Making dolls

Remember these?

Having kids does make me feel young again - especially when we do fun stuff like this!

Beautiful Spring Day

Siblings

When MD and I finally decided to have some chillens - I always knew that I would want two of those little people in my life. One just seemed unfair. Who would one talk to when Mom and Dad weren't being fair? Who would really understand the hardship except a number two?
So we had two. And two it will remain. Though certain people, who will remain nameless, continue to hope for #3. I do not want to be outnumbered.

Two are just so cute!

Amazing Storm

Tonight we had a storm without much thunder and lightning but rain and marble-sized hail.
Of course it happened right at bedtime so the kids wanted to come out and play in the rain with Mom as I took pictures.
We thought this cloud was pretty cool.

Beautiful Afternoon

Waiting for the dad to get home and the kids and I are enjoying the warm afternoon in the backyard.
We were away over the weekend and when we returned, the trees had gained leaves and flowers have pushed up out of the dirt.
On a side note, my son just told me he wished it would snow because he likes to shovel. I guess I didn't get him out enough this winter.
May is a wonderful month of transformation here in this part of the world. So much to look forward to in the coming months.

Looking into the Past

MD and I have been doing a lot of searching on Ancestry.com lately.
It is a fascinating way to spend an evening but a HUGE time suck.
The barn above was taken on a piece of land that was owned by a relative that we found. I think that is the most satisfying part of the whole experience. Being in the same space as your ancestor.

What a ______!

Week! Month! April is gone and here we are in May already. It is hard to believe that it has been over a month since my last post.
Work has been busy. Turnover and review time make for a little more stress in the work place. I think my mantra is 'the only thing you can count on is change'. But I love my job and where I work so it is nothing I can't handle.
Then there is politics and international happenings. A certain terrorist was extinguished this last week. It is hard to rejoice in anyone taking a human life and I whole-heartedly agree with Martin Luther King Jr whom I will paraphrase here - Darkness isn't overcome by darkness - but by light. Violence is only going to perpetuate more violence. We must believe and realize that. So to all my readers out there not from the USA - please believe that what our media is putting in the headlines isn't what we all believe. We are not all jumping up and down about this. It is a very complicated issue.
And what about all the tornadoes in the southern United States last week and weeks prior? How can we not be afraid of what is happening to our Earth when our weather continues to become more extreme? How many more tornadoes this decade did we have than in the 1950s?  How many times has the Mississippi flooded in the past twenty years? All good questions that we need to be dealing with.

So heavy times here at the blog. Which is part of the reason why I haven't posted in a while. No since in dragging everyone down in the dumps with me. Not that I am depressed - just doing a lot of heavy thinking which isn't always fun to write about to a random audience. :)

Take care of those you love and remember that random acts of kindness go a long way.

From the other side

I made it through my birthday week with flying colors.

Annual review, child at different daycare for a week, one less hour of sleep and one more hour of sun in the evening equals kids sleep schedule totally off -- any one of these things could have been a game changer but it all went smoothly.

I ended up taking Friday off with my youngest due to some scheduling issue but it ended up being perfect. While my three year old isn't the best behaved little person, I did get a bunch of stuff done and felt relaxed too.
Note: I think it is hailing right now...  Going to check... Don't see anything but it is hitting the windows.


Anyway, it was a good week.
I hope you all had a good week as well and enjoyed St Patty's Day.

Being reminded of the old stuff I used to love

I love watching 'Glee' because of the music.
The new stuff is fun but the old stuff is the best.

Last week - Ms. Paltrow did a pretty fun version of Joan Jett's 'Do You Wanna Touch Me' and so I had to go purchase the song from iTunes that night and have been listening to it fairly regularly since.

I purchased 'True Blue' last week as well.  

I thought I would post another new favorite that I found recently as well.
Now don't read into it because I LOVE my job. :)
It is just a rockin' song and something everyone can relate to at some point in their life.


(Dad - I think your band should do a version of this...)


Sorry that this version is live - I would have preferred their video.