Waiting for Locusts and Boils

Gerard did, as I had expected, wake up at the crack of dawn today. Now he's tired and a bit cranky. And we're supposed to go out to dinner tonight. Argh.

Last night the weird weather continued -- hail, fog, sleet, snow. (Still no tornadoes, though.) And then, at around 9:30 last night, we smelled skunk. Not just a little either. Enough to make our noses and eyes burn. Enough to make our clothes and hair smell. Enough to keep ME awake much of the night. Gerard looked around outside but didn't see anything, and there were no tracks in the snow leading to our house, but the smell was so bad I would've sworn the skunk was IN the house. This morning, OUTSIDE smelled fine, but INSIDE still reaked of skunk. I started getting used to it and hardly noticed it anymore, until we came back from the gym and opened the door. BAM. It hit me. Gross. So I lit some scented Yankee candles. Now the house smells like cinnamon skunk. Sounds yummy, huh? Don't you just wish you were here? So now I'm just waiting for the locusts and boils....

Let's see. What else. We still watch Survivor, although it's getting a little old. I think it has "jumped the whale" as my Dad would say (I know it's "jumped the shark"). Grey's Anatomy was a repeat last night so I got to finish another scrapbook page. Here it is:
red background paper created using an overlay by Nancie Rowe Janitz
flower trim (recolored) by Nancie Rowe Janitz
staples by Michelle Coleman
torn paper action by Atomic Cupcake
fonts are Cooper Black and Pea Katie

Oh! Oh! Oh! I almost forgot to mention what Debbie got me for my birthday!!! Only the coolest present ever! She bought me my OWN FONT! Isn't that cool! You can see what I mean here:

I can't wait to be able to use my own handwriting on my layouts!

Well, that about wraps it up around here. Hope you all have a nice weekend!

A Glimpse Into the Future

I got a taste of what the future might look like around here... Gerard had preschool in the morning instead of the afternoon today (due to a 1/2 day at regular school) and I actually had to WAKE him up. He woke up on his own at around 7:45, asked me to fix his blankets, and then fell back to sleep. I woke him up at 8:30, and he said "One more minute, Mommy. I'm still tired." So I left for a minute or two, went back, and he was FAST ASLEEP AGAIN! I woke him again (we had to be at school at 9:15) and he said, "No, Mommy. I told you I'm still tired!" Ugh. The ONE day I needed him to wake up early and he doesn't want to. Eventually he got up, got dressed, ate breakfast, and we made it to school on time. I can just picture him trying to wake up for high school...

Now I can almost guarantee that he'll wake up at the crack of dawn tomorrow....

His class went on a little field trip to the library today, too. Tomorrow is Dr. Seuss' birthday, so the children's librarian read them some books and played her ukulele. Gerard thought that was pretty cool.

Other than that, it was a pretty uneventful day here. Oh, except for the weather. Let's see... we had rain, freezing rain, hail, snow, more and more rain. Luckily, no tornadoes.

Have a good night, and enjoy a few more layouts I did:
blue paper (and tan paper, recolored) by Holly McCaig
alpha and tags by Robin Carlton
hearts, recolored by Michelle Coleman
stitching by Nancie Rowe Janitz
paint brush strokes by Michelle Coleman
torn edge by Atomic Cupcake
font is Pea Katie

all papers by Nancie Rowe Janitz
fonts are Times New Roman and Scriptina

grey paper by Jen Wilson
swirl by Michelle Coleman
polaroid frame by Katie Pertiet
hearts by Michelle Coleman
fonts are Times New Roman and Cheryl

Did You Know That...

...staying up until 12:30 A.M. to watch the Oscars is a bad idea when you're pregnant and have a 3 1/2 year old? I'm still tired two days later.


...Gerard hates chicken fajitas? HATES them. Won't even try them. Cries when he hears we're having fajitas for dinner. But if you tell him they're tacos, he can't get enough of them?


...I have to pee at least five times each night? DEPENDS are sounding more and more appealing the more pregnant I get.


...a bagel with cream cheese looks like Antarctica? Just ask Gerard.


...today is my Dad's birthday? Happy birthday, Dad!



...I finally finished a layout? Here it is:
black paper by Shabby Princess
metal alpha by Michelle Coleman
screws by Rhonna Farrer from the CD from Designing with Digital book
font is Century Gothic

The Weekend is Over

Gerard got home OK and my parents have come and gone. They're on their way home right now -- let's hope the weather holds up. There has been some freezing rain and snow here, and apparently along their route too, but they're driving slowly and carefully. They should get home by tonight.

We had a nice visit. They all came with my to my OB appointment and Dad got to hear the baby's heartbeat.

Gerard had a ball with them. Poor Grandpa -- he barely had a chance to sit down! Gerard made him run all around the house until neither one of them could stand it anymore. Grandpa is a bit of a sucker, er, I mean softy. Most people would just tell Gerard that they'd had enough, but Grandpa wouldn't hear of it! Around and around and around and around.... I was dizzy and tired just watching them.

Here are some pictures of their visit:

Now it's back to the same old grind. Gerard has preschool this week, we'll be going to the gym, and we have a playdate set up for Wednesday with his friend Luke. Other than that, we've got nothing exciting going on here. I hope everyone else has an exciting week!

Stay warm and drive safely!

Hump Day

Gerard left for Memphis yesterday and arrived with no problems. He'll be back on Friday night.

In the meantime, my parents are coming for a visit. When my mom was here last time, she got to hear the baby's heartbeat. Of course, that made my dad jealous, so they're both coming to my next OB/GYN appointment on Friday.

Other than that, there's not much new going on here. Yesterday was preschool and Gerard's friend Maddie came for a visit to see if she'd like it there. I think she fit right in. Gerard was a good host for a little while but then eventually forgot that she was even there. I don't think Maddie minded too much -- she made herself right at home!

Sorry for the boring post! Here are some pictures of Gerard to tide you over....

Oh, and isn't this cool???? I'm trying to figure out what kind of scrapbook page to do with something like this. Any ideas anyone?

Shopping, and Toys, and Haircuts. Oh My!

It's been an uneventful few days here. I had Bunco Thursday night and Gerard went to a hockey game on Friday night. Maybe we'll do something together tonight. :)

Here are a couple pics of Gerard from yesterday. Nothing too exciting, I just thought he looked cute in his hat.
showing me how his car "roars":

I went out to lunch today with my friend Michele -- WITHOUT THE BOYS. Gerard and Gerard had a boys afternoon without me. They were supposed to go to some gigantic train store with huge working trains (with mountains, villages, bridges, etc) but they got there and it was closed due to a family emergency or something like that. Poor Gerard. He was really looking forward to it. So was little Gerard. :)

So instead, they went to Toys-R-Us. Great. Nothing like TWO kids in a toy store! Of course they BOTH came home with new toys. Go figure. Little Gerard got a HotWheels racetrack that Big G promptly put together for him, and he's been playing with it since he got home. Big G got some "toys" for his sports room downstairs. I went grocery shopping after lunch. THEY got toys. I got milk and eggs. Unfair.

The boys also got haircuts today. Don't they look cute?

That's about it here. Hope you all have a nice weekend.

Happy Valentine's Day

Hi everyone. Hope you're having a nice Valentine's Day. Schools were closed here today, although I'm not really sure why. It stopped snowing last night, the wind isn't too bad, and it's no colder today than the last few days. Oh well. It does't really affect us, since Gerard's preschool is only Tuesdays and Thursdays, although the gym was extra busy.

Oh, and here's the video of Gerard "lifting weights" as I promised....

Have a nice day!