Weekend Wrap-Up/ Happy List!

Holy crap, I haven't done one of these in forty forevers!
But we had a very nice weekend all in all, and I felt like sharing.  And I'm combining it with a Happy List, because I had a whole lotta happy this weekend!


Saturday we had some stuff to do in the morning, and then that afternoon we had a girls' day at the mall.  It was me, Shelbie, Elayna, my niece Heather, and her baby Hayleigh.  

We took Elayna to Build-a-Bear, where she made a graduation alligator, (one of) her graduation presents from me.  She graduates from 5th Grade on June 5th. Her school mascot is an alligator.  She was a happy camper!

Shelbie clowned around!
She has a sparkling personality and makes everyone HAPPY.  =)

On Sunday, we went to the Lake near my parents' house.  The water level is incredibly low, but hopefully the recent Tropical Storm will help that somewhat.

He still found lots of minnows to much on!  Happy bird!

On Sunday, we spent more time with these girls.  That ALWAYS makes me HAPPY.  The girls finally got a lot of Hayleigh snuggle time this weekend, which makes them extremely HAPPY!  We had a family gathering at my parents' house.  My brother and his family were there, along with my sister, and of course me and all of my children.   We had a nice time.

I was off on Monday (happy!!), but it stormed off and on all day, cancelling our tentative plans for going to the beach, springs, or festivals.  So instead, the day was spent in bed.  There were movies, naps, and cuddles.  Happy, happy times.  =)

Pretty good weekend!

Hope you had a good one as well.

Baby, I'm In....

• So, the guide dog people totally ignored my email.  Which I think is pretty douchey of them.  I tried to create the T-shirt myself on Zazzle which ended as an epic fail on my part, because I'm clueless.

• Speaking of clueless: if you have any HTML knowledge, could you please help a sistah out?  My blog is apparently crashing on Chrome & Firefox.  This has been happening off and on for a while, and I've contacted my blog designer a few times.  Unfortunately, she has not responded (yep, I'm calling you out too, cause that's not cool!).  So, I'm begging for help here!  Today is seems to be working fine though, oddly enough.....

• I didn't ask off for Memorial Day, but I got it off anyway!  I have a three day weekend..YAY!  I hear the beach calling my name and I really hope I can answer its call....

• On my days off, when I have a chance, I hang out with Hayleigh.  She smiles all the time now and has even started laughing.  Yesterday, she took one look at me and burst out laughing. I choose to believe that she appreciates my sense of humor, and not that I'm just funny looking.....

• Wishing you a wonderful weekend...ours will be full of friends, family, birthday parties, family gatherings, and who knows what else we'll get into??  Good times!

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A-Z of Me

I saw this on another blog recently and thought it looked like fun.  So here ya go, some useless information about yours truly, Dysfunctional Mom!


A.  Age: I just turned 39 on May 11th.

B. Bed size: Queen

C. Chore you dislike: Dishes.  I firmly believe if I cook, someone else should do the dishes.  Nobody else seems to share this belief.

D. Dogs: I love dogs.  I currently do not own any.  This makes me very sad.

E. Essential start to your day:  Diet Dr Pepper.  I'm trying to cut down, but I HAVE to start my day with one or three. 

F. Favorite color: Purple purple purple!!

G. Gold or silver: silver, or white gold.

H. Height: 5'2".  And I love being short!

I. Instruments you play(ed): clarinet....but I wanted to play the flute.

J. Job title: Home Health Caregiver

K. Kids: no thank you, I have three of my own.

L. Live: In & around Gainesville, Florida.

M. Mom’s name: Lucille

N. Nicknames: My grandma used to call me Cinderella.  I get "Cindy Lou Who" a lot.
And Princess.  =)

O. Overnight hospital stays: Too many...when I was 9 I had a ruptured appendix, when I was 11 I ran into a glass door & cut up my leg, when I was 13 I had pneumonia.  Fast forward to having three children, and while pregnant with the middle child I was hospitalized for pneumonia again.  In 2008 I had gastric bypass surgery.  I think that's it??

P. Pet peeves: bad grammar/punctuation.

Q. Quote from a movie: "Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far far away from here."  (do you know what movie this is from?)

R. Righty or lefty: righty

S. Siblings: one sister who is 7 years older, one brother who is 10 years older.

T. Time you wake up: My schedule varies so this varies a lot.  Basically, as late as possible.

U. Underwear: Yes.  All different types, depending on my mood.

V. Vegetables you don't like: broccoli & okra.

W. What makes you run late: I am one of those people who is always late.  So I guess I make me run late.

X. X-rays you’ve had: I had one after my recent car accident.  I know I've had others, but I'm drawing a blank.  Besides dental x-rays, of course.

Y. Yummy food you make: chicken & dumplings are probably the number one favorite.  Tater salad, lasagna....I'm hungry.

Z. Zoo animal favorites: galapagos island turtles.