K is Seven (7)!

"What a loooong strange trip it's been"

Your first day..(borrowing a digital camera)















About 19 months old. (After we went digital)















Being your silly self

















The "Rock-Star Beautician"




















After you chopped your curls.




















Our Oompa-Loompa (Listening to that darn Uncle Tim and the make-up grandma bought for you)
















Our country girl
















Birthday Eve, just having fun!

How would you like me to handle it??

This "Stress Quiz" was on Better Homes and Gardens website - aka bhg.com

Quiz: Assess Your Stress
By Victoria Mock, R.N.

Question 10 of 12

I rely on stimulants such as excess caffeine, alcohol, and even drugs.

You chose:
Often

The correct answer is:
Almost Always

5 out of 10 Questions Correct

Almost Always??? As you can see I'm not doing very well. Just the occasional daily diet Coke to get me through the afternoon. I guess I need to change my addiction?

I do have to admit their answer selections weren't very good either. Four choices being:
Almost Always
Often
Rarely
Never

ssssssst

K came home from her long day of school and went straight to the fridge. It was completely understandable since I forgot to pack her snack to eat before spanish.

Holding the fridge door open and turning around to look at me she says,"Mom it smells like farts in here."

hehehe - No really, it was the boiled eggs.

The Ugly Truth

Me: "I want to take a picture"
Him: "You just want to put it on your blog"
Me: "Yes, but for posterity"

I am a tad upset with blogger... I had this all typed up and hit publish and for some reason it disappeared. Augh! - it will teach me to save as a draft first if anything.

Here are some pictures of a grumpy Smokes. After sitting at the Dermatology office for six (6) hours; being numbed, cut and microscopically checked, re-numbed for more excision and more checking. He got to watch the football channel (too bad the season is over...), had a half-dollar size chunk removed in total and lots of stitches.

He was NOT happy when I picked him up, but I remind him it is better than the alternative.
















After 24 hours and in between bandages he let me take a few more pictures.




After two weeks it looks pretty good. He had the stitches removed last Tuesday and the steri-strips are coming off (translation - rubbed off in aggravation). There is still some swelling and discolorations (read - black and blue) around his eye. The "Zorro" scar is a bit rough and will smooth out over time.

ps - He likes to tell people I did it to him

pps - I sure wish I know how to do the strike through on some words so I could use less of these (..)

**updated to fix spelling errors, maybe I should use spell checker...**