Love

I just love you, Boy.  

Answered Prayer!

Exactly 2 weeks after I lost it, and right after I finally blogged about it, I found my 4 seasons ring! It was in the front yard, like I dreamed...how crazy is that? Even crazier, I found it while I was mowing...I heard the sound I was dreading, and when I stopped the mower to look, I'd hit a rock...and there my ring lay, almost buried in the dirt. :) I'm one blessed, happy, grateful Girl!

Stripped

Depeche Mode keeps running through my head this morning..."let me see you stripped down to the core..."

...all because I feel NAKED.

Week before last, I lost one of my rings.  I *hoped* I lost it in the front yard or in the truck, but it hasn't shown up, yet.

If you've seen me outside digging by the front porch, btw, that's the deal-io.

I had a dream the other night that I went outside and saw it laying in the dirt, just waiting for me.

It's so funny how one little ring can make such a big difference.  Thank goodness it's not my engagement ring, it could be worse.

I tried to put on an old ring to take its place so I wouldn't feel so bare, but the weight is all wrong.

Sigh.

I'm glad my problems are my problems--things could be so. much. worse.

:)

Bento Fun!

I'm not sure WHAT is up with my phone camera...the pics on the last few posts are terrible.  Bummer!  But here I go again, anyway...

So, I saw a friend Friday for the first time in a while and she gave me a belated Christmas gift.  It was in a cute insulated bag, and I had no idea it was for me.  What a fun surprise, I thought she just had a cute bag (she's just cool like that).

Anyhooser, I opened up the bag to find great bento stuff!  She even got little bento boxes for the knuckleheads...but she realized as Noble was checking it out that her intention of pink for Kayci, green for Noble was out the window--Noble claimed the pink box immediately.  :)




I had fun showing it all to my Boy...then finding a spot in our lunch cabinet for it all.



Which required just a bit of moving around, but that's cool--it needed some spiffing up!  Cabinets, be forewarned:  James and I are coming at you next.  We're running out of places to organize...



So now I've got this great bento stuff ready to go...guess I'd better make Kayci a cute lunch today.  No pressure!

Finishing Touches...

Things are slowing down around here...kind of.  Yesterday I was able to take a couple of hours and wrap up a couple of finishing touches.

Kayci's shadow box...



...is done, now we're working on sorting her jewelry to fill up the drawers.  :)




James laughed at me...these have been driving me crazy since they've been out from under my desk.  I need them, though, so I had to find a way to live with them.



Eh.  It's better.  :)

Better Days

Last Wednesday I wrote a big ol' post about some heavy stuff.  It wasn't a BAD day...just a day of reflection.

And then we went to AWANA.  Bubby is in my Cubbies group, which is normally a blessing.  Last week, it was a test.  As soon as we got going, he started whining and crying because I didn't pick him first for the "Hello Song."  You and I both know that I was fresh out of patience but full of intention.

So, I told him--quit whining, or go home.  I didn't yell, and I kept my cool.

Poor Daddy had just come in from San Antonio and was looking forward to a bit of rest before we got home, but he came right over and picked up his screaming Bubby, who continued to cry for the next two hours and fell asleep right before we got home.  So much for a few minutes of peace and quiet for Daddy.

Since then, things have been going well.  I think mostly because I am calmer, quite honestly.  I haven't yelled since last Wednesday morning, and behavior around here (including mine, mostly) has been great.

A friend came up to me last night at AWANA and inquired nicely if things were going better (she read my blog last week and saw that Noble got sent home).

Yep.  Better days around here.  Super, you might say.  :)



Thank you, God, for my courageous, hard-working Boy and our two blessings.  Even on the bad days, life is good.  

Mike Wazowski!