It's all good....

First off........I hate that saying, but it's all I could think of. ;-)

Good news on B's wrist. It's not broken. Not even sure if it's sprained, but he's in a removable splint. Both of us were relieved about that. He was worried it would impede him for band, but I told him even if he was put in a cast it was only for a few weeks.

I was having an odd morning. By that I mean I felt odd. Not sick, just weird. I was at the high school this morning to drop off some parkas and on the way to work I decided to do a little talking to God. Basically I just prayed for peace for myself and others around me. There is a slight bit of upheaval in a family around here that may impact mine, so I feel we all need some peace. I also happened to go online and one of the first things that was shown to me was this.... "Peace be unto you." -Luke 24:36 This was about a half hour after the prayer, so I guess someone was listening.

I want candy....

Ok, so I was lost as to what to name this post. ;-) I am sitting here eating some JuJuBes, hence the title.





It's been a long weekend. Had the boys for one extra day because of the holiday. No complaints here. :-)





Saturday: J spent most of the day with one of his friends. B, Bill and I braved the crowds at IKEA and Old Navy. My absolutely favorite chair was on sale at IKEA for $39 instead of the usual $89. So I made Bill take me. This one has a leather cushion that I didn't buy, but the colors are the same.

By the time we got to where these were, they were almost out.

Old Navy was running a one day sale on flip flops for $1. I barely got some for the boys. Just the old rubber type, but hey....$1. Bill always says I'll make us go broke saving money...lol.

When we got home, B spent the night at a friends. J came home and then Bill and I helped to get our church back to normal after a scrap booking event. During the time that B was at his friends, he injured himself. Tonight we'll find out if his wrist is broken or not. I have already taken him to the ER and they couldn't tell. Tonight we'll go to the ortho to decide.

Yesterday was the local Memorial Day parade. I walked along side the band giving them water. B just marched. Couldn't do much with his arm in a splint and sling. (Yeah, the irony of him getting drum major and breaking a bone isn't lost on either of us...)

I hope all of you had a wonderful weekend and a great week.

May I introduce......

...the newest Drum Major for the SHS marching band:

As I edited in the last post, he was able to attend the banquet. I wasn't sure if they were going to announce the drum major at this event, the last part of auditions was that morning. I have no idea how many people have input into the decision. But, needless to say, we are thrilled. I almost cried. :-)

Here is the 2 of us, a bit blurry...

Quips

If you've known me for any amount of time you will know that I adore my kids. Yeah, they can get on my last nerve, but hey...that's their job. I may be biased, but they are pretty smart too, not just brainy-type smart, but funny smart also.

When my boys were in elementary school, their teachers were amazed that my kids understood sarcasm and could dish it out as well. Now, as we all know, you can't teach sarcasm. It is good to see that my kids have some of my genes....lol.

Last week I was explaining to B how to use our bread machine. The order to put things in etc... When I got to the yeast part and told him to make a well in the flour to put it in, he questioned why. To be honest, I'm not sure of the technical answer, but I told him that I think you don't want to mix the yeast in too soon. To that he replied...."Yeah, you don't want premature fermentation..." OMG....I almost fell over laughing.

Then J, a couple years ago, around age 11 quipped during a conversation on diets like Atkins and being a vegetarian etc... "I'm a vegan on the Atkins diet...." Ok, my kids are smart mouths.... ;-)

And I couldn't be prouder...

I Heart Faces...Kids

I've decided to enter this photo contest. This week's theme is "Silly". There are many interpretations of this, but I think this pic, while not necessarily funny...is silly.