It only seems fitting...

...that the day after Halloween we would wipe the cobwebs off of our blog.

Sooo...we had a kid almost 8 months ago. That pretty much brings us up to now.



She is sitting up really well these days and can pretty much flip herself over every which way (though she's not a fan of being on he stomach, so she doesn't do that very often). She's not crawling or curing cancer yet, but every kid develops a little differently.

Just as long as she's able to correctly grip a putter by the age of two, Derrel will be content.

The Ebert Christmas Tour 2009

Hello, blog.
It has been awhile. What better time to reconnect then at Christmas time. It's been amazing the way the Lord has worked in our life over the last year. Even in the most recent months, he's provided a home for us, a wonderfully warm and devoted new church family, and a job the makes Derrel so much happier than he's been in months.

Getting ready to travel for Christmas can be tiring and, I'm ashamed to say, somewhat dreaded. I was just talking to Derrel last night about how all the airports and suitcases were kind of a drag, and prayed that God would give my heart a good working over. As I was getting ready this morning, the first song I heard on the radio was written from the perspective of an orphan. The chorus said "All I Want is to be Home for Christmas."

Talk about conviction. Here I had been so whiney about having to travel, when we are abundantly blessed with a wonderful and loving family that so deeply wants to spend time with us. I am so embarrassed by earlier feelings, but am so grateful to God for opening my eyes to see the overwhelming love and support that he's put in our lives.

I thank him for the opportunity and ability to be able to visit family during this season, and hope that this post might be an encouragement to anyone else that might be getting wrapped up in what could be the chaos of the season.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Mid Columbia Duck Race

This video is brought to you by our new Canon Powershot. Woo hoo!!
Because Facebook can't handle the awesome girth of this video, I'm forced to post it here, where only a small number of the population can appreciate it. So you better appreciate the heck out of it.

Picture Parade

I guess some people might think it more important to post pictures of latest happenings before posting a random dress and a weak committal.

Don't judge us.




What we got going:
1. Our First Rodeo- unfortunately all of the pictures of the rodeo itself were much to blurry to post.
2 & 3. Satchmo's birthday-yes, that is a candle in his food, and yes it did take a while to get him to eat after he burned himself, but he forgot all about the incident when he got his new toy.
4-7. Whale watching-though it was hard to get really great shots of the whales, we were able to get a pretty good shot of some deer on an island. Think about it. Deer on an island. Crazy.
8&9. We were finally able to get a game night going with our friends and church. Guesstures, Catch Phrase, and Redneck Life. It was a pretty good time, and minimal bloodshed!!

First Things First

Ok, so I really biffed it on the whole "Last 7 Days in B'Ham" posts. I'll just sum up. Packed. Cleaned. Packed. Went whale watching. Packed. Pictures to follow, but first...

On to other things. As I was closing up my seller's account at a local consignment shop, this little number kicked my shins and pulled my hair to get my attention, and threatened my dog's life if I were to have without it:


This is my motivation. Yes, it's a size 10, and yes I haven't been a size 10 in seven years, but I have faith.
And faith is now coming in a cute little strapless dress. After we move, Derrel and I have 100% dedication to getting back to a reasonable weight (though, as I write this, Derrel is already waffling down to 99%).

I'm counting on you, inanimate blog, to hold us accountable.

Operation Sweet Dress: Commence.

Nothing to see here...

I have no intentions of turning this blog into a design blog, mainly because I'm just ripping off ideas from other people, but I can only bookmark so many things before my browser reaches out and slaps me in the face, so I'm going to sometimes use this blog as a way to keep track of some ideas I really dig.

Thing I Dig: Volume 1

I think I want to make a couple of these lanterns to hang out on the back patio in our new place:
Balloon Lanterns- http://www.instructables.com/id/SIW4EWYFVW21DE6/

Headboard panels: http://high-heelfootinthedoor.blogspot.com/2009/08/diy-3-panel-headboard.html

Gallery Wall: I'm already on the hunt for some fun pieces for this-http://high-heelfootinthedoor.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-to-gallery-wall-artwork.html

So I had this idea...

...about 3 weeks ago, that I was going to do this daily writing project called "Net 30." It would have tracked our last 30 days in Bellingham prior to our move east, and I thought that it would maybe motivate me to wring every last drop of goodness out of this area before we go. I was pretty excited about it.

Now, 17 days later, the idea was a bit of a wash. Most of the days have been filled with packing, trying to unload stuff on Craigslist, and trying to piece together our oh-so-near future in Pasco. While selling an old Erasure video at our local music store for fifty cents may have excited me, the actual documentation of that story here would have been, hmmm, less than engaging.

But I'm gonna give it another go...for the last week. Yes we don't move for another two weeks, but I better rest up this next week in preparation for 7-day Bellingham fest that will ensue.

Why take advantage of today if you can squeeze a nap in and give it a go tomorrow?

Consider yourself teased.