Good Quote

I saw this up on the bulletin board at my kid's pediatrician's office today.

Don't MAJOR in the MINOR things.

A letter to Peyton

I found an address where you can write in a request Peyton Manning's autograph. Here was Jackie's letter:

Dear Peyton-

I loved it when you and your buddies all worked together to win Superbowl XLI. Colts 26 - Bears 17. Thanks to the catch where number 26's heel almost went out of bounds. Now may I have your autograph. And please sign it with your own hand.

Love, Jackie, you and your brother's favorite fan.

From: Jackie

To: Peyton

Age 6

Favorite thing to play: football. Favorite show: football. Favorite thing outside of football: reading.

One of my aspirations...

"I really believe in flylady’s mantra that people, not things are more important in life. My husband, children, and I are changing our way of thinking and not buying “stuff” hardly at all any more. We’ve decluttered about 40 boxes of “stuff” now and I don’t even remember what was in them. They certainly weren’t loved items. Now instead of taking care of our “stuff” we’re taking care of each other and others more."

-A testimonial from someone on http://www.flylady.net/

Why Did I Even Ask? and The Big Delimma

I think I have a condition. I have self-labeled it "PPND"- Post Partum Nesting Disorder. I was ripping apart and reorganizing cabinets when I went into labor and I am back at it again. Today I found a can of red hair coloring spray in our "party" supplies. This is where my mistake was. I almost just threw it away, but consulted my husband first, thinking, "he'd be the only one crazy enough to actually use this stuff at some point." Little did I know that he would chase down our 6 year old son within 30 seconds of laying eyes on the can and start spraying!!! Then, he got Jillian too. Why did I even ask???


After getting her hair sprayed, Jillian said in her very girlish style, "Um... now I can't even chew on my favorite piece of hair!" My husband and I both said, "WHAT?!" We didn't even know she had a "favorite" piece of hair that she chews on.... and besides, that is GROSS! What a dilemma for a 5 year old!

Happy 1 Week Birthday!

Jeremiah is such a joy to our whole family!

Welcome Jeremiah Andrew!