So I Was Just Thinking

Well, the house is still clean. (In my opinion.) I was able to invite my mother over for Gary's birthday. I baked a cake the night before and left no dirty dishes in the sink. I came home from work and iced the cake. That didn't go so well, but that was just a problem overly soft cake (tasty) and overly soft icing (yummy) pushing the cake all over the place. By the time my mom got to the house, I was feeling okay. But when we sat down, I could feel her prying eyes, noticing the finger marks on and around the light switches and the piece of wrapper my son had left on the floor. She even went on about a story of friend who had bought her son and daughter-in-law a VERY nice dining table only to have the inconsiderate DIL use it for a craft table and destroy it. She went on about how bad their carpet looked and so on. Now, I do not have the benefit having two "perfect" children as mother supposedly did. (Actually, we were just scared to do anything wrong, according to my ...

This morning Gary came home for two weeks. We went out to this place today: Skip to page 9 through 12 to see what we were doing specifically. It was fun to see the Scottish Gathering in person. I hadn't been since junior high school. The kids had a great time and Gary enjoyed himself as well. I am just going to share the pictures and a simple caption. Following the pictures will be my progress on my 21 Challenge. The day started off beautifully. This set of "clouds" followed us the whole way. There were lots of dancers dressed like this girl. This man's garb was unique compared to the rest of the Highland Visitors. (I especially love how he was color coordinated with his child's stroller.) We ate some faire food. And watched these men conduct the bagpipe players and drummers. I think that man should move. This little Scotsman stood outside the game area dreaming of the day he could toss the hammer or caber. James found a hat he liked. These pups had it made in ...

I didn't know what I was going to call this so you can name it what you want. Never have ever been more happy to see this screen: I did something silly the other day. Every time James and I would walk into the grocery store there would be a girl dressed up like a cowgirl in front of a large display of Toy Story 3 DVDs. The store was promoting the video with a giveaway of almost $15 worth of coupons when you buy the DVD. I don't usually go for those type of things so every time I passed the girl, I just said, "Sorry. No thank you." (Why do I feel I have to apologize to people who are trying to sell me things?) Anyway, James consistently would beg for me to buy the video, but I stayed firm until about a week later when I realized that the coupons that came with the video were all for things I normally buy for James' lunch like granola bars and Gatorade along with some tissues. With it being cold season, I figured it was as good a time as any to get those too. So...I...

...or to break an old one. I have a lot of old habits. I love junk food. I hate to exercise. Well, I don't hate the exercise, I just find a lot of excuses not to do it. I am not a laundry folder, a dish doer or a housekeeper. Those three get me every time. So when I saw that Rhonna Farrer was doing a 21 day challenge , I debated joining in for many reasons. I am a procrastinator. I found out about the challenge 7 days after it started. I have so many things to change, I didn't know which one to focus on. I am satisfied with the status quo. (That last one is a lie, but I tell myself that to make me feel better about doing nothing.) What if I miss my old way of doing things. Self fulling prophecies of failure. I have never finished anything (not entirely true) so I probably won't finish this, so I won't start it because then I won't have to say I failed at accomplishing something. I am sure there are more, but let's move on with this. I think I am going to work o...