just for fun | Revolution of Love

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I’ve got a 15 minute window of free time so let’s see if I can get this done.
It’s weird. This week I woke up on Tuesday thinking it was Friday. I woke up on Wednesday thinking it was Friday. I woke up on Thursday thinking it was Friday. Then this morning I woke up and thought, “Is it Friday already?” I think something is seriously wrong with me.

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I’ve still been really concerned about my brother. He is doing better than when he first got to the ER. (We later came to realize he was at death’s door. Scaaaaary.) However, he’s not out of the woods yet. He had a little set back and will be in the hospital for another few days but at least he is out of ICU. Please keep him in your prayers. (And thanks to those who have been praying already. Mwuaah!)

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I’m typing this with one hand as Matthew is falling asleep in my arms. I’m looking at his hair and it’s growing in half brown and half blond. I’m looking again…blond? Huh. I always pictured my babies as cute little Hispanic looking kids with darker skin and dark eyes and dark hair and instead I got little cuties with light skin and lighter hair (than mine). But they all have my dark eyes and my chubby cheeks. (Not sure if that last one is a compliment or insult. Oh well.)

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Speaking of hair, I’ve entered that lovely postpartum stage when your pregnancy-thick hair starts to fall out. Poor Brian, the other day he was taking a shower and couldn’t figure out why the water was going down the drain so slow. Um, sorry sweetie.

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Okay, I need to pause for a break because Matthew is fussing and won’t settle. I think he’s gotten tired of hearing the keyboard clicking away and me ignoring him while he is trying to get cozy with me. Once I stand up and hold him closer and talk quietly to him he’s out in minutes. So let me go take care of that…

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Okay, that wasn’t too bad. He is out and sound asleep in his crib. As an added mommy bonus, after getting the baby to sleep there was a toxic toddler diaper to be changed. Once when Brian was blessing the house with holy water I told him he should just stick a couple of the kid’s dirty diapers at the front door. They were surely rank enough to scare away the demons.

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Okay, what time is it. Oh man, it’s been half an hour since I first tried to sit down for my “free” time. Well, I should get minutes back on the clock for taking care of duties…um, duties I should have been doing in the first place. Hmm. Okay, enough of this nonsense. I have to at least offer one intelligent take so you don’t shake your fist at me for completely wasting your time – after all you’ve got your own smelly diapers to deal with.
My last take is to remind you that Elizabeth over at In the Heart of My Home blog has started her book study series on The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers: Reclaiming our Passion, Purpose, and Sanity. I bought this book after hearing Dr. Meeker speak on EWTN but it got lost in the never ending pile of books I hope to finish. I dusted it off and started reading again. Hopefully reading with online buddies will help me to finish it before I start something else. I’ll try to post more about chapter one next week. (After I get that Catholic baby shower post up.) 😉
(Oh, and Matthew is already crying. What kind of nap was that??)

Oh well, have a great weekend!

Hosted by Jen at Conversion Diary.

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I couldn’t sleep last night so I was up at 1:00 AM buying books from Jessica’s Used Book Sale on my iphone. I scored the Christmas Shoes Collection. Good!

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But since I stayed up so late I slept in this morn and lost my morning computer time. Not good.

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Although, I have been faithful to my morning prayer time. It has helped dramatically with my patience during the day’s chaos. Good!

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I wanted to post a 7 Quick Takes: Catholic Baby Shower Edition today but I didn’t get to finish it. Not good.

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However, I’m almost done with it and will post it next week. Good!

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Matthew just spit up all over my shirt and JP just spilled my jug of water all over the couch. Not good.

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But I made it to #7. Good!
Have a great weekend!

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~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~

{pretty}

This is the view from our deck (with the rooftops cropped out.) One of the things I love about Carmel is that you have the beauty of the mountains/hills, the pine forests and the ocean all in one place. When I first came here to visit Brian I was awestruck!

{happy}

I was trying to get a photo of Bella but Andrew ran into the picture at the last minute. It’s funny that they are 5 1/2 years apart but still love to play with each other. I’m enjoying it while it lasts!

{funny}

Sometimes the house can get pretty loud with Andrew and John-Paul running around chasing each other. Add Bella to the mix and it can be a bit much. On this noisy day poor Matthew just wanted to take a nap. I’d caption this “Oh, how much longer must I suffer?”

{real}

I went into the kitchen and found that the cookie thief had struck again. So I went in search of him and found him hiding in the front room. He couldn’t deny the crime since he still had the evidence in his hands!

Hosted by Jen at Conversion Diary. (Congrats to Jen on the birth of her daughter!! Read about it here.)

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My youngest sister J.D. is visiting us for almost two weeks. We hired her to help me with the kids while I got my spring cleaning and some other projects done. It has been so nice having her around! Not just because the kids adore her and she’s so good with them but i love spending time with her. I miss my sisters!

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Speaking of missing sisters, My sis EL mentioned in her Quick Takes that she plans to travel from VA to CA to visit the family. Unfortunately that weekend we have another obligation at Andrew’s school so we can’t make the 400 mile trip to So Calif while they are here. I’m so bummed! Although in the back of my mind I’m trying to figure out if I could still make it happen…if I could get out of the obligation, have Bella and Andrew play hooky, get Brian to take a couple days off work and drive…hmmm, I don’t know. We’ll see what I can figure out.

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This week I have been working on cleaning, organizing and purging all the unused items out of our house. During one of my breaks I was browsing Colleen’s Green Grass Blog blog. Her post about a messy house was just what I needed to hear. She also mentioned a book that I was thinking of getting – Smart Martha’s Catholic Guide for Busy Moms by Tami Kiser. I have to make an Amazon order tonight so I think I’ll get a copy and check it out. I’ll let you know what I think.

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In our kitchen there are always big bowls of fresh fruit ready to be eaten. Unfortunately we had way too many bananas and they were getting pretty ripe. (I mean like “I’m starting to see gnats” ripe) so I made a batch of chocolate chip banana oatmeal cookies for the kids. (Yes, the kids. And no, that is not chocolate you see on my face.) I still had more bananas to finish so my sister tried a recipe we just saw on Mexican Made Easy for Mexican chocolate banana muffins. The recipe was super easy and instead of using chocolate chips you used crushed Mexican chocolate. They were so good and would taste great with a cup of Mexican chocolate. (if you haven’t had Mex choc, it’s like regular hot chocolate but with a cinnamony flavor.)

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It’s probably a little futile talking about hot chocolate when people are sweating in the heat of summer. I forget about that since Carmel has reverted to it’s foggy, cold summer days. My poor sister (who lives in the high dessert) is used to the heat and she’s shivering at our house. We crack up that we are in shorts and she’s in a long sleeve tee and vest jacket. 🙂

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On Wednesday it was gorgeous and sunny outside at 10 AM so we decided to hit the beach. An hour later we had our picnic lunch packed and the kids were standing by the door in their shorts and sunglasses. Before leaving I looked out the kitchen window and saw the dreaded fog rolling in over the ocean. Oh no! We ran out the door, jumped in the van and I felt like John Cusack on that mediocre 2012 movie trying to race against impending doom. Well you can’t beat Mother Nature and by the time we set up camp there wasn’t a spot of blue sky, just thick gray. Oh well, we still had fun and truth be told, I’d prefer the fog over blistering heat.

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Lastly, Brian and I got a special treat since he won a complimentary lunch at Pebble Beach. The last time we were there John Paul was a baby and we took him with us. This time Matthew is the baby but Jacinta offered to watch all four kids so we could eat alone. (I love that girl!) So we enjoyed our lunch child free – although we were happy when we received texta with pics of the kids having fun with their aunt. We could eat without worry. Here’s a pic I took of us that day. Brian doesn’t like it because he’s squinting but I still think he looks great.

That’s it for today. Have a wonderful weekend!!

~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~

{pretty}

We went walking in downtown Carmel (CA) this weekend and passed this little shop covered with flowers. So pretty!

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I desperately wanted to get a photo of all the kids together. I had a great shot at my mother-in-laws house – everyone was looking and smiling – but the flash didn’t go off . The next day I took one outside but I couldn’t get all the kids to smile and look at me at the same time. Oh, well. They still make me very happy. 🙂

{funny}

Okay, this is my act of humility. Confession time. I can be a little messy at times. (If my sister is reading then she just spit out her coffee and exclaimed, “A little?!” Living at home, when it came to neatness, she was the Felix to my Oscar.) Anyway, we’ve been doing some serious housecleaning this week and as I cleaned up I’d tell the kids, “put this on my desk.” (See how nicely I shift the blame to the kiddos so I don’t look so bad…) Finally the desk looked like it exploded and even I was shocked by the mess. I couldn’t help but laugh, hence the “funny.”

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And for the real…tada! I got everything cleaned and sorted and even found a few things I thought I’d lost. I can’t guarantee it will stay looking like this but at least for today it will remain spotless. (I’ll just stay away from it.)

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