Adventures in La La Land

To borrow a line from Annie , "Yesterday was plain awful!" And the fact that it was Saturday never crossed my mind.  So here you have the Sunday 7. Enjoy. 1. The day after I wrote that Lucy update about how she doesn't make animal noises she started "Moo-ing" when I ask her what the cow says. Go Lucy! 2. We have a ridiculous ant infestation.  They're coming in the window in the living room.  I've put ant traps in the window, around the window, and in all the corners of the living room - as well as the corner under Lucy's high chair.  They're not helping.  I have the vacuum sitting next to the window, and every few hours I vacuum up all the visible ants.  That doesn't help either.  This morning I found 10 or so ants crawling in Lucy's high chair.  Grrrrrrrrrr. I got a bunch of ideas from my facebook friends on how to get rid of them, but haven't been able to drive to the store.  Maybe today I'll make Justin take me. 3. Justin

That's right - I had the wisdom removed right out of my head.  My wisdom teeth, that is.  All 4 of them.  And while I'm sure very few of you actually care to read about my surgery, I like to write.  I like to document things.  And I'm trying to stay up one more hour before taking my next dose of Vicodin. Every time I go to the dentist, they harass me about the intense need for my wisdom teeth to be removed.  You'd think I was growing a third arm in my mouth the way they emphasize how badly they need to be taken out.  Seriously. Do they get a cut of the fee I paid the oral surgeon?   Anyway , we finally have dental insurance, and thanks to the escrow check, we had a little bit of cash in hand.  So off to the surgeon I went. Justin couldn't get off work, so my lucky mom got to take me.  She just took my little sister a couple weeks ago, and my dad last week.  Apparently tooth issues run in the family. Surprisingly, I wasn't that nervous.  I figured I'd d

I'm feeling the need for a Lulu update.  She's just getting so big.  Chase told me yesterday "She's not a baby anymore!" And I wanted to weep in agreement! That said, I love this age.  She's so happy and smiley and starting to get a sense of humor.  She has 2 bottom teeth and 2 top teeth (although a third is working its way through), so her smile is soooooo cute.  She's such a ham and is always making funny faces.  We laugh so much together. Milestones The biggest news is that she's pretty much a full time walker now.  I still can't get over it.  My favorite thing is when she walks around carrying her purse.  Such a little lady.  She was toddling all over at the library today and somebody said, "She looks too little to be walking so well!"  That's how I feel too! Haha. She babbles allllllll the time, but still doesn't have many intelligible words.  She says hi, bye, mama, and dada - sometimes. Still not totally sure she knows

Summer Is . . . Flip flops and fireflies. Days at the pool, nights around the bonfire. Towels hanging on the deck railing. Hamburgers and hot dogs. Gooey marshmallows. Scads of Dr. Pepper. Hot. Humid. Legs sticking to the leather seats. Tank tops and tan lines. Bare feet and hot pink toenail polish. Sunscreen and sunburn. Aloe. Polka dot bikinis and baby Buddha bellies. Windows down. Country music up. Sandy beaches. Wave jumping. That feeling all night in bed of riding on the waves. Finding sand in your ears. For days. Walking to the ice cream shop. Double fudge caramel walnut in a waffle bowl, please. Strawberry juice dripping down my chin. Fresh picked peaches. Watermelon. Seed spitting contests. Rind throwing contests. Bocce in the backyard. Scrabble and card games and driveway basketball. Laughter. Stories. Shouting over each other to be heard. Pictures taken. Memories made. Family.

1. Look at the what I put together in Lucy's room this week: I found that Scrabble picture at the Thrifty Outlet for $6!! I already had the other 2 pieces, but didn't really know what to do with them.  I think they came together pretty well if I do say so myself! 2. I read an entire book yesterday.  I realized a few days ago that I need to get cracking if I'm actually going to reach my "10-books-this-summer" goal.  Lucky for me, I came across 2 new books by my favorite authors at the library.  The one I read yesterday is called Indelible   by Kristen Heitzmann.  I love all of her stuff and was surprised to see a new book from her.  In fact, on the cover it says "by the author of Indivisible ."  I haven't read that one either! I went to the reference desk and asked if the one in my hand was a sequel to the one I just mentioned. He assured me it wasn't, but as I was reading, I knew I was missing something.  It's definitely a sequel.  Grr.  Any

1. My brother, Luke, is home for the weekend! He moved to Florida in February and we've missed him so much.  We have big plans to spend all weekend with him and the rest of my family.  Yesterday we did siblings lunch at Panera and hung out at my parents' house.  All kinds of more fun planned for the weekend! 2. We had such weird weather this week.  90s on Tuesday and Wednesday and 60s yesterday!  We pulled out the kiddie pool at work again on Tuesday.  It was so hot, I climbed right into it with the kids.  Haha. (I brought my swimsuit.)  Of course the meter reader decided to stop by that day as I'm sitting in this tiny pool with 3 kids.  I bet he got a good chuckle out of that. 3. Lucy and I had our yearly WIC apptointment on Monday.  They weighed/measured her: 19 lbs, 8 oz., 30 inches tall!! That's a lot of growth since her 1 year doctor's apptointment less than a month ago, so I'm not totally sure how much I believe.  But still - she's ginormous!! I

1. Since I'm not going to be working much this summer, I've decided to set some goals for myself.  Otherwise I'll just spend all summer on facebook.  My first goal is to scrapbook Lucy's entire first year.  I have 4 pages done so far.  Haha.  I'm also challenging myself to read 10 books this summer (summer defined as the weeks between Memorial Day and Labor Day).  I'm still working on Spiritual Parenting .  I have a couple more non-fiction books in my reading list (<-- over there), but I'm really looking forward to reading some fun fiction too.  I've heard good things about The Help  by Kathryn Stockett.  I think I'll add that to the list.  Any other suggestions? 2. Lucy sprouted her third tooth this week.  Top left. 3. I came across this quote this week and loved it: "The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are." - Eleanor Roosevelt :-) I've

Today I'm going to try something new.  I got this from a blog I stalk.  I have no idea who this person is.  I found her through Carrie  who I found through Kelly .  Whew! Follow all that? :-)   Anyway , I like to consider myself an amateur writer, so a writing exercise like this will be good for me.  I make no promises to do it every week.  I just liked this topic and have had it rolling around in my head all day, so here goes: The Rules Indulge in five rich, delicious minutes of pure writing. Tell your readers you’re linking up here and invite them to dig in too. And most importantly, go visit, read, and compliment the five minute chef who served something up right before you . This week's topic is: "Every Day." 7:00 Go Every day I wake up worrying.  I worry that I'll get to work on time.  I worry that the coffeemaker started itself like its supposed to and that Lucy is warm enough in her thin pajamas.  I worry about the drivers on the opposite side of t