Numbers

1. 4- tea bags waiting to be brewed
2. 39- permission forms I need back from kids at school
3. 2- bobby pins in my hair
4. 22- articles of my clothing I set out for donation today
5. 13- Luna Bars, Larabars, Fig Bars, Larabar Ubers I have in the cabinet right now
6. 4- kinds of toothpaste we have
7. 32- things on the calendar for October so far
8. 7- showers I've been taking each week. I don't even know who I am anymore.
9. 15- pairs of underwear I own
10. 8 (out of 10)- whole grains W properly identified in a kids game at Taste of St. Louis this weekend
11. 33- years old I am
12. 2 - rotten overripe bananas in the fruit basket
13. 1216- posts on this list blog
14. 6- buckets hanging in the kids art center
15. 28- people I follow on Instagram
16. 4- times R told me on the way home from school that he loved his teacher
17. 5- letter "u"'s I had in my game of Words with Friends against my aunt this morning
18. 328- posts on our family blog
19. 1- cup of sugar I put in my sweet tea
20. 9- ingredients I'm prepping for quesadilla dinner tonight
21. 61- degrees it is outside
22. 20- blogs I "follow"
23. 3- different accents W's friend has used this morning while she is here playing
24. 13- how old R said she would be when he got married
25. 29- how old W said she would be when she gets married

An Excerpt From R's Counting This Morning

1. Thirteen
2. Eighteen
3. Nineteen
4. Twenty
5. Twenty Eight
6. Twenty Nine
7. Twenty Ten
8. Twenty Eight
9. Twenty Nine
10. Twenty Ten
11. Eleven
12. Twelve
13. Thirteen
14. Eighteen
15. Nineteen
16. Tenteen
17. Eleventeen
18. (and then it got so high-pitched that I couldn't understand the words coming out of his mouth)

Numbers: Christmas Edition

1. 3- trees in our house, 2 big and 1 small

2. 5- stockings hanging, because we don't leave out our sweet doggie

3. 70- approximate number of Christopher Radko ornaments

4. 20- days until Christmas

5. 11- presents under our trees right now

6. 5- people on my list I still need to shop for

7. 5- giant snowflakes hanging from my ceiling

8. 23- childrens Christmas books we have

9. 11- days until we celebrate Christmas in Arkansas

10. 5- "Chatham Angels" ornaments I have

11. 26- candy canes hanging on the trees

12. 3- gifts I bought for my husband

13. 16- actual Advent calendar things I put in, because I got a five day late start and we will be out of town for four days

14. 9- Christmas parties/events we have on the calendar for December

15. 0- days I would like for it to snow

16. 19- beautiful crocheted ornaments I have from my beloved, sweet great-aunt Mert

17. 53- balls I use decoratively around the house, not counting the ones on the tree

18. 2.5- hours it takes me to decorate the trees

19. 2- angels we have out made from paper plates

20. 4- members of our little snowman family on the bookshelf

21. 4- nativity sets we own

22. 3000- nativity sets a woman in Denton, Texas owns

23. 6- choices of wire ribbon for gift wrapping

24. 5- poinsettia plants I want to get- I miss working at the preschool that sold them as a fundraiser. They were inexpensive and huge.

25. 1- Christmas card we've received so far. Score one for the Swanns and their cute photo card.

26. 4- Christmas crafts I have planned for the kids

27. 3- lit evergreen garland strands I have used

28. 6- times I've limited the kids to pressing the play button in a row of the little dancing snowman/penguins thing from Hallmark that sing "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree."

29. 27- days until I take down the Christmas trees

30. 3- gifts we buy each of our kids

31. 1- little baby born a long time ago that often gets put in the background of all the craziness

Numbers-Art Fair Edition

1. 7-greeter stations
2. 2-information booths
3. 29-hours I spent working at the art fair this weekend
4. 10- roasted corn, sweet potato, black bean empanadas I ate at the Commerce Bank welcome party Friday night
5. 3- times I rode in a police vehicle with lights and/or sirens going
6. 2- old ladies I gave rides in the golf cart to their car
7. 4- new t-shirts I have, despite the fact that I rarely wear t-shirts
8. 3300- dollars the painting cost that I fell in love with
9. 6- young, emerging artists who showed their work at the fair
10. 4- metal animal hooks I bought
11. 208- artists this year
12. 18- restaurants at the fair
13. 5- Dr. Pepper's I drank over the weekend
14. 1- water I drank over the weekend
15. 5- different crafts W and R did in the Creative Castle kids area
16. 1- golf cart flat tire
17. 6- times one of my old man volunteers tried to kiss me
18. 3-times I went to the bathroom on Saturday. Only 3 times all day!
19. 4- really rude people I had to encounter
20. 37- art fairs a man told me he went to with his wife, and she still won't even go to one Rams game with him. Good luck with that, buddy.

Numbers

1. 63- contacts in my iPhone
2. 4- brick pavers we have bought and personalized in Forest Park
3. 31- days since our car accident
4. 12- students in W's preschool class
5. 30- part of my bra size
6. 5- meetings for the art fair between now and Sept. 9
7. 2- new pairs of sunglasses I grabbed up at Anthropologie this week
8. 90- million dollars the Colts recently gave 35 year old Peyton Manning for his new 5-year contract
9. 3- big projects I want to tackle today
10. 15- train cars on R's Brio track right now
11. 6- pairs of pants we bought on W's back to school shopping trip
12. 14- the ranking gave to the Arkansas Razorbacks football team on this year's preseason coaches' poll
13. 20- the age that W said means your a big person. I will keep reminding her of this as she ages
14. 15- how old she thought her Aunt Tracy was
15. 6- years old, the age of our dog Puddy
16. 8- books I read this summer
17. 32- how old I am
18. 60- piece puzzle that my 2 year old can complete unassisted
19. 460- mg of potassium in my Larabar
20. 17- percent increase in average lifespan of Tour de France cyclists compared with the general population
21. 470- calories in an Auntie Anne's cinnamon sugar pretzel, which I have to remind myself of in order to walk by without getting one
22. 100- dollars per year we give to the St. Louis Art Museum for our membership
23. 934- posts I've made on this blog
24. 83- minutes long The Little Mermaid is, but we've watched it a lot of times

25. 16- boxes of raisins we have

26. 15- Mason jars in my cabinets/refrigerator for food storage

27. 5- framed photos in our living room

28. 150- miles A's going to ride in a couple of weeks for the MS 150 cycling event

29. 8- days I wait until I water my jade plant

30. 2- times today W has cried because I told her Jasmine is my favorite Disney Princess and not Belle, who she wants me to say is my favorite

31. 9- types of veggies in my burrito

32. 5- loads of laundry I folded last night while watching TV

Numbers

1. 7- sinks in my parent's home
2. 3- movies I've watched in 2 days
3. 3- little dogs running around the house today
4. 11- age of my oldest nephew
5. 8- how old W said she would be when she got married
6. 100- dollars I saved at BabyGap yesterday
7. 4- chapters I read from my book last night
8. 393- miles to my parent's house from my house
9. 8- my shoe size
10. 55- my Mom's age
11. 64- recorded episodes of The Wonder Years in my parent's DVR
12. 9- strawberries I cut up for dinner
13. 10- bed pillows my sister sleeps with
14. 15- broccoli florets R has eaten today
15. 1- brownie I plan on eating when I get done with this list
16. 6- slices of strawberries I plan on pitting atop said brownie
17. 4- bottles of water I drank today
18. 1- episode of "Army Wives" I've watched while in AR
19. 0- episodes I hope to watch of "Army Wives" in the future
20. 4- special treats W brought home from a Kroger trip with Googie (Goldfish, pink yogurt, pink ice cream, and Clifford cereal)


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Numbers

1. 5- loads of laundry I folded last night

2. 9- of my husbands shirts I ironed last night

3. 2- average number of crossword puzzles I do each day

4. 28- toy cars R owns

5. 10- times we've shown our loft

6. 4- times my dog goes "out" each day

7. 3- artificial succulents on our coffee table that look so real my dad attempted to water them once

8. 13- pillows in our home

9. 7- bananas in our fruit basket

10. 75- my class ranking when I graduated from high school

11. 52- apps on my iPhone

12. 27- days until my birthday

13. 6- how old my dog will be on his birthday

14. 10- decorative vases on top of my kitchen cabinets

15. 3- things I need from Crate & Barrel

16. 6- characters from Sesame Street I can see right now from where I am sitting

17. 8- about how many hours of sleep I get each night (I've heard even numbers are bad- you're supposed to get either 7 or 9 because of REM cycles or something?)

18. 3- things I got at REI yesterday

19. 29- pairs of shoes I own

20. 16- how old I was when I had my first kiss

21. 2- days a week W goes to preschool

22. 10- small kitchen appliances I have (rice cooker, panini press, popcorn maker, ice cream machine, waffle iron, electric griddle, blender, stand mixer, toaster oven, and microwave)

23. 40- toes in our family

24. 2- TVs we have

25. 11- hours (approx.) my kids get of sleep each night

26. 5- years I was in college

27. 5- big glasses of water I drink each day

28. 14- organizing boxes that are in our bedroom closet (not counting my 29 shoeboxes because I keep all my shoes in their original boxes)

29. 2- friends I talked to on the phone yesterday

30. 5- pieces of gremacha items W owns, but 2 more are in the works

31. 18- ideas I have bookmarked on the computer for our future house

32. 28- days until my daughters THIRD birthday

33. 26- links in my husband's bookmark file. Mostly news sites and t-shirt sites

34. 1- cup of food my doggie eats each day

35. 3- different types of nutbutters we have in our home right now (Natural Jiff, Sunbutter [sunflower seed] with flax seed, and PB2)

36. 767- lists I've made on this blog

37. 2929- songs on my iPhone

38. 4576- songs on in our laptop's iTunes

39. 1- fish we have

40. 7- things on my to-do list for today

for a couple more of these, click on the numbers tag

Numbers

1. 2- number of avocados I ate yesterday

2. 116- pounds I weigh

3. 9- pairs of black yoga-style pants I own

4. 14- cardigans hanging in my closet

5. 67- apps on my iPhone

6. 3- trees I'm excited to decorate for Christmas (one little one for the kids, 2 big)

7. 5- times I woke up last night to go to the bathroom

8. 15- months my two children are apart in age

9. 80- dollars of "fun money" I have to spend each month

10. 2- Mason jars in my pantry that have unidentifiable powders/flours/grains (?) in them

11. 14,580- dollars that my favorite private elementary school in STL charges for a year's tuition

12. 4- what I consider my "lucky number"

13. 90- years old my sweet Grandpa is

14. 7- nieces and nephews I have

15. 37- recipes I have bookmarked and am waiting to try

16. 15,500- liters of water it takes to make a kilogram of beef

17. 12- things of my Christmas list so far

18. 13.1- days of music I have in my iTunes library

19. 15- emails in our inbox

20. 10- on a scale of one to ten how much I love Little House on the Prairie

21. 11- number of Leonardo DiCaprio films I love

22. 24- my favorite age that I was

23. 2000-pieces in my puzzle

24. 7- R.E.M. albums I have

25. 40- people in the US who share my name, according to howmanyofme.com

26. 107- million dollars Robin Carnahan's brother got in stimulus dollars for his wind plant (do you think they overplay that commercial or what?)

27. 4- unwatched episodes of "Caprica" we have in our queue

28. 1- surgeries I've had

29. 2- snacks I have each day

30. 32- years I will be old on my next birthday

Numbers

1. 23- pounds R weighs

2. 3- years since my last period

3. 6- kinds of beans in my pantry

4. 8- number of times W said "It's Diego!" during the opening song of Go Diego Go!

5. 11- balloons still floating up on our ceiling

6. 1- shower I took this weekend

7. 5- muffins R, W, and I ate this morning for breakfast

8. 26- size of my new jeans. I'm back!

9. 3- pieces my vase broke into when R pulled it off the coffee table

10. 35- how old my dog is in doggie years

11. 5- years I've been married

12. 26- ounces of formula/milk R drinks per day

13. 50- blocks we average on our walks a day

14. 4- times P goes out a day

15. 5- different cars I've had since I was 16

16. 3- loads of laundry I folded last night

17. 431- posts on this blog so far

18. 6- warm lentil salads I had last week

19. 1- "F" I received in 18 years of education--and it was NOT deserved

20. 0- number of my kids socks I've lost so far

21. 10- hours of sleep I got last night

22. 3- pillows on our living room couch

23. 14- times I've been snow skiing

24. 16- cars I can see out of our window right now

25. 31- how old I am