It's NOT the Color of Your Hair!

The color of one's hair has nothing to do with the ability of person to think or reason properly. Re-telling this story is to provide laughter and entertainment at my expense. On Thursday, I woke up...opened the refrigerator to get out some biscuits to make for the kids. I knew they didn't feel very cold. Felt the canned drinks in there...nope, not cold either. Opened the freezer, meat was beginning to defrost. I 'looked' at the thermostat, it said cold. Closed the door, sad that it wasn't working correctly. Took the day - yes the entire day - to look for a new refrigerator. Had tried to call service repair shops, to no avail. Finally found one, a good deal too. Fast-forward to yesterday afternoon. I was getting the last things out before we got the new one. Looked up at the thermostat....it was on cold, but it should have been on coldest!!!!!!! OR at least on the factory suggested, middle of the road, setting. Yes, I searched and searched for a refrigerator, purchased two and have now returned two. It turns out that our 4 year old daughter likes to play with the thermostat dials in the refrigerator. So, I was/am embarrassed that I spent that much time, involved several people, and NEVER needed the new refrigerator to begin with!!!!! Thankfully, we don't need a new one. But embarrassing that I didn't actually check the thermostat to begin with! Geeze...

UPDATE #2: Surgery went well, will be in ICU until Sunday or Monday.

UPDATE: The surgery has been postponed until tomorrow morning - a rescheduling mishap...

Mark's dad is going into the hospital in the morning. He is having the 2nd of 3 heart surgeries tomorrow. The first surgery, several weeks ago, was to clean out one of his carotid arteries. This second surgery is to replace his aortic valve. After his recovery from this, he will have the carotid artery in the other side of his neck done. Mark is there, he left this afternoon. Obviously, this is a serious surgery. He has other health problems, so we are hoping and praying that all goes well.

More party pics.....

These photos are in no particular order because I do not want to re-arrange them now that I have put them here.

Party Re-cap

Let's go back to Friday night of last week. I had two friends join me in setting up for E's birthday party. A & HB helped out SO much. I wouldn't have had everything ready without their help. We had a great time hanging out and decorating on Friday night.

Saturday morning we began by getting last minute things done. Mark decorated the cupcakes while I took a few more things to the church. I asked a friend to take photos at the party and will have more photos to post soon. Our flash is broken (yes, this sounds like a broken record about our camera!) so the ones we took aren't great. But some to post here until I have the photos H took for us. Yes, this was a Pinkalicious party with a lot of pink. But there were dress up clothes for the girls to change into, shoes to be worn, and jewelry to be added.So, the next few photos are of her dressed in an aqua tutu on loan from HB. I love the ones of her looking in the mirror....even though a little blurry, I still love them.



I think the girls had a fun time. We read the Pinkalicious book, made foam crafts, ate pink & green food, played with balloons, danced to music, dressed in many different outfits and just had a fun time. I know that I had a great time with all of them and celebrating with our "baby" girl who turned 4 yesterday!

Monday

Whew...it is quiet in my house and has been now for about 20 minutes. It has been a long few days at work (great weekend in between). Today was no exception. Today is one of the days I sit and wonder why I am a mom. Today I didn't do such a good job of being a mom. I came home and worked at the kitchen table with B while he did his homework. I then parked both of them in front of the TV so that I could continue to work. I don't do this very often, but guilt doesn't begin to describe it when I do. I did actually make them "dinner". Tomato soup & a grilled cheese sandwich. Bath time was very quick and back to the kitchen table to work more. I am frustrated with this project at work, and I wasn't nice to my children.

Now I sit here on the landing at the top of the stairs...with my laptop. Still reading new e-mail at 9:00 pm on this project. But, it is quiet...I can hear them both breathing now as they sleep. What a beautiful sound. Not just the silence, but their sounds. I am blessed to have them and thankful for them. Wishing I hadn't raised my voice, had NO patience, thankful I apologized to them. Tomorrow is a new day, a clean slate. The good thing is they still love me when I am not the best mom.

I welcome tomorrow.