sweet side effect

for the past few days, i've had terry pick sam up at school. it was becoming such an emotional drain on me and really making me crazy and uptight. i'd get to school and sam would hide or run away or start whining that he didn't want to go home. invariably he would end up hitting me or kicking me and then i'd have to drag him out kicking and screaming to the car. then he would proceed to cry all the way across town to adam's school - not want to get out of the car to go get adam. then he wouldn't want to leave school. horrible. so i told terry that he needed to do it for awhile and go get him after work (an hour later than i usually arrive.) terry's first couple days were awful, but now sam knows terry means business so it's getting better.

the sweet side effect in all this is i get to go straight to adam - i get there 20-25 minutes faster. then we can actually talk in the car without a whining and crying three year old! it has been truly wonderful. he tells me about his day and we hang out together a bit before i start dinner. today i asked him to let me take a few photos - sometimes when i'm talking to him i can't get over how cute and smart he is. today was like that - he was talking about the masters (renoir, seurat, monet, michelangelo etc.) and i asked him if i could shoot some photos. so here he is - my big boy. :)

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and yes he loves to be goofy - what kindergartener doesn't? i did manage to get him to smile a couple times!

blogger is awful for photos. here's a link to a better view of the montage...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/celestefsmith/montage.jpg

a site that i found recently that i enjoy

i was looking around for inspiration the other day and found this blog that really spoke to me. of course, i have no sense of personal style and my house is blah. however, i could see some fabulous color schemes and design here to inspire my scrapbooking. also, the list of other blogs and sites that are listed is fabulous as well.

on another note mm idol voting is still on today. so go vote!

last night i stopped at michael's and picked up some storage. unfortunately i can't find a vertical cropper hopper to save my life. i was able to get some embroidery boxes and those cute $1 acrylic stamps they have right now. when i returned home, i helped dh put the boys to bed and put away 40 containers of american crafts brads. i also was able to replace a couple of containers that had fallen apart recently. a great accomplishment. see what a cup of coffee after work will do? now if i only felt like scrapping!

all alone

ok so shandy asks us to blog today about this.
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"what do you do when you are all alone and think that no one is watching?" .
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well yeah that could be embarassing now couldn't it?
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no it's not that - mind out of gutter.
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ok i'll admit it.
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i think everyone does it don't they?
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well maybe an image is in order.
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well at least i don't eat it!

on childhood fads and other assorted garbage

well shandy over at scrapgal is hosting a blog challenge this month. presenting us with all sorts of interesting topics to discuss. today's topic is "tell us about a fad you had to be a part of." if i wasn't so lazy i'd go dig out a picture. at the time the fad was called the bi-level haircut nowadays we'd just call it a mullet and move on. absolutely horrific looking and maybe i'll dig out a picture and scan it in.

in other news i made it to the next round of mm idol and lucky me i get to stress about the next project for the rest of the week. thanks for voting and check it out again on monday.

10 things that make me happy...

1. sleeping in on the weekends
2. boxes of scrapbooking goodies on my porch when i get home
3. a clean house
4. when my boys giggle
5. a pedicure
6. spending time with my family
7. days off from work
8. dh's foot rubs
9. my favorite programs on tv
10. a spark of creativity and a finished project

i think...

well a little challenge over at scrapgal has me scrambling to catch up and it's only day 2! i missed day one ha!

anyway...here goes.

i think that i'm eating too much crap at work. seriously. friday there was cookies, then a baby shower with breakfast goodies and cake, then more cookies and goodies, then a birthday party. this am someone brought in chocolate donuts at this rate i'm going to need new pants.

mm idol voting has begun again. you can vote until tomorrow at 4pm - you don't have to vote for me but these ladies through their heart and soul into these projects so go give someone a vote!

bad blogger bad bad bad

it's been three weeks since my last blog post. yikes.

let's see...scrapbook news...
had a few items picked up for scrapbook trends. made the top 30 cut for mm idol - next vote is next monday - stressing about the assignment a bit. getting a jump start on my work for the month. going to a crop on friday.

homefront....
boys are good. growing and learning more each day. sam is a handful - wrote with marker all down the handrail of the stairs this past weekend. back to watching him like a hawk. adam is doing great in school - he loves it and i'm thankful for that.

good news on the sinus front - went to the doctor yesterday with a sinus infection and i'm feeling better due to antibiotics. they referred me to yale - let's hope some experts can figure this out.

i desperately need a haircut i've had to cancel twice in the past week because i was too sick to do much but go to bed. bought new glasses i think they are a little dorky i have a couple more weeks before i can return them and tell them i want something else.

not much else to report - hope you are all well. off to a meeting.