a breath of spring

just wanted to share my pictures of some tulips i took the other day. i can sit here and enjoy their beauty without breathing the pollen. talk out about bad! today's count is 5,733. what the??? kevin literally saw a cloud of the stuff floating up into the air yesterday....cough, sneeze, wheez.

signs of spring

have you noticed that it is beginning to look a lot like spring? buds on trees. weather getting warmer. daffodils blooming. girl scout cookies. and my favorite shop hop. yes, i said shop hop. are you trying to figure what exactly that is? well, every spring some of the quilt stores in metro atlanta get together for four days to basically promote their wares. the goal is to attend all the stores and get your "passport" stamped at each one where you will then become eligible to win a grand prize. for three years now, mom and i have started attending this event. we haven't made it to all the stores on the tour, but it's sure fun trying. my favorite quilt store hands down is a scarlet thread in mcdonough. karen has probably the best selection of fabric around and i always seem to find something every time i walk in the doors. yesterday, definitely got my creative juices flowing again and i so can't wait to pull out the sewing maching and get busy. here is just a peak of some of the fun stuff i got yesterday....

after tuesday

this craziness will be over with...i hope! why is it everything always seems to happen all at once. my yearbook deadline just happens to be tuesday. this week is consignment sale at the preschool not to mention the book fair is happening at lela's school and then on top of all of that the men's walk to emmaus is starting tomorrow and i had signed up to bake some items. i looked at my calendar but for some unknown reason none of it seemed to register...oh well what can i say, if it doesn't kill you it will only make you stronger, right? honestly, though i feel as if i'm losing the battle.

it's hard believe its already march and winter's stronghold definitely doesn't seem to be losing its grip any. i keep telling myself that soon spring will be around the corner even though it doesn't seem possible with all the snow we seem to keep having. the other night when lacey i were out we found the cutest bathing suits for her and lela. i decided that even though snow was falling outside, i'd buy them the bathing suits anyways. call me an optimist, but it will get warm. the big question is when, though?

First Day Of Spring

Yes, it's the first day of spring and we've been blessed to have a teacher's workday today. The good thing about not having school is I did sleep in (a little.) What do I mean? Well, sleeping in for me is when I don't set an alarm. This is coming from a woman who gets up somewhere between 5:00 am and 5:30 am during the week. So when I wake up at 6:00 am, I consider that to be sleeping in.

The girls and I have been planning this day for a while now and I was hoping that we would have a good time hanging out. I was definitely planning on us eating lunch at Johnny's Pizza because the girls love that place, well at least Lela does anyways. And since Johnny's is located next to Rita's, and every first day of spring they serve free Italian ice all day long I knew we would hit there as well. In fact that is how we became introduced to Rita's. As Lacey would say, "It was YUM!"

So, our day started with us hitting the new Belks in Newnan where I got everyone new flip flops for the summer. After wandering through the store and checking out everything, we then decided to go get our lunch and Italian ice. It was so nice outside that we sat by the fountain eating our ice. It felt so good having the warm sun beating down on us - not too hot and not too cool, just perfect.

After "dessert," we piled back in the car and headed to the Avenue. Lela had gotten a gift card to Children's Place for her birthday and I'd been promising her that I would take her and she could buy a few things with it....that she did. She is going through a "pink phase." For some unknown reason she thinks everything in her closet needs to be pink? Go figure. I so wish she would pick another color and realize that she could change up her wardrobe some.

By the time we had finish at Children's Place, we were all about worn out with the execption of Lela. She rarely stops. Somewhere on the way home Lacey decided to crash out. Thank goodness because I just knew a nap was in order for me as well. When we finally did get home, Lela had to get on the computer and Lacey and I snuggled down for an afternoon nap....ahhh.