Ok, so I didn't go to bed after all.

Showing off her new shirt - it's believable until you get a closer look at the dirt on her face!

(Thank you, Marilyn!)


Watching...something?? I found her all curled up like this - doesn't she look sweet?


AHA! I always knew she was part monkey!

Um, Ju? I don't think that's really meant to be worn on your head. And it doesn't exactly match your dress.


Isn't she gifted? Only 2 years old and already playing checkers.



You might not want to look right now, Kenny, but I think someone is cheating!



And, last but not least, her new favoritest thing to do. She's "simmin'". This evening she came and brought me one of her swimming diapers, then said, "Mom, where's my swimmin' poot?"

I'm not sure, but I think she might have gotten 'pool' and 'suit' a little mixed up! :-)

Mommy is thoroughly and completely (and painfully) burnt.

Juju does not care.

She says, "don't worry. Mommy, it doesn't hurt!"

Really? For some reason, I thought it did!

What Shall We Name The Baby?

It's a Boy!

He weighs around 1 pound, and is about 8 inches long.

He came to join us about 6 p.m. yesterday.

Although we knew he'd be coming sooner or later, we hadn't expected him quite this early, so we didn't have any names picked out. Any ideas?

Juju is thrilled. Every spare minute today has been spent admiring the new baby. He cries a lot, but that is to be expected from one so small.

And did I mention?

It's a cat. :-)

Now for a little math.

This:

Plus this:

Equals Trouble.

They're eating together. (And I did what any good mommy would do - I got the camera and took a picture, and THEN she got in trouble for eating with the cat!)

The poor little kitty didn't know what he was getting into when he came to live with us! So far, today he has been hit, poked, chased, yelled at, hung from a leash (his "tail" as Ju calls it), had his (real) tail pulled, swung around in his carrier, and had food thrown at him - and this was just the first day! Hopefully she'll get the hang of things before they kill each other. She loves to feed him, and if I have him in his cage, she is glued in front of it talking to him, asking if he wants out, sticking her fingers inside, etc. I have to put him up so he can get some rest!

And did I mention that I'm allergic to cats?

Oh, the things that we do for our children!

Tag-You're It!

I've been tagged by Brittany...

1. What was I doing 10 years ago?
Well, let's see...ten years ago I would have been almost 14... and I have no idea. Sorry!

2. Things on my to-do list today?
The day was officially over a few minutes ago, but...

Mow the lawn (mostly done-I couldn't get the push mwer to work right, so I didn't quite get it finished)
Clean the kitchen (partly done, but undone as fast as I got it done, unfortunately)
Laundry (one load washed)
Lots of other things (probably not done)

3. Snacks I enjoy?
I like food in general, mostly, but not really into sweet or greasy stuff which leaves out candy and chips. Besides that, I don't have any real preferences. (Don't you hate people like me?)

4. If I were a billionaire, I'd...
Donate to anyone who truly was in need
Help build us a church
Buy a house that wasn't slowly falling apart
Get Brad a nice new set of Drums and send him to NQC for the whole week (something he always wants to do but we never have the money)
Adopt a child that nobody wanted
Help out my family (move my parents here, build my sister a bigger house, etc.)

5. My worst habits...
Forgetting that I've got laundry in the washer/dryer
Putting off cleaning (I'd rather mow the yard, work on the car or build a house)
Forgetting important things like paying the bills on time and lots of other stuff

6. Places I have lived...
Springfield, Arkansas (1 year)
Bon Aqua, Tennessee (18 years)
Rock Island, Illinois (1.5 years)
Cape Girardeau, Missouri (9 months)
Fruitland, Missouri (3 years)

7. Jobs I have held...
Waitress, cook, dishwasher, musician, and Civil War-era reenactor, Spencer Mill, Tn
File girl, secretary and assistant for a interior designer
Seamstress
Pretzel-maker and cashier (Auntie Anne's Pretzels)
Telephone Suveyor ( Millward Brown, R.I. Illinois)
Housecleaner
Babysitter
Home Healthcare Aid
Roofer
Painter
Lawn care specialist :-)
Daycare
Wife
Mommy

8. People I would like to tag...
Who do I know that hasn't been already? Heidi