On My Mind : Random Wednesday Thoughts

I was planning on lasagne tonight too! Love it when meals are planned ahead, my whole day just goes better. Enjoy.

I love all the reds and oranges and not just completely pink! :) And I love the matching hangers, I wish I could be 10% as organized.
The blog looks great, thanks for posting the Christmas projects from the past couple years in all one place. I think I'm going to try to make the stamped picture frame! I love that and I just picked up some similar frames really cheap the other weekend, perfect timing! Looking forward to the Halloween minibook too!

where'd you find your baby hangers?

DO you know how comforting it is to know that you just finished your Halloween 07 album -- for those of us who still lament over the stockpile of photos that we need or want to scrap?? I am looking forward to seeing it -- I am actually thinking of doing a Halloween mini album with 2 pages per year.

Ali, I too have to have the same kind of hanger - not necessarily all the same color but I don't and refuse to use anything wire!
I love the 10 random things... I think I need to do that more often to just remind myself of the little things that make life great! We are waiting for an OT to evaluate my son who was diagnosed with Asperger's a few months back... lots of sensory issues going on. Can't wait to see the Halloween album. Glad the pregnancy is going well.

I loved hanging up baby clothes while pregnant. I still love doing my kid's laundry too.

I remember your Halloween cover from last year with the textured technique. Looking forward to the seeing the finished book. I had never made a special halloween focused project, but you inspired me to do so. I just finished last week and I must say the kids have loved flipping through it this past week. It's driving up their excitment level. Thanks for the idea, Ali.

My husband & I both write a letter to our daughters on their birthday each year. It's been a tradition I want to do their entire life. My husband has missed maybe 2 ( my girls are 8 and 7 now) but i haven't missed one...how it differs from their journals and all the scrap pages i do, not sure, but it just seems more personal when it's addressed to them on one sheet, although each journal entry starts, "dear savannah" "dear ava".....
can't wait to see your Halloween Mini! i did one of the 2006 halloween party we had for the girls!
tara

do you have to mail in your ballot? or can you actually go and vote? i would think if people have to use their own stamps that might not be a good thing? off to find some answers about this?

Ali, you are going to love having a daughter...our new little girl, Ada Dorothy (whose old fashioned names are in honor of two great grandmothers), arrived on October 3rd. So excited for your family.

Where did you find the cute baby hangers? All my baby clothes are on the yucky white plastic ones :(

Thanks for the heads up about the postage - I don't know if Douglas County is the same, but I'll be looking for it. (Plus, I just saw Chris on the news talking about it, which was slightly weird because I was reading your blog at the same time. LOL!)

Thanks for sharing the article Ali. Still a bit scary thinking toward teenage years with an autistic child. We are making great strides right now with Brody at 6 years, huge gains - smart boy. Each day is a new adventure and sometimes challenging, but a blessing.
We have been approved for a service dog - NSD in Canada provides service dogs for Autistic children - took us about a year to be approved, now we have about 1 1/2 years to await our dog. We are so excited - can't wait.
God bless you all - can't wait to see the Halloween album. Are you also going to share tips are getting started for the December album that you did last year - would love some tips so that I can get organized for this year and carry the project out.
Almost done my week in the life - just adding my journaling and then ready to go to the printers
Have a great day!!
Nicky from Canada

Hey guys - baby hangers can be found here: http://www.hangersdirect.com/hangers/167/wooden_infant_and_baby_hangers/

Hi Ali,
Not sure if the nesting thing is just pregnancy related; I tend to nest a lil every fall in worrying about the coming winter weather. I love the alexi murdoch song All My Days, thanks for introducing me to some new music.I have a 6 year old niece and almost 2 year old nephew, I know the joy they bring me; can't wait for you to enjoy being mom to a lil girl as well as your pride and joy - Simon. Take care, thanks for always inspiring me :)

Thanks so much for the link to the kids gift guide! My sister (and her son) are all about wooden, natural toys and there were great ideas. I already ordered his Christmas gifts from WildDill.com :)

Thanks for the NYT article link. It's always exciting to see how some people push the envelope and see results. You are doing wonderfully with Simon; although it must be exhausting, it must also be so rewarding to see him making progress.
Love the link to the baby hangers. My daughter is 3 months pregnant and I'm looking for cool things to give as gifts.
Just finished my voting last night...wondering if Douglas County ballot is heavy enough for 2 stamps - think I'll put two on, just in case.

Fabulous assortment of baby girl clothing. I too had my boy first then my girl. She is 2 now - such a fun age with her. It has been so amazing to me how they both come from the same genes and they are so drastically different. My boy is quiet and a hard thinker - She is loud, rambuctious, fiesty and a love. I find that they both feed off of each other and I guess that is where their differences benefit. I'm excited for you!

Thanks for the list, but especially the link to the hangers. Enjoy the nesting, and the products of your baking.

i love randomness. and love your list. and alex. and lasagna. and little clothes.