Yesterday!

Was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!

Sunny!!!

Temperature was 80!!

Pool was perfect!!

Great night for a parade!!

And a moonpie...

or two!!

The MINT ones are the BEST!!

Throw us something MISTER!!

Note to SELF:

when the family is leaving you for the weekend because you have the stomach bug....I made sure that I had crackers, rice and all sorts of bland food plus some Gatorade for good measure. Did I even think to check the TP stash??!! Uh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Won't make that mistake again!

Thankfully I have the sweetest girls who made sure I didn't go without!

Whew!

It was a close call!

No germs were shared in the exchange!

I think I may be better!!

Mashed potatoes!!

Rice!!

Toast!

So far so good...

But it is only 8am.

I think I may go organize my scrapbook area!

If all goes well I see a trip to replenish my

Vitamin D!!!!

Have a Happy Weekend y'all!!

I REALLY tried y'all, honest I did!

To post last week with pictures! I had such cute pictures of our Valentine's Event! It was such a great fun night with the boys! But alas, BLOGGER did not oblige my request and TODAY I am too busy to try again!

We have a crazy week ahead! This past weekend was THE LAST CHANCE MEET for the boys to acquire times to swim next weekend in Music City! Well I am VERY HAPPY to report that they boys had AWESOME swims and so they are Nashville bound!! WAHOOOOO!! Number 2 son has just been back in the water since the fall and he swam SO WELL I could hardly stand it! {and if any of you have ever seen/heard me at a swim meet you will know what I am talking about!!} Even Number 1 son who says he NEVER hears me yelling/cheering did this weekend!! For such a small person I am QUITE OBNOXIOUS on the pool deck! Love me or hate me... it is what it is!!

So on the way home yesterday Number 2 son is feeling BLAHHHHHHHHHHH.... well he has swam so well and i chalk it up to just being worn slap out!! Well I am not so sure... Stomach bug has invaded our house I am afraid!! Not good!! So PLEASE lift a little prayer up for Number 2 and that the REST OF US DON'T CATCH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd love to post pics but don't have time...

Have to make final preps for our banquet tomorrow night

Shop for our Coach's goodie bag

Shop for Secret Buddy Bags

Laundry

Pack

WORK

Eye appointment... PLEASE!!!

Mandatory Mardi Gras meeting tonight!!

Swim practice

And the list goes

On

And

On

and

ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful week if we don't catch up again!!

Love is in the air..

Spend it with those who make you

happy!!

Those who make you

feel special!!

Those who love you

despite your shortcomings!

Those who love you

even when you

feel unloveable!

Those who love you

in good times and bad!

Those who

make you laugh!

Those who

can cry with you!

Those that

CHEER for your successes!

Those that

encourage you when you fall!

But most of all

Love because HE first loved us!

If HE didn't love us we wouldn't know what love is!

Thank you for our perfect EXAMPLE of

TRUE LOVE!!

Bolt Bender

That will be Number 1's part

in the upcoming play!

He was so excited to get the phone call on

Saturday!!

It is not a musical

{which will be different from all the other

performances that he has done!}

It is a small cast of 19 members!

An AWESOME group of

kids to work with!

So glad that we have these

opportunities in our

community!!

Now to go a see if I can figure out who the

BOLT BENDER is!!

Happy Monday!!

Another one joins THE CLUB!! Forty and FABULOUS!!

A good time was had by all!!

A little cold

But I don't really think it bothered the

Birthday Girl!!

Not sure ANYTHING

bothered the Birthday girl!!

Hope y'all had a FABULOUS weekend as well!

An Epiphany...

So yesterday I WAS PRETTY HOT UNDER THE COLLAR!! But as I was driving the kids to school it just hit me...

"Hey, don't you have first block with these teachers?"

"Yes."

"Well then, we can go to school and attend first block and then I can check you out. Let you stay just long enough to turn in work... get an assignment or two then LEAVE!!!!!"

How smart am I?? Not having to lie... not having to make up some sort of story as to why we are not at school. Just come and check out. Of course that means I have to make work arrangements... but I have a staff that supports ME and the well-being of my kids even if THEY DON'T attend my school. Huh... makes me wonder!

Of course this is all for nothing if... WE DON'T MAKE ANYMORE SE CUTS AND IF WE DON'T GET CAST IN THE PLAY. BUT AT LEAST I NOW KNOW WHERE SOME TEACHERS STAND FOR FUTURE REFERENCE!!

On a much more fun note...

Someone I know is turning 40 today!! So it is a fun night out for all... GIRLS NIGHT IS TOMORROW!!

So hope all y'all have a fun and safe weekend!!

Just had to let it out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You try to be proactive....

You try to do what is right!

You follow ALL the rules!

You don't ask for special treatment... only FAIR treatment!

You want what is best for your child.. for him/her to be

Well rounded...book smart, athletic, good friends...

Academically challenged/sound...

Honest...

But no.... there always has to be that one OR two that have to make things difficult. Seriously??!! I mean REALLY?!?!!? It's enough to make me cuss in front of my kids and have a full on hissy fit! Which I did! Yes I did!! Number 2 son wishes he had it on video... Might have won some money off of it!

Ok, I feel a little better now! Now to move on to the next step.... REVENGE {just kidding ;o) }

STILL LIFE WITH IRIS...

Have you heard of it? Seen it?

Number 1 son audtioned yesterday. He was asked to callbacks tomorrow.

He had to prepare a monologue for yesterday. He has never had to do that before. He picked this one...

In the hospital with harvey dent lying in bed –

JOKER :
Do I really look like a guy with a plan, Harvey?
I don’t have a plan …
The mob has plans. The cops have plans.
You know what I am, harvey? I am a dog chasing cars… I wouldn’t know what to do with one if I caught it.
I just do things. I am just the wrench in the gears. I hate plans.
Yours, theirs, everyone’s. maroni has plans. Gordon has plans.
Schemers trying to control their worlds.
I am not a schemer. I show the schemer how pathetic their attempts to control things really are.
So when I say that you and your girlfriend was nothing personal, you know I am telling the truth.
I just did what I do best. I took your plan and turned it on itself.
Look what I have done to this city with a few drums of gas and a couple of bullets.
Nobody panics when the expected people gets killed. Nobody panics when things go according to plan, even if the plan is horrifying.
If I tell the press that tomorrow a gangbanger will get shot or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics. – because it’s all part of the plan.
But when I say that one little old mayor will die, everybody lose their minds.
Introduce a little anarchy, you upset the established order and everything becomes chaos.
I am agent of chaos.
And you know the thing about chaos Harvey?
“IT is FAIR.”

Why did he pick this... well because of this..

We will know something next week...

Happy February??

How does a month go by so quickly? It seems like just yesterday we were shooting fireworks and celebrating the New Year.

Last month was full of fun activities...

* first ski trip for number 1 son

* my 41st Birthday which meant some fun times out with friends and some wonderful gifts!

* National Championship for the AUBURN Tigers {yes I am a Bama fan but it is nice for AU to FOLLOW in OUR footsteps!!}

* I started going to a bootcamp class and I can tell a difference in the way I feel and look!!

* And I started going to a Bible study again! The book is fabulous and last night's discussion was on idols.. WOW!! It was good stuff!

So what will the month of February bring??

Well I know right off the bat a trip to the Big EAsy!!

Hopefully a trip to Music City

and who knows what else....