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Wild Wednesday!

All Leventry children are going to school today. Jack was in bed all day but is much much better today! Joe is jazzed about his SAT party today. I brought the ice cream and goodies with me yesterday so everything is there and ready to go. Kate is tired and very much over school at this point in the year but she'll finish strong, she always does. She is getting her hair cut today, lots of long layers put in it. I'm sure Brittney will do a great job as usual. It's sunny and cool but I think its going to be a beautiful day. I'm looking forward to seeing the babes this morning and then its home for a bit, bootcamp where I will probably pass out and then home and then helping in the nursery at church. I need all the hours I can get these days! Rick Leventry is right! We do have an expensive life. :) All is good in my world and I'm thankful for that. I watched the teen mom finale last night. Oh goodness is all I can say about that........

Totally inspired, filled with love and loving

every single second of it!

whooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so excited about doing some new pieces. I finally ordered a ug paint pen so I can write on the bisque like a sharpie and it will be permanent. they'er expensive but I think it'll pay off. Karyn bought Britches and Bloomers which I'm soo excited about. I love that she and Trish want to add a couple of my baby pieces in there and I'd like to work on some sweet tiles too which would make a nice addition to a gift. But I needed the pen to do it so I just broke down and bought it. I'm also firing Jenna's custom ornaments for her bridesmaids. I'm happy I can do a neat gift for her to give her girls. Maybe someday they'll catch on. the ornament is a precious little keepsake for them to remember being in Jenna's wedding. they're very sweet. I created them from clay, stamped a bouquet of flowers and fired them to bisque. the wedding date with Jenna's new last initial is on the back.

A min. of some quiet. Rick is turkey hunting this morning and two of the three Leventrys are off to school. Jack just said he threw up last night and has diarreah. I know he hasn't felt good the past couple of days so hopefully whatever is in his system is out now. I'm sure we'll get the notice from the Hoover board saying he's missed too many days blah blah blah. Ugh! Poor guy. He's had it rough the past couple of days. Kate has her year review at Wrapsody today. She has really enjoyed her job and I know when she is older she'll look back on everything she's learned there. The managers there run a tight ship and even though its a "cute" little shop, its a shop that is run more like a big shop. I have to sit in Joe's class today for the teacher planning. I think this is the last one. I also have to pick up all the goodies for the SAT party. My duties as room mom are coming to an end soon. Its been a good year. I'm excited about picking up more hours at the play school eventually. Now that Joe will be going on to 6th grade, I'm ready to get out there and work more hours. It's time to shift gears. I've been trying to decide what pool to join this summer. I've gone back and forth from Alabama Adventure which I think the boys would love but I'm not so sure about being out there all day and I've heard its sort of gone down hill and guests aren't allowed to bring coolers into the park which is annoying. So, I think that is a no go. I don't want to do the pool we did last year. I've had enough of it and a lot of the fun people have moved to different pools. Lake cyrus isn't opening again this year which is sad b/c its the prettiest pool out there. South Pointe is too small and kind of boring so I think its going to be willow trace. We've belonged there before and liked it. Joe has a lot of friends in there and so does Kate. Its a pretty pool in a great location so I think thats where we'll end up this summer.  Went to bootcamp yesterday... I think Tatum thinks we are all in stellar shape, we must be in some kind of good shape to do her class. It is soooo ridiculously hard and I hate it and I love it. She is really pushing our class. I asked her how many calories we burned in a session, knowing she wouldn't want to give me an answer, I told her to just guess, throw a ball park number out. she said around 600. I thought, okay, its worth being here. It is hard and I've never sweated more but I always go back for more! I watched dwts last night. Love the chelsea from disney and ralph machio. I thought maybe he'd pick the song from the Karate kid but he picked the song from the outsiders. My guess is Wendy Williams willl be going home tonight. She is hard to look at and she is huge! like amazon huge!

mama's bed

Every time I turn around there is a different child sleeping in my bed. Sometimes Jack is in there, sometimes, Joe and sometimes Kate. I have one major rule when it comes to sleeping in my bed, no school clothes!! Blech. school germs are not allowed. But seriously, what is it out my bed that is so great? They love it. It must have something to do with when they were babies and they all slept in there at one time or another. It was warm and comforting. I suppose its a place where they feel safe from this bazaar world they live in. I would love to have a beautiful bed, not the frame so much because I love our bed frame, but the linens, not so much. I'd love to have all white with lots of different silk pillows and fabulous blankets but as long as there are precious children under my roof, that will not be happening, and that is perfectly fine. There is always time for beautiful white linens, someday, they'll have their own bed with their own children snuggled in there. Hopefully when they come home to visit, they'll curl up in my bed.

When Kate and I visited Ole Miss this past fall, we stayed at a super cute b&b. Our room had a bed very similar to the top photo. The headboard was different but the bedding pillows were almost exact. the girls who own the b&b said their grandmother made all the bedding. Ugh! I was wishing my grandomther would make me bedding like that. It was the most comfy bed I'd ever been in besides the bed in Vegas at the Ritz. Getting lost in all the yummy fluffy pillows was just perfect! So, while I dream of a bed such as those pictured, I know that for now, I will have to be content with my basic bedding. Owen would have a blast tearing apart all those pillows!!

Gorgeous day today. My plan is to work outside in the yard. Kate is off to work and the boys are still sleeping. Jack got a good report from the orthopod. We have to go back in 3 weeks for a recheck. Rick and I are going to Hawaii in 5 weeks and I need to get my groove on with my diet! I think I'm finally rested from my crazy week. I slept in this morning and ahhh, it was fabulous!