My Daily Something

I just finished reading Ali Edwards' newsletter about doing something creative each day. She is so wonderfully practical, and down to earth, and a NON perfectionist, that I can totally relate to her. So, I've made it a mission to tell a daily story, of some kind, here on my blog. Some days may have more info, but at least I'll have one story from each day.

Today's Story
I've been in a rut lately. Lots of stress (about a certain huge family decision that probably won't be settled for another month or so) and insomnia. I've haven't been feeling my best. Plus, it's been really hot and humid here for the past week or so...the kind of weather where you either stay in the AC, or if you are outside, you are swimming.

Today is one of those hot, humid days, so I set up the pool for the girls and we initiated the slip and slide. They've never tried it before, so it was a bit challenging to explain to them how to slide without actually showing them (thank the Lord there is a 110 pound weight limit on the thing! LOL). The quote of the day came from Heidi..."Mommy, you are not the boss of this! I want to do it my own way!" Wow, did she tell me or what? So I sat back and watched them slide, incorrectly, but boy did they have fun.

What I learned: sometimes rules are meant to be broken, and directions don't always need to be followed, in order to have fun.

Other stuff
School is starting soon...yeeehah!!! The girls will start on Wednesday, August 29, and I'm almost counting the days. I am craving a regular schedule again, as we all function much better that way. I've already purchased the school supplies (gotta love Walmat for 17 cent glue sticks and 78 cent marker sets). As an aside, I love school supplies. Every August I go into school mode, even though I'm not in school, and decide I must purchase supplies. Maybe it's because I always liked school, and it's a sentimental thing. Hmmmm.
Random Scrapbook Pages
Did I mention that I am a scrapbooker? ROFL!!! It seems like forever since I'm posted any pages here.

Journaling: Rob surprised me this year and took me to dinner at Gianno’s on River Road in Maumee. He reserved the wine room for us, and we had our own waiter! The food was delcious and the atmosphere was wonderful. Our waiter was a real ham too. Right away, I noticed the “creepy window that leads to nowhere, and he took advantage of that. A few minutes later, I heard this knocking sound coming from the other side of the window and I jumped out of my seat! It turns out that our waiter had asked the bar tender to knock on the window, since her knew it scared me. Later on the bartender paid us a visit and poured us two glasses of free champagne. For dessert we shared a divine piece of cheesecake (als free). Once we were finished, both the bartender and waiter escorted us up to the third floor, which is supposed to be haunted. I didn’t even want to go up, since the stairway was so scary- looking. [That’s where a woman hung herself, so the story goes] It was pretty interesting but I didn’t want to hang around up there. One room is said to have so much ”energy” in it that no one will go in it (we didn’t either). They did their best to keep me very jumpy, bringing an odd looking doll with blood on it out of the bathroom. After the haunted restaurant experience, we went to Levis Commons and walked around (it was a gorgeous evening). We finished the night with Starbucks. Here’s to 13 years!

Credits: Template by Tracy Blankenship Date Beads by Kim Jensen Paper and red ribbon from Love Ahead by Nina Heart ribbon and background paper from Heartfelt by Krista Ring Blue paper from Boy Zone by Jeanne Button by Jessica Bolton Label tape alpha by Christina Renee Over the Rainbow alpha by Michelle Godin Font: Mish

Credits: Birthday Party kit by Gina Miller and Tiff Brady; photo cluter by Nancy Comelab

Credits: Sketch by Robina Cabana (for the RAKScraps sketch challenge), My Digital Muse Summer Breeze collab kit

Okay have a happy Wednesday!