Here's a warning for all of you parents out there. Even if you're child is almost 5, even if your child can use scissors to cut paper under your supervision, even if your child is old enough to "know better," you should still keep the scissors out of their reach. Do NOT keep them in the junk droor in the kitchen, or laying around. Because one day, your child may go down to the kitchen to get herself some string cheese out of the fridge, and come back up the steps with half her hair missing exclaiming "Look! I gave myself a hair cut! Isn't it cute? I did a good job, I didn't even cut myself!"
Then, you will probably have to take your child to the nearest salon to get it fixed, and chances are your child won't like it, and when you take their picture so that one day you can all look back and laugh about it while still thanking your lucky stars that your child isn't missing an ear, the picture might look something like this:
Yeah. That's what I said.
I haven't posted photos in a while, so here we go! First, we have my little artist creating a one of a kind photo frame. Here she is creating her masterpiece, and of course, the finished product. you know the drill, click the thumbnail to view full picture, blah, blah, blah...
Next... I am sooo excited... I have been wanting to get some artwork on our walls since we bought this house. Finally I have a giant framed print above my couch!
Last, long overdue I know, my new hair...
In other news, still no period, 3 negative HPT's, I dunno WHAT's up... I will be a week late tomorrow. Maybe I will take one more for good measure, and I probably should get to a doc to see what's going on.
I'm ordering a 5,000 piece scrapbooking set that I saw on an infomercial. No, I do NOT normally order things off of infomercials, but this was too good to pass up!
Time to drag myself away from the computer and get some sleep! ::yawns::
First things first, we went to our local amusement park, Kennywood, and of course I have photos! You know the drill... click on the thumbnails to see the whole photo!
Well, tomorrow is Monday, and tomorrow I start trying out my new Flylady routine. For those of you not familiar with Flylady, you should check it out... I have read many, many great things about this, awesome testimonials and so forth. So starting tomorrow, I give it a go. I have adapted her plan to meet my needs and the needs of this household, and I think it will work quite well. I have monthly "zones," weekly duties, a weekly checklist, and morning and evening routines all planned out. Who woulda thought, ME being ORGANIZED! I am starting a new "Flybaby" category to help me out. She suggests keeping a "flying" journal but I'm just gonna use my blog! Is anyone else out there doing this, or anyone else tried it? Let me know what you think! :)
Wow, 2 posts in one night! I think that's a record for me! I had to share these new photos, though. As usual, click the thumbnails for full view. Enjoy!
As part of my new outlook on life... don't ask, I will get into that later... I have decided to not only start noticing things that "inspire" me, but to start photographing and writing about them, too. This way I have a place to look for those monents I could really use a huge dose of "feel good." By inspire I mean many things. Thhings that make me feel good, things that make me think or wonder or dream, things I really love... you get the picture. I'm starting a new category on here for this, and here is my first post... complete with photos! You can click on all the thumbnails in this post to view the full photo, too.
I have to start with my daughter and my husband. My daughter is amazing, and all I have to do is look at her smiling, and everything is ok. Unless, of course it is one of those "oops I just painted the dog bright red with my finger paints and then he jumped up and got it all over the couch but I will smile this sheepish grin in hopes of not getting yelled at" smiles.. hehe. Seriously though, her smile lights up the room. The sparkle in her eyes... If that isn't inspiring, I don't know what is. Then there's my husband... the greatest dad I know, his relationship with Maya is amazing, as is the relationship we have together. Ok Ok I won't get all mushy on ya, you get the idea.
Maya's art work. I doubt there is much of anything on this planet that is more inspiring than a child's art work. To have the imagination and creativity of a child again! To be able to paint and color and create, to enjoy the process as much if not more than the outcome, it's amazing. I truly believe you can learn a lot about a child by examining their art... it's a peek inside their soul, and children are so uninhibited when it comes to creating.
Nature. Clouds, sunsets, storms, even simple things like green grass and autumn leaves. We have a butterfly bush and it really does attract butterflies, as you can see from the photo. Butterflies are so beautiful! Flowers... these orange ones in my front yard, I could look at them all day long. I know this all sounds so incredibly corny, but really, have you ever taken the time to look.. really look.. at things like this? We take things like this for granted all the time, and we really shouldn't. Not to be a complete cornball but life really is better when you stop and smell the roses!
These are just a few of the things I come across in my day to day life that keep me smiling. I also have a lot of really great quotes, poems, and short stories... stay tuned!
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