My Five Favorites!

 Joining Hallie again, I'm liking this "Favorites" thing...hope you are too

 1. Tulips

My tulips to be exact.

My tulips are blooming!!

I planted a bunch last fall

and couldn't wait for spring to see them pop up and bloom!

(It's been raining for the last 5 days greening everything up)

 2.  This picture of Jesus

I got it when I was maybe 12, 

my mom gave it to me for a birthday

It's got broken glass, but it always hangs next to my bed

So He looks at me and I look at Him while in bed.

 3.  My all time favorite picture (this week)

Taking a picture of Sweetie Pie here before Mass, 

I set Simeon down, he was NOT happy.

(click on the picture for a better view of his moving arms!
He's moving so much he's almost ghost-like)

Stinker.

(I've got more stylin' 3 year old pictures coming up
she dresses herself)

4. Adoration!!  I took a holy hour at our Adoration chapel!!!

I gave up my holy hour a few years ago, when I had Sweetie Pie,

then got pregnant again and didn't get another 

There has been one hour open for the last month or so,

and I told myself that if it were open again this past Sunday,

I'd take it.

5pm Thursdays I'll be with Jesus.

(for non Catholics: We Catholics believe that the host, 

once consecrated during Mass, becomes Jesus, 

Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity.  

So an Adoration chapel, will have a consecrated Host,

in a Monstrance--the gold thing-Jesus hidden in the form of Host,

Hidden in the form of Bread.

Waiting for us to visit.

The chapel has Adorers signed up every hour to watch, 

to sort of guard Him.  He is never left alone.)

I cannot even put into words

 the graces I have received over the years 

through Adoration.

Abundant.

Thankful.

Peace.

5.  Dynomite...another great workout song!

Hey, the treadmill gets boring without great moving music!

Five Favorites!

 Joining Hallie again for my five favorites!

 1. V-8

I love it!

It's great when I get hungry in the afternoon, 

or to have with my lunch!

(watch out, they do give you some good farts)

 2. My old pink comb!

I've had this comb since I was a teenager.

(that's a long time folks, I'm 43!)

I only comb my hair when it's wet,

 as you will see in the next picture,

(because it's curly)

but this is it, if I lose this comb, I don't know what I'll use!

Seriously, I've never seen another comb like it.

 3.  Doing school on the porch!

(gosh, Jamie, you are looking so serious there!
and that's a real blanket, not a Snuggie)

Oh, I love our porch!  I love everything about it!

It's one of those things I couldn't wait for it to get warm out to be able to do!

I talk on the phone out there, (til the kids find me)

I like to pray my prayers out there,

read out there, and sometimes (very rarely)

I like to sit in the sun and soak it up and just smile.

 4. Our Magnolia Bush!

That white glow behind us in the "School on porch" picture,

is this bush, gosh, it's so pretty in the spring!

The white blooms come first and when the wind blows you can smell 

the sweet smell of them!  They don't last long, soon after the blooms die 

and the leaves come.

5.  That Power

Another great workout song! 

Love this one for walking on the treadmill

and dancing in the kitchen!

Five Favorites!

Joining Hallie, no joining Camp Patton this week, who is filling in for Hallie!

I'm going to try to hit on a variety of my favorites each week!  Here goes:

1.  Mentos Gum!

I love Mentos Gum.  I have some in my purse, some in my diaper bag, some in my van and some here at my desk.

I buy these big jugs of them.

I only like peppermint & spearmint.

Don't even try to give me other flavors. 

(unless it's sugar free bubble gum, because that's fun to chew)

I love to brush my teeth, and if I can't brush,

                I chew,

          Mentos Gum.  

2. Kelly Clarkson's hit song, "Catch My Breath"

is my number one workout song, 

If this was the only song on my i-pod, I'd still be happy!

Doesn't it just make you want to dance?

It's one of those "I am woman, hear me roar" songs!

3.  Now, here's an old favorite:

My Vidal Sassoon hair dryer and defuser!

I've had this since I was a teenager

(I'm talking 24 years ago folks)

I said it was old.

It still works, it's the only one I have,

and now, I use the defuser on this little cutie in #4

(she's got curls and we're getting baths at night
 now that it's nice out)

Whaaat?

In the winter, which just got over last Friday here in MN,

we get baths in the morning.
Now that spring is here,
the kids get dirty,
 really dirty,
 need a bath at night dirty.

For those of you who do not know what a defuser is, you can put your curls

into that bowl thing, that attaches to the hair dryer and it dries the curls

without making them straight.

It's also supposed to be better for your hair,

 it's not direct heat on it.

4.  Truck Jammies!

She saw these and wanted them really bad

"Mama! Mama!  Look at those trucks!"  

"I want the trucks!"

"Peeeeeeas?"

"Oh, look! Hello Kitty!" with a tilt of the head and a look of admiration,

"Oh, I yike deeeese!"

Me:  "And there's pink ballerina ones too."

"Which ones do you want Sweetie Pie, 

The truck ones or the Hello Kitty ones, or the ballerina ones?"

"Hmmmmmm, I want the truck ones!!"

"But can I get the Hello Kitty ones next time?"

 They're great--look at that face!

5. Baby with bowed legs looking out from the porch.

He's the only one with bowed legs.

He walks like his grandpa.

Only it's cute on him.

He has hair like an old man too.

(that would be none.)

Five Favorites!

 Trying something new this week,

since I'm too wordy for Wordless Wednesday posts

Joining Hallie and the other bloggers and their favorites

 I kind of had a hard time thinking of my faves...

Here are 5 for this week, and well, they are my favorites every week

 1. Bananas

I love bananas

I love bananas so much that I go to the store at least twice a week for them

I like them just right, not too spotty and not too green, 

like these.  They have a good 2 more days.

After that, I put them in smoothies!

 2. International Foods French Vanilla Coffee

I'm not sure if it's even really coffee, since I don't like coffee.

But I like this.

Not the sugar free, caffeine free stuff either

The real stuff only

I've tried a couple other flavors and end up giving them away.

This is it. 

I have this for breakfast every day

and a banana of course

 (in a smoothie)

 3.  Confess Body Spray

I've been using this stuff since I was 18.
(I'm 43, I'll let you do the math)

I love it.

It's light and cheap.

Once in a while, someone tells me I smell really good,

and I think, "I've still got it"

 4. Ice in my water

I'm spoiled.

We all are here in America.

I'm thankful every time I fill my water bottle with ice and water

The ice thing started back when I was pregnant with Sweetie Pie,

I had to have ice in my water to drink it, I craved it

I still do, 3 1/2 years later!

It really is a luxury.

5.  Click Clack Moo

Simeon calls it "Cak Cak Mmmmm"

(Sometimes, but not when you ask him)

He loves it, so now, I love it too, because of him.

There!

That was kind of fun!

I like this, it forces us to look for the positive 

in the every day things we have, use and do.

Kind of like remembering to be Thankful in the ordinary.