Ever watched one of those food network shows? Paula Dean, Giada, Rachel Ray, Emeril… funny how different their kitchens look from mine….I’ve got kids fighting, the dog barking, and one hand balancing my toddler on my hip, while the other puts dinner in the oven and calls Scott to find out what time he’ll be leaving work. Meanwhile I am emptying the dish washer, wiping up spills, and maybe.. maybe checking face book.

Thanks to Becky and her super fun WOW (within one week) carnival, I managed to tackle my overgrown flower beds and get them spruced up in time for summer. I realize many of you did your spring planting early this spring, but I already told you yesterday, I am not always timely. Check out the before and after. Flower Bed #1: I’d still like to cut my rose bushes down some, but I think you will agree it looks MUCH better than it did last week.

I have become a procrastinator. Actually I am worse than a procrastinator b/c procrastinators put things off till the last minute and then get them done. I didn’t used to be this way but now I tend to put them off till the last minute and then the deadline passes and I am still left with the job undone. Case in point: I bought my mom her mothers day card at the end of April.

Between baseball practice, swim lessons, sailing races, and deacon meetings, our evenings can get quite busy. And one thing my family is passionate about is their food. Not so keen on skipping diner. So, to keep dinner on the table, I have found it is helpful to have a plan. I must confess I used to be much better about the plan. I’d write up my meal plan for the month and then make my grocery list based on it.

My son recently discovered the term “Summer Vacation” and in the innocence that only youth gives, he was quite disheartened when he learned that preschool didn’t last all summer long. The fact that he’ll be in Kindergarten and not returning to his preschool didn’t help the matter. It’s been so fun to watch him grow this past year at preschool. When we were looking at school’s last spring, I wasn’t sure where we wanted to send him.

If you’re anything like me then perhaps you’ve got a project or two that’s been sitting on the back burner for awhile… in the daily struggle to get dinner on the table and clean underwear out of the dryer, some how those bigger projects get pushed off until “later.” Well, Becky’s got a carnival going on this week to inspire us to tackle those projects we’ve been meaning to get to, but haven’t.

A few months ago I didn’t now Bruce Banner from Bruce Wayne and I couldn’t have named an X-Man to save my life. Since my son’s Spiderman party, I’ve been studying up. Doing some self inflicted homework. In the past month I have seen all 3 Spiderman Movies, The Incredible Hulk, The Punisher, and the 3 X Men movies…and tomorrow Scott and I are going on a double date to see the new Wolverine movie.

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I am quickly approaching a new age bracket. The thirty somethings. It hit me rather squarely in the face yesterday when I looked into a women’s Bible study at a nearby church. I got so excited when I found a Beth Moore study meeting at a church less than 5 minutes from my house. I quickly e-mailed an acquaintance from that church before even reading the small print. The study I mentioned to her was for 18-30 year old women, she replied.

One of my hubby’s fav breakfast foods is my home made coffee cake. I often make it for him on special occasions like Valentine’s Day, our anniversary, or his birthday. Because you can make it the night before, it is great to serve for overnight guests. Or for freakishly early breakfast guests like I had this weekend. My son had a 9:30 baseball game on Saturday and we had invited my husband’s extended family over for breakfast before the game.