40

I really don't know what I thought would happen when I turned 40.........would I wake up taht morning and find I grew fangs? weigh 10 xtra pounds? perhaps I would go through my day getting old lady pains...OH I know all silly and weird But its such a weird thing when your NOT a certain age....like when your 25 .....40 is so far away and Good God in Heaven WHAT on earth will be going ON when I get there!

Well I can say with out hesitation that I am very happy , OH I know there is whiney days.....but its about the stretch marks my sweet Son gave me as a birth gift and truely if that is the worse of it then come on is it really that bad.

let me check the list

Hubby: awesome dude, a bit on the messy side but I 'll keep him
kids : too well behaved to give away
GOD: is all around me
my Mom: Incredible and generous!
DOG: the smartest !!

LIFE IS GOOD!!

so what did I do on the 40 day??

well my awesome neighbor friends and hubby snuck around as I used up my massage certificate, they came over while I was out that morning and hung up ballons and streamers and had an ice cream cake for me!

later that day my Husbands cousin came over and babysat the kiddies as we went off for my grown up date with my love to BOULDER

we went to a wonderful japanese grill for sushi















and to a beautiful tea house DUSHANBE for tea and dessert!

DUSHANBE was brought over from Russia in pieces and rebuilt!!

time

more time less time, its alwasy about time and some TIMES you get a surprise !
this week has been great my only complain is may left side is still jacked up from my humpty dumpty fall down the stairs a month ago, I believe I messed something up .my headaches continue and I am at the point of drinking myself to sleep LOL IF I could stomach alcohol ....hmmm maybe tropical girly drinks lots of them and chocolate martini's THATS IT!!!

okay so the week began on a new leaf , Davin started his new job brokering...its slowwwwwwwwwwww and he is frustrated nothing to do about that TISS THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN......can you believe there are people who actually think the media has played this up?? I need to take them to my home stater and give them a cold water wakeup call.









talked to my Brother John this week , its always a GREAT talk and its call that makes you feel like your home. warm and generous. I sometimes get sad after we hangup.....I miss home a lot these days.

Dillon remindes me so much of my Dad and brother. his expressions are fun!!
I got a chance at snapping his 2 year old pics this week , I love them !









and as far as projects ....I have been a bit of a slacker ...lots to do and it has to stop somewhere.... but I am working on a new one...a blanket for Dillons car theme room, I am keeping it simple but Manley .

LairOtheBear

Family time is is all the time ........since Davin and I are home its 24/7 with together this will end monday ,Davin goes back to being a auto Broker till we can land back in the radio chair(s)!

So we headed "Up the Hill" as we say here in Colorado.

MEANING: going to the Mountains.

the day was great But the wind was crazy at times, and the long lovely path we love to trek was still icey SOOooo we poked around had our packed lunch and I giggled as Davin turned into a younger heavier version of his dad and pressed at the kids

"watch the path!!!....COME HERE!! Don't touch the water!!! Don't step in the mud!!
Dillon ! Dillon?? Dillon!!! DILLONNNNNNNNN!!!!!! Izzy NO...Iz don't Izzy PLEEZZZEEEE
Izabel what did I just say??? (and MY FAVORITE) IZABEL ASPEN FESMIRE!!! 1...2..3...!!!

ahhhhhh whats a mom to do but GLARE!!!!! and tell him to CHILL OUT WE ARE IN NATURE!!!

I have lots of fabric detergent its O-K-A-Y!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't believe he understands 2 and 5 year olds sometimes :)
BUT after the colorfilled stories of his STEP- DAD...................well I did say Colorfilled did I not?? NUFF SAID

it was a nice day and after coming back down we did give them a much needed time on the playground near our house .

FATTUESDAY

I full day FULL DAY!!!!!
well first there was the traditional pancakes ! yummmmmmm lots of bacon please!!
then there was laundry, Making MARDI GRAS masks and then there was lunch and a awesome 70 degree afternoon to go bike riding at the park..BUT WAIT THERES MORE!!!!
start dinner get out stuff for taxes....GO to parent teacher meeting come home serve LATE dinner watch the kids cry and fuss they are Tired and want to go to bed THE WHOLE dinner!!! LONG FULL EXHAUSTING Day!!!! LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!!!!

OHhhhhTOOTHY

well as a sensitive mommy does ......especially since I have this flu THAT CAME TO KILL ME I BELIEVE........ I BEGAN TO TEAR UP.... well I knew for weeks that this day would come The first tooth to leave Izzy's mouth and make way for the permenant residents ..BUT as a mom and did I mention SENSITIVE to a fault I cried a tear or two when she wiggled it into Frenzy at the kitchen table Saturday night. Dad approached it with zeal!! and pliers .

I flipped out at the mention of such a thing, he loves to pull chains and none are more fun and better to pull than MINE.

so off they went into the bathroom to plot the PULL .....in the end she did it herself couple of good tugs and it was free of her perfect little mouth.

its always in these small times your mothers words come to visit you.

"wait till you have children , then you will know how a mothers heart feels."

KLEENEX anyone.................................?

YummyCherries

well I am done ! it should have been done last week but the "CRUD" came to get me and I havent been up to par! but I descided to fight back today and finish Izzy's cherry Dress ! she is so funny its so cute how excited Kids get over stuff.
she told me she never wants to go shopping for dresses again! YOU CAN DO THEM ALL MOMMA!!

Oh boy.....this might be a bit tricky..........I might have to go buy wedding material soon so I can finish on time LOL anyway the Cherry Out fit is ALMOST complete....she asked if I could make a "small" purse to go with it........
back to the sewing room I go.

Treasures

my love of antiques and my "NUTHIN BUT TIME" schedule especially when Dillon is napping and Izzy is at school leaves me open to researching my own antiques and where they came from how old they are and for the collector HOW MUCH ARE THEY WORTH??? well I have come across some very fascinating facts about my treasures and how excited was I to find out the worth of some of my very favorite things. even Davin had his eyebrow raised when I told him how much some of our pieces go for ....BUT as husbands will do........his next sentence was "So when can we sell this stuff" oh well not everybody gets it !
the tea cup below was from my aunt Belmira , she was my paternal grandmothers sister And for some reason she loved me. I think it was the fact my dad was my grandmothers 1st born and Bella was very young when he was born so they were close growing up Funny that many many years later my father married a much younger woman (my Mom) and had me the Youngest of all the grandchildren.....28 grandchildren I was number 28
after my father died I would go and visit her and her husband, she would always make the best black tea and serve it with yummy Stella Dora cookies I always admired her pretty tea cups. bit by bit she would gift me items from her home saying to me " oh I don't have any use for this anymore would you like to have it?" I would NEVER SAY NO ! such beautiful things that she collected over the years , I adored them all and have them all and most importantly use them happily thinking of her every time.
I was so happy she got to meet my Boyfriend who became my husband 2 years later .
sadly she passed away before my wedding .it broke my heart But in my heart I feel she sees us using our lovely treasures she so lovingly gave me so not so long ago.