You can laugh too-- it's almost Friday!!!!! whooooopee!
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Insta Funnies
Oh buddy, I have a lot this week...maybe I am just overly tired and therefore finding more things humorous. Maybe I have the sense of humor of a 14 year old boy. Either way, these made me laugh this week:
You can laugh too-- it's almost Friday!!!!! whooooopee!
You can laugh too-- it's almost Friday!!!!! whooooopee!
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Life Lately
Life lately is ALL about snow/ice!
We went to the beach Thursday-Sunday and missed a lot of the snow, but we are getting all of the ice-- and no school!
School was canceled last Friday, Monday and Tuesday-- we tried to go in Tuesday to school (me to work, and Andy to school), on a delay, but when we got there, the parking lots were terrible. So they decided to cancel after all. I got there and worked for a bit, tackling our current to do list, then headed home.
Here is a look at life lately!
What we are reading:
I decided to do another audio book-- I just love these! And I picked The Matchmaker by Elin Hilderbrand.
It is so so so so good! This is my favorite of her books so far, I think. I had a hair appointment this week and I had to resist the urge to pop in head phones and listen while sitting there. It is that good. I highly recommend this book!
With the lack of school, Cal has been in a rut reading books. We just haven't been making him read every night-- but he is still reading....EVERYTHING. He is at a really fun point, where he reads every sign he sees, every commercial on TV, every ticker tape on the bottom of the screen.... it is constant. It is really neat to see him put together words. He read Andy's book to us the other night and there were some hard words in there!
What we are eating:
Well, this weather has thrown this part off as well. We were at the beach, and I made fajitas one night with home made guacamole. We came home and ordered pizza Sunday night. Monday night, I made a huge batch of homemade spaghetti sauce and we had everyone over for spaghetti, salad and garlic bread with cookie cake for dessert. yummmm...
Their dinner wasn't quite ready one night, so I fixed a salad for them-- Cal likes his plain with just lettuce (spinach) and dressing...
I was cutting up a tomato for Andy's salad and he grabbed it and ate it basically whole.
What we are watching:
This was the picture we sent Tommy when the Broncos won last week-- putting them in the playoffs for the super bowl. He sent a similar one back of him and Tricia and the dog- hahaha
Did anyone watch Bachelor Monday night? Whew!
Ben is hot, y'all. I never thought it before. But, I swear, he was swoon-worthy last night. Darn right sexy, I think. He seems super genuine with the girls-- which could totally be an act (I know it's reality tv with lots of producers "helping" him), but it is a really good ACT if it is. He seems so kind-- which makes me think he will have his heart handed to him, but what do I know?
We have also been watching loads of football and the boys are beyond excite to see the Panthers in the SUPER BOWL! Love him or hate him, Cam Newton is G.O.O.D. And he loves playing the game-- which is great! He is out there having fun. He is laughing and skipping around-- makes me appreciate him even more.
What's making me happy:
Several things are making me happy this week-- I love this candle holder my mom got me with a W on it. I put one of my favorite smelling bath and body works candles in there and it glows right up!
This kid-- we have officially broken the finger sucking and the hair twirling habit. And now....I am not jinxing myself, I hope....we are working on sleeping through the night. I swear to you, it has to be HIS idea to break a habit. We've been begging him to sleep in his bed all night for the longest time. I have offered every reward under the sun.
And then, he slept through the night. So as I was praising him, I said, if you do that 7 times in a row, you can take two friends to Chuck E Cheese with you. He raised his eyebrows and goes "I can easily do that!" And so far he has done 4 nights in a row....! WHAT???? I feel like a new woman! Let's hope this forms a habit and he will start sleeping... consistently....!
And, this kid... he still has not lost a tooth.... but he has one officially loose. Eddie doesn't think it will be out within the month (I am begging him not to lose it when I am gone this weekend). So we are excited about that...!
These two dogs make me happy-- they are a handful, like big time. But I love them both so much. This bed continues to be a HUGE hit in this house. If Bruce is on it, Hank will go get a bone and drop it in the middle of the room and wait for Bruce to get up and go get it, then Hank will pounce on the bed. So sweet...
Bru tried to go to bed with Cal the other night-- nice try, buddy...
Last week, Cal's school was out, but I had to work. So Kristen and I brought our kids into school with us to "assist" in the mouse class. Cal was actually really helpful-- he loved being in there with the kids! Maybe he will be a teacher some day...?
What we have been wearing:
It is COLD here. Super cold. And my children insist on walking around like this:
They strip down to boxers as soon as they get home and stay that way-- it's the craziest thing! And, Andy is living in front of the fire. I mean he is there 99% of the time he is at home. He isn't stripped down yet in below pic, but we had just walked in, he walked straight over to the fire, turned it on and settled down on the floor, about to take off clothes. It is cracking me and Eddie up.
I used some of our days off to break out some Valentine's decorations-- my mom made these little chair backers, that are really little pouches and I added some hearts to my topiary on my table.
The mantle also got some hearts... I love this banner-- it makes me happy. Thanks, Target! (similar stuff)
Monday, when we got the call for no school, we decided to have a kids pop class... I pulled into the country club parking lot and it was an ice skating rink. Couldn't get in and out of spots, so I just pulled in and left it there- haha.
We did a wall sit competition-- these kids took this seriously!!! This went on over 10 minutes.
And then on Tuesday, Andy and I headed into school for a 10am start. I got there early and pretty much slid all the way from the top to the bottom. After sliding all the way down, the director decided school wasn't a great idea, so we ended up canceling.
It was a sheet of ice out there!
Sweet Bruce just wants to be with everyone. All the time. As close as possible. All the time.
Weight update:
So I lost 4. And then I gained 2. And then I lost 2. And then I gained 2.5. And right now, I am hovering at the -3 pounds mark. Ugh. That is gross. I have got to do something.
I am going to Austin this weekend with some of the very best girlfriends I could ever have and I am BEYOND excited to get there and have so much fun. I will not stress about weight gain or loss and I will focus more when I get home.
So that is a look at our life lately!
We went to the beach Thursday-Sunday and missed a lot of the snow, but we are getting all of the ice-- and no school!
School was canceled last Friday, Monday and Tuesday-- we tried to go in Tuesday to school (me to work, and Andy to school), on a delay, but when we got there, the parking lots were terrible. So they decided to cancel after all. I got there and worked for a bit, tackling our current to do list, then headed home.
Here is a look at life lately!
What we are reading:
I decided to do another audio book-- I just love these! And I picked The Matchmaker by Elin Hilderbrand.
With the lack of school, Cal has been in a rut reading books. We just haven't been making him read every night-- but he is still reading....EVERYTHING. He is at a really fun point, where he reads every sign he sees, every commercial on TV, every ticker tape on the bottom of the screen.... it is constant. It is really neat to see him put together words. He read Andy's book to us the other night and there were some hard words in there!
What we are eating:
Well, this weather has thrown this part off as well. We were at the beach, and I made fajitas one night with home made guacamole. We came home and ordered pizza Sunday night. Monday night, I made a huge batch of homemade spaghetti sauce and we had everyone over for spaghetti, salad and garlic bread with cookie cake for dessert. yummmm...
Their dinner wasn't quite ready one night, so I fixed a salad for them-- Cal likes his plain with just lettuce (spinach) and dressing...
I was cutting up a tomato for Andy's salad and he grabbed it and ate it basically whole.
What we are watching:
This was the picture we sent Tommy when the Broncos won last week-- putting them in the playoffs for the super bowl. He sent a similar one back of him and Tricia and the dog- hahaha
Did anyone watch Bachelor Monday night? Whew!
Ben is hot, y'all. I never thought it before. But, I swear, he was swoon-worthy last night. Darn right sexy, I think. He seems super genuine with the girls-- which could totally be an act (I know it's reality tv with lots of producers "helping" him), but it is a really good ACT if it is. He seems so kind-- which makes me think he will have his heart handed to him, but what do I know?
We have also been watching loads of football and the boys are beyond excite to see the Panthers in the SUPER BOWL! Love him or hate him, Cam Newton is G.O.O.D. And he loves playing the game-- which is great! He is out there having fun. He is laughing and skipping around-- makes me appreciate him even more.
What's making me happy:
Several things are making me happy this week-- I love this candle holder my mom got me with a W on it. I put one of my favorite smelling bath and body works candles in there and it glows right up!
This kid-- we have officially broken the finger sucking and the hair twirling habit. And now....I am not jinxing myself, I hope....we are working on sleeping through the night. I swear to you, it has to be HIS idea to break a habit. We've been begging him to sleep in his bed all night for the longest time. I have offered every reward under the sun.
And then, he slept through the night. So as I was praising him, I said, if you do that 7 times in a row, you can take two friends to Chuck E Cheese with you. He raised his eyebrows and goes "I can easily do that!" And so far he has done 4 nights in a row....! WHAT???? I feel like a new woman! Let's hope this forms a habit and he will start sleeping... consistently....!
And, this kid... he still has not lost a tooth.... but he has one officially loose. Eddie doesn't think it will be out within the month (I am begging him not to lose it when I am gone this weekend). So we are excited about that...!
These two dogs make me happy-- they are a handful, like big time. But I love them both so much. This bed continues to be a HUGE hit in this house. If Bruce is on it, Hank will go get a bone and drop it in the middle of the room and wait for Bruce to get up and go get it, then Hank will pounce on the bed. So sweet...
Bru tried to go to bed with Cal the other night-- nice try, buddy...
Last week, Cal's school was out, but I had to work. So Kristen and I brought our kids into school with us to "assist" in the mouse class. Cal was actually really helpful-- he loved being in there with the kids! Maybe he will be a teacher some day...?
What we have been wearing:
It is COLD here. Super cold. And my children insist on walking around like this:
I used some of our days off to break out some Valentine's decorations-- my mom made these little chair backers, that are really little pouches and I added some hearts to my topiary on my table.
The mantle also got some hearts... I love this banner-- it makes me happy. Thanks, Target! (similar stuff)
Monday, when we got the call for no school, we decided to have a kids pop class... I pulled into the country club parking lot and it was an ice skating rink. Couldn't get in and out of spots, so I just pulled in and left it there- haha.
We did a wall sit competition-- these kids took this seriously!!! This went on over 10 minutes.
And then on Tuesday, Andy and I headed into school for a 10am start. I got there early and pretty much slid all the way from the top to the bottom. After sliding all the way down, the director decided school wasn't a great idea, so we ended up canceling.
It was a sheet of ice out there!
Sweet Bruce just wants to be with everyone. All the time. As close as possible. All the time.
So I lost 4. And then I gained 2. And then I lost 2. And then I gained 2.5. And right now, I am hovering at the -3 pounds mark. Ugh. That is gross. I have got to do something.
I am going to Austin this weekend with some of the very best girlfriends I could ever have and I am BEYOND excited to get there and have so much fun. I will not stress about weight gain or loss and I will focus more when I get home.
So that is a look at our life lately!
Monday, January 25, 2016
Weekend Update
Well this weekend update isn't quite as fun as they normally are.
We got news of Gran's passing Thursday morning. After doing much weather checking, we headed to the beach Thursday after school. And we are glad we did! The triangle got hit HARD with some snow/ice and schools were canceled on Friday. So we didn't miss much.
I really did not take many pictures at all, obviously.
But it was a great weekend with family celebrating the life of a wonderful lady!
We talked, cried, laughed, and shared a lot of stories of Gran.
We did a private viewing for the family and we all got dressed in our rooms and walked out and we all were matching-- everyone wore the same jacket :) I got it in NYC and patty loved it and got one for all of the girls. It is the coziest jacket ever. You can find it here. I love it so much, I might order another color....
We had the funeral service Saturday afternoon. The boys looked adorable in their blue blazers. I tried to get a picture of Andy before the service started, but he was mad at me and wanted Mimi's phone to play with.
We got up on Sunday and cleaned up and hit the road. The roads were fine the whole way home, until we got to our neighborhood. Then it was like ice. Hank got out of the car and ran around like a puppy. He looooves the snow and loves to make little pup angels in it.
The boys were itching to get to play in it because we had zero snow at the beach-- but it was so so so so so cold. There was zero outside play time while we were there.
Bundled up and ready to go!
Andy has decided he wants to learn to snow board. He asked Eddie to teach him how to do it on his sled. He is literally begging Eddie to take him to the mountains to do this.
Sunday afternoon consisted of laundry and playing catch up for the week to come. Eddie's parents are here until Wednesday. We got the call around 4:30 that Cal is out of school for Monday. He has an early release day Wednesday and Andy doesn't have school Thursday or Friday. I might hit up the liquor store tomorrow.
We got news of Gran's passing Thursday morning. After doing much weather checking, we headed to the beach Thursday after school. And we are glad we did! The triangle got hit HARD with some snow/ice and schools were canceled on Friday. So we didn't miss much.
I really did not take many pictures at all, obviously.
But it was a great weekend with family celebrating the life of a wonderful lady!
We talked, cried, laughed, and shared a lot of stories of Gran.
We did a private viewing for the family and we all got dressed in our rooms and walked out and we all were matching-- everyone wore the same jacket :) I got it in NYC and patty loved it and got one for all of the girls. It is the coziest jacket ever. You can find it here. I love it so much, I might order another color....
We had the funeral service Saturday afternoon. The boys looked adorable in their blue blazers. I tried to get a picture of Andy before the service started, but he was mad at me and wanted Mimi's phone to play with.
We got up on Sunday and cleaned up and hit the road. The roads were fine the whole way home, until we got to our neighborhood. Then it was like ice. Hank got out of the car and ran around like a puppy. He looooves the snow and loves to make little pup angels in it.
Sunday afternoon consisted of laundry and playing catch up for the week to come. Eddie's parents are here until Wednesday. We got the call around 4:30 that Cal is out of school for Monday. He has an early release day Wednesday and Andy doesn't have school Thursday or Friday. I might hit up the liquor store tomorrow.
Friday, January 22, 2016
Sweet, sweet Gran
Eddie's dear grandmother, "Gran", went home to be with the Lord Thursday morning early.
Thankfully, it was a very peaceful passing, with her children there holding her hands. There is something so perfect about holding the hands of the woman who brought you into this world, as she is leaving this world. I can only pray that my passing is that peaceful.
Gran has loved me as her own granddaughter for a long time-- probably since high school. And I am so thankful for her love.
She lived at the beach, so we were lucky to get to see her often-- the boys have grown up knowing her. Which also made this harder. When we told them, Cal was very quiet, reflecting on what we told him, and Andy burst into tears, crying that he was sad he didn't get to say goodbye to her.
Her service is tomorrow, Saturday, and we are looking forward to celebrating such a sweet life. We are all BEYOND thankful that we got to spend so much time with her over Christmas. (here and here)
I am in charge of printing off some pictures to have on display at the service (#ofcourseiam), and here are some of the ones I am printing:
Look at how happy she was!
Gran gave her all every day. She was living on her own and still driving. She served at her church, a retirement home and at a hospital. She gave constantly. Hopefully we can continue in her footsteps.
We know she is super excited to be reunited with her husband in Heaven!
Thankfully, it was a very peaceful passing, with her children there holding her hands. There is something so perfect about holding the hands of the woman who brought you into this world, as she is leaving this world. I can only pray that my passing is that peaceful.
Gran has loved me as her own granddaughter for a long time-- probably since high school. And I am so thankful for her love.
She lived at the beach, so we were lucky to get to see her often-- the boys have grown up knowing her. Which also made this harder. When we told them, Cal was very quiet, reflecting on what we told him, and Andy burst into tears, crying that he was sad he didn't get to say goodbye to her.
Her service is tomorrow, Saturday, and we are looking forward to celebrating such a sweet life. We are all BEYOND thankful that we got to spend so much time with her over Christmas. (here and here)
I am in charge of printing off some pictures to have on display at the service (#ofcourseiam), and here are some of the ones I am printing:
Gran gave her all every day. She was living on her own and still driving. She served at her church, a retirement home and at a hospital. She gave constantly. Hopefully we can continue in her footsteps.
We know she is super excited to be reunited with her husband in Heaven!
Life Lately
Happy Hump Day, Y'all!
Here's a look at our life lately-- not a whole lot going on!
What we are reading:
Holy moly..... what a good book.
Cal has been reading these Cars books. I found several when I did some of my massive clean outs and he is having a great time reading them.
What we are eating:
Sunday: there is a new-ish restaurant in Chapel Hill that is AH-mazing. They specialize in pizza, and I am sure their pizza is fine.... but their salads are ridiculous.
This was mine... it is huge. And their home made dressing is to die for. Why am I not a paid spokesperson?!?!
Monday: orange chicken.
Tuesday (taco Tuesday!): the boys are having enchiladas-- momma is getting OUT!
Wednesday: Buffalo Chicken Garbage Bread (this is sooooo good!)
Thursday: I have no clue.
Friday: Over to Tricia and Tommy's house for his birthday!
What we are watching:
A LOT of football! Of course we are watching all of the NFL playoff games. When we make Cal go to bed when a game is on, the first thing out of his mouth in the morning is always "who won the _____ game?!" He doesn't want to talk about anything else until he knows who won! We record all the games and the boys watch them during their rest time.
What's making me happy:
When I cleaned out the study, I found this old newspaper clipping of Eddie...
Did y'all know he went to Junior Olympics for diving? If you can zoom in and read the caption, it says "Eddie Williamson has been platform diving for less than a month. But this weekend, he could win a national championship." Eddie is the kind of person who can never have experience with something, and then he picks it up and is awesome at it-- he could never bowl in his life and then get 6 strikes in a row. He could not run for months and months and then get up and run 10 miles like it is no big deal. Yeah. Not me. Also, look at his rib cage.
Speaking of, check out this picture I found of me right around the same age:
I hit 5'10'' really young. Like 5th grade. And I didn't break 100 pounds for a loooong time. sigh. Wish I could blame kids. Thankfully, my chest grew as my thighs grew. #findthebrightspot
Also making me happy-- Andy is obsessed with his Cam Newton shirt we got him for Christmas. He wants to wear it every day. He wore it on Thursday of last week and when he stayed home with me on Friday, he wanted to wear it. I told him it was dirty. He insisted on staying shirtless until it was clean-- and then helped me do laundry to expedite the process:
His little crazy self makes me happy. Also making me happy? He is 100% done sucking his fingers and twirling his hair. This is epic. Huge. Massive. I was convinced it would be several more years before we broke this. The finger nail polish helped, but I think it was mainly him decided he was done.
What I am wearing:
lots and lots and lots of layers! burrrrrr!
Weight update:
well, this is frustrating. I have a rock, I was doing great and lost 4 and then just stopped. ugh. I need to get serious. Mexico is coming... and I am not trying to be a beached whale by the pool.
note: I wrote this whole post and then lost most of it-- the post I wrote was set to publish on Wednesday, but never went live. Not sure where it went, but I tried to re-create it, and it isn't very good. apologies....
Here's a look at our life lately-- not a whole lot going on!
What we are reading:
Holy moly..... what a good book.
Cal has been reading these Cars books. I found several when I did some of my massive clean outs and he is having a great time reading them.
What we are eating:
Sunday: there is a new-ish restaurant in Chapel Hill that is AH-mazing. They specialize in pizza, and I am sure their pizza is fine.... but their salads are ridiculous.
This was mine... it is huge. And their home made dressing is to die for. Why am I not a paid spokesperson?!?!
Monday: orange chicken.
Tuesday (taco Tuesday!): the boys are having enchiladas-- momma is getting OUT!
Wednesday: Buffalo Chicken Garbage Bread (this is sooooo good!)
Thursday: I have no clue.
Friday: Over to Tricia and Tommy's house for his birthday!
What we are watching:
A LOT of football! Of course we are watching all of the NFL playoff games. When we make Cal go to bed when a game is on, the first thing out of his mouth in the morning is always "who won the _____ game?!" He doesn't want to talk about anything else until he knows who won! We record all the games and the boys watch them during their rest time.
What's making me happy:
When I cleaned out the study, I found this old newspaper clipping of Eddie...
Speaking of, check out this picture I found of me right around the same age:
Also making me happy-- Andy is obsessed with his Cam Newton shirt we got him for Christmas. He wants to wear it every day. He wore it on Thursday of last week and when he stayed home with me on Friday, he wanted to wear it. I told him it was dirty. He insisted on staying shirtless until it was clean-- and then helped me do laundry to expedite the process:
What I am wearing:
lots and lots and lots of layers! burrrrrr!
Weight update:
well, this is frustrating. I have a rock, I was doing great and lost 4 and then just stopped. ugh. I need to get serious. Mexico is coming... and I am not trying to be a beached whale by the pool.
note: I wrote this whole post and then lost most of it-- the post I wrote was set to publish on Wednesday, but never went live. Not sure where it went, but I tried to re-create it, and it isn't very good. apologies....
