happy new year!!

it's about 10pm. i am trying to stay awake til the new year's first minute. not sure if i'll make it. two of the kids are already getting delirious. you know when you are so tired you just act plain stupid and then giggle nonstop about it? yeah, me either. but the kids are just about right there. alex is home playing some video game live on the xbox--getting his butt kicked by some 10yr old boy in india. :) yes, we are seriously into celebrating the newest year.

to inspire a fresh clean new year, i pulled my better homes & garden january 2008 issue off my bookshelf. and alex said, i'd never look at those again...i figure the tips for '08 are just as good for '10. i know for a fact i didn't keep up with all those clutter control tips and the organizational skills they tried to teach me back then well, i am in need of a new lesson.

there is something amazing about the start of a new year. as i get older, i find myself looking forward to it. a new month can be a great welcome, and it is known waking up to a new day can help mend yesterdays broken heart. but a new year--well, it brings with it so much hope. so much potential. it is so BIG and so very much can happen. and i love the possibility in the air.

2009 has been good. so much growing and maturing for my children. a little heartbreak here and there-just enough to teach life's lessons. izzy's broken arm healed. her return to singing everyday. new best friends. she is finally enjoying a book each night. logan's grades back up to fantastic. his fascination with legos and astronomy and science and spies. camille's obsession with skinny jeans. her entering teenager life-to its fullest. a new boyfriend--even though its not allowed. she also entered the workforce of babysitting and she loves the families she sits for and she really enjoys having her own money. (and has not complained at loaning mom a few dollars when necessary).there is much to be happy for my kids this past year. they always improve on their beautiful selves and continue to amaze me. i am so very lucky to have such truly good, gifted children.

alex spent some time away this year again; but is home now and we all made it through. he is extremely happy with his job and even though once again the military life brings much sacrifice, him being proud of what he does carries over into our family life and that is a very good thing. he finally at age 36 grew a beard. well, i don't think it was called a beard, but you could actually SEE it, which is new for him. and he is finally attempting to read at bedtime as well. :)

what have i done this year? my usual. some volunteering at school. some scrapbooking. a little home decorating. a constant battle with my 10 pound weight loss. i go up, i go down. i'm currently down by 3. go me! i did take a few steps up in my crafty business. making more money than i ever have. branching out a bit. i also made a few new friends, and they are really nice women and i am thankful that we moved where we are (even if the house is smaller then i wished, i am finding it cozy as well) and welcome the chance to spend time getting to know them better. i am feeling the beginnings of home...yes a year and a half later, but thats the usual for me. i know i won't want maryland to be home forever, but i am so glad that i am feeling like i fit okay here. you military wives know what i'm talking about. it is so hard to be in a place where you just can't feel right. :)

as a family we celebrated a huge achievement by buying a new home here in maryland. settling into this community on a semi-temporary permanent basis. :) the split level design is not our favorite, but everyone has a room and we have a nice yard and the kitchen is bigger than any we've ever had and we get to live on a cul de sac where everyone is safe. we are having good memories made here. having my cousin kelly's family visit in the summer was wonderful. henry higgins is beginning to fill all of our hearts--even mine. i know i said it would never happen, but i find him not so scary anymore and am growing rather fond of him.

and our latest happy family adventure this week has been teaching buster baxter to shake his paw. and if you know buster, then you know this is a miracle. a very sweet happy miracle. he does NOTHING but eat and sleep and lounge in the sun if possible. so him learning this new--his only trick at age 7 is just the happiest thing for all of us. we are so very proud and lavish him with kisses when he does it.

of course, there are so many big and little things that happened this year to my family. of which i wish i spent more time documenting them here. but guess what? i have a whole new year to try again? and i bet so much more to come.

i wish for a fantastic new year to everyone. i'm so ready for 2010; how about you? even the number is cool.

lovingly,

sherry

snow storm

MD severe weather alert.
winter storm warnings.
blizzard storm warnings.
WOW. what a weekend before Christmas.
yesterday i was going to finish those one more (last minute) things i talked about previously. well no, nothing got finished. everyone around town was crazy. every store was overloaded with people, lines were insane, traffice filled every corner. it took hours to do one thing. we are having a huge snow storm--so everyone in the world was out yesterday buying last minute gifts, and stocking up on all the toilet paper and bread in every store. crazy!! i dropped izzy off at a sleepover party before the snow hit, so now i just have to make sure i can get her back home before everything is too crazy. :) well, as long as alex is home, i am sure he can get her home safely.

we are fine. we have enough food and water and candles and milk and bread and things to do to last us for days. it's kinda exciting really. i just hope that nothing crazy happens, no power outages, accidents etc. maybe we'll just have a nice weekend building snowmen all over the yard.
i'll keep you posted. once daylight breaks and the kids are up and about--i'll try to come back and show some photos. the yard already looks beautiful in its fluffy blanket of snow. i love the snow really, when i can stay warm inside and see it's beauty through my window. or stand out in it bundled up a few minutes watching the kids so happy. it's pretty neat stuff really.
xoxo

one more thing.

do you always have one more thing in your house?
you know, one more thing you forgot to do, that one more thing that happens just as you are out the door....the one more thing that brings happiness in your heart, just as you're about to freak out one more time? :)
this morning after the kids and hubs when off in their worlds; i grabbed my shopping bags and put everything out on my bed. i thought for sure i was finished with shopping, making etc. my hardest part of holiday gift giving is making it all fair between my three. i am constantly telling them, NOTHING is fair. you are not the same people, so you will never get the same in life. and yet, i am always trying to figure out a way for it to be fair. one more thing that bugs me about myself. i end up trying to explain or reason with my kids when really i should just leave it at "nothings fair!". cause believe me, my children will find the smallest discrepancies and prove to me that i screwed up somehow and one of them got the bigger slice of pie, the longer thread, the extra minute before bedtime, the book with one more page. totally true. i spoil them in small ways, and then i have to figure out lessons to teach about fairness and giving and wanting and sometimes when they don't get something, i have to figure out how to teach them it's ok to not get everything you think you need and want. good grief. :) maybe they wouldn't really care, maybe i have taught them so well, that this will be the holiday that they are happy with their own gifts and not compare. see, we have this whole competition thing going on in our home. its not huge and horrible, but it comes up with everything....so when gift giving, i have to somehow make a bicycle be equivalent to a jacket, or something like that. don't get me wrong, i'm just babbling a bit, my kids are sweet and appreciative but there is always something that will make one of them feel the other got the better thing. :) but they dont ever want the same thing, so as long as they are pretty much getting something they want, i guess i won't have to stress over it.
i just want them to be happy and see the little sparkle in their eyes as they open up their gifts and realize they were in fact good and mom and dad got them a few of the things their hearts desired.

basically i am short maybe one more thing for each of the girls. not really, cause they wanted a big ticket item, but it LOOKS like i am one gift short. so now the decision is do i try to buy something or make it?
i'm thinking make it. i can always whip up something girlie--but will they appreciate it? hmmmm....hopefully i have taught them enough about how wonderful it is to receive something handmade from someone's heart--especially their mama.
they have 4 days of school left, so i have time to craft away if needed. :)
there is always "one more thing" in this house....
one more thing: to do, to make, to remember, to buy, to need, to stress about. i'm sure ya'll know exactly what i mean.
today i am going to be positive and remember to be thankful for one more thing.

sunday

today has been a very good cozy stayathome and donothingmuch day.
and i have loved it!!

today i :
slept in.
had some back aches that finally went away.
called meema to figure out the damn problems with the sewing machine that have been making me lose my mind!
hemmed 3 pairs of pants- a little wonky but who cares at this point, they are done and that's all that matters.
drank one, no- currently 2 cups of coffee. big huge cappuccino size mugs.
stayed inside out of the rain the entire day.
curled my hair anyway.
read my new stampin success magazine.
dreamed of stampin ups new clear block rubber stamps...and how soon i can get my hands on some.
worried about what to do for everyone for Christmas (will i have the time to do the small list of things i really want)
did not yell at the kids one single time. :)
relaxed and read my favorite blogs.
figured out how to change my blog design--so cute.
made a list of the letters/cards/baking/projects i need to do this week.

today alex:
went to radio shack twice.
fixed the mini tv in his man cave (back of laundry room).
cooked and ate crab.
watched football.
snuggled with henrydog his bff.
fell asleep for 10 mins exactly watching football, before henry woke him up with the noise of chewing a water bottle.
relaxed more then he ever does- which is good cause he has a busy week coming up.

today camille:
texted about 3000 times.
made coconut macaroons.
fiddled on the computer for a few hours.
read a library book that she has already read a few times.
cleaned out her room.
tripped her sister cause she said she just had to. :(
got in trouble for tripping her sister.


today izzy:
wrote 5 christmas letters.
changed her shirt 4 times.
wore my high heels all day (yes i have high heels -one inch)
watched christmas shows.
cleaned her room.
crafts by herself.

today logan:
sang a lady gaga song WAY too much.
chit-chatted with daddy while football was on.
cleaned his room (its a miracle).
decided where to hang up the stockings.
wore his sweats all day.
tried to change the new moon screen saver on the kids computer-but couldn't do it. :)

today the dogs:
slept, ate and fought- the usual.

it's only 5:35pm . so there is plenty of time left for dinner and baths and a little cozy reading before bedtime.

so behind

gosh. it's already december 11, and i am kinda sorta behind in everything i would like to do. the handmade gifts are made....only in my mind. i must work on them. soon. i don't want to be giving my kids handmade gifts after christmas....again. i have a few bought gifts for each child, and so that is finished and well. this christmas is going to be relatively small; as far as gifts go. we have been spending time together so that is a plus, but some of it feels rushed and hectic...tis the season, i guess that's how it goes.
whats left to do?? switch out the tree lights that blew out. :(
somehow convince henry to stop chewing on the tree...the bottom is looking pretty bare now. silly puppy. gets camille's main gift. find izzy some cool boots--she is rough on her shoes and her boots are missing the toe material, so its time for new ones. i figure it will be a nice useful gift.
get my sewing machine to quit jamming so i can finish my handmade gifts and figure out a plan for cookie gifts for our neighbors and friends- if i can get myself a little more organized.
The holiday show i did at a neighbors house turned out fantastic. i made more than enough money for christmas gifts, met lots of really nice ladies and got my business name out around town. it was perfect. i am so appreciative and grateful to the ladies who thought of me and invited me to attend. a wonderful experience.

ok. time for errands and lego club. :) lots to do.
xoxo

December one

i keep telling myself that i will post here every few days. maybe my life is just boring. maybe i don't have as much time as i would like. maybe i should just forget about this little ol' blog and move on. maybe i can start the new year on a better blog foot....maybe.
happy december everyone.
thinking of you.

day 2...

yes, only the 2nd of November and already we spent it at the Dr's office. Isabelle went to bed last night with a horrible throbbing pain in her ear. cried and cried, and finally fell asleep only to wake up to more pain. So off we went to see what was going on. A sinus infection, and an ear infection. Izzy is a big girl now--11 & in middle school, so she got a huge bottle of capsules to take. poor sweetie, it was so hard to figure out how to swallow them. after several mini nightmare meltdowns...she got two down....two more tonight and same for the next 10 days....i told her by tomorrow night she'll have the whole swallowing pills thing down perfect. she is resting right now...and will be back to her bouncy self soon enough.

my kids like to mix things up or make things interesting. we don't do ordinary or normal around here. :)

xoxo

Camille turns 13 today

Happy Birthday to my wonderful girl Camille. The first teenager in our house. WOW. what a huge day in her life.

We have been hung over from last nights trick or treating...not from booze, from all the candy and walking and anticipation of dark arriving...we stayed up eating as much candy as we could until everyone went to bed with a bellyache. :)

the time change has once again thrown us all off....and so we have had a nice slow day to celebrate our girl. I made banana muffins for breakfast and spice cupcakes for us to toast her new year!!

She used her babysitting money to purchase some new UGGS for her bday. I paid shipping. :)

I got her a new twilight and new moon board game...which we will maybe play Twilight tonight, if she gets her homework project finished in time.

daddy is not here to celebrate...maybe next week. She got some perfume and sweater from her favorite store Aeropostale and she is a happy camper. Her meema is coming to visit this week so that will be special as well.

time for dinner (burritos) and pumpkin pie (as if we haven't had enough junk the past few days)...game time and bed time....Monday morning is almost here.

happy spooky halloween!

Halloween is here. here is our list of things to do:
finish my coffee, and get in the shower. (yes i know its almost 930...i am having a slow morning)
finish the last minute touches to Isabelle's costume.
decide if i will wear a butterfly mask, or just all black with a silver spidery witch cape??
make pumpkin cookies with kids
carve our pumpkins...yes very last minute on this.
maybe we will paint them instead??
a few outside decorations for the front. a ghost made out of a tshirt for our tree.
a monster sign made with cardboard, paint and some glitter/feathers.
pick up the dog crap in the back yard. (kids)
rake up at least 3 bags of leaves. (we probably have more like 13 worth)
get Camille's biography project in its finishing stages.
take the kids out trick or treating and somehow pass out candy at the house--at the same time. hmmm.
and lastly...think of our back up plans cause rain is in the forecast for the day!!!

what's up with us this week.

hi all!
since Halloween is fast approaching, we are getting all the details of the costumes ready. Logan and Izzy decided to use homemade costumes this year. very budget friendly, and to be honest; the costumes in the store each year are practically the same. the same superheros skinny or buff versions, scary things like bloody ninjas and all the big girl costumes are way too provocative. Sorry- but that's the truth. why does everything have to be so sexy? ALL the costumes that would fit my girls have low cleavage areas, or emphasized too much or really short skirts. why promote that?? anyway. not for my kids.
Isabelle will be an autumn fairy using her beautiful brown fancy dress and we are adding glittery leaves and shiny bead sprigs. we made her a wand with a long stick and I am gluing more leaves and beads and ribbons to it. oh- and i am adding sparkly make up to her eyes. she will be so pretty. :) Logan will be a mad scientist. spiked crazy green hair, black explosion smudges on his face, a lab coat made out of an old white dress shirt. I am embroidering some silly things on the pocket along with "Dr. Williams". oh and we did get some huge glasses...he is excited. we found some candy beakers to throw in his pocket.
Camille is probably borrowing a costume from a friend..a pirate...cause she really couldn't figure out what was cool enough for an almost 13 year old to be for Halloween. i even bought her a costume and she hated it, so i returned it.
I am not dressing up, I haven't since i was a kid myself. but i will wear my darkhorse troop shirt cause it has a skull on it, or i have a cute green Halloween t-shirt that says witchy on it. :)

still working on Halloween treats for friends and teachers...loving that i am finally finding my groove again with regards to creating. I make things here and there but it's been so long since I felt very creative that i was afraid i lost it. i stayed up last night looking at all the details of cards and projects in the current Stampin' Up! catalog. I really love this company. I find myself so torn sometimes when I consider all that is out there in the paper craft world. Sometimes being a part of SU! limits me with using only their products but they have this pull on me and I always love it. And I can still use things from other companies as well in my own personal creations. :)
anyway I was happy to be inspired to reorganize everything in my creative area. keep all my favorite things close at hand. right now my desk is covered with all things halloweenish, orange black, purple. olive greens, owls, kitties, ghosts and pumpkins....not to mention lots of little baggies ofr candy delights.
time to get dinner together. Izzy has been baking cookies for her class for what seems like hours, and it'll be my turn now to make pizza for dinner.
xoxo

half way through October

well yes, I guess we are half way through October. i don't know what i have been doing lately, cause really it feels like all of nothing. getting over being sick sometimes takes weeks out of your life. i think that's what happened. the kids have been going to school, working on projects, riding bikes, walking the dogs, a bit of TV

...enjoying candy apples, picking pumpkins, obsessing over the show dirty jobs, keeping their rooms clean (amen to that)...and waiting patiently for big man to return to our daily lives.

i have been coughing like a maniac...reading lots of books, a tiny bit of cleaning, letting the dogs in and out at least 25 times day and night, wearing a sweater each day, (my favorite part of fall...if you know me then you know i am such a sweater girl) feeding the kids soups and pasta for dinner, ignoring my craft space for like a month, dropping half the coffee i drink each day...which might help with my weight loss...i'm seeing results. what else am i doing? not eating after 7pm...ok, well not every day, but close. i'm walking henry so he can take a nap and give me a rest, i'm thinking of and planning (in my head) holiday gifts to make for my loved ones, helping the kids with homework and studying- which takes an extreme amount of time now that they are all in more demanding grades...and in doing so, discovering that i know absolutely NOTHING.

...and i am trying to not sneak the treats from the bag of Halloween candy on top of the fridge. this is no small task let me assure you...while i wait not very patiently for my handsome to come home...

oh-since i spoke to a good friend the other day (love you D!!) i am thinking of dreams for my life. working on my "little things". trying to figure out what my next step is; what direction to take my life at 35.

xoxox

ps. you may now call me mrs. major williams. alex was promoted to major and i am so happy for him. it felt like he would be a captain forever. seriously years of that. i remember when he was just a lieutenant and whenever we saw a major...well they just seemed so much older, and established, and their kids were so much bigger than mine and look at that...here we are in that same spot. amazing.

October

Two days into October already. OMGoodness. Logan and I are out with a very horrible flu. I had to get up today and check emails and turn in some student forms to Logan's school. And it is taking all of my energy to do just this small bit. Being sick is just so hard. Life doesn't just stop even though your body tells you it can do no more. So I am resting, taking meds, caring for Logan, helping the girls, dealing with the dogs (who seriously are not being on their best behaviors) and trying my hardest to not have the house fall apart in the middle of it all. I hope and pray to be well soon and get back to life. I had such plans for October...things have not started off well.
chat soon.
xoxox

school. has. started.

be back very soon.
xoxo

coming home

These two are coming home today. isabelle and i are so excited. we have seriously missed them. this is the longest logan has ever been away from me, and i find myself almost aching for him. my sweet skipper. camille has had a long vacation before and she is very close to her meema, so i never seem to worry about her so much. i miss her, of course. shes kinda my buddy at home. we can have more involved conversations, talk about girlie things and all that since she is getting older. i've missed that these past few weeks. i know she has done a good job helping to take care of herself and logan while away. isabelle and i had a wonderful time together. but i think she is done with me. today is our last morning together and she planned a playdate with a friend. yeah- i think she is over me already. :)

i have not missed the sibling squabbles. so i really really hope and pray that it doesn't start as soon as they see each other. usually its "ive missed you so" and then by the time we walk in the house from the airport, there's bickering already. we'll see.

having us all home again is going to be nice. we can start getting ourselves prepared for school which starts very soon- less than 2 weeks way. this year we have 4th grade for logan, 6th grade for izzy, and 7th for cams. geez. my children just keep getting older and older. its so strange how that happens. i'm excited for them. they all do well in school (for the most part) and enjoy being there. I'm praying for no friend troubles, no issues, good grades and happy learners. is that too much???

gotta go. the morning is already getting away from me.

xoxo

another week together :)

some more time with isabelle and mommy. i take all the pictures and watch her play and listen to her chit chat and she has fun running around from this activity to the next. :) i'm having a good time with her too. parks, the pool, we even went to the movies and saw G force. it was cute. all of us williams' love a good spy movie. :) on our schedule for the rest of the week, is a 6th grade jitters thingy at the middle school, playtime with neighbors, and another movie play date with a friend on friday. next week we clean the house a little extra and work on projects and wait for camille and logan to return. breakfast time, i gotta go.

xoxo

time with izzybusybells

this is my first time alone with izzybusybelles in the 11 years shes been alive.

cams and logi are in san diego on a lil summer adventure with their meema.

yesterday was day one.

it was full of this and that. i sure love this girl, she has so much to offer. she is right at the age where she is still a little girl and all of a sudden a big girl too. starting middle school in late august. lots of changes. of course as her mama i feel worried. have i taught her enough to cope with all that will come her way? are we both strong enough to figure it out along the way? i like to think so. we've done pretty good so far. my izzy, she presents herself as loud and crazy and confident with a carefree attitude. but she is also very sensitive and sweet and doesn't often click with people...she gets her little feelings hurt, but lashes out to hide them.

anyway. i am just taking her all in. enjoying just being with her--this little time we have to grow and bond together as mama and daughter.

at the same time missing camille and logan. its very hard for a mother to give her kids time and space to be away. even if we all need it. i always get the sick butterfly feeling inside when any of them are away from me too long. esp. this past year. i have an extra urging to protect them. to need them by me.

i always feel like i fall short on being my best mama to them, but then something or someone will remind me how wonderful they are. how smart and beautiful and healthy and vibrant, and i must admit that it can't all be their natural selves, it can't all be God's graces. i must have something to do with it. i try my best.

i guess i'm loving my littles extra today. thinking of them in my heart.

ok. enough of this, time for adventures with my girlie.

out and about in DC

the photos here are all mixed up, but the little day trip went well. we went down to DC on Saturday. it was nice. it was hot. we drove around and did some site-seeing first. checking out all the foreign embassies. that was kinda cool, seeing their flags and how nice the buildings were. the British embassy seemed to be the biggest one. there are soo, i mean SOOO many weird buildings down in DC. it's kinda neat to imagine what on earth goes on inside some of them. lots of strange names for this or that. i was kinda afraid of being down there when we first got here. too many people, too much just stuff-- but each time i go, i discover the beauty of our nations capitol, the sense of our history pulls you in. the mix of government buildings with houses and businesses and people all mixed in. i got a little photo of the security on top of the white house just as alex was explaining some of it to us. that was cool. we ended up at the free Smithsonian zoo and park. it was nice. we looked at cows and lions among some other animals. it was really hot but the zoo is on a wonderful spot of land within a park, i forget the name. but it would be a nice place to walk around and enjoy when the weather is cooler. we also stopped at the National Cathedral. now THAT was spectacular. what a beautiful place to attend services. the kids and i peeked inside. really beautiful. i just wanted to sit on the lawn and breathe in the peacefulness of it. Its pretty massive and we will defintely be going back for a better longer visit.

we ended our trip to DC by swinging by Capitol Heights, where my whole family (expect me) was born and lived for generations. what a dump. seriously. it was really hard to see how rundown and scary it was. my grandma died in Jan. of 2004, when alex was in Iraq. she lived in her house on opus ave, my whole life and most of hers. even though she passed away-- in my mind sometimes i forget to think that she isn't there in her house anymore. i mean i pray for her soul and sometimes miss the heck out of her, so i know this, but it just doesn't feel true. they tore her house down when she passed and the property was sold. they built another house on the lot and even though it is newer, it looked already crappy. like maybe they started building and someone came and tore things up. anyway. there were very shady people all over the streets around her house...it looks like a horrible drug area and pretty poor. and it was good for me to see. the reality of it all. the new house there even has a different number. granny lived in 706, and the new one was 704. so not only is she not there, her house is completely gone. i do have a few memories of my time living with her there. and the one that sticks out the most is how i thought the house was so big, and the yard, and the hill up the street seemed so big to walk up. well the property is not all that big, and the hill was kinda steep but not very big. the houses were all cramped together and not as my young mind remembered. and we looked at the house that we lived in with my dad at the end of grannies street. all crappy falling apart houses. in a way it broke my heart to be there and not find her. but it gave me some closure too. i don't ever have a reason to go back to capitol heights....well that's not true. my granny and my dad and lots of aunts, uncles, and the grandpa i never knew are all buried there somewhere. (that can be another visit for another time). i was glad that i was the lucky one born and raised in san diego. i only lived back in dc with my granny for a few years when i was younger. and while my dad and others spoke of DC as home, i never ever felt it. i only thought of granny in DC. in her big (little) white house on opus ave. i'll just hold onto the good memories i have of that time and place. thats all i can do really.

reading & pancakes

a few glimpses into our daily life here.

Logan is reading a series called Maximum Ride the book is called The Angel Experiment. he is so into this book. i had to cut him off last night at midnight!! camille has the whole series for him to read and he is loving it. I'm so proud of him for reading without me asking him to.

Also, Camille has been waiting to make us all blueberry pancakes for breakfast, and today was the day. they were yummy. i love when she gets a bright idea and esp. when it only involves a bit of my help. shes such a great girl, highly motivated lately to do all sorts of projects. i just love her. no pics of izzy today. she is sitting as close to the TV as she can this morning having her quiet TV time while the other 2 are out on the porch. they hate her shows, so shes trying to get her time in. :)

that's all for today.

my plans:

important phone calls.

post office.

wash my hair.

help cams finish sewing for terrys bday gift.

as long as i get them done today i'll be good.

xoxo

summer swim meet--last one

today was logans last swim meet. he did pretty good. no ribbons given out yet so we'll have to wait to see what he gets at the swim party next week, but he did beat at least one of his own times, so good for him. :) i am kinda thankful its over, getting him to swim practice each morning takes much effort. it was worth it, he had a fun time, improved all his swimming strokes, became a stronger swimmer AND trimmed up his little big boy body. he has his dads body minus the muscles...and it needs constant work outs or its get a lil chubby. :) of course on logan its still cute chubby. :)

i am happy to have our saturdays back. swim meets suck all your time and energy. and it is on saturdays there is the biggest of hopes that alex may pop in to spend time with us...so i need my saturdays back. :)

a few pics of our morning, and im off to relax. i think i got a lil sunburned too.

xoxo

something creative to share

wow. two posts in one day. amazing. considering i often do two posts within several months.

yippee for me.

just a little something i worked on last night out on the porch while camille knitted and we chatted. 2 cute cards. no stamping, but i did use ink to roughen up the edges. punches, and scraps and a few embellishments. totally easy to do. :)

who wants one????

any of my friends who never leave comments can say HI and i'll send you your pick. :)

good times.

happy stuff.

xoxox

i am actually up at 6am again.

just a note to self really...

i am finally up at 6am. buster is out roaming the yard, the dishwasher is running, ive already checked my email, and now i am about to sit on the porch with a nice fresh mug of coffee. it has been at least 2 weeks since i got up this early. --the reason being, both dogs were having issues with living in this house. henry kept getting up because i assume the noises were affecting him. and poor sweet annoying buster, well, he has some serious allergies that have turned his skin all nasty...and it makes his immune system falter, as well as his ability to stay asleep for 14 hours a night. its more like 3hours now...so up i go each night letting him in and out and then in and out. by the time the morning rolls around; i have been tired and cranky and everything else not so happy. camille has even taken to getting logan to swim team for me on time cause i just cant seem to do it. but TODAY is a new day. i feel tired but i got 6 straight hours of sleep last night-- and i am happy with that. :)

today i will:

clean bathrooms, wash/dry a load of laundry, help cams spray paint her bulletin board, put up logis poster, and paint izzys mirror. those have been on my list of to dos for at least a week. it is time.

happy tuesday all!

and cheers to me for getting back my sleep and my morning quiet time before kids get up. :)

xoxo

ps. how nice are those polka dot ribbons from stampin up?? i adore ribbons. yeah, it sounds cheesy, but really how could you not simply love ribbons that look that good?? :)the crushed curry (yellow) is my favorite.