long week

this week seemed to drag on and on!  i don't know why, but i was exhausted by the end of it!

thursday after school i made the mistake of going to wal-mart.  ugh.  it was busy and i was tired.  it took longer than i wanted, so i didn't get home until after 5:30.  i still had to make supper, my feet were killing me, and i had a terrible headache.  needless to say, i was not a nice person to be around.  poor colby was trying to do his homework while i was making supper and i know i groaned at him a couple of times when he asked me questions.  what a bad mom.

once supper and dishes were done, i just plopped down on the couch.  i had zero energy.  smudge jumped right up there behind my head and started squeaking his new toy right in my ear!  i just looked at him and said, "really?" since i hadn't taken a picture that day, he became my photo of the day just because i had my phone in my hand and was too lazy to think of anything else to photograph!

photo of the day

3-3-11

smudge in my ear

i wasn't quite as exhausted friday afternoon.  i don't know why. it was just as crazy as thursday!  i was proud of myself, though.  this was the first day that i didn't have a carbonated beverage! (since monday i've had one diet dr. pepper a day to help get me off of regular dr. pepper.)  i was also proud of myself because of my supper choice.

colby had a friend come over and play after school.  i ordered a pizza for them for supper.  before the pizza arrived, i had a weight watchers frozen dinner and a big glass of water so i wouldn't be tempted by hunger.  it worked!  i didn't do it myself, though.  i prayed that morning that God would help me make good choices one day at time.  i can't make this change myself.  i've tried before, and it doesn't work.  relying on Him is the only way to do this.

photo of the day

3-4-11

supper!

i slept in late this morning. yay!  when i came in the living room and sat down in my chair, i looked over at the recliner and saw this:  (i thought it was funny!  he looked pretty scared to me.)

"oh, no!  don't hurt elmo!" ~elmo

this afternoon the boys and i saw the movie tangled.  i really enjoyed it.  it was disney's version of rapunzel.  spencer claims he didn't like it, and colby said on a scale of 1-10, it was a five.  boys!

after that we went to the hospital to meet our youth minister's new baby girl!  she was so cute!

then we went to the community center to see an art display.  spencer has 2 pieces featured!!!  it's so funny because he HAD to take art last semester and he was so mad about it!  he griped about the class every day and how much he hated doing art.  i don't understand why he hated it so much.  i thought his artwork was amazing!  i wish i had that kind of talent!

grid technique

art parody using  piet mondrian's technique

 photo of the day

3-5-11

an artist admiring his work

random 'a'

"hey, mom! it snowed in the backyard!"

quote of the day: "you were my new dream." ~ flynn rider, tangled (that was one of those romantic moments that the boys couldn't appreciate!)

happy birthday, dr. seuss!

this week at school we've been celebrating dr.seuss's birthday, which is actually today.  part of our celebration was to decorate our classroom door based on one of dr. seuss's books.  my class chose fox in socks. our door turned out soooo cute!

photo of the day

2-28-11

fox in socks

on monday spencer brought home a baritone to practice.  he'll soon be switching to this from a trumpet. it has a lower tone, but it's still just as loud!  i'm impressed with his musical ability.  i wish i had learned to read music.

on tuesday, i did something to improve my health.  i joined weight watchers AGAIN.  if you've followed my blog for long, you know that i've joined before and i've quit before.  i'm praying that this time i will fully rely on God to help me make this change one day at a time.

so my photo of the day is of a recipe that was on display at my first weight watchers meeting.

photo of the day

3-1-11

chicken salad

tonight i was sitting by my little buddy, rylie, having supper before bible class.  she took a bit of her corn dog, and i heard a little gasp from her direction.  she pointed her corn dog at me and said, "my corn dog has a hot dog in it!"  adorable!

photo of the day

3-2-11

corn dog surprise

quote of the day:  "I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells." ~Dr. Seuss

it's time for an update!

nothing exciting happened last week.  it seemed like it took forever for it to end, though!  

photo of the day

2-22-11

ethel, the squirrel

view from my classroom window

wednesday night after bible class there was a baptism.  another one of my little buddies, jacob, sat with colby and me.  at one point both little boys were sitting on my lap, and they both gave me a big hug.  jacob whispered to me, "do i give better hugs than colby?"  so cute!!!

photo of the day

2-23-11

another little friend

jacob and me

 thursday night i hosted a beauty control spa party at my house.  i really don't know why i did it since girly stuff is NOT my thing!  i don't even wash my face before i go to bed!  but my favorite part of the spa party was when we rubbed this white cream all over our mouths and let it dry.  when you wipe it off your lips feel awesome!

photo of the day

2-24-11

beauties!

me, kashia, cheryl and teresa

 friday night daryl and spencer went to a high school basketball game while colby and i stayed home.  there was NOTHING good on tv, and i didn't have anything DVRed!  ugh.  i was actually bored and too tired to go find something to do.  my head hurt anyway, and i was FREEZING so i went to bed!  right as i was about to turn my lamp off i realized i hadn't taken a picture of the day yet.  yikes!  so i grabbed my phone and snapped this:

photo of the day

2-25-11

friday night fun

ice pack on my head and 4 layers of blankets!

saturday was not exciting.  the weather was yucky, so i didn't feel like taking a road trip.  instead i did a little housework and took a nap!  totally lazy!

that night was ladies' bunco at church.  it's a once a year event where we have a big tournament.  it was fun to play with ladies of all ages!  and i actually won a prize for most baby buncos!!!!  woo hoo!

photo of the day

2-26-11

let's roll

today colby downloaded the "words with friends" app on my old iPhone.  he's now one of my opponents!  so fun!

photo of the day

2-27-11

smudgedog10

quote of the day:  "hold my earrings.  it's about to get messy in here!" ~ one of my boys at school! (that kid makes me laugh on a daily basis!)