"A bad morning may have prevented an unforseen accident...."

These are the words from my Gramma as I was emailing back and forth with her about my crazy morning I had had yesterday. I do have to agree with her on this...I guess everything happens for a reason even if it doesn't fit into our schedule!

My evening was much more enjoyable than my morning. I picked up Beau from daycare and Vicki had given me a bucket of apples from her apple trees. So, after dinner and after Beau and I had our evening walk, chuck helped me peel and core apples and I made a batch of apple crisp. As I was making it, I was thinking about my friend Joni's comment she made on her blog about enjoying the simple things in life. That was what my evening was all about. Seeing my son crawl to me when I picked him up from daycare and seeing the joy on his face when he saw me, going home and having dinner with my boys, enjoying a nice long walk with beau while he blabbed away, smelling the aroma of the apples baking while making apple crisp and enjoying the cool air while the windows were open last night in the kitchen...these are the simple things I was able to enjoy last night. Even though it was a crazy, busy morning, my night ended peacefully and I was able to once again thank God for this wonderful life.

IS iT NapTIMe yeT??

I'm sure many of you can relate to the type of day i'm having today! It started out just fine...I woke up at 6am- which by the way is a little earlier than the norm. I got myself all ready for work, fed my little man, gave him a bath and before you know it we were out the door. By this time, I was already running 15 minutes late (how does that happen when I thought for sure I'd be early??!!) and I still had to pick up my friend and coworker terra. I'm heading down the road, take a sip of my coffee and bam...the lid falls off and there's HOT coffee all over me and my seat. So, 10 miles down the road, I turn around and head home so I can change my clothes. I pull in the driveway, chuck's already outside waiting outside for me (weird how he knew something was up) and asked if there was anything he could do to help...I said "nope" as I'm undressing and rummaging around the house...into a new pair of clothes I go and a quick kiss out the door and I'm back on the road again....this time I'm in 'Martha Mode.' Yes, I'd be referring to Martha Stewart- "get it done" mode. So I'm driving down the county road and it dawns on me that I don't need to pick up terra today, she's at our other location...ah a sigh of relief. But now it's 7:45 am and I'm still about 20 minutes from work....called my daycare lady to let her know I'm late and not to worry. I pulled into Vicki's around 8:05 am and she was gone- she had to run her boys to football practice so beau and I hung out and played while waiting for her arrival. She arrives- again a quick kiss out the door to beau and away i go to GIS. I finally arrive at GIS - as my coworker is calling me worried - at 8:35. What a morning! This little Martha is tired and is wondering, "Is it naptime yet?" I do not like getting out of my morning routine, which I'm sure many of you can relate to. All day I've felt like I've been running around with my head cut off. It's 2:15 now, and I'm really looking forward to picking up beau, heading home and enjoying a nice evening with my boys. Enjoy the rest of this crazy Wednesday!

House for SaLE!

Another busy few weeks at the Richardson Roost! Beau is crawling now! AND standing up on his own. It's like he knows what he's not suppose to get into because he'll giggle when he's by something that we've already moved him from- it's a game to him. So, now that he's crawling, we're busy following him around. Since the basement is finished and all the furniture is downstairs, other than 1 couch, the upstairs living room is wide open and makes a perfect play area for Beau. It's all childproof- no cords, plants, etc.

We got Beau's 9mth pictures taken yesterday at Joni's. Beau got a little crabby and was tired so we'll have to go back for take 2. We got a few tho and JOni and I were able to catch up a little which was nice.

The house is officially up FOR SALE! Keep your fingers and toes crossed! It'll be up for sale until the end of December so we are really hoping we get a bite on it. All it takes is the right buyer to come along. We have a little plan worked up and we need the house to sell before we can move forward on anything! Now that all the house projects are done, Chuck and I have just been enjoying our weekends and weeknights. No more working on the house! Yay!

In his free time, chuck's been busy shooting his bow, playing farmer chuck over at his grandma's land, etc I recently started a bookclub in the Grand Rapids area and our first meeting will be in October. I've also been keeping up with my online bookclub that I have with some family and have also squeezed in sometime to scrap! Last weekend I scrapped 8 pages after Beau went to bed!

Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the weekend and the labor day weekend! We're off to the cities for the holiday weekend! Thanks for checking in!

No More Projects!!!

Well, we're done!! We have finished our list of "to do's!"

• Thank God the Basement is done! That's all I have to say about that! I think chuck would agree...It was a lot of work for Chuck, but he did it! We love the new space and hang out in the basement most nights. Thanks babe- xoxo
• New flooring- living room carpet, kitchen floor, bathroom floor, bedrooms, entry way, laundry closet.
• New driveway
• New multch
• Rocks for egress wells
• Shelving in the laundry room

So does anyone want to buy a house?? We've had 2 realtors out this past week to interview them and find out what they think. We're thinking by the end of next week our house will be listed :) We are plenty excited about that!!

I've posted some pictures for you...enjoy!

House UPdates!!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Summer Fun!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

This is the LiFe

It's a gloomy Sunday morning and I thought I'd sit down and fill you in on all the Richardson news...I think it's been awhile.
Our beauman is already 8 1/2 months old! He's definitely been keeping chuck and i on our toes as we continue to learn more and more about parenthood! I'm sitting here thinking about all the happenings and all the things chuck and i have learned or experienced and i'm sure you can imagine...in the past 8 1/2 months chuck and i have changed oodles of diapers, given tons of baths, visited the doctors office plenty of times due to a 'cold', learned that after a long day at work all it takes is our little boy's smile and it makes it makes the day better, etc! Of course we love to watch Beau learn new things and see his facial expressions when he tries a new food, feels a new texture or hears a new sound. He really is forming his own personality more and more everyday!! AND he's becoming quite a big boy now...literally! He's wearing 12 months! He's not yet crawling (which is quite alright with me! It makes it a ton easier :0) but he gets into the crawling position then tumbles to his tummy. He's probably thinking "why crawl when I can roll everywhere!" LOL! He loves his dump truck and the sound of the air compressor...
Our basement is finally finished!!! I can't believe it's done! We just moved the TV and furniture to the basement this morning since the new upstairs carpet is coming Tuesday. Chuck's putting in the new bathroom floor tonight. We've worked up a little plan which some of you may have heard...we're going to list our house on the market. We're interviewing a few realtor's next week so we'll see what happens!
During the mist of all that we have going on, we've still found some time to get out and enjoy the summer! I've posted a smile box for you so you can have a peek! Thanks for checking in!

PS- Carol and I took 1st place for the largest northern at the Women on Water tourney! We won $430 and are going to get shirts made up for next year! LOL!