Happiness and joy

Friday just somehow magically turned out perfect. These kind of days are far and few between- but when I do have them, I sure enjoy every minute:) I knew it was going to be such a perfect day- that I captured most of it- for you all to be jealous! LOL ! FIRST HALF Clean house- the WHOLE house was clean- and it always makes me feel so much better when I leave and everything is clean- and I have a clean house to come home to. House clean- so we go on a walk to Grandmas (which is only a little...Read Full Story

Spring is in the air!! (In Houston at least) I love the months of March/April for SO many reasons! Let's just go through and start listing them. 1. I'm excited for ALL these fun colors to come BACK into season. There is just something about these colors that seems to make everything bright and happy. This morning I got Dante's outfit ready for him to wear, and I chose a pink polo- and when I gave him his clothes for the day and said, "Get dressed!" He goes, " MOOOMM!! I DO NOT HAVE to wear a...Read Full Story

Surround yourself with people who love you and support you in all you do. I was speaking to a group a few weeks ago and during my speech I noticed a girl in the front row who had the awkward look on her face of confusion. When I saw her face, immediately my mind started racing "I'm doing a terrible job!" "I'm not getting through." "I'll never be a professional public speaker" " I should just quit now and walk out". Of course, I couldn't just stop speaking and walk out- I had to keep going. I...Read Full Story

Growing up I was always known as the dumb blonde! Even though I made straight A's had a 4.0 GPA - I was known as a ditz, airhead, dumb blonde and any other names like that you can think of. It never bothered me- because I knew I was smart, but more importantly- I knew who I was and I knew that all those "names" were not true. I was happy with who I was as a person. Now that I look back, I think that people assumed I was a dumb blonde because I was happy all of the time. It was rare you would...Read Full Story

This is my 100th post. Can you believe it!! I can't - I find it kind of amazing that I'm up to 100... and as I thought of what to do to celebrate it, I just didn't feel right with doing a 100 question survey or 100 funny jokes, etc... So- I decided to list 101 reasons why I love my family- 100 for the blog and 1 to grow on! Enjoy! 1. I love how we all love eachother. 2. I love how we all have our own little quirks. 3. I love how Dante is a prankster, just like me and Chet. 4. I love how Erin...Read Full Story