"BUT MARY TREASURED UP ALL THESE THINGS AND PONDERED THEM IN HER HEART." LUKE 2:19

~ things i love with a capital P ~

PERSPECTIVE, pottery barn patio furniture displays, practically all track jackets, putting my hope in Christ alone, photography, pistachio nuts, parenting as a privilege, pairs of cute sunglasses, painful times deepening friendships, pink bubblegum ice cream (by the pint), perseverance, practical jokes, people, people i can trust, plumeria flowers, pearl earrings that were my grandma's, pantene smooth vitality conditioner, plopping clutter into the trash, pigtails all messed up after naptime on my girls, purel hand sanitizer, painting walls with color, pouring into people's lives, plush blankets, prioritizing, polished nails, pharmacies with 24hr drive-thrus, places where palm trees survive winter, packing away my 2009 "calendar", pacific northwest mountains & rivers, pie plates with fluted edges, purpose, puppies named bronson, preferring the word pacing vs. procrastinating, people who love to say i'm sorry more than they love to hear it, pocket-sized butterfingers, phone calls with special friends, piano music, patterned scarves, practicing not to presume things, planting flowers in pots, passion, penne pasta, panda bears reminding me of my love for HK & japan, pillows that are just right, praise & worship freeing people of pride & insecurities, paying for starbucks coffee with gift cards, putting on my running shoes, pomegranate mixed drinks, putting off dishes till company leaves, purses filled with lipgloss, people who can be vulnerable, parties for every occasion, politeness, plane rides to far away places, popcorn that's air-popped, paul marrying stephanie, pedicures, peaceful homes, price tags with a clearance sticker on them, pre-recorded tv watching, poverty prompting compassion, pieces of angel food cake & strawberries for breakfast, peeking in on my girls while they sleep, products from bath-n-body works, packs of trident spearmint gum, people who can laugh & be witty when life gets hard, paper plates in bulk, papa murphys garlic spinach chicken artichoke de-lite pizza, pretending my girls and i wrote 'put your arms around me' by natasha bedingfield for each other & singing/dancing to it each night after work to remind me to put grace & humor in EVERYTHING (towards myself & them) or it will feel like a really long work week, a very short life, and an inevitable amount of colorful language exposure that i couldn't possibly blame all on the playground...............

we're. crazy. about. these. songs.


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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

I Never Knew I Needed It...

Eden has never been so excited unloading off the school bus and hopping in the van as she was today...
Her "GIRLS" (and Michael) were all illegally clown shoved into the back row...(No I don't go on a main road-I'm a car seat Nazi, we literally roll down the road over three speed bumps in our development and pick her up at the mailboxes...) These extra friends (x4) were all screaming and giggling and dog piling and hugging like animals at this greeting of Eden. Today was a car seat exception as Becky's kids along with the twins were ALL here today because Becky was with Amber while she delivered a beautiful baby boy.
...All the above to say that it provided the perfect opportunity to test out my newest blessing...I recently have been blessed with the most miraculous invention I never knew I needed! Last Wednesday the girls and Derrick went grocery shopping and came home with this $1 item

??????
It Has-made lunch and dinners exciting
It Has-made meals less messy
It Has-come to be a privilege leverage to use or not to use
It Has-made me feel like I'm still running the Food Booth at the Fair Booth LOL
It Has-become Indispensable!


What could I have received that I'd never thought to beg for before? What could make my kids happy to stay home to eat over going to Fast Food???

MY KETCHUP PUMP...

The pump showed today that it's price tag needed to get a clue on it's true VALUE while I was tending to 9 toddler plates...

No- drips between each of the nine plates
No-"mine do myself" (but really can't after 2 minutes)
No-"I don't know what I'll do if you don't clean up all the toys for lunch"
How did my parenting get so complicated when it came down to a $1 PUMP?

The girls adore their friends & loved the chicken nugget feast that followed Prayers of thanks for probably chicken nuggets, family, and KETCHUP PUMPERS!Grady, Abby, Eden, Jaedyn, Ella, Hallé, Michael, (not visible: Sydney & Justin)

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  1. The DonaldFebruary 11, 2009 at 8:25 PM

    Wow, I never knew there was such powers in something as simple as a pump!

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