Girls Night Out

Last night my husband and son went to the Rangers double header so it was just Claire and I at home. I told her I'd take her out to dinner. We went to Mimi's Cafe. She is such a prim and proper little girl when she wants to be! She has excellent manners in a restaurant. She wants to do everything the proper way. She ordered spaghetti last night and twisted each bite onto her fork before she ate it! She's better at twirling spaghetti than most adults! It was such a nice little mom and daughter outing!

Show us where you live Friday: Children's Rooms

Kelly over at Kelly's corner blog is hosting "show us where you live Fridays". Today is Children's Rooms.

Go here to see more: http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/

This is my son's room. He is a big baseball fan!

He also has the best window in the house!

This is my daughter's room. She wanted a garden room. Most of the wall decorations I found at hobby lobby in the outdoor summer section. Her headboard looks like a fence so the flowers behind it turned out real cute!

Nathan not allowed!

Since summer has started Nathan's new favorite past time is aggravating Claire. This is the sign she made for her door yesterday. I think it just about sums up what she thinks of her brother annoying her!

Postcard Friendship Friday #10

Welcome to another Postcard Friendship Friday hosted by Marie at http://www.cpaphilblog.com/Stop by her site to join in or see other postcards.

I got this postcard a few years ago on one of our best vacations ever! We started out in Anaheim and went to Disneyland for a couple of days. Then, we drove up to Concord. Concord is near Oakland & San Francisco. My husband had to go there for business. California is a beautiful state, especially the northern part! The entire drive was beautiful, no matter where we were we were enjoying the view!

Tag, I'm it!

My friend Jen at Rudd Party of 5 tagged me.

This is my first tag so you will learn a little more about me.



Here we go:



8 Things I am Looking Forward To:

1. some free time this summer

2. free summer movies with the kids

3. going to a Ranger game (I can't believe we haven't been to one yet!)

4. Bunco tonight

5. Our homeschool potluck this weekend

6. Seeing college friends in June

7. buying the kids' curriculum/books for next year

8. Seeing my parents in a couple weeks



8 Things I Did Yesterday

1. Blogged!

2. Had my pictures from the wedding printed.

3. slept late!

4. had a very nutrious salad for lunch :)

5. Made grilled chicken for dinner

6. Tried to help Nathan start the lawnmower. (I was no help!)

7. tried to paint a sunset so I could teach Nathan how to do it.

8. planted some vegetable plants



8 Things I wish I Could Do:

1. Sell my house and buy another one!

2. Go on another Disney Cruise!

3. Win the lottery :)

4. lose weight

5. sing

6. wear heels without my feet hurting!

7. control the weather :)

8. travel to Europe



8 Shows I watch

1. The Big Bang Theory

2. Heroes

3. Lost

4. My Name is Earl

5. The Office

6. Criminal Minds

7. Seinfeld (reruns late at night!)

8. Days of our Lives (when I get the chance)



8 People I Tag to Answer These Questions are:

1. Terry

2. Lisa

3. Sasha

4. Laurie

5. Melissa

6. Dixie

7. Kara

8. Amy

Our Flag

A woman who works in Kindred Hospital in Mansfield, TX was told she had to remove her American flag from the wall behind her desk. Apparantly, another co worker found it offensive! Here is the link to the local news story.

http://cbs11tv.com/local/patriotism.at.office.2.1020415.html

Ok, here's my 2 cents (directed to anyone who might be offended by our flag.)...

You live in America. The flag is not offensive. It stands for liberty and freedom and lots of blood has been shed to keep it flying proudly for this long. If you are offended by it, leave!

Now the hospital is rethinking the whole flag thing because so many people have complained, and are picketing them. I think they let the lady put it back up. Lots of bad press for them locally! The oddest thing is they have a flag flying outside the hospital! I know I'm not the only one who thinks this is insane! It is just sickening that this kind of thing happens today.

So this is my thought for this Thursday...

God Bless the USA!

Wordless Wednesday- Salt & Pepper

Dixie at French Lique hosts Wordless Wednesday....visit her to see more or to join in. This week's theme is Salt & Pepper. Dixie, hope my selections are wordless enough!

wonderful wedding weekend

We just got back from my brother-in-law's wedding. What a great time we had! They got married at Barton Creek Resort in Austin. It's a beautiful place. I took lots of pictures!!

Here's a picture of our room...

When we got there we hung out by the pool for a while.

Then we played a little miniture golf.

When Claire plays, its more like hockey...she kinda just slides the ball into the hole!

The 18th hole was REALLY difficult! This is where my ball ended up! In case you can't tell from the picture, its in a little stream of water.

Claire was one of the flower girls. She looked so pretty in her dress!

We had a great time at the reception. Claire loves to dance and she was happy to have her little cousin to get out on the dance floor with!

Then she took her paw paw out to dance!

Nathan gave out around 10:00. He's not overly fond of weddings or dancing. He stayed long enough to have some cake and then asked if he could go upstairs to go to bed!

But Claire was still dancing!

It was a Jewish wedding (I had never been to one before.) They have a really fun tradition of lifing the bride and groom (and their parents) up in chairs. It was lots of fun to watch!

Lots of people retired to their rooms after that, but not us...and not Claire! Even though she was tired she got out on the dance floor every time a song started. This is her dancing with her uncle Keith...sometime past midnight!

It was lots of fun, but boy, we are all so tired today!

Postcard Friendship Friday #9

Welcome to another Postcard Friendship Friday hosted by Marie at http://www.cpaphilblog.com/

Stop by her site to join in or see other postcards.





This is the postcard that was in our stateroom on the Disney Cruise we took in February. It was such a wonderful cruise!! We can't wait to go on another one. The best vacation for the whole family!!! Every one of us had a great time.



Ah, looking at this makes me want to go on another cruise right now! Hang on, Goofy, I'll be back as soon as I can!

Wordless Wednesday: Blogger's Choice

Dixie at French Lique hosts Wordless Wednesday....visit her to see more or to join in. This week's theme is blogger's choice. So, my choice is Take me out to the ballgame, a little chronology of my son's little league career!

Friend Makin' Monday

Kasey at All That is Good is hosting Friend Makin' Monday. Visit her blog to join in.

Today's task: Copy and paste these questions to your blog and give them your own answers.

You wouldn't be caught dead where: A Rascal Flatts concert! Blahhhh!

Do you have any hidden talents? Hmmm... maybe writing poetry

Name two things you consider yourself to be very good at: Cooking and organizing things

Name two things you consider yourself to be very bad at: Math and having patience when driving :)

Have you ever won a trophy? A trophy, no, but I won a medal for acting in our one act play in high school.

Name one thing not many people know about you: I dropped a computer class in college because I just couldn't figure out what to do with a computer. I was very intimidated by computers for a long time.

Name your earliest memory: I can remember part of a birthday party when I got a baby bed for my doll.

What was your favorite musical group in jr. high? Bon Jovi

What was something the worst roommate you ever had did?: Threw a Christmas party and ran the A/C (that I was paying half the bill for) really cold so she could light a fire in the fireplace. Then, she left all the food out over night. When I got back the next day the house was trashed, there were flies everywhere and she was asleep in her room with some guy. After I moved out (early...because we obviously weren't getting along) I lost my half of the deposit because she left the house a mess when she moved out. I could go on and on about this one! Needless to say I never had another roommate after that!

When you were a kid what did you want to be when you grew up?: An actress

What was your worst dating experience?: My sophomore year in high school my best friend talked me into going to prom with a friend of her boyfriend's. He was a real jerk. He wrecked the car he rented for prom the day he picked it up so we had to catch a ride there with some other friends. We had to catch a ride back with someone else. He wanted to go home with these 2 guys that were there without dates. I knew both of them and I knew they were big drinkers so I wouldn't ride home with them. He actually considered leaving me to get a ride home with my best friend and going with them himself. He didn't, but maybe that would have been a more pleasant end to the evening!

If you were about to die what would your last meal be?: A ribeye with a baked potato, raspberry iced tea, and banana rum cake with blue bell ice cream for dessert.

Who is the most important person in you life?: There are lots, but if I have to narrow it down to one it would be my husband.

If your house was on fire what 3 things would you grab on your way out?: My son, my daughter, my husband. If my husband could get out on his own, then photos.

My kids are so sweet!

Yesterday my husband and I watched a movie in our bedroom. (We always watch anything PG13 or R in there so that the kids won't hear the language on it.) Anyway, half way through the movie I hear my oven timer go off. I got up to see what was going on and I found Nathan pulling a pan of chocolate chip cookies out of the oven! He turned around and said, Happy Anniversary, I made you cookies! How sweet was that?

I had recently found a really good deal on boxes of Duncan Hines Chocolate Chip Cookie mix and bought several. Nathan can mix them up pretty easily. Chris told me to buy more of those so he'll keep making us cookies!

And while Nathan was making the cookies, Claire made us each one an anniversary card! They are such sweet kids when they want to be!

100!

This is my 100th post on my blog. Either time really flies or I blog too much! Anyway, I was thinking what could I do for my 100th post? Well, this Sunday is our 13th anniversary so I decided to post 100 things I love about my husband. I actually had no problem coming up with 100. I'm very lucky to have found him!

So, here they are--in no particular order...

1. He’s my best friend
2. He’s honest.
3. He’s faithful.
4. The sight of his car pulling in the driveway every evening.
5. He works hard
6. He’s a great father.

7. He lets me have my way…a lot!
8. He is strong in his faith.
9. He drives everywhere we go because I don’t like to.
10. He can always fix my computer!
11. He has a good sense of humor.
12. He’s cute!
13. He is a family man.
14. He sends me cards from other countries, even though he’s not there!
15. He always tells me I look good…even when I don’t!
16. He will eat the burnt piece of toast and say that it was just fine!
17. He loves his mother.
18. He kills spiders for me.
19. He does our taxes.
20. He tolerates my cat :)

21. He tolerates me on bad days!
22. He’s patient.
23. He fixes toys for the kids.
24. He's a good Catholic.
25. He made the doctor take me down for my c-section before the woman across the hall!
26. He can always make me smile.
27. Hugs!
28. Kisses!
29. He’ll get up and turn the air on if it’s warm at night.
30. He usually doesn’t like the same people I don’t like!
31. He takes us out for lunch every Sunday.
32. He’s warm on a cold night!
33. He gives a good back rub!
34. He calls me during the day.
35. He programmed my cell phone to say “you’re beautiful, smart, & loved” when I turn it on.
36. He will take Nathan to his late night baseball games.
37. He likes everything I cook.
38. He will drive out of his way in rush hour traffic to come to gymnastics and jump start my car when I let the battery go dead!
39. He fills up my car with gas.
40. He always considers me in everything he does.
41. He likes to watch baseball, but not basketball or golf. :)
42. He loads the dishwasher after dinner every night.
43. He’ll ride the big roller coasters with Nathan even though they aren’t really his cup of tea!
44. On vacation when Claire got sick on the 2nd day of our cruise, he’s the one who stayed in the room with her so I could go to the deck party and a movie with Nathan.
45. He doesn’t want a dog either. :)
46. He can calm the kids down when they are mad much better than I can.
47. He’s analytical….I’m creative so we go together nicely!
48. He helped Claire build a model solar system.
49. He’ll hold my hand when I’m scared.
50. He says Claire is going to be a nun when she grows up! He can’t bear the thought of her getting married!
51. He always wants me to buy myself more clothes.
52. He watches the kids while I play Bunko!
53. He will get up in the middle of the night to check out noises I hear.
54. He looks good in blue!
55. He’ll eat the boiled eggs that the kids decorate for Easter every year. (No one else likes them!)
56. He took us on a Disney Cruise…not some other cruise…a Disney Cruise!

57. He’ll buy me nachos at a baseball game.
58. He carries heavy things for me.
59. He will pick Nathan up from baseball practice on his way home from work even if he has to wait there for him before he can come home.
60. He’s always saying nice things about me to other people.
61. He never forgets our anniversary!
62. Or my birthday!
63. He mows the lawn.
64. He’s cuddly!
65. He buys me cards for holidays even though he really isn’t a card person.
66. Whenever we go somewhere he always tells me I was the prettiest one there!
67. He thinks I’m skinny!
68. He’s practical.
69. He looks good in glasses.
70. He records my favorite TV shows for me if I’m not home.
71. He keeps taking me on Disney vacations even though he’d like to go somewhere else every once in a while!

72. He planned an entire Texas History field trip/vacation for us last fall when Nathan was studying Texas History.


73. He likes to watch Masterpiece Theatre.
74. He has always supported me staying home with the kids.
75. He takes a day off of work each year and takes us all to the state fair.

76. He does his own shopping for presents for me.
77. He does his own wrapping too!
78. He takes the kids out shopping for me too.
79. He’s always there when I need him.
80. He came home from work early one day to help me with a screaming baby when I had just had enough.
81. He got me an MP3 player after I signed up for a membership at the Y and needed music to work out to.
82. He complements me often.
83. He says I love you.
84. He drove the entire way to Florida.
85. He’s good at Math. (I’m not!)
86. He gets excited every time Nathan comes up to bat.
87. He worries constantly that Claire will hurt herself in gymnastics!
88. We go to church every Sunday, no matter what. Even on vacation.
89. He’s a good friend to others.
90. He’s compassionate.
91. He donates money to our local library every year.
92. When Claire was in the hospital for 9 days after her surgery he spent every night up there with us…I didn’t have to do it alone.

93. He will do anything for me.
94. He emails me during the day just to say hi.
95. He’s a good protector.
96. He’d rather stay home than go out.
97. He takes pictures of me with the kids when we are out or on vacation.
98. He operates the video camera for all the holidays.
99. He’s put up with a lot from me over the years!
100. He’s everything I ever wanted in a husband!

Show us where you live Friday: Guest Rooms

Kelly over at Kelly's corner blog is hosting "show us where you live Fridays". Today is Guest rooms.
Go here to see more: http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/

This was our guest room up until a few months ago.

It's a small room so the picture doesn't really show much!

Our schoolroom was doubling as our playroom and that just wasn't working so we took down the bed and made the guest room into the kids' playroom. The house is for sale so I'm hoping to have a guest room and a playroom in the next one.

Now: The kids' playroom.

It looked much better as a guest room, but it is much more practical as a playroom!

Postcard Friendship Friday #8

My anniversary is this weekend so in honor of that I'm posting postcards from our honeymoon (13 yrs ago this Sunday!).

We went to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. It is so pretty and relaxing...that is why we chose it...we wanted something nice and relaxing after all the stress of planning the wedding!



The first card shows their downtown. It was so pretty! The second shows some Victorian houses. There are tons of Victorian houses there. We took a trolley tour to see some of them from the outsides. We also got to tour a couple on the inside too.



We stayed at a great B&B, but I don't think I have a postcard for it. It wasn't victorian. It was newer but really nice and we felt secluded in the beautiful Ozarks.

Ahh, makes me want to go back for some R & R!


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