Jun 26 2005
This weekend, I started work on The Great Summer Mystery Project”. I?ve been working on the dinning room shelves for a few months now, so cool personal projects like this have had to wait. Now, I?m not going to tell you what I?m making, so you?ll have to make your best guess based on what you see.
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Jun 25 2005
This week Damon finished building the beautiful bookshelves that grace our dining room walls. (Pictures will come later.)
Today we have spent a lot of time freeing our books from their temporary homes in the attic. (By temporary I mean the last 5 years.) While rediscovering those books, we have been weeding out the books that are no longer relevant (Knight in Shining Armour: Discovering Your Lifelong Love by P.B. Wilson or Basic Marketing, Eighth Edition by some cats named E. Jerome McCarthy & William D. Perreault, Jr.) or some books that we no longer need (how many John Grisham novels do we really need in the house? Answer: None!).
Anyway, we thought that maybe McKay’s Used Books would be a decent way to offload the extras, but we are not sure how it works. Anyone care to share?
Jun 21 2005
This entry is a response to Amanda, whose comment today made me ponder.
Amanda,
You sound like a mother who loves her daughter.
I think when I was getting to be the age where I was being more independent and dipping my toe in the waters of adulthood, my mother would hug me longer and tighter, just to remember her little girl with the red curls who said “Hi” to anyone and everyone.
At least, that is what I would like to think.
Damon jokes about reliving his childhood through Fuller or wishing that Fuller would take on certain interests when he is older. I admit that I often think about that too, but not the interests that Damon thinks about.
For instance, Damon would like it if Fuller took an interest in playing football. I would like it if Fuller embraced the arts (but was rich at the same time, of course). I wouldn’t mind if Fuller played football and embraced the arts at the same time, but I know that in the end, Fuller will be his own person with his own interests and path in life.
I do marvel that in the future, part of how Fuller lives his life is because of the influence that we have in his life. Miss Zoot is struggling with that realization right now. And I am struggling with it today. BobW mentioned that if Fuller understands “No” he’ll put things together. The thing is that Fuller doesn’t yet understand “No.” We are working on it and today Fuller cried because of it, but he doesn’t get it yet. (I think that if our dogs understand “No” then there is hope for Fuller.)
Someday he will understand the word “No” (from what I understand, that is what all two year olds are saying these days). And, in turn, someday he will also understand that I love him and always want the best for him. When that day comes, I will hug him a little tighter and remember my little boy who likes to giggle like a mad man when I put him to bed for the night.
Jun 20 2005
We have lots of adjectives to describe Fuller.
Fuller is good. He is great. He is cute. He is handsome. He is happy. Fuller is easy. He is a crawler, a mouther, a wiggly worm. Fuller is giggly. He is big. He is heavy. He is awesome. He is fun. He is independent. He is cuddly. He is a spitter upper. He is a redhead. Fuller is precious. He is amazing. He is goofy. Fuller is a flirt.
And, after this weekend?s car trip, we can add a new one to the list- Fuller is a shrieker.
Our car ride to Lake Martin was not so great. We left at a time that we knew Fuller was going to sleep soon and we knew that we would hit traffic in B?ham. Well, Fuller woke up when we hit the half way point (just past Gadsen) and we fed him at a rest stop. But, once we had him back in the car seat, he decided that instead of blissfully looking out the window or checking out his links, he needed to vocalize. And he did so with an ear-piercing shriek.
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