Ramblings

Lately there's been alot going on that has given me pause for reflection and thought. Some great, others not so much, and some down right terrible. But in any case, I have learned alot about myself and my family and I've also been reminded of things I already knew. Here's a few examples:

NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED

Family is EVERYTHING

Mike truly is my soulmate and my best friend

Faith kicks in when hope ends

Laughter is the best medicine

It's okay to ask for help

Friends are a must

Change is difficult but necessary

I am stronger than I give myself credit for

This Season's MUST-HAVE!

Can't you just see me in this dress? I'm thinking of wearing it to the grocery store, the pool, EVERYWHERE!

Earth Hour

I never knew such a thing existed until today. (I'm not sure if I'm embarrassed by that or not). After reading about it though, I thought it might be fun to take part. Briefly, Earth Hour is a global movement to reduce carbon emissions for one night. One of the best parts of this is just getting people to think about it and what we can do, individually. Even Las Vegas is jumping on board this year...pretty cool. That itself will make such a huge difference! Anyway, I thought I'd share my brilliant plan with Nathan this morning and see if he had any suggestions of fun things to do by candlelight or with flashlights for that hour. You know, make it cool. Here's a snippit of the conversation:

Me: "Hey Nathy!"

Nathan: "Yeah?"

Me: "I read about this thing called Earth Hour. It's next Saturday night. It's where we turn everything off for one hour to try to..."

Nathan: "Ugh" (totally disgusted)

Maybe Hannah will have an idea.

Foiled Again!

This is the second year Nathan has built a trap to try and catch a Leprechaun. It may be the last. He puts alot of thought into how it will work, what he can use as bait to lure one to the trap and carefully sets up his plan. The first time, he was super lucky and managed to trap the sneaky little guy's hat. This time, he received a note that read, "Nice try, but you can't catch me!"
Oh boy! He read the note and was livid. He stomped into the house yelling, "He's mean!" I can't believe how angry he got.
It took him quite a while to stop the pouting and realize that if it was an easy thing to catch a Leprechaun, everyone would have one and it wouldn't be any fun trying to catch one. His mood lightened enough to take the trap to school and show his friends what he made.
We didn't get through the day untouched though. The leprechaun managed to play a little trick on us before he escaped. We woke up to green water coming out of our faucets and in our toilet. (I'll spare you the toilet picture)

Weekend pictures

Happy Wednesday

I was looking at the blogs I like to visit today when I saw a post on making your home beautiful. I really like what this lady wrote.

"Home is where our families are. Where memories are made. Where kids play. Where tears are shed. Where meals are made. Those are the things that matter more than the size of a house or the things that are in it. We make our houses home by being there, living authentically and being warm and inviting to those who visit. We make our house a home by lighting candles at night, wrestling in the living room with our kids, and making messes in the kitchen."

Valentine's Day with 475 of our closest friends

Today was the championship meet for our swim league. Since we have both kids swimming, we had to attend both sessions. Swimming for us went from 7:45 this morning until 5:45 this afternoon. Mike and I are utterly exhausted and I wonder if my butt will ever "wake up" from it's deep sleep! For the afternoon session, this lady packed herself in between me and the railing and reeked of body odor and halitosis. ick. Anywho, the kids did really well and our team took home the championship title!! 16 of us went out to dinner afterwards and waited for a table for an hour and forty-five minutes. I guess that's what we get on Valentine's Day.
I don't think we'll get out of our jammies tomorrow. Hooray for sleeping in! How was your weekend?