I'm fine. Everything is fine.

In the car after church

Donuts with Dads

Rozzie's sweet kindergarten teacher, Mrs. N, posted this message and pic on my wall today.

For Rosalind: Rosalind, we were so busy with the Firefighter and Donuts with Dad..will you PLEASE read your story to the class on Monday? You can do it RIGHT when you get to school! SORRY and I'm SUPER EXCITED to hear both of your stories!!!

Cookie Cutter Girlies

And now: Cookie Cutter Girlies
...or, "Having Fun with the Camera One Boring Sunday Night"

"Dances With Wolves! I am Hair In Her Face! Do you see that I am perturbed that you brought home squirrel for dinner! Do you SEEEEEE!!"







Bella making brownies... mmm, brownies.


Sixties Reference #1: "I am the walrus! Koo koo, ACHOO!"

#2: "Take another little piece of my heart now BAY BAYYYYY"

Miss Roz, dreaming of her close-up
Miss Roz, dreaming of her closeup

COOKIE HIDING UPDATE

But first: The spirit is willing, but the flesh wants to stay cozy in bed.

The cookie-hiding has gone really well this time. It's 24 hours later and I had cookies for everyone's lunches today, and have cookies for lunches TOMORROW. 

Wooo! Go me!

Also: I'm sick of cold and damp. I had to actually WALK in it today. With an umbrella! 

Normally I can handle our crappy cold wet winter weather, when it doesn't last into June.

Conundrum

I'm skinny enough to put my old garnet ring on my finger, but still too fat to take it off.  Hubby offered to take me to the jail and use the ring cutters.

Speaking of losing weight: I'm making cookies and hatching plans to hide them. 

It's hard to find effective hiding places with this group. I had to play "cookie police" today. It helps when I make them while they're away at school.

Shopping in the Hawthorne District

There was also a toy just like this called Nun Chucks. Good stuff.

Coziness

The Carpenters' "Superstar" is on the "grandma" radio station on the way to school. 

Me: The lady singing is dead.  

B: I bet.

(I love this radio station - it's like cozy slippers.)

Also: Neenaw left today. Happy travels, Neenaw!

Later: Bed sounds like a groovy idea.

I Hurt

Sad face. I have a stomachache and headache.

Kudos to my main man for getting everyone to church on time by himself this morning. I've been too busy writhing in pain. I'm trying to rest but this is one yucky bug. I think I have what R had.

Bella had to give a talk in Sacrament meeting today, and I'm sad that I missed it.

I had everyone's church clothes ready for today, so that helped. I hate being rushed on Sunday mornings and we're trying to turn over a new leaf in that department. We now have a "church box" for the three little kids' shoes and ties and stuff.

Later: I was feeling okay enough to visit the relatives at Willamette National Cemetery today.  Tomorrow we're going to Park Hill, and hopefully I won't be weakly shuffling around like your Great Aunt Mamie.

SCREAMY FACES

R and me

Today I'm in "throw stuff away" mode.  I'm tired of superfluosity.

No gym today.

Kid/school conflicts. I'm bummed, I did so well yesterday and wanted to get back there today.

The Humanity!

I despair of ever having a school day without a sicko child on my couch, again.  My gym peeps must be missing me by now. (Because it's all about my gym peeps.)

Sicko #2 is home from school.  But R is off to school for the first time in a week!  Hooray! And I eventually ended up at the gym. Hooray again! 

Later this evening: I'm freezing my can off at C's baseball game.  Shivering burns calories, shivering burns calories...

The game went well. He got on base both times he was at bat, and the second time he made it home.

I'm wearing a very darling jacket. What I should have invested in was a parka, a pair of snow boots and some of those little "hot hands" things.

The baseball game was cancelled

....so C and I went to McDonald's on Mill Plain and had a fun time.

Love my cutie boy.

"you look like you've been on a bender"

Thanks, Neenaw (hee hee) 

Love this rainy place.

Plan

Heading out to blow some of my hubby's hard-earned cash.  I enjoy being a girl.

Birthday party at Chuck-E-Cheese

Oh we had ourselves some fun.

Here's H:

C:

R:

And now it's ticket time.

Look at those!!

My feet vs H's - soon I'll have another kid overtaking me in shoe size

And here's my dinner

R and friend

Trip To Utah: Lunch with TWO Boys

This was one of the best parts of my trip: seeing Ric and Jason, two friends from high school days. We're hanging out in the Utah State Capitol, where Ric works as the Utah State Senate Deputy Chief of Staff. Jason works at a nearby biology firm. Ric gave us a wonderful tour of the building and introduced us to his staff - it was fun seeing them interact with him, after spending my teenage years on the phone and up trees and hanging out being goofy with him. He was like an actual adult (weird).

Jason and Ric

Goofing in the chambers

Jason was totally asking for it

At the Capitol building

Later Ric took us to the Capitol cafeteria and bought us a very capital lunch. What a fun day!

Trip to Utah: The Bloggy Girls

We had such a great weekend together! 

Suzanne, me, Carrie, Rachel, Corrie and Annie

Carrie was largely responsible for getting us all together. She and her hubby own a hotel in Colorado and have a reciprocal agreement with other hotels, so she and her sister Annie met the rest of us in Utah. There was massive giggling, shopping and eating in restaurants. I had a marvelous time.

Trip to Utah: Lunch with a BOY

This trip to Utah has been fun - I've been able to research genealogy, see my bloggy girlfriends AND meet up with some blasts from the past, like this guy.

Me and Jim

Jim and his brother Mark moved across the street from us in Kennewick in summer 1984, and Mom was all over it. When I came home from Girls Camp that year, she was so excited to tell me about these two cute boys who'd moved into the ward. We became friends and did the whole stake dances and ward youth leadership retreats and EFY and jumping on the trampoline in their backyard and having movie parties in their basement thing. I am still quite fond of them both.

Today, Jim picked me up at the Salt Palace and we went to a nearby cafe for lunch. We chatted and caught up and discussed the deep and meaningful things of life. It was so fun.

Thanks for lunch, Jim!