I don’t know why, but for some reason I decided to dust off my old high school yearbooks today. It was fun taking trips down memory lane-looking at pictures, remembering old friends, and reading everyone’s signed messages. Among the generic “Have a great summer!!” “Let’s party!” and “Don’t ever change!” were several passionate, dramatic, angst-filled letters from old loves. Nestled among all these was this lovely little gem that I just had to share:

“Your hot and I like your body. (insert name here)”

And that’s it.

Not even the perfunctory “Have a nice summer!”

I’ve been laughing off and on all morning about that one. Especially since, at least the last time I heard, the guy has spent a significant portion of our post high school years on the wrong side of law. Well that, and I am no longer hot…but I digress…

John's family has some land just outside of town. We call it "the farm". His grandfather owned over a hundred acres once upon a time, and he dug several large ponds on the land and stocked them with bass and catfish. Over the years, the pond and especially its fish population, has grown and matured into a largely self sustaining ecosystem. The last time it was stocked was sometime in the early 70s. Needless to say John and the kids have caught some pretty huge bass over the years!

I hope you enjoy this little trip down memory lane as much as I do!

Ok...my internet connection is even slower than normal...I'll add more pictures later :)

What can I say....

...as we all know, yesterday was Mother's Day :) It was a fun day, complete with beautifully colored paper hearts, love notes from two of the sweetest boys ever, crafts from school, and a yummy dinner. My father-in-law gave me a gift card for Wal-Mart (this is Small Town, USA- it's not like there are many choices ;-) ), and I was determined to spend it on me, myself, and I. So I set out to Wal-Mart while I was on break from all my last minute project making and paper writing. I eyed the Twilight director's notebook, but decided to wait a little while to get it. It looked awesome, but I knew that if the purchase was made tonight the last minute projects would be even more neglected than they already are. So I decided to get myself a new toothbrush. And some new floss. And some toothpaste. New shampoo- you know, the "fancy" Suave shampoo. The kind that is supposed to be like the salon stuff but probably isn't as good as the expensive stuff, but it smells really good, so I buy it anyway whenever I can. Yeah, that stuff. And as long as I'm at it- new toothbrushes and shampoo for the kids along with a new tube of mascara to replace old, clumpy, bacteria laden stuff I currently use. Oh, and some new lotion, too. So yeah, even when I'm "splurging", I'm practical. What's the deal with that?