Is writing the same as talking?

I started taking this online class to help me with my journaling on my scrapbook pages and I am enjoying it so far. But I got to thinking, is writing the same as talking? I love to chat with friends & family for a long time and I enjoy writing so much too.

I decided to take this writing class b/c it sounded fun. Yup, I'm probably a nut job but hey, at least I'm doing something I like right? I remembered how much I enjoyed English writing class in high school & that I missed it as well as the writing I had to do in college. It was a lot sometimes and coming up with a topic for a paper, no matter how long it had to be, was sometimes a challenge. But one I was usually up for. Well this class has me doing some of the same things and I LOVE it!

Each day we get a topic and have to think about it for 1 minute and then write nonstop for at least 4 minutes. Would you believe that I have gone over my 4 minutes each time so far? Ok, it probably isn't hard to do with the way I like to talk (I'm sure most of you would agree haha) and write. I'm having FUN!!!

I think I'm way too tired to be posting on here and actually making sense so have a good laugh at my tired expense and perhaps I'll be able to compose something a little less wordy & writing in circles tomorrow. Lots to do though so might not get to post till late again & then it would just be goofy again.
Good night all!

Slump-be-gone!

Have you ever tried getting in shape & healthier? Or for that matter tried anything that you haven't really been very good at? Well, I am currently working on trying to be healthier & fit but it seems I've gotten into a slump. I can't seem to get the scale to move and that is so frustrating but I just read a very inspiring quote from the sparkpeople website and I think it may help me get out of my slump. That and I talked with a friend and she advised me to change something I'm doing. Thanks!!!

Slump-be-gone!
So, I'm yet to be the runner I aspire to be BUT I'm a better runner than I've ever been.
I don't have a flat tummy BUT I've discovered my collarbones.
I don't always order the healthiest thing on the menu BUT I no longer make my choices blind.
I'm not going to be on the cover of a magazine BUT I'm starting to think that maybe I look good in certain clothes.
I don't always roll out of bed and throw on my sneakers BUT my sneakers are not collecting dust.
I haven't developed an ego BUT I am proud!

I must be crazy!

I can't believe that I decided the other day to start tearing the wallpaper off the walls in the girls' room. It has taken me several days to get as far as I have & I am hoping to be finished enough to patch & prime the walls by the end of the week. I may save the actual painting with colors for another time. I think I forget that every time I start a project like this the rest of the house falls apart so to speak. And I have been letting the kids play far too much PS2 so I've got to hurry up & finish before their behavior changes in the way I don't like. On the other hand, getting rid of the nasty, grimy, ugly wallpaper is really nice. And we found a little treasure of wallpaper underneath. Not sure what the people were thinking but it appears that they were trying to use a border as wallpaper. Gabby & I thought they were cool looking ships so we snapped a photo to remember. We also got the not so pretty flowers underneath & then finally the salmon colored walls. I'm sure that paint is filled with lead so that's another reason I'm trying to hurry & get it primed to seal it in. All 3 of the kids have been sleeping in Braly's room for the last few nights & I think that is getting old to them. So I'm off to get back to work & get as much as I can before lunch time is here.

Happy Anniversary!

Today is our 9th Anniversary and Adam bought me a bouquet of flowers with a sweet note on it. I can't believe that it has already been 9 years.

Love is not blind-- it sees more, not less.

But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.

~Rabbi Julius Gordon~

Thank you Adam for being willing to see less of my faults & more of the good things I bring to our life together, our wonderful family! I love you so very much!!!!

If there is anything better than being love, its LOVING!!! ~Author Unknown~

Catching up on photos

Morgan has been drinking from a bowl for a long time & I just finally got a chance to capture it with the camera. She's pretty good at not spilling the milk.

Braly loves playing the PS2, especially Lego Indian-ana Jones.

Here's Gabby after she did her own hair & then she decided she should do Morgan's too.

So this is the magazine pic, a witch but we thought we could make them into princesses without much trouble. We laughed & joked about it all but the truth is, I have a new found appreciation for people that decorate cakes & cupcakes. That's a lot of work & takes a lot of talent. Now I just wish my friend Tammy lived close by so I could hire her for all these cupcake ideas that I'm not so great at.

Gabby's Tea Party

For Gabby's bday we decided to do a tea party theme. We kept it on the smaller side & asked the guests to wear their favorite hat or they could wear one of ours if they wanted. The girls showed up with some cute hats.I attempted to make cupcakes again (hey, that reminds me I forgot to post a pic of the silly princess ones). You can kinda see a glimpse of the tea cup cupcakes in this pic. The girls & Braly enjoyed them. Here is the table all set for our guests. Gabby picked out saucers & tea cups at the thrift store along with the vases & we made the flowers out of toilet paper rolls. And I made the little goody bags for the picture frames & a bead necklace.

Here is Gabby with her friend Olivia. I took pics of Gabby with each of her guests and then we printed them & put them into small picture frames for thank you gifts for her friends. They turned out really cute too! Gabby & Braly
Gabby & Ari.
The tea party part. The kids ate some crakers & cheese & enjoyed some punch (tea) that they got to pour out of a tea pot that Auntie Nat found at a garage sale. They enjoyed the punch. (who wouldn't? it was yummy & simple)

Gabby got a Hannah Montana shirt & head bands, a fairy felt doll making kit, a penguin iflops (its a stuffed penguin that has a hook up inside of it for a MP3 player & has speakers on hits head so she can listen to it for bed & not have the wires from headphones for mommy to be worried about her getting tangled in).

Then on Gabby's 'real' birthday, I took her to Iron Mtn for a scrapbooking/card making day & she had lots of fun. Auntie Nat worked with her on some stamping & cards & then gave her a no sew fleece throw for her to use when she goes camping with Auntie Nat & Uncle Todd.

We had to celebrate her 'real' birthday with a cake so we got a small one that we could finish off in one sitting. And she got an ipod shuffle for her iflops penguin. She's pretty happy about that.Little Miss Morgan enjoying the Happy Birthday song & candles.