Ten on Tuesday

1. This Week's Blessing: our church celebrated its centennial over the weekend. What an amazing legacy of faith!

2. This Day's Blessing: my hubby left a beautiful yellow rose in my car for me to find when I left for work. I love that man!

3. Am I the only person who does not run with their iPod held in their hand? This would drive me crazy:
I have an arm strap I use to keep my iPod (and headphone cord) out of my way, yet still easily accessible. And don't even get me started on you "I run with my iPhone because it has my music on it" people. If you are running with a phone at all, you aren't a real runner.

(Please note that this is not an attack on Kate Gosselin whom, despite public opinion, I actually like. Her Type A personality reminds me a lot of my own. Her photo was simply the one that got me curious about other people's iPod habits.)

4. Its only been four days since I got my hair cut and I'm already thinking that bangs were a huge mistake.

5. Strangely enough, I also told myself four years ago: "Self, never go through the hassle that is bangs EVER AGAIN!"

Self is obviously a slow learner who suffers from memory loss.

6. Our internet/phone debacle is still ongoing. In all honesty, it hasn't bothered me nearly as much as I thought it would, but the hubby was a nervous wreck when he had no way to manage his Fantasy Football team on Sunday morning.

7. Disney Movie Trivia: "He can call me a flower if he wants to; I don't mind."

(last week's winner: Stephanie)

8. My kiddo is still the daycare biter. He will go a few days without incident, but then he will have a relapse day and bite two kiddos in the span of a few hours. This morning at daycare I ran into the mother of Kendry's main victim, a little girl 9 months older than Kendry. We shared a chuckle or two with our provider about the biting and the other mother complimented on what a friendly kiddo Kendry is.

After I left I had to wonder about the proper etiquette for your kiddo's knack for biting another person's child. Should I have apologized? I just don't know.

9. Habitual biting aside, how cute is this photo of my little man? His Auntie Andrea snapped this one last week.

10. And today I will leave you with one of my favorite fall treats. Some call it Russian Tea. I call mine Kia's Spice Tea because I got the recipe from my sister-in-law, Kia.

2 C Tang

1/2 C instant tea

1 1/2 C sugar

1/4 t cinnamon

1/4 t ground cloves

1 package lemonade mix

Directions: Mix all ingredients together. Add 2-3 T to hot water. Then curl up on the couch with your favorite fall movie and enjoy!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!

Ten on Tuesday

DISCLAIMER: Due to technical difficulties, this week's post will not contain any photos/video. In the process of switching our phone service to Vonage this last week our internet was inexplicably disconnected. And since we cannot set up our Vonage until we have an internet connection, we are without phone service as well.

1. No internet and no phone!? It sounds prehistoric, right? But its actually more peaceful than you might imagine.

2. This Week's Blessing: a STELLAR report with our fertility clinic on Friday! Praise the Lord!

3. I should never let my husband drive in Seattle traffic again.

4. Disney Movie Trivia: "A fine conscience I turned out to be!"

5. The Seahawks won their first regular season game against San Francisco this last Sunday, and our kiddo can now yell "Touchdown!" with his hands raised in the air.

6. If this season is anything like the last few seasons for Seattle, Kendry will forget how to do this touchdown celebration by November.

7. I'm a little embarrassed about my lack of blog posts outside of the weekly TOT, but my half-marathon training is taking up a lot of my spare time these days. Only 17 more days until the big race.

8. I am in love with this t-shirt available at Cafe Press:

9. Since I'm running about 20 miles a week right now I have taken many liberties with regard to junk food - and by 'liberties' I mean four Krispy Kreme donuts in a three day period.

10. Okay, I lied in the disclaimer above. I was, in fact, able to round up a recent video of Kendry. (My apologies to my FB friends who have already seen it.) Kendry has started to identify body parts like his ears, toes and nose - but its his belly he is most proud of.

SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY!

Ten on Tuesday

1. This Week's Blessing: Justin fixed my leaky kitchen sink and pipes! I love my handyman hubby!

2. Less then 4 weeks until the half-marathon! As excited as I am to achieve this goal, its quite possible I am even more excited for my workout-free month which begins the second I cross that finish line on October 2nd.

3. I am LOVING The Pioneer Woman!! I made her Monkey Muffins for my boys over Labor Day weekend. Yummers!

4. And as a follow up to #3, I just might be rekindling my relationship with real butter.

5. How old are we when standing in this position finally becomes uncomfortable?

Kendry could stand like this for hours.

6. Disney Movie Trivia: "Oi! Ten thousand years will give you such a crick in the neck!"

7. I started working on Kendry's trick-or-treat bag over the long weekend and I love how its turning out:

Each year we will add another photo of Kendry in his costume, so I have left space to iron on those photos. I am also going to stitch some fabric/ribbon on the straps - I'm thinking a candy corn pattern would be the perfect touch.

8. Upon inspecting Kendry's trick-or-treat bag, Justin commented: "You're going to be one of those moms that embarrasses him in junior high, aren't you?" Which made me visualize a day in the not so distant future, when Kendry announces to me that his adorable trick-or-treat bag is no longer cool.

Sniff, sniff. I will not cry.

Why do kids have to grow up anyway?

9. And speaking of Halloween, I have delegated Justin to make a light saber for Kendry's costume. Stay tuned for the hubby's progress on that one.

10. Your prayers are greatly appreciated as we head to Seattle for our yearly work-up with our fertility clinic this coming Friday. We are praying that everything will look great and they will okay us to try another IVF cycle in the next year - once we are financially able to do so.

Ten on Tuesday

1. Allergies are the pits!

2. Tomorrow is the first day of September!!! I know its not technically fall just yet, but its close enough for me. I start putting up my fall decor after Labor Day. Only one more week!

3. Another Brad Paisley song = another sappy, crying moment for me. Have you heard his new song yet?

4. And if you listened to the Brad Paisley song you heard the cute part about seeing his son dressed up in his football uniform. Kendry and I took a walk around our neighborhood this evening and saw a pee-wee football practice session. Seeing those skinny little legs and huge helmets is the cutest thing ever! Can you say "top heavy"? Justin and I can hardly wait to start Kendry in pee-wee.

5. I got crafty this last weekend and tackled two more scrapbook pages for Kendry's book. The first is a photo taken by Auntie Andrea (Andrea Lopez Photography) when he was just a month old. The little moon and star patch on the right says: Babies Are Heaven Sent.

The second is his official 1 year old photo.

6. For some reason I have trouble doing my scrapbook pages in chronological order. I still have yet to do my kiddo's first haircut (3 months), his first trip to AK (6 weeks), his first Christmas (7 months), and his first birthday. Wow! I need to schedule a major scrapbooking weekend.

7. Disney Movie Trivia: "Are you achin'? Yup, yup, yup. For some bacon? Yup, yup, yup. He's a big pig. Yup, yup. You can be a big pig too. Oy!"

8. Our home computer, a Dell laptop I purchased when I graduated college in 2003, is definitely on its last legs. A new computer is not really in the budget right now, but it just might have to be.

9. Confession: All my life I have never been able to hula hoop. I think I missed out on the hip-rolling gene.

10. This Week's Blessing: ignoring my horrendously messy house and enjoying an inexpensive, at-home date night with my hubby instead, courtesy of Redbox and Chex Muddy Buddies.

Oh Deer Me!

The other night we watched three young bucks strolling around our neighborhood. These photos were taken out our front window. Having never been a city girl (although I'm sure I could hack it), seeing wildlife out my front window is just another reminder of why I will always prefer country living.

Of course, a few minutes later we discovered that the deer had traveled around to our back yard and were pleasantly feasting on the contents of our small garden. At that point the serene wildlife moment came to an abrupt end as my husband went outside to chase them off.

He was a little too late to save this pumpkin.

Stupid deer!