powdered sugar donuts, bathtub crayons, and sweet dreams

hey followers! the 6 that i have!!! and random readers. havent had a chance to read much the past couple days, ok, that isnt entirely true, i did manage to read a little in the organization book i have... only because im in a mood to go through and declutter after reading that section in the happiness project book... anyone get a copy yet???  well anyway, the little book is called  "The one-minute organizer: 500 tips for getting your life in order"  we will see about that...lol... it is actually a cute little helpful book...full of tips and ideas that really we all should do, but probably dont...  its one of those things that makes me feel good once it is done, but i dread starting it...- organizing... i love all the organizational bins and baskets that you can get at the stores, and i dream of one day really and truly being organized- you know like all those fake houses on t.v....
    my house seems to collect piles of things, papers, toys migrate, shoes end up everywhere, but the worst is my kitchen- i HATE my counters in my kitchen being cluttered... things get set down with the intentions of being moved, but never seem to get moved... the bad thing is, i cant stand being in my kitchen when it is cluttered... dont want to cook, dont want to do dishes, nothing- and i really like cooking, and baking... dishes dont bother me really as long as i have a counter to put them on.  every morning i get up and no matter how clean my kitchen is the night before, inevitably things appear on the counters... which starts me off on a sour note for the day.  boo on happy mornings... but oh well...
    so, back to my happiness book... i have to admit, another reason i havent read as much in it lately is the upcoming section... this next part of the book is when she focuses on friends... havent read it yet, but before i even start it, i can feel the guilt approaching... it is another one of those good intentions issues...but not following through because of different sorry reasons... its like the fun has been sucked out of me as i get older... that inner child that wants to come out and play is being beat to death by the old woman who will emerge sooner than she needs to.  i have a couple of friends who i call my best friends, one lives in another state, (which really sucks!!!!! cause we are soooo much alike and could really use each others shoulders at times) and the other doesnt live too far from me, but works full time and has 2 boys of her own, and we only get to see each other once or twice a month... then i have a handful of other friends that i talk to on occasion, but dont really ever see... i dont ever go out and hang out with friends like id like to, but im ok with it. i would love to make time each month to do something like that because i think everyone needs to, but life always seems to get in the way. then i have a few friends that i have always been close to growing up, and have really grew apart from, which is sad. i still feel like the same person i was when i was younger, but i know im not.    so being the emotional wreck i am right now anyway- i hesitate to start reading this next section.

i have been pondering my last post alot... trying to think back on my own childhood and what things really stick out as good memories growing up... i so badly wish for my kids the same kinds of memories...not ones like mom was grumpy, and we didnt do all the fun stuff my friends did...  unfortunately some of the memories i have growing up through my teen years kinda sucked...my parents were pretty strict, and i always had alot of chores(which isnt a bad thing- but mine was a bit extreme) and even my friends back then knew i wasnt allowed to do alot... i do love remembering good stuff like my grandma coming over every morning to take me and my neighbor to school (elementary) and she would bring me a chocolate eclair from a local bakery.  or my mom every night would tuck us in and put sweet dreams under our pillows...this was a happy thing that continued through college minus the tucking in part- silly maybe, but she would send little plastic containers full of nothing but marked "sweet dreams" and it never failed to make me smile... and then i realized i started doing that with courtney when she started sleeping in her big girl bed, but for reasons unknown to me, i stopped... there is that crotchety old woman sneaking into me again, and filling me full of bedtime bah humbugs... so a mental note to myself- find a spare box of sweet dreams to give out every night to my kids...

here is something fun that is well worth the 10.00 investment- bathtub crayons... courtney gets soooo grubby and dirty from playing outside and one of her favorite things to do is play with sidewalk chalk- which ends up on everything...       we have 2 full bathrooms in our house but only one we can shower in currently... the bathtub for the other one is brand new and sitting on end in the other bathroom. and until it is installed, (anyone feel like installing a bathtub? for free? or for dinner? or even a case of beer?)  we have to use the shower in the other bathroom... personally i love baths, and i loved baths as a child... bubbles, bubbles, and more bubbles... but bathtub crayons are great to draw on shower walls with! courtney loves drawing pictures for daddy so when he takes a shower later he can see her artwork. well, i have found another use for them...they make great messages on mirrors! i can scribble reminders on the mirror, or leave little notes for mike. (be them nice- or not so pleasant...lol) or if you are like me, i still like drawing pictures and doodles on the shower walls too...finally the inner child can come out, she needs to take showers too!

and last but not least- same basis as the hungry hungry hippo game... powdered sugar donuts... i usually steer clear of them, because im a lazy ogre and i try to avoid messes...well i bought some tonight! lol... and i smiled when i did it! despite the knowledge of the white mess that will await me, it made me happy because i know the kids will love eating them. and maybe we will even bust out the playdough tomorrow too!

btw- i think the makers of lucky charms needs to package the marshmallows from the cereal into snack packs... courtney asks for cereal to eat dry as a snack and i tell her she needs to eat the other part too, but it never fails- the cereal part sits in the bowl while the marshmallows magically dissappear...

oh well- someone will suggest it, and probably get rich...lol...

till i ramble again...thanks for reading.