quotable | quinoa

I was innocently going over my menu for a bridal shower and Miss Grace happened to overhear my plans of a quinoa salad.  This was her response.  

My biggest critic in life is an 8-year old.  We have so many things in common, including our sass.  

I kept the quinoa salad in the menu, it was tasty, but wasn't nearly as popular as the other items on the buffet.  But then, Miss Grace could have probably told me that.

quotable | moving, again

Move 2 of 5 was completed this weekend.  At some point during the moving process, the part of you that cares about things falls out of your ear or something (perhaps it got packed in a box) and you start to do things you wouldn't otherwise do.  Such as, leave the toilet paper out for all to see. And use measuring cups as drinking glasses.  It was an all new high-low for us.

Thankful that's over.

P.s.  @brookealline is on the twitter, I'm biased, but she's a funny girl.

quotable | imaginary cats

As previously mentioned several thousand times, Brooke and I share a room.  Oh and Miss Grace, she shares a room with us as well.  It's a two to one messie to clean freak ratio.  I'll let you guess who's who.

Anyway, we spend a lot of time together and sometimes, such as last Saturday night, we come up with clever names in case we were ever to get a cat.  Which we will not.  Because we've promised each other that we will never allow the other to become a cat lady.

That is not something that the women in our family aspire to be.

quotable | new ventures

The wonderful thing about new business ventures it that you start with nothing.  Anything is possible!  The horrible thing about new business ventures is that you literally start with nothing.  Coming up with a name will make or break you as a team.  Our team still hasn't stuck gold with the name game, but we may just turn out a few few internet sensations with the comic content that has sprung from our little board room.

quotable | "juno & the onion"

It wasn't The Onion, it was actually real live updates from American Airlines.  Please tell me I'm not the only person who has trouble differentiating Onion articles from authentic news stories, especially the political ones...  (also @brookealline is pretty funny, you should follow along)

quotable | little tiny baby ones

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm rooming with a 7 year old little girl for the next year.  

I'm rooming with a 7 year old.

Little girl.

Let's just let that sink in for a minute.

Okay.

So, aside from the pink things everywhere (oh wait, that my stuff, I mean the "extra" pink things), the fabulous Holly Golightly eye mask that she will NOT sleep without every night, and the turtles that I feel are TAKING OVER my life (she loves turtles.  Y'all, I will never understand.)  Aside from all of that, it hasn't been too bad.  Just don't ask what she thinks.  Miss Grace will undoubtedly tell you that I'm the meanest sister in the whole world and keep her up at night because I wont stop talking.  

"Don't listen to that man behind the curtain!!!"

It's been great.  I really love her crazy little personality.  The other morning, she woke up giggling and I was a bit concerned (Did you hit your head, Grace? Again?), then she told me.

About her wonderful dream.  

Unfortunately it was a dream and not real life.  Real life was oatmeal, not cinnamon rolls.

quotable | lazy...

In my defense, I was up at 7:42am.  So sue me if I want to stay in my pajamas and drink my cup of coffee for a few hours after that...  It's the weekend!

quotable | "antelopes"

Envelopes.  He was totally asking for an envelope.  Golly, I love 5 year olds.  Good thing we figured it out because my next guess had to do with those orange colored melons...

quotable | poor diet? possibly.

quotable | incredible

This is an honest to goodness compliment that I received last week.

Using lotion makes all of the difference in the world.

quotable | not even real

I think she meant to say "it's unreal".

Needless, to say it was a tortilla and cheese combo that was out of this world.  Her little 7 year old taste buds nearly exploded.

Let me know if you want her recipe.

quotable | pb&b

"Seriously, I can't keep up with you & your weird food addictions."

What my sister Brooke said to me after I mentioned that I was into peanut butter & bananas again.

If you're one of the cool kids on the twitters, you can follow her @BrookeAlline.  She's pretty funny.  And also likes to remind me that I am not a cool kid & therefore not allowed on the twitters.  Ever.  

I guess I should start eating normal foods like kimchi & anchovy paste.

quotable | no, never

Cal: "If I was a girl, I'd never grow a mustache."

He just turned five, and apparently has ten kinds of opinions on life.

quotable | remember when?

Anna:  "So, do you remember a few years ago when the banks were really unstable?"
Abbe:  "......."

A conversation that begins with this line cannot end well.

And also, I'm not allowed to disclose anything further.

quotable | donuts

| driving into town to finish Christmas shopping |

Gracie:  (pipes up from the backseat)
"Hey! That's the field where Dan went off the road, then he drove around and ate donuts."
Dan:  "Did donuts Gracie, I did donuts, I didn't eat them."
Gracie:  "Oh, right."

Oh the joys of fresh snow, and also six year old's with active imaginations.

quotable | stay pretty

| lunching with my mom & mimi |

waitress:  "You're so pretty!  Even prettier than those Kardashians!"
abbe:  "Um, thank you.  I think..."

(later, after dropping off the bill at our table.)

waitress:  "You stay pretty, hon."


Is being compared to those "K" people ever actually a compliment?  I'm wondering.

quotable | psalm 94:19

"In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul" | Psalm 94:19 nkjv

I was barely two sips into my coffee this morning before I came across this verse.  My life is so full of good things right now, but don't ever forget that everyone has crosses that they must carry and burdens that they must bear.  No life is without it's pain.  My cares have been many of late, my thoughts have been crazy and my anxieties feel very, very real.  And on a morning when I wake up and just when I want to give up and bawl my eyes out, this, THIS, is the first thing I see.  

Truly, the Lord is good.

I loved this verse so much that I did a little digging into it.  ESV is my preferred translation of late, but I had grabbed a NKIV first and I read “Your comforts delight my soul”.  The word used for "comfort" is the same one used for children being comforted and held by their mothers.  And "delight" just happens to be my favorite word, it means "someone or something that provides a source of happiness".  What we see is a picture of God consoling us and then restoring our joy.  How beautiful is that.  David wrote this Psalm while on the run from his enemies, without the Lord protecting him,  he would have been slaughtered ten times over.  God not only protected him, but also, comforted and delighted his soul.

If your heart is heavy, you can rest on this today.

quotable | bug bites

Miss Grace (excitedly yells from the other room):  "I HAVE 93 BUG BITES!"

I'm not sure what's funnier, the fact that she thought that was really cool or the fact that she was actually counting ALL OF THE BUG BITES! 

quotable | heat stroke

|setting:  driving in the car on a moderately warm day|

Abbe:  "Wow!  What a beautiful day today!"
Elle:  "I know, it's the perfect day to get a suntan."
Lydia (dead serious):  "It's the perfect day to get heat stroke."

Ah, my little "glass half-empty" girl.  I'm always reminding her to lighten up, but her pessimism is hilarious. And I'm pretty sure she doesn't even know what heat stroke is, just that it "could" happen to you.  If you get out today, be sure to wear sunscreen and drink water.  Orders from Dr. Lydia.