this is not awesome

do you ever get to the end of a day/week/month and think, "hmm, that didn't work out very well.."? me, too.

i'm finishing up a week that started out not working out very well at all -- think (without boring you with details) thoughts of: all these moms at the playgroup should just.. um, be exactly like me? and oh, sweet almonst-two-year-old boy of mine, pleeeease go up the stairs or mama's going to go crazy, and i'm pretty sure none of the clutter in our home could possibly be mine, and the like -- which proceeded into a time of attempting to pinpoint what it was that was causing the working to not be so well (oh, that was me. being me-centered. and other factors too, i'm sure -- messy closets, life change, etc.), and ended with well, working.. the..not so well out? hmm. regardless, i am thankful for grace this week, and thankful that it seems to abound in the not so lovable that did not work out well at all even just a little bit moments.

annnnnd i made this card, ironically at the end of this week. (that might not actually be irony; i'm never sure.)

it's to give to my sister who is finishing up a year that didn't work out so well. just kidding. :) it's for her birthday. i'm going to include some dark chocolate that we used to "sample" (please, please imagine me doing quote fingers) at mustard seed back in the day.

among other entrepreneurial ideas, i have entertained hopes and dreams of opening an etsy shop someday with handmade cards like this one. oh no. on a birthday banner. i like it. it's inspired by a brian regan sketch on the science fair -- kind of scary to watch if you google but much more manageable as audio only. my other idea was birds with little speech bubbles coming out of their beaks that had rap lyrics, although i'm not sure they'd actually be classified as rap lyrics if they come from rappers (not sure he actually is a rapper by definition) like mase. i also gave meggie one of these for another birthday. i'm sure she really appreciates being the recipients of my bright ideas. if the store ever opens, which i'm not sure that it ever will -- first, because i get etsy cuteness overload and have to eat ice cream after browsing it, and second, because it's just probably not going to happen -- i'll have normal cards in there, too.

another bright spot at the end of this week, in addition to making my room look like this for the making of one card (no, that's not an oreo blizzard next to the sewing machine.):

jeremy, joseph and i visited two parks in two days -- cherokee and seneca, both within quick drives from our home. here are some pictures of the men in my life at these parks:

ummmm my son has been sleeping for three hours. it's 5 pm. happy saturday, y'all.

feeling bloggy.. i must have some more words to use up today. :)

joseph and i went for a walk this evening and met a woman in the neighborhood next to ours. i asked if she had lived in her home for a while and she said, "well...since 1963.. so.." me: "so, a while, huh?" yep. she proceeded to tell me about caves beneath the neighborhood and the stories surrounding this beautiful mansion that backs up to her yard that used to be a part of the underground railroad, making use of the caves. isn't that crazy? do you believe it? i do.

in the past month, we experienced our first of many kentucky derbys, which here is simply referred to as "derby," no "the" or anything. it takes some getting used to. as a part of derby festivities, we went to a balloon glow and a parade. joseph and his mama (probably more his mama) are realllly into parades right now, thanks to the library book, parade. and we had mint limeade (tastes better than non-alcoholic mint juleps?) while watching all two minutes of the actual derby. sorry, derby.

also in the past month, we experienced more consecutive rainfall than i thought possible. on one rare non-rainy afternoon (which turned out to be a non-rainy hour or so), i got joseph up from his nap and opened his curtains saying, "look, joseph, the sun!" and he stood up and said, "the SUN!" so, needless to say, walking to the park today was extremely enjoyable.

hmm.. i was thinking i'd have more to say. hmm. yep, think that's it.

oh! i'm reading the count of monte cristo. it's amazing. that's what i'm going to go do rather than attempting to dig up more blog-worthy thoughts.

happy thursday :)