Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Goodbye Old Friend...Hello Old-er Friend

When Jeremy and I had been dating for about two months he asked me if I wanted a piano. I was somewhat shocked. We weren't seriously dating yet and he was offering me a piano? What? If I said yes was that some kind of a commitment?
 
But who was I to say no to a piano?
 
Jeremy refinished the piano before he brought it to me (a fact I did not know until years later). Quite an accomplishment when you consider that it sat in a bar for 20 years or something, complete with water rings and cigarette burns. But after a tuning most of the keys are in tune and only a couple of them occasionally stick.
 
For all its faults, I love this piano. I learned to sing over its chipped keys and it has blessed our home with music for the last 10 years.
 
Why didn't I dust before I took the picture!
She's been replaced with another old friend.
 
When I was five years old my Grandpa and Grandma Marek bought me a piano. I remember the day it came home. I sat down and pounded on the keys expecting it to sound like Beethoven. I was more than a little angry that I couldn't play anything beautiful yet.
 
After sitting at my parents since I left home at 18, it was time for it to come back to me. (AKA Mom had had enough of storing my piano in her living room.) It's a beautiful piano and the keys still feel familiar.
 
While I'm a little sad to see my 'bar' piano leave, I'm welcoming in an old friend.
 
 

Friday, May 10, 2013

I'm still no fashionista...

Let me say, I'm no fashionista. Summer is almost here and its making nervous. There are always some fashion trends floating around that just...look OK on models in magazines but in real life...no sir.

A double 'no sir' when they're on a mom in the park with her kids.
  1. sheer shirts -  I don't want to see your underwear no matter lovely you think it is and my children are confused when they realize they can see your underwear too. (I actually like sheer shirts when worn with appropriate attire underneath you know like another shirt.)
  2. Leggings - Big fat no on leggings when worn with #1. (Again I like leggings, not on my me I've got thunder thighs, but I do think they can be worn tastefully.)
  3. Shorty shorts - There are parts of people I don't want to see and there are parts of people I don't want my kids to see. It is not attractive to have behinds hanging out the bottom OR TOP of shorts. NO SIR.
 I was at the park in my $1.29 jeans and a shirt splattered with popsicle juice most definitely not being fashionable. But please, just...no sir.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

A Few of My Favorite Things


Playing in the sunshine


Swinging at the Park

 
Playing at the Lake
 
 
Soaking Feet

 
Posing for the Camera
(Ok that's not one of MY favorite things but I think it might be hers.)
 
A fantastic relaxed weekend.
 


Sunday, May 5, 2013

Our 'Get Along' Shirt

On Pinterest there is a pin with an unhappy looking brother and sister in one very large shirt that reads, "Our Get Along Shirt". We had a good laugh over it when we saw it. Not a bad idea right?
 
My girls, bless their hearts, fight...a lot. A fight over the couch quickly escalated this morning and we'd had enough. Jeremy pulled out one of his shirts and stuck both of them in it. While the first 60 seconds they laughed, the laughter was soon replaced by tears. They did stop fighting but tears weren't exactly what we were going for. 
 
The shirt needs some improvement but they DID stop fighting when we took them out.  

I took a picture in the first 60 seconds when they were still laughing.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Petrie Dish

I live in a petrie (I don't even know how to spell that.) dish. In 2 weeks alone, I took a kid(s) to the doctor six times. What?!

Let me give you a run down on our last 8 weeks -
  • 5 ear infections
  • 1 sinus infection
  • 105 degree fever
  • pink eye - it took two antibiotics to get rid of it
  • tonsillitis
  • croup
  • And I lost my voice, which wouldn't really matter except it was right before some auditions. Nice.
Somehow we managed to stay out of the hospital this time which is more than I can say for the month of February or was it January?

What is the matter with us?

Sigh. Summer better get here fast cause this mom needs some sleep.