random thoughts..or something

I get online (or on the computer, not the phone) after Kimber goes to bed. VERY rarely do I get on while she's awake. So during the day, I make a mental list of sites I need to look at, people I need to email or FB message, etc. I also get brilliant ideas for my blog. Unfortunately, by the time I actually get on the computer around 9:30ish at night, I have completely forgotten what any of those brilliant ideas were. So frustrating.

I am watching part of the royal wedding right now. Coincidentally, the same 30 min or so that I caught this morning while getting ready. So nothing new. Blah. I've been reading on fb all day about how some people were disappointed with Kate's (or whatever her new official name is..Dutchess of something, right? I'll never get it.) dress. What? That dress was beautiful! No, it wasn't the typical Alexander McQueen style OR was it the trendy American-ish gown. But it was seriously the classiest and not boring wedding dress I've ever seen. OH, then there are the ones that say "they'll never last" or "I give them 5 years". Wow, how encouraging is that. I'm going out on a limb and will assume that these people's marriages/relationships aren't the best. How can they be with an attitude like that? I personally wish this new married couple the best and I do hope that they squash the skeptics' predictions and have an incredible marriage.

So I guess that was the topic for tonight. Too bad I couldn't remember whatever I was thinking of earlier...I bet it was awesome. Oh, and by the way..the little kids that were in the wedding are the cutest ever! :)

Happy (a day late) Easter!

Easter is such a happy holiday. It's just so sunny and bright! Even if the weather isn't. All of the cute little girls are in ADORABLE frilly dresses and even the little boys look so stinkin cute in their tie/suit/sweater vest/whatever their mom could bribe them into wearing that morning. And don't even get me started on the babies. Beyond words oh my gosh precious sweetness. I love it. I think it's also an excuse for some moms to put away the pants and break out the sundress. Even if there is a cardi over it :). I'm guilty of this and proud of it.

Springtime. Bunnies, and other baby animals frolicking in a grassy field filled with sunshine. Sigh.

Someone once said that Easter is a holiday "just for the kids" with the chocolate eggs and jelly beans.
Umm...stop. Wait. Hold the phone. Are you kidding me? Just for the kids?

Easter is for EVERYONE. And not in the candy sense. But in the Easter sense. Easter is also known as Resurrection Sunday. Now, unless those chocolate eggs are going to come to life, dancing around the room, I'm betting that term is talking about something else. Easter is about Jesus, plain and simple. Jesus died for everyone (not just the kids) and rose from the dead 3 days later. That's why we celebrate Easter.

He did this amazing act, this incredible gift for us. I can't even imagine it. Letting my child die so that everyone else can have eternal life. I'll be honest here. I don't know if I could do that. No, I'm darn sure I couldn't.

This is probably one of my top 3 fave songs...call me a sap but I sometimes get a little teary-eyed when I hear it. HE did THAT for ME? Wowsa. Now that's love.



Happy Easter.

you have to SCREAM!!!

This afternoon, I was lucky enough to take Kimber and her two friends, who are 10 and 12 (age difference is seriously not an issue..they love each other!) to Orange Leaf to enjoy some frozen yogurt. This was Kimber's reward for being good while I did a whole week's worth of errands that I had been putting off. Hey, it's sunny outside so that's where I will be. (I was totally going to take her there regardless of her behavior, but she was actually good. Don't tell her this.) On the way back, we were listening to Taylor Swift. Kimber, of course, knows 80% of the words to all 14 songs on the CD. She was showing off, singing away when one of her friends said "Kimber, you have to scream when you sing!" I almost had a heart attack. Kimber HAS screamed before. And it is NOT pretty. Kimber screaming = mommy headache. There was no screaming, just LOUD singing...BEAUTIFUL singing...coming from my backseat. I'm serious. Those three girls were singing their hearts out and I loved every minute of it.
When I sing in the car, I prefer to look at it as my audition for the Grammys. I mean, if those awards were based only on my performance in the car, I would have won at least 5 or 6 of those fancy things. And they would be sitting on my mantle too. But I honestly can't remember the last time I just SANG my heart out. Not worrying about staying on key or getting the words perfect. So that's definitely something I plan on trying next time I'm (alone) in the car. Not singing, but screaming. Uninhibited and free.