http://www.moonthinks.com lists, pictures, lists, pictures.... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:40:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ~ so....the pie isn't bad. it's a little tart where i'd like a little more sweet, it's super-mushy where i'd like medium-mushy, but the crust is pretty decent and half the pie's been eaten already. tomorrow i'm making my famous pumpkin pie for the debate party, and chocolate ... http://www.moonthinks.com/2008/10/06/whats-playing/ it was a big weekend, complete with our second-annual Autumn Apple-Picking Extravaganza. we laughed and ran and ate so many apples that my stomach hurt. (oh, and I didn't feel too guilty about all the apples we taste-tested and threw back into the orchard, since they were charging $27 ... http://www.moonthinks.com/2008/10/06/apple-picking/ "Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine." ~Buddha http://www.moonthinks.com/2008/10/03/friday-snapshot-bw/     random friday things: ~ getting the kid to take a nap is a total chore now that she's in a "big girl bed" and can just get up at will... trying to introduce the concept of "quiet time" wherein a two-year-old understands that they can stay AWAKE but silent in their ... http://www.moonthinks.com/2008/10/03/random-things-friday/   on our way to the playground, we ran into an old friend ("old" in this case = "3 years old".  this is Mia, who Em's known most of her life).  we quickly detoured from our playground plans and followed Miss Mia to the laundry room and then to her apartment.       ...where ... http://www.moonthinks.com/2008/10/02/anatomy-of-a-playday/ [emma & mom: week 34/52] five random things [tuesday]: ~ i'm itching to paint and (re)decorate the apartment; wondering how to do this on a budget of $0. i'm also itching to get rid of (very nearly) all our "stuff", start over without the clutter, and just live with less. ... http://www.moonthinks.com/2008/09/30/close-up/   a few of her favorite things:  ~ Little Miss and Mr. Men books ~ The Crazy Cookie Monster shirt ~ Going pants-less (see also: Sweeping Beauty pullups) ~ The new "puwple" shoes (still too big, but much much better than the old puwple shoes) ~ Our neighbor Gabrielle, age 10 (almost) (i've got more lists and ... http://www.moonthinks.com/2008/09/28/monday-snapshot/      happy weekend everyone. i'm sorting through summer pictures, but welcoming the beginning of fall. my mood changes with the season, and this one is always bumpy...i can hang on, knowing that once we're into it, the crispness in the air makes me so calm and content. today i'm ... http://www.moonthinks.com/2008/09/27/092709/     [on the Monon Trail.  Indianapolis, Indiana.  late August, 2008.] i wrote a long post here about follow-through, and the fact that i continually promise people the moon and stars and fail to deliver.  i went on and on about how i desperately want to make people happy, but how overwhelmed and ... http://www.moonthinks.com/2008/09/25/092508/    [see the whole gallery here.  seriously....you should look.] there are so many things i want to say about this trip, about the girls-only getaway to The Cape and how much fun we had... how we stopped at Walmart on the way to buy tea, camera supplies and red-sparkly toddler shoes, and got ... http://www.moonthinks.com/2008/09/25/a-weekend-on-the-cape/