I Promise I'm Not...

   Ignoring you on purpose! 

I know this excuse is as old as the hills, but I honestly mean it when I say, my life has been CUH-RAZY!  

Things of note before I rush out the door this morning:

• Work has been very, very, very busy.  This is a good thing, of course, more business means more revenue, more revenue means more job security... you know.  Anyway, I've been working a lot more than I normally do.  So, that's part of my busyness.
• Also, My parent's kitchen is being re-modeled as we speak.  This adds a whole new level of interest and complication.
• I've been working in my yard, it's that busy time of year when the weather turns warm, the perennials start coming up and I start frantically trying to get a lot of things done all at once.  I've already made one trip to the greenhouse and anticipate several more.  :)
• This weekend my brother and mom are out of town at my brothers speech tournament.  Pray for him if you think of it.  Of course, I think he's amazing and should win every award they've got to give.  But, I suppose every family member feels that way.  
• Due to the ^ above reason I've been helping out with watching the two littlest siblings, Luke and Sarah Beth.  Yesterday they came to work with me for a little while.  Luke organized practically every roll of ribbon in the place.  This is not an easy job, let me tell you, but he rose to the challenge and even gave us all a great motivational speech about "Never giving up" and "What do you do when you're stuck and you don't know what to do?"  Sarah Beth answered easily that of course, you "Call Mom."  Which I thought was a great answer, but turns out the answer he was looking for was "Ask God to help you."  Which is also a good answer.
• I have not been getting much reading done, sadly.  
• Going to visit Grandparents this weekend and plant some flowers for them.  Then home again bright and early Sunday morning to make it in time for church and Luke's spring choir concert.  
• My sister Katie is working on her Senior Violin Recital.  That will be on Tuesday and then...  after that....  
• I think my life will slow down again.  
• May, come soon!!!!!

Monday, Febuary 22nd, 2010

    Happy Monday!

My sister  Susie was kind enough to point out the other day that "You haven't been publishing on your blog much." 
Thanks for noticing.  :)

So, I'm going to try to make an effort to post more.  There are days (like today) when I really don't have anything to say.  At least there's nothing on my mind right now that I want to share.  But, I'll try to just at least say hi and talk to you all anyway.  I hope it doesn't get boring.

Last week was a little crazy at work.  We were slow at all the times when we were caught up and had plenty of people hanging around, and busy at all the wrong times.  My co-worker who I work the most with has been on vacation the whole month of February.  It's made things interesting... :)  But, it's all good.  Things always seem to work out somehow at the flower shop no matter what the problem is. 

Anyway, I'm off to work.  Then home to do my laundry and clean the bathroom.  I also borrowed Mom's vacuum, so I'll vacuum the living room today.  Our vacuum cleaner has been out of commission for a long time now, so once a week or so I borrow Mom's.  Thankfully she has one of those 8 lb. Oreck's so it's easy to toss in the back of the Dawn Treader.

And THAT is how exciting my life is today. 



 

I'm posting merely for the sake of posting

   I feel a little guilty for my lack of post-age lately, so here's a totally random one for you. Maybe it will just go to prove how little I have to talk about...

• I got a new car about a month ago.  I don't know if I mentioned that here...  comment and tell me if you want to see pictures or if you really don't care...
• Last weekend was spent at the Kalahari hotel and resort in the Wisconsin Dells.  Tons of fun, waterpark, etc (I don't really swim and actually didn't even bring a swimming suit... but, the kids had fun!) The trip was a Christmas present from Grandma and Grandpa, YAY!
• Our family has 8 licensed drivers and 7 cars and we STILL have to do car swapping and intricate plans involving who will drive who where and who will pick up who's car and swap keys, etc.  Strange, no?
• It is 9 degrees right now in Southern Wisconsin.  Up from 0 this morning.  Oh happy, frigid day.  
• I believe I have spring fever.
• Is it too early to order seeds for the garden?  
• At the risk of sounding like a very extravagant girl... I also just bought a new laptop.  Tuppence (my old laptop) is decidedly an "Old Thing" and is ready to retire.  I ordered my new laptop and it should be here in a week or so, I'm thinking.  I'm so excited it's almost ridiculous.  
• And.....  
• That's all, folks. 
  

This week

begins a flurry of many things...
most of which I am looking forward to. :)

It's probably going to be a very busy week, but I promise to do my best to get on here everyday and post something interesting for you all, wonderfully faithful blog readers!

Right now, I just want to say a couple of things (or, to use Sarah B.'s new word "several" things)

1. I love my town. Really. Good, down to earth honest people, and I love feeling like I'm part of the community. Seriously, people, get involved in your community if you can. It's good.

2. I have some new books from the library, but I don't forsee much reading time in the near future and that is a VERY disappointing feeling.

3. I love my babies. Love 'em! Story of the day: Yesterday while eating hamburgers and french fries Susie was putting a bib on Sarah. Which was a good thing, because the girl loves her ketchup. Sarah (ever the mindful motherly type) said: "Does Lukey need a bib, too?" to which Susie replies: "No." and Luke jumps in: "No, Sarah Beth, brother doesn't need a bib, he's a big boy." At this point I turned around to look at him, just in time to see him using his napkin to wipe ketchup off his shirt all the while explaining that "brother is a big boy." LOL!!! to his credit though, he VERY quickly realized the contradiction in his words and actions and started laughing. I tied a napkin around a neck.

4. I wish I had more time to study the Bible.

5. Pray for me? I'm still not feeling 100%... or even 50% sometimes... and I have a LOT going on this week...

hopefully, a Dr. Jak's fashion post coming tomorrow... :)

Monday

It's Monday, and I am HOPING to get back to normal blog life this week.

I know posts were a little sporadic last week, I apologize for that.

I'm headed to work now, I hope everyone has a good start to their week!

Wednesday

Means:

• I have a long day at work
• I have to pack TONIGHT for our weekend trip
• I have shop tonight to buy things that I need before I go out of town so I can pack them
• I'd really like to finish the 3 books that I have started
• I really SHOULD try to read the book we are basing our entire youth camp on this year...,
• I need to water the garden
• I need to figure out exactly WHAT to do with my dog while I'm gone
• I need about 24 hours of peace and quiet
• I need to buy a birthday present
• I need to organize and figure out costumes for camp....
• I need to figure out just WHAT costumes I need to organize and figure out for camp
• I need to sleep (may not happen)
• I need to eat  (ditto)
• I need a vacation. (ditto, ditto)....
  

Tuesday

It's Tuesday. Which means:

• Work at Mom's this morning, entering bills
• Try to get to the bank to deposit my check
• Work at the flower shop this afternoon
  
• Inhale something for dinner so I can go to
• a camp planning meeting tonight

did I mention that the sore throat that turned into swollen tonsils, double ear infection, body aches, fatigue and a fever last week and put me on the couch for two days... is back. Why?!? I don't know... Antibiotics aren't helping. I can't miss any more work, people!