I read a blog today that pretty much summed up the way my day was going. It said "did you ever feel like everything you did had a little bit of poo poo on it?" My first thought was "How did you know?" Then she went on to tell how she was feeling just a little bit whiney. My first thought was "Me Too! Me Too!" It has been a rough one today. I am not sure how single mom's, or dad's do it. If you are a single mom or dad, kudo's to you. My hubby has only been gone since yesterday and I am falling apart at the seams. (Are ya feeling the whiney part yet?) Thank goodness he will be home tomorrow. Absence really does make the heart grow fonder.
Anyway we did have some good things happen. M&M was in charge of a project at church and we made bracelets. They turned out really cute.
The top bracelet is the sample and our first attempt. The bottom bracelet is the one M&M made while she was teaching the group. The other girls loved it. I am thinking I should have been wearing one of these to remind me to behave myself today. For those who don't know CTR stand for choose the right and is a reminder that we should always make good choices in our lives. Anyway, on with some other positive things....I found some very cute scrapbook paper at Costco....gotta love Costco and I still had Christmas $ to buy it. My baby told me she had a broken heart and couldn't sing because I wouldn't turn the tv on downstairs. If only that was why we get a broken heart. You have to give the girl credit for knowing how to try and get what she wanted. The broken heart mended quickly and she was off playing. It was really cute.
Now that the kids are in bed and the house is quiet I am hoping tomorrow will be a better day....in fact I know it will be. Hubby will be home and everything will be right in the universe, or at least in our universe.

The case of the missing knee pads.

Have you ever lost something you know you have but just can't seem to find? Well I have spent the last week trying to find my knee pads to go play volleyball tomorrow. Last week while I was playing, I didn't have enough self control, or knee pads and banged my knee up pretty good. Well this morning I had success, kind of. I found ONE knee pad. What the heck? I would have thought that I would store them together, but I only found one. I have gone through every box in this house, including removing the Christmas stuff from under the stairs.....twice. I can definately say I got my exercise lifting things today. Finally tonight I found the other one. I had just about given up. I hate when people say it was in the last place they looked. Of course it was, you found it and you don't keep looking, but this dang knee pad was in about the last place in the house it was possible to look. My brother thought it might be worth it to just go buy new ones, so I did, and I don't like them, They will be going back to the store tomorrow. I wanted my good ol' broken in knee pads. My hubby will appreciate the fact that the storage room got straightened up and I can now tell him where just about anything is in the house. I am just happy I was able to solve the case of the missing knee pad.

Happy Birthday Sis!

Today I got to spend the day with my sister and my niece for her birthday. It was a really good day. Can't believe she is the big 4-0 (sorry, I just couldn't resist). The not so good thing is I am not that far behind her. Anyway, I love when they come to hang out and I hope she had a really good birthday. Her husband dropped her off on his way to the ag show that is in town and I took her back over this afternoon.
My kids were in heaven. Candy and free-bee's galore. Plus they could climb on all the giant tractors they wanted. Since they are pretty much city girls getting raised out of town (not quite the country) they had a good time. Anyway, I hope you had a good birthday Sis and I look forward to spending many more with you!

Road Trip

Yesterday my hubby had a great idea that we hit the road and go to Salt Lake City. We had a pretty good day. We toured the conference center, watched the Joseph Smith movie in the Joseph Smith memorial building, ate lunch at the Lion House Pantry, walked around temple square and went to the Museum of Church History. We would have stayed longer but my baby decided she was done and decided to fall down the escalator along with B. They were at the bottom, but it scared all of us enough that I was ready to call it a day. I have always wanted to eat at the Lion House Pantry. I don't know that I would eat a whole meal there as it was pretty spendy to take the whole crew, but we will definately be back for desert. It has been a long time since we have done that and it was a quick trip, but we all had a good day together. I even got to stop at Tai Pan Trading Co. on the way home. Didn't buy much but I love to look. I just don't know what to do with it. Anyway, I did manage to take some pics. thanks to the handy new camera my hubby got me for Christmas. I love it when you take the family out for the day and everyone comes home happy.

One Cute Blog...

Sometimes I wonder if I can get any blonder but apparently I can. I have this really good friend, Kris, who is the only one who ever comments on my blog, and she has the cutest dang blogs. I have always looked at it with addoration, but thought I could never be that talented.......until I discovered she designs them and shares them. Where have I been. Sorry it took me so long Kris. She mentioned in her blog she has been featured in a real book. How cool is that? So now if my blog is really cute, I give all the credit and thanks to Kris on One Cute Blog. Thanks for the inspiration.....sorry it took me so long :).

ATC cards and friends

Last week I said Weds. I was going to stamp. Didn't happen. Ended up on the Wii a lot of the day. Anyway, for my swap group we are supposed to make ATC (artist trading cards) with a Valentine theme. I have never done any of these, so it was fun to try. You can put them on the front of a regular size card and have a quick card to give to someone, or leave them small and use it as a tag. It was good to get back in my "room" and create something fun again. I don't think my hubby likes it much because of the time and the lack of attention for him, but he puts up with it and is a good sport.

Anyway, yesterday I had a nice surprise. I walked around the corner and there stood a very dear friend of mine that I didnt' think I would see for another year. I was so glad to see her I started to cry. I am sure that surprised both of us! I got to have a good talk with her after church and before before she had to go again. I am looking forward to her coming home in a year. She is so wise and I always feel like I am a little bit better person after I spend time with her.

Today I got to go to lunch with another good friend. It is always so nice to get some girlfriend time to decompress and talk life through with out being judged in any way. I am so blessed to have several of these friends who I count as my "sister" friends. I hope they feel the same. I also hope my girls are learning the importance of having good friends who stand behind you and give you the support that only a friend can give. I know my baby enjoys our lunch dates as much as I do. I am not so sure I should be teaching her this young, but she just cracks me up trying to act like one of the girls.

Now I am back at home and facing the realities of life. Laundry, housecleaning, all the fun stuff. The joys of being a stay at home mom.....and I am so glad that I can stay at home.

Christmas morning 2008

I have finally figured out how to post a slide show. Here are a few of the pics from Christmas morning. I mostly took video, but I just have to have a few snapshots to go with it. The pictures just don't show how spoiled the girls really were.

And a Happy New Year

I am finally getting around to posting. I think Christmas break got me into some really bad habits, which is what lead to my New Year's resolutions. Do you make resolutions? My resolution this year was to not make any, and then I decided I really did need to make some changes. Here's what I came up with.

1. Change into exercise clothes when I get up....if I wait until the girls leave, and then go upstairs to change a really strange thing happens and I find myself back in bed snoozing for another hour or more. Not good for my waistline.

2. Try to be a little more patient with the three year old......or may I say very independent, very stubborn three year old that lives here. So far so good. I didn't say be perfect, just a little better.

3. Go to bed earlier. I am trying to get things done a little earlier, or just leave stuff for the next day so the urge to want to crawl into bed is not quite so strong.

4. Exercise most days a week. I know it's not going to happen EVERY day, I'm a mom and the schedule can be unpredictable, but the days I don't have anything before 10 am are days I just don't have an excuse.

I know they aren't anything new, but hopefully I can get through more than Jan. this year. I have to work on getting the extra Christmas pounds off. I think I inhaled every treat that came through my door this year.......and enjoyed every bit of it. I knew what the results were going to be, but I just didn't care. Now I do and am doing something about it. I would love to have some of the popcorn stuff my sister-in-law made. It was heavenly.....and probably worth about 5 pounds.

My other goal is to publish my stampin stuff at least once a week. Weds. is my stampin day so I am off to stamp and see what I can come up with. Hope everyone had a happy and safe new year.