Archive for February, 2012

Good Soup!

Feb 20th

Posted by Becky in Family

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Many of you might have seen this on Facebook (if anyone is even still around here), but I wanted to share it with my Grandma and Grandpa, and it didn’t work in the email I sent, so here we are!

We had some of Grandpa’s homemade soup for lunch yesterday, and James kept repeating “Good Soup!” and “Thank you, Grandpa!” “Good soup” is something my grandpa says about any kind of food, so it’s a running joke in our family. I thought they would appreciate seeing Jame-o say it.

We’ll be back again soon to write more. James turns 2 this week. How can I not talk about that?

Daddy! Present!

Feb 17th

Posted by Ryan in Casual Thoughts

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Becky’s new job that she started last fall begins the work day an hour after mine.  On normal weekday mornings I’m the first one up and in the shower.  When I’m finished cleaning up it’s been a toss-up lately as to whether James will be awake yet or not.  On this past Tuesday, which was Valentine’s day, as I finished showering and shut the water off I could hear James outside the bathroom door yelling “Daddy! Present!” over and over again.  I rushed to dry off and get at least partially dressed before opening the door to see if he either had something for me or wanted me to go see something that his mother had given him.  No sooner was the door open than he had me by the finger and was pulling me down the hallway to the living room.  Upon reaching the middle of the living room he let go and began pointing vigorously at my laptop bag while saying “present!” again and again.  Much to Becky’s chagrin I opened the laptop bag and found the bag of candy she had hidden inside.  Her response to James?  ”You’re not very good at keeping secrets, are you?”

Yes this thing is still on

Feb 17th

Posted by Ryan in Casual Thoughts

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  • To Do In 2011

    1. Make dinner 2 nights per week
    2. Finish James’s baby book     finished as much as possible
    3. Own a pair of comfortable dress boots
    4. Read 25 books
    5. Take a week of vacation in the summer and visit my family
    6. Try a new ingredient once a month (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec)
    7. Organize my recipe collection
    8. Develop a more efficient workspace at my office     My new desk is WAY more organized/organizable.
    9. Own investment jeans     Not Happening
    10. Go to 3 local museums
    11. Organize a group camping trip     We had 2 of them!
    12. Learn how to run     In progress!
    13. See a concert
    14. Try out four new restaurants     (Jan 21) (March 18)
    15. Acknowledge the birthdays of every person on my list     Epic fail
    16. Make something for James using some of his old clothes
    17. Watch James take his first steps/say his first real words
    18. Put pictures in all the frames in our apartment
    19. Buy a cake from a local bakery
    20. Go to a band concert at UMD
    21. Exercise more     Y Membership
    22. See my sister graduate college     I'm counting this as accomplished; I didn't watch her walk, but we had dinner with her that night.
    23. Cut back on sweets     My new job has actually helped with this; less boredom/stress = less snacking!
    24. Get rid of cable 1/3/2011
    25. Finish our wedding scrapbook project
    26. Start purchasing Christmas gifts in March at the latest     HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
    27. Create a weekly menu, and stick to it!     See above: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
    28. Meet someone in real life that I’ve only known on the internet
    29. Get my hair cut and style it more often     this last part is ongoing
    30. Host a party
    31. Go to church at least once per month, and make a donation each time
    32. Send thank-you notes for all gifts
    33. Make ice cream
    34. Encourage Ryan to get his first Cisco certification
    35. Try a new food     I'm counting brussel sprouts.
    36. Hang out with Alyson for an entire weekend
    37. Make more of an effort to dress up for work     No longer necessary; this is more of a nice jeans and sweater kind of place.
    38. Make a lunch (not frozen) 2 days per week.     I've been packing a peanut butter sandwich and carrots. I consider this an achievement.
    39. Take a community ed class     Swimming w/the boys
    40. Make something in our dutch oven that requires using it in the oven
    41. Go to bed before eleven more often
    42. Go to a Farmer’s Market and buy something 3 times this summer     Another failure. Although we did buy some local honey from a friend!
    43. Call my parents and sisters every other week just to check in     I think I'm doing WORSE at this than last year
    44. Make: caramel rolls from scratch (get the recipe from my grandma)
    45. Bring James on his first trip to Canada
    46. Learn to drive a stick
    47. Print out photos from our wedding and put them in an album
    48. Make breakfast more often on the weekends
    49. Keep the apartment cleaner than past years
    50. Buy a good area rug for the living room
    51. Make a general doctor’s appointment to get my cholesterol, blood pressure, etc., checked out 1/11/11
    52. Take more pictures and put some in albums
    53. Clean the basement and organize all our stuff down there     All bins labeled as of 3/13/11. This is as much organizing as is going to happen before we move
    54. Organize my jewelry
    55. Buy more bins for storage and put seasonal clothes away
    56. Donate all unused clothing/toys to Goodwill/Salvation Army

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