Da Boyz

I may stink as a blogger but it would be an afront to society not to put these two beautiful boys out into the universe. Not to mention that among the gazillion pictures I take, it's awfully nice to get a really nice one every now and then. Totally impromptu, end of soccer practice, goofing around...what a nice surprise.

So, I know about lighting (more or less - still learning, I suppose) but these pics make me want to put my camera in a time-lock safe that only opens up around 5:00 in the afternoon. Anyone can look like they know what they are doing in this kind of light. I also can't believe it took me this long to get on my belly to take a picture. Sheesh! Who knew? There's a whole other world going on down there!

Dunno

What makes a girl post after so many months? I honestly don't know. Maybe I finally said, "Honey, I need an afternoon to fart around and do something for myself." So I've been farting around for a few hours now working on a BPS Scrapping class that hopefully will inspire me to scrap again, trolling around some blogs and finally landed here. How sad! I started working in November which has definitely cut in to any "me" time though I don't think I was very good at that to begin with. I try, but ultimately I don't enjoy it because of my two least favorite words in the english language - suppose to. I'm suppose to do a gazillion other things. Yuck. I think I really suck at being an adult. The suppose to thing just doesn't work for me. Wow. Holy doldrums, batman.

On a much lighter note (sarcasm rearing its ugly head), we saw Atonement last night. Wow was that a bummer. I hadn't read the book. Maybe if I had I wouldn't have gone to see it. Do not get me wrong. Really liked the movie. It was actually so tragic it was beautiful and tragic in a very Shakespearean way (English major rearing her ugly head). The acting was spectacular. But geez...feeling the need to go out next weekend for a feel good movie. And, please, somebody get Keira Knightly a cheeseburger. Stat.

I have just come to the realization (like, just now, after typing these two paragraphs) that I probably shouldn't blog late on a Sunday afternoon. I have that Sunday afternoon poopy thing going on. I am enjoying working just not on Sunday afternoons prior to Monday morning. It will pass and I will enjoy walking into my office tomorrow morning. My theory, though, is that no one is reading this blog any more due to the lack of blogging which actually works in my favor as this post really stinks and if I were reading it would be thinking," WTH?" But I'm here and I'm posting and that, in and of itself, is a good thing. See, a ray of sunshine in an otherwise bleary blog.

Gotta go. I'm supposed to finish the laundry and make dinner. heh heh. Just joking around. I'm starving and looking forward to making something yummy. Speaking of which I may head over the The Pioneer Woman's Blog. She has some scrumptious stuff going on over there. Here's to farting around on a cold, gray Sunday afternoon!

Look out...

the pigs are flying! A miracle, a true miracle has occurred. I scrapped. No, it's true. Out of the blue, first time since January, don't know exactly what happened, kind of scrapping. I should know to rely on my tried and true mojo breaker - BH Sketches. Every time. Not sure why I've been fighting it because if felt great to get all the stuff out and go for it. Nothing spectacular, kept it simple but love it. I'm off to volunteer at the school library but had to throw this out to the universe first. Hopefully there is more to come!

WOO HOO! Nester's World is...

New and improved! Wow. Nothing like a morning farting around on the computer. I'm fighting allergies (again) and am feeling crappy/medicine-heady so why not goof around on the computer? And the new blogger is so easy even I can use it! I've got pics and links and everything. Very exciting.

We're on day 2 of painting. I think the whole stripe thing is taking a bit more time than they anticipated. Last night we heard one of them talking about the trouble they were having with the painters tape. At that instant we knew for sure that it was worth every dime. My little man should be back in his room tomorrow night and we'll finish setting up this weekend. Ikea discontinued the drapes I have for his room but I found another pair on ebay. After duking it out in the last few seconds of the auction I emerged VICTORIOUS!!! Love ebay. So exciting to win - especially when it's something you really need and can't find it anywhere else. I did sneak in and took a few pics yesterday so I'll do a little before and after when everything is done.

I think I'll go have lunch now. All this computer work has worn me out. (: Have a great day!

Painters in the HIZZ-ouse...

Wow, that made me feel very Cathy Z. Anyhoo, finally took the plunge and hired a painter - really nice guy "Sam the Painter" - just hope he paints well! Mark and I went back and forth on whether to do it ourselves. Hate paying for something I can do. It really comes down to paying for time. We promised Spence we'd paint his room the same as his old room which involves a big ole stripe around the room outlined in white stripes. Last time it took us about a month and we just want it done NOW! And guess what? He'll be finished in one day. Hmm....one month or one day??? And that includes doing his ceiling and the ceiling in my new, completely non-used (which is worthy of a whole other post) scrap room. The ceilings are currently blue with clouds which both Spence and I have outgrown. Cute, but gotta go. I should have taken before pics but forgot. Oh well. I'll take after pics. So here's to bright, beautiful colors and very straight stripes (fingers crossed!)

Do you ever wanna....

unsubscribe to somebody's e-mails? Now, I'm not talking about anybody who may be reading this blog. Do you have somebody in your life who inundates you with e-mail? And I'm talking really bad, really stupid e-mails. Pictures of doggies and kitties and really bad jokes and, my all time favorite, chain letters with heart warming stories...sound familiar? I'm pretty sure I'm going to hell, have absolutely no friends and nothing good will ever happen to me because I stopped responding to these inane e-mails years ago. Yeah, losing lots of sleep over that. So, I'm feeling a little sarcastic today. Could you tell? I just finished reading e-mail and I honestly believe that I need to start blogging BEFORE I do a single other thing on this dang computer because my serial e-mailer is wearing me out. I have one other e-mailer who strikes usually once a month with, quite literally, HUNDREDS of pictures of her darling children. Now, before you assume (which, if I were you, I would have already) that I ODed on bitch pills this morning, please understand that this person and I are not friends. We're acquaintances from way back - 3 or 4 moves ago - happened to have kids the same age and had a few playdates together. It's the husbands who really stay in touch. Great, so why, oh why must I still be on the receiving end of HUNDREDS of pictures of her darling children. So really all I'm saying is wouldn't it be great if you could unsubscribe from people's e-mail? Of course I would want to do it in a "hurt feelings free" kind of way which can't happen so I guess I'll just complain about it instead. Now that I'm thinking about it, the daily serial e-mailer (and I'm talking anywhere from 3 to 6 a day) is my husband's friend. Hmmm....

Deep soothing breath...in....out....so much better. I'm really, acutally, in a good mood today. I know I've been out, again, for awhile. Setting up house is somewhat of drag and is taking way too long. I've been feeling too mundane to really blog about it but I suppose that's what the blog is all about. I love reading my friend's blogs and their daily doings and yet when I think about blogging my own day it feels so stinking boring I can't stand it. But then again who is the blog really for and what is it all about? My answer, which I've been pondering a lot lately, is me and my life. Duh. I've been reading Mel's Baby Alexander blog and I think it's such a cool way to have a record, a journal, of your daily life. Same with Christine's. Your kids can look back at that and it is a running commentary on your everyday experiences and your special moments as well. I need to get over my "unworthiness" and just put it out there in all its beautiful mundane-ness.

So get ready. There's a lot of non-stop action headed your way - laundry, dishes...just kidding! Hope everyone has a great day!

Tallyscrapper!

I know there are only about 5 people out there who read my grossly-infrequent blogs and of those 5 I bet there are 4 who already know about the most incredible new scrapbooking site on the internet and the other 1 is not a scrapper. BUT I DO NOT CARE!

Here it is: Tallyscrapper.com! My friend Christine started her own scrapbooking website (see the link at the right). [SIDE NOTE: Christine, I have seriously conquered some techno-fear getting that link on here!] I am so excited for her and quite selfishly, for me. Christine and I met when we both worked at My Scrapbook Store in Fairfax, VA. I am not trying to get sappy here but I am so grateful and feel so fortunate that our paths met. She was only at the store for about a month or two but how fortunate I have been for that time. She got my butt to 2 CKUs, which I never would have done on my own, even shared a bed with me, and now she has shared her newest adventure with me as well. All I can say is thank you, and congratulations! And if you are reading this and don't know Christine and are about to check out Tallyscrapper know this, this woman is awesome and will not let you down. You won't be disappointed!

I'm off to make my first official Tallyscrapper purchase and start racking up some Tally Points! Way to go, Christine!