December 2011
22 posts
Magnum Opus
Wow, what a busy holiday. Traveling with the littles back to Sisters. Involved, but so fun to be in Central Oregon (even though no snow!). But the best part of Christmas for us was having all four Carlson kids (all my siblings and their significant others) together. This is the first Christmas we have spent together without my dad—first Christmas in five years.
It’s not because we...
12 Days of Christmas
In the midst of all of this big life stuff, we have done some Christmasy things. Twelve of them to be specific. A little tricky with all of the littles, so certainly simplified, but still festive. Here’s how Christmas has looked in our world in December 2011:
On the 1st Day of Christmas: We managed to get a Christmas card photo of all of us. Albeit we are mostly naked, but we are all in...
Being an adult stinks
When you’re a kid, you can’t wait to be an adult, right? You can do whatever you want…go wherever you want to go…no curfew… Well, kids, let me just say that while all of that seems true, it’s a lie. Being an adult mostly stinks. In theory I can do whatever I want to do, go wherever I want to go whenever I want, except I can’t if I am going to be a...
Scavenger Hunt →
Photos have been requested of the new house. Now, I told you guys this house feels like it was built for us and it’s got a lot of quirky features, so let’s see if you can spot ‘em. I didn’t get a pic of the front of the house, so those are posted below. This is just the inside from our initial walk through. Click on the “Scavenger Hunt” title to go to link, and...
Miracle on 43rd street
Let me first apologized. I typed up a blog post yesterday morning and just as I was nearing the point where you hit submit, my lovely but rowdy four-year-old decided to love-jump on me and all the words were lost. Love the iPad, but one instant it was there, then gone. Didn’t have the energy to rethink yesterday. Take two this morning.
Again I say waiting stinks. We had to wait five full...
Waiting stinks
Patience is overrated. Waiting stinks. Character building I am sure, but still, as Tom Petty says, “The waiting is the hardest part.” Truth.
We countered to their counter to our counter on a house potential. Counter to the third power. We did this Friday midday after much prayer, thought, reflection, dialogue… And yes we needed all that time to sort through whether we were...
Aslan
I love the Narnia books. I just love children’s lit, period. The whimsical, the fantasy, dreams and magic (and yes, I like Harry Potter too). I think I just like being a big kid really. Who needs to grow up, I mean honestly—decisions and bills and budgets and groceries. Not to mention the soon responsibility of a family. Wonderful, but incredibly humbling.
Aslan of course is the...
House Wishlist
Wrote this while on bedrest and found this morning. I think we are gonna jump!
House Wishlist
Overall style
2000-3000 sq ft.
Traditional/country/cottage
white or light wood trim, wainscoting, beadboard
Arched ceilings
Dormers and peaked roofs
Wood ceilings
Hardwood floors
Pained windows
Brick
Interesting/cozy/good layout
Covered porch??
Window seats
Indoor Fireplace with mantel...
House Hunters
I have been watching Huse Hunters for the past couple of hours. Jon’s at YL. Can I just complain for a second…? This show is kinda annoying. These people who are younger than I am, newly married living in middle America and complain about a house not having granite counter tops for $189K. Blah.
Jon and I are renting right now. Don’t get me wrong, super thankful. But not the...
Macaroni Grill
My sister-in-law’s birthday was Sunday. And we got invited to go out to dinner for the occasion. This may not seem all that earth shattering but I should add that she has five kids and remind you that we have four. That’s a lot of kids.
Now there were other adults: Jon’s brother and his wife are sans kids. We had grandparents and uncles, so a lot of freelancers. And parents of...