tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44884059305303883632024-03-05T09:28:02.238-08:00Chasing Beans...and loving every minute of it!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger271125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488405930530388363.post-21683545075001546622012-10-11T08:29:00.000-07:002012-10-11T08:29:22.226-07:00Don't Tread On MeMy parents were able to be here with us this weekend for General Conference. It was fabulous.<br />
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Yay, for Conference.<br />
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Yay, yay, for Grandma and Grandpa getting to spend it with us.<br />
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While they were here, I learned a little idiosyncrasy that both Grandpa and Grandson possess;<br />
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If there is a path...they will block it.<br />
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Shoes, suitcases, toys, backpacks, jackets...whatever is in their hands, will be set down, <u>under foot</u>.<br />
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Chase consistently commits the same offense. My little Lego-lover leaves Legos laying right for your instep to find. Have you ever been surprised by a Lego in your instep? Horrible surprise. It smarts.<br />
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One night, a couple of years ago, I ventured into his dark room to kiss the forehead of my sleeping boy before retiring for the night. On the floor, directly in my path, right for my Gigantor feet to find, was his Christmas present Lego set. What took him two days and several hours to assemble, took me 1.5 seconds to annihilate. Oh, the tears. Chase may have even shed a few as well.<br />
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"There will come a day when you will be sad when there AREN'T Legos to step over anymore."</div>
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So, for now, I guess, I will just tread lightly. And, after a late night stumble into the kitchen for a drink of water, I will be glad that I have a documented picture of this Lego set. </div>
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He can use it to help him rebuild it.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488405930530388363.post-81080962331642018622012-10-01T21:40:00.001-07:002012-10-01T21:40:19.547-07:00Stuffy Nose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Chase came home from first grade with a gourd from his teacher. </div>
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I told him to put it on the porch with the rest of the veggies.</div>
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I realize that living in Utah means that there is a temple around every corner. Almost.</div>
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Last July, we were among the throngs of people who were able to descend on Brigham City, Utah, to watch them hoist up and place the statue of Moroni on the top of the beautiful temple they were building there. </div>
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It was neat to be able to feel of the saints excitement to have a temple even closer to them.</div>
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In August, we joined the throngs again as we had the privilege of being able to go inside the temple and tour it during the open house. Chase especially liked going inside this beautiful temple since he had been able to watch so many steps along the way at it was being built.</div>
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He has a great love for temples at his young age because of the significance they hold for him. The Logan Utah temple especially. He loves that temple dearly because of the opportunity to be sealed to his family there. He loves being part of a forever family and is genuinely (and sweetly) concerned when he finds out that one of his friends hasn't had the opportunity to be sealed yet. </div>
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Yesterday, we had the opportunity to attend the dedication of this temple. There were some beautiful promises and blessings given.</div>
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I really think I have a hearing problem.</div>
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I find myself cocking my head to one side when I am really trying to hear something. I have to turn the TV up to an obnoxious level to not miss a word. But most sadly, I cannot hear my 8 year old.</div>
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His voice is at frequency level I just cannot pick up. If there even is such a thing. That child talks, and I hear</div>
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"whawha wha whawhawha whawha"</div>
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"Mom, can I have a cookie?"</div>
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I hear, "Mom, please dance with the Wookie"</div>
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"I can't find my shoe"</div>
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I hear, " You're standing in goo"</div>
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I finally had to explain to my favorite son, if you want me to hear you, you gotta come and talk right to my face. </div>
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He suggested I go get my hearing checked.</div>
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That night, we were downstairs watching our weekend's worth of college football games when Jeff ran upstairs to refill his water cup. I turned and hollered past Chase, asking Jeff since he was upstairs, would he grab me a drink, please.</div>
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Chase, dramatically rubbed his ear, and said, seriously,</div>
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"Well, at least you have no problem talking."</div>
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Thanks for your heart-felt concern, Bub. </div>
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Here is another journal entry, from May 2007</div>
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"Walking into a restaurant, on the way to being seated, Chase smashed his nose up against my bum and said,</div>
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'Mom! You've got something stuck to your bootie!'"</div>
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About five years ago, Chase was going through a major fruit loving phase. So, I found myself in the grocery produce section perusing the fruit selection. Bananas, apples, strawberries...those were the obvious. Pretty much tasty, no matter what. I admired, however, people that ventured out, feeling brave enough to eat fresh-from-the-store peaches and and pears. Chase would wolf down Grandma's bottle peaches and pears. But fresh? They were always rock hard, and flavorless.</div>
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Since I am apparently not shy, I unabashedly asked them how in the heck they ate such firm pears...and enjoyed it.</div>
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From then on, everything and anything has found it's way to my windowsill. There is nothing my windowsill can't ripen. Including dry, mealy, flavorless tomatoes that we are forced to eat from grocery stores when our gardens are under snow. I can ALMOST get them to taste off-the-vine.</div>
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I am sure that I am slower than most. I am betting that I was the last person that received the memo on how to ripen hard-as-a-rock produce. If you already knew this trick, well, good for you. If you didn't, well, there you go.</div>
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Maybe for my next trick, I will tell you where the source of the smell comes from in your bathroom, if you are raising boys.</div>
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It's a good one.</div>
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"While boating with Uncle Kirk and Aunt Heather for the first time, he was getting more and more nervous as the boat was speeding up. As the boat started bouncing on the swells, Chase finally announced,</div>
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I have been thinking a lot about my aunt, Mary Lou, for a while now. She was an amazing lady. </div>
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She was one of those people you couldn't get enough of. She was so good, and made you want to be good. She was so sweet, and nice.</div>
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When asked how she was able to maintain such a demeanor <u><strong>all</strong></u> of the time, she simply stated that she tried to always act like there was a camera on her, at all times.</div>
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Pretty simple explanation from such an extraordinary woman.</div>
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I have always wished that I was more like her. I would have a long way to go just to be in the same arena with her. She truly was amazing.</div>
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About a year ago, Jeff and I went to some friend's house for dinner. They had invited other friends to their home as well. Upon arrival, I noticed that the wife of the other friend invited was a plain, ordinary looking woman. She was under dressed. My fleeting thought (and this is horrible) was that she would not be someone that I was going to remember as remarkable, or anything.</div>
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I wanted to hug her. I AM pretty sure that I followed her around for the rest of the evening, hanging anxiously on every word that she uttered. In one moment, I found myself wishing that I was more like this woman that I had only moments ago thought so unremarkable.</div>
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What a talent these women possess. How would it be to have seemingly mastered the ability to be so Christ-like to everyone you meet. I mean, seriously.</div>
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I have a <strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">LONG</span></em></strong> way to go, Baby!</div>
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I would like to think that I have grown up some, since being a little girl. I would even like to think that I have gained a certain amount of wisdom, and even more of an ability to become more like these women. I have also, and unfortunately, become a little cynical and pessimistic. It has been my experience that if someone can shaft you, they will. If someone can be dishonest, they will.</div>
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So, here's to you, Mary Lou, and the other woman whose name I can't remember. Thank you for showing me a higher road. Thank you for showing me that no matter and what, and with no matter who...there is a better way. The world is a more beautiful place because of women like you.</div>
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So, lemon cupcakes he received. Hmmmm, fresh lemon cupcakes. They were delish. So stinkin' rich, but so very scrumptious.</div>
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After a beautiful father's blessing, full of encouragement and great counsel, Jeff and I got all verklempt as we got ready to say goodbye to our buddy for another school year. I seem to need to take a few minutes to adjust to the thought of school being out for the summer. Then, I have a hard time letting him go back when it's over.</div>
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So, here's goodbye to a great summer, and hello to another school year. It's going to be a great year. I am so proud of you, Chase!</div>
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I need an intervention.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488405930530388363.post-91564683161130989082012-04-02T21:12:00.004-07:002012-04-03T08:09:56.763-07:00A Hard Day's NightThis morning, I woke up to Chase putting together a puzzle of the United States. I sat down to join him and asked him how his night was. He gave me quite a dramatic play by play of his eventful night:<br /><br />"Well, I woke up at 12:30 and had to go pooh. I went back to bed and woke up at 3:00 and had to go pooh. Then I woke up at 7:00 and had to go pooh. Then I thought, 'I might as well stay up and play, in case I have to go pooh again', so I stayed up and played."<br /><br />"Wow. That's quite a night. You are going to be good and tired by tonight."<br /><br />"Yeah, and pooped."<br /><br /><br /><br />TeeheeheeheeheeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488405930530388363.post-30949520334606473632012-03-29T09:09:00.004-07:002012-03-29T09:30:37.720-07:00Seriously? Seriously!Not often does my extreme BLUE personality (feels deeply with an extra need to be understood) have a run in with my son's extreme YELLOW personality (the need to find the fun and the party in everything). I have enough of a yellow streak in me that I can find the party well enough to hang with the YELLOWS.<br /><br />Yesterday, I was not so sure.<br /><br />After school, Chase and I were doing the whole after school routine and were looking over his newly checked out library books. The one on the Titanic opened up this dialogue:<br /><br />Oh, good choice, Chase! This next month marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.<br /><br />Really?! When?!<br /><br />I think it's on the 14th of April.<br /><br />Are we going to have a party?!!<br /><br />Well, no. This is not really the type of occaision that sparks a huge need to have a party or anything. It is just more of an neat opportunity to remember what happened.<br /><br />No, I don't mean a BIG party. I could just invite a couple of friends and we could...bob for apples...or something.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Seriously?<br /><br />Seriously!<br /><br /><br />* Folks, let's do remember that he is only 8 years old. Morbid and inappropriate are not part of his personality yet. Just the need to be extremely creative and find the fun in everything. While his sometimes-wise mother finds his humor to be very humorous, she also felt the need to show him the appropriate amount of respect surrounding this event. She is, after all, a very BLUE mother raising a very YELLOW boy.<br /><br />Which is why she felt the need to give this extra explanation.<br /><br />It never stops.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488405930530388363.post-77814301056079928242012-02-10T09:34:00.000-08:002012-02-10T22:32:57.088-08:00Look!Look, Melanie! I took pictures of my food! Aren't you proud?<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRzLmgyIfNgD6YJ8i2oQMmtn4OfI4FxqIrT1yUFMfIR-l-PDNvPoWm77yrEOc5rmEwwLFlC4v-xYfJRLaCBTl2g975M06ngH1Ck-0Io_v9kJJL8uQUAVBht9JY7zFLEHEObq-ZGEiRm0w/s1600/new+camera+211.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707563198431449426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRzLmgyIfNgD6YJ8i2oQMmtn4OfI4FxqIrT1yUFMfIR-l-PDNvPoWm77yrEOc5rmEwwLFlC4v-xYfJRLaCBTl2g975M06ngH1Ck-0Io_v9kJJL8uQUAVBht9JY7zFLEHEObq-ZGEiRm0w/s400/new+camera+211.JPG" /></a><br />I only took a picture of these eggs to document my fabulous and frivilous time-waster. They were a lot of work and tasted the same as any other old egg. Won't be doing them again, but at least got a picture to show that I did.<br /><br />Oh, and I also took a picture of this.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNt3OsptW17Og9rCYSxQHOh6fHdnpS5AV84lFt-zwKyoqF1bymzH4xVnx_pPdEiNewaRZNSzWt6Ny20YJ4DY-Ehe2l-VfH8MDdG9OUAZ4pLfQ9TqZqQsMrJjX3oPIdtgKeB8vVd1dDUCc/s1600/new+camera+205.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707563192620401682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNt3OsptW17Og9rCYSxQHOh6fHdnpS5AV84lFt-zwKyoqF1bymzH4xVnx_pPdEiNewaRZNSzWt6Ny20YJ4DY-Ehe2l-VfH8MDdG9OUAZ4pLfQ9TqZqQsMrJjX3oPIdtgKeB8vVd1dDUCc/s400/new+camera+205.JPG" /></a><br />He is being a rebel with his hair. He wants to leave it long. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I want to cringe.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Still cute...even with a porcupine sitting on his head.<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488405930530388363.post-74043104042044942032012-01-27T08:38:00.000-08:002012-01-27T08:50:17.918-08:00Mountain Out of a Mole HillI have inherited many a great quality from my family tree. One of them being moles. And lots of them. I can't panic about moles 'cause I'd have an ulcer. So, I have resigned myself to the obvious...make sure they are all behaving themselves, not growing, changing...and definitely...no new ones.<br /><br />Well, I found a new one.<br /><br />Before gracing the sweet girls at our bank with my early, early visit, I decided to make myself a little less scary and put on some make-up. As I sat applying my face while belting out to some Little Texas, I saw a speck out of the corner of my eye. <br /><br />There was a new mole on my ear.<br /><br />Gulp.<br /><br />I have to admit, it made my heart skip a beat. I reached up to rub my ear in investigation of this new found speck.<br /><br />It smeared.<br /><br />Apparently, some of the Muddy Buddys that I had snuck for breakfast found their way to my ear lobe.<br /><br />I {heart} my chocolate mole.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">What will you let make your day today? ;)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488405930530388363.post-30609541693911138262012-01-06T14:52:00.000-08:002012-01-10T08:24:17.398-08:00It's Great To Be Eight<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQWfI30BeTN3w29nisJzDkpcRrcB2HpYPyw94Nb1nXeFPsEBlCEbXw_Vq7CQdv6QaOgxpVrMomK1csgPDQ0WsXFJ9dv9kD6PzMu8i8xldCbv0lyA1ALYZdatDP_dc3IcOUM-WERKKWdI/s1600/Chase.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695721012857395218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQWfI30BeTN3w29nisJzDkpcRrcB2HpYPyw94Nb1nXeFPsEBlCEbXw_Vq7CQdv6QaOgxpVrMomK1csgPDQ0WsXFJ9dv9kD6PzMu8i8xldCbv0lyA1ALYZdatDP_dc3IcOUM-WERKKWdI/s400/Chase.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Eight random things I love about this 8-year old:<br /><br /><br />I love his hands. There is something adorable about his hands; the way they move, the way he expresses himself with them.<br /><br />I love that he still holds my hand...in public. His principal was agog when he caught Chase not only holding my hand...in the cafeteria, but also sending me off with a kiss and an "I love you"...in front of his friends. The principal told me to cherish that. I do.<br /><br />I love that he his named after his Grandpa Glenn. I really, REALLY love that.<br /><br />I love that this boy watched nearly all of the Harry Potter movies, scary parts and all, without even flinching. The only time he covered his face with a blanket? The kissing parts. LOVE that!<br /><br />I love how you catch him making a crooked "yikes" face when reading family scriptures and he has to say a "bad" word.<br /><br />I love how he is a perfectly, down-the-middle, fifty-fifty, Even-Steven split between his dad and I. So far, that makes him a shy, Lego-loving, tool-toting, snoring, football-loving carnivore, perfectly blended with the crafty, goofy, outgoing, dramatic, holiday tradition observing extraordinaire, with a pretty great sense of humor. Sounds pretty fabulous...right?<br /><br />I love to hear him pray. If you have ever heard him pray, you know what I mean.<br /><br />I love it when he giggles. It seems especially cute when it is done at a most inappropriate time. Darn it.<br /><br />I love that he is a rule follower. He takes doing what is right pretty seriously...most of the time. Let's be honest. He is a kid. And a boy. 'Nuff said.<br /><br />I love that there are so many things to love about this boy that I can't stop at eight. There is just too much to love about him. But, most especially, I love that he is MY boy.<br /><br />I SERIOUSLY love that.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488405930530388363.post-24024421457294821502011-11-28T12:57:00.000-08:002011-11-28T15:29:29.459-08:00AccomplishmentsBefore I attempt to catch up on an entire summer and fall in picture and word, let me attempt to tell you of another accomplishment.<br /><br /><br />I have managed to pull off every woman's nightmare. I've seen it done in Hollywood, but nothing in Hollywood is real. No one actually does such embarrassing stuff in real life. I know stuff like this happens, just not to me.<br /><br />Until yesterday.<br /><br />I was in a hurry to get to church yesterday. Procrastination from the night before had me all a-flutter to get to the church on time. I paraded in front of my husband, and the mirror, gave myself a semi-passing grade, then flew out the door.<br /><br />As I barrelled into the parking lot, a quick survey of the scene found only a good friend helping his family out of the van, and a rather shy church member heading for the front door. I rushed to the door, in too much of a hurry to say hello to my friend. I arrived at the door the same time the shy man did. He being the gentleman that he is, opened the door for me. I gushed a thank you in a dramatic flurry toward the chapel. I rushed up to the front, breathing a heavy hello to the handful of choir members already seated in the stand, pretty proud of the fact that I was "on time", which is translated to say that I was late, just not as late as everyone else.<br /><br />As I gathered my overly dramatic wits about me while setting up at my post at the piano, I chatted with another friend who was already seated in the choir seats. Seeing that I had a few seconds to spare, I headed back down the stairs to put my bag on "our" bench to save it for my family who would come later. Upon turning around, my friend gasped.<br /><br /><br />The back of my skirt was tucked up in my panty hose.<br /><br /><br />Crap.<br /><br /><br />I began doing what most of us do when faced with absolute mortification. I acted all nonchelant as a I reconned my rogue piece of clothing, then mentally retraced my steps from my van to the church to take mental note of the poor souls that had been unfairly mooned on their way to church.<br /><br />I was instantly horrified to remember some poor choices that I had made that morning. You know thekind. The kind of choices that you feel silly about making, but choices that shouldn't have any consequences, nonetheless. Like when you choose not too shave your legs above the knee,or to wear pantyhose shredded beyond recognition, not really caring 'cause who is going to see up your skirt anyway?<br /><br /><p>Yeah. </p><br /><p>Those choices.<br /></p><br /><p>I then thought of my poor friend unloading his family in the parking lot. And the poor unsuspecting do-gooder just trying to be nice, not realizing that volunteering to open my door meant standing behind my bare behind. </p><br /><p>I am pretty sure I wasn't imagining things when neither of those men made eye contact with me that morning. Apparently one shot of your bare derriere does an uncomfortable moment make.<br /><br />Sigh.<br /></p><br /><p>When I finally got to go sit down with my family, my husband got a little reproach for not being a better detail checker. He sympathetically snorted and chuckled as I told him my terrible tale. My son just looked at me in horrible disbelief.</p><br /><p>"Oh, Mom. I am soooo sorry", was all he could muster.<br /></p><br />His was the only genuine sentiment I would receive for the rest of the day.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p>I have been blessed with such sympathetic friends.</p><br /><br /><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488405930530388363.post-86365502953871424572011-07-09T22:20:00.000-07:002011-07-09T23:31:52.610-07:00A Little Less GrossWow. If I didn't post for any other reason, it would be having a picture better to stare at than a big hair ball on the floor.<br /><br />Sorry, folks.<br /><br />For the last day of school, I got to bring <strong>homemade</strong> (I know...GASP!) treats to school to share with Chase's class. I found these ADORABLE cookies on familyfun.com.<br /><br />Uh, CUH-YOOT!! Of course, they were slightly more adorable on line. But, only <em>SLIGHTLY</em>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFUUm2QhAdMB7mYsi1mswLXJeNo0PDd2xptS-TCTBkEGufrtWrP3T4Zvn9zZG9pIj1iz3nV5jgTajvOdCv5VOPQx0RKRI7W1RZeEvbIXFAfMBJaiDhyKvcGjIF1hrVvqIuqseiqqm3ms/s1600/053.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627590348639270370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFUUm2QhAdMB7mYsi1mswLXJeNo0PDd2xptS-TCTBkEGufrtWrP3T4Zvn9zZG9pIj1iz3nV5jgTajvOdCv5VOPQx0RKRI7W1RZeEvbIXFAfMBJaiDhyKvcGjIF1hrVvqIuqseiqqm3ms/s400/053.JPG" /></a><br />Oysters with raisin pearls. Not my favorite, just cute-ish, I guess.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglx6ydeX9fQZQWaPYy3THaTTK3kPF8xxgQ8GONbrGF34sjzipEbHp8l7nfnptIiLMDMV3ccSRFi-XHkP-zoWvP3YYtDdxfG4Xelb-gAG0zq-A6Y-Xw95VSsuilr6UHhjkJqRlTq8EQk9I/s1600/038.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627590352510356946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglx6ydeX9fQZQWaPYy3THaTTK3kPF8xxgQ8GONbrGF34sjzipEbHp8l7nfnptIiLMDMV3ccSRFi-XHkP-zoWvP3YYtDdxfG4Xelb-gAG0zq-A6Y-Xw95VSsuilr6UHhjkJqRlTq8EQk9I/s400/038.JPG" /></a><br />These? Oh, yeah. <em>THESE</em> were my favorite! With every pair of flip-fl0ps, I cooed and gushed. They just kept getting cuter and cuter.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrhil3Hem3p3gnWNq2i0FQbpUh2Nw4TIeobt8FvshagF_ZkWcKmQnYjrJYYtKcjxfxjacc74G0ixEeKoBYmflIMoS0LbhytW4A704KwuHNjiskFGi0U63oCebLHIqbu2B9GYSXDk_i7A/s1600/037.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627590345041532658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrhil3Hem3p3gnWNq2i0FQbpUh2Nw4TIeobt8FvshagF_ZkWcKmQnYjrJYYtKcjxfxjacc74G0ixEeKoBYmflIMoS0LbhytW4A704KwuHNjiskFGi0U63oCebLHIqbu2B9GYSXDk_i7A/s400/037.JPG" /></a><br />The "beach towel" and brown sugar sand finished out the look.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nM_4SdncVxMlz02HKMPgqka29jY-fBDpIy3Rsb7nZcH3wFBEtkESRSkGeM6wp8aVTKlsixGRWnE9zI8nl-nAJvYzuwjJVn7Pqp8wnkf_OIErgY0gbXIS6q0YblpAKFcKqdk71vTK_dA/s1600/047.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627590346393639138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nM_4SdncVxMlz02HKMPgqka29jY-fBDpIy3Rsb7nZcH3wFBEtkESRSkGeM6wp8aVTKlsixGRWnE9zI8nl-nAJvYzuwjJVn7Pqp8wnkf_OIErgY0gbXIS6q0YblpAKFcKqdk71vTK_dA/s400/047.JPG" /></a><br />They were a big hit...to say the least. </div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488405930530388363.post-68697815514355354172011-05-19T21:43:00.000-07:002011-05-19T21:49:01.935-07:00A Little GrossI was organizing my 2011 pictures and came across this one. Eweeeuuu.<br /><br />When I got my haircut in January, I cut off 14 inches. No, I was not able to donate it. I still had an old perm in it...which puts a big "don't" on my do.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlANZW0zV1Gp0bLcNDUllEmjWPSSwis9rFODudqNOc6tHcHtx7SufbUYhMrdw6nJThOiHbW-LkF_9Qq9olgeEaf29jBf0jlHVr4Sr0Q4cEsLiRx8ptAn9zZgbdukywQC2lsUZn_26zoWA/s1600/021.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608654865399865474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlANZW0zV1Gp0bLcNDUllEmjWPSSwis9rFODudqNOc6tHcHtx7SufbUYhMrdw6nJThOiHbW-LkF_9Qq9olgeEaf29jBf0jlHVr4Sr0Q4cEsLiRx8ptAn9zZgbdukywQC2lsUZn_26zoWA/s320/021.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Just felt like sharin'.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4