Worst Flu of my Life!

Some people say that after being married for awhile you start to lose that sense of bonding and can start to find it difficult to find the time just to be together. Clearly these people have never had the flu with their spouse before, because let me tell you, its an experience I wouldn't want to share with anyone else.

This weekend we had the mother of all flus sweep through our house. In fact, we are still very much recovering. Last week Landon complained of a tummy ache on Tuesday, threw up after his nap, then was totally fine. Lydia had been spitting up everything she ate, but was still acting happy as can be. I started feeling super tired on Thursday, and sort of cruddy, but that was as far as it went.

Until Saturday. Oh, Saturday.

I had felt totally fine all morning. Friday we had gone to some friends for dinner, and then Saturday morning I got up and did my last family shoot, all before heading down to Corvallis for the game. It wasn't even until the 4th quarter that I started feeling achey and realized I had to throw up. (Ummmm is there anything worse that puking in a public toilet? Few things if any....) The drive home was pure torture. I didn't have a minute of relief until maybe like midnight, which gave me about 2 hours before I heard Kirk downstairs hopping on my party train. I kid you not...the WORST FLU EVER!

Niether of us could get out of bed in the morning and we were SO BLESSED that Kirk's mom had just had this flu last week so she was able to come down and watch the kids for us all day. Literally, all day. My husband and I laid in bed all day long. Together. Well, in between taking turns puking.

If  your marriage is feeling a little stale, come on over! We will pass on this ultimate marriage bonding flu to you and yours! Its highly contagious. Our neighbors got it, and the family we had dinner with Friday night. How nice are we?!

Ok babe, I love you, but next time....how about a movie?

Getting back in the rhythm

Hi all (and by all I mean the few that have kept me in their blog roll even though I haven't posted in like...ages.) I will say, I sit here thoroughly confused. What the heck, Blogger? Felt the need to re invent your self? Good grief! I supposed I can mildly relate, actually.

The last few months I have been on a great journey. Difficult, full of lots of big choices, but very heart fulfilling. I plan to blog about many of my epiphanies in the near future, but for now I just had to post SOMETHING to force myself back in the groove. If you read this, will you comment? This way Ill know people actually read my blog. Otherwise, what's the point? I might as well just keep a journal! lol No no, that wont do. My hand writing is pitiful (Ill touch on that more in a future post as well.)

Ive been wanting to get back in the blog groove for awhile, but the other day I took this photo and realized, I needed a place to share these sweet moments with people in my life! Since Im not on Facebook anymore (again...future post coming on that subject) I decided Blogger would be my one place to connect and share. I mean, photos like this need to be shared. Sigh. I love my family.

Decisions decisions....shower, keep blogging? Shower? Keep Blogging? *sniff sniff*

Shower it is.

(You're all riveted by this post, Im sure. You're welcome.)

A Place to Post

For those friends who received my email, here is where you can post. :)

Thank you

Patience is a Virtue

For the longest time (like for reals....I cant even remember when I first wanted to do this. I LONG time ago). Anyhoo....for the longest time I have wanted a giant chalkboard on this one wall in our house. You see the wall from afar when you come through the front door and I have haphazardly hung random wall hangings there over the years, none to which ever seemed quite right. I knew I wanted the giant chalkboard but COULD NOT for the life of my find one. I was simultaneously looking for a cool old frame in which to mount it. Again, to no avail. Then I saw a friend post her DIY project of said giant chalkboard. She of course had used the chalkboard paint (in which I had used in the past and did not like.) As it turns out, she too had been trying to find this fateful chalkboard and evidentally it just doesn't exist. I resorted to using the paint as well, but needed to find just the right frame.

My rockin husband got home early yesterday and let me leave the nest for a few hours. I snuck in to Goodwill and found SEVERAL pieces for projects I had been hoping to start. One of which was this oh so much potential frame. (Its plastic, but who cares, right?!)

 Here are a few pictures of the transformation process.

 Sprayed the smooth side with chalkboard paint

 I chose to make the frame white. Debated a fun funky color, but I always seem to resort to neutrals.

 And....voila!

Im knocking out a BUNCH of projects that have been festering on my creative heart lately. I will blog them as I finish them!