Mothers Day

Yesterday I was spoiled rotten on Mothers Day.  

It was a perfect day.  

Wanna know what I did?

Breakfast in bed followed by

homemade cards, gifts and

a gift card to Old Navy for something summery.

Then I snuck in a little nap before church and

after church a took another nap!  

I told you I was spoiled rotten.

I then declared that I was staying in bed all day,

so the family made me a yummy dinner and 

a pink cake for their favorite Mom - me!

The best part is they cleaned up afterward and

showered me with love.

Yes, I feel special, I am lucky, blessed am I.

I did miss my Mom. 

The sadness is fading but the memories are still vivid and that's what counts.

She knows I love her and I know she loves me.

xoxo Mom love your darling daughter.

Embarrassing Moment #678 and #679

Today has been very eventful!  Two embarrassing moments in one day!  I think I'm on a roll.  Maybe I should shoot for THREE!!

 (image via flicker)

#678
Mornings at our house are not the best judge of character.
We like to think of our family as:
responsible
honest
mild mannered
organized
tech savvy


Well, you get the picture.  Mornings however are the complete opposite.  We (all four of us) like to sleep in as loooonnnnggggg as possible.  Then we go in get the girls bring them back to our warm cozy bed and read scriptures so we can extend the 'getting out of bed and get ready for the day" routine.  Yes, it's not the most responsible thing but it is the most comfortable, snuggled, personal family time we have all day.


Then at the last possible moment - 8am - we all jump out of bed and run for our rooms, showers, closets, kitchen to get dressed, backpacks ready, agendas signed, hair done, teeth brushed, shoes found, dishes loaded, meds taken, vitamins swallowed, phones unplugged and run out the door.

Today was no different.  It was cold, we didn't want to get out of our warm cozy bed.  We were rushing as usual just upped a notch.  I got my meds (arthritis/thyroid) and Cassidy's meds (attention), a drink of water ready for us to share then without thinking........

Took all the meds myself.

Yep, now you know I'm just a normal, non-morning type person who needs to come up with a better morning routine to save every one's sanity.  Including my own.


#679 

 (image via flicker)

Today while at work Tom came in and gave me two checks to deposit.  I dutifully filled out the deposit slip, and tucked them into my wallet.  Later we went to lunch and while driving back to the office I spotted the bank.  I said, "there's .........Bank. Pull over and let me make a deposit."  So we pulled in to the drive up window, I got out my wallet, handed over the checks and deposit slip.  I realized I hadn't endorsed the checks (mistake #1).  Then we couldn't find a pen and had to ask the teller to borrow one. (they just hate love that!).  We handed over the checks when the teller said, "you filled out a deposit slip for a different bank".  (mistake #2)  Tom and I were going back and forth.."ooops that's so silly, how embarrassing, uh could we fill out one of your deposit slips, can we borrow the pen back?"  Then since we didn't have a deposit slip for that bank we had to hand over our debit card and ID.  Then we said, "never mind, can we just have the checks back?"  (mistake #3)  The teller said sure let me un-endorse them first."  Then Tom realized that would be pain so we just deposited the checks into the account (our old account).  I guess I will have to go write myself a check and switch the money over to our new account.  

Moral of the story:
A) Make sure you remember what bank you go to at all times.
B) Don't make a dumb money mistake when you have a top financial expert / ex-banker in the car with you.
C) Do everything you can to make light of the situation even though you are dying inside of major embarrassment! 
D) Cassidy's attention medicine has not helped me in the slightest - obviously!

Disclaimer:
We did just recently switch banks.  
We had been with our old bank for 16 years.
Our old bank has a branch on every corner it seems and so far i only know of two branches for our new bank.

I'm Losing My Mind........

That's what my friend Ashley said on facebook a couple of weeks ago and I gotta tell you.....I'm losing my mind too.  I can't seem to remember everything I need to do, or what people have said, dates elude me and if I don't write it down forget it!

Here's embarrassing moment #743 - you know I like to share when I make a fool of myself so here you go....

The other night I went in to take a bath.  I was cold, my body hurt (darn arthritis came back with the cold front) and I was tired after a long day.  I started the water then went out to help Abby get ready for bed.  Then I cleaned up the dinner dishes because after my bath I wasn't going to want to do anything but crawl into bed.  Then I went in to look up something on the computer for Cassidy and of course got side tracked and checked e-mail, blogs and tumblr.  La, la, la I'm in my own little world when AHA!!!!!!

I remembered the bath water!

I go running in the bathroom and yep.....it's flooded.  I always put a washcloth over the top drain so the water can fill to the very top which also doesn't let the water drain when it gets too full.  Hence why my bathroom was now flooded.

Oh boy was I in trouble!  I don't think I have relived the time I broke the water line in our old bathroom and flooded the entire house because Tom had to go out and dig a hole to find our shut off valve.  Yeah, ask me about that one it's gooood. 

Anyway, Tom was in the next room watching TV so I was trying to clean it up before he found out.  Abby came in and started helping me and we used every towel in the house.  Luckily it hadn't seeped into my closet or into the bedroom yet but it was close!  We were about to take the wet towels into the laundry room when Cass came in and said she was going to go tell dad.  I had to threaten the little stinker because lets face it, I didn't want Tom to think I was an airhead.  I do have some dignity even though truth be told I am an airhead♥

Everything got cleaned up, put away, towels got washed, Tom never knew and all was well.  By the way....I didn't get my bath that night.  After all that work I was more than ready for bed.

(photo via tumblr - i wish it was my bathroom)

Fast forward to the next morning.  I get Tom and the girls up and out the door for work and school and I go in to finally take my bath.  I did not leave the room.  Nope.  I was not going to get distracted again.  I got my tea, a few magazines a nice clean towel and got in.  The water was only half way filled so I started reading my magazine.  I found a very interesting article on who knows what and was reading to my hearts content when I looked over and the. tub. was. overflowing. onto. the. floor. AGAIN while I was sitting in it.

Ashley, I think I may win on the "losing my mind" contest.  Good thing I had a whole pile of  dry towels to clean up my bathroom again!

Anyone got a story they want to share to make me feel better?

Embarrassed

I volunteer in Miss Amberly's class on Mondays.  In the morning...usually.  Today I had a lot of stuff to do at home and I knew that as soon as I was done at the school I was heading right back home to get those projects and my To-Do list DONE!  I also didn't feel like wearing makeup.  My hair was done, I made sure to wear something cute and warm (it's getting chilly around here) but didn't put any makeup on.

Guess who noticed?
And guess who noticed right...when...I...walked..in...the...room?
Yep, Miss Amberly - who is 6 BTW.

She took one look at me and mouthed, " Mommmm, you don't have your makeup on!"

OK then.

Not to self = make-up is important to my baby girl who is 6 and in 2nd grade and doesn't want to be embarrassed.  

 photo credit

Sheesh I swear I don't look that bad without it. 

Embarrassing Moment #437

 This picture reminded me of my Dad playing the piano.  He played the piano beautifully and always practiced for church on Sunday.  He played the organ for church services for 37 years and then played for the Primary children until he passed away.  He also played the piano every night after we went to bed so we could fall asleep to his sweet music.

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Sunday we went to Miss Amberly's very first piano recital.  She's only been playing for a month and a half but is loving every minute of it.  The recital was something special her teacher thought up called "A Night of Hymns"  It was in her home and it was amazing.  We started out singing a beautiful song and when the song was over Cassidy leaned over to me and whispered...."Mom that was a-m-a-z-i-n-g!"  And it was. 

Amberly was first on the program and before she went up she said to me, "Mom my tummy hurts and I don't feel good."  "Ah baby, that's just nerves" I told her.  When she went up to play this is what she told the audience:

"My name is Amberly.  I will play "I Often Go Walking" This song is about gathering flowers for mother, and that is special for me because my mom especially loves flowers.  She grows many kinds of flowers at our house, Gardenview Cottage."

What a beautiful thing to say!  I melted my heart because I had no idea she was going to say that.  Then she sat down and froze.  Poor thing.  Her teacher had to come help her get started and she did pretty well for having to play in front of 50+ people.  When she was done she came over to me and cried because it wasn't perfect. (she does that - little miss perfectionist)  After a few other students went up and she saw that they made mistakes as well she felt a little better.  We were so proud of her and thought she did beautifully!

Now for my embarrassing moment. Half way through the recital this boy sits down to play a two song arrangement that he did himself.  It was amazing!  Simply put, it took my breath away.  As I was listening to his beautiful music (he's quite gifted) I couldn't help but start to feel sorry for myself that my parents weren't around to play their beautiful music in our home anymore.  Then I started to really feeling sorry for myself that my kids will never hear my dad practice the piano every night for Sunday or learn fun songs from my mom.  We wont have choir practice or voice lessons or singing around the piano on holidays.  All the things I grew up doing.  Then the tears started and wouldn't stop.  I was crying uncontrollably during this boys beautiful song.  I'm talking...the ugly grief cry people with heaving and snuffing and my body was shaking and I couldn't stop.  This coming from a girl who doesn't cry...ever!  To make matters worse I was in the front row and everyone was sitting to the right of me in a different part of the room and they all had a perfect view of my breakdown.  Embarrassing.  My girls were holding my hand, rubbing my arm and just looking at me in wonder because like I said...I-don't-cry. 

Thankfully I was able to compose myself after two songs and apologized to the boy and left as soon as possible when it was over.  I'm sure everyone thought I was nuts.  I am a little nutty but mostly I'm just a girl who misses her parents and wishes she had them back.

This Week So Far

This week is being so fun! Monday the girls were sick (Cassidy had eaten WAY too much candy and was up all night and Abby was sniffing-ok that's not the fun part - keep reading) instead of laying around all day we took a nice long relaxing drive to Sedona. I had only been there once and it was 15 years ago. I was craving some fall color and some cooler weather. The weather wasn't cooler but the scenery was perfect! It's on the Top 10 Beautiful Places in the US for a reason.

Yesterday I got to sub for my favorite Bunko group. They are so fun. I got the lowest score (always seems to be the case) and won the cutest Santa for my Santa collection. Thanks Corrie it's perfect!!! I did have a very embarrassing moment while I was there.

Should I share it? OK I will..........

**embarrassing moment**embarrassing moment**embarrassing moment**

I got up during a break in the game to go to the bathroom. I walked in and shut the door behind me and sat down. I was so entranced with all the beautiful hair clips she had hanging on the wall I didn't notice that there was ANOTHER DOOR that was OPEN!!!!! Not only was the door open but there was a TV being watched on the other side? Talk about the fasted pee in the west! I was outta there so quick! Hopefully whoever (the husband?) was in the other room A) didn't hear me, B) didn't see me and C) will forget all about it with the magic spell I sent that way.

Today was a half day. I don't know about you but a bunch of us Mom's are sick of the half days. They are always on a Wednesday - lame - how about making them on a Friday. Better yet, save up two half days and give us a whole day off. Then we could sleep in, plan a fun day with our kids or for those that need it find a babysitter for the whole day. How do you leave work, go get your child, take them to a sitter and then go back to work. It's a teaser! I'm not liking it one bit! It messes up the scheduling all around.

Tonight we had tostadas with lots of veggies for dinner and chocolate chip cookies for dessert. I'm still trying to not eat out and I have come to the conclusion that staying in is better. Homey, comforting, relaxing, tasty. Reminds me of how I grew up. We didn't eat out - ever! Who did back then? I remember on Fridays my Dad would sometimes bring home subs,or pizza (he did most of the cooking). Saturday night was ALWAYS hamburger night and we ate at 6pm sharp. If you wanted dinner you were at the table at 6pm.

My computer came back, was here for two hours then went back to the doctor. I'm thinking they are going to have to wipe it clean then reinstall everything - scary! I'm crossing my fingers XXX!

For now - I'm off to watch the baseball game while I finish up my book - The Lost Symbol. Riveting! Go get it! It will keep you up at night (like me!)

Just a little F.Y.I.

Remeber those brownies I made for the six kiddo's the other night? Well, let me inform you that:

IF you leave a Pyrex 8x8 pan of brownies on the stove and,
IF you decide to accidentally turn the wrong burner on that stove and,
WALK AWAY thinking you are heating up the tea pot,
that Pyrex dish of brownies will EXPLODE AND CATCH ON FIRE!!!!!

Remember this next time you make brownies.
It will save you a lot of cleanup time.
I have had to wash down walls, cupboards, floors, ceilings,
vacuumed carpets, swept, swept and swept some more.
Luckily the Pyrex dish was blue so it made it a teensy weensy bit easier to clean up.
My house still smells like burnt smoke - ew!

52 BP Week 35

For my blessing this week it has to be

Hair Color

I would look like I was 74 if I didn't color my hair - I have A LOT of gray.

My Grandma went gray very early - I think in her 20's or early 30's. I must have inherited her gray hair gene because I would be gray as well.

I used to color my own hair (thanks Monica for teaching me) but the gray just wouldn't stay under cover very long. So now my dear sweet friend Brook colors it with massive amounts of some special potion to put that gray hair in it's place!

Tom is always worried that he looks so much older than me (even though he is younger). I'm just thankful I have great hair color or I would be the one looking like I have a 36 year old son!~

**On a side note**

Yesterday I was getting ready for a baby shower and I had about 5 min. to do my hair and put make-up on. I had just gotten out of the shower, dressed and blow dried my hair. I thought I would put the make-up on in the car later (which I never did). I looked in the mirror to check my hair and put the finishing touches on when....BAM!! All of a sudden I had grown an inch of gray roots over night! Does that happen to you? Jeez!! It's like all of a sudden I have a root problem! Anyway, I thought,

"Oh no! What do I do? I have 5 min to get out the door and my roots are horrid??!!"

I mentally ran through different options:

1. eyeliner...nope none of them are sharpened and I have lost my sharpener.

2. mascara...nope wrong color - black on gray in brown hair - I don't think so.

3. eyeshadow....didn't think that would work. (but now I've been told it does)

4. brown crayola marker in the girls marker drawer....BINGO!

Ladies....it worked like a charm! Totally covered my gray hair right in front near my part that was most noticeable. Seriously....it worked. Tom thinks I am completely white trash but hey..it worked!

So if you are ever in need of some root color until you can get to the hair dresser:

These babies are non-toxic, washable, and come in a variety of colors to match your mood!

Happy Sunday ♥

Cassidy's New Earrings and Abby at the Dentist

Cassidy got her ears pierced when she was eight. The kept getting infected and when they weren't infected she said the bothered her and were a distraction. So she took them out and let her holes close up. She wasn't sad about it and was happy when Abby went and got her ears pierced in Nov. Now Abby is able to change her earrings and we have bought her some cute ones! Cassidy's friend Brianna got her ears pierced and can change her earrings and has some cute ones too!

Long story but Cassidy woke up today and wanted to get her ears pierced! We talked about all the pros and cons and she still wanted to so off we went. She chose her birth stone (December) and it didn't hurt because she already had holes there. She is very happy and she had to call Tom at work to tell him. He was so excited! He loves seeing earrings in their ears. So here is a picture of Cassidy with her new earrings!

After we got Cassidy's ears pierced we headed to the dentist to get Abby's cavity's filled. Yep - 4 fillings!!! Yeah I'm a winner! She was pretty excited about it and was very brave. Do you like her outfit? She put this on and wore it all day even though it was 114. I tried to get her to change but she didn't want to.
They hooked her up to the laughing gas and she was so funny! She was giggling so much we had every person from the office in our room watching her and laughing. It was so funny!!!
She did great! She got all four fillings done and didn't make a peep. (except for the giggles) She even has a new front tooth! When she was 1 1/2 she chipped her tooth but now it's fixed and she has a million dollar smile! I'll have to take a picture and post it!

My Most Embarrassing Moment .............

so far this year.

I have been putting this off all day. I'm sure I will regret posting this later but for now it's funny and when I told Kim about it this morning she said, "You have to put that on the blog!" I wasn't sure but here it goes.

This morning I got up and hopped in the shower because
a) my hair was in desperate need of a wash and
b) I had to get ready for Abby's pre-school graduation.
I was half way through my shower routine - soap on body, conditioner in hair, shaved one leg and was moving onto the 2nd leg when all of a sudden............the water simply disappears! What???? Where did the water go?

The girls come running in because they said they heard a noise on the side of the house. Then it dawned on me.

I must have forgotten to pay the water bill.

Let me explain. Tom has me set up on auto pay for all our bills. My job is to make sure there is money in the account (which there is), we are not being charged for things that we aren't supposed to, and all the bills are accounted for and filed each month. Everything else is done for me. At least that is what I thought. I had forgotten that the water bill is NOT set up on auto pay yet because it is different each month and I needed to have the town take the money out instead of the bank just payng it. Follow me? A little oversight that caused me to have the water shut off mid-shower.

So I get out of the shower all soapy and run out the front door in my towel to try and stop the guy and have him come back and turn the water on. no such luck. He is gone and I am not sure what to do next. Should I run to the neighbors and use their shower? Nope - Cassidy had another idea.

The pool.

The pool that even in mid day when it's HOT we don't swim in yet because it's FREEZING!!!!!

Neighbor or Pool? Neighbor or Pool?

I chose the pool.

So the girls and I sneak outside very quietly so the guys next door who are landscaping the neighbors yard do not see or hear us and I get in the pool to wash off.

It was sooooo COLD!! It took my breath away! I could barely hold my breath to go under (4 times) to rinse out the conditioner.

All I could think of was -
This is my punishment.
This is my punishment.
This is my punishment for NOT paying the water bill and I will NEVER forget again.

It's all about consequences isn't it?!?!

And to top it all off?
Cassidy told EVERYONE at school this whole story!
I'm not going to be able to show my face there again.
Wait.....I just told bloggerville this whole story.
Great!

My Dirty Little Secret...............

I cleaned out my car.

It was beyond disgusting.

I finally had take the plunge because I was turning right and my delicious Diet Dr. Pepper went flying across the seat and exploded all over the front passenger side of the car.

Ice and soda EVERYWHERE!!!!

So I dropped Abby off at school and spent my precious 2 hour window at the car wash.

Yippee for ME!!! (can you hear my sarcasm?)

So I took detailed notes as to what I took out of the car

minus the trash

and am now sharing them with all of you.

This is of course to make YOU feel better because I am such white trash! ÜÜÜ

Are you ready?????

1 towel

1 dress

6 pairs of Abby's shoes

1 pair of Cassidy's shoes

1 roll of paper towels

1 beach bag filled with more towels & sunscreen

1 laundry basket

2 sets of tissue paper

1 cyber power qwest thing (I have no idea what it is or where it came from),

1 highlighter in yellow

7 Barbies with 3 extra outfits,

4 polly pockets and 1 extra outfit

1 polly pocket bicycle

11 pencils

2 head bands

3 hair bows

1 flower

3 water bottles 1/2 empty

2 sippy cups

1 glass with a pink straw in it

1 pkg graham crackers

1 DVD player (which now has soda all over it)

2 homework pages

3 old frames

2 new frames

1 plate stand

1 scale

1 purse w/ money (Abby's)

1 purse w/o money (mine)

1 power cord

2 flower foam frames from Jill's Bday party

1 surfboard necklace

***BTW this does NOT include everything that normally stays in the car. i.e. CD's, baby wipes, sunglasses, car seat, hand sanitizer, etc.****

So there you have it. Cara's car real and raw. There's no holding back. You get the whole truth and nothing but the horrible, disgusting whole dirty truth!

Don't-cha Wish Your Girlfriend Was Hot Like Me

What did I do in my spare time yesterday?? When on down to the MAC guy (yes, I said guy and the above picture is to prove it) to have my make-up done. He had make-up on so I thought, "hey, you must know what're doing?!?" Mindy got me a gift card and a make over for my b-day (I should say b-month since I'm still raking it in over here)

What do you think? I have to say that he put sooo much make-up on me that I could cut it with a knife. I guess that's why the stars look like their faces are so perfect. They have 10 lbs of base to hide any and all flaws!

This is the face I made when I examined my face on a closer level. Holy Wow! There's a years worth of make-up on my face all in one day!! (If you know me I am not a huge make-up person. Although I am getting better about putting it on when I go into public. If I didn't have to (old age and all) I wouldn't wear any make-up ever!

I did like the eye make-up and bought all 3 colors he put on my eyes. I might go back for the liner. However, did you see me lips. Of course you DID!! How could you not. They are HUGE!!! It looks like he injected them with some kind of magic potion. No, he just put the liner on the outside of my already big lips and then put 3 kinds of lipstick/gloss on the inside! I looked like Lisa Rinna and it wasn't pretty!

Another Lucy and Ethel Moment

Rose Rustling with Monica and Abby

I always seem to get myself into little messes. Maybe because I sometimes feel braver than I should, or I listen to people when they tell me to do crazy things or how about I sometimes still feel like a teenager when I should feel like a mature adult. What ever the reason, here's the story of yet another "Lucy and Ethel Moment". (Here's a link to the 1st episode) Notice that both episodes involve Monica so I'm not the only daring one (wink).
About this time of year in the valley it has cooled off and the roses are blooming. Big beautiful blooms and in abundance. After the long hot summers they are ready to strut their stuff and shine! This year however it has still been in the 90's and the roses are blooming but they dry up as fast as they bloom. I wanted to gather roses for Amy's shower I was helping with for the centerpieces and am a little finicky with what I wanted. I didn't want commercialized roses. They look to.........fake. I wanted the big beautiful blooms of the roses in peoples yards. So off we went in search of beautiful blooms.

Our 1st stop was Crystals. I didn't feel bad taking her roses because they were my roses 1st. I had 30 rose bushes at our old house and before they tore it down Crystal came and transplanted the roses in her beautiful yard. I also gave away trees, plants, fences, flagstone and much much more. But that's a post for another day.

Her roses were blooming and we got a huge basket full with her permission of course. We had fun talking to her since we don't get to see her very often. Abby somehow got into a huge ant pile and we had to hose her off. I never said rose picking was easy. After we filled our baskets at Crystals I went next door and took the only bloom that house had. (I'm naughty I know - but no one lives there so it was a freebie) There was a house down the street that had BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS. I'm not sure why theirs was blooming more than others but I wanted THOSE roses. We went to a few other houses but found nothing. Finally I got my courage up and Monica drove us back to the beautiful blooms. I knocked on the door but no one was home. What do I do? Well, with the help and coaxing of Monica I went to town on that persons roses. I was cutting as fast as I could. I was cutting so fast that I was cutting more than just the roses (oops!) I was shaking and cutting. I kept yelling at Monica, " I think someones coming!" She kept telling me there wasn't so I kept cutting. At one point Monica said to Abby "Abby, I'm scared." When I couldn't fit any more in the basket I ran to the car and we raced off. I was shaking so bad and when I got in the car I said, "I'm traumatized!" We laughed and headed off to Aimee's and Linda's to see if I could cut her roses. I ended up getting plenty of beautiful blooms and the tables for the shower looked lovely with my rustled roses.

Now, I have to tell you the rules of roses. People with rose bushes, avid rose growers know that sharing the beautiful blooms is common. It even has a name. Rose Rustling. However, asking permission is the 1st step. I guess I threw that step out the window. Well, not really...I tried to ask they just weren't home.

The "Rustled Roses" all ready for Amy's shower

Tuesday's Terror

Check out my exciting day yesterday here on Mindy's new blog.

And wish her well! She's starting to get the blogging bug!

This is what happens.........

when I'm making dinner and I go and check on a few blogs.

Can I say............Oooops!!!

Also, I'm a little behind but wanted to thank Julie for this:



“This award is for those bloggers who are nice people;

good blog friends and those who inspire

good feelings and inspiration.

Also for those who are a positive influence on our blogging world.

Once you’ve been awarded please pass it on to 7 others

who you feel are deserving of this award.”

Julie you are the best! Thank you so much! It really means a lot.

Now I get to give the award to 7 people!

And they are: (drum roll please!)

Stars and Bows(Crystal)

JBrink(Jennifer)

Pam

Brandi

Erin

Tiffany

Idaho Hubers (Lisa)

(and One Happy Mom, Brooke and Lizzy

got one but I would have given one to you!)

Isn't it fun to pass on a little bit of happiness!

Love it!!