pinterest

there's a website that you may or may not be familiar with -- pinterest.



it's mainly for people to share other ideas, pictures, crafts, etc. i usually just get on there to repost funny quotes or cute pictures. sometimes i do repost crafty, creative ideas but it's just to make me "feel" creative because i actually am not at all "crafty".



i have made a few of the recipes and used a few ideas for party decorations but no real "crafts" ... until now!

the zoo "stuffed animal" storage that we (my husband, bro-in-law, father-in-law and i made)



the menu board that i made to plan out each weeks meals. (i'm really liking this so far)

what's in my purse?

one of my favorite magazines is us weekly and one of the items in each issue is where they have a celebrity tell what all they have in their purse. i'm by no means a celebrity but i thought i would do that too. i have a lot of random stuff in my purse (which explains why it weighs about 12 pounds)!

notebook and pen - i will forget anything and everything if i don't write it down immediately so i have numerous lists going at all times! shopping lists, to-do lists, people to call, bills to pay, etc.

my phone - i will turn around and go home to get it if i forget it. how did we ever leave without cell phones?

sunglasses - i can't walk to the mailbox without sunglasses

keys - usually buried at the bottom of my purse

koozie - because that's just how redneck i am!

hair brush, clean and clear face blotters, chapstick

ipod touch - has all my music, games for me, games for the kids (to keep them occupied)

pictures of the kids

wallet with checkbook, cash, credit cards

coupon holder - i would be so upset if i lost my coupon holder!

day planner (because i can't remember any appointments or obligations if they are not written down)

Me From A to Z

Me From A to Z

A. Age: 36 (i mean 29)
B. Bed size: King -- i can't stand to be touched when I'm sleeping so the bigger the bed, the better! i haven't talked the hubby into separate beds yet. ;-)
C. Chore that you hate: pretty much all of them but if i had to pick just one, washing dishes
D. Dogs: 2 -- a big german shepherd and a beagle
E. Essential start to your day: downing a glass of orange juice as soon as i wake up
F. Favorite color: green
G. Gold or Silver: silver -- i don't think i could tell you the last time i wore gold
H. Height: 5'7"
I. Instruments you play: none -- i wish i could play the drums
J. Job title: domestic goddess
K. Kids: 2 girls (ages 8 and 5)
L. Live: texas! i wasn't born here but i got here as fast as i could!
M. Mother’s name: karen
N. Nicknames: shirley (not my name),
O. Overnight hospital stays: 2 -- delivering of both my babies
P. Pet peeves: people that leave shopping carts in the parking lot, people that can't park their car
Q. Quote from a movie: “Doing nothing is very hard to do...you never know when you're finished.” Leslie Nielsen
R. Right or left handed: right handed
S. Siblings: one brother that is 2 years younger than me
T. Time you wake up: unfortunately 6:45. if i had my choice, 10:45
U. Underwear: thong
V. Vegetable you hate: sweet potatoes and beets
W. What makes you run late: myself -- i will be late to my own funeral!
X. X-Rays you’ve had: teeth
Y. Yummy food that you make: i make really good pancakes from scratch and a 16 bean soup that everyone in my family actually loves (which very rarely happens that all 4 of us love the same thing)
Z. Zoo animal: kangaroos and elephants

what we have been up to since my last post

me and hubby at ranch bash


me and the hubby on our 14th wedding anniversary


14 balloons with 14 "reasons why i love him" attached


me and the hubby at a halloween party


the girls at the pumpkin patch


our family on halloween


my mom, my girls and me on halloween


"how much is that doggie in the window?"


a chicken and a doggie


shrimp boil while tailgating at NASCAR


team drunk


let's go racing!

hello again!

well, hello there! did you think that i disappeared?! i guess i kinda failed at the whole "picture of the week" thing, huh? i don't think i'm cut out to be a blogger! i just don't get on here enough or have enough things to say. i find it hard to even post the pictures each week! a lot has happened in the almost 4 months since i last posted. so, here we go...

our family at the texas rangers baseball game


my precocious one on their dirt bike. the hubby decided the girls needed a dirt bike to ride -- i was less than thrilled!


my little one in her dirt bike helmet


fulfilling an item on my bucket list -- seeing willie nelson play


my precocious one's 8th birthday


we took our girls and two friends to great wolf lodge for the precocious one's birthday


making a wish at great wolf lodge


the girls having a ball at great wolf lodge


me and the hubby at gruene hall to see ray wylie hubbard


me with ray wylie hubbard


our family at gruene hall to see emory quinn


us with one of our favorite bands, emory quinn


my little one tubing the san marcos river


my precocious one tubing the san marcos river


my girls with their best friend before she moved half way across the country


the hubby with my nephew


me with my nephew


my girls with their cousin


the three cousins


my precocious one's first day of third grade


my little one's first day of kindergarten


and last but definitely not least, my little one's broken arm! two weeks ago (today) she was running and playing and she tripped and tried to break her fall by putting her arm out. as she puts it, "my arm turned but my hand didn't" and she broke both bones in her forearm! it was so awful!!


okay, i'm not gonna promise to continue the "picture of the week" blogs ... because i think we all know that that is not gonna happen but i will definitely try to write something and/or post pictures at least once a month!

Picture of the week -- 20 through 24 of 52

WOW! this blog has been severely neglected lately but we have been really busy. they say a picture says a thousand words so here's some pictures to bring you up to date!

my brother, his wife and son with my mom and me at my nephew's baptism


me with my newest godson


my brother and his mini-me


my mom with her only grandson and the blanket that she knitted for him


can you tell that i like to eat crawfish?


my little one at pre-k graduation


our family at the little one's graduation


my precocious one with her certificate for having straight a's all year


my precocious one and her second grade teacher


my little one swimming in the lake


summer evening's at the lake - swimming and eating hot dogs


me and the hubby at an all-day country music festival (it was so hot!)


me and the hubby at a dirt bike race that his brother and nephews were racing in


the girls with their "racing" cousin


my precocious one getting a bit too comfy on that four wheeler


my girls


look at those blue eyes!


my little one swimming in the pool


my precocious one swimming in the pool


me and the hubby on a date night