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Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 7

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week - Monday: Simple stretching and walking on the elliptical machine.  Well done. Tuesday & Wednesday: Left hip mutinied and functioned on own accord producing an interesting rhythm to my natural gate.  Clearly, all exercising was abandoned to allow for full recovery.  Sunday evening, during dinner, left shoulder seceded and began to ache.  Within a day, shoulder had coerced back, arm and jaw into defiance and has allowed very little movement of left side of body whatsoever.  All grooming has since been chucked.  

Take my vitamins -  Have instituted new plan of leaving pretty bowl on counter with vitamins to take in morning or evening.  Have improved vitamin intake by 33%.  Excellent! However, can not currently open vitamen bottles with useless & weak left arm.  Must look into vitamins for improving one's joint functionality.  Will need joint ability to open joint vitamins.  Hmmm...

Read - Read and made notes for 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen, read March issues of In Style Magazine (v. difficult with left arm unable to sustain the weight of periodical.)  Have not reviewed a Pride and Prejudice book in a few weeks - surely can be blamed on reluctant joints.  

Watched Mr. Darcy on Tivo'd episodes of Inside the Actor's Studio and on Piers Morgan Tonight.  Surely watching Mr. Darcy carries same weight as reading about Mr. Darcy.

Give up soda - Coffee is new toxin.  Must eliminate it (as soon as this pot just made is finished. Wasteful to toss it out.) Joints clearly do not like coffee.  

Not wear shoes in the house - Fantastic - even enforced on guests this weekend.  

Write thank you notes - If one writes thank you notes and carries them in her purse for weeks on end - does the other person actually feel thanked in any way?  Confucious style question for the ages.  Much like tree falling in forrest.

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - Organized pen drawer when arm still worked.  Perhaps over exertion of left arm from pen drawer activity?

De-clutter the house room by room - Lack of productivity given pass as have been convalescing joints.

Meal plan - Good - have used joint recovery as time to oversee husband making dinner and pizza ordering (also by husband as joints are needed for phone usage.)

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - Shut. up.  3rd Saturday missed.  But have delightful Sunday photo that will be snuck in as if Saturday one.  But I will know.  Forever.  Beyond the days of remembering my children's birthdays.  

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy - Really, what can be expected with joint issues?

Pray / Bible study daily - (Will fill this in later once connection with joint issues can be made)

Not be a victim to technology - Have learned about Tumblr & set up account.  Taught Kelli Darr to set up her own account (am tech. teacher, now).  See potential for obsessive personality's enjoyment.  

Keep up with this list every Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy: Well done, considering previously mentioned joint issues.  Would pat back if left arm would allow it.  (Must protect right arm from over exertion, at this point.)

 

Alex & Max's Baptism

Alex and Max were baptised this Sunday afternoon. We go to kinda a big church (North Point Community Church) , so it was all done in kinda a big way.  Alex's picture on the jumbo - tron screen.

A video of each child (made a few weeks prior) showed just before their turn.  They talked about their favorite Bible verse, when they asked Jesus into their heart, thanked their family and small group leaders.

I didn't actually see the videos until Sunday.  Max quoted his favorite Bible verse.  It apparently can be found in "Ecclesiastics."  :) 

There was a party afterwards with cupcakes and these giant balloons.  When they asked if we wanted to take one home - I was like "totally!"  

I told him to jump but to make it look like he didn't jump.

How did people who don't have a suburban get their balloons home?  

 

I am so proud of these boys.  They asked to be baptised and Max hounded me until I took care of it.

Alex later asked me how much it cost and if we had to pay a lot.  

Me:  "Um, no - the church doesn't charge for that."  

Alex: "I overheard a father dropping of his son and asking where he needed to go to pay."  

Me: "He was paying $5 to get a DVD of the baptism."

Alex: "Oh, well good."

It was a really wonderful day.  

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Have a monster of a Valentine's!

Grandma sent a box full of her hand made monster to the boys.  

In our family, a monster related Valentines is kinda a theme:)

Have a super day!

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 6

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week - On verge of taking off based on purchase of exercise ball.  Red. 

Take my vitamins -  Have yet to successfully take morning vitamins (iron, b & daily) and evening vitamins (b, omega & calcium) on the same day. Much room available for improvement, brilliant as would hate to run out of things to progress towards at this early point in the year.  Having goals vital. 

Read - Read Health Magazine, July 2007 edition.  Surely health, in general, has not changed much since and most information should be considered reliable.  Perhaps, disregard the bird flu article. 

Reading 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen.  If you hold the book to your ear, you can hear the sound of suede elbow patches.

Give up soda  coffee - Must find article telling the merits of coffee in fighting Alzheimer's.  And then search internet for merits of sugar and milk.

Not wear shoes in the house - Mostly well done. 

Write thank you notes - Wrote rough draft for a note.  Surely counts.

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - Alphabetized movies, organized container storage area.  Started Tumblr account called Mash You Crooked.  

De-clutter house room by room - How?  How?  As one area, such as pen drawer becomes organized, whole other, much larger area (like playroom) implodes spectacularly.  However, pen drawer does look quite nice with new caddies.  

Meal plan - Rachel Ray's butternut squash risotto not a winner. Unfortunate as 1. had to be stirred for 30 minutes and 2. was only meal planned. 

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - Failed to take photo even though family was visiting and we were not wearing the customary sweats.  Even had clean hair.  Tragic.

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy -  Better.  Improving.  (Positive self talk is paramount)

Pray / Bible study daily - Better. Improving. (see above).

Not be a victim to technology - Will count new battery operated toothbrush as it came with an instruction booklet.  Triumph!

Keep up with this list every Sunday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy: box checked

Leave the gun and take the Captain Crunch

"Hey Mugsy.

You need me to top that coffee off for you?"

 

Max at breakfast last weekend.

He selected his outfit.

The gun was already on the counter when he sat down.

(Serendipitous.)

And yes, the decaf coffee was his.

Kid Craft: Robot Valentine's Cards (year 2)

For a second year in a row, the boys opted for making their own Valentine's using Creatology paper shapes from Michael's.  (Our Valentine's Robots from last year.)  These are by David.

These are by Alex.

I love the business man robot "for Daddy."

A- "There is electricity in his legs."

Me - "Totally!"

Max's masterpiece robot.  These are like 12 inches tall.  I think we'll have to make our own envelopes!

And how could we resist Tyrannosaurus Rex Valentines?  I mean, really, they go hand in hand.

"Hey Valentine, I'd give you a big hug but I have these really tiny arms."

The T-Rex golfer by Alex. 

You should see his golf swing.

 

 

Kid Craft: Valentine Art

Our project

Inspired by this way cool one:

I found this image on a tumblr account writeclickscrapbook and the original artist is a brilliant lady Susan Farrington. 

We used mostly scrapbook paper.  But we also used vellum, a padded envelope, bubble wrap, fun foam, felt, old sheet music and the cardboard holder thing that goes around the Starbucks coffee.

 

Mr. Darcy will be on Inside the Actor's Studio tonight

James Lipton will interview Colin Firth tonight on Inside The Actor's Studio.

(Image from a wonderful tumblr account: that wet shirt)

Kelli Crowe Jones's Diary: Week 5

I WILL

Exercise 3 to 5 days a week - Tragic.

Take my vitamins -  Disaster.

Read - Read rest of Darcy and Fitzwilliam and the read it again.   Reading way through Typepad for Dummies...appears as though my attention span is not equipped for actual follow through with information I have gleaned thus far.  Also, best not to read it late at night.  It seems that the conversion from my reading to doing with accuracy after midnight is really quite low.  Refer to previously mentioned misplaced sidebar.

Give up soda - Huge set back.  I blame my mother, and called her to tell her so, as I drank her 2 liter Pepsi (which I do not even like) she left at our house.

Not wear shoes in the house -Applause!  

Write thank you notes - No 1 cent stamps or 3 cent stamps to be found today at the grocery store.  Must go to actual post office.  Agony.

Finish the plethora of projects half done and/or started in my head - Resorted and organized buffet / technology center of kitchen...including several sessions of "what does this charger thingie go to?. 

Craft room is now 78% clean.  (Up 7% form last week - noticeable, if only slightly cleaner).  

Tivo is at 28% availability, so well done there.

De-clutter the house room by room - All 3 boys' closets and clothes sorted through - too small garments removed.  David has 4 outfits, Alex has only golf shirts and bathing suits and Maxwell has enough clothes for 14 people.  Excellent.

Meal plan - Second crock pot meal had slight hic-up.  Turkey meat was tender and slid right off the bone. As did various other odd colored turkey pieces that I do not usually consume.  

Sauteed shrimp for first time and, unlike other kitchen first times, it was quite good. 

Start scrapbook project: 53 Saturdays - Excellent!  Must actually scrapbook these pictures now!

Plan out each day with some sort of strategy -  Cold turned to sinus infection over road any plans.  Still snifflie after 10 days.  

Pray / Bible study daily - Had extra week to do lesson and have not used it well.  

Not be a victim to technology - Spent hours last week reorganizing and labeling 2006 /2007 blog posts. Am discouraged as 1. I can not spell a bit (spell check was not part of my account at the time...or existed on a plane unknown to me.  Most likely on a tool bar unknown to me then.)  2. I blogged about a few interesting things, a few helpful homeschool things and a lot of drivel.  Misspelled drivel.

Keep up with this list every Sunday in format of Bridget Jone's Dairy: Excellent!