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Interesting picture of her, to me. Oddly enough, I see myself. I love this little one.
(more snow pics here)

The Report

As I know every one is DYING to know how I did yesterday, here it is:
1 - Treadmill - check
2 - Library - check (Alyssa picked out all Sesame Street books, quite funny)
3 - New Purse - see below

Pretty fabulous right? I love it. Found it at Roberts, of all places. I attempted Target, which they had some cute stuff, but nothing that really called out to me. However, this called out to Alyssa.

So cute! She LOVES Abby Cadabby. And I love that this little back pack was $1. ONE DOLLAR!!! It was definitely a Sesame Street Day for her.

Random Nothingness

Do you ever feel like you have been SO busy that you just haven't had time to get done what you wanted to or needed to, then you turn around and say "What the crap HAVE I been doing?" because you have nothing to show for having felt so busy? Seriously! Lately I've felt that there aren't enough hours in the day, yet I don't know what I would do with the extra hours if they were given to me because I can't see what I've done with the hours that I already have.

So what have I been doing since last posting about not posting because I have so much to do? Hmm... well, I have half of ONE scrap book layout done, one photo edited, and the pieces to Alyssa's quilt cut. That's it. In two weeks. At this rate, instead of Alyssa getting all her scrap books when I one day kick the bucket, she'll be getting 862 cds full of images needing to be edited and printed, along with countless scrapping supplies. And by the time I'm finally finished with the quilt, she'll be forced to use it on her daughter's bed, instead of her own. Hopefully I'll have a grand-daughter that doesn't mind purple.

I don't enjoy feeling like I am accomplishing nothing. I have a HUGE to-do list for tomorrow and the rest of the week, and I thought about slapping it up here and reporting back on it later on. If I were to do that, one of two things would happen. Option A: I would never report on it because I either did absolutely nothing, or I was so busy with my list that I ran out of time. Both of which I'm sure would leave all of you with sleepless nights wondering how much I was able to check off of the glorious list of to-do's. Or Option B: I would end up evaluating my day/week and actually report my progress. My fear for this is that the report, would be lacking in substance. That I would not accomplish what I wanted to and my list would be staring me in face pointing and laughing at my failures.

Being that feeling like a failure is no where to be found on any list that I've ever compiled, I decided I needed to turn down the notch on my to-do's. Shorten it up a bit if you will. And I think I'm going to report my progress, hold myself accountable for accomplishing something good in my day. I've narrowed my list from millions of things to do, down to three.

1 - Reacquaint myself with the treadmill, not just saying "hello" but actually getting my butt on it AND turning it on.
2 - Take Alyssa to the library.
3 - Buy a new purse.

Just three things. It's going to be rough, but I think if I put forth the effort, I'll be able to manage. Anything else that gets done in addition to this will be considered an added bonus. I'm pretty sure that the dishes, laundry, toilets, tubs, floors, photos, scrapbooks, quilt etc will all be waiting for me later on in the week. They are so very patient with me. They let me get to them on my own time, I don't have to adhere to their schedule.

Top 10 Reasons I'm Not Blogging...

... this week, or maybe next, or whatever. Now before somebody thinks that Alyssa will be neglected and tossed to the side with a bowl of cheerios on the floor whilst I attack my to-do list, know that this is what I'd like to do when I have a wee bit of "free" time. And really, it's more full of good intentions than anything else. :) 10- My house is a disaster and must be cleaned tomorrow. 9 - I'm running out of clean underpants. Must to laundry tomorrow. 8 - What little computer time I've had lately has been spent reading other blogs. 7 - I started making a quilt for Alyssa's bed. That's right, a quilt. As my father-in-law puts it: Cutting up a perfectly good piece of fabric, just to sew it back together. 6 - Alyssa's room. Poor girl doesn't have any room to play. 5 - Old Navy is having their 40% off kids and baby sale... :) 4 - I haven't scrap booked stuff for me FOREVER, and am really itchin' to do some. 3 - Due to the fact that Alyssa has turned the handle on my treadmill in to her fast food window, handing me "chickie nugget and fry" through the center, I've go to do some cooking. That's one too many trips to Wendy's I suppose... 2 - Since the treadmill's only purpose at the moment is to BE a drive up window, time to get reacquainted. Not to mention that I've wanted to shed a bit of poundage for months, and I've been whining and complaining about it, seriously, how hard is it, REALLY, to get my arse on there? 1 - I'd like to catch myself up on this. I slacked off when President Hinckley challenged us to read a couple years ago, and was kind of disappointed in myself for missing the opportunity. Since it's arrived for the second time now, I'm hoping to do better. So there you have it. Until something fabulously exciting happens for me to discuss, or when I have actually completed a task and wish to report on it, OR when I give up on my list completely, until then...

"I hate you?!?!?!"

About 2 weeks ago, Alyssa was asleep in our bed (of course) and Tim was laying next to her watching some fabulous show on tv. Probably American Gladiators, bleh. From the living room, where I was probably watching All My Children, I hear Lys start crying. Knowing that she wouldn't let Tim comfort her and get her back to sleep, I went in to snuggle my little munchkin. When I got there, Tim told me the first thing she said when she started waking up was "I hate you." WHAT?! She doesn't know that word. She hasn't heard that phrase, at least not here. I thought, no way. He must be hearing things wrong.

Over the next few days I paid extra close attention when she was talking, trying to figure out what Tim may have misinterpreted. Then I figured it out. One day, Lys walked over to me, arms up in the air and in her tiny little mommy-I-need-you-voice said "Mommy, hate you, hate you." I said to her "Alyssa, do you want mommy to HOLD you?" "Yes, mommy, hate you." The light bulb went on. Hate YOU = hold ME! So funny. So now we are working on the word HOLD a lot. HOLD you is WAY better than HATE you. And besides, she's only 2. She can't tell me she hates me at LEAST until she's a teenager and I won't let her take a road trip to Mexico with her friends at 14, right? Sweet little Alyssa, LOVE HER!

(And yes. This IS Alyssa, 2 years old, last week in her cousins baby swing)

Quick Little Update...

... for those of you who may or may not have recently added this blog to your list of favs. :) (little side note: for some unknown reason, half of the buttons on the tool bar have gone missing, the ones that let me center this text, change the font, size etc. it's rather annoying.) So I've pretty much had a stellar week. Monday I watched cute Evan, who played SO well with Alyssa that I didn't have to really do anything. LOVE those days! Tuesday I had my vocal group, then my cute g-ma took me to Cafe Rio, then Alyssa had her gymnastics class. All sorts of a fun day. Wednesday my little niece Olivia's adoption was finalized in court. Alyssa and I had the privilege of attending the festivities. Then we went to my sister-in-laws house where Lys got to play with MORE cousins and I was able to do my first "official" photo session of some of THE cutest boys on the planet (just wait until you see them, those boys are darling!) Thursday I scrapbooked the afternoon away with my cousin Angee, and she brought her sweet Karlita, so Alyssa got to play with ANOTHER cousin. Then that night I ended going up and scrapbooking with my aunt Tam! Friday we had family pics taken by none other than the fabulous Kimmie Sue, can't wait to see them! Then I went for a little craft session with my cousins Kelly and Emi, aunt Jan, and Kelly's girls, Elle and Evve. So Alyssa got to play with, yep, that's right, MORE COUSINS!!! Does is get any better than cousins? I think not. See, stellar week for Cassie. What could be better than spending a week eating glorious food, chillin' with your cousins, scrapbooking, and working on a new project? I just don't even know.

Cousins Make the Cutest Little Friends

Hey Alyssa! Where's your nose?

What could possibly be more fun that jumping on your bed with a beach ball?