Friday, April 19th, 2014

HF4F!!!

Happy week's end!!! Overall, it's been a pretty uneventful week here at Keeping Up With KC, but that's not to say there hasn't been any standout moments. And, as such, I am linking up with Lauren Elizabeth to share my week's standout moments.

-1-

Helped host a special program at our library Monday evening that featured an informational session on service dogs (which are completely different from therapy dogs) to kick off National Library Week. The handler, her dog, and her husband did a phenomenal job engaging my library's young patrons as well as us adults. We learned so much and had a blast. Supervisor and I called it a huge success.  

-2-

Participated in a vegetarian cooking class Tuesday evening at a neighboring county's library. The class featured a plethora of demonstrations and tons of sampling. Awesome!

-3-

Finished my April book, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare, on Wednesday. It was kinda a cheat because I loved the movie, but couldn't get myself into the book after trying to read it a gazillion times. I finally settled on listening to the audio of the book on the way to and from work and knocked it out in a week. Just ordered the second book in the series to "read" on my way up to the GA this weekend.

-4-

Wanted to get back into felting because I miss it so much, so I whipped this up Wednesday evening. I think I'm going to make another tea bag and a couple of felt cookies to go with it to make it a set.

-5-

Finally finished my Easter shopping and put together my family's collective Easter basket. I hope they like it.

Wishing you and yours a phenomenal Easter weekend!!!

Monday, April 14th, 2014

Weekend Recap

Monday Monday... (she trails off humming the Mamas and Papas song). Another fantastic weekend in the books here at Keeping Up With KC.

Friday evening, I had my Movie in the Park date with my niece. Our evening featured a trip to Chick-fil-A, Wreck-It Ralph, and Hershey's ice cream. It can't get any better than that.

Saturday late morning I headed to my sister's bridal shower tea/brunch. The MOH truly outdid herself because the venue was so cute and quaint, the food was to die for, and the party portion was amazing. 

After the shower, I met up with the cuzzo for an afternoon of haircuts and thrifting. Found some really great stuff for super cheap. Score!

On Sunday, I spent the day with a friend celebrating her birthday. We went to Palm Sunday mass that morning (definitely not what I'm used to at my church, but definitely an experience worth having) and went to lunch that afternoon.

Yep, a fantastic weekend!!!

As for the kindness mission...

Kindness mission #14 was to thank someone. My "someone" was the people in receiving at a local hardware retailer that donated boxes for us to use to build our castle for out Pirates and Princesses Story Time. Without them and their donations, there was no way that I could have brought my vision to life for the kids to enjoy.

To thank them, I bought a nice little card and put a picture of the castle in it. Since the retailer is so close, I walked it over to them and hand delivered it, which they enjoyed completely. Thanks again guys!!!

Mission #14: Completed.

Mission #15:  Draw/color someone a picture.

Friday, April 11, 2014

High Five for Friday

Oh Happy Friday! (Oh Happy Friday!) Happy Friday! (Happy Friday!) As usual, I am linking up with Lauren Elizabeth for High Five for Friday to share my top five moments of the week.

-1-

Finished planning, writing, and prepping for ALL regular story times through the end of April when we take a break to focus on summer reading stuffs in May, June, July, and August!!! It's so nice to check that "little" task off of my To-Do List.

-2- 

On Tuesday, headed to the local froyo joint to catch up with a friend of mine. Had an absolute blast despite the icky cold weather.

-3-

Let's see, Wednesday's highlight was finally getting around to purchasing ALL of the 500 million greeting cards that I had to get for the 500 million events coming up. Now to get the gifts to go with the greeting cards...

-4-

Nixed Zumba Thursday evening to go shopping for a dress for my sister's bridal shower this weekend. Way to wait until the last minute right???

-5-    

Been counting the days for my dinner date and movie the park with my niece this evening. I don't know if she is more excited or I am. :-)

Happy Friday and Happy Weekend!!!

Wednesday, April 9th, 2014

Aaaarrrgg!!!

I've been pondering about writing another blog post and have decided to start doing a Wednesday post (the second Wednesday of the month for now) about the "miscellaneous" of the KC. Meaning, I guess, that I am going to write about whatever's on my mind at the time. It's a little deviation from the norm weekend and weekly recaps that I do on Monday and Friday. (Whispered to the side: They are nice, but straight up run-of-the-mill BORING!!!) So, here goes...

A couple of weeks ago, ALL of our local schools (that's four counties worth of schools) were on spring break. That meant complete and utter craziness for the library's youth services staff (i.e. me and awesome co-worker). That also meant a heap a lot more kids for our weekly story times, too.


In an effort to curb the crazy, awesome co-worker and I created a super fun story time for our youngest patrons (and their older siblings) to enjoy including castles and treasure maps. Say what? Yep, we hosted a Pirates and Princesses story times over spring break.  

Of course we invited the kids (and caregivers) to dress the parts in the weeks leading up to the pirates and princesses story time event. The day of, the story time started with the norm songs, stories, and action rhymes. Here's what that looked like:

Opening Song: If You're Happy to be Here

Story: Not All Princesses Dress in Pink, by Jane Yolen and Heidi Stemple

Action Rhyme: Little Princess (tune: Frere Jacques)
*Note: This one is a Miss KC original because I couldn't find any princess action rhymes. I sang the first line and had the kids repeat the line back to me for uber participation.

Little princess.
(Little princess.)
Curtsy low.
(Curtsy low.)
Curtsy to the front.
(Curtsy to the front.)
Little Princess.
(Little Princess.)

Little princess.

(Little princess.)

Dance around.

(Dance around.)

Dance to the front.
(Dance to the front.)

Little princess.

(Little princess.)

Little princess.
(Little princess.)
Wave goodbye.
(Wave goodbye.)
Wave to the front.
(Wave to the front.)
Little princess.
(Little princess.)

Story: Do Pirates Take Baths?, by Kathy Tucker

Action Rhyme: Ten Little Pirates

Ten little pirates stand in a row,
(hold both hands up with 10 fingers raised)

They all bow down to the captain, so.

(bend fingers down, then up)

They march to the left and they march to the right,

(move hands to left and right)

They shout “Yo Ho!” and give their captain a fright!

(shout loudly and clap hands on “fright”)

Story: Pirates & Princesses, by Jill Kargman

Closing Song: The More We Get Together

Before we sang our last song and closed out the "norm portion" of story time, we surprised our patrons with a treasure hunt, complete with treasure map and treasure chest, in the story hour room. It was a blast trying to get everyone to guess where the treasure chest was located according to the treasure map (it was "in" the castle).



After we found the treasure chest and divided the "booty," we did the special craft, a pirate hat or princess crown. The kids and parents really enjoyed personalizing this simple craft.

To finish out the story time, the young pirates and princesses got to sample "Pirate Hardtack" and "Princess Cookies" (sugar cookies and chocolate chip cookies).

I daresay that it was an absolute and total success. Now onto planning for our next big event...

Monday, April 7th, 2014

Weekend Recap and Kindness Mission #14

Wow... Never thought I'd say this, but I'm kinda happy to see Monday. It's been quite the weekend.

Friday day day, my day off, was devoted completely to the boring and mundane household tasks that unfortunately needed to be done (i.e. clothes, cleaning, detailing, etc.).

Was also introduced to Japanese plums as there is a tree across the street. If you've never tasted a Japanese plum, they taste like a strange mix of lemon, orange, and grapes. Super weird, but super good.

Friday evening was spent in the ER as my g-mizzle had a bit of a fall as we were walking into a restaurant to have dinner. She has a fractured arm, a nasty goose egg on her head, and needed to have a couple of stitches on a deep cut on her thumb. So scary and sad, but she'll be alright.

Saturday started with a new 5-minute workout before grabbing a shower and  heading to work. 

Sunday started with church (of course). Walked again and it was so nice. Then, headed to the fair with a friend to take in the livestock (the real kind). It was nice to walk around for a couple of hours.

And, to close out the post, the kindness mission from last week and the new kindness mission...

Last week's kindness mission was to ask someone how you can help them...and help. It was another one of those douzey missions that you could make as big or as small as you would like to which was kind if nice. I really like those missions.

There were so many little instances when the task was completed, but the instance that stood out the most came during service yesterday morning. During service, an announcement was made that one of the families at my church was going through a pretty rough time. Of course, the first question that pops into anyone's mind was "How can I help?" The only thing that the family asked was to watch over the family's kids and to pray. So, prayer it has been and prayer it will be until the family's situation is resolved and even beyond.

Kindness Mission #13: In progress.

Kindness Mission #14: Thank someone.

Friday, April 4, 2014

High Five for Friday

Happy HAPPY Friday!!! As per the norm, I am linking up with Lauren Elizabeth to highlight some of my fav moments this week.

-1-

Headed to the Elks Monday night with the G-pizzle and the G-mizzle for their spaghetti supper. The spaghetti was OKAY, but the company more than made up for it. :-)

-2-

At my women's bible study meeting on Tuesday evening, we went over two of my favorite scripture verses. 1 Peter 3:3-4 (CEV) 3 Don't depend on things like fancy hairdos or gold jewelry or expensive clothes to make you look beautiful. 4 Be beautiful in your heart by being gentle and quiet. This kind of beauty will last, and God considers it very special. It was such an awesome experience discussing those verses with the more mature women in the group (Note: I am the youngest one by at least 20 years).

-3-

Tuesday night after bible study, I was blessed with a carton of Kemp's Fat Free Caramel Praline Crunch Frozen Yogurt. If that isn't a weekly highlight, I have no idea what is.

-4-

Wednesday evening, I participated in a Twitter party. It was my very first one and I had a BLAST!!! I even won a $20 gift card. Score!

-5-

Headed to Zumba again Thursday evening AND had an inspirational praise dance workshop right after. Boy, it was a busy night, but full of learning, fun, and fellowship.

Buenos weekend!!!

Monday, March 31st, 2014

Weekend Recap

Happy beginning of the week!!! I know I missed posting yesterday. I suppose I'll make up for that today (and still post with yesterday's date). :-)

The weekend was pretty low-key which was absolutely AMAZING. Really just hung out and spent quality time with the family. Got in on Friday night and toured the upgrades to the house. They have done such an awesome job making it their own.

Saturday we got up and waited for the rain to move out before heading to Douglass to visit the WWII Flight Training Camp and Museum there (1). It was so cool!!! One display broke down "The Aviation Cadet Program" explaining the different levels and sequences of trainings (2). Another display had a flight simulator from the WWII era, which was one of my fav thing exhibits in the museum (3). One of the feature exhibits was a beautifully displayed 48-star flag (4). Breathtaking!!!

Sunday was all about making Ma's veggie soup for my lunches to hold me over until I can get back up there over Easter weekend and traveling back to Florida.

Hoping for an awesome week!!!

Oh, and Kindness Mission #12 was to compliment a friend. Sent a rave review to my high school bestie telling her that she did an awesome job planning her little boy's first birthday. I should have taken a screen shot...

Kindness Mission #12: Complete.

Kindness Mission #13: Ask someone how you can help them...and help.

Friday, March 28th, 2014

High Five for Friday!!!

Oh my goodness!!! I thought the week was never going to end!!! No joke!!! It was one of those "the-hits-just-keep-on-coming" weeks. We were given some "not-so-great" news at work early on in the week. On Tuesday night, I lost my keys. I found them after a frantic 20 minute long "I-know-I-brought-them-into-the-house" search. Wednesday, it turned winter-ish again with temps hovering in the low- to mid-60's. For a Florida girl, that's Polar Vortex weather. And, the week just seems to move at a snail's pace when you have something really big that you are looking forward to on the weekend.

Regardless of all the ickyness, I want to take a moment and do my weekly High Five for Friday link up.

 

-1-

Successfully baked a zillion chocolate chip cookies (Princess Cookies) and sugar cookies (Pirate Hardtack) this week for our Pirates and Princesses Story Time (more on that in a new Wednesday post). Okay, it was more like 144, but with my culinary skills (or lack thereof), it felt like a zillion. And, they were Place & Bake. Even so, it takes culinary talent to monitor the oven and get those babies out before they burn. :-) 

-2-

FINALLY found some Vanilla Cupcake Goldfish Grahams. They were BOGO this week at my fav grocery store. Went to four different store locations on my work route, but all four were...wait for it...wait for it...sold out! Ay dios mio! Finally found some on Tuesday evening at my trusty dusty local store. Got my two packages and still have my rainchecks. Woo hoo!

-3-

My supervisor just got back from vacationing in Africa and brought us each back a "something good" as I like to call it. She brought me back this adorable and beautifully made penguin bead keychain.

-4-

Went home Wednesday night and baked some pumpkin corn muffins for my dance team's surprise Pumpkin Appreciation Day Party on Thursday evening. Last fall, we were talking about how we felt that pumpkins didn't get enough love throughout the year as they are only really brought up in the fall for obvious reasons. We felt that we should have a pumpkin appreciation day in March and so we did. Happy Pumpkin Appreciation Day Pumpkins!!!

-5-

And last, but certainly not least, came out of Zumba retirement Thursday night after a LLLOOOOONNNNGGGG break for Upward and various other not-so-important-but-they-seemed-so-at-the-time things. Zumba party people, I'm "back in black" and will be a regular fixture of the class until the fall when Upward starts again.

Now, off to The GA for QT with the family. Buenos weekend!!!

Monday, March 24th, 2014

Weekend Recap and Mission #12

Happy Monday!!! Well, as happy as a Monday can get, I suppose. Decided to check in and recap the weekend and share about last week's kindness mission.

First, the weekend (or what I had of a weekend because this week was an off Friday/work Saturday weekend). I spent all day Friday at home. Yes, that's right, I didn't even start the car. Friday morning I went for a nice 3 mile jog/walk around the neighborhood. That's 9 times around the neighborhood and about an hour and a half after stopping and talking to some of my new neighbors.

Friday afternoon was spent helping the g-pizzles get ready for a dinner party and entertaining my crazy niece while my sister visited with our g-pizzles. Yay Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots (my favorite game ever), Jenga, Go Fish, and Crayola.

Just as soon as the sister and niece left, the dinner party guests got here and stayed until almost 10:30 pm playing cards. Man, them 80+-year-olds can party harder than I can (or care to).

Saturday was all work and little play. Not much to report really, just work, work, work. 

Sunday morning, I got up and got my walk/job in, got my worship on, and then headed to my bestie's little boy's first birthday party at a local park. It was Dr. Seuss-themed. I was in heaven. Happy Birthday Baby M!

After the party, I had to rush home as I was on dinner duty and had to prepare our sides for that night (roasted seasoned potato wedges, and pasta salad) and bake some pirate hardtack (sugar cookies) and enchanted princess cookies (chocolate chip cookies) for this week's pirates and princesses story times. C-R-A-Z-Y, but N-A-I-L-E-D I-T!!!

Hope the week's a little slower, but not too slow. I'm heading to The GA to spend the weekend with the family.

And now on to the kindness mission...
 

Our kindness mission last week was to use a reusable shopping bag (or reusable shopping bags). Easy task right? And, the feel good is quadruple-fold. 

1. When you use reusable, there is less need for plastic bags, which leads to less production of plastic bags which means less pollution and oil consumption that goes along with producing those bags. Yay environment!!!
2. Reusable bags are way stronger and can carry twice as much as a plastic bag.
3. Some stores offer discounts on total purchases if you use reusable bags.
4. And, some reusable bags are attached to other charities, meaning that a portion of the proceeds from the initial sale of the reusable bags will go to a charity.

That ALL being said, this week, I used reusable bags during purchases as often as I possible could. Hopefully everyone will jump on the reusable bags bandwagon and help our environment (and us) reap the benefits. :-)

Mission #11: Complete.

Mission #12: Compliment a friend.

Friday, March 21st, 2014

High Five for Friday!!!

It's Friday! It's Friday! (sung in a singsong voice) Funny how the week goes so fast when you're having fun. To revisit the week's fav events, I am doing my usual link up with Lauren Elizabeth for High Five for Friday...

1. Saturday, I went canoeing for the very first time in the beautiful waters of
    De Leon Springs!!! So awesome that I can't wait to go again!!!

2. Received two packages via snail mail of blog giveaway prizes that I've
    won the past couple of weeks. (Definite perk of blog hopping - supporting
    the blogs and the sponsoring businesses. :-))

3. Found a Tuesday night women's bible study at a church within walking
    distance of my house. Went to my first meeting this past Tuesday night 
    and had an absolute blast. The ladies were so nice and welcoming. The 
    leader and the lessons were so easy to understand. Definitely going to 
    make the meeting a Tuesday night fixture. Which reminds me, I have to 
    order the study book...

4. Finished my March book, I AM NUMBER FOUR by Pittacus Lore, this week.
    Woo hoo! Been meaning to get around to reading it since before the movie
    came out, but I guess it's better late than never, right? It's a good book, 
    but different from the movie. Even so, I'm thinking about making my April 
    book THE POWER OF SIX, I AM NUMBER FOUR's sequel.

5. And lastly, went for dinner and a movie with my movie buddy Thursday night.
    We saw...wait for it...wait for it...Divergent!!! That's right!!! I
    remember getting into the series and predicting that they were going to
    make it into a movie with said movie buddy way back when we worked at our
    old library. Now, we finally got to see it. It. Was. So. Good. We are totally
    making plans to see it at least 4 million more times.

Best wishes for an amazing weekend!!!

Weekend Recap and Mission #11

Weekend Recap & Mission #11

Happy Monday!!! Okay, so, last night (Sunday), I had one of those amazing "eureka" ideas to start recapping my weekends on Monday's post considering this IS a blog to chronicle my adventures (and misadventures) in 2014.

So, here goes... Friday evening was pretty uneventful with the exception of a brief visit from my sister (it was her birthday) and my crazy awesome niece. I did make a movie in the park and ice cream date night with my niece in April. I can't wait!

(Sorry for the blurred faces. Have to protect my girls.)

Saturday was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! The day started with coaching my last game of the 2014 Upward basketball cheer season. Sooo sad to finish the season because my girls were absolutely amazing, but excited to get back to my "normal" Thursday night schedule and looking forward to the 2014 Upward football cheer season in the fall. I'm leaning strongly towards coaching and commissioning. ;-) 

After the game, a friend and I headed to De Leon Springs State Park to see what we could get into. If you've never been to De Leon Springs State Park in De Leon Springs, FL, I strongly suggest you make a trip there. You are guaranteed to have a blast!

So, it was a must for friend to eat pancakes at the park's Old Spanish Sugar Mill Restaurant (1 & 2), so the first thing we did was head to the restaurant to put our name on the waiting list. Because the park was having an event, the wait was about 2 1/2 hours. To kill time, friend and I decided to go exploring. We hiked and walked and walked and hiked and visited the interpretive center and all of the displays on the grounds (3). So cool! And, eventually we got around to having lunch. Self-made all you can eat pancakes made on the griddle in the center of our table. So! Much! Fun!

After lunch (to work off lunch), we rented a canoe and explored the waterways near the park (4). It was my very first time canoeing and I am hooked. I LITERALLY CANNOT WAIT TO GO AGAIN!!! It was such a nice and relaxing and beautiful and fun day in the Florida sunshine.

Sunday was extremely low-key after such an amazing Saturday. Walked to church (it's .4 of a mile from where I live), got my worship on, and walked back home to get some things done around the house to prep for the week. Later, I went out to dinner with the grandparentals.

And that brings us to today, St. Patrick's Day. Happy St. Patrick's Day and hope the luck of the Irish is with everyone today and throughout the week. Speaking of the start of the week, I guess I should recap last week's mission too, huh?

Last week's mission was to treat your co-workers. Since I coach cheer and we have snacks on Thursday nights and most of the snacks that I get come in 10's AND I only have 8 girls, I kept the remaining snacks in a reusable bag and brought them in to share with my colleagues. This one was super easy, but my co-workers really appreciated it. :-)

Mission #11: Complete.

Mission #12: Use a reusable shopping bag.

H54F!!!

H54F!!!

Wonderful, glorious Friday... Good to see you again!!! Thank you for being Friday AND thank you for giving me the opportunity to reflect on my five fav moments of the past week. :-)

1. Got invited to a Despicable Me double-feature on the small screen at a friend
    of mine's this past weekend. We both absolutely adore those movies. Totally
    enjoyed spending QT with my buddy and Kyle and Edith (my two fav
    characters).

2. Hosted my very first library field trip as a professional librarian on Monday for
    a group of Pre-K 4 students. Had a blast!!! The kids were so well behaved.
    But, they could have cared less about the library tour; they just wanted to
    get to the fun stuff (i.e. story time).  

3. Scored two new bottles of nail polish for $0.25. Now my toesies will be all
    festive for St. Paddy's Day.

4. Awesome co-worker and I found this little gem in a real estate magazine
    that we were looking at during GAG and had a huge laugh. A house "BUILT
    by a BUILDER?" Nah, really? That's like having a book read by a reader. It's
    the little things. ;-)

5. Oh, and updated my Dr. Seuss collection and started my own "Vault." My
    supervisor has this amazing collection of classics in a storage area (which I
    like to affectionately call "The Vault") in her office and I am forever telling her
    how awesome it is, so she sent me over a cart filled with Dr. Seuss books
    and a note wishing me luck in starting my own "Vault." I can only hope
    to attain her caliber of selection and have her luck in obtaining stellar titles
    for my collection.

Buenos weekend!!!

Mission #10

Mission #10

 

 

Kindness Mission #9 was to drop previously purchased food item(s) by a local food donation drop site (i.e. food pantry, church, donation box, etc.). I dropped mine in the courier at work to go to HQ to be distributed to needy families.

 

Mission #9: Completed.

Mission #10: Treat your co-workers.

 

 



High Five For Friday!!!

High Five For Friday!!!

Happy Friday!!! It's been such an awesome week!!! Seriously, such an awesome week!!! Super heavy on The Seuss as we were celebrating his birthday (March 2nd) ALL WEEK LONG at work!!! Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!!!

In that regard, here are my top five from the past week:

1. My co-worker, the awesome one, and I created this backdrop for decoration
    in our story room for the event week. Those truffula trees were so much fun
    to make. 

2. Speaking of trufulla trees, we ended up making these for each of the kids out
    of pencils and pom poms. They L-O-V-E-D them. (Thank you Pinterest!!!)

3. Since it WAS Dr. Seuss's birthday week, we can't forget one of his most
    famous characters...drum roll please...The Cat in the Hat!!! That's me as The
    Cat in the Hat in a homemade costume. I got to dress up Tuesday and
    Thursday for the story times and IT WAS A BLAST!!!

4. Of course, we simply HAD to make Cat in the Hat hats. The kids and the
    parents loved it too!!! Bonus: They were super easy to make. :-)

5. And, the fifth of my top five moments of the week (not that "partying" ALL
   week wasn't A-M-A-Z-I-N-G) was coming home on Wednesday night to find
   two pairs of practically new AE jeans on my bed. Thanks Bubs!!!  

Like I said, awesome week!!! Have a pretty busy weekend ahead of me too!!!Loves it!!!  

Mission #9

Mission #9

 

Mission #8 was to purchase a food item (or food items) to donate to a food pantry. This past week, a local grocery store had an awesome sale on Maruchan Yakisoba Home-Style Japanese Noodles. Man, they have tons of varieties now, they even make mac & cheese flavored!!! So, I picked up a few packages (8 to be exact as they were BOGO) to complete Mission #8.

 

 

Mission #8: Complete.

 

Mission #9: Drop purchased food item(s) by a local food donation drop site (i.e. food pantry, church, donation box, etc.).



H54F!!!

H54F!!!

Hello Friday, so nice to see you again!!! It's been another one of those weeks filled with absolute and utter craziness!!! But, we made it through didn't we Friday? And, even picked up a few totally awesome moments along the way...

1. Been needing a new pair of tennis shoes nasty style (the last new pair that I
    bought was in 2009), so I treated myself (mostly with birthday gift cards,
    coupons, and discounts) to a brand new pair of NIKE kicks. Can't wait to try
    them out Zumba-ing!!!

2. Went and saw the new Alex Pettyfer movie Endless Love with a friend of mine
    this past weekend. I am sooo NOT one for chick flicks, but it was super cute.
    I'd definitely see it again.

3. Hit up a local college's playhouse with another friend of mine on Sunday to
    see the college's adaption of All New People by Zach Braff and had a blast.
    The play is a little risqué, but totally Braff all the way.

4. Made this for our Seusstastical Story Time next week to celebrate Dr. Seuss's
    birthday. During my weekend getaway to see my fam in Georgia a couple
    weeks ago, I had the idea to deck out our story time room with Dr. Seuss
    memorabilia and the focus was this sign from Marvin K. Mooney Will You
    Please Go Now! I think it turned out pretty good considering my serious lack
    of drawing ability (the little bro got that skill).

5. Lastly, took this pic on Tuesday during my lunch time mile plus. Gorgeous
    isn't it?

It's all Dr. Seuss all the time this weekend as I gear up for the big celebration next week. I'm making a Cat in the Hat costume and dressing up for both days of story times. And, g-pa and I are making mini-Thing cupcakes on Sunday. I think I am probably more excited than the kids are. :-) Have an awesome weekend everyone!!!

Mission #8

Mission #8

Last week's mission was to spend some quality time with someone you haven't seen in a while.

 

Last weekend, I had the awesome opportunity to spend quality time with my high school best friend. She is a HUGE fan of live plays, so after church on Sunday, she and I set off to a local college to see a student production of Zach Braff's freshman play All New People.

My friend and I had an absolute blast! First in trying to find the itty bitty theatre. And then, laughing it up during the play and on the way back home. It was so nice having the opportunity to hang out with her again. :-)

Mission #8: Complete.

Mission #9: Purchase a food item (or food items) to donate to a food pantry.



High Five For Friday!!!

High Five For Friday!!!

Hello Friday. Why it is that when the week is shorter, it takes that much longer for you to get here I will never know. Regardless, it's been quite the week. Filled with family, the GA, and fun times. Here are some of the highlights:

1. Dually celebrated the birthday and my sister's fiancé's birthday with my
    sister, her fiancé, my niece, and grandparents on Valentine's Day. Now, I'm
    not a huge sweets person at all, but my sister made these amazing
    strawberry cheesecake cupcakes that were so cute and crazy delicious.

2. Spent the weekend in Georgia with my folks, siblings, and my cuzzos. It was
    so relaxing. We went for a walk on Saturday and on our walk we found these
    old barns, house steps, and this gorgeous tree. I LOVE THIS TREE!!!

 

3. One more thing about Georgia...in the little town near where my family
    moved, there are these beautiful murals on the sides of the buildings
    downtown. Can't wait to have the opportunity to walk downtown to see them
    all.

4. Finished my February book, Inhuman, by Kat Falls. I thought the book was
    going to be about zombies (any book that uses the terms "quarantine" and
    "Feral Zone" in the teaser screams zombie), but nope, it had a really
    interesting "infected" twist.

5. I know that I've mentioned before that I have one of the most awesome
   coworkers E-V-E-R...well, that awesome co-worker got me a "Congrats"
   present to celebrate the big promotion. We've even named the little plant
   "Etchy."