It's Thursday....isn't it?

I thought I'd post my food pics....since I needed to empty the camera anyway. I want to make a cookbook of sorts, so that when I can't think of anything to make for dinner, I can look back and see some of my past meals. So, bear with me and my food photos....and if you are on a diet....you might want to look away!

I'm on the mend from this cruddy cold....yet I'm still not quite up to par. Dh wants to take the girls and I out for my birthday to the Blue Crab for dinner, so I'm trying to feel better. The girls have wanted to go there since it opened, and especially since dh and I have raved about it....then sneaked off to eat without them....lol. The food is so dang good there. And you get to write on the walls. They have it decorated in a Maine/nautical theme, and they let you write little messages on the walls. You wouldn't believe how many crudely drawn pictures of SpongeBob there are! I love sitting there and reading some of the writings. Newlyweds, out of state vacationers, and my personal favorite in big, bold letters, "I've got crabs!" Lmao....

Wee one spent the night at her friend's house. She just came home to get her bathing suit so they could swim. Not 20 minutes before she came in the door, I picked up her suit and decided to wash it. As I was carrying it to the washer, I thought to myself....as soon as I put this in there, she is going to want it. And, against my better judgment (my mommy senses were tingling), I threw it in. When she came for her suit, it was being agitated (as was I a few minutes later!). She threw a huge fit, saying the backup suit goes "up my butt", and why can't I just take the other one out of the wash. I told her it was soaking wet and she would either wear the backup or not swim. She got mad, stomped into the bathroom and got re-dressed. I, of course, went to the washer, sloshed around in the semi-dirty water, found and wrug out the suit, and presented it to her on her way out. She had a very surprised look on her face....I think she was surprised I gave in. Then she gave me a big hug and kiss and whispered she was sorry and thank you. I am such a wimp sometimes. I think I am going to stick to my guns and make her so something she is not happy about....but then I think in the grand scheme of things, is it really such a big deal? So, now wee one and her friends are having fun in the sun, swimming and playing, and I can go back to my work, knowing my daughter's bottom is "bathingsuit free".

 

I just read something in another journal that really touched my heart. Please go here and follow the instructions to help send blessings to a little boy who desparately needs them. In the grand scheme of things, this is one minute of our lives that we can afford to give to someone else. Thank you, and thanks to Shana for bringing this to our attention!