Jury Duty

I've never been selected for jury duty before and, to be quite honest, it's really stressing me out! Not the jury duty part...the part where I have to miss work and not knowing when I'll be finished with jury duty. And if I get finished early (as in before my work shift usually ends), do I go back to work? What if it's really close to my normal shift-end...will I have to waste time to drive to work just to turn around and leave? So many questions...hence the anxiety that I'm feeling. Not to mention, I was briefly informed that the particular courthouse that I have to appear at tomorrow is typically for civil cases - can we say boring? Let's hope something interesting happens tomorrow. At least I can have SOME excitement in my day by having lunch with Alice & Deanna.

On a more fun note - Parker has taken up beatboxing...he beatboxes to the songs on the radio, he beatboxes with Tony, he beatboxes by himself, he beatboxes on cue....he beatboxes all of the time. And the irony is the two sounds he makes when he beatboxes sound like he's saying "Pah-Kah"...or Parker. Go figure - we say his name enough that it only makes sense that he puts his name into song.

Well, I'm off to go lay in bed and stress more about juty duty...wish me luck.

Welcoming new things!

Well, here we are. After a super busy weekend running the kids all over town, I find myself crash-landed on my couch with the dog. I'm thinking about my grandmother's surprise birthday party yesterday and I'm sort of bummed that we couldn't make it (as she lives in Oregon). Then I begin to think about my sister-in-law's baby shower scheduled in June and start to wonder how I can work finances - and time - around so that I can attend (she lives in Arkansas). And then I snap back to reality and have realized that my house definitely looks like I've been gone all weekend and is rather neglected - should I ever leave the house again? Ha! 

As I write here, I'm waiting for a 'sneak-peek' of Parker's "Parker Turns One" pictures from his photoshoot yesterday morning. I still can't believe the kids are growing up so fast!...which may be the root cause for this blog being created - so those of you who don't see the wild children on a regular basis can watch them grow. But in the meantime, I suppose I could start on some housework so we can get out of the house -- it's a beautiful 77 degree and sunny day out today. And wouldn't you know it - Parker's 'sneak-peek' has been published (Courtesy of AM Photography in Phoenix, AZ)...

 Well, I suppose I should go show the star his new pictures and plan my day out with the kiddos.

Back to reality - and the dishes.