4 hours of my life I will never get back...

I pulled out my scrapbook supplies at 11:30 this morning, after taking some time to clean my living room. I had a set of very crafty pictures, and I have these very crafty supplies that came in a tote Kevin gave me for Christmas. So, I challenged myself to use them. And 4 hours (and lunch time, and nap time, and numerous other things included) later, here it is:

So, I picked up my stuff, and now I await a visit from Princess Savannah. And her mom. They are stopping in on their way home from the hospital, to give her husband a little more time to get the place picked up a bit. It's apparently in bad enough condition that he warned her about it. On the plus side, she said she would bring me this:

Because I haven't left my house due to this:

and especially this:

I couldn't get out without shoveling, and even a Diet Pepsi isn't worth that, when Bill can do it with the snowblower, or Kevin with his truck, or George, or Everett, really, the list goes on. I'd rather wait.

The kids had no school, so they went out and did this:

and this:

I have no idea what that one is, sorry. But it's beautiful, and I'm sure it will be treasured until it melts. With the occassional, "Mom, he's wrecking my ***." To which I will roll my eyes, but at least then I will know what it is!

Undefeated!

Basketball is over, yeah! Er, I mean, Dustin is thrilled, we had the championship games this past Saturday, and his team was able to remain undefeated for the season! Those in attendance for more than a few games might contend they actually didn't play as well as they usually do, but Dustin has definitely improved through the season as a whole! We are grateful to his coach, for not only taking the time, but having the ability to really coach, you don't always get that with volunteers!





I also managed to get some pictures of Dustin's calves, they aren't great because it's awfully crowded in the barn right now! There is enough room for the animals, but add in two adults and the three kids, and it starts to feel cramped. It was so icy and chilly we couldn't take them outside. They have cute little blankets on to help them be warm, but with all the animals in a small space that's not really much of a problem!





























I also took a shot of Kevin's calves. He got them a month or so ago, Brown Swiss like Dustin had his first year in 4H. As a 4H leader, I think Kevin figured if one of the kids in the club was scrambling at the last minute to get a pair he would have one available. Of course, he enjoys showing calves, too, and he will have a pair to demonstrate things with if he ends up keeping them for himself.









I am sure there will be more pictures to post as the year wears on! Now I'm off to sit in the living room and watch the Super Bowl. Because you know me, that's just the kind of sports fanatic I am. Yeah.

Epiphany!

As a mother of four boys, active boys at that, I have often wondered about ducks. That's right, I said ducks. Mother ducks have a power and discipline that I have longed to be able to understand, and then emulate. They keep all of their little babies close, they follow so diligently and organized. Then it hit me, I literally laughed aloud when I realized that I not only knew how they did it, but that I DO manage to emulate them.

These adorable balls of fluff, busy and active as they are, must follow their mama because she just quacked, "Fine, then I'm leaving without you. Good-bye!!"

I read it on the internet, it must be true...

Uh, no. For example, you cannot raise money for anything by emailing things to people, and if you send 20 people an email that is a petition, then those 20 people are all circulating different petitions, and their names are not all on the same one, so give me a break.

Well, personality test emails have often given somewhat accurate descriptions of my personality. So you may be intersted to know I recently found myself decribed as Snoopy. Now, I like Snoopy, quite a bit actually, but this is how they described us Snoopy-people:

(17-23 points) You are Snoopy: You are fun, you are very cool and popular. You always know what's in and you are never are out of style. You are good at knowing how to satisfy everyone else. You have probably disappeared for a few days more than once but you always come home with the family values that you learned. Being married and having children are important to you, but only after you have had your share of fun times.

I was married at 18, had my first baby while 19, and now have 4 kids. Yeah, right.