Project 365 - Week 18

It's time for another weekly report card.  I must admit that we were better at taking pictures, but must apologize if the quality isn't up to par. Thank God for the handy-dandy cell camera when in a pinch!  Has anyone ever done a 365 with all cell pix before??  Leave it to me.  Geesh. There's a lot of them.  Just warnin' ya!! ;)

Feel free to link up with Sara, too!  I know she'll be glad you stopped by. ;)

Sunday

We had a great lunch with DK before we had to say good-bye to him... so soon.  Didn't he just return home?  Oi.  You like our lil' man we made?  This is what lunch leads to when daddy determines lunch is iPhone-free {well, except for the pic, of course.  that doesn't count, y'all}.  A no interference lunch... It makes the best memories.  Really.

Monday

  
I love days like this.  We didn't have anywhere we 'had' to be.  The weather was perfect and the girls 'wanted' to get the day started with school.   Don't you just love Nator's school uniform for the day?

The only problem?  They wanted me to come inside to help them.  I finally lured them outdoors to accomplish another project Nator needed for scouts.  She wanted to paint a poster with The Sound of Music theme for their theatre themed end-of-the-year ceremony.  I saw it as a win-win... Checking things off the to-do list and mama gets to enjoy her hot tea outdoors.  Hahhhh...  And yes, we eventually did get mama indoors to help with schoolwork.

Tuesday

As if Tuesdays were not busy enough.  An unusual view of our laundry room.  I don't normally hang dry my husband's white t-shirts.  This would be due to our dryer not working.  Nice.  You should try using the hanger-dried-crunchy-towels.  Nicer.  ;)

Days later, I followed this up with a facebook status update:  "Feeling a bit Amish today {another way of saying that my dryer is not working. boo!}  nothing like crunchy towels off the hanger.  better yet?  underwear.  the girls are officially grossed-out.  it's my form of entertainment for the day."

Wednesday
I started the day in tears.  Here's why.  Even now I still tear up just thinking about it.

My search for a needed part to the dryer has grown cold.
I miss DK.   I want him home yesterday.
I miss my evening sofa cuddle time.  The girls miss him too.
He needs to be here to tuck them in and give his fair share
of hugs and kisses.

I have a lil' money from a photo shoot, so DK says to spend it on myself.  Do you know how hard that is when you can think of 10 things {easy} that the money should go toward?  However, I did the unthinkable.  I made a conscience choice to shop... For myself.  I have a budget and 2 hours before Gracie has to be at dance.  Sounds relaxing, no?  Good thing I had my wardrobe consultants in tow!  {I asked DK to give me a lil' time one day to do this alone in the near future.  Just sayin'.}  ;)   They gave the new shirt a thumbs up!

Gettin' some Nator lovin' while Gracie is in dance class.

DK just called and said that he wouldn't be able to come home before his next destination.  :(

Thursday

Nator says, "Mom, with those sunglasses and your long hair, you look like a fashion model."  I'm officially keeping my hair long and never taking off my sunglasses again.  ;)

I played taxi-mom to two lil' girls on their way to pick up their dates.  You didn't know today was Webkinz day?  Really?  Hallmark apparently didn't either, so that's okay.  Tsk. Tsk.  We took our new pets to Panera...

I almost always order this.

A Mediterranean veggie sandwich and Greek salad.  Yummm....

For dinner, we took our pets to Pei Wei, of course!  It's a date extravaganza and this is my coping mechanism for the day with DK being away so long.  It's sometimes chocolate. {Okay, I confess. I will look for any excuse for chocolate}

I always order this...

Honey seared veggies and brown rice with sauce on the side.  Don't laugh.  I know I can make this at home, but it's the ambiance... right?   Or not having to make and clean up any mess.  You decide. ;)

Friday

The day started like this.  You've heard me refer to myself as a sweat blob?  Very little of the shirt is still dry.  It's attractive, I know.  And this doesn't count what I left on the gym floor.  Sorry, Mr. Gym.  It makes my girls laugh every time I try to hug them after a workout.  Blech.

And our day ended with a lil' window shopping for swimsuits as we ran through our grocery list at Tarjet.

As I tucked Nator in tonight, she said, "Everyone is normal with a lil' bit of strange in them.  If someone says you're weird, they're really saying you're unique.  Even if they say it in a mean way, it's really a compliment."  I love that lil' girl.

That was our week in {cell} pix.  How was your week?  I'm sure you actually took pictures with your nice camera.  You're so good.
{Note to self:  Great job on getting pix, but you must be more diligent in picking up the Nikon next week!}