Hmmmmm....

Hmmmm....

I wonder what in the world I could be doing with so much fabric...

8 yards to be exact.

Hmmmmm....

Stay tuned.

Guilty Pleasure Friday

Ok, this one id dedicated to my brother again. Since he used to be a cop and all...and is still in the middle east on TDY with the armed services.

Photo Editing

This is something I love to do.  My dream someday is to get a nice DSLR camera, set up a sutdio in the pole barn, and start a photography business.  I love doing it.  I actually took photography classes in college...developing and all.  Loved them.  In the meantime, I use my point and shoot at fun angles and a little Picasa fun.  Someday I will have my dream....someday.  In the meantime, I play.

This is my original taken this summer at our family photo shoot.  This is probably my most favorite picture of all time.

And the edit:

I actually like both of them, but the latter seems to be a little warmer- especially if I'm doing a lot of browns, blues and tans in the house.

Not Me! My fellow grocery shoppers! Monday

Ok, friends...this is going to be a quickie.  FYI:  This momma is tired.  Totally sleep deprived.  (Almost past the point of newborn-sleep deprived....except without that sweet adrenaline rush you get just home from the hospital.  Well, perhaps there was an adrenaline rush in there somewhere....like a holy-crap-my-kid-can't-breathe-and-is-looking-at-me-with-scary-bug-eyes adrenaline rush). 

The family has been hit by a little cold, but for C. (my respiratory babe) its never just a cold.    It hangs on until it mutates into the scary Muppet Show Monster..you know, the one with the big fat lip? 

Yes, well, the monster reared his ugly head at 1am on Sunday morning in the form of a breathing/barking toddler crying for his mommy. 


A few hours of steam in the bathroom and cold outside air, his breathing had calmed to get him to sleep...until 4:45 where it went to barking to inhale and wheezing to exhale.  So, into the steam we went and then a little Albuterol treatment- which did little to help his breathing, but REALLY gave the boy a crazy demeanor for the rest of the day. 

An after-hours Dr. office visit later (upcharges, cha-ching!) , a steriod shot (STAT) later,  and a Dx of acute bronchilitis, he's improving.  He hasn't slept more than a few hours at a time- which means I'm not sleeping at all.  So, in the meantime we're doing 3 neb. treatments a day- which I don't really think help the breathing a ton, but give him the spidey powers to climb the walls and hang from the ceiling.  Have I mentioned I'm tired?

I digress...

Yesterday, during C.'s short nap and while Dave had A. occupied on some science project, I ran quickly to the grocery store.  This had to be the craziest 30 minute trip I've ever had in any store.  So, before I forget all about it, I'm making a Not Me! Monday post about all the craziness that ensued.  Enjoy.

• I did not end up entering the store shortly behind a guy who quickly ran to get in front of me only to slow down once we were in the automated In-door corrale.  He did not reak of cigarette smoke.  I did not instantly nickname the rude gentleman, "Smokie."
• I did not make a bee-line to the produce department only to see a two year old throw a tomato at her mother.  The mother did not respond to this behavior by doing nothing and leaving the broken nasty tomato on the floor.
• I did not turn right around to see a woman spill about three bags of grapes all.over.the.ground.  She did not run over about half of them by wheeling her cart through them.  Only then did she decide to pick half of them up (including smashed ones), put them back into the produce bags and certainly she did not put them back on the display of grapes for sale.  Not at all.  Common sense clearly states that a little sticky germ-infected floor dust is an awesome selling point for fresh produce.  Why bother any kind of employee from the establishment- especially the one standing 8 feet away cleaning out an apple display.  Nope, a dust-free apple display is much more important than e-coli infested grapes.
• In the deli, I did not see an employee walking by me cleaning out his ear...with a key.  Cause, you know...nothing says 'clean ear' like some shaped, grinded steel.  He then, wouldn't think of cleaning off that wax-ridden key on his pant leg.  Nope!  Not this guy.  Nothing says, 'wipe ear-wax here' like an Arizona chino.
• And later, I was not accosted by Smokie's stench when we was walking so slowly in the back of the store that I almost rear-ended him.  At which point, Smokie did not let out the loudest, longest, nastiest fart I have ever heard.  On top of the noise and stench, he certainly was not bouncing to shake it all out.  I was never so grateful for being able to hold my breath for a long period of time- as I was at that moment.  I did not decide right then and there that the grocery experience was over for the day.  Who really needs milk anyway?  Not me!

So, I'm going to bid you adieu for a few days while I take care of my little one.  This is his neb treatment from last night- all cozy in his little sleeper.   I took this picture to keep him occupied during the treatment.  He likes to look at the pictures after I take them, and will sit very still for me while looking.

By the way, notice the NEW couch?!?!?  Thanks to Monica and Joe, we have an almost new (AND FREE!)couch with hide-a-bed!  Love it!  The hide-a-bed sure came in handy last night with C.'s sickness- he needs to be inclined while sleeping and kept flipping himself in his crib.  So, he and I bunked out.

See ya'll in a few days.

Guilty Pleasure Friday

Here's one of my favorite de-motivational poster.  This post is dedicated to my brother- who as a youth- probably tried something like this with his friends Jon, Allen and others (scary, their names escape me at the moment).

Five Question Friday

It's Friday!  And while I often forget to support my blogging friend on 5QF, I'm totally up for the challenge today!  These are fun questions.


1. What is better, growing old with out money or dying young and wealthy?
Hands down, old without money.

I'm not a total worshipper of all things money.  I don't respect a lot of clothing labels and the NEED to have them.  While some do have a higher quality, I'm not the type of person that must have them in order to gain some sort of confidence of acceptance.  With that said, not worrying about it DAILY would be nice.


2. Who takes out the garbage at your house?
Dave.  Unless its...um...you know, that time.  In which case, I usually grab the bathroom garbage before he can get to it.


3. Have you ever had the same dream many times?
I had a crazy dream both times I was pregnant that I was pedaling a big wheel across Lake Michigan.  I know...blaming it on the hormones.


4. Can you play a musical instrument?
Well, I can play...but the real question is am I any good?  Um...no.




5. If you owned your own store, what would you sell? 
Probably like a Bed Bath and Beyond type store...or a craft store.  Those are two places that I love to spend extra time.

Ode to my furniture....and hint to my husband.

I need new furniture for almost every room.

This furniture isn't even fit for someone who rides a broom.

Some of it-good stuff- built with Dave's 2 hands.

The rest....well, let's say I'd love to blast it out of this land.

The couch...oh my...she is such a sad sad sight.

She stood up to 2 bouncing boys and put up a good fight.

Her skin started to give way.

I caught Colin eating her "fluff" the other day.

So, cover her we did.

Until that cover slid.

And then the springs gave way.

And made a hole so big- the boys hide-and-seek- in her can play.

And the chair...don't allow me to start.

Smells of a permanent fart.

Straight?  No, no, diagonal she'll rock.

And the fact that there's Sharpie on her shouldn't come as any shock.

Oh...and end tables...I'd love love love

We using that thing pictured above.

What is that? You ask...

Well, it used to have a task

Printer stand, end table, nightstand and more...

Now, no task for it and looking at it is almost a chore.

So, the other day, to the computer I look

To see the "new furniture budget" and when I did, I shook

In laughter, because you see

The budget was a whopping FORTY.