The Table

Last time my mom came to town, I sold our dining table to raise some funds to redo my bedroom. 

It was big and bulky and not my style, so I was happy to see it go for exactly what I paid for it, $150.

Interestingly enough, the lady that bought the table from me gave me her existing dining table for free.

So, I guess I really made out on that deal.

It was basic, and boring, and coated in some kind of nasty varnish, topped with what I am guessing was a layer of exhaled nicotine and tar.

It looks pretty in this picture, but it was gross, and stuff STUCK TO IT.

Bleh.

Anyhoo, Charlz sanded it for me, and we banged it up a little, slapped some layers of paint on it, sanded it, and stained the top.

And now it's my FAVORITE!

So perfect (and beachy) for it's little space!

Playground

Hair Color Before and Afters

In case yall were wondering where my "me time" went this week.

I was actually starting to like the blonde, as I usually do when it is growing out. Call me weird, I like my blonde with a little bit of roots grown in.

I don't think I have ever told my hairdresser (also my BFF) to do the same thing as last time.

Nope.
Not once.

Garden Update

Looky!
Little bitty sprouty nubs of brussel-y goodness!
They are SO TINY!
I have had my eye out for some sign of growing, and I am so excited for them to get big and strong and delicious!


And though I have seen NO SIGN of nary a berry, these strawberry plants are so lush and gorgeous.

And my fave is the way the water beads up on them after a good dousing.

Like a little water tiara. Beautiful!


Seriously, this garden is so satisfying in so many ways beyond eating food.
Feast for the eyes, enh?

And this is a surprise. I was pulling weeds and cleaning up leaves when I saw this growing around my Dill Tree.

Can anybody ID this one for me before I decide it is a weed? It looks like parsley?

Need a closer look at the leaves?

Who Knew? A Little Organization Does Go A Long Way!

If I had a dollar for every childless jerkhole that has ever told me what they would do to address whatever situation I have with my kids I don't know how much money I'd have but I would still probably just shove it into the mouth of said jerkhole to shut their face up.

I am not angry.

I am just saying.

Hey, JERKHOLE, my (or any other) kids haven't been wearing and weighing and waking YOU for the last 3 years. So you DON'T actually know what you would do, because you have never had your body/mind/emotions endure the stress of infancy, and toddlerhood, with an extra helping of infancy and toddlerhood on top.

If you really were sporting my flip flops, dragging ass, trying to see the forest for the trees, you'd stop telling me what you'd do, and actually try to do something helpful. Like get me a Starbucks or something.

I mean, until the kids are 2, a mom is just trying to survive with a little of her dignity/individuality/style in tact, much less make it look appealing for others to consider procreation.

Yesterday, when some Edward Jones advisor came to the door (old school, hunh) and was greeted with my braless, half asleep, mostly agitated demeanor, and then 2 crazy half naked marker covered children come running out followed by 2 crazy loud barking dogs who then proceeded to run the circle from the front door to the carport door back through the house playing some sort of cave-child "Cowboys and Indians" (can you SAY that anymore?) hooting and hollering and barking and circling and....

I start tapping my foot when I get anxious/nervous/irritable and during a good tapppa tappa tapping yesterday, Boom Boom was all "PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER WOMAN!" but not quite like that.

And I was all ::stink eye:: and ::silent treatment:: because I am a negotiator.

And then I pulled out that last stretch of the race after you hit the wall. The peaceful, methodic, prepared for the inevitable pace that gets you to the finish line.

The kids got fed and washed and put to bed.

I went to get a movie from the redbox. 1 for us to enjoy and 1 for the kids in the morning. I unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher, put away EVERYTHING in the kitchen, made sandwiches and snacks for an outing and cut up 2 blocks of cheese to shave time off of later cheese cravings. Boom Boom got the trash and recycles out, I prepped some bottles and midnite water for the kids, got the coffee set and ready to go.

I cleaned and prepped and organized until I couldn't even find anything left to do and the whole time I just felt lighter and lighter and lighter because people?

I AM NOT A MORNING PERSON.

But this morning? Coffee ready, kids watching "Horton Hears a Who" on the couch with milks and blankies and no screaming or fighting or general ruckus making?

FEEL that Thursday. I made you my girlfriend. Like in the prison girlfriend sense of the word.

Birthday Shenanigans

Well this is what it looked like yesterday morning, but I have already straightened out the top line, added an "F" and taken out the inadequate"A".

I love the little V.

But I have 4 letters left to go .

This has been at least a year in the making and I will tell you guys ALL ABOUT IT soon, but I did want to share how it is looking so far, because I just can't wait.

Eden says, "Look at all this room we have for ACTIVITIES~!"