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• Good french press coffee with eggnog.
• Successfully caring for 3 sick children at once while having a cold.
• Watching Ophelia run around the house in my “boobie gostumes” aka bras.
• Finding a two local CSAs.
• Looking at leaf blowers on Amazon.com.
• Having Ophelia call me in to see her self-proclaimed christmas tree shaped twosie in the toilet.
• Having the asian checkout guy ask if I myself was asian.
• Watching Mira take her first TWO steps!!

Opheliaism of the day:

Abra:            “Ophelia, it’s quiet time. Mommy’s ears need a break.”

Ophelia: “Why?”

Abra: “          Because my brain might explode.”

After 5 minutes of constant Ophelia chattering (one guess where she gets that from!), I laid down on the couch. Standing beside me…

Ophelia: “Mommy! Your brain exploded!”

“Do you have a kinder, more adaptable friend in the food world than soup? Who soothes you when you are ill? Who refuses to leave you when you are impoverished and stretches its resources to give you a hearty sustenance and cheer? Who warms you in the winter and cools you in the summer? Yet who also is capable of doing honor to your richest table and impressing your most demanding guests? …Soup does its loyal best, no matter what undignified conditions are imposed upon it. You don’t catch steak hanging around when you’re poor and sick, do you?”
-Judith Martin (aka Miss Manners)

I’ve been cruising around on craigslist looking for a new oven for the farmhouse. I’ve found these other treasures, which we don’t need and can’t afford, but i thought they were worth sharing in case someone did…

Isn't this gorgeous? One day I want this couch in my livingroom....Ben can take the leather one and put it in the office!

I am actually emailing the lady about this one. Charming, isn't it?

ok, i admit, i emailed this one too, but mostly out of curiosity. i just thought it was so lovely and if they still have it and really want to get rid of it, maybe i can convince Ben this would be perfect for our formal living room, right?

My crazy daughter thought 53 degree weather was perfect for playing outside. I got her to put on shoes, a hat and a jacket. She said she wasn’t cold. Sheesh.

I’ve never been able to get my kids to eat baby food. I can’t blame them. It’s so gross. Today over breakfast, I was watching Mira’s expressions and listening to the yummy sounds she made as I fed her pancakes with blueberry syrup, scrambled eggs with melted cheddar and roast potatoes leftover from dinner. Could America’s health problems, our addiction to over flavored, fried foods stem from not teaching our children what good food is from the beginning? Just a thought.

Bless O Lord, this food to our use,
And us to thy loving service;
And make us ever mindful of the needs of others,
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

I’ve uploaded all the pictures i’ve taken on my phone to facebook. There are several from mira’s birthday. Click the photo to be redirected to complete album of recent photos.

Mira Lorne Carnahan
Born 10:24 AM on October 13, 2008
7lbs 8oz, 20 1/4″ long