This made my weekend

I came home Saturday afternoon to a Birthday/Mother's Day party, a flashing tiara, a decorated kitchen, a fresh baked cake, and (later) silly string. (Hey, you can't have a party without games.) Really, I have the BEST family. I am so lucky! And hey, my 10yo DD is getting to be a pretty good photographer, isn't she?

Tonight's Verse

Has anyone seen my May CK?
I've lost my May CK.
I needed it to scrap today.
Where is that May CK?


I was going to post a picture but it looked too much like the real me, so I decided not to...

Has Anyone Seen...

As I was looking for yet another scrapbooking tool that I'd misplaced, I was inspired:

Has anyone seen my punch, my punch,
Has anyone seen my punch?
I had it here before I ate lunch.
Has anyone seen my punch?

Has anyone seen my pen, my pen,
Has anyone seen my pen?
I had it here; I don’t know when.
Has anyone seen my pen?

Has anyone seen my book, my book,
Has anyone seen my book?
It was right in this little nook.
Has anyone seen my book?

Has anyone seen my blade, my blade,
Has anyone seen my blade,
I must have forgotten where it was laid.
Has anyone seen my blade?

Has anyone seen my chalk, my chalk,
Has anyone seen my chalk?
It was right here before my walk.
Has anyone seen my chalk?

Has anyone seen my ink, my ink,
Has anyone seen my ink?
What’s it doing in the sink?
Has anyone seen my ink?

Has anyone seen my die, my die,
Has anyone seen my die?
If I don’t find it, I will cry.
Has anyone seen my die?

Has anyone seen my brain, my brain,
Has anyone seen my brain?
It must have gone right down the drain.
Has anyone seen my brain?

Wed night ramblings

#1-It was confirmed today that Mattie has a very minor, very slight hearing loss. Her results were on the low end of normal, and a couple were borderline, if I understand correctly. (DH is the one who took her, so I'm basing this on what he told me plus the report.) We have to wait for the dr to call us back, and he is out the rest of the week. (He did some initial testing and examined her and then ordered the test she had today.)
#2-I've been looking around and my house, and debating some rearranging. MAJOR rearranging. In the past few years my scrap stuff has taken a bigger and bigger portion of the living room. It's not very pretty to look at. I don't know how I would be able to get my stash down to a size that could be easily hidden in a closet or under the pc table. But I'm thinking about that. (Then I could donate my paper rack to the Scrap House my sister & I have been joking about. Hmmm, maybe I could store some of my stuff there. Too bad gas is so expensive...)
I also looked at my kitchen. We have an ant issue and we had ants all over the kitchen table. I had a vinyl tablecloth on it so I just sprayed it and then wrapped the ants up in it and tossed it. My table is so pretty. The reason I keep the vinyl tablecloth is that the table is such a "central" place for us, and I did not want the kids to scuff it up and get playdoh on it and stuff. So I end up hiding it and that is too bad b/c it really is a pretty little table. (It is only about a year old; one of the newest pieces of furniture I have.)
My house, while nothing to show off, is very functional. I love it this way. But sometimes I want pretty. I feel like in order to have pretty I am going to have to give up practical and useable. Is there an affordable way to have both?
Joy

Warm Fuzzies

Today I was reminded about just how much I love my little girl. We took a walk at the park today, she entertaining me with stories about school, stopping to pet every dog, to chase a squirrel, racing me, playing tag. A lady called her "a perceptive little girl" after a brief conversation, and we had to talk about what that meant.

And I swear she walked 3 miles to my 1.5. She reminded me of the old Family Circus cartoons showing the funny paths that the kids would take to do something simple.

Anyway, I just got the warm fuzzies as I realized, again, how much I love this little girl, and how lucky I am to be her mom.

Blogging about a blog?

I am a huge fan of Stacy Julian. How excited I was to find her blog today! Here is the link:

http://stacysbigpicture.typepad.com/

I also found out she is teaching an online class on her Big Picture concept, and I'm thinking I might ask for that for Mother's Day/my birthday.

Gotta go scrap now while I'm inspired.