Ever seen what a glass shower door does when it breaks???

Take it from me... you DON'T want to try this with yours....

It's a ROYAL MESS to clean up!
And yes... I DO need to get the Melalueca after my shower.... it's been a BUSY week though you know?

Just another day in paradise here.... how about you?


P.S..... Do you think that the shop vac full of broken glass can get dumped in the Recycling Bin??? I mean it's glass right??

This is going to be one of THOSE posts...

I am so stressed out already, and NOW everyone and everything else decides to dump on me???? What the heck is it with that? Seriously...

So, see, here's the thing. I am one of those "strong" people that wear the masks well... and when life gets stressful I put on my "feel pretty" clothes, make sure I LOOK good (cuz I sure the heck don't FEEL good..) and walk forward! I firmly believe in making the best of it, and keep on keeping.... But then life sucker punches me!

I am so sick of the sucker punches right now! And I want to know when I get to hit back???

I know that God teaches us that He won't give us more than we can handle, and that he gives us the tools to deal with what we are dealt. But I have two simple questions....

Who the heck does He have me confused with?

And where the heck is my tool belt??!!

As I sit here writing this today I KNOW that the only reason I am posting is that I don't have a CLUE what else to do to untangle this messy web. Nor do I really know WHAT I really want to do about it.... aren't some messes just supposed to go in the garbage can, while others are worth piecing back together? I think so.... but I have forgotten how to tell the difference....

Yep.. .this is one of those REAL posts...

I am heading back onto my knees to see if I can discern that still quiet voice and align my will with His...

Be Blessed Today!

Little Girls....

Why MUST little girls do things to make their mommies CRAZY????

It has been an awful day. Now I am not one to bemoan bad days too much... what's the good. But it's been one of those days that it has taken ALL of my power not to sit down on the floor and BAWL my eyes out every time I turned around!!! You know the kind... the ones that you know you shouldn't bother with the second you step foot out of bed in the morning, but go ahead with because there's no hiding from it? Yea... that is the kind of day that I have had!

So I have ALMOST made it through the day.... and so far the only one who knows about the tears is me. Success to me, you know wearing the mask, looking like you are surviving... I made it home from work and am unloading the groceries from my car. I am trying to get everything sorted and put away while there is still light out, so the kids can be outside shooting hoops while I am getting this chore done..That is when my Darling Daughter decided to do it...

She decided that she needed a haircut... By herself..... Using finger nail clippers to cut it!

UGHH!!!! Notice the CHUNK missing off of the side, and the creative bang style?

Yea... me too :(

Of course to truly understand HOW frustrated I am, you have to know that Audrey is a dancer. Every time I turn around the dance teacher is asking for her hair to be up in a bun... ALL of her hair, bangs included. So Audrey and I struck a deal... I would keep paying her dance tuition if she agreed to grow her bangs out. It's a daily thing in our house.

"My bangs are too long."

"Remember, we are growing them out for dance?"

AND just this week they had gotten long enough to clip back out of her face and look pretty cute. If only she would leave the clip in....

So I guess she decided to take matters in her own hands tonight, and clip clip clip

went her hair.

Being the type of mom that I am, I couldn't deal with leaving it for a few days... so out came the HAIRCUTTING scissors... and....

This is the new do that mommy created out of what she left...

It's a good thing she *loves* it... I might have strangled her if she dared to say she didn't like it!!

But this mommy IS going to miss those long curls... *sniff, sniff*

Funny things you might hear in our house...

So today has been a great day! And the kids have kept me in fits of giggles these last few days so I thought I would share some with you!

Brianna....

The other evening I was getting ready to go to a memorial service for a dear friend. It had been a long day, and I was running like crazy after work to get ready and get there on time. (yes, if you know me, then you know I am always running late!) I was running around the house trying to get the kids settled and trying to get dressed at the same time. Bri & Jo were being a HUGE help with the little kids.

At one point I walked into the living room in my black slacks, black boots and a bra. Josie looks at me and says "Do you know what shirt you are wearing?" I would like to think that she was trying to helpful and wanted to go get it for me.... (dream on I know...)

So, Brianna, dear child that she is, looks at me and says "It doesn't matter, she can close her eyes and reach into her closet and end up with a black shirt."

Hmmm..... Thanks! NOT!!!

I am not sure if this is a statement on my consistency... or a slam on the lack of creativity in my wardrobe!

Audrey.....

A little background for this one.... with 4 kids around all the time we tend to hear "I want" a great deal from them... whenever they are driving me crazy with the "I wants" I tell them, "That's nice... I want world peace and a million dollars, then you can have what you want". This usually shuts them up since they know they can't get me those two things... and that is the point of me saying it!

So the other morning Nat, Audrey and I were trying to get ourselves together to go on an outing. Nathaniel was having a difficult morning and only wanted to watch a movie. Being as it was my only day off I really wanted to do something fun (like puddle stomping... see below).

I kept saying to Nathaniel, "I know you want to watch a movie, but what does Mommy want you to do?" Obviously I repeated this a little too often because a little while latter Audrey pops off with... "Nathaniel, don't you know that Mommy wants world peace and a million dollars, then you can watch your movie?"

Seriously? I only wanted him to pick up one pile of toys and get dressed! But I guess she is programed well...

Another Audrey....

First, for this one to make sense you have to understand that my daughter has a thing against wearing her panties....Don't know where she got that from, but it's a constant battle with her...

So yesterday I go to do a pantie check (yes, I have to check daily to make sure she has them on) and I notice that she has on three pairs.... WHAT the heck? So silly me asks her' "Audrey, why do you have three pairs of panties on?"

Her answer was, "If I wear three pairs today then I don't have to wear any for the next 3 days!" And the scary thing... in her little mind she believed it!

Nathaniel...

Nat is not crazy about waking up in the mornings..... So yesterday was late start Monday (in our school district Mondays start an hour latter than any other day of the week... stupid I know, but it's what we have to deal with) I went in to wake him up.

"Nathaniel, time to get up honey."

"Not yet mom."

"Yes, it's time for school."

"No, it's late start Monday..."

"Yes, I know. I already let you sleep in... Time to get up now."

"Well since it's already late and I am not ready to get up can't we just make it LATTER start Monday??"

????? Like 930 am isn't late enough? But how do you fight with that logic???

Ahhh.... the joys of children! What would we do without them???

Giveaway!!!

I wanted to let you know about a great blog that I read daily AND she is having a giveaway too!

I *love* April's blog.. it's actually one of the things that got me started on mine. She is funny, stylish, sassy and real! Oh yea, and another endearing fact about her is that she too has a son with Spina Bifida! It's nice to read about someone else who goes through some of the same stuff I do! Check her out.... I am sure you will love her blog as much as I do! Oh yea, and if you enter her giveaway be sure to tell her you read about it here :)

so .. this is what she's giving away.. Cute hu?


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