When Doves Cry

***MAJOR EDIT AT THE END!! MUST BE READ!!!!!***

Y'all know my mom, right??



Nice lady. Loving wife, mother, and Nana. Doting daughter. Asset to the community. Maker of fine breads. Possessor of hobbit-like feet.

I want to tell you a story about her.

Back in the day, 'round about 1995 or so, I came home from a date. As was her habit, she was waiting up for me, watching TV. (I think this habit ended with Helen, but that's beside the point.) As was my habit, I sat down for a few minutes to talk to her, catch up on the evening's home events, etc. It took a second, but I eventually realized what Mom was watching on TV.



That's right, my friends, this woman was watching Purple Rain. I was speechless! Who knew she was such a fan of (what he was known at the time) The Artist Formally Known As Prince??!?!?

To this day, she swears she was just flipping through the channels and it just happened to be on and she got sucked into the movie. I've never been convinced by her story. I think she liked it.

So now I consider it my duty to call her everytime I see that Purple Rain is on, so she can watch her favorite movie. Just like I did last Friday. I bet she even DVRed it!

THIS IS FOR YOU, MOM!!!



Mom just reminded me a part of the story I forgot!!!! She says that she *thought* she was watching The Color Purple and got very confused when Whoopi and Oprah never showed up in the movie.

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I really think that just makes the story better. ;)

Everything she knows, I taught her

Ways In Which I Am Becoming EVEN MORE Like My Mother



1. I am seriously starting to consider taking a nap everyday from 1:30-2:00 just so I can make it through the rest of the day (especially on Wednesdays and Thursdays).

2. I've got a dress hanging in the closet for just wearing "around the house".

3. It's a Saturday afternoon with no external commitments, and instead of reading a book or watching a movie I'm in the kitchen baking and listening to Easy Listening Hits of the 80's and 90's.

4. Whenver the girls complain of a upset stomach/headache/profusely bleeding wound I find myself asking them when was the last time they drank some water.

This is all truly frightening.

However, the flipside of all of this is that it's too much fun watching Mom turn into Grandmom. ;)

What's the story, Morning Glory?

I wish I could say I haven't updated ye olde blog because I've been on a dream vacation because we are seriously, so blessed! (Follow the link for a laugh. Just don't be drinking anything while you read. ;D) But the honest truth is that I haven't updated because I've been busy. And lazy. I'm a dichotomy, I know. (Or is it a conundrum?) But Mom sent me an email saying I needed to update, and who am I to deny her the pleasure of looking in on the minutiae of my life???

Beckie tagged me for this awhile back, so I thought I'd go ahead and brighten her day by "keepin' it real". :P I had to take a picture of ten things AS THEY ARE. I'll confess- we picked up the house this morning, then went to the library, so everything is still in pretty good shape.

1. The Kitchen Sink

I am so grateful for my children, because they empty the dishwasher and put the clean dishes away, thereby allowing me to maintain a fairly cleaned out sink. Most of the time. You know how if your bed is made, then the rest of the bedroom looks (fairly) clean? That's how I feel about the sink. If it's clean, then most of the time you don't notice the floor hasn't been mopped in two months.


2. My Favorite Room

When it comes down to it, my favorite room is the kitchen. It's got food, the computer, iTunes, my scrapbooking/craft supplies and a great view of our getting more-lovely-by-the-month backyard. It's also the room where I spend the majority of my time.




3. What are the kids doing?

Sharp eyed readers will notice I have an extra kid right now! My niece Estella is staying with us. So far we've gone swimming (twice), gone out to breakfast, seen a movie (WALL-E, which is excellent, and everyone should see it), played in the rain, watched a ton of TV, played LPS and AG (Littlest Pet Shop and American Girl for those not in the know), gone to the library, and later today we are going to roller skating lessons. So if she tells her mom or dad she didn't have fun, SHE'S LYING!!! :P Anyway, right now they are all watching a movie in the playroom and eating Honey Buns which they talked me into buying for them yesterday.


4. My Laundry Pile

All of the clean laundry, waiting to be folded, on my bed.


5. My Fridge

I haven't bee grocery shopping in awhile, so it's usually more full than this. There are a lot of soft drinks in the fridge because it's summer, and our favrotie summer dessert are floats- Orange, Root Beet, Dr. Pepper - it's all good. I've decided it's not hard to be a happy person if you always have Root Beer in the fridge and vanilla ice cream in the freezer.


6. One Closet

This is mine and James' closet. It also doubles as his dresser and our linen closet. It's fairly organized, but I wish it was a little bigger. A few years ago James' OCD got the better of him and he organized my side of the closet by color. He's so sweet.

This is my side.


James' side.


7. A Toilet

It's no secret I don't like my bathroom. It's dark and dingy, and we call it The Pit of Dispair. It's the next thing on THE LIST to get a makeover.


8. My Favorite Shoes

I don't really have any favorite shoes right now, which makes me sad. But these are the shoes I wear most often. From L-R, My Reef Flip Flops (which make me feel like I could still join the pro surfing tour one day) my Rocket Dogs (which I get compliments on everytime I wear them to preschool- very big with the four to five yr old set), and my strappy black sandals, which are actually James' favorite. Make of that what you will.


9. Self Portrait

Self explanitory, right? Although I did get my hair cut recently. I like it most of the time, like today. But sometimes it gets a bit mullet-like. I think I'm going to have my stylist (hee!) take off a little more in the back before school starts.


10. My Dream Vacation

It was very hard to pick just one destination. But if I could ONLY travel to ONE other place outside the continental US ever, it would be the British Isles. England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. It's got everything- rural areas, big cities, breathtaking scenery, history, beaches, mountains, shopping, good food, etc.


I'm now supposed to tag people. I'll tag Mom, Rich, Lora, Melissa and Aunt Carol. Don't you feel lucky?? :D

It's all her fault

This is my mother.
She's a bit off her rocker.
(Hee! Puns.)

Yesterday she called me to inform me she had started a blog. She them suggested I get one, because my brother and his family had one, and so did my cousin. Evidently my grandfather has all of their blogs bookmarked so he can keep up with us! I told her I had been blogging since 2004 (over at Livejournal) and she needed to get with the times, man! She wanted me to give her the link to my LJ and I laughed for ten minutes. No way, Jose. That stuff is private, yo! She might see all the things I say about her.

So here I am, jumping on the Blogger bandwagon. All because my mom said so.