t-shirt factory

Tonight I started working on the 25 t-shirts I need to complete by Thursday night. I went to the other Hobby Lobby this afternoon to see about getting more of the white fabric spray paint. They had 2 cans. So, that made me a total of 4 cans, the entire supply of 2 Hobby Lobby stores. I was talking to my friend Karen and remember saying "surly I can get 6 t-shirts per can"..... WRONG!!! I am out of paint, all 4 cans and I only completed 11 shirts. Hopefully I will be able to find more paint tomorrow. The shirts are super cute. They will look very good from a distance. Here is a picture of one of the shirts.

Here is a picture of my factory. It is hard to believe that less than 2 hours ago this room was "company clean". Mr. D. didn't know what to think when he came in from dinner.

Cinco De Mayo

Also known as the night I ate an entire bowl of cheese dip.

For some reason none of my friends are admitting to helping me with that bowl of cheese dip. I must have truly eaten the entire thing. We waited forever to eat- but that is understandable on Cinco De Mayo. Meghan and Kelly were there. Tiffani felt like eating, and she had the t-shirt from last year, so her attendance was a must. She brought her Mom who I was glad to finally meet!! Mr. D. had the tshirt from last year too! Here is a picture of the two of them... and yes- Mr. D. is actually letting me put one of him on the blog!! Enjoy!!

Baby Ceci

Ceci is in the hospital with dehydration. She is having some trouble digesting stuff. Her Dad just called to let me know they will be keeping her for a few days to monitor her intake and outtake. They will be testing her for bacterias, viruses and food allergies. Keep her in your prayers.

a giveaway

My 1 year blog-iversary is May 6. I will be giving away a fun prize. To enter, leave a comment telling me your favorite blog post. Enter as many time as you wish and I will announce the winner next Sunday. Good luck.

so much to blog about

What a weekend!

Friday night we went to dinner at my #1 favorite place to eat- J. Alexanders. We met Natalie, Jesse and sweet baby Ceci. At 3 weeks, Ceci is now 6 lbs, 9 ounces and 19 inches long.. just almost the size I was when I was born. She is a tiny little sweet thing. I got give her a bottle and change her diaper and outfit. She was the perfect baby in the restaurant and didn't fuss at all. We had so much with them.

Saturday, we got up and had breakfast at home. Then we went to pretty much every hobby and craft store in the area to find supplies for my classroom's t-shirts for the upcoming ecology festival this Friday. Nothing like the last minute on the t-shirts designs. They are going to be awesome and I will so a blog entry on them as I am making them later in the week. We also went to Toys'R'Us where we bought a gift for Alice's 3rd Birthday, and an extra Wii wheel for us. Now, we can race each other on Mario Kart.

Saturday Afternoon, we picked up Meghan and went to the birthday party. Alice has a M&M themed party. It was lots of fun. For the cake, we had M&M ice cream sandwiches. I thought it was such a cute idea. I always have fun at parties at the Young's house.

After the party, Meghan, Mr. D. and I went to Walmart. We all needed to get stuff. The buggy filled up quickly. I got the most beautiful white wave petunias- which I will take a picture of for you when I plant them. We got the makings for a cookout and came home to grill burgers. Here is a picture of something funny we saw at Walmart. It was supposed to say "Live, Laugh, Love". So much for out sourcing...

Meghan and Kelly came over for burgers, onion rings, fries, and fun. The burgers were so yummy! Mr. D. is an awesome burger maker- if you haven't had one, you should ask him to grill you one!

On a super sad note, Tiffani and I were texting all evening about her boyfriend being MIA. I went to sleep expecting her to call me when she talked to him, unfortunately, tragedy struck and the phone call I received this morning didn't hold the news I was hoping for. You can read the news story here. There is also a video here. If you have time, please go to her blog and offer her some encouragement as she is in a great deal of pain at this time.

We went to be with Tiffani early this morning and stayed until after Tiffani's Aunt arrived. I came home and took a nap. I then took a shower and got dressed up to go to Emma's dance recital. I have never ever been to a dance recital before. I was so very excited. I didn't know where I was going so after 97 days, I drove LOLA for the first time. Here is a picture of me in Lola.

Lola is super fun to drive. She is very sporty and she like to go very fast. She guided me straight to my destination. I was even able to parallel park her fairly easily.

While I was at the recital, I realized that my New Year's resolution started today. My resolution is to be a tourist in my own city. Tonight, I attended the recital in the most historic theater in town. Click here to see for yourself. It was stunning inside.

When I got home from the recital, Mr. D. had prepared a marvelous dinner. He made barbecue chicken on the grill, baby new potatoes and fresh green beans. I was such a wonderful treat. Thanks Mr. D.!!!!

Thursday 13: thirteen things I am doing in the month of May

In honor of today being the first day of May, I thought it would be fun to make a list of 13 things I am doing this month.

1) dinner with Natalie, Jesse and baby Ceci
2) a couple of birthday parties
3) Emma's dance recital
4) Cinco De Mayo with my amigos at Cozumel
5) Hair cut/donation
6) Ecology festival at school
7) School Dance
8) finishing up the patio area
9) having people over for cookouts
10) lots and lots of holidays, birthdays and anniversaries to mail cards for
11) shopping for these cards
12) possibly taking my Mom to a real civil war reenactment
13) end of regular school (getting ready for the summer session)

my hot date

With Mr. D. out of town this afternoon, I had a hot date.... with Parker. We went from school to the fish pond store. They have (but do not sale) Koi. The Koi would eat out of your hands. Parker thought that it was so much fun. They also had tadpoles that he found interesting as well. We got Anacharis which is a submerged plant I needed for the pond. We then went to the store and Parker helped to pick out the 19 fish we added to the pond. He picked the 15 little goldfish and I picked the 4 larger comet goldfish.

Parker gave them names like Diego, Dora, Socks, Cheese-it, Cheeto, and then he wanted me to name the rest. I don't remember the names I gave other than Fanta for the smaller round white fish with the feathery fins. We had so much fun! Once I get more of the algae out of the pond, I am sure I will enjoy it more. It's a good thing these little goldies like to snack on algae! I have had so much fun this week working on the patio area!