but it's still Friday, so this one is for you, Shannon!
I swear that I'll get around to blogging tomorrow. This week has been something else! It's been beyond busy and crazy and totally nutters! I don't have any brain cells remaining and I can't formulate a complete sentence. Friday Phone Dump is as much as I've got at the moment. Bring on the Saturday. But only after a full night of sleep. Pretty-please!
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The last two days have been filled with visits to the hospital, laundry, playdates, cookies and friends. What a mix, huh?
My Gram is doing so much better. World of difference from just two nights ago. And man, does that ever make me happy! John pulled some strings and got her diet changed tonight (like it matters what you eat at 95!). We got a burger sent up, and she was the happiest I've seen her in a while!
How lucky am I? I couldn't have picked a more amazing woman to look up to. Every moment that I have with her, I am so very grateful for.
Here's the week, as seen from my phone:
Anyway . . . laundry is still calling and I'm ready to move the kiddos towards bed. So I can go to bed too! (Which means that I have to finish the laundry that is piled all of my bed. Ugh.) Happy weekend!
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Yep, missed my Friday deadline. But instead? I was soaking up the goodness that was having BOTH of my children home. Lots of time cuddled up on the couch, on the back patio, sprawled on the floor . . . lots of stories and laughs and fun. It was good. Very, very good!
But here are some pictures to showcase the oddities often found on my iPhone. And how representative the oddities are of our actual life!
Take that, Saturday morning!
Oops . . . forgot one:
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Amen! I really was ready for this week to evolve into Friday. It took a lot of days to get here!
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Ahhh . . . Friday is here! And that is a good thing. A very, very good thing! Dylan is home with a sinus thing. An allergy-induced sinus infection, most-likely. Halle is home because she's always home on Fridays. John is off doing some flex-time stuff at the college. And I am alternately blogging, drawing My Little Ponies for Halle to color and obsessively looking for a smoking vacation deal for John and I. I'm all over the board, aren't I?
This weekend is somewhat easy, schedule-wise. We're having dinner at my Mom's tonight. We have our school auction tomorrow night and I'm having wine with a couple of girlfriends on Sunday night. I'll help to set-up the auction in the morning. Halle has a couple of playdates scheduled. Dylan will have AAU practice on Sunday afternoon. Add in church, a couple of family walks and planting some flowers? I guess it's going to be busy, but the good kind of busy!
And now, looking back for a moment or two . . . Friday Phone Dump!
Now bring on the weekend! Bring on the good-kinda busy!
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Ha! On a Friday . . . with an excess of photos, nonetheless. I'm feeling good about this, peeps!
From top to bottom, left to right:
One of our extremely organized (and mostly alphabetized) DVD storage systems that I bought and put together for one of John's Christmas gifts . . . it's pretty amazing, if I do say so myself!
Sick Halle. On the couch. With the dog. The living is good around here when someone is sick!
The laundry that I did and folded on Wednesday. There were a couple more loads done after I snapped this picture.
Dip that I bought at Trader Joe's. Not as yummy as I would have thought. Doesn't even begin to compare to the spicy bean dip at Tres! Or even my own 7 layer dip!
Hairstyle by Halle.
Requisite photo of Dylan. Lest you think I never take his picture.
Halle colored her foot blue yesterday while I was on the phone. In about 2 minutes flat.
Halle's colored foot turned the water blue in the sink. Which became a whole-other fun thing to do. Mermaid party in the sink!
Mia's famous chocolate chip cookies. John's very most favorite cookies.
The dog and cat, assuming their positions to watch over the 'hood.
I finally watched the sock bun tutorial on YouTube. This was Halle's sock bun in the evening.
These were Halle's curls in the morning! Pretty amazing. She was fairly impressed with them.
Something clicked in our little artist and she is suddenly just that . . . an artist. She is blending colors and having so much fun coloring. She sat and colored for hours the other day.
Halle loves these stencils from Melissa and Doug. They keep her amused for very long stretches of time! And we can't believe how creative she is with them.
Funny faces with Mom. (I'll spare you all 30 variations of this photo!)
I bought myself this steam mop for Valentine's Day. But I'm not convinced that I'm going to keep it. We don't have a huge amount of hard floor to clean, so I'm not entirely certain that it's worth it. Hmmmm. Any advice?
Hello Dove chocolates! Happy Valentine's Day to you too!
I rearranged some stuff on the mantle and made it look all lovey. For someone who is not a fan of Valentine's Day? I'm feeling awfully jolly about it! (Don't you love my burlap heart wreath? Lauren made it for us at Christmas!)
And that, my friends, is how to do a Friday Phone Dump . . . on a Friday!
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hey, I'm just calling it what it is!
From top to bottom, left to right . . .
1. The tick that I removed from Dylan's back after a walk around our neighborhood lake. Ew.
2. Halle's Rockstar jacket, courtesy of our Shannon's very talented Mama.
3. Rosemary ham, egss, spinach and tomato-less salsa. Weirdly delicious.
4. One of the masks made at my house last week for the Middle School Masquerade Ball. It's hilarious to watch a 7th grade girl convince two 7th grade boys to make masks that match hers. And they were all hot pink!
5. Halle's Valentine's bracelet craft.
6. Goo Gone is handy when your crafts involve spray adhesive and glitter. (And hands that are almost glued together.) Just saying.
7. My controversial fishnets that I wore to work yesterday. John thought that the 1-2 inches that showed between my boots and skirt might have been too risque. I think that the idea of fishnets might have just planted that idea in his head. I thought they were very appropriate and I am ultra-conservative. Plus, they were nude-colored. Not even black!
8. Greek yogurt, a sliced banana and Addie's granola. Another delightful breakfast option!
9. I finally finished my Pinterest-inspired wreath. I even managed to sneak a little burlap into it!
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No photos, but oh-so-much-random . . .
I have a serious trashy TV addiction. Tori and Dean . . . Kim and Kourtney . . . Switched at Birth . . . New Girl . . . I've watched all of those at some point today/tonight.
Our Shannon came and hung with us off and on for the last two days. And I loved it!
I took pictures at Dylan's dance tonight. Dang is my boy so cute! But the middle school dance thing? Still is a little painful to watch. I feel too much pain for the awkwardness of it all! I actualy wasn't going to take pictures tonight, but Dylan really wanted me to do it. And when your 13-year-old wants you to be at his dance? You go. Period.
My house was bisgusting (as Halle would say) today. John vacuumed and cleaned the dog vomit off the carpet for me today. I loaded and unloaded the dishwasher twice today. I swept a crazy pile of dust/dirt and glitter off the kitchen floor. I picked up a ridiculous amount of dog poop in the backyard today. Ew. (That is officially Dylan's chore. It's been a while since he's done that, I'm thinking. If the size of that bag was any indication.)
My husband is beyond stressed. I wish I could take away that stress for him. The next 18 months of him finishing the Master's program are going to be hard. For all of us.
Tomorrow, we are going to get a new (to us) refrigerator. And John has arranged a date night for us. Complete with a babysitter. Good times! Bring on the weekend!
How's that for a random stream of consciousness?
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I didn't fall off the face of the earth, nor did I die from my bout with Norovirus! Yeah and yeah!
Between the anti-nausea meds and the two liters of fluid via IV on Friday, plus some anti-diarrhea meds on route, I did manage to go on our Girls' Trip. And I am so glad I did!
I felt like death all day on Friday. When I finally decided to/was able to pack for the trip? I was huffing and puffing like a 99 year-old with pneumonia! Thankfully, my BFF still allowed me into her car (surrounded by anti-bacterial wipes, sprays and gels) and we headed towards Half Moon Bay.
On the way, I tried with all of my might to post my Friday Phone Dump en-route. Whilst I was relegated/restricted to the backseat. Lest my germs cross over to the driver and passenger. I was really proud that my phone dump would go up in spite of my viral near-death experience. Sadly? I couldn't get it to upload while on the road. It apparently was not meant to be.
So here it is . . . on Monday . . . better late than never!
As for Girls' Trip, that clearly deserves a post (or five) of it's own. And that, my friends, is not happening right now. For beyond my Norovirus and Girls' Trip extravaganza? Today I had to return to my Redding office for the first time in several weeks. AND drive to Eastern Shasta County for a meeting. And back. Thus, I am tired. Really, really tired. But I shall leave you with a little hint of the glory that was Girls' Trip 2012:
My best girls. An amazing location. Recovery from the horrible viral beast. Fun, tears, laughter and so much more. Details soon-forth-coming. Or at least some. I can't disclose everything . . . it was Girls' Trip afterall . . . some things are sacred!
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yep . . . on an actual Friday! And in the morning, nonetheless.
From top to bottom, right to left . . .
(1) Poor Dylan watching his beloved Packers lose last week. He was not happy. (2) A yummy wine that my friend Becky brought over to share with me this week. Great company and great wine. Bonus! (3) My "just-because" gift from John. I have been wanting an aerator ever since my trip to Napa last fall and John came through. (4) I finally bought a 2012 calendar. Three weeks into the year. It's because we still do everything on Cozi. But it is nice to see a printed calendar every so often! (5) Halle's lunch box. It looks almost identical every single day. (Other than the M&Ms . . . that was a special treat!) (6) It finally started to rain. I'm thinking that this is how it's going to look for a while. (7) Took my super-special Gram to the grocery store yesterday. She is such a hoot. Love her dearly AND love when she lets me help her! (8) Lauren sent me some pictures and KJ got me those funny cards, so up on my pegboard they went! (9) The cat. Busting into the bathroom. Again. (10) Halle ready for Girls' Weekend with all of her fur. Which is actually an annoying cat toy, but that's beside the point! As is the fact that she doesn't get to go to Girls' Weekend. Poor Sissy! (11) Dinnertime conversation starters. (12) My kids LOVE these ice cream treats. Plain vanilla. Plain chocolate. No nuts. No filling. (13) My heated throw. (14) My view of the TV from my spot on the couch - covered by my heated throw. (15) I may have watched this a couple of times this week. Without the kids. I do love this movie so! (16) Stuff for John to hang in my office. It's on his to-do list for this weekend. He's pretty excited about that. And the 47 other things I want him to hang/move/adjust/fix/etc.
And now, I'm off to enjoy our Friday. Sissy and I are hanging out this morning. I need to paint her nails, play Barbies and she would really, really like to go outside and play in the rain. But it's cold. So I'm thinking yes on the first two . . . no on the last. Mean Mama that I am. Maybe sitting in the hot tub will count? Then we're off to Dylan's basketball tournament. First game at 4:30 at Chico Junior. John is feigning for spicy bean dip at Tres AND ice cream from Coldstone, so maybe that will be our dinner plan? BBall, then bean dip and then ice cream? Can anyone say, stomachache?
Happy Friday!
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