Filed under: tv & movies
sesame street turns 40 today. i have said numerous times that i will be heartbroken when it goes off the air. it is one of the very few tv shows/group of characters that several generations have strongly in common. it is a big part of my preschool memories and it warms my heart to see it becoming the same for my daughters. the writers/actors for this show somehow possess the rare ability to transcend time, musical styles, art, and culture, and they still are able to effectively TEACH simple reading, counting, and life concepts. they still show old skits and shorts within new episodes and i love that…they show things that i remember seeing when i was 4 years old. if i had to pick one show for my kids to watch every day, this would be it. happy birthday, sesame street!
who is your favorite sesame street character, and why? mine is a tie between grover and cookie monster. i love the way grover talks and that he loves to travel. i love that cookie monster loves to eat (mostly cookies), but that he is also very sweet whenever there are kids around.
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dear blog,
did you miss me? i hope that you didn’t feel neglected because i’ve been paying so much attention to your sister over there. since you’re nice and rested, let’s jump right back in.
love, katie
Filed under: photography
okay, guys, for the month of october, i will probably be neglecting this blog in order to meet a challenge on my other blog. the challenge (extended by a photography “club” i’m a part of) is to put up a photo every day for a month. whichever sofly member gets the most total comments gets a prize!! help me out!! bookmark (or google reader) my other blog and leave me comments, please!!
Filed under: photography
head over to the business blog for my newest posts…
yes, it’s been a full week since my last post, but i haven’t been sitting around.
here’s a list of 10 things that have kept me away from wordpress over the past week:
- drove from tallahassee to orlando with harper (layne stayed in tallahassee)
- flew from orlando to springfield, MO
- took harper to her first hibachi dinner (courtesy of my generous brother and sister-in-law)
- took harper (and my nephew owen) to barnes & noble to meet maisy the mouse
- photographed a 90 year old’s birthday party
- photographed a wedding reception for a couple who got married at the top of the Sears tower in April
- photographed a couple and their sweet baby boy
- atteneded/photographed an awesome hyms concert (i took 1131 pictures in 2 days!)
- flew back to orlando (where we were reunited with layne)
- drove home.
WHEW!!
oh yeah! you know you missed it. 
i think my top tens have been dead for about a year now…that’s long enough.
top ten reason why i love coming to visit my parents in tallahassee (in no particular order):
- seeing my parents’ handwriting all over the house (i know this is wierd, but i just like seeing it on grocery lists and post-it notes and what-not)
- mom makes fruit jello waaay better than i do.
- my kids think this place is a theme park
- love that i still know where everything is (batteries and a screwdriver, for example)
- the “hidden” key (that everyone knows about)
- the dogs (big, hairy, loud, slobbery. love them.)
- being here means that the car trip here is over (i barely made it).
- i’m 30 years old and this house still very much feels like home (mom & dad, please don’t ever move!)
- fridge/pantry/freezer is always full of yummy stuff (most of which is probably meant for my kids…but i don’t care)
- i always sleep GREAT
and i love to eat. and i love this “guy” because he loves it just as much as i do.
i don’t watch alot of cooking shows, but diners, drive-ins, and dives has become a close second to paula deen (formerly the only cooking show i could tolerate). “triple d” isn’t really about cooking…it’s about eating. and it’s about eating greasy, fatty, DELICIOUS food in large portions. i don’t watch every episode, i don’t have it on my dvr list of things to record, but if i’m flipping channels and it’s on, i’ll stop every time. it’s almost punishment to watch because it just makes ME want to take that huge drippy greasy bite that guy just ate, but i watch it anyway.
anyone else a fan?
i’ve had these pictures on my computer for a few years, but have never thought about posting them on my blog. thought some of you might get a kick out of them.
first day of 1st grade (Seminole Presbyterian in Tampa)
senior year...i have no words for this.
first day of seventh grade...shirts were for some evangelism thing we were doing. believe it or not, this day was the turning point in me going from nerd to semi-popular.
the morning after the circus
this isn't dorky, it just brings back good memories...a helicopter ride in hawaii (cue jurassic park soundtrack)
easter get-up (circa 1990)...i seriously wore my hair like this every day for a year
that’s all for now…although there’s lots more where these came from…
got this from amy’s blog: This is contest entry for those crazy folks at TodaysMama and Cricut. Be sure to check out Cricut’s cool new cartridges and the chance at $30,000 in travel for you and your friends at the Great Gypsy Escape site!
my answers:
1. If you could escape to anywhere in the world where would it be? australia. only place that i REALLY want to go that i’ve never been
2. What song do you play when you are by yourself in the car? honestly, anything sung in an adult’s voice or a song that doesn’t include words like “bop” or “farm” is nice…
3. If you had a night to yourself, and money was no object, what would you do? probably go to a nice dinner and a show or sporting event (front-row seats) with my husband, and then stay in a nice hotel
4. What is your guilty pleasure? a pleasure that i feel guilty about alot is Facebook. it is a time trashcan
5. What is the farthest place you have traveled away from your home? this was amy’s answer, but mine is the same because we were together on both trips: What’s farther from Florida…Prague or Greece?
6. Last book that you couldn’t put down? The Brothers K by David James Duncan
7. When you want to escape into another time, what movie do you watch? Back to the Future…haha, just kidding. i would probably have to say Grease or maybe Far and Away
8. What is your favorite local escape? the playground at Chick-fil-A on Northlake
9. How do you escape on a budget? don’t escape too far…for me “escape” really just means a break. i don’t necessarily have to get away from anything…although sometimes it is nice just to go to the grocery store by myself.
10. Best food you’ve ever had while on vacation. gelato in Italy, an AMAZING buffet at the bellagio in vegas, all-you-can-eat alaskan king crab on our honeymoon cruise in alaska
Now it’s your turn! Post and answer the meme questions on your blog and then send a link to your post to info@todaysmama.com with “Cricut Meme” in the subject line.
harper and layne are really starting to have a relationship. yes, they still get on each other’s nerves (daily), but most of the time they just get a kick out of each other. i think harper is really starting to learn that she can show layne something and layne can learn and do it too….fun! here are two sister shots from today:
(please don’t think bad of me that layne is barefoot and practically naked in the hall. we were just on our way back in from the beach…i’d carried her in from the car, but harper’s new thing is “leading” layne down the hall.)
