Chris and I went to see a counselor yesterday who is a "community favorite" around here. It's a husband and a wife who are christian counselors and we were able to have a session with the husband. We wanted to go and talk about Ellie since Chris is finally finishing up school and is finally getting time to process the craziness of this...
(Hugging)C: Oh my gosh wouldn't it be cool if they had like a special sweatshirt that we could both wear at the same time?(Pause)C: oh wait..that would just be like a really big sweatshirt.Tates don't do cold. Hashtag forrealz. ...
Before I was married, I envisioned the romance of all that it could be, and although I felt as if my expectations were relatively on target (mostly thanks to the transparency of my parents)--there were still things that I entertained in my mind that were straight-up stupid (mostly thanks to media). It's amazing now that the romantic endeavors are the least of my...
Didn't post yesterday 'cause, well it's easier the day after. ...
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"The effect of a grateful outlook on psychological and physical well-being was examined. In studies 1 and 2, participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 experimental conditions (hassles, gratitude listing, and either neutral life events or social comparison); they then kept weekly (study 1) or daily (study 2) records of their moods, coping behaviors, health behaviors, physical symptoms, and overall life appraisals....
As a family who wants to adopt multiple babies, this post by my sister who lives in Nigeria continues to make me tear up every time I read it..I am absolutely envious and anxiously awaiting the day that every orphaned child has a home. Keep up with the rest of her adventures at Letters from Liz Tate .... Orphan Sunday After visiting the...
Another spot on post from Jamie the Very Worst Missionary: Better when. You know what I keep saying? “It'll be better when...” I say this 100 times a day. Maybe 1000. "I'm going to write on my blog more often, I swear. It'll be better when my office is done." "My house is a God-forsaken pit of filth. And it smells weird. It...
Let me say this out loud for emphasis: I cannot wait to be pregnant again. Chris hears it 1400 times a day so might as well share the wealth. On a non-baby related note...which my brain does, in fact, have the ability to do...do you ever find that you're scrolling through facebook and then you say out loud--oh, wait, I just remembered that...
Let me tell you why I haven't been writing a lot lately-- because my husband has been HOME and NOT AT SCHOOL AS MUCH. like hardly. Except right now he's doing another 12 hour shift but that's not even terrible because he only has a few left. We've been catching up on life, cooking together again, drinking a fair amount of sake (not...
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My mom and brother came up yesterday and we ran around town and took weird pictures. This is just a slight preview of what the holidays will be like..except there will be twice as many of us. And in case you were wondering what we used to look like... ...
The Mudders and Tates traded photography for photography because that's a cool thing to do with your friends. Bartering skills. Practicing for the commune. Kiddddddding. But really. A preview of their photos can be found here if you're into creepin' and stuff. I have too many favorites and not enough time to upload them all so here's a few. (see how I'm...
I'm currently freaking the freak out because my stinking camera sd card holder is malfunctioning and causing me to not be able to take any pictures at all. I'm documenting this to show myself later because I should never be reacting this way about a material possession, no matter what. However, right now...it is what it is. Chris is currently working on it...
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When I was growing up, I didn't even know there WAS a great debate on the proper time to begin thinking about Christmas. Mostly because my parents are ballershotcallers, as our friend Nicholas likes to say. So, naturally, when I grew up and went to college and heard people debating about it..I literally, with all of my being, thought they were joking. They...
