5.7.2013
Yesterday the word was out that the secret number to insanity in the family is having three kids. I was not shocked - that is why I stopped at two. I felt the slight drainage of mental capacities after the second one arrived and I knew (in my common sense area of the brain) I could not handle three.
I'm not putting down you three plus mamas. I have some friends who are in that category of having a kid or five. I'm just saying I am not judging you as you get that Rx filled or buy that extra bottle of wine! Go on with your highly fruitful uteruses.
Did you watch Real Housewives of O.C. last night? Lydia's mom is a nut! Around here if you wanted to sprinkle "fairy dust" on a sales associate you may get asked to leave. Celebrating her being pot free for a few months - may want to run a pee pee test on that one! I must say I have a new respect for Heather. She seems like she does do a lot with her kids. I was impressed at the out to dinner with the kids but the kids have to do their homework while they wait on their food. I don't know but that seemed somewhat normal to me. I also feel like her issues with her hubby are very normal too. What ya thinkin'? I was totally unimpressed with Vicki having no backbone to her kids. It comes to a point where you have to put your foot down in your own home. Can I get an Ayyyy Men!? Gretchen - yeah totally lost on that one. I'm not sure what is wrong with her boy toy's son but if he's in ICU then he needs to be at the hospital not in the O.C. planning on making another baby with her. But my friends.....that is the difference between a mom and dad sometimes.....I heard that Oh yeah!
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I get several emails a week from readers. Some are really funny, some are sad, and some are just highly critical. I do read the emails and it is fun to know when you relate to a post. This morning I wasn't prepared for the email I opened from G.H. in Texas. I wanted to keep the blog light and fun this week but I could not ignore so many people who are feeling loss at Mother's Day.
"For the first time when someone asks me what holiday I dislike the most I say Mother's Day. I lost my mom in March to cancer. You cannot imagine how hard it is to heal and in the midst of it all you are bombarded with Mother's Day advertisements, blog posts, magazine articles, television themed shows. It really sucks."
I thought I'll email her back when I have the words.
Then it hit me....
She isn't the only human being in this world who is in a commercialized media focused society who has lost a parent this year, or last year, or experiencing final stages of anything with a parent. I did send her an email and then I wrote this blog.
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Life is interesting isn't it? Your born and the race is on. The race to crawl, walk, run, play sports, make friends, jump from grade to grade, pass tests, drive a car, get a job, go to college, find a job, find a mate, have some kids, raise those kids, retire from that job, be apart of a group, enjoy your grand kids, pick out a casket, and die. We are so much in a race to do things that we cannot seem to slow down at times and enjoy what we have - our blessings. We are so focused on a goal or something other than what is right in front of us that one day we wake up and see that something is missing. Something that was right there with us - that perhaps we just took for granted - is vanished. Then we are mad. Angry at the universe which leads to jealousy or envy over others having what we are now missing. What we took for granted.
Sometimes we're so out of touch with the possible that we deem it impossible. We are all to live in a fairy tale perfect life. We are all to take dance class and be baseball pitchers who have mamas who bring the team fantastic snacks and supply the best end-of-year party at our schools that we cannot imagine it being different.
We will laugh at our moms and say cold words because we know they will brush them off and keep chugging on. We don't expect any different. We shouldn't - we live the untouchable life.
We will move away and live the high life only to find ourselves in that moment when we are sitting with our heads on our laps crying wishing she was there to comfort us. Just knowing that she would do that will keep us moving on.
Work may tear us to shreds but she will call to check on us and annoyingly we will sigh - secretly thankful she called. Secretly, feeling better when we hang up.
She will cry when we try on that white dress for the first time. She will be strong as we say I do. She will drink a very large glass of wine when it is all said and done.
Then the day may come that you may have a baby of your own and as you are scared and wondering how bad it will hurt and how long it will last - you'll see her and realize it is doable and you will walk away from it unharmed with a bundle of joy. To that bundle you will be her.
That's what is destined to us all in our dream lands - in our fantasies - and in our human thought processes.
Sometimes there is another plan. Sometimes our lives deviate from the conditioned norm we have in our brains. Sometimes we have to accept that our experience will be different.
Sometimes we only get her for a little while and she has to go away. Physically she returns to what she was formed out of. She may not have a chance to zip that prom dress for us, hug us when we walk in the door on a random weekend home with a trunk of laundry. She may not physically be there to see that veil over our eyes as we walk down an aisle. When our boss speaks unkindly - we can't pick up the phone to get our number one cheerleader to pull us up and threaten to come down there. When the baby is born she's not there physically to hug us and wipe those tears.
It is so critical that we accept this: just because you cannot see her anymore does not mean she is not by your side every step of the way in this world.
Those lessons she taught you while she was here are still with you and have made you who you are. She lives in those lessons.
Those funny moments that you were given with her are never going to stop the laughter she imprinted on your heart. She lives in those laughs and smiles.
Those hands that wiped your bottom, nose, hair from your face, and tears are now in your own hands - and if you pay the slightest bit of attention you will feel her skin on yours as you wipe those tears you shed this week away. She lives in those hands.
Your mom may physically be off this planet but spiritually she's joining you in each day you walk this earth. She's the favorite book from your childhood the smell that you occasionally catch that you swear is her perfume and it causes you to turn in the direction of the scent with a slight hope you see her smiling at you. She was never taken away from your heart.
She is with you - always and forever - until you are physically reunited once more.
Mamas don't leave their babies - ever.
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I challenge you to celebrate your mothers this week. Whether it is in the kitchen making her recipes, reading her favorite book, going to her favorite restaurant....do something that brings her back into the forefront of your mind this week in a positive way. If she's still with you physically invite her along.
If you're dealing with a rough Mother's Day try writing her a letter and spilling it all on that paper or on that screen (trust me, it will cleanse your heart).
I hate to tell anyone to visit a grave. I feel like that is just a sad place - to stand at a piece of cold granite and look at those engraved words but sometimes it has a true healing ability for us. If you go take her favorite color of her favorite flower.
Whatever you do - do not wallow in your loss but accept that though she cannot pick up the phone and call you at an inopportune time (it happened/happens) she is always a whisper, shout, and prayer away.
In closing today, one thing all good mamas want for their kids is for them to be smiling, happy and living this life to the fullest. Maybe that's the best advice I can give you - live it up for your mom, when her kids are happy she is happy.
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You are loved -
Brownie
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Green all the way around!
4.30.13 Peace out April, you've been fun.
What is up this afternoon? I got a great email from a blog reader - Katie. She said she basis her break time at work around when she gets an alert of my blog posting! That was pretty cool - she enjoys a bit of Brownie World with coffee and chocolate - ermagherd girl that sounds delish!
Thanks for reading!
When do you read Brownie World?
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I hopped on the Book of Face this morning while my own coffee was brewing. The coolest idea with metal hangers was in my news feed. If you are like I was about three years ago then you may be covered in those triangulated pieces of wire that the professional cleaners out there love to use. My husband's uniforms were (at the time) cleaned by the company that rents them and they would always come in one day a week with five billion wire hangers. I hated them, detested them....what good could come out of wire hangers?
Three years later....
I wish he still was getting them professionally cleaned!
Wow - great idea for so many reasons!
1. Recycling at its best!
2. Space conservation at its best!
3. Free!
So this idea came from the FB Page: Different Solutions - Like them!
Some of their ideas are totally "out there" and for those of you who prefer no deodorant or razors come into close proximity of your home. Others are just perfect for those of us with a "green conscious"!
Of course some of the ideas had me rolling my eyes and also rolling on the floor - enjoy the cheap wheelchair.
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Is Facebook starting to mimic Pinterest a little these days or is it just me? My mother's FB wall seems to be a pin board for the most fattening foods available to man from sources other than Georgia's finest Deen woman.
Lately, I have just noticed that one.
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While we're still near the being green topic of the day who is up for saving a little green?
I have noticed that many of us purchase our groceries or morning coffee and at the end of our transaction we are given something called a receipt. What do you do with those receipts?
I'll tell you what I do. I push them in my wallet or my pocket or the diaper bag and when I finally get around to cleaning those areas out I generally look at the date and amount and make sure it matches my register and then to the trash it goes.
Turns out I have been trashing money. I bet you have too.
Here's a money saving challenge for you - tomorrow when you are out and about doing whatever it is you may do save every single receipt you get. When the kids are in the bed and the husband is appropriately seduced by the ESPN crew pull out your stash of receipts and start reading.
Here's what I found (last week):
Dollar General Receipt - $5 off a $25 purchase on 4.27, special intro rate to switch to Dish Network, BOGO Whopper at BK good until 5.27.13
Dunkin Donuts Receipt - Do a fifteen second online survey and get a free donut ($1 savings)
Wendy's Receipt - on the back Tell Us What You Think and get a free sandwich
Sonic Receipt - Do a fifteen second survey and get $3 off your next purchase of $3 or more.
(Ok so now you're like whoa you are a fast food junkie - no but I am a coffee junkie and I also fall victim to Sonic's happy hour for a diet slush bad bad me)
Others have share with me that Walgreens also has money savers on their receipts as do many retailers at local malls (What is a mall? I cannot seem to remember that structure.)
I challenge you to save yourself at least $3 this week by taking advantage that money you were balling up and throwing away. When people hand you savings - take advantage of it!
If you find a great money saver on a receipt let me know so I can share it! Just email me or leave a comment.
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Body Flow Class 3 - I am still a bumble bee - how do I keep myself balanced? At home I practice my balance and do well - get to class and I'm falling over myself. Good gracious. Looking forward to my next class.
Next week I will be upping (is that how you spell it) my game. I'm going to do Body Pump again. Oh dear Lord in heaven. I haven't done this since it had another name in 2010 or was it 2011. I know it will kick my tail and I will be unable to move for a few days but that's also the lure of the class.
So yes that's Brownie in the back looking like a heart attack would be easier on her than trying to keep up with those fantastically cut people in the front. Just ignore her.
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And you like the Real Housewives too! Yay! My husband told me it is the number one show across the globe - not surprised I mean it is shear brainless genius! It doesn't matter the city, if the show starts out The Real Housewives of then it is number one. Kudos @BravoAndy
I watched our OC girls last night. Here are the highlights:
The girls had a dinner and there was a cat fight between Vicki/Alexis and Tamra/Gretchen. They all talked mad crap about one another. Wait was that last week or this week? Oh hell its the same song and dance as usual.
So far....Lydia um...she needs a burger and ten milkshakes - loaded with whole milk honey no skim or soy or almond - whole cow's utter milk.
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My hubby and I stayed on the Bravo channel to watch The Queen of Versailles. If you are in need of an reaffirmation of what is important in life and why then watch this documentary. If you grew up learning that money is the root of all evil then that lesson will be taught once again. Let money rule your world and watch your world crumble....crumble.....crumble.
As the great P Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean Puffy Combs said - More Money More Problems.
You can have the biggest man made boobs in the world, the most nannies from the Philippines, the nicest European car available and still be building and buying but that void that you keep feeling will never ever find what it needs. No sir, not until you realize money is for possessions and possessions will never show you the one basic human need that cannot be met with the swipe of a card, signature on a loan, or lottery winner's check. Love is not available for purchase - it is free and it is rampant - it is a natural resource that starts inside yourself. You will not get a monthly statement or bill from it in your mailbox but you will get something exciting - happiness - pure and total happiness. Money cannot buy what we need to live the good life - it can only ruin us - making us think it can buy our heart's true desire - which is not for sale....anywhere.
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Be good to your green heart -
Brownie
Share the Love of Brownie World!
What is up this afternoon? I got a great email from a blog reader - Katie. She said she basis her break time at work around when she gets an alert of my blog posting! That was pretty cool - she enjoys a bit of Brownie World with coffee and chocolate - ermagherd girl that sounds delish!
Thanks for reading!
When do you read Brownie World?
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I hopped on the Book of Face this morning while my own coffee was brewing. The coolest idea with metal hangers was in my news feed. If you are like I was about three years ago then you may be covered in those triangulated pieces of wire that the professional cleaners out there love to use. My husband's uniforms were (at the time) cleaned by the company that rents them and they would always come in one day a week with five billion wire hangers. I hated them, detested them....what good could come out of wire hangers?
Three years later....
I wish he still was getting them professionally cleaned!
Wow - great idea for so many reasons!
1. Recycling at its best!
2. Space conservation at its best!
3. Free!
So this idea came from the FB Page: Different Solutions - Like them!
Some of their ideas are totally "out there" and for those of you who prefer no deodorant or razors come into close proximity of your home. Others are just perfect for those of us with a "green conscious"!
Of course some of the ideas had me rolling my eyes and also rolling on the floor - enjoy the cheap wheelchair.
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Is Facebook starting to mimic Pinterest a little these days or is it just me? My mother's FB wall seems to be a pin board for the most fattening foods available to man from sources other than Georgia's finest Deen woman.
Lately, I have just noticed that one.
--------------------------------------------------------------
While we're still near the being green topic of the day who is up for saving a little green?
I have noticed that many of us purchase our groceries or morning coffee and at the end of our transaction we are given something called a receipt. What do you do with those receipts?
I'll tell you what I do. I push them in my wallet or my pocket or the diaper bag and when I finally get around to cleaning those areas out I generally look at the date and amount and make sure it matches my register and then to the trash it goes.
Turns out I have been trashing money. I bet you have too.
Here's a money saving challenge for you - tomorrow when you are out and about doing whatever it is you may do save every single receipt you get. When the kids are in the bed and the husband is appropriately seduced by the ESPN crew pull out your stash of receipts and start reading.
Here's what I found (last week):
Dollar General Receipt - $5 off a $25 purchase on 4.27, special intro rate to switch to Dish Network, BOGO Whopper at BK good until 5.27.13
Dunkin Donuts Receipt - Do a fifteen second online survey and get a free donut ($1 savings)
Wendy's Receipt - on the back Tell Us What You Think and get a free sandwich
Sonic Receipt - Do a fifteen second survey and get $3 off your next purchase of $3 or more.
(Ok so now you're like whoa you are a fast food junkie - no but I am a coffee junkie and I also fall victim to Sonic's happy hour for a diet slush bad bad me)
Others have share with me that Walgreens also has money savers on their receipts as do many retailers at local malls (What is a mall? I cannot seem to remember that structure.)
I challenge you to save yourself at least $3 this week by taking advantage that money you were balling up and throwing away. When people hand you savings - take advantage of it!
If you find a great money saver on a receipt let me know so I can share it! Just email me or leave a comment.
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Body Flow Class 3 - I am still a bumble bee - how do I keep myself balanced? At home I practice my balance and do well - get to class and I'm falling over myself. Good gracious. Looking forward to my next class.
Next week I will be upping (is that how you spell it) my game. I'm going to do Body Pump again. Oh dear Lord in heaven. I haven't done this since it had another name in 2010 or was it 2011. I know it will kick my tail and I will be unable to move for a few days but that's also the lure of the class.
So yes that's Brownie in the back looking like a heart attack would be easier on her than trying to keep up with those fantastically cut people in the front. Just ignore her.
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And you like the Real Housewives too! Yay! My husband told me it is the number one show across the globe - not surprised I mean it is shear brainless genius! It doesn't matter the city, if the show starts out The Real Housewives of then it is number one. Kudos @BravoAndy
I watched our OC girls last night. Here are the highlights:
The girls had a dinner and there was a cat fight between Vicki/Alexis and Tamra/Gretchen. They all talked mad crap about one another. Wait was that last week or this week? Oh hell its the same song and dance as usual.
So far....Lydia um...she needs a burger and ten milkshakes - loaded with whole milk honey no skim or soy or almond - whole cow's utter milk.
----------------------------------------------
My hubby and I stayed on the Bravo channel to watch The Queen of Versailles. If you are in need of an reaffirmation of what is important in life and why then watch this documentary. If you grew up learning that money is the root of all evil then that lesson will be taught once again. Let money rule your world and watch your world crumble....crumble.....crumble.
As the great P Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean Puffy Combs said - More Money More Problems.
You can have the biggest man made boobs in the world, the most nannies from the Philippines, the nicest European car available and still be building and buying but that void that you keep feeling will never ever find what it needs. No sir, not until you realize money is for possessions and possessions will never show you the one basic human need that cannot be met with the swipe of a card, signature on a loan, or lottery winner's check. Love is not available for purchase - it is free and it is rampant - it is a natural resource that starts inside yourself. You will not get a monthly statement or bill from it in your mailbox but you will get something exciting - happiness - pure and total happiness. Money cannot buy what we need to live the good life - it can only ruin us - making us think it can buy our heart's true desire - which is not for sale....anywhere.
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Be good to your green heart -
Brownie
Share the Love of Brownie World!
Friday, April 26, 2013
Like 3 Blogs in 1 whoa!
4.26.13
Let's play ketchup!
Let me ketch u up! (That is five year old humor right there)
My five year old is headed to the beach in about an hour. I am so jealous.
What are you looking forward to this weekend? I'm looking forward to Body Flow tomorrow morning at the YMCA. This will be my second class - I hope to not look quite as goofy this time around. I'd love to have you join me - even if just to try! Contact me privately if you're interested.
I am also looking forward to my husband NOT working this weekend! We're planning on going to a few things around the area since we'll just have one punkin!
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TV
Real Housewives of Orange County - the originals and my favorites by far - so I finally got around to watching the latest episode. I made comments on the regular girls and I stated I'd make some comments on Lydia.
Two words - AIR HEAD. That is just the vibe I feel like that stick of human is. She's thirty-ish and I swear I thought she was 16 (I get that a lot too, not hating on the good aging). The way she talks, the bad hair.....oh man I can tell I'm not falling in love with this girl.
So far I do not have a favorite on RHWOC. I guess my affinity for no drama makes me think - eeek don't like them. So why can I not miss a show?
What's your reality sugar loaded addiction? Share it!
This is the time of year that we really watch very little television because it is so nice out! It is also "day light" a bit longer which is awesome! But we do DVR some things such as - Farm Kings!
I stumbled upon Farm Kings over the holidays. GAC was running a marathon of the first season. I wasn't quite sure what was going on on my screen. My first assumption: a load of weed smoking hippies trying to grow something other than grass.
Remember what you learned about assuming?
I take that title of a$$! I fell in love with the show. As is usual - when I fall in love with a reality show I start picking up on the staging and script by the next season. Still with Farm Kings I feel like the majority is pretty much daily life for these ten kids plus mom.
If you haven't checked it out you should. This family is trying to get their small farming venture up and running. They run a cafe and bakery using the goods off their crop/livestock farming attempt. The oldest brother Joe is in charge of everything. The other two oldest Pete and Tim are pretty fun to watch. I enjoyed explaining dread locks to my five year old last night - she still doesn't get it.
You end up pulling for this family to make it. The mom is pretty hot for a sixty-two year old mother of ten that range in ages from 12-30 (I believe I got that right). And the brothers are pretty smokin' hot as well.....just look for the tag picture of the three to four most ripped - holy moly boys come play with my chickens any day.
In summary - you will laugh, cry, ask whaaaaat?, and enjoy the King family.
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The kitchen.
I am happy to announce that due my dentist only deciding to fix one tooth yesterday - a whopping 10 minutes in the chair woo hoo - I was able to go to Kitchen Vision and get started on the basics of the design of my kitchen!
(I am now doing this happy dance that you should thank the Lord you cannot see)
I have decided on (with the help of Jim) a painted maple shaker style cabinet. We're looking at granite counter tops. Ok my husband is all for granite countertops. I'm still up in the air. I see too many good options for me.
So how did we come about making the cabinet decision? Simple. The house is a 1930's Cape Cod style home - flat front with a side porch on a full basement. If we go too modern we lose the lure that is (now considered) antique - if we go too rustic then I just won't be happy. The house was constructed in a period of simplicity and basic necessity (thus marble is not a good choice to go along with the feel of a depression era house but neither is particle board). So when you look at cabinet options the Wolf Dartmouth Shaker style is perfect!
I had decided white would be a good option but part of me is tinkering with the idea of the darker option. This dilemma will ease as soon as I put all my samples together in the next week or so.
The flooring is also nearing finalization. There is an AWESOME product on the market for all you tile lovers. If you like tile but you like the ease of laminate then guess what? They got together made a baby of sorts. Got to love some flooring procreation. I am in love with Allure Plank Flooring! I know that we will be choosing to use Ceramique Dusk. The color is perfect for heavy traffic - it won't show every single spill and print - so if I miss a day of mopping I'll not feel so terrible! (Come to think of it, when you have new flooring you seem to NEVER miss a day of cleaning that new floor...irony.)
I have been staring down a sample from Allure Flooring (sold at Home Depot) but my heart of hearts is saying to find another company to go with. So readers have you used Allure Flooring before? I have heard some bad and since I'm not familiar with their name (as we are of Armstrong) I am looking outside the big box walls and asking real people!
We have also decided that yes, Virginia we do want an island. Man, this kitchen is really taking new shape....in my mind!
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Demented Thursday.
Let me go ahead and admit that it was quite odd yesterday when I didn't sit down to write a Demented Thursday blog. I knew that I would not be escorting my grandma to the beauty shop to get her weekly wash and set completed. I had a dental appointment that had been on the books since the start of the month.
It turns out my grandma didn't make it to the appointment either. Instead she sat in a bed at the Baptist Hospital.
What's to blame? Dementia/Alzheimers.
You know as I was driving home from my errands it hit me. My grandma who is 85 (let the record show....yesterday she was shocked to find out she was that old) has a disease that makes her currently more like 12.
Twelve is one of those critical ages of growing up. You're not a little kid anymore - it is true. If need be you can take care of the majority of your needs. Think about it - at 12 most kids can fix something to eat (cereal, sandwich, pizza, etc), groom and bathe, know the principles of right and wrong, and pretty much set up a decent schedule for themselves. With all that being said - a twelve year old still requires adult supervision and correction when things are a little hazy or too far left field (no, you cannot empty your piggy bank to buy a Bieber ticket or Bieber weed whatever the kid is selling now). A twelve year old still needs an adult to get from point A to point B (or a school bus). A twelve year old also needs an adult to help them understand school work, life, and current events. They need an adult to make sure they get proper medical care and to know when a band aid is the perfect fix and when it is time to get some stitches. Tweens need friends to talk to because its key to be able to communicate with your peers. Tweens need reminders of the "mundane" because they are easily distracted by what is flashy, shiny, and new.
My grandma is a tween. If there is anything difficult it is realizing that the woman who took care of you while you were a tween and your parents were working is now reverting back to that point. It is sad and somewhat degrading.
I'm learning a lot through this battle against the morph of brain matter into a swiss cheese like pattern. I'm learning that upon diagnosis it is so important for family to sit down and map out a good strong plan of care for their loved one. This means you sit down at the table and you make a real plan - you don't wait until an overdose of medication or a fall or a comment where grandma shows she's really out there picking daisies in the bottom of the 7th with bases loaded. You have to be prepared and you have to accept that what is happening IS happening and you cannot play the whole out of site out of mind game with a disease that eats away years of work, education, and mastering skills.
Today she is doing better. We'll see what tomorrow holds.
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I have a dilemma - I cannot find a purse I like. Just felt the need to share. I used to be the bag lady and now I am so picky I cannot settle on a freaking pocketbook. I'm leaning towards an envelope purse. They are adorable! But really how functional are they?
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Have a terrific weekend - be fun, be random and make three memories -
Brownie
Share it babies!
Let's play ketchup!
Let me ketch u up! (That is five year old humor right there)
My five year old is headed to the beach in about an hour. I am so jealous.
What are you looking forward to this weekend? I'm looking forward to Body Flow tomorrow morning at the YMCA. This will be my second class - I hope to not look quite as goofy this time around. I'd love to have you join me - even if just to try! Contact me privately if you're interested.
I am also looking forward to my husband NOT working this weekend! We're planning on going to a few things around the area since we'll just have one punkin!
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TV
Real Housewives of Orange County - the originals and my favorites by far - so I finally got around to watching the latest episode. I made comments on the regular girls and I stated I'd make some comments on Lydia.
Two words - AIR HEAD. That is just the vibe I feel like that stick of human is. She's thirty-ish and I swear I thought she was 16 (I get that a lot too, not hating on the good aging). The way she talks, the bad hair.....oh man I can tell I'm not falling in love with this girl.
So far I do not have a favorite on RHWOC. I guess my affinity for no drama makes me think - eeek don't like them. So why can I not miss a show?
What's your reality sugar loaded addiction? Share it!
This is the time of year that we really watch very little television because it is so nice out! It is also "day light" a bit longer which is awesome! But we do DVR some things such as - Farm Kings!
I stumbled upon Farm Kings over the holidays. GAC was running a marathon of the first season. I wasn't quite sure what was going on on my screen. My first assumption: a load of weed smoking hippies trying to grow something other than grass.
Remember what you learned about assuming?
I take that title of a$$! I fell in love with the show. As is usual - when I fall in love with a reality show I start picking up on the staging and script by the next season. Still with Farm Kings I feel like the majority is pretty much daily life for these ten kids plus mom.
If you haven't checked it out you should. This family is trying to get their small farming venture up and running. They run a cafe and bakery using the goods off their crop/livestock farming attempt. The oldest brother Joe is in charge of everything. The other two oldest Pete and Tim are pretty fun to watch. I enjoyed explaining dread locks to my five year old last night - she still doesn't get it.
You end up pulling for this family to make it. The mom is pretty hot for a sixty-two year old mother of ten that range in ages from 12-30 (I believe I got that right). And the brothers are pretty smokin' hot as well.....just look for the tag picture of the three to four most ripped - holy moly boys come play with my chickens any day.
In summary - you will laugh, cry, ask whaaaaat?, and enjoy the King family.
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The kitchen.
I am happy to announce that due my dentist only deciding to fix one tooth yesterday - a whopping 10 minutes in the chair woo hoo - I was able to go to Kitchen Vision and get started on the basics of the design of my kitchen!
(I am now doing this happy dance that you should thank the Lord you cannot see)
I have decided on (with the help of Jim) a painted maple shaker style cabinet. We're looking at granite counter tops. Ok my husband is all for granite countertops. I'm still up in the air. I see too many good options for me.
So how did we come about making the cabinet decision? Simple. The house is a 1930's Cape Cod style home - flat front with a side porch on a full basement. If we go too modern we lose the lure that is (now considered) antique - if we go too rustic then I just won't be happy. The house was constructed in a period of simplicity and basic necessity (thus marble is not a good choice to go along with the feel of a depression era house but neither is particle board). So when you look at cabinet options the Wolf Dartmouth Shaker style is perfect!
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| Photo courtesy of Wolf Cabinets |
I had decided white would be a good option but part of me is tinkering with the idea of the darker option. This dilemma will ease as soon as I put all my samples together in the next week or so.
The flooring is also nearing finalization. There is an AWESOME product on the market for all you tile lovers. If you like tile but you like the ease of laminate then guess what? They got together made a baby of sorts. Got to love some flooring procreation. I am in love with Allure Plank Flooring! I know that we will be choosing to use Ceramique Dusk. The color is perfect for heavy traffic - it won't show every single spill and print - so if I miss a day of mopping I'll not feel so terrible! (Come to think of it, when you have new flooring you seem to NEVER miss a day of cleaning that new floor...irony.)
I have been staring down a sample from Allure Flooring (sold at Home Depot) but my heart of hearts is saying to find another company to go with. So readers have you used Allure Flooring before? I have heard some bad and since I'm not familiar with their name (as we are of Armstrong) I am looking outside the big box walls and asking real people!
We have also decided that yes, Virginia we do want an island. Man, this kitchen is really taking new shape....in my mind!
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Demented Thursday.
Let me go ahead and admit that it was quite odd yesterday when I didn't sit down to write a Demented Thursday blog. I knew that I would not be escorting my grandma to the beauty shop to get her weekly wash and set completed. I had a dental appointment that had been on the books since the start of the month.
It turns out my grandma didn't make it to the appointment either. Instead she sat in a bed at the Baptist Hospital.
What's to blame? Dementia/Alzheimers.
You know as I was driving home from my errands it hit me. My grandma who is 85 (let the record show....yesterday she was shocked to find out she was that old) has a disease that makes her currently more like 12.
Twelve is one of those critical ages of growing up. You're not a little kid anymore - it is true. If need be you can take care of the majority of your needs. Think about it - at 12 most kids can fix something to eat (cereal, sandwich, pizza, etc), groom and bathe, know the principles of right and wrong, and pretty much set up a decent schedule for themselves. With all that being said - a twelve year old still requires adult supervision and correction when things are a little hazy or too far left field (no, you cannot empty your piggy bank to buy a Bieber ticket or Bieber weed whatever the kid is selling now). A twelve year old still needs an adult to get from point A to point B (or a school bus). A twelve year old also needs an adult to help them understand school work, life, and current events. They need an adult to make sure they get proper medical care and to know when a band aid is the perfect fix and when it is time to get some stitches. Tweens need friends to talk to because its key to be able to communicate with your peers. Tweens need reminders of the "mundane" because they are easily distracted by what is flashy, shiny, and new.
My grandma is a tween. If there is anything difficult it is realizing that the woman who took care of you while you were a tween and your parents were working is now reverting back to that point. It is sad and somewhat degrading.
I'm learning a lot through this battle against the morph of brain matter into a swiss cheese like pattern. I'm learning that upon diagnosis it is so important for family to sit down and map out a good strong plan of care for their loved one. This means you sit down at the table and you make a real plan - you don't wait until an overdose of medication or a fall or a comment where grandma shows she's really out there picking daisies in the bottom of the 7th with bases loaded. You have to be prepared and you have to accept that what is happening IS happening and you cannot play the whole out of site out of mind game with a disease that eats away years of work, education, and mastering skills.
Today she is doing better. We'll see what tomorrow holds.
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I have a dilemma - I cannot find a purse I like. Just felt the need to share. I used to be the bag lady and now I am so picky I cannot settle on a freaking pocketbook. I'm leaning towards an envelope purse. They are adorable! But really how functional are they?
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Have a terrific weekend - be fun, be random and make three memories -
Brownie
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