Good Housekeeping

I need some advice!

Do you keep a tidy home?

What's your secret?

Are you more  like me and feel overwhelmed

with the juggle housework and motherhood?

Please click here to read

this week's column and leave a comment

 over at Athens Patch!

Hunting for Crystals

I've been pondering lately about the motivations 

behind each of the posts on this blog.

Sometimes I write a post because my creativity 

is brimming and I have no choice but to let my vision take over. 

Other times, I want to celebrate a wonderful 

moment in my life and document it here on these pages.

Sometimes, I hope to inspire my readers
to slow down and enjoy the smallest and most fleeting moments life.

Other times, I blog for my children.

So that they will have a record of their childhood.

I recently went on a field trip with Griffin's class

on a quest to find crystals buried in a Georgia field.

The kids felt like explorers and it was amazing

to watch their excitement when they unearthed

beautiful rocks and crystals.

Griffin would tell each class member,

"Oh, let my mom take a picture of that one

and she'll put it on her blog!"

They would seek me out in the woods...

"Excuse me, Griffin's mom, will you take a picture of this?"

Who could say no to that request?

So, now I have a whole photo collection

of children proudly showing me their treasures.

I was honored to forever capture that moment in time.

The time when they were so curious and free.

So, here you go sweet kids. 

This blog post if all for you

and your wonderful shiny rocks!

52 Weeks of Happiness :: Week 33

Let me tell you why going to a Fall Festival is so awesome.

Because you can shove two Italian ices in your face at once.

You can get cotton candy that is bigger than your head.

You can wait in line for 45 stinkin' minutes

with a wild three-year-old and

the moment he sits down to get transformed into Batman,

he freezes like a good little statue.

Oh, the excitement of having every single kind junk food

you could possibly want available in one tent

 is almost too much to stand.

Let me tell you, going to a festival with a gluten intolerance 

is almost a form of torture.

I swear that I heard a funnel cake laugh at me when I walked by.

 

Perhaps the biggest success was

purchasing marshmallow shooters for the boys.

The marshmallows have been flying at my house ever since.

I love good old fashioned fun!

 

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Want to join me in my quest
to scout out happiness for a whole year?
Simply post a photo of something that
makes you wildly happy and tell us all about it.
Then, steal my button and include it in your post.
Don't forget to link up to Mr. Linky.

Winner : Lizard Family

We have a winner for this week's installment of Freakshow Friday. Please take note that my super hilarious and non biased best friend was the judge. Here are the top three in no particular order.

Linda D

 The lizard was so ashamed of his adoptive family 

that the only way he'd agree to be 

photographed was A$$%-backwards.
 Travis
 After focus-grouping this photo, the producers
of "Full House" decided to make some much needed cast changes.

 Kearsie
 Madame Serena decided to provide photographical evidence
 that she did not eat her children or pets,
according to local legend.

the winner is..

 Travis Sloat

 After focus-grouping this photo, the producers 
of "Full House" decided to make some much needed cast changes. 

Travis Sloat
is the funniest blogger in all the land

Please visit his blogand marvel at this fantastic award he just earned!

Thanks to all the people who played.
Tune in this Friday for another installment of Freakshow Friday!

Freakshow Friday : Lizard Family Edition

It's time for another installment of Freakshow Friday. Where I ask my readers to come up with a caption or story for a funny photo. My best friend will be the judge and she's one hilarious freakaziod. So, bring it! Here is this week's photo, it's a little scary.

Lizzie the lizard must have crapped on mom's head.

You got a better one for me?

If so, you may just when this
super duper brand new awesome award
and have bragging rights forever.
Oh...do I ever have an award for you!
You will win this brand spankin' new award!!

If you win then I'll link up to your
Blog and make a big deal
about how funny you are.
Simply leave your funny caption or story
in my comments section.

The winner will be announced on Monday.

Over-scheduled Kids

How many after school activities do your children participate in?

Do you ever feel like it's too much?

Click here to read the article and join the discussion

by leaving a comment over at Athens Patch.

Wild Flower Love Affair

One of my favorite things about going to the plantation

is seeing the expansive fields of tall grass and flowers.

This is the perfect habitat for quail and 

since the property is a hunting preserve,

the land is groomed to have wild blooms 

spread all over the place.

It's a dream come true for a flower bandit like me.

Since we all know that I 

can't just admire a flower

without walking up and saying hello,

here are some of the lovely ladies

that I encountered while in South Georgia.

I met electric pink flowers,

cascading white flowers,

little yellow flowers hugging sweet white flowers,

white blooms that looked like tiny firework explosions,

 

and I even swooned at purple Beautyberries too.

It was a wild flower love affair.