Finally. All is calm. Well, things are calmer than they have been for a long, long time. These past two and a half weeks have been overly hectic and now things are calmer and I am enjoying the change in pace very much. I could not wait for Wednesday night at 8:00pm, because I knew my overly scheduled schedule would be wiped clean, what a feeling! I even celebrated with my favorite ice cream, I was so excited I didn’t even wash my face before bed. (stupid, yes. Lazy, oh yes.) The past few weeks held trips to LA for Brian, Mother’s Day, multiple meetings, a new job, a day in Chicago, more meetings, fundraiser parties, conference calls, Mommy’s Group (at my house, no less), a trip to Kansas City and a storm that created a massive mess that we are still cleaning up.
See what I did today?
Every stick you see in that pile I touched with my hands today, and they all sat in my backyard, buried by the growing grass. Needless to say, I am very tired and terribly sore, spending the day bent over isn’t very fun. (get your mind out of the gutter.) This pile is after Brian spent two days cleaning up the backyard. so.many.sticks. We planned on completing the storm clean up this weekend, but our forecast looks like this:
So, it was up to me. Luckily the kids cooperated wonderfully and I was able to get this done, I even mowed so it’s almost like we have a real backyard again! What a wonderful feeling. It’s still not quite done, I mean, every step you take you still step on small sticks, you can hear then cracking, but at least it looks better. We won’t be going barefoot for a long time. Now if we could just get the branches of off the roof, the gutters cleaned out and the siding power washed, we would almost feel normal again. Maybe I’m glad it’s supposed to rain all weekend, I could actually catch up on blogs and even comment on one or two, now THAT sounds good to me.
By the way, I love Taco Bell. Do you? I know there are some people who don’t like it, but I think it’s the best dang fast food out there. We treated ourselves to that tonight because I was way too tired to cook, and quite honestly, not finished with my PICK UP ONE MILLION STICKS PROJECT, and if I don’t cook, well, everyone starves, so we went to Taco Bell. And it was delicious and we all ate like kings for ten dollars. And even though Racecar calls it Taco Belt, it still my favorite place. And his, too.
Way to go, girl! You’re so ambitious! It makes me tired just looking at the photo of sticks. That’s a lot of bending over! You definitely deserved some Taco Bell! I am a recent Taco Bell convert. I love me some baja steak chalupa with guacamole.
Way to go, girl! You’re so ambitious! It makes me tired just looking at the photo of sticks. That’s a lot of bending over! You definitely deserved some Taco Bell! I am a recent Taco Bell convert. I love me some baja steak chalupa with guacamole.
I was eating nachos tonight and thought about how much you love them! Hope you can have a nice and relaxing weekend. I can’t imagine having that many sticks in my yard. Wow!
I was eating nachos tonight and thought about how much you love them! Hope you can have a nice and relaxing weekend. I can’t imagine having that many sticks in my yard. Wow!
I was eating nachos tonight and thought about how much you love them! Hope you can have a nice and relaxing weekend. I can’t imagine having that many sticks in my yard. Wow!
I was eating nachos tonight and thought about how much you love them! Hope you can have a nice and relaxing weekend. I can’t imagine having that many sticks in my yard. Wow!
I used to love Taco Bell, but now it makes my IBS go nuts, just to THINK about it. So have a taco for me, ‘K?
Glad things are finally settling down. How’s the new job going???
I used to love Taco Bell, but now it makes my IBS go nuts, just to THINK about it. So have a taco for me, ‘K?
Glad things are finally settling down. How’s the new job going???
You obviously worked extremely hard on that yard, what a job! What a lovely forecast for the holiday weekend, yuck. I enjoy me some Taco Bell here and there as well; however, I do not recommend living within 1/4 mile of one, oh so convenient.
You obviously worked extremely hard on that yard, what a job! What a lovely forecast for the holiday weekend, yuck. I enjoy me some Taco Bell here and there as well; however, I do not recommend living within 1/4 mile of one, oh so convenient.
I know that feeling of relief – yesterday was the last day of school! I don’t know how I would have fit in all you have to do; I was just going crazy trying to keep up with all the last minutes festivities at school, babysitting, and a kid with a fever.
Bless your heart, having to pick up all those sticks! I definitely would have put my three stick pickers to work on that!
And I love Taco Bell, too! But BD prefers Taco Bueno, so that’s what we have most often. What’s your favorite thing at TB?
I know that feeling of relief – yesterday was the last day of school! I don’t know how I would have fit in all you have to do; I was just going crazy trying to keep up with all the last minutes festivities at school, babysitting, and a kid with a fever.
Bless your heart, having to pick up all those sticks! I definitely would have put my three stick pickers to work on that!
And I love Taco Bell, too! But BD prefers Taco Bueno, so that’s what we have most often. What’s your favorite thing at TB?
Taco Belt..that’s funny! I always call it Taco Hell but not because I don’t like it. I’m a big fan of the super exotic crunchy beef taco…lol. Nice job on the frillion sticks. I’m forever picking them up, too
Taco Belt..that’s funny! I always call it Taco Hell but not because I don’t like it. I’m a big fan of the super exotic crunchy beef taco…lol. Nice job on the frillion sticks. I’m forever picking them up, too
I love Taco Bell too and people look at me like I’m crazy. When I was pregnant the only food that would settle my nausea was a bean burrito. Crazy, I know. I haven’t had Taco Bell in a while though!!
You go with your bad self in the yard!!! I know how great it must feel to see such progress!!
I love Taco Bell too and people look at me like I’m crazy. When I was pregnant the only food that would settle my nausea was a bean burrito. Crazy, I know. I haven’t had Taco Bell in a while though!!
You go with your bad self in the yard!!! I know how great it must feel to see such progress!!
The One Million Sticks Project….I think if you email Oprah she’d help you out…it’s got a very catchy title. Maybe Taco Belt will sponser it?!?!? Taco belt. I LOVE that boy!
The One Million Sticks Project….I think if you email Oprah she’d help you out…it’s got a very catchy title. Maybe Taco Belt will sponser it?!?!? Taco belt. I LOVE that boy!
Hmm, i’ve never tried the bean burrito. Will do next time. I pass Taco Bell everytime I go to town on my way home. The only one near me is in a convenience store but it has a drive thru, lol.
The other day i got chicken soft tacos which weren’t too bad.
Man, now i want nachos. . .
Hmm, i’ve never tried the bean burrito. Will do next time. I pass Taco Bell everytime I go to town on my way home. The only one near me is in a convenience store but it has a drive thru, lol.
The other day i got chicken soft tacos which weren’t too bad.
Man, now i want nachos. . .
LOVE Taco Bell! I LOVE IT.
And I’m enjoying making your site a more regular spot to visit too.
LOVE Taco Bell! I LOVE IT.
And I’m enjoying making your site a more regular spot to visit too.
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Many bloggers, including WW participants, will be flying Peace Globes in the blogosphere on Wednesday, June 6, 2007. It is BlogBlast for Peace day – the second annual event. Please consider using your Wordless Wednesday platforms on this day to participate. You can find more information about the movement at Mimi Writes or BlogBlast for Peace
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Thanks and peace!
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