Due to sad circumstance my cousin and her family have flown out to Texas; leaving me with a 2 day week this week!  Whoa – 5 days off in a row!  First thing I wanna do is get the housework caught up… you know the drill – laundry, dishes, general items laying around the house as always!  Once that is done I feel like I can be inspired to do other things like *ahem* online work.. and MAYBE some scrapbooking [dare I hope it]?  I'm also hoping to finish my blog, a collab project, finish the SBB site design, and so on and so on….

But to just have 3 entire days without the kids here all day long – I can't remember the last time this has happened!

Well my daughter just completed her second dance competition of the season and we are now done for at least I think a month and half. yeah! Love going and I know Megan loves them too – but when they are back to back two weekends in a row – it's tough!  Everyone did GREAT – and the studio got a PLATINUM [highest award you can get] for their production "Oriental Idea" and also high score!  Great job everyone!  I have pics on facebook  (:

I feel like I have SO MUCH to be done right now!  I need to pack for 2 and half days for Megan's dance competition.  Still need to stop and pick up some things for the stay this weekend; need to bake some things to take with us for the girls to snack on – ugh!   thank goodness this is the last dance competition until I believe April! [YEAH!]  Don't get me wrong – I love going and love watching and they do a great job… it's also just very crazy all weekend – lol.

Upside – Megan only has one dance this evening and I have work online I need to take care of most of the day so know I will have plenty of time with internet in the hotel to still get things done so this time I won't feel so behind when we get back.  That's always a good thing!

My oldest daughter had one of her dance competitions this weekend – and whoa am so glad to be home.  It was quite the venture!  We woke up the next morning and the toilet had a misfunction in the flapper valve or something and it kept running and would not stop!  Water came out everywhere!  Poor roomy Sue had just gotten out of the shower!  We scrambled around to get everything off the floor – mind you this was in the middle of the girls trying to put on makeup and get ready for their first dance of the morning at 9:15.  On our way there b/c we were running late they text and say their number was lining up – ugh!  We were still on our way there!  All-in-all though got the girls there on time and everything went well.

Megan did great and was asked to be on the Performance Team for their Nationals in New Jersey but we won't be going – it's a $575.00 entry fee alone – EEP.  I love her dancing but not at that cost!  It was an honor she was asked though (:

The last two days I've had a CRYING baby on my hands.  I babysit for my cousin and the baby seemed to have wanted to cry almost all afternoon Monday and Tuesday.  Thought I'd lose my mind and remembered why I don't miss having a baby.  BUT… that being said – today is back to what seems to be a NORMAL day for baby!  YEAH! 

On another note for the makings of a great day so far, my husband stopped at Walmart for some bits of groceries we needed here at the house!  Love that – because I HATE shopping – it's not what I want to do in MY free time (:

What a weird morning for me.  I feel on my back about a week and half ago; slipped on ice!  I took quite the fall and at the time it probably looked quite funny if anyone happened to see it – my shoe went flying – but my back – UGH!  It's killing me still.  I took one muscle relaxer last night which really helped my back and to finally get some sleep.  BUT now this morning I had this really strange vision aura.  I don't ever get migraines so am not sure what that's about.  Will have to keep an eye on it and make sure it's nothing worse.  I also made sure to eat something as well to make sure it wasn't due to low blood sugar or something.  And the muscle relaxer – WHOA – I don't think I've ever been so sleepy.  I don't care for them @ all – it gave me that general feeling of weirdness when I woke up this morning.