Random March photos

And here, finally is a picture from Matt's court of honor. My friend mentioned maybe we shouldn't be taking out pictures in front of a polka dotted bulletin board, but was outvoted by the in-laws who were enamored with the cake and eagle statue, that they brought. :) And here is my lovely new picture project going up the stairs!! I love it! Matt isn't pleased I have his Eagle picture in there because that is "like so totally embarrassing". He would rather I stick in his cross eyed school picture, if you haven't seen it click back to older posts, it's worth seeing.

Long lost hamster

The good news is, we got the hamster out from under the oven. The bad news is, he practices his quick get away all day long and has used it on Elle twice to escape under the couch. We really should stick with black bear hamsters which are older and fatter and therefore don't run quite so fast. I also post this picture so you can see Elle's rockin sleeves!

Everyone knows a ant can't, move a rubber tree plant

Remember back when the Indiana Jones movies were awesome and River Phoenix was alive and totally hot? They showed the flashback so everyone knew why Indiana Jones was afraid of snakes? I think it would be funny to see back in peoples lives to see just what events made them who they are and what things really bother them. I witnessed a life altering even for Elle a few weeks ago and I know she will forever have issues. I was giving her a bath in my tub which is a jacuzzi tub, it hadn't been used in a week or less. I turned on the water, she got in and I left to do something else. A minute later I can hear blood curdling screams from the bathroom so I run in there and she is on the sink across the room screaming. SO I look in the tub and it is filled with hundreds of ants floating in the water. Apparently they thought they could move into the filter that sticks out of the inside of the tub, so it was like we had stepped on their ant hill. Mind you I have a bug guy, live in Georgia have bug guys. He said ants are usually a problem in April so watch for them. But this was March and there were soo many!! I pulled the plug and then dumped buckets and buckets of water on the filter until the water could run through it clean and without ants!! Then I filled the tub with hot water and bleach and ran the filter. Elle still has not taken a bath and last night I made her a turkey sandwich which she refused to eat and I couldn't understand why. It was a cracked pepper turkey so it has little black spots which she was positive were ants!! Poor little lady!!

long deep sigh, i've missed you

I'm sure you are in shock that it has been a few days since I've blogged. I am sorry to let everyone know that a loved member of our household is on it's dying last breath. One would hope that it would go in peace and dignity, allowing us to remember it with fond thoughts and memories. But no. It wants to die slowly, painfully, causing frustration and even causing loud screams of rage to echo through the house as memories it once held are lost or impossible to retrieve. For me personally, it's forcing me to go through detox, a forced withdrawal from some of my many favorite past times, like facebook, and blogspot, and the library catalog, paperbackswap.com and shelfari. Yes it's been days since I've been able to post my thoughts for the day knowing that most people couldn't care less. It's been painful emotionally charged days since I've been able to throw my witty comments out there to the web and amuse myself. Oh boy this was fun, but I think it's about to die on me and I want to send this out so everyone knows, yes I am alive. My life is still chaotic and lovely all at once. Teenagers are not my friends unless they are my young women. Matthew now has a size 10W foot, and he can put the whole foot in his mouth. Hmmm just like me I guess. I hope to hear from you soon and be heard by you but that will depend on my unfaithful virus ridden computer. Anyone see Office Space? Because that is going to be happening in my backyard, very, very soon.
PS the kids are currently trying to coax Elle's new hamster that is the size of a cotton ball out from underneath the stove. It sounds like they are having fun. If they get it I may flush it down the toliet. :)

My sunday

So my back has been seriously hurting for about 3 days. I can't sleep in any position so no sleep, walking hurts, breathing occasionally hurts. It was a little embarrassing to fall in Walmart when my leg gave out. But dinner was at my house and so I persevered and tried to make a easy dinner. Spicy sausage spaghetti sauce, homemade Alfredo, stuffed mushrooms, but I did not make homemade bread and the salad came from a bag. So it was baby steps. Maybe someone needs to take my over achiever dinner maker outside and put it out of it's misery. Unfortunately everyone has left and my back hurts quite a bit from cooking so dishes will have to be done, manna. How do you spell that? Tomorrow I guess is good enough. Or maybe midnight, it's not like I will be sleeping. I did get a wonderful blessing while the family was all here and was told to get sleep (duh) and use temperance so I can heal. (sound familiar mom?)
really seriously craving chocolate, but the person who brought dessert brought grocery bakery brownies, and I'm not even tempted to eat a bite. Maybe some cadburry eggs will fix me!!
I taught the lesson n YW today and it went alright. Connor was called as the 2nd counselor in the Deacons Quorum which is pretty exciting! Every Sunday and Wednesday he tells me the Deacons hate him and don't want him there. Maybe this will help him to see that he is wanted there and needed. Keep praying for him! He has a lot of love to give!

sick sense of humor?

Sometimes I totally crack myself up and no one else. My sense of humor must be odd or off in someway, but I think I'm funny. When I yelled tag at the Marines guarding the corners at the marathon most didn't get it. When I asked the older gentleman cheering us on if we were first, he looked sick to his stomach that I might really think so. Yesterday after getting a really great back massage from the chair while the stylist washed my hair I asked for the chairs phone number because I'd love to see it again, she kinda laughed but not really. Yet I'm still laughing at myself. Oh well. hah haha haha hah :)

Request

Can someone please let me borrow their pause button so I can have some time to blog? HELLO anyone out there?? I need a pause!!!