30 Day Picture Challenge - Day TWO

DAY TWO - A picture of you and the person you have been closet with the longest.

My heart just smiles thinking of this girl. We were childhood friends, went our separate ways in high school and after a terrible incident in which she shattered her leg we became good friends again. Until I landed myself in a troublesome relationship. After that relationship ended we were friends again, and started talking all the time.  After the loss of our baby we became even closer and I don't know what I would do without her.  She knows more about me than anyone. She knows my heart, my faults, my mistakes, my accomplishments and she's never judged me or treated me differently. She's always had my back, even when I didn't realize it. She is the true meaning of a friend. Every time Nick and I go "home" to visit, she ALWAYS takes the time to visit with us. It means the world to me.... this lady is too busy, but never too busy to spend time with me. I love you Peaches and Jam!

30 Day Picture Challenge - Day ONE

 DAY ONE - A picture of yourself with 10 facts

1. I'm a severe procrastinator
2. I'm a tomboy, but I like to get all gussied up every once in awhile
3. I take things to heart
4. My biggest fault is caring too much (tends to get me in hurtful situations)
5. I LOVE the outdoors
6. I enjoy reading
7. Chocolate and Doritos are my two favorite things to eat.
8. I have 7 piercings and 3 tattoos (and several more I would like to get!)
9. Music is therapy to me
10. I'm addicted to playing games (facebook games are the worst {or maybe best since I play them all the time}, but I also play wii, ps2, ds, and computer games)

30 Day Picture Challenge

There is this picture challenge going around on Facebook (okay who knows maybe it was going around a year ago and I just caught wind of it!) that I thought was kinda neato. I decided to blog each day for 30 days about these random pictures instead of doing the Facebook thing. I spend entirely too much time there and not enough here, so I thought it might help me get into this "blogging" world a little more. After looking into it a little more I found that there is a 30 day, 60 day, and 100 day challenge. I'm totally sticking with the 30 days... I'll be lucky if I can get through a whole month!

Here is the list of pictures I'll be posting....

1. A picture of yourself with 10 facts

2. A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest

3. A picture of the cast from your favorite show

4. A picture of a habit you wish you didn't have.

5. A picture of your favorite memory

6. A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day

7. A picture of your most treasured item

8. A picture that makes you laugh

9. A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most

10. A picture of the person you do the most ****** up things with

11. A picture of something you hate

12. A picture of something you love

13. A picture of your favorite band or artist

14. A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without

15. A picture of something you want to do before you die

16. A picture of someone who inspires you

17. A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently

18. A picture of your biggest insecurity

19. A picture of you when you were little.

20. A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel

21. A picture of something you wish you could forget

22. A picture of something you wish you were better at

23. A picture of your favorite book

24. A picture of something you wish you could change

25. A picture of your favorite day

26. A picture of something that means a lot to you

27. A picture of yourself and a family member

28. A picture of something you're afraid of

29. A picture that can always make you smile

30. A picture of someone you miss

Another contact

We were contacted by another expecting lady recently. She had emailed us, and we sent a reply back and have heard nothing in return. I have been so busy lately with other things, that I haven't thought about it much. Nick has asked about her several times. I think maybe he was a little nervous? I just know when the timing is right everything will fall into place. Granted, I would love for it to be right now, but I'm okay with it not being. I've been debating on whether or not I want to get the nursery painted and decorated. I have an idea of what I would like to do, just not sure if I should wait until we are matched or if we should start now. K is super excited about becoming a big sister. She tells me all the time that we need to go shopping for her baby brother or sister. She says, "Mom, we have to buy A LOT of bibs, because babies are messy!" Oh, my sweet child, you have no idea!

It's that time again!

It's garden time again! My dear sweet husband built a raised bed for me this year. I think I'm going to LOVE it! We decided to change the location of the garden this year because we would like to use the area we had it last year to build a shed. (wow that is a really long sentence!) He went to the local nursery and picked up some mushroom compost for me today. (apparently it's suppose to be really good for growing vegetables... I'll let you know this fall ;))  I shoveled a truckload full of dirt into my new garden bed. As of yet, I'm not sore, but I'm pretty sure tomorrow I'll be feeling it!

 

And of course, Miss K helped....

A Drawing of Me?

As I was steam cleaning the carpets yesterday, my sweet daughter asked if she could draw a picture. "Of course you can," I replied. I sat her down at her Dora table handed her a red crayon and said, "Only on the paper please." After she was crouched over her paper for several minutes, I finally went over and asked if I could look at her picture. "Mom, it's a picture of you!" "Oh how sweet, I love it!" I write about this picture for a couple of reasons. 1) It's rare that she draws a picture for me, all of her pictures are for Daddy. 2) It's the first time that she has drawn a picture I could actually tell what it was. There is clearly a head, hair, eyes, mouth, body, and arms. I asked her about the hair, and she said "Mom, you have crazy hair!" Awww, thanks dear. :)

 

So then I asked about my face... "why am I not smiling? You drew a frown, a sad face." K says, "Because, Mom, your sad." Hrmm, interesting what little kids pick up on! Regardless, I'm so proud of her!

24 Things I've Learned As An Adult

 I just received this email from my childhood best friend. It totally made me smile and I hope it puts a smile on someone else's face as well!

THINGS I'VE LEARNED AS AN ADULT

 1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How in the world are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after BluRay? I don't want to have to restart my collection ...again.

13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

14. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

17. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

18. I sometimes have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

19. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?

20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!

21. Shirts get dirty. Underwear get dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

22. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

23. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time.

24. The first testicular guard, the "Cup," was used in hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.