I Love This Fella

First Day Of My Life
by Bright Eyes

This is the first day of my life
Swear I was born right in the doorway
I went out in the rain, suddenly everything changed
They’re spreading blankets on the beach
Yours was the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
I don’t know where I am, I don’t know where I’ve been
But I know where I want to go
So I thought I’d let you know
That these things take forever, I especially am slow
But I realized how I need you
And I wondered if I could come home
I remember the time you drove all night
Just to meet me in the morning
And I thought it was strange, you said everything changed
You felt as if you just woke up
And you said, this is the first day of my life
Glad I didn’t die before I met you
Now I don’t care, I could go anywhere with you
And I’d probably be happy
So if you wanna be with me
With these things there’s no telling, we’ll just have to wait and see
But I’d rather be working for a paycheck
Than waiting to win the lottery
Besides maybe this time it’s different
I mean, I really think you like me



Right back at ya, baby!

I Wish You Could Smell My Backyard

Happy Mother's Day! I hope you enjoy the flowers and I do so wish you could visit this corner of my backyard and experience this fragrance. It is amazing!

Did you know that lilacs are one of my top 5 favorite flowers? Did you ever see the movie High Fidelity? He is always making top 5 lists and I started doing it too. I think I should start sharing these lists.

I'll start right now. Aren't you lucky?

Meredith's Top 5 Favorite Flowers

(in no particular order)

Tulips

Lilacs

Daisies

"Old Fashioned" Roses

I know that was only four. My mind suddenly went blank. Big shocker, I know. Rest assured, I will get back to you with a fifth.

Typical Sunday

Miss Sarah Jane found the sidewalk chalk and decorated the driveway for the family's enjoyment. She's quite the artist you know. And she has such great style...notice the oversize sunglasses and the lime green crocs? Wow. The girl needs some summer clothes and a tan real bad.

We spent a bit of money at Lowe's on some blueberry bushes and a thatcher for the lawn. Our lawn is 30 years old and showing it's age. This year the thatcher, next year an aerator and re-seeding and then hopefully lots of fertilizer along the way. I love a lush, green lawn. We have also started planting the garden and the peas are even popping up. I took some photos and will post them tomorrow along with photos of my beautiful tulips!

For your viewing pleasure: Maggie's tushie. Her new thing is showing it to me like 20 times a day. "Maggie's tushie!", she says as she flashes me. I am doing nothing to stop this behavior. I love it and it will stop on its own much too soon I'm sure. And anyway, if you had a tush that cute wouldn't you show it to everyone? I know I would.

Easter

I know this Easter post is a little late, but I forgot these pictures were in my camera. Chance hijacked the camera and took all the photos instead of me and I think that's why I forgot.

I didn't forget about the weekend though. We had a really nice time even though it was one of those very quick trips. Kent took us for a wagon ride on Sunday and the clippity-clop of Bob and Tom put Maggie right to sleep! She slept through the four-wheeler ride too...man was she tired.

Thank you Grandma and Hodgson for a very fun Easter!

FAB FIVE...PART DEUX

I received my beautiful handmade gift from my beautiful friend Jessica on Saturday night...and I am so happy! She made me these darling wood blocks with letters and little paintings on them that you can use to spell out a million little messages. What a cool idea!

There are about 20 blocks in the set with letters or paintings on four sides. On the top there is a reference number which is used with a little "cheat sheet". The cheat sheet has tons of phrases on it with the corresponding block number that will be needed to spell it all out. Does that make sense? It's not complicated, but sometimes when I try to explain things people look at me like, "huh?".

I absolutely love this sweet gift and I love the idea of the "Fab Five" game. However, (not to make you feel guilty or anything) no one...NO ONE... responded to my Fab Five post. Do you not want anything handmade by me especially for you? Are you not crafty so you don't want to have to do anything for 5 others? What is the deal people?

Since no one responded to my original post (although you still can, there is no time limit), I am going to make something for Jessica. I gotta make something for someone! I love handmade stuff...it's my favorite.

FAB FIVE!

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Originally uploaded by quiquemendizabal

OK! So this is how this works...The first 5 people to respond to this post will receive something made by me for you. My choice made especially for you. Of course there are some restrictions and limitations:~

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!

2. What I create will be just for you.

3. It will be done sometime this year.

4 . You have no clue what it will be...a crocheted afghan. A ragamuffin garland, a mini-quilt. I may bake something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure. ;-)

5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

6. I will send it anywhere! It doesn't matter where you live!

The catch? The catch is that you must repost this on your own blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on their blog.The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did will win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!!Oh! And be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it.

Guess What Time It Is...

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Originally uploaded by Lucy Crosbie

Chance bought loads of seeds today and we've been dreaming of gardening for a few weeks now. It's getting warmer and we're itching to get out in the dirt.
It's going to be a huge garden this year and as you know, we've tons of ground...and we love to share!
If you want to garden with us please join in!
If you want a bit of ground to call your "own", just let us know.
If you want our extra produce, awesome.
If you want us to plant something special just for you, we'd love to.
If you want to can with us, we would love nothing better.
Hooray for Spring!

Sarah's 7th Birthday

I don't have any baby pictures of Sarah readily available, so this one will have to do. I'm not too disappointed though because this happens to be one of my all-time favorites of her. Can you believe how much she's grown? I sure can't.

I don't know what present she had just opened, but she seems happy with it.

I have to tell you that I really like this girl. Not to be confused with "She's my daughter and I love her". Although that is true as well.

But she is also someone I really like. She is bright and funny and very kind. She can also be thoughtful and helpful. She also has a split personality, just like her mommy!

Happy Birthday Baby!

Maggie in Pigtails

I think these pictures speak for themselves.

I just don't know why it took me so long to put her hair in pigtails.

Easy Like Sunday Morning

We had a lovely Sunday today. It started with the kids letting me sleep till nearly 8:30! If you know my kids then you know that this is almost unheard of at my house. (Right Aunt Maggie?)

When I did get out of bed I made our usual Sunday breakfast: pancakes with homemade syrup. Next week we go back to 9:00am church so pancakes will be our usual Sunday lunch!

Then I bathed the kids one by one. Except Davis. I let him shower on his own. It was a real spa day with a nice long soak in the tub and manicures and pedicures and massages!

Church was short today and when we got home daddy had burgers and fries ready for us. Then jammies, half a movie, s'mores, the other half of the movie and bed! I love Sundays (and Tuesdays) when we can all be together. I always feel so.....content! What a happy life.

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I got to babysit my nephew Connor for a few hours this evening while his mommy and daddy went out for a Valentine's Day dinner. He is the sweetest baby! He is super easy to take care of because he hardly ever cries. And look at him...he is a creampuff! Man, I'm in love with that kid!

And speaking of being in love...how could you not love this little hippie/flower child. What you don't see in this picture is that she is wearing nothing but a diaper. She's a nudist. But if you had nuddies that cute, you'd probably want to show them off too. I know I would.