OH YEAH!

My boy will be 5 years old tomorrow. I absolutely can't believe it. 5 years ago tonite I was going through some inducing labor stuff. (Big shudder) At 5:40 p.m. tomorrow, it will be exactly 5 years since he came into the world. How time flies. I just can't believe how fast he's grown. Actually, I can't believe I, Brandee, daughter of Shirley and David, created another little human being. (shock) He is such a little man now. Every day I look at him in amazement. I never thought I could love someone so much and feel such an overwhelming responsibility to protect him. And as I told Taylor, now that I've had my own, it's only made me love her even more. (Even tho I have wanted to hang her by her toenails for a couple of weeks now.) I can't even comprehend how her mom is so indifferent about her siblings and her. It makes me more proud that I have been there for her and had the pleasure of raising her and watching her grow up. Her mom has simply lost out and I've gained a wonderful daughter that didn't give me any labor pains.

Long week

I just noticed that it's been a whole week since I've written anything. I've been reading everyone's blogs, but haven't had the energy or time to write anything down. Chance has been really busy with work (woohoo) but he has not been getting home until 8:30 or 9:00 at night. So I had a single mom week. Boy I don't know how single, working parents do it. I was about to lose my mind between stressful work, snotty teenager stuff, and ornery 5 year old stuff. Next week he will be working in Enid for 3 days, so I have another week of the same. (heavy sigh)

I've still been having rounds with Taylor. She's so defiant and not very respectful at all. In fact, one night last week was so bad, that I actually got to the point that I spanked her. Yes, I spanked my 13 year old who is almost as big as I am. There were a couple of other altercations, but that's what it boiled down to. Never have I lifted a finger towards her (always been Chance's job) but I just simply couldn't let her mouth to me any more. I had had my limit. She sometimes brings up that we treat her differently than Tristan (to get our goat) and so I told her that if he had mouthed to me in the same way, I would've spanked him just as hard. Therefore, they were being treated the same. She finally conceded that she understood the spanking but did not the first two altercations. My hopes and prayers are that things will be much quieter this week and that she will think before she speaks. I know I'm wishing for alot, but one can hope.

We tried really hard to get things ready for Tristan's party this weekend. The rain on Saturday really set us back for getting the pool ready. I had to force myself to go out and shop for that and for clothes for me for commencement. I was gone from 11:30 - 7:00 and I felt like my legs were going to fall off when I got home. I love to shop but it's not always fun when you are soaking wet and trying to do several days worth of shopping into one. I did get my skirt and top, and as a bonus (told Chance it was my mother's day) I got some more slacks and shoes. The shoes were my favorite purchase (I LOVE shopping for shoes) as they were a pair I've been eyeing for several weeks now. They've been on the clearance rack and last time I checked, they were down to $28. It definitely pays to wait... I got them for $5.00!!! Yeah baby. 5 bucks. I was a happy woman. However, I still haven't found the right black sandals for my skirt. I need comfortable yet not too casual shoes for the ceremony. I've been to about 7 different shoe stores and still can't find the right pair. I am so bummed. But I will keep looking. Will probably have to wait until next Sunday since the party is Saturday.

Chance worked so hard today on the yard and on the pool. It was a complete mess and for a while we thought we may not have a pool for Saturday. It's finally drained and cleaned (I'm so lucky to have a hard working husband!) but he found 3 holes in the liner. So now he has to find the time to buy some patches while he is going out of town and fix them when he gets home late at night. I told him I can handle filling the pool, just don't know how to patch it. Those kids are going to freeze as that water will be cold if we don't fill it up soon, but I bet they don't notice. Tristan had a big day helping his daddy in the yard. He kept telling me to run and get the camera so I could take pictures of him helping daddy. I was very busy inside the house, so I didn't get any taken. Although Chance loves working outside with him, he was ready for some peace and quiet. It's hard to work and keep the little one out of the stuff he shouldn't get into. He's relaxing now, playing football on the computer. I don't know how he's still awake.

I took Friday off to have a day of peace and quiet. I had hoped to do some work, but here I am at 10:30 at night on Sunday and not one bit of it done. I will regret it I'm sure. (I say that every Sunday don't I?) Maybe I can get some done before I go to bed. I would prefer to open my book I got at the library today...it's the third in a trilogy. This is hard to ponder. Which do you think will win?

Well I better run. Not much time left before bed. Hasta luego.

Where did the weekend go?

Once again I find myself sitting here late Sunday night wondering where my weekend went. So many things happened and yet I feel like I didn't get much done. I never worked on work - that will cause some stress. Yet I am worn out sitting here trying to stay awake while I wait on my last load of laundry - the hang dry load.

The truck saga ended up being that Chance ran out of gas. Now doesn't that sound funny? He knew that it had something to do with the fuel system according to how it died. Well, he was right...there wasn't a drop of gas in it. Now why would Chance let himself get in that situation? It seems that our gas sensor was not working and it showed he had a 1/4 tank when in fact it had nothing. So the dealership fixed it for free since we had just bought the truck. Hallelujah. 24 hours of worry. Now we can breathe again.

The exterminator came yesterday morning. He was quite shocked at what he saw. He said we have quite an infestation that he hasn't seen yet. Most people he sees have just a couple in the kitchen or bathrooms but he could only find one small spot around our house that did not have ants. Leave it to us to have the most. He said that he needs to come back every two weeks for several weeks so that he can get a handle on these little pests. Since we paid for a year, he said we need to take advantage of their coming back every time we see an ant. Sometimes I feel as if the whole city of Moore is sitting on an ant farm. Everyone says they have them. I think everyone needs to take a stand and kill these little things. Maybe we could make a movie - 4 (or 6?) legged freaks.

I took Taylor to check out Marshall's as planned. I had been told it was a step up from Target but ended up deciding I like Target alot better. It was really packed and Taylor thought it smelled like feet. She was grossed out. I didn't see any shoes I liked (I will stick with Kohl's and Penney's); however I did see my first pair of crocheted shoes with wedge heels (might have been cork but I can't really remember). Yes, you read it right...crocheted shoes not slipper socks. Never in a million years would I have thought I'd see that but I did. Wish I had a camera phone. I think I will go back and see if I can find Tristan some clothes for his birthday. There were some things I could see buying. We did find Taylor a bathing suit for a really good price. We just didn't have time to really look around. Hopefully the crowds will be smaller by next weekend.

Today was Logan's birthday party at Martin Nature Park in Edmond. Logan is our nephew and he turns 7 on the 29th. Chance stayed home to work, and Taylor went with Uncle Dave and Ashley to soccer fest. I took Dustin, Tristan and Nannie Ruth to the party. All went well except the girls talked Nannie into going to the creek. They took the long way and ended up walking over the whole park. Needless to say, after a frantic phone call to say they were lost, they got found by Calvin and the rest of the kids. The look on Nannie's face when they got back was priceless. (Again, wish I had a camera phone!) Poor Nannie ... she didn't want to see the whole park. Tristan and Dustin stayed in the party room and looked at the snakes, turtles and fish. I was happy to stay in the nice air conditioning. We left a little later than I had planned, so my grocery shopping and everything else I had to do today was delayed. Needless to say, dinner was not made.. everyone had to fend for themselves. Tonite, I sucked as a mom and didn't provide Sunday dinner. And once again, my poor car got the shaft and didn't get a bath. The truck did but my poor car still has bird droppings and rain drops.

Oh and I got a good evaluation at work. That was really cool. I hope our percentages are decent this year.

Now that I have thoroughly entertained you with my exciting life, I guess I'll go. I don't really know what to say..just buying time while waiting on the clothes. Hopefully I'll have something more interesting later.

Cya later gators.

The new truck

We haven't even had the new truck a week yet, and it broke down on Chance today. Not a good sign. He's been so happy cuz he can haul and haul and it barely strains the truck if at all. Now, it just died. The dealership has taken it back... I am hoping it has something to do with a part on the engine. It is covered for 100,000 miles since it's a diesel. However, no extended warranty...we could barely afford the truck. So...we are praying it's something minor. A guy Chance knows say it's sounds like it could be a cam (sp?) sensor but that is unusual for a truck that young. I have no idea what that means... just want it to be something they will fix without charging us an arm and a leg.

Tonite I come home and amidst the normal evening activities, I try to call Mom and Dad to tell them about the truck. They don't answer so I assume they are not home or on the phone. At almost 8:30 I try back and they still are not answering. I call the cell phone and there they are at Pioneer Pies having dinner with many family members because my Uncle Phil and Aunt Jackie from Tennessee are in town. Well does anyone call me??? NOOOOOOOO. I would have liked to visit with every one but Mom thought we wouldn't have time to get there. I had to settle for a hello over the phone. I guess Tristan needed to get to bed on time anyway. But it would have been nice to have some of that pie. Now I'll have to go there for lunch...it won't be out of my head any time soon.

I finally sent the official birthday party email. Hope I made sense. Taylor can hardly wait until we open the pool. She is working on Chance to get it going sooner, but I am not sure if time will allow. I am taking her to get her new bathing suit this weekend. We are going to check out Marshall's. The grand opening was today. I've not ever been in one so I hope we can find something cool. I need to buy a new outfit for our commencement ceremony on the 12th. So of course I will have to shop for me as well. ;o) Luckily, Chance has no desire to go and that means I can just get what I want without pressure. Will just have to face the music when I return! LOL

I am very excited that on Saturday an exterminator is coming to get rid of all these @#^%$#%%#$@ ants that have overtaken our house little by little since we moved in. I hate those little things with such a passion...can't even begin to tell you how much. But, the nice man is coming and he's going to show them who owns this house! LOL We will be frantically trying to move all our clutter away from the walls. This will be a neat trick as this house is so small the only free wall space we have is in the hallway. Our night is cut out for us tomorrow! The nice exterminator man will soon become my hero if these little pests go away quickly. He is going to come visit me every other month for a year and he will get homemade cookies if these ants stay away.

I better go get some rest. Busy day tomorrow. Could use some reading time. My library books are way overdue and I still am not finished with my Patricia Cornwell. I read two other books while reading this one and they took all my time as they were a tad more interesting. I can't leave a book unfinished, so I must get busy.

Later dudes.

P.S. Chara, have you read Iris Johannsen? I really like her books. Her series on a character named Eve Duncan is neat...she's a forensic sculptor who takes skulls and creates a sculpture of the victim for identification. It's pretty cool. I haven't read too many of her non-Eve Duncan books but I plan to. Thought you might like them since you like Dean.

Customer Service

Today I enrolled Tristan in Kindergarten. (I spelled it all wrong yesterday!) Now I have to write a letter to request he get mornings and explain why I need him to go then. There is no guarantee I will get him in even so. I am really bummed but I hope I can. I had to sit for about 40 minutes as I didn't realize that enrollment didn't start until 9:00. It gave me time to watch all the kids come in and see how hectic it is before school begins. Kudos to the office manager... she knows all the kids by name. And it also made me cringe...we have another 7 years at this school. Back to volunteering and attending all the ceremonies. I will be a proud mom but man do they have a lot of stuff going on.

I also went to see about Taylor's pictures. I seemed to really freak out the people there...I guess they don't have many people walk in off the street. I had to explain what happened 3 times to 3 different people. After explaining my story to the third lady she says, "You could of just called." I told her that I could have but I was already going in to work late and thought I would stop by to ask about it. So she takes the time to find Taylor's proof, prints them out for me and gives me the order sheet. She then asks me if I can make a decision right there on the spot since time is running out to avoid extra charges. I said that I didn't see why I should have to pay extra charges. She says that it's the lab fees they have to pay since the orders are due. If they order late, they get charged. I again tell her that I don't see how I should be responsible when it wasn't my fault that my pictures didn't get returned to me along with everyone else's. She says again to me, "But it's the lab fee." I said again, not my fault. And then I tell her that I wish my husband could look at these so he could choose too and that I need to figure out how many pictures I need to get. So she can't decide how long she should give me. Asks me if I can return tomorrow. I said that I have to work and they close too soon for me to get there afterwards. So she leaves me and gets permission for me to bring it back on Saturday. Which, of course, I will do. I just thought my whole encounter was strange. She seemed so eager to get me out of there and they all acted weird that I was there. I have so much customer service pushed on me at work that I just couldn't believe how much I freaked them out. I think they need a workshop to handle the unexpected customer! ;o)

The camera is still in the truck and I think Chance is going out there in just a few. I need to write the letter and do some work so it may be another day before I can post any pictures. Sixteen Candles is on and I can't believe that after 20 years I still can't surf past it when I see it. Long Duck Dong just fell out of the tree and now the bride is drunk. What a classic teen movie. They just don't make them like they did in my high school years. Anthony Michael Hall. Whoda thought he'd turn out to be so cute. Oh and Chance is getting ready to regurgitate... The Breakfast Club comes on next!! He's now doing a commercial about the "Brandee Channel" and all the 80's teen movies coming up next. There's never a dull moment with him around.

Cya later..B

Easter

We had a really good but busy Easter. Tristan got to participate in two egg hunts and we have many more eggs for next year and lots of candy for now. Between that on Sunday and buying the new truck on Saturday, my weekend was gone before I knew it. I didn't get my shopping, laundry or work done so I'm still stressed. Oh well - that's life.

I took pictures but I haven't downloaded them yet. The camera is in the truck and well, I am too lazy to go out and get it. It was a busy nite. I will try to post some soon if any are worthwhile.

Taylor told me that everyone at school but her and a couple of other people has already received their spring pictures back. I emailed her teacher and was told that hers simply didn't come back and I need to go directly to the photographer. Well I think that's just lame...they should make sure they get all their student's pictures. I am a working mom and do they think I really want to take my leave to go look at something that they should've sent to me??? Well, I do love the spring pictures since they have great backgrounds to choose from but I don't really have time to go do that. I will be going in late tomorrow morning anyway so I may just stop by there and see if they have them. If not, I'm going to take the kids to Penney's. Tristan needs pictures and I need to go there anyway. They will be just as cute if I have to take Taylor too.

Tomorrow is a very big day for me. I am going to enroll Tristan in kindergarden. I can't believe it. Where has the time gone? I hope he'll be ready for it when the time comes. I was hoping it would be all day next year but they tell me it's not at his school. So I will try to get him in the mornings. I guess this day will go alot easier than the actual first day of school. I probably won't be fit to be around...my emotions always run wild.

Well it's getting late, and I'm not getting any more work done. Chance and Louie the cat are sound asleep. Oh and poor Louie. Guess he got in a tangle with someone and his tail near his butt is not looking good. We tried to put some stuff on it... he was not happy at all with us. But I guess he's forgiven us now since he's all curled up with Chance.

I need to go to sleep. I'll have some pictures soon. Later.

TGIF

I can't even begin to tell you how happy I am that it is Friday! This week has been something else. Work is so busy and we are so short staffed. My paperwork is piling up as I can't get it done for all the walk-in people. I guess that's a good thing for the college but it really adds to my stress level. I will be working this weekend. However, I did have a kid today who my heart went out too. He was returning after being suspended (and serving his time out) and as I was explaining to him how important it is to focus on classes this time, he begins to tell me about his life. During his last semester with us his mother went to prison and he and his young sister stayed with a lady who basically stole from them. He's been working trying to support himself and his sister. They are free of this lady and their mother is now out of prison. His mother and sister are on SS disability but his mother is about to lose her benefits. So he now has responsibility to take care of them. But he knows he needs school to get a better job to do just that. So... he's trying to do both. And the things he said without realizing what he was revealing to me... his sister may not achieve all that she is capable due to the indifferent mother. I talked him into a fairly light schedule and tried my best to help him maintain balance and feel like he's achieving his goal. When he left, I felt like I had done a good deed today. I hope that he will be able to keep his grades up. I fear what he may have to face if he cannot. He was way too young to have to deal with such responsibility. He should be able to to just hang out with friends and find out who he is inside. But, he probably will not have the time or resources to just be a kid a while. My prayers are with him.

I got my sleep machine (CPAP) this week and have had it for 3 nights. The second night I just took it off in my sleep and last night I managed to keep it on. However, it woke me up many times. It will take some time getting used to it. Chance however, tells me he had a very quiet and peaceful night so I guess it's doing him some good. I can't wait to see how I feel after a couple of weeks. Supposedly, that's when I will be a new Brandee. Woo hoo! I feel like such a dork with it on. Maybe if I just get back to my ideal weight I will no longer need it. My cousin keeps talking about doing crunches every day. I wish I could force myself to do just that.

We had a rough night with Taylor last night. It all came about due to her not doing her chores as Chance had told her to do. She definitely needs to learn some respect and alot of that is our fault for not being consistent with her groundings. The whole step mom issues came out and I was really upset. She is with her mom this weekend and I'm sure her mom is gloating over the whole thing. Chalk one up for her. Well, my turn will come around again because you only get burned when you put yourself before your own children. I just have to learn to be more constrained when issues come up.

I guess tomorrow we are getting a new truck. Our new truck that I love simply cannot handle the loads Chance has to haul in his work. The transmission was smoking last week as he tried to haul a heavy load. Today was his appointment day and he had some time to shop. He found a 2004 Ford F250 3/4 ton truck and I guess we are going to get it tomorrow. The papers are all done except for our signatures. I am nervous as the payment is somewhat more than what we pay now. I will miss our truck as it has served us well. We almost have it paid off and here we go again. I hope we will be able handle it. But isn't that the way it goes?

We are getting ready for Easter. That means we will lose a day of our weekend to festivities. It's always nice to be with family; but after the week I've had, I just want to hibernate in my house. I have alot to do...getting the eggs ready for hunting, food for the cookout and presents for the kids. Why do I always wait till the weekend of????? Mom and Dad are coming over tomorrow after we get the truck and Sunday we have two celebrations/hunts to attend. Tristan will definitely be worn out. Last year he got sick right after I dressed him for the occasion. I hope this year he will be able to attend.

I hope everyone is well and has wonderful plans for Easter. It is getting late and I need to rest. Until next time...

Laundry

Why doesn't the laundry ever end???? I admit, I don't have much time to really concentrate on it during the week but I do get in the loads that are necessary. But on the weekend, I can do load after load and there's still giant piles in each bedroom. Is there some little laundry gremlin in the hampers adding to it??? I'm starting to think there is. Granted, when we can get Tristan to put on clothes (he is in a streaking phase right now), he tends to change his outfits many times a day. If he spills a little water or something he freaks out and has to put something dry on. Taylor is sort of that way too. She has an outfit for every occasion - going out to do something, for running around in the yard, hanging in her bedroom, etc. I guess they are my gremlins!

Speaking of streaking... while I was at the store today, Chance said he found Tristan on the trampoline showing his manhood to the little girls next door. He's very proud of his parts these days, and I can't wait until he finds modesty again. He even wanted to take his shirt off in the movies last nite!

He's also discovered Lucky Charms. He finally ate some because he saw the commerical for the new golden marshmallows. So he ate his bowl and then ran through the house pretending he was the leprechaun speading the golden marshmallows around. That was pretty funny and he did keep his clothes on for it.

Ice Age 2 was really cute. My only problem with it was that it has some cuss words in it and there wasn't really any need for them. I guess Disney was trying to appeal to the parents, but I would've liked it just fine without them. As I have a little parrot in my house, I really didn't want to add to the vocabulary.

Taylor went to visit her granddad and Mami (her mother's father and stepmother) today to go to church and celebrate Easter early. She doesn't get to see them much and we welcome any visit she can have with them. They are very nice people. Well she called us and told us she had a wreck on some sort of motorcylce or 3 wheeler. (They have some land in Norman where they just built a new house.) She freaked Chance out at first because she made him think she had broken her arm. He told her that was a very bad joke. But she is pretty scraped up all over her arms. Evidently she hit a bump and it sent her tumbling. I am very glad she is OK. It could've been so much worse.

Chance spent his day working on plans. He is extremely busy right now and that is a good thing. We were beginning to think no one wanted to do anything because of the drought. In the summer I'm a work widow and in the fall I'm a football widow. LOL But I am very thankful to have him home for it all. I so don't miss the days when he worked for someone else. Right now he's playing football on the computer. Looks like the Titans are winning.

I am really tired right now and should be working as I am so behind. But my brain doesn't want to work and I have to stay up to get more laundry done. So...I'm writing about my laundry so I don't fall asleep. My work just sits in my bag waiting for me to get started. I will not be a happy camper when I get to work tomorrow and see all that I didn't do. Oh well, that's life. I guess I'll go read my book. Oh wait... I hear the dryer buzzer! Woo hoo!

C ya later!

The Movies

Well today we are taking the kids to the movies to see Ice Age 2. I am looking forward to it. I've heard it's pretty good for all ages. Tristan is excited. He has asked to leave quite alot today.

I'm still trying to figure out this darn blog formatting thing. Why don't I have links on the side like everyone else? Is it the format I chose? All the settings I look at look like there should be some there. And how do I add links to it?? I just can't figure that one out. I'm a big dork when it comes to this.

Let's try a picture... This is one of the pictures we had of the kids last fall. Tristan had fallen down and Taylor was trying to make him feel better with a kiss on the nose. It's time to take new ones. Tristan needs spring pictures. We are waiting on Taylor's to come in so we can choose a package.

We are beginning to prepare for Tristan's birthday party. It's always our annual pool opening party. I'm not sure what we'll do for food or even what his theme will be. It might be Ice Age after today. He will probably be hung up on it for a while. He's also at the stage where he wants everything he sees on TV. So it should be pretty easy to get him presents this year. We are looking at May 6 for a date. I haven't told anyone yet.

My laundry is beckoning me so I will leave for now. Until next time...

Well here I am making a blog

OK. I consider myself pretty computer savvy but this whole blog thing is wearing me down. I've fought it and fought it but every day I find that one more person in my family has one. Sara started it for me and then Phil tells me he has one. On Phil's I see links to Laura and Chara. I have been reading their entries each weekend. Tonight I find Meredith's. Mom tells me Pat has one but she's on the crazy Xanga site. I simply can't find hers. So... I figure why not me? Maybe everyone else will enjoy keeping up with our family as I have with their's. So here I am. Making a blog. I hope it's not too terribly boring for all of you.

Taylor will probably be mad as we've made her take her's down. But she is learning proper computer etiquette and well, frankly, we don't like all the stuff these young kids write. We don't want her reading it or having the temptation to write some of that stuff. Maybe sometime in the future, we will let her try again.

As I sit here, I think of many topics now that I can write about. My life is so crazy - we are so busy with work and the kids it seems there's never time for anything. And if I get a piece of time, I just want to sit quietly and reflect, watch a good movie or put my nose in a good book. But with kids, these quiet times don't happen until at least 10:00 at night and well, by then I'm so worn out I need to go to sleep.

Sleep... that's an interesting topic for me. I just recently found out (all due to Chance's nagging) that I have sleep apnea. I did two nights in the sleep clinic and I must say that was quite an experience. I am very lucky to have the insurance I have. After receiving almost $6,000 in medical bills for those two nights, I'm only having to pay $60 for it. I am still (after almost 4 weeks) waiting for approval for my very attractive mask. If what they tell me is true, I will be a new woman after a couple of weeks with that hideous thing. And if what they tell me is true, I hope to God I get that darn thing soon as now I'm scared of checking out in the middle of the night. Evidently I stop breathing about 9 times an hour and I'm so not wanting to develop heart disease. With our family history and all this weight I have now, I am really nervous about that.

Other topics I can pursue... motherhood. Life with a stressed out 4 - 5 year old. Preparing for Kindergarden. Dealing with 7th grade angst. Helping your kid keep her grades up without going insane. Angst of the 13 year old girl. Angst of the parents of a 13 year old girl. Will I ever find peace and quiet again? Just 24 hours worth on occasion will help. (Thanks grandma!) OH I can go on and on.

Working in education...defying all the politics. What the heck happened to my 5 year plan? It's been 12 years and counting. Now I'm stuck. The benefits are too good and I'm not getting any younger. What the hell else will I do with myself if I leave? The dream of working from home...having more time with my kids. That is the major dream I have. Well, and winning the lottery. That's a good one too. If I get that dream, then the dream of spending more time with my kids and leaving my job will definitely come true!

How lucky I am to have the parents that I have. I have some friends who are stuggling with parents in crisis and it is really heartbreaking to watch. I offer as much moral support as I can and then go home and thank God for my wonderful parents. But I do struggle with how to help my friends. I will write more later.

Owning your own business... pros and cons. Having a seasonal business brings all kinds of issues to mind. But having my husband home more, even if he is busy designing, is much more valuable than hitting the time clock and never seeing him.

Marriage...why is my husband so wonderful and crazy at the same time? He's a mature adult and a big kid all at the same time. Makes life very interesting.

Well evidently there is alot of stuff going on in my head. Journaling has always been a passion of mine but I don't take much time to do it anymore. Maybe I can keep this up. Who knows?

I can't believe how grown up and intellectual my cousins are. I really do love reading their blogs and viewing all the pics. I've even enjoyed looking at Laura and John's dinners! And bras... who'da thought bras would be a fun topic? And as always the kids. I know they've grown alot since January, Sara! Need some more pics. LOL

I hope this is a good start. Guess I'll post and see what this looks like. I have to go against the norm and hopefully I will be able to figure out how to personalize this thing to my taste. Need some purple on my page.

Until next time...