Is anybody there….

Well it's been a really long time since I've posted anything.  I was looking back though and realized this is like my baby book for Harper.  I've documented everything on here.  I don't want to lose those memories, so I'm going to try to be better.

Today Harper's fish died.  It was one of those beta fish that somehow managed to live two years even though I was terrible at cleaning it's little tank and remembering to feed it.  Part of me just wanted to flush the thing down the toilet figuring Harper probably wouldn't even notice.  But I knew this was my opportunity to talk with Harper in a not so scary way about death.  We just told her that Red was really old and had lived longer than little fish like him were supposed to.  Joe had the good idea of taking him to the river and saying goodbye to him there.  So we walked down to the path and said one nice thing each about Red and then put him in the river.

I tried to avoid saying Red was sick because I wasn't sure if she would think that if she or one of us got sick that we would die.  All in all, I really don't know how much she understood anyway.  But I figured it was a small chance to start talking about something really big.

I know that we will have many big talks in our future.  I just don't think I'm ready to have such a grown up little kid.  It's too bad we can't shelter them from scary things forever.  I'm glad we took even just the littlest bit of time to talk with her about death.  I hope that we won't have to talk about it again for a very long time.

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I Love Fall

Our new house has a beautiful maple tree in the front yard.  It kept it's leaves way longer than the rest of the houses on the street, but the best part was when they started to drop, they were all down in about two days.  That is waaaaaay better than dropping over a few weeks.  Rake once...Done!

#laterblog

Is this a thing?  It should be for all the lax posters like me.  I can't seem to find the time to post things when they are relevant.  So here I am on November 10 posting halloween pictures.

Harper wanted to be Minnie Mouse this year.  We did family costumes last year, so I thought, let's go for it again this year.  Joe signed up to be Mickey Mouse, and of course that left me to be Daisy Duck.  A couple of trips to the thrift store, and three hours with a needle and thread later, and here's our fantastic family halloween.

Have I mentioned I love Target

Seriously...if I had enough readers to make it worth their while, I would totally fish for a sponsor post.  It's so bad, by the age of 1.5, if you asked Harper what Mommy's favorite store was, she would promptly answer "Target!"  Well, I have yet another reason to love this store....Target online.

I was surfing around, and decided to check it out.  Typically I don't do a lot of online shopping.  There's something about being able to actually touch the things I'm about to purchase.  Well it just so happened they were having a furniture sale and I was in need of a futon.  So I find one with good reviews, pop it into my cart with a few articles of clothing and begin checking out.

Why yes, I do have a Target Red card...save another 5%?  Yes please.

Wait, that means free shipping.  Hell yeah.

So for less than two hundred dollars I got a new shirt, skirt, dress and this fantastic futon for our guest room.  And they delivered it to my house.  FOR. FREE.

I love that store!

Five Dollar Fashion Find

Time for another installment of my thrifty shopping finds.  Check out my first post here.

I found this fantastic sweater on a 1.99 rack at Old Navy

I LOVE this top.  It's a crocheted sweater, which is a little hard to tell from the picture.  It was perfect on a cool fall night.  Warm enough that I didn't need to cart a jacket with me to dinner out with the girls, but the "holes" keep you from getting too hot.  Paired with skinnies and ballet flats, and I felt cute and comfy all night.  $1.99...Yes please!

It's been a month

Yeah...since my last blog.  Sorry for those few people who actually still read.  Maybe I can explain why I haven't been blogging.

1) October has brought on the full fall experience.  Apple/pumpkin picking; Circleville Pumpkin Show; baking pie, making soup and chili and many other fall activities.

 2) For my birthday I got flowers and jewelry.  I am quite a lucky lady

 3) You know how you always hear about the terrible twos?  Well nothing compares to the onslaught of a three-nager in your house.  I seriously love this kid.  All her wackiness combined with all her attitude and sass.  She will be quite a force to be reckoned with as an actual teenager.

4) We went to Chigago and the Ohio State vs. Northwestern game.  Awesome!

 5) We have a new principal and assistant principal at my school.  Keeping up with lesson planning, new standards, and adjusting to new leadership has really kept me on my toes.  I've brought more work home this year than in all my past years.

So hopefully you can see I'm not being a slacker, but blogging has really dropped off.  I will try to be better...I promise.