So, apparently, when life gets exciting blogging lags.  At least it has for me!

So, here are the goals I made almost a month ago:

1) Finish the donation cross for the paralyzed firefighter's raffle **
2) Finish the 5th Joyful Mystery coloring page **
3) Take down the Christmas decorations
4) Print out copies of the kids Santa pic for this (ahem last) year
5) Send out Christmas cards

1) is ALMOST done!  it's gonna look awesome.  This rookie firefighter was paralyzed in a car wreck right before Christmas, he works with my cousin.  Once I get the framed cross finished I'll post picture of it. 

2) DONE!  This is a project I started some months ago for my kids.  I printed out coloring pages for each of the mysteries of the Rosary to put in a binder so that they can have a better understanding of what we're talking about as we pray.  The "kids coloring pages" turned out to be so detailed and complex it took me FOREVER to finish!!!

3) DONE!

4) DONE!  well sorta.  After several attempts and a trip back to Santa I ended up without any pictures.  Somehow my stick got corrupted or something.  So I printed out this fun picture from Christmas Day instead!  (see header photo)

5) DONE!  yeah, they went out a month late.....but dangit they went out!!!

whew.  So for now, I'm trying to get some Made by Mightymom items finished and posted that would be appropriate for  baptisms and First Communion like this sweet little white rosary with iridescent bead accents and a pretty pink crucifix!

Have a great day folks!

Prepare Yourself

My bloging hiatus is about to end!!!

Last night was the LAST of my Tuesday night women's meetings at church. while they were wonderful I am ready to be done with the weekly commitment. However, I've made friendships that I know will last a lifetime.

Tonight, after my boss tried to sideswipe me, is my last night at the hospital. It's been real, but not at all fun. And I'm glad to put this particular job in my rearview mirror! Again I leave here with many good friends.

So, I'm off on a brand new adventure!
It's exciting and fun, but I am a dedicated creature of habit. It will take me some time to create new habits and get my routine down.

For now, I'll leave you with a movie quote, who can name that movie??

"Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it's what's in the middle that counts. So, when you find yourself at the beginning, just give hope a chance to float up. And it will!"

Thank God for Routine!

Oh and Happy St. Valentine's Day!


We have finally gotten back to normal around here!




Whoever can guess what Sonshine is in this picture gets a Silly Goose award!

catchup via facebook....

--I saw a large flock of Canadian Geese sitting in a cow pasture on the way home from church this morning. Valentines Day is almost over. The highs all week are 65-75. GOODBYE WINTER!! Bring on the Spring!

--Praise Jesus the Vday boxes and cards are done!! I am now locked in my room with the cats and 2 boxes of chocolates my hubby gave me for Vday!!!!!!

--Sister has a fish bath toy she carries around everywhere. I was getting her ready for bath this AM. Asked hubby to "bring me baby wipes and the fish". He hands me the baby wipes and a box of frozen Tilapia!!!!!!

--Watched the school bus and the garbage truck fight out who was gonna make it down my NARROW street first while I did the happy dance that after 2 weeks they BOTH found my house!!!
-Now if the mailman could just find me again all'd be well. There He Is!!
-Even Pizza Hut found my house today!!! Hooray! We're back in business!!


catchup on goals....
Haha! these were written Jan 22!!!!

For next week (ish?)

1) Piece top for my sister's quilt This I got done. Then as I was getting ready to layer and baste it I realized that EVERY SINGLE SAFETY PIN I OWN is in my huge Mommie Quilt!! As I was iced in at the time so getting more pins was out of the question I did the next best thing! I started quilting my Mommie quilt to pull out enough pins for my sister's quilt!

2) put away all ribbon etc and generally straighten up my sewing corner eh, why rush?

3) continue rearranging and decluttering my "stuff and pretties" so that my living room is a bit more livable. The top of the entertainment center with my cacti is part of this ongoing process. I'll show you more as I go. huh? WHAT was I thinking????

4) relax more, enjoy more, sleep more, exercise more.
well... 3 out of 4 ain't bad right?....of course it was kinda forced on me by the ice storm!

I have made good headway on my Mommie Quilt and am really enjoying quilting it...

Which led to this facebook post:

Is thinking I want to quilt this gigantic blanket! But I'm tired. But I want to quilt. But I'm tired. See I've got it spread out over my lap and ready to quilt. But I'm tired. Here's the thread and it'll be warm and lovely to work on. But I'm tired. Where's the needle....ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz

My grandmother used to say "that's the kind of project you'll take many naps under before it's done"!!!!!! Yes, I really was asleep under the quilt in progress when my hubby came home. :-))

And today is the first day in TWO WEEKS that all 3 kids are back at school!!
Hallelujah!!!

Don't forget to leave a guess on the picture in the comments! I'll try to make it around to catch up with all of YOU over the course of this week.
Enjoy your day and remember to hug the ones you love on this beautiful, WARM (high of 68 Praise the Lord) and SUNNY St. Valentine's Day!!

Goals!!!

So waaay back on the 6th I made some goals.....Here's my 2 week (uh, plus) update.





1) run errands - done! my errands included buying new pots for my new cactcusssses, mailing all my Christmas gifts, emptying out my life savings to pay the orthodontist, and finally buying some more contacts, 1st down!, ball on the 40!





2) go to the GYM! - done, well, I went last week. Last night, when I was finally feeling up to it, I decided that 25 degrees was just too cold to get out to the gym!! 1st down! ball on the 30!





3) repot my 2 new Christmas Cacti - but I may wait till they stop blooming to do that. - This is done, after a fashion. I actually just put the whole potted thing inside the new pots. I'll wait a bit longer to actually repot them since they're still THINKING about blooming. I kinda overwatered them and I don't think they get enough sun up there so the blooms aren't opening up much.

But I do love my new pots and the look of them above the TV! Isn't it great that the dark blue in the pots matches my wall perfectly?? Those little cacti plus two other little ones I got for $1.25 a piece will go into the pots with the big un's once I repot everything.

The big ones are fuscia and the little ones white so that should look really nice when they bloom again! 1st down! ball on the 20!

4) make 2 baby blankets for my friends that are due in April - done! one of the two has been delivered, the other will be sometime this week! they both look just like the flowers one in this post if you wanna see em. 1st down! ball on the 10!

5) get started on my sister's housewarming quilt. - not done yet, but ready to get started!

6) begin quilting my Mommie Quilt. - not yet.....

other things that made it onto my list in the last 2 weeks and got done:

*make gumbo with the LAST of my Lafayette sausage from my trip last July!

*mend the comforter that my mom made for Sonshine's birthday--it didn't fare well in the washer

*fix the pictures in the dining area....I took out last year's school pictures and put this year's in their places, then took several of my old pictures of the kids and replaced all hubby's Navy certificates with hooligan photos!

here's the best "before" pic I could find since I forgot to take one.

and the after shot:
I'm soo happy that I finally did this!!

So I'm claiming a TOUCH DOWN for this goal post!!

For next week (ish?)

1) Piece top for my sister's quilt

2) put away all ribbon etc and generally straighten up my sewing corner

3) continue rearranging and decluttering my "stuff and pretties" so that my living room is a bit more livable. The top of the entertainment center with my cacti is part of this ongoing process. I'll show you more as I go.

4) relax more, enjoy more, sleep more, exercise more.

and how about you? what are your upcoming goals??

Goals!

yes, we're polishing our hard hat!

So, now that I'm done working for a few days it's time to make some GOALS!!

1) run errands

2) go to the GYM!

3) repot my 2 new Christmas Cacti - but I may wait till they stop blooming to do that.

4) make 2 baby blankets for my friends that are due in April

5) get started on my sister's housewarming quilt.

6) begin quilting my Mommie Quilt.

Sonshine got spacers yesterday at his first ever ORTHODONTIST appointment!!!

He's sooooo excited! He can't wait to get "purple bracelets"!!! He'll be in and out of appliances and braces for the next 6 years. So I hope his excitement lasts awhile.....a LOOONG while.
Look for pictures in about a month.

The orthodontist had 2 skulls in her office, one named Sir Skullywood and the other named Mr Bone Jangles. Sonshine had a blast holding the skull during the visit.....then he turned it upside down and was playing with the spring that holds the jaw on....

"Excuse me! this skull makes a good musical instrument!" he says while scratching his nail across the spring.

hahahaha, who knew?

Saturday!

Ahhh, Saturday. A day without work, a day of sleeping late, a day of peace.........

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!


Now, here's what REALLY happened today.

The kids and I got up at 6ish....our normal time.

Then the kids and hubby went horse back riding....

While they were gone I Zumba'd.........which led me straight to a hot bath to soak!
wow, do my thighs hurt! :-) looking forward to Monday when I'll be able to Zumba again.

After they came home and we ate lunch I took Miss Priss to get her hair cut. She H.A.T.E.S. getting her hair cut. Don't ask me why.

And since I'm a sucker (with a headache)....I grabbed one of the overpriced beanie baby things the kids' salon was selling and promised it to her if she behaved.

And other than a bit of yelling, she did behave....
So, here's her new haircut and new best pal, "Scooby Doodoodle"
Sorry it's the best pic I could get, today was a smile AFTER the flash day....



On our drive to and from the haircut I got to see some of our beautiful turning trees up against a huge bright blue sky and perfect 55-60 degree temps.

I never have understood people who move down here and say "I miss having four seasons"....
as though Texas doesn't have Fall.....

Sorry about the bad pics, I didn't have my camera with me and these were taken with the iphone.

And then tonight I was treated to a sight that always makes me smile......and hungry!
I do this too, sit with a pile of cookbooks and peruse recipes looking for something new to make.

Do any of y'all love to just sit and thumb through cookbooks?

My goals for next week are to exercise 3 times, get headway made on the Christmas gifts, finish Moby Dick. What are your plans for the week?

Zumba...

Hey! I found the video of my cousin, the Zumba instructor, being interviewed by her local news.

Check it out!



Way to go Jess, you're a one woman party!!

a look ahead

Well, I found out that I didn't get the NICU job I'd interviewed for.

So now I'm just waiting for the private duty job to come through. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

Now that Halloween is done it's on to Christmas! Which means I need to really get in gear and get some gifts made! Since I got put oncall tonight I've spent the last several hours getting all the pieces ready for the kids to assemble our ornaments this weekend.

For those of you who don't know, I usually start making our gifts in August, and my deadline is to have them all done by Thanksgiving.

Well, I didn't start till late Sept, (then had to stop and make these costumes) and it is now only THREE WEEKS till Thanksgiving!!!!
yikes!


and has anyone else experienced their hits going up but comments down this week??? it feels so weird!!

my only goal this week is the Christmas gifts, well that and a new job.....so wish me luck!

what's your goal for the week??

Answers, responses, goals,stuff.....ya know, a blog post.

Well, when I enabled comment moderation I found it easier to answer comments by email. Since all my spam came on OLD posts I've changed the moderation to only the OLD posts. So, I guess I should respond to y'all, huh?


About that job, we're waiting for a start date and a couple book keeping details. So keep praying. I love what SherryTex said in my comments about this job opportunity:

"God draws straight with crooked lines. I met Shelley because Zoe (Shelley's daughter)had a trach and I had had one. Zoe and Faith (Sherry's daughter) became fast friends at the school and Shelley and I did too. I met you because of the blog and the story of Paul (Sherry's son with Down's Syndrome) and your children, and so when she moved to your neck of the woods, I wanted you two to meet (via facebook). Now, providence, Zoe needs a nurse --and Shelley could use the break! and lo, the two of you have met --The Holy Spirit guides us in all things. I've had my day made."

Good Lord willing I will be one of Zoe's full time night nurses. I AM excited!! (Keep Praying!) The awesome thing is that this job, unlike most, will be an enormous blessing to both me and my employer (Shelley)!


Linda mentioned the size of my Mommie Quilt. Yes, it IS huge-E-mongus!! It's between queen and king size, but long. Long enough to go from headboard to the floor, over the pillows! When I made it I didn't pay attention to size, more to fitting all the elements of my kids' infancy into it and making it look balanced. I expect it to take a year or so to quilt!

To Lisa, this job and potty training my younger two has been my novena to St Terese!! :-) always glad for the added prayers. And don't worry, my kids aren't allowed ANYWHERE NEAR the tool box. But thanks for the mental picture ;-P

Funny thing, my hubby says he remembers playing "Jesus" in the same way...complete with loin cloth/towel...at about that age. Right up until his Dad told him to quit it because he was freaking his Mom out....


So, I figure this year's Christmas gifts will take 5 steps to complete
1) cutting the little pieces
2) cutting the big pieces
3) gluing
4) assembling
5) quilting

I am now about 1/2 way through step 1. yippeee!!

So, my goals for this week:
finish steps 1&2 on Christmas gifts
get to the gym at least once (I haven't been since 9/12!!!)
post a Thesaurus Thursday game
answer the 2 meme's that I've been tagged for recently


We'll see how I do. And how about you? What are your goals for the week??

I's sick.

Hey there folks.
Well it looks like once again my allergies have turned into bronchitis. Blech.

Had to call in sick to work tonight and have a doctor apt in the morning. So here I sit with an unexpected night off and I don't even feel good enough to work on a project!!

I now have all the stuff for Halloween costumes and Christmas presents, now I just have to get motivated to DO them!
Gator decided he wanted to be a black and white cat
Sugars didn't care so she'll be a grey tabby cat
Sonshine, however, wants to be "a brown scarry tree"!!!

Geeeezzzz!!

But I have a plan and just need to sit down and assemble the outfits.

I did go to the gym Sun and made it 12 miles!!

So, my goal for this week will be to finish pinning my Mommie Quilt
Next week will be Halloween costumes and then the Christmas presents

I'm gonna try and get Thesaurus Thursday up this week so stay tuned......

week behind, week ahead....

anyone have one of those days?

yeah, we did yesterday. It started off great! After dropping Sugars off at preschool I had a wonderful coffee date with a group of Moms from church/preschool. Then the day slid right down a muddy hill into a pile of poop.

Oh well, today is another day, right?

I've been off work for the last 6 nights and have enjoyed doing some different things with the kids.

One of the things I did was to finally take them to the Heard Museum.

Which I am TRYING to upload pictures from. I guess that'll have to be a different post because they're not loading this morning. The kids and I had a lot of fun and it's one more thing crossed off my "places to go" list!

Sonshine can't wait to go back!

Now, as for my goals for the week




in the fitness department, I didn't make my 20 mile goal.

But I rode the bike for 11.15 miles on Friday night, then Saturday at the Heard Museum we went for a mile long hike which was big fun! So I'd say I made good progress.

My other goals were:
6) make cover for my new stethoscope. it's about 4 inches longer than my old one so the old cover ain't quite cutting the mustard. done! :-)



5) finish marking the quilt. more progress made, but not finished.

3) make meatloaf. it's been too hot to cook during the day and I haven't made meatloaf in forever. Plus it's one of my hubby's favorite meals so I thought I'd make it overnight when I'm off. done! it was soooo yummy!!!

This week I work Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, and Tues.

my only goal for the week will be to survive working so many days in a row without losing my religion.

how about you? any goals for the week??

goals

My watch tells me it's now WEDNESDAY. Therefore you need to take a look at these words and see how silly you can be!



Time to take a look at last week's goals.....

z) get to the gym - DONE!

x) get stuff for La license - still nope.

w) mark rest of quilt - nope. but I've got less than 1/4 to go!

hmm, and for this week?

6) make cover for my new stethoscope. it's about 4 inches longer than my old one so the old cover ain't quite cutting the mustard.

5) finish marking the quilt.

3) make meatloaf. it's been too hot to cook during the day and I haven't made meatloaf in forever. Plus it's one of my hubby's favorite meals so I thought I'd make it overnight when I'm off.


I'm not putting the La license stuff on the list this week. It still needs to be done, but it's all business hours activities. And I'm not going to be seeing much of business hours for another week or two.


and how about you? what are your goals for this week?

helooooo out thereeeeeeee!

people!

This is Tuesday.

Have you entered your guesses for Thesaurus Thursday yet? Have ya? huh?

Now's the TIME.

It is also time for me to review the last week's goals.

sigh.

Didn't get much done that was on my goal list this week. Did get a lot done that WASN'T on my goal list.

the list was:

z) get to the gym - the headlights are STILL broken. sigh. hopefully this friday!

y) to the post office - done! Steph, Lori, Jacquie and Sherry be watching your mail. Steph, when you get yours...keep digging till you find TWO non-fabric items!

x) get stuff for La license - nope.

w) mark rest of quilt - nope.

v) make other baby blanket - ayup, and it's sooo cute! they both are really. if you haven't seen them yet check out the Thesaurus Thursday post...and leave a comment while you're there!

Next Week's goals:

hmmm,

w), x),and z) from last week!!

:-)

goals

HEY! time's running out to put up a guess on this week's Thesaurus Thursday!!

Time to check in on my weekly goals. Last week's goals turned out to be quite ambitious!

a) get money order and passport photo and fingerprints ready to send for La license. nope.
b) mark rest of quilt nope.
c) make baby blanket well, turns out I have TWO blankets to make! I got one of them done.
d) mail stuff to Steph ready to go out soon as the other baby blanket is done.
e) complete and post 3 favorite prayers meme that Lisa tagged me for. done.
f) complete and post 5 favorite devotions meme that Sherry tagged me for. done.
g) edit and post the Absolutely Awesome pictures my brand new camera took at the water park last week. done.
h) survive my stress echo tomorrow morning....for some reason running on a treadmill immediately after working for 12 hours is NOT appealing...but rather appalling done, all is as well as ever.
i) enroll my middle child in KINDERGARTEN!!!! done.
j) take the kids to the Dallas Aquarium!! nope. looks like we won't make it before school starts....maybe one weekend here soon. we'll see.


Here's the baby blanket I made. kinda cute huh?

Friday we are finally getting our headlights fixed! yeah!! then I'll be able to get back to the gym!

So, next week's goals are:

z) get to the gym

y) to the post office

x) get stuff for La license

w) mark rest of quilt

v) make other baby blanket

It's Tuesday!

Have you given your guesses for our Thesaurus Thursday game yet? if not scroll down a post or two and have at it!!

I need some goals. I don't feel like I'm getting much accomplished here lately.

What I have done (that I can remember):

I went to the JoAnn's waaaaaay across 3 towns and bought baby flannel and quilt marking pens. I'd been at a standstill in trying to get my quilt marked due to all my pens running out of ink. And the ones I use aren't carried by Walmart...Target...Michael's....or the quilt store in the next town over. So I made a trek out to JoAnn's. While I was there I remembered that Sherry is pregnant and I'm all out of babyblankie stuff. So I got enough for 4 blankies to have on hand when the next person decides to procreate!

While I was at Michaels in search of pens I came across a couple things that I just HAD to get for Stephanie!! ..... I'll be putting them in the mail this weekend.

I sat this morning and marked my quilt for awhile. I now have 1/2 of it marked....and FIVE brand new pens to use.

Another thing I have done is to join in Jacquie's latest challenge!

This is a challenge to get moving! A group of us are joining together and logging miles walked,run,cycled or whatever. Till we gain enough miles to "walk across America." There's a fun sewing incentive too! That plus lots of mutual support and encouragement. If you're interested in learning more, click on the picture!

And Jacquie, the reason I have no miles logged yet is that the headlights went out on our van....which means I can't go to the gym till they're fixed on Monday. Look for my miles to show next week.

That's about all I can remember that I've accomplished.

So, goals for this week:
a) get money order and passport photo and fingerprints ready to send for La license.
b) mark rest of quilt
c) make baby blanket
d) mail stuff to Steph
e) complete and post 3 favorite prayers meme that Lisa tagged me for
f) complete and post 5 favorite devotions meme that Sherry tagged me for.
g) edit and post the Absolutely Awesome pictures my brand new camera took at the water park last week.
h) survive my stress echo tomorrow morning....for some reason running on a treadmill immediately after working for 12 hours is NOT appealing...but rather appalling
i) enroll my middle child in KINDERGARTEN!!!!
j) take the kids to the Dallas Aquarium!!

goals.

Let's see here, last week I set some goals...it's time to see how I did.


1) assemble Mommie Quilt I'm getting there! The cat approves so far.



I have one of the sides you see here to attach and then to cut and attach a final border to each side and the top is done. Quilting, however may take the rest of the year!

2) go to the gym I did go once. Then we had some work done to the car so I wasn't able to go last night.

3) finish A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court done! liked it a lot...but found the ending a bit lacking.

4) Make it through the next to last week of work before VACATION! made it through last week okay, this week I've lost 2 nights of work due to the car situation and the need for me to keep the kids whilst hubby handles the dealership...one mechanic to another so to speak.
Which amounts to only TWO nights of work left before VACATION!!

5) Finish filling out the self-eval form for my annual review at work (ack!) UH, NOPE. who can think about evals?? I've got TWO WORK DAYS LEFT BEFORE VACATION!!!!!



So, for next week my goals are
1) finish assembling Mommie Quilt
2) purchase batting and backing fabric
3) finish packing list for trip

oh heck. I've got vacation brain! that's enough!!

whooooaaaaa!! GOALS!

You might remember.....long, long, ago...back in the day, as it were.....

I put up weekly goals.

When the surprise challenge quilt came along that was my only goal so it seemed stooopid to keep stating it over and over each week.

However, this moring I turned my quilt over to USPS accepting their promise that it will land safely at my friend's house either Wednesday or Thursday. And I will get confirmation of said delivery. Even though I'm pretty sure my friend's gonna let me know when she gets it.... The lady asked if I wanted it insured....but honestly, it cost me about $35 to make and yet is worth more than $100 million to me. So how could I pick a number to insure it for??

So, now I'm back to regular goals.

Does anyone remember the Mommie Quilt I'm making?? The one where I've been trying to embroider my kids' newborn footprints to go with extra blocks from their baby quilts and the bumper pad and the crib skirt/curtains all thrown together into some big memory quilt?? Anyone remember that? Well, last night I FINALLY finished embroidering all those little (ahem big) newborn feet!! Which leads me to this week's goals.

1) assemble Mommie Quilt
2) go to the gym
3) finish A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
4) Make it through the next to last week of work before VACATION!
5) Finish filling out the self-eval form for my annual review at work (ack.)

There they are folks. We'll see how I do next Monday.
I must say that although it took me longer than the 6 week challenge, it feels REALLY REALLY GOOD getting that quilt done and shipped. Nice to know that I can make a quilt in a couple months should I ever want to again. (that's quite unlikely!)

So, what are your goals for this week?

goals!

Last week's goals were....

1) work on my Spring to Finish quilt ooooo yeah! top is almost finished, then it's on to quilting!

2) take a zillion pictures of Sonshine's Kindergarten field trip to the Frank Buck Zoo (no, I don't know if he's more excited, or if I am.) Follow the link, this is gonna be such an AWESOME FIELD TRIP! I'm most looking forward to hand feeding the giraffes!! oh boy it was a fantastic field trip! I'm sooooo glad that I got to go! Thanks a zillion to the 2 co-workers who switched shifts with me at the last minute so I could make it. Pictures will be coming shortly...and YES! I HAVE VIDEO OF FEEDING THE GIRAFFES!

3) get to the gym! at least once well I only made it once. But, even though it'd been 10 days since the last time I went I made my 9 miles in just 32 seconds more than my best time. :-)

4) lift my weights twice I honestly don't remember how many times I did this.

5) snuggle my hooligans....whether they like it or not! tee hee hee hee. you know I did!

So I'm calling this week a win!

now, for next week. On Thursday I'm going to spend the night here. ALONE. Since I have to work Fri and Sat nights I'll probably stay up all night enjoying the luxury of the claw foot tub and quiet solitude (without internet). So my goal is to get the top finished tonight (wed) and basted so that I can

1) quilt the spring to finish quilt during my night away.
2) take a long hot bubble bath
3) read a new book (which means I need to go to either the library or the store and GET a new book)
4) get to the gym twice.
5) buy a new cell phone. (I'm seriously considering getting an iphone -~-the AT&T version-~-...any input?)

goals!

Now, I've tested my theory and it's accepted as a proven fact.

I do not do well without stated, written goals!!

The last two weekends I did not put up any goals....and the last two weekends I got NOTHING accomplished!

So.

This weekend is going to be a 3 day-er with a trip to the zoo in the middle. Shall be a whirlwind weekend for sure. However, my goals are as follows...

1) work on my Spring to Finish quilt
2) take a zillion pictures of Sonshine's Kindergarten field trip to the Frank Buck Zoo (no, I don't know if he's more excited, or if I am.) Follow the link, this is gonna be such an AWESOME FIELD TRIP! I'm most looking forward to hand feeding the giraffes!!
3) get to the gym! at least once
4) lift my weights twice
5) snuggle my hooligans....whether they like it or not!

newsiness

first off. my google reader hadn't been touched since before Wednesday. I came, I saw, I counted, I deleted.

If you wrote something you'd like me to see, leave a link.


next....let's do goals.

1) Gonna try to beat that time (8.5 miles in 53 min) this weekend, we'll see.
made it to the gym twice this weekend. the second time I made 9 miles in 55 min 20 sec. :-)

2) I also need to finish Gator boy's footprint block
done! on to Sugars'...

3) put together Easter baskets,
oh yeah, I communed with my inner bunny and did the hop around the room...

4) get a referral for a MD appointment I have on Monday
got the referral in time...then had to cancel the apt. go figure.

5) replace my beloved trowel,
I was able to do this whilst bunny-hopping through Target.


So I won the game this week! I'll think of some goals to post in a day or two for next weekend, I'm working Tues, Wed, Thurs this week.


In the meantime.....I'm busy squirreling away ideas for this summer.

In addition to my vacation from July 5-22 during which I'm hoping to spend a weekend in Lafayette visiting my family, I'd like to:

work on reading and handwriting with the kids
get Gator (and maybe Sugars too) out of pullups and into underwear/panties
begin teaching Sonshine (and maybe the other two too) to play the piano
go on family field trips every 2-3 weeks. ideas for places to go are: Sharkarosa, Ft Worth Zoo, Dallas Arboretum, Planetarium, The Heard Museum, Family Theater Series, the Dallas Aquarium, ride the Tarantula and see the cattle drive at the Ft Worth Stockyards.

Of course, I have some bills I need to pay off before we can do all of this....but maybe we'll get some of them in this summer :-)


My goal for tonight is to get some work done on Sugars' footprint quilt block...which, oddly enough, ISN'T getting done while I type on this computer.
So I'll leave you with this clip of cuteness from Sugars' Easter "basket" from school today......I'm sorry to say that despite all of my practice, my moviemaking camera skills still suck, so please take your dramamine and bear with me....