The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Mother

...nothing too extraordinary.  At least going on at our house.  The last two weeks, have been kind of icky.  Icky is the perfect word to describe the mild slump I've been in.  It's not that anything terribly, horrible has happened, it's just been some not so nice little things.  On Thursday, I decided it was my attitude that needed adjustment, after all attitude is everything.  By the power of positive thinking, I turned my attitude around and Friday was a pretty great day.  Friday's fun...the STAAR pep rally at school... The Bad : Standardized  Testing.  The Good :  Cheering on students with a fun theme...The O.S.C.A.Rs :  Outstanding Students Can Achieve Results. Lorelei dressed all "Hollywood Glamour". I know I can't complain, when so many bad things happen to good people.  However, the little things can sure make life hard sometimes. Here's a bit of how things have gone the last two weeks... 1.  The bad : Monday back to school after

{this moment} . . . . . . . . . {this moment} ~ A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.     Several moments from this week...it was kind of quiet and slow around here...     Savannah and John had their own tiny adventure...a quick road trip to California for business.  Savannah went along for fun!  

It's rainy again, the time change has thrown us off and half the kids are still sleeping.  Jonas is up with me, playing on the iPad, The View is on in the background and my coffee's already getting cold.  Lulu the dog has been vomiting for two days, on and off, and still having accidents in the house daily.  The fridge needs to be filled, meals need to planned for the week, I fed the kids popcorn for lunch yesterday.  The laundry has barely been started and the house is partially clean.  We crafted with beads yesterday.  Bailey and John got a haircut. I didn't wash last night's dishes yet.  Did I mention it's still raining?  Bailey had a late rehearsal last night, foggy and raining, nearly hit a deer.  Slept till 9:00.  Spring break officially started today.  Let's hope things get a bit more exciting around here than this! Real life isn't very exciting to write about, so again...I haven't written in a while, even though I promised not to be a stranger.