I just had to stop when I heard the tunes!  Ya know that sound of the ice cream truck coming closer and closer?  I haven’t visited the ice cream truck since Jr. High School.  I had Zane and Jase on a bike ride with me but they weren’t quite as excited as me.  They didn’t know what that sound was or what it meant!

We cycled quickly to our house to pick up some money and get back before she pulled away.  They both pointed to the picture of Fun Dip and said that is what they wanted.  Me, I picked the ice cream sandwich and it was a delicious cold treat.  : )  We ate our treats on the curb and then rode our bikes back home.  What a fabulous Saturday afternoon activity! 

Zane and The Dance

Why would I ever go back to the old way of Sunday?  My plan will go over smoothly, I’m sure.  : ) 

Over the weekend, I took some pictures of Zoe.  She is hilarious and so independent.  Isn’t parenting somebody just like you quite the task?  ALSO, I was busy having my cute niece over here for the week and I had so much fun trying to be tricky and get some pictures of her, it turns out that necklaces are her currency.

I’ll get to that

not now, later

in a few minutes

when you grow-up

just a second

tomorrow

not yet

almost

not time yet

let’s get going

we’re late

hurry up

what time is it?

I can’t wait

just wait

in the future

this week

next week

next year

etc. etc. etc. etc.

the list could go on and on but let’s get to the point already.  My everyday consists of at least 1/2 of these clusters of words.  Why am I always driven by time and what the clock says?  There are moments when I wonder how many times I have said, “In just a second…”  It makes my shoulders tense to have to say that or hear myself say that.  Don’t you ever want to be completely irresponsible, throw away the clock, be late and not care, not show up, lay in bed, go slow, not care about tomorrow, or next week?  What would that be like?  Some days I want to grab by the horns and tackle and some days I want to do the above-throw away the clock.  : )  Can I have my cake and eat it too? 

Hold out your hands to feel the luxury of the sunbeams.  ~Helen Keller

When in doubt, take a bath.  ~Mae West

You must always be curious.  ~Walt Whitman

Forget your mistakes but remember what they taught you.  ~Dorothy Galyean

Make each day your masterpiece.  ~John Wooden

Each day comes bearing its own gifts.  Untie the Ribbons.  ~Ruth Ann Schabacker

We had painters come the other day to fix all the walls that had patches of undecided colors, holes from previous decor, staples, markers, putty, etc.  When they were here I was thinking how wonderful it was to have such a detail oriented crew-moving everything out of the way, covering everything with plastic, and taking all things off the wall UNTIL I saw this…

I suddenly was feeling gross.  I couldn’t believe that the back of my refrigerator looked like THIS.  HOW could it be?  I am a pretty clean person.  I was wishing they weren’t so thorough because not only do I now know (and might have to throw up) but now THEY know too.  This is not good.  Not good at all.  What is worse is the amount of time it took to clean this.  I have no idea what it was but it wanted to stay there for good.  I scraped, rubbed, scrubbed, and wiped until this section of my floor looked like the rest (which may been just as messy-but that is neither here nor there).  When is the last time you cleaned behind your refrigerator?  Am I the only one that has completely forgotten that a floor exists back there? 

The good news… I found my Costa Vida magnet.  : )