Come! Glean!

All you will need to know today is going to be right here.
Yup, after this you can go relax and know you've learned all there is to learn today!
Okay, maybe not.
But go ahead and read any way. It will make me happy at least!
And we all know that it's all about me being happy! Uh, huh! You know it!

This week I learned that....

1. .....this game, created by my 7 year old, that cost next to nothing for him to make and involves monkey dances, cowboy dances, snowman sculpting, and Pooh Bear imitations, can bring just as many laughs and fun as this game.Though I am a bit better at driving then I am cowboy dancing!

2. .....if Wit's End was an actual place, I'd have a condo on the beach there, because I seem to be there quite a bit lately! Can anyone relate?

3. .......not setting one clock forward can mess with you ALL day.

4. .....I still have it in me to want to slap the taste out of someone's mouth for setting off fireworks on the street behind us at 11:30 at night! I said want to. I didn't. Don't worry!

5. ...I might have been sending off the wrong vibe this week because my 4 year old kept asking me if I was alright! LOL!

And last but not least.

6. .....I may or may not be getting a little bit more ornery the closer I get to 40. Only 4 more months! *sigh*
You can start sending coffee and chocolate now to help me through it! LOL!

Did you learn anything mind blowing this week?
Do tell!
If this didn't do it for you then you could always head on over to Musings of a Housewife to learn more.

HAVE A FABULOUS DAY!

I had to have learned something!

I love participating in this Meme because it helps me reflect on the prior week. But I'm sitting here completely and utterly blank. I got nothing.
Let me think for a minute.........maybe coffee will help, hold on!

Okay I'm back, thanks for waiting.

I'll just start writing and see what happens. Flying by the seat of my pants, works sometimes. Let's see what it does for me here.

This week I learned that....

1. while relaxing with your best friend on the front porch enjoying a cup of coffee, someone will ultimately walk up your driveway and try to sell you home delivered meat! He got to range free chickens and I said, "No thank you!" I didn't want to hear about home meat delivery right then. I was chillin' in the beautiful Florida weather with my BFF! Call me when I'm asking "What's for dinner?"

2. I can mistakenly eat chocolate and not even know it! Yes, I confess. It was brought to my attention by my best friend that while eating at Jason's Deli the other day I had some chocolate mousse AND chocolate swirl ice cream. Now in my defense, it had been a long time since I had gone to Jason's Deli and this is just instinctively what I get EVERY SINGLE TIME. After I eat my salad of course. I didn't even think about it. And she sure didn't stop me! LOL! Yup! Once again I've proven just how human I am.

3. I am capable of pulling the muscle between my shoulder blades and have NO idea how. Usually I can pin point a moment where it could have happened. But this time I have no idea and I've been gimped up for 4 days now! UGH!

4. ...when in a pinch I can come up with some pretty non life changing events that happened in my life just this past week!

Okay I can't do any more.
Please, tell me something that YOU learned that is now making the world a better place!
Because I had nothing and I'm sorry for putting you through that.

Did you leave with a smile? Then maybe it was worth it after all!

HUGS!

It's just never ending!

Some weeks the lessons just keep on coming!

So this week I learned that:

1. if your 7 year old son makes up a board game you might find yourself dancing like a chicken, acting like Winnie the Pooh, making the letter H out of playdough and doing the karate chop dance! (Don't ask!)

2. eating buttered popcorn while watching the Winter Olympics can make you feel like a big lazy pig! LOL!

3. doing this search in Google (how do I make holes in the side of my fabric) will lead you to just the thing you need and you'll be excited because you had no idea it existed a few seconds ago and now it's on it's way to your home.

4. Lent isn't just for Catholics like I used to think.

5. after making the decision to take part in Lent and give up, *gulp* chocolate, I noticed that our anniversary is on the same day it starts! Oy! Stupid! LOL! Now that will be a test! (Mental note, try looking at a calendar before you start something!)

6. I made the best biscuits and sausage gravy on the planet for breakfast the other day. I'll be posting it on my cooking blog today!

7. the crinkle of a bag, that may or may not have chocolate in it, will bring your children out of the woodwork, but open up a bag of carrots and you have them allllllll to yourself! Why can't carrots taste like chocolate but still be good for you?

Well that's it for now!
Join Jo-Lynn from Musings of a Housewife if you to learned some stuff this week!

HUGS!

It's Been Awhile, But I Did Some Learning This Week!

I know I learned some thing this week and I know you are waiting anxiously to hear them!
So here we go!

This week I learned that:

1. no matter how many unfinished projects I have, I will indeed start a new one just because I can.

2. when someone sends me chocolate mints in the mail, I will eat them in two days.

3. I am not envious of the sleet, snow and ice that most of the country has experienced this winter.

4. I can't be a morning person and a night person too. Must sleep!

5. my dog must be practicing for a "consecutive licking contest" and by golly she's gonna win! It's amazing what she can lick without ever getting up! She licks her bed, her paw, the wall next to her. Have mercy. Did I mention all the while we are trying to sleep? Yeah, Nice!

6. that it's been too long since I've had a Starbucks coffee with my best friend.


7. that if you wait long enough to start something you'll forget what it was you were planning to make and end up with a closet full of fabric and no idea what your intentions were. I'm just sayin'!

and last but not least.

8. just because fleece is .99 a yard doesn't mean you need to buy 5 yards in 5 different colors and then let them sit in your closet for 5 years! See #7.

What is everyone else learning? Go to Musings of a Housewife to see!

What I Learned This Week! Uh huh!

As most of you know, I'm without our home computer. Feel free to read the last 5 posts on that drama! Oh yeah, You'll feel sorry for me by the time your done.

I'm at my MIL's un-airconditioned house writing this in 100 degree weather. Can you say dedication? I know you can!

So here we go. You ready?

Ultimately this post couldn't fit ALL the lessons learned but here are a few! And there seems to be a "theme". Can you guess what it is?

This week I learned that....

1. .... my house doesn't get any cleaner because I'm without a computer.

2. .... there is no way I would live in Florida if I had no air conditioning. Nope! No Way! Ain't gonna happen!

3. .....I can sweat in more places on my body just sitting down and typing then I want to admit.

4. ....I REALLY REALLY miss my computer!!!!

5. ...the heat sucks the funny right out of me!

6. ....when you're having an off day and you go to church and there is no air conditioning in the place, it doesn't make it any better!

7. .....you all still love me even though I haven't been able to visit you on a regular basis.

8. ....ice melts really fast when you're sitting at the computer, typing in the heat and go for a swing of "ice" water and realize it's all melted and now room temperature! *sigh*

9. ... I will be unplugging the phone line from my computer even if it "looks" like a storm.

10. ....I could go on all day but I'll stop here.

If you got something to share that you learned this week, head on over to Musings of a Housewife and link up. And while you're there would you put my link on there when she gets her post up cause I'm not sure when I'll see a computer next! LOL!!

More Learnin'

I gave you all a break last week but I'm back to share the wee little lessons I've learned since then. I know you want to know and that you care! Right? Right?
So let's see.
This week I learned that....

1. ....when you add butter to hot oil in a sauce pan you shouldn't bang your spoon against the edge, therefor sending the butter plummeting into the hot oil and causing little droplets of oil to shoot out and land on your feet causing you to do a little dance in front of the stove! STUPID!

2. ...having a yeast infection, not getting enough sleep, starting your monthly cycle, having a sore varicose vein on one leg and a sore knee on the other will not stop me from going to spin class! LOL! I know I know, way too much information! But are you laughing at me? Cause all I could do is laugh at me! BUT I did feel better afterwards.

3. ....you can never EVER have too much creamer in your fridge!

4. ....I'm addicted to hand sanitizer wipes and counting on Publix (our local grocery store) to ALWAYS have them handy to wipe off the cart handle and when for some reason they are empty, I go into a little panic about all the germs that are lurking on the handle and refuse to touch any part of my body for the remainder of the shopping trip. Which in turn makes me very aware of how unusually itchy my eyes and nose are, at that very moment! Oh yeah, it's fun to watch.

5. ... the shortest line at Wal-mart is not always the quickest. *sigh* Get to know your cashiers REALLY well! I will purposely avoid certain ones.

Well that's it for now.I will leave you with those thought provoking lessons and the longing for more. Just tune in next week and I'm sure I'll have some to share.
If you have some lessons you want to share just head on over to Musings of a Housewife and link up!
HUGS!!!

My Patience has paid off! Woo! Hoo!

This worked out perfectly for what I learned this week. It's called being in the right place at the right time! I'm usually a day late and $447.00 short.

But this week I learned that....

1. ....if you pray for something and diligently wait for months and months and months, and refuse to pay full price for ANYTHING, and quit thinking about how you missed the great deal LAST year, you might get your flip flops blessed right off your feet!
Yup! That's what happened. I was at Wal-Mart getting a few things when I felt the need to check the wicker set ONCE AGAIN! I check this bad boy about every other time I go to Wally World to see if they have marked it down. It started at $447.00. (Ain't gonna happen!) Then it went down to $400.00. Still to rich for my blood. But Saturday Aug. 1 2009 I checked the set once again and it was marked down to $247.00 just that morning! And if you think that is still to much, try finding it cheaper ANYWHERE! Because I have trust me. I searched garage sales, craigslist, estate sales. You name it I searched it, but no one wants to give up their beautiful patio furniture and I knew that this was not going to get any cheaper. In fact I'd be surprised if they had any sets left at Wal-Mart right now. So I quickly grabbed the nearest garden employee and probably gave him way to much information on why this was to be mine! (There's a whole nother story to the purchase of this set but I'm sure you're sick of my post by now any way! LOL) I just used the word "nother" and drove the spell check crazy!
Sooooo........
you wanna to see it? I'm sure you do!!!


Please disregard the empty planter with the tag still on it! I'm working on that! LOL
Won't you join me for a cold glass of ice tea? You know I'd love to have you!
I am just loving it!!
Um, I learned other stuff but this is already to long so you'll have to wait till next week!
But if you have something to share be sure to link up to Musings of a Housewife for all to see!!!
LOVE YOU MY SWEET FRIENDS!

What I Learned This Week!

Do you think you can take another week of what I've learned? I mean I don't want to overwhelm you with this mind blowing stuff. Just chew on what you can and leave the rest for later.

This week I learned that....

1. ...blogland truly is a place that you can meet friends. (Even if our husbands still think it's a little weird!)

2. ....I'm obviously not sick of cake yet. Though this cake was not in any way related to my birthday like the first 3, it somehow still appeared when Debra and her husband set out to just get a "little" something for dessert last night. They came back with 2 cakes, doughnuts, ice cream, cookies, pie, and a strudel. Oy! They took their mission seriously! LOL

3. ....I can let go of things having to be perfect and just have fun.

4. ....my 4 year old will ultimately have to go "potty" while at the beach and is now all sandy and wet without a bathroom in site. (Yes, I ended up walking him home so he could go in comfort. With that said, I take off his wet shorts and send him into the bathroom. Oh no, not that easy. See there is something about a wet shirt that cuts off the "signal" and thus the shirt had to come off too. Then come to find out he HAS to have a shirt ON but just not a WET one, before he can "go". I'm sorry but if I had to "go" this would not have had time to take place, you know what I'm saying? LOL.

5. ....that my husband still gets excited when he has to extend the table to fit more people around it. LOL. Don't ask! Okay, I'll just tell you. It's a "new" table for us and we've needed one for a long time and we finally found one and he loves how easy it is because it's a drop leaf table and so he just enjoys "using" something that we "needed". .....it's a man thing! LOL

Okay as sad as it is, that's all I got. I'm drawing a blank.
All I can say is it's been a month full of fun and I've documented it right here on my little blog for your reading pleasure. But if your like me you're probably to busy for that! So I guess you'll never know and probably don't care about all the fun I had this month! LOL (Unless of course you are a faithful reader of mine then you are probably sick of hearing about it!) LOL!!

If you want to share your learning experiences head on over to Musings of a Housewife and link up!
HUGS TO YOU MY SWEET FRIENDS!

Head Spinning Stuff!

Oh man! Did I have one of the funnest weeks of my life. My friends and family were joking around about how this isn't even a milestone birthday, yet it has been one of the best! I have you all and my family to thank for that.
But that might be tomorrows post! Today (since it's been awhile) I thought I would jump back in the swing of things, you know get back to a little blogging "normalcy" (well what I consider normal) and enlighten you once again with my great wisdom. Alright, you know me better than that. But who knows, you might learn something.

This week I learned that......

1. ....people you've never met, really can care about you!

2. ....having 3 birthday cakes in a week probably, no more like definitely, isn't a good idea when you are trying to lose weight. (I told you, I didn't just celebrate all week long on my blog I did it here too!)

3. ....holding onto a tube with two other grown women, while being pulled really fast behind a boat, can cause you to break out in hysterical laughter!

4. ...being in the middle of two other women while riding a jet ski can also make you break out into hysterical laughter.

5. ..... red means record and green doesn't on our video camera! *sigh*

6. ..... little droplets of rain can feel like bb's hitting you when going really fast in a boat! OUCH!

7. ....leftover cake for breakfast just doesn't sound that good to me this morning! And trust me it usually does.

8. ....you really can stretch your birthday over the course of a week if you try hard enough! Yeah me! LOL

9.... your 7 year old will surprise you by jumping off a dock 8 feet above the water, with his Dad. All the while completely freaking out his Mother!

I have more but I'll save some for another day!!!!
Are you walking away a little wiser? Okay did you at least smile? Good!
LOVE YOU MY SWEET FRIENDS!!
If you would like to participate in this Meme head on over to Musings of a Housewife.

Here's what I learned this past week!

Oh the lessons just keep pouring in! I'm not sure if I should be excited about that or not.
But like always, I know you really want to know what they are, so out of the goodness of my heart, I"ll share them with you.

This week I learned that....

1. ...as soon as you say that you aren't going to eat desserts except for special occasions, "special" occasions seem to arise more than normal all of a sudden! *sigh*

2. .....if I stay up past Midnight I will wake up like I've been drinking all night! AND I DON'T DRINK!

3. ....I can watch a clip of the comedian Brian Regan from my blog and laugh just as hard the 20th time as the 1st time.

4. ...if there are left over cookies, I'll eat them for breakfast! *sigh* NO willpower! But they go sooo good with coffee! It would be wrong not to do it.

5. ..girl-friends will take about 30 pictures of themselves trying to get a good shot, but you would NEVER see two guys sitting there with the camera taking self shots and worrying about if they look cute!

There you have it! Wisdom from the beach. Get from it what you can. Hee! Hee!

Jo-Lynne @ Musings of a Housewife is the host of this Meme if you'd like to share what YOU'VE learned this week.

BIG HUGS my friends!

Some Lesson Love!

Yup! Once again I am sharing some lesson learning love with you all. I know, I know, it's so very unselfish of me but you know that's the kind of gal I am!

This week I learned.....

1. ...that as my birthday approaches I'm not as excited about it like I was 20 years ago! *sigh*

2. ....the Nature's Table is actually a really good place to eat. Ate there for the first time yesterday! It was yummy and not to expensive. We got half a wrap, cup of soup, a drink and a yogurt for less than $14.00 for the two of us! I'd say that's not to bad.

3. ....that when I pull my hair back in a ponytail the little gray hairs REALLY stick out AND straight up!

4. ....that I'm afraid of hair color and I'm not sure what I'm going to do some day in the future. (see #3). My husband calls it my crown of wisdom but I'm willing to sacrifice some wit for my brown hair again. Hee! Hee!

5. .....that my friend Kathy has the same problem (a little worse, so she says) so we will be going through this together and you KNOW it's going to be blog worthy. Oh yeah!

6. ....when you hide in the bathroom to eat your couple of pieces of chocolate because you don't want to share, it's just not as enjoyable!

7. ...that when you actually have your chocolate "stashed" in the bathroom, you have a problem. (Note to husband: Don't go looking for it it's all gone!)

8. ...that I can't seem to let a week go by without at least ONE of my posts containing the word chocolate in it. *sigh*

Well I can't think of anything else, which as I look back at this list is kind of sad! LOL. I hope you are able to find a gold nugget of wisdom in there somewhere, especially since I haven't covered any grays so it all goes to you as pure wisdom from my crown! Hee! Hee!

If you want to check out the lessons of complete strangers head on over to Musings of a Housewife.
Love you my sweet, patience, good humored friends!

The ongoing lessons continue...

This was a busy week so I'm going to pull out the things that left a mark on my brain!

This week I learned that....

1. ...if you do things out of order while in the shower you might end up getting out and getting dressed before you realize you forgot to wash your hair and then in turn have to try to wash it in the sink! That's what I get for shaving my legs first instead of last!

2. .....while celebrating your son's 7th birthday you'll find yourself trying to explain to your 4 year old son (ALL DAY) why it's not HIS birthday AGAIN! His was LAST month.

3. .....I am not going to lose 10lbs if I keep eating cake and brownies. *sigh* And Snickers! And an occasional Almond Joy! *sigh* What?

4. .....I have no style when it comes to clothes. (She says after staring into her closet!) I'm going clothes shopping TODAY. Something that I haven't done in a LONG time. Why? Because I don't enjoy it. Why? Because I don't know how to put anything together. I just come home with the same shirt in different colors. But I have recruited my own personal fashion stylist to go with me to break me out of my comfort zone. I'll let you know how that goes!

5. ...grilled cheese, ice cream and pop corn can be deemed as supper when your husband isn't home! Hee! Hee!

Aren't you glad I go through this every week so you don't have to? Yes, I know. I'm pretty selfless.
If you want to learn lessons from others or to share your own, head on over to Musings of a Housewife.

HUGS!

What did I Learn This Week?

I know you all wait eagerly for this day of the week when I announce what I've learned so you can glean and learn without the hassle of doing it yourself. You're Welcome! I'm sure that none of you would want to learn the lessons I learned this week. I pretty much learned them all yesterday! You'll see why I couldn't possibly remember anything before that! They were brutal! Hee! Hee!

This week I learned that...

1. ..when your computer acts up and you can't access your friend's blogs, you will have more fun going boating then staring at your computer! See I'll show you.
This is me staring at my computer.
This is me chillin' out and
and staring at this, the Atlantic Ocean.
And then playing on this. One of many islands in the Indian River.
I also learned that your boys can have their life jackets on long after you've been off the boat and you won't notice until you look back at pictures! Oh well, they didn't complain.
I learned that I still love to fish!
I also learned that about the time this picture was taken it was too late to add any more sunblock as I was pretty fried on my shoulders and the back of my neck! Uh, yeah! Ouch!
The learning continues as I learned that a wet boxer is just as cute as a dry boxer! I love you Stormie!!
I learned that my daughter makes a pretty cute hood ornament!And last but not least. I learned that when you are bringing your boat back to the dock you never know what you are going to see. Check this out!
Yes, it is a boat/truck. We thought this guy was on drugs when we pulled up to the dock as it was driving into the river. And then it started to "drive" around. Cool huh? We have video of it but I didn't want to overwhelm you with everything.

So did you learn anything this week? Go check out Musings of a Housewife and link up and see what others have learned!
HUGGING YOU ALL!!
Hopefully I'll be able to visit you all today. The computer seems to be acting a little better!

Keep it coming! Keep it coming!

So I learned some more stuff this week. The lessons just never stop! Aren't you glad? You wanna hear about them? SWEET! Read on!

This week I learned that....

1. if you are hungry when you go to bed your stomach may indeed wake you up with it's growling around 2 am.

2. your dog will wake you up soon after you've fallen back to sleep after convincing yourself that you'll be eating in a few hours by running along the floorboard and yelping in her sleep. *sigh*

3. when I need a question answered, my blogging friends never let me down. Thank you for all the input about the camera. You guys rock!

4. the movie Up, was in my opinion, really really good. It's very dramatic and sad ,yet funny. It definitely touched on all the senses, which to me makes for a good movie. My daughter didn't like it because she said she cried to much. But she IS a hormonal teenager. LOL. My boys ages 4 and 7 really liked it and my husband liked it so we are giving it 4 1/2 thumbs up! Honestly, a lot, okay most of the stuff went right over the boys' heads. I think adults are going to like it better than kids. But that's just my very unprofessional opinion.

5. when you go to the trouble to "bring" snacks to the movies, it's probably a good idea to remember to eat them there. *sigh* We ate them on the way home.

6. an organized desk clears the mind!

7. a lot of rain and a lot of sun means a lot of mowing from now on. Let the games begin.

Well I'll stop there. I could go on as it's been a very productive week but I know you have other things to do. But if you want to learn from others that are probably wiser (but not as much fun), hee hee, go check out Musings of a Housewife.

HUGGING YOU ALL!

It just keeps coming!

The lessons just keep coming. I guess you just never stop learning. But why do most of those have to be learned the hard way? *sigh*

This week I learned that.....

1. you don't want to go to a major wholesale club after it's been raining for 5 days straight and it finally clears up enough to venture out and EVERYONE has the same idea as you do!

2. if your two boys are in their bedroom "playing" it won't be long before someone is "crying".

3. rain is nice but it get's old all day after day and then when it stops you realize that now you have to mow the lawn. *sigh*

4. when you see the first mosquito of the season it won't be long till you'll be eaten alive by all it's relatives!

5. a kids movie can make you break out in hysterical laughter. (Horton Hears a Who- He's on the bridge! That's all I'll say!)

6. when you take your boat out on it's "maiden" voyage after your husband has been working on the motors for 6 months, is not very enjoyable. It's stressful!

7. your friend can tell you something that she could only tell "you" and you almost throw up from laughing so hard.

8. you can't roast a marshmallow with a magnifying glass. (I was bored) Though you can burn a hole clean through it and it smells really good.

9. it has to be hotter than you think to fry an egg on the sidewalk. (I was REALLY bored)

Do you feel more enlightened? Well you should. Those are some good lessons up there. I'm saving you heaps of time! You're not going to know what to do with all that extra time you have now. You might have time to leave a really amusing comment about something you learned this week! Yeah! Enlighten me my sweet friends!
If you want to see what others are learning head on over to Musings of a Housewife!

Have a most excellent day!!

It's gleaning time!

Oh man, these weeks seem to fly by! It's so true what they say about the older you get, the time goes by so much faster. I remember as a kid, days just dragging on and on and I thought Christmas would never get here! What does Christmas have to do with this post? Nothing. I just really like Christmas!
Anyway, I did learn a few unimportant, semi-meaningless, probably wouldn't have killed me had I never learned them, things this week. So just sick back, relax and soak it all in.

This week I learned ........

1. .....that this dove obviously thought we had no need for this ladder for a couple of months.
2. ...that Mother's Day doesn't come near enough. I liked the bit of pampering!

3. ....that I can do a spin class for 50 mins. and feel great afterwards but somehow pull something in my shoulder while getting undressed! *sigh*

4. ...that if you eat lunch at 3:00pm you aren't going to be so hungry when you and your hubby go over to a friends house for dinner 2 hours later.

5. ....that it's inevitable that if you are busy and sit down to do something, the phone will ring, the youngest will find you locked in the office and say he's hungry, and someone will come to the door, all within minutes of each other. And if you're me you'll completely forget what you were doing for the rest of the day! *sigh*

6.. .....that I won the Funniest Blog Award! I just found this out 2 mins. ago. Thank you all so much for voting for me. I'm so glad that you get some giggles from my blog. I tend to see life through goofy colored glasses and this blog has been so great at spilling it out. You gals rock and I'm so blessed by you all.

Well I think that's it for now. Either that or I just can't remember any more. I'm sure this will hold you over till next week. If you feel like gleaning more from others, head on over to Musings of a Housewife.

GREAT BIG HUGS to you all!

I did it so you wouldn't have to!

What did I do? I taught myself some lessons! Yup, it's Tuesday and time to reflect on the past week. Lisa admits that she loves it when I learn so she doesn't have to. LOL! So I really feel like I'm doing a public service here and will try to keep it up as best I can. Anything for my friends.
Let's just jump right into it shall we?
This week I learned that......

1. .....chocolate is a great motivator!

2. .......that I really need to check my sugar stash when doubling a chocolate chip cookie recipe BEFORE I start making them. *sigh*

3. .....that I'm a cake snob and I really don't want to eat cake that isn't homemade and from a box unless I'm just trying to be nice and not offend anyone! LOL. And apparently so is my son who had his birthday this past Sunday and wouldn't touch the Publix cake I bought, because if you were with me last week you know that I didn't get MOTIVATED until two days before his birthday! *sigh*

4. .....this conversation actually happened between a little boy who is 6 months older than my son (who is 4) and his two older sisters. It went something like this "I really like that boy Brody (my son) but I can't understand a word he's saying to me. Is he German?" Are you cracking up? To give you a little background, my son still doesn't speak very clearly. I don't know why but he doesn't and we are about the only ones who knows what he is saying!! I laughed so hard when my daughter told me that! German! Ha!

5. ...prayer is a powerful thing. Welcome home Kathy! I love you!

6. .....that one should ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS have a little chocolate stashed away in case of an emergency. ( Like last week!)

Well I hope you appreciate the things I've learned this past week so you don't have to go to all the trouble of learning them yourself. Just trust me on this. Take a deep breath ,eat some chocolate, don't lick any pigs and you'll be okay!
Oh and if you have some wisdom you'd like to share today head on over to Musings of a Housewife and link up!

BIG GIANT HUGS!!

Did me some more learning!

I know you look forward to this day of the week because you want to glean off of my ever learning wisdom that I share so faithfully with you all. I know I know, you don't have to thank me! I'm happy to do it. So get out your pens and paper and get ready to soak it all in!

This week I learned that.....

1. .......when a child that usually isn't quiet is quiet, he's doing something he shouldn't be. Like smashing chalk into dust all over our screen porch floor and our table.

2. .....that if you spend 2 hours cleaning your boys room (ages 3 and 6) it will only take them 15 mins. to get it looking like its old self again. *sigh*

3. .....that buying an old house and fixing it up is time consuming and cost money and it's time consuming. Going on 11 years now! LOL. *sigh*

4. ....that knowing you're going to see your best friend in less then a week after not seeing her for over 4 months is a reason to get excited!!

5. ......that even at my age I am still a bit competitive. Oh I've got an example and my daughter as a witness. It goes something like this. We're at Wal-Mart, and I know I've mentioned that they are COMPLETELY redoing the WHOLE store and rearranging EVERYTHING, right? Well I've now come to a place where I can pretty much find what I need pretty quickly. This day was no exception. I had my cart and I was happily scurrying through the aisles like a woman on a mission. So picture it, 6 ft. woman, shopping cart and the look of determination on her face. Wouldn't you stay out of the way? Granted that look of determination really comes in the form of a goofy smile that is always permanently plastered on my face but still I was bookin' it. So I'm seeking out my last item on my list and making good time. I have my target in sight and then it happens, this lady didn't look both ways before pulling out into the "flow" and she stepped right out in front of me and my cart and practically stopped me dead in my tracks. If I had to compare this with driving I'd say I went from 60 to 5 MPH. She was lost! And I couldn't get around her because of oncoming traffic!! *heavy sigh* At last she felt the glare, the breathing down the neck and she pulled off to the side to let me pass. Little did I know that there was an impatient young man coming up behind me WITHOUT a cart and I swiftly cut him off and said "Uh uh. I don't think so! " LOL. I really did. But trust me if you know me this was all done in jest, but it really did happen. I arrived at my final destination unscathed! Phew! Are you still with me? Do you think I'm crazy! LOL. This stuff really happens to me. Granted most of it is self inflicted but still! Hee! Hee!

Well those are my lessons learned for the week.
Want to see what others are learning? Then head on over to Musings of a Housewife.

BIG HUGS!!!

I learned me some things this week!

I managed to once again learn a few things this week that I thought somehow might bring about world peace. So here it goes.
I learned that......
1. ..getting to bed over 2 hours later and getting up at the same time is hard. Very hard.

2....if they would have left the St. Augustine Lighthouse right where it was originally it would still be there and not washed out to sea.

3.....you can't leave cooked brownies in muffin tins and let them sit there while you eat dinner, because they will become hockey pucks. Make sure you remove the brownies from the pan right away! We still ate them!!

4.....when you have to choose between homemade key lime pie or brownies with vanilla ice cream on top, you can't, so I made both!

5.....I love having company over because it gives me an excuse to make desserts. Not that I need an excuse!

6....that my Pastor and his wife have some very very interesting stories. I could listen to them for hours!! Hence getting to bed late! LOL.

7.....that no one uses the word Hence any more! Hee! Hee! I'm bringing it back baby!

8.....locking yourself in your room with your digital camera to video tape yourself feels really weird. "Hence" the video I ended up with yesterday!! LOL.

9....that while talking on the phone LONG distance your 6 year old will ask you a question that you would normally answer no to but because you are on the phone and not paying attention and he hears you "say" the word yes, not knowing it wasn't directed toward him but toward your own phone conversation, he will disappear for about 10 minutes and return saying he almost got the cat. We don't have a cat! LOL. Phew did you get all that? Major run on sentence.

10....that it feels really good to give things away. I love giveaways. I love having them.

So that's it for me this week. I'm sure there are more that learned some new and exciting things this week so head on over to Musings of a Housewife and see if you can glean!!

BIG HUGS TO YOU MY FRIENDS!

What I Learned this week!

Where does the time go? Since I skipped last week, you'd think that I would have twice as much to post about this week. But alas, I must not have been paying to much attention, or I was just to tired to care! LOL. So the things that stuck will be the things that I share with you so you too may learn and become wise. LoL.

This week and possibly last week I learned....

1. that you always see people on Easter that you won't see again till Christmas.

2. that when you're in a hurry to get somewhere you'll always leave late from the house and hit every red light and get behind the lost tourist trying to find his way out of Florida. BUT when you AREN'T in a hurry you'll leave an hour before Sam's Club opens to go to the post office and the library and you won't hit one red light, the post office will for once in your life move along very quickly, there is no one in front of you for a mile on your way to the library ,which in turn forces you to stop at your favorite fabric store (JoAnn's) and test your self control, because you now have a half hour to spare before Sam's opens.

3. that it takes about 3 days to send something priority mail to California from Florida. Not bad.

4. that things always seem louder when you're kids are sleeping and you want them to stay asleep. For instance, my coffee maker. Has it always sounded like a giant grizzly bears stomach growling? And why do my fingers all of a sudden feel so heavy on the keyboard and sound like a woodpecker trying to break into the mother board?

5. that since our Wal-mart is completely remodeling the store and moving EVERYTHING from its original place, I started pretending I'm on a scavenger hunt and try to beat my prior time on how fast I can find the things on my list. Hey you gotta make life fun sometimes.

6. that if you watch young boys long enough, they will do something gross and think no one's watching. ( I won't go into detail)

7. that when you run out of creamer for you coffee, milk just doesn't cut it! Ugh!

8. that my parents can be here for 5 months but we all miss them the day after they leave and are ready for them to come back to Florida.

9. that when my parents left they took the snacks with them and now my kids are having withdrawals. LOL.

Sad, I couldn't come up with an even 10. Oh well, I'm sure I lost you at 5 anyway.
To see what others are learning this week, hop on over to Musings of a Housewife.

Don't forget about my giveaway I'm going to have as soon as my friend count reaches 100. And come back tomorrow for Works for Me Wednesday because I am uploading a video to show you what's working for us!
Big Hugs!