~otis as of lately~

as you'll be able to see, otis is a big baby that sleeps A.LOT.

he plays hard though when awake.

he is 9 months old now

(which in human years means he is almost a teenager. yikes!)

sometimes we just fall asleep with the leash one!

he has gotten to be a real snuggle bug with my son.

drives with my when we drop the kids off at school and cries a little each time.

~girlfriends~

tessa and brooke

 what would we do without girlfriends?

when you're 14(her age) or 34 (my age)

they are something special!

they lift us up somedays

and other days let us fall down only to make us stronger.

but will fight with us our every battle.

reminds me of the words to a song.

"God gave me you for the ups and downs"

thank you God for girlfriends!

~kisses~

can you believe at my old job no one wanted this jar that says "hershey's" all over it.

they were cleaning an office out and left some things for give away on the table in front of me

and it didn't take long for me to walk over and grab it.

it seems to fit in our home now considering the kids are going to school in hershey.

plus it gives me an excuse to have chocolate in the house.

and being a female with issues...i need me some chocolate.

however it is expensive to fill the thing. i believe $18.96 to be exact

since when did kisses start to cost so much?

and since we are on the topic of chocolate, i thought this below should be said....

~play it as it lies~

well it's oct. (can you believe it?) i am loving the cooler weather though!

i've been so busy with the move, the new job, kids, and starting ATHOME business that

i've neglected this blog a little. it happens.

with the cooler weather it should also bring less of these......

which would not hurt my feelings one bit if they crawled in their little hole in the ground and never returned.

however God created these little creatures as well so they are here with us.

sometimes closer then we'd like.

i saw this on fb and had to share it.

our friend tom coviello from here in north platte posted this yesterday.

yikes!!!

under the post he wrote:

"play it as it lies"

i think when golfing this rule is good, except for some conditions!

this condition would be #1 on top of my list for not playing the ball where it lies!

are you with me???

~three, zero, two, zero....~

because chuck's in huston on business

and i was bored with nothing to do(yeah right! volleyball game tonight. then grocery shopping)

i decided to do this.

it was kind of fun. my son actually help draw the numbers.

 since i sucked at it!

i did the painting.

very cute idea i thought and it didn't take all that much time.

~on happiness~

I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be "happy." I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter and to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.

                                                                                    - Leo C. Rosten

i heart fall....

~changing and falling of leaves from the trees

~colorful

~cooler mornings and evenings

~warm vanilla lattes

~pumpkin spice everything (scones from starbucks are a must to try this fall. love them)

~holiday plans being made or dreamed up

~cozy warm nights spent on the couch in your favorite blanket, with your favorite movie, with your favorite people

~fall is my favorite time of year.~