March 1st, 2012

I am now officially past my least favorite part of the calendar.  I absolutely LOVE spring and love summer even more than that.  Only this year I have this feeling like I almost don’t deserve a spring or have that victorious attitude I survived winter and have earned myself a proper spring.  I gave up sweets for Lent and let me tell you once Easter comes, that chocolate bunny I’m going to dip in peanut butter is going to taste great and feel well warranted.  That’s normally how I feel about Spring.  Also all the spring buzz kill information out there about the bugs being out of control, the bees life cycle is off schedule, the weeds are going to ruin everyone’s lawns, global warming, yadda yadda yadda makes me uneasy.  That kind of feeling like I procrastinated on studying for a big test and now have to cram big time under pressure with a bad grade looming over my head.  I blame these.

Rewind to October.  I decided I needed to man up and for the first time in my entire life, purchase a pair of snow boots.  Last winter was miserable and I recalled shoveling lots of snow in my tennis shoes covering toes I could no longer feel.  I wanted to be able to play in the snow with the kids without my ankles wet and frozen.  My 36 year old self felt it was time to accept and embrace when snow came and even give me a reason to buy shoes.  I found a great pair on sale at Land’s End with free shipping.  Winning!  Well, needless to say, I had absolutely no reason to wear them.  They are virgin snow boots in March.  That’s gotta be rock bottom from a snow boot’s perspective.  I am a superstitious gal and feel like I kinda jinxed winter for North America with my snow boot purchase.  Sorry guys, my bad.

That being said, I’m still excited for March and hopeful for a wonderful spring.  I’m excited for doing gardening again, a cicada free spring/summer, watching the lilacs bloom, cutting and putting said lilacs in vases, flip flops, outdoor dining, smelling fresh cut grass, feeling the sun on a playground, and being outside with my outside loving little girls.  I think I’ll get over the feeling I don’t deserve a spring when I’ve got lots of dirt under my fingernails in our veggie garden and I see Lauren and Sydney climbing our blooming dogwood tree.

 

February 19th, 2012

I really really really have not been making time for my blog lately.  I don’t know where the time goes in my days, but it hasn’t been for my guilty pleasures like watching The View, reading the newspaper the actual day it lands on our yard, catching up on my blogs I read, or posting on my blog.  I am very behind on all those things.  Yesterday I caught up on reading the newspaper.  I now know how the St Patricks Day parade downtown turned out and that we are having an unseasonably warm spring.  I got realistic and deleted all past Views from our dvr.  I apologize to Whoopi for not getting her take on the events of the last month. 

I really think it’s been the warm weather combined with many activities and to do’s, I’ve been out and about more.  Working in the yard and going to the playground have been more important, and rightfully so.  Spring break happened.  My Spring Consignment sale happened. It was a rare occurrence last week when Trent referenced Trayvon Martin and I had no idea what he was talking about.  Normally I’m pretty in the know.  Oh well.

So Valentine’s day was a good one.  Not the kind of Valentine’s day my 22 year old self would dream of, but one my 36.5 year old self felt was a good one.

Seeing snow on the ground seems so surreal.  I think it was our biggest and pretty much only snow.  Very much okay by me.

I helped out with both the girl’s school parties, which I love.

Sydney is lucky, she gets to go to Lauren’s party too and gets to participate in all the fun.  Sydney is pretty much an honorary 1st grader.  She goes to all their parties, field trips, and we go to Lauren’s 2nd recess sometimes and she gets to play with Lauren and her friends.

Valentine’s day night was Sydney’s swim lessons and Trent and I took one of our favorite spin classes at the Y that night from 6-7 pm.  When we all got home these were on our table.  Trent got all his ladies flowers, which were well received.  I can’t even remember what I made for dinner that night.  Normally on Tuesdays I make dinner for Trent and myself while he’s putting the girls to bed.  I think I made a salad of some sort.  Must have been incredibly delicious and oh so memorable.

So that was Valentine’s day in our family.  Seems like FOREVER ago. 

So onto a different subject, Pinterest.  Another guilty pleasure of mine that I have not indulged in for weeks.  Just haven’t made time for it.  But back in February I came across this pin and knew it would be a big hit in Trent’s world.

Buffalo Chicken Eggrolls.  So super easy too!  If you click here there is the step by step with really pretty pictures too.  In fact, through the pin I also became a fan of the blog too and follow it.  That is, when I make the time.

February 11th, 2012

Our community center next to our pool was having a Valentine’s Father/Daughter dinner dance.  Trent double booked himself with 2 dates (well I double booked him when I signed them up, but he agreed!). 

He even sprung for 2 wrist corsages.

Classic Sydney, won’t even put down her blanket when a boy is giving her flowers.

They had a great time and were full of stories upon their return.  While they were gone I put on the PJ pants, watched a movie, and microwaved a Lean Cuisine pizza.  Gotta admit, felt pretty darn decadent. 

February 10th, 2012

All week long at Lauren’s school was theme days to benefit Leukemia.  Monday was pennies for crazy socks and shoes, Tuesday was nickels for crazy hat, Wednesday was dimes for sports shirt, Thursday was quarters for character shirt, and Friday was dollars for 60’s day.

Peace out!