On September 4th, a good friend of mine will be getting married. She has asked me to be part of the wedding party and has given us the option of wearing any style of floor length gown we wish, as long as they are in her colors. I need help deciding on which style to wear. It should also be noted that all of the bridesmaids are to wear a different style. Below are my two options (they are what is left):
A good friend of mine’s fiancee just got slapped in the face by his ex-girlfriend’s revenge. His ex drained over $4,000 from him between his credit card, ATM card and bank account. I could not imagine going through something like this and it breaks my heart to think that someone could do something like this to someone so sweet. What is worse is that because of her selfishness, he had no idea what his actual account balances were because the credit card processing was so slow. Could you imagine? It all came through within the past two weeks, which threw his entire financial stability out the window.
For all of you mother’s and father’s out there; I have a question. When did you start taking your children on family vacations? We have been talking about starting to take the kids on family vacation, but have been struggling with ideas as to where to take them. Our budget is not tight, but we are trying to limit our spending. Disney is on our list of places to visit and we will be doing that this coming December (as many of you already know). We started looking into Outer Banks rentals for places ocean side. I thought Ethan and Addison would enjoy being on the ocean, as it is an entirely new experience for them.
In late December 2010, I will be packing up the kids and heading down to Orlando to visit my grandparents and Disney. I have yet to tell Ethan any of this exciting news, as I have learned that sometimes, things just do not work out the way you plan. I am currently tossing around the idea of an Orlando timeshare or staying at Animal Kingdom (any suggestions). Both children are very much into animals and according to my parents who have stayed there several times, it offers a fabulous view of wildlife. I really wanted to take the kids during this past winter, but with everything going on in the family, it just seemed like a bad time for traveling.
For the past two months (give or take days), I have been busy helping a good friend of mine clean/organize/renovate their home. We have been slowly going down her checklist of things to do and crossing them off. Her kitchen is now painted Apple Blossom and oh my gosh, what a gorgeous color it turned out to be. Tomorrow we will hopefully be able to finish pulling down the trip to sand it down and refinish the boards.
Helping our friends on their house has made me miss owning my own home and being able to renovate. The other day, while browsing the Home Depot website and dreaming about getting a new American Standard toilet. Is that not the most pathetic thing to dream about? But living in our current residence has taught me to appreciate the simpler things in life. Our current toilet wobbles every time you sit down and in all honesty, I would be lying if I said that we never broke a seat or two due to this wobbliness.
Anyway, if you wanted to know where I have been.. now you do. Not too much excitement on my end, but it’s my life nonetheless.
“Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even
if we have to dig a little to find it.”
- Tori Amos
Back before having children, but yet still weighing out the idea, I remember telling Jeff that life would change forever once we made the decision to start having children. In my mind, things would change, but not drastically. And then Ethan and Addison came along and I was smacked upside the head with a strong dose of reality. Life changed completely after the birth of my two children. It was no longer about Jeff or myself, but about these two beautiful babes we created. My life revolves around my children and their well-being. I am not only their mother, but their personal chef, teacher, chauffeur, housekeeper, hygienist and stylist. I am who they come to most when they need anything.
I think back to the days when I swore up and down that I never wanted to have children and pleaded with the OB/Gyn to remove my uterus muscle (true story) and have to laugh. Back then I did not want children and now that I have them, I could not live without them. So tonight, as I left Ethan with his great-grandparents, I felt a little sad. He has stayed with family members before, on several occasions, but tonight I am having separation anxiety. I am very much looking forward to picking him up from Granny’s tomorrow after Addison’s doctors appointment.
About a month ago, Addison received a package filled with items from the My Princess Closet boutique. In that package was this little purse, cute as could be. Addison is in love with that purse and takes it with her every place we go. She clings tightly to it throughout the day and never allows it to leave her side- even at bedtime.
While she was asleep the other night, I decided to sneak the purse from her bedroom. It needed a good washing after being covered in gallons of drool and Lord only knows what else. As I opened up the purse, which doesn’t have a large storage capacity, I was amazed at how much stuff Addison crammed into that little thing. She’s a hoarder y’all– filling that purse to the brim with everything she can find, no matter how insignificant.
Both her and her brother’s imaginations amaze me. They can take the simplest things and turn them into something magnificent. Two weeks ago, after spending the weekend with my grandmother, the kids came home with an arm full of goodies. Ethan received a car tent, Addison a Disney Princess tent. Ethan set it up to look like a little camping village, with their play kitchen in the middle, that he calls their “store.” They will play for hours in their tents and running to the kitchen to buy food. Addison will open that little purse of hers, pull out one of Ethan’s animal trading cards and away she goes. She never actually walks away with anything, but has fun pretending she’s a big girl and paying for things. Ethan will use one of his daddy’s old wallets, pulls out a quarter and drops it into his piggy bank to pay.
Watching them play melts my heart. I hope that as they grow older, they continue to be the best of friends.
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