2.08.2008

E is for...

EXCELLENT...

Sara of Sara's Stamping Sanctuary nominated me for this blog award.




I'm so glad b/c lately, I've thought about how much I enjoy Rochelle's blog, Impressions.

My nominations for the Excellent Award go to:

Rochelle and Impressions

Ben of Benshine

Barb of All Things Great and Crafty

AND of course...Birthday Girls need LOTS of suprises on their very own day...

Gremhog of Gremhog's Star Search

Some jazzing up of the old bloggaroo

I was just thinking that I haven't done one of these silly "quizzies" lately and I knew I could find something interesting on Allison's blog.

You Are a Centaur

In general, you are a very cautious and reserved person.
However, you are also warm hearted, and you enjoy helping others in practical ways.
You are a great teacher, and you are really good at helping people get their lives in order.
You are very intuitive, and you go with your gut. You make good decisions easily.


Let me know what sort of mythical creature you "are!"

Happy Birthday to my Mom!

Today is my mom's birthday...and she is starting her 60th year!







I know that most people probably think that their mom is the best. Sorry, you are all wrong. MY MOM is the very best one ever.

2.06.2008

A blessing in disguise

Last night I braided M*'s hair in double french braids so she could sleep on it, take it out and have some sort of "curl" to her hair. Of course after the struggle of doing it, she decided to just have braids in her hair and took out the ones from last night. I probably mentioned that we'd have to get up extra early to do her hair. (I learned to french braid on my own head...so when I do it on others, it is tricky for me. My hands have learned it backwards or upside down. Not quite sure!)

This morning at 5:45 am on the dot, a little DD came to my bedside wanting her hair braided! haha. I said, it's too early and she crawled into bed with me to wait. At 6:15 am I went to the computer and checked the school site. School was a go. So at 7am, I told her to go get dressed and eat and I'd do her hair. I got up and checked the website one more time...School was CANCELED! Yippeee. haha..

Well, she wasn't happy. It was to be the big blizzard party her class was having for reading 6,000 hours. AND she wanted her hair done.

Personally, I love snow days. I like having the kids home and being with me.

Later in the morning, we went to Meijer which is having a stock up sale. While yesterday I had an Investiture Ceremony for 5 little Brownies, I had 3 brownies helping me do the shopping. There was so much food on sale, that we ended up using TWO CARTS. The kids were so kind, helpful and polite in the check outline that the cashier kept exclaiming how well behaved they were.

When we arrived home, everyone set to work unloading the van. Even when I took time to rearrange the chest freezerin the garage, my little Brownies kept working. They took groceries to the basement, unladed the dishwasher and helped make the SpongeBob Squarepants mac and cheese that we splurged on!

I sure do love my kids!

2.04.2008

Overheard words...

During my high school graduation party, my thoughful boyfriend at the time video taped my family saying words of wisdom to me. It was nice to go back and listen to their words...taped without me knowing it. My mom recorded this:

“A wise old owl sat in an oak, the more he heard the less he spoke; the less he spoke the more he heard; why aren’t we all like that wise old bird?”




So today, I guess I was an owl and I started listening a little bit better. As we were getting into the van after the dentist appointments:

E* to C*: "Do you want to be my brother?"

C*'s response: "I already am your brother!"

(This led into a very short conversation on what it meant to be brothers. C* said it meant 2 boys in a family! haha.)

Tonight I was walking out of Kroger where I was buying some candy and milk. I was behind these two ladies who were slooooowly walking and gabbing. The one was talking about and describing some other lady...calling her "Elvira." The second lady didn't have a clue. The first woman said, "You know, like a vampire." I leaned over and said, "Oh, we had a neighbor like that growing up. We just thought she was witch." And the three of us laughed.

I think I'll be listening more for these encounters.