PSYCHOTIC

I warned you that I was not finished but I believe that we have it!! I received some new props today that added exactly what I think it needed.....even if I am the only one who sees and believes it. :) I have to do this...looking...re-arranging...more looking...more re-arranging...and to think, its not even October yet! OOPS!!

Phase Two

Ok, so we have offiically begun and are having so much fun this year! We worked on it all weekend and this is what we came up with.... We still have things to put out but I am getting so excited for it to be all put together. I drive in real slow to see what it looks like from the street....I know...Psychotic! I was worried that the kids might be a little scared but s0 far, not at all. Kindra has all ready given them all names! OOOH BOOY!

Let the Festivities Begin!

Those of you who truly know me, know that Halloween is my favorite holiday! I have been chomping at the bit to begin my Halloween creations. Tonight I decided that I had held out long enough and that it is close enough, especially when I see others putting out their decor. Here are a few pics of what has all ready begun........but has not nearly finished! :)

ELASTIGIRL

I went and spoke to a youth group last night about the word "DISABLED" and what it means to be so or in my case, to NOT be disabled, or so I like to think. I hate to use the word NORMAL but that is what I am...NORMAL...just like everyone else. I can play ball, golf, boat, camp, bungee jump, etc...I can do it all with just a little more thought put into it. Even though I hate to be helped because of my self respect, not pride, but a self respect, I also have to accept it. Especially when the cute elderly couple comes over to me as I am taking my chair out of the car and asks if they can help me.

It made me also think and realize that it could be sooooo worse and that I have to be so thankful for what I do have, for what I can do, for what I can become. I saw a blind woman walking down the sidewalk and thought to myself "See, she can walk but she can't see where she is walking to. You can at least see so quit crying about what you don't have and be proud of what you do".

One of the kids asked me about what I do at the grocery store? I had to laugh as I thought of the juggling acts that I perform and of how I can always find a way to reach things. A friend gave me a nick-name once....Elastigirl....for this purpose alone!

Anyways...Its just been one of those weeks...a good week...a week that has allowed me to think about how lucky I really am. How lucky I am to juggle what I do because it has allowed me to learn and to think about what really is important to me and what will help me to progress.

Elastigirl......:)

Names, Names, and MORE Names!

This was a pretty funny tag that I got from my sister Lyssa. Some of these names I'd actually like to keep to replace the name Kathryn! SOOOOORRY :)

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) Nick Acura

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Chocolate Chocolate Chip

3. YOUR "FLY" NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) K-Ter

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Green Nothing

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Ann Provo

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) Ter-Ka

7. SUPERHERO NAME: ("THE" + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink) The Brown Pepsi

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) Ladell Charles

9. STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne, favorite candy) Very Sexy Swedish Fish

10. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother's & father's middle names) Gladys Ray

11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher's last name, a major city that starts with the same letter) Crawford Chicago

12. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you're wearing right now + "ie" or "y") Kiwi Tanky

13. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree) Apple-Sauce Redwood

14. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: ("the" + your favorite hobby, fave weather element + "tour") The Scrapbook Thunder Tour


PS....I am going to tag Tiffany and DC to do this....COME ON!!! PLAY THE GAME :)

A Weekend of Intense Concentration! and Poor Parenting :(

Carter was very, very, very excited that he is officially going to be (or so he thinks) our true lawn mower so he had to show off his skills! It was fun to see him so proud. Now Kindra is more into the sand box and was conentrating very hard on whatever it was that she was creating :)

They have had the infamous summer colds and so ...sorry... I used that as as excuse to sluff church today. I broke down, I know, and then broke down once again and let them create a fort and a "ramp" out of the couch cushions. Sometimes I think that those are the moments that they will most remember and that we have the most fun!!