Boom Goes the Dynamite

I had a rough week.

I really thought I would have the kitchen done this week and I could show you my really, fantastic amazing kitchen and maybe my awesome courtyard as well.

Not so much!  I never made it to the framing store to have my "Children Inspire Design" prints framed and I haven't found the things I want to complete the official center piece for the dining table!

My kitchen is really awesome though.  I've been cooking and maybe replenishing my utensils and stock in such a way that I know that I shouldn't.  It might be possible that I have even been baking on occasion!  I never dreamed how hard it would be for me to adjust my culinary skills to a foreign grocery! Since I will be without my amazing C-ville friends who bring dinner for six weeks post baby I am trying out recipes to freeze in advance.

But, that's not my point today.  I want to show you the house and the garden and maybe even take you on a little tour of my amazingly awesome new neighborhood soon, but not yet.

Not right now.

What I have found this week is that I have been so very blessed.  I have the perfect little family for me!  I have a husband who although he doesn't always understand me, is there for me and boys who think I hung the moon!

I'm not too good at family.  In all honesty, when it goes outside of my closest, most intimate small group I get pretty awkward   I have high expectations and don't see a lot of grey.  Loyalty is so, very important to me and that is really hard to come by!

Sooo, I had this bad week when it came to family and all I could think of was Brian Collins and "Boom Goes the Dynamite".

If you aren't from Muncie, Indiana (or surrounding areas), didn't go to Ball State University or aren't married to a man like JJ who seems to know all things sports and pop culture (or well, maybe just generally, all things!) you might not have ever seen this totally awkward, almost four minutes of history.

I figure Brian Collins' life changed after this broadcast.  He either changed his course of profession or used it as a building block to hone his skills -- I hope he didn't continue down this same path!  I sure don't plan to!

Today I vow to be the absolute best for my boys that I can be.  Boom went my dynamite this week and I'll probably fumble again but right now I have a strong sense of what family is, was and will always be, at least for me!  I will continue to have high standards and seek love that is loyal and unconditional, continuing to fumble through my naivety when I find those expectations unfounded.

Here it is for your viewing pleasure...Boom Goes the Dynamite.

The holidays are over here (yeah, I think it's always a holiday too) and we have been entertaining a lot of guests from the states, the south island, locally etc.  Some of our closest friends picked up and moved to Australia last week.  PlayCentre starts back after the summer vacation on Monday -- life goes on...

I'll be back to full force soon with that tour, maybe a plea for help on the recipe end of things and hopefully a day in the life if I can find one interesting enough to share!

Last but not least, I have finally begun to enjoy hearing my name here, where I have always been A-me in my past, I have begun to expect to hear Aye-May when being addressed.  I bet I miss that in the end!

Cheers!