Crazy Little Thing Called Life

just shoot me now.

The next time I buy a flower basket (which will be next May at the Lynden High School Plant Sale)...please...PLEASE, remind me NOT to buy one that's mostly petunias.

It is pretty.  But oh, for heaven's sake...the plucking!
You know, all the little dead ones that have to be picked off or it won't bloom again?
It's a high maintainence basket.

Typically, baskets on my porch don't last much past July.
Die in July, it's called at our house.
I forget to water for a couple of days, and before you know it, the end is near.

I am determined to get past July.
I will water that stupid thing every day.  And I will pluck off the dead blossoms like a mother monkey grooming her baby:

I will try to post a picture of my basket on August 1.  All bushy and blooming.
And not dead.

In other news...

Shelby has been getting letters from colleges all over the country for the last few months...about javelin.  It's pretty cool...she loves it.  Just letters like they send out to tons of other kids, I'm sure...but it makes her happy.  And it's good for her confidence.
And it's nice to be wanted. :)  
Everywhere from little private schools I'd never heard of...to Columbia, Harvard & Cornell...
Cal Poly, Oregon State...it's fun to see where they come from.


Then West Point sent a letter.  Then they called.  Yesterday a packet came in the mail.
Gulp...whole new meaning to 'we want you!'  

All good stuff.  I'm happy she's happy.  :)

Enjoy your Wednesday... 

Sorry I didn't send that thing in the mail Luke...I will today. :)  
Or maybe I'll hold it hostage until you text me more.  Hmmmm..... 

 

just a teeny little home run short...

of hitting for the cycle. :)

Ian had a single...a double...and a triple (with the bases loaded!) last night.
Great job kid!

And he pitched two innings too. :)  Great job Pirates...except now they're red, not purple.
Summer ball, you know.

And even though it's not technically summer yet, it sure feels like it.
Summer baseball started for Ian.  Summer soccer tournaments for Belle.  Shelby went to orientation for her summer job in the berries last night.  Belle went to volleyball camp.
And it's sunny.  Woohoo!

Today I will visit Starbucks with Mom.  The Thrift Store's been kind of a dud lately, but who knows... maybe we'll give it another try today. 
And I want to work on Project Life.

Happy Tuesday to you!
Have a good day at work Luke...miss you! 

anniversary - soccer weekend!

1.  8,030 days
And counting. :)  We had such a nice anniversary weekend.  
Most of it was spent watching soccer...but we did manage to squeeze in some shopping...
lunch at PF Changs...

Loving this fortune.  Maybe this fall....

And between soccer games we saw Man of Steel.  Shelby & Ian loved it...Iz & I thought it was ok.  Looooong...like 2 1/2 hours.  

2.  Firecracker Tournament.

The girls had a soccer tournament down in Mt. Vernon this weekend.  They won all their games and the championship. :)

Belle and Gloria, her teammate were chosen Players of the Tournament from their team! :)

Love this one.  


Great job girls!!

3.  Father's Day...

We had a lovely Sunday...church, ham & mashed potatoes for lunch (family favorite by request)...presents, soccer, dinner at Bob's.  Just a nice day. :)

Shelby had already gone to church...she played flute for the music at the service. :)

Happy Monday...our first week with summer vacation!
Missed you yesterday Luke.  Can't wait for next month. :)  

 

22 years...tomorrow!

Really quick...because we're leaving for a day of goofing off in Seattle...
To celebrate our 22 year anniversary tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be spent watching soccer games...hence the goofing off today. :)

So amazingly blessed to be married to my best friend, and all around pretty wonderful guy.
Love you Iz.

Project Life - Week 23

Getting closer to almost half done with 2013.  Unbelievable.

Love that baked Iowa. :)

:)

So excited for tomorrow.  Iz took the day off, and we're going down to Seattle.
Just to toots around, have lunch...to celebrate our anniversary Saturday.  22 years.  Gulp.

And today...TODAY!  Is the last day of school...so crazy how fast it went.
This fall I will have a child in the last grade of every level school in Lynden.  A 5th grader in elementary school.  An 8th grader in middle school.  And a senior in high school.  Holy cow!
(Holy graduation parties...how will I stay sane?)

Happy happy Thursday!  Happy last day of school!  Hello, summer!
So crazy glad to have booked your plane ticket home, Luke.  Love you! 

hello, mom.

1.  From our Starbucks trip yesterday:

She's so cute.  :)  Actually, we hit the drive through...and then ran errands.

2.  Summer tv

Soooooo, now that I know Netflix has 259 episodes of Murder, She Wrote for my viewing pleasure...I will stop stalking Amazon for good deals on boxed season sets.  

Saw a commercial for this show the other night...and I think I'm excited:

Whodunnit?  on ABC...looks kind of like Clue.  There's a 'murder'...and 13 contestants try to figure out who did it, for a big prize.  I'm intrigued..... 

Liking this....

Reader's Digest Version:  man of few words sheriff in Wyoming gets the bad guys every week.  Good stuff.

And this:

New group of contestants...I think they're 3 episodes in.  Love Gordon Ramsay.

And this one:

Next Food Network Star.  Bobby Flay...Alton Brown...Giardia.  So fun.  :)

And this Sunday night:

Woohoo!  New Inspector Lewis mysteries!! :)
The nerd in me is ridiculously happy over this one.

3.  Luke is coming home!

Not until later this summer...but I'm so excited.
Working on his plane ticket...

Happy Wednesday...
Nice to talk to you in the grocery store yesterday, Luke.  Yes, Sunchips 2/$5 is a good deal. 

 

hello pretty.

My brother called me last Friday from a garage sale.
"There's an old typewriter here you should see.  Pristine.  Really cool."  he said.
I got busy and didn't get to it. 

Then Saturday morning I got a call from my friend Diana.
"I'm at a garage sale.  There's a really cool old typewriter here that you need."
2 hours later we're having lunch, and the typewriter is mine.

Friends and family are good like that.

It IS pretty cool.
I've tried to find out more about it....It's an Imperial:

The front says Made in England.  But on the back it says Imperial Typewriter Co. (Canada) Ltd.  Toronto.  Agencies throughout the dominion.  And then tons of patents.

Swoon.  I did several searches...the one place I could plug in its serial number dated it at 1929.  But I'm not sure.

There's 1/4, 1/2, 3/4....and a pound symbol! :)  So stinkin' cool.
The ding ding bell is pretty neat too.

Anyhoo...she's just for looks.  Sitting in the window.  The cats think they should nap next to it.

And this...from Pinterest, which is totally going into this week's Project Life next to our date night picture:

I'm nerdy funny like that.  :)

Happy Tuesday!
Sending your box today Luke...I promise! 

 

hello monday.

Last weekend before summer vacation starts!

Saturday we got lots done around the house...I even helped Iz install new speakers in Shelby's car.  Which is really funny if you know how mechanical I am NOT.  

We ended the day by trying to find a movie on Netflix.  We recently switched from Blockbuster to Netflix.  Other than having to wait longer for new movies, it's ok.  Any tips on searching for stuff to watch?  And is there any way I can block certain movies/categories?
Just wondering if anyone has any Netflix tips for me.  I did find, to my sheer bliss...that Murder, She Wrote is on there.  And there are 259 episodes to watch.  259!!
MacGyver too.  Ian's pretty excited.  

Sunday evening we went out to Birch Bay for a picnic.

It was beautiful out there.  Not crowded at all...sunny...just gorgeous.

The girls said the water was warm.  I took their word for it.

The kids had a blast roasting hot dogs...and then there were smores.

Ooooh, they were good. :)

I told the kids we were going to have to come back for more picnics this summer. :)

Ok...today is the last Monday of 4th, 7th & 11th grades in our house.
Have a great day Luke...can't wait to see you in August!