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a good yarn a good yarn other blogs chuck charley dawn what s for dessert blog archive 2008 21 september 1 giveaway oh giveaway august 2 july 2 june 1 may 2 april 4 march 3 february 3 january 3 2007 15 december 1 november 5 october 1 september 4 august 4 about me stacia view my complete profile thursday september 18 2008 giveaway oh giveaway i was reminded of the primary song give said the little stream as i typed the title of today s entry one of my favorites giving things away is another favorite thing of mine to do just ask my husband i love the look on the face of the recipient to me it is better than receiving let s get to it you poor people have waited long enough this is how it s going to play out if you are indeed interested in what i have to give away please post a comment answering this question what is your favorite domestic activity i figured since the prizes have to do with some of the domestic arts i enjoy i would like to hear about what pleases you one week from today i will randomly draw three names from those who commented those three people will have their choice of one item from the following list one embroidered burp cloth one pair of beaded socks one set of two hair bows one embroidered bath towel one dozen cakeballs sorry local winners only i must say these are quite good good luck posted by stacia at 2 07 pm 14 comments tuesday august 26 2008 finishing up starting fresh i have to admit that the last post was written by eric who hijacked my blog after that incredible shopping experience he would like me to blog more frequently and i must say that he s right but in my defense i will say that all of my posts are thought out carefully eric would say yeah right thought out like a term paper with that said i have been thinking a lot about this update summer is now over and school is starting our family has had great fun over the past couple of months doing the ordinary things that we like to do best as well as other neat things like vacationing in d c and traveling to california to see my youngest brother get married i ve finished two pairs of socks for eric taught the boys to knit and read some good books and seen some good movies like i said summer is over and school is starting i m a fence sitter when it comes to how i feel about it i love summer but also glad when it s over the first day of school is so exciting for me even though i no longer teach or attend but school work and activities are not my idea of after school fun i m excited to send my children off to another adventurous school year and yet sad to see the boys go and know another year has passed by so quickly some people reflect on the past year in january setting goals and starting fresh i on the other hand go through the reflection process every year at this time thinking about the past year and what i want to accomplish and improve upon in the upcoming school year the boys had a great first day back at school they have been counting down the days since the beginning of the august heber really likes his teacher and although he doesn t have any of his old friends in class with him he s okay with that and has become friends with a boy in his class who also just moved in across the street noah is enjoying the new experience of middle school riding the bus having a locker changing classes and more it was the first time that eric and i didn t accompany him on the first day of school this is the beginning of a new chapter for all of us this month is my blogiversary i am combining it with my birthday next month and will be having a giveaway keep your eyes peeled until then i leave you with pictures of some of our summer highlights enjoy mt vernon swimming nightly ice cream ritual a new scarf for paw knitted by heber eric and me at the beach heber first day of school noah first day of school happy birthday noah socks for eric posted by stacia at 11 18 am 4 comments saturday august 23 2008 score 90 off at talbots kids translated 5 pairs of khakis and 1 blue shirt normally priced at 210 we get for 21 fantastic we bought sizes 12 14 16 and 18 khakis which means that the boys have pants for church until their missions you can never have too many khakis posted by stacia at 5 12 pm 2 comments thursday july 31 2008 the 10 f s of our fabulous d c trip fast time went by so fast on our trip sadly we left without seeing everything that we wanted to but then again can you ever really see everything in d c fascinating the library of congress was great as well as the declaration of independence and the constitution the lincoln and vietnam memorials are very stirring one can t help but feel a little emotional especially at all the war memorials frightening we stayed very close to the national mall that means that we stayed where all the action was including several shootings that we either heard or saw the law enforcement aftermath we can t go on a trip without a little excitement fantastic one of my favorite stops was mount vernon george and martha did it right i could sit on their back porch in a rocking chair and stare at the potomac forever friend a friend that eric used to work with in the maricopa county courts moved to d c and still works in the public sector we met for lunch and had a great visit the boys had a hard time saying mary s last name without butchering it calling her ms mary was much safer frustrating one word security everywhere we went there was stiff security can t go here can t go there countless times my backpack was searched and x rayed and we had to go through metal detectors i was even restricted on how i could wear my backpack after a while it takes the fun out of things fuddruckers boy was it nice to find a restaurant that we knew and liked that was close to where we were mcdonald s was getting old flight the air and space museum was a favorite with the boys we spent almost a full day there so many things to see in that place while waiting for our flight out of washington we saw barak obama s private plane land at our terminal and saw him get off the plane and drive away with full secret service detail feet miles and miles we walked our feet felt it by the end of each day although the boys weren t so tired that they couldn t swim whenever we could fit it in fun all and all it was a great fun filled trip we had a wonderful time and hope we can go back again some day posted by stacia at 11 26 am 4 comments wednesday july 9 2008 400 i officially hit 400 miles this morning i ve been at this since about march 1st and i m pleased with how far i ve come i started out walking 3 miles 3 times a week and now i m either walking or running 4 5 miles 7 days a week i feel better and 25 pounds later i think i m looking better too i m closing in on my end of the year goal of 1000 miles i need to come up with a really good reward for myself once i hit 1000 any ideas posted by stacia at 11 47 am 1 comment wednesday june 11 2008 rituals anyone who knows the ciminski family knows that we are severe creatures of habit we find what we love and stick to it although after careful consideration we do try new things now and again it helps us find new favorites now that it s summer one ritual that can t be missed is the weekly movies in the square frisco has a town square and each saturday night they show a family movie on a big blow up screen you bring what you want to sit on and at 9 p m the fun starts if you are a local check it out friscosquare com last saturday was the wizard of oz it made me think of my best friend dawn who grew up in kansas i forgot the tootsie rolls dawn before we go the the square we stop and get a snowcone from the snowcone lady she has been selling snowcones in frisco for 25 years and shows no sign of slowing down the johnson family introduced us to the snowcone lady soon after moving here and it s been downhill ever since ummm cherry ahhhh the neighborhood pool we go just about every afternoon the trees there provide great shade when i decide to knit instead of swim i didn t realize how much i knit at the pool until today after more than one person mentioned to me that they always see me knitting at the pool i must be approachable because people like to watch ask me questions and take a close look at my work i take it as a very nice compliment quiet time boy do i love quiet time the kids do too because that was one of the first activities we decided upon again this summer each day for one hour the boys spend time alone in their room doing whatever quiet activity they want reading knitting quietly playing napping etc last year it was brought to my attention by my sons that it would only be fair if i participated in quiet time too so i tried it and i see why they like it so much i m a believer it s a great time to read or knit and hey a daily siesta never hurt anyone lastly the ritual that tickles me the most is one that we just kind of fell into each night after dinner i dish up some blue bell ice cream for the boys and they go ouside to eat it just the two of them they sit under the arbor on some lawn chairs and visit while they eat they have invited eric and me to go out with them but we feel like it would be intruding i don t know what they talk about all i know is that they enjoy laughing and visiting together and i could watch them through the window forever the boys are the best of friends and each night they are making memories that will be remembered for the rest of their lives posted by stacia at 4 48 pm 5 comments thursday may 29 2008 300 today i walked my last 3 miles to make my monthly goal of 100 that makes 300 miles for the year so far i am well on my way to accomplishing my goal of 1000 by the end of this year yippee posted by stacia at 12 34 pm 3 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom