Weekend recap and other thoughts

I have been blogging my little heart out lately, and I have been pondering the reasons why. I am sort of adding to a blog that my friend Jane did a little while ago, but, as Jane mentioned, I do feel like blogging serves that need that we have for community. My mom recalls being a child and staying home sick from school. She says that there were always neighborhood women sitting around her mother's kitchen table drinking coffee and chatting about this and that. I guess the computer has become a virtual kitchen table, as sad as that may be. So, Jane, to respond to your blog, I do wish that I lived next door to you so that I could come over each day, even if for only fifteen minutes to share a cup of coffee (or tea, as I prefer) and chat about the day's happenings. Oh well, Scott and I still have no neighbors on either side of us or across the street, so maybe the Lord will provide another stay at home mom. I would be delighted!! Right now, it is only me and the construction workers during the day, and the neighborhood gets rather lonely.

So, virtual community, here are the things I would tell you if you were sitting across from me, drinking coffee, as Ada (tried) to crawl around the kitchen floor...

1. Ada is trying so hard to crawl. Every time we sit her up, she immediately leans forward onto all fours and grunts as if somehow that will propel her forward toward the object she has her eye on. When she realizes that she is not moving forward, she looks at me and fusses, as if to say, "please help me." I usually let her sit there a while, thinking that one day she will finally figure it out. So far, she hasn't.

2. Ada has learned to clap. Scott and I think it is so cute, and we actually have a video of it. I am going to try to post it. We say "yea, Ada" over and over, making idiots of ourselves in the process, and she smiles and claps. Such a fun little game.

3. The haircut that I got this weekend is somewhat of a dissapointment. I don't hate it, but it isn't what I was hoping for. I am debating going somewhere else and trying again. I just really wanted a certain haircut, and this isn't it.

4. My friend Lindsay Luginbuhl (actually Krupicka, but I think it will always seem to me as if she is a Luginbuhl) sent me two beautiful dresses for Ada that she found in a consignment shop in Birmingham--I may take a picture and post because I am just so impressed with them. It has really inspired me to search for some good consignment shops in the Atlanta area. So...if any Atlanta residents happen upon my blog, I would love a recommendation for a children's consignment shop worth going to. And while you're at it, I would also love any antique shop recommendations.

So...that is all. Really nothing even worth posting except that I have a need for a little conversation.

And, by the way, if you really were sitting at my kitchen table, in all likelihood I would offer diet coke instead of coffee.