its friday and today i'm loving...

the girls toes after their pedicure

1. the fresh air and breeze flowing through the house.
2. that school is almost over. {one more day after today}
3. great friends + family coming over tomorrow for a cookout.
4. that i finally got off my butt and got things done around the house.
5. kaylee saying "mom, i love you." at any given moment and place.

6. or when she calls me mama.
6. ham jumping on my bed with a silly grin on his face knowing that he's trying to suck up for some money.

7. for all the vw bugs in town allowing me kick mike's butt in a game of punch bug every day.
8. "famous" artists taking the time to email me back even if my questions are silly.

9. my new pair of gaucho pants. they are so comfy and light.

10. that my hair has finally grown out of the weird stage.

flowers + gut busting

kaylee's nails done on her bff's birth-date

1. i tried taking a nap already this morning but kept waking myself up when i would accidentally breath through my nose. {loud, weird noises}

2. my allergies have been waking up at night lately so by 8:30pm last night, i was ready for bed. of course, that's when i decide to start laundry.

3. been busy outdoors this week planting hydrangeas and flowers. replaced and fixed the sprinkler hose that mike cut. {and he was going to hire someone to fix it!}

4. liking the back patio now that i've got some flowers out there. just need an area rug and to extend part of the patio. {this is when i wish mike was a handy man}

5. kaylee was adorable yesterday at lowes. we saw a kids retro table and chairs and she kept saying how cute it was and how much she just loved it. of course i had to buy them.

6. after that she wasn't so adorable. while trying to find the perfect miniature tree at a different local flower shop, she complained about how hot + sweaty she was.

7. and later that night before taking over a birthday gift for her neighbor friend she dared to complain how she never gets all the stuff her friend was getting.

8. which totally pissed me off so i yelled "didn't i just buy you that table and chairs today?!!!" she said she was sorry.

9. so jealous of marina miller of red heart photography. she takes gorgeous photos and gets to live in hawaii.

10. one day last week while waiting for hamilton to get back from getting gas, i got to talk with two of his buddies. one of them thought mike was 39 years old. that had me busting a gut! {he's 5 years younger than me}

envy

i totally want her hair. the length. the color. via happenstance

i've been tagged!

by the super funny lady chantale from the adventures of skinny mini kiki. not sure how i landed on her blog but since we have daughters the same age its fun too see what kind of poses or funny sayings her daughter is up too. {she's definitely more adventurous than kaylee}

here's the rules to the tagging:

The Tag game goes as follows:
Go to the 8th folder in which you store your photos
Select the 8th photo
Post it to your blog and tell the story behind it.
After following the above instructions, you are ‘supposed’ to tag 8 other bloggers.

since i do not have 8 folders i went back 8 months and picked the 8th photo which landed me in september.

this was our first trip to hot box pizza that my parents had just opened on notre dame campus.

kaylee eating a breadstick which she has renamed doggy biscuits.

i am tagging the few that reads my blog. you know who you are!

monday crazies

sunday playing in the sprinklers. {wearing her new bikini}

1. last night at mnd [monday night dinner] i was told by mom that i have low self esteem because i said i want to lose my chicken fat {the area under the arm pit that hangs over bras + tank tops} and that i would love to start toning up some.

2. and she couldn't believe that i still make hamilton his breakfast every morning. she's afraid hamilton wont be able to do things for himself once he leaves.

3. i told her randy turned out ok. {my oldest brother + golden child of the family} my dad laughed at that one. her argument is that randy knew how to do things at hamilton's age.

4. i argued back saying hamilton does know how to do things. he's just being smart and using me while he can and this is why i stay home- to take care of my kids how ever they need me.

5. i found it weird that my cousin's wife was grocery shopping with her mom. her mom is not elderly nor was it for a few items. clothes/ furniture shopping cool. grocery shopping weird.

6. i'm craving for some nectarines. i like mine a little crunchy.

7. kaylee slept till 10am yesterday. welcome summer vacation! {i didn't mean for her to sleep that late but got distracted paying bills}

8. this morning is just beautiful. not too hot yet, sun shining, birds chirping, a little breeze coming through the windows.

9. my two azaleas that i planted kinda took a dive after that frost we had while down in indy. plan on replacing them with two huge rhododendrons and moving the itty bitty azaleas to the side yard.

10. and getting a miniature tree of some sort for the front yard to replace a sad looking bush and i think that's it for this year. i really don't know what i want to plant besides some peonies. how i miss my peonies!

life is good on sunday

1. taken today with my hipstamatic app on my iphone. cool isn't it? {thanks michelle!}

2. while cleaning house yesterday i got kinda dizzy and had to lay down the rest of the day. both mike and kaylee had friends over to entertain.

3. which allowed me to read and finish my book for bookclub. if you haven't read it, i highly recommend it!

4. my allergies are the worst they have ever been. and its causing some emotional distress.

5. i realized long ago but it came back to me again today because its her birthday. what i said about my frienemy is really how i feel about myself and i'm jealous of her friendship with others. {this sounds like it came from post secret}

6. i watched a few episodes of glee on the computer last sunday and am in love. can't wait for the lady gaga episode.

7. my pesky cat seems to be doing a little better. still need to take him to the vet to make sure he's a-ok.

8. 6 more days then summer vacation. kinda a relief that kaylee's already done. my days are more free now.

9. while mike was doing miscellaneous yard work i got him with water balloons and squirt gun. {it was hot enough outside that nobody minded getting wet}

10. i got ham with one water balloon. didn't want to make pretty boy mad by getting his new shoes all wet. {we finally bought a pair and i swear it took him two weeks to finally decide to keep them!}

catching up saturday + i'm a weiner!

1. i've been informed by the hamilton that this car is not what he wanted because its a manual, its not white with black interiors blah blah blah.

2. anyone want an ungrateful 17 year old? he does no chores nor does he pay for gas or work. {i know. he's spoiled and its all my fault}

3. i hurt my left arm twice this week by running into things {i'm a klutz}. inside + outside the elbow area. little bruising, swelling and minimal moving.

4. wednesday, kaylee + i went to a bounce house for her school. photos later.

5. thursday we went out to lunch + she got her nails and toes done with her bff + mom to celebrate bff's birthday. photos later too.

6. after this i don't think doing our nails at home will cut it for her anymore. {nah, she's not as spoiled as ham,yet}

7. i finally got my book for book club. {finally had it at target so now i don't have to drive 20-30 minutes to our nearest "big" city to get it}

8. my poor pesky cat is sick. he's moving very slowly today. as much as i pick on him and ask others to take him, i hope he gets better soon.

9. mike + kaylee took off for our nearest zoo. i'm not a zoo fan so i stayed home to "clean" house.

10. i'm also a big weiner! i won a $100 gift card to kayce hughs/pears + bears. i posted about the giveaway on my "photo shoot" with kaylee.