My BiPolar City

Here's the course of a typical day here in Norwood [& really, in all of Cincinnati]:

8:00 AM. 

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

11:15 AM

1:45 PM

3:45 PM

Get the drift? 

If there's one thing you've got to accept and not fight living in the midwest, it's the weather. Seriously. We're about as close to bipolar as you can get without professional intervention. 

Fortunately, I have a collection of a few thousand of my closest friends here in Cincinnati who get the joy of suffering through all of this together. 

Now PICK ONE, CINCI. 

xo | cmd

Today Was Thursday

I had to send some mail today, and went next door to Kroger to get a couple of stamps before work. This is the strip she gave me, and I had a moment of pride that I really wanted to capture. It seems small, I know, but it means things to us that we take for granted every day. 

Work went well today, considering Elisa is on vacation until next week. The Winnenberg's were here for the day today to lend hands, and I think Amber from their office may be here tomorrow to help out as well [woo!] Good stuff. I don't know that we'll have someone new on the books for this week, but the current issue of having orders and only lacking the people to fill them is a good problem to have for newbies like us ;)

I signed a lease today, too... [one step closer!!]

Rob sent me this randomly, as we were both driving home from work, two states away. He was laughing about this full-sized poodle and its windblown joy-ride. Simple things (:

♪ ♫ free & easy down the road we go.... ;) 

And then Ali... sent me these! Note: These are dry-erase and chalk wall circles that I bought her moooonths back - like, Christmas time. Wish I could've been there to hang these with you!!! I think I just decided I should redecorate my new digs with dry-erase and chalk circles, haha.

i miss you, my friend!!!

And nooooow.... I'm here with Becky watching Safety Not Guaranteed, a weird Indie film that is actually entertaining. Ya know, I think we're really on to something here with these quirky movies.

So that being said, I'm gonna go do that, call Rob back, and call it a night (:
TOMORROW = SYDNI! +CAMPING! +ART! ... I only wish two little white pups had babysitters for the weekend. *Sigh. Soon....

xo | cmd

Things Of A Random Husband

First off, I got home this evening to find this in my mailbox:


towerfest??! what's that?! ;)

The only reason that's funny is because these fliers [on behalf of Towerview Baptist Church] were intended for distribution during local neighborhood canvassing, and were designed to attract the local community...

... by me.

Haha. I found out that Mr. John had done some rounds earlier today, and clearly didn't realize this was our house. I admit I reacted like I'd never seen it; I opened up the mailbox and got really excited, too, because I hadn't yet seen this thing on print - only on the computer. Ladies and gentlement, hang on to that thing; it took four drafts to look that way ;) haha.


presenting: princess monster sydni!



ANYWAY,

It's no secret that I'm a little bit out there when it comes to having a spirit of random spontenaeity; naturally I should have married someone of a like-minded nature. Well, folks, I did. Joe whisked Sydni off tonight after dinner to the store, and came back with a couple things:

1. When we asked her if we could call her Princess Sydni, her response was, "No. I am Princessss MONSTER." *Sigh. I suppose we should start exercising a tactic to delineate between a real name and a real status. I joke, I joke.   

Either way, she was absolutely stinkin' adorable, and wore this thing around all night until I finally coerced her into PJ's based solely on the idea that if she slept in her dress, she would get it "aaaaaall wrinkly... and we don't want wrinkles, do we?" [a totally convinced Sydni: "nooooo, no wrink-a-lees"] Ah, the power of parental persuasion ;).

I said a couple of things, didn't I. 

princess and her castle



Well.. as I sat upstairs wrapping up a few last-minute craft things I seem to never finish, Sydni, in her Rapunzel dress, bolted into the living room and demanded I go see her 'Rapunzel castle' in the basement. Of course I obliged, expecting to find the futon with some added chairs draped with every spare blanket in the house.

2. Nope. This is what I found instead. Hahaha. Now, let's give the hubs some credit here; for someone who doesn't typically jump at the chance to assemble anything, he's quite skilled at popping a TENT.. in the BASEMENT. Hahaha. I couldn't help but laugh when I saw what is probably a 9-person? tent standing squarely in the middle of the playroom. So very random, but so totally awesome.

No, I did not opt to sleep in it for the night like they will, but once that thing is outside, I'm all game.

... And friends, that is the latest and greatest from the Dills' residence.

See. You. In the mornin' :)

xo | cmd

STICKERS!!!

My mom and dad have decided that in order to maintain constant contact with their granddaughter, they're going to send her something via snail mail every so often. Nothing extravagant, but just enough to remind her that they're constantly thinking of her. I remember my grandmothers doing this for me, and I'm thrilled that they want to do this.

Well, this is what we got in the mail today: 8 sheets of stickers. Holy moly.

Check 'em out. Well, check out her face, for starters. This is her face when we tell her to smile, but she's more interested in playing than picture-taking. This is the face that says, "I know I look like I'm in pain, but I'm actually pretty excited."

And yes, she did put that butterfly on her forehead. She's wild like that.

So, thanks, Nana & Pappy!
We loved the stickers, and we love that we're now peeling them off the refrigerator, the stairs, the wall, and Sydni's head. ;)

Just kidding - we love it love it love it.

xo | cmd