On a Lighter Note...

This is a robot fish! Gross huh! I so don't want to eat this! Eww! I wonder if people eat this?

Ok-So I have good news.

It is just a reminder it's not what you know,it's who you know.

A guy that my hubby works with, his wife works at a pain clinics Dr. office.

She got me into her Dr. tomorrow!

The Dr. is at least a month out and she squeezed me in for tom.

Yea!!

My mom always told me; It's not what you know, but who you know.

I have gotten a few jobs off of that little tip. Discounts and lots of love.

Gotta love it when you know people.

This is one of those times that my hubby is happy that I talk.

I talk a lot!

A lot to people I know, I don't know, I want to know etc...

That is why I am so good at this whole blogging thing.

I love talking. I love it, I love it!]

The one major crappy thing about this whole sickness thing!

I don't want to craft.

I don't want to redo my bedroom.

I don't want to go thrifting.

I just want to lay on the couch and eat fish.

Eat fish?

Yes, I have been craving it for a good 3 days now!

No-not pregnant.

Just sick and hungry.

You know when you don't feel good and you lay on the couch?

That is what I have been doing since Friday-there is not a lot of instant fish tha my kids could bring me.

So-good news!

I get some.

Ohh, in about 4 mins!

Yea!

Don't hate me cause I like fish!

Thats mean.

I don't hate you cause you like gross things like coconut and mandarin oranges.

So-don't hate me cause I like fish!

48 HouRs oF HeLl!

Ok Ladies-
I have had a really rough past couple of days.
I am using my blog as a place to write and hopefully by the words I write they can be used as a coping mechanism.

I looked up the definition of MENTAL BREAKDOWN and this is what is said;
Mental breakdown (also known as nervous breakdown or snapping) is a non-medical term used to describe a sudden, acute attack of mental illness such as depression or anxiety.

All of this lovelyness was all triggered by a panic attack that was triggered by a really bad, painful day.
I don't know if any of you have ever had a panic attack, but oh my heck, I have never been so scared in my life. If my hubby wouldn't have been here, I am pretty sure that I would have passed out.
My pain has been off the charts lately! Holy Crap I don't know what the heck is wrong with me!
All I have done is cry, hyperventilate and pray!
I am really hoping that all of this happening to teach me something, to show me something, to allow to me see something in a different way.
Whatever the reason may be, I am hoping and praying that is over soon!
If you are all in the dark about my whole pain thing-go here and you will know what the sam heck I am talking about.

I am sure some of you are thinking-why are you blogging?
I am doing this for some normalcy.
My life has been so unnormal for the past 2 days, I need something to keep me from thinking that I am not losing my mind!

I am sure that there are people out there who deal with this all the time.
Oh, how my heart aches for you.
I am freaking out with all that is happening to me, and I can only imagine if it happened all the time!
I know that this is a really downer of a post-I don't usually do this-but I needed somewhere to go where no one would judge me, question me, call me a freak, but accept me and maybe, just maybe help me.
I love my blog, better yet, I love my friends that I have gained because of it. You are all so great and reassuring. I am blessed because of you. I know that there are many of you, that I have never seen and probably will never meet face to face, but I like to think that one day, I will meet you-even if it's in Heaven. Then I can tell you thanks and give you a hug!
Sorry to be so sappy-you know-just one of those days. I appreciate you all listening, or in this case, reading. You all get gold, no pink stars in my book!

Preface-this blog contains lots of grammatical errors. If you hate that-I will apologize now-but read it anyway!

OK I have decided that I am the most green person on the earth!

Why do you ask?

No-I don't use special solar panels on the roof to heat my house and cook my food!

I do something better!

Better you ask?

How can it possible be any better than that!

I am a recycler of other peoples things!

Yes, it's true!

I am that fabulous!

How do you do that you ask?

Well-if I must reveal my secrets.

I will-only for you, because you are the best blogging friends a girl can have!

I really mean it!

All of you-you sure know how to make a girl feel special!

OK-you really want to know?

Are you sitting down?

I buy other peoples crap.

I bring it home.

I spray paint it and give it a little love.

Then, I get this....

This was a dresser that I picked up for $10 at Goodwill. I do have 3 girls, therefore, I have 3 girls worth of clothes! So-we needed another dresser! Ugly huh? The box on top-a jewelry box I picked up for $2.oo. Don't worry, I have pics of that too!

So-a little bit of white spray paint, modge podge and cute paper and voila! I used a little ribbon too. I loved how it turned it out! What do you think? It was a lot faster than I thought it would be. I have never done modge podge on a large piece before. Way way easier than a little thing. So, now I have a new junk thing that I love.

OK-here is the jewelry box, a rack with pegs ($1.00)and a table. The table was actually a bar stool with the legs painted bright yellow!!

I was thrilled with how all of this turned out also!

The best part? I did this all in one day! It didn't even take me all day.

I even cleaned my whole house, made dinner and did 3 loads of laundry! I am so not bragging. I just figure that this day makes up for all the lazy, crappy, "I don't feel good days!"

OK-I have one more thing to show you! A festive, fourthy kind of thing. I made it out of tins. You know the kind that cookies and popcorn come in. Got these at goodwill also! Spent a total of $7 bucks on all of them! YEA!! I loved how they turned out! I am going to put them above my kitchen counters. The bucket is for my kitchen table. I am going to use it to hide a vase so I can show off my roses that I cut down last year to the ground. They came up huge and beautiful. Who knew that if you cut the crap out of roses-they do better! Huh?

I know that this is really long post. I had a lot to say and show. What can I say. I love it when other people post stuff like this. It gives my creativity a kick in the butt. So, I hope I do the same! Have a happy night!!! Go craft something! Don't forget the diet coke and chocolate. It helps, look what I did with it!! OK-enough talking I promise!!

Ok-you want to win this!!

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OK-so the rest of the post.

We, as a family went here yesterday. Lagoon-a local amusement park.

It was free. Hubby had a work day= free tickets/

So we went. The kids had never been.

It was great fun! The kids loved it.

Mom and sister and brother in law came too.

So glad that they were there.

We hit all the rides for the kiddies.

Not really a ride girl-since they all have bars that go across your stomach-tight. These hurt me, not to mention the whole jerking motion thing.

We were waiting in the last line of the night. The girls wanted to ride the boats.

So, they waited and they 3 started yelling.

I ran over and she said,

Mom-that kid spit on me!

what?

That boy spit on me!

I turned to the little boy and asked if he spit on her.

He said yes.

I continued to say to this stupid little 6 year old who spit on my kid that if we don't spit. It is mean and I don't like it.

I then asked him if he wanted me to spit on him.

He shook his head and said No!

I yelled-DON'T SPIT ON MY LITTLE GIRL AGAIN! UNDERSTAND?

He shook his head.

His mom walked over.

I said;

Your kid spit on my little girl.

She just looked at me.

She didn't speak English.

Of course not.

Hell-why should you have to speak English if you live in the United States of America. Our main language is English. Why should you have to learn how to speak it, you stupid lady!

I said to her:

You need to teach your son not to spit and learn to speak English!

She just looked at me and walked away!

I was so mad! The stupid lady didn't teach her kid not to spit and then she couldn't even understand me yelling at her! Damn!

Sorry for the swearing! I am still so ticked.

So-this is my new rule!

If you don't reprimand your children-I will!

Especially if your stupid child spits on my 3!

So any of you Mom out there-make sure that your kids don't spit on others-if they do-smack them and tell them not to do it EVER again or I will come and yell at them!! :)

(sorry for the rant, I guess if you can't rant on your own blog-where can you)

If I offended any of y0u-I'm sorry. I am kind of onery and having a bad day. You all just got to read about it! :) Hope you all still love me!! Really-you do, right?!

Look What I did at 9'oclock at night!

ok-you all know that I have Cricut machine! I love this machine! I love to use this machine! I have found so many uses for it. Probably way more than I should!

So-I decorated my bathroom. It was bugging me! We are going to repaint it. we have many jobs that are before this one on the list-so I thought I would make it a room that I liked until I could paint it (grass green)

I got out the MACHINE and put my imagination to work.

I also had M&M's. I really think that these help me work better

I am so not lying!

Anyway-started at 9:30 got totally done at 11.

I, like most of you, work best at night.

Maybe it's the whole no kids no thing.

Anyway-used Vinyl for the words.

Used diff. colors of blue for the bubbles. Used the zyron to make them sticky.

Voila!

I love it and my kids were so thrilled when they woke up this morning!!

What do you think?

2 posts in one daY! Lucky You!

Ok-So I am having to go throught this morning because I had children on purpose.
Really-I love my girls, but WHAT WAS I THINKING!
Did I not think that we would ever have an attitude?
Did I not think that would comminicate without whining?
Did I think that my days would be full of giggles and pink all the time?
Reality!
6 is doing the dishes. She is freaking out because she can't put a bowl away. Instead of just saving it for later-she MUST come down and do a dramatic whine of how the bowls just can't possibly be put away. I ask a question to make sure I unserstand. She howls, yells and whines that I am not listeing to her.
I then repeat what I just said and she says- yes-why don't you ever listen to me?
Really-isn't that what I just said.
Whatever!

3 is changing her clothes already. We are on outfit number two. She has only been dressed for about 10 mins.
I asked why she didn't keep the first one on-
(In a whiney voice half yelling) the other one hurt me!!
Ok-I did you put them away in the drawer?
Whining-yes!
Are you sure?
YESSS!!
Mom-why do you have to ask so many questions?
Excuse me 3-I am sorry that I would try to be a parent!
Relax Mom! It's going to be ok!

I am two minutes, no one minute away from losing it!!!
Good thing they are going swimming without me!! (Still a little too red to face the sun again)

I need a diet coke!

The Randomess I call Life

*warning* the paragraph about animals is a little pg-13ish. Nothing else though-I promise!

OK-so some of my random thoughts about my life.



First-

We went swimming for the first time yesterday at the local pool. Yes, we have a pass. That is good for the main reason-when we go, we don't have to stay all day!
Just a couple of hours-
not 3 ever again!

Why?

Well-let me explain.

I have really good skin. I am one of those people that don't burn. I have never had a terrible sunburn-ever! I just tan. Even when I think that I am burnt-every body tells me that I am full of crap.

So-when we went yesterday, I was excited to get a little sun.

No-that did not mean that I did not put sunscreen on.

I am not that stupid.

Granted-it wasn't that high-like 50, but I still put some on.

Only one half of my body is burnt

Even my legs are red. Never ever ever-has that happened before!

So-I was way miserable last night. Wore as little clothing as possible.

I was way more miserable at 2 am.

Yea-couldn't sleep.

Felt worse this morning.

I think I got a little bit of heat exhaustion, sun stroke, whatever you want to call it.

So-my hubby had to stay home this morning.

I felt that crappy!

I would post pics-but you have all seen a sunburn before!

It's not really that exciting picture material.

So-you should all fell sorry for me that I feel like crap. I figure tomorrow I should be good.

Good thing-the house doesn't vacuum itself!

Dang-I should invent something like that so all us would never have to vacuum again.

We could blog all day and eat M&M's!

That would be the life!



OK-random fact number 2

We have a cat.

She is usually a really good cat.

We all really like her.

For some reason-she REALLY likes me.

Follow me around and rubs against my legs.

I don't know why-i just kick her away..

My kids feed her, and hubby changes the poop.

Therefore, no reason for her to like me-whatever.

She is a girl cat=moody and unpredictable.

So-she is in heat.

Horny and driving me crazy!

She meows that really annoying, loud, low meow.

I think that she does it just to annoy the crap out of me!

We need to get her fixed.

I forget to call the vet-until nighttime.

Her WILD time.

8 saw her the other day and said that the white cat was trying to kill her.

He jumped on her and everything.

I didn't want to explain-so I just act surprised and said;

really?

So-I hate her now-the cat, not 8.

I really hate her.

Guess it's my own fault.

I will call the vet tomorrow.

I must-I must I must!

So-totally radomness that happens in my life everyday!
How about you?
Am I the only one who lives like this?
Please tell me I'm not.
Please!

Sunday Satire

So-as we all know yesterday was Fathers Day.

I have a dad, a father-in-law and a husband.
I am very blessed!
I love them all!
I especially love my hubby!
He is such a good dad. He plays with the girls, he teases them (sometimes a little much) they love their daddy. I love him too
I love that he honors me as his wife and co-companion in this whole parenting thing. I love that he makes me laugh almost as much as the kids. I love that he respects me and his Priesthood. I love that he works so hard for our family. He sacrifices time and the things that he really loves (fishing) so he can do things like -build a garden. I love him because on really bad days, he stops at the bakery that I love and gets me these puffs that I love!
I love him for all that it is and all that does to help me, be a better person.
Happy Fathers Day- Babe!

Ok-enough of the mushy stuff. Some fun facts from yesterday.
First of all, I was getting ready and told the girls to grab their scripture bags. Even 3 has one and she proudly carries it with her every week to church .

So-we are walking into church and 3 asks if I want to see what is in her bag.
"Your scriptures silly"
"No mom, see."
She proudly opens her bag and shows me a remote and her pink flowered sandals.
I ask her why she brought the shoes-the remote. She just carries around random things sometimes--this week a broken remote. Whatever.
Anyway-the shoes;
"I might need a change of shoes, you never know Mom."

Now I know what some of you are thinking. 3 almost 4 year old don't talk like that. You haven't met my 3.
She does, she cracks me up at least 3 times a day.

Next on this list.
Last Sunday, my parents went on a walk above their house. They live on a mountain-so the trail leads up the mountain, up to the power lines. No house, very dusty and rocky.

They found 3 baby ducks. Just hanging out on the trail. No mom in sight.
So, they picked them up, took them home and put them in the pond.

Of course they called us so we could see the duckings. Of course we went up and of course my kids loved them. They loved them so much, they kept dropping them. We were constantly telling them not to squeeze so tight.
My parents were the hit of the neighborhood. After church, all the neighbors came over to see the ducks. One neighbor even brought a kennel so the ducks would have someplace to sleep.

So-my Mom, put a couple of blankets in the kennel, some duck food (got from a friend) and some water and in went the ducks.

They immediately fell asleep. So they left them in the garage and checked on them the next day. The kids came over again and played. It was so cool that Grammy had baby ducks.

The next day, day 3, my mom calls and said the ducks died-
Really Mom, 3 days and the ducks are dead? What did you do.
We just figured it got too cold for them in the garage.

So for Fathers day-we were going to get my Dad more ducks. We finally found someone in the paper, couldn't get a hold of them in time for the big day. What were we going to do?
So-we got 3 plastic ducks from a game-stuck name tags on them (rock, stephanie, mckayla_the girls named them) and put them in the pond. We called Dad out to see the pond and their on the rocks were his new "Ducks" Pretty funny. We thought that we were very funny.
So-for family night tonight we will be off to go and get the "real" ducks.
Hopefully they will live longer than 3 days.

Ok-so long post
I thought the duck escapade was worth a post. I have pics, but it's too hot and I am too lazy to get up and get the camera.
So-you will have to forgive me for my laziness.
Hope every one's weekend was memorable.!!

Random Acts of Romance

OK-I want to know when the definition of Romance changed?

When I was younger I thought that romance was all lovey dovey, kisses and hugs and perfume. I know that last one sounds kind of strange, but remember those Baby Soft commercials?

They were all about smelling good for "that" guy, and then at the end they would kiss.

I was young, what can I say?

I grew up, Jr high and high school were really nothing too exciting for me. My husband tells me that I intimidated all the boys. Do u think that was a nice was of saying that I was bossy.

Then college arrived and my whole idea of romance changed again. I met my husband and we were head over heals for each other. He would shower me with long stemmed roes that smelled like peaches and I would wash his clothes and cook for him. We couldn't get enough of each other, we would write each other love notes and kiss. Go to movies and kiss. We would hand out and kiss. We even went ice fishing and then we kissed. You get the idea. I am sure that all of you did the same thing. Don't roll your eyes at me!!

Then I got married, had some children and carry on with my life. You know how life gets, school, work, all the extra curricular activities that goes along with family! And then of course there is dinner. I hate dinner time. Mostly because I have to think of something that everyone in my little, picky family will eat. So I cook it and then I have to clean it up.

Not to mention the laundry, the bathrooms and every other room in the house.

You know exactly what I am saying.

I am overworked, underpaid and tired.

Then the romance of married life kicks in.

No, it's not what you think or maybe it is.

Maybe your hubby is romantic like this.

"Honey, can I do the dishes for you. I'll switch the laundry too. The girls will clean their room, and I will make sure that they don't fight.

Why don't you go and lay down and read that book that you got. I will take care of everything else.

REALLY?

I am thinking I can hardly wait until the kids go to bed.

Could my husband be anymore romantic?

So, I was just wondering, when along the way did the whole romance idea change?

Now, don't get me wrong-I appreciate flowers and my hubby brings me treats all the time. I do put on perfume and smelly lotion for him.

Let me tell you, when my hubby offers to do the dishes AND vacuum, well........

So am alone in thinking this? If I am, I don't care, I still think that vacuuming is HOT!

Life LiStS!

So, I was wondering, am I the only woman/mom on the planet who has lists.

Really, a list for everything.

I even have a list for when I get in the shower.

Who does this?

It is totally unconscious.

I have to think what day it is, if it's a hair wash day, shave day or just quick shower day.

I don't normally remember it's just damp hair day until I step under the water and say aaahhhh!

Damn!

Now I have to spend an extra 15 mins on my hair.

So I stand there in the water, thinking of all the shower things I have to do.

Now, I am not doing this in silence like my husband.

No, I am doing this amidst the sounds of children screaming at me

and then screaming at each other. Lovely!

Ok-first I have to wash my hair-since I got it wet

Scrub with very lovely, expensive shampoo.

The children have been warned, touch this shampoo, even look at this shampoo,

and their Hannah Montana shower gel is gone!!!

Rinse.

Now I will condition. While I am conditioning, I am washing my face. (the most important step of the day)

Then I rinse my hair.

Then I scrub my body with the "Tahitian sunrise body wash"

It claims that you will feel just like you are on a tropical oasis.

Yea Right.

Rinse off quickly !

I have now been in the shower for 4 mins and my kids are going to die

RIGHT NOW if I don't get out.

Little do they know they are much safer while I am in the shower, then when I am out.

After the shower I start in on the drying off and dressed list.

Then onto the get pretty list. There are two of these.

Just enough to answer the door, or I have got a date and I want to look hot!

Most of the time, it's just enough to answer to door so I don't scare the ups man.

Then it's next list, the kitchen, family room, vacuum the stairs, do laundry, BATHROOMS list!

So-I get everything done. I want to die!

I still have one more thing on my list. The only thing on my list that I even wanted to do.

Decorate bathroom list.

So-what's a girl to do. You can't go to bed with an item on the list as important as decorating.

If it would have been the bathrooms, I so would have been asleep.

So-I made my hubby help me. He complained the whole time. I was prepared for this, so it didn't really affect me. I got it all done at 11:00.

This was pretty good time. I was happy with the time spent and the results.

Now, I had to go to the bed time list.

I wish sometimes I could be a man.

He doesn't have a list.

He just does what he does, helps the kids get in the shower, yells at them to go to bed and then searches online for stupid stuff.

Then, he goes into his room-takes off his pj's and gets into bed.

I am still doing my bedtime list. It is about the time that I moisturizing my face, that I step out of the bathroom,

still thinking, it would sure be nice to be a man and not care.

Then, he farts!

He laughs, rolls over and goes to sleep.

I go back in the bathroom to wash my hands and put on my yummy lotion.

Never Mind!

the saying on the bathroom mirror.

Look What I Made

I had this wall.

It was bugging me.

I didn't have anything that really fit the space.

So-I improvised!

I collect clocks-all kinds, even kinds that don't work.

I hung them on the wall.

I used my CriCut

This is how it turned out!

I quite like it.

In fact, I think it's safe to say

I love it!!What do you think?

I challenge all of you to do something creative with your house with stuff you already have!

Have fun and then post about it!

Queen of the World

I beleive that us moms have the smartest kids ever!

When it comes to getting out of any type of something that they don't want to do.

IE-Jobs/chores

Bedtime

The whole shower cause you stink thing.

Whatever it is-my kids are so smart. Every excuse, every thing that those little minds can think of, they try. For example; Bribery.

I am sure that I am the one who taught them this art, but I never expceted them to try and turn it around and bribe me.

Mom, I will give you a quarter if you don't make me do it.

Really?

My kids have a lot of money. Not from me mind you, others who are a part of our family and no longer have children living at home.

I am not that rich, or that stupid. I don't yet want to share with the ones who made me poor in the first place.

I was thinking, maybe if I started taking them up on their offers-I could buy something really cool. Maybe I could save the money that my kids give me because they are too lazy to do their own work , and have a t-shirt made that says:

I bought this shirt with the money that I made from my children. Why did my children pay me money? Because I am the smartest mom ever.

Or

My children pay me to be their mom. Jealous?

The ideas are endless. If I wanted to buy something large like a non-carpool driving car. A car with only 5 seatlbelts! :)

I could give them access to their colllege funds and start charging for getting out of certain jobs.

$1.00 for bed making

$2.00 for dishwasher duty

$5.00 for bathroom cleaning

I'll be driving something cool before I know it.

Alas, if I did this, I fear that I would not be teaching them proper principles to function in life.

So, out of guilt, I guess I will stick to the whole responsible, loving parent thing.

Don't think that I wont ever think about this whole idea again though.

Maybe when all 3 of my girls are teenagers and they know everything.

I bet that would be a good time for them to start paying me.

It would be nice, I would be changing the whole child rearing world as we know it. Us parents would know everything again.

How else would I come up with the whole children paying ME concept?

It would probably go over better if we let them (our children) think that it is their idea. Same concept as husbands thinking that all the ideas are his own. :)

Don't try and steel my idea and present it to the world as your own. I want to be the one on Oprah, looking so fine and having her ask me all these questions and then when I answer with some quick, witty answer, her response;

Fascinating!

I have got it all figured out.

Now, if I only I could figure out the whole cooking and laundry thing.

I would be set for life.

SWAP DAY!!!!

I loved when the doorbell rang today and maillady handed me a box, smiled and walked away!

I looked at who it was from and thought;

YES!

So, I got a pkg from Annie today.

Annie was my swap partner.

She has a crazy past couple of weeks, so we didn't mail our pkgs until Thursday!

Oh, let me tell you, it was so worth the wait!

It was like Christmas! Or my Birthday or some other holiday when people give me presents!

So-do you want to see what she gave me?

I know that I want to show you!

So-look at how much I got spoiled! I know, I thought the same thing! She gave me some fun candy and a new favorite-Hershey bar with caramel. Yep-it is the bomb! She made everything! So all of these are Annie originals. Some cute pillows that are turquoise and orange. They match my bedroom super cute. Not 1 but 2 purses. I love them also! A darling apron, a cute little stitch picture, some homemade cards, a necklace and some earrings. (love these also) So-these pics don't do the pkg. justice. The girls are modeling all of the items. Yes, I feel so spoiled rotten and I love it all! Thanks so much ANNIE-I love everything! Such a fun swap, can't wait to do another one!!

Funny!

K-You all know that I have 3 girls. If you don't,

I have 3 girls.

3, 6 and 8

They are all very dramatic.

All of them!

I love them all

very much.

Sometimes, they say very funny things.

Espescially 3.

She always has.

This is the latest funny that has come out of her mouth.

We were sitting at breakfast the other day and 8 was expressing her concern over the possibility of her arm being broken.

Mom-what am I going to do if it's broken?

I said-We will cross that bridge when we get there.

3 dropped her spoon and got a very serious look on her face.

Mom-if there isn't a bridge-

I will fall in!!!

Ok-really-I know that one was a giggler!

Next on the list;

the girls has just got done with the whole tub/gotta get clean thing.

All the girls came down and complained that they had to wash their hair.

Why do we have to wash our hair everyday?

I said-

You have to say Hi to gene everyday-and so does your hair. (hygeine)

3 looked at me and said-

Mom, is gene your friend?

and how does she know that I have dirty hair?

That one was a funny one too!

Love blogging-then I can remember the funny things that they say and do.

So basically, blogging makes me a better mom. At least that is what I tell myself when I am on the computer for three hours, talking to all of you!

HOpe that 3 made you giggle.

What's Happenin Wednesday

So-I am starting a new Wednesday thing. As you can see, it's called
What's Happenin Wednesday!
I figure, most families have had a little bit of drama by Wednesday, so this is the perfect day to see whats happening with everyone.

We have had a lot of drama at our house this week.
Lets start with Monday.
Monday was the last nice day before the crappy days started, so all the kids were outside! Yeah!!
Then I heard the screams!
MOMMY!
8's wrist looked all wonky and her hand was bloody. She tripped over the curb while she was playing. Lovely!
So, off to urgent care we go. We got x-rays and the Dr. says it's fine. I asked for some kind of splint and sling, just because she was in so much pain.
So-we splinted, wrapped and got a sling-not that the Dr was competent enough to give it to her without her mother asking for it, but whatever.
So luckily it's not broken (we are 80% sure of this) so the splint can start to come off at nights and hopeful in the next 7 days, it can completely come off. Yea!
That means we can still swim, and take swimming lessons and plat softball and ride a bike and all the fun things that kids do in the summer.
So, that was Monday's Drama.


No more drama, just decorating. Re-decorating anyway.
Like I said in the previous post, I am kind of a freak in the whole re-decorating dept.
So, I got this bug up my butt and decided to change the family room.
Now, when one doesn't feel 100%, she really shouldn't move furniture around.
I don't listen to reason.
If I did, I would have normal hair. :)

So-these are some of the pics from my family room after I moved all the furniture around and then felt like I was going to pass out so I had to call my Mom to finish.
Tell me what you think?

Coolest thing ever!

Ok girls-this is really an awesome thing.
You all must go and check it out and follow the directions.
Then when you win,you can all say thanks to me and send me some chocolate as a thank you gift!
Yes-It is that Awesome!
So what are you waiting for?
Go Here
Go GO!
NOW!

How does your garden grow?

So-yesterday was one of those

"I feel like crap and my kids are gone so I am going to sleep till 2 days."

Really, that is what I did. I slept till 2p.m.

2 in the afternoon-I have never done that before.

Well, not unless I had surgery the day before.

My wonderful Mother-in-law took my kids.

I have had a bad week with this whole pain thing. So-my in-laws took my beautiful, loud, ask lots of questions, MOMMMM she hit me, kids.

So-I slept.

It was wondrful!

I feel pretty good today.

Better than I have felt in a while.

So-I think that it is safe to say-the bad spell is over and Mom is back!

I needed a pick me up. So, what's a girl to do?

My house is already clean, my kids aren't here to mess it up.

My hubby was mowing the lawn and adding bark to the appropriate places.

He was beautifying our yard, so I thought that I would help.

So, I redid my porch.

I know, I am freak. Why would I re-do something that is already done.

If you are asking this question, you don't know me.

So,let me introduce myself:

Hi, I'm Tausha, I love to change, redo, do over anything and everything, espescially if there is nothing wrong with it. This includes furniture, flowers in pots, pictures on the wall, etc..

So I chose to "Fix" my porch.

It was ok-I had a old ladder by my front door and on the steps, there were pots, hanging flowers and frogs. It was cute. The ladder was a little wobbly, so if a child that wasn't mine, happened to walk by and touch it, just becasue they had not been threatned to not touch it, a pot would fall over, spill dirt all over and I would have to fix it.

So, I changed, I tried the red chair, didn't like it.

I tried withought the chair, didn't like it.

I needed something tall-so I searched the shed. I found a tall flower pick that needed some TLC.

So-I took it in, I re-painted it, sanded it, stuck it in a bucket and

Voila

This is what I got.

What do you think?

Does anyone else decorate their porch?

I love too, for every season. I think it's sets a tone for the rest of my house.

I look at like Lipstick for your house.

The finishing touch.

What do you think?

Sorry-the pics were taken at night-so they are not as bright as they should be, but you get the picture. Right?