Playing Catch Up

I've got a whole stack of baby blankets ready to go for the silent auction. I'll be posting pictures later this week. I've also got to update my picturemyeveryday 365 project. I've been so busy sewing trying to get everything done that I just haven't had time. I haven't had time to do much else lately and today I'm babysitting all afternoon and Thursday afternoon. Between sewing, babysitting and sitting on the edge of the tub I am feeling kinda frazzled.

We have decided to forego 3 year old preschool this fall. It is based off of income and the cheapest teir is 70 a month. I just couldn't justify 70 a month for two day a week for 2.5 hours. I did look into the program and it is just a bunch of playing with some numbers and ABCs thrown in. We already do a whole bunch of that. Mason can already say his ABCs, count to ten and knows his colors and shapes. When those are the goals for the year it wasn't a real hard decision. Next year the 4 year preschool is free and 4 hours 3 days a week. I can handle that.
I was glad to see that I wasn't the only in town to decide not to send my child this year. Evidently I am not the only parent not willing to pay that kind of money for a 2.5 hour social play group. Last year the lowest fee was 50. The only way to get out of paying the 70 is if you are on any sort of state program. Thank you share the wealth... I'm not bitter about it though...

All next week I will have my 13 year old niece, Morgan, staying with me. I am excited!! She is just a younger version of me. We look alike, talk alike, and even give the same facial expression which drives my brother nuts. Once in a while when she is being a real pill to him he will text me his frustrations... I love those text messages!! After all those years he tortured me it is nice to see him getting a little payback!

Last Wednesday my husband had a little kickball game for work and Mason and I went. It was fun to see my husband interact with his coworkers. After everything was cleaned up from the after-game victory great losers dinner I got to see my husband get real embarrassed. He had gotten out his phone to show someone something and while he was putting it away it pocket dialed me. All of a sudden 'White and Nerdy' by weird Al started coming from my phone. His bosses (there were 3 of them sitting right there at the time) got such a kick out of it. In all of the years I've been with Austin, I had never seen his face get that red. It was great!!

So that fairly well catches us up to current. Hopefully I'll get back to this computer before the end of next week but if not just know that I am probably nursing a sunburn and sitting on the edge of the tub. Summer should be a blast since Mason has decided that he is ready to potty train... Awesome!!

My Exciting Life

My to-do list is getting shorter. MY list is, Austin's list just keeps getting longer. Just so you're not confused.

My shower curtain is almost finished. YAY!!

My memo boards are ready to be hung in the office. So Pretty...

I have 4 baby blankets ready for the silent auction and another 4 ready to be sewn... I also have some burp rags washed and ready for some fabric but am undecided on weather or not to actually bag them as sets or forget about the burp rags...

My tomatoes are planted... Love me some fresh garden tomatoes!!

I have kept up with my 365 project. I have taken a photo everyday. I just haven't had time to get the last 2 weeks posted. I love to look and see where all my visitors are coming from that visit that site. All kinds of different countries... The USA only makes up about half of the visitors. I was really amazed. I think some of the search words are hilarious and wonder how they even ended up on my site because I am honestly like 4 pages back on google/yahoo/bing. Maybe tonight after the house settles down I will have time to update it... Maybe. As soon as I have time to breath I am going to order the photos from May 1st and 2nd on canvas. I just have to decide what size. I already know where they are going to go!

And now I'm off to sew up those 4 blankets hopefully before my babysitting kids get here and the chaos ensues. Can I just say I am so tired of the tattling!! They are learning quickly that tattling just gets you in time out. I can see with my own eyes what is instigated and what is lied about. Just a little forewarning... My afternoon is going to suck.

So that is what I've been up to and will be up to... I know exciting.

Oh and the cherry on top... Mason decided last night that he was no longer going to wear a diaper. SWEET!! I might have to move the sewing machine into the bathroom...

Sunday And My Best Friend Noxzema

Let me set the scene...

It is 60 outside and there is a breeze... it is cloudy... no hint of blue peeking out of the clouds at all...

I am mowing the yard at what could be considered slower than a snail...

I am wearing my normal yard mowing outfit... running shorts and a gray tank top...

I have goosebumps...

After the first acre I was finally able to mow at full speed... Finally!

3 hours later I am bright red and think I might even have a wind burn...

On a cloudy and cold day...

And that was my Sunday. The only redeeming point was that I got to kill a huge snake... I had to mess up the yard to do it because the direction I was going would have blown snake guts all over me but I got it...

I got the snake about 45 minutes into the mowing and the rest of the time I tried to get 'the song that never ends' out of my head and playing on facebook and the internet via my blackberry...

I know totally safe!!

After a pre-shower rubdown of Noxzema I am back to normal. Well, mostly anyways. I am a slight pink color but it doesn't hurt and I'm hoping it doesn't peel.

Mason

Sometimes it is hard to tell where Mason gets his sense of humor from.

He has the obvious two-year old sense of humor and then sometimes he will come up to you and just jabber. He will then look away for just a second and then laugh inappropriatly. You know the big booming fake laugh.

I love it!!

I don't know if he is telling a naughty joke or just making fun of whoever he does it to but it is great fun.

Then there are the times when you're getting ready to tell him not to do something and he will run up to you and do the muscle pose and start that grunting growl and strain the muscle pose. After the subsequent laughing it is hard to get after him for whatever he was doing.

Every night he has to introduce me to his dad when Austin gets home from work. Austin will walk in the house and he will go and welcome him home and then drag him to where ever I am and point to me in the tada way and say 'mom' like we have never met before. Then he has to drag Austin around and introduce him to the dogs and the rest of the house which he signifys by taking his arms in an arch over his head and saying 'howwwws'.

Mason has so many cute things he is doing eventually I will get it all wrote down on his calendar. My favorite right now is he will tell me that he luvs me and then go jump on the couch and he has this pirate patch we got at a b-day party, he puts it on and comes up to me and does the pirate growl...

I don't know where he learned the pirate growl. Maybe it is like the car noises and little boys are born knowing how to do it.

There are some things that he does that drive me nuts but they are the same things that drive me nuts about his father too so I know he comes by these things honestly. It doesn't mean I'm not trying to change his behavior though. Some day some lucky lady will owe me a lot. I mean A WHOLE BUNCH!!

No Argument

It was rather disappointing. Austin put up no fight whatsoever about the towels.
I ended up getting the Pink, Blue, Orange, and Green. That gives us 8 of each size. Next week I might stop in and pick up some more in different colors, I haven't decided, yet.

Busy Weekend

This weekend is going to be busy!

Starting today.

Tonight, my husband and I, are dropping Mason at his grandparents house for a little sleepover. We are headed into town for a little date night of sorts.

To start off we are stopping at Walmart for my towels. Austin has promised not to rush me or get too annoyed. It is my mother's day present after all. Well that and he knows if he rushes me and I feel as though I've made a bad decision that he will never hear the end of it...

Then we are going to dinner. We haven't decided where yet. My guess is that we will end up at The Mandarin. Just The BEST Chinese place ever...

After dinner I will try to talk him into going to a movie... or maybe just grabbing a bottle of wine and going home (wink wink). It's amazing, when you stop trying for that elusive child how much more fun 'wink, wink' can be... I know TMI!!

Saturday morning we are sleeping in. Actually sleeping in!! We don't have to be over to get Mason until early afternoon. We will be picking him up on our way to a friends house for our monthly get together. I am taking cinnamon rolls and punch. I made peach and raspberry punch. Maybe someday I'll post the recipe but don't hold your breath. It is that good.

Sunday, Mother's Day, I am sleeping in and then we are going to Austin's parent's house for a cookout. Should be fun... Seriously, I'm not joking this time, I have a whole list of new one liners to use on his sister when she starts complaining!! I can't wait.

I know I will be exhausted on Monday. Just how a great weekend should end up.

Now I better go check on those yummy cinnamon rolls and make a little lunch.

Hope everyone has a good weekend Mother's Day weekend!!

I Have A New LOVE!!

It's true I have a new love.

This Alexander Henry print is no longer my favorite...

This Michael Miller print has taken it's spot.

It is so gorgeous!! That little picture does not do it justice!!

The green in it matches my bathroom to perfection...

The turquoise in it matches my office to a T...

I have no clue what I am going to end up using it on... I already have my fabric for the bathroom and I already have some fabric for the office curtains. I'll think of something though...



I had seriously considered using it for all the curtains in my bathroom but then I found the towels I want at Walmart.

Huge, bright, pretty towels...

Orange, Turquoise, Hot Pink, Bright Green, Light Blue, Bright Turquoise, Grass Green...

Now to decide on what colors I want... Or I could get a set of each... Really how many towels are too many? Right now we have six bath towels, six hand towels (which I use for my hair), six wash cloths. It feels like I am always washing towels!! BUT if we had more would they sit in the hamper longer before I washed them? See that is the question.

My husband says if I ask him anymore questions about towels and showers curtains he is going to stop talking to me. I may have a quiet weekend ahead of me... You'll notice I'm not complaining about that prospect...

He knows I love him!!

I Wish

I wish I had the energy of my two-year old...