woods.

Have you ever had one of those nights where you are resting peacefully then you wake up thinking ok, i feel a bug crawling on me.  Well, I had one of those about 3:30am this morning. 

At first I brushed it aside and thought oh, it's a loose hair from this massive thick hair of mine.  So,I tried to go back to sleep.  Then about fifteen minutes later I felt it again.  I pulled the covers off, turned the lights on...nothing.  I decided to take off the covers and sleep with just the sheet.  If it was a bug then it could stay with the covers on the floor.

Sleep eluded me though and at 6:15am I got up to start my day.  I woke up Kate who headed to the bathroom and I immediately followed to change from my pjs.  And, low and behold I saw something strange on my leg in the mirror.  I brushed it off and IT STUCK!!! IT WAS A TICK!  YES, A TICK! 

You would have thought we had a five alarm fire in our house.  I was screaming bloody murder and Steve jumped out of bed thinking something happened to one of the kids.  Drew woke up saying, "What's wrong momma, what's wrong?"

Let me tell ya peeps, if you know me, you know I am not a fan of crickets or grass hoppers.  Well you can add ticks to that list.  Just the thought of a bug sucking the blood out of my body is enough to make me want to bathe in insect repellant.

And that's the thing.  I've been to every state park in WV and hiked tons of trails and never one tick.  Ever.  I go exploring with my kids one night in my backyard and a blood sucking tick finds its way to my leg. 

Sadly, it probably won't be the last.  Bring on the repellant!

I bought a...

MOP!!!!  HA!  Boy, can I ever splurge.

Let's face it...I'm not getting any younger.  And my days of hand and knee floor cleaning are becoming well let's just say I don't want knee replacement anytime soon! Ha!

Boy do I miss the days of bedrest and having Merry Maids clean my house.  Oh wait...did I just say bedrest...NEVERMIND!  Ha!  Bedrest for three months is/was for the birds.  I'll take housecleaning anyday!

So, this morning I bought a mop and cleaned my floors.  It actually worked pretty good.  Not to say I'll never do hand knee cleaning again but for weekly cleaning I'm going the mop route!  Ahhh...the little finds in life. Teehee!

spring weekend.

Happy Birthday to my sister, Linda Lou!  Ha!  That's not even her name but everyone seems to call her that!  Have a fantastic day, sista!  We love you!!!!

What a fun weekend we had! 

Friday, Steve took the kiddos to Tball practice while I enjoyed a fun night out with the neighborhood ladies for girls night out!  As I was talking with one neighborhood friend, we found out we purchased our dogs from the same breeder in a neighboring county.  Ha! Small, small West Virginia.  I had a fun time and good conversation with some sweet ladies.  Happy Birthday to Kim, Amy, and Mary Beth!

Saturday we woke up early to head out to drop Drew off at sister #3s and Kate and I headed to a Pinkalicious birthday party.  There was pink everywhere and the cake/cupcakes were amazing!  Great job, Stephanie!

After the party we picked up Drew and headed over to sister #3s church for our annual visit to the Easter eggstravaganza.  The kiddos had a great time and won some cool prizes!

Fun times!   Thanks Twila!!

Steve went golfing with his buddies on Sunday so we headed down to the Charleston mall to see the Easter bunny. Kate and Drew were so excited to see him and not a bad wait in line (thank goodness).  I can't believe Easter in this Sunday!!!!!

Afterwards the kiddos asked if we could go to the Clay Center.  These kids are getting smart about proximity!  Ha!  It was a seemingly gloomy day so we headed over the Clay Center for some exploring.   Drew was excited to find a lizard on the sidewalk.  Oh the signs of summer!

We ran into some friends and ended up staying THREE hours!  I was one tired momma when I got home but the kids had a blast.

Today I'm headed to Drew's follow-up appointment from his surgery.  It looks like a busy week ahead this week.  I'm ready for Friday to start our fun spring break!!!  Yippee!!!