Girls Weekend

Here are some pics of our weekend getaway to lovely Mesa, AZ for CKC Mesa. We had a blast and C did an amazing job. She worked the cash register like A did when she went with me. They both did fantabulous jobs. I am so thankful for my weekend trips with my girls.

Blue Smile

C got her braces on the front 4 teeth yesterday! She picked two different color blue for her bands. I think she looks GREAT!

Mmmmm!

Don't forget! Tuesday is FREE cone day at Ben and Jerry's! WE always try to make this and last year we got there just minutes after they ran out of ice cream! So, go early and often!!! Hope you are lucky enough to have one of the AWESOME ice cream shops in your neck of the woods! My favorite is Chocolate Fudge Brownie! Sound off and let me know your favorite!!!

YEAH! For Spring!

My neighbor and I went in together and bought some flowers from Spring Hill Nuseries. So, I thought this was as good as chance as ever to start FRESH! SB and I cleared out the old bed and tried to harvest some of the bulbs that I wanted to keep and rearrange. We'll see how I do at saving those and making that work! The flowers don't come in for a couple of weeks - but when they do we will be ready!!! Here is a picture of my blank canvas!

Amburgers and Wootbeer

I know this has been around for awhile BUT. . . we LOVE this! Go ahead and watch it only lasts a minute!

I have a New TOY! It is called Memory Mixer and it is a digital scrapbooking program. YEAH! This really interests me way more than actual scrapbooking!

Happy Easter

Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny

Did you guys know that the Tooth Fairy knows the Easter Bunny and if your child wants to tell the Easter Bunny something that they can write a letter to the EB and ask put it under the pillow and have the TF deliver it? Well, it is the truth!! I have it on eye witness that the TF and the EB play Bingo each Tuesday and Friday.

Funny things heard here at our house lately,

• Wow! I love my clean room! (B)



• What the Hillbilly! (All)

I love to hear the funny things! If you have any funny things you have heard kids say go ahead and post those here! I'd love to hear them!

Dream Kitchen OR the next Hung?

Those of you that know me - know that I have been on a qwest to get some big tv show to come in and make over my kitchen! We all know that Oprah has not come through (even though I sent in my big dream over 2 years ago - an awesome video, I must say!) and that Martha is just downright LAME. Well, SB sent me a link to a new reality tv show last week. It turns out that you have to be able to travel through the end of March (so we just missed it!) Anyway, I filled out the application and was reading the 4 page agreement and came across this:

• 
  Applicants acknowledge, understand, and agree that
  Companies’ use or revelation of Personal Information and
  Recordings may be embarrassing, unfavorable, humiliating,
  and/or derogatory and/or may portray him or her in a false
  light. Each applicant agrees to release, discharge and hold
  harmless the Companies from any and all claims (including,
  without limitation, claims for slander, libel, defamation,
  violation of rights of privacy, publicity, personality, and/or civil
  rights, depiction in a false light, intentional or negligent
  infliction of emotional distress, copyright infringement, and/or
  any other tort and/or damages arising from or in any way
  relating to the submission of a Participant Application,
  participation in the selection process, participation in the
  Program, the use of the Personal Information or Recordings
  and/or the use of the applicant's name, voice, and/or likeness
  in connection with the Program, or the promotion thereof in
  all media now known or hereafter devised. Applicants are
  required to sign Releases to this effect. "

Don't very well want to be the next William Hung!!!!

Am I old or WHAT?!!

We got back from Portland last Sunday and then my 16 year old niece came for her Spring Break. A had a lot of fun and we worked her hard! We worked LONG hours and only saw the hotel and the drive from the hotel to the convention center. What is the deal with all the no turns in downtown Portland. We had to go way around just to turn LEFT!!!

We had a GREAT time and I learned quite a bit last week. OF course we had to notice all the HOT guys (I had forgotten what it was like to be 16!!). So the big question of the week is:

What in the world does EMO mean? I will let you in on the lingo later in the week - until then go ahead and post your guesses!

Off to Portland

A and I are off on a mother/daughter trip. We are going to be working at CKC scrapbooking convention. I am very excited that A gets to come with me this time. So, if you check back and there are no new posts - that is why!

Problem Fixed

I have fixed the black issue from the previous post by making my header a little bigger. Although, now it is a bit too big. But. . . you will have to live with that little flaw for awhile. I am just excited to have a new look!

Our little C has started a family newsletter. She thought of it and put it together all on her own. It is so adorable and I think she might have a future in this area. She has it formatted with 3 columns and each article comes equipped with its own headline and she makes use of many fonts. She is amazing! It is in a weird program though so it can't be converted. But. . . here is one of her articles regarding the PTO President (Yours truely)
"The yearbook had to be ready in ten days, so please start working on the yearbook."

Our little editor is soooo CUTE!

UGHHH!!

I have a new header and I can't figure out how to get rid of the black padding behind it! Anyone have any suggestions. I played around with the numbers under header setting but can seem to get it right. When I do preview it looks GREAT and then when I go to save it, I get the black line!

New Blogger Alert

My very long lost friends, Janie and Hill, whom I lived with for a couple of months right before my wedding has joined the blogging community. I am so excited to have a way other than the telephone (which hasn't worked too well over the years) of keeping up on what's going on with them. So, WELCOME!!!!

Mommy Necklace

I just love my "mommy" necklace. My friend Sillybug and Sandi gave it to me for helping them in LA at the CHA show. I cried when they gave it to me - never mind the fact that I hadn't really slept AT ALL for a few nights and was pretty much emotionally wiped - I have never had "mommy" jewlery! I love it!

Papa Smurf

I am not going to go on and on about where I have been or why I haven't been blogging - suffice (used that word just for you Kelly) it to say that I have been ignoring the blogging world lately. I know many of you are nodding your heads in heavy agreement about that right about now. I don't know if I will be back on track or not BUT. . . we'll just take it one day at a time!

SO - What in the world is gonna happen with Papa Smurf tonight? Is he gonna bail and do you think he broke his ribs? I thought maybe he was ok after eating pig snout last week. That just goes to show you what being hungry and having too much adrenaline can do for you! (if you are lost then that is because you aren't watching survivor!)

Let me know what you all think. I will even take comments about this subject after tonight's show.

All I Want for My Birthday is My Two Front Teeth

Finally! After about two months of literally looser than loose front teeth - THEY BOTH FELL OUT!

Edited to say - tonight when he was headed to bed and wanted his tooth that I had put in a little baggie - well, I couldn't find it anywhere! Turns out that I had thrown it away and SB had thrown the trash out! SB had to go digging through the dumpster!

NORTH DAKOTA??

Well, it snowed again! At least this time it was only a couple of inches and it wasn't as cold so it didn't really stick to the roads. I am beginning to wonder if someone up and moved us to North Dakota while I was sleeping a few weeks back.

Have a great Lord's Day!

Happy New Year!!!

Dreamin

It is only January and I am dreaming on WARM Sunny weather! I am sorry that my bloggin has come down to complaining about the weather - BUT in all fairness the desert is NOT supposed to be this cold EVER! I was watching the news last night and they are forecasting more snow for tonight through Saturday and they say this is a BIG one! yeah - well they are just trying to cover their rears because last time they said we were just going to get a quick inch and 18 inches later we were covered!

Here is my picture for the day - I did not take this - just found it will DREAMING! Speaking of pictures, I found this challenge called A Photo A Day where you take a picture a day and there is theme to follow and paste it to your blog - I have set up a new blog with my photo a day pictures. If you are interested click here!