Help Me Help You

I think being a good parent is owning your mistakes 

and learning from them.

 *not pictured is all the chocolate smeared into the just-cleaned velour car seat*

Being a good friend is putting your mistakes out for the world to see so others don't fall victim to your same lapse in judgment.  So, my friends, no matter how loud the bellowing for just one piece of chocolate is: don't give in.  The clean-up far surpasses the whining.   

This important service announcement has been brought to you by your good friend, Greta.

When I'm Five?

Me:  Harrison, let's get ready to go to Grammy and Pop-Pop's house.

Harrison: Momma, Pop-Pop's name is David, and now that I'm four I will call him David. 

Me: Buddy, you're calling him Pop-Pop.

Harrison:  When I'm five I can call him David?

Me:  We'll talk when you're five, now get in the car.   

Just The Two Of Us

My Dad gave us a special Christmas present.  A two-night stay at the Gaylord hotel.  The kids spent quality time with Grammy and G-Jo.  As mentioned above, it was a 'just the two of us' and it was fabulous! 

Steve hates taking pictures and even more having a stranger take them.  It really meant a lot when he asked someone to take this photo.

 We did a lot of this!  From sushi, Kobe steak, french toast, and tasty cake balls--it was a

feast from start to finish!

We decided to spend the weekend around our anniversary to make the time away more special.  The restaurant somehow knew this and surprised us with this dessert. 

 We finally went to see Avatar.  It was fun to see the movie in 3-D, 

but it was a bummer when we smudged our 3-D glasses with popcorn butter! 

Steve and I spent most of Saturday shopping and just being together.  I commented on how 

this is what our life will be like years from now when our children are grown. 

Steve said, 'yeah, but we would get bored.  I miss the kids already."  

 That's the nice thing about getting away, it helps you appreciate what you have waiting for you at home. 

I Heart Steve

Top 7 Things I heart about Steve.....On our 7th anniversary, of course!

1. Everything Steve does is over-the-top.  And though I give him a lot of grief about it, secretly I love it.
2.  Movie night in our house tops any movie-going experience.  I find my seat and Steve takes it from there.  He pops popcorn to perfection, usually throwing in some fun candy, turns down the lights, and starts the DVD.  And even if it's in the middle of an action scene he'll kindly pause the movie for me to take a quick potty break.
3. I love to watch Steve and my boys wrestle.  Steve goes full-throttle into his character and my boys get so excited.  Harrison and Gavin will tag-team trying to take down 'The Hulk'!
4. Steve will wake out of a dead sleep to search the house to find the noise that I swear I've heard.  Never has the culprit been found, but I sleep much better knowing the house has been thoroughly checked out.  
5. Steve will pick up dinner, knowing exactly what I want without me having to tell him, and fill my car up with gas on his way home.   All without me asking him to. 
6. The perfect ending to my day is laying in bed, next to Steve, watching one of our many recorded shows. He brings me such comfort and warmth.  Literally warmth, he's my personal heater!
7. Steve takes such pleasure in making us happy.  From something as difficult as providing financially to something simpler as bringing a new box of cereal home for the boys.  Seeing smiles on our faces brings a smile to his.  
 

Here's to many more dances with you.....

even if it's only the 'hokie-pokie'

 

Oh, The Wonderful Things Pledge Can Do!

Many of you may already know the wonderful things that Pledge can do.  But for me, I have just discovered it’s cleaning abilities, and I am amazed!  If you don’t know let me tell you in the form of a little rhyme….

Oh! The wonderful things that Pledge can do,

it cleans my house, it can clean yours, too!

Pledge cleans granite, wood, and stainless steel.

It cleans my counters after every meal.

When my leather gets dirty from fingers and grime,

Pledge comes to the rescue in the nick of time!

Pledge cleans my house to the brightest shine

I’m thrilled I picked up 3 from the Costco cleaning line.

I love Pledge and my family does, too!

We think Pledge is great, how about you?

Windows Live Writer

 

 

I’ve been that I need to check out Windows Live Writer because the format and editing tools are great for using with blogger.  This is my first attempt.  We’ll see.  Let me try and upload a picture:

Okay, that was pretty easy, and much faster than with blogger. 

 

 

 

 

 

I can even make this nifty table
	Not sure when I’d need one.  But nice to know it’s there.

 

 

Mmm, now let’s check out the ease of posting……..

Minimum Monday

So I maybe pushed the limits of 'Minimum Monday'
by using more than one word.

To write so little is just too hard.