The Extraordinary Ordinary: 7 Quick Takes

7 Quick Takes

Author: Heather of the EO

Friday~July 3, 2009

1. I totally forgot to announce my favorite title(s) for the picture story on Wednesday. Whoops. So. Remember this picture? There were so many great responses, but I especially appreciated "Tales of a Former Superhero: All Washed Up" by Minnesota Mom, and "H2 oh!" by K from Range of Notion Thanks for playing along!

2. We're heading to my hometown for the 4th. This was a last-minute decision so we have no plans, really. (That's a hint to those of you who live there. Wanna hang out? Email me or facebook me or call me. I'd love to see you. Yes. You.)

3. Speaking of my hometown. Remember how I said we've decided (finally) to move there? Well, we still really want to go, but meeting with a realtor was pretty disappointing. We found out we'd most likely lose a good chunk of money on our house. I realize that's typical in this market, but we've put in almost five years of blood, sweat, and tears to improve it, so that's a hard pill to swallow. To be continued...

4. The other day Miles said, "It's a challenge to balance a book on your head." Out of nowhere. You'd think he was waaaay mature with statements like that, and he can be, but he also says things like, "I will poop at your face, Asher! How can you resist?!?" So he's still just a regular four year old.

5. Earlier this week we were over visiting my

Kate and her kiddos with our friend Susan and her kiddos.
Kate and her family have city chickens. See?
I have no reason for sharing this other than the fact that I really like this picture of one of the chickens.

6. Speaking of Katie. Asher and Miles love her so much. (They got that from me.) Asher fell the other night and his tooth went through his lip. (As you may know from my depressing post yesterday.) About an hour after the incident, Asher brought me the phone and said, "T" over and over (his word for KaTIE). He doesn't say much, but I got the message. He really really wanted me to call Katie. I asked if he wanted to tell her about his owie and he said "Uh HUH." I love that he needed to talk to her. I just love it.

7. Have you heard of Associated Content? I'm excited to say that I've just recently become a contributor there. I'll be writing posts on parenting/motherhood on a regular basis. To get started, I shared two posts from my archives. You can find them here and here, if you'd like. Associated Content is a great site to bookmark for when you need concise information on pretty much any subject. All you have to do is put in your search words, and you'll get just the information you need in well-written articles, all in one place. What I love about this is that you can not only find articles full of information, but also pieces you can relate to, just like blog posts. I'm honored to be a part of this, and I hope you'll check it out.

And now my children are losing their minds, so excited to get going.
This is what excitement looks like on Asher: