Weekend Wrap-Up...

Well... EXCITING NEWS... the SUN was SHINING both Saturday AND TODAY!!! Although the temps were still a bit on the CHILLY side... it was WONDERFUL to see the sun!!!

Saturday Michael and Lilley-Kate ran up to school to take Nick some "necessities"... and took Nick and a couple of his friends out to lunch... I stayed behind and got some sewing done... Spent a BIT of time outside with Michael and Lilley-Kate in the afternoon... just walking around the yard seeing if ANYTHING was peeking up out of the soil yet... I made Michael's favorite Chicken PotPie for dinner...

Today was a RELAXING day... not doing much... Lilley-Kate and I spent most of the day in our pajamas... we colored and read some books... watched LEGEND on video (one of Michael's FAVORITE movies)...

Lilley-Kate has been asking almost daily for a kitten... I finally said to her "Draw me a picture of what you would want your kitten to look like"... so she disappears and a bit later comes to me with a drawing of "Me and my kitten"...

LOTS to do this coming week... let's hope the SUN continues to SHINE!!!

Hope EVERYONE had a nice weekend!!!

TAG... I'm IT...

Well... JENN has tagged me for 7 random things about myself... so here goes:

1. I do not like CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES...
2. In my "younger years" I was NOT a "morning person"... but have since become one in my "later years" (UGH... that makes me sound REALLY OLD doesn't it?)
3. I started "going gray" at 15 years old
4. BIRDS freak me out
5. I have a bit of an "obsession" with HAND LOTION
6. I don't have a middle name
7. I would rather "talk" about "you"... then about myself

WHEW... THAT isn't as easy as it seems! LOL... THANKS JENN!!! :o) OK... I'm going to invite anyone who wants to to "play along"... so TAG... whoever you are... YOU'RE IT!!!

Practice, Practice, Practice...

One of Lilley-Kate's FAVORITE weekly activities is her
Ballet/Tap class... she is constantly "flitting" around the house... twirling, turning and tapping...

With the Recital quickly approaching (in June)... the girls have been practicing the Recital Routine... this year they will be TAPPING (to the Jackson 5s "ABC")... and usually twice a week we will pop in the CD... Lilley-Kate will done her tap shoes... and practice the routine...

Well... she was SO EXCITED last week... she got the "class ribbon" for "BEST ROUTINE" (the teacher said Lilley-Kate had the routine "memorized" about 85% so far without having to be prompted)

I was able to quickly snap her picture when we got home... before she donned her tap shoes and started practicing again!!!

HAPPY EASTER!!!

The eggs have been dyed... and only ONE suffered a cracked shell during dyeing!!! I used the old food coloring and vinegar method from childhood... the colors came out pretty vivid... although I can't figure out the reason for the "striping" effect ...

Hope EVERYONE has a WONDERFUL EASTER!!!

Something to Celebrate...

Twenty-three Years.... 4 months... and 6 days... CONGRATULATIONS HONEY!!!

Missing an old "FRIEND"...

My "three a day" (yes... 3 24ozs. a day) habit is no longer... on March 9th I woke up and made the decision to say "Goodbye" to an old friend...

It wasn't easy... halfway through the first day "the headache" started... and continued... and continued... I knew that if I could get through at least 4 days the headache would start to ease and I would/could successfully "kick" my "DEW"... by the end of the 4th day... my headache started to ease, and I was feeling more "normal"...

So... I haven't had ANY "soda type" beverage since March 9th!!! Do I miss it??? I DID... in the beginning... but... I've lost 6 pounds... and dropped a size !!!

So... "Goodbye Old Friend"... I WILL MISS YOU!!! I might drop in for a little visit ocassionally... but for now I'm doin' ok without you... so far!

WANNA WIN SUMTHIN'???...

Well... go visit my DEAR FRIEND JENN... she's runnin' a little contest on her blog... she not only has a "way with words"... but is also SUPER DUPER FABULOUS with a needle and thread!!!

Don't Forget!!!!... "Spring Ahead"

Well... as the snow CONTINUES to fall here... and has since YESTERDAY... just thought I would put out a "reminder" to everyone to "Spring Ahead"... Tonight we turn the clocks AHEAD ONE HOUR... it's suppose to be done at like 2AM (or some insanely early hour) if you want to get really technical about it... but we just turn them ahead before we go to bed...

MAYBE... and it's a BIG MAYBE... by turning the clocks AHEAD tonight it will make the snow STOP quicker??? Hey... don't fault a girl for dreamin'!!!

THIS is just WRONG!!!...

OK... on SO MANY LEVELS... THIS is just WRONG to my DESPERATELY SEEKING SPRING mind... YESTERDAY was "mild" (by our locations standards) AND SUNNY (yep... BELIEVE THAT!)... so "mild" in fact that Lilley-Kate and I hung the Easter Eggs on the front bushes... then today... about 10AM... the white stuff started to fall... and fall.... and fall... (and is STILL FALLING as I type this!)... as we pulled in from school Lilley-Kate made the comment "Mommy, the eggs look pretty with snow on them"... and I thought to myself... I guess that is ONE WAY to look at it!

We are under a Winter Weather Advisory until SUNDAY MORNING! I am SERIOUSLY wondering if this will EVER END!!!...

Sharing a Lunchpacking TIP...

Lilley-Kate takes her lunch to school everyday... one of the things she likes most is her "fancy napkins"... I typically will by a small pack of beverage napkins (at the local mass retailer or Dollar Store) relating to the SEASON or HOLIDAY for the month... and then include the napkins in her lunchbox every day... it's a fun and easy way to familiarize younger children with HOLIDAYS and Seasons...

Just Plain BITCHY...

OK... so I am in a BITCHY mood... go figure... LOL... I just don't feel like being all "nicey nice" right now... which in all actuality really bothers me... because I try really hard to keep my BITCHINESS in "check" MOST of the time... to not "speak my mind"... or give my OPINION (unless it is asked for... but even THAT can be tricky)... I have learned over the years (the biggest "revelation" coming in my early 30s) that there ARE things and PEOPLE that I am NEVER going to be able to change... nomatter how much I may desire the change... Not everything is BLACK and WHITE... sometimes it's GREY... and once I realized that... it was like a weight being lifted off my shoulders... but LATELY... LATELY... I have felt that weight on my shoulders again... I don't know if it is my struggle with being 40 (and just let me say... I have STRUGGLED with being 40)... or the fact that I have felt "stiffled" in situations (where in the past I would've just stood up and expressed my UNSOLICITED OPINION or FEELINGS and be damned what ANYONE ELSE thought)... I just don't know... but I DO KNOW... that in MY MIND... the BITCH that "everyone" THINKS I am... is QUIETLY comtemplating HERSELF...

BLAH BLAH BLAAAAAAAAAAH...

If my "Aunt Flo" doesn't get here SOON for her "monthly visit" I think my head just may EXPLODE... I've taken more TYLENOL than is probably legal... and if my Husband looks sideways at me ONE MORE TIME... I think I just MIGHT punch him in the head!!!

Weekend Wrap Up...

Another weekend that FLEW by!!!

Saturday we had Lilley-Kate's"official" Birthday party...
it was a Butterfly theme this year... out of the 5
little girls I invited... 2 showed up (the 2 who's Mothers DID RSVP)... so it was a SMALL party (3 girls total)... which was fine... the girls had a GREAT time... we played games... did a craft... and everyone enjoyed the cake...

After the party my friend Mrs. Hardt and I decided to run to Boardman to do a bit of shopping... which was fun... I got a few things for Lilley-Kate for Spring...

Nick was home from school this weekend... of course... under "false" pretenses... I was under the impression he was coming to see Lilley-Kate for her birthday weekend... LOL... NOPE... he wanted some laundry done and to attend a local card tourney... OH WELL... still... it was GREAT to see him... his Spring Break starts on Wednesday... so he'll be home for a couple of weeks!!!

Michael was a HUGE help as always this weekend... he played videographer at the party... and the girls LOVED that he did the craft with them too!

Today was leisure... we FINALLY saw some SUNSHINE today (later in the afternoon)... Michael and Lilley-Kate took Nick back to school... I made a Wallies run later in the afternoon... Got things ready for the coming week... (this will be Michael's last FULL week of work beofre he takes his "Terminal Leave" towards retirement!)

I have to watch BB9... I was chatting it up earlier on the phone and had to TIVO it... so I'll do that... My auctions are doing GREAT on eBay... everything has SOLD... hopefully I'll get more bids before they end late tomorrow night...

Hope EVERYONE had a GREAT weekend!!!

Wish I May... Wish I Might...

We FINALLY saw a little bit of SUNLIGHT!!! How EXCITING... for the whole 40 MINUTES it lasted!!! But Hey... "beggars can't be choosers" right?...

DESPERATE!!!!!...

We have been TEASED... by Mother Nature... fleeting moments of sunshine... in between squalls of snow... for the past week... and it is getting OLD... (according to our local paper we have seen a total of THREE days of sunshine since Jan..1... THAT is just WRONG!!!)

In our area... it is a "Hot Topic"... How DESPERATE everyone is to see the sun... Everyone includes ME... I am DESPERATE...

I have felt myself slowly being "drained" of any motivation... grumpy (although that is not entirely due to a lack of sunlight)... absent minded... distracted... just BLAH...

CLOUDY... SNOWY... COLD... CLOUDY... SNOWY... COLD...

I'm becoming DESPERATE for some SUN SUN SUN to warm my bones and brighten my mood...