My dh works for a great company - Grimmway Farms. Anyway, one of the "muckety mucks" had season tickets to the Dodgers he couldn't use, so guess where my dh and ds are headed right now?! I am so jealous I couldn't go, and so thrilled they get to go. What a great father/son opportunity! Not to mention Dodger Dog Dinner! It works out good, though, since my neighbor's hubby is out of town - we are gonna get together and have a girl's night in! Kinda sounds like fun. I promise, Amy, to try not to whine too much about my belly ache. Really. Note to self: think of something else to talk about. Think think think.

Silly set up. Look if ya want. More Eeyore 'tude. I know, I know, go call the Whaaaa-mbulance.

I am running out of steam! Made it to the market today and I think that is about all I can manage. Oh, and a coupla loads of laundry. Please excuse me, but my butt hurts! Doc says it'll be another biggun and we were "full size" last week. That means at least a 10 pounder or larger, folks. Please pray for me. My poor hubby and kids - they are currently at my mercy and it ain't pretty! LOL! Two more weeks to go, approx.

We are in Dinotopia mode here this week - dd, 4.5, LOVES dinosaurs and so we are letting the kids stay up to watch the whole miniseries (this may be contributing to the afore-mentioned mood?! LOL!) Kaitlin is romping around the house playing dinosaur and gets this silly grin on her face when caught at it. cute. Ummm . . . I think ds is mainly going along with it because it means he gets to stay up late, too. cute. But uh, I just realized, that means they are staying up til 10pm mon - tue - wed yikes! (Wed. because of a double header Enterprise we let ds watch.) I think I'll put them to bed at 8 for the rest of the week just to get my wits back.

I am crazy-like trying to create a new set flip=flopping back and forth between MS Image Composer and Jasc's PSP7. Learning a little as I go - esp. being able to save a decent transparent image with psp, but so confused about layers etc. (By the time I figure it out, I won't like the set anymore!) I suppose I'll get it eventually, but my free trial runs out in 10 days! I think I will just buy it on faith because I hear so many good things about it. Any words of wisdom? Oh, hey - anyone know why you can't an item as a psp image and then load it up to Frontpage? Is it just to save it to work on later? There are so many more file types available in PSP. I'll figure it out.

Nap time. Snore. Rollover. More snore.

Real quick-like: thought I'd post the custom graphics I did for Mary-Anne.
Special header for this page: Opening Up
Special header for this page: A Father's Hug
It was nothing much, really, and I almost feel silly taking money for it! Anyway, I forwarded some of my modest proceeds to 315dpi because of the great images available for free over there. I downloaded a bunch today and thought I'd share the "wealth"! Paypal is so cool!

Happy Mother's Day!


"Let the name of the Lord be praised, both now and forevermore. From the
rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be
praised. He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of
children. Praise the Lord."
--The Bible, Psalm 113:2-3, 9

INSPIRATIONAL POEM FOR MOTHERS
Blessing on the hand of women!
Angels guard its strength and grace,
In the palace, cottage, hovel,
Oh, no matter where the place;
Would that never storms assailed it,
Rainbows ever gently curled;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world.

Blessings on the hand of women!
Fathers, sons, and daughters cry,
And the sacred song is mingled
With the worship in the sky--
Mingles where no tempest darkens,
Rainbows evermore are hurled;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world.
--William Ross Wallace, American poet (1819-1881)

Don't look at the post time, k? I'll be complaining soon enough about having to be up at this time against my will! Finished up a set I started awhile back but got frustrated with. I am still not sure about this one, although I am happier since I simplified the layout. Baby shoes. Check it out.

I'm official. I just rec'd my first payment for custom graphics! Cool. I'll share the addy later - Thanks Mary-Anne! You're my first paying client!

Made a new set anyway!

Thought I would post this am since the kids are still sleeping - shhh - and I have been accused of having a life! The outrage!!! (wink @ Jenn.) LOL. The fact that I have nothing much to say should put those rumors to rest. I think I have gone into "waiting room" mode - you know - don't think too much about what you are waiting for or you start to go crazy? And I think it is getting pretty boring - baby this baby that. No new news. I am hyper-hoping the baby will flip to vertex position (not breech!) because I don't want a c-section. I am hoping that we can induce prior to June 1st (edd is June 2nd!) because our insurance is going to change, Yuck. I am thinking the mere mention of these things will banish me from belonging to this little blog community! lol. I have like 15 sets floating around in my mind, but don't have the time to work on them. I predict a major slow-down in set production after the bambino (-a?) and blogging will get pretty boring, too. All I see in my future is doctor appts. Oh Joy! I feel a good whine coming on - Boy, I need a dose of God's restful spirit this am - gonna go pray about it!

I can't really remember Friday, which I suspect was a rather boring day . . . oh yeah, it was! Dh was feeling left out of the whole new car thing, so I "let" him take it to work that day, leaving me stranded with his dad's F250 long bed. So rather than a) try to figure out how to haul my belly up into that thing and b) find parking places in the boonies and walk a mile, I decided to stay home. Think I cleaned the living room, or something mundane like that! LOL!

We had planned on a date, but all of our babysitters were otherwise occupied. So here comes Saturday afternoon and my ever-so-sweet neighbor Amy calls to see if we had our date, and offering to babysit for us! Yippee! So we left the kids at her house and went to dinner and a movie. Pretty mild evening, but a nice little vacation from the usual routine. First, we went to a restaurant called Tahoe Joe's. Disgustingly excellent food and service! Our steak was slow roasted over a wood fire then rolled in cracked pepper corns. I couldn't eat it all - no room in the tummy - but it sure was good! Topped it off with a shared piece of Nevada Cheesecake. I won't describe it - that would be mean. Suffice to say, this place is now tops on my list for awhile, along with Splash Cafe for their clam chowder.

Afterward, we went to see Spiderman. I know, there were other great movies to see, but that is what dh wanted to see. It was enjoyable but a little long. Not really a movie for the young children due to violence and grown up situations. (Although, surprisingly enough, there were plenty of 4 and 5 year olds on up at the 9:40 showing! ) The most enjoyable part was when Peter Parker was learning to use his new-found talents. Word to the wise - don't sit in the front rows if you get the least bit motion sick! Swooping up and down through the tall buildings - great cinematography but bad for the steak in me belly. I had to close my eyes a few times! (Kept it all in - for that price, I wasn't giving any up - LOL!) Needless to say, we were out until after midnight, so were the kids, and so today we just slept in until almost 10 am and missed church! oops.