shhh....

We ran away for the weekend!

Story Time Wednesdays

I love my story time Wednesdays!

They usually start like this: two sweet heads, fighting over my lap. I won't lie, I love that Ru adores me.

About the time the girls are getting down to their art projects, Sol is trying to escape with books and Ms. Beth's animals!

And then we always end at Target for snacks, strolling and bit of shopping. I love my Wednesdays!

Fancy Feet

What I learned in PreK this week? They celebrate Mardi Gras at school! Who knew! Only in the south, maybe? Who cares? She got a fun mask out of the deal!

Last week we learned that they also celebrate Dr. Seuss! All week! Friday was Fancy Feet day for the Foot Book. We thought and thought and finally decided to give her fancy Sunday shoes some fancy flower power! (and of course then she had to accessorize!)

The fashion show was so cute! The kids went all out strutting their stuff!
Lulu even strolled the red carpet!

This is the face of "mom, stop taking pictures!"
My little "Barbie-Fashion FairyTale" trained Diva!

...And now for something completely different!

Sorry for all the blues and gloom!

thank you thank you, for all the sweet comments and love!

Boy, we need a little sunshine around here!

So, I'm hoping to skip town!

Hubby might be working down the road from us for a few days and I think I may just tag along.

Spend some quality time here.

And while Dad works, take the girls here!
Now to find a good fabric store, easy directions to the outlets and I'm set!

Memphis mini-cation, you're just what I need!!!

home

Our home in Minnesota went on the market this week. It's a dismal situation with a dismal market. We are losing a lot of money renting, but our house has lost almost half its value in the last three years. Dismal. It has become a continual burden and stress in our lives. Our best hope and prayer is for a short sale. It's what we are fasting and praying for.

Yes, we need more space but obviously we can't up our rent too much with the house still a burden. And our lease is up at the end of May so we have to decide by the beginning of April.

March is a big month for us. We need the house to sell so we can get a bigger place where we can breathe without neighbors getting mad at us for living our lives.

If you pray or fast, we'd love our little home situation to be added to your list. We need all the help we can get.

just what i needed

So, last Friday, I was finally getting going at around 10. W took Miss M to school and apparently he forgot to lock the door which I always assume he does. No longer!

I sat Lu down with a movie and showered. Lu likes to give play-by-plays. She goes back and forth and tells me bits about what she's doing, asks me questions, etc. So, around 10:30, I'm drying my hair in my underwear and I hear, Hello! I turn around and in my filthy cluttered bedroom is the neighbor from down stairs' teenage daughter standing IN MY BEDROOM!!!! I screamed and ducked behind my bathroom door but luckily didn't feel in much danger because she was in a bathrobe as well.

I looked for Lu though and demanded to know who she was. She insisted that someone had said come in. I said, you mean, my TWO YEAR OLD????? She said she was from downstairs and that her mom had sent her up there to tell me she'd just gotten home from the hospital, had a migraine and would I please CONTROL MY CHILD? At 10:30 in the morning, when she was just running back and forth between the living room and bedroom. All 35 lbs. of her that of course makes quite a ruckus, you know!

I wish I had been fully dressed so badly! I think I would have had the wherewithal then to PUT her in her place about inviting herself in, the total illegality and inappropriateness of coming all the way into my bedroom and the fact that they shouldn't be in a downstairs apartment if they can't handle a two year old running out in the MIDDLE OF THE DAY!!

We came home today to a note in the door saying that we were in violation of our lease which states that quiet hours are 10pm to 6am. yeah, when we're asleep!!!!! The people downstairs have been known to have screaming matches when their teenagers get home in the middle of the night, loud booming bass after 10pm and have WE EVER COMPLAINED?

You better believe I did tonight! Unfortunately the dad is one of the maintenance guys and very very nice so she said she'd talk to him and I think they know his wife is a problem but STILL! We need more space so this is just ammo to get the heck out of here!

Goal Setting: March

1. Read from the Book of Mormon EVERYday. Did this! I'm so thankful for the blessings that come from daily reading!

2. Pray EVERY morning. I should have qualified this one-I prayed twice a day each day. Sometimes, I was saying a prayer in my car on the way to work or even on the way home, but I remembered and so the habit is forming!!

3. Actually take my donations to Savers/GoodWill. My good husband W took these away last week!

4. Cook 3x/week but only eat out 1x/week. (leftovers and thank heavens for Tobler Sunday dinners!) did well with this until this last week after a long busy busy month and I was pooped!

5. Make the darn stockings! big FAT FAIL! it will continue to wait on the project waiting list! :)

6. Assemble pinwheel quilt-depending on when the last pieces arrive! assembled, half quilted-taking a breather after the traumatic tension problems with machine quilting earlier this month!

7. Smile more!

8. Actually do something with the filing box! :) Step one: purge unnecessary papers. Shred City here we come! W, take a deep breath!

9. Fix my bedskirt and brainstorm what I want my bed to really look like while I do it! Brainstorming for a goal is an easily accomplished goal but I am halfway to fixing the bedskirt! :)

10. Walk 3x/week at a good cardio pace.

hmmm...same as last month but i feel more accomplished.

I am so proud of my first two goals though. I needed these! I need the scriptures and dedicated prayer in my life! I sleep better, I function better and goal number 7 to smile more is much easier!!!!

On to March!

1. Continue to read my Book of Mormon EVERYday.

2. Pray twice a day.

3. Cook 3x/week. Make a menu plan for the month.

4. Get the Minnesota house on the market and assemble papers for short sale. ugh.

5. Sew spring skirts for my girlies!

6. Finish quilting pinwheels.

7. Purge papers.

8. Walk 3x/week.

9. Read two books.

10. Make throw pillows...more on this soon!