New Mattress!

So, my mattress is shot. It's eight years old, and it's just gone cahpoohey. Neither John nor I have had a good night's sleep in over a month. I keep getting sick, and I just don't have the energy to do anything at all. So, several weeks ago, the search started, and last Monday, Labor Day (when the sales were good), John and I ordered one! I'm really excited about it, because it's a Sleep Number bed. I have high hopes for it. John and I are polar opposites when it comes to how soft we want our sleeping area, and I think this will be our solution. They are MIGHTY expensive, though, so we got the cheapest one. That means it is a little less-than in terms of comfort, so my next project is a super good topper to put on it to make it perfect. Anyone out there in blogger land have any good suggestions? I've done some legwork and a lot of online research, but I just don't know what's good because I haven't slept on one! Our mattress should be here in two weeks, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
The Almighty Liz

Erikism

Okay, if you go back around a year, you'll remember that Erik used to ask me, at least daily but more often several times a day, if he could be a pumpkin when he grew up. This lasted a really long time, but did fade away after awhile. Now he has a new thing that he tells me everyday, and here it is:
"Mom, you're not stupid, you're smart, and I love you."
Several times a day people. I'm not sure if someone told him I was stupid and he feels the need to counteract this negativity with as much positive reinforcement as possible, or what, but it always gives me the giggles.
The Almighty Liz

Pic-a-pahlooza!

So, I have been hugely remiss in posting this summer, so I thought that I would give all you fans out there a huge glut of pictures to calm all those Liz Cravings I'm sure you are experiencing. Your welcome!

This was Beth's surprise birthday dinner.

Renae was having....issues, lol!

The carnage after the meal.

Yes, I WAS there.

Aw, aren't they cute? (and I'd feel remiss if I didn't point out Lydia on the left. She was having a Bad Night.)

And the cute facade falls to the wayside...

Another awwww pic.

These are all the kids left at home. Such lovely, well mannered adults this woman has raised!

Or not!

And a pic with the transplants of the family. At least we can behave, right?!

Nope, we've been tainted!

This is a walk the kids and I went on around our neighborhood.

I feel the need to tell you the truth about this fire hydrant. Erik informed me that this is a very dangerous robot cleverly disguised as a fire hydrant. So be on the look-out people! These are everywhere!!

Vicious attack dog? Or something to stomp on?

Jonni's school playground, the destination of our walk.

Will somebody PLEASE let these poor kids out of jail!!?

The Almighty Liz

Round and Round it goes! Where it Stops.....

....nobody knows! Erik has strep again. Poor kid. Poor me, too! Lol! This time, I'm out of my penicillin too! I've lost it somewhere, so I've been looking for a couple of days and can't find it anywhere! So, that's bad timing to the nth degree. BUT! My doc is calling me in a new script, so I'll have that before the day is over. John, perfect husband that he is, is coming home from work early to take our poor sick boy to the doctor. He really is pathetic looking too. I know how he feels. Strep is No Fun.
The Almighty Liz

It's My Birthday!

Once again, is that super special time of the year: my Birthday! This year's birthday has begun crappily. My cat peed on my luggage duffle bag thingy that I had yet to unpack from my trip last week to Savannah, GA. (more on that later, I'm waiting for pics from the other girls that went because I forgot my camera, doh!!) It had all my clean clothes, which didn't get dirty because I was on the beach so much I didn't wear hardly any of them, and my new and very expensive tennis shoes, and all of my make up, to name a few things. So I had to do damage control first thing this morning. Happy Birthday, Liz! Not!!
The Almighty Liz

Make Up!

Hey there, my girl peeps! So I have a good friend who is starting her own line of mineral cosmetics. She and I have traded stuff, my lotion for various of her amazing eye shadows and lip glosses, and let me just say that she is super talented!! So, I'm shamelessly promoting her because of how awesome her stuff is. Go take a look, and stay to drool, at her new blog!
http://darlinggirlcosmetics.blogspot.com
I'm adding a sidebar that's just for her, too. Hopefully I can get it to show updates and stuff eventually, but that'll have to wait until John can help me. For now, it will be an easy link for everyone. Enjoy ladies!
The Almighty Liz

Good News and Bad News

I'll do bad news first, I like to get that out of the way. My Grandpa is going into the hospital for major surgery today to remove a bunch of cancer. Total suckage! Prayers would be MUCH appreciated!
Okay, good news, yay!
I'm an entrepreneur!! How crazy is that? Awhile ago I posted about my lotion making hobbies. I know I said I would post all about it soon, but that's going to have to wait awhile because I've started selling it!! I swapped it to a couple of gals on the forum that I frequent, and they gently, and then not so gently, suggested that I open it up to my forum for sale because they loved it so much. So I did! Within a few days I had TEN ORDERS! I know that's not huge, and it seems to be dying down quite a bit, but still exciting for me! So I'm going to wait to see if this flops before I post my super secret methods and recipes on the world wide web. In the meantime, if anyone wants to buy some, leave me a reply! If there are any interested parties, I'll post the ingredients in the reply section. *insert big grin here*
The Almighty Liz