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95% done counts for something, right?

2010
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It’s 12:08 a.m. and I’ve been working on getting my new blog design properly activated for the last few many hours.

For the record, I’m never up past midnight.  Unless:

1) It’s New Year’s Eve

2) I have a sick child

3) I am reading an incredibly awesome book and just can’t put it down

But tonight, I’m up. Tinkering with CSS, adjusting php functions (I don’t even really know what that means, but it sounds good), testing plugin compatibility and modifying image files so they all (mostly) match each other.

(That might be the geekiest sentence I’ve written in my life.)

And as you may have noticed, I have a new design in place. There are a few more tweaks I want to make but it is way past my bedtime.

Anyway, I would say that I have things about 95% of the way I want them to be. And at the moment, I’m stumped on the other 5%.  But it’s late, and I’m afraid that my brain isn’t going to function very well if I continue to play around.

So I’m going to go to bed and hope to figure out my last few tinkerings another day.  In the meantime, let me know what you think!

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Friday’s Fave Five

2010
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Playing along with Susanne this week. Click over to her blog see others bloggers’ favorite things this week, and join in the fun.

Five of my favorite things from this week

1. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. I watched this movie (via Netflix streaming on our Wii — love that!) Monday night with the kids. Then Wednesday night, C. & Chad watched it and I joined them for the second half. Thoroughly enjoyable. Goofy enough to make the four-year-old laugh until he couldn’t breathe. Bizarre enough to crack up the 11-year-old. Repeatedly. And not annoying-for-grownups as some kids’ movies can be. Definitely a fun family movie.

2. A husband who spoils me. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, but my husband is really too nice to me. I don’t deserve all the ways (little and big) that he spoils me, but I’m thankful just the same. He’s an incredible husband and a great dad. Love you, Chad!

3. Finally making progress on my SRT ’10 list. After a spring full of spurts and stumbles, stops and starts, I finally got on track with my spring reading. Only about half a book to go! Will I finish before Sunday night? We’ll see… I’m hopeful, but not making any promises.

4. A big kid who keeps learning. C. (11) is keeping busy this summer. This week, he started golf lessons. He’s been golfing for a couple years now — nothing too intense or serious, but he enjoys several golf outings with his Dad and Grammy each summer. And we thought this year, it might be a good idea for him to take a few lessons, get a few pointers from a pro. His instructor is an incredibly nice man — very encouraging, but full of practical tips and helpful hints. C. thoroughly enjoyed his first lesson and is looking forward to the next one.

Also, C. has taken it upon himself to go through the Drive-Through History: America, Foundations of Character curriculum kit this summer. On his own. I am not a history buff, but C. takes after his dad and really enjoys it. So he’s working through the DVD and lesson book, learning lots about our country’s beginnings. I love that he loves learning new things!

5.  Buzz cuts on little boys. L. (4) did not want a buzz cut, yet I insisted. He gets SO sweaty every time he plays outside, and I’m sure he’ll appreciate being a bit cooler for the next few weeks. He’s still not convinced, but I think it’s cute.

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Coming Soon: Lego Giveaway

2010
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The very generous folks at an online store that sells kids furniture — and lots more! — have offered to sponsor a giveaway here at Callapidder Days. After spending many hours perusing their site, I finally settled on a giveaway item that I know you’ll like.

At least, you’ll like it if your kids love to build stuff.

Especially if they like to build stuff with wheels. And with lots of options. And with many, many Legos.

Sound good to you? Check back here later this week for a cool Lego giveaway!

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Friday’s Fave Five

2009
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Fave Five

Time for Susanne‘s weekly meme, Friday’s Fave Five, a chance to reflect and pick five things from this past week that make us happy.

Soup1. Big Mama’s soup. I had a friend over for lunch this week and in my search for just the right new recipe to experiment on my friend with try, I came across this recipe for Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup over at Big Mama’s blog and decided it would be the one.  Delicious. It involved lots of chopping, but was easy and yummy. And there’s nothing like the aroma of simmering soup on a December day. The meal was completed with some cheese biscuits, diet soda, and Peanut Butter Toffee Chip cookies for dessert.

2. Chad’s coming home! Chad was out of town on business all this week — not a normal occurrence for us. He’s great about calling home, emailing, and staying connected with me and with the boys, but we are all thrilled that he’s finally back in town and will be home for dinner tonight. L. and I were talking last night about the fact that Daddy was going to be home very, very soon, and he let out a spontaneous, “Yippee!!!” I second that excitement. Yippee!!!

3. A much cleaner storage room. I have apparently become a House-Purging Maniac. Maybe I’ve just been looking for ways to keep busy while Chad’s been gone. I don’t know. I just know I’ve spent hours and hours and hours filling bags with things that must leave our house. Now. A happy result of this crazy cleaning is a storage room that is about two hundred times nicer to walk into than it was a week ago. There’s still plenty of stuff; but it’s more organized, more contained, and less overwhelming.

Package4. Online shopping. Christmas shopping is pretty much done. I have a few stocking-stuffers to pick up, and am awaiting the arrival of one or two more packages. But it’s mostly done. And it’s all thanks to online shopping. I think I’ve only purchased two gifts in actual stores — you know, the kind you drive to, walk around, and carry bags out of? Most of the time, I just wait for Mr. UPS Man to bring the Christmas gifts to my door. And I love it.

5. My two boys. With Chad being gone all week, things could have deteriorated quickly. But both boys have been sweet, helpful, and terrific. Don’t get me wrong — we’ve had our moments (like the yelling that began at 7:03 Wednesday morning [and it wasn't me]). But overall, I can’t complain. They’ve been great.  L(3) made me smile by charming the folks at Rite Aid on Tuesday, asking me to please take his picture next to our outdoor Christmas lights on Wednesday, and insisting on being Fireman L. for most of yesterday (I wasn’t allowed to call him anything other than ‘Fireman L’). C(11) helped me lug multiple garbage bags and boxes up from the basement (see item #3, above), offered to read our evening Advent devotions, and told me that the importance of a Mom’s work is very underrated and should be more appreciated.  (And no, you can’t have them — they’re all mine!) Love you, boys!

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Giveaway Winner & a Thank You

2009
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First up, I have a winner to announce. The winner of The Friends We Keep (and the bonus 40-minute Bible study) is:

Comment #20 –Viv

Congrats, Viv!

Also, I found out this week that my blog has been nominated for three awards in the Book Blogger Appreciation Week Awards. I don’t know who nominated me, but whoever you are, thank you so much — I am truly honored! And judging by the other nominees I’ve seen, I know I’m in good company.

I’ll be sure to let you all know if I make it to the “finals” in one of the categories, so you can vote for me!

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