a tit … a tat … a bit of this and that

remember when the other night I was going to bed and thought, “What if I die tonight and one of the last things on my blog are words about how much i hate halloween. that’s dumb.” Really there is more to life going on right now than taking the time to hate halloween.

remember how sometimes i think Truman’s behavior is improving and that he’s very slowly learning. And remember how sometimes i think he’ll never learn… like this morning.

remember how my eyes are bigger than my stomach, when it comes to cold cereal and hot chocolate (always filled to overflowing – oops!) … but when i go to Costa Vida, I can eat a huge amount. Oops.

remember when Eliza took 5 steps this week. New Record for her.

remember how hannah and ‘liza sometimes both have crazy hair.

remember how I was a nimcompoop again this week. i need to apply this statement to my life.

remember when i bought 18 lbs of cute freshly-picked gala apples at Burgess Orchards. That’s a lot of apples. But oh, we love apples in the fall.

remember how Jimmy got a new calling to be the Assistant Stake Clerk over technology and he’s been gone so much setting up broadcasts.

remember when our first crop of corn grew so tall. and remember when we planted 4 zucchini plants. that’s a lot of zucchini.

remember when zhu-zhu pets could play the piano.

remember when we were little and used to dress-up in grandma’s old dresses and go visiting teaching. we really did. their poor neighbors who endured our visits. remember when mary and I reenacted it to be funny. don’t hate us because we’re beautiful.

remember when we had a morning devotional and it was bonkers. we’re having primary at 10 a.m. better zip off to get my sharing time ready. hannah is in charge of singing time. Max is giving a talk. abe is doing the article of faith. and tru is saying the prayer. hopefully ‘liza will be napping because she is a grouch this morning. jimmy is at the brigham city temple dedication session. the rest of us go at noon. oh what a life!

a beautiful, ordinary life?