Friday Miscellany

I wish i had your giveaway drawer! So fun! thanks for the giveaway!

I hope I win that box of goodies!

Thank you for the chance to win! (I’d pay the shipping to Spain if I win)

I’d love those bows for my best friend’s cutie daughter Martina.

And I’d love the scrap goodies for me, ahahah!

Happy new year Stephanie!

 

Way to go, lucky ladies! Please email me at stephaniehowell8(at)gmail(dot)com with your info!

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2. We survived the week here without J. YAY! big cheer! I must say, I’m really pleased that it went as well as it did, all things considered. Of course I didn’t really sleep and the house is far from clean, but that doesn’t matter. We did it!!

here are some funny things the bigs did this week to entertain themselves. you know what? i’ve let that guilt go over not being able to be super mom with them, and they are doing JUST FINE entertaining themselves. as evidenced by these two photos.

“feeding” their babies. HEEE:

 

and playing dress up is always a big hit:

they are doing a-okay. 🙂

all the preschools are full here but we are on some waiting lists and i’m hoping they will get into a school soon. it would be SO good for them. to be away from each other and from ME a little bit.

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3. My winter mantel is up on the JBS inspiration blog today. Please go check it out!!

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4. Got my Studio Calico February box yesterday. I bought all four add-ons, More SC paper, and More Color. Yes, I went nuts. But SC is the only place I shop now. There is no LSS here. 🙁

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5. You will not even believe what happened to me yesterday. This is a “wahhh wahhhhhhhhh” (pitiful noise) story so here is my wah wahhhh face:

I got everyone dressed and in the van. Now this is a BIG process. It takes a while and is incredibly stressful. So I did it. We were going to go to Target b/c I needed to get OUT of the house.

When I got in the van I realized I was still wearing my slippers. Not shocking, considering you probably saw the story a couple of weeks ago where I almost left without a shirt on. Please remember this as you read the story, it could have been

SO

MUCH

WORSE

than just slippers.

When I went to go back in to grab my boots, I realized I had the wrong set of keys. The set of keys WITHOUT my house key on it.

SHOOT.

Harper pipes up from the back seat telling me she thinks she forgot to lock the back door when she went outside earlier. Simple, right? I can just go check the back door.

Not so simple. I can’t get the @#@#*#@#*ing gate open. I frantically pull the gate back and forth determined to open the blasted thing. I can’t.

So I pull the trashcan over, hop on top, and jump over the fence. Mind you I am wearing slippers. SPLAT. Into a cold cold puddle.

And the back door? is LOCKED.

SON OF A!
I jump back over b/c I still can’t open the dang gate.

So disheveled at this point. Oh Lordy, I wonder if anyone was watching me.

Get back in the van…H is offering all sorts of advice. BREAK THE WINDOW!!!

GO IN THROUGH THE GARAGE!!!

POKE THE WINDOW WITH A STICK!!

GO IN THROUGH THE CHIMNEY LIKE SANTA CLAUS!!!

I briefly considered it, but no.

I called the property management office and the young girl that answered the phone was soooo rude.

“we don’t have any keys here”.

LIE. they have keys. you check them out to look at the houses. maintenance has them.

I tell her this, she tells me to hold on, calls maintenance, comes back on the line and tells me

“maintenance has to make a copy, and bring them to us. we’ll get them sometime later today and call you then”.

so i’m ashamed to say, i cried a little bit. asked her to have some compassion.

and THAT is how i ended up in a maintenance shed in my slippers, trying to act out what i needed. since i didn’t know spanish this was difficult to communicate. luckily making a turning motion (key) and pointing at my slippers and making a sad face…he figured out who i was based on the phone call he had gotten.

HA!

and that, friends is my life.

WAH WWAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

ha! only me.

happy friday! xxo