Memorial Day

Memorial Day was pretty uneventful... stayed in and away from the crazy folks on the road! I did get as much of my kitchen painted as I could though!


This week has been crazy from month end to the boss throwing his back out to my birthday...they say it happens in 3's right?


My birthday was great, nobody at work knew until about lunch time when one of the kids spilled the beans! I say this because I don't like people knowing it's my birthday, never have. They paid for my lunch though and then later paid for dinner and all my drinks at the bar. Love most of my kids!!


Pics of the kitchen (before and after)









and of the "craft project" in it's early stages. OH.. I finally bought an iPod!!



I have what feels like a crap load of stuff to get done before I go back to Iowa in a few weeks, including my neice's scrapbook. I'm making progress but I have a long way to go still. I HAVE to get as much done this weekend as I can as all next weekend is pretty much "booked." In 6 days 6 of us will be going to ROCKFEST!! Pretty sure Sunday will then be spent recooperating!

Have a great weekend everyone!

3-day weekend

First of all, AMEN for 3-day weekends! I think we should have one once a month!

Friday night I was asleep by 6:30 and slept until 6:30 Saturday morning. I was back asleep by 8:00 and slept until 10:30. I apparently was overdue for some sleep! Didn't get a lot accomplished Saturday, which was kind of nice!

Today I've ran errand after errand. A friend came out to help me pick up some patio chairs and return the grill since I never could get it to work. I've done some laundry, started painting the kitchen, started a craft project, but need some different color paint to finish it.

Tomorrow I plan on painting the kitchen (or at least getting as much done as I can), work on my neice's scrapbook, cleaning the bathrooms (UGH!), trying to figure out what's wrong with my vacume

The craft project (nothing big) is painting a picture frame with 3 - 3x3 photo holders. I then want to write / paint on it, but can't decide what I should put on there. Ideas are:
Dare to dream
Watch me grow
Life’s treasures
Growing up so fast

The picture frame will hold pics of the 'lil ones in my life...Any other ideas?

I think I'm going to try and paint for awhile! Hope everyone is having a good and safe 3-day weekend!
Children are miracles

american idol

Last week was the first time I've EVER voted on AI... it took me two friggin' hours to get through.

So the question is, who is going to win it....David C or David A?

My vote is for

In my opinion he's been more consistent, he's older to have more of lifes experiences under his belt, he's always appeared very humble...and... well he grew about about 10 miles from where I live today :)

After round one, the judges have picked David A!

where patience is needed

Driving home this morning, I had to stop for a few minutes and let the 'lil guys cross the road. Traffic headed the other direction kind of piled up, 10-15 cars... haha.

trying to be a better person

I'm speaking to you ... it feels like the last few weeks you haven't heard me. I don't think you're shutting me out, in fact I know that you're not doing that. I know I'm going through this for a reason .... to try and strengthen me in an area where I am weak, but I feel like I'm almost at a breaking point. I have faith in you, I know you will help me through this.

Something has been bothering me for the past couple of weeks, but I can't pinpoint what it is, it is really pissing me off. So I try to move on and go back to being my normal self, but then he says something that I'd normally laugh at, but now I just feel like all that is "adding up". No matter how hard I try to let the little things go, I don't feel like I can until I figure out what that bottom lying issue is. Tonight they were talking about an upcoming event, an event that I wasn't invited to, an event they've clearly talked about prior to tonight... so I just sat there. Feeling completely left out, completely like a 3rd wheel. Unfortunately that ruined the rest of my time there with them. Sadly, I'm a person who wears my heart on my sleeve so they bouth caught on real fast that something was wrong and kept pressing me to spill it. I'm going to pray for myself tonight that in the future when something like this happens I can shake it off and move on.

I'm not a messed up person, but not knowing how to fix this, or even what "this" is, it's making me feel like I have no control over whats going on between this individual and I. Help me, please. Lord help me.

from the heart

I wanted to make something kind of fun, something cheap... a way to try and convince one of my best friends to come to KC and visit. She's been down here once in the 2 years that I've lived here and I'm dying to get her down here again...

I made her this booklet as a way to try and convince her to come to KC... and since she doesn't have a computer, I'm sure she won't see this until it arrives in her mailbox :)

on the left hand side it says (Hell yes, I'm going!!)

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all of you Momma's out there! I'm working on a scrapbook for my niece and was looking for some quotes and came across a few that gave me a good laugh, a few that brought a tear to my eye and a few that had me really thinking.

• Children aren't happy without something to ignore, And that's what parents were created for


• Children learn to smile from their parents


• The best inheritance a parent can give to his children is a few minutes of their time each day


• The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new


• I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine - she helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights

There will never be enough words or way for me to show my gratitue or the love that I have for her... she's been there since day one for me, no matter how much of a "bad daughter (according to M E)" I am, has been and will always be one of my biggest supporters... here's to the woman who could shop 24 x 7 (ha ha) and will do anything for her children.

Happy Mother's Day Mama, I heart you!

Circa 2003