How to turn these things into GOOD Things...?

What would you do to this? What color would you paint it? I'm thinking I want to change the color.... It's actually 2 separate pieces.

And then there's this spoon rack. I don't particularly like spoons but these were Zack's mom's so they're sentimental. I don't really like the spoon rack. I painted it the red color since I had the color on hand. It was a green with white speckles. What would you do with it? Or do you have another idea on how to display the spoons? Or do you know where I can find a more modern rack?

HELP!

xoxoxo

C



Good Thing #14

Puppy Breath

(#13 was Tangents, remember?)

What is it that's so great about puppy breath? I can't call it sweet, I can't call it sour, I can't call it creamy... it's just great. It's like all those things wrapped up in one! Clamp a yawning puppy to my nose and I'll love you forever. Instant pick me up. I mean, have you ever been mad around a box of puppies? No. Didn't think so.

Aw, I don't have any puppies myself currently, but here's a picture of Indie Bindie when she was a puppy...



Little cutiepatootie. She's a beagle/basset hound/black lab lol...

xoxoxo

C

Good Thing #12

Planning

I'll go crazy making plans! I guess it's all about the anticipation of all the fun to be had. Vacations, babies, projects, parties, and in particular Greyson's 1st Birthday :) I know most think it's probably too early to be planning his party, but unless you have a serious daydreaming problem like me, you can't possibly understand how excited I am. I'm not going to go all crazy and invite tons of people and spend tons of money (though admittedly if I HAD tons of money I SO would), but I excited for it all the same.

At first I was going to do The Very Hungry Caterpillar as a theme.



But then I figured I'd have to use too much food dye in making his cake green and red, and I don't want to pump him full of food coloring. So I've just decided to do like a Bugs and Picnic theme. I'm going to do a white on white cake (white frosting, white cake) and crumble Oreos on top for dirt, and put gummy worms on it for some bugs. I know he can't have gummy worms so they're mostly for aesthetic purposes. But, like my Aunt Chris says "Presentation is Everything". I mean seriously, if we only did things for pure functionality, imagine how boring that'd be. And I'm also going to use a checkerboard table cloth. And we'll probably have about 10 or 15 people. Aaand that's all I know for sure. We'll probably have a barbeque too since his birthday is July 3rd, and you can't have a party that close the the 4th of July without a barbeque. And I'm so happy that you can pretty much gaurantee nice weather too in July.

Now, MY birthday (which happens to be Sunday, write it down) is always crappy, weatherwise. It always snows :( that's what I get for being born in the Spring and living in the Rockies. But I feel that there's a pretty good chance that it just might be nice for once this time. It's been so beautiful out lately and I've got the peeling skin to prove it.

Did I mention Good Thing #13 is Tangents?

(And, VOTE FOR GREYSON! It takes 2 seconds, I'm not even kidding. Just click this link and click "Vote For Me", not just "Like" http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/photo/758846 Vote as many times as you can! Sometimes it lets you do it more than once. We're currently 53rd out of I don't know how many. Hopefully we can move up tomorrow!)

Good Thing #11

My Super Secret Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yum, I'm made some last night! I love them because they're chewy without being soft (I don't really like them all crumbly.) Anyway, that's really all I have to say about them. I love 'em! And I've recently found that if you nuke them for about 10 seconds then they taste just like they popped out of them oven... Yes, mom, I know you don't like the microwave.... *sigh*...

Also, voting is still happening for Greyson's photo entry! Last I checked he has 23 "Likes" and the most I'd seen for a photo was about 45, so we need to get Liking!! Here's the link if you haven't voted already, and try to vote again if they'll let you!

http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/photo/758846

It's super easy. Just click the link and vote and that's it! No signing up or anything!
xoxoxoxo
C

Politickin'

So I entered Greyson into a photo contest on Parents.com (the website for the magazine) and would really really REALLY appreciate if you could vote for us! All you have to do is click the link. The photo with the most votes wins the week and is entered into the running for the Kid of the Year contest!

http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/photo/758846

Thanks and xoxoxoxoxox

C

This counts as a Good Thing, right?
I don't know why the link is so little.... oh well...

Good Thing #10 (Yes! Double Digits!)

Thinking You're a Size $@#% and Finding You're Actually a Size Smaller


http://www.victoriassecret.com/ss/Satellite?ProductID=1265421354654&c=Page&cid=1297688095039&pagename=vsdWrapper
---I tried to post the picture of them, but I guess VS didn't want me to :(---

Blue London Jean

VS Hipster Short

So I went out on a limb and bought some shorts. If you know me, you know that I really don't wear shorts. Ever. I have a leg complex. Skirts for some reason I can do, but shorts I've never been comfortable with. Maybe because for some mysterious reason, my legs NEVER TAN. I can't get them to, no matter what! But I bought some honest-to-God shorts (from Victoria's Secret no less) because since I've had Greyson, I'm actually 13 lbs lighter than I was BEFORE Greyson! I don't know where I lost it though because I'm pretty much in my same clothes, though I guess they do fit better since they aren't as tight. Anyway, I ordered these shorts in a specific size because I'm ALWAYS at LEAST this certain size (no, it's none of your business exactly what size that is) and guess what? They were too big! Like I could "Pinch an Inch" (x2) in the waist! Now, maybe the VS marketing people are geniuses and purposely mark their clothes so they run a little big so all us Average Gals who look at the Angels and feel better that we fit into their sizes. But if that's true, then I still don't care, because I'M A SIZE SMALLER, dammit. :)

So, yes, I will be wearing shorts this year.

Good Thing #9

Warm and Sunny Days

(Especially Welcome as a Post-Winter Surprise!)

Yesterday was BEAUTIFUL. There's been quite a few beautiful days in the last few weeks, but G and I haven't really been able to enjoy it because we were stuffing envelopes and/or sick. So I just couldn't see myself keeping G couped up in the house all day, so as a last minute decision, we hooked up with another mommy-friend and her little girl and hit the park. It wasn't windy so we didn't get any of the coolness coming off of the mountains where there's still snow, and I don't remember seeing any clouds. Spring is def-definitely here. And even though it made its presence a little too well known by giving me a surprise sunburn (luckily G didn't get burned), I'm oh so happy that Winter has passed. We had lunch at the park by the river, I indulged G with a couple french-fries (baaaaad mommy), the babies wrestled, and we went for a great walk. It was an awesome day, and totally worthy of Good Thing #9...

Tomorrow will hopefully be a repeat day (sunscreen included), Lawd and weather willing....

xoxoxo

C