I’m not sure I can even put my thoughts down in words, but I’m going to try. Yesterday afternoon Drew asked me to get on Facebook since I was at work and he was at home because he had something to talk to to me about. So I did and he proceeded to tell me in chat that one of his youth leaders at church had done something very bad. This youth leader, who I’ll call *Tom worked at a youth camp in another state last summer. Since then he’s come back here as this is his hometown, where he…
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Oops! Almost forgot to finish up on this and get it posted. This month I was happy about: booking a cruise for the 4 of us in September!! Squeeeel! This month I was sad about: the passing of one of our cub scout leaders and the huge turn out at his funeral. The wonderful memories from February’s trip to the McWane center will have a bit of a dark lining in my memory because that was the last time I saw him. He had to leave just after getting there because he was not feeling well. I guess in many…
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This month I was happy about: spending Easter with my family. This month I was sad about: this and not doing my weekly photo posts; not for the lack of taking pics, just unmotivated and unable to match prompts. Something I accomplished this month is: eating healthier and exercising. Something new I did was: visit Oglethorp University, while Drew attended a soccer clinic. Books I read were: From May to December (awesome book! one of my all time favs) Coney Detroit (makes ya hungry!) Beautiful Ambition (suffered through it) Uglies (got to p. 20 something and decided this book was…
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Last Thursday I ventured over to Callaway Gardens to Alex’s field trip. It was a fun day. Here are a few highlights… The buses arriving Bird Show The Garden Alex’s class Butterfly House /
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I can’t believe it’s taken me a week to tell you what I’m SO EXCITED about! It’s been 4 years since our last cruise and we have finally booked a cruise and this time we’re taking the kids. Here’s the details… Who? The Fab Four (Rob’s and My 7th cruise. Drew’s 3rd cruise. Alex’s 1st cruise.) What? A 7 day Cruise to the Western Caribbean When? September 2012 Where? Leaving out of Port Canaveral, Florida going to: Cozumel, Belize, Isla Roatan, Costa Maya Why? Well, isn’t that obvious? To have fun, relax, enjoy a big family vacation, site-see How? On…
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18. Flowers I can never remember the name of these flowers. 21. Exercise 22. Field Trip with Alex We went to Callaway for Alex’s field trip. I’ll have a post about it later with lots more pics. 23. Colorful Peppers I was so excited that peppers were on sale this week at Kroger. 24.Carrots Yes, I know. Some very exciting pics this week. haha
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Whimsy Create Dust Seed or Sprout Swing or Drop
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13.Parmesan Crusted Pork Chops with Spaghetti & Homemade Sauce Since my schedule last week was day hours, I actually got to cook dinner! 14.Chocolate Chunk Brownies with Peanut Butter Cookie Chocolate Chunk Brownies with Peanut Butter Cookies 14.Lazy Daisy in the Sun 16.Spring is springing! 17. Running Playing at the neighbors.
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I recently told myself that I needed to take a week vacation from Facebook (FB). I did it for a couple reasons: 1. It was on my 100 in 1,001 list. 2. I wanted to see how my life would be different without it. My thoughts all along were that there would be no way I could do it. So now I can mark this off my list. Yay! But even more importantly, I realized that I can live without FB. In fact, I can live without it quite nicely. I found that my thoughts throughout the day many times…
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Vintage This is a necklace that was my great aunts. It’s quite vintage as you can see some of the little stones are gone. I still love it though. Word or Quote Family Nature’s Own People Friends and neighbors enjoying the 80 degree weather. Photographer’s Choice I actually cropped this to have the dark space on the side. Sometimes it’s good to change it up, and not have your subject in the middle.
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Better late than never… 4. Sign of Spring 6. MPA Music Performance Assessment: Drew’s first competitive band performance. 7. Happy Birthday, Alex! Collage of his day. 8. Meet Gary Gary is the snail that Alex found on the way to school the day before. He brought it home in this Sponge Bob cup. 9. Blue & Gold Banquet Friday night was B&G banquet for our Cub Scout Pack. It was Star Wars themed. 10. Post Birthday Celebration On Saturday we were in B’ham for soccer game and we promised Alex that we would go to a n arcade/mini golf/bumper car…
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Water Cool water feature Light Driving home in the drizzle Chocolate Strawberry cheesecake ice cream with chocolate syrup Animal I discovered this weekend that goats are really cool animals. I think I want one. 😉 Crowded As hard as I try to keep my freezers organized it’s nearly impossible, especially when they are so crowded.
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Thursday night, just before midnight, I decided to go on a Facebook Vacation. From March 9th at 12am until March 16th at 12am, I am not reading or posting. I think I would be doing fine, except after the Scout Blue & Gold Banquet, Friday night, I was a bit curious (ok, dying) to see what people are saying and the pics that are being posted from it, etc. Other than that I think I would by fine. I would also like to tell the world (ok, everyone on Facebook) how great I think Rob is and all the wonderful…
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“A few really good presents is better than a lot of presents. You actually did really good on my presents, Mom.” -Alex
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“For some reason these Cookie Crisp wake me up and make me want to go to school. Before I ate I was sluggish and just wanted to go back to sleep and now I feel ready for the day.” -Another priceless quote from Drew
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It seems like Drew was just turning 8. How is it that Alex is turning 8? I was looking through pics to post with this entry. I continued to see tons of pics with him wearing hats. So I made this little collage… Dear Alex, To commemorate this date that you’ve been counting down to for a week now, I decided to write to you, because I know someday neither you nor I will remember these little life details. You are so funny and I may have already written about this before, but you still do this and I love…
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You may have noticed from my weekly rewind photo post that one of my goals as of last week is to cut down on Diet Coke. I know writing about my goal is the 1st step, actually a huge step, because I’m not keeping it all to myself. I’m telling the world wide web. haha! I’m serious about this. I’m also more serious than usual because I usually just say, “No more diet coke, only water!” That for me is setting myself up for total failure. I’m not a fan of water. I can drink it, but don’t enjoy it…
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26. Strawberries A sweet sign of spring 27. Cutting Back on Diet Coke I’m trying to cut down on Diet Coke, so I went and got these powdered drinks. Not sure how much healthier they are, but it’s a start. Yes, I’m currently having to get the “Energy” variety because of my addiction to caffeine. I’m hoping to wean off that as well. 28. My current Read Anyone recognize it? 29. Txting while Walking 1. My Yummy Experiment 2. Building Birdhouses Den Meeting to birdhouses and practice their skit for B&G banquet next week. 3. Preparing & cooking an outdoor…
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Routine Daily devotion is an important part of my day that unfortunately I haven’t been faithful with lately. Music I love music. I think sheet music is beautiful. Technology My iPod Show Me Your Style I didn’t have a chance to take a pic of me to show my style this week. I did receive this JC Penney catalogue, which is where I do most of my shopping. I also where lots of orange. Mismatch Friday was Dictionary Day at Alex’s school. His vocab word was DOWDY, which is a synonym for mismatched. How convenient was that?
