My New Addiction: Pinterest

Okay, so I have all of this AMAZING stuff, well, maybe not AMAZING, but at least somewhat interesting stuff to blog about, but none of my pics will upload from Picasa and I'm too impatient to figure it out and let's face it... like you, I don't have that much time to spend blogging. This blog is called "Texas Homemaker" so I do have to like... homemake sometimes. Just sayin'...

Anywho, thanks to a dear dear family member, who shall at this moment remain nameless (because I'm too lazy to link to her blog again today), I am now addicted, and I mean totally addicted, to Pinterest. It's the neatest way to organize all of your favorite internet finds. I have not been this enthralled with the internet since the invention of Facebook. Actually, I think this is WAY more exciting that Facebook. It's like the newest way to collage all of your finds. I totally heart it bigtime!!! I now have a new way to stalk follow my friends through their interests, which is great when you have NO IDEA what to get them for their birthday. Which brings me to my list of favorite things about Pinterest: 1. You can really find out what your friends like (a picture is worth a thousand words). 2. Provides a great way to organize all your own internet finds and everyone knows what an organization junkie I am. I especially love the idea of using a board to "pin" all of your ideas for a wedding or party. 3. All the pics will eventually lead you back to the website it came from.

Okay, now I'm going to actually homemake for a while. No for real... I mean it this time. :)

Hubby and Baby G

I ran across this today and had to share.

This is Hubby with my cousin's youngest. Isn't she a cutie?? They have four kids whose names all start with G. We call them the G-Force. (Although I think it should be spelled "fource" as in four... Bwahahaha!!! I crack me up.) Anywhoo... you can see more of the G's over at their family blog.

I love snapping pics of Hubby with babies. In our house, he prefers them walking and talking, but he's so good with the little ones. I think he secretly loves babies, but would rather just spoil someone else's and send 'em home. And I think that's a valid point, because spoiling other kids is way more fun that disciplining your own.

My BFF

I don't know her favorite color, favorite food (although I suspect that fish tacos might rank pretty high up there), or favorite movie. When I shop for her, I have no idea what to buy. I can't even decide on what fragrance she would like for her candle. I have no idea what perfume she wears or even if she likes perfume. The things I don't know about her astound me considering that she is my BFF. I do know some things she doesn't like, that she has a crazy and somewhat irreverent sense of humor, and that you will be embarrassed out the wazoo if you ever ever go to the movies with her. I know that she has been through some CrAzInEsS in her life and she deserves a break if anyone does. I know that she is always there to listen to me, that our conversations are never ever one sided, that no matter what's going on in her life, she is ready and willing to listen to me, to encourage me and always ALWAYS ALWAYS make me laugh! And today, just because she felt like it, just because she knew I needed a pick me up, even when I didn't, she brought me a goodie bag at work full of silly little things that were just perfect for me. Because without knowing my favorite hard candy or favorite kind of chocolates or what color nail polish I like, she put all these items and a few others (including some items she knew I would LOVE) together in a goodie bag and dropped it off at my office. Let me tell you, that was the highlight of my week!! Thanks Sarah! For all your craziness and whatever-ness, I know the most important thing about you... that you have an amazing, giving, loving and gentle heart and I love you.

My Desperate Plea

I don't have a major life threatening illness. I don't have a child in crisis. No one's in jail, on drugs or pregnant. What I have may seem small and insignificant in comparison to so many in crisis, but it's a problem that I have dealt with for so long that I am at my wit's end. I have a transportation issue. My car starts most days, drives me to and from work and many other places, but today... today it will not start. Hubby is out of town. The car likes to give me trouble when there is an absence of testosterone in the house. I make light of the situation here, but the truth is.... I'm desperate. I have no way to get to work and Hubby doesn't get home for 3 days. I'm at a loss. Please pray.