Life's A...

...March day at the beach.

One of these days, I hope to fill

you in on the "vacation"

we took in March.

Yes, I know it is April.

Yes, we did recently

get home from another

"vacation".

Please don't judge me

for my lack of timely

updates. :0)

What's For Dinner?

April 21

Where Were We? ~UPDATED!! Finally :-)

A case of monkey see...monkey do.

Beth wanted in on the action as well.

Here, guy.  Have my hat.

Beth's new boyfriend?!

So, where do you think we were? 

We were at the

National Naval Aviation Museum

in Pensacola, Florida!

And just so you know I didn't forget...

 COZEN \'k-zn\ v

1: to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful

coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery

2: to gain by artful coaxing or tricky deception

...is our word for the week.

One Closet...Three Workers

One of the last things we wanted to get done before we

called for our final inspection was our closet.

Here is our closet before.

The "men" working on the components.

The older brother helping the younger.

Even if he wanted to do it himself!

:-)

Installing all the pieces.

Yes, he is reaching for his phone.  A job

just wouldn't be complete without

a call from work.

Just what I like in a man.  He can

build and he can clean! Woo-hoo!

We just need to finish the baseboard on the

wall to the right.

Birthday Recap

Sunday was my birthday and we celebrated by
going to church and then out to lunch.
We were blessed to have my parents and Tom's mom and Ed join us for both.
We went to a new place for lunch, and pretty much everyone enjoyed it.
That's saying a lot, when you're feeding ten people.

I won't bore you with all the details, but I thought
I would give you a peek at my gifts!

New iPhone cover
from Ty

2 books from Beth

Small Vera Bradley
pouch from Lys

iTunes giftcards
from Luc

CD of the concert
Tom took me to,
Riverdance!  It was so awesome in person, not so much on the CD.

The VB purse is from my mom. Oh, and the "stack" of notepads and the pen.
They were from Tom...well, actually, they were free from Hallmark :)
But then, I love a good pad!

I also was treated to an awesome...

Sorry, I can't show it to you.  It is gone, gone, gone!
The girls were able to get pictures of it before it was gone, but I don't have the time to fetch their SD cards.

Thanks for letting me share my day with you!
It really was a great day.
I loved having so many FB postings/twitter wishes and spending the day with my family.

New, New, New

1. New blog layout

2. New blogger age

3. New word for the week


LITOTES [lahy-tuh-teez, lit-uh-, lahy-toh-teez]


noun,plural-tes. Rhetoric.

understatement, esp. that in which an affirmative is expressed by

the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”

Good try, ladies!  I liked the guess about the little totes.  

Have a great rest of your week!

4. Some new posts coming soon

What Does It Mean?

Welcome back to our word of the week. 

What's that? 

You've been here all along?

It's me who was missing?!

So sorry!

I'm back now! 

Did you miss me?

I missed y'all!

Are you ready?  This word is a doozy.

RECTITUDINOUS

I'll be waiting...

Okay, so I have seriously kept y'all
waiting.  Oops!


Here is the answer:


RECTITUDINOUS: rek-ti-tood-n-uhs


-adjective
1. characterized by or given to rectitude.
2.  virtuously self-righteous; pious.

             

And The Winner Is....

In honor of my 200th post, I thought I would

share with you my good fortune!

Since I started my blog, I have added to "my

list" of the blogs I read. Sometimes daily.

I have entered a few drawings/contests,

not expecting to win anything.

I have been blessed to win some

really fun stuff.

In March, I entered to win one of

Tamera Alexander's books.

I won the second book in her Timber Ridge series.

These books are really good!  I really love

to read her books.

                                                         In April, I entered a contest on

Judith Miller's blog.

I won!

A copy of the third book in her series with Tracie Peterson.

A Surrendered Heart

All the books in the series were great! I would

recommend them to anyone.

In August, I also won a cd from

Baby Be Blessed.

It is a very cute site. You can order

personalized dolls with scripture verses

on their tummies.  If you need a gift,

you should check it out.

I love this CD, it arrived just before I scheduled

my surgery.  I was so thankful to have it.  I listened

to it during the night while I stayed in the hospital.

In October, I just happen to win

the BIGGEST prize!

I follow the blog

grass stains ( you should

go and read, if you don't laugh...

well just go and read)

                                          

It was a $100 Target gift card.  I used it to buy Christmas presents

and for a blanket for our bed! It was fantastic and a blessing to

win that!  Thank you, grass stains!

The latest item I won, is this fantastic John Deere

stocking.  I entered a contest on

John Deere Mom's blog. 

As you can see Ty thought it was great! It was

part of his Christmas present.

I really need to buy one for Luc.  He was

hoping it was for him.  Beth thought

it might be for her, too.  Of course, I

think she was kidding.

Thanks, John Deere Mom!

I really wanted my 200th post to be something

fantastic.  Alas, I have too much

going on to think of anything profound.

I trust everyone had a awesome Easter.  Because

just think about it, Easter is AWESOME!

Christ Arose!