Super Poke Pets

Thank you Facebook for my latest addiction...like a need a virtual pet! Like I need anything else to occupy my time...but I can't help it. These things are so cute. Where else do I get to shop with tons of fake money and have hundreds of friends that want to play with me. My gosh this is the greatest thing to happen to me since...I don't know, the birth of my children maybe? OK, not really...but I like it and it's good, clean, non-brain using fun!

Mrs. B

sad days, indeed...

...when the house is quiet because they are gone...I remember how much I like noise. No really, I like noise. Wait, what am I saying? I LOVE noise!

I love the roar of their hearty snickering when they both find something so amusing they can't contain their laughter.

I love hearing, "MOM, COME HERE...YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS!", when it is merely an advertisement for something I am never going to waste my money buying for them b/c they do not need it.

I love the sound of the same Guitar Hero song over and over b/c they are trying to master the "gig" b/c they need the money...LOL.

I love hearing the shower run and the loud SPLAT-SPLAT of the water as they push it out of their hair as they rinse.

I love the sound of love.

Derby Hat Time

There is absolutely nothing I like more about the Derby than the hats. I am a total "hat" girl. I love dressing up! I feel so regal and refined when sporting something atop my head quite possibly the size of a small UFO.

Yes, watching the ponies stirs my heart, but I would rather "people watch" all day. The hubs usually takes me to this hole-in-the-wall place in no man's land to watch the spectacle known as the prime jewel in the triple crown, and I still wear my hat! No one else there does, but rarely have I cared about other folks and their fashion sense.

So, forgive me, if on "Derby Day", I'm the weirdo girl in the redneck-iest bar wearing a hat sipping a drink that I had to explain to the bartender how to make...we are who we are...LOL.

Mrs. B

*For great hat ideas check this site out: http://www.deescrafts.com/hats/

ACT scores and academic standards...

OK, so my genius daughter did not get a 36 on her ACT...and, I was a tad bit upset. Not about her score, but about that fact that she did not do one review for the test.

I do not necessarily believe those things (reviews) can help you raise your scores too much, but I do think they can give you an idea of what to expect on the test, therefore helping you.

Her score was way above fine and way above the score she needs for many of the schools that she will apply to...but I would like to see her at MIT (where she wants to be) instead of somewhere she just has to settle for (like her mother did).

Do not get me wrong here, she is probably smarter than your kid...she is smarter than most kids her age and her maturity level makes up for any test score she could EVER receive...I just want her to DREAM BIG because she can...

Mrs. B

Happy Easter

Coloring eggs, family time, mimosas, and life on the Creek. I learn everyday I need less and less "stuff".

CBB

Sleeping in the Rain...

...MUST CATCH UP ON BLOG...LOL

Scrapbook Room

The whole reason that we have a 5 bedroom house is for everyone to have their own bedroom and for mr. chad and I to have our own "hobby" rooms.

He is a gamer. so all he needs is a desk, chair and the computer. I, on the other hand, am a scrapbooker...therefore, I need lots of room!

We have been in the house for about 8 months now and I have not scrapbooked ONCE! Well, not in the scrapbook room, anyway. It is remotely organized, but I just need everything in order before I can do anything...and right now it's not in the order that I need it to be.

I have chosen the color and design scheme, but I really need a partner to help me pull it off. Mr. chad is great at so many things, but painting and room design is probably at the bottom of his resume'. I guess, I will have to wait until my best friend, C2, can pencil me in...she is the makeover queen...LOL...when she decides she's going to do something...she doesn't talk about it...she does it.

I need that...my scrapbook room needs that...LOL.
CBB