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I forgot to mention here that I had another post go up on Catholic Sistas. My post, Saints for Life, was my contribution to the Sistas' big Respect Life promotion during the month of October. I hope you've been following along, there were many excellent posts last month!
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My babies are 5 months old already!! Peter is rolling over onto his tummy now. He can't roll back onto his back, but his arms and neck are getting stronger and he doesn't get nearly as upset anymore being on his tummy. Ethan likes being on his back. Every morning I find him sleeping with his hands behind his head like he's relaxing on the beach. Silly baby!
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| Peter and Ethan, 5 months old |
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We've started calling Ethan "Thumper." When he is in his crib, or really anywhere on his back (the floor, pack 'n' play, etc.) he brings his knees up to his chest and then throws his legs out in front of him, making a thumping noise when his legs hit the mattress. Sometimes we listen to him doing this over and over and over again when we go to bed at night. I find it hilarious. The thumping also causes him to scoot down to the end of the crib every night! So now I make sure to put his head near one end of the crib when he goes to bed at night. In the morning, his feet will be at the other end. Again, such a silly baby!
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Halloween was Monday. No Trick or Treating for us this year. But we sat out in our garage and handed out candy. Well, Hubby did, I was back and forth between there and the house with the boys as they got hungry and tired and needed changing. But we still had to have fun with the boys and dress them up. Luckily, I found these cute costumes, which were only worn for a couple of hours, on clearance:
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| Our little pumpkins, Ethan and Peter with Daddy |
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Can I just vent for one little moment? I have so much on my plate at work right now!!! I'm feeling the pressure of putting things in order before I leave for my sabbatical. I know I can't do everything, but I need to do what I can to not leave a whole bunch of loose ends everywhere for 6 months. But it's more than that:
- I'm in the middle of the hiring process (and praying I get someone who will start before I leave)
- It's that time of year when I have to read faculty promotion files and write letters (11 files this year)
- I realized today that I really need to work on staff evaluations this month if I plan on taking a lot of December as vacation
- I have data to collect for my 2012 article in my professional journal
- I am getting nervous about another contribution I had to an upcoming publication that has been delayed and they want the contributors to update there stuff (which I have no problem with, but I emailed my section editor and I still haven't heard back from her and I really want to do this BEFORE my sabbatical ... it'll probably end up becoming part of my sabbatical)
- And then there is just the normal work load ... well a bit more than normal since I'm short one cataloger.
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Some good news! We've had several house showings recently. Got a call last Saturday for a showing that same afternoon that we had to turn down (we were in Indiana for a funeral and did not leave the house in any shape for a viewing). We got a call Sunday afternoon for a showing that afternoon which we accepted, of course, even though we had one hour to quickly put everything in order and do a quick clean of the obvious stuff. Then we had a showing Wednesday evening and, finally, got a request on Thursday for a showing on Saturday. Turns out the showing for this coming Saturday is the person who had wanted to see the house last Saturday. We had assumed that the Sunday showing was that person, but apparently not. Our feedback is all positive, so really it's just a matter of the right person finding us.
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Have I ever mentioned that I am a fan of the Food Network? I've gotten addicted to watching the reality-type, competition style shows on that channel. Chopped is one of my ongoing favorites. I love seeing the odd ingredients they often require the chefs to cook with. More recently I've been watching Sweet Genius, which is a little quirky, the host particularly. He is very intense and a bit intimidating, but then at the very end of the show when he names the "sweet genius" his demeanor completely changes and it makes me smile! But the best show that just started has got to be The Next Iron Chef. Seeing all these chefs who I see as judges and hosts of their own shows now competing against each other to be the next Iron Chef is a lot of fun. Unlike other reality, competition shows, these people all already know each other and work together for the same network. So you have none of the weird, tiresome drama that you get when a bunch of strangers are thrown together for a couple months. These shows are fun.
Do you have any favorite Food Network shows? Or do you prefer another cable channel? Any favorite reality shows?
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