Catch Up

I have a few odds, ends, and details to add to the things I've already written, so this time there will be a potpourri of mish-mashed statements and photos. I will play catch up~ and hope you can KEEP up!

So for all those who have been asking, here is a picture of me in my massive belt (see October Humor Me post).
I promised my soul~sister, Kim, that I would take a picture of myself in it. I'm sure it will be used in some kind of blackmail scheme in the future, but I would do pretty much anything for her, so here goes.



I realized after it was taken that the angle of this makes me look massive in this room. I guess it makes my massive belt all the more appealing!

Me in my massive belt

Another picture I need to add is of a gift I received. I had one of my little first graders hop out of the car as soon as her mom hit the curb this morning. She came running up to me, threw her arms around me and said, 'Heather, I have a present for you! I made it myself!" She pulled out the most beautiful piece of toilet paper I've ever seen! She had traced the flower pattern on it in magenta marker. I told her it was beautiful and she said, "Well, it was so beautiful I thought of you!" It kind of melted my heart. I think I am going to get that toilet paper laminated and put it in my special box!

The most beautiful toilet paper ever

My little kids at school certainly have a direct line to my heart~as well as my funny bone, but no more so than my own family does. I am delighted by the things my family does on a constant basis. Not only do they make me laugh, but they make me think and touch my heart. So in no particular order here goes...

I dropped this fortune on my bathroom floor when I was sneaking a fortune cookie one night. I walked into my bathroom the next afternoon to find that my Meghan had once again told me she never wants to move! I laughed so hard!!

I guess we are NOT moving any time soon!

Then today I was reading a blog of a wonderful family member of mine. She artfully stated what I have ALWAYS believed (and I hope it's okay if I use her words exactly): "As human beings, we are given the capacity to love endlessly and tirelessly." I love that. It's so true. I know the world would be a much happier place if we would all realize~and then remember it!

Sometimes when Cassie is working, she will be so delighted with the children she takes care of that she fires texts off to our whole family to tell us the latest cute thing the kids are doing. I love it that she loves her job and loves those kids. She'll be a wonderful little mother~SOMEDAY. Someday being the key word here. I've got to get through the wedding first!

Lastly, I'm always grateful for the sense of fun and adventure that my family keeps alive in me. My Meghan has been literally counting the days until THOR 2 comes out and it is this Friday. Chad, being the wonderful man he is, got the 3 of us tickets to it and he got them in 3~D! I will most certainly come out of the theater with a raging headache and slight dizziness, but watching Meghan get starry-eyed over such a studly hero will be worth it. As my friend Jay says (and he gets quoted a lot) "LIFE: Bring it!"