Good bye yesterday!

<--Mason with his "thinking cap" on. So yesterday definitely ended on a better note than it began. Clint came home mid-day to bring me some phenogram. (grand ol stuff...I keep a refill at the pharmacy just for days like yesterday)

After school, My father took Mason off after school for a while (loading him full of an ice cream sundae) then when he got here he had mounds of home work to do. You might think I'm exaggerating. "Hey he's only in kindergarten how much homework can he have?" WRONG. They've now added a weekly writing assignment on TOP of his already heavy load of work consisting of brainstorming (the little circles with the main idea and five topics); Tuesday night was SUPPOSED to be the drafting (but w/ the snow he stayed with Paw Paw) and thus he didn't get Tuesday or Wednesday done. SO the prewriting, editing, and revisions were all left on us to do last night. Six sentences doesn't sound like a lot, but when your just learning to sound out your words its tough! He got his first widdle writers cramp!

But the good news is that my dad offered to take the "beast" so that was that much less to deal with. While trying to do homework and pack for Asheville. Yeah still packing. Daddy finally got him around 8 and did Masons reading with him. or vis vs. and then he vacuumed and then I got to come to bed! ahhhh bed. I love my bed. Am I the only one that like LOVES my bed?

****Brownie Points for my Big Stupid****
My DSH (dear sweet hubby) took our Lhasa Apso to go get a loooooong overdue haircut and can I just say that EVERYONE loves a new hairdo. (no pictures cause the Big Stupid also took the camera to be fixed--but I DID add an old UNGROOMED picture of him and Deuce 2 years ago.) Can I add in how much we MISS our Boxer!!! :'-( Like really REALLY miss!!!

Louie is almost 6 years old and he's prancing around this house like a show dog its hilarious how he freaks out when he's groomed. (That is when hes not under my feet or curled up next to me cause he's FREEZING!!) Yeah I put clothes on my dog. say something! ha ha. I went from owning American Staffordshire and Rottweilers my entire life to owning a 15lb "fru fru"dog in a Harley sweater. haha I can tell you this though I don't care how big the dog is Louie has growled and "defended" me and the kids against all sizes...including my dads pit that wants him for an appetizer. Poor Louie has the little man complex.

Ohkaaay for reaaaal rambling now.

What to do today....ugh...pictures OFF THIS COMPUTER. I can't say how many I have on here cause my hubster reads my blog occasionally but its ALOT. I did get a CD FULL off last night. Edited and off. ;-) ::small pat on back::

k toodles!

Oh JOY! Mommy Gets a Break To CLEAN!

After Masons T-ball game this morning [9 am games...grrrrr] my father kidnapped my son. figuratively. Oh sooo Typical.

If you don't know then now you do...Mason and Paw-Paw go together like "peas and carrots" or like bees and honey or nuts and bolts. They are as "thick as thieves". :-)

This gave me a break. A break to come home and CLEAN. Don't get me wrong my house is nice and tidy. But its SPRING now so its time for that DEEP CLEAN!

I try to do my regular cleaning during the week and devote a couple of hours each Saturday to do that Spring-Cleaning.

This week I got my Kitchen Done. HERE Is a spring clean checklist for different rooms of your house.

Of couse I didn't go to this before I cleaned. I walked though my house with a good old fashioned paper and pencil and wrote what I wanted to do in each room. Then I jotted it down on my dry erase board. Room by Room. Time to clean.

Task accomplished and time taken....

Cleared off cabinets and scrubbed (30 minutes).

Took down my blinds and sprayed them off along with a vinegar treatment. (30 minutes)

Cleaned my oven. (10 minutes) [I don't have to use the oven clean setting b/c I have foil liner for the bottom of my oven!!! That can be recycled! ]

Clean the microwave (2-3 minutes). [doing this weekly cuts back on time]

Wiped down the pantry doors front and backs (10 minutes)

Scrubbed my kitchen floors (45 minutes) (I mop once a week. But this has to be done on white floors)

Empty and clean the insides of the silverware drawer(5 minutes).

Base boards(15 minutes)

Ceiling Fan (5 minutes)

Cleaned my wash room sliding doors (10 minutes)

Did sink cleaning "101"(15minutes)

Wiped down my refriderator top, front and side(10minutes)[cleaned it out last week]

TOTAL TIME SPENT: 3 hours and about 8 minutes. :-/ whooo hooo

Whose up for coming to my place and eating off the floors? KIDDING!

Join me if you'd like. Let me know what kind of progress your making with your spring cleaning.

Who knows Mason and Terris Mom might have a prize to the winner of the most deep cleaned crib! ;-O

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Are you Swinging a Bat or Chopping Wood?

Can someone please help my son comprehend the COMPLEXITY of the swinging of a BAT. :o)

He USED to swing really well. USED TOO.

Mason mommy loves you honey but you are not a logger. Your playing base ball.

This is his stance...
(his lit'l toooshie is so cute in that uniform!!!)

Mason digging in the dirt between plays

Mason in his "READY POSITION"


Back shot of the team...

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The OTHER Team cheerleader....Izzy. (ubber cute!)



Stylin in her big brothers hand me down shoes that she is TOOOOO proud of! :-)

No matter how Mason plays along as he shows good sportsmanship and has a good time thats all that matters to us. Boy does he have fun. Especially when his paw-paw comes to the games b./c THEN he gets to go get Ice Cream. :-)