Hey it’s Friday and I couldn’t be happier about that. It’s been a rough week with Shelby gong on what I like to call Sleep Strike. The girl has decided that she’d rather stay up and play with me than go to bed. Hey, I’m a fun gal, but I can’t go 24 hours straight. Well my friends, apparently she can! If only you could bottle that kind of energy. I’d be a millionaire.

Wednesday Shelby got her first haircut. She was real calm about it, as was Ethan. Dylan of course, in true dilly fashion, flipped out. Anyway, she was very tolerant of the whole thing. Not real happy, but tolerant. I scrapped the layout of it yesterday when Michelle came over. (Yes that scan is real crooked.) She brought Em with her and she and Ethan hung out all day. Then we all went out to eat. Fun times I tell you. I was freezing my you know what off in that restaurant.

Anyway, the layout… I’m not real crazy about the paper, but that cape thats on Shelby was a very goofy color and matching it was, uh well, near impossible. The title is a combination of K&Co. Sparkle Chipboard and, brace yourself, Stickers . Yes I used stickers and yes I got some flack for it. As a general rule I’m not a big fan of stickers. I can’t seem to get past the whole white edge thing of the past. You know, all those crappy stickers you got when you were a kid. All the adults would give them to you when they felt bad for you. Ha, like oh the dentist just pulled your tooth out, here, have a sticker. Yes, those kind of stickers. Yuck. Well I know stickers have really changed but I just can’t seem to get past it. That being said, these stickers (the brown letters) are fuzzy and I put little jewels on top of them, so that makes them something special, lol. Like I told Michelle, “But these ones Michelle, these are different.” So thus, the exception to my sticker rule.

See always an exception to a rule. Like my mustard rule for example. I hate mustard, it grosses me out, gives me the heebeegeebees (yes that is how you spell it *wink*), and all around makes me cringe just thinking about it. BUT, and there always is a but, I like what I think is called “hot mustard” that you get at any Chinese restaurant. Well up until a couple months ago I didn’t know it was MUSTARD in there, but thanks to Eric, and his big mouth, now I do. So thats my mustard exception and the only way mustard is ever getting close to my mouth. I still however am not eating eggs, or mayo, YUCK.

Archivers in Sterling Heights opens today and I’ll be there at 10am. No idea why I’m going I guess. It’s kinda like gawking on the freeway, you just can’t help but look. So that’s what I’m doing today, lol, gawking at Archivers. I’m sure there will be a bunch of people waiting in line to be the first ones in, and I will not be one of them. I’ve been in an Archivers before, the one in Chicago actually, and I’m really not all that impressed. I did go interview for a teaching position but about about 30 seconds into the interview after hearing about the no-compete clause and the pay scale I decided it wasn’t for me. Looking back I know I made the right decision. But like I said, I can’t help but go look. All scrapbookers do it, we go check out a new store even if it isn’t in our area. It is just a requirement, you can’t NOT go look. I mean really!

Saturday we are going on a little mini trip to Frankenmuth. It’s a way to give the kids one last thrill before school starts. Where did the summer go??? Summer vacation seemed so long when I was a kid and now that I’m experiencing it from the other side of the coin it just goes by way to fast. Now keeping that in mind, come the last few days before school starts I’m going to be pulling my hair out, standing in front of the school begging to let me in, lol. This year I’ll have two kids out of the house at the same time. Holy cow! Dylan has preschool two afternoon’s a week. Last year he was in the morning and it was pretty far from our house, so by the time you dropped him off to was time to go get him again. So really you didn’t have any chance to take a rest in between. I don’t nap, but a little breather here and that, that I squeeze in.

Ok I’m off. I’d like to take a shower, get dressed an eat something before the kids get up. It’s nice to be “alone” in the morning. Nobody in the bathroom yelling, “Mom, are you done yet, I need to pee?” Well, why the heck my kids feel the need to announce it I don’t know. For petes sake, if you have to go, then go. We have two bathrooms, find one. So like I said, I like my mornings alone, quiet, peaceful and private. lol

Have a good day!

~j

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