heartache + birthday plans

1. kaylee told mike since he wasn't going to be able to make it to her open house at school she drew him a picture and it was on the couch for him to see in the morning. talk about heartache!

2. the second drawing is her birthday party plans. [balloons, cupcakes, 5 tier cake with 6 candles and a kitty pinata]

3. we looked at some birthday stuff on-line this morning. not sure about that 5 tier birthday cake. more like 3 rows of krispy kreme donuts like last years.

4. speaking of parties, check out hip hip hooray for great ideas! [like that art gallery party they just posted today]

5. kaylee cried again this morning. just don't know what to do about it really.

6. desperately wanting an ikea trip. maybe saturday?? if i can get the balls to drive myself there.

7. messed around with the blog again last night. not sure if everyone can see the new font on the blog titles. need to get it changed on the blog post and would love to do a new header.

8. going to the habitat restore today to look for some cheap goodies.

9. oh and to keep things real around here. went to ham's "meeting" yesterday. because of his bad choices he's pretty much grounded. not by us, the parents, but by the county. he has to ask permission to go the next city and we, the parents, have to ask permission if we want to take him out of state.

10. the crazy thing, growing up i've always talked about good things vs bad things. actions = consequences but it did not matter. kids will end up doing whatever they want.

rough monday moments

6 months

[i know i posted this before- taken by a professional]

1. that little nugget has her daddy wrapped around her finger.

2. she cried crocodile tears right before the bus came this morning.

3. then i went for a 1.6 mile walk and got pissed off.

4. i could list all the things pissing me off this morning but i won't since its mostly about my family. [6 year old sleeping with us, not happy about school, mike being immature, ham.*sigh* being 17 and making bad choices!]

5. i need to go on and start thinking positive, happy thoughts like:

6. how i finally found the perfect light pendent for the dining room and the price is right.

7. or how extremely funny i find this guy. [thanks for sharing him michelle!]

8. or how funny this movie looks [katherine heigl is not my favorite actress] via tulips + flight suits

9. or how happy this little photo makes me so i finally bought it.

10. or how a 3 year old boy interprets telling mike he's not very smart into "your not very fart"

2nd's

i did not make this, someone brought it with her

1. 2nd annual phaeton pl. football party.

2. 2nd year that our team won.

3. 2nd year that it came down to the last quarter.

4. 2nd year that it came within minutes of the game. [28 -24]

5. 2nd year mike + i got to do our victory dance. [next year i think we should do a ross + monic dance since we really don't have a dance]

6. this is us right now. okay. not really.

7. made 8lbs of italian beef. wasn't sure if it was enough. it was.

8. made garbanzo bean salad, football + helmet shaped bread for hot pizza dip, football + helmet shaped ice cubes for the lemon cooler drink, football + flag shaped brownies with the letter "m" on them, made my usual jalapeno peppers, chili con queso dip and shrimp salsa too.

9. i had 2nd's of everything!

10. got to hold a month old baby boy. so sweet! hope another pregnant friend has a girl, so many cute dresses right now. [talking to you megan!]

my kids

taken with my iphone

1. finally remembered to give kaylee some bangs before her bath last night. she's been wanting them for awhile now and i must say she looks A.DOR.ABLE!

2. after brushing her hair and looking in the mirror she gave me a BIG hug and said "I LOVE YOU!" she's the sweetest thing.

3. She said it to me earlier in the day too on our way to dance class. i had her eat her sandwich from lunch and she asked if the cut-outs were flowers. i told her yes and she says "OH, I LOVE YOU". i love how the simplest things makes her happy.

4. we've played manicure/pedicure recently and she is now sporting 5 different nail colors on her fingers and toes. she even painted my toes for me.

5. lately she has been filing and buffing my nails and rubbing lotion on my feet. *bliss*

6. yesterday ham got a t-shirt in the mail that i am not too keen with.

7. its got bad words on it and an illegal plant. something he will wear only when he is out of the house. guess that's what i get for not checking his purchases!

8. i asked kaylee if she will be a good girl forever and she said yes!

9. been talking with our neighbor while waiting for the bus to arrive. i really do have it made. both of my kids don't argue too much with me like hers do. [every morning she fights with her 5 year old daughter on what to wear in the morning]

10. made hamilton go to monday night dinner since it was a "holiday". he voiced his opinion but that was about it. and i pick out kaylee's clothes for her. i do ask her if she prefers something or another sometimes or how she wants her hair done.

happy day after labor day

one morning last week waiting for the bus

1. kaylee loves her hair in braids. its her request every morning now.

2. loving the fall like temps. love being able to have the windows + doors open! though i wish it would rain some more.

3. saturday headed over to the in-laws for a cookout again. ate WAY too much! ended up with pain around my heart at 3AM. figured it was just heartburn. boy did that hurt!

4. sunday woke up to no more impatiens near the mailbox. deer(s) must of ate them. they left the stems. and the weeds.

5. went to the blueberry festival on sunday too. would love to find out how many people were there. it was packed shoulder to shoulder! while waiting for my in-laws, turned around and there was my sister and her family.

6. trying to walk again. went for a mile today. say my whole self in the mirror the other day. oh the horror! it was not pretty.

7. can't wait to get this in the mail. got it for 50% off from facebook + lucky magazine. [only way to be able to afford anything from emerson made]

8. though i did get this because it is in my budget. going to put it on a headband for kaylee for school pictures, then on my jackets for me to wear.

9. was going to move craft table upstairs then decided against it. it would take up too much space. so i started to clean out craft room only to have to shove everything back in there since we are having a football party saturday.

10. seriously want to hire a painter. and house cleaner. so i can start doing some of my fun projects!

the week

my goofy ballerina

1. i need to get better photos of her but this is her on that day.

2. getting use to this being at home alone thing.

3. tuesday was a super busy: waited last minute to buy kaylee leotards and of course target didn't have any in her size. doubtfully went to kohls who acutally had some. bought her two so she could pick the one she wanted out. back to target to get skirt in case she choose the one without a skirt. cleaned house, put beef brisket in crockpot, iron ham's clothes for "meeting." go to meeting. take kaylee to dance class, then back home to change for soccer game. we win! after soccer game finally home for the night. feed dinner, give bath. sit + relax.

4. wednesday went shopping. got kaylee her school picture outfit and me some tops. went looking for shorts but couldn't find any.

5. though i'm only going to get kaylee's class picture and will take her "school" pictures myself.

6. yesterday i was asked to take a buddy to his "meet and greet teachers" since his mom is sick. what an honor-love my buddies!!

7. decided to move one of my crafting tables from downstairs into the dining room so i can rid of this broken nightstand that i'm using as a desk.

8. finally got some much needed rain yesterday. wish it would continue- lawn needs it very badly!

9. mike brought home pf changs last night and boy was it yummy! ended up in a food coma with a bad belly ache from eating so much.

10. i've been feeling kinda lost lately. not sure what to do even though i have a list of stuff to do and i've been sleeping a lot lately too. took a 30 minute nap and have been going to bed by 10:30. 11pm the latest. hope these are not signs of old age!

some people make me sick

with their coolness! rockstar diaries are having a lil' baby rockstar who will be sporting these wickedly cool kicks which use to belong to daddy rockstar. how cool is that?