a boy's best friend

(Do not judge me on my sheets...I only have one set that matches my comforter!)

Happy Thursday, everybody! And, thanks be to God, this is my Friday. We have a four day weekend. *Cheer* It is very needed, trust me. I am worn slap out from work this week.

I have a handful of things on my brain tonight, so I'll give them to you in a bulleted list. It's easier that way and I won't have to think as hard. Thinking hurts.

• As I said, SUPER excited about the 4 day weekend! I hope to have lots of pictures of our fun to share!
• JP has been GREEN every day so far...one more to go and he gets his favorite book (for now) from Barnes and Noble (or Barnes and Notebook, as he calls it.) Go, JP!
• Preston walked all he way across mom and dad's living room this week. Several times. He's growing fast...his 1st birthday is coming up soon.
• We have another Hilton Head trip already planned for June. Can't wait. HH is very rapidly becoming my favorite vacation spot.
• If Scott can stay well (so far, so good) we hope to begin thinking of DISNEY again! JP SO wants to go.
• We are booking a condo at Myrtle Beach for the week of spring break. Another MUCH needed vacation with the family. (And a shout-out to my parents whose time share makes a poor girl's vacation dreams a reality! Love ya'll!)
• I sent off a devotion today to a Christian Magazine for possible publication. Keeping my fingers crossed-this one pays!

Well, that's all folks! I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

a little bit of tuesday afternoon with my boys

I'm not sure what's going on with my GOOGLE picture albums in Picasa Web, but it's making me CRAZY!! Anyway, I just spent the past thirty minutes uploading pictures that I took today and they disappeared. Literally, out of thin air. I am not sure what happened. Needless to say, it made me very mad!!! I do not have time right now to upload them again, so you only get a few!

After work today, Scott and I took JP out to play. Papa was chipping golf balls in his yard, so we had a play date with him too....it doesn't get any better (for me) than spending a sunny afternoon with my dad, my husband and my son!

monday

The boys enjoying the sunny afternoon with their Nanny.

(These were taken a few days ago.)

















Weird, but sweet faces!
































I promised myself I would not get on the computer tonight. That didn't work out too well for me! However, I am only stopping in to say Goodnight! I have an overdue date with Dr. Phil! Writing keeps me up most nights, so I am looking forward to falling asleep BEFORE midnight tonight...

Speaking of writing, I am carrying my manuscript to work this week and asking the kindergarten teachers to read it and critique me. I thought that since I am hoping to appeal to the very young generation, why not get feedback from the ladies who read to them during the day. Mom and I will make our final revisions and hopefully send it off to an agent next week. We'll see what happens from there.

Okay, I am keeping my promise...GOOD NIGHT!

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l.a.z.y

Spells lazy. That's exactly what we've been, here at the Beam house. Saturday night, we went out with Scott's family to celebrate his birthday. Wanna know when I got out of my pajamas? About thirty minutes before it was time to leave the house!

I told you. Lazy.

As a mother of a fast moving five year old, I feel a little bit guilty. But sometimes, a burnt-out working mother has to do, what a burnt-out working mother has to do... absolutely nothing!

Now, tomorrow that all has to change. I have a job to do. A very difficult/physically draining one, at that. Then, I'll have to come home, pick up around the house, (b/c of all the lazy this weekend, it didn't get cleaned), make dinner, do homework with the kindergartner, bathe myself and my boy and get ready to begin all over again on Tuesday.

The silver lining?? We have a four day work week TWO WEEKS in a row beginning this week!! Hooray! Well, I'm off to bed. Again. I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. And I hope the same for your Monday!

Goodnight!

happy birthday, dr. seuss

happy birthday, daddy!

JP cooking some "gray" hot dogs (aka, grilled) with his daddy!

Today is my sweet husband's 36th birthday!!! Scott has been through so much this year. He is one of the strongest people I know. No matter what physical/emotional adversity he has faced, he found his way through it and is standing on the other side!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SWEETIE!! JP and I (along with our families/friends) love you more than you know! I hope you have an AWESOME day! You certainly deserve it.