Can it really have been two weeks? What happened??
Well...you know how Mr. Wicke sometimes sends me away for a couple of float days to recover my sanity? Well, he did that. And then one of my best friends adopted a baby, so we've been celebrating that. Then Mr. Wicke turned 39, so we had to have a couple of parties for that. And then I had a serious meeting with myself and determined that it is time to shed the remaining 15 lbs of baby weight so I have started running every day to get rid of that. (Maybe you know how much I hate that.) And I've started cutting calories; no fun in that. Besides the kids are out of school, and you know there's never any extra time because of that.
So, two weeks come and go just like that. And that's that.
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Lincoln, Mr. & Mrs. Wicke, Logan, & Griffin
Welcome
Ironically, since I'm a Mormon, I don't even drink tea. It was my husband, who, over the selection of Christmas cards early in our marriage, told me that my life was "like a little tea party." I didn't know what he meant then and still don't, but I do know that this "tea party" I'm living is bigger, better, messier, and tastier than I ever could have imagined. I'm just trying to record it so I can remember some of the details when the party winds down a bit.
About Me
- Laurel
- Orange County, CA
- Head party planner, husband lover, kid smoocher, friend talker, opinionated thinker, book reader, food eater, right-brained singer, and belly laugher.
The Whole Family
Lincoln, Mr. & Mrs. Wicke, Logan, & Griffin
Friendly Readers
Family Blogs (The few, the proud!)
My Wyoming Peeps
Our Friends' Blogs
Blogs I Read of People I've Never Actually Met...but Want To
- cjane
- deborah silver gardens
- drawn to the flame
- emilystyle
- fly through our window
- graphics fairy
- hip2save
- it's a shabby thing
- just around this corner
- madame queen
- oh happy day
- one pearl button
- over the big moon
- peace in the pandemonium
- pioneer woman
- polly want a crafter
- queen in residence
- rochelle's ravings
- sew many ways
- shiner circus
- sun scholars
- sweat tears or the sea
- that's what it's all about
- the musings of a wandering mind
- the nie nie dialogues
- the scoop from the loop
Books I've Read in 2012
- Adam Bede by George Eliot
- Two from Galilee by Marjorie Holmes
- A Little Book of Christmas by John Kendrick Bangs
- Evergreen: A Christmas Tale by Richard Taylor
- Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz
- The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
- Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
- O Pioneers by Willa Cather
- From This Moment On by Shania Twain
- Let's Bring Them Up Sensibly by Mae Carden
- The Courage to Teach by Parker J. Palmer
- Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
- Whitehorn Woods by Maeve Binchy
- The Last Time I Saw You by Elizabeth Berg
- Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
- Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
- The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
- Winter Wheat by Mildred Walker
- Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas
- The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
- Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story by Ingrid Ricks
- Sylvester by Georgette Heyer
- North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
- The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
- The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
- The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
- The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
- I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg
- Papa Married a Mormon by John D. Fitzgerald
- Madam Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
- Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Little Britches: Father and I were Ranchers by Ralph Moody
- Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
- 84 Charring Cross Road by Helene Hanff
- Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
Books I've Read in 2011
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
- Renoir, My Father by Jean Renoir
- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
- The Girl in the Garden by Kamala Nair
- Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
- On Folly Beach by Karen White
- A Lion and A Lamb by Rand H. Packer
- The Healing Art of Storytelling by Richard Stone
- The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
- Unplanned by Abby Johnson
- Winter Wheat by Mildred Walker
- All But My Life by Gerda Weissmann Klein
- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
- The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox by Jennifer Lee Carrell
- Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
- Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts
- Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- The Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
- Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
- The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
- This Time Together: Laughter and Reflections by Carol Burnett
- A Mother's Influence by Margaret D. Nadauld
- Austenland by Shannon Hale
- From Sea to Shining Sea by James Alexander Thom
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London
- Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes
- Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling
- The Uses of Adversity by Carlfred Broderick
- Papa Married a Mormon by John D. Fitzgerald
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Favorite Books of All Time
My Entire Booklist
my read shelf:
Things that Make Me Happy
- Mr. Wicke
- My Kids' Faces (especially when they are sleeping)
- Family who Make Me Laugh Really Hard
- Great Friends who Understand Me and Still Like Me Anyway
- Mint Chocolate Chip Milkshakes
- A Clean House
- Bubble Baths
- Bookclub
- Five for Fighting
- Learning
- Warm Chocolate Chip Cookies & Milk
- Kisses from my Kids
- A Really Good Laugh
- The Office
- Cooking
- Loyalty
- Sleeping Late
- Curling up with a Good Book
- Lost
- Going Out to Lunch with Girlfriends
- Jalepeno Stuffed Green Olives
- Chick Flicks
- Good Surprises
- Vacations with Mr. Wicke
- Singing
- Project Runway
- 24
- Candles
5 comments:
I hate exercising too, and I have more than 15 pounds to lose ALREADY after I have this baby. I think, for the first time ever, I'm going to take up running. I want to see quick results, or I'll give up.
Nice getting to have float days. My husband DOES try to give me some, but then I don't know where to go or what to do or who to go with. I'll have to work on that too.
I with you exercise sucks and cutting calories sucks even more. I wish I only had 15 to lose. Good luck.Yor lucky you only lose a couple weeks I've lost whole months before
Yes...I know all about that. :)
I can't wait to see you soon! I hear that I will finally ger to see Mr Wicke for the first time in YEARS! But guess what? Rob isn't going to get to be here to meet him. UGH! :( BOO!
AND because you have been sweeping your floors and shopping to get a new plate...really, did that happen? Im still so sorry! And its still so weird how easily it fell..ha
I went to marshalls yesterday, only black and white or blue and white plates...did you NEED to pick a harder to find color??
really, when are you going to have me over again..im sure I can pee on your carpet or something..
I think it is crazy how fast summer is going by, enjoy the time and good luck running. That is my most un-favorite thing to do in the whole world!!!
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