Making Time for Fun

GIVE

2009-04-24T05:21:00.000-07:00

I don't think I want to do this anymore. It isn't as fun as I thought it would be and it is seeming more like a chore.

Poor a Little Beer Out for your homey

2009-04-16T18:59:00.000-07:00

The truck driver asked mr t. "they are giving you 70 dollars for this?"

Boy!

2009-04-15T18:17:00.000-07:00

eating spices in the spice rack

Weird Car

2009-04-14T18:19:00.000-07:00

I have wanted a picture of this guy driving his car for a while. I wish I could zoom on my iphone so you could see that the driver exactly matches the picture on the side of the car.

bird in the skylight

2009-04-13T18:21:00.000-07:00

this photo is on mom's camera

Easter

2009-04-12T18:22:00.000-07:00

he really did bring something for all that candy I left outside.

My daughter on the wii

2009-04-11T18:23:00.000-07:00

with bill in between. this is why he is her godfather.

easter party

2009-04-10T18:53:00.000-07:00

Egg Coloring

2009-04-09T18:54:00.000-07:00

the apron doesn't do any good

Candy Free Easter Treats

2009-04-08T18:55:00.000-07:00

Windy

2009-04-06T18:54:00.000-07:00

Largest Hydrengia Bush Ever

2009-04-05T18:31:00.000-07:00

Seriously, it is almost 3 stories tall.

easter hunt

2009-04-04T18:47:00.000-07:00

Training

2009-04-03T18:29:00.000-07:00

Wow, this was tedious.

Spring

2009-04-03T18:27:00.000-07:00

Sometime, it thinks it is going to be spring.

He didn't want to take a nap

2009-04-01T18:22:00.000-07:00

He didn't take a nap. When I picked him up at 230, he was so cranky.

Twofer

2009-03-31T18:36:00.000-07:00

Recession

Only half the eraser per person

Why we need Sernin at work

You missed the part where the new admin assistant and the new economist had the copier open with toner spread all over it. It still shows up on the floor though.

Crime Scene

2009-03-30T18:34:00.000-07:00

I told Mr. T. to not throw the waffles in the daisy dish because she wouldn't eat them. Little did I know that my baby would try to eat them instead.

And my friend thought I was joking when I said my baby was gross.

Evil

2009-03-29T18:33:00.000-07:00

He masks it well though. Even with two blackish eyes.
He is the source of all my trouble sleeping.

A science lady extravaganza

2009-03-28T18:31:00.000-07:00

I wasn't feeling well, but we played science ladies anyway.

Handsome

2009-03-26T19:10:00.000-07:00

Crazy Clouds

2009-03-25T19:09:00.000-07:00

This was the weirdest cloud formation I have ever seen.

Bass Hall

2009-03-24T17:43:00.000-07:00

Sleeping

2009-03-23T19:08:00.000-07:00

When we travel, peanut sleeps with whatever other adult is along for the ride. This time it was grandma. Grandma was in the bed but look how little room she had.

Wye Mountain

2009-03-22T18:23:00.000-07:00

When I get better at focusing, I will focus on the flower, not the plant. I wanted to use peanut as a background.

Run, I'm a kid.

flowers

2009-03-21T18:29:00.000-07:00

Peanut suggested we get these. The color makes me infinitely happy. Guess who made the vase? She is on Facebook.

Me and Old Sicko

2009-03-20T18:28:00.000-07:00

He is such a joy that it makes my heart melt just thinking about him. (do you like my sweater?)

Second Kid

2009-03-19T17:35:00.000-07:00

Being the second kid is cool because all the cool things I didn't do with the first one I am doing with number 2. Behold, the birthday hat. He is going to wear said hat on his birthday every year. And yes, it is a grown up size and yes he will hate me when he is 13, but I don't care. I will have already had 4 years of his sister hating me.

(do you like my ventahood)

Making Baklava

2009-03-18T18:41:00.000-07:00

Her first special thing she got to do for being good was bake with me. We put together baklava which is a perfect kid thing to do because there is so much assembly. We were finishing up, and she was pretty bored with it. She had poured herself some cereal, which may explain the weird face.

She did it

2009-03-17T18:40:00.000-07:00

but i didn't. I cheated on this day. I think she fulfilled getting all of the rows filled yesterday though.

I was just too tired to remember to do anything.

She discovered Bars

2009-03-16T18:36:00.000-07:00

Vagina Monologues

2009-03-15T17:56:00.001-07:00

We went to see Vagina Monologues as performed at UALR. It was an interesting mix of people that did the preforming. I enjoyed it.

Dude

2009-03-14T18:50:00.000-07:00

I think BabyP has inherited a lot of his father's dude jeans. He really likes to play with balls. (don't laugh). Anytime he sees one, he goes right for it. This one, happened to be much larger than him.

All my pictures had a smudge on the lens from someone's hands. hm....

Friday

2009-03-13T18:54:00.000-07:00

Little girls dancing.

And little boy finally sleeping. He fell asleep about 5 minutes before we got there. His sister wanted to put her jacket on him.

The Chart

2009-03-12T19:17:00.000-07:00

After a long round of naughtiness, I am hoping this chart works. It seemed to help tonight. I will put a sticker in the box for every day she doesn't get a time out. After 4 days she gets to back cupcakes with me. After another 4 days she gets to watch as much TV as she wants one day. The other's are going to the art museum, eating breakfast at dinner and finally getting to go to build-a-bear.

Can you hear the theme from Jaws

2009-03-11T19:23:00.000-07:00

And this was the second time he had spotted the dishwasher open.

Gardening

2009-03-10T17:51:00.000-07:00

Don't be player hatin'

2009-03-09T17:44:00.000-07:00

About 4 months a year Arkansas is really comfortable and nice to live in

Chatter

2009-03-08T17:36:00.000-07:00

There was the usual chatter. "momma and daddy please be quite. Whisper please. What kind of snack are we going to have. we can have raisins. can you guys please be quite?"

After about 10 minutes of silence (how did we not know it was silent), Mr. T noticed she was sleeping. They were both alseep.

Date

2009-03-07T17:34:00.000-08:00

I had a date on Saturday.

I would marry him again.

Vacation

2009-03-06T19:37:00.000-08:00

I have a work trip planned for mid March. I told peanut that we were going to go on vacation, and she got to packing. You can see the assortment of items one needs when they go on vacation.

Looking at this picture, you would think it is posed, but it isn't.

Filing In

2009-03-05T18:23:00.000-08:00

We were all filing in to work today. When you show up for work on time this is what you see.
How many people do you see?

Where did my Friend go

2009-03-05T18:20:00.000-08:00

BabyP was pulling on his friends jacket that had little ears on it. By the time I got my phone out, the other baby had crawled off.

Nake Juice Mustache

2009-03-03T18:47:00.001-08:00

Tony Alamo is trash

2009-03-02T17:54:00.001-08:00

When I parked close to the building, I would find Tony Alamo's newsletter on my car from time to time. Now he faces charges of sex trafficking.

In the Manger

2009-03-01T18:27:00.000-08:00

Kids in a laundry basket is pretty standard fare. What isn't so common is that my daughter calls in a manger. "i want the baby to play with me in the manger." "We are going to sleep in the manger." she ran and got two koalas so they both could play with one in the basket.

She was playing peek-a-boo with babyP and getting a lot of laughs. He loves his sister and often just grabs what she is playing with out of her hands. There are other pictures in the flickr set where he climbing on her chair while she is trying to eat. Oh lord. I think his crawling affects Peanut the most.

It was a nice dinner

2009-02-28T18:51:00.000-08:00

I am slowly but surely making my way through a mental list of people to have over for dinner.

HUH?

2009-02-27T18:49:00.000-08:00

So the picture wasn't that good because I moved my camera.
then, my ipod got ANGRY and wouldn't take the picture, but I think you get the idea.

The best part was the chubby latin baby. You can't see her in the picture, but it was great.

Rector Chute- ducks

2009-02-26T18:40:00.000-08:00

Birds at Rector Chute. The locals want to allow fresh flow through this backwater area.

When engineers spawn

2009-02-25T18:20:00.000-08:00

you get a bob the builder baby shower.

Brilliant

2009-02-24T18:08:00.000-08:00

Am I turning into THAT mom that every drawing my daughter does is brilliant? Bear with me on this, because this is the first time I have noticed her do this.

We paint often at our house. She really enjoys it, and it keeps her hands busy. So she always asks, "what should I paint." This day I told her snow white.

Do you see here. Look for her yellow dress and blue top. She even put the ribbon in her hair, at my request. I didn't realize what she was doing at first. I thought it was pretty cool. This is the first time I have seen her look at something and try to paint what she sees. She's brilliant. What can I say!

(oh and on a side note, she like the card way more than she liked her valentines gift. this princess thing is a real illness.)

double posted on peanut's parents.

New Buddy

2009-02-23T19:45:00.000-08:00

One of the nice things about having a 3 year old is that I have a lot of random conversations with random people.

For example, on the bridge this afternoon we met this young fellow. (sorry no zoom on the iphone).

He was country. He was really excited and that was HIS DOG. He said in a super strong twang "THAT DOG GOT RUNNED OVER WHEN HE WAS A PUP. IT WAS A CRITICAL SITUATION." just like that. a 4 year old was telling me it was a critical situation. He was also excited to see the "SEA GULLS. NO. NOT SEAGULLS. LAKE GULLS."

The thing that was so cool about him was that peanut instantly wanted to follow him. "i want to pet his dog." "I need to catch up." "That boy told us to run." She would tuck her head to her chest and run up the bridge as fast as her two feet wearing the wrong shoes could carry her.

Resolutions

2009-02-22T19:57:00.000-08:00

It looks like we will finish the kitchen in February. This weekend we put the stainless, and Mr. T. tiled. We only need to finish out the tile, and hang the ventahood. Hurray we are so close.

I put the beer in the picture because I think I am going to give up alcohol for Lent. I might also give up sugar. It is really a two fold resolution because I think giving these things up will help me in my fitness goals. I realize Lent isn't about goals, but if it works...

Painting a Mermaid

2009-02-21T19:32:00.000-08:00

We used a gift certificate this rainy Saturday morning to paint some pottery. (thanks Leigh!) Peanut, of course, wanted to paint a princess. When she saw this mermaid, she had to paint it. I thought we would have issues with leaving it to be fired, but she was okay with it. She did insist that we go back and get the tile that was the gift certificate when I walked out without it. "It's my birthday present. Momma, you forgot my birthday present."

Dinner Time

2009-02-20T19:29:00.000-08:00

Here was our dinner. It is triple red stew.

And here is how I was able to get it done. I kept having to ask peanut to not take away BabyP's bowls and to play nice.

Follow Me.

2009-02-19T17:20:00.000-08:00

Bossy McBoss-a-lot was telling dad that he needed to follow her. He kept telling her that he was too big to go down the slide, but there was no convincing her. She would say "You are not too big." I never heard her say it, but in my mind I hear her squeaky little voice and see her head bob from side to side in resistance.

First Signs of Spring

2009-02-18T17:17:00.000-08:00

yay, My friend noticed these trees blooming near our building while we were escaping to lunch. ya spring.

Two PO'd kids

2009-02-17T19:38:00.000-08:00

Who knew 3 o'clock on a Tuesday drew such a large crowd to the local Kroger? These two were not happy.

Happy President's Day

2009-02-16T19:05:00.000-08:00

When hiking, it is important to fill your pockets full of rocks.

Baptism

2009-02-15T19:07:00.000-08:00

Our friend's baptized their smallest child today. I love baptisms. They always bring a tear to my eye. I think there is something wonderful about coming together to love a small child. Congratulations to the Mayos and their newest bundle of joy.

Happy Birthday Mr. T.

2009-02-14T19:12:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday. You are my Valentine.

Tubes

2009-02-13T17:49:00.000-08:00

Here are my handsome men preparing for tubes. Well the littlest handsome man was. It went as well as could be expected. He nursed for a good 2 or 3 minutes before he started his crying fit. He cried for a long time.

He had a little fluid behind his ear, but the ear infection was gone.

Valentine's Notes.

2009-02-12T18:56:00.000-08:00

A Bomb Went Off

2009-02-11T18:11:00.000-08:00

Okay, not really... but it looks like it.

I had to do some work near Bull Shoals dam which took me right past my parents house. I was surprised to see all the tress broken. I have never seen damage like that to trees in the woods. I would expect some in free stranding tress like ours, but ones in the woods were all broken as well.

Notice all the limbs down.

beefy cheesy glory

2009-02-10T17:21:00.000-08:00

I heard the tea at Mcdonald's was a good deal. It is.

If I had the money, I could have also picked up some beefy cheesy glory. What a weird weird slogan. Isn't it weird how the hamburger doesn't even look good in the ad?

senior leadership

2009-02-09T13:34:00.000-08:00

This is the board at work that tells us who we are working for. This is so exciting!!

Sally D. Cook

2009-02-08T17:43:00.001-08:00

I don't know where the name came from, but when they asked at Build-A-Bear what to name her, this was her name.

She was free, but the science lady shirt was not.

If you think you are always late

2009-02-07T19:17:00.000-08:00

this picture should make you feel good.

I would never keep a live tree in my house that long.

***as a foot note, i guess we do have one in our backyard. Why, when I asked to move it to the curb when we took it out of the house? Because it was easier to drag it to the back deck I was told.

GD2GRT

2009-02-06T19:14:00.000-08:00

That is what this trucks license plate says.

One of the Generals sent around this message at work touting this book Good To Great. At the end of the message he asked us if we were on the bus. If you have ever read The Electric Cool Aid Acid Test, then you may remember the phrase "Are you on the bus?"

It means are you doing acid.

Be Still my Aching Ovaries

2009-02-05T16:57:00.001-08:00

I do love a picture of a baby bum. He is up on his knees more lately. His favorite is to pull up to his knees so he can reach stuff. he still hasn't figured out how to pull all the way up.

Getting Closer

2009-02-04T18:05:00.000-08:00

Can you see what our project is this weekend?

Desire

2009-02-03T17:00:00.000-08:00

What do you want out of life? A new car? A nice house? A pretty family?

Baby P wants the dog bowl. This is the only thing that he will crawl too consistently. He won't even crawl to me! You put him within sites of the dog bowl and he is off to the races.

Look Familiar

2009-02-02T17:39:00.000-08:00

Another or the same raging ear infection. Sigh... Poor Bear. It hurts my heart and makes me want to cry that we can't get him better.

Ball

2009-02-01T06:23:00.000-08:00

Sometimes you just want the red ball.

BEARly making it.

2009-01-31T17:39:00.001-08:00

Sometimes I feel like this.

Pissed Off

2009-01-30T17:10:00.000-08:00

Poor Baby P.

This whole crawling, turning and sitting thing can be a bit of burden for our poor boy. He can't seem to figure out that he is just too big to be trying to sit under the table.

Poor Bear. It looks like he is hurt in these pictures, but in reality he is just pissed off.

Speaking of pissed off. This is what happened when I wouldn't make peanut more popcorn. She got sent straight to bed with no stories. Well, I thought there would be no stories, but I hear her father in there now. He is so naughty.

She isn't a very pretty crier.

Celebration

2009-01-29T17:35:00.000-08:00

The diploma showed up in the mail. It was nice to see it. I might even have it framed. It is funny to see 5 years of work all summed up in one little 8 X 10 certificate. It seems like it should at least be a little bit bigger.

Mr. T. said we could always take it to kinkos....

Crumb

2009-01-28T18:03:00.001-08:00

I tried a new technique for making bread and ended up with one of the best crumbs I have had in a long time. The technique was way simpler than how I usually do it. Most of the time, my rustic breads require a starter of sorts that sits over night. For this bread, the whole dough sat over night in the refrigerator. The result was a chewy bread with big pockets of air and a thick crust.

No Playdates

2009-01-27T17:44:00.000-08:00

Although you would have thought we were having one considering the number of Baby P's "friends" at the clinic today.

We now have RSV and TWO ear infections. poor bear. Unfortunately, he is not alone.

Luckily, sweet Baby P doesn't have a fever, and I think he might be on the up and up.

Tired Girl

2009-01-26T16:59:00.000-08:00

But the flowers help....

i think

Wild Things

2009-01-25T17:34:00.002-08:00

Max has nothing on her.

BLUEBERRIES

2009-01-24T17:30:00.000-08:00

I have a bit of an obsession with taking pictures of my kids eating and sleeping.

we had sleeping yesterday, so here is eating.

magic Breasts

2009-01-23T20:34:00.000-08:00

My breasts are magic. They can put a resolute infant to sleep.

hmm cupcake

2009-01-22T20:00:00.000-08:00

Someone gave us a cupcake at the park. Peanut wanted the one with the cherry on top.

8 ounces

2009-01-21T06:16:00.001-08:00

I left my milk in my purse last night. That is 8 ounces down the drain. Last week, I dumped 11 ounces down the drain. This is so frusterating.

coming down

2009-01-20T18:29:00.000-08:00

Someone was very happy for daddy to be home. It has been really nice to see their relationship develop in the last couple of months. She no longer just calls for me all the time.

Memphis

2009-01-19T17:54:00.000-08:00

I went to Memphis with my mom and Jen.

And this other little fellow who refused to nurse negating the whole reason I brought him. I will probably have to pump before I go to sleep. Oh well, at least he wasn't drinking from my stash.

Tip Toe Dance

2009-01-18T17:41:00.000-08:00

Madeline is doing the tip toe dance for Jen because she wants her bike back. She had tired of it, but when Jen was on it... WATCH OUT.

I liked taking the kids to the river to ride. Sweet Baby P was on my back while I chased down Peanut.

From my Run

2009-01-17T18:10:00.000-08:00

I thought this was an interesting bumper sticker.

it says, i'm for seperation of church and hate.

I am glad for you.

Blogger Challenge

2009-01-16T17:08:00.000-08:00

The 21st photo from May. I loved this series. This was taken shortly before Baby P was born. We were finishing work on the kitchen. The weather was beautiful and we were outside enjoying a tofutti cutie before our bath.

Any question why we were outside?

She looks so young there. I challenge anyone else who is interested in the challenge.

Counter Clutter

2009-01-15T17:23:00.000-08:00

I ripped into the package expecting to see my diploma. Instead, it was empty and there was no letter explaining why I had an empty folio. When I called, they said they will be printing them next week.

thanks. all that excitement for nothing.

In case you have to Ask....

2009-01-14T14:43:00.000-08:00

Not to be used as infant formula.

How literal should I take that?

Cleaning up from Dinner

2009-01-13T18:20:00.000-08:00

A Painted Sky

2009-01-12T05:33:00.000-08:00

I couldn't beleive the sunrise this morning.

Sunday Supper

2009-01-11T17:05:00.000-08:00

My MIL bought a subscription to Gourmet. So here it is, roasted chicken with pancetta and olives.

I bought a giant chicken at Kroger on Manger's special. It was awful. The texture was the absolute worst. Maybe it was because I froze and thawed it so much. Anyway, I am sorry I used it in this dish. Luckily, there was a smaller chicken to accompany it.

bacon and wine. Two of my favorite ingredients.

Birthday Party

2009-01-10T17:57:00.000-08:00

i was taking a picture of the cake and didn't realize she was there.

i wish i had gotten her smile.

Hair Cut

2009-01-09T18:11:00.000-08:00

This was taken on the iphone so it didn't turn out as well I wanted it to.

Guess what! Another wonderful Day at work

2009-01-08T18:00:00.000-08:00

So I was driving to a project site (or I guess, more accurately, I was knitting while my coworker was driving), and I saw this.

Come to find out, it was someone's dream home up in smoke. It sucked. I could see really tall flames coming out of the roof. And being a horrible person, I tried to get a better picture.

So then we came to our job site and I saw this.

and the contractor goes running past me with a phone to his ear saying "I will be with you in a minute. We have a fire."

Seriously. Two fires in one day. That is never what you want to hear you contractor say. Of course the first words out of my mouth were, "We didn't start this did we."

And as a parting gift here is some firefighting.

And thirty minutes later the fire department shows up.

So Big

2009-01-07T17:58:00.000-08:00

I like this picture because even though you can't see her face, you can tell she is concentrating. I like that she is in focus and that the world isn't. The world also seems slightly off balance compared to her.