Entries from March 2007 ↓

1. public bathrooms
2. cancer
3. hardcore music (where they scream with a raspy voice instead of singing)
4. late fees
5. putting the laundry away (washing, drying, and folding it is fine though)
6. car repair bills
7. two faced, back-stabbers
8. being late
9. winter weather
10. stepping on fiber optic needles
11. yearly check-ups
12. watching my kids get their shots ( or even worse, their blood taken)
13. canker sores
14. suicide
15. friends moving away
16. clean shoes getting dirty
17. salmon
18. raging debaters who never even let the other person open their mouth
19. pooped diapers
20. potty-training

I was reading the Frugal Upstate blog and found a cool site — http://www.imagechef.com/ic/make.jsp — that she linked to that does free, cool, customizable graphics. I played with it all day yesterday. Fun stuff! (and her blog is fun, btw… love any money saving tips I can get my hands on.) I just had to share it with you, so you can be addicted too!

I took this picture on a walk. The reflection in the door is of the house across the street. The house kind of looks creepy though, eh?

20 Things I Love

30 Things I Love

37 Things I Love (apparently loving things is one of the things I love)

1. Shoe Shopping
2. My Pillow
3. God
4. My fellow deaconesses at church (who always make me laugh, even when we’re discussing serious things)
5. My family (kids, hubby, parents, siblings, etc.)
6. Reliable Transportation
7. The Smell and Feel of New Play-Doh
8. Brand New Babies
9. Back Rubs (but not too vigorously)
10. A Good Hair Day
11. The Internet
12. The Phone
13. My Scrapbooks
14. Cakes and Cookies
15. A Good Romance Novel (Smut excluded)
16. My Grandma-In-Law’s Swiss Steaks and Mashed Potatoes
17. Laying in Bed Catty Corner All Alone
18. Dr. Pepper
19. My Friends
20. Ranch Dressing for Dipping
21. My FIL
22. Walks Downtown with my Husband and Kids
23. My Camera
24. The Smell of Clean Laundry, Fresh from the Dryer
25. Small Towns
26. Head Bands
27. Shoveling Snow
28. Windows Rolled Down in the Car During the Summer (I dislike the A/C, unless it’s burning out)
29. Making Lists
30. Giving Gifts
31. Listening to Music in the Car Really Loud
32. Hearing my Husband Tell Me I’m Beautiful
33. The Smell of Freshly Bathed Babies (and Kiddos too)
34. Getting Things on Sale
35. Five Cheese Ziti at Olive Garden
36. The Smell of Spring
37. My Grandpa’s Old Red Polo Shirt

Tonight I was rocking Forest to sleep. He had his eyes closed for a while, and I thought he was asleep. But he opened up his eyes, picked up his head, looked me straight in the eyes and said "Momma?", to which I said "Yes?", and he said "You’re the best Mommy in the whole wide world." He then closed his eyes and again, and went to sleep.

I sat there thinking about him. He’s the baby that I prayed for almost 2 years for. He’s the baby that I was dreaming of during my heartbreaking miscarriages. He was the baby that first stole my heart. He is the baby that screamed his head off at me for nearly the first 6 months of his life, and made me feel so helpless. He is the child that asks me how my sleep was each morning. He is the child that takes control of every situation he is in (or at least tries). He is the leader of his friends. He is my sensitive soul. He’s a little pro golfer wanna-be. He the child that looks out for his brother. He is Larry Boy with the suction ears (and I’m his Alfred). He is a little merman in the bathtub.  He is my son. Do you hear me world??!!! He is mine!!!!! And he told me that I’m a good Mommy!!!! *tears of joy*