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te chocolate bread pudding i kid you not this dessert is incredible it literally tastes like you made bread pudding with homemade cinnamon rolls for the bread it s pretty much what i ate today i m happy to share the recipe with anyone who wants it happy fall posted by rebecca at 9 09 pm 2 comments monday september 12 2011 breakdown who said anything about a breakdown so it s possible maybe that i may or may not have had a bit of crises over the move possibly but since i try to deny all such shenanigans and only show such ridiculous amounts of emotion to ernie let s move past all that and discuss the latest comings and goings max adorable kid that he is he is obsessed with disneyland we went there this summer he is constantly daily still asking me when we can go back emmaline has fallen in love with our new babysitter kyler she asks almost daily if kyler an adorable 13 year old can have a playdate with her nigel is doing well in school and is awesome at maintaining a cheerful disposition he is hugely obsessed with plants vs zombies which is an iphone video game that ernie downloaded ernie recently become aware of our home phone his friend told him that since his mom had a cell phone and his dad had a cell phone the home phone was like his own cell phone i agreed with that and told ernie that he can pretend that our home phone is his cell phone too my ernie traveling a lot but also awesomely present when he s home the barn the air conditioned 2 car detached garage is one of his favorite things about life he has also embraced the lawn mowing which is a chore since all 5 acres need to be mowed me i painted the ceiling in the living room then i painted the walls and then i painted the furniture what s that is there a connection between my stress level and an obsessive urge to paint something i m hoping to continue the painting this week while ernie s out of town i d like to tackle the sunroom next and then the kitchen and also the bathrooms but let s just take it one room at a time other updates the house in mississippi sold last week big sigh of relief so we will close on our current house the first of october another big sigh of relief and i m hosting all of my family for thanksgiving here in our new house so let the planning begin posted by rebecca at 10 50 am 3 comments friday august 19 2011 current lists thanks betina for your query about current lists oh boy mine s a doozy suffice it to say i still have not changed out our car tags updated any driver s licenses changed the mailing address for all of our bills or unpacked all the boxes what have i done i picked paint colors for the house in case you re wondering and i know that you are the new house color for the main rooms is martha stewart cappuccino for the dining room and the half bath martha stewart caraway seed here s the list that is making me happy while i walk around the unpacked boxes and happily pretend for the moment that they don t exist future house plans paint all the colored ceilings a nice happy white replace every insanely mismatched ceiling fan with white ceiling fans that will cool the rooms but disappear into the soon to be white ceilings replace the appliances in the kitchen this actually should be number one because this will happen about 1 week after we close on this house we re doing a lease purchase and the oven is terrible enough for me to actually not ever want to use it ever find the perfect shade of granite to use for the countertops and maybe if i m lucky also find the perfect tile to use on the backsplash why won t ernie love subway tiles like i do knock out part of the wall from the living room to the kitchen and make that doorway bigger it so needs to be bigger close in the strange open doorways on either side of the double fireplace with built in bookcases in the living room but we are definitely leaving those awesome windows hang bead board in the sunroom not all the way up the walls but how high decisions decisions take down every set of blinds and replace with curtains i really like to see out my windows build built in bookcases across the far wall of the sunroom paint the master bathroom a much more manageable color replace the current shower and tub with a larger tiled shower and a claw foot tub ernie s idea and it s genius in my opinion eventually replace the some not all of the flooring what do you think of my friend jenny s brick floors i love them and to make myself feel better i already changed out the hardware in the kitchen and it makes a huge difference please ignore my mess check it out you can see more of the new hardware back in the kitchen picture i posted at the very start of this post posted by rebecca at 3 12 pm 4 comments wednesday august 10 2011 was that a school bus yes it s true the kids are back in school halleluejah now in all fairness i love having the kids home and being together for lazy summer days and the like but this has not been our typical summer and after awhile playing with your siblings and only your siblings loses it s appeal and then the arguing begins and then mom starts wishing that everyone had a friend to play with to dilute the tension enter public school that wonderful place full of education and art projects singing time pe and most importantly lunch the place where my kids are going to meet some new friends today was everyone s second day the older kids love their new teachers and max loves his preschool i wish that i were a good photographer or even a mediocre but consistent photographer because this post would be better with pictures ah well a few tidbits from the kids recounting of the last two days of school emmaline mom there are 4 other emma s in my class at school me well honey tell them your name is emmaline so people don t get you confused emmaline no i just told everyone to call me smith this morning i got a phone call from the speech therapist at nigel s school nigel graduated from speech therapy at the end of last school year speech therapist mrs smith i wanted to speak with you about nigel he told his teacher today that he was in speech therapy last year and that he was still supposed to be going to speech really as if i were the kind of parent that wouldn t stay on top of something like that me well nigel did ask me last night if he could go back to speech but he really doesn t have any issues anymore he graduated from speech at the end of last year we just moved here 3 weeks ago and he really liked his speech teacher and even more than that he liked visiting the treasure box i think he just wants to revisit the happy memories and enjoy the one on one attention so no he doesn t need any speech therapy right now after getting off the bus today while eating snack ernie mom my pimple is really starting to smooth out me good honey i m glad the pimple saga has been going on for almost a week now and ernie has been updating me constantly on it s progress ernie mom can i take a shower tonight me no honey you took one this morning you really don t need to be showering twice a day ernie sigh ah we re now navigating the brave new world of having a pre teen overall i think it s going to be a good year and everyone is already much happier hurray for school posted by rebecca at 5 25 pm 1 comment thursday july 28 2011 due to transition crisis we are headed out of town last night at church oh yeah i m back in young womens little e punched another kid fantastic now of course he was quickly remorseful and full of sorrow and self flagellation because that s how little e rolls and he very soon dissolved into tears we ended up discussing how he feels that he s meeting new people too quickly and how he wished he could just meet new people only a handful at a time and not all at once then he ended by telling me that he really just wants to see his cousins now for that comment about the cousins to make sense you have to understand that sylvia s kids have been my children s constants through all the moves my children s lifelong friends and every time i move somewhere new i crave the comfort of old friends and understandably so does little ernie which explains why we are getting in the car on monday morning and driving to atlanta for the week we will stay at sylvia s new house have a blast swimming in her pool and celebrate nigel s 9th birthday 2 1 2 weeks early so he can have a party with his cousins a birthday party here would be a bit of a downer given that we don t know anyone to invite besides ourselves it sounds like fun to me here s a snippet of the conversation i had with emmaline tonight emmaline i can t believe that the people who lived here before us were in this house for 10 years that s a long time me i know we sure have lived in a lot of houses haven t we emmaline we have mom i think that we are a traveling family i like it we re a traveling family who hopefully won t be moving again anytime soon posted by rebecca at 6 15 pm 4 comments wednesday july 20 2011 a few thoughts on the big move we re here in medina tn whew let s all take a big sigh of relief that the old house is empty clean and waiting for a buyer and while the new house might be full of boxes they re our boxes full of our stuff i survived the 6 1 2 hour drive north with a car filled to maximum capacity with all the stuff the movers wouldn t put on the truck 4 kids 1 dog and a frazzled mom we went to church on sunday and honestly by next week i expect we ll have met everyone there is to meet the branch has an average weekly attendance of 60 people and our arrival doubled the primary people are very nice and the 1st counselor in the bishopric very frankly told us that they are excited to have us speak this sunday since they don t often have new speakers everyone has been extremely kind and welcoming and i get that feeling that this small unit of the church functions very much like a family a few thoughts on the move i could not have managed everything in hattiesburg without all the amazing love and support i got from my dear friends there the ladies who took my kids brought meals and helped me clean ernie did not come home for this move so this move was on me alone and i was not alone max is the most stressed of all the kids he has been exceptionally clingy and whiny it s been a few days and we re getting the stuff unpacked and he seems to be adjusting now bogart our faithful dog is also having a really hard time he s 8 years old and for the first 2 days in the new house he seemed to be highly stressed he too is starting to settle down a week of eating out for every meal coupled with an entire summer of not going to the gym has really wreaked havoc on my waistline i am a stress eater there i admitted it i will admit that it s going to be a month or so before i start to feel settled so there will not be any dieting anytime soon there are more churches here than restaurants ernie and i have managed to handle the stress of this move pretty well one or two days of not feeling the love but that s it not bad in my opinion we get better at communicating each time we move we re better at anticipating the stressful situations that are common with moving and we now have some coping skills that we didn t have when we started this nomadic lifestyle of ours i hate trying to figure out the best way to set up a new kitchen i mean really it takes a while to get the cupboards perfect and to have the flow down for cooking and cleaning arghh i just know that half of what i ve unpacked is going to be moved in the next 3 months to a better more efficient location and i m already annoyed about it the yard takes the girl next door 3 1 2 hours to mow and we are paying her 120 per mow and that s the cheapest price we found since it is now being mowed once a week i am praying that the fall gets here soon so the grass will stop growing we will be purchasing a mower of our own in the spring but can t spend the 4500 right now needed to buy the commercial mower that our 5 acres requires ernie likes his job that is a big deal we opened a local bank account today inside the bank it felt so novel and antiquated i don t think i ve opened a bank account inside of a bank since 1995 our new bank account is with the bank of milan in case you re wondering and yes when i say it s a local bank i mean local as in milan tn hence the name bank of milan pronounced my len not mi lahn so overall life is grand life is good we re in a new place and we ll root ourselves as best we can and trust in the lord to take care of the rest posted by rebecca at 9 20 pm 4 comments sunday july 10 2011 last sunday today was our last sunday of church here in mississippi hand s down the best part of the day was teaching my little sunbeams i sure love those little people and just like he knew that i needed it today adam blaylock snuggled in to my side while we sat and listened to the talks and scripture reading at the beginning of primary by the middle of singing time adam had managed to work his way all the way into my lap and he faced me with his arms wrapped tightly around my neck and his head buried in my shoulder he stayed that way until the sunbeams all announced that they needed to go to the bathroom it was sweet and tender and such a nice way to say good bye posted by rebecca at 3 41 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom the smiths 2010 about me rebecca medina tennessee things i know ernie loves me i have 4 cool kids gardening makes me feel good reading takes me to another world i need a housekeeper any dessert with peanut butter is a good dessert ditto for any dessert that combines mint and chocolate jane austen was a genius view my complete profile ernie amongst the americana occupy main street 14 years ago proof that my family has a sense of humor nothing but the basics 2011 year in review at least the first nine months 14 years ago more like the basics we have an elf on our shelf 15 years ago i m supposed to say something about the basics 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