Hanging around.....

I'm just hanging out at home today since I have company. Mike took Joshua to the clinic yesterday because he hasn't been feeling well lately. They said he has an upper respiratory infection. He still wasn't feeling all that great when he woke up so he stayed home today. I finished up a gift for Cassie's teacher yesterday. I think it turned out so cute!! Whatcha think?

It's a little piece by Lizzie Kate and I finished it in to a flat fold. I LOVE flatfolds! I made the cording and when I saw this ribbon that looked like a ruler/measuring tape I thought it would be perfect for the piece. When Cassie saw it she said "Mama, I could have stitched that." I wish I would have thought of that! How great would that have been if she would have stitched it herself for her teacher? I'll have to remember that for the next time. That reminds me.....I'm planning to make Cassie a stitching box for the Summer and need to get her goodies together so she'll have plenty to stitch. I nearly forgot about that. Anyway, Cassie loves this piece is really excited to be giving it to her teacher :).

I didn't make one for Joshua's teacher. Really, I don't stitch too many gifts for people other than my stitching friends. Sadly, most people don't appreciate it. I love stitching gifts but have no desire to do so for someone who won't appreciate it. For the most part I think I can tell when someone would appreciate it and wouldn't. I know Cassie's teacher will love this but I think Joshua's teacher wouldn't appreciate it so much. I could be wrong but I don't think so. I stitch a lot of Christmas ornaments every year but am really apprehensive as to who I give them to. A friend once told me that she stitched an ornament for someone's tree and when she gave it to them the person informed her that it didn't match her Christmas tree decor. How sad is that?! If anyone said anything like that to me if I handed them a stitched gift (or any other gift for that matter!) I might be inclined to smack them..LOL! I can't post pictures of a lot of the things I've been stitching on here because they're gifts and the recipients gander around here :). I'm spending the day getting things done around here. I've got a fairly busy week. Besides all of my usual things, Cassie has an awards assembly at school (Her teacher told me she's getting an award for writing but she doesn't know so shhhhhhh...lol), she also has an ortho appt. this week, field day is Thursday (Mike's going with me to help, yay!), Joshua has a ball game this week...gosh what else...I'll have to look at my calendar. I hope everyone has a great week!

Had a really great day.....

We took the kids to see Shrek the Third this afternoon. They all really liked it, I just thought it was ok. I guess I wonder how many more they could possibly make. I've been wondering the same thing about Ocean's 13 that fixing to come out. I really like Oceans 11 and Oceans 12 was alright. I can't imagine Ocean's 13 being all that great. Afterwards we went out for burgers. Cassie and I brought Mike and Joshua home and then we had a shopping date. I bought her a new Summer dress and got myself some new shorts, a couple of pairs of capris, a couple of shirts and a new pair of earrings. One of the sirts I got is really cute and has some stuff written on it in French. Cassie asked me what it said and I told her I didn't have any idea. She then asked me if I was going to buy it. I said yes and then she asked, "What if that says something bad?" That was a good question I guess. I didn't even stop to wonder what it said. I just thought the thing was cute. I guess I should see about translating it before I wear it anywhere..lol. We had a very productive shopping trip and we had some very enlightening conversations. We did a lot of talking about our plans for the summer and are really excited about spending the next 3 months together :). Now if only I had that money tree out back to pay for all of it...LOL :).

I'm so glad it's Friday.....

I love Fridays because that means I get to spend time with my family. Unlike some mother's that I hear gabbing when I pick the kids up from school, I like being with my kids. I can't believe how many women I've heard complain that next week is that last week of school. I'm thrilled. They're away so much during the school year I really look forward to having them home for the 3 months. Tonight they're staying the night at my parents house and I'm going out with my best gal pal. Mike's working late tonight so I won't be missed. I'll be back before he gets home. Joshua was complaining of a sore throat earlier. I really hope he's not getting sick. I tried to get him to stay home but he protested so I just gave him some medicine instead. They've been planning this sleepover for a couple of weeks. I packed some medicine up for him and made him promise to call me if he started to feel worse. Have you ever noticed kids nearly always get sick on the weekend or on a holiday?

I should be a Nascar driver......

Because I can kick some serious booty behind the wheel! So it's behind the wheel of a go-cart but who cares! LOL! I can't do it in my car, I'd go to jail..LOL! I had the BEST time riding with the third graders today! I LOVE LOVE LOVE racing. And the best part is a lot of them remembered that I did it last year so they were arguing over who would ride with me...what fun!! I must've driven around that track 100 times before I hung my hat up. The only reason I did it then was because my arms hurt and my knees were getting cramps..LOL! I've decided if there's ever a time we're just rolling in $$$ that I need a pink race car. I wonder if Revlon, Oil of Olay, Dove, or someone else like that would sponsor me. How fun would that be?! If we were loaded you would so see me racing on TV wearing pink and racing in my pink race car....LOL! I need to get my head out of the clouds so I can get some things done I guess. Sometimes things are a lot more fun when your head is in the clouds aren't they? I'm a firm believer in that you can have just about anything you want if you try hard enough for it. Not everything but a lot of things. I'm not too sure about this pink race car thing though...this might be a tough one..lol :)

Feeling Blah....

No big reason really...just several little things. It's really gloomy outside and is fixing to rain so that doesn't help. I didn't sleep well last night either. I didn't get to bed until after 11 and besides getting up twice on my own, Joshua got me up 2 times as well. It also didn't help that Mike wanted to sleep like a starfish and kept smackin me. He's gonna have to watch that or he may accidentally roll off the bed...LOL! Good grief. I never felt like I fell in to a deep sleep. When I got up I felt like I had only been dozing all night. When I did get up I noticed all of the lights were on. I came in here to discover that Cassie was all ready for school. It was only 6:30 so who knows how long she had been up. There must have been something in the air. When I walked by the phone I noticed it said there was a missed call. I looked and Mike's buddy who has cancer called twice in the middle of the night. Mike tried to call him back but he didn't answer. He left a message for him but he hasn't called back. I hope he's ok. I really worry about him. One of my good friends is moving next week. I'm not happy at all about that :(. I think that's the main reason for my blah's today. I'm really sad that she's moving. On a happier note my best friend and I have a date Friday night so I'm really looking forward to that. We're gonna do some shopping and have dinner. Joshua is supposed to have a ball game tonight but I'm secretly hoping it gets rained out. I love watching him play, I'm just not really in a ball game kinda mood. I have an appt. tomorrow morning after I take the kids to school and then after that I'll be chaperoning another field trip. I'm REALLY looking forward to this one!! I have go cart duty!! YAY! Since the kids are under 10 they have to ride with an adult. I could ride those things all day long! Cassie's friends love riding with me. Way more fun than riding with a teacher....lol!

Mother's Day

Happy belated Mother's Day to all of my friends who are moms! Moms of both fur people and real people! LOL! I had a really good day :). The kids gave me a card and a really cute pair of earrings. They have little ceramic china birds dangling from them. They're really pretty :). I slept in and we went out to lunch. When we came back I took a cat nap which I never do so that was nice. Of course I paid for it last night because I couldn't sleep. That's one reason I try to never take naps. If I do I can't sleep at night. I just don't require a whole lot of sleep I guess. If/when I do take a nap I feel like I'm wasting time. I got to do a lot of stitching yesterday which was really nice. I've been working on several gifts this month. Mike took care of cooking dinner. We did a bit of gardening yesterday afternoon. Everyone thought it would be fun to plant watermelons and pumpkins so let's se how that comes out, shall we? LOL :). When I was a kid my mom planted watermelons in her garden one year and I recall it being a very scary thing...lol. I just can't picture a watermelon/pumpkin patch thing going on back here but the kids are really anxious to see what happens. I wasn't too anxious to do that but I know when they get older they'll remember the year that we planted watermelons and pumpkins. It's really good for them to have those memories :). I also planted some tomatoes for Cassie as well as a whole bed full of marigolds out front. There aren't too many things I can plant out there. I need something that requires full sun or they'll die. I really should have done this a month or 2 ago. Time seems to have really gotten away from me the past couple of months. As a matter of fact I need to scamper off and paint my face. I have a conference with Joshua's teacher this morning. Today's my cleaning day and I also want to finish the stitching on a gift for Cassie's teacher. Working last week was really nice but I'm glad to be home this week and am really thankful that I don't have to work and only do it because I want to :). It really doesn't even seem like work to me. It's almost like I'm getting paid to have fun...lol.

Mother's Day Tea with Cassie

I spent most of the day delivering flowers but had to leave a little early so I could head to the school for Cassie's 3rd grade Mother's Day tea. I wasn't disappointed that I had to leave early today. On really busy days like Valentine's Day, ect...I end up with a delivering partner. Another girl who delivers had to have some medical tests run today so she had one of her husbands friends come in to take her place. The guy that ended up coming along with me about got on my ever loving last nerve. I think I could tell you every sad/depressing/unfortunate thing that has ever happened to him (and apparently there's a lot!!). I thought it to be a little odd he was telling me this the first day I meant him! Most of the deliveries were for Mother's Day but we did have to run to 2 funeral homes. One piece to be delivered was a casket piece. He made a big "to do" out of the fact that he didn't want to go in to the funeral home. Ok, ya know what???...I don't like funeral homes either but the people have to have their flowers. The big weenie...I hope he was temporary....

Anyway, Cassie's tea was a lot of fun! She made a book for me which was very very neat! There are lots of stories and letters and things in it. I think my favorite story is " My mom goes batty when..." She says "My mom goes batty when she gets the electric bill" How funny is that?! LOL!! The whole story is about how batty I get when the bill comes in....LOL! Here's a pic her teacher took of us today at the tea. We had a really good time :). In the future I'll have to be sure to open the elctric bill when she's not around..LOL!

We're meeting Mike for dinner on his dinner break in a while and then the kids and I are going to do some paling around :).