2011 rewinded

how can it possibly be 2011

is basically over? it seems like 

i was just saying 

"wow, 2011 already?"

it was your typical year in the pilcher world.

shall i break it down for you, with photos?

no? too bad.

i'm going to anyway, and you're

going to enjoy it.

also, drool over the hot ass

kellan sexiness at the bottom of the page.

i love that it just starts playing

and he's all half nekkid on my blog.

january:

i decided to attempt p365 again.

i set a goal of 6 months, which i met,

so it wasn't a total failure.

no photos for january.

there was nothing unusual, 

and they were all p365 photos...

which are still floating around.

february:

my new camera and lenses came

brandy made me my very own renji <3

it snowed. a lot.

i died.

march:

chick-fil-a opened in dyersburg.  that made

me insanely happy.  we ate there a lot in march.

i turned 31.

brandy and i celebrated our 13th anniversary.

the hamfest countdown was in full swing

gabe had his very first ball practice

april:

hamfest month!

someone dug my black tulips up out of my yard.

did i mention it was hamfest month?

every day was a countdown.

at long last it was off to hamfest for a weekend 

with my girls <3

may:

i started doing slim in 6.

gabe got mvp at his first game

i was raptured by mistake

(i also dated the bitch wrong)

more and more screenshots of DH are

making their way to me.

alee graduated 6th grade and moved into the jr.high

and then we were blowed away by a gnarly storm

june:

the last of gabe's games

tons of DH2 stuff was floating about...making me giddy.

we finally got e's ears pierced!

i started getting excited for the new

season of true blood.

i read the scott kelby books-

"tip(6) If your subject has a round or fat face, make fun of them, and tell them to lose a few pounds. Then, when they burst into tears, you'll have some of the most natural-looking expressions of the day."

july:

DQ finally opened again.

major fail. no little burgers, outrageously  high,

and the food was shitty.

finally time for DH2.

i cried the entire movie. it was so good.

100*+ temps meant tons of time in the pool

my little gabey turned 8!

nox joined our family

august:

my little e turned 6

and started school

brandy broke his appendix, and he broke it good.

alee turned 13!

project triple ham took form.

september:

andy whitfield died.  spartacus will never be the same.

nox ate my $200 turtle beach headset.

facebook ruined my week with the whole

it-picks-the-stuff-you-want-to-read.

i learned the NERF stands for:

Non Expanding Recreational Foam

we sat outside and watched the airshow....instead of 

paying $50 to get onto the airbase and watch it.

october:

i found $20 in my mailbox! score!!

we spent many a pretty fall evening outside

i got twister mania for the kinect from houseparty...before anyone 

could buy it

we had a great time halloween

november:

our max died :(

it was very sudden and unexpected.

we're still trying to adjust to life without him

brandy turned 35!

we drove to mississippi to do thanksgiving with 

brandy's family

saw breaking dawn. was less than impressed.

it snowed. i died.

december:

i glued myself to some shit

the kids all got sick and ran fever of around

102* for a couple days. that was fun.

project triple ham underwent a new endeavor.

put up the christmas crap

went to alee's christmas concert

christmas bitch

typical nothingness going on :)

dooood....i suck

i think it's time to face the fact regular blogging just aint my thang.

i try to be a good blogger, but it gets bumped way

down my list of things to accomplish daily.

meh.

christmas was really good round here.

we spent christmas eve at mamaw's and had such a good time.

everyone was in such a great mood,

a good time was had by all :)

i fo really love this photo of the babies. they almost look sweet.

almost

they all wouldn't be still at the same time.

of course.

opening jammies from granny!

my christmas morning dorks  <3

everyone's not-so patiently waiting on new year's eve.

they want to eat.

we do up a whole bunch of junk and eat it all nite.

the kids love it.

i'm planning on doing p365 again this year.

maybe.

i'm going to start it, at any rate.

i've never gotten past march before, maybe

 this will be the year i finish.

or maybe this will be 

the year i do it 2 days and quit.

the photos just get so boring

after a good 2 weeks or so.

i mean, i try to leave the house as little as possible,

so that limits the photos to things around here.

not always the most exciting thing.

but imma try.

and i guess i'm done talking to myself today.

...until the blogging bug bites me again :p 

Out with old!

Happy New Year!!

Out with the old, in with the new and all that jazz!

We hung around and just chilled all day yesterday, loads of goodies

to snack on all day and night.  The kids played, fought--it

was the usual thing here pretty much!

We headed out right after midnight to let

the kids do some sparklers--they

were HUGE! Like bigger than E huge.  Of course, it was windy

as all get out and colder than a witch's titty.

I'm not big on resolutions-I suck at keeping them.

This year I'm just aiming to procrastinate less and try to reign my temper in a bit.

We'll see how it goes. ;)

Even though I failed miserably at it last year,

I'm giving Project 365 a go again this year.

I just got so burnt out last year I didn't even want to touch 

my camera anymore.

We'll see how this year goes I guess.  I'm not going to force

myself into doing it everyday if I don't feel like it.

Hmmm....maybe I should rename mine to

Project Whenever I feel like it :P 

 Day 1: E's Dinosaurs

Oh Christmas.....I didn't get around to doing a Christmas post.

The kids got way more than they needed, everything they wanted, and then some.

All in all, it was a nice holiday, once you factored out the Jessica drama....and
there's always Jessica drama :/

2 out of 3....

Gabe had his first day of kindergarten today. I've been dreading this day for months. He's been looking forward to it. My heart broke when he marched his little butt out to the bus this morning like he owned it. And poor E. She was so lost without Gabey today. The first 30 minutes consisted of her crying and telling me "You have to go get bubba, Momma. I need him." She eventually cried herself to sleep :( Later she told me "You'll just have to be my best friend now, Momma, since Gabey's at school. I guess you'll do." Can't tell you how loved that made me feel, LOL! She was so glad to see him come home! She's been hanging on him since he hit the door. Personally, I'd love it if he never went back :P I caught a glimpse of my future when he said "I found these 2 girls..." He doesn't want ot saty home tomorrow, which I guess is a good thing he likes it....but gee, what's so bad about wanting to hang with Momma all day? Alee was in full guard dog mode looking out for him today. She sat with him on the bus, walked him to his room, even went to check on him at one point and make sure he and his teacher knew what bus he was getting on. I do have pictures...Alee started on Friday, I just haven't gotten around to uploading any of the photos before now.

(frames by Amanda Carlson, tape by Ami Collofello)

His teacher is really really sweet, and Gabe, of course, charmed the pants off of her ;o) Oh, the 10 boxes of crayons....each month they get a new box and they bring the old ones home. They have a little cubby on the back wall, and there's a spot to keep the extra stuff. I think he's offically got the coolest class room. They have 4 computers in the room(the other rooms only have 1). There's this little loft thing they can climb up in for reading time-they can either look at the books, or slip the headphones on and listen to a book. Once a week, someone brings bottles of water(8 ozs) and they get to keep them at their seat(they refill them at the water fountain)...just generally cool stuff :o) So, yeah, that was school!

BOTCT is over. Even though I generally complained the whole time I had fun. I'm just a complainer about these things though, it wasn't anything specific. Our last challenge produced our best LO's I think. We went with a 10 Reasons theme, and you had to scraplift 2 of your teammates. This was mine

I'm far too lazy to get you caught up on the rest of the LO's for the challenges, but they're in my gallery :o)
Did I tell you I got a guest spot this month with Amy Stoffel? I am so stoked about it!! Seriously fun stuff to scrap with! And, of course, you know I'm going to show you the LO's I've done with her goodies!!





You can find this whole collection, Flavors of Life:Summer at Scrap Orchard...or you can buy each kit separately ;o)

Lots of good stuff hitting the shelves Friday at PGD! This LO has a little of the new stuff(I have more LO's in the works, if I get them done before tomorrow night, I'll let you sneaky peek the goods), and is for an upcoming challenge


That's going to be about it for today...the kids are screaming for food, I have more scrapping to do and books to read!
Later loves!

So, I suck

So I suck

February 7, 2009 by whittywhit | Edit

That pretty much sums it up, LOL! Things have been non stop around here, and my blog is at the very bottom of my to do list, so it usually gets left off .
This is probably going to be very lengthy, since I have so much to catch up on! =o)
Let’s see…where to start……let’s go with family stuff first!
Gabe’s staple removal went smoothly. They just snipped the staples in half and they pretty much fell out of his head. He’s got a nice scar…it’s not so much wide as it is long. He was kinda sad to see them go, he was so proud of his “head boo-boo”. Oooh, and we got the statement from the hospital today, too. $957.11! Is that not crazy?? I’m interested to see what the battle with the insurance company is going to be, it should be loads of fun.
Mason is up to 14 pounds these days!!! You don’t know how happy that makes me =D I was so worried about him for awhile, but things are working out!
We’re painting the living room!! Finally! We spent, no joke, about 6 hours scrapping the wallpaper(with 2 layers of paint on top of it) off of one and a half walls. We got it clean and patched, and painted by 11:30 last night, and it looks sooo good! It’s my red accent wall, YAY! The other walls are going to be this creamy, beigey –um, I’m not really sure how to describe it–with black trim. I can’t wait to get it all finished!!!!!

Thanksgiving wrap up

Thanksgiving has come and gone…and thank goodness
We did Thanksgiving with Brandy’s family last Sunday, so we only had to go to my great grandmothers Thursday(and I’m glad…E still doesn’t ride well, and nothing says ‘Bring on the turkey’ like barf all over the back of your seat).
I only got a few minutes of Masey time…like maybe 20 minutes.  So, since it was a drive by, I have no photos of Masey…you’ll just have to take my word–he’s a doll
So, that’s is…we survived, and ate very well! There are, as always photos on my dropshots )