Spring Break

Wahoo...Here we are. At home, with the whole week ahead of us. I have spent the day doing laundry, cooking several real meals and playing on the computer all day.

I have committed to NO SHOPPING this week. My freezer is stocked with meat and veggies. We have two gallons of milk in the fridge and plenty in the pantry. Did I mention that the children are home? The thought of "ruining" my reputation with all my sales clerk/friends brings tears to my eyes. My children forget who they are and WHOSE they are when we get behind a buggy! I have spend months building this repiore with my fellow workers and one visit with Frick and Frack would do it in!!!

So that is why we are eating out of the pantry. At the end of this week, we are going to pick up my mother and travel up "North" to visit my grandmother for the night. Husband will miss us for the night, but hopefully there will still be something left in the fridge for him when we leave!

Tomorrow I am taking them to have a picture made! It has been a while, I am really looking forward to it! I look back on some of the ones from when they were little, I am so glad I spent the money, even when we did not have it to spend on pictures!

You cannot go back! It was money well spent! My favorite ones are black and white and 11x14 from their shoulders up! They are huge close ups and I love them!!


Do You Remember These Girls??? October 2004 They were 4 years old.

Hot 'Lanta

Having grown up in Marietta, GA, this was very funny to me and I thought I would share! I hope you enjoy it! I know my Mom will!!

This is for anyone who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, has ever lived in Atlanta, has ever visited Atlanta, ever plans to visit Atlanta, knows anyone who already lives in Atlanta, or knows anyone who has ever heard of Atlanta.

Atlanta is composed mostly of one-way streets. The only way to get out of downtown Atlanta is to turn around and start over when you reach Greenville, South Carolina.

All directions start with, 'Go down Peachtree' and include the phrase, 'When you see the Waffle House.' Except that in Cobb County, where all directions begin with, 'Go to the Big Chicken.'

Peachtree Street has no beginning and no end and is not to be confused with:
> Peachtree Circle
> Peachtree Place
> Peachtree Lane
> Peachtree Road
> Peachtree Parkway
> Peachtree Run
> Peachtree Terrace
> Peachtree Avenue
> Peachtree Commons
> Peachtree Battle
> Peachtree Corners
> New Peachtree
> Old Peachtree
> West Peachtree
> Peachtree-Dunwoody
> Peachtree-Chamblee
> Peachtree Industrial Boulevard

Atlantans only know their way to work and their way home. If you ask anyone for directions, they will always send you down Peachtree.

Atlanta is the home of Coca-Cola. Coke's all they drink there so don't ask for any other soft drink unless it's made by Coca-Cola. Even if you want something other than a Coca-Cola, it's still called Coke.

The gates at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport are about 32 miles away from the Main Concourse, so wear sneakers and pack a lunch.

The 8 AM rush hour is from 6:30 to 10:30 AM.
The 5 PM rush hour is from 3:00 to 7:30 PM. Friday's rush hour starts Thursday afternoon and lasts through 2 AM Saturday.

Only a native of Atlanta can pronounce Ponce De Leon Avenue, so do not attempt the Spanish pronunciation. People will simply tilt their heads to the right and stare at you. The Atlanta pronunciation is 'pawntz duh LEE-awn.'

And yes, they have a street named simply, 'Boulevard.'

The falling of one raindrop causes all drivers to immediately forget all traffic rules. If a single snowflake falls, the city is paralyzed for three days and it's on all the channels as a news flash every 15 minutes for a week. Overnight, all grocery stores will be sold out of milk, bread, bottled water, toilet paper, and beer.

I-285, the loop that encircles Atlanta, which has a posted speed limit of 55 mph (but you have to maintain 80 mph just to keep from getting run over), is known to truckers as 'The Watermelon 500.'

Don't believe the directional markers on highways: I-285 is marked East and West but you may be going North or South. The locals identify the direction by referring to the 'Inner Loop' and the 'Outer Loop .'

If you travel on Hwy 92 North, you will actually be going southeast.

Never buy a ladder or mattress in Atlanta. Just go to one of the interstates and you will soon find one in the middle of the road.

The last thing you want to do is give another driver the finger, unless your car is armored, your trigger finger is itchy and your AK-47 has a full clip.
Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.
There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Georgia ..
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Georgia, plus a couple no one has seen before.
If it grows, it sticks.
If it crawls, it bites.
If you notice a vine trying to wrap itself around your leg, you have about 20 seconds to escape, before you are completely captured and covered with Kudzu, another ill-advised 'import,' like the Carp, Starling, English Sparrow, and other 'exotic wonders'.

It's not a shopping cart, it's a buggy.

'Fixinto' is one word (I'm fixinto go to the store).

Sweet Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're 2 years old.

'Jeet?' is actually a phrase meaning 'Did you eat?'

'Momma-nem' means: How's Mother and all of the other children and other members of the family doing.

If you understand these jokes, forward them to your friends from Atlanta, Georgia and those who just wish they were.

Lordy, I love ATLANTA

Gerbils and Hamsters Oh My...

The girls have decided to put their money together and get a hamster. I cannot wait for them to get home from school so i can tell them their Aunt has scored them the BIG one! her neighborhood is hosting a huge yard sale in two weeks and her neighbor has a cage and water bottles for $2.00. WaHoo!!

That is music to this thrifty girls ears!

The moral of this story - ASK everyone if they have a cage collecting dust before you sink $30 into one!!!

Typing Is Now Easier

I want to thank everyone who gave me their two cents worth on learning how to type! I have figured out something special about my laptop! On the actual mouse, there is a small button that I can push that turns the mouse off. I know what you're thinking - duh! But it is really tiny. Husband even took my computer one night and tried to disable the sensitivity of the mouse and could not help me.

The other night I was typing in bed with the laptop propped on my knees (kind of high, at eye level) when I noticed the button. HUGE defining moment for me! To memorize the keyboard is just to much! I am a fast typer, but need to be able to glance down, more than I look up! Does anyone understand????

So I now feel so liberated, typing so freely with out skipping around the screen typing all over the place!

Life here is normal! Soccer games last night. Both teams won! Son had a 8PM game. That is so late on a school night. They did not get home until 9:30pm. I had brought the girls home and put them to bed. They have runny noses from all of the pollen.

Hopefully everyone will be well. We are taking the children to my sister's for her third child's birthday party. She is going to have inflatables and games - carnival theme! Circus would have been more appropriate, but I guess she didn't want any more animals???

Two of my friend from College are also friends with Sister and they will be there too! I am looking forward to seeing them! After the party the children have talked us into letting them get a Hamster. We will see if we get it Friday? I wanted to go to a couple of Garage Sales and see if we could find a cage for $5 bucks instead of $30++ Hopefully I can hold them off until Monday to actually get the rat, I mean gerbil or hamster. Speaking of a circus... Here is my Mom and Sister's #4. Oh he is so sweet! I can't wait to get my hands on him Friday (I mean see me Mom and Family)...

Treasurers from My Little Treasurers

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. -Isaiah 61:11

Three types of daffodils (the great big fluffy ones smell so good), Little Belles and Wisteria. My girls are always bringing me something sweet inside!

I have our seed packs and egg shells ready to go this week! I am planting a "salsa" garden (tomatoes, onions, jalapenos and cilantro)!! I cannot wait!

We are also putting out a ton of zinnias, three different types. They will love cutting these and bringing them indoors! We are going to try a mammoth sunflower that says 8-12 feet tall... We'll see!!!! ;0)

He Is Risen!!!!!

He Is Risen Indeed!!!

I hope you had a beautiful day with family!

We had a big breakfast and then went to 11 am church. We then went to Husband's Dad's house for a great lunch and an Easter Egg hunt!

The children had so much fun! After they found a few and shook them, they realized they had coins in them. They are so serious about this hunt!

I am so blessed to have such beautiful children! They actually cooperated with me this year and let me take their picture(s). We were in the yard waiting on their Daddy! He was the last one in the car this morning!!!!! Not Mama!! I spent two hours Saturday night ironing clothes, find shoes that matched and doing everyone's hair! I was on the ball this Easter!!! Now we go to church every Sunday, but we are very casual at our church. So dressing up was a big to-do for my gang this morning!

We were back home around 4pm and we got our bikes down and went for a family ride in the neighborhood next door!! We really had so much fun!

My heiney hurts...it has been a while since I rode a real bike! It wasn't a banana seat that's for sure! You would think with this "chunky-butt" I would have enough padding, but it hurt.

We came home and I showed husband all of the daffodils I have been transplanting! The walk way was is stone pavers and was full of weeds. I hired my cheap labor ($1.50/job) and they wen to town! They actually did a great job cleaning it out! A little round up and we will be completely weed free!

Later I started clearing out the beds where the lantana is starting to come up and sweeping the porch off. They started a baseball game with a large bouncy ball and my LARGE hedge clippers. Husband was the only hitter and Harley seemed to be the only one running back and forth! They are all sleeping good tonight!

Of course I did have to give a round of benedryl tonight! The pollen is so bad. We could use some of that Midwest rain!!! Prayerfully we will all stay well!!! Spring Break is next week...

Easter Egg Hunt at School

I went to Twin C's class today for their egg hunt! Poor Twin M does not ever have any parties put on by her teacher. They have the party-in-a-box that my best friend Apple Dumplin takes in there, but Mr. C does not host anything ;(

This morning I made Peep-Cars for her class! They turned out cute! I also made some for the teachers workroom! I am trying to get on their good side! (Brown-noser!)!!

If your school has an active PTO, please send me a link to their website! I really want to do a good job next year! I need all the ideas I can get!

Day in the Life of a Three Year Old

Today I watched a friends three year old!! It has been a while since I have had the pleasure of a three year old around the house.

His momma, (aka Long Legs), was asked by my other friend (Apple Dumplin') to be in a fashion show/TV commercial for her shop. (Notice she did not ask moi, chunky butt to be in it). ANYWAYS, while long legs was getting ready, her three year old was watching her every move. When she went upstairs to get dressed he proceeded to do-as-Momma-did and paints HIS toe nails. She will probably be mortified that I am posting this, but I had to!!!!















He propped his foot on the coffee table, just like he had seen her do, and painted away. The only thing he did not do like mama, was wait for them to dry. He put his shoes back on so she would not see.


Fortunately he is a talker and immediately told on himself. She went downstairs to examine the damage and to her surprise there was not any!

He very neatly polished his toe nails!!! I love it!

Cake Walk and BBQ

I worked yesterday morning on a PTO newsletter that informed the parents about the upcoming Spring Fling.
My good friend who so graciously agreed to chair the cake walk called to ask who's number I used in the newsletter.....
Fortunately it was the BBQ chairs! She will just refer all calls to the cake chair, but I feel I will need to pay her cell phone bill.

Never before have I found myself saying so many four-letter words. My laptop is great except for the fact that I lay my thumb down when I type. I move the mouse/arrow and do not even realize it. I did not do well in typing in high school and cannot always look at the screen when typing. It Is So Aggravating!!! Does anyone have any advice? Would a wireless mouse work? I need some technie help!!! Wher cousin ere is my comput.............see what I mean ;)

PTO is Consuming Me!

I always have something going on, now it is PTO.

Long story - the girls school was very slack this year and after volunteering to do several things, I was asked to take on President next year. I talked this over with Husband, because it is going to take a lot of my time. After praying about it, I am very excites. My thought is to get in there and work hard this upcoming year, then the next year I can ride it out for the rest of our stay (5th - 8th).
Needless to say, my mind is swimming with ideas! There is so much to do! I am glad we have all summer to get ready!!!

I am making a new commitment to blogging! I have had so many people email me over the weekend asking if we were OK. I did not think I had that many readers. SO...I have to be here everyday around 2:30 for the bus, so this will be my new blogging time.

Husband went out of town last week and we were out of school on Friday, so we were very lazy around here! On Friday we stayed in our PJ's all day. They actually played soccer in the yard (in between the rain showers) in their pajamas! It was a great day!

Soccer season is underway! Here are some of the upcoming games!! Call me if you do not know where the normal soccer complex is!
Tuesday, March 18, Son 5:30/Girls 5:4o
Tuesday, March 25, Girls 5:40/Son 8PM
Saturday, April 12, Son, 9:45 am/10:10 am

Son will also have a piano recital and the girls school Orchestra recital soon! Son's school won 4th place OVERALL for Academic Team! That is huge!

I am currently going to Pilate's EVERYDAY! I am blogging about this for accountability! So if you see me ask how many times I have been this week!

The bus is here! I need to go hug my babies!!!

Treasure Every Momement

I just called my Mother and Sister in total panic! Husband has flown out for business today and I was at Arby's (for a Bible Study) and the TV announced they were evacuating Capital Hill because they could not find an aircraft...

My heart went into overtime. Husband was in the air. Sister was in the car taking one of her four to the Dr. and found it on satellite radio. A PRIVATE aircraft went off radar and was not communicating for a time and THEY panicked.

I broke out in tears waiting for her to find something on the radio about it.

FOCUS - REGROUP.... Our time here is so short. Treasure every moment like its the last. Kenny Chesney sings "Don't Blink" and I mean it!! I miss you Honey!! Love Always!

Remember Me!

My last post was on March 1st. I have been so caught up in coupons, ebay and now Spring Fling at the girls school, blogging has taken the back seat (of the bus...)

I read this article about what to do with all those CVS bags I have been collecting - Crochet a bag. Now if you see me toting one of these, you'll know my life finally slowed up and I am just knittin' and pearlin'!!!!

What a fun Saturday!

First we went to the "Twin Sale" and I found the following for $47.50

8 pairs of size 8 jeans

4 pairs of size 8 shorts

4 pairs of capris

2 size 14 jeans

In my opinion "I racked up!"

Then we went to Home Depot to make the FREE workshop craft. It was a nascar car! They were thrilled! We saw Muffin Top's husband there with their two children!

After that we came home and had PB&j and tomato soup. Again they were thrilled!

Then we put on our PJs and I took them around noon to Brusters for a FREE Ice Cream Waffle Cone - their own cone and they did not have to share! Again they were thrilled!

I had read on a board that CVS had marked their Perfume and Cologne sets down to 90%, but they were not marked (unadvertised sale). So while they were ssslllooowwwlllyyy finishing their cones, . we went to CVS to check it out. Again they were thrilled! Well what did I find you ask?

The MotherLoad! No one else in my little town knew about the deal, so we racked up! Boy Do We Smell Goooood! I saved a couple for gifts, but the rest we are adding to my stockpile garage sale I am planning in a few weeks!

I cleaned my closet out for the garage sale! That was no small task. My garage is going to be filled with junk and stockpile!

Tonight we have the Upwards basketball banquet (free dinner).

So overall this has been a very productive and FREE kind of day!