little gi

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!

jess & matt had A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ooooh i'm so happy for them!!!  BIG CONGRATS sweetie!!!!

liberty is gorgeous...omgosh...my heart is melting looking at her sweet little baby face...

snuggle her up...

xoxoxo

gi

some good stuff of today.....

good stuff #1:  the goodies that janice from paper valise donated to my class came in today...
ooooooh my.........
i swear i held my breath the whole time as i went through all the stuff she sent for my students...
SO generous...SO gorgeous...
ooooh i'm getting excited to teach this class :)

good stuff #2:  seeing kate's little chubby, strong legs & then ryan's long, skinny legs next too mine as we stretched on the living room floor this morning after i ran...it was so cool...for a second i just stopped & just took note of those little legs...so cute,  i know i'm going to blink & they are going to be going to college..i just know it...

good stuff #3:  actually got to run this morning...only had to yell up the basement stairs 2 times for them to stop going crazy but i got up off of my lazy butt & ran...now if i can just stop eating that entire bag of kettle cooked potato chips i'd be good...lol

good stuff #4:  finding magic tree house #2 for ryan, the grouchy ladybug for kate & utterly me clarice bean for kelly at the library & picking up harry potter #1 for me (no i haven't read it yet...yes i know i'm lightyears behind the times)

good stuff #5:  chicken, grape & celery salad for lunch....mmmmmmmm....'nuff said :)

hope there is lots of good stuff in your wednesday too!!!!

xoxoxo

gi

back in the swing....

this is how we ALL felt these past 2 weeks...

kelly got a stomach virus...horrible...
then ryan got it...double horrible...
then both of them got dehydrated...horrendous...
& then both of them were admitted to the hospital for dehydration...UGH
kate was shipped of to my parents to get out of germ central...& we all missed her terribly...

& just when we thought we were coming out of the woods & everyone was home again...
ryan got re-admitted to the hospital for dehydration again....yeah....UGH...again...

but this week is a new week...
everyone is home...
everyone is feeling MUCH better...
their waistbands are a bit loose (i'm not so lucky in that department since i turned right to chocolate for solace :)
they've got some great new toys from good friends as a bit of excitement...

once again it's good stuff around here...

here's to taming the mountain of laundry this week...
& LOTS of trips to the park to make up for those 2 weeks spent indoors :)

happy tuesday!!

xoxoxo

gi

today....

it is my turn over at onelittleword
i meant to post this last week...but that long list i created for myself got in the way :)
which is a good thing...
i'm trying to get better at giving myself a break when i don't "get it all done"...
it's tough b/c i'm one of those over achiever types...
who tries to plug all those holes in the dam
all...by....herself....

it's been sobering that it just isn't possible to do it all...
& that has got to start being perfectly okey dokey...
i just have to get used to it....
kind of surrender to the chaos a bit...
b/c i suck as "overwhelmed gi"

so wish me luck :)
as dory says in finding nemo....just keep swimming...just keep swimming

happy monday!

xoxoxo

gi

and the winner is.....

ah, she is adorable and so is the stam...wink wink!

Posted by: Brandy Seitz | May 05, 2008 at 12:34 PM

BRANDY!!!!  hooray!!!

& since i'm late giving it out...

i picked another winner :)

i've got some cute stuff that needs a home & it will go to:

I want this "oh so cute!!!" stamp!!!   You gotta love a princes who has style like this!! 
Kim

Posted by: kim Strother | May 06, 2008 at 06:59 PM

hooray for kim too!!

so brandy & kim please e-mail me at [email protected] with your addresses & i'll pop your winnings in the post :)

thanks for playing along!!

xoxoxo

gi

 

gather round for a giveaway!!!

sweet angie sent me a spirit acrylic stamp to giveaway!!!! 
as you can see, tater put on her bestest princess garb to show you the prize...
(maybe next time she'll turn the cute stamp around the correct way??? LOL!!)
but here is the cool stamp you are in the running for :)

adorable, huh?
i've got the skullie & he is just the cutest...& i've got my eye on that cheeky monkey
i'm really loving acrylic stamps these days & angie's stamps are definitely so fun to use...check her out!
& if you want to see those stamps put to great use to give you some ideas...check out susan's blog...she is on angie's Design Team & really does wonders w/ those stamps...& a little birdie told me she is doing an all aussie RAK too!!! ***coughcoughtimtamscoughcough***

so anywho....leave me a comment in this post & i will draw a winner on wednesday
wednesday just happens to be the debut of my new word up over at onelittleword too :)
so be here or be square...lol

happy monday everyone!!!

xoxoxoxo

gi

wow...i concur...

kara wrote the following today:

...this month. this new shining month of may. the hopeful month, i am figuring it all out.  or i am starting the discovery.  praying.  the best answer to everything.  i am exploring options.  exploring life.  i want to look back and know i didn't waste it.  wish me luck.

yeah...what she said :)
just
exactly
what
i
was
thinking!!!!!!
don't you love it when that happens? 
i do

so c'mon may...

bring it on...

i'm going to eat up every second :)

happy may!!!

& happy thursday too :)

xoxoxo

gi