Nursery

Here is the before picture of plain ole' white room and now after a little bit of paint and some furniture. The little chair is holding the glider's place in the room. Pictures need to be hung, the crib and changing table need to be purchased and curtains need to be made, but here's a little idea.

Waiting for Heaven on Earth

You know how some genius decided to start selling Egg Nog in October? I love that person. Well, I am wondering if they could get on the stick with Little Debbie, to get these puppies out in the store, in say, March? "I need, I need." I am tempted everyday to make an extra special trip to the store just to check. The only problem with that idea is that I'd leave the store with $30 of replacement treats and that could get expensive.
If you have never tried these before, do yourself a favor and find some this fall. Yum, yum. And trust me when I say, buy two boxes.

A Good Man

Tonight after dinner, I say to John "Man I wish we had some candy bars in the house. Crispy Crunchy."
What does he say?
"Want me to go get you one?"

Yep, yep, yep! That's a good man. He went, bought and returned with two KING sized Crispy, Crunchies and two king sized Almond Joys.

It's a great day!

Joan's visit

Last Friday: Pick up mom at airport. Genuinely surprised that she does not have an extra empty suitcase for all the treasures she will acquire on trip. Northwest's new $15 per checked bag is really going to encourage packing lighter. Not really lighter, just think thinner clothes. Take her back to our house after she decides not to have me drop her off at a local square dance.
Last Saturday: Went to a tag sale (yard sale), dog park and somewhere else with mom.

Last Sunday: Took mom to church to meet/re-meet some of my friends. We actually met a woman investigator that was 1 of 33 children!!! Her name was Mia. Her triplet sisters were Tia and Lia. I'm not kidding here. Came home and took a nap and slept too long to make it out of town for a yodeling competition. Seriously? A yodeling competition. I would have given anyting. Apparently not anything cause I slept. Watched mom wash dishes. Felt a little quilty.

Monday: Had a public incident which resulted in not seeing my husband for the remainder of her visit. Watched mom stain our deck.
Tuesday: Um...can't remember. After 9 days, everything turns into a blur.
Wednesday: Worked on Family History. Watched mom paint the mailbox.
Thursday: Drove to Chicago Temple in torrential rain, did family temple work and drove home in the torrential rain.
Friday: Watched mom paint the mudroom.
Saturday: Went to the town art show with mom.
Sunday: Went to church with mom. Released the butterfly that she brought with her as a crysalis into the wild (or the chrysanthemum plant in the back yard).

Probably my favorite memory of the week:
My mom and I were sitting on the floor with the dogs. Max is a huge Joan fan and is sad that she is gone. She was petting him and playing around with him and his tail wouldn't stop wagging. Then she said to me 'I wonder what he'd do if I started walking around on my hands and knees with him?' Somehow I knew the answer to this, you see we go to the dog park several times a week. So after a moment of trying to give her kisses on her face, he decided it was time for formal introductions and proceeded to go and sniff her butt. I was collapsed on the floor laughing. If I had been a)a quick thinker and b)a better daughter, I would have instantly responded that that was a bad idea. But there you have it.

Just a few worries

Here I sit for the second night in a row that John has decided that it is a perfect night to take Yoshi for a walk. Unlike Max, Yoshi loves leash walking and will only walk as fast as you want him to. Now, don't get me wrong, I love that they have their little man time, but at 12:20am?? He just called up to me and said he was on his way out. I will not cry tonight. Last night I was not so strong. Why should I cry?
Because I'm a ninny! Last night I was laying in bed and as soon as the door was closed, I was thinking about all the crazy drivers that are not typically using our neighborhood as a racetrack, but tonight they might change their minds. What would I do if something happened to him?
You know what the weirdest part is? I start worrying about dumb things like how I will put the dirt bike back together in order to get rid of. Yeah, I know. I'm crazy!! I also worried that I would be so depressed that I couldn't get out of bed and someone would kindly come over to help and see my piles of laundry everywhere.
So, tonight I will say a little prayer and stop worrying and maybe tomorrow I will fold and put away laundry, just in case of an emergency.

How Could I Not Share

What kind of friend am I? I was going through some photos from my last CA trip and realized I had not shared the very best of the best. So here goes. Just hold on to your seats, we are taking a trip back to the 80's ladies. I mean, does it get any better?
I think this was when we were in Pasadena??? and we were leaving to walk to our car and spotted this totally 80's store. We kept walking around laughing like idiots while these 19 year old clerks tried to figure out what was going on. They don't know that we think they are a little ridiculous. We finally got the stink eye for taking pictures.
So girls, favorite 80's fashion?

22 Weeks

My friend Ali and I at lunch. She is the guidance counselor at the school where I used to teach.

Just wanted to give a quick update on my condition.
Joan is in town and she is staying busy and making me feel lazy. She sanded and painted the mailbox, stained the deck, is now working on cleaning and painting our landing/mud room area in the garage while I type away on the computer.
I kind of like this whole 'stay away from fumes' thing, but hate the accompanying guilt.
News of my own: I canned my first ever batch of tomatoes today! Hoorah for me and our food storage!