Just a few things I love from this weekend

I love:

1. The 2010 Winter Olympics.

2. Shaun White, Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso, and Apolo Ono just to name a few

3. The faux blue jean pants the snowboarders get wear

4. The halfpipe. They do crazy tricks and get to listen to their Ipods while competing

5. That Kelly Clark was busted singing to herself as she was mentally preparing before her turn to compete. It wasn't pretty--the singing, that is.

6. The medal ceremonies. It gets me every time.

7. That Thomas threw up during church and neither Brett nor myself freaked out. Brett quickly whisked him away while I was left to clean up the carpet as people watched. He wasn't sick, just got a little choked up, so he puked. Nice.

8. That no one else freaked out or threw up too after Thomas puked

9. That I was able to eat sushi with Leah, Matt, Meg, and Lindsey Friday night. Good people, good food, many laughs.

10. The weather this weekend.

11. That we made it to the park twice. Once with camera, once without.

12. That my camera battery died right as we pulled up to the park the 2nd time, which gave me the opportunity to enjoy Thomas without a camera to my face

13. My parents for many many reasons

14. Big juicy steaks cooked to perfection by Brett

15. Getting to sleep in on Sunday--Thomas slept till 9. Thanks kid.

16. That Thomas's booboo on his chin isn't bad at all. He fell at school on Friday, but he never cried and it didn't bleed.

17. Brett for all the hard work he put into cleaning up the backporch and yard

18. Shaun White's red hair

19. How happy Thomas is at the park.

20. I love this picture, but I don't love that I can't get a single decent picture of his face while swinging. It would have the biggest smile on it.

21. How funny Thomas was on the webcam with Aunt Emily.

22. Thomas!

23. That my vacuum cleaner is working properly again. We can't go a day without it.

24. That day-light savings is only 3 weeks away.

Ready for Spring

We Came, We Saw, We Conquered

We came:

To Chuck E. Cheese that is.

We saw:

We conquered:

Brett is going to be adding to his resume that he beat both of the top scores of the basketball game. I couldn't be more proud. This is a picture of him with both of his scores.

We left:

Happy Valentine's Day

So, I love to garage sale and last weekend I went to my first one of the season. It was early and cold, but they had a bunch of boy stuff including a train table. I decided against the train table because we have nowhere in our house to put it, but I did leave with this:

It's a Thomas the Train tricycle that the original asking price was $20, but I talked them down to $10. How could I resist?? Later, I looked up how much it would've originally cost online and it was $75. Not a bad find at all.

I figured that Brett and I could give it to Thomas as his Valentine's Day present.

I think it's safe to say that he likes it.

Making sure all the screws are in there tight. I am pretty sure he kicked the tires too.

His feet barely touch the pedals, but he was trying real hard to reach.

Cool Rider.

Not 30 seconds after this picture Thomas and the tricycle fell over and he busted his lip on my new house slipper. It was only a small cut and he handled it pretty well. It wasn't anything that some kisses and snuggles couldn't fix. According to Brett it'll toughen him up. I know it'll be the first of many.

Happy Valentine's Day!

A Real Snow Day

I love it when there is a threat of snow in Alabama. Everyone panics and I get out of work early. I am so thankful I got to leave work at 2 o'clock today or else I would've missed Thomas's second experience with snow.

Here is a picture of his first snow, which was at the end of February last year:

Once I got home, I immediately laced up my boots*, bundled Thomas up, grabbed my camera and went outside.

He wasn't too thrilled about the snow last year, but this year was a totally different story. He wanted to just stomp around and kick the snow, but did not want to touch it. He even cried when we made him go inside.

It's amazing to see how much he's grown in just one year.

Thomas also said "all gone" for the first time today too. Where in the world has the last 18 months gone?

Playing in the snow tuckered Thomas out pretty early so I was able to finish my sock monkey project. I completed the last one (for now--I know I have one more to make in the very near future) and I also decided to add one extra little feature to each of them. I figured it was suiting since they are Valentine's gifts.

**If anyone is interested or knows someone that is interested in the almost new, only worn 3 times, snow/hiking/whatever boots let me know. They just sit in my closet. I will make you a very good deal on them.

I Will Not be Defeated

You thought you could defeat me, but you thought wrong. You thought I was going to throw the towel in after two nights of struggling with getting your bobbin to work right. Guess what? After a little patience and some help from an avid seamstress I've figured you out. That's right Brother sewing machine, I won!!!

I did it! I completed my very first sewing project.

Here it is:

I am pretty proud of myself for not giving up on this little project and meeting my goal of finishing one sewing project by May.

I think he turned out pretty cute too. Good thing he's going to a good home.

I am currently working on two more, of course one being for Thomas.

Now, I just need to figure out what I am going to make next. I am thinking I might try some kind of outfit for Thomas. I might be aiming a little high on that one though.

Just to Save a Buck

I just got back from 2 days worth of training in Atlanta for my new job position. I got to meet some really nice people, learn a few things, enjoy some time to myself to read, and eat dinner with Holly. I sure did miss these two home-wreckers though. I was totally floored when I got home to a clean house. I just knew it was going to be a disaster area.

Last Friday, I broke the heel off of one of my brown shoes but I didn't go out and buy a new pair since I knew I had an older pair in my closet. Well, the other day I was trying to get out of the house on time and the last thing I did was run to my closet and find the pair of shoes. Now, I hadn't worn this particular pair in about 5 years but I knew-thought-they were in good condition.

I realize when I was driving to work that I couldn't wiggle my toes and that the shoes felt sticky. I figured I would just check it out when I got to work and wipe off whatever it was that was making my toes stick. When I started to take my shoes off this is what I saw:

I wouldn't normally put pictures of my feet on here but the pictures say it all. SICK. What the heck is this stuff?? I thought about going to get a new pair during lunch, but I couldn't get this stuff to just wipe off and I wasn't fixing to try on a new pair with it on my feet. I sucked it up and wore them the rest of the day. I have no clue what it could be and I seriously doubt I spilled a Coke in them and put them back in my closet to sit and sit and sit. Those shoes were laid to rest in a Hilton garbage can and I am going to the mall to buy a new pair with a sturdy heel this weekend. It also took me 15 minutes per foot to wipe that junk off. Sick, sick, sick.