whatever

so much fun.

i had some company this weekend.
a few friends for a few days.

some of them weren't technically friends in real life yet....but they definitely are now. 

i asked some of my favorite bloggers to come to my house to make crafts, eat, shop and TALK.

it was super cool.

i loved every single one of them.

three i had never met before....and they had never met anyone else in the group.
over half of them had never met each other.
a few of them had met once.

i am confident that God has given me a blessing of meaningful friendships in this internet world .
i know that He brought women into my life that i NEVER would have met other wise.
i am so thankful for that.

we talked about blogs, kids, spouses, crafting, martha stewart, desperate housewives, photography, recipes, babies, teenagers, home decorating, frustrations, fears, successes, and about anything else you can think of.

what a fabulous group of women!

yay for blogland.

(ps....yes that is me with really dark hair now....i am not goth....i am just not blond anymore....)

happy.

i am happy.

i have a sort of clean house.

i have some fun company for the weekend.

i have a shiny clean dog.

i have mom's margaritas in the fridge.

i am antiquing today at my favorite place.

i found three giant brass lamps at the thrift shop that i can spray paint and make fun shades for.

i have pam's cheescake in my tummy.

i am just so dang HAPPY.

how about you?

how are you feeling today?

i have no new pictures to show today...but i went back to see what pics i had from one year ago exactly.


my children climbing mount laundry.
HA. 

have an awesome weekend.

i mean that. 

update.

i cleaned for hours.
many many hours.
and again today....but this time my friend kimberlee came and helped me.
isn't that a sign of true friend?
they will sweep your floor while you follow them and mop?

and you get to talk while you clean?

love it.

there is only one thing left on my list to clean.

the stinky dog.

i enjoy paying someone else to do that but it's just so expensive for something i know i can do myself. 

here are a couple of pics from christmas.
craig and his sisters.

i used my cheesy photographer tricks.

 
"ok...now...everyone look at craig...."   ha ha ha.

i had everyone look at sherri and shannon too but eyes were closed or moving arms, etc.

then the classic....
"ok....everybody run to me"

these make me smile.

such funny people in my life.

 

ok....i need to make raviloli (frozen) and then get that dog in the tub.