3 Free Hours!

Wowie! I had THREE FREE HOURS today! Woo hoo!

My kids had a great time at the birthday party--and it was only 3 houses away, so we were able to walk to it too. :) The mom hosting helped the kids make homemade ice cream as part of their "birthday fun" & you'd have thought they invented the lightbulb the way they're going on & on & ON about "how cool that was, Mom!"

So good, way to go, kiddoes....I prefer the fast route to my ice cream--the drive-thru lane of the Dairy Queen, or a half gallon from WalMart. ;) I'm just glad they had fun.

I had fun too--hubby went golfing, so for 3 hours I was ALONE. Wow again. I did laundry (by myself), ran the dishwasher (by myself), even fixed and ate lunch (by myself). Which I NEVER get to do! Usually I eat a bite here or there as I'm serving other people lunch. As in--"Mom, can I have some chips now?" "Mom, can I have more milk?" "Mom, do HAFTA eat the crusts on my sandwich?!?" So eating alone is a rare, stress-free luxury...almost as good as showering in an empty house!

And best of all...I did indeed get time to scrapbook! I finished TWO pages! Holy smokes! I never go that fast. (Ok, I have to admit--they were pages from a kit-of-the-month club...so all I had to do was follow the directions & cut here, adhere there, embellish, etc.--but still I finished TWO of them!) :)

I am almost giddy with the enjoyment of my afternoon. Even my grouchy hubby who claims I jinxed him (because he golfed his second-worst round ever today) can't ruin my good mood.

Have a lovely weekend y'all...and I will too!

PS--the picture is a super-girlie card I made for a friend who's pregnant with #3 (two boys thus far) & just found out she has to go on bed rest AGAIN! She deserves something pink & happy. :)

Just For You, Steph

Ok...so in an effort to try this one more time, here's a super-quick entry before my friend Steph (may or may not) read(s) this........

It's summer, people. And that means the kiddies are out of school! On to first grade next year--woo hoo!

In the meantime, we're in a battle of wits everyday, trying to come up with new "projects" for my darlings to do & STAY OUT OF MY HAIR. Good luck with that, Mommy.

Every day my daughter says "Mom, can we do a craft project?" Like, what, I'm a fountain of patterns & ideas?!? I keep craft kits up my (bleep!) ready to be pulled out at any given moment?!? Yeah, right.

I'm lucky if I remember to grab some cruddy foam stickers at the dollar store--which I then throw at said daughter..."Here ya' go, knock yourself out, kid."

Ok, all kidding aside. I do a lot of craft & art projects with my kids. It's just been exhausting lately--since we've only been out for summer break since June 10, and every day I'm supposed to act like the Activities Director on the Good Ship Lollipop.

But we'll fit more craft time in--as much as I can stand anyway. Between laundry loads & my treadmill time. And hopefully AFTER I take a daily shower. (Here's hoping anyway.) If only I could get them to sleep in past 7 a.m............hope springs eternal.

Thank goodness they have a birthday party to go to tomorrow--that'll give me THREE FREE HOURS tomorrow afternoon. I might actually be able to complete an ENTIRE scrapbook page. Wowie!

Like I said................never stop hoping. :)