2.28.2014

todays tweet: just loving my new calendar filled with smiles and laughs and silly memories.

heres to filling up those march boxes!

2.27.2014

todays tweet: i love the sound of colin digging through the lego box looking for that perfect piece. i love watching him place a lego order on line - spending hours scrolling through all the pages till he finds just the right lego, in just the right size, in just the right color - all for a ten cent piece. i love walking through the house and seeing legos everywhere, including the dyson vacuum canister (and yes, i pull them out and wash them off and return them to their lego home). i will miss these pieces someday but right now i'm just too busy enjoying them.

todays tweet two: and yes, that is colins comb sheath on his dresser that he made at steves birthday party a couple years ago !!  fizbo lives on in the sippel house.

2.26.2014

todays tweet: the sound of me digging through a extra large lego box looking for heads, hats, arms & bodies has filled the house recently.  just a couple more searches left to fill the printer drawer hanging in the boys hall upstairs. it reminds me when steve found this drawer in waco last summer .... good memories, great find!

2.25.2014

todays tweet:
hello my name is carol and i watch the bachelor.
hello my name is carol and i watched the entire first season of house of cards last week and then watched it again with steve.
hello my name is carol and i stalked the library online request site so i could be the first to reserve season five of nurse jackie.
hello my name is carol and i still watch greys anatomy - it must be its 100th season.
hello my name is carol and i feel a netflix subscription in my near future.
hello my name is carol and i've recorded the entire fifth season of downton abbey but have yet to watch an episode.
hello my name is carol and apparently i have several tv addictions going on - when did this happen?

2.24.2014

todays tweet: leadership awards ceremony tonight at the performing arts center. congratulations to our junior historian treasurer who has no idea how much money is in the clubs account!

2.21.2014

todays tweet:  our God can perform miracles. our God is with us everyday - through the good days, the bad days and the just plain downright unfair days. our prayers are with Ben and his family today, tomorrow and the days ahead. visit bens blog here.

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"Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary. they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40:31

2.18.2104

todays tweet: we have a published author in our house! nice job justin - the immortal ten story lives on!

2.17.2014

todays tweet: this was all colin wanted for his birthday this year - 118 ounces of ketchup with a pump!

love a boy who is easy to please!

2.16.2014

todays tweet: sunday overtime football games are always better with william sonoma whirley popcorn and warm melted butter! 

2.15.2014

todays tweet: birthday celebrations continue. flix brewhouse for dinner and a movie - the monument men - you know how our boys love their history! candles and a chocolate harvey wallbanger cake because sometimes you just can't break traditions and harveys been a part of each celebration - happy 12th dude!

2.14.2014

todays tweet: just using my calendar and doodle journal to catch up on the blog today. 6 weeks without blogging left me sad - so i backtracked, uploaded photos and captured the quick 'tweet' of the day. heres to better blogging days ahead.....

2.13.2014

todays tweet: i still write down the funny things that the boys say that make us all laugh on scraps of paper before i forget them.  our recent laugh lines include:

 "i bet you didn't know but i have really good balance" nathan

"did poppa pay sticker price?" colin referiing to steves orthodontic work as a teenager

"fantasy. do not attempt." commercial lines that make us smile

"drama lama" overused daily line around here

"i'm always up dad" nathan said as steve woke him up from an afternoon nap session

2.12.2014

todays tweet: 10 stores. 3 different days. finally found just the right present for a 12 year old. love the nikes and matching socks! happy bday dude!

2.11.2014

todays tweet: one trip downtown tonight to the annual college fair with three future college students. 100's of booths. lots of literature and pens for all. one of our favorite traditions two years in the making.

2.10.2014

todays tweet: math project due today. colin said it would take 45 minutes. actually time 3 hours. glad we started it early sunday afternoon. lesson learned - quadruple all of colins estimates in the future.

2.9.2014

todays tweet: sunny skies. new cleats. football wins. great gatsby movie. 

2.7.2014

todays tweet: snow day number 3 of the season today despite that there is not a snowflake in the sky or a raindrop on the ground. i guess its just a cold day without school. pluckers chicken wings for dinner with a wood burning fire in the fireplace.

2.5.2014

todays tweet: early release school day = lots of time to play football in the street.

2.2.2014

todays tweet: superbowl sunday. millers hot sauce from buffalo. steves world famous homemade chili.

texas roadhouse peanuts. velvetta queso. one sugar candy bar. one sleeper of a game. seahawks won!

2.1.2014

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todays tweet: capital tour for one junior historians upcoming paper. two boxes of texas fireballs complete with laughing memories. one box to mail to mike & sandra.