Kitchen Love part 1. or..

the winter blahs..
so I'm blogging about my concern for myself.
You see it takes me about an hour to make breakfast on saturday & sundays.
I really like to make breakfast for my family, and they love it too, but I wonder if it takes me an hour, is that way to long?
Usually I make my hubby's fave which is like an egg sandwich:
-Buttered toasted Thomas's English muffins + slightly runny sunny side up egg with pepper + his fave cheese slices + bacon.
-pancakes and fried potatoes
-and sometimes scrambled eggs
-OJ and coffee..
i just realized we usually skip lunch on the weekend. wonder why?

The kids are really great and manage to color, get along and have fun at the kitchen table until everything is ready!!


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So not only does it take me forever to make the breakfast, the aftermath takes just about twice as long.
Got any suggestion??






and yes sometimes I have help! :)

Aww, did you gag?
Also, Do you THINK we have enough silverware, and yet we're always running out of bowls! haha!!

Sadie Love.

cant wait to see this again:




Tues was a snow day.
and Maive's 3rd birthday.
Sadie got hit by a very slow ( thankfully ) moving truck.
She has a fractured pelvis..
6-8 wks to heal. :(

I wub my Sadie!
Sadie Love Gendron ~ The most beautiful Golden ever!!

{Roll your "R" please} Romantic.

What is romance.
My kind or romance?

Not this:

( oh so pretty )
or this
( although dreamy )
or this...

Nope, it's when my husband notices me sitting on the couch half way through a Yoplait commercial with a bucket of drool in my lap. and the very next day brings home the cause. Yep, THAT right there is love folks. :)

January's current reads.

I love this whole magazine.. ridiculous.. i've kept it for seven years??

Bought these reads today from Amazon.com.
They're going to be the February reads.. sooo. that gives you time..
you know, if you wanted to pick one or two or all..
and be my reading buddy..
via blogger, email, or webcam??
any takers?
email: Julie.Gendron.Photo@gmail.com

pointless pregnancy insomnia post.

i really like pretty things.
Really really.
I like white
pink
pale yellow
cream..
I never used to.
Grew up around my dad, best friends were boys, and I just didnt allow myself to be girly.
At all.
Now at 27, I am. So am. I love easter with all the pastels and springyness..
i love that I have girly girls. Mostly the 6 year old.
and when i can't sleep, i like to look at stuff like these: Note: not my photography.. but it gets my mind all peaceful like, and thinking on heavenly thingys..





These next three images I got off : http://www.sweetasacandy.com
but I KNOW that the blogger there got these images from Jessica Claire site, i remember seeing it, it was the set up before a workshop she did. http://www.jessicaclaire.net/index.cfm



I have a file folder on my desktop titled "Pretties" so when i come across something I save it to there... i have so much more in there. but i thought i'd share. "just.. a few.." haha! :P

i must have thing for hot air balloons ( vintage )

pink and cream.. the only make up if i do wear any. that i wear.. color scheme i mean..

http://www.etsy.com/listing/65796893/1-3-months-hooded-poncho
I must have this for Pippa!!

No snow day. { A day in the life. }

The kids were bummed. I was bummed. I think Sadie was bummed.
The kids were hyper though, i had a headache, and Sadie.. no she wasnt bummed.
She just wanted to be played with.
I woke up with a headache, vision blurry, feeling constipated as usual, and just wanting so baaad to stuff myself back under the covers.
then the sink plugged up, and for 45 mins i plunged that sucker...

eww gross.. yeah.. plunging the sink felt like I was trying to go into preterm labor.
finally got it un plugged but not before the full sink emptied out..

I glanced out to see the dog playing tug of war with the christmas lights on the bushes ( nother waste of money ) and maive meandered in with a stench to inform me she didnt make in the toilet..
joy..
Then because we're out of oatmeal and cereal and eggs i decided to make pancakes for the kids, and hopefully get in a better mood..
but today.. today..
i keep dropping things, i'm hunched over, and i just feel so zapped.. thus this happened.
try 1.

try 2.

I then gave up and gave them a plate full of apple sauce, fishy crackers, and mixed nuts.. and OJ. -- hey we had a two hour delay so they would be eating their lunch in 90 mins anyhooo..
by then. i was starting to have those thoughts creep in..
the ones that get me when i feel really exhausted and alone.
Like: "How am I going to do this in 11 weeks?"
How can I take care of a newborn again, how can i take care of Aiva, and Aidan and Maive-ah-saurus, care for Shawn and make sure Sadie isnt getting jipped.. keep this house organized, clean, neat and tidy..
how can i wake up at night every 2-3 hrs?
I started to cry and hid in the laundry room to compose myself.
This is exactly what i dont want to happen this year.
I dont want to be a baby. I want to be tough, energetic, i want to conquer life with a smile. i dont want to get down and depressed..
I dont want to have cry fests, and I am sick of this feeling of aloneness, that nobody knows I'm here but the " I want chalk-it milk! " people.
I went out and shoveled and the fresh air and excersize made me feel better.
I cooled down and told myself this is going to be a great day. It's my day and I can determine how it goes.. it's all in my hands.
then the plow came right when i got done.. figures..
but i came in and here I am. I will conquer the kitchen, the laundry and the white carpet. i will love my little almost three year old stubborn rebel fart nugget, Maive..
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and maybe maybe maybe take a nap. Yawn.. :)
Let's do this!!

She gave me quite the jolt "Ouch" while trying to snap a quick one..