Like Mother..Like Daughter...

It's Memory Thursday and since this is Mother's Day week, I thought it fitting to give a memory of my Mom! :)

People that know my Mom and I repeatedly tell us how similar we are. In facial expressions and mannerisms and the way we talk or tell stories. Well, since getting married and moving away I often find myself doing things just like my Mom or saying something to one of my kids at school that my Mom used to say to us.

It's kind of scary at times!

I think, oh NO!!! My MOTHER would have said that!!!! :)

But then I think....I can't think of anyone else I would rather be like than my Mom!!! :)

Love this picture..just a snapshot taken by a friend on my wedding day of Mom and I waiting in between poses. Yes we really do act alike! :)

Well, growing up it was a continual family joke that whenever we would all drive somewhere together my Mom would constantly be the "passenger seat driver." It wasn't just a little thing. It happened ALL the time!!

Dad would be driving and Mom (very dramatically) would warn him of the car ahead that stepped on the brakes...or of a green light that was turning yellow...or of a car that would change lanes quickly and cut Dad off! Usually her dramatic warning would consist of her hand FLYING across and slapping Dad's leg and usually we would hear....
"STEVE!!"
or
"THAT CAR!!!!"
or
"DAD"
or most of the time...
just a very loud....
"GASP!!!"
haha...every time it happened we would all laugh!!!
Dad usually made some joke about how he wondered how he had NEVER gotten in a car wreck when she wasn't with him because without her "warnings" he definitely should have already had many many near death experiences!! :)

Well friends, here I am with my own husband now....
and he will attest that one of the most irritating things I do is when I am the  "passenger seat driver!"
It's BAD! I find myself doing it all the time!
Usually using the EXACT same phrases that would come out of my Mom's mouth...and of course,
I also do the "hand flying over and slapping his leg" thing too! :)

What can I say..How can I stop myself?!?
After all, I WAS trained by the best! :)
Love you Mom! Thanks for rubbing off on me!
By the way, it's nice to be able to use my Mom as an excuse when I get a look from Julian.
I say "I'm sorry! I get that from my MOM!!"
He can't be mad after that...he would never say anything negative about his Mother in-law! ;)

I'm actually going to do this...

Alright, so I have made a BIG decision....

I have decided to join my friend Nicole on her quest to make Thursday's "Memory" Day on our blogs.

It's definitely a big commitment for me..:)...but I think it will be good for my blogging life! ha! It will require me to post at least once a week!! :) Also, I will feel like I have something to post about.

That is my biggest problem with my blog. Hence the reason I have not posted in awhile. I just cannot bring myself to do a post if I don't really have anything to say! The main reason for my blog is to be able to show my family and friends (that all live so far away) bits and pieces of my life. It's nice to be able to share pictures etc...I feel like it makes us more connected! I remember when I first started a blog, my Dad just didn't get it.

He would say....

"I don't understand, why do people have blogs??? What makes people think that other people really care about what they have to say? Isn't that being just a little self consumed??" :)
Gotta love my Dad... he is SO good at telling it like it is! :)

I have to say I TOTALLY agree with him though...he IS a pretty smart man!!! I assured him I wouldn't be one of those bloggers..lol..I think it made him feel a little better about it! :)

So anyway, the reason I haven't posted is because my life has just been the normal busy life of a wife/school teacher lately! The end of the school year is a busy time! We do still have our Spring Break though! It starts tomorrow at NOON and we don't come back to school until May 2nd!! I am ready for this little break before the last 4 weeks of the year!

But back to the main reason for this post....

Every Thursday I will be posting a memory. I'm sure some of you know I am a HUGE scrapbooker so I am a BIG fan of keeping memories alive!!

So, when my close friend, Nicole decided HERE to do this, I called her up and said..."I want in on this one!" :)

I have been blessed with a pretty great life so far and I look forward to looking back at memories..good/bad/crazy and everything in between and sharing them on here!

So...stay tuned...here we go...

p.s..Since I just introduced this this week and didn't post a memory I think I will dedicate my Dad's very nice, loving and straight to the point "opinion" of the blog world as this weeks memory! :)

 haha, I love you Dad..and your welcome, your voice has finally been heard!!!! :)