The day that never stops

My goodness I feel like I have moved nonstop today.

We always go to storytime on Thursday mornings so our day started there. After that Natalie and I had lunch with some friends, ran some errands, picked up Bryce from school, went to the park with more friends, went out to eat using our gift card we won at bingo last week, had dessert at McDonald's since it was fundraiser night for Bryce's school, helped Bryce with homework, and finally settled in to watch American Idol. But now I have to go exercise and do all the tasks on my chore lists. Yikes! Can I jam pack anymore into my day? Oh yeah, I have to pick up the mail at my mom's house since they are in Texas and get some milk. So yes, I can add more stuff.

But the greatest thing happened while we were at McDonald's. Bryce saw his friend there and turns out they live just a few streets away from us. Yay! Bryce had no friends in our neighborhood so it's exciting to know there is a classmate just around the corner. And his friend gets to come to Bryce's birthday party on Sunday. Woohoo!

Speaking of which my big guy is about to turn 7. I swear it seems like he was just born the other day. My chunky chub roll happy baby has turned into the sweetest lovable little boy around.

In other news I took Natalie back to the speech pathologist to be retested. This time around she did not pass the evaluation and now has an appointment in a couple of weeks for more testing. If she qualifies she'll receive speech therapy through the local school system. I really hope that she does qualify so that she can get the help she needs. It's so frustrating when I have to ask her several times to repeat herself just so I can understand her. The funniest thing happened when she was being tested. The pathologist asked Natalie what color the apple was and Natalie happily said, "Rojo!" The lady looked at me funny and I told her Natalie watches a lot of Dora. Later instead of counting in English Natalie counted out in Spanish. Yes, we do watch a lot of Dora... and Diego, too.

Homemade Pretzels

Today I stayed home all day so after I cleaned I had the whole afternoon to do whatever.

I decided to make Alton Brown's Pretzels. Omg, yummy goodness melting in my mouth. They were fabulous.

Haven't been in the mood

to blog lately. I guess there hasn't been much to say. But here is a picture of my wonderful family. :)

Goodbye lovey

So I am 28 years old and I still have my blankie. I've had it for as long as I can possibly remember. At one time it was a white twin size comforter, but as it aged it became a dingy worn blankie. I have slept with it nearly every night of my life. The only time I am without it is when we stay at a hotel. I sit her at my computer with it wrapped around me. I watch tv with it draped over me.

Last night Natalie had a peepee accident. Right on top of my blanket. I was more upset that she peed on my blanket than the fact that she had an accident. I threw it into the washer thinking no big deal it will get clean. It didn't survive. The stuffing came out of it and one of the holes became huge. :( I am so sad. I even shed a few tears for it.

I tried to throw it away. I started walking with it towards the trash can. But I couldn't do it. I pulled all the stuffing out of it and am going to keep the worn dingy white fabric and rub it against my face every now and then to remind of the good times with my blankie.