Day 43

Run, Run, as fast as you can!
I have to actually credit my brother, Sean, for catching this photo. I was busy driving. Our neighbor broke his ankle a few weeks ago and asked us to pick up his package at the office (a doggy bed for Rocky, their boxer). When Andrew came out of the office w/the box I asked if he wanted help. He immediately turned, lifted the box, and started running. Game on! We raced, but I let him win.

~H-Mac~

Day 42

A mystery. What's in the box?!
My older sister is the best, thank you for your unexpected gifts!! They made my weekend!

~H-Mac~

Day 41

Ooooh, scary!! I love my iron, there is no doubt about it. I love to keep it as clean as possible, so I can make faces in it.

~H-Mac~

Day 41

What do you see when you look at this picture??

How about my elbow, you sickos!!
I have always thought the elbow pictures were funny, and I always get a good laugh when I realize I have been tricked! Hope you get a good laugh...or at least a chuckle.

~H-Mac~

Day 40

I feel like a stalker, taking this photo. Good thing those people are only made of plastic. My grandmother bought me this 3-D photo box, and I love it! If I ever go to NYC or any other place with a fabulous bridge, I will be sure to take a picture from a distance.

~H-Mac~

Day 39

Let there be light!!
I took this picture w/the green effect and it turned out a little eerie/strange. But I like it! My folks were nice enough to give us those energy efficient light bulbs.

~H-Mac~

Day 38

"You're my favorite Deputy!!" - Toy Story
Andrew just fiddlin' around on the guitar before a potentially long night of work. I love acoustic guitar, and I love to listen to Andrew play.

~H-Mac~

Day 37

"Tut, tut, tut; looks like rain!!"
Who could resist a cute dog named Chunky Brown, when he is wearing a rain coat?! I know I can't!

~H-Mac~

Day 36

Shy Zoey!
My dearest friend Melissa stopped in on her way out of town. Zoey, who is only 2 but looks like she is 3, tried playing the shy game with me for a little while. I believe that this is the real reason why kids carry around their blankies for so long. So they can hide under them.
Once I pulled out the Disney Princess coloring book, she was not shy anymore and sang all of Ariel's songs to me.

~H-Mac~

Day 35

Today we had a Primary activity day for church -all the kids from ages 3-11 were invited to participate in all sorts of games their leaders (including me) had planned for them. I forget how creative kids can be. The girls in the picture above made a bridge out of toothpicks and mini-marshmallows. Their structure was larger than any of the boys, and they were quite proud of that.

Play-dough! Here, we have a flower that one of our 5 year-olds made. The younger kids were so funny; I would ask them to make something and they would tell me that they couldn't. Then they found a way to make it and were so pleased with themselves.

I asked the kids to make their favorite ice-cream cone. This one is a chocolate cone w/sprinkles on top. This was one of my most creative kids at the table w/the play-dough. I loved his imagination and his ability to find simple ways to make whatever he thought of.

~H-Mac~

Day 34

Holy Hangers, Batman!
The only thing we take to the dry cleaners are Andrew's work uniforms. Unless I can buy one of those professional steaming things they use (which, oddly, I would love to have) the dry-cleaners is the way for us. I am afraid of ruining his pants anyway.
We don't re-use the hangers here, and I would feel bad throwing them away. So I save them all and take them back to the cleaners every couple of weeks to be used again. It makes me feel better, since I am not as good as I should be when it comes to recycling.

~H-Mac~

Day 33

Delicious.
I know I shouldn't eat a lot of junkfood being pregnant, but, sometimes I can't help it! Before I got pregnant I abstained from anything with lots of sugar (candy, cake, etc) - and it was easy because I was never in the mood for it. But now, good grief. I always want candy bars, cookies, anything bad for me. I don't get it. Oh well. It's okay to get a Snickers every now and again...besides, this baby ain't goin anywhere for a while.

~H-Mac~

Day 32

Rain, rain, go away. This is my view from my ghetto-ly small porch. If you can even call it a porch. I like looking at this tree, and watching the branches sway with the wind. Hopefully the lightening will leave it alone - especially since it entwines with the phone/electric lines. On days like this I just wanna curl up and read a good book, or watch a movie. *sigh* But work calls...so I must go...

~H-Mac~

Day 31

Oh, smoke alarm, how dost thou annoy me? Let me count the ways;
1) You go off when there is no smoke
2) You sound the alarm when I light a scented candle
3) You wait until I am tucked away and comfortably snuggled into bed to cry about nothing
4) You never let me forget there was once smoke in the room - you just keep crying
5) You always seem to wait until after 10:30pm to wake up - when I am in bed

I know smoke alarms/detectors can save our lives and homes. But it can get really annoying when they start going off at nothing, or just don't function properly. grrrr. I realize most of our "safety" products for our home are there to protect us, and they do...but I wish they would not speak unless spoken to.

~H-Mac~

Day 30

Friends.
Where would we be without them? Probably stuck at home wondering how to get baby furniture there. Jeff & Anna are amazing for coming through for me today - they drove me all the way out in BFE off 105 near 336 in Conroe - just so I could get my furniture home sooner. They loaded everything for me, and with my family, unloaded everything and made sure it got set up. If I wasn't so pregnant, I definitely would have done more. I will put pictures of the furniture up on my other blog. I am grateful for my friends, and for my family, and all the things they help me with! I definitely would not get nearly as much done without them.

~H-Mac~

Day 29

Self portrait. I somehow managed to not get too weird an angle on this one though. Not too much to say, I don't really like talking about myself. Enough about me, tell me about you!

~H-Mac~

Day 28

So I am trying to sell this for parents, and myself (funds go toward baby stuff). It took me what felt like forever to clear all the junk off the top of this media armoire. The more I think about it, the more I realize we are like these things. They look all organized and pretty on the outside. When you look at this, you think: wow, it makes the area look clean and put-together. But then you open it...and...

Holy-Moly look at all that stuff!! haha. I figure, that is what we can be like to some people. So don't open up too fast, or you may overwhelm folks. If you open up a little at a time, people get used to you and all your little collectibles and built up corners. Or they decide they hate clutter and start to avoid you. Either way, you win.

~H-Mac~

Day 27

We can all dream, right? Had dinner w/the in-laws near market street. So we took a stroll and had some ice-cream, when we came across this amazing Rolls Royce. It was gorgeous - I could have put my makeup on in the reflection of the paint it was so clean. While I will never own of these myself, it is fun to picture myself in one. It's fun to have a dream car, but be able to be realistic enough to know what I will be driving. Which is a Mazda3 for me. *zoomzoom*

~H-Mac~

Day 26

April Fools!
I hate this day of the year. I think it's dumb, stupid, and a complete waste of time and energy. I actually took this picture last year, when Andrew & I were living with my parents. They put this sign over the door, prepared for my arrival home from a job I really hated. Here is the cliffnotes version:
I didn't like where I worked: I roll up to work to discover a HUGE sign that read: "Going Out of Business" hung next to the door (didn't have my camera with me). A smile spread across my face. I walk in, and it feels all wrong: everyone is calm and going about their day normally. No gossip, panic, screaming; nothing. My co-worker asks me if I have my resume ready and up-to-date (duh!) to which I chirped a pleasant "yes". He keeps bothering me about what the date is...I didn't get it. I kept telling him and he kept asking me as if I was going to change my mind. Then it clicked for me. April fools day. What a bunch of jerks. Get my hopes up like that.
Andrew thought it was funny that I was so disappointed about the sign, so he made his own for me. How sweet. Don't you hate it when someone gets your hopes up for something only to let you down?

~H-Mac~