This WAS dinner tonight, 40 Clove Chicken. Baked chicken breast, veggies, and of course garlic. Well we came to find out our niece's birthday party has dinner there! Oh well it will be yummy tomorrow for lunch. (You can google the recipe it seems to have been taken down from allrecipes and i just threw this together from memory/experimentation.)
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Well today is such a beautiful day... I am feeling sooo much better and lighter, kind of helps to vent but helps more to lift it to God. He certainly does carry our burdens away.
On another note we've started our week long challenge at DSP. It is called Theme Week and the theme is Cutie Pies: Babies & Kids. I think everyone is excited about the challenges, prizes and of course the freebies!!! Should be a fun week. I have co-hosts this time around which is awesome Becky and Elizabeth are tremendous helps and already are making things go smoother. I might even get to try and scrap something this time around LOL.
I've also been relieved of some other administrative duties at DSP which at first I thought it was a bummer. But I lifted it with my dh and I really see that it is a blessing. I will have more time to focus on other things, including my scrapping LOL...and even my scrapbooking for others and invitation design. There certainly is a little less pressure.
The last couple of days I've been very energetic and excited for the day. I've started getting up earlier and having that mommy hour or half hour around 5 am!! I like it, quite not hectic can get a few things ready...and can actually brush my teeth and take care of my person! LOL.
Well we've been purging this past weekend....oh my that feels nice to cleanse yourself from STUFF. I'm just sooo sick of STUFF!! I hope to make more progress this week/weekend. I have tomorrow off and plan to pick a project. I'll post pictures tomorrow!!
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I don't usually post negatively here but I'm just so frustrated and hurt right now and need to vent. It is a amazing how ungrateful people can be. I've just been dealing with with people in different areas of my life who are completely ungrateful some love to complain about everything and I work very hard to try and accommodate their needs but when there are many players involved PEOPLE HAVE TO REALIZE everyone can't be pleased.
It is even more frustrating trying to help people who are ungrateful for your help. They just negate or don't listen to what you have to say!! And now I'm wondering why am I wasting my time??? Why should I help people who are so ungrateful???
Ack...makes me not want to give and I hate that because I do want to give....but when do you say enough is enough and those people have to change not you?????????????????????????/
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Hope all of you have a wonderful day and are remembering those who have stood for our freedom and our rights and have died doing so.
God Bless!!
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Well Ken starts his new job today and I had to get his picture all dressed up :) We're excited!! It is like the first day of school LOL.
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Okay I've watched this season....and tonight is the finale. In the opening part Ryan rattled off all these stats and i wasn't paying attention and one of them jumped out at me after 49 hours we're here at the finale. 49 hours!!!! What the HECK! Are you telling me that I've wasted that much time on this stupid show?? And here I am sitting through an annoying, dorky, and addicting 2 hour season finale!!! Okay I need a LIFE!!! I'm definitely not watching next year.
Hmmm what can i do with 50+ hours next year??? Ummmm.....ALOT!!! I think I might commit to scrapping or reading for the time that American Idol is on?? You know the 3 or 4 times a week....crazy!
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I had to share a picture of my flowers I got over the weekend...aren't they gorgeous!!!!
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I have a bunch of mailing lists etc that I'm on and mostly they're toy/children related sites. One of my favs is oompatoys Well i got their email and in it were the cutest little chairs an I had to share.
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Yesterday Ken and I went shopping for new clothes for him to wear to work. OUCH!! His new job is a shirt and tie environment and right now he wears jeans and polos. We spend a bundle!! Used a gift card and all our garage sale $$ and even had even had to get into the checking account. Well he should be set though. Everything was on sale a few things a bit pricey but worth it. Now we have to prepare for the dry cleaning bill LOL
It was interesting trying to figure out what the right shirt size is and how slacks should fit etc. A new experience for me, but a new skill I've learned as a wife :) It was funny shopping with Kenny when he is the one who is trying on all the clothes. I'd have to say just try it on see how it fits. I guess that's a guy thing??? He isn't really into clothes shopping but he loves all his clothes??? He doesn't like to get rid of any of them...i guess he realizes if he does eventually he'll have to go shopping again :P.
Anywhoo.....catch you later!!! Have a great monday!
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Man my all-time favorite show has been cancelled. Jericho...my only CBS show....the only reason i watched cbs...how sad....i'm hoping the petition started might make a difference but probably not. Man it is frustrating to get into a show and have it cancelled. Booo hoo
Tonight I say good by to my guilty pleasure of TV...GILMORE GIRLS!!! bye ladies....it's been great watching!!! I was sad to see Logan go last week I hope he makes an appearance this week. He is such a cutie!!!
Well I'm a big TV junkie and a few other shows i liked have been cancelled for next fall...What about Brian, L&O: CI, Crossing Jordan, boo hoo.
I mean come on is Deal or No Deal considered good TV????
ARGGGHHH
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Okay I'm going to start a blog tag with my circle of blogging friends
[Five things about me that some people might not know:]
1. I like to Sudoku.
2. My favorite color used to be black. Definitely not any more PINK PINK PINK
3. I collect cake plates, baseball cards, and RIBBON.
4. I think i was born to drive a convertible. LOL Vintage volkswagon beetle!!
5. I was born in Kansas
Here are my five friends that I'm tagging! You're it!!
Margie, Amanda, Lauren, Rosie, Angela
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I woke up with a bunch of energy this morning ready to tackle the day. Got to work and had a bit of a hiccup but pushed through it and I'm excited with all I've gotten done so far today and i still have about an hour and 45 minutes left at work. I'll keep on pushing through the day
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What a wonderful day!! Kenny run fellowship and I share the Word. We went to lunch with Becca and Jessie to Bugaboo which we haven't been to in along time. Everyone sang the Happy Mother's Day song to me loud and proud in the car on the way there. There was enjoyment of the family and time off from reality....and i rested in the afternoon but the evening i got back to work on work stuff and laundry and the usual to get ready for the week. It was big BLESSING!! We got a great family photo which blessed me a lot:
and this cute one of jack in the carseat
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Woo Hoo...dh has a new job. He has accepted a position as a senior accountant at a bank in buckhead. We're excited about this move to the new company it is about 15 minutes closer but the opportunity is greater so we're still excited.
This have been hectic at work for me and very stressful I'm still pushing towards getting things together to go part time at the end of the month. It will still be 3 days in the office and who knows what I'll work on at home...I have the laptop to connect remotely. Hopefully the transition to part-time will be fine...usually when I'm not in the office things go NUTS!!
hugs!
Liz
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Well it is Mother's Day....my very first!!! Last year we celebrated when i was pregnant but that really didn't count even if i thought it did LOL....being pregnant is definitely not being a mother.
I was able to get dressed up today!! WOO HOO yep i took a shower (hot) and dried my hair, shaved (LOL) and even put on make-up....what?? I know i haven't put on make-up in probably 6 months and it was atleast that long before that time. Daddy took a picture of mommy and jack which is nice as i don't have too many of us together. Hope you all have a great mother's day too!! HUGS!
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Okay I've started a new prompt for my blog on Fridays...each Friday I will post an older photo that needs scanned. I'm believing for this to really get me moving on scanning my older photos and trying to scrap them LOL. That's me on the far right :)
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Well I'm at home today and my goal was to get the bathroom completely cleaned from top to bottom and even organize under the sink. Here are my before & after photos:
AFTER:
I'm really loving how Jack's Bathroom has come together. I just need to rehang the shower curtain rod and get the new curtain rings
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Went to a lovely graduation party yesterday...along with dh and ds. Jack did great....especially for not having an afternoon nap. He ended up sleeping all the way to 8:15 this morning...so I got to sleep in a bit too!! That was nice!
Today is a work day :) but i get 2 days off this week b/c grandma has appointments and can't watch the little one. I hope to get a bunch done around the house those 2 days b/c i have a friend/client coming over on Saturday to work on her wedding invitations. Her fiance is coming over also to play video games with dh....although he might be watching the little one at the same time LOL.
So i think i posted before that we sold our couch, chair and ottoman at the yard sale and we're using lawn chairs down in the den which is getting a bit old. We went to the furniture store yesterday to price out some recliner sofas...and we found one with in our price range and comfort range (lol) that I'd like to get before the company comes over on saturday...we'll have to check and see how long it will take or if they have some in stock.
Anywhoo...until next time!!!
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Well the garage sale went fantastic....we made a good bit of money back on the stuff we sold. Ken and I were able to sell our couch, chair, & ottoman for $20 more than we paid for it (bought it at a garage sale last year). So our living room is set up with our lawn chairs until we sell ken's truck and find the right set of recliner sofas.
We had a great flow of traffic pretty much the whole day, except for right at the beginning. We were a bit concerned when no one was there when we "opened" at 8am?? In all our time of doing garage sales we had always had more than one shopper show up BEFORE we started. So we prayed in the name of Jesus Christ with our power of attorney for the shoppers to come and for us to get good money for our items. And God DELIVERED.
We're pretty honest with our pricing we don't try to charge much alot of stuff we had was .10 items and .25 items, but we also had alot of things that were newer and worth more so we priced them as we'd pay for them. There wasn't much haggling so we knew we priced things right.
All those in the family who helped prepare and sell split up the $$ and we all did pretty good couldn't complain. I don't know that we're going to splurge on anything with our $$ but we've got a nice little chunk. I certainly realized I'm not spending $ on anything anymore. Finally after all this time I see how sad it is to buy something at a great deal of like $5.00 but if you never use it and it is brand new no one cares how much it was they're only going to pay .50 for it at a garage sale!
I still want to get rid of TONS AND TONS of stuff in the house it isn't necessarily junk just stuff that we no longer need. Rosie and Andy have some bigger pieces they want to sell towards the end of the summer nearer to their wedding so i might have to get my things ready by then.
Anywhoo....catch you later!
