Ten Things I Want to Do

1. Go to a piano bar.

2. Put my toes in the ocean where I can see all the way to the bottom.




3. Get a facial.




4. Buy a house, maybe in England.




5. Visit Overton House. This is the place we lived for part of the time we were in Scotland. My heart will always love Britain. This picture is small but it's the only one I could find of the whole place. It's so incredible that we used to run around inside there and announce that dinner was served over the intercom! Good times.





6. Go on a cruise to Alaska.




7. Have a personal pizookie chef for whenever I want one.

8. Get a puppy. I don't know what kind.




9. Go back to school and get a degree in something.




10. Be teleported back to my teens so I can shop at Millers Outpost, get ice cream from Thrifty, wear overalls (yikes), go to youth group camps and flirt with boys, sacrifice comfort for jeans that are too tight but very sexy, sleep in until 1pm, make money but pay no rent, spend all my time with my friends and boyfriends and have little responsibility. Ah, those were the days.

The woman in this video is crazy.

Hillary, this is the one I was trying to find.

Friday

Friday. Thank goodness you've come.

Kayley and Cole are a really great reason to get up, go to work and live a normal life today.

If I didn't have them I don't know what I would do.

Ten Things About Today

1. Cole woke up this morning thinking he was entitled to waffles for breakfast.

2. I can't believe It's already Thursday. This week has just gone by so fast.

3. This is a good day. I can breathe deep and I didn't wake up with a headache. Thank you God.

4. Kayley: "There's a person up high in that tree making it move."

Me: "Um, sure sweety. I think it's just the wind."

Kayley: "I'm kidding, made you look!"

There's no doubt she thinks she's hilarious.

5. I got my back ordered ring. It's purdy.

6. Since tax season is over it's a lot slower around here. I'm working with the other ladies to get the old files down to the basement and get everything organized. It's a nice excuse to wear jeans to work!

7. Someone on facebook posted this: "Don't cry over spilt milk. Just get angry and punch a cow." Ha!

8. I found Kayley a camoflage skirt. And it didn't cost $30 like the pair of shorts I saw at Justice.

9. It's real funny to watch the elderly have road rage in Montecito. Half of them shouldn't even be driving.

10. I wish the laundry fairy would come to my house and put away the pile on my couch. I would also like a gas fairy so I never have to fill up. I used to have one of those. Speaking of fairies, Kayley should lose her tooth pretty soon. It's super jiggly.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1....

....Blastoff!!!

I took Cole to the spaceship dentist today for his very first appointment. I'm so proud of my little guy for doing such a great job.

I couldn't help but laugh!



Look at that mop. I buzzed it off tonight after seeing this picture.

He was such a patient kid the whole time

Fluoride!
(Please note the four bottles behind him displaying babies teeth that are rotten from having juice in their bottles. That is so disgusting. I don't think I put juice in my kids bottles even once.)

The best part of the dentist!



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As a side note I'd like to share this story:

This evening Kayley was play asteroid on the computer in my room. I walked out and back in the room 10 minutes later and she had opened up the internet browser and was searching on Google for books and toys! I never taught that kid how to use the internet and I made it clear it would not happen again. She's way to smart for her own good.

Ten On Tuesday- Trip To See Hillary

1. My trip on the plane to MO was really nice and easy, except that there was an old man next to me who farted the whole time. Ew.

Traveling alone turned out to be a breeze. The hardest part was finding my way onto the right freeways to get to Springfield. The people there drive painfully slow and I felt out of place without a big truck pulling some sort of heavy equipment behind me. All in all, it wasn't too bad. I'm pretty sure that it was a whole lot easier than if I were from another state just driving in CA for the first time.

This is what it looked like for a good part of the three hour drive:

2. I weighed myself when I got there and weighed myself when I left. I gained two pounds. It was totally worth the Coco Pebbles I had for breakfast every day. It's gross now that I think about it.

3. I love Candace and her puppy. And by puppy I mean Hillary.

She really does have a puppy but I didn't take a picture of it.

4. I bought grey Converse. I love them. This picture makes me look like I have one leg and two feet.




5. After church on Sunday Hillary and I met up with Alicia and Billy for lunch at Panera Bread. Yum. It was nice to catch up with old friends!

6. We went to Branson on Saturday and I got to see what people call the Ozark "mountains." It's pretty much a bunch of hills. Too bad I missed Dolly Parton's show. I was really looking forward to it. I also visited Bass Pro Shop. The best part about it was the people who shop there.

Here's me on the fountain in Branson.

7. I bought a Justin Beiber CD. Don't judge me.

8. The guy at the rental car place told me that his momma always tells him that it takes more muscles to frown than to smile. What a weirdo. He was really young and had surprisingly nice teeth. They ended up charging me $40 less than they should have for the rental car, too. Things like that happen when I bat my eyelashes. Jk jk lol.

9. I got window seats on both flights home yesterday. Looking at the world from up that high is truly amazing. I had a handsome black man sit next to me on one of the flights. I almost asked him to be my baby daddy. Then I remembered I already have one.

10. My kids ran up to me at full speed and gave me giant hugs when I got home. I missed their little faces. I'm glad to be home. I'm also glad for a day off today too!

Tax Season and Traveling

Tax season is over. If I had to fill out another one of those stupid certified return receipt forms for the post office my fingers would start bleeding. In the end I guess it was all worth it because I got a bonus check today!

It's 11:20 and I'm still waiting for Aunt Lisa to get here. Her car broke down before she got to Santa Barbara and she's on her way with the tow truck. Such a bummer!

I've packed, confirmed my flight, confirmed my rental car, printed directions to Springfield, made notes for each of the kids to open every day (morning and night) and finished the laundry. I won't get much sleep tonight but it doesn't matter. I can sleep in all weekend if I want to!

I'm going to miss my kids but man I need the rest. I'll be home on Monday night and I'm taking Tuesday off work too!