spending time with carter

this weekend we played tag in the yard, played with the dogs (i’ve really enjoyed carter taking an interest in playing with them), and read some books.

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10/10/07 happiness is....

the subtlest signs of approaching fall weather on my pre-dawn walk this morning

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list 43 guilty pleasures #5

desperate housewives (the show!)

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list 43 guilty pleasures #4

bluebell’s new anniversary cake icecream….mmmmmmm

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collect 100 random quotes:

at breakfast yesterday, Carter (who’s 4) said, “sometime when we’re at the beach, can we get a jellyfish and squeeze it into a jar and then try it on a sandwich?”

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pet peeve #8

list 43 pet peeves and then try to forget about them:

people with voice immodulation issues

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10/9/07 playing with carter...

this is another thing i haven’t kept up with very well (journaling and probably even just the plan to play with carter every day). i know there have been days since my last entry where we have played, but it’s important to me, so i should make time for it and hopefully carve out a few seconds during the day to write about it.

last night we watched a show together, looked for words that start with the letter E to cut out, and played Boggle, Jr.

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10/9/07 exercise

this is another area that’s gotten totally backburnered thanks to being super busy. i was about to change this goal to read “exercise regularly” to give myself more wiggle room, but i think i’ll leave it…counting getting up early to walk the dog before the sun comes up, since that’s some sort of exercise, needed exercise for her, and certainly an exercise in getting out of bed!

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10/9/07 happiness is....

knowing that no one is grading this assignment! :-)

things have been so crazy lately that i haven’t even had time to keep up with this, but i’m getting back on the wagon, because i think it’s good to think about what’s good in the world, what brightens your day, what you have to be thankful for.

another thing that makes me happy is that even though i’ve been too busy to make time for this, it’s not been because of anything devastating or so weighty to crush me…just regular ol busy life stuff. there are always roses to stop and smell though…even if you just have two seconds.

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8/28/07 (continued) happiness is...

carter’s excitement about the first day back at school
getting up early and walking uma before the sun came up
seeing a lunar eclipse that i didn’t know was happening

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8/28/07 happiness is...

having a good visit with someone i don’t see very often and an unexpected, handmade gift

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catching up 8/28/07

“play with my son each day” goal

carter’s been at his grandparents for the last week (getting spoiled relentlessly!) but last night we:

1. played candyland substituting hotwheels for the game pieces
2. played candyland again without the cards or dice or game pieces, just the board and hotwheels!
3. played arctic explorers (complete with albatross, igloo, polar bears, penquins, and sledding dogs!)

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8/25-27/07 happiness is...

discovering letterbox visitors
parents that will drop what they’re doing to help with grandkids
river rocks

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8/27/07 excercise goals

it was really hard to get back on the wagon after being out of town for three weeks!

finally jumped back on last night
rollerbladed with uma
a little treadmill
and back on my bowflex regimen

fingers crossed that it wasn’t just a fluke!

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pet peeve #7

list 43 pet peeves and then try to forget about them:

people who treat conversation like a competitive sport

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8/24/07 happiness is...

an unexpectedly pleasant breeze and a sky full of stars

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8/21-23/07 happiness is...

a shrinking inbox
when you see another person’s “lightbulb” go off
feeling like you’ve done a hard days work

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8/20/07 happiness is...

someone backing out of their parking spot right in front of you when there are no parking places on campus!

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pet peeve #6

list 43 pet peeves and then try to forget about them:

people who treat conversation like a competitive sport

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pet peeve #6

list 43 pet peeves and then try to forget about them:

people who speed up when they realize you’re about to move into their lane

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pet peeve #5

list 43 pet peeves and then try to forget about them:

the neighbor with TWO loud motorcycles that require 30 minutes of warming up in the driveway.

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pet peeve #4

list 43 pet peeves and then try to forget about them:

people who want to share their shitty car stereo experience with you while you’re in your house or three cars away.

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pet peeve #3

list 43 pet peeves and then try to forget about them:

people who turn compliments into criticisms. “well what you did was good, but you know what would have been better?” [yeah, you shutting up!!!] ;-)

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pet peeve #2

list 43 pet peeves and then try to forget about them:

bluetooth cell phone earpieces when walking around not talking to anyone!

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pet peeve #1

list 43 pet peeves and then try to forget about them:

people who can’t multitask, but try to talk on the phone while they drive

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pet peeve #1

people who can’t multitask, but try to talk on the phone while they drive

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8/19/07 happiness is...

dinner with friends

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8/18/07 happiness is...

hiding four new letterboxes

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8/17/07 happiness is ...

cafe capuccino’s gingerbread pancakes!

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list 43 guilty pleasures #3

ABBA (shhhh….don’t tell anyone!)

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list 43 guilty pleasures #2

sudoku and coffee while everyone is still asleep

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list 43 guilty pleasures #1

raw cookie dough

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8/15/07 happiness is...

spending time with ann
building lego stuff with carter
an unexpected soduko opportunity

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8/16/07 happiness is...

helping someone who’s not expecting it

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8/15/07 playing with carter

tonight we had a tickle/wrestling match with lots of laughter
we also played hide and go seek with two shirts (????)

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8/14/07 happiness is...

a zippy waterslide and a big splash at the end

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8/14 playing with carter...

tonight we went to a water park and road a crazy big slide over and over!

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8/13 happiness is...

the sounds and sights of fountains

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8/11, 8/12 happiness is...

the laughter of children
a nap you didn’t know you needed until after you took it

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8/13/07 playing with my son

today we played boggle!

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8/11, 8/12

the laughter of children
a nap you didn’t know you needed until after you took it

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8/11/07 playing with carter

today we played candyland, bingo, and hotwheels

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8/11/07 exercise

rollerbladed with uma

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playing with my son

another busy and often internet-less week, but
we’ve played ninjas, sword fights, hi ho cherry-o and candyland!

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8/5-10/07 happiness is...

8/5 rocky mountain rain showers
8/6 long winding mountain roads that lead to a beautiful mountain lake
8/7 my own bed!
8/8 carter coming home
8/9 fireflies in an old cemetery
8/10 visiting with friends we haven’t seen in a while

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catching up

been too busy to add entries until now! here are some of the recent highlights from the last couple of weeks:

building sand castles, dodging waves, looking for seashells, exploring a submarine, playing ninjas, coloring, playing mini golf

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8/4/07 happiness is...

pumpkin loaf, marble machiato, and internet access!

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8/3/07 happiness is...

whitewater rafting, 60 degree river water, jumping through a hole in a big rock and coming out in the river

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8/2/07 happiness...

climbing a fourteener

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8/1/07 happiness...

hiking

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7/31/07 happiness...

colorado

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7/30/07 happiness...

seeing carter

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7/29/07 happiness...

the view of santa fe from martyrs hill, finding an elusive letterbox

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7/28/07 happiness...

winding streets, good food, discovering new places

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7/27/07 happiness...

santa fe!

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sixth letterbox plant

just planted #6 in Dillon, CO!

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vacation exercise

whitewater rafting the “numbers” on the arkansas river in colorado

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vacation exercise

climbing (most) of grays peak (14er) in colorado [got stormed out before reaching the peak]

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vacation exercise

hiking in dillon

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alternative exercise

i’ve been internetless off and on for the last couple weeks, but in that time, my “exercise” has included:
walking all over santa fe for several days,
sprinting to the top of martyrs hill in santa fe…

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4info.net

this is the coolest techno feature i've seen in a long time (thanks, Jeff, for discovering it!) 4info allows you to send a text message to 44636 and get all kinds of info in seconds. weather, stocks, wi fi hotspots, news, movie listings, etc.

text: "w 76710" and you'll have instant weather reports on your cell phone as a text message. see 4info.net for all the cool options.

from the website:

"4INFO provides access to live sports, business, travel, local, and entertainment information. Be in the know while on the go."

7/26/07 happiness is...

traveling with ann

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7/25/07 happiness is...

spending time with my family

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724/07 happiness is...

watching dolphins frolick in the gulf

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7/23/07 happiness is...

watching my son get excited about being at the beach

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7/22/07 happiness is...

packing for a trip

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5th box added

recently added our fifth stamp…not a new letterbox, but a really cool group effort, growing “treasurebox” of 10 stamps in one location (in galveston)

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7/21/07 happiness is...

fireflies lighting up the night

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7/21/07 playing with my son

today we spent the day building stuff…firestation, castle, and a gigantic tinkertoy monstrosity that carter christened “darth vaders’ place”

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7/20/07 happiness is...

news that my dog doesn’t have bone cancer (does look like a torn ACL though, which isn’t good news, but…)

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7/19/07 happiness is....

cognitive dissonance (or is it? no! yes! both?)

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7/18/07 playing with my son

tonight we played each other in tennis on the wii and somehow he beat me 2 out of 3 games!

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7/17/07 happiness is...

being able to discuss with a loved one and find some healing after a rough day

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7/16/07 happiness is....

signs of progress with puppy training!

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7/17/07 playing with my son

today we played catch (with a little nerf football with a tail)...i’m amazed at how good he can throw and catch (especially such a little ball) for four years old. working on not throwing so hard when you’re close! we played a little “transformers”...amazing how much marketing can accomplish…isn’t really aware that a movie is out, but knows all the transformer lingo!

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7/17/07 exercise

failed today! too much stress and chaos..though exercise would have been a good diversion from that! :-(

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7/17/07 playing with carter

today was kinda rough…very busy schedule…lot of stress. we had a little bit of time to play before bath. he wanted to play with some new transformers, but the damn things require an engineering degree to transform, which ate up too much of the play time.

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7/17/07 happiness is....

my sweet dog, hilde the great dane

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7/17/07 exercise

35 min. on treadmill. 400 cals, 2.6 miles

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7/15/07 play

today my son and i rode an alligator, climbed, slid, ran, laughed, played Cootie, wrestled, laughed, hid a treasure box, and pillow boxed. a good day.

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7/15/07 happiness

the hearty, bubbly laugh of my son

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7/15/07 exercise

weight/reps

bench press:300/12
lying biceps curl:200/8
seated shoulder press:200/10
rear deltoid rows: 200/12
seated triceps extension:100/8
seated abdominal crunch:100/12
leg curl:200/8
leg extension: 300/10

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vacation

as i'm looking forward to some time away from the usual, this recent thought from the Rumors newsletter caught my eye:

I hope you're sitting somewhere with a lovely view and a warm summer breeze, pretending to read a book, while your mind sort of kanoodles around not thinking much of anything.
Or at least, that is my idea of a summer vacation. I think rest is an important part of ministry – ministry to self. The ancient creation legend says God needed a rest after a week of work. I wonder if not taking a rest time is a kind of heresy. When we do that (and yes, I plead guilty on lots of occasions) are we saying in effect that God may need a rest, but we don’t?
If God does self care, shouldn’t we?

daily happiness 7/14/07

compassion toward my family
quietness
no rain today!

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7/14/07 playing with my son

it was really late and we should have been getting ready for bed, but i’d hate to fail on my new goal on the first day! so we played a little of some crazy made up story about two superhero type guys who were fighting and had magical swords and the good guy had six tiny puppies who each had their own toys and who then got tired and had to eat their dinner and go to bed. oh and there was a magical rope that wound around the good guy when he got sleepy.

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make time for play

it’s really hard to make time each day, but i know the things that often fill up my time aren’t nearly as important. it doesn’t have to be very long and it doesn’t have to be just the thing i’d want to do (though sometimes i’m sure that’s good for him to learn to be flexible!)

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today

treadmill 30min, 2.084 miles, 323 cals, speed 5/3.2 (12min/18:45min)

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exercising goals

bowflex 3 days a week (and thanks to ann for encouraging me to maintain this!)
and treadmill at least all the other days of the week.

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letterboxing goals

i just started letterboxing a few weeks ago. it’s a lot of fun finding boxes, but also planting them (that just takes a a little more work!) i’ve planted four so far.

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intriguing sites i just ran across:

43things.com

43people.com

43places.com