A Little Comic Relief

Okay - because y'all were such good sports

and stuck with me through the book of Ruth, 

I thought you might need

a little lighthearted

something to giggle at.

  {Can you end a sentence with 'at'?  Is it grammatically correct?} 

Any how,

I thought this was just so funny when I first saw it.

  I have a deep admiration 

and respect for all things Chick-Fil-A.

  Now that is really saying something

because I'm primarily a beef girl. 

If anyone can do chicken,

it's Chick-Fil-A. 

If anyone can make a milkshake, 

it's Chick-Fil-A. 

They are some tasty eats and go down

oh, so easy.

  I then follow them with a two hour work out.

  Sometimes. 

Well, almost never, but that is beside the point.

  So without further ado.....

I Need a Nap

The summer of 2011 will forever be remembered as the summer that kicked my tail.


And it's only June 4th.


Let's see here... We have scoured and purged {and I do mean purged} all of the kids rooms and bathrooms.  Two enormous trash bags {including one set of false gold teeth} later, we are organized and tidy!!  The gold teeth belong to my seven year old who thinks false teeth are the bomb!  The nastier looking the better.  He particularly likes to wear them to the dentist for a cleaning appointment and shock the daylights out of the receptionist.  He's hilarious like that.

I drew the line at gold teeth.  Just not the image I want our family identified with.  Now the 'hillbilly' looking ones...... 

  But I digress.

We have been to the pool no less than three times and the grocery store no less than six times.  We have had friends over and been to the library.  We have taken a long weekend at the ranch {more on that soon}, and we have wandered on the creek for hours with cousins.  We have had doctors appointments and haircuts and shopped for summer sandals.  Lawns have been mowed, the pup has been bathed and eight loads of laundry have been done.  Yes, that's right, eight.  And that is just for this week.  To top it all off, we just finished Westernaires where we spent the afternoon practicing for an ALL DAY horse equitation competition tomorrow.


Have mercy.


And to make matters worse, I haven't seen my man in what feels like days thanks to people ordering their beef for grilling season.  I'm not complaining about business - heaven's no.  But I do miss that man of mine.  I think it's high time for a date night, don't you??


Anyway, all this to say that I will get back to posting something of depth and significance as soon as I have time to complete a thought.  That is assuming you believe I have any posts of depth or significance already.  And that my friends, is assuming a lot.

All I know is that it certainly won't happen before I take a nap.

Have a great weekend!

Blessings,
Kim

Taking Care of a Little Business

Happy Saturday everyone!!

I thought I'd jump on here and take care of a little blogging business before our day really gets going.  Most days I post something deep and reflective.  Some days I don't feel that way and just want to shoot the breeze with you all. Today is one of those days.

Lucky you.

It is a big day at our house.  Boone turns one today.  Who is Boone you ask?  Well, he is our much loved, highly adored Beagle pup. {I know, I'll get pictures posted soon - I'll speak to that in just a minute}.   We bought this little nut nearly a year ago after many pleads and moans for a puppy.  He was just irresistible and ended up at our house the day after we first saw him.

At the time we reasoned that no child should ever grow up without a puppy. Now we think that growing up without a dog might be an OK idea - they'll survive.

Case in point:  So far Boone has celebrated his birthday by tearing through the family room {where he is not allowed - I have dog hair issues.  Like, I want to sit on my furniture and not be covered in dog hair when I get up!}, he has jumped up ON the couch, sailed over the half wall that divides our family room and kitchen, landed in said kitchen, and completed this birthday obstacle course by dragging his bed around the kitchen, attempting to tear it apart like any good hunting hound worth his salt would do to a rabbit.

He may not see two.

The other big news is that the Tooth Fairy visited Grace last night.  It is practically raining molars here at our house and that dang Tooth Fairy just keeps forgetting to stop by.  Well, she did last night - halleluiah!  It seems she finally got her tired act together and remembered to leave a little something under her pillow.  Unfortunately, this Tooth Fairy took with her the tiny treasure chest that holds the tooth.... who knew?  I guess she was supposed to know that she is to leave it,  but seeing as she is filling in for the Tooth Fairy that is currently camping with our oldest, she had to wing it.

She may not make it either.

On to the blogging business I was speaking of.  My hope for this blog is that it would be a place of encouragement, a thing of beauty in your day.  I also hope to weave in our family life and document our journey together.  I want to have some fun here, too.  I love fun!  I am all about the fun!  I'm hoping to do a monthly giveaway, just some fun products and neat things that I've come across and think you might enjoy.  In order to do that, I need people to leave comments so I can get a feel of how many people are actually checking in on a daily basis.  I have enabled this site to accept comments from anyone, whether you have a blog or not.

If you stop by and like what you read, could you please leave a comment?  You can even leave a comment if you don't like what you read, but I'll probably delete it.  :0)   You just click on 'comments' under each post.  You'll be able to see yours as well as read others.  It is a great way to develop an online community -  who knows?  You all may have a lot in common!

On another business note, I'm working on learning how to incorporate our own photos into my posts.  They make a post so much more interesting.  Doing so involves all kinds of technical what not and blah, blah, blah.  And I am a girl who runs from technical blah, blah, blah.

  Like Joseph ran from Potiphar's wife, that kind of running.  {I love Biblical humor, don't you?!}

Soooo....  I'm getting there.  Slowly.  Hopefully there will pictures next week when the Tooth Fairy comes home from camping- {he's a genius with that kind of stuff}.  And it's not the last week of school.  And finals are done.  And all the end-of-the-year- gifts have been given.  And the 200+ potluck dishes we have been assigned to bring have been consumed.  And all the sports are wrapped up.  And I can take a minute to just breathe.

Oh, I now have advertising on the sidebar of the blog.  Would you mind clicking on those if they interest you?  It would help generate some much needed income.  Don't feel pressured - only if it something you are interested in.  I have issues even asking this, but it is an honest appeal.

OK - I think that takes care of business on my end.

I'll leave you with a quote for today.  I thought it was fitting after all the rain we've had here recently.  It is so true and just lovely.

               "Happiness?  The color of it must be spring green....."

                                     -Francis Mayes, American memoirist

Blessings,
Kim