Not Much to Say....

Since I don't have much to say this evening, I'll share a picture from my trip to West Virginia this summer.

Hmmm....

So the friendly teaching assistant and I have been trying to find a good time to go walking. We were supposed to go yesterday, but then had to reschedule. So today, we spent some time together. Did we go walking? Nope, we went and got ice cream.

Gotta Love Dove

So I was eating the last of a bag of Dove chocolate (no, I did not eat the whole thing in one sitting--It was a bag I had bought to keep in my desk at school, but found its way home after I hurt my foot.) Anyways, I was unwrapping one of the delectable morsels and was surprised to read: "You know what? You look good in red." Now usually the "Promises" found on the Dove wrappers leave much to be desired, but this one hit the nail on the head. I couldn't help but smile as I was sitting here wearing red sweatpants and a red shirt. The even funnier part is that I hardly ever wear red, much less bum around in pants and shirt that are both red!

LOL!

You Are French Food

Snobby yet ubiquitous. People act like they understand you more than they actually do.

What Kind of Food Are You?

Saw this quiz on lydee's site and decided to take it. I hope I'm not the snobby part and I had to look up ubiquitous (ever present), but the second sentence is actually true. How this all relates to French food I am quite ignorant of.

Beach Time

Some people say that getting to know a family and being a "mother's helper" type of person is preparation for having kids of your own. I don't doubt it as today I learned a couple of good lessons:

1) When taking a 2 year old to the beach that has a pier, be sure to pack the stroller. Yeah. We took B. to the beach today, his one and only desire was to boat watch and so the first thing we did was to go over to the pier where the "boat parade" that was going by. We then proceeded to start walking the pier, which I shortly calculated was a very long pier. That + 2 year old who likes to be carried + no stroller=very tired Gina. Thankfully he walked part of the way and my partner in crime carried my water bottle.

2) Make sure you have another person with you when you order take out and have to wait 20 min. while tending to a 2 year old. One person waits for the food while the other person entertains the kid and chases after him.

All in all it was a very fun experience. I was surprised at how content B. was at just sitting and watching the boats go by. I know I love doing that type of thing and could do it indefinitely, but I never knew a 2 year old could have such an attention span as well. As he continues to learn how to talk, it never ceases to amaze me how many times he can say my name in such a short amount of time. He has also recently started saying "Bob," as in the talking Bob the Tomato who lounges in the back of my car. We almost had a crisis when B. could not reach/find Bob while we were driving home. Thankfully we had french fries and my partner in crime was able to pacify him with those. I wonder how many times mothers wish they had a third arm, of the "go go Gadget" type in order to tend to kids in the backseat while driving.

So life goes on and the Lord is faithful to continue to make it interesting. All kidding aside, I am very thankful for these type of "distractions" that keep my focus off of myself and onto blessing others in the midst of my own struggles. He is good, and in the midst of it all, He is (slowly) teaching me how to wait. Slow only because I am a slow learner. But even that He knew ahead of time, so it's not an issue. Anyways, keep looking up, because He is good even in the midst of circumstances that don't make sense from a human perspective.

Dude!

Sub Contrabass Recorder by Adriana Breuknik

Featured on Cover of Spring 2001 Recorder Magazine

**I think I am too short to try this recorder, but boy would it be fun!

Classic Sesame Street - Yo Yo Ma and the Honkers

Found this old Sesame Street clip and thoroughly enjoyed it. Have fun!