RTT: Musings from the weekend

It's April 24th.  We are almost 1/3 of the way done with the year!!  Can you believe that?  I can't.  Time goes by so quickly even when I am wanting it to slow down so I can bask in the moment of now.  But since it's not let's get down to some random with Stacy.



Who buys the items (mainly clothes) from the ads in the Sunday paper?  I really want to know?  The horrible pants and shoes that are always there lead me to wonder who is buying it.  And you know they are because if they weren't there wouldn't continue to be ads selling it. 

We are signing Leo up for T-ball.  This will be his first team sport we are trying.  We've done swimming lessons and gymnastics but this will be his first sport where he will have to work with others to try to win.  I'm actually not sure if there are winners in T-ball where we go but I hope there are. Because I do not like the leagues where everyone wins.  I don't think that really teaches anyone anything.  Because life has winners and losers.  But that's just me.

We got Leo enrolled in kindergarten about a month ago.  It's at the Catholic school here in town.  There is a dress code (uniforms, etc.) but Leo needs new shoes.  And since the dress code includes certain types of shoes (no loud colors, no lights, no wheels) I figured why buy a pair now that he won't be able to wear then.  So when I took him to look at shoes he threw a hissy fit when I told him that.  And the ones that were really cute that I figured he would like he was against them.  And I think it's only because he wanted something else.  So we left with no new shoes.  We'll try again at one other place but if he doesn't find any that works I'm just going back to Wal-Mart to get the ones I liked!

This Friday I am going to Final Friday with some girlfriends and I'm really looking forward to it.  It's an art crawl where a lot of shops in the downtown area have art from local artists.  It's really cool and I haven't gone to one in 2 years.  So of course it's supposed to rain.  But here's hoping the weatherman is wrong or it at least holds out until the end of the night!

Baseball season has officially started and the Royals...suck.  They've lost 10 in a row and haven't won a single game at home this season.  If they keep it up it will make for a looong season.  Hopefully when we go in a few weeks they can at least pull off 1 win!  We're going for 2 games but I'll settle for 1 win!

Ok, that's enough today.  Hope everyone has an awesome Tuesday!

Spin Cycle: Compliments

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Compliments...hmmm.  There is a lot of ways I can go with this.  Gretchen gave some great ideas in her layout for us and I'm going to take a few from her.

I am very, very uncomfortable when people give me compliments.  I never know how to be gracious when people say something nice to me.  Not that people are constantly complimenting me, but especially when I was losing weight people were saying things to me and I was just always embarassed. 

But on the flip-side of that I have no problem giving people compliments.  And I don't give them freely but if I see something I like on someone, or if they've changed something and I like it then I tell them. 

Finally...I give compliments to Leo all the time.  As a kid I don't think that you should hold things back if you think they're doing something good.  I'm sure I tell him things way more frequently than I need to but if he does something that I appreciate I'm going to tell him.  I am not one of those parents that think if you give your kids too many compliments then it will make them feel entitled.  But I also don't give just willy-nilly compliments.  Like, Leo your hair looks so nice today.  No, not so much.  If he picks up his toys without me asking, or if he draws a nice picture then I'm going to say something.

So there you have it.  My take on compliments. Go see Gretchen and the other spinners and compliment them on their lovely writing!

Life Recap

I've been MIA for almost 3 weeks and not much has been going on but I'll give you a quick recap of what's been going on.

Easter was 2 weeks ago.  We had a really nice weekend.  I didn't have to work that weekend and so the hubby and I had my parents watch the boys while we did a little Easter shopping.  It was the first time we'd been together alone since Valentine's day weekend.  And of course his family decided to come into town so then we lost our chance at a "date".  So we went to lunch with them and then spent the evening at his sister's house eating dinner and decorating eggs.  Sunday we spent going to church and then spent the afternoon at my aunt and uncle's house stuffing our faces and egg hunting.  An all in all fun weekend.

That work week was my last in the branch where I worked.  I had found out the previous week that I had gotten a position internally and would be moving to our downtown location in a different department so I spent the week cleaning up work that needed to be finished and making sure I said my farewells to my friends where I worked.

The next weekend was a crazy weekend because we were expecting very severe storms including tornadoes.  Since Kansas is used to tornadoes the part of knowing we were expecting them was fine, but I was at work and the boys were at home so it was stressful not knowing if/when it would hit and where we would be.  Thankfully I made it home and we got over to my parent's house (who have a basement) before the sirens went off.  The storm was really close to their house but thankfully there was no damage.  About 2 miles away from their house was pretty severe damage to a lot of houses and businesses (including my mom's work--she's been off work all week due to damage) so we were very lucky.

This past week I started my new job. I  now work in the main bank location in the international department.  It's pretty crazy that there is so much to learn but so far I love it.  Let's hope that keeps up! :)  I will say one of my favorite perks about the job is that I work a set schedule Monday-Friday 8-5.  I always know I will be home in the evenings and weekends.  Woo hoo!

And finally this weekend has been pretty laid back.  Saturday morning we started with Leo's bowling.  He bowled a 92 with 2 strikes.  Go him!  Then I took him to a friend's birthday party and dropped him off at 2.  They didn't bring him home until almost 7:30.  They must have been having a GREAT time!  I ended up eating dinner with my parents and some of their friends for my mom's birthday.  It was really nice.  Today has been a lazy day.  I didn't get much sleep last night because Jacoby decided since I messed up his sleep schedule yesterday he would mess mine up last night!  So I stayed in bed until almost 10.  From there we have just hung out.  The boys both took early naps (around 11 until 2 and 3) and I caught up on my shows that I had recorded.  I need to do laundry and make a meal plan for the week but we'll see if that happens!

Well that's what has been going on in my world.  If you've gotten this far...thank you!  Hopefully I will not go 2 more weeks between blogging but who knows.  I'm sure with the summer coming there will be a lot to blog about!