the monday update

it's a new week. hope your weekend was good.
i love having this blog. but sometimes i simply don't know what to post. i know it's really like an online diary (and obviously i live a rather boring life. heehee!) but i often go several days without posting anything and i just hate that. i also HATE coming up with a title for my post. isn't that so stupid? so...i have come up with a "blog schedule," if you will. it has taken care of my indecision about what to post and the title. it will be as follows:

monday--the monday update
tuesday--thoughtful tuesday
wednesday--wordless wednesday
thursday--thankful thursday
friday--fabulous friday finds

(i know these are miniscule problems in the grand scheme of things, but i'm trying to be as organized as i can lately. :)

so~on with the monday update (which, as the name implies, will update you on the exciting, or lack thereof, days that have passed since friday.)

friday started off with mckinlee walking to school for the first time by herself. she's decided she wants to do that on mornings that are not her safety patrol mornings and not raining. she was so excited and there are so many kids that walk to and from school that i felt ok letting her do that.

that afternoon, after school, i waited for her down the street. she was very upset. she wanted to walk home completely by herself, but i just had to get a picture of the first walk home. so this is my darling child as she stormed past me. heehee!

friday morning also included my first mri to check on my crazy neck. unfortunately, i didn't get a picture of me in the tube. i should have taken my camera in because the girl was so sweet. it wasn't near as bad as i had thought. the hardest part was not being able to clear my throat for so long! as it turned out, the mri ended up showing nothing! i am glad there's not something terribly wrong with my neck. but i sure wished it would have shown something definite that the chiropractor could correct.
friday night was michele's big winter jewelry show. and i must say, it was the prettiest one ever! so many beautiful vintage looking pieces. it looked like you stepped into anthropologie. there's a ton of pictures since mom and danielle didn't get to come. (i wanted to be sure you got to see everything!)
these are precious little gift bags.
she had also made gorgeous picture frames.




a close up of the amazing garlands that were strung everywhere.



these pins are all the rage right now. aren't they beautiful?
this necklace was one of my favorites.
look at these darling bottles.
there were also cards she had made displayed everywhere that you could buy.
isn't that the cutest way to dress up a pair of gloves?
i was very good and only bought an eternity scarf with a pin and a bracelet. and some earrings for mckinlee. i could have spent a month's budget there. everything i saw was beautiful!

saturday night we went to dinner at these guy's house. sammy, maria and bianca. they are so sweet and we had the best food and wine!
mckinlee and bianca. mck had such a fun time with this sweet girl!
chris and i.
this couple is from our congregation too. rachel and alton
we were watching sammy and maria's pictures from colorado. when bianca would hear the music from the slide show and see herself, she would get so excited and start dancing around. too cute!
look at these precious legs. i wanted to eat them with a spoon!
and finally, this is how i spent my day sunday. with my heating pad for cramps, ice pack for my head, heat pack for my face and mckinlee's snuggie to keep me warm. i felt horrible all. day.long. finally when it started storming, my head and face stopped hurting and now the cramps are better too. (sorry if that's more than you wanted to know about me this monday morning.)
have a good monday and come back tomorrow for my first installment of "thoughtful tuesdays." (guess i better start "thinking" of something!)