Moments earlier . . .
Sophia has truly become a toddler with a mind of her own.
Monday, September 28, 2009
All in a Day
Sophia:"I have NO idea who threw all those pillows on the floor! Catch you later!"
Moments earlier . . .
Sophia has truly become a toddler with a mind of her own.
Moments earlier . . .
Sophia has truly become a toddler with a mind of her own.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Can't Keep it to Myself
So I've had the following photo of Sophia on my desktop for the past couple days, and I just can't keep it to myself any longer. I think she has the sweetest, most angelic face in this pic, and while it may not be representative of most moments of the day, it certainly brings a smile to my face in the middle of a rough day!
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Today the Glass is Not Half-Full
Have I mentioned that I have some serious gripes about Vallarta summers? (Ok, if I remember correctly, I have complained about them oh, . . . a thousand times?)
Once upon a time, I was advised by someone (a woman who I personally believe smokes something that keeps her from actually feeling the heat) to think of the profuse sweat as "glisten." So ever since she shared that with me a couple years ago, I can convince myself that I am NOT dripping sweat but rather, yes, glistening. That's on a glass-half-full day (being 95 degrees or below AND including a rainstorm that provides relief for a brief period); unfortunately, between July and October, there are very few glass-half-full days.
Today was NOT one of them.
Today was a glass-almost-empty sort of day. So to provide myself with some comic relief, I thought I'd share with those of you enjoying the start of a beautiful fall just a few of our run-ins with the wicked weather this week!
1. Two weeks ago we finally purchased a small gas grill. Not because we love to grill (which, we actually now do, but that wasn't the reason for buying the grill.) Our purchase stemmed from a desperate need to never start our stove or oven again and heat our home any more than the already 90 degrees it is! So we bought the grill, and now we grill, just about daily. On Tuesday, we decided to make cheeseburgers. The meat was on the grill, sizzling away, just about ready for the cheese slices. In preparation, I got out the four slices of cheese and laid them on the kitchen countertop, and because I like to think I can multitask, I figured I had just enough time to run to the bathroom before throwing the cheese on the burgers. I was wrong. I returned to the kitchen approximately 1 minute later to find my cheese melted perfectly on the counter. So Tuesday night, rather than cheeseburgers, we feasted on hamburgers with a side of kitchen countertop au gratin.
2. One morning I opened the fridge to make Sophia breakfast and found a spray bottle (once filled with window cleaner) filled with water on the top shelf. Confused, I closed the door and went on with my day soon forgetting about our odd new fridge item. Late that afternoon, I heard squeals of joy upstairs and I arrived just in time catch Pablo spritzing himself and Sophia with the water spray, then positioning themselves in front of the fan to catch the breeze! The spray bottle has now become a permanent fixture in our fridge, right alongside the yogurt for morning, noon and late-night spritzes!
3. How dare I be so bold as to don a necklace to church this morning? (I would have, quite frankly, preferred to wear only the necklace as the idea of peeling clothes on to my sweaty body this morning truly repulsed me, however I fear that may have been frowned upon.) But I digress . . . the scratching started shortly after church and by the time we were home, I found a nice batch of heat rash right around my neck. Apparently sun and silver don't mix.
4. Last but not least . . . for obvious reasons, Soph spends most of her time at home in a diaper and nothing but a diaper. She has begun to figure out how to undress herself if I so much as attempt to dress her, and today, as hot as it was, she apparently saw it unfit for her Cabbage Patch doll (previously, my Cabbage Patch doll) to be in clothes. I found her naked on the pony by mid-day.
It is now 10:34 pm and not a rain cloud in the sky meaning no relief in sight. The spray bottle just isn't going to do the trick tonight. I'm off to take my um, sixth (not kidding) shower of the day and drink my almost-empty glass of water.
Once upon a time, I was advised by someone (a woman who I personally believe smokes something that keeps her from actually feeling the heat) to think of the profuse sweat as "glisten." So ever since she shared that with me a couple years ago, I can convince myself that I am NOT dripping sweat but rather, yes, glistening. That's on a glass-half-full day (being 95 degrees or below AND including a rainstorm that provides relief for a brief period); unfortunately, between July and October, there are very few glass-half-full days.
Today was NOT one of them.
Today was a glass-almost-empty sort of day. So to provide myself with some comic relief, I thought I'd share with those of you enjoying the start of a beautiful fall just a few of our run-ins with the wicked weather this week!
1. Two weeks ago we finally purchased a small gas grill. Not because we love to grill (which, we actually now do, but that wasn't the reason for buying the grill.) Our purchase stemmed from a desperate need to never start our stove or oven again and heat our home any more than the already 90 degrees it is! So we bought the grill, and now we grill, just about daily. On Tuesday, we decided to make cheeseburgers. The meat was on the grill, sizzling away, just about ready for the cheese slices. In preparation, I got out the four slices of cheese and laid them on the kitchen countertop, and because I like to think I can multitask, I figured I had just enough time to run to the bathroom before throwing the cheese on the burgers. I was wrong. I returned to the kitchen approximately 1 minute later to find my cheese melted perfectly on the counter. So Tuesday night, rather than cheeseburgers, we feasted on hamburgers with a side of kitchen countertop au gratin.
2. One morning I opened the fridge to make Sophia breakfast and found a spray bottle (once filled with window cleaner) filled with water on the top shelf. Confused, I closed the door and went on with my day soon forgetting about our odd new fridge item. Late that afternoon, I heard squeals of joy upstairs and I arrived just in time catch Pablo spritzing himself and Sophia with the water spray, then positioning themselves in front of the fan to catch the breeze! The spray bottle has now become a permanent fixture in our fridge, right alongside the yogurt for morning, noon and late-night spritzes!
3. How dare I be so bold as to don a necklace to church this morning? (I would have, quite frankly, preferred to wear only the necklace as the idea of peeling clothes on to my sweaty body this morning truly repulsed me, however I fear that may have been frowned upon.) But I digress . . . the scratching started shortly after church and by the time we were home, I found a nice batch of heat rash right around my neck. Apparently sun and silver don't mix.
4. Last but not least . . . for obvious reasons, Soph spends most of her time at home in a diaper and nothing but a diaper. She has begun to figure out how to undress herself if I so much as attempt to dress her, and today, as hot as it was, she apparently saw it unfit for her Cabbage Patch doll (previously, my Cabbage Patch doll) to be in clothes. I found her naked on the pony by mid-day.
It is now 10:34 pm and not a rain cloud in the sky meaning no relief in sight. The spray bottle just isn't going to do the trick tonight. I'm off to take my um, sixth (not kidding) shower of the day and drink my almost-empty glass of water.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
A Gift from Hurricane Jimena
While we watched Hurricane Jimena makes its way up the Pacific Coast this past weekend, we anticipated rainstorms and high tides. Little did we know it would also bring blessed relief from the summer heat . . . four straight days of cloudy skies and temps in the low 80s! And what does that mean at our home? We can heat the oven to make chocolate chip cookies!
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