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Lock me away! I am officially a danger to my house, husband or bank account! Perhaps all three of those things would be a more accurate assessment! I am still deep in the throws of the preparation work on my concrete floor and can't stop myself from seeing all of the other things that I need to change in there "while I'm at it!" I am so invigorated by the ideas and the research that I can't stop thinking about it. I stand and just stare at the cabinets - sometimes for more than 30 minutes at a time - wondering what paint color or faux finish would look better than the ugly white they are now....and if I do that, well wouldn't it be great timing to go ahead and add handles and knobs to the doors and cabinets on it too. Of course, since I'm going to be adding handles and knobs to my newly painted cabinets, and those will certainly not be brass - I guess I need to go ahead and change door handles on the other doors in the room as well. Then there is t...

Shayna's friends Erica and Morgan came over after school today to make a cookie cake. YUM! They made the cake while I ran a few errands and then I came back with icing and gel to write on the cake *well that's what was SUPPOSED to be done with it anyway haha). By the time I was on my way home, they called to ask if a few boys could come over and join them to eat the cookie cake. I arrived home, and two minutes later four boys show up on our doorstep. All I can say is I LOVE all these kids! The girls were so much fun and the boys were - well - boys....and fabulous, respectful, hilarious boys at that! The girls played a HILARIOUS joke (okay - maybe only to me cause I'm a sicko) on the boys before they got here. They grabbed a tampon and put ketchup all over it and laid it out on the front porch. A few of them didn't notice - one for sure did but tried REALLY HARD NOT TO LOOK! Suddenly the girls were DYING laughing and the boys were red faced but laughing as well! I w...

When talking to other mothers over the years, you always hear stories - stories that make you say "WOW!" I can't believe what that poor mom had to deal with! Thank goodness my sweet baby will NEVER do anything like that...I would just DIE! Well, to my dear sweet friend Diana W. - let me EAT MY WORDS! I always believed when I heard the stories of Maci's poo poo crib escapades that nothing of the sort would EVER happen to me! No way, not in a million years! Ummm...nnyeah! So here is my story - may you read it and laugh - knowing that I giggled and snickered at you even while sympathizing with what you were going through. Last night we were out nice and late - something we pretty much never do. I was up till 2:30ish this morning winding down after a fun evening with friends. Finally, I fall fast asleep hoping against all hope that Addison would sleep in till around 8 so I could get a decent amount of rest. At 6:30am on the nose I begin hearing noise over the m...

My bathroom is going to be a slooooowww process I have a feeling. I am so full of ideas - so full of "what if I do this?" or "what if I try that?" that I am almost immobilized at the moment. I have made some progress though! All of the carpet, linoleum and wood tacking has been pulled up and the room has been swept several times now. I even had to pull off the side of my jacuzzi tub in order to get some of the carpet and taking up. But I did it...and I did it ALL BY MYSELF! It is time to enlist my husbands strong and "hopefully" willing arms now though. I need all of the baseboards to come up and out of the room(s). I am also still toying with the idea of yanking the carpet out of the closets too. That one is a tough decision though. If I don't do it now, it's kind of a forever hold your peace sorta deal - but I also kind of like the idea of walking into my carpeted closet with just a nice wood threshold between the bathroom and that room....

It is sooo wrong - I know it...logic tells me that being in love with a "thing" is wrong!!! Wrong, wrong, dirty and wrong! ;) But I have to say it.. I AM IN LOVE WITH........ MY NEW TREADMILL! I have had cheap gym memberships (YMCA, Rec Center, Natatorium) and I have had expensive gym memberships (Lifetime - visits to Cooper, etc). But NEVER have I used a treadmill that is so amazing as the one I just got Wednesday night. It is not only PRETTY (seriously, I never thought a treadmill could be pretty, but this one IS) but it folds up with ease for space saving, has a reflex deck which means that it has some give when walking and running on it so my knees and back don't just want to make me cry after using it. It even has fans built in to the electronic board that have aromatherapy drops to give you a nice smell good "invigorating" work out while keeping you nice and cool! haha! I have never been one to like working out, I avoid it at all costs in fact - but...

It was just one of those days. A no good , very bad day for our sweet little toddler. I think she was just overly tired and still not up to par from the weekend of fever and the ear infection that we are treating. Meanwhile I have been running her all over town for play dates and fun stuff as if she is as healthy as a horse. Poor baby. It culminated in a total and complete meltdown before 3pm had even hit yesterday. By 5:45 she was in bed asleep and stayed completely sound asleep until almost 7 this morning - and then back down by 9:30 where she is still napping now. I'd say she is one very tired baby! We did go to Pump it Up Jr again yesterday - this time with my friend Retchna and her her son Praveer. It wasn't near as much fun this time - probably because Addison was sooooo tired. But we still had a great time and a super lunch at Chic-Fil-A afterwards. Always a hit. :) Here are a few pics from some of the better moments of the morning. :)

We had a great day yesterday at the Arboretum with Ashley, Grayson and Presley. The weather was gorgeous and the flowers were amazing! We enjoyed a picnic lunch and some fun running in the grass and playing in the sun! We love days like this! I love that Addison is getting old enough to do all of these fun activities and not just sit at home all day staring at each other. :)