GAH! If I hear the phrase "that old" used one more time I think I'll implode.  What exactly is old?

Old is a state of mind not an age to me. I'm 40 years old and I'm here to tell you that I am not "that old" 

I don't feel old, I don't act old, I don't dress old because I'm not that old yet!

No.. I'm not mad at anyone, annoyed or otherwise. I just want people to understand that when you say "that old" you run the chance of offending many. I am the mother of a 15 year old and 12 year old and I'm 40. I didn't have my kids until I was 24 and 26. I have friends that are 34 and are mother's of soon to be 15 year olds. I have a friend who is 37 and the mother of a 17 year old. Is she old? I don't think so. Mother's of teens come in all ages.. we may be older.. but we're not that old heehee

There's a whole generation of us that just aren't that old Don't forget heehee according to Hugh Hefner.. 80 is the new 40 I like his way of thinking heehee

This was all typed in good humor so please do not take it any other way .. ok!

protected post up

So awhile ago I purchased the large carryall bag and the large photo sorter box. It took me awhile to work up the courage to begin putting it together and organizing it all into the bag and box. I'm still sorting photo's but the bag is all set. Now if I ever want to crop outside of home I can take it all with ease! I crop on a semi regular basis but just don't share it all here because by the time I remember to take a photo of a layout I've done I've already got it back in the album and eh.. it's more fun to see it standing alone I think. Anyway, I am finishing up my wedding album, Jessica's first year album and am going to begin the daunting task of a through the years album for both girls, a military service album for Steve and a travel album to document all our travels.

I know , you are thinking "What the hell is she thinking starting so many different albums at one time?" But it is easier for me to have several projects to work on because I may not be in the mood to do  one but would like to do the other lol It's the ADD in me.

Now that I've organized the boxes that were in my room (that doesn't include baskets of photo's or the boxes in the attic heehee don't worry they are protected up there in the attic) It's on to another daunting task.. laying out a new flower bed for my side yard.  My bartlett pear tree we put in last year is getting large enough that it will soon disguise the unsightly satalite dish. So now I want to put in a flower bed around the tree since it's on a slope and has a lot of wash off issues. This way we preserve the area and make it look pretty too. In the back I'm putting in a flower bed around another tree that has issues with grass growing around it lol

It's been very satisfying these past two years making this yard ours and knowing we put a lot of sweat and sometimes tears  into it . I look out and know I helped do this, helped create some beauty on earth. I like that, but then again digging in the dirt has always been soothing for me. There is something so primal and pure about smelling freshly dug up earth and knowing that you are creating something in it.

I'm off to shower and head to the local flower gardens... Happy diggin or relaxin this weekend!

A panda bear walks into a restaurant and orders a sandwich.
When he receives the sandwich he eats it and then shoots the waiter and leaves the restaurant.

A policeman sees the panda and tells him he just broke the law. The
panda bear tells the policeman that he's innocent and, if he didn't
believe him, to look in the dictionary. The policeman gets a dictionary
and looks up "panda bear."
It says, ''Panda Bear: eats shoots and leaves.''

bada ba.. heehee

TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's overcast and I woke up with a head cold! After telling Bea last night that we didn't really get that sick this winter heeheee NEVER say never I guess. At least it's Friday and I should leave early and then head home to rest and relax for all of 2 hours lol and then we're off to watch Chelsea play.

I hope you all have a wonderful, relaxing weekend!

I am so glad that tomorrow is Friday. It's been one of those weeks and it's really not one thing in particular, just a multitude of things put together. I'm tired, mentally and physically and frustrated, etc I'm just fed up with a lot of things and pms is just ummm bringing it out. This too shall pass and so will my pissed off at the world anti social self

Have a protected blog to write but no energy to do it right now. But it's a good one hehee

Interviewed my first paralegal intern today! I'm going to have help soon! I am interviewing another one tomorrow. It will be nice to have some help for a change

It's going to be really warm here this weekend (sorry Bea) and we're going to be working in the yard. I love looking at the work we did last year and seeing the beautiful roses, and hydrangea bushes coming back. I'm putting in a few more flower beds this year. I'll take photo's this weekend of before and after.

Have a great .. FRIDAY!!!!!!!!

Oh here's tomorrow's daily thought from my old priest.. I think a few of you will appreciate this very much!

Don't fear failure so
much that you refuse
       to try new things.
The saddest summary of
       a life contains
three descriptions:
       could have, might
have, and should have.

Today is the birthday of a very wonderful friend and she's 29 today(coughcough)

I cannot even begin to tell you how wonderful this woman is. She is all I wish to ever be and then some.  She has been there for the laughs, the tears, the late night chats, the drunk dialing at a very early hour in Germany heehee and so much more. She is a part of my life, a sister not born of my family but who has become part of my family.

Today is Belinda's birthday...

Happy Birthday dear friend!

Today is the birthday of a very wonderful friend and she's 29 today(coughcough)

I cannot even begin to tell you how wonderful this woman is. She is all I wish to ever be and then some.  She has been there for the laughs, the tears, the late night chats, the drunk dialing at a very early hour in Germany heehee and so much more. She is a part of my life, a sister not born of my family but who has become part of my family.

Today is Belinda's birthday...

Happy Birthday dear friend!

I can't believe it is only Tuesday. I feel like I've worked an entire week already and I still have three more days to get through. I was fairly anti-social this weekend and still feel that way only because I just don't have the mental capacity to process the words coming at me right now. Work is on overload and the past two nights I've left late and then had to come home and do other things. It's just proof that I ain't as young as I used to be~

Chelsea played nearly 9 min of the game last night! She's moving up in incriments of three lmao She did really well and hasn't played goalie since umm I don't remember. I'm still sending her to goalie camp this summer though

See I really just don't have much to talk about.. I know it's unusual lol because when am I normally at a loss for words? Almost never

Have a great week

I am around.. no time to write.