Oscars 2011 - best dressed

Ok. In my opinion the best dressed for the entire evening (female) award goes to:

REESE WITHERSPOON

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{I know - short post. I am lazy today. lol.}

A Saturday Drive

Yesterday our little family went to visit our Uncle and Aunt up north. It was only a 1 1/2 hour drive. But it got me out of this cooked up little apartment for a day. For that, I was extremely greatful. Hubby drove up and I drove back. I say his job was easier because he drove up at noon, and I was driving back at midnight. Literally. I am absolutely exhausted. *yawn* That is why me and the boys aren't at church today. E.J. slept the whole trip back last night and slept while we were there too, so he was up and then he still got up at 5 a.m. What in this world?!?!?

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We drove up Rt. 7 as usual. It was cool, but not chilly. The drive was so good for my soul yesterday. I gazed out the window to see birds flying high in the sky, the river swiftly flowing - pushing all of the flood debris down south from Pittsburgh. The trees look so dainty and frail due to the extreme cold and snow we have had. The sun glared through our windows and it felt so warm and comforting. We stopped at Ables Cheese. It is a "must" for any traveller on Rt. 7, going North. I love this little place. *smiles*

Our Aunt told my hubby, "Don't bring anything up - we have plenty of food for tonight!". My husband informs me of this after I make this puppy up. lol.

{everyone loved it. I was so pleased.}

1. R and I drinking our Coke's out of the traditional glass bottles. *love*
2. Our Amish green onion and creamy baby swiss cheese.
3. R.A. enjoying his .15 cent caramel apple lollipop.

We had a great time. We also purchased their famous Trail Bologna that I love love love ever so much. But - even though I did take a picture of it, it just didn't look right. lol. It tastes really good though! I would definitely reccomend it! The crackers, cheese, Amish Jerky, pumpkin seeds, and coke...all make for a great ride to Auntie's house. *smiles*

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We had a great time at Aunt J's and Uncle B's. R.A. had a blast observing pretty much everything at their house. lol. He played with puzzles, magnetic magic games, rode on the 4-wheeler with Uncle B (which was his favorite part of the evening. lol.), and enjoyed some great homemade food! I hope you all had a great weekend as well.

What is on your agenda for today?

Mine is to rest. Considering Jesus Christ the Lord our God even rested on Sunday...and that He commands us to do the same...I'm totally taking Him up on that one and doing it properly. I am not doing a thing today. *smiles* Gonna enjoy some more of that leftover food though AND watch the race today. I think there is one on today?? lol.

NEW

: our Irish Bodhran drum :

{supplies: brown paper sack, quilters hoop, colored pencils, and ribbon}

: dinner tonight was breakfast :
{eggs, cheese, apricot, and bacon}

: My grandmothers old picture frame went from dingy to fab after some white paint. :

: Added a black ribbon with a hot glue gun and a piece from an old headband for elegance. :

: The new fries from Wendy's are amazing! :

: my boys :

: Chocolate Chip & Pecan cookies with ice cold milk. :

Just some things we have been into today. *smiles*

Teenage Renesmee

*spoiler ALERT*

: If you haven't read "Breaking Dawn" DO NOT read below. Consider yourself warned. :

{via bing}

So. Christie Burke has been rumored to play Renesmee Cullen in Twilight's "Breaking Dawn: Part II". My opinion? She looks amazing. And I can totally see her cuddling up next to Jacob. *swoons* Eh. What do I know...I am a Team Edward fan all the way. However, Jacob is a great person and loves Bella and Renesmee deeply. He just happens to love Renesmee in a different way. Obviously. lol. I cannot wait to see what Edward and Bella's cottage will look like when it is completed. {you can view the production progress @ http://www.breakingdawnmovie.org/ . I am pretty excited! Oh to see Rosalie and the way she acts all "Mother Hen" to Renesmee and literally treats Jacob like a dog. {No pun intended.} "Fido" on the cereal bowl. Ha! Oh my goodness! That is hilarious!

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I plan on having a Twilight theme birthday party this year. Because I can. I know I will be 24 and some people think that adults having B-day parties are stupid. But I don't care. I want a reason to invite my friends over (mostly girls. lol.), eat pizza, Twilight designed cake, Team Edward and Team Jacob cupcakes, watch the movies, listen to the soundtracks, and just talk about the films and books in general. *smiles* Oh what fun!

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Back to the subject. Seriously though - I am excited to see how they are going to pull off "Breaking Dawn: Part I" & "Part II". Like - the birth scene. And the vampire clans...oh my goodness! I can't wait! Ah! Okay. That's enough for today. *squees in chair*

Is there any special movie you are waiting for to come out this year?

Moment of Panic

: photo via bing :

Okay. Have any of you ever had one of those, "OMG" moments? The ones where you think you lost something. No - wait. You know you lost something?

Story:

I have been sick for the past week or so. Yesterday I woke up at 4 a.m. and played around on my iPod for a bit to try and get tired so I could fall back to sleep. I was on there for around 34 minutes. I felt sleepy. So I put the iPod down on my nightstand. It is right beside my bed. Around 8 a.m. by boys woke up. I walked into the nursery to change E.J. While I was doing so, R.A. was in mommy and daddy's room. (God only knows what a 3 1/2 year old can do in like 35 seconds. uggh.)

I come in and don't notice anything different. At first. So, I pop in a vhs tape of "Blues Clues" and go fix up some breakfast. But wait. I think I will plug in my iPod first. Okayyyy.... where did it go? I look on the nightstand to find an empty space. My glasses are there. My basket of bottles, formula, and bottled water are there. My contact case. My hair barettes. Everything BUT my iPod. So, I immediately look under the bed, thinking it fell of the table. I look around the surrounding areas. Nothing. Nada. Zip. *sigh* I forget about it. I have just misplaced it. (even though I never touched the darn thing since 4:30 a.m. lol.)

So I fix breakfast, change diapers, clean up toys, blog, and what not. Sort of forgetting about my 'missing' iPod. Then I realize I still had some music I wanted to pop on my iPod. So, I get ready to Sync it up...and there is no iPod. (weird how I keep 'forgetting' that I have misplaced the stupid thing. lol.) At this point I am like..."Okay, I know without a doubt I had it there at 4:30 a.m. and it was there when I woke up...so R.A. must have snatched it."

I ask R.A., "Did you hide mommy's iPod?"

"Yeah."

"Where did you hide it?"

"Under your bed."

....looks under bed....nothing....nada....zippo....

"Where is it baby?"

"In my closet. In my toybox."

....looks in closet....in toybox....nothing....nada....zippo....

*sighs*

.....literally strip searches my whole 3 level apartment.....

....nothing....nada....zippo....

get the picture?

So, when daddy comes home, he takes the trash out. I always sit it on our front stoop thinking I will take it out, but then I always forget. So he does it when he gets home. lol.

I tell him the whole story, wondering maybe if he would have a good idea where it might be...considering I have strip searched our home.

He says, "Did you check everywhere?" "Umm...yeah. You don't even have a clue." lol.

Did you check the trash?

WHAT? THE TRASH? WHAT? WHAT?

NO I DIDN'T CHECK THE TRASH.

He just took it out to the dumpster and it was packed. Like, 3 people dumped their trash AFTER he did. Uggh. He went out searched and found 2 bags that weren't ours before we found the one that was. Eww. That is all I will say. Eww.

We dive down into the bottom, all the way down...wayyyy down. At the very bottom, covered in the nasty leftover triple chocolate fudge brownies that I made the other day....was my iPod Touch. Seriously? And it was freezing cold.

I ask R.A., "Did you put mommy's iPod in the trash upstairs this morning?"

"Yeah."

"Don't ever do that again."

"Okay. I'm sorry Mommy."

"It's okay sweetie. Just don't touch mommy's things like that. That wasn't nice."

I gave him a big hug, because I wasn't about to spank my child for something he did many hours ago. And for the fact that even though that meant so much to me, I wouldn't feel right about punishing him for something as silly as an iPod. It can be replaced. My son and his feelings cannot. I love him so much and even though he did that...he is 3 1/2. What can I expect? lol.

So...whatever you do....

Check your trash if you are missing something.....

Especially if you have kids. lol.

Junk to Treasure

: I got this end table for FREE from my mom :

So this is what I have been working on today. I love it! My mom gave me this, and she got it at a yard sale for like $2 or something. I liked it...but I really wanted it to be white. I had a vision and went with it. I am really pleased with how it turned out. *smiles*

: R.A. & E.J. :

R.A. has been coloring up a storm this week. That is, until he colored all over my upstairs hallway walls ..... now he is not allowed to color until next week. Period. However, before he got into trouble, he was putting his pirate and jungle stickers all over his papers, coloring, and having a blast. *smiles* We visited mamaw and papaw's a few days ago - we painted rocks that we picked up along the way on a wagon ride, and then we glued eyes on them. (will update pics of those later. *winks*) E.J. has been teething. Still. What's new. lol. He is in love with his RazBaby teether. Three things I can't live without right now .... for E.J. :

[via bing.com]

{1.} Baby Orajel Naturals - it sooths his gums and calms him down instantly.

{2.} Little Remedies : Little Fevers - this lowers his fever & calms him down within 30 minutes.

{3.} RazBaby Teether (sold at Diapers.com) - this is the ONLY teether he likes.

Yeah. So these are the reasons why I love the items shown above.

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!

My Something Blue

: Tiffany & Co. :

Have you ever just wanted something for the heck of it? Yeah...me too. I don't need this by any means. And I'm pretty sure I will never have one like this...if I ever do I will be surprised. lol. But I like to 'browse' none the less. Ha. This is my 'dream' ring from Tiffany & Co. I think it is absolutely stunning. *smiles*

Has anything ever caught your eye?

Something you know you will probably never have, but love anyway? lol.

What is your 'dream' item?

{hope this post doesn't make me sound all 'materialistic'. Believe me...I'm not. Been there done that. Stuff does NOT make one happy. I just think it is nice every once in a while to 'dream big'! Ha.}