While sitting in line...

... at the bank driveup ATM to deposit a check, the conversation goes a little like this....

Colton,"Hey Mom, I see Rance's name."

Me, "uh huh."

Colton, "Yea, it says R-A-N-C-E."

Me, still filling out the deposit slip, thinking 'OK'.

Colton, " Yea, it says CLEARance!"

I stop filling out the deposit slip to look up and can't help but laugh. Thanks buddy, I needed that.
:D

28 degrees

Fog, frost, and ice.

2 Year Portraits

You know...

...it's time to stop showering with your 2 year old son when he picks up this to shave...
...his legs!

25 months old

Look mommy, I did it all by myself.

He's such a big boy!

Adventures in potty training

Rance gives new meaning to porta-potty.

You know you're getting old when...

...your teenage daughter says, "Hold on Mom, let me get that gray hair on the side of your head."

...or you have a teenage daughter. And you can wear each others clothes. Actually that's not to bad. Either I dress too young or she dresses too old.

Ugh! I turned 36 today. Half my life so far as an adult, the other half a kid. Yes, I do have a few gray hairs. Maybe that's why my SIL wanted to give me highlights? Hmm? Anyway, I am only as old as I feel. Fortunately, I don't feel old, yet. There are few things that have crept up on me. Can't do roller coasters much anymore. They give me bad headaches and it makes my sciatic nerve even worse. Pop a few Advil and continue on. My endurance is almost shot, but like I said, Advil. So for now, I will try to keep up with my kids so as to not hold them back from having fun.

Wow, I guess I do feel kinda old.

I wanted to say "thank you" to all the well wishers out there who told me happy birthday. It meant a lot. It was a good day. Went and got my license renewed. Had lunch with Trevor and Rance. Then my parents came over and took us all out to eat and cake. It was fun.

Phone conversation with Grace

Rosie (Grandma) in the background: "Tell Keri what you got."

Grace: "What did I get?"

Rosie: "A new baby."

Grace: "Oh yeah. A new baby!"

Me: "Really! I think she looks like you."

Grace: "Yeah, a little, but she's naked."

Love it!

Be sure and check out little miss Sophie at Flo's blog. Too sweet for words.

Finally

I know a lot of you are on pins and needles about the wet bar progress. Well, the painting has been done for a couple of months now and I am just getting to update. (birthdays and holidays took over any spare time) I chose a color called Slice. Not sure how they came up with that one but it works. I still haven't decided to use the glaze or not. Maybe I will do a test area just to see. It sure would bring out the texture. I chose a flush mount light to replace to bun warmers. They put off just the right amount of light.

Next is the floor. I spent a couple of hours one Saturday scraping the backing and glue off the slab from the old linoleum. What a pain, and then to see there are gouges in the slab that need to be filled. So much for staining. Looks like it will have to be painted instead. Any other flooring option will cause to much of a transition from the brick. Right now, both floors are level. IDK, maybe I could get away with staining it. We'll see.