http://adazzledim.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:36:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, it's been almost a year since I've updated here. Oops. I blame Facebook, where I update almost daily, for sucking the life out of my blog. Anyway, another year has passed, and Annabelle is four. Four! She's in her second year of Montessori, still in the same 3-6 year ... http://adazzledim.com/2009/12/23/annabelle-christmas-2009/ In the car this afternoon...  Mommy: *sneeze* Annabelle: Bless you! *silence* *silence* Annabelle: Talk louder, Mommy. I can't hear you! Mommy: I didn't say anything, Annabelle. Annabelle: (pointedly) Bless you, Mommy. Mommy: Oh! Thank you!  *** I've been blogging elsewhere because I've needed to write about stuff that's not for public consumption (ie, not for my mom. Hi, Mom!), so ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/12/30/did-i-just-get-schooled-by-a-toddler/ Annabelle helped me make dinner tonight. We had soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. Annabelle was in charge of pouring the soup in the pan, stirring the soup while it cooked, and helping me to spread butter on the slices of bread. What a wonderful helper she was! While we were ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/11/13/mommy-and-annabelle-together/ </rule about not writing political blog entries> Not that I think he reads my blog or anything ( :P ), but huge congratulations to our new President-elect, Barrack Obama! You weren't my first choice, Mr. Obama, but in the last days of the campaign when my first choice morphed into Anyone But McCain, ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/11/05/president-obama/ My friend Laura was in town this weekend, and we had her and her boyfriend Justin and our friend Adam over for dinner Saturday night. I served Florentine Stuffed Shells, Ratatouille, and Cherry Dump Cake, and I was pleased with how everything turned out. I wish I got to cook ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/10/27/saturday-night-and-homemaking/ I remember when Saturday mornings were spent lazing about in bed or on the couch, taking til noon to wake up, and casually touching base with friends about plans for Saturday night. Ah, young days. Now, I am up by 7 at the very latest, often planning my day before ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/10/18/108/ There are milestones we watch for as our children grow: the first word, the first tooth, the first "I love you" - the things we're just waiting to write down in baby books and call our mothers and friends about. Yesterday I realized another kind of milestone: the ones that ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/10/13/an-unexpected-milestone/ So, I was too busy to write, and I had so much going on, and then I didn't know where to begin, and now there is no way I can write it all. I'm accepting that it's not all going to make it into digital print and just picking up ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/10/12/snowballed/ So, I got to spend the weekend at the Hotel Icon (which I will blog about separately as per my 101 Things) in downtown Houston with my oldest and dearest friend Lizzie. No babies, no boys. And boy was it wonderful. (Even with a sore throat, which managed to wait ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/08/20/houston-trip/ Annabelle started Montessori school today. My baby! She was so excited. Last night at about 10, after a couple hours of sleep, she woke up asking, "I can go to school now? I can see my teacher? I can see my friends?" I could only laugh and tell her that, ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/08/11/pics/ Dear Friends and Family, I recently accepted the challenge to raise funds to support the Komen Shreveport-Bossier City Race for the Cure® on September 20, 2008 in the fight against breast cancer. One in eight women will be stricken with breast cancer in her lifetime and the more we raise, the ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/07/30/91/ I give up. If you're RSS-feeding me, I apologize if you've been flooded with reposts and edits. Embedded YouTubes are messing up the alignment on the rest of my blog, and the only way I can find to fix it is paragraph-by-paragraph. I think I'm going to let it be. Effing ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/07/29/argh/ http://adazzledim.com/2008/07/29/ab-on-youtube-3/ Annabelle Hopscotching. Taken May 30th. At the Carter's store on the Boardwalk, they have a hopscotch board taped on the floor just inside the door. Since AB's gymnastics class introduced her to the game, we can't go to Carter's without hopscotching. Repeat: Shopping with AB is never dull (and usually fun). http://adazzledim.com/2008/07/29/ab-on-youtube-2/ I moved - no exaggeration - 1200 pictures from two cameras to my laptop last night. I will be editing pictures for a week, at least. In the meantime, here are three videos that I pulled off the Fuji - all featuring Little Miss AB. Alice in Candyland. Taken April 14th. Points ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/07/29/ab-on-youtube/ Appetizer When was the last time you had your hair cut/trimmed? It's been quite awhile as I've been growing out layers. Right now I'm holding off on cutting it only because my stylist asked me to be her model for a spa makeover in early August. If I don't hear from her ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/07/25/fridays-feast-7-25-08/ Email to my friend DeAnn, at work... Subject: Formal meeting request Body: Ms. XXXXX, I am writing to request a meeting to discuss issues of timeless importance, including but not limited to potty-training, play dates and weight loss endeavors. I would like to seek your expert input on several of my projects in ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/07/24/85/ For Mom, whose compliments on my cooking are the ones I cherish most. :) This is actually a really simple recipe, but it comes together just right! Originally this called for a pound each of carrots, potatoes and parsnips. I couldn't find any good parsnips in town when I was shopping ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/07/22/recipe-roast-turkey-breast-with-winter-vegetables/ Don passed away Saturday. He left peacefully after spending his last weeks surrounded by the love of his family.  He's going to be so missed. I think - hope - his son Andrew is going to move up to Shreveport from Alexandria, where he lives now, and enroll in college ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/07/22/update/ I'm at my parents' house, waiting for the gang to arrive with Donnie. Beds made, coffee brewing, dinner tonight and lunch tomorrow arranged... So I'm going to not-think with a meme. My first in this blog, I think? Yeah. From zalary and others, mostly over at LJ... The Big Read reckons ... http://adazzledim.com/2008/07/11/79/