Snow Day!

Watching the news Friday morning had me giggling....snow....yay sure. I was chatting with a friend that lives about 10 miles from my house and she said that she was getting hug snow flakes at her house!?!? WTH! I ran to my front door swung it open excitedly only to find huge...RAIN DROPS! Well I sauntered back to my puter and told her and of she laughed. I decided to accept the fact that I had to go to work and got ready for work and Potato ready to go to Nana's house. Well I stepped out the door and thought I was hallucinating when I seen these white, icy, snow flakes falling fast from the sky. Of course a lot of it melted as soon as it hit the ground and left wonderful puddles (that later had my cursing while having to walk threw them). I ran inside and got Matthew and Potato ready to go and play.

It was not thick snow but it made us WHO DAT peeps very happy. Potato decided that he needed to run through all of the puddles. He was so excited as you can tell by the picture below. When it was time to go inside he was not having it and cried for 5 minutes. He must have not noticed that his face was turning BLUE!

We don't get such sweet pleasures often but I think that is what makes them more worth the wait! Happy snow day to you and the family.

Wednesday Wishlist!

As mommies how do we know what to wish for? Do we ever get what we wish for? I have a hard time with this part of my life and always have. I get a bonus each year and they get better and better the longer I am with my company. I am very lucky to work for Prudential as I am actually appreciated and compensated for my hard work. Ok so back to what I was saying. I will be finding out how much my bonus is on the 18th along with my annual raise. I have already started my usual list but I have already defeated myself by thinking of the things that Potato or my Mr. would like to have or need. Their wants and needs have and always will come before mine that is just understood. Ultimately they will get everything that I think they could want or need and what ever (small) amount is left I spend that on my house. Why do I do this to myself?!? Mr never asks me to spend my bonus or him or Clayton and actually gets quite upset when I go against his wishes. So to wrap things up and get off my insane pity pot here or some of the things that I wish I had and may one day have the gumpshun to buy!


I like this suit!

I bake at least twice a weak and this would save my arm!

My best friend lets me borrow hers everyweekend and its awesome!

I would love to have anything from her product line. Especially her "TRASH" bowl!!

Sunday Summary

This week has been such a busy one mentally and physically. Work of course is always an issue but I found out this week that a great friend passed away. Mr B changed my life and always gave me hope. He will always be in my thoughts.

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Wednesday came along and a birthday surprise was in order for my mother. Balloons, cake, two baby boys and an early morning at the clinic made for a great morning. I wish my mornings could always be that great. CC's was calling sis-n-law and me. Yay!

My adopted little brother is going off to Boot Camp for the Air Force on Monday so we went and celebrated last night at Chili's. I watched this little boy grow up to a fine young man with a great head on his shoulders. Clayton is really attached to him and I know he will take his absence hard. Clayton's Godfather is already playing army and about to go over seas. I have started to show Clayton pictures of these two guys so that he doesn't forget their face.

Now today is going to be a very intense day. SUPER BOWL!!!! SAINTS VS COLTS. I am hosting a party at my house with friends and family and it just doesn't get any better. There will be yelling and hopefully happy tears when we celebrate the Saints win. Pictures to follow later.

Simply Bliss

I follow a few blogs and the big thing for this week is to list the simple pleasures in your life. If you think about it we take for granted so many things in our lives. Bliss, pleasure, comfort, contentment, enjoyment, and indulgence are a few words that describe the simple things in our life that make it count.

The things that make my life simply bliss are:

1. The feel of pudgy fingers on my face.
2. A clean house.
3. Hearing my husband saying "Honey can I do that for you?"
4. DVR
5. Weekends with my boys in our pjs.
6. The pitter patter of little feet running upstairs and then hearing Mr saying "Put that down!"
7. Febreeze!!!
8. Vanilla Lavender candles
9. Holding my Potato and running my fingers through his golden curls.
10. Conquering a new recipe! (Gumbo...Thanks to my BIL J)
11. Chasing a running baby through academy and realizing the more I tell him to slow down the faster he goes!
12. Great hair days.
13. Laying in clothes straight out the dryer.
14. Finding great deals in the store.
15. Surfing the net and making a mental wish list. That I forget later!
16. Calling the people on the drive home and catching up on their lives.
17. Planning home improvement projects
18. The smell of my husbands special breakfasts.


There are so many things that I am missing but you know what they are as I am sure they are the same as yours. Lets all sit back and realize how may blissful things we have in our lives. What are yours?