whatever

hot hot summer

when we moved out to the country....we did not bring our pool.
and I MISS IT!
a certain someone who sits in an air conditioned office with other grown ups all day and NOT five children and all of their friends decided that we didn't need to put it up this summer.
it was not a unanimous decision.
i am not bitter....but man.... we are hot and bored.... and hot.



so we took it old school ....the sprinkler.



at first my daughter didn't even know what to do in a sprinkler that is not at a splash park.
"do i just stand there?"
"why is this fun mom?"



i brought even more OLD SCHOOL toys....practically vintage even.... bowls and cups.





they got a little excited.
"YAY!!! we can pour it on each other!!!"
"we can fill them up and throw it on Waffle!"



but then it came to be..... "LETS MAKE SOUP!!!"

"I need more leaves!"
"my soup has lots of rocks!"
"i like adding more mud to mine!"





"these leaves make the soup extra spicey!"



it was a successful play time with antique toys and no dogs were harmed.

but we still wish we had that pool.....

 

we are headed out to the zoo because it's only 90 today!
and i am surprising the kids with a movie afterwards.
:)
and sam's club pizza for dinner. 
AT sam's.
cause we're fancy like that.

i do make them share a drink though.
when your only option is 32 oz....one per kid is quite ridiculous.

have a super day wherever you go!

 

 

fridays are awesome.

first off....i really wanted to go back to bed today.
bad.
my running clothes weren't clean.
i was tired.
it was cold.

but i went because my friends were waiting....thank goodness for them.
i would have slept my morning away otherwise.



WE RAN SIX MILES.
with only one quick bathroom break at mcdonalds (thank you body that birthed five babies....)
it was hard.
but we did it!!!!!

31.5 out of 100 miles.  
rad.


i went back and finished the baby doll quilt.
there was a commenter that said "she won't ask for a doll quilt for much longer....you can always make pillows."
that was the clencher.

 

 

 
it is so precious.
i looooove it.
and so did annie.  :)
 

i came back to the farm house and there were a bunch of trucks and a huge fire!

 
i guess today was the perfect day to tear down an old shed that was here at the farm.
it was pretty dangerous the way it was so it's probably good that it's gone.



kind of exciting to get off the bus to a giant fire in your yard!!



yesterday i followed talby over on her second round of feeding the neighbor's chickens. 

enjoy! 

what are you doing this weekend?

i think we are doing some swimming,,,,some soccer...some volleyball...some basketball....
that sounds relaxing right?

not.


 

monday monday.

YOU ARE TOO AMAZING!!!

$2060???
wow.
don't you wish we could go and GIVE them their stoves?
smile so big and say THIS IS FOR YOU! and give them a hug?!!

what a fabulous thought.

THANK YOU to every one of you that gave a stove.
we helped 103 women so far his week in a BIG huge way!!!

that makes me want to cry tears of joy.

together we can change things!
thank you. 

the fundraiser is open through january 31....so no reason to stop now.  :) 

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i have some pics of my craft room.
i was sewing some curtains in there today....finally able to move with out knocking something over! 

it's not big....that's it....wall to wall.
it's packed FULL of everything i would need to craft my heart out.
it's mix matched of lots of well worn furniture and crazy storage and color.
it's not finished being painted....and probably never will be.
but oh my goodness i love that room so much.

and for now....it's cleaned up.

i have to practice all my craft weekend crafts and get them all decided and work out the details.
and now i have some room to do that.