tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348867032024-03-12T20:15:52.694-04:00Someday we'll find it...Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.comBlogger508125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-76004317560985816452013-04-18T15:12:00.001-04:002013-04-18T15:12:45.169-04:00Happy Birthday, Grandpa Carl!.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Granpa Carl, man of style. On a picnic with Dennis, Carol and Ron. Probably around 1952 or 53., originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. He couldn't have done it better.Kind, thoughtful, patient, hard working but always has Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-52812003742651845762013-04-01T10:36:00.001-04:002013-04-01T10:36:28.148-04:00Happy Easter!.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Then things get crazy..., originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. Though we are still feeling like it's winter around here, the snow melted the day before and we had a wonderful day. Rowan woke us up with hand made paper EasterRonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-21089084435576492502013-02-24T21:30:00.001-05:002013-02-24T21:30:17.742-05:00She's learning to read.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Untitled, originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. and I love what she's writing. "This is my mommy. This nice. I love my mommy. My mom is so nice. This is my mom with me."Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-72113478103310118382013-01-09T12:54:00.002-05:002013-01-09T12:54:38.563-05:00Free EBooks!
A friend recently posted a link to a page of an aggregator that lists FREE ebooks. Woot! I hate paying for them, since I'm an avid library user, but I also hate disappearing books on my nook, and I never seem to remember to turn of the wifi in time to keep them until I'm finished.
Since they don't have any images, and I wanted to pin it to remember it, I'm blogging it here so I can find it Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-91713547287856020692013-01-02T14:27:00.001-05:002013-01-02T14:27:22.986-05:00Snow!.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Snow!%, originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. We got none for months (and my mood sank lower and lower). Then, in about 3 days we got lots. The girls dressed up in their new winter coats and hats, and headed out to burn off Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-91004518736493334852012-10-31T09:20:00.001-04:002012-10-31T09:20:34.854-04:00Mom still dresses up, too. Halloween 2012.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Love me. #maudelebowski #thebiglebowski #halloween, originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. My costume this year: Maude Lebowski from the phone scene in The Big Lebowski. Specs: wig was an Electra auburn wig that I cut short. Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-58244697283206007292012-10-31T09:08:00.001-04:002012-10-31T09:10:57.132-04:00Ruby Gloom and an uncooperative strawberry: Happy Halloween 2012!.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }
Ruby Gloom and an uncooperative strawberry, originally uploaded by MrsBinParis.
We've survived Hurricane Sandy with no damage, and didn't even lose power. But, despite being home all together for 2 days, Halloween still Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-60693908399713855432012-09-30T23:40:00.000-04:002012-09-30T23:40:40.659-04:00Anya says her bedtime prayers.I couldn't bear the thought of forgetting how her voice sounds right now. "Wakey wiff" gets me every time.
Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-26744430569703930472012-09-24T09:10:00.001-04:002012-09-24T09:10:13.996-04:00Red carpet ready.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Red carpet ready, originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. Last night was it, the big event: the Mooeys. Many of the Community Stars were out, sparkled up and looking glamorous. For a ham like me, this was the perfect event--a Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-36940420484737078992012-09-21T13:07:00.001-04:002012-09-21T13:07:25.057-04:00Howdy!.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Alleluia., originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. I know, it's been forever since I posted here, but I am thinking of changing that. Life gets busy, and facebook is so easy... but enough excuses. An occasional post here is a Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-71757038652146590502012-04-03T09:47:00.001-04:002012-04-03T09:47:50.484-04:00Sisters, January 2012.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Sisters, January 2012, originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-85195388284969152232012-04-03T09:46:00.001-04:002012-04-03T09:46:20.955-04:00Future indie rock star..flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Future indie rock star., originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. Or stylist.Or both.Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-19631647363892195142012-03-05T14:35:00.000-05:002012-03-05T14:35:01.359-05:00I am fluent in 3 languages: English, French and Anyanian.
She talks a lot, though it's usually really hard to understand her. She knows exactly what she is saying, though, and gets frustrated with us for not getting her meaning, when it's clear as crystal to her that "Na Ba Ta! NA BA TA! NAAAABAAAAATAAAAA!!!!" means "clementine". But we're learning, and so is she.
And her little, "Uhyootooooo!" after an "I love you" makes it all worth it.Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-9843847576302080822012-01-27T15:55:00.002-05:002012-01-27T16:53:47.859-05:00First Sleepover
Packing for her first big girls' sleepover, originally uploaded by MrsBinParis.
They planned it themselves. I heard snippets, here and there, but figured it was just wishful thinking. Then I got the text.
"Are we on for a sleepover tomorrow?"
So, she's going. Just down the hill, her friend lives pretty much in our backyard, and they spend so much time together, I'm not really worried that Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-74462091498200606022012-01-20T18:26:00.001-05:002012-01-20T18:26:28.820-05:00I can't put my arms down!!!.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I can't put my arms down!!!, originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. It probably took longer to dress her than we spent outside, thanks to her sister's accident, but dang. Doesn't she look adorable?Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-57219806620240869752012-01-20T18:25:00.001-05:002012-01-20T18:25:41.143-05:00Best friends.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Best friends, originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. They had a ball playing in the few inches of fresh snow, until Rowan took a header into her buddy's sled. She ended up with a mouth full of blood and a bad attitude, but Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-55027640572245521522012-01-19T13:27:00.001-05:002012-01-19T13:27:15.024-05:00Making chocolate chip cookiesMaking chocolate chip cookies, originally uploaded by MrsBinParis.Making chocolate chip cookiesRonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-1104678706322774582012-01-13T19:58:00.001-05:002012-01-13T19:58:02.540-05:00Winter's nap.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Winter's nap, originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-67108478981319115352012-01-02T12:32:00.001-05:002012-01-02T12:32:14.898-05:00Anya, rocking the Nutella goatee.Anya, rocking the Nutella goatee., originally uploaded by MrsBinParis.Anya, rocking the Nutella goatee.Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-44161298895962598682012-01-01T21:54:00.001-05:002012-01-01T21:54:45.030-05:00Happy New Year! 2012. (Just typing that makes me feel old.).flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } We're still working on that posing gene., originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. We spent our first Christmas in our new house, and it was wonderful. Really. Really, really. Really.Christmas, on our terms. No rushing, no Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-64729824861529346482011-12-29T23:08:00.001-05:002011-12-29T23:08:40.212-05:00A few photos before Chaos ReignedChristmas 2011, a set on Flickr.Our first Christmas in our new home was just wonderful. Here are a few snaps before Hurricane Wrapping Paper took over. Hope your holiday was a special one, too.Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-4720744466308579302011-12-24T09:39:00.001-05:002011-12-24T09:39:22.537-05:00Merry Christmas, Everyone!!!.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Merry Christmas, Everyone!!!, originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. May you have a joy-filled, blessed holiday. It will probably be a bit stressful, but there's chocolate, booze and comfy socks--make use of them. Much love, Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-89322662139041080212011-12-23T09:01:00.001-05:002011-12-23T09:01:58.716-05:00Pizza Cat!!!.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Pizza Cat!!! (Rowan, age 4 1/2), originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. Suddenly, things take shape. What, in the so recent past, was scribbles and blobs, now is people, animals, buildings--all with recognizable features and Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-5567635848229241182011-11-29T17:15:00.001-05:002011-11-29T17:15:44.796-05:00Scandinavian Paper Heart Baskets.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Training a little Scandinavian, originally uploaded by MrsBinParis. She's Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic, and definitely looks the part. Today, she made her first paper heart basket, with (lots of) help from Mom. After Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34886703.post-76645452511174630592011-11-29T14:56:00.001-05:002011-11-29T14:58:08.347-05:00I make my own laundry soap. Yep. Pretty sure I've gone off the deep end.OK, I used to think this was crazy, but got really frustrated that everything I tried didn't work to get my clothes clean (with the added bonus of Allergic Reactions!!! Yippee!!!) So I figured, at 71 cents for 2 gallons, if it didn't work, it was worth the try.
IT TOTALLY WORKS. My clothes are so much cleaner now, I don't spend time pretreating (if needed, I may just put the soap on the Ronicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.com0