Happy Birthday! A little late... (on my post that is)

My big girl is 3!!! I can't believe it! She is more fun all the time. Such a little talker and loves to tell dramatic stories. She is the cutest thing in our lives that's for sure! Here are some pictures from our family get together. Sorry I didn't do the usual editing!

For Nonny

Do you have a Nonny in your life? I hope you do. Maybe she is blood related or maybe she's not, like our Nonny. Nonny is Swedish for Grandma or something of that sort. I'm really not sure. We didn't have the honor of naming her that but all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren call her that. We got to call her that by default because she was our neighbor across the street for about 5 years along with good old Granddad. They are a wonderful couple who are godly and just overall nice people. My girl loves them and they are an adopted set of grandparents to her. There have been so many things that Nonny has done for B and our family but one of our favorites is the handmade raggedy Ann that she made. Well actually she made two because I wouldn't let B really play with the one because I wanted to keep it for a keepsake so she made her another. B loves these dolls and they rotate as her favorite doll. That brings us to the pictures. One of B's other favorite people, Courtney, bought her a dress over a year ago now that looked like one a Raggedy Ann doll might wear. It was a 3T so we are just now getting to use it. She wore it this morning and I couldn't resist taking a picture. So this blog entry is for Nonny (and Courtney). Thanks for making my girl so happy with something as small as a gift and as big as your love for her. I whole heartedly believe in the saying "It takes a Village to raise a child". You both are very important parts of her Village and I am so thankful for the role you have played in shaping who she will be even when she is a Nonny herself!

Sorry again--for the last time.

I'm done apologizing for my lack of posts. I've been consumed by my vintage eBay world and that's all there is to it. Its like an addiction. But it makes our family some extra cash so that's what counts at the moment! Someday maybe I'll be a regular blogger again. But in the meantime, don't miss us too bad! I guess its Blogger Burnout!

I know, I KNOW!!!

I'm so sad that I have been a loser blogger. I do plan to get back into it very regularly. I have just been consumed with life and well really my eBay life. I've figured out how to make some extra cash by scouring yard sales. And I have a fellow friend who goes along for the journey so its even more fun. Spirit seems to enjoy going along most of the time as well. So I know my thousands of regular readers (aka 2 sets of grandparents) are sad that I haven't updated as regularly. Here are a bunch of pics and some videos that are sure to entertain for at least 10 minutes. I'll get up and running regularly soon. Part of it is sloooooooooooooooooooooooooow computer woes as far as loading pics and even trying to mess with blogger which tends to slow down my computer. Now if I could just find that $1500 pair of levis for a buck at a yard sale then I would be fixing that problem as well! Here goes with the updates...

MOTHER'S DAY 2008

Random Cute Pictures...

Well Shockingly Blogger won't let me upload anymore pics at the moment. That is such a problem these days! Enjoy what I have up and I'll get more up later...

Here are links to what I think are some of my most fun entries if you want to talk a walk down memory lane...

http://lifewithspirit.blogspot.com/2008/02/top-10-ways-to-know-your-life-is-filled.html

http://lifewithspirit.blogspot.com/2008/03/jesus-loves-mewith-flair.html

http://lifewithspirit.blogspot.com/2008/03/miss-personality.html

http://lifewithspirit.blogspot.com/2008/03/day-in-life-of-spirit.html

http://lifewithspirit.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-in-world-was-in-that-picture.html

http://lifewithspirit.blogspot.com/2008/04/spirit-and-her-friend-angel.html

That's all for now!

Nasty BMV (Some States have nasty DMV ) Ladies--Not an Urban Legend

We moved States in January. Not something I hope to ever repeat ever ever again in my life. Hear that God???? I'm begging you here. Trying to transfer your car titles over and get a new license has put me over the edge and I literally hope to never relocate again. In fact, when we finally get to buy a house here (after the sale of our house in that other state) I wouldn't care at all if we never move again. So on with my story...

I had to get a new license, transfer my car titles and get new plates today. Why today? Well comeon now, our plates expire today. I've been thinking about it for a while and knew it needed to be done but unfortunately I haven't done it. Very unfortunate indeed. I got home today from taking some things over to a friend's house for her yard sale tommorrow. I decided to pick up the house a bit, feed my girl and get her down for a nap. Then I would get her up and run over to the BMV.

Well guess who refused to nap for today??? That's right. Spirit with her amazing 6th sense knew that we had some place to go even though I hadn't said a word. So after her jumping around in her bed and SCREAMING momma!!!! for about an hour and a half I got her and figured I would get a head start on the BMV. So we left for the one that is about 15 miles away because after calling I found out I had to go to that one to take a test to make sure I know my State's laws so I could transfer my license over. That part went fairly smoothly if you count going to the BMV and being told to go next door to take your test. Which you know, is lots of fun to uproot your two year old from the puzzles and take her next door where there are NO toys and she is going to have to sit quietly because everyone in the room is taking driving tests. Oh and have I mentioned that when my girl gets tired she gets WIRED. Its like she is trying to keep herself awake. So she was dancing all over the place while I started the test.

Thankfully the ladies behind this desk weren't too bad and offered her a coloring book. She did just fine with that and kept sort of quiet until I got up again and was trying to talk to the ladies. Her dancing and singing antics started back over again. I passed my test and had to head back over to next door.

This is where the mean ladies come in. I let B play with the toys again so that helped. For now. I got to go back up to the desk because I was a "Return". I went up and they asked me for my Social Security Card. Well I had two pieces of paper with my my number on it but they weren't the right two pieces of paper. I need to order a new card but remember, today was the day our plates expire so I was trying to get this all done today. I showed them a whole bunch of identification and my two papers. The lady who was helping me and her person beside her were literally mocking me to each other. But not in a quiet manner. In a way that I knew for sure I had been soooooo dumb as to try and prove my social security number without one of the papers on their list. The mean BMV lady said, "Did they give you one of these papers?" Not being real clear on who "they" are I said no. She said, "well these are the only papers we will take with your social security number." I said, "Oh, well I wasn't sure. I just tried to dig some things up and get over here." They told me to go to the other BMV which was a little closer to me (I couldn't go there in the first place because they don't do the out of state testing) and take my Social Security Card. I decided since I had messed up in the first place I had better ask what I needed for my license plates. So, like a moron, I asked. Meany Pants said, "Well, do you have your title?" To which I replied, "I have my registrations right here..." Now lets pause. I'm an educated person. Granted, I didn't look that great today with my pulled back hair and work out pants, t-shirt and zip up hoodie but really. Meany Pants said back to me, in a tone that I can only describe as burnt out-but tenured-55 year old-about to retire teacher tone, "That is not what I asked." At which point I was ALL DONE. All Done. I was bothered at myself for procrastinating, worried about my plates expiring and a mother to a non napping almost 3 year old Spirited child. I was ready, absolutely ready, to bite her head off. But I just looked at her and said thank you and picked up all my paperwork. She tried to stop me with a ma'am before turning to her vicious little friend and began mocking me again saying she was trying to help me but I just walked away. I told my girl it was time to go. Thank goodness she fully cooperated and walked obediently out the door with me. Oh, I'm sorry, that was my denial speaking. She refused and wanted to pick up her toys she had been playing with and close the lid. And take the one with her. So what I meant to type is I literally had to carry my kicking and screaming almost 3 year old out the door when all I wanted to do was get out of there.

So I came home and dug up all the paperwork I needed (and yes, should have had with me in the first place). The BMV by our house was open until 6:30 so I threw my girl back in the car and called my husband to meet me over there. He was thrilled. I mean, he wanted to take me out to dinner for calling him to do this after working until 6PM and having to go deal with all this at the very last minute right before they close. Sorry Babe. Procrastination got the best of me. Again. So we had to have vehicle inspections, go next door to another set of mean ladies for the title work. But oh wait. My state doesn't take debit or credit cards. Nope. They sure don't. They expected me to have close to $200 worth of cash with me for all of this stuff. And I had looked on the website and didn't see this stated anywhere (not that I was looking for it but comeon!) So we dug up enough money to have my husband sign power of attorney over to me to deal with the title work. The For Real nice ladies on the BMV side at this branch even tried to pay so we could get the titles done with three minutes left but the mean title ladies had locked their door three minutes early.

So where does that leave me??? Going over to the BMV first thing in the morning. Can you feel my enthusiasm jumping through my blog??? I'll let you know how it goes. Oh and the 2 BMV ladies at this branch really were nice but umm, yeah...The one who took my picture turned the screen toward me when I was done and said, do you remember this picture? Oh dear. There it was. Me 5 months after we got married and 70 lbs ago, all tan with super cute hair. So while she was quite the friendly sort, part of me has to wonder if she was pretending to be friendly and that was her way of being mean.

I'll update again soon. I'm putting a no-nap Toddler/Preschooler to bed early.

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Too Good Not to Share

My husband uses a lot of Louie Giglios stuff for his lessons. My friend sent me this link. Louie is truly a man of God who can speak his word in ways that touch your heart. This video can make you just fall apart at the amazing love of Christ and his creation of people. Its about nine minutes long. The first six minutes or so are really good, the last 3 will stick with you forever, literally. How Great is our God!

Go Fly a Kite

Well we tried to do it! But apparently we got the wrong kind. According to my friend we need the 2.88 ones from Wal-Mart. They fly the best. This one never got much higher than the house but she had fun. She also dressed herself--notice the upside down jacket. :)

You Forgot to Go to Bed!

About 15 minutes after I posted the one below, I heard my girl SOBBING over the monitor. I thought she had a bad dream or something. I got up there and she said, "Moooommmyyy, you have to go to bed....You forgooooot!" Alllll sad. She is such a funny little girl!

New Camera!!!

It was a beautiful day today. A mite chilly but beautiful none the less. We played outside forever and ate our lunch out there. I read my camera manual which is laughable. I'm such a hands on learner. Well, I say that, I'm a--read it over--not really grasp it--try to do it--look back at the directions/read it over again--try to do it again--ok I think I've got it--learner. There is actually a name for that. I learned it once in Psychology class in college. However, I just heard it the one time so without my learning process, I can't tell you what it was! Wow, how's that for rambling? The whole point of this entry is to post some pics with my new camera. Its a great little point and shoot which takes pics very quickly and has some advanced features that I'm going to try hard to use. So here goes!

Our Dandelions grow sideways here so we don't get the yard treated.
Cheese!

New Camera
Old Camera
Love all that hair!

Niiiice Outfit!--She ran back in later to get those socks. :)

Hello Again...

I feel like I've lost touch with my blogging world. I haven't even kept up on the one's that I read. I got a camera that was originally $400 for $169 so that's exciting. I just now am getting it out and charging the batteries and all. I can't wait to see what it can do. Here's my last round of pictures from the old one. I'm excited to get back into blogging and reading the ones I like to keep up on. My life has been a whirlwind of weekend travels lately. I CANNOT wait to be home this weekend. We hope all is well with you and can't wait to be back to our regular blogging world!

My Little Climbing Monkey--Doesn't that hurt?

"I'm doing my Exercises Mom!"

"Quit taking my picture Mom!"
"Mom, can I watch TV on your bed for a little bit?" Sure little Spirited girl who refused to nap 3 days in a row. Sure you can. Naps at 6PM are not a good thing!!!! :)

Have You Missed Us?

So I'm hoping you have missed my camera as much as I have! That little booger. Anyway...I do have some pictures to post from a quick visit I made to see my nieces who turned one yesterday! Let's see, I took a few others of my girl. I can't remember what else there is, but I'll just do a picture blog to catch everyone up. The good news is now I will have a camera!!!! Someone gave me some some money to get one but I'm not allowed to reveal who they are. But thank you! I can't wait!

Little Digger

Cute Cousins