Blog Party...Randomness

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Hello!  I am Julie.  I have three boys, three dogs, and one husband. 

Random Facts

I lose my cell phone about once a day.  The only way I find it,  is to call it.  I wish I could call my keys.

Every day after school, my sons come home and empty the sand from their shoes into a bucket. 

We are saving up for a sandbox...
Not really, but we should!! 

I have my Master's degree in Marriage and Family therapy. I currently stay at home with my kids.
I overanalyze everything. Mostly myself.

I run to stay fit; I run to stay sane.

I need to make a chore chart for myself.

I am hooked on LOST but wish they would answer a few more questions! 

How are they going to wrap this all up in a few weeks?!

 I tend to let our kids go a little wild with their "creativity."

My husband has found a unique way to organize our garage:

I hit my head on a bike at least once a day...

I love to travel.  I wish I could do more of it.

Secret Talents

In this picture I was trying to do a cartwheel on a piece of wood stretched across a swimming pool. 

I tried several times.

I never quite landed it.  One foot on, two feet on, but darn it!  Never found myself standing on the other side.

Thankfully, I am still alive to tell about it.

I make a mean PB and J. 

I'm pretty good at face-painting.

and arm painting

Daily Ponderings

Does the guy on the corner, dressed like the Statue of Liberty, really bring in business?

or does he scare it away...?

Putting fruit in my son's lunchbox seems to be an exercise  in futility. 

I put it in.  He doesn't eat it.  It comes back home. 

 I put it in. He doesn't eat it. It comes back home. 

 But if I don't put it in, I feel like a bad mom.  So we play this little "pass the fruit" game.

I am afraid to look under my bed.  No, not afraid of monsters.  Afraid of what I might find under there.  It has become a dog den.  Old food wrappers, stolen underwear (mine, ugh!), and wooden toys handmade in Germany chewed to bits...Oh, I've braved it a few times, and it is not pretty.

I'm still finding plastic Easter eggs wherever I go, parking lots, the park...are you? 

Usually when the house is quiet, it is a bad thing.
When the car is quiet, it is usually a good thing.
However, it is not usually THIS good:

I asked the kids to help me decorate for my husband's birthday:

Recommendations

I just finished reading The Help, by Kathryn Stockett.  I LOVED it.  

If you are looking for a good book, I highly recommend it. (See my side bar for pic.) 

Another great book is Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. 
Read it!  You will love it.  Well, at least, I loved it.

Happy Blog Party and Random Tuesday!