A Fabulously Flawed Life

I bought this tankini from Layers Clothing this year and I've just gotta rave, I love it! It's long so I can bend over, the top doesn't end right at the "fatty" part of my stomach, and it gives me enough coverage up top. It fits well and let's face it, is so cute! They have 10 to choose from, click here to check them out.

Katri asked me to put her blankets on sale for $35, lovey's $19.95. WOW! I think she's trying to sell her inventory so she can focus on other projects. Let me just tell you these are the softest, coolest, one-of-a-kind blankets and loveys! They're amazing. In fact my friend just had a baby on Monday and I'm ordering one before she sells out. Click here to check them out!

So my boys finally found out about Webkinz. Katri not only has an influence on me, her daugther has one on my kids. ;-} They love it and it was such a bonding moment for us when we went to buy them. I hosted movie night on Wednesday and I finally watched "Gone with the Wind". I know there are some seriously devoted fans out there, so don't mind me. It's probably one of those movies that's better seen when you're young and you don't understand the plot. In my opinin, Clark Gabel was way too old for the part and it kinda creeped me out. Was it typical for so many people to die from falling of a horse at that time!?! However, so you don't completely blacklist my blog, I did think that for a movie made in the '30s, it's very well made, well acted, and the visual effects were impressive. I did enjoy the action sequences. ;-} Just so you know how ill-bread I am. I had lunch with Julie on Thursday and then I went and saw Live Free or Die Hard. I thou...

Gotta love a rainy summer where you can't go outside or to the pool to get out all that engergy. Love and Logic Tip #10 - When to Step In/When to Stay Out of Kids' Problems. Davis chose to dump out all his Legos and Bionicle bins. Can you guess what I chose to do? Unlike Mom, Drake decided he would help pick up. All this fuss for this boat. It's a pretty cool boat, I hope it was worth it. "Rain, Rain, Go Away! Give us Texan mom's a break today!"

WOW! Thank you guys so much for all your compliments and words of encouragement. I posted those stories to inspire others, but you've most certainly done that for me. I'm completely overwhelmed. Thank You! It has been such an amazing experience reading your blogs and getting to know you guys. We as women have so much spirit and influence in this world. It's great to have a way to unite and support each other. Your the Best! Enjoy your "Blog Jogging!" ( Rochelle coined that phrase and I love it!)

I came across this story reading Kelly's blog. It made me want to share my story with you. I don't talk about it often but I hope that it will help those of you out there who are going through the same type of struggle. I first heard this beautiful story when I was with my friends in Oklahoma while attending a Woman's Conference. My oldest son was diagnosed with high functioning autism at 4 years old, but that was finally a huge relief. Our struggles with him started at birth and those first 4 years were filled with many emotions and hardships. I wish I had heard this story when Davis was a baby. I believe it really would have helped me explain how I was feeling to my family who didn't believe there was anything different about Davis. Gratefully, Jason supported every decision I made and we did everything in our power to help Davis develop those skill sets that he doesn't have naturally. In those early years, there were many moments where I wished Davis look disabl...

I made this name board (btw: Turk is my last name) and I decided to frame it in molding instead of doing it on a regular 2 x 4 board. (It's big, the picture is decieving.) How to Make: 1. Design the vinyl lettering . You can choose the color, font, and size. * "Turk" is all caps, black vinyl, in 5” lettering. I can't remember the font, sorry. * “love one another” – all lower case, white vinyl, Marine Regular font, in 2” lettering 2. Cut the plywood or board. Measure the lettering and be sure to allow lots of space all around. * If you're going to glue on molding, measure the width of the molding first and be sure to add that width to the board. 3. Cut the molding. (You don't have to use molding. See here for some examples. Click the small picture to enlarge.) 4. Paint the board. I painted it a red. Next I painted on a stain and quickly wiped it off giving it a deaper tone. 5. Frame: Next I used gorilla glue to glue the molding together like frame. Once dry, I...

...my sister's blog! Lisa finally got her blog up. I thought she was funny in person, but she's freakn ' hilarious on her blog! This is the picture she posted on her Top 10 reason's he doesn't have kids. You'll notice that my sister and I are very different. She's sarcastic, funny, athletic, tall, blond , loves food, a personal trainer, and has been married for 3 years. I'm serious, crafty, brunette , short, hate to eat and cook food, refuse to work out, a homemaker for 9 years, married 11. I'll tell you a secret that only she knows, I wish I had her personality. She's wet your pants laughing so hard funny! I'm glad I bullied her into blogging. Enjoy!

So my girlfriend is getting all ready for girls camp and she was telling me all about her theme. It's Camp Belle's and their motto is "Be M! M! Good." So brilliant! Anyway, I couldn't help myself and volunteered to make all her girls shrinky dink necklaces. So, that's what I did today was make 24 of these awesome necklaces. Ok, I also went grocery shopping, cleaned out the fridge, and made other necklases too. See Tip Junkie for those cute ideas. As Christmas presents for some of my girlfriends, I made Pride & Prejudice pendant necklases using shrinky dinks. They eneded up wearing them on their Jane Austen tour of England. Yeah! You can print out the images for the neckalce and the bracelet here .

...naming them one by one! I end my crazy week with my cup completely full. We spent the day at the lake with the Walls on the SeaDoos and had a great time. At the very end when I was driving the SeaDoo to the dock, Cheryl and Julie's families showed up on the boat. For some crazy reason, I felt like I had to show off and asked Mike to let me ride his wake. (That totally sounds like I was hitting on him! ha ha) Anyway, back to the story, so I was actually getting a little air on the wakes and remembered Jason was waiting on me at the car. So I tried to catch up to Mike to say good bye, when I realized that I was going about 35 mph and he was turning the boat slightly in my direction. I freaked out and turned! Needless to say all I can remember doing at least 2 back flips and telling myself to wait until I stopped moving to try and swim up. I totally wish I had that on tape, seriously I would send that baby into Funniest Home Video's and win $10,000. Mike and the gang caught...

This is seriously my all time favorite game to do with Toddlers. Head on over to Tip Junkie to find out more information.

So it's been a very busy week and it's completely cut into my blogging time. (ha ha) Monday was full of cleaning house, laundry, Carpooling kids to Scout Camp, and a friend over for Dylan. Who asks me every hour, when he'll get to go to Scout Camp? Tuesday it was my turn to help out with Scout Camp. We took the boys to the Star Wars Exhibit at the Science Museum and swimming afterwards. It was such a fun time and I can't wait to take the rest of the family. Wednesday, straitened up the house again. (Boy, what a mess it turns into when Dad's in charge.) Dylan had 2 friends over so there was a lot of refereeing. Drake started saying a new word, "er you go". He's soo funny. His 3 "words" are now, 'Uh Oh!', 'woof', and 'er you go'. 2 of which are 2- syllable words. What happened to 'Mom'!?! Wednesday night I put all my home organizational ideas and philosophies in a fun binder. I'm working on a project with a...

Crazy how accurate this thing is. WOW! What are you?

I got this book today from Usborne Books , and WOW it doesn't leave anything to the imagination. I think I'll wait to read this with Davis until he's 9 1/2. I would reccomend it but know that it's a very "PC" book and in conflict with 3 of my conservative views. I'm actually glad it is because it will open up some needed dialogue.

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So a bunch of my friends get together on the 2 nd Thursday of every month to play games, socialize, and share tips. We're the Mavens! I just got the list of tips from last week and I thought I'd share the goodies! http://www.powells.com has a Jane Austen action figure You can check out videos for 3 weeks at the Haltom City library just in case you go on vacation. Daddy's Footprints Poem Mexican Soup recipe You can buy liquid soap in a vintage container at Ross or Marshall's for under $5 and also makes a great gift. (No more refilling) Funky Monkey boutique has great stuff Neutragina has a self tanner with SPF in it. To get your child to wash their hands better, there's a squid soap that squirts "ink colored soap" and requires 2 minutes of washing to get off.

You can thank Chanda for this! Jason and I are laughing so hard right now. I think I look better animated. I certainly have a lot more attitude. You Go Girl!! Also check out my friends, Rochelle , Katri , Michelle , Rebecca , Julie .

10. My Closet. I've put a lot of time into organizing my closet and I love it! I love how it feels when I walk inside it. It's somewhat decorative with colors like marroon and lime green, it's soo organized it makes me tingle with pride, and it's the perfect size for me. (Pictures taken before Father's Day.) 9. My iron banister. The iron stairs with the iron hall way upstairs is the reason we bought the house. It has so much peronality that I don't have to add much decorating to it. Every time I look up, I smile. 8. My Computer. I do all my hobbies these days on my computer, I have a website Executive Homemaker , I'm addicted to blogging, I love to scrapbook digitally, and I love making gifts, games, and activities for my family and friends on Microsoft Publisher. 7. This family picture. It is our first outdoor family picture taken in Dec 2005. We knew that we wanted to get pregnant again soon and our life would never be the same. It hangs above our fire...

Turk boys. Enough said.

For father's day this year the boys got Jason a watch. This one is casual so he'll wear it when he wears shorts. Don't ask. ;-} I surprised him with... ...wood hangers! No more plastic hangers! I know this seems a little silly for a guy. But Jason thought it was soo cool. He has always wanted wood hangers. The best part is that I got them at Target, 24 hangers for $15! YEAH! What a steal. Here are more pictures of the closet . So the boys put bows on the closet door. Dylan told me that it was a face and the door knobs where the nostrils. lol

Great chew and show!! Boy do we need supervision when we're together. Julie is going to love me when she hears I put this picture up! This is how I thank her for having us over for dinner, swimming, and a movie outside. ;-} Makes you want to invite us over, doesn't it. (lol) Anwyay, we had such a blast! I left around 9pm to take Drake home but the rest of the family partied until 11:30 pm. Julie & Cheryl, you rock! Saturday was a busy day with book club, birthday party at Let's Jump, and dinner with Cheryl and Julie (oh yeah, and their families). There's nothing like good friends.