keeping up with the joneses....

.... of bloggerworld, that is.

Today is Sunday and in line with keeping the Sabbath holy, I am looking up cute blog templates so that I am more inclined to share my family events more often. I figure that fits in with the whole "spend time with family" part of being a good Sunday Sabbath day keeper.

So... today's layout is the Shire. Yes... LOTR, Hobbit-esque, shire. It was 3rd on my list, the other two wouldn't work, so this is it for now. At least until I find out how to keep all of my links/gadgets/widgets/whatever they are, on the side over there without having to re-enter them manually.

Note to those not on the list - I will add you soon, don't worry, I just have to go back to my original layout for all of your addresses again.

Now, let's see... in the Schultz household as of late are the following intriguing bits:

1. Becton is getting a tooth.
Yes, you heard/read it here first. He's getting his first bottom left tooth (the second is just under the skin) with which he'll be able to do absolutely nothing but continue to gum down teething biscuits and possibly draw blood while nursing. My excitement for him teething is bittersweet.

p.s. he LOVES teething biscuits. See below.
that's his "trying to hide so that nobody steals my biscuit from me"
aka "this is serious business" pose.



2. Michael goes back to the state parks tomorrow.
After 16 weeks, or was it 16 months? (inside joke) of Academy, he's back at his outdoor job.
At his swearing in ceremony we got to meet bosslady and the rest of the mgmt.
What a fun group of people!
I hate the commute for Michael, but I can tell that if there's anywhere I would support him staying for long-term, it's at the park. They're one big family.
Very family oriented and supportive.

3. We got a bed frame!
Yes, while we still live like college students, in a sense (futon in the living room),
we are starting to move on up to the world of grown folk living via grown folk furniture.
The bed frame is one step of many!
It's darker than the pic... dark cherry wood.
Michael picked it out. He has a great eye, don't you think?

That's not our bed.
Not our room either.
But that is the frame.

Personally, I think he finds stuff like this because he know I've been bitten by the domestic bug, well more like the "domestic-when-I-feel-like-it" bug, and he wants to see what kind of "decorating" I'll try to come up with. He likes things very simple. I like (some) things to look like they do in the pictures... i.e. the bed fram has the nice comforter... more than one pillow... some shams.... lazily pulled to the side with the double-sided print... very "Better Homes & Garden" looking, and that is my goal... to be more "Better Homes & Garden"-y.

Once we set up our bedroom, i will take pics and post.

Let's see, beyond those few additions, not a whole lot else is coming to mind.
Maybe I'll be inspired later tonight.
After my nap.