For some reason...

I think that cutting food with an expensive kitchen knife makes the food seem more gourmet.

Want a gourmet lunch for three preschoolers?
You get GOURMET grilled cheese sandwiches, cut in cute little squares with my cool knife.
So what if I bought salad in a bag?
I cut the tomatoes and onions with my cool knife-making it a GOURMET salad.
And weekday morning breakfast for the entire fam?
Yeah, I cut the waffle bag open with the knife.

Don't be ridiculous, now.

Get up, Stand up...

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Thoughts.

90 degrees farenheit.
That is the forecast for today, March 19th, here in AZ.

It's moments like this when I think to myself "Why am I still here exactly?".

Seriously.

Our family is at a crossroads right now.
Do we or don't we? Here or there? Now or later? More or the same?

I wish I knew. I wish I knew how to know. Do I know? I don't know. But maybe I will.

DO DO DO!

I need to start DOing! Making this blog was supposed to help me get things DONE, to help me be held accountable for doing the things I say I am going to do. Instead I am spending more time being down on myself for not keeping up. So, here I go again...

Things I am going to "DO" today.
1. Make some decisions on date, location, etc. for Avery's birthday party.
2. Take the kids to the park and play with them.
3. Take Briggs to the dog park. Poor guy spent 5 days in California and never got to see the beach!
4. Windex the entire house. It needs it, and apparently it doesn't spray itself.
5. Print out my provisional patent applications for my latest and greatest.
6. Give haircuts to the entire gang.

Testing Me

Ohh....

I am so stinking mad right now, I could spit!

It seems like it is just one thing after another lately. I just want to curse someone out. And even when/if I were to do that, I'm not one hundred percent sure I would feel better. Actually, I know I wouldn't feel better at all. I despise feeling this way, and I despise even more how accustomed to reacting I have become. Ahhh...

I DESPISE Best Buy, I DESPISE Precision Television Repair, I DESPISE hold music, I DESPISE automated voice operators.

--------Wait. Wait a minute...---------

There is one girl at Best Buy-Kelsey-that I don't despise. Maybe I will get some help after all!




-- Done throwing tantrum --

Ahh.... the smell of acrylic paint in the air!

I love painting. I especially love painting walls. There is just something about those fumes wafting through a house that speaks "progress" to me. Even if it is solely for completing a repair, there is nothing like that sour, burning smell.

Plus I like finding the dried up paint spots on my elbows and in my hair.

Lets me know I'm living.
My way.

Last day in London...

Okay, so these pictures are a little bit out of order, but I will get you through it. You can start at the top this time! :)

So today being our last day in London, we wanted to make sure we did and saw all of the things on our "to do/see list". The London Tower and the Tower Bridge were two things my mom wanted to see, and I really wanted to get my picture taken with the man with the funny black hat. We set out this morning after our continental breakfast and headed east. Most of the tubes were down for construction, so we ended up taking an hour for a 15 minute journey. But hey, we got to see alot of different underground stations that we hadn't seen yet.

We ended up over by the Tower Bridge and the Tower of London first. Amazing!

This is a shot of part of the Tower of London. A huge castle building that was the first royal castle built in England. It is most famously known for the executions of famous queens, kings and other related noblemen and women.

Here is a look at the Tower Bridge.

Another shot of the amazing castle.

Look at me. By a castle! A real one!

We took a guided tour of the castle led by a Yeoman Warder-one of 26 that live, work and exist on the castle grounds. Even his family. Amazing.

This is a shot from inside the castle, in the Bloody Tower where the prisoners were held. This is looking out of the window of one of the cells where prisoners spent years and years of their lives. And this was a sunny day!

I found my funny hat man! They don't have the ones that you can go right up to anymore. I heard that the tourists were getting too touchy feely if you know what I mean.

Here is one of the little boxes that the guards stand in!

Kodak moment #236

The sunset was amazing as we left the castle. There is so much to this place and so much history there. You could spend days there and not get to hear about everything. If you ever get the chance to go to London, this should be stop #1!!!

Now we're headed home!

I miss my family terribly and cannot wait to be with them again!