tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59732572550323519372024-03-05T07:09:41.871-07:00moe talks a lotMoe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.comBlogger549125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-22851683065695172422023-03-22T20:50:00.003-06:002023-03-22T20:50:23.384-06:00Utah! I went to Utah! It was so lovely. I talked about compost like 10 times. Dreamy. I took all of two pictures, the one above of our hat tea party/birthday party where I got to see so many of my cousins. Please note that everyone's eyes are open in this picture. Only one. Second picture is the one below where grandma got herself a breakfast of corn chips and praline pecans. I ran one day and theMoe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-29152271675880376812023-03-08T20:40:00.000-07:002023-03-08T20:40:25.306-07:00Tapirs and eagles and otters, oh my! Wade presented at the zoo!!! His group's project about the Malin Tapir was chosen to present. His group didn't win anything overall, which he was bummed about, but we reminded him that the winners got a zoo pass. We have a zoo pass. It eased the sting a little bit. 600 schools participated, or there were 600 projects submitted? I don't know, but the number 600 kept getting thrown around. Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-15851000574752694662023-03-01T20:54:00.007-07:002023-03-01T20:54:39.390-07:00Hello March 1. Bryan's brother and wife are coming in
town this weekend, which means we're taking the opportunity to
address the long list of to-do’s in the basement that we could have and should
have addressed a while ago. But, I ask you, where is the thrill in that? What is
this long list we needed to accomplish to make the basement presentable? Let me
tell you: <!--[if !supportListsMoe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-65696172038732737432023-02-15T20:21:00.002-07:002023-02-15T20:27:03.062-07:00I remembered to take pictures! I made a mistake. Last night I thanked Heavenly Father that we hadn't been sick in over a month, it's been amazing. Jac came home with a fever today. Okay, let's see, this week we had Valentine's day and everyone had at least one part of their box/bag break, we watched the super bowl and were disappointed in the halftime show, and I got a free hutch off facebook marketplace and it's still inMoe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-11977721261093060012023-02-08T20:26:00.000-07:002023-02-08T20:26:19.167-07:00Spring?Last week we had some lovely -35 with wind chill, today it was sunny and 38. I went on a walk and the sun warmed up my back. I felt the sun's warmth. The groundhog saw it's shadow, which means 6 more weeks of winter. I always thought that that was the bad scenario, like, "aw man, another six weeks!" and if a shadow wasn't seen then there would be an earlier spring. Bryan informed me that the Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-61871012284757089012023-02-01T20:14:00.000-07:002023-02-01T20:14:37.062-07:00Half way Read something today saying that today marks the halfway point between winter solstice and spring equinox. Today also marks the halfway point in this term of school! 5.5 weeks left (and then just one more term!!). There is more and more light and hope every single day. I've hit a milestone or moment in my motherhood that I didn't even know to be excited for: Wade and I are reading books Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-27617271226154328242023-01-25T20:27:00.003-07:002023-01-25T20:30:00.420-07:00One quiet walk and one walk where 3 little girls hollered after me Saturday Blake and I were riding the ski lift together and she told me that she has so many ideas of what to do during the summer, I asked what some of them were. Her first was to go on a quiet walk and listen for what we could hear. I told her we could do that in the winter too - we might not hear a whole lot, but I actually wasn't sure because I don't really know what animals are out and Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-75593696483490934242023-01-19T15:38:00.002-07:002023-01-19T15:41:01.408-07:00"If you need someone to annoy you, I'm your man. Kakaaa!"Wade's been taking this unassigned job very seriously. I think he gets joy out of teasing me. The evidence all
points to yes. Apparently, I am an easy mark (ask AJ). Blake got a tooth pulled. She told me she had a tooth ache a while back and when I looked in her mouth she had a visible cavity. We have some work to do on brushing apparently (oops, feel like a real failure). She was so brave Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-11918702635586678432022-12-02T08:05:00.001-07:002022-12-02T08:05:42.096-07:00A ridiculous poem: ‘Twas the beginning of the Christmas season 2022
And the Wright family was recovering from the flu
No stockings were hung by the chimney with care
Something was needed for the Christmas spirit to get there
With a fresh pack of cough drops and Kleenex in hand
They pulled the Christmas bins out as planned
Quick as a wink the kids pounced with great fervor
But I was exhausted Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-48649403686110665732021-10-13T20:35:00.004-06:002021-10-13T20:35:44.940-06:00October 2021 - pt 1Church basketball started up again! So maybe, just maybe, I'll get back into the habit of a weekly post. Over the last two years my kids have said so many stupid things and I'll never remember, true tragedy. Took some photos ate a sunflower field. Can't say they were family photos, cause none of them were usable cause of Wade's faces (which I need to document here so I never forget):Gems.&Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-12026253440579676342021-06-15T15:28:00.003-06:002021-06-15T15:28:57.121-06:00Summer Summer SummertimeHappened upon this one evening. That's the best. Girls started a pre-K class today. 3 days/3 hours/3weeks. They are thrilled! It's at their school and when I explained that it's their school now, not just Wade's there was great shock and excitement. I forgot to get them backpacks, so they wore Wade's. When Blake put it on she kept singing "you can't see my bum"Wade made a scavenger huntMoe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-70602828291754272352021-03-25T14:31:00.007-06:002021-03-25T14:32:27.580-06:00Spring calls for hot sleevesWatching the girls play this week has been so enjoyable. Seeing their childhood be magical and happy, love it. And I remember this kind of play, so maybe I enjoy it more cause I can feel it. Told you my main goal was to get a picture of Wade this week: I asked if he wanted to wear this blazer to church, he was excited cause then he didn't need to wear a coat. But he came in really Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-4527937756115258162021-03-18T19:26:00.001-06:002021-03-18T19:26:16.208-06:00Two weeks in a row Bryan had a birthday! It's taken him 32 years to get this awesome. Kids made him decor (behind him) and I made him all the good food all day - ending with french silk pie with oreo crust, now that's a party. Tonight we were reading The Friend and I was explaining something and looked at Blake and just couldn't get through it. Bryan was looking at his pie and looked up when my Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-72257635079250683542021-03-09T19:34:00.006-07:002021-03-09T20:08:48.660-07:00Oh hi. I'm back. Hopefully regularly. I'm annoyed that I let this go and sad about the memories lost. Oh well. No backtracking. Here's what's happening. Jac is learning to whistle. She walks around nonstop practicing. Blake is annoyed. It is annoying. But Jac is so proud of herself! If you come into contact with her she will tell you of her budding talent and show you. Beware. Wade is loud. Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-26709487624820000642020-08-12T16:09:00.002-06:002020-08-12T16:09:35.400-06:002020: weeks 31-32 Monday (8/10) we went golfing as a family - that's my third time this year!Blake got a bee sting Sunday. We were trying to look at it, but she wouldn't let us. She told Bryan that if he looked at it she would slap him in the face. The I decided to take a video of Bryan asking her about it, seeing if I could catch a repeat on video. What I caught was her telling Bryan that if he tried to Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-88831693783294506512020-08-12T15:43:00.007-06:002020-08-12T15:44:28.899-06:002020: weeks 26-30 (month seven aka July) We're just not going to review or analyze how much I'm royally stinking up this weekly post. Just going to jump right in. We started July by going to the farm and playing with all the cousins. It was so. much. fun. Bryan and I golfed one morning (second time I've gone this year!), we went to the lake one day, played outside, I read two books. It was good times. At the lake a big floatyMoe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-45874993993976715272020-06-28T23:56:00.001-06:002020-06-29T00:05:51.638-06:002020: weeks 22, 23, 24, 25 (should I just say month 6)I'm still blaming this whole being terrible at getting my blogs up on Wednesday night basketball being cancelled. Really this is the only way COVID is really messing up my life, and not being able to run the Home Depot after 8 pm. I've been crazy busy doing projects, and instead of that filling my needs, it's just fueling the fire and I have so many more continuously being added to my list. I'm Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-23877754565478425972020-05-28T00:24:00.001-06:002020-05-28T00:36:35.856-06:00A party is a party...But
a party after all this whole lock-down/social distancing/shelter-in-place/quarantine
business is going to be amazing! I’ve already started planning it. Its
going to be a backyard rib fest rainbow themed birthday party for when the
girls turn five.
We’re
in weird times, and I am ready to get together with friends and family. One of the benefits is that a lot of the clutter in our lives Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-82780861710224658832020-05-27T19:55:00.001-06:002020-05-27T19:55:26.274-06:002020: week 21
"I scream, you scream, since we bought it, all you do is scream for ice scream!"
We went to a park! First time in months.
We also went to our first get together at Bryan's brothers and the kids were overjoyed to see their cousin. We got there, saw them once to give them food, and grabbed them when it was time to go. Other than that they disappeared. Well, we did see them in Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-28767449464637057682020-05-27T19:16:00.002-06:002020-05-27T19:16:19.416-06:00Girls room reveal: purple grid wall
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I did this!
And all for so cheap. I first got the idea of using something off the beaten path for the grid when Young House Love used wood underlayment sheets for their planked faux shiplap. Since this is a a low traffic area, I went even cheaper and got a 4'x8' hardboard tempered panel for $11.46. I now have plans to use this in the master (Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-74047048028199565042020-05-25T12:32:00.002-06:002020-05-25T12:32:39.652-06:00My latest score: MCM rolling chairsLook at these!
(Those are peas in the window! It's an experiment. We've gotten a harvest of 10 peas so far).
I saw a listing in the evening on Facebook Marketplace. Free: 4 chairs and a table (tip: if it's on the curb you take only what you want. Don't feel like you need to take everything, even if they put it out as a set. You can check out my tips for getting free stuff here!) I Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-49474950279757474382020-05-21T15:59:00.002-06:002020-05-25T12:36:30.536-06:00How to get free stuff <!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->
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I have a secret. I have super powers. One is that I had
twins that were both seven pounds at birth. One is my ability to score free stuff.
I have no tips on my first power (% of people Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-13736789178351487742020-05-21T15:57:00.001-06:002020-05-21T16:03:27.842-06:00Thrift shopping 101<!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->
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I'm a thrifting expert. Self-declared. But I have the track record to back it up. I really thought about what has made me successful and why it hasn't worked for some people I've taught.&Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-69353308071369603732020-05-20T10:13:00.000-06:002020-05-21T10:14:42.018-06:002020: week 20Distant learning. Yard work. Projects. Funeral. That sums up the last week. But don't worry, I'll expound and I have pictures. On Friday's Wade has free choice and can pick his activities from a list. Last week one of the choices was to draw a sidewalk chalk mural. We looked up chalk murals and Wade picked this one. We've been out of sidewalk chalk (I've already refilled our stash 3x this Moe Talks A Lothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02745562502161719284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973257255032351937.post-7430646603772809642020-05-18T14:55:00.002-06:002020-05-21T16:03:44.864-06:00In the beginning: BUDGET <!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->
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Let’s talk about budget. BUDGET. What's your gut reaction? I know, it’s such a big
4-letter word that it’s six letters.
A little background on our budgeting, or lack there of. And
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