"Cool, Dude, let's go!" LOL :) She's been saying "Cool, Dude" every time she puts on sunglasses :) LOL I love it!! :)

Let's see...I've been pretty busy, and haven't been feeling very well all at the same time...yesterday I was so sick of this stuff, and I just stayed home from church to sleep some more, since I think that's part of the problem...I hadn't been resting, either...So, that was my Sunday :) It was a very nice lazy one :)

Saturday was Daisy George's baby shower :) It was fun :) I got to see English (who I haven't seen in a LONG time), and TalkyTeacher who just had her baby the beginning of Jan. She didn't bring the baby...because the dr. told her not to take her out of the house for her first 6wks...Now, I know that this is the biggest cold & flu season, but she was also saying that she's got some congestion anyways...Am I the only one who thinks not taking her ANYWHERE is a little extreme? They don't go to the store together because one has to stay home with the baby...I think Abbey went to WalMart the day she got out of the hospital!! LOL :) Okay, not quite, but we did stop at McD's on the way home from the hospital...

Anyways, then again, I was probably a little too loose with the "rules" with Princess...But she didn't get sick within the 1st 6wks, either, and I know she'd been to WalMart more than a few times before she was 6wks old. Anyways...I thought I was moving on...

Oh, and I don't mean to offend anyone with all that talk, either!! LOL I just thought it was funny they hadn't taken her anywhere (to church, even!!), and she's almost 6wks. They don't see Dr. Matt, they see Dr. Kathy, who in my opinion, is a little wacko...

Whew, seriously, I'll move on!! LOL :) Friday Princess & I shopped pretty much all day!! :) It was fun :) We went to Toys R Us, then the Teacher Geek Store, then Babies R Us, then we FINALLY started home, and I decided we needed to stop at Target...Oh, wait, we met King at Wal-Mart to eat supper before he had to go to Block, so we got a couple things there...then we went to Target...by this time Princess was saying, "No, Mommy, no Target, Abbey's house!!" Poor thing was ready to go home...but I needed to pick up a few more things from Target...

Then Saturday, again, was Daisy's shower, then after that wrapped up (I really felt sick, but then started feeling a little better after I blew some "stuff" out...sorry if that's tmi), we went to dinner with Daisy's inlaws & my parents :), then came back to Mom&Dad's and sorted through Daisy's baby stuff!! WOW did she get a lot!! :) That girly neice of mine is NOT going to go unclothed!! LOL :)

So, I think that brings us pretty much current...Tonight ladie's meeting has been cancelled because of the funeral for the lady I was telling you about last time...I did bake a cake (not a "bakery" cake, an angelfood pineapple cake...VERY easy recipe, mix the canned pinapple chunks w/ the angel food cake mix (nothing else), and bake it for about 25-30min...you can top it with lite cool whip, like I did, and I added fresh cut & splenda sweetened strawberries on top for some color) for the dinner after that, but I didn't go to the service because of Princess, and I didn't go to the viewing yesterday because I was sick.

Well, I think I'll go & see if I can catch up with you journal goddesses (I've been reading a little, but not had time to post myself...)

Talk to ya later :)

Ugh...I've got it...that sore-throat, stuffed up nose, sinus pressure junk...I've been trying to think positively, but yesterday I pretty much didn't have a voice, so here we are...Gotta love Sudafed, though...it's helping some...Princess has it, too, and I think she gave it to me, and I'm pretty sure Mom gave it to her...It was inevitable :)

Anyways, I do have a pretty serious prayer request. A lady from church lost her sister last night...Her sister's house (actually duplex) caught on fire, and she didn't make it...I guess she wasn't IN the fire, but maybe she inhaled too much smoke, or her heart failed her because of the stress (she had some health problems, I believe), but whatever the cause, LaLa isn't doing well with it all...I guess she's been saying stuff like, Jesus brought Lazarus back from the dead...just wacky stuff...I still think it's the shock, and she's a pretty excitable person anyways...Please keep her & her family in your prayers. LaLa's sister's hubby had just gotten off work, and went in the burning duplex to look for her, and LaLa's sister was outside looking for him...he made it, though, and will be alright...the details are a little fuzzy to me, but you'd have to know this family...LaLa's sister asked what my name was like 5 different times like it was the first time we'd ever met (she went to our church for awhile, but I guess they found a church closer to their home they liked). Anyways, she was a little loopy, and something was just off with her, ya know? I can see how she would've gotten turned around & confused...Anyways, please pray?

So, I'm going to Sam's Club to get a sandwhich ring & a few other things, because they're going to have a houseload of out of town family coming in...so I thought I'd get those muffins from Sam's, too, for breakfast...This is when I wish I had more than enough money so I could just help provide them everything they shouldn't have to worry about right now...

I'm not looking forward, though, to going over there...I don't know if LaLa will be sane by then, and I don't do well with insane, ya know? I just never know what to say...But it's not up to me, is it? Only the Lord can REALLY comfort them right now, and I just pray He uses me, and that I don't start thinking it's ME that has to think of words of wisdom or anything, does that make sense?

Okay, on to happier things...I went to water aerobics last night!! :) Daisy met me there, and it was a lot of fun :) We went to Captain D's afterwards for supper, and got some more great coupons (we're still using the ones we got from Christmastime, too!! LOL) It was very good :) It hit the spot :)

And, again, I'm gonna try & work on the church bulletin board tonight :) Since I can't really sing with all this crud, I'll just do the bulletin board tonight while they practice, and there are other kids there (hopefully) that can play with Princess & keep her out of trouble. Sunday I took down a lot of stuff, and then Monday night, I finished by taking all the old border off & throwing it away (it was AWFUL, and very used)...So, tonight is the start of the "fun stuff" :) I'll put the poster paper up there, and put up my border, and then tonight I'll work on the "category" stuff...I still have to brainstorm, and I'm not sure that what I've got is all that great...I'll take what I've got with me, and see what kind of changes I'll have to make...I might just cut out all the letters since I've got that stuff to do it with...I'm not crazy about the stuff I've printed out of the computer...but I've got other options with that...I promise to take a picture of the final project :) After I get it up the way I like it, changing it shouldn't be such a big ordeal...Plus, I'll probably get some seasonal kits from the Teacher Geek Store :) LOL :) I'm just itching to find a reason to go back!! LOL :)

Okay, I'd better go since I've bored you with the details of bulletin board arrangements...

Hope you all are OK :) and having a great week!! :)

So, here's Papa's Princess :) LOL This is when Dad was putting the cord on our new stove last week :) Have I mentioned I LOVE my new stove? Well, I do!! :)

Not much really going on today...I've got a few things to work on for church, and then I'm taking a nap before our small group tonight. Tonight's PIZZA NITE!! LOL :) One of the couple's can't make it tonight (one's sick, and one wants to go to the closing ceremony for Emmaus), so we decided (me & FunnyMom) that we would order pizza from East of Chicago tonight ;) I'm looking forward to it :) Although, I haven't been weighing myself this week, I'm pretty sure I'm up...I haven't been drinking water as faithfully as I did the week before...


Here's another Princess pic, with her new kitchen...I finally got all those from her Birthday uploaded to the computer, can ya tell? LOL :) She really loves her kitchen, and last night, I put together her Princess high chair (for her babies) & her little "mall" stroller (think those big carseat strollers you use at the mall, with the basket & everything, only Disney Princess style :) LOL She really likes them both, too :) )

Well, I'd better go & get to work so I can take a nappy nap!! :) Hope you guys are having a great Sunday!! :)

What a night!! Actually, what a Friday & Saturday morning!! LOL Last night after we got home from King's party, I had to make icing for my cakes today...3 batches, with a hand mixer...that might not sound like a lot, but let me tell you!! I will be looking into getting a standing mixer VERY SOON!! I might just get a "cheap" one at Wal-Mart, and start saving up for the King of All Standing Mixers, the Kitchen Aide :) LOL Mom's is AWESOME!! LOL :) And, for icing & stuff like that, WOW, is it REALLY awesome!! LOL :)

So, here are pics of the 2 latest cakes I've made. I had to take them to the church this afternoon, but I did remember to get the digicam out :)


This is the chocolate one...


This is the marble one :)

I had to make a "BIG" one, and a "small" one...I iced them last night, and decorated them this morning before Princess got up (She LOVES the icing!! And begs me for some the whole time...) Anyways, I got it done, and they don't look bad, even if I do say so myself :) LOL I was nervous, because I didn't have a tip I'm used to using (it's probably in Daisy's decorating stuff from our last class together...we were in a hurry & probably just grabbed up what we could...they're pretty inexpensive, so I might just get me a couple new ones :) ) Blah, blah, blah...

Those cakes were for the D Christian Center's open house for the opening of their Infant & Toddler rooms :) I made a marble & a chocolate w/ the same icing as always...I had contemplated using butter flavoring with the chocolate (I thought it might be good, but who knows...)...but I stuck with the same easy to make, easy to use icing :) I'm pretty proud of them :) I know they'll taste good, at least!! LOL And, really, isn't that all that matters? LOL

Anyways...I have to get the house straightened up in time for group tomorrow night :) I think I'll make mini pizzas tonight for King & me :) Princess will probably still be with Mammy & Papa (they're coming to get her after her nap, and that'll be around their dinner time :)) I'll pop over to the gym & work off some of this icing (LOL, I had to taste it, make sure it was OK for strangers!! LOL) Then, we'll probably just hang out here tonight (Isn't that nice?!?! We haven't just hung out in at least a couple weeks!! LOL) Tomorrow's church & small group :)

Okay, well, I'd better go...I might even have time for a nappy nap while Princess naps :)

Talk to ya'll later, and hope you're having a great weekend!! :)

Okay, so, I just got done reading Jodi's comment on Missy's journal, and I have to agree...those twins were WAY too much drama for me...and that's a nice way of putting it...I have to say, if this weren't all about talent, and about how hard people worked & having the right attitude, that little Cryin' Cowboy (I forget his name, but he's the one who only sang for his turkey LOL)...HE is a winner in my book...He was just so stinkin' sweet & I loved the sincere emotion & attitude he had...Give that boy a couple of years with a *good* voice coach, and he might be able to actually make it :) He's a little goofy, but I can look past that :) LOL BUT, I am SO glad those twins are gone...and that they got nailed for their crime...serves 'em right...And, I think it was Kelley who commented about Simon having the opportunity to get rid of 'em with their "hissy" attitude, and he didn't?!?! I think he's probably a nice guy after all...Actually, maybe too nice!! LOL

Anyways, enough about the drama...I really get into AI this time, now :) We're gettin' to the good stuff :)

So, this has been yet, another crazy week!! LOL :) We've had something EVERY night this week!! LOL :) Monday was ladies' group, Tuesday was Valentines, Wednesday, I had an eyebrow apt., and tonight is FINALLY an unexpected night off...tomorrow we party for King's 30th Birthday :)

Tuesday (Valentine's Day) I went to the gym, and found out I lost 4lbs & 71/2 inches!! Princess fell asleep on the way home & wouldn't wake up to eat lunch, so she just slept through it...When King came home we went to Grub Steak (YUM) & only waited about 40-45minutes, and the service was EXCELLENT!! After that, we were going to go to Mom & Dad's but they had gone out to a movie, so we went to Daisy & BB's to drop off their Valentine's present...we didn't get home until 11 or 11:30!! We left the house around 5p.m. or so :) Yeah...

Then, Wednesday, was pretty relaxed...I didn't go to the gym, and we just kinda hung around here for a little bit until it was time to pick up Daisy to meet Mom & Carrot :) We got our brows done, then went to Fazoli's for dinner (Princess ate a WHOLE thing of kid's fettucini alfredo...is she mine, or what?!?! LOL), then went to Mom & Dad's to watch American Idol...we didn't get home until around 11:30 or so, AGAIN...

Today, Princess slept in until 10:30a.m. and that's after I went in & kinda woke her up...She woke up in a really good mood, though, and we ate breakfast, then she played a little, and then it was time to go to the gym!! :) She did really well (after I left), and had a good time...I had promised her we'd go to McDonald's for lunch, but we were cutting it close on time (we were supposed to get an estimate on our central air stuff, but that got rescheduled), so we came home, she ate a "turkey samich" and then went down for a nap (and is still down, actually...I think she's trying to catch up on sleep, and she's sleeping a lot more soundly since this last antibiotic)...So, tonight was supposed to be PT practice, but that's been cancelled, so I think we'll go to McD's for supper, and head over to Michael's...I need to get a couple of things, because I'm decorating a couple of cakes for this weekend. I think I'm just gonna get my own big cake pan, and a few other things I've been "bumming" off of Mom. I've never really needed a big pan until lately, so I never bought one :) LOL I think that's all about to change!! LOL :)

Well, I'd better go...I'm waiting on my jeans to dry, then as soon as Princess wakes up, we're off again!! LOL :)

Hope you all are having a great week!! :)