Life as I know it.

My buddy Kat and her girls ended up coming to town after all. They got in at 1:30 this morning. We all got up around 9:00 and spent the day shopping, playing in the fountain at the park downtown, riding the sky ride, then we went and got Mani/Pedi's, so fun! Tomorrow we are headed out to the water park for the day. Yea! It is so nice to have her over, she even dyed my hair for me this eve. I think it turned out cute, it's hard to tell for sure until you wash and style it the way you normally do. It only took me just short of 3 years to get her to come over and visit me, but with all her complaints about the drive I am sure it will be another 3 years before she comes back, but I sure am happy that she is here now. Our bad news for the day is that our oven went kaput. My husband was cooking up Lasagana and it was taking forever. I checked on it and mentioned that the oven didn't feel very hot and so when he checked it 15 min later he realized that the element went out on it. ...

I know some of you may be saying but it's only Thur. But since I only work M-W Thur is a weekend day to me. And of course Thur is cleaning day but have I done any cleaning? Of course not! (Though I have started some laundry) I guess it's another frappucino night, though I'm not sure I can trust myself with them. I went and picked up a Venti Frappucino (that's the really big one) and dumped the whole thing on my car's center console/ middle seat pulling out of the parking lot. So Cole and I spent 45 min cleaning out my car last night. He loved it because he got to stay up late, me I wasn't so thrilled. Now my car has a nice sour milk and carmel smell to it, MMMMmmm. Oh well. Well tomorrow is garage sale day (yea!). So wish me luck on finding lots of great stuff. I still have a toy box that I picked up a few weeks ago that I just have not been able to get rid of. I bought it for 5.00 and it is in perfect shape. But I got a great idea for it tonight. I was in Othe...

My mom found the cards her parents recieved when she was born back in 1949 with their 3 cent stamps on them. One of them was particularily cute so I thought I would share it with you. The card reads: " A lullaby for you and baby, with all the best wishes. According to a lot of books on babies, it is true. That singing baby lullabies is rigidly taboo, but there are times when all else fails. So tuched in here you'll find a copy of a lullaby. The very latest kind". Then tucked inside the card is a little book with this song in it. " A Modern Lullaby," Author's Note: The following is a sample of a modern lullaby. (For best results, sing louder when baby starts to cry.) 1. Rock-a-bye ba-by, time for re-pose. Close your mouth dar-ling, breath through your nose. Moth-er's hy-gein-ic germs can't come near. She gar-gles first, then kiss-es your ear. 2.Rock-a-bye ba-by, tucked in your bed, moth-er will keep you health-ful-ly fed. Vit-am-in con-scious c...

THUNDER STORMS, I just love these, they always bring back strong, wonderful memories of childhood. I remember sitting on my grandmother's porch in Montana watching the rain coming in. It came in like a sheet and you could literally just watch it make it's way across the sky, see it hit the neighbors across the street, cross the street, come up the lawn and then we would make a mad dash into the house as it started to come on the porch. Or when we lived in Texas I remember sitting on the porch roasting marshmallows and counting between the thunder and lightning, listening to the storm come closer, at 1st it's 5 or 6, then down to 2 or 3. One time we were counting out and just as we said 1 there was a huge clap of thunder that sent all of us kids screaming into the house. You may not know this but in Texas (at least in the El Paso area) they don't have street drains. The water just puddles up wherever there is a dip until it flows down into ditches that carry it to the...

After successfully avoiding my cleaning chores all day on Thur, then heading out to do a couple of massages Thur eve. I grabbed a frapuccino on the way home at 9:45 at night and got inspired to do a little cleaning. I then proceeded to clean my house until around 4:30 Friday morning (yes that does mean the AM). About 4:00 am I started to run out of steam but I had managed, to clean the kitchen including sweeping and mopping the floors, clean and sweep the dining and living rooms, clean and mop the bathroom. Here is the real kicker I also cleaned and organized both my bedroom and the office. Anyone who has seen our office at it's worst knows what an accomplishment this was. Oh I also got all the laundry done. I went to bed around 5:00 and was woken up by Blue about 9 AM (about 4 hrs of sleep). Which is why I missed garage saleing on Friday. We then hosted play date on Fri, I had changed the time from 10 to 1 but since I hadn't heard back from everybody we had to be around ...

Today was not a good garage sale day for me. I can usually tell how the day is going to go, by the 1st garage sale or 2. If I haven't found anything within the 1st 3 garage sales I might as well call it a day. I never do of course because I am too obsessed. Oh well we did get a new ATV for Cole today, but I found it on Craigs list (my other mecca). It seems to run great. We have Cole's buddy Ethan today, always a mixed blessing you never know what trouble those two will find to get in to, but at least they pretty much stay out of my hair. We are headed out to the torchlight parade this eve. One great thing about a small town: we headed down town this AM and put out a couple chairs where we want to sit tonight. Everyone tells me that when we get back tonight they will be sitting there waiting for us. Without anyone having moved them or just sitting in them saying they belong to them. I can't wait to see if this is true. Hopefully it won't rain on us as we watch the parad...

BTW I really am looking for one of these swingsets. So if someone comes across one at a garage sale or something give me a call, I will be right over cash in hand to grab it.

Welcome to my blog! I'm not sure why I was inspired today to start this (probably because I am trying to avoid cleaning) but I thought I would give it a try. It is quiet around here, Blue and Cole are gone for the day off to spend some time with their buds. Mom left for work a little bit ago, so I have just been browsing the internet and visited a friend's blog and got inspired to start my own. (Thanks Brenda). Life has been feeling a bit crazy lately, I feel like I am always 2 steps behind and the more I think about what I need to do the more anxious I get, so I am playing hide and seek from my chores today and just relaxing on the computer. I will be making a bold leap in the next few weeks. After a lot of frustration at my work, I was presented with an opportunity to go out on my own. So starting June 1st I will be renting space in my cousin's salon and trying to build up my own massage business. I will continue to work where I do for now, but with the hope that I can ei...