My Decor

I was told by my SIL to take a picture to show her what I was talking about. This is a picture drawn by Lily in her Kindergarten class. I've framed it and decorated by bathroom using this as the theme. I have a bamboo shower curtain and the colors are yellow and red like the background behind the Panda.

A New Found Friend

This was in Abigail's room!



We examined it for a little while then let it go in our yard. Hopefully it stays out this time.

Ode to Vacuuming!

My old vacuum is really old. I called up the Hoover company to figure how old. We think it's about fifty! It was my Grandma's vacuum. I got it when I was a young married girl and she was moving out of her house into a nursing home. It's served it's time now and I'm so excited to have replaced it. Although it's been fun to own and use a vacuum with some history to it.



And because I'm a geek:

O Vacuum O Vacuum, how you have helped me
To keep my floors clean and choke hazard free.
Dust mites and spiders finally meet their match
and all other critters my vacuum will catch.
Crushed cherrios trampled below babies' toes
are soon defeated by my vacuum's hose.
Nothing, no nothing, will be left behind
all except carpet my vacuum will find.
After my vacuum has found gunk and dirt
into the bag with its kind it can flirt.
O vacuum, O vacuum now my house is clean
thanks to your suction my carpets gleam!!!

(I had help with this poem from my sister Barbara)

Something my Girl's made

This is a shopping cart for those on a budget.

I'm a Copy Cat

Best Buy is sponsoring a give away at Five Minutes for Mom. How cool would it be to win. But there are a gazillion people already entered. I guess I can just imagine. I don't have a TV currently so just getting any kind of TV in our home could change the dynamic. I'm just afraid of getting sucked into all of the cool shows that I'd never leave the couch again. It's hard enough to exercise and be productive in the day with You Tube available to me. By the way, have you seen the "Karen Carpenter Story"? It's so sad. But I watched the whole thing, all fifteen parts and I love the music. I've always loved the Carpenters music.

How's that for rambling?

Abigail's crawling

She's crawling but not in the typical style. But it gets her around.

Family Reunion in Virginia: Part Three

I need to hurry up and finish this story so I can move on to the current events. So here it goes. I'll start with our family pictures. We were really excited to be able to have Kim able to come down and be with us a little at the campsite and so everyone was able to be in the pictures.



Here we are, all 31 of us.