A Thousand Words Thursday

  I love this activity.  Visit Cheaper Than Therapy to play along.

A picture is worth a thousand words..............

Medical Information Binders

I have learned over the past few months how important it is to keep medical record information contained and accessable at a moments notice. To acheive this I put together Medical Record Binders for each member of my household. These binders are broken down into the following catagories: Visits, Lab Work, Immunizations, Procedures, and Reciepts. At the front of each binder I have the medical record number, emergency contact information, allergies, current medications and a list for any OTC medications.



I have also put together a binder for my mother, who is currently under a doctors care for an on-going illness. It is such a valuable tool for my sisters and I, who take turns attending my mothers' appointments with her. It allows each of us to make notes of the appointment and have past notes handy. It also keeps each of us up to date on her care.

Tiny Talk Tuesday

A fun activity at Not Before 7:00 documenting the funny things kids say.

This story needs a little background info:  My Son was playing around with Hubbies wallet; pretending to take money, looking at pictures.  oh, and My son loves all things "cowboy."

Fast forward:  We are at the gas station and Hubbie goes to pump gas.  He opens his wallet and his Wells Fargo credit card is missing.

Hubbie opens the car door and looks at our Son "Did you take my card?"

Son "No."

Hubbie "Well it's not in here!"

Son "Did it have horses and a wagon on it?"

Hubbie "Yes!"

Son "Nope, haven't seen that one."

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My kids and Hubbie are playing "Simon Says"

The Countessa says  " Daddy you be the Simer now."

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I hear The Princess get up about 3:45am and go into The Countessa's room  Then I hear:

"Countessa what are you doing?"

"I'm sleeping!" The Countessa replies rather grumpily

"Do you want to color?" The Princess asks.  At which point I enter the room and send The Princess back to bed.  The Countessa never replies.
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Friend Makin' Monday

Another fun week of Friend Makin' Monday.

Today's topic: Favorite photos from the holidays.

My 8 yr old "Preemie" holding up her stocking on her birthday.  8 Years earlier she fit inside that same stocking.

Visiting a local "Christmas House"

My girlies ready to go see the Nutcracker Ballet

The Duchess just hangin'

My Sion decorating his cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve

My kiddies bonding on Christmas Eve

Ready for bed on Christmas Eve

The Duchess opening her "Teacher's Supplies" from Santa.  This photo doesn't do her excitment justice!

The Princess with her much wanted guitar.  Thanks Auntie PamPay!!

And finally, the Biker Gang.  Grammie got all 4 kiddies Razor 360 Big Wheels.

12 minutes, 12 memories

For details about this activity visit Stacy Julians Sprinkles site.

Here are 12 photos from 2009 that make me smile... in no particular order

Project Life By Becky Higgins

In October I placed my pre-order for Becky Higgins Project Life.  Then I patiently waited for my kit to arrive.

I was so happy to open my front door on December 30th to find the box sitting on my front porch!!  YEAH!!! Just in time for the new year.

Last night I pulled all the kit contents out and started to assemble my album.  The colors of this kit are absolutley beautiful!! 

There are many different ways to use the kit, but I'm going to use it to chronicle one year of our life as a family.  I still haven't decided whether to do it one day at a time or one month at a time.  I would like to say I will do it one day at a time, but honestly, that may be to much for me to keep up with along with everything else in my life.  One month at a time may be a more realistic gal for myself.  That's whats great about this kit...I can decide AND I can even change my mind a few months down the road without it interferring with the flow of the album!! LOVE IT!!!!

So, with this kit I'm on the road to one of my new years resolutions....Bringing scrapbooking back into my life!

Banging in The New year

For the first time we let the kids stay up until midnight to celebrate New years.

At midnight we went out onto our court with pots.......

 a colander...........

and wooden spoons to bang in the new year.

The Countessa was not willing to participate in the banging or even in a group photo (That's her running for Daddy)

Our Neighbors thought it was hysterical and came out to take pictures too. We live on a small court with only 5 other houses and my kids are the youngest on the court.  All the other "kids" on our court are either pre-teens, teens or college kids.