Saturday, March 27, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
It's the little things that mean the most
I left choir practice at church a little early tonight to pick up Kaitlyn at my parents' house. It was pouring down rain and of course my umbrella was in the car. As I was walking down the hall my husband popped up right beside me which surprised me. Since we don't sing the same parts we don't sit together and I usually leave just a few minutes early because of K's bedtime. So I wasn't expecting to see him. Of course the first thing out of my mouth was, "What are you doing?" He answered so matter of factly - "It's raining. I'm going to get your car for you." I. love. that. man. So that's exactly what he did, and as I drove away in the rain and he was walking in it I thanked God for letting me be with such an amazing man that thinks of all those little things!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Dorky Mom
Yep - I'm a dorky mom now. I finally have come to terms with it. I was in line tonight at Target and I turned into that mom that I've seen for years. Whenever I bought a baby gift there seemed to always be a mom behind me that chimes in her two sense after the clerk said something about how cute it was. Something like, "I can't believe they make white shirts." or "My son hated/loved that toy!" Well - that mom is now me. I know! I'm so disappointed at myself, but when I saw the couple in front of me and their precious little son and the cute riding toy they were buying for him my words just started flowing like water. Now, if you know me at all I am not the type to just start talking to a stranger, but that's who I was tonight. Talking about when Kaitlyn starting liking those toys and that I bought this toy when she was this age, etc. etc. They were so sweet and didn't think I was crazy (well, at least I hope not!) but as I walked to my car after I checked out (buying a baby gift for someone else oddly enough) I thought to myself, "I am so that dorky mom in Target now." And pretty sure that won't be the last time my inner dork comes creeping out. But when you get me started about my K good luck shutting me up! :P
Monday, March 22, 2010
Why I love my job..
...well, at least one reason - trust me, I have several!
Today the math journal prompt I used was "Tell me everything you know about +" We're starting our unit on addition. So some kids put that it was a cross, one little girl put that it was a plus and we use it for math and that 2 + 2 = 4, but most kids put "I don't know." (Which in my class is just fine and my kids know that) But one little boy melted my heart. He wrote (in his kindergarten writing) "I don't know about that, my mom didn't tell me." Talk about a kid who thinks his mama hung the moon. I. LOVE. IT.
Today the math journal prompt I used was "Tell me everything you know about +" We're starting our unit on addition. So some kids put that it was a cross, one little girl put that it was a plus and we use it for math and that 2 + 2 = 4, but most kids put "I don't know." (Which in my class is just fine and my kids know that) But one little boy melted my heart. He wrote (in his kindergarten writing) "I don't know about that, my mom didn't tell me." Talk about a kid who thinks his mama hung the moon. I. LOVE. IT.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
HomeGoods
Dear HomeGoods,
Where have you been all my life? I love you and am so glad I have found you. I see many, many, meetings in our future.
Love,
Heather
Yay for finding new shopping places! :)
Where have you been all my life? I love you and am so glad I have found you. I see many, many, meetings in our future.
Love,
Heather
Yay for finding new shopping places! :)
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Blockbuster Surprise
I moved up several movies on our Blockbuster queue that were more on the girlier side of things because of my being home during Spring break. I had been watching a few as I cleaned (see my last post) during Kaitlyn's nap time. But tonight Cody agreed to watch one with me, so after we put K to bed we popped in Love Happens. WOW. What a touching and great movie. I'm not great with words when it comes to reviewing movies, music, etc. but if you have not seen this movie - please do. It examines grief and human nature in an amazing way. I love that it shows how people can have a smile, but really be so hurt inside. That should remind us in our everyday lives to treat everyone with kindness. You never know why someone is the way they are - what happened the night before, the week before, or even years before. So the next time someone cuts you off in traffic, or in the grocery line, before you get mad take a second and think about what might be dwelling inside. We just never know.
Spring Cleaning
My Spring Break is almost over. If you don't get a Spring Break you probably don't feel that sorry for me, but man I feel sorry for you! :)
Anyway, each Spring Break I try my very best to do lots of Spring cleaning. I get more done than I would during the week after coming home tired from work and I don't want to spend the time I have with Kaitlyn and Cody cleaning. But this Spring break was different. This Spring break I watched a show called Hoarders. Yep, Hoarders. The name says it all, but you really have to see an episode to truly get the level of hoarding that some people do. It is down right amazing - but in a very, very, awful way.
Now, I do not consider myself a bad hoarder by any means, but there is a lot of stuff I have in boxes that I have to reason to keep. I've come a long way folks, trust me. I was a little girl that refused to give any of my stuffed animals up because I thought they all had feelings. (The Velveteen Rabbit did not help my theory out any either) And my parents had garage sales when I was younger and I would always end up in my room in tears because my stuff was leaving. Like I said - I've come a long way.
But now I'm at the point where I am a mom and I want a household that is organized for my daughter. I want her to grow up the way I did - in a clean, organized home. So that means getting rid of all the "stuff" every now and then. So I've gone through closets and got rid of clothes and shoes I don't wear (or have no business wearing for whatever reason). That part was easy. But then I came to downstairs "miscellaneous closet." (Feel free to enter a good DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUN here.) Talk about stuff I didn't need to be keeping. I had three cameras in there that I didn't even use anymore. I had kept the first Canon Rebel I ever bought right after my high school graduation...it took film. But for some reason I've just never been able to let it go. Until I watched Hoarders. I kept thinking to myself as I watched that show, "It's just stuff. Just get rid of it already." Well, I wasn't practicing what I was preaching. Sometimes that is harder than it seems. Now, I still don't get the whole keeping pizza boxes and old jars like I saw on the show, but the stuff that has memories - that, I totally get. But I am proud to say that Mission Arlington now has a TON of my stuff - including cameras. And now we have more storage space - yay! I also talked my hubby into getting rid of the old Nintendo (yes, the original one) and his old x-box plus all the games. They just sat in the closet with no use at all...except for the memories for him. I did tell him he could go get a new softball bat if he got rid of all of it. But he REALLY wanted that bat, and the bat stays in the garage and I get even more storage space now, so I still think I end up with the better deal. Although I'm pretty sure my sister-in-law isn't going to be too happy with Cody, because he didn't take it to Mission Arlington with all my stuff - he called up his brother and asked him if he wanted it and of course he said yes. Sorry Candy!!!
So now some of our "stuff" is no longer ours, and really I'm very okay with that. I still have the memories and God willing I always will. And we are not finished making memories - not by a long shot! :)
Anyway, each Spring Break I try my very best to do lots of Spring cleaning. I get more done than I would during the week after coming home tired from work and I don't want to spend the time I have with Kaitlyn and Cody cleaning. But this Spring break was different. This Spring break I watched a show called Hoarders. Yep, Hoarders. The name says it all, but you really have to see an episode to truly get the level of hoarding that some people do. It is down right amazing - but in a very, very, awful way.
Now, I do not consider myself a bad hoarder by any means, but there is a lot of stuff I have in boxes that I have to reason to keep. I've come a long way folks, trust me. I was a little girl that refused to give any of my stuffed animals up because I thought they all had feelings. (The Velveteen Rabbit did not help my theory out any either) And my parents had garage sales when I was younger and I would always end up in my room in tears because my stuff was leaving. Like I said - I've come a long way.
But now I'm at the point where I am a mom and I want a household that is organized for my daughter. I want her to grow up the way I did - in a clean, organized home. So that means getting rid of all the "stuff" every now and then. So I've gone through closets and got rid of clothes and shoes I don't wear (or have no business wearing for whatever reason). That part was easy. But then I came to downstairs "miscellaneous closet." (Feel free to enter a good DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUN here.) Talk about stuff I didn't need to be keeping. I had three cameras in there that I didn't even use anymore. I had kept the first Canon Rebel I ever bought right after my high school graduation...it took film. But for some reason I've just never been able to let it go. Until I watched Hoarders. I kept thinking to myself as I watched that show, "It's just stuff. Just get rid of it already." Well, I wasn't practicing what I was preaching. Sometimes that is harder than it seems. Now, I still don't get the whole keeping pizza boxes and old jars like I saw on the show, but the stuff that has memories - that, I totally get. But I am proud to say that Mission Arlington now has a TON of my stuff - including cameras. And now we have more storage space - yay! I also talked my hubby into getting rid of the old Nintendo (yes, the original one) and his old x-box plus all the games. They just sat in the closet with no use at all...except for the memories for him. I did tell him he could go get a new softball bat if he got rid of all of it. But he REALLY wanted that bat, and the bat stays in the garage and I get even more storage space now, so I still think I end up with the better deal. Although I'm pretty sure my sister-in-law isn't going to be too happy with Cody, because he didn't take it to Mission Arlington with all my stuff - he called up his brother and asked him if he wanted it and of course he said yes. Sorry Candy!!!
So now some of our "stuff" is no longer ours, and really I'm very okay with that. I still have the memories and God willing I always will. And we are not finished making memories - not by a long shot! :)
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