Entries from July 2009

July 31, 2009

Food Matters

Have you seen it?

I saw it Tuesday night. I knew going into it a little bit about the movie. And I knew it was being put on by a chiropractic office, so gather from that what you want (I’m not here to debate chiropractors). It was a good movie and it got [...]

July 30, 2009

cycle chic

Pregnant women biking! I totally love this and I think to myself “why not?” but I bet if women rode around here pregnant, people would think “what the heck?”. Can you tell I’m living in a biking fantasy world?

July 29, 2009

it’s like they read my mind

J. Crew. It’s like they read my mind, every season.

new jeans.
Their fall catalog came on Saturday and I ripped out a bunch of pages. Not that I will buy everything. Or anything for that matter. But that I like the way they put things together. Jeans like this have been [...]

July 28, 2009

quilt

We set up Della’s twin bed this weekend. She’s not in it yet, that’s a whole other post. But she will be soon. And now I have a serious urge to make quilts for both girls beds. They are twin beds so they won’t be huge quilts.
But my first question – [...]

July 28, 2009

quantity vs. quality

The Children’s Year.
I checked this book out from the library recently and I’ve really liked it.  I think it’s a book that will be going in my amazon cart on my next purchase.  One quote really stuck out to me though:
“In a strange way our age is one of poverty in quality rather than quantity.”
And [...]

July 27, 2009

Monday best of last week: link style

i so wish that biking in here looked like this. and while you are at it, check out this cool slideshow of photos taken of bikers over the span of only 19 minutes. amazing.
do you have a bucket list? i wish i had one.
loving this box pouch tutorial.
how to take prettier photos part [...]

July 24, 2009

really want to make this

but as more of an everyday wallet. instructions here and found via whip up.

July 23, 2009

our weekend

I posted last week that we were attending our reunions this last weekend.  We didn’t end up making it to mine but did to the husband’s.  I don’t have any pictures (thank goodness) but let me say it was strange.  The husband says it was strange too.  Maybe I can leave it at that?
The real [...]

July 23, 2009

today

I am grateful for frozen homemade chicken noodle soup. I’m sick and it’s the only thing that is close to being appetizing. It’s so good though, nothing like homemade chicken noodle soup. seriously.
I am also grateful for having read the two books that my book club is doing this month – Number The Stars [...]

July 23, 2009

needs

always a constant goal, to hear the needs of the children. and everyone really.
inspiring post about this found on this inspired life.