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Saturday, May 2, 2009, by Leigh Anne
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There are lots of things I love about having my college kids home.
One of my top reasons is that there are more people around to help with Saturday chores! Yeah!
Here are the lists that were on the kitchen counter awaiting everyone as they got up this morning.
Of course the Honey Do one is for Jim.
The kid’s list is first come, first serve. As you can see there was a little negotiating going on as jobs were claimed but then traded around!
Cali got up last so she got stuck cleaning the kid’s bathroom - the biggest job!
While they were all at home working on their job list I snuck off to a plant sale at the Canby Fairgrounds and came home with these beauties…
These amazing coleus are going to look beautiful in my pots!
Poor Jim will probably only get one thing crossed off his list today - Fix the grill. After determining the grill was un-fixable he went out and bought a new one - eight hours later it is almost put together!
What was on your To Do list today?
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Monday, March 23, 2009, by Leigh Anne
Tessa and I are off for the week - it’s Spring Break! We are off in search of sunshine and warmth!!
I still have some fun posts for you this week but I may be slow in responding to comments and questions so be patient please and have a great week!
Back in 1996 Jim and I took the two boys on an American History trip. We went to Boston, Gettysburg, Washington DC, Plymouth and New York.
While in New York we were walking to Central Park when all of a sudden I felt something wet land on my face - on my nose, right in between my eyes. Yep - you guessed it! pigeon poop.
Of course I was totally grossed out but my boys weren’t. They all had a great time laughing and pointing and instead of trying to help me out by offering me a Kleenex they took a picture. A nice lady on the street handed me a Kleenex!
Last week I was going through my reader and found a post over at Fabulous after 40 that caught my attention - one on the latest beauty treatments - Bird Poop!! The New York spas are now offering Bird Poop Facials!
Little did I know 13 years ago that pigeon poop would one day be considered the latest and greatest beauty treatment! Yes, I was ahead of the times.
Just had to laugh!
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008, by Leigh Anne
As you know, we just returned from our Week at the Beach where my oldest son’s girlfriend joined us. This was our first time to meet her so we were all trying to be on our best behavior (especially me!)
I just have to share with you what a good impression I made!
One of our first nights there (I’m trying to forget the incident so can’t remember which night it was exactly) we were enjoying dinner when my 22 year old son, who was sitting next to me, spilled his water all over the table and the floor. Yes, at the age of 22 they still spill!
He very responsibly (at least I taught him something) got up and wiped up the water - well, he almost wiped up all the water.
As I got up from the table a few minutes later I quickly discovered he had not wiped up all the water when I slipped and fell on the floor - flat on my back right in front of everyone - including the girlfriend! This was not a graceful fall - it was a total wipe out!
My sweet husband got up to see if I was o.k. but my four children sat at the table and LAUGHED at me - no concern, no ‘are you o.k. mom?’ - nothing! How did I raise such ungrateful children!! My son quickly informed me that it wasn’t his fault I had fallen - I knew he had spilled water, I should have been more careful!!
Actually, I laughed too as I was laying there flat on my back - it was either that or cry!
I guess I learned my lesson - I was doing just what I yell at my kids for doing - getting up from the table to read a text message that had just come in (thanks Sherra - it’s your fault I fell!)
Fortunately there are no photos to document the incident - you’ll just have to use your imaginations!
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008, by Leigh Anne
I have added a fun contest to go with the “Fun surprise in the mail” post below - so if you didn’t leave a guess on which baby is mine please do so! All those with the correct answer will be entered into a drawing for $20.00 Amazon gift card.
If you are reading this through an email update or a rss reader you will need to click through to the blog to leave your guess in the comment section. Happy guessing!
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008, by Leigh Anne
Keep reading to see how you can win a $20.00 Amazon Gift Card!!
So I just had to share this cute card I got in the mail today.
My childhood friend LuAnne (we met in the Junior High and were inseparable until I moved away after high school graduation :( received this card in the mail from her mortgage broker. When she emailed to tell me about it, I asked her if she would send it to me….
The inside of the card reads as follows:
“Don’t make any “rash” decisions in today’s market. Call me for expert mortgage advice. I can help.”
Isn’t that cute - do you get it? Rash - diaper rash - picture of babies in diapers…
O.K. -but that is not the really cute part - this is! The front of the card.
Isn’t it cute? Well - it is especially cute because one of those darling babies is MINE! Yes, this picture was taken over 22 years ago as part of a Nike ad when my oldest sweet college boy was 18 months old.
A friend called one day and said she was taking her 18 month old baby to a “call” for babies to do a Nike ad and wondered if I wanted to go along. I said sure - well - my cute little baby was picked and hers wasn’t. Bet she wished she hadn’t called me!
Logan was paid a whopping $25.00 for this photo shoot. He was actually the only baby there at the time - the magic of computers.
So - here’s the contest question - which of those cute babies is mine? Can you guess? Just leave your guess in the comment section below and I’ll unveil the answer on Thursday. All those with the correct guess will be entered into the drawing for a $20.00 Amazon Gift Card.
If you are reading through an email update or an RSS reader you will need to click through the actual blog to leave your guess.
Happy guessing!
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Thursday, March 27, 2008, by Leigh Anne
This week is Spring Break and the girls and I have been hanging out with sweet husband in Seattle, Washington where he had business. We have had fun at the Space Needle, a Blazer-Sonics game (o.k. that was sweet husband’s idea), shopping and pretending to be a rock band at the Experience Music Project.
We stayed at a lovely hotel right on the Pier overlooking the Puget Sound. Our room was very Northwest-ish - complete with a fireplace.
The problem was - the bathroom! Don’t get me wrong, it was a beautiful bathroom but I am sure that this particular hotel had to have been designed by a man because NO WOMAN would have ever made the mistakes that were made with this hotel bathroom.
Mistake #1 - A clear glass shower door.
When you are traveling with teenage girls - there is no way they are going to allow anyone else to be in the bathroom when they are showering when there is a clear glass shower door.
Now this wouldn’t be as big of a problem if Mistake #2 hadn’t been made …
…the ONLY MIRROR AND SINK was in the same room as the glass shower door!
So only one teenage girl could be in the bathroom at a time and when one of those teenage girls is a Makeup Maven and only has one speed - SLOW - it takes a LONG time to get everyone ready in the morning.
What were those hotel designers thinking!
So the moral of this blog post….when traveling with two teenage girls always check the configuration of the bathroom first!
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Friday, March 21, 2008, by Leigh Anne
I have issues, in fact I have shared one of those issues before.
According to my children though, I have a lot of issues. One particular issue that I have only manifests itself three times of year - Easter, Christmas and the Week of the Family Photo.
This issue is - the need to have my children’s Easter/Christmas/Family Photo outfits match or coordinate. Now you would think that with children ages 14, 18, 22 and 24 I would be way beyond that - but I’m not. In fact I spent a fair amount of time at the mall today trying to find “coordinating” Easter outfits for my girls.
We are going with a yellow, black and white color scheme if you’re interested.
Several years ago they put their foot down and refused to wear matching outfits - go figure!
My excuse for this issue though is that it is in the genes. Look at this picture of my sister and I from 1970….
And then there was this one from Easter of the same year…
You see my mother had the same problem - the “Matching/Coordinating Outfit” gene. So of course it was only natural that when I got married and started a family that the gene would kick into gear….
Yes, I made these cute little linen suits for my sweet boys. Then baby #3 arrived and it was a girl so we branched out into coordinating outfits…
And Baby #4 arrived….
Aren’t they cute!
As soon as Baby #4 got a little older and I could find matching dresses for the girls - guess what?
Soon the boys got older and their standard Easter outfit became a white shirt and tie but I still had the girls….
I guess eventually, one day when the children are all grown up and gone from home, I will have to overcome my “Matching/Coordinating Outfit” issue but until then I’ll keep making those trips to the mall.
And then - someday- there will be grandkids!
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008, by Leigh Anne
Peanut Butter is not approved by airport security and is considered a gel!
Jim left early this morning for a quick overnight business trip to Salt Lake City, Utah. He and Clark will have dinner in Salt Lake tonight. (Logan is in California on tour)
Clark asked me if dad could bring him some food. (He requested no sweets, guess he still has plenty of candy left over from the Valentine package I sent)
“Do you have any peanut butter?” Clark asked.
I had just bought a new jar that day so I put it into Jim’s carry-on to take to Clark.
Jim called this morning from the airport and yes, peanut butter is considered a gel by airport security! He was early so he just went and checked his bag instead of carrying it on - think I would have just ditched the peanut butter!
Last summer we also learned that trying to carry an aebleskiver pan onto an airplane is also not permitted - it is considered a weapon… that one is a rather long story….
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