packing and everything

this morning elenora was searching for her brown nail polish and couldn't find it and suddenly said "it's a little bit mysterious."

as i was driving with her this afternoon she said "i am whispering something to myself very quietly." so i said "will you tell me what you said?" and she replied "it's a secret. i'll tell you another day."

we are getting ready to move now. tomorrow we get the keys to our new townhouse, and j. and i have big plans to pack and move a lot of stuff over from friday to saturday while ella stays with her mamaw. the biggest issue right now is finding enough space to actually live while we pack. there's just no place to put packed boxes.

elenora asked me if we have to pack everything, and i said yes. she said "i don't have to pack my bubbas. i can just carry them in my arms."

next week i start training a new qc auditor at work. it's a big deal, and i really hope she can catch on quickly and do quality work. so many things changing right now, but all for the better i am hoping.

next month j. and i are going away for our 5 year wedding anniversary, so we have something relaxing to look forward to. we're just going to woodstock, vt, but we're staying at a gorgeous resort/inn that i've always wanted to go to because i've driven past it oodles of times and always thought it looks so beautiful.

i'm almost through with mansfield park. i think i'll finish before we move. i still don't like fanny price yet.

boxed books are heavy... even in small boxes.

ella's favorite tape (and i mean tape) to listen to in the car has the song "Hear the Bells Ringing," by Glad, on it. she likes to sing the allelujah at the end with gusto and then says "i want to do that one again."

we've been walking all over town the past week because i was given a pedometer from ebscoland as a health initiative and it's motivated me to walk instead of drive if at all possible. ella's a good walker, and doesn't require a lot of carrying even if we're going pretty far. i get lots of steps for all her little steps, too.

we've been going to the park a lot, since i'm home by 11:15 am and she doesn't go down for a nap until about 1:20 pm now. we get outside if at all possible before her nap and try to do something invigorating. in the afternoons we also try to get out to do some sort of activity. we still stick with our old favorites, shifting between the park, the library, appleton farm, russell orchard, the river walk, and the ocean. i'm so glad that we're only moving up the street and not to another town. i would really miss all of this.

her favorite color lately is blue. her favorite foods include: all fruit, prunes (i know it's a fruit, but it requires its own listing because it is liked that much), haddock, olives, ham, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on whole wheat, asparagus, lima beans, couscous, raisin nut bran cereal, and apples with peanut butter and honey for dipping. among others. she's still really great about eating legumes, veggies and fruit. foods she doesn't prefer yet include pasta, creamy sauces, and steak.

i asked her the other day what her favorite thing we ever did was and she responded (very excitedly) "pick fluffy dandelions!"

such an easy girl to please.