Is Mommy On Crack?

No, no she is not.  She is, however, loaded on caffeine.  Alright maybe not loaded--but I did forget the power of coffee.

I recently received one of those fancy Keurig coffee makers as a gift.

I go on kicks where I really enjoy some coffee in the mornings.  Mostly in the winter.  But this winter, my coffee pot is in storage.  Bummer.  So I have really been jonesing for a warm cup of Joe.  I was absolutely delighted when I was surprised by this gift.  Finally, Tuesday, I ran to Wal-Mart and grabbed a few boxes of the k-cups (I think that is what they are called) so I could make myself some coffee.  I got one box of the goodnight tea so I had something to drink at night and I also got a box of butter toffee coffee.  Both are delicious.

Anyways, so my point.  Besides the wonderful taste, I forgot about the caffeine buzz.  I never really thought it effected (or is it affected??) be before until today.  Haley woke up in a great mood.  Her and I had a few hours alone, then when Ian woke up he made an off-handed comment about not being able to sleep while I am running around the apartment like a mad woman.  Then I realized, I was hopped up on caffeine.  

I don't know, maybe it is a bad habit to start--but it is nice to have a jolt of energy in the morning.  I have been telling myself for awhile that I was going to start going to bed earlier, but the truth is, it just doesn't happen.  I feel like going to bed early makes me a bad wife (and let's face it, I like a few hours of down time alone between Haley going to sleep and Ian coming home), but staying up late makes me a bad mom.  So here is my solution, stay up late--and down some coffee first thing in the morning.  It has a timer function--maybe I'll even set a timer so it is ready for me when I get up.  Oh the possibilities.

So thank my coffee for having the energy to get everything done this morning in an hour so I have time to sit down and blog.


So below is a picture of the sandwich I ate last night while watching the KU game.  I was going to make hamburger helper, but apparently we don't have any ground turkey.  So I decided to make an egg and ham sandwich.  Let me tell you, it was one heck of a good sandwich.  I may have to do a repeat of it tonight.  Now, isn't your life so much more enriched now that you know what I ate for dinner last night??? Right.

The next picture is a picture of my friend Erin at the mall last Saturday.  But oh wait, that is not Erin--because Erin was hard at work.  That is her doppelganger.  I swear she looked just like Erin.  I wondered if she noticed me snap a picture of her.  I may or may not be completely crazy.

And now, some pictures of my kid recently.  None of them are all that great--but she doesn't often sit still long enough for me to snap a picture of her.  And usually when we are enjoying a big belly laugh, I don't think to grab a camera and take a picture of her beautiful smile.  Regardless....here you are.  

This is Haley with Malachi during the Super Bowl.  They are a week and a half apart.

She isn't often allowed on our bed, but I took her in to wake up Ian one morning.
She started crawling around and hamming it up for us.  

Haley playing with her older cousin Gaige.  Gaige has super cool toys.  She loved the little people
and of course the Ipod with kiddie videos on it.  They are watching a video together in this picture.  

Haley showing off her designer jeans I got for a quarter.   Love Craigslist.  

My little buddy wanted Haley to play Twister, but he was disappointed quickly when
he realized that she isn't very good at listening.  

Yup, love her.

I have also been busy checking on our house building progress.  It is so not going to be finished in April like they had first thought.  I think we are now shooting for June. Originally, we were going to build a two story house, but decided at the last moment to build a reverse ranch (what that actually means, I have no idea).  But basically, everything we need is on one level.  Then the downstairs is going to be finished off with an extra bedroom and entertainment space.  I think this is going to suit our needs the best.

And lastly, one of my girl friends bought me a beautiful yellow scarf because she had heard me talk about trying to find one since before Christmas.  Well she found one and bought me one!  How sweet!  She gave it to me Saturday night when KU and MU were playing and I refused to wear it that night because everyone said I should wear it to support MU.  Well we lost that game, so I decided to wear it last night to support KU...as good luck.  And sure enough they won, so it may end up being my official game day scarf.  Last night it brought me extra luck because not only did KU win, but Duke also won too against North Carolina--so both of the teams I was wanting to win, won last night!! 

Wow, that was a lot for one day!  I am also working on a post for Valentine's day (gag).  Not a huge fan of such a corny holiday, and I generally don't get worked up over it--but there is a trend going around, and it has been requested upon me to participate.  So soon, I will be posting the story of Ian and I.  So be prepared to gag.  

Thanks much.  And be well....I'm going go go have some more coffee now!