lately...

this past week...

has been interesting to say the least

but eventually manageable...

a few happenings

first thing Monday my car had to be fixed

I gulped at the cost

swallowed it

moved on...

but taking a positive from it

I seriously and weirdly thought

hey...at least I get 500 reward points from my bank

and then I got excited...only slightly

okay not really

but 500 points you know rack up eventually

but I did learn quite a few things waiting for my car to be done

which the guys knew my husband travels and this was my only transporation

for my family

so they stayed late out of wonderful niceness

ahem...almost 7:00 late {2 hours late}

just to fix my car for me

now that's customer service

but in the mean time

I read a magazine as I sat in the waiting room the last two hours with my dad

since thankfully this was on president's day so he was home to take me

so a few things we learned reading the magazines...

 a website that tells you the best part to "tinkle" or pee during a movie

they tell you the exact minute and the cue to listen or look for....

for example...

{bc I saved the website in my phone

only lord knows why I did that?....}

so the movie

"The Fighter"

the best times are:

@ 34 minutes {you can be gone 5 minutes}

cue: After Mickey and Charlene kiss for the first time

@ 60 minutes {for 5 minutes}

when Charlene comes over to Mickey's during the HBO show

@ 114 minutes {for 2 minutes}

for the credits...

do you think the credits might be a good time?...lol

that made me laugh they seriously listed the credits

I also found a link to a website that calculated the best time to take a nap

based on when you get up in the morning

I told my dad...

"yah that would be useful if I actually ever took a nap"

which is never

went to the website anyway...just to see...

she gives you an example of one scenario

but that wasn't the time I got up...

so to see "my time" I needed to buy her book

yah...right!

but since my dad and I had some time

we sat there calculating for us

2:00 in the afternoon would be my most optimal time for a nap...

the deep sleep time

that's when my natural energy drink just starts kicking in...

so no way that's going to work:)

not giving up that burst of energy I need that gets me through the rest of my day
and evening with kiddos, family, and work things

moving on...

because Tuesday night

was a very fun girls night

super fun time to spend some time with some besties...

love these girls

as we watched our show
and ate way too much

topics of conversation before watching our favorite show

things we'd like massaged

and I'll go no further on that

we were kidding
completely kidding

{perhaps not for me}

but had some good laughs about it

I swear...pinky promise I'm not meaning anywhere that is tmi
do you all pinky promise or is that waay outdated now?

so Wednesday made my week with career day for the girls...

I asked the girls a bit ago to get prepared

and it turned into a lot of fun for all three of us

Madison likes to design outfits at home after school sometimes

so two weekends ago I took her for some special Mommy and Me time

and I let her pick out an outfit head to toe

and I think she did fabulous

she's my color girl who likes to add white

and she got her look down perfectly

she called it her "fashionista" outfit

when I asked her what a fashionista did

she said "...designer of clothes," of course

when we asked Hayley...

she wanted to be "Marfa"
{me}

but she says my name with the "f" instead of "th"

and that made me smile

because she sees what I do

and wanted to dress in something of mine

so I put her in one of my casual {logo} business tanks
with a shirt underneath it for her 
tied the tank in the back with ribbon since it was big for her
and added my name tag

yes...the tank top has shrunk a bit for me personally
not one myself would wear by itself anymore, ya know
since I don't really like sporting "showing the mid-section style"
of wearing clothes

and she went as "Marfa"

of course she wanted polka-dot leggings...

I said "Hayley...do I wear polka-dot leggings?"

she giggled

but it turned out her version of "Marfa"

and that was perfect

*****

Tuesday...I'm a bit excited as I have a little give-a-way to announce

I'm hoping it'll put the springtime sparkle in your eye

xo