so much for sleeping in...

since Jon's been waking up at the butt crack of dawn, the rest of the house follows suit. Oh well... could be worse. I could be back in those newborn days when the baby is up every 2 hours to eat... oh how I'm so glad those days are over and all 3 girls sleep at least 10 hours straight every night. Last night I didn't sleep much... I just couldn't rest my mind. All I could think about was sewing today and how I was going to lay out my fabric and how I was going to have "sew" much fun... yes, I'm a dork!!! You'd think it was the night before Christmas for me. It's amazing how things amuse me these days.

Guess I better move along though... probably not the best idea to let the big girls get their own breakfast today... they don't need any more energy then they already have and something tells me that having "elly beans" for breakfast wouldn't be a good thing.

day #2...

yes, eventually I will stop numbering my days... but right now it just seems so easy.

Today was busy as usual, including the added excitement of thunderstorms and hail, which led to watching water in my mom's backyard, worried that her basement was going to flood again. Thankfully we didn't have to play Noah and everything is nice and dry. Jon unfortunately did not stay as dry, poor guy... oh well, he's tough and dry tonight.

Tomorrow I'm going to a good friends to sew the day away. 3 sewing mama's + 7 little girls all under 5 = a wild & crazy, yet FUN day!!! Can't wait to sew my day away. Of course that also meant that I got to spend some time in the fabric store today...

I'm hoping to make Tank Top Dresses for the girls... we'll see how it goes... I'm not using a pattern or a tutorial... I'll just let my crafty ideas take over... so we shall see...

Now it's on to the grocery store... I just didn't feel like lugging all 3 into another store today. It really can be a pain in the butt getting groceries with all 3. I don't mind shopping with them, but getting groceries is a whole different story.

day #1 is going well...

I still can't manage to get enough H2O in me... but for the most part I ate well. I didn't help myself to any Easter candy and only had a small piece of cake after dinner. Jon had BBQ Ribs and potatoes for dinner and I had Grilled Salmon and Couscous for dinner... in all honesty the ribs smelled and looked great and I'm sure that I was drooling watching Jon eat them, but I was good. I also passed up the beer aisle at the grocery store today... my cart went by it like 4 times, but I managed to steer clear and came home beer free.

I bought a new toy today...

Meijer had this bad boy on sale for $105.00 and my 3 other double strollers, yes I said 3... (2 are mine and one is borrowed) are all used and I thought getting a nice new shiny stroller would give me some motivation to get out and use it and not just for shopping either... LOL!!! Nothing fancy, but I like it and that's all that matters, right?!?!

Blah, blah, blah... I'm off to read...

lazy morning...

hey, it's spring break, I'm entitled... right?!?! Constance came to me about an hour ago wanting breakfast... (me) ~ "yup, just a few more minutes, mama is almost done on the computer... what do you want? I'll be right there"... so an hour later she comes back into the room, yes I know, mother of the year... (constance) ~ "look mama, sticky hans... mmm, ellybeans... wush hans mama"... yup, looks like little miss has taken breakfast into her own hands this morning, literally!!!

Speaking of "elly beans"... why oh why did I decided to get back on the healthy wagon the day after Easter. Those little chocolate covered marshmellow bunnies are seriously calling my name. I bet you all can hear it too... "eat me... you know you want to... you can always start your diet next week..."

Jon's 31st birthday is today too... we are definitely in our 30's... I remember when 30's seemed so "grown up"... notice I didn't say old... LOL!!! The girls are begging to make daddy his favorite cake... I can't let them down... right?!?! I'm sure after his 12+ hour work day he'll be ready for some cake... maybe he'll eat it all and I won't have to worry about the cake calling my name... yeah, if only it was that easy...

naming a blog...

Did you ever stop to think of what you'd "label" your life??? Well, over the last few weeks I've been thinking and actually loosing sleep over what to call my blog I mean how do you incorporate all the words that describe me... I guess it would sound something like this...

"A blog about bubbly me, a wife, mom of 3 girls, who teaches preschool during the school year and enjoys being a stay at home mom during the summer months, who enjoys shopping, sewing and who can forget photography. I'm also a daughter, daughter in-law, grand-daughter, sister, friend and a child of God."

While that all sounds good, the thought of having to type all that to view my blog just did not seem practical, so I went with the Blah, blah, blah. Most days that is what it's going to be, just ramblings of my busy life, but I'm hoping to make this blog a special keepsake of the past, present and future. I can't wait to have a place, other than facebook, to store those memories, crafts and of course the daily Blah, blah, blah's of life.

Welcome to my blog... let the Blah, blah, blah's begin...