Red Top Workshop

Don't forget my dear friends and family to check out my new design blog at: www.redtopworkshop.wordpress.com.

I am trying to finally get back into doing design work while I study for my Architectural exams. Until I am an official Architect, you can follow how I am keeping busy.

Easter Festivities

Wow, we had a great weekend, except for the parts when Sallie Rose wouldn't walk and wanted to be carried everywhere because she skinned her knee. We ate with Grumps, Mayme, and Tara. And we swam and hunted Easter eggs. We had such a great time. Oddly enough, I feel better today than I have in weeks. I guess I just needed a good ole fashion dose of family time.

Here Sallie Rose is at lunch with a very large boat behind her on the Savannah River

Me, Sallie Rose, and Tara

Sallie Rose in her Easter finest

Mayme, Grumps, and Sallie Rose at the Easter Egg hunt

Sallie Rose in action hunting eggs

Sallie Rose and her friend, Wyatt (I Love that name), at school hunting eggs.

Sassy and Sallie Rose at school

I love Easter. I love the candy, the week at Church leading up to Easter, the beautiful flowers, the wonderful weather (we went swimming outside for goodness sakes), and of course the extended time spent with my family.

Therapy Session

I will be using my blog today as my therapy session. I have tried to be so positive lately but this is what has happened in the last week that I need to whine about: 1. Sallie Rose fell backwards down our stairs. Not fun to watch and not fun for her. She is fine however 2. Sallie Rose has not slept through the night in 10 days. This makes for a very cranky Mom and Dad, especially towards each other. 3. I have had 2 of our rentals broken into 4. I have had numerous calls from our tenants about prostitutes hanging out on our block every single night and conducting "business" on our block 5. I am waiting, waiting, waiting to get results back from a dr. about some health issues, nothing serious, but still waiting 6. I have been extremely tired, one because my child is not sleeping and probably due to my health issue that I can not get the doctor to move forward on 7. I have switched our Internet at the rentals and it has been an ongoing 3 week battle to get it up and running and then when it finally does get up and running, it is "too slow to do my homework" according to our tenants. All 45 of them have texted me every single day to let me know. You would think they were dying from lack of food and water, no just not getting good wi fi. 8. Sallie Rose has had a bloody nose 2 days in a row (probably from sticking her finger in it) and that teamed with the not sleeping has got me a little worried about what might be going on with her. 9. I haven't seen my family since Christmas (2 more weeks and I will see some of them, Yeah) I think that might be all. On a positive note, Sallie Rose was giving me "raspberries" on my stomach and she called them "Strawberry shortcake kisses". How cute is that? No pictures to post, my camera was dead this weekend.

Little mermaid and Cousins

The Litttle Mermaid. Look at all that hair.

Sallie Rose and cousin Blake dancing in City Market

We have had a whirlwind of a couple of weeks. I am focusing more on the rental properties and that is time consuming, but also very physically tiring, considering I do a lot of moving furniture, painting, and some really nasty cleaning. Ugh....won't give details. I actually would like to forget about it.

Kevin was out of town a few days last week, St. Patty's was in the middle of the week, and Kevin's Mom had a procedure done to remove some cancerous cells from her breasts. Although, she is fine and it was such an early detection, it still hit hard to me. I don't know if it hit Kevin as hard as it did me, but just hearing cancer makes me tear up. She is doing great and I believe her outlook on life has changed some too (not that is was a bad outlook to begin with). She seems cheerier and I have heard her use the term "I love you" a lot more. I think I would use it a lot more too.

St. Patrick's Day was fun, but it was just me and Sallie Rose trucking it down to the parade. And this is no Spearman, Texas, casual fun parade. It is large and crowded and loud and a lot more. The Budweiser Clydesdales come if that gives you any indication of how big it is. We had fun, but we didn't stay long and then we came home and took a very long nap.

I am looking forward to April and I am looking forward to the Summer too. I can't wait to get back to Texas and see my family and friends and enjoy the beautiful rivers. Until then, we will hang out at the beach some, but it gets to a point here when it is too hot and the bugs are so bad it is crippling. I can't stand the bugs.

I am also looking forward to some family visiting us this next weekend as well as Easter weekend. Woo hoo.

Willie Nelson braids

We went to the Tybee Island St. Patrick's Day Parade and I gave Sallie Rose her first Willie Nelson braids. So cute. Her hair is so long. They looked really good on her. Or it could be her adorable pink, ruffle shirt too. Or just her face, it's just adorable.

Kevin has decided he is going to start a garden again. He got it made and Sallie Rose actually help him plant his onions. They had a good time.

The weather has been so nice this weekend and I am looking forward to a few good months of nice, not too hot weekends.

I thought I might give an update on Sallie Rose and all her fine new discoveries and talents. She is now 29 months old, I would consider that 2 1/2. She is not potty trained and really has no desire to be potty trained. She likes to take her poos behind the curtains, couch, in the closet, wherever she can hide. She has no interest in sitting on the potty to poo. However, she loves to sing a song called "Everybody poo poos on the potty". I guess it should really say everyone, but Sallie Rose. I am in no hurry and will not be forced by society (or teachers with their judging) to force my child to hurry. I would like to get her potty trained by Summer so that we won't have to wear swim diapers to the pool/beach.

She slept in a big girl twin bed for 2 nights and then she discovered the shadows and was so frightened she didn't sleep for 2 hours in the middle of the night. So, she is back in her crib, fine with me. I am in no hurry to do that either.

She sings, she dances, she talks in full sentences and can carry on a conversation if you ask her questions, most days. She loves to play outside and she loves to watch videos. Lately, she has loved her Mommy more than usual (can you blame her). She cries when I drop her off at school and she cried the other day when Susan was with her and I was leaving to go work. I don't like it at all. It makes me very sad and I feel bad or wonder what is wrong, because she hasn't really done that lately. She will phase out of it I am sure.

She is super sweet and will kiss us on the lips now. As she does it, she usually laughs. She thinks kissing is really awkward and funny. She is a doll. She told me yesterday she wanted brothers and sisters. Hmmmmm.....I wonder who told her to say that? I could guess a few people. I am not in a hurry to do that either. I guess now that I am writing this, I am not in a hurry to do anything. Am I getting lazy in my old age of 30? Possibly, or maybe it is because I feel like I haven't relaxed and enjoyed my life as much in the last year as I wanted too. I have a wonderful life and a lot of wonderful people in it and I just am feeling like taking things slowly lately. Breathe it all in and not be in a hurry right now, when I don't have to be. Nothing is on fire. Right?


End with a picture of Sallie Rose's fabulous parents. We went to a Gala, to work. Ok, it was volunteer, but they might as well have paid us, we were the hardest working ones there.