My {soon to be} new purse/tote

Chad's cousin makes these awesome totes! And I saw one on there that I LOVE, so she is making it for me with a few alterations to the one listed.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5578312

I love this

Orin climbed up on Morgan's lap yesterday morning when he woke up and he didn't want to stop hugging her.


He loves her so much and is gonna LOVE sharing a room with her in a couple of weeks.

Almost Mother's day

It's 6 days away. So I decided to make yet another slide show.
This one is 95% of the pics that I have on the computer of my mom.
And I LOVE this version of this song. SO it's perfect!

My hair is...

...no longer brown!
And I LOVE it! I've never had this color before.
I think it rocks with my skin tone!

The day's getting better already

I don't feel as bad as I did this morning, so when Chad got home from work, Morgan & I went out to find yardsales after all. We only took out $15 so we wouldn't go overboard.
We went to 5 sales, then at the 6th sale, on the way back to the car, I found $40 laying there by my car. It wasn't mine, and there was nobody else near, so I kept it. I couldn't exactly yell, "Did anyone lose $40?" because they would've all piped up.
So, finder's keepers!
AND, we didn't even spend all of the $15 that we started with either.

Now, if I can just win the powerball tonight, I'll be set!

Morgan's school play

Morgan's kindergarten play was on Thursday.
The pictures didn't turn out great, but another mom is gonna burn me a copy of the video that she recorded.
Here's another slide (I'm loving the slides!) of the pics that I DID get.

Mmmmmm....smells so good!

I love the smell of banana bread baking.
I decided to use up the last 5 bananas (should've been 6 but Chad gave one to Orin last night...grrrr.)
Here's the recipe that I use all the time.

Banana Bread

1/2 C. butter/margarine (I use margarine)
3/4 C. sugar
3 bananas, mashed (=1 1/2 C.)
2 beaten eggs
1 1/2 C. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt

Cream butter and sugar; add bananas, eggs, & dry ingredients sifted together. Mix enough to moisten flour. Pour into ungreased bread pan and bake for 60 min. at 300ºF.
OR, pour into muffin tins and bake for 30 min. at 300ºF.

I actually think they taste better when cooked as muffins. And they don't stick to the pan.

Day isn't starting off too great

So, we had a big day planned.
We were gonna go yardsaleing, and then to the Old MacDonald's petting zoo at the fair. Then we've got Morgan's carnival this evening from 4-7.

But, I woke up, and my throat is raw. It hurts to swallow. It hurts to breath. It hurts to talk. And when I just sit here and don't do anything but breath, my ears hurt too. (ugh)

So, I've decided that I'm not doing the yardsales or the petting zoo. I'm gonna rest and feel better so that I can be able to take Morgan to her carnival tonight.

6 word memoirs

Challenge to all my friends. I borrowed this from a friend's blog.
Watch this:

Six-Word Memoir book preview from SMITHmag on Vimeo.

watch it. then think for a bit and leave me a comment. what would your 6 word memoir be?

I've thought of one for me: Living the life I've always dreamed.

great day to play outside

Check out my slide show in the right hand column.
I tried to add it to this post, but it won't let me. Aaarrrggg!

Anyway, Orin and I spent about an hour outside " esplorin' ", as he called it.

{update: I finally got it to work here!}

car seats

Can I just say, that it really peeves me off to see that parents don't put their children in safety seats, and sometimes not even seatbelts period?
It does. It makes my blood boil. I can't tell you HOW many phone calls I've made to the police to report that I witnessed a parent driving with their infant on their lap, or their two year old bouncing around in the back seat, not strapped down, let alone not in a car seat/booster seat.
It's not just a law people...it's your child's precious life!
Okay, so you're a perfect driver? What about the drunk guy who is coming at you head on? Do you think that if he hits you that your child is gonna walk away from that?

There's a reason for the laws people. They're not there to be bossy or dominating. They're there for your safety!

Missouri car seat safety laws require children under age four and under 40 pounds to ride in a federally approved child car seat that is appropriate for the child's age and size. Children ages 4 through 7 who weigh more than 40 pounds but less than 80 pounds or are not at least 4'9" tall must ride in an appropriate child car seat or booster seat. Children ages 8 to 18 must wear a seat belt. Missouri law also prohibits children under age 18 from riding in an unenclosed truck bed.

It's gonna be a great day!

The sun is shining and it is 63º already!
It's gonna be 79º at some point today.
I got the day off and we're going to Morgan's kindergarten play this evening. She's gonna be "billy goat #2".
But right now, I'm heading out the door because dad wants to treat Orin and I to some breakfast! Yeah! Free food!

Stimulus payment

Still waiting on mine.
Thought it was gonna be here yesterday, but it didn't come.
Then it still didn't come today.
I REALLY hope it comes tomorrow. That would be GREAT!

Blast from the past

#1: Me and Jody--1997
#2: Me and my cousin Jennifer--1979
(I'm on the left)
#3: This is one of my fav. photos.
Christmas 1980

The boys

It's Tuesday, so Hunter is here visiting. He comes every tuesday and thursday.

He and Orin have so much fun together. Hunter was surprised and excited to see that the gate was down.

Getting ready for a huge yard sale

And I don't even have to be there!

I'm purging my house. There's a city-wide yard sale in salem on Saturday.
My sister-in-law and mother-in-law are gonna be there setting up a yard sale, and they will be marking all of my belongings with Morgan's initials and she will get all of the money for when she goes on vacation with her grandma this summer.

Orin's sleeping right now, so now would be a good time to go through Morgan's stuff in her room and get it ready to go on Saturday.
I already got a lot of stuff out of my own bedroom. There's an entire garbage bag FILLED with clothes.

This is the easiest yard sale I've EVER participated in!

No more baby gate!

Well, we did it.
We took down the baby gate. It was time.
Orin is so much happier being able to run back and forth from kitchen to living room.

We woke up this morning and it was only 35º. Brrrrr, it's cold. Orin wanted his hat.
He's still wearing it while he eats breakfast. :)

Oh, and YES, he does wear that shirt a lot. It's his "sweater", as he calls it.

Rain, rain....go AWAY!

Seriously...how much friggin' rain can we possibly NEED?
Oh no! It hasn't rained in 3 days, we need to make up for it! Let's send down enough to flood 'em out again.... Yeah, sounds good, right?

WRONG!

I can't see to drive when it's raining that hard. I had to pull off the side of the road with my flashers on four times because I couldn't see ANYTHING.

Well, at least that gives me enough time to break into the shed and rescue the lawn mower. Since I've lost the key to the lock.

The kids

My gorgeous children.
Morgan is six and sassy.
Orin is two (and sometimes terrible!)