Since we have returned from our holidays (and were greeted with glorious weather!) I have been on a bit of a spring cleaning kick. The house is literally shaking as I whirl through the house, on to the next rug, the next closet, the unwieldy stack of goods for donating. (Okay, maybe it isn’t so much the cleaning that is making the house shake, but more likely the little earthquake we had again last week. And let me tell you, the cats? They do not care for the earthquaking!)<\/p>\n
So where was I? Oh, yeah…we have been spring cleaning freaks here at the house. And I need to do the same here at Chaos, too.<\/p>\n
I am working on switching Chaos over to our own hosting site. Have hit a snag or two, but when the wrinkles get worked out I can post pretty! big! photos and also have a lot more control over how it all works and looks around here.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, I have some really, REALLY outdated links over there on the side. See ’em? So let’s do a little updating over there too. I have a new list of awesome friends that I regularly try to read, but maybe you have a blog and I don’t know about it – or you want to make sure to make the new list? Leave a little comment love and I’ll make sure to get you updated.<\/p>\n
Next…that tag up there? The one from October 28th? It was from my friend Kate<\/a> over at her blog My Pet…Peeve. She awarded me the “I love your blog” award. Mwah! Thanks, Kate.<\/p>\n And in accepting this award, I have to answer the following with one word. 1. Where is your cell phone?\u00a0 Purse Whew….I was almost able to do them all with one word. That is kinda hard.<\/p>\n Neeext. My friend Colleen<\/a> tagged me to do this last week, I think. And I did take the photo when I was told- but never got it posted.<\/p>\n So the rules are:<\/p>\n 1) Take a picture of yourself right NOW! So Addie and I set up the camera – and of course she had to be in the photo because she LOVES to use the remote. So this is “our” photo, sans editing. Uh, yeah. No editing, remember? And…Yikes!<\/p>\n So my hair? It is in pigtails because I was on my way to spin class and that is the only way it will stay out of my eyes. I do realize it looks totally dorky, but let me repeat…it is the only way it will stay out of my eyes!<\/p>\n Now Addie’s hair…I’ve got nothing there. I can’t remember if this is before or after I tried to tame it. Somedays it is just better not to ask. How about we look at a photo of just<\/strong> her, though.<\/p>\n Mmmm…much better. And that, my friends, is why I like to take <\/strong>the photos, not be in<\/strong> the photos.<\/p>\n And, one more. I was tagged on this one from Christina<\/a> – and the rules on this one read:<\/p>\n 1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer So I’m going now…I just dumped all my photos to our back-up drive, so I’ll go there, the ones on my laptop are not going to be as fun, I’m sure.<\/p>\n And….jackpot! This beauty is from January 2006. Jam was out of town and I was trying to use the remote to take a photo of his girls to send him via email. (Since this was before he could log onto Chaos to see his girls anytime he wanted!)<\/p>\n Would you look at the cherub-like, sweet little face on Em? She wasn’t even three yet! And the chub-a-lub of love on my lap! Those cheeks are just delicious!<\/p>\n *Sigh* Good times, good times.<\/p>\n And that I think qualifies as possibly one of my longest blog posts. But it feels soooo good to get the housekeeping done. Now I’m off to do some real laundry…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am quite possibly the very worst blogger when it comes to graciously accepting awards and completing tags in a timely manner.\u00a0 I’m not kidding…I keep a sticky on my desktop of my “tags” and one of them dates October … Continue reading
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\n2. Where is your significant other? Sofa
\n3. Your hair color? Mouse-y
\n4. Your mother? Crafty
\n5. Your father? Frugal
\n6. Your favorite thing? Family
\n7. Your dream last night? Non-existent
\n8. Your dream\/goal? Happiness
\n9. The room you’re in? Living
\n10. Your hobby? Scrapbooking
\n11. Your fear? Something happening to girls
\n12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Here
\n13. Where were you last night? Disneyland
\n14. What you’re not? A saint
\n15. One of your wish-list items?
\n16. Where you grew up? Michigan
\n17. The last thing you did? Goodnights
\n18. What are you wearing? Jammies
\n19. Your TV? Paused
\n20. Your pets? Kitties
\n21. Your computer? MacBook
\n22. Your mood? Content
\n23. Missing someone? Always
\n24. Your car? Empty! (Gas!)
\n25. Something you’re not wearing? Bra
\n26. Favorite store? Tar-jay
\n27. Your summer? Beach-y
\n28. Love someone? Definitely
\n29. Your favorite color? Blue
\n30. When is the last time you laughed? 5 mins. ago
\n31. Last time you cried? Last week<\/p>\n
\n2) DON\u2019T change your clothes, DON\u2019T fix your hair\u2026 Just take a picture.
\n3) Post that picture with NO editing.
\n4) Post these instruction with your picture.
\n5)Tag 10 people to do this..<\/p>\n
\n![\"blog\"](\"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/blog.jpg\" "\\"blog\\"")
<\/p>\n![\"kins\"](\"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/kins.jpg\" "\\"kins\\"")
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\n2) Select the 4th picture in the folder
\n3) Explain the picture
\n4) Tag 4 people to do the same<\/p>\n![\"girls\"](\"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/girls.jpg\" "\\"girls\\"")
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