STYLING SUNDAY, WEEK FOUR

Dear Kurt,

This week was special.

This week you were leaving for several days and so I wanted to do something different to keep part of you with me everyday.

Every day I wore something of yours.

Monday I wore your vest.

Tuesday I wore your socks.

Wednesday I wore your sweater.

Thursday I wore you jacket.

Friday and Saturday I wore your shirts.

Saturday I wore your tie.

The sweater and one of the shirts I sewed up so they were my size since they got too small for you. I think I am going to do that to all your old clothes you don't wear anymore.

I am excited for lots of additions for my wardrobe. So if you are missing anything then check in my closet. Chances are I laid claim to them.

I love you.

And your clothes.

Except your pants. I couldn't make those work for me no matter how hard I tried.

Sincerely, Lori

OH HOW WE MISS YOU

I'M SURPRISED HE LET HER DRIVE.

JUST IMAGINE THEM ON A REAL MOTORCYCLE IN ABOUT TWENTY YEARS... TROUBLE.

PLAYING AT THE MALL

WATCHING A MOVIE. FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES...

Dear Kurt,

Brooklyn misses you.

She hasn't been her same little self.

She is eating as well. Or sleeping as well.

It could be in part because we are staying with our bestest friends in Pocatello so her schedule is a little messed up but I think it is mostly because she misses you.

She has attached herself to Jedd every second that he is home. If she gets scared or sad she will even run right past me and go to him. I guess she is determined to be someones daddy's girl if not her daddy's girl.

I miss you too. I have resorted to attaching me to my phone, waiting for a call or text message from you and savoring in every second I get to hear about how much fun you are having and how you miss me too.

We are still having fun without you though. We have played and gone to the mall and visited friends and gone to dinner and partied. I am glad we are at Jill and Jedds. It is nice not to be at home without you. And Brooklyn is loving having a playmate every waking second.

I love you so much.

Come home soon.

Sincerely, Lori

ONE LAST DATE BEFORE YOU LEAVE

KURT AND LORI IN THE MOVIE THEATER

Dear Kurt,

We had one last night together before you headed to Texas for five days.

We went to dinner. We did a little shopping. We went to a movie.

We have been so busy lately. I am glad we had a whole night to ourselves before you left.

I am going to miss you like crazy.

Have tons of fun.

I love you.

Sincerely, Lori

I LOVE MY BROOKLYN

Dear Brooklyn,

I love you so much.

I love when you say momma.

I love when you color with me.

I love your kisses.

I love your pigtails.

I love your cute little voice.

I love when you point at the computer and say "Papa"

I love when you climb on my lap and cuddle me.

I love your cute little dances.

I love you.

So much.

Sincerely, Lori

STYLING SUNDAY: WEEK THREE

Dear Kurt,

Week three of finding me some style is coming to a close.

I am loving this experiment.

Next week I am going to have a little theme. But I can't tell you. It is a surprise.

Until then...

I love you to death.

Sincerely, Lori

P.S. Which little outfit is your fav??

WHAT MAKES ME A MONSTER

Dear Kurt,

We spent most of last night in good old Rexburg for your basketball game.

Sports bring out the worst in us.

You were getting competitive and ended up with some fouls and some arguements. I started yelling at players who were fouling you and the refs.

In the end you lost. You were frustrated. I was angry.

I even yelled about some cheating incident the other team was involved with during the draft.

We spent the entire drive home nit-picking the entire game with our friends.

It didn't make us feel better. But a couple games of Pinnocle did.

Next weekend I might have to refrain from going to your game.

In conclusion: You are competitive. I am a poor loser. You should not be involved with sports. It brings out the monster in me. One day our kids will be embarrassed of me.

Sincerely, Lori

FORT BROOKLYN

Dear Brooklyn,

Today I built you a nice big fort.

I even took the cushions off the couch so you could climb up on it, which is your favorite.

And I laid out lots of crayons and paper so you could color in it. Next to that I put a couple crackers and your sippy cup. And next to that I put your baby doll.

You still didn't love to go in it.

You only went in if someone else did first.

I think your dad liked it more then I thought you would. He almost cried when I took it down.

Maybe when you are a little older you will appreciate my fort building skills.

Until then I will build them for your dad.

I love you.

Sincerely, Lori

NOTHING BUT A CLEANING DAY

THIS IS HOW KURT FOUND US WHEN HE GOT HOME FROM WORK: TOTALLY NOT DOING LAUNDRY

Dear Kurt,

I have been feeling overwhelmed.

I feel like everything I do is quickly undone.

I clean, clean, clean, only to have the house get messy, messy, messy again.

I seriously can't keep on top of it all.

It doesn't help that we have several construction projects going on.

Yesterday the vacuum guy had to cut a hole in the bottom of our cabinets and now there is sawdust all over the kitchen.

Today I am throwing everything out the window and am having a good, solid cleaning day.

That's right. No cute outfit. No cuddling time. No reading time (ok, maybe a little reading time, but only because Brooklyn is so dang cute and she can scream so dang loud). No projects.

Just cleaning.

Here is my list: scrub inside of cabinets, wipe outside of cabinets, sweep, mop, clean kitchen counter and everything on top of kitchen counter, do all laundry, put away all laundry, vacuum living room, vacuum bedrooms, vacuum office, organize desk, scrub bathroom, scrub high chair, organize Brooklyn's closet, clean inside of couches, clean underneath couches, dust...... everywhere, clean light fixtures, clean baseboards, organize coat closet, do dishes, clean fridge, organize pantry, organize toys, clean appliances, clean mirrors, and anything else I forgot.

So, throughout the day I will come back and cross stuff off that list. Hopefully at the end of today I will have it all done and still have a happy Brooklyn.

Wish me luck.

Sincerely, Lori

STYLING SUNDAY: WEEK TWO

Dear Kurt,

Here are pictures from week two of my New Years Resolution.

It has been a lot of fun. This next week is going to be awesome.

I think I am going to try for at least one kind of crazy outfit. Like really crazy.

Okay maybe "crazy" isn't the right word... I'm not sure I can go too crazy with what's in my closet. Maybe just kind of "out-there"... or just a little strange... I don't know... you'll just have to wait and see.

Sincerely, Lori

A RIDICULOUSLY DUMB THING TO DO

Dear Kurt,

I burnt my hand today.

To make a long and embarrassing story short: I grabbed the wrong end of my curling iron.

In my defense I was distracted and for some reason my curling iron was turned around, which it never is.

I called my mom crying because you were gone and it hurt worse then anything I have ever felt and she always knows how to calm me down.

My fingers, my thumb, and my palm felt like they were on fire. They still do.

I'm extremely frustrated that I can't do a lot of things now. Especially with my thumb and pointer finger (Who knew how much I use those two digits?)

I'm so glad you are such a great help with everything, namely: changing diapers, putting Brooklyn in her car seat, washing my hair, putting my hair in a pony tail, hooking my bra (which I'm surprised you agreed to), and putting band aids on my fingers.

Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. And the fact that I have spent all this time hacking out this letter with my left pointer finger is proof.

I love you.

Sincerely, Lori