a thank you for anilu

but first, catching up on pods

feb 21st - artistic

kimber can show her artistic side when she has a sharpie in her hand. that's my kitchen wall!!! grrrr

feb 22nd - person

just some random person walking and talking on his cell

feb 23rd - arch

love the arches in my house!

i skipped yesterday. it was smile. i was in no mood to smile so i didn't even bother

but today's is a thank you to anilu for probably whats going to become another addiction! here is your box of chocolates....

feb 25th - none

oops, sorry i ate them all ;)

but i did think of you today when i saw this...

blah blah blah

yep that's it

new basb's challenge

i am hosting challenge #7 over at BASB. come on over and check it out!

happy valentine's day!

my husband has planned a quit, romantic, peaceful (no children) night in ft. worth for us tomorrow. so today i tried to get the house cleaned because his mom is coming to stay with the kids. well, by noon i was feeling like crap! yep, i'm sick again!

about 45 minutes ago he ran to walgreen's to get me some cold medicine so i could sleep tonight and he came back with this...

i love him!

thanks babe!

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here is my project for syc.

i will post the new basb challenge when i get back on sunday!

pink

today's prompt was pink.

i made 9 of these giant hersey bars for the girls to give to teachers. this one was for miranda's "big sis" on her dance team. the others did not turn out as cute. got tired :(

dang it!

i just saw this over at pinky's.

my kids already did their valentines. but i want to make these!!!! so maybe i will go buy some candy and make them for "special valentines" yep that's what i'm gonna do. thanks pinky! (now i will be up even later) ;)

create?

how can i create anything in this mess? i got a lot of valentine stuff to do and can't find my mojo. maybe if i clean up it will come to me.

POD

today's prompt was "landscape". i'm pretty sure this is where lg got her poison ivy.

home with poison ivy

lg stayed home from school today. the nurse said she was ok to go to school but i kept her home. poor thing is itchy like crazy. she was outside with her neighborhood friends saturday. they love to go to the empty lots around here and build forts. so i'm guessing that is where she ran into the poison ivy.

she is working on her valentines for her party on friday. she had to make a box to put her goodies in.

i wish her hair would stay back in a pony tail. she looks so pretty with it back. but it doesn't last five minutes because it is so think. anywho, this is my pod. the prompt from basb was 'state'. but i couldn't resist sweet lg!

our weekend was a bust. we had two b-day parties to go to but kimber was up throwing up at 2:30 am friday so we had to cancel our plans. one was a surprise party for one of miranda's friend she grew up with in greenville. and kimber had one on sunday for her best friend. poor kimber...all she could say while throwing up was "why does this have to happen to me?" "i don't like this" "can i still go to sadie's party?"

and now poison ivy! oh the joy!

test test

OHHHHHHH

THANK YOU KAREN!!!!

I LOVE MY NEW BLOG LOOK!!!!

YOUR THE BEST!!!!

to many?

it's karen's fault! ;)

40 bucks worth of thickers...can that be justified?

"come on owen"

here ya go karen

do i need to contact the authorities? is this legal?

gotta write this down

before i forget...

just another funny thing kimber said. while we were eating dinner tonight, miranda was telling us about a boy who always tells 'your momma' jokes at school. no i don't encourage those jokes, especially in front of her sisters. i didn't even know they still told those anymore. but i remember telling plenty as a kid. anywho, here is a tid bit of our convo:

miranda: your momma is so fat blah blah blah (don't remember it all, so i don't want to mess it up)

kimber: i think your skinny mom

lg: if anyone calls you fat i'll punch them in the face

kimber: yeah i'll hit them in their privates

i tried hard not to laugh but the way she said it...like she meant it. i had to walk to the laundry room to control my laughter.

just wanted to jot this down so i wouldn't forget

kids home again

yesterday the roads where fine. and the kids stayed home from school. last night they said school would started a 10:00 today. well i looked out my door and saw this...

the roads are completely iced over. i just checked the news and they have decided to close school again. so kids are home. hopefully it will start to melt by noon because we have hardly any food in the house! wednesday is my usual shopping day so for today, granola bars it is! (for breakfast, snack etc..)

tagged

by karen...the task is to choose the 6th folder from wherever you store your photos on your computer. then choose the 6th pic and tell a story about it.

i had to drive this little red car after a nasty car wreck. i remember it so well because my girls were in the back seat and asked me how to put the windows down...the windows had handles. heehee

we are so spoiled! now i tag gina, anilu, judi, jenn, anne and mandee

quickie

not that kind of quickie! my hubby thought the same thing. ha! sorry, no luck babe!

anywho, just a quick post about the past week...

took lg to neurologist. i feel a lot better talking to the doctor. he was wonderful and answered all my questions. she started meds on saturday. i will have to call the doctor though. she is like a zombie. this is her in the waiting area

miranda got her nikeid's in the mail that she designed herself and spent all her christmas money on. (notice the bangs. teehee)

ken went to the doc thursday and found out he had strep. joy! it has been fun following him around with the lysol can and lysol wipes. seriously! i don't need that crap. he was confined to the bedroom unless the girls were in bed. and i clean everything he touched or even thought about breathing on. so far so good. no one else has gotten sick.

kimber, well kimber is kimber. no major events this week. just the usual everyday battles.

finally finished up the yearbook (three days late). oh well. next deadline is due in march so i'm taking a break.

took miranda and three of her friends to the movies friday night. saw bride wars. it was pretty good. a bit much for her age but i guess i have to let her grow up some. i had to stay back like i wasn't 'with' them. that was fine by me until i saw those 'boys'! i tell ya, i wanted to slap a couple of them in the head! it shocked me a bit to actually see them gawking at my child. staring at her butt, not just looking, staring!!! oh geezzzzzzz! glad dad didn't take her.

went to karen's little man owen's birthday sunday. i can't believe he is two! i remember karen's shower like it was last week. we had it here and my biggest memory was kimber knocking over a candle (a red one) five minutes before everyone was suppose to be here! the wax is still in my carpet.

karen got me hooked on facebook today. another addiction, just what i needed!

UGH!!!

i can't upload any photos to the basb's mb so i'm putting my pod for the last few days up here. (i'm a little cranky today)

jan 22nd - hands

this is miranda's hand with mine. she has grown up so fast! that hand use to fit in the palm of mine! ewww and look at all my wrinkles! my hands use to be as smooth and soft as hers :(

jan 23rd - sweet

i was going to take a pic of some hersey kisses, but denise beat me to it. so i snapped a pic of the girls sneaking some of my favorite chocolate thin mint cookies.

jan 24th - water

here is my shower head. i love this thing! i installed it myself without husband's help. he wouldn't know what to do anyways ;)

jan 25th - crooked

this is my kitchen window. you can barely tell but my blinds are crooked. it drives me crazy i tell ya!

long weekend

the kids are out today for mlk. so it's been a long weekend. we really didn't do much. ken took me out to dinner saturday while miranda did the babysitting. oh the joy of having a teenager! had to much to drink at dinner and was feeling the after affects sunday.
after lunch i took the girls to get hair cuts. the younger ones needed it pretty bad but miranda didn't. so i told her if she wanted one she could use her own money. let me just say it is all drama when she gets a hair cut. it is never what she wants. so our rule is if she gets it cut there is no complaining. i don't want to hear it! well she decided to get just a trim and cut her bangs. i knew going in she would not like how her bangs would turn out. but you know as a mother, they never listen to ya. when we got in the car i could tell she didn't like it. i told her to say something now because once we leave the parking lot there is nothing i could do. she said it was fine. ok. later she leaves to go to spend the night with a friend. and as soon as she left a thought popped in my head 'she is going to cut her bangs' and i thought of calling her and telling her not to touch them but for some reason i decided not to. she texts me later in the night a told me what she did. yep she cut them! we as adults have all done this and know hair grows back. well in the eyes of a 13 year old it is the end of the world. 'everyone is going to make fun of me' she said. i told her she made the decision to cut them so she has to live with it. they really don't look as bad as she made it sound. yeah they are a little choppy but nothing to dramatic.

on to more exciting news...BASB has it's new challenge by ki. you can only use 'ONE' piece of pp. no card stock. nada. go on over and check it out. there's a nice rak too! here is my layout...

and the word prompt for today's potd is 'DREAM'. you can go to the mb and see all the prompts for this week. i've have done 18 straight days so far. i know that is not a lot but for me it is. i must say i'm very impressed with myself. i don't always use the prompts but they help a bunch! so thanks denise!

EDIT: those sunglasses k is wearing...the dog ate them today. along with a pair of gap jeans, underwear and a couple of socks!

i thought since one of the basb gals pointed out that it was national popcorn day, my potd...

those are not bruises on kimber's arm. these two have been grounded to their rooms most of the day for beating the crap out of each other with their shoes and throwing the remote at each other. kimber got into her sister's stamps and decided to decorate herself. how she got into her sister's stamps while she was ground to her room, you ask. ????? your guess is as good as mine!

trip to michael's

well today was a good day!

started off at the gym. in the past two months i've lost 2.25 inches and almost 4 pounds. slowly but surely getting there. the weight would probably come off faster if i stay away from i hop. but this morning my good friend sheree asked karen and i to meet her for breakfast. how could i resist girl time!? anywho, we ended up at michael's. here is my photo of the day...

i also bought a couple of punches, ribbon and some christmas clearance stuff. the nice lady at the register gave me a coupon towards one of my punches but i still spent way to much money! i started to have buyers remorse but then i thought about it and decided nahhh ;) besides my kit from sc, i haven't bought anything scrappy in months so what the heck.

then i went to walmart to do my grocery shopping and was under my budgeted amount. yeah! had a good conversation with lg's teacher. she failed her six weeks math test. ouch! but her teacher put my mind at ease. we worked out a plan to help her. and while waiting for the girls to get out of school i got to read some of my new book. gotta love that stephanie plum! although i prefer ranger, diesel is back! don't know if ranger will show up. (fingers crossed) morelli has showed up a couple of times but not a lot.

didn't follow today's prompt for basb's pod, it was "tangled". i keep my eye open all day for a good pic. nothing popped out at me. tomorrow should be easier though, it is "brown".

FYI - tomorrow the winner of challenge #4 should be announced and challenge #5 will be posted too.