Decorate Your Soul

5. Andy whispered sweet nothings into my ear the other night after I showered. He said, "Honey, you smell manly." Not even lying.

4. Lauren is not learning baby signs as fast as I want her to. I keep showing her "more" and she keeps crying and walking to the area of snacks and crying and pointing. In the end, she still makes out, right?

3. Ashleigh began her speech therapy yesterday. I do not want to limit this topic to #3 in this post, but we’ll just say the way we got her there was nothing but Divine intervention. I am blown away by how God makes things happen when one can feel defeated by "the system."

2. We are out of coffee. This is not so good for a coffee addict like myself. No lie, I had a headache at 7:15 this morning. Must. Get. More. Coffee. Beans.

1. I am excited to share that I have not forgotten how to scrapbook. Minus one layout to do on Lauren’s babyshower, her first year book is officially done. Keep it simple, Ladies. It’s doable with more than one kid.

Have a blessed weekend- and Happy Leap Day!

In my former life, I was a Herbal Essences kind of gal. Before Andy, I exclusively bought this fruit and flower smelling shampoo, conditioner, and body wash.  As far as I was concerned, nothing else existed. Even the Suave that smelled the same (and probably did the very same thing) could not lure me with it’s attractive dollar a bottle price.

Enter a husband. Andy was a Neutrogena, snub-up-your-nose at anything flowery and fruity type of guy. In fact, his bottles of hair cleaner even had a masculine outer shell to them (of course, they are being marketed to MEN, duh). Once we shared the shower shelf with our own preferences, it was of course, ridiculous to have five different bottles of items one needs to wash your hair/body with.

So, we compromised and went with whatever Costco has in large bottles. This means that the majority of what we use comes in oversized, boring, white bottles bearing the title of Dove! Pantene! Pert! So… yesterday we went to Costco, armed with a Neutrogena coupon for a new body wash. I tried to convince Andy to tear out the pink and purple bottled coupon for Olay, but I am not a fighter and I succumbed to his request. Despite my feeble attempt to convince him that the body wash in the masculine bottle would surely make me smell like a man, wouldn’t you know that this very morning I left the shower with a brusque smell attached to my body.

I have decided that I will be bringing fruity and flowery back into the shower, friends. Game on.

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Totally unrelated, but here’s my 2 1/2 year old that lives to wear a fancy dresses on any given day:

Like, why not today? and tomorrow. And the next day, too.

Andy’s been off five of the last six days. I caught him taking a break from the sofa to play some chords on Guitar Hero- you gotta love this look: tie-dye Jesus freak tee sans 1997, comfy running pants, and scruffies.

Like I said, sorry gals, this sexy guitar jammin’ man is mine.

hee-hee.

Did you know I live in a state of paranoia? I am learnig this about myself.

Before I get into a car, I do a quick check into the backseat to make sure someone’s not hiding out ready to pounce me while driving.

I do not open the door to strangers, even during broad daylight. I will talk to the solicitor through the door.

I check and recheck all doors are locked at night.

I keep a Mag-lite next to my bed at night and sometimes under my pillow on nights Andy is away.

I sleep with a night light in the bathroom.

I speedwalk from stores to the parking lot with keys in hand.

Sometimes I think I’m just being safe, but other times when I begin to list these things out, I realize I’m flat our paranoid of the universe.

I wish I could rest easier.

"When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You."

Psalm 56:3

• There is a dog outside barking its head off. Seriously, when did a dog move next door?

• Sarah’s class is having their Valentine’s Party today and before we left with cards and teacher gift in tow, I looked at the calendar to make sure I got everything. An hour later, I remembered we were supposed to bring the frosting that’s been sitting in the pantry for a week. ugh.

• Lauren is still under the weather and Ashleigh has joined in on the fun. Woo-hoo, it’s a big old sick girl party over at the Sincocks. The cold an flu season can otherwise be known from here on out as the party that lasts keeps you in your home for two (and usually more) weeks.

• I’m so excited to finally update my card collection on the sidebar- I’m no longer doing stamp challenges, so I’ll be updating my collection from the recent card workshop there (and changing the album name) that was last weekend- here’s one that I loved:

That’s actually not the original, it’s slightly different right here. Okay, back to work.

Happy Wednesday!