Todays blog challange is.....what makes you smile. I was inspired to have this challange after reading Jens blog www.scrapbookhut.com check it out. I read her entry of today and when I got to the end and read about the underwear drawer I half choked on my waffle and the other half went flying out of my mouth while I tried to laugh. It put a smile on my face and made me think...I guess it could be really revealing. ROFLOL.....good or bad. THANKS for making me laugh/smile Jen!!

I have SO many things that make me smile...I could write a book. My kids make me smile, my family, my friends, scrapbooking. The little things usually make me smile.

Like when you get an awesome greeting from someone who sees you when they were not expecting to. Puts a smile on your face because it shows that you are important to them and that they care. (you know who you are, THANKS!)

Or when I get an unexpected phone call from a parent thanking me for all of my work, efforts and over all compassion for their kids and showing their kids how they can better themselves, their future and their life. That I am a great person for doing what I do and that I should love my job because I can help others make a difference when I make a difference. Ugh, makes my heart sink because it is so filled with joy...really makes me smile.

Oooo how about when you get something in the mail......Ahhhh gotta love all that mail love. Thanks chicas!

Or when a friend tells you that they don't know what they would do with out you in their life.

Babies make me smile...kids make me smile....don't you just love it when they tell you a joke that really isn't all that funny but they make it funny because of how excited they are about it and how their actions are when they are telling you the joke....the expressions,etc. LOL...too cute!

Makes me smile when you unexpectedly get a large floral arrangement. I know how expensive those pups are and lets me know that its not the amount of $ spent on them that matters to the person who bought them. But what matters is the fact that they know it will make me smile and they feel I am worth every cent! Then every day you look at the flowers or smell them when you walk in the room it puts another smile on your face just knowing that you make the person smile too. KWIM.

OK off of the blog challange here is what I am up to today.......writing and submitting 4 court reports for court next week. Cleaning. Take photos for todays photo challange ( I know I am late again! Sorry I want to get them posted in the am but it just hasn't been working, LOL), then posting them. Did I mention cleaning? Ugh! I just want to scrap....its been a couple weeks! I so need some scrap therapy...put me in a happy place. I want to check Ann's blog to see if she made a new entry for her summer long journaling challanges/tips/how to's, etc. I really want to know more about it from a historian point of view. I just journal what I would want to know about the person I am scrapping about if I were their future generation...make sense? KWIM or am I a total freak? LOL

I know most peeps do spring cleaning...but in the spring I work 2 jobs and about 2 days a week only have 30 minutes in between jobs. So that leaves NO time to do my "spring" cleaning. Therefore I wait until school is out and summer begins for me!
Then I spend about a week to go through the entire house..top to bottom. I clean out every closet, drawer, dressers, stands, benches, "under beds" my kids' favorite place to put CRAP, argh! And I clean every single room, every nook and cranny there is.
We are having a rummage sale (multiple parties) on the weekend of June 22 (my birthday!) and that is my deadline to have the house in top shape by!!
My boys leave for a week on saturday. They are going to my BIL/SIL. I plan to do their rooms when they are gone...well basically the entire basement level. Thank goodness there is a large work out area & bar area that will not require hardly any time...prolly 20 minutes. Mainly to wash everything down. It is pretty clean in those areas 24/7. Whew. And the rec room will be fairly easy too. Its mainly their rooms and the laundry room that will be the nightmares!!!!!!
I wanted to start at the top of the house which is my room. It is really large and has a large walk in closet that has been jam packed all year. Other than the closet it will go pretty smoothly...just wipe things down, clean bathroom, mount a cabinet on the wall in the bathroom, move our bedroom couch, chairs, ottoman and table to vaccuum under them all...ugh the big thing...moving our log bed to vac. under it...way heavy!!! And with my recent back injury I may have to recruit some help.
For now I have been in my walk in closet for 4.5 hours and have about another hour or 2 to go before I am done cleaning it!! Ugh I am sick of this "spring/summer cleaning" already!!
My closet is looking soooooo bare though. I have emptied it and only putting back minimal things. I have eliminated about 4 rows of clothing and about 4-5 stacks that sit on shelves in the closet. Mmm I think each row is about 8/9ft long...to give you an idea of how much. I know I have multiple stacks chin high of clothes I am getting rid of.......sucks!! They are my "skinny" clothes that I have been hanging onto for the past year that I have gained and kept gaining more and more weight...finally giving up hope of ever being able to fit into a size 0-3 again!!!!!!! Ugh! I hate this weight gain! I am larger now than I ever was being a month over due with my first child...I think it is stress, boredom eating and NO working out from no time and being lazy!
Oh crap a half hour has past.....I better get my ass in gear if I plan on getting my room done today! I better put a fire under my boys butts to get moving...its wed and they leave saturday and they will not be going if their room is not done before!! Ya I know I said I was going to do it and I am when they are gone....but they have to do it to their standards...then momma does it to hers......WAY different!! ROFLOL!!

Beeeeeee back later to post the photo a day challange!