Mulling it over

I've always tried to keep a bit of distance between my "real" life and my "blog" life...but I use our real names here, and am fairly open with what I post. I don't walk around giving people in my day-to-day life my blog address...but I think that's more just a privacy thing than a security thing. I dunno.

I've been wanting to put up more pictures from our Nashville trip, but I've got a little tummy bug, and I just don't have it in me to compile them on an "anonymous" site...or to upload them all to Flickr, etc....so guess what? You get to go to my FB page to see them. Yay for you, lol!

There's some really neat ones on there...I hope you'll check them out!

Mom n Me Monday

Monday already? Well...actually not quite...but look at me! Ahead of the game! Woot! Julie at The Peanut Gallery...Exit Here hosts one of my favorite blog carnivals. It's called Mom n Me, and is meant to encourage moms to get out from BEHIND the camera, and into the pictures with their kids.

This week, Shannon and I went to Nashville. We just stayed one night, but we went to the zoo, the Parthenon (the REAL reason we went), and saw the State Capitol building. Shannon is a huge Greek mythology buff, so once she learned that there was a Parthenon in Nashville, she HAD to go.

I have LOTS more pictures to resize and upload...but here are the "selfies" we took of ourselves.

Getting to know you Sunday

We're home from our trip, and it was a blast! I have (way too) many pictures to size, upload, etc. I kind of got hit with that "bug" that when you have so much to say/post that you don't know where to start...so you don't say anything at all. Oops.

We've had a lovely spring break. Just the right mix of doing nothing, going places, accomplishing tasks around the house, etc. It's back to school for us tomorrow.

But for now, to ease myself back into posting, lol...


It's time again for Keely's weekly blog carnival called Getting to Know You. Here are this week's questions...and my answers!

1. What color do you wear the most? I'd have to say blue or black...but probably blue, since I wear jeans just about every single day.

2. Would you rather have $10,000 dollars or a dream vacation? Definitely $10,000...it would last longer, I could do more with it...and I could probably sneak a vacation in there, too!

3. Do you have a weird, quirky or unusual habit? I asked my daughter, and she said "Mom, you're you. You ARE a weird, quirky and unusual habit." LOL 'Nuff said.

4. I really need to start..........? Exercising again. Tomorrow's the day. Seriously. This has been the plan all along. Finish up Spring Break, and when I head back to school, the workouts start again.

5. What was the first blog you ever read? It's been through many incarnations over the years, but the first blog I ever read was LaLaGirl. Laura's one of my favorite girlies...I always look forward to reading her take on things.

6. Do you collect anything? Mmmm, I've kind of gotten out of collecting things. Over the years, I've collected dolphins, Mary Engelbreit stuff, Donald Duck stuff, Abe Lincoln stuff...but not really any more. I collect things I love. How 'bout that?

7. How old were you when you had your first kiss? I was 15.

8. Do you text/twitter while driving? I used to, but I really try not to anymore. If the need presents itself, I wait til I'm stopped at a light, etc.

Road Trip!

My best girlie and I are hitting the road in the morning! We're headed to Nashville, and will be home late Thursday!

When I get back, I'll post pictures of my new tattoo and of our adventures in TN!

Friend Makin' Monday - Easter

It's time again for Friend Makin' Monday, by ae filkins. This time, the Easter edition!



This week, Amber isn't feeling well (get better, Amber!)...so she just wants to hear about our Easter experiences.

We had a lovely Easter this year. One aspect of it wasn't planned well, and I feel badly about that, but the rest of it was simply marvelous!

Patrick and I went on a big date Friday night...and got tattoos. I imagine some people don't love tattoos, but Patrick and I do. I think they can be beautiful forms of self-expression...and this latest one is my fourth! The bad planning part? I thought I was being so smart...getting it on the first day of Spring Break; so I would be all healed up by the time I go back to school on the 12th. The part I didn't think of? Easter. You see, I tattooed my foot. I absolutely, positively COULD NOT put on a shoe yesterday morning, and so we had to miss church...because of my tattoo. That is AWFUL. Of all the reasons to miss church. I have some guilt over that, but we read the Easter story, and sang our favorite Easter songs and hymns...and well, moved on.

Now for the GREAT parts! I love our little family. I love celebrating holidays together. Saturday afternoon we dyed eggs. I had gotten this "fun" dye...different from the regular dye we normally get. You dye your eggs, and then spread glue on them. Then you wrap them in this foil paper, and peel it off...leaving beautiful foiled designs on your eggs. Except...yeah, it didn't work. The coloring part went perfectly. The foiling part? Not so much. It turned into muttered hilarity, and our eggs looked pretty much like they always have, lol!

Shannon hunted eggs when she woke up. We made Resurrection Rolls for breakfast, and egg salad sandwiches for lunch. We ate too much candy and all took naps in the afternoon. For dinner we ate ham, scalloped potatoes, and asparagus. We finished off our day by watching "It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown." I don't think it could have been a better day. Well, maybe if we could have gone to church...but other than that? PERFECTION!

Oh! I almost forgot to add...while dinner was cooking, I asked Shannon to take out the trash. Seemed like she was gone forever. Finally, she came back in and said she had seen the "Easter Bunny," lol! We have a little rabbit that lives in the woods behind our house, and apparently when she went out, he was just sitting there on the lawn...looking at her. So she sat down and watched him til he hopped away. Fun!

Happy Easter!

Christ the Lord is risen today....

Alleluia!!!

Dear God, Thank you for Spring Break. Amen.

I survived March!!! And I am SO grateful to have behind me. Not only was it incredibly busy, or as Ria at Life as a Wife! says..."it was FULL." But, there were also a few really stressful zingers thrown in there, too.

I've fallen behind on my Beth Moore Insecurity reading, but have plans to read Chapter 4 either tonight or tomorrow. Shannon is at a band fundraiser tonight, so I may just veg, and let my mind unwind. I can sleep in tomorrow. (Thank you, Lord!) Patrick has an appointment at 11, Shannon has to be at a birthday party at noon, and then I'm babysitting from 12:30 til 4:30. After that I'm officially off until 4/12.

Now...to relax.