Weekend pics

 My weekend in pictures . . .

My to do list for Friday. . . I wrote my list out Thursday night then stared at it for the longest time Friday morning.  I know I was tired and in pain from my fall but I could not figure out what that last thing on my list said.  Did I even write that?  Nope.  That last piece of scribble is a note that Aaron tacked onto my list.  It took me forever to figure out what it says.  In case you are wondering it says "Borrowed $4".

No pics from the Chiropractor!  It was lunch time when we were finished there.  I gave the girls some choices for lunch.  I was wanting Chick-fil-A or lunch at the Co-op.  Adrianna's friend was on board for the Co-op but Adrianna didn't think she would like it.  Wendy's won.  We could all agree on that. After lunch the girls wanted to go to the park for a few minutes.  It was a pretty day so I thought that was a stellar idea :)

They had so much fun running around and letting loose some energy.  Although I really don't know where that energy came from.  I used all mine up the day before skating then getting to bed late.  Hmmm . . .

 

These trees thought it was a pretty day as well.   They are a little confused. . . 

I needed a few things from the Co-op so after I pried the girls from the slides and swings it was our next stop.

Look at all those beautiful veggies!!

There is always a basket of fruit for the kids at the Co-op.  

The girls helped themselves to an apple.

 

I picked up some bee pollen while I was there.  We all have crazy seasonal allergies around here.  The "seasonal" allergies Adrianna and I suffer form seem to be all year round.  So I've been using local honey as a sweetener in stead of sugar in my hot tea.  Instead of coffee, I have been drinking a lot of hot tea lately.  If you know me you know that I LOVE coffee.  The no coffee thing hasn't been all that hard and I do have a cup every once in a while.  Anyway, my point was that I have been adding a teaspoon or so of local honey to my tea every day (sometimes more than once a day!) and it seems to have really helped.  I also love a piece of toast with butter and honey as a snack.  I may eat that a little too often . . . Anyway, I read on one of my favorite blogs about the benefits of bee pollen so I thought I'd pick some up.  Here is the blog post about the bee pollen.

I've been putting it on my oatmeal in the mornings . . .

After shopping we met my friend at the book store to trade kids.  She had Ava and I took one of her kids back home with me.  The local used book store, 5th  Street Books, was having their monthly .25 cent sale.  Yes, I said $.25, 25 cent, one quarter, how ever you want to say it.  Their everyday book price is $.99.  You think you can't beat that price then they have a 25 cent sale!  Paperback and hardback.  There are shelves upon shelves upon shelves of books at his place.  If you are a book lover, this is the place for you.  You can't really go in there looking for anything specific.  I mean you can but you may not find it.  But if you love to read, that really doesn't matter, you'll find something that catches your eye. 

I came home with these and a few others that Ava picked out . . .  I have already read the one on the bottom, Wideacre by Phillipa Gregory, but I really liked it and for a quarter, why not?  I also have not read any of the Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich books but I want to.  I know the movie based on the first book is coming out soon so I need to read it.  The only Janet Evanovich book that they had was Fearless Fourteen.  I have a lot of catching up to do to get there but what the heck, it was $.25.

I had ordered a set of embroidery patterns from Sublime Stitching and some Thread Heaven.  It's a wax that you pull your thread through before stitching.  Makes such a big difference!  The thread moves so smoothly through the fabric :)

I finished up several pieces of embroidery this weekend.  I'll post pictures another time . . .

Saturday was a Tom's kind of day . . . I love my Tom's!  They are so comfortable.

My Mom gave me a massage on Saturday.  I so needed it!  My back was hurting before I fell but after I fell I really needed it.  I went over to her house without the kids for once.  I knew I wouldn't be able to relax with them there.  I felt so much better after my massage!  Thanks, Mom :)

I believe the long weekend was getting to the kids . . .

Mustaches and goatees are the thing to draw on your face when you are a bored kid at my house.  My kids know how to make me smile!

See, even in her sleep this one makes me smile!

Natalie

An instagram afternoon

I had a few hours to myself this afternoon!  I got off work at lunch time because I had a dentist appointment scheduled for 2:00.  That left a few hours for me go to Hobby Lobby and Barnes and Noble :).  While at B&N I found these cool journals . . .

apparently there are a whole lot of people who like to make lists therefore a market for journals just for this purpose . . .

totally need this one for "my amazing life"

I did take pictures of the molds my dentist made of my teeth before I started wearing aligners and of the one they did yesterday.  Major difference in only about 2 months.  I'll spare you those pics :)

Since my mother in law picked the kiddos up from school this afternoon, there was no need for me to rush home.  So I enjoyed a trip to Wal-mart by myself.  I know, how exciting!  I can tell you are jealous.  No pictures from Wal-mart.  I was too busy trying to remember what I needed.  What?  No list?  It was a spur of the moment thing so no list.

As I got in my car to leave I remembered I needed to get a gift for someone and happily made a very slight detour on the way home to Clay St.  Hey, I was driving past anyway.  Thinking, Oh, I'll just run in here and get what I need, I trusted that my frozen and cold stuff would stay that way until I returned.  I can't show you a pic today of what gift I got - maybe another day - I hope she likes it :).  After purchasing the gift I remembered seeing this in the window of one of the many antique stores downtown . . .

now that's an old typewriter.  love it!  you may remember this post I did about my Grandmother's typewriter.

Since I was already on Clay St. and had no reason to rush besides the cold stuff in my car, I decided to check out some more of the stores.  I don't get to do this often and I love walking around downtown.  Plus, it was pretty chilly today so I didn't worry too much about my  groceries.

I went into one of my favorite stores called The Elegant Relic.  They have the most beautiful things  in there!  Also a great place to buy a gift for someone.  As I was headed upstairs I spied these . . .

magnets made from keyboard keys.  genius!  that's what you can do with those old keyboards - yank the keys off and stick a magnet on them.  seriously, i think i may do this if i ever have a keyboard i can rip apart.  or i guess you could also use old calculator keys . . .

Nothing picture worthy in the next store I went into so I continued to mosey across the street to another favorite local shop.  Solgarden.  Now, this is the place to shop for a unique gift.  Love this store.  I even get my Charlie's soap there.  While I was there I saw this and had to snap a pic to keep the typewriter picture trend I had going on. 

plus it's a journal and i like the quote on the front.  what a good reminder. . . 

Then I saw these and I get a kick out of this stuff wherever I see it!

paper and notebooks made from poo.  as in animal poo.  you can read more about it here on the poopoopaper website.  you can order from here as well.  you can even "shop by poop type"

Enough about that.  I have a confession, I actually went there to get something for myself . . .

i saw this wallet last week when i went to get my laundry soap.  it caught my eye because it reminded me of my pillowcase that i had been working on.  which i finished up this weekend.  see . . . 

i think it was meant to be for me to have that wallet.  plus i'm supporting local businesses!  just doing my part :)

After that I came home and put my groceries up.  They all made it in case you were wondering.  The kids had finished their homework except for reading . . .

i never have to worry about her reading for 30 minutes every night.   most nights i have to make her turn her lamp off by her bed and go to sleep.  i even catch her with her book light sneaking in a few more pages sometimes.  so teachers, if she'd grumpy at school it's because she stays up too late reading.

Then it was bath and dinner time.  We have no real schedule around here.  It's just whatever whenever.  It was too cold to play outside this afternoon so Adrianna went ahead and took a bath.  She wanted to dry her hair afterwards with the hairdrier.  Ok . . .

she is crazy.  her hair is so thin it dries in a minute yet i realized she had been in there around 8 minutes with the hairdrier going.  she was watching her hair blow in different directions and warming her feet with it.  not surprised . . .

Then I decided I better get to crackin on dinner!  It's pizza night.  We usually do pizza on Friday's but we haven't had it in a while and I was really wanting pizza.  Plus I really had no inspiration tonight.  So my little sous chef and I spent some time together in the kitchen. 

  

 she is so good at putting the cheese on :)

 yummy!  

During dinner Aaron and I referenced Seinfeld twice.  There is a Seinfeld episode for everything.  Tonight it was junior mints and loud talker.  If you watch Seinfeld you know what I'm talking about.  

Well, now I'm full and tired.  I'm going to hang out with the girls for a little while before bedtime then catch up on some TV shows and finish up another embroidered pillow case. . .