Monday, February 20, 2012

This president doesn't have an oval office!

......he has a square one!

* cue song Hail to the Chief *

Well many months ago I finally got Aaron's old bedroom cleaned out and painted it to be our guest room. Well Paul loved the color so much -- he decided it would be his new office. (Can't remember if I ever blogged about this and posted pictures....but whatever).

So.....anyways.....the room got painted and he threw his stuff in there, but it never really got finished. So in my attempt to try to give every room a mini makeover and a HUGE cleaning --- this past weekend was spent tackling his office and our master bathroom.

I purchased new curtains for the room about 5 months ago, but they never got hung. After I bought them I discovered that they needed shortened so I decided to tackle that job myself. So with the help of some scissors, a ruler, and this wonderful stuff that hems things with an iron (oh this stuff is awesome!) -- I got the curtains cut.



So now this bare old window........



Has brand new curtains hanging from them!



Got all his pictures up on the wall, shampooed the carpets, cleaned up his desk and voila........he has a brand new office to do all his presidential Pizza Zone things in!



Hope you love your new office Mr. President........I sure do!



***I do have to say that I worked my butt off all weekend, but it really is rewarding to see some results from your hard efforts. Most of my work just gets stuck in a file drawer or a computer file and there is nothing to show for it.

I even had time to make a spectacular dinner....which by the way was at the request of the President himself.

Beef Stew and Cheddar Biscuits (like the Cheddar bisquits at Red Lobster). My oh my....I don't eat biscuits because I don't care for them.......but these biscuits were the best ones in the whole wide world....even better than yours Red Lobster.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Friday, February 17, 2012

While the cats away.....the mouse will?

WORK!

The mouse will work on getting all the new customer packets ready to mail!



The mouse will work on this pile of data entry of all this paperwork!



The mouse will work on this pile of miscellaneous stuff that just needs to go in all different places. Places like file drawers, folders, boxes, or put them on other stacks of paper.



The cat doesn't get home until the stroke of midnight.....he's having to close down the store tonight......so the mouse has a few hours to get all this done.

P.S. The mouse is going to stop for one hour from 9pm until 10pm to watch her favorite Friday night show. You know, the one that always has a juicy murder mystery that we try and solve by the end of the show. This one:

We did a bad bad thing

This is wrong on so many levels.

This is what happens after you decide to go get some dessert after eating chicken wings and beer.



This is what happens when you hit Walmart and they have all their Valentine Candy 50% off. Can't pass up a good deal.......can you?

Good news......we didn't eat it all in one night.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Sticks and stones may break my bones....but not my rock

I am so lucky to have a rock

He is the person that I can lean on when I'm feeling stressed and need someone to talk to

He is the person that I tell EVERYTHING to

He is the person who lays next to me in the dark and we tell each other our inner most personal feelings that no one else in the whole world knows

He's also the one that cracks me up and makes me laugh

He is the person that I went running to today when I really needed to let off a little steam and some pent up frustration

He is the one that is my husband forever.....and I am so thankful that I have him

It felt good to lean on your shoulder a little today.

You know I'll be there for you when you need it too....that's what rocks are for!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Wordless Wednesday: things I got from my kids this week

This is from the oldest:



And this is from the youngest:



These might not seem big to you.....but to me they are ENORMOUS!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentines Day 2012!

Just look around and you can see all the love in your life.

Be thankful and grateful for what you have. Because no matter how little you think you have or how bad you think your life is.....there are LOTS of people with things worse than you.

I am loved.....I know it.

Today....
my oldest son brought me flowers
my youngest son called me for advice
my husband will come home to a box of chocolates, his favorite beer, and a candlelight dinner homemade special by me (he's not gonna see that one coming....the candlelight -- he is expecting the dinner)

I look around and I see.....
...a house, belongings, and security that my husband works hard to give me
...pictures of a loving husband, children, friends, and fun vacations
...piles of work because we are fortunate and have a successful business

I am blessed. I am loved. And I love each and every one of them.

Happy Valentine's Day!