The one with a quick update.

my girls(cheerleaders)

won state in both divisions today.

just thought i'd

 let you know.

no more getting up at 5:ooam

for a while.

they were awesome.

i am relieved.

night, night.

The one with a thought for sunday....

"If someone accused you of being a mormon,

would there be enough evidence to

convict you?"

The one where you say its my birthday....

happy birthday to me,

happy birthday to me,

happy birthday dear me....

happy birthday to me!

welcome to my birthday party.

blogger style.

just a quick visit into birthday circa 1982.

i was turning 8.

that's right, today is the big 34.

and i must say that 34 looks just like i thought it would.

kids, house, hubby, happy.

what more could i ask for.

a stainless steel crockpot you say?

nailed it!

now this little girl hoped for something different....

doll clothes for her precious baby doll, Victoria.

oh the suspense is killing me!

a birthday wish come true.

a christmas coat and hat for my doll.

i loved those clothes.

i really should have wished for my feathery bangs

and mullet to disappear.

come on 1983.

so, sometime i feel like my brain is flat.

i'm not dumb, just not super smart either.

i feel like i just missed the 

"lets SUPER educate kids on computers"

movement by just a few short years.

i do remember having one wheeled into my classrooms 

from time to time and if you had all

of your work done you got to play...

Oregon Trails.

don't tell me you didn't love this game.

i conquered it more than once.

any who...what was my point? oh ya, my brain...

so yesterday i was a having a little computer problem.

so i kindly called for one of my offspring to assist me,

before i turned the air blue with my cursing,

and pulled all of my hair out.

so ethan and emma kindly came over to help me,

and help me they did.

i mean why do they make it so hard to release a margin anyways.

so i had to turn on my photobooth to capture this moment.

the 3 of us, heads together, trying to help me from going insane!

mission accomplished.

my kids are geniuses.

you unfortunately  have just died of

cholera.

(and i am in desperate need of a brow wax. don't judge me.)

"together we laugh and play all day!"

today was our turn to host play group.

we kicked it old school and made salt dough.

the girls had fun mixing and molding.

(and watching me spill flour everywhere)

dough molding is very serious business...can't you tell!

until next time girlies!!!

i like to think of myself as a strong person.

i am no weakling.

i'm not afraid of a hard days work.

in fact i love crawling into bed,

the sound of the dishwasher humming,

the drier warming the last load...

you get the point.

i also like to think of myself as content.

not big on change. 

at all.

but something happened to me the other day.

i saw this house.

i find myself laying in bed at night,

dreaming of the floor plan. 

fantasizing  about myself decorating 

this little beauty.

i'm by no means announcing a move.

its a pipe dream.

but someday i want to build a house.

this house.

so tonight instead of dreaming of this house

i shall be chanting my new mantra...

"thou shalt not covet."

i am weak.

not as strong as i thought.

oh well.

The one with a need.

so, my christmas card is shaping up to be 

pretty darn cute.

so would you kindly send me your address

if you think i might not have it.

as in i MIGHT have lost

my Christmas address book.

i'm just say'n.

carmacks11@msn.com

thanks.