Psssttt...

The sale at The Children's Place is still going on, only now things are 50% off! And the 15% coupon from Wantnot.net is still good. Today the box of goodies that I ordered a couple weeks ago was delivered and it's such cute stuff! Plus the pants that I ordered for Zoë were too big so that was my justification for rushing right back and ordering MORE. The selection was a big limited, but I still found some good stuff. I definitely could have ordered more than I did, but I restrained myself.

This time I ordered her two more pair of jeans (24 month size this time), a long-sleeved shirt and a pair of shoes, along with two pair of pants, two shirts and a pair of shoes for Sam. All for the bargain price of $47.46.

Just wanted to pass along the deal!

The Blahs

I've got a serious case of the blahs. I'm in some kind of unmotivated, slothful, lazy, uninterested, uninspired FUNK. I think a large part of it has to do with the weather. I'm pretty sure I get SAD every winter. Not *sad* as in boo-hoo, but SAD as in Seasonal Affective Disorder. When the weather is gray and cold for days weeks months on end, and there is no bright sunshine to bounce off my retinas, I seriously turn into a grizzly bear. I just want to eat, hole up in my house and be left alone. And if you know me outside of your computer, you know that's not typical Kate-ness.

I hate feeling like this. My brain is going at Warp III with all the things I want to/need to do, yet my body absolutely refuses to cooperate. I have projects that I could be working on while I'm stuck indoors, new recipes to try, closets to organize, things to do with the kids and yet some days showering is my big accomplishment of the day.

And it's frustrating to no end because I'm in the middle of my six days off from work, and yet I've done NOTHING. My brain can't even hardly decide what to make for dinner, much less find the motivation to leave the house to do something constructive. Boy, but when the sun comes out, I am a whirling dervish of activity and energy. There is a drastic difference between Fifty-second-Cloudy-Day Kate and First-Sunny-Day-Kate.

Long story short, I.NEED.SUN. And SOON.

My Hubby & Me

It's Wordless Wednesday!

This picture of the Hubster & I is from the archives (and one that I actually like of myself). We were on a whale watching cruise and weekend get-away for our 5th anniversary in May of 2006. Even though we saw no whales (they were too far north) it was a gorgeous day and we thoroughly enjoyed the time to ourselves.

How Daddy Stays Strong

Silly Saturday

Not much going on today, except for some laundry. Sam decided he wanted to help me get clothes out of the dryer yesterday, which apparently meant he had to go INTO the dryer to get them. Only a five year old boy would think to do this.

Flashback Friday - April 18, 2003

I've dug into the picture vault and brought out some pictures from five years ago today for Flashback Friday. Sam was almost 8 months old and crawling all over the place. As you can see from his smiles, he was such a happy baby. So good natured and easy going.

He loved being mobile and being able to go where he wanted. After only a few weeks of crawling, he started pulling himself up on the furniture and I thought for sure he'd be walking at 9 months, like I did, but he was content to crawl and cruise along for a while, walking confidently a few weeks before his 1st birthday.


Even though he loved his newfound independence, he was still a snuggler and was such a lovebug. Everybody couldn't help but adore him - he was so happy and animated with such a sweet baby spirit. He was the baby boy I'd always dreamed of, and so much more. I was completely enamored with him and often found myself reduced to tears at the sheer joy and overwhelming love he'd brought into my life. His daddy felt exactly the same way and we counted ourselves extremely blessed to have been gifted with such a little angel. He really was the perfect first baby.


Now he's a big ol' 5 and 1/2 year old, which a wildly active imagination, a curious mind, never-ending energy, a wicked sense of humor and still the same sweet heart. He's a typical boy that attracts dirt, bugs, rocks and trouble but I wouldn't have him any other way.

Mundayz

Seeing as I work all of them, I totally concur.