Monday, March 18, 2024

25 Questions (Questions 1-5)

Natasha started answering these questions and I thought they looked fun and would also be good to do while things in Gurley-land were running along smoothly.

1. What does your ideal day look like?

My ideal day would involve being on vacation with a chai and a good book! A little sight-seeing, some yummy food, and good time with our family {who this magical trip would be with}.

This wouldn't be a bad view on my perfect day!

2. What did you want to be when you were younger?

I always imagined I would be a teacher. My parents were teachers and 3 of my grandparents were teachers, and I loved playing school with my sister. We had old gradebooks of our parents and would raid the lockers at the H.S. on the last day of school and get to take home binders and notebooks and had a blast playing school. Absolutely ridiculous to think about now, I would be a terrible teacher!

3. Who are you most inspired by? Why?

My mom! Growing up, I didn't realize how hard everything she did was [and now as a working mom, I know!]. I always felt loved and cared for, and she made our life look relaxed and easy. She worked a full-time job {while my dad worked 80 hour works for a good chunk of the year as a football coach in Texas ha}, kept our house running and clean, cooked meals for us, played with us, did it all! And now she is the most amazing grandmother - the kids love being at her house and spending time with her. She is definitely my role model for the mother I strive to be and the grandmother I hope to be someday!

The best Babs!

4. Who would you love to meet? What would you ask?

This question would be very different if not for where my brain has been the last few weeks, but right now, it's Kate Middleton! Ha! I am SO curious as to what surgery she actually had {I think facelift if she actually had surgery} and what the heck is going on. Are she and William fighting? Did she have a nervous breakdown? Is his supposed mistress pregnant?!?!?! WHERE IS SHE?

My all-time favorite look of hers!

5. What habit would you most like to break? What habit would you most like to start?

BAD HABIT: If you know me at all or have read my blog for any amount of time, I would love to change my relationship with food and especially sugar! [Typing this as I drink a coke!]

NEW HABIT: I have made big strides in being less of a clutter person, but I would love to get even better with this! It makes me feel so much better when my house is organized, so I've really been trying to put things away right away and/or taking little breaks throughout the day to clean. 


Thursday, March 14, 2024

Soy Sauce

I got scolded by my mother for my lack of blogging...but life is just rolling along and there isn't much exciting happening! I think that's a good thing though - just not creating a lot of content. {grin} We did see Sawyer yesterday for a LONG time at my parents' house - they had 'Cousin Camp' for a few days this week since we are on Spring Break. We hadn't seen the Patnodes in a bit because the last time we got together...the next morning both girls were sick, and I felt so terrible that we might have exposed Sawyer to 2 different viruses! Luckily they were all ok! But now I present...an afternoon with Sawyer a.k.a. Soy Sauce.

When I got there, I immediately took my baby. And everyone laughed because this was predicted. Blair said 'Babs said they better hold him quick before Aunt Allena gets here.' Yup! He was sleepy so I got him down for a nap.


Then he woke up and I kept monopolizing his time.

Then he was tired again and I put him down again for another nap.
I don't know what Drew and Miles are doing in the yard, ha!

I let Pops hold him for a minute!
He's so fat!

And Drew needed some snuggles.

David went to run some errands, and Patty forgot all the pacifiers were in her car, so he didn't nap great and was hard to get to settle without a boob or a pacifier in his mouth. When David got back, Patty put him in a wrap with a paci and he was OUT. I told him he was really rude to make me work so hard for his naps, ha! But seriously being an aunt when all my babies are pretty self-sufficient is amazing. 

So basically no one likes him and he's super neglected. {grin}