Saturday, January 28, 2006

RAIN!!!!!






I don't know how long it has been, officially, since we had a measureable rainfall. All I know is that for the last month, Oklahoma has had so many fires that many counties have been declared disaster areas. All I know is we are "behind" in our rainfall by 12 inches or more.

Most years I don't like the grey, wet but not snowy, cool miserable weather we have in January.

Today is different. Today I welcome the rain. Today I appreciate the beauty of the grey skies meeting the parched brown landscape. Today, I hope it will rain a little more, a little longer.

Today I thank God for the rain.

Friday, January 27, 2006

Ah, Friday night...


There is something about Friday night. The girls are watching Princess Diaries II. DH is eating dinner. I'm surfing. There is something about Friday night...

Tonight's task is to learn to post a pic. So here is Mattie, showing off the space where a tooth used to live.

Cool! It worked!

Hmm, what else can I learn tonight? I'd better get dinner for the girls first.

Thursday, January 19, 2006

Gotta post!

My Christian Scrapping Friends may come check me out! I feel almost the same as when I have 30 minutes to prepare my home for company. What can I post that's both meaningful and interesting to read? I'm not that great of a writer. Think of something, quick!

OK, Sarah made the Superintendent's Honor Roll this quarter! That's straight A's! I'm so proud of her! Woohoo!

Mattie was so cute tonight--she had to play in her Pooh costume. Don't ask me why. Don't ask me to post a photo b/c I haven't figured out how.

DH is home (he was gone for a week) and the limerence is high at my house tonight.

Saturday, January 14, 2006

While I couldn't sleep

...I prayed

...I folded some laundry and put it away

...I hung up some clothes

...I watched "A Kid in King Arthur's Court"

...I cleaned out my closet

...I turned on "The Human Stain" but couldn't get into it

...I took a Tylenol PM and waited for sleep to come

...I ate another chocolate chip cookie

...I wrote a note to Sarah in case I'm sleeping late tomorrow

...I played Zuma

...I pea'd

...I blogged

I think it's finally time. Good night (or is it morning?)

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Distraction

I went to call the office today. Saw I'd missed a call from Greg and called him back instead.

I went to e-mail my sister. I saw that I had a bunch of messages from my moms list, so I had to set up a new filter. I had installed some new software and rebooted my computer before I remembered about my sister again.

I poured a glass of iced tea and set it on the counter. The ice was melted by the time I remembered it.

I started the laundry. (My friends say it's never really done anyway.)

I did 3 scrapbook pages for a swap. (I need 4.)

I set out some margarine to soften so I could make chocolate chip cookies. It should be ready about now...

I never did make that phone call I was supposed to make before 4--until 6!

And that was just today...

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Should I or shouldn't I ...

...Consider using a portion of my 30 days of personal time this year to stay home and clean my house? Would it do any good? Would it be clean for just a day or a week and then revert to it's normal state of disarray?

Or could I actually successfully retrain myself to actually finish the dishes before bed and hang up my clothes when I change into my pj's?

It is a ponderous question. I welcome any and all comments.

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Tagged again

Do you have a favorite holiday treat?

pretty much all of it

What is your favorite family memory from your childhood? there are so many, but for now I'll go with dressing Snoopy the dog in doll clothes. He so hated that.

What time is it right now? 11:55PM (oops)

What song is on your (imaginary or real) Ipod right now? probably something from my Carrie Underwood CD

Digi-Scrapping, Paper Scrapping, or Both? Paper mostly, with the occasional digi enhancement

Coke or Pepsi? Coke, but only diet

Five things you would go out and buy right now if $10,000 fell into your lap? just off the top of my head: some new clothes for work, the Khaki QuicKutz alphabet--the whole thing, an Ipod, a scrapping armoire, some books, a tattoo for Jonna


One thing you absolutely, unequivocally LOVE about who you are.I can do math.

Name one quote, song lyric, overused sentiment, whatever , that means a lot to you, that changed or shaped the direction of your life today. "Do everything without complaining or arguing." (NOT that I live up to that.)

What's your favorite color? Blue

(Yes, Jonna, you scared me with that tattoo thing.)

I'm tagging Karin again b/c I love her so much.