stacie's sacred space

a couple nights ago

i was losing my patience after a long evening of parenting and folding laundry when my iphone was ringing.

i didn't even know where that iphone was because jeffrey just drops it from the last point of play.

the phone call was from my good friend, eddie who had just checked www.apple.com for the latest specs on the new iphone 4s coming out next week.

he said, "hey stacie, your dad is happy tonight because steve jobs is in the house."

i said, "what do you mean? did he die?"

"yep," he confirmed.

my heart skipped a beat in sadness for that man and all of the people who loved him or were inspired by him. (he did change the world we live in!)

then i laughed, and eddie and i talked about how dad would want to be one of the first to greet steve in heaven.

my saddened heart became happy at the thought of my dad's joy!

dad believed in apple like no one else i've ever known.

dad was definitely a steve jobs follower.

i can remember him watching steve's presentations on his laptop in the family room over and over so he would be able to walk onto the next college campus he was going to and pitch the latest and greatest.

he wanted to pitch it with as much passion as steve!

after dad died, i found myself watching the product announcements on my laptop in bed with a smile on my face.

steve's passion is contagious!

it's easy to watch steve jobs on stage and remember my dad.

i'm pretty sure i'm not the only one who thinks that, and man, i'll miss that!

it was clear that i'm not the only one who thinks that when i got a few texts and that call from eddie within minutes of the sad news wednesday night.

i went to look at www.apple.com and saw that beauty of how they are honoring steve jobs.

what creative genius' they have who surrounded him! (the picture, the words you read after clicking on that picture, the simple and clean design of it.)

again, i thought about dad and the picture mom has of dad with his hand on his chin like that.

i wore a white apple shirt all day yesterday with joy in my heart that i was blessed to have a dad who taught me about passion, loving the work you do, design, great products! 

i will continue to buy apple products ... i started drinking the kool-aid when i was learning to use an apple ii c and floppy disks, and i'm pretty sure i can help you understand the value you get with apple products if you aren't convinced, yourself ;)

i can't wait to read this book about his life.

i watched the standford commencement speech he did a couple times today. those are some very inspiring words! i love the part about connecting the dots. well, i really loved all of it.

i also liked this blog post by one of my favorite authors.

if she has to be sick

i guess this is an all right day to be sick.

it's gray and drizzly and getting cold AND our touchpad was delivered!

i know, i know ... if i was a pad, i'd be a white one and i'd start with a lowercase i.

so why would i have one of these pc kind of things?!

they employ my husband and got me at the price of $99.

the fact that the website janie reads on works on this one but not on an ipad isn't bad either.

i won't learn how to use it very well, but i'm sure i'll do a little surfing in bed on this thing every once in a while and it will occupy a few others in my house.

i also wanna see if there's a something like photobooth because that's a fun activity that the kids and i like on macs and ios.

for all that it's good!

 

now i'm off to the doctor's office to see if we need to hit the pharmacy up for antibiotics for the second time this week.

okay this junk can stop spreading!

the two biggest j kids who have it are ready to get better for their long weekend ahead.

excitement and passion

that's what the brand new iPad would bring out in my dad! i can hear his excitement right now. that man adored his wife, loved his kids to death (wasn't i so so lucky!!) and thought the company he worked for the last twenty years of his life and the products they made were way cool!! 

i'm always late on the curve of getting the cool apple stuff though (but i do have the iPhone now and I love it even though it's probably goofy for a stay at home mom like me to have!) ... it'll take me a while to pick up an iPad myself especially with my way cool new macbook in bed with me and jeffrey right now. but it looks neat, i love the design, i can just imagine my kiddos watching movies on it, maybe that's how i'll read books someday :)

when i saw the announcement i emailed dave (he's has taken the place of dad the past few years and kept me on the up and up with apple) and asked if he could pick up dinner from romeos (our new favorite pizza that's close by) and a six pack to celebrate dad's life on this day i'm thinking about him so much. (oh then i snapped back into reality and made the dinner we planned for tonight with too much garlic so i even got the regular dinner table complaints about my cooking!) anyway, i will never stop missing that guy! he was an amazing dad, and i'm a lucky girl. 

laughter is great!

who wouldn't love to do an activity that makes the whole family giggle? 

we found a new one with my shiny new macbook (which i haven't even spent time writing about how super excited i am about it but you know i love it because i'm out here on a regular basis again :)) ... the photo booth app. we make all kinds of funnies together. well, johnny and i haven't yet, but we've been there to laugh with the rest of 'em. even janie's new baby got in some shots :)

it was joey's idea for these to go onto mommy's story (aka this blog). that boy, he's always thinking! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tags

this post is strictly creating my category cloud.  i haven't even sent anyone the link of this blog.  i'm officially staring the journey.  the design is of course important to me.  i'm working on it.  it's going to take time.  this could be a full time job ... in the meantime, i'm fun mommy, loving wife, part of the moms helping moms network, dear friend, sleep deprived human being.  come along with me ... the best is yet to be!

here we go

today my blogging journey begins!  because i started reading a few blogs in the past year i have walked with my eyes open more often.  i see brighter, more vivid colors even on a gray day. i am able to be in the moment a little more.  that's the point of the journey i'm on!  i am excited to give dave the opportunity to peek in on our days, for joey to come home from school and see what we've been up to, to get to know myself better and to have a story for my kiddos to read later.  when they say, "mom, how did you do it when we were pooping our pants? running 4 different directions? crying about bumps, bruises and scabs?"  we'll have evidence right here.  hopefully this will also provide plenty of laughter for us all too. this is dedicated to my home team especially the super stars: dave, joey, janie, johnny and jeffrey.  i love you all so much.

now i've got a lot to learn with the pictures and links and all that good stuff that goes along with this.  it sure will be a process, and i sure do wish i had a sparkly new macbook to do this on.  at least i'm not using a pc (did you hear that dad?).  i'll save up for my macbook and iphoto '09 which i've been wanting for the past 8 months because it's got all the way cool features.  

also i promise not to have this be nagging on my to do list although i can see this outlet will be really good for my sanity and cost less than therapy.  that being said i need to go get some rest tonight.  i'll be back soon :)

p.s. angi, thanks so much for the inspiration!