Girl Scouts

I took the job as Support Leader (because lets be real, Katie does all the heavy lifting) - I shop, I show up, I do crowd control.

I took it begrudgingly, because my KK needed to meet kids at her new school.

And I met a wonderful momma who makes me happy to know her - and I had my heart expand with the love of 5 other little girls in addition to my own.

Who knew that a little service would bring so much love.

Time to Get Started

My crazy Just Between Friends insanity is back - bigger and better than ever.

Still 24 hours of work in 2 days.

But up from the 250 people dropping off when I thought it was "busy" to now over 550 registered. I think we hit about 495 in the end. It was still insane.

And when I thought 50,000 items was a lot for our sale - this time, we hit about 172,000.

You wanna talk insane? Come hang out with me at a JBF sale.

And enjoy the ride!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

From one incrementally Irish girl from this side of the street - to yours - may the luck of the Irish be with you.
And, as always, a huge thanks to our hostess for making it a fun event, complete with corned beef, green food, green beer and basketball. Love it!!

Dinner

Some days just require a lot of flame for dinner. We are so grateful we have such amazing neighbors to be able to do this with. And I have to admit, it’s been more than 10 years since I’ve been able to go, so it’s kind of fun to watch my kids enjoy something I still like so much. New foods in a fun way!

School Carnvial

My kids have such a passion for carnival games - and our school has a passion for creating an amazing event for the kiddos. We went last year, to try out our new school. Timid, shy, wondering where anything is....and now, like they own the place, taking charge and leading us around in a flurry....
to win 900 tokens as fast as possible to secure (another) stuffed animal for Bubs (he did miss out on the Nerf gun by a few minutes) and a Lego Friends set for KK.

This is a win win win, if ever it existed.

Crazy Hair Day

"Mom, it's crazy hair day!"

It's 7:30am. We have to be downstairs in 15 minutes. And I am not prepared for this.

I brainstorm - I come up with funny little pony tails for Bubs. "Momma, they are going to make fun of me..." and his eyes start leaking with the panic that he might have to go school like this.

Ooops, ok. Plan B. Baby Powder.

Who am I kidding, I don't have baby powder any more.

Ok, nothing blue or sprayable or...(I didn't think of the Halloween bucket until it was too late)...

Wait! Cornstarch and hairspray!

And bam, mom saves the day. Save tears for bigger things, fix the stuff you can.

I'll be better prepared next year.

Or not. Sometimes necessity is the mother of invention.

How We Roll

When we're at the grocery store. We find real estate and we camp out in the book section.

There are worse habits to have.

New Ride

Momma got a "new to me" ride this week - and it was great and all.

Until I slapped my first ever bumper sticker on my new ride...and BAM, it's perfect.

My sweet husband did all the work...and voila, I'm still swagger wagoning it in style.

Cinnamon Sugar Toast

There are days in which I miss my grandma so very much. On the days when I do - I like to do something to remember her by - and today, I introduced my kids to cinnamon sugar toast - which was my favorite as a kid.

Still is.

And guess what, it's theirs now, too.

Ahhhh.

My Beast of a Husband

The man does not stop! Now he's on to building me a new storage room in the basement. We have a wonderful (large) home and it comes with about 180 square feet of storage.

Which ain't even close to cuttin' it.

So - he's off with his saw and hooking this little buttercup up!

Stay tuned for more details.

She Gets Me

Does my BFF know me or what?!