Is it Friday Yet????........

What a Lon---g week!  Our house has been so busy and usually that equals a fast week, but NOT this week.  I am so ready for Spring!  I always get spring fever during January and February.  I am anxious to see the buttercups and the first signs of life.  However, I will just have to wait until at least after this weekend, snow, ice, cold. Yuck!  Hopefully it will be a pretty snow and I can get out and take some pics. 

Have a good weekend. :)love and peace to all

Birthday Boys and Girl.....

Happy Birthday wishes are going to Uncle Mike, Reed Tucker (RT) and Aunt Dawn.  We love each of you and hope you have a great day.

Painting and thinking...

We try to do our home improvements during the winter months because we go to the lake most every weekend during the summer.  Well, we are slow getting started this winter but we are fixing to kick it into high gear.  We are adding crown molding to most of our rooms.  I have been thinking of painting my wood kitchen cabinets.  Mark does not like the ideal at all, but I want color.  Maybe a crisp white, or a glazy something something?  I am scared!  If anyone reading this has painted their wood cabinets I would love to hear from you.  Do you regret it?  Any tips?

We are also thinking of painting and paneling our fireplace.  I want to panel it and paint the brick white.  When I say panel I mean the decortive strips of paneling like framing.

We may have to go to counseling before we even start.  It is hard to work and do home improvements also.  Say a prayer for us!!love and peace to all

The Cab ride

Well, the cab ride to the airport is one I will Always remember.  Of course the driver was not American, which is not a big deal but I think if he had of been he would have understood I was almost to the point of passing out.  The Bears  were playing a home game so downtown was more than busy.  The roads are closed and made one way, etc.  Well, he tooted his horn from the time we got in until we got out.  The traffic directors are not the police so he said he could do what he wanted.  He attempted to get the traffic director to "let" him turn by tooting the horn "at" her.  She told him no he could not turn, he said fine and went up the street and made a u-turn in fromt of four cars coming at us.  Of course I screamed and then all the sudden we were back at the intersection with the traffic director that would not let him turn.  He stopped looked at her tooted and we went on.  I thought ok I made it throught that...well I kept turning around looking for the sirens that I knew were chasing us....all the way to the airport we were going 80+ miles an hour, bubba flipping us off in the lane next to us, I bursted out into "Amazing Grace".I was laying in Kallie's lap with the window down, almost in tears thinking to myself I know we do not get to pick when and where we die but I do not want to die on the freeway in the outskirts of Chicago needlessly.  Well, the cab driver looks back at me, not because I was singing out the TOP of my lungs but because I was laying in Kallies lap. and he said "sorry I will slow down I don't mean to scare you."  Well he did for maybe 15 seconds and I was still looking out the back window for the police because I could still hear sirens.  We finally make it to the airport..the "sirens" I kept hearing was the rearend of the cab falling out of it, only a mechanics wife would finally realize this!  I have never been so proud to walk on a sidewalk in my LIFE.

Chicago for My Birthday....

Navy Pier  and Lake Michigan.

I can't rotate it-but this was a $1300 dress just hanging on a rack in Neimen Marcus.  I ate a cookie there-of course and even ate lunch also. :)

We had a BLAST in Chicago.  We got a GREAT deal on airfare, and hotel.  We left early Saturday morning and came back Sunday night.  I had a ball.  I had never been to Chi-town, and I was just blown away with it.  This pic is @ the Chessecake Factory, yum-o.

Just one of the many (300 + pics I took.

I didn't get the Memo...

Ok I know I have ranted on this subject before, but like a Mother does, I think I need to go over it again! I did not receive the memo that said "it is ok to wear your pjs shopping". I was, where else, but Wal-mart Wednesday returning something and there was a young girl with her baby, which by the way the baby was dressed well, but Mom had on Elmo fleecy pjs. Kids today need to be told it is not ok to wear your bed clothes out, unless going to the mail box. Where has common sense gone? More than likely the girl didn't have a Mom to tell her that it is not ok, or she is at the age that she won't listen, either way, this is a pet peeve of mine, and I am not ever going to get use to pjs in public. Now I might be through ranting, and venting.:)

I do not like winter, I have to say it again, I do not like winter. I think I will buy some flowers for the kitchen just to remind me Spring is coming. Have a good day. love and peace to all.

Oh to be a student again....

I can remember when I could not wait to hear no school no school (snowbird talked then) Well, he is flying tonight and I know the kids are so happy.

Even though I work for the school system I do not have the same hours as the schools have. So I will be working but knowing Kyle is out tomorrow along with all the kids still make me happy.

Kallie is off to Savannah with a friend. Sounds like fun to me. Shop, shop and eat!!! I always like to go somewhere. love and peace to all-enjoy

Baby it is COLD outside...Summer please

I am NOT a fan of winter. Snow or not I am a hot weather girl. I can't stand to stay in the cabin-cabin fever hits quickly and then I eat and become miserable even quicker. The picture reminds me of hot, summer days. Oh how I would love to be somewhere hot and tropical. It is fun to day dream about being on an island just taking it easy!!! Hitting the powerball is a MUST-but I have to play it and I don't understand how?!!!

Getting back to work is hard!!! I have just done my own thing on my time off and did not get one thing on my list accomplished. I let HGTV and Barefoot Contessa (i love love love her) Nash Bridges, and the Price is Right take my time!!! But seriously needed to get back into a routine, but I think gradually easing back is a better answer. You know a few hours a day, kinda like Kindergarten phase in!!!! When I become Queen of the planet (hee hee) I will make that a rule!!

The washer and iron is calling me so I must go. Maybe I will use the steam on the iron and pretend I am somewhere balmy. peace and love to all