It’s July.

It’s the five year anniversary of the month in which I started dating My Christopher.

It’s also our third anniversary month.

Though not quite the end of the month (the 29th is our actual anniversary, sort of) this week we had some time off together for a little getaway.

Originally I had planned on traveling to Portland, Oregon for a week of girl time with one of my besties.

Her son was signed up to attend a sports camp but after an injury that required surgery, camp was out of the question.

I’ve always wanted to stay in a Bed & Breakfast so I literally jumped on this opportunity to spend a few quiet days alone with my honey.

Now I have a new love:

The man who built this wonderful home also built another much like this in another part of this teeny tiny town.  He also built two smaller homes that also included the horseshoe shaped window like the one you see here.  The window was actually one in our room.  I loved it.

The owner did a wonderful job restoring this place.  It’s simply fabulous.

I would love to hire her groundskeeper and take him back home with me.  He does a fantastic job keeping this place looking so pretty.

This tub took My Christopher by surprise.  I don’t think he was sure what to do without a shower.  Being a girly girl this was right up my alley.

Isn’t this a funny little commode?

The sink was so pretty I almost didn’t want to use it.  My fear of all things smelly, dirty and germy kicked in though and that quickly flew out the window.

One of the dining tables.  The blur of a person in the entryway was our innkeeper.

There were always drinks and snacks readily available.

If you’re a tea drinker or love chocolates this table is for you.

And for you cookie lovers.

Our first breakfast, which mind you comes in courses as if it were a fancy dinner.

The tile on this fireplace is still the original tile from when the home was built in the 1890’s.

The front entryway.

The staircase leading up to our room.

The parlor.  There were books on the history of the area lying around for us to look at.  I love reading those kinds of books.

She loves to cook and what a wonderful cook she was.  This Italian omelette was YUMMY!

I love the antique furniture.

Of course I also LOVED all the photographs of the historical people from the area.

The kitchen has a tin roof which was common for the era.

I also managed a peek around the corner into the kitchen.  I would so love a stove like that for my kitchen!

I can honestly say that I now prefer a Bed & Breakfast to a hotel for any trip I plan in the future.

If possible

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Last weekend one of our DMC turned 41.

So we had a little celebration.

.  .  .  .  first ~ dinner at Cheeseburger in Paradise.

followed by a few adult beverages at Jake’s Pub.

Then downtown to the Cadillac Ranch.

For drinks.

Goofy faces apparently.

.  .  . and some bull riding.

A good time indeed.

Happy Birthday Mikey.  We love ya.

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The images in the above collage are from our family vacation to the East Coast last summer.

It was an extremely wet trip, raining every day except for one.

The one and only day I was able to get any senior pictures of our 2 seniors – in Central Park.

Really I just wanted to play with my collages today because I’m kind of bored.

My honey is sleeping the day away because he’s working this weekend, child number 2 is with his male parental unit and child number 1 just took off in my jeep to pick up his clothes at a friends house and then to work.  Unfortunately he suffers from his Mother’s luck when it comes to his vehicles.

I’ve been hanging in the loft with my girls playing with collages and at times standing on guard with fly-swatter in hand ready to destroy 3 wasps that keep threatening to swoop down and attack my baby Zoey.  Can I just say I hate wasps and they need to leave my poor innocent puppy alone.  She doesn’t know that wasps taste nasty and besides I think she really only wants to play.  You know kind of like kitty’s play with mice before they eat them.  Yes, she gets confused sometimes and thinks she’s a cat.  I haven’t the foggiest where she gets that idea.  We don’t have cats, I’m severely allergic to them.  She bats toys around with her hands (front paws), pounces on her sisters and scratches at the furniture.  You know now that I think about it, I think she may have a personality disorder.  Yes that’s it, she has 2 personalities; a cat personality and she must have a dog personality because I never knew any cat that liked to get into the shower before and not only that but her Mama was a dog after all.  I still believe though that she’s the sweetest thing on Earth and the most cuddly snuggle bug that ever shared a pillow with me before.  So, I’ll keep her – personality disorder and all.

BAM!!!.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  2 down and 1 to go.  Take that you wiley beasts.

I think my Honey needs to call the wasp exterminator.

You know before my girls get hurt or I get stung trying to protect my doggy family and go into anaphylactic shock

.  .  .  .  or something like that.

Hey.  .  .  . it could happen.

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Cold

Boys

School

Bed

Brother

Mike

Warm

Hunni

Breathe

Phone

Chris

HELP!

Speed

Breathe

Seizure

Breathe

Last

Gone

Chris

Vet

Sadness

Cry

Shower

Chris

Cry

Town

Bank

Home

Nap

Insomnia

Cry

Cade

Cry

Restaurant

Cry

Dinner

Home

Bed

Insomnia

Ambien

Sleep

Chris

Boys

School

Home

Sadness

Cry

Town

Shop

Ice Cream

Sadness

Cry

Nap

Cade

Drive

Puppy

Zoey

Love

Bed

Sadness

Insomnia

Morning

Boys

School

Laundry

Bed

Sadness

Laundry

Town

Zoey

Love

Home

Laundry

Bed

Sadness

Zoey

Love

Chris

Work

Sadness

Zoey

Love

Pizza

Blog

Laundry

Bed

Sadness

Insomnia

Zoey

Love

Sleep

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Today was one of the saddest and most emotional days of my life.

Today was the day I lost my Princess.

I wasn’t Hunni’s first Mommy.

Her first Mommy couldn’t keep her because she moved to a place that wasn’t a very good place to have doggies.

So she came to live with us two years ago.

That was right around the time I found out I wouldn’t be able to have any more  babies.

So in a sense she became my baby.

She was also the best snuggler in the world, especially on those nights when My Christopher works.

So if you’ll please give me a while

.  .  .  .to just be

sad.

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Alright ladies.

I’m selling my Vera Bags.

Well some of them anyway.

I’ll list each bag with the price.

Note some of these are retired and rare.

I checked on Ebay to see how much to ask for.

None of these are NWT (new with tags)

Though most of them were only used a couple of times.

I would have added photos but have neither the time or energy for that today.

If you’d like to see any of these just let me know.

Here’s the list:

1 Provincial Red Miller Bag ~ $30

1 Provincial Red Eyeglass Case ~ $10

1 Classic Navy Villager $40

1 Classic Navy Small Paddy ~$15

1 Jasmine Villager (retired & rare) ~ $40

1 Nantucket Navy Zip ID Case ~ $5

1 Windsor Navy Cargo Sling ~ $25

1 Windsor Navy Backsack ~ $15

1 Windsor Navy Zip Around Wallet ~ $15

1 Mod Floral Pink Zip Around Wallet ~ $20

1 Mod Floral Pink Small Makeup Case ~ $10

1 Mod Floral Pink Coin Purse ~ $8

1 Mod Floral Pink Zip ID Case ~ $5

1 Mod Floral Pink Checkbook Cover ~ $5

1 Petal Pink Cargo Sling ~ $25

1 Petal Pink Zip Around Wallet ~ $15

1 Classic Black Bowler Bag ~ $25

1 Classic Black Small Zipper Wallet ~ $5

1 Daisy Daisy Zip Around Wallet ~ $15

For right now I’m only selling these locally.

For anything I don’t sell I’ll list on Ebay.

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Okay so today was one of those days.

You know, the days us night shift workers have a lot of.

The days where you can’t sleep.

At least this night shift worker anyway.

After working last night I went home to catch a 1 hour nap before my sons basketball game.

Then afterwards I set my alarm for 4 hours later.

. . .approximately 3 hours into my slumber.

I awakened.

I tried my hardest to fall back asleep.

Really I did.

My mind though had other ideas.

My mind always has other ideas.

That’s why I usually take a little sleep aid on Saturdays.

So anyhow, my mind began wandering.

I thought then of the Lykke Li music I’d downloaded yesterday.

I mean how do you even pronounce that?

So far I’ve come up with a version that resembles something you might hear on a low budget porn film.

No, that just won’t do.

I mean what if my 8 year old asks me who I’m listening to?

I’m sure that would get a giggle out of him only because it sounds funny.

Then he’ll go to school and repeat it.

So if anyone asks, I’ll be listening to:

Likely

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housekeeper

eye doctor

dilate

laugh

shop

laugh more

drive

Chili’s

nap

study

shop more

drive more

and more

and more

McDonalds

snow

plow

sleep

late

school

mail

parents

pee ewwwwww

clean

and clean

and clean

garbage bag

after

bag

after

bag

congratulations

razor

school

post office

Albuquerque

Coeur d’Alene

home

schedule

change

electricity

Wendy

work

babies

Angie

pharmacy

Wendy

home

My Christopher

sleep

photograph

study

online

shop

monitor

My Christopher

fly

visibility

ambulance

facebook

blog

sleep

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This year Christmas started extremely early (at least for us) in the morning.

Britt had to be at work all the way in Anderson early so we started our day at 5:30am.

Britt is a bit dramatic and wiggles around quickly.  This is the only photo that wasn’t a complete blur.

Here is my very tall Christmas tree.  I know there isn’t a topper, but the ladder isn’t tall enough to allow for someone to reach high enough.

I’m not sure how ‘awake’ Cory was at this time.  He went right back to bed afterwards.

Cade on the other hand is excitable no matter the time of day.

Christopher was very happy to have his iPod replaced.  Of course I had a mushy card and even more mushiness engraved on the back of it.

Yes, I got a wii fit and Cade is probably more happy about it than me.  Please forgive our sleep attire, or at least Cade’s.  He chooses to always wear my old t-shirts.

Hope you all had a very Merry CHRISTmas.

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On Sunday December 20th My Christopher, Cade and I took a ride on the Polar Express.

This train ride takes place in Connersville.

After boarding the train the train personnel pass out hot chocolate and cookies to all passengers.

Then on to the North Pole.

The story is told and heard throughout the cars by speaker.

There are elves, cooks, hobos, basically every character from the story.

There is even a conductor that punches the kids tickets.

Upon arrival at the North Pole Santa boards the train and rides back with us.

During the trip back he sits with each child and presents him or her with a bell which they ring if they BELIEVE.

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