Monday, March 31, 2008

Football

Ha, and so it starts! I just signed Jack up for football, we must be the only people in the country signing boys up for football. I wonder? Anyway, I'll sign Joe up next week. Its too expensive to do both boys at once w/0 having a coronary.











Here are some pictures i've taken recently. they are of my cousin's kids and my kids, ral and smokes being crazy outside. he jumped up on the door frame going into the sun porch. someday , we'll have a real door on there.:)


Hi. well it is still not sunny but it isn't raining either which meant that rick and i could get our 2.5 mile walk in. Rick came home a little early to get work done in his office and he is really trying to get in shape. Joe is home sick. I got a call that the nurse was trying to find me while I was out shopping for kate's book this morning. My cell is dead so I didn't have it with me. Anyway, my friend, Andrea picked him up for me and I saw them pulling out of the school when I was pulling in. I got Joe and brought him home. He is okay, not throwing up or anything but just a little puney. He says his head hurts and I have medicine sitting by the bed but he won't take it. he hates medicine. He is quite pitiful when he takes it, he makes awful faces, and gags and almost throws up. Its almost like jim carey in dumb and dumber when he makes the gagging face when he sees the girl he loves with another guy. Anyway, that's about it.

monday morning

hi. okay, it is really gloomy here and i'm a little bit over it, rather, i'm a lot over it. you all know, i need the sun to function at full capacity so it better come out! i'm telling ya, someday, when i make it big one way or another i'm buying beach property! rick told me yesterday that he wouldn't visit me at my beach house b/c he doesn't like the beach. i told him that i wanted to visit his farm when he buys it when he makes it big. haha. okay, okay, we are totally living in lala land with all the property purchasing but what would life be w/o dreams, boring! you will all be very proud of me, yesterday, i completed the laundry and put it away! i'm half way finished with my bathroom which is good. i have to run kate to barnes and noble this morning because we sort of forgot that she needs a book written by a southern author for her reading class. she had a wonderful time at the church retreat and told rick and he and i would really enjoy a marriage reatreat. aww, i love that loved it so much! while she was at the retreat, they slept in these huge tents and such and something happened on one side of the tent where water leaked in on the night it rained and her new bible was soaked, her cell phone was wet and not working but she used the hair dryer on it and it seems to be okay for now. anyway, she had a great time inspite of that happening. have a great monday.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Sisters By The Sea!











I'm loving this painting. This is why my laundry isn't finished!!
Home from church. Shawn, I didn't see you there. :( I was so sleepy today in church. It is just sort of gloomy here and I couldn't have stayed in bed a little longer. The boys all went to Sunday school and hopefully learned something. Rick and I went to Starbucks for a little bit and then I ran to publix to buy a few things and $100.00 later, I was off to church to pick up the boys. We're home and I'm hungry. My goals today are to finish the laundry, I know you laugh at this and you're thinking that I will not do it but I am determined to finish it and that means actually folding and putting away everything! I also want to get my bathroom cleaned and scrubbed! I know they are lofty goals but I think I can get it done.;)
Good Morning,

We are up early and off to church. Joe only has about 4 classes left and then he will make his first communion so we have to go to sunday school!

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Games

We all survived the morning of baseball pictures and two games at the same time. Joe lost his game but once the team finally woke up, they started hitting but it wasn't soon enough. Jack's team won their game. One of his teammates hit an over the fence home run! It was really exciting. Joe also had two kids hit over the fence homers. Yay! It is really fun to see all the teammates meet the runner on home plate and jump and cheer for him. Joe talked about it all the way home. We ended up eating at Arby's for lunch. I have so much laundry to do around here, it isn't even funny. I hate it! I did end up turning the air conditioning on last night b/c the weather people were calling for rain so i didn't want to leave the windows open and it was humid in the house. I just turned it on. I don't care if it isn't april yet.

Saturday

Hi! It's early on Sat. morning. Rick is off trying to get a turkey and I'm trying to get our two turkey's out of bed for baseball pictures. ha, its not easy to do, they are zonked! At least our baseball activites will be over by noon. Looks like rain so I'm not sure how the morning will play out.

Friday, March 28, 2008

Love Me!


Hello,


Okay so no one but me is home right now and i must say it is heavenly. It is different being home in the evening by myself. During the day, its like work, this is my job, laundry, dishes, blah blah blah. In the evening it is more like, okay, I can just be.


This is a man for ya. Rick and I were hanging out this afternoon and he looked at my beautiful new hair and said, "I think you could have done your hair." I seriously just looked at him and said, no way! He has no idea how many foils Alicia puts in my hair, that she mixes two different dishes of color, lets me process for a while, sends me to the bowls to be rinsed and shampooed and then a toner is put on my hair, then I'm conditioned. Seriously, I do not have the patience for that, I do not have the talent you need for hair color. He is crazy! This is coming from a man who has about 50 hairs left on his head, Bless his heart. ;)
hi. okay, its hot in my house and i have windows open. i think i might have to turn the air on. i know that is silly but its true. i'm hot!

ps happy birthday hp:)
Hello,

Just got home from getting my hair done and from going to Target to buy a vacuum. Okay, here's the deal with vacuums. I hate them. We do not get along. I'm hoping that this is the one that I'm going to love!

I love my hair! Alicia did a great job. It is a little more golden this time and not so bright blonde. I just thought it was a little too much. Soooo, I love it!

I just finished my yummy smoothie protein shake and now I have to go fix my hair, finish vacuuming and then the kids will be home. Jack has baseball tonight which I think I'm going to send Rick too b/c tomorrow morning I'm the one doing all the picture stuff before our games and Rick is going turkey hunting. so there!

It's Friday! Whoo HOO

Hi everyone. Welcome to Friday morning! Last night was a late one here and of course you can imagine we did not want to get up this morning but everyone made it to school. I alwasy worry for the spelling test grades this time of year. The 5th graders have a lot going on as they are preparing for the sat's next week and they have spelling tests. School is so different from 25 years ago, the teachers have so much more to do other than teach. It is sad.

Anyway, Jack had a practice game last night. He had some good hits and some good catches at first base. his team has a long way to go to really be good. We'll see. At least it wasn't cold outside.

I'm getting my hair done today. I love that. I think it is just too blonde so i want her to put some low lights in it to give it more depth.

kate is going on a church retreat this weekend. it is her first one so I think it will be really good. i'll let you know.

have a great friday!

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Hello, Everyone is off to school. I really don't have much to write about at all. We are having our Easter egg hunt at preschool today and it isn't raining! yay! I think its suppoesd to be really nice and warm so of course I love that. Jack has a game tonight, its a 7:30 game which is late but at least we won't have issues with homeworke and we can have dinner here. Tomorrow, I'm getting my hair highlighted and low lighted and made beautiful for summer. I haven't been for over 3 months. I'm looking forward to going. I hope its sunny where you are today.:)

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Wednesday!

Hello Friends and Family,

Well, it's Wed and guess what. I get to do laundry and grocery shop. Whoo hoo. yay for me! Does it ever end? I think the answer is a big fat NO! I was thinking the other day that I could really use some help around here. I'm quickly losing control of this house. Seriously, thankfully, I'm semi busy with my painting and I love my preschool job and I'm running around with the kids which means I have little time to devote to cleaning floors and dusting shelves. We'll see. Maybe a little cleaning help is in order and this time, I'm getting someone who can move a little faster than the previous person, V you know who I'm talking about!

Anyway, its going to be beautiful here today, high of 75, I love that! We don't have any activities tonight which is wonderful. Needless to say, we were very sleepy this morning after being at baseball last night. We can't even sleep in on Sat. b/c we have team pictures at 8am and we have to be there fifteen min. early. zzzzzzzz.

I'm off to try to complete at least one task around here.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Hi! Well, today was back to preschool and I always love seeing my precious two's. They are so sweet and this time of year, they are really coming into their own as they are almost three and they are really fun! It was really pretty here today so we spent a good amount of time playing outside. I love that! I was able to catch up with all my friends at work and that is fun too. Found out that one of my coworkers is going to be a grandma. yay! can't wait to hear all about it. Kate had dance tonight and jack had baseball. His team lost but he made a great catch in the outfield. I'm tired and ready for bed. Tomorrow is more laundry, firing pieces and grocery store. Is it Friday yet?

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Monday, March 24, 2008

Hi everyone! Had a good day today. Got tons of laundry done! whoo hoo!! Joe had his first game tonight. It was chilly at the ball park but I went prepared with my red fleece blanket and I was comfy. Joe had several good hits and his team won their first game. Yay Storm, that's their name. Anyway, thought I'd say hi. I'm back to preschool tomorrow, I'm excited to see my little people. :)
xoxo

Back to the real world

Hi everyone, Well, it's back to work, school and eating very little. We had a wonderful break and a nice Easter yesterday. My cousin stopped by for an over night with his family and it was fun seeing him and and the kids. We grilled hamburgers and ate birthday cake for Rick's birthday. Now, after all the yummy food, its time to just not eat for awhile. I think slim fast is in order for the week. Today, I'm doing laundry and working on a cross order that I received while we were gone. I love that by the way! I love seeing all your pictures from your spring break! Have a great day. :)

Friday, March 21, 2008

We're Home!

Hi guys,

I missed you all like crazy! We just got in from the beach and we had a great time! We left here around 10am on Tues, I got the girls in Pensacola around 2:30pm and we made it to Destin around 4ish. Everything seemed to sort of go in slow mo b/c we had to change the luggage from paula's car to mine and then the traffic on highway 98 was sort of slow, it is spring break ya know! duh. I sort of forget these things. Anyway, We were excited to see our room which was great, the girls quickly threw everything out of their suit cases all over the place so they could some how find something to wear. They met new people and saw friends from school. the boys had a wonderful time digging in the sand and playing in the water, we saw porpoises and it rained big time on Wed. but Thurs was perfect! We enjoyed yummy dinners and splurged on some treats. The gift shop was really fun, there was an arcade and a work out room which was wonderful for the rainy day, the in door pool came in handy too. I'm going to get some pictures up here so you can see.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

This is it, no more crosses after this, i've painted all of them!











Okay, so we're off to the beach this morning. Joe is still sleeping, I was up at 5:30 and then went back to bed. Sort of a slow start to our beach trip. I'm sure things iwll pick up once we wake up. I'll have lots of pictures and stories when i get back!

ttfn

Monday, March 17, 2008

Stealing from the rice bowl

This is very sad but I just told my kids to take money from the rice bowl so they could buy from the ice cream man. I will have to replace the money. You know when the ice cream truck is on your street, you have to hurry hurry hurry!
Well, I've been busy this morning doing laundry and getting ready for our trip to the beach.It is really nice just packing for 3 days. i love that! I'm not sure what time we're leaving tomorrow b/c i'm not sure what time i'm meeting kate and crew. I've bought several things for snacks so I won't have to run to the store immediately. Joe is having fun today making a trap for a leprachun. He loves St. Patrick's day and if we get that sneaky guy, he'll take us to the gold! I hope we get him. ;) Rick is in atlanta for his interview, Joe has practice tonight so we'll have something to do which is always good. Hope you're having a lucky day.

New Pieces







LOVE LOVE THIS!


Sunday, March 16, 2008

Hi guys, Okay, so tomorrow is my big day to get ready for the beach. I'm looking forward to the beach and seeing the sand and water and just being there. I was thinking today that I think when I make it big, I'm going to buy us a beach house. We have lots of friends who are buying lake houses and such but no, I think I want to be on the coast. I know there are scary things like hurricanes that happen on the coast and they make it a little risky to own beach property but that is what I want. I was born to be at the beach! Anyway, i doubt I'll make it big any time soon, so I will enjoy our three precious days there. Most of Hoover is going to be there so It'll be fun to see friends there.

Didn't do much today, just sort of hung out. Rick and I walked 3 today, I love walking with the weather like this. Jack is spending the night at a friends and Joe is playing with Ralph. Rick is organizing his things for his interview tomorrow.

I'm off to bed to read Sunday's paper. Yes, that is when I read the paper.

love to all of you xoxo and many beach dreams too. ;)

Palm Sunday


Hello,


Yes, its Palm Sunday. Hoping that we make it to church this evening as it was very nice to sleep in this morning. It is a beautiful day here and Rick has already been hunting and he snagged his first turkey of the season. The boys were very excited to see it, Joe came in and told me all about the heart and the guts. Eww, gross. Why do boys like that stuff? Anyway, Here is a picture of Rick and the turkey.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

latest crosses







Spring Break!

Hi! Well, we are officially on spring break and it felt so great to sleep in. We did have major storms roll through here around 3am. Lots of lightning, thunder and even hail! Sun is out now and I think its supposed to be around80 today, whoo hoo! Jack is supposed to have a practice game this afternoon and if the fields are dry enough, we'll go to that. Kate must be in Orange beach now and hopefully her naval is not pierced! What in the world. yes, my lovely precious gift daughter called me around 4:30pm yesterday, me:"hello"
Kate:"Hi mom, what are you doing?"
me: "Hi, nothing, just pulling into the drive, what's
up?"
Kate: "nothing, I was wondering if I can get my belly
button pierced?"
me: :"WHAT? NO WAY! You can not get your sweet
belly button pierced!!"
Kate: "Mom, why? Please, it'll be a small hole, no big
deal."
me: "I don't care how small it is, you're not getting it
done!"
Kate: "Fine!" click

Haha, oh dear. Rick freaked out! I know, it is not the end of the world to have a naval piercing and the younger generation is totally into it but not yet! Rick said, geez she hasn't even been gone 12 hours and I said, Rick, she is still in Pelham! they haven't even left yet. Thankfully, Maddie didn't want one and Hannaha's mom, said no too. Whoosh, I realize that was just a battle victory for the parents, we certainly haven't won the war yet. haha.

Anyway, Jack finally got home last night but not before having two buses break down. the first one broke down in southern AL, the air conditioning was not working so they had to pull all three buses over and divey up the kids. that put them about an hour behind so rick went up to school at 7ish to get the boys and he called and said jack's bus broke down on the exit at right by the school. haha, sooo, they had to unload all the kids at school and then go up to the exit, unload all the luggage and kids and then load it back on the good bus. what in the world! they took charter buses not bogus school buses. anyway, he had a wonderful time, they got to dissect a squid, they saw, lots of sea animals and he said the marsh smelled yucky. I'm happy to have him home.

rick is preparing like crazy for his interview which is monday. I've been busy creating new designs on my crosses. i love painting them and i did one for a friend whose daughter had a baby. i'll post it later. have a great day!

Love,
me

Friday, March 14, 2008


Well, Hoover hopping with people packing and getting ready to go to the beach! I checked kate and her friend out this afternoon from school and the front office was a buzz with lots of check outs. It has turned out to be a nice day after a morning of rain. Jack will be home soon from Dauphin Island. Anyway, just thought I'd say hey.

New Pieces! Love Them!!




Hello, It's Friday and almost spring break around town! Yippee. We are all ready for a break from our usual and the weather is so beautiful. Yesterday was awesome at preschool. It was gorgeous outside so we really played outside all day long. I was so tired by the time I got home and settled, I fell asleep on the sofa. I think all the fresh air did me in. Anyway, it was a good day and now we are off until the 25th. Jack must be doing fine on his big field trip, I haven't heard from anyone that he isn't. They will be back this evening, I'm excited to hear all about it. Kate is soooo excited to go to the beach. She was up all night practically, finishing school projects and packing. The teachers know this is a big skip day so a lot of big things are due. I'm getting the girls after lunch and taking them to their friends house so they can get organized to leave for the beach. I'm glad I'm not going until next week. It will be so nice having the weekend to catch up on things around here. I fired several pieces yesterday and they are awesome! I will post pictures later. Rick is excited and nervous about his interview on Monday. Oh, wanted to tell you that Kate cooked dinner last night. She made a wonderful dish that she sort of made up on her own. I told her she was hired and she can cook all the time! I think I would definitely eat more if someone cooked for me. I don't enjoy cooking and she does. Totally fine with me. :)

Thursday, March 13, 2008


no more braces!
Guess what? It's not raining! Whoo hoo. We are going outside for most of our day today! Yippee, a perfect way to end the week and begin spring break.

Jack is off on his trip to Dauphin Island, of course not with out major drama last night. The list of things they are to bring on this trip are a pair of old yucky shoes that they can just toss away. Well, Jack has a pair of those and we were jazzed b/c he could wear them and then just leave them down there of course that would be if he could find them last night. There was something definitely shady going on with him, b/c he said he wore them down to the crawfish hole out back yesterday but it was strange b/c they were no where to be found. I mean come on, our house isn't that big. He kept insisting that he took them off somewhere but couldn't remember where. Rick and I thought he lost them down in the hole but he said no, he took them off but couldn't remember where. rick was mad, i was upset, we were all looking for the shoes that we knew weren't here but where could they be? anyway, after lots of tears and yelling, we found some old shoes that he could wear. i mean, he even had kate feeling bad. joe said he didn't wear the yucky shoes in down to the hole yesterday but he said he did. ugh! anyway, rick took jack this morning to school at 5:15 to load things on the bus and he saw our neighbor and was telling her all about the shoe drama. her son, said, oh yea, jack those have been at our house since it snowed on sat. haha! well, there it is, the truth bubbles to the top, i knew he didn't take them off here. he didn't want to get in trouble for wearing his good shoes down to the crawfish hole so he was stuck, he had to keep the story of i took them off somewhere. it would have just been better if he would have said, oh they're at seth's, we could have called up there and gone and got them. KIDS!

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Lizard is safely out of the house. They're just better creatures outside.
I have a lizard in the house. hmm, i hope the boys get home soon so they can get it out of here before the cat gets to it. i'm not touching it. ewww, yuck.

i worked in my office today, glazing and painting and cleaning it. i'm throwing away stuff and trying to get it organized again. i walked 2 this afternoon too , did laundry and even showered and shaved my legs. whoo hoo! it is so beautiful here, i have a skort on and my legs needed shaving, i even put on the lotion with the sunning stuff in it. i know, i know, way too much maintence.

off to switch laundry
Hello hump day friends! Its a very chilly morning here but the sun is shining and it will warm up! I just took ral out and it sounds like spring outside, the birds are singing, the wood pecker was pecking and ral was running all around. The kids are off to school. I took the boys this morning b/c jack wanted to go to morning math. he needs to go to morning math b/c his math grade is not very good right now, but i know he will bring it up. I love that joe will eat breakfast at school so we didn't have to rush and eat this morning. Kate is loving her new teeth but her retainer is hurting a bit. She had dance pictures last night and she was actually excited about them. Jack had ball practice and then we came home, had a quick dinner, joe read to me and then we were off to bed. I'm firing some pieces in the kiln this morning and I'm expecting a box of crosses to come today so I can start working on those. I'm also finishing some baby bite orders, they're so cute! Have a good Wednseday. :)

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Hi! Well, we survived the rainy morning at preschool but just barely. We did get to go out the last 35 min. It just helps to go outside. Anyway. Kate got her braces off. Yay! Her teeth look great and she looks a lot older now, great, just what we need. lol. We have a busy evening ahead. Jack has baseball at 5:30 and Kate has dance at 5:30 sooo, I guess, I'll drop Kate off first and then go to the ball park. Kate also has dancing pictures tonight. I had to make a quick run to the dance shop to buy new tights, tan jazz shoes and a nude leotard. I don't remember having everyone having matching shoes for the recital and pictures, here, it is mandatory and it isn't the only studio that does it that way, they all do it. Maybe I'll have pictures later of her gorgeous teeth.
it's raining! can you believe it? of course you can because it is tues and i have to work this morning and we can't go outside! what in the world? it was supposed to be nice here today, like yesterday and we were going to play outside for a long time. haha, yep, jokes on me.

kate gets her braces off this morning! yippee. finally. she is so excited. she has dance pictures tonight which means i have to run up to the dance shop to buy some things for her.

not much else to write about. i hope its sunny where you are.

Monday, March 10, 2008

It was a beautiful day today! I'm excited to pull the new crosses out of the kiln. I did one for Joe's teacher and I'm thinking its going to be really cute. She was at a pottery party this Christmas and painted a plate with her initial on it so I painted the cross to go with it. Took Kate to Target this afternoon. She just had to get several more things for the beach. Seriously, its like we can't shop when we get home b/c it won't be warm here. Whatever! This is how this child thinks. We were getting ready to leave Target and she spotted a green and white swim suit and says "oh, I just remembered that I think I need a green suit b/c we're going to be there on St .Patrick's day." Seriosuly, No! We did not buy the green and white suit. What in the world. You know, its Kate's world, we just live in it. haha. Joe did great at his scrimmage tonight. He hit two hits out in the outfield! Go Joe! Everyone is a little grouchy including me so I'm going to bed early. blah! I know, that is a shocker. ;)
Hi.Monday morning once again. Its sunny and chilly this morning but I think its going to warm up to a nice 67 degrees. I am already a quarter way through my fire in the kiln this morning so that is progress. I am really loving painting the trinity crosses. I ordered 12 more as I am giving them as gifts as well as taking orders. I ventured out to my sunporch yesterday evening and straightened the furniture, cleaned the glass top tables and threw away the big area rug and some other things that have gotten yucky over the winter. My sunporch is a little bogus b/c i can't get to it w/o going outside and i hate that! maybe this year, we'll put the doors in off the kitchen so we can use it more. We also need to add the screens back in after the hurricanes blew them out. Anyway, have a wonderful Monday!

Sunday, March 9, 2008

crosses







Here are the crosses. I love them!
Hi. Happy Sunday. Joe and i made it to church this morning and let me tell you that it wasn't very crowded. Springing forward is always a challenge and it was chilly this morning. buurrriiesss. Rick took Jack to Sunday school so I picked up the boys in car pool. I think I'm going to have to take a nap b/c I'm sleepy.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

crosses

I peeked at the crosses. I had to, it was making me crazy. I just wanted to peek and make sure they fired okay and they are AMAZING! I'm so excited to actually get them out and really look at them. Of course, you know I'll take pictures and share with you.
hi. well it is still chilly here but the sun is out and the snow is all gone! yay! joe did great at practice this morning. i refired the crosses so hopefully, they turned out okay. i'm dying to see them! i worked in my office for a long time this afternoon, joe played with all his star wars guys up there which i loved listening to, kate went to maddies and jack is up the street. joe gets to go to his friends house for a sleep over and rick and i are going next door for pizza and drinks. yummy. just finished my yoga and now i have to get dressed for the day.

Snowy Saturday

Hi Friends,

Yes, its snowing here. What in the world? I'm so over it! I know, I really don't have any room to complain as it is 11 degrees in P town but seriously, I'm ready for sunny warm weather! I love to sit outside in the hot sun and humid air and soak it in. This crap is not for me. Thats all I'm going to say about that.

Rick took Joe to the bat barn for bp practice. Its a little early for our little Joe Joe but I'm sure with the snow and cold air he woke up fast. Jack was supposed to go to a cat fish rodeo with a friend but it was canceled due to weather. I'm refiring the crosses right now, and I have to paint some today and go to the grocery store sometime.

Thats about it. Stay warm!

Friday, March 7, 2008

Hi! Well, Today has been a weird day. It starated out with Jack home from school and kate too. Kate isn't sick, its just that she was sick when the mcwane center permission slips were due and she didn't get hers in on time so she couldn't go on the trip so she stayed home. Ugh! Anyway, on with my day. I was very excited b/c I had 3 of the new crosses all special orders firing away in my electric kiln. Of course, some tool hit the telephone pole with a power box on it down the road from us and makes our power go out for three house! Soooo, I have to refire my crosses. Annoying. I did get my walk in today and I got my errands done which was great. I think we are going to dinner tonight so that will be nice.

It's Friday!

I'm not even sure why I am happy about that but there is just something about Friday that is fun. Jack is home today with a stomach bug, nothing serious but enough to keep him home. We had storms come through last night which has cooled things off a bit and I don't like that. People are even saying snow flurries for tomorrow. I hope not. Jack's basebal practice has been canceled and Joe's has been moved inside to the hitting barn at the highschool. It helps to have coaches with connections. :) Anyway, Joe did awesome at his practice last night! He actually looked like a child who has been playing ball for 4 years. He did great! Rick and I split up last night, I took Joe to his practice at 5:30 and Rick took Jack at 7:00. I picked the warmer one and I was going to walk on the track but I didn't. I just sat and watched Joe. There are a several boys on Joe's team that we've played with before and that makes it fun. Joe and I stayed and watched Jack hit for his practice game and then we were outta there. Today, I'm firing some crosses and then I have some errands to run. These crosses are so fun. They are almost like decorating a cookie. I can't wait to show them to you! Have a fantabulous friday. ps. pop girls reading this, i'm not happy at all with all the changes! if another person moves or puts notice in, thats it, they'll have to deal with me personally and you know how tough i am. ;) seriously, i hate it that everyone is moving but i know that happens and i want everyone to be happy.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Sunny Sunny Sunny!!

Hi. It is sunny sunny sunny here! Yay for Tues/Thurs. I'm glad we will be able to go outside today, that is awesome. Kids are off to school, Jack has homework club this evening and both boys have practice tonight. I've been busy working on special orders. I'm in the process of doing three crosses for people and they are going to be so pretty! I can't wait to show you. Anyway, have a great day.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Good Day

Hello,

I have a min. for an afternoon post. Rick and I just got in from a 2 miler. We don't have time for more than that today. I did do a half an hour of yoga this morning. I couldn't figure out the stupide dvd so I just did my own program. Sometimes, I work harder doing my own thing. Kids had a good day at school. Kate said her interview went well this morning. She did her best so now we just wait and see. Competition is always stiff in H. There are lots of kids and they've all been preparing for everything since they were 2 lol. Anyway, It was as beautiful day, I actually fell asleep in my boot leg beach chair on the deck this afternoon. The flip flop tan has begun. I even think its supposed to be nice tomorrow so hopefully we CAN GO OUTSIDE! We are having pork roast on the grill for dinner.

Happy Hump Day!

A little shaky morning around here. Joe insists on wearing the same jeans over and over again. tonight when he puts his jammies on, i'm taking the jeans and tossing those in the trash but not before cutting the pockets off the back.

Today, I'm firing several pieces and I'm working on an Auburn family plate. Also, i'm going to get my walk in and maybe even yoga! we'll see. sun is shining but its a little chilly. see, it is always nice for the mon/wed people. yay for you!

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

art to power napping

Alright, I learned from the expert, my mother. She is the best power napper in the whole entire world! To power nap is to just situate yourself on the sofa just so. You know you're not going to be there long but oh it is sooo good to just close your eyes and let go to a little sleep for 10-30 min. It is sooooo good for you and an art lost by most americans these days. You can't think of what else needs to be done b/c you can do it when you are up in a few min. I always do a little meditating or praying during this time and then I'm up and a new girl! I'm good for another 6 hours. It's the best ever! A little siesta is good for the soul.

Health and Food

Okay, I just watched an episode of Oprah which I don't do very often b/c her show just sort of bugs me but this one was pretty good. She had a physician on there who was discussing foods and water and detoxing and such. What the conclusion of these tests showed was that forcing water all day long really doesn't help with how nice your skin is. Even though water is important for aiding weight loss, it won't help keep your skin nice. We do get a lot of water from eating fruits, veggies even meats. Also, detoxing really doesn't help either, he called it more jump starting your way to a more healthy diet. Eating tomatoes and tomato based foods is very important in protecting our skin from the suns damage and it helps keep it from wrinkling. Taking in 1200mg of calcium will help lose up to 6lbs of fat! Take it with magnesium to get the most benefit. I thought all of this was really helpful.
hello, just got home from preschool and the grocery store. it is so yucky here, gloomy and windy and a little rainy. i think i'm going to need a little power nap soon before the kids get home. today was crazy at school. we are all just ready for it to be nice oustide on a consistent basis. anyway, thats about it. i know its a boring post.

Rainy Rainy

Tues/ Thurs team is cursed! What is the deal. I guess the bright side is that we get to enjoy beautiful days while we are off but seriously, we need outside time at play school. Oh well. The rain is so great for our drought conditions. That is the bright side and you all know, that i try to look at life with the glass half full. :) My laundry is once again taking over the world so everyone watch out. I have clean laundry pretty much in every room of the house. Maybe I will get it all put away or at least in its righful owners basket for them to put away. All the kids are healthy today at least so far so they are on their way to school. Kate has dance tonight and we don't have any baseball which probably would have been canceled anyway due to the rain. I guess that is about it. Not super exciting. I think we are doing Dr. Seuss theme at school today and I'm going to finally take my snowmen down on the board. March is fun b/c we can do Shamrocks and lots of glitter! I love glitter. Have a great day.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Sister's







This is the sister painting I did. All three girls have blonde hair and I've put their initial on their dresses at the bottom. I think it is sweet.

"You're to that point"

I just have to write about something sort of funny from my weekend. It doesn't have anything to do with hairy pits. lol. I was talking to a friend at the spring show on Sat. and she said that her husbands parents were visiting from St. Louis. She has 3 children and they are all 6 and under and we laughed and said that she really didn't need to be there b/c Grammy and Grampy really want to hang with the grand babies. She said she had to clean and go to the store for the weekend. I told her my husbands parents were visiting too, I also told her that on Friday afternoon after I got home from taking Kate and friends to the store, I put the groceries away, Kate went upstairs with her friends, jack was up the street playing, Rick was in his office working and Joe was down in the basement playing a game. I had to take a 10 min. power nap to get me through the evening. rick's mom and dad were sitting in the family room reading magazines and the news paper all by themselves. They came to see us and we weren't even in there. My friend just looked at me and said,"it's so nice you're to that point where you can all just do that." I suppose she is right, it is very nice. :)
Hi. Looks like its going to be a beautiful monday! yay! i love that. boys wore shorts to school but i stashes sweatshirts in their back packs just in case. i have some cleaning to do today, have to go to the bank and then the grocery store. also, i'm going to walk and hopefully do a little yoga. i really need it and it is the one thing i've been letting go with my busy schedule. i finished a sweet little painting last night. i will post it. my friend, christy asked me to do something with sisters on it and she is so great b/c she just lets me have free creative control which is so fun. anyway, i'll take a picture later.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

I have an update on the hairy pits. Rick and I were cracking up talking about how jazzed Jack is to have hairy pits. As it turns out, his friend is not nearly as excited as jack is about hairy pits. I guess Jack has seen Kate's guy friends go through this and they're turning out pretty cool. He knows that along with hairy pits come girl friends and dance parties and most likely his cell phone!! It is definitely more fun going through this with a boy. Jack also said his friend is getting a mustache and that he really wants one too. I told him he is way too young for a mustache but if he starts to get peach fuzz, I would be happy to wax it. He said no way he was going to show it off! haha, Jack with a mustache.

Sunny Sunday

Hi! It is beauuuutttiiifffulll here today! I love it. Rick and I just walked about 3.5 miles and I'm sweating. Kids made it to Sunday school minus Joe, but two thirds is better than one fourth which is better than none. Joe and I ran necessary errands while K and J were at Sunday school. We popped in to see Shawn and Laura at nursery before we had to go to car pool. I have some work to do today which will be very fun. I ordered all my bisque for my special orders from the show. Jack informed me in the car that his buddy Nick has 3 arm pit hairs now and they can actually see them. Jack was praying in the car that God would give him arm pit hair soon. Haha. What in the world! At least he'll embrace the changes of puberty and not be embarrassed by it.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Check out my Slide Show!

spring show!

Hi. had a great spring show at shawn's moms house. I have pictures that I'll put on later. I had a lot of positive feedback. I got several good orders for crosses and baby items. I'm so excited to finish the pieces! I was very happy to be a part of todays show. Thanks Shawn!