts

February 13, 2012September 30, 2015 Lindsey P. Brackett3 Comments

I love Miscellany Monday.

I don’t have to have a theme for my post except Random and that’s really what this is all about.

I’m supposed to be writing an article for the MOPS magazine. The theme is confident mothering. The deadline is Wednesday. Who knows if they would publish it? Who thinks I know anything about confident mothering? I’ve decided to write about organization. But maybe that’s mundane? I’m clearly overthinking it.

I’m also supposed to be writing an adolescent lit novel. I started it last spring, shared a few pages with my students, who loved it and are constantly asking when I’ll be done. They have no idea what a non-confident procrastinator writer I am. But they make me feel good everytime they ask, so I’m going to work on it some more. Don’t ask what it’s about. I can’t talk about these things without thinking that you might think I’m silly.

I cleaned out the fridge today. It was gross. FYI: when someone spills a half-drunk cup of grape juice in the fridge don’t assume you got it all cleaned up until you’ve actually emptied the fridge and surveyed the stickiness. Ick. But I get to cross another attempt at organization off my 32 by 32 list. yay, me!

4.
I’ll be 32 next Tuesday. As a gift to me, the school system is planning to be closed for an emergency day unless we get a winter storm in the next six days. Come on snow….

I downloaded this printable from this blog today.

vdayprintable

http://www.scribd.com/embeds/80931694/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list

Enjoy the message.

Amelia didn’t want to be a baby today because it was naptime. Instead she said, “Gus baby!” This was after she told me she was my only baby and that baby in my tummy was not coming out. “Uh-uh!”

Now she has a flashlight and hole punch. Should I be concerned?

We had a family Valentine Banquet at church on Sunday. It was sweet fun and showcased the amazing talent of a local family whose seven and nine year olds play cello and violin and have all of Psalm 1 memorized. We also took silly pictures. As you can tell, Joshua was really into it.

I used that pic in my 365+1 project that is missing a few days because while everyday may be camera worthy, this mommy is not always memory-worthy.

10.

Barnes and Noble via the nice UPS man (NHMS folks know which one) just delivered Joshua’s Valentine present. I’m super excited because I know he wants this. He told me.

11.

He’s also getting

from the girls so they can start planning their wild garden that’s going to feed us all summer. and hopefully someone is going to teach me to can tomatoes because when you make pizza once a week you need a lot of tomatoes.

12.

I used a gift card from Christmas for the gifts and still had enough to get myself a little something AND most importantly, I earned free shipping. I got a book that’s a recommendation from a book we’re reading at MOPS that I’m not talking about here because Joshua reads my blog and I’ll tell him about it later. Valentine’s secret.

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Speaking of gift cards, I found an Old Navy card in our bill box when I cleaned it out the other day and guess what? It has $10 on it! I’m thinking of splurging on this cute dress for my maternity pictures.