Snowmen are green?

Last week, before the major cold weather set in, we had a beautiful day where the temps were in the low 40's. Luke and I took advantage of it and went and built a snowman. I put some food coloring in with some water and Luke sprayed the snowman green (which happens to be his favorite color).

Sweet Success!

I figured it out! Yea! My player was meant to be operated with a different program than what I was using so Mike & I downloaded a free version and now it works perfectly. I am so happy. Last week I dusted and picked up to my Christian Rock playlist and it was wonderful - although I think the kids think I'm going a little soft in the head when I start belting out lyrics ;).

Here is a picture of me and ironically, you can see my diploma in the background ;)

Learning New Things

Ahhhhhhh, you graduate school and you're on your own. You figure your poor stressed out brain can take a break and just "veg" and ruminate on all that you have already stored.

Then reality kicks in.

You get a new job - you've gotta figure out all that goes with it. New people, new tasks, new filing systems, how office politics works, the list goes on and on.

Then you quit your job and start a new one. You are a mother. That's it. No instruction manual, you learn it as you go. You raise your children and the days go by. You see them learning and you learn to teach them. It is an exciting time.

Well, I'm in the process of learning something new yet again. Technology. MP3 players. Need I say more.

I was so blessed to get a MP3 player for Christmas. It is awesome. Yesterday, I jammed while cleaning the bathrooms during Abby's nap. The speakers are attached to your ears and you are transported to another reality where "Start Me Up" really gets you going while scrubbing those toilets. Now, though, I want to create my own playlists - no idea how. I want to use an easier program to sync with my Sandisk Sansa - is there such a thing? I want to delete all the super lame songs that came on it - again - I AM NOT IN GENERATION NEXT. These things have not been embedded in my subconscience. So, I trudge on. I will master this!

Abby and Luke are learning new things too. Luke helped me make bread dough this morning. I explained that the yeast would eat the honey and make gas. That started a whole conversation. I now know that I must go and research the process of bread baking before I try and explain it to my 4 year old.

Abby is learning to use the potty. What a good girl! I wish there was a disc that I could download into her and she would automatically start doing the right processes. She is learning though. I find it amazing and fascinating that she can go #2 in her panties without going #1. The girl is talented and I hope that wasn't TMI!

So, anyone who took the time to read this - continue on! Learn more! Realize that you are learning, even when it is just to get through the day.

God bless.
Tanna - Garden Girl

Christmas trip to ND!

I hope that you enjoy these slide-shows. They are made from photos in my Photobucket account. If you have difficulty viewing them here, you can always go there and check them out. Just e-mail me for the info if you don't have it. Enjoy!

Getting Girly

It is so much fun to have a little girl! This December, Abby got her first hair cut and I also painted her fingernails for the first time. She loves being a "princess" as she puts it.

Opening presents for Christmas 2006