just me

Dang i suck..

2009-08-11T16:55:00.000-07:00

I say I'm going to get better about updating here and then I do it for a few times then life gets in the way..so this is my last attempt.

Life has been crazy busy here. We've had birthdays, graduations, and parties just because. Work is still going great.

Hopefully i'll be back tomorrow in full post mode.

A great weekend....

2009-03-15T15:48:00.000-07:00

Friday we went to Ikea and it was awesome..we got so much stuff to redo the house with. A new bookshelf, spice racks, knife holder, lazy susan, bowls, just tons of stuff for very little money. We spent all night friday cleaning and orgazining. We took 8 bags of trash out of the kitchen and dining room.

the rest of the weekend was spent oranizing and cleaning, but it was fun to get it done. And feels so refreshing..
Pics of thew new area coming soon!!

The Quiet

2009-03-12T16:48:00.001-07:00

It's not often with four kids and four dogs I get to enjoy the peace and quiet but that's exactly what I am doing right now. Hubby took the kids to the library and the dogs are all sleeping. I am relaxing and enjoying the fact that I don't have to work for 3 days and tomorrow I get to spend the whole day with my husband. It's our big trip to Ikea. I'll be sure to take lots of pictures.

My newest addiction

2009-03-10T16:37:00.000-07:00

Facebook--that is my addiction in one word. I love finding old friends and staying in touch with current friends and family. I love I can get on their from my iphone while at work. I just love facebook.

Ikea

2009-03-09T16:07:00.000-07:00

Only four days of work this week then hubby and I are embarking on alittle road trip to Ikea..and I'm gonna get me one of these to redecorate my dining room..

and hopefully a cabinet for our movies and game systems stuff. I am so excited. It starts getting warm and I just want the house totally clean and to start new projects. Just need to get through the next three days of work..

Gonna give this another go..

2009-03-08T13:05:00.000-07:00

Wow it's been along time since I posted here but am going to give it another shot and see how it goes. I am working on changed things up a bit so please be patient.

I love this man...

2008-07-06T07:37:00.001-07:00

he is my rock, yes sometimes I want to strangle him but he is my everything. He picks me up when i fall down, he makes me laugh when all I want to do is just cry. He really is my everything and I don't know how I ever lived without him.

I so suck at this..

2008-06-26T16:40:00.001-07:00

but summer is in full swing at our house which means not enough hours in the day to do what I want/need to do. been working, hanging out with the kids, hanging out with new and old friends, riding the motorcycle, yard work ,cleaning, and the list goes on and on.. I hope to get better at this.. stay tuned!!

I finally got it..

2008-06-22T17:29:00.001-07:00

and was able to make this bad boy a 3 colomn template now to just add all the content and I'll be happy as a clam.
Life has sure been busy here. Summer is in full swing at our house. The kids. have been home and hubby is on 2nd shift so they are keeping us quite busy. Been spending lots of times hanging out with new and old friends, and family.
Work is busy as ever and about to get even busier since the girl i work with is having a baby anyday so it will just be me trying to do it all.

Yes I'm alive..

2008-06-13T06:06:00.003-07:00

Life has been crazy busy for us in a great way. Right now I am off to clean but will be back this weekend with a full post. Stay tuned!!!

Back to the grind tomorrow..

2008-04-27T16:11:00.001-07:00

yep it's Sunday night and yep tomorrow it's back to the grind. It's been a very good yet uneventful weekend. Hubby's team won their pool tournament for this session today so I get to spend the weekend of my birthday at a bigger pool tournament...oh joy!!! It's going to be a very very busy crazy week at work this week so if I am not here you'll know I dead tired..Have a great week!!!

Here is a pic of hubby playing pool.not a great pic but it will do!!

I love...

2008-04-26T13:55:00.000-07:00

lazy Saturday afternoon watching Nascar and chillin with the family and dogs while hubby cooks dinner... life is good

that's all....

have a great day!!!

I try...

2008-04-26T05:32:00.000-07:00

to get on here and post more but life just seems to get in the way. Last weekend was absolutely wonderful. We got to Indiana about 4:30 and got checked into our hotel room. We got settled in alittle bit and then decided to head out for dinner. That was an adventure in itself. We just drove and drove and drove and finally realized the place we wanted to eat was really about 2 blocks from our hotel. After dinner we went to the bookstore and Meijers and then just hung out.
Saturday we got up early and went to breakfast at IHOP and then to the campus which was only about 5 minutes from the hotel. The campus was absolutely beautiful. Everyone was so nice and helpful. We walked and walked around the campus just taking everything in and then went to the game which was awesome. We met up with our friends at the game and afterwards went out to dinner and then called it a night early.
Sunday we got up very early and headed up.
This week was busy at work but good. We finally got our papers signed for the house but of course we have hit another little bump in the road with our old mortage company so hopefully we get that taken care of Monday and then be done with them forever.
This weekend we are playing catch up, cleaning, grocery shopping and lots of hanging out.

Wonderful wonderful Weekend...

2008-04-21T17:51:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderfully great weekend. It was so nice to get away and my husband was in all his glory there.

It's been a long night with hubby back on 2nd shift but I had to stop in and share a couple of pictures..

Here is the dome..absolutely breathtaking..

Hubby is in heaven..

I'll share more of our weekend tomorrow night.

Also got great news that we close on our refinancing on Wednesday..woohoo.. It's been along road but we are almost at the end.

Bad Bad Blogger

2008-04-17T17:13:00.001-07:00

I know I haven't blogged in awhile but it's once again been a crazy busy week. So I'll post lots of pictures from our trip this weekend on Sunday when we get back.

We got it!!!

2008-04-13T05:30:00.000-07:00

Woohoo the appraisal came in right where we needed it to be. Can you say relief!!! It has been such a weight off of our shoulders. In other news I had a doctor's appoinment Friday and I have a double ear infection..oh for the love of god are kidding me?? I am almost 35 years old and this is the third ear infection I have had in about a year and a half..oh goodness. We have had a good weekend. Went out Friday night and shot some pool with Jim and MaryJo, Saturday Kylee and I ran some errands and did alittle shopping. Today is all about just hanging out at home, cleaning alittle, paying some bills and getting ready to go to Indiana next weekend.

Have a good one!! Peace and love!

Appraisal Day..

2008-04-09T02:52:00.000-07:00

Today is the big day..the appraiser will be back and we have got tons of things done to get ready for her. Then in a couple of days we should know whether we got what we wanted this time. Still crossing those fingers. Today is gonna a busy day at work. Joey won't be there so I'm all by myself..ackkkkkkk!!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!!!

Another beautiful day..

2008-04-07T17:10:00.000-07:00

and more cleaning.. only 2 more days til the appraiser is here and still lots to do. Fingers crossed!!!!

A beautiful spring day..

2008-04-06T12:31:00.000-07:00

It's been a good weekend and it beautiful today. Last night we went out to MaryJo's to hang out and play some pool, then got up this morning and been cleaning, went to wal-mart, cleaning some more and now chilling out watching the race. The appraiser will be here Wednesday at 3:30 so hopefully by the time we go to Indiana (which is in a couple of weeks) we will have our refinancing all done.

It's so nice out we got to go for a ride on this...

Refinancing update..

2008-04-04T11:44:00.000-07:00

First of all today I took a vacation day..woohoo.. I love 3 day weekends. We met with our attorney this weekend and got good news (not great but good enough) which we then took to MaryJo at the credit union. She called the appraiser and this might work out. Crossing fingers again..basically we need our appraisal to come in about 7 or 8 thousand more. Hopefully the appraiser will be here next Wednesday and then we wait for her report. So things are looking up and I am just going to keep thinking positive thoughts right now.
Right now I am off to Wal-Mart to get paint for the bathroom and I just know it's going to be a great weekend because I get to see this baby boy...

Yes our life sucks ass..

2008-04-01T16:31:00.000-07:00

But this sums it up perfectly..

Let's see appartently we are 120,000 on a house we only paid 121,000 for 9 years ago so there is no refinancing Thursday, my car battery died and we had to replace it at the cost of $90 bucks and apparently all honda have a theft deterent that locks out your radio and you need a code which of course I don't have. Didn't I say it, if it wasn't for bad luck we wouldn't have any luck at all..I think I'll just go crawl in bed and pull the covers over my head..will someone let me know when this shit is all over with??

Lazy Sundays..

2008-03-30T13:25:00.000-07:00

I love lazy sundays..got some housework done, a nice quiet bath, dinner in the crockpot and now just sitting here watching the race.. today I am going to just enjoy this and tomorrow it's back to the rat race..

Fun Party

2008-03-30T07:23:00.000-07:00

Last night I went to a fun party at my neighbor Nikki's house. I intially didn't want to go. I was just tired and looked horrible but she persisted so I went and had a blast. Saw old friends, met some new friends, drank way to many jello shots and just had plain fun. I did spend alittle bit of money and am so hoping we do a couple's party next time.

A year ago today..

2008-03-29T20:45:00.000-07:00

my dear friend Brooke lost her father. I can't believe it's been a whole year that he's been gone. I am such a horrible friend I honestly completely forget to call her today and make sure she was okay. I hope she knows I think of her everyday and to Tony..I can't wait to see you again someday..until then I know your up there riding your harley and laughing at us for all the shedding of tears we have done now that your gone.

The waiting game..

2008-03-29T08:37:00.000-07:00

The waiting game really sucks..yep we are still waiting on the payoff on the house. I did find out it was mailed Thursday so were hoping to get it today but now have to til at least Monday. I am really hoping that this all works out but like I said in my previous post we have the worst luck so nothing would suprise me. So hopefully Monday everything we will fall into place and we will know for sure. Our fingers are going to hurt from keeping them crossed for so long.

TGIF....

2008-03-28T18:03:00.000-07:00

It was a crazy busy week at work, which is to be expected since it's the end of the month but wow thank goodness it's over.
I also thought I would update on the refinancing. We are suppose to close next Thursday @ 4:00 but are still waiting on our payoff on the house so still keeping fingers crossed. This has just got to work for us. We have had so much bad luck and are just hoping to turn things around.

Well that's all I have for now..here is a picture of Logan and Ryan. I keep telling Ryan it's so sad that no one loves him.

Friends..

2008-03-23T08:01:00.000-07:00

These are our friends..yes they are goofy but they are fun and together we always have a great time. We started our weekend at Matt and Brandy's house and after dinner last night ended up at our house. We are always here for each other and would drop anything in a moment for each other and that is true friendship in my eyes.

This is PJ's best friend Tom, he is mostly a permanent fixture at our house.

This is our neighbor Scott.
This is Dave and Angie, our motorcycle riding buddies.

And last but certaintely not least is Matt and Brandy. PJ's cousin but they act more like brothers.

Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb

These quotes describes our friends perfectly.

Happy Easter Everyone !!

2008-03-23T06:47:00.000-07:00

Hope your day is filled with family and fun. I'll be back later tonight to share more fun and pictures from our weekend.

Here is a picture of me and Ryan last nigth at dinner.

Only I could...

2008-03-22T06:14:00.000-07:00

fall down the stairs and hurt my tailbone again..aughhhhhhhh my butt hurts!! And I failed miserable at the challenge I issued myself to blog and take a picture everyday for a month. But in my own defense it's been a busy week..Kinsey had a choir concert, still working on refinancing our house. But I will be taking lots of pictures today so check back for those.

How's half the challenge??

2008-03-17T15:55:00.000-07:00

So your not going to get a picture today and so I am offically a loser on the first day but I have a really really good excuse..my right hand and arm is killing me. It hurts so bad I wouldn't even want to pick up my camera and try to take a picture..so you just get a post..lame I know but that is life..

In other news appartently I am spending my weekend here...can you guess where here is??

Well it has something to do with this??

Yep we are traveling to South Bend, Indiana to watch the spring football game. Although this isn't really my idea of romantic I do think it will be fun and hubby loves his ND football so for him I'll do it.. and besides this will earn me some major brownie points and I can save those up for when I really want something from him..haha!!

I'm home....

2008-03-16T12:48:00.000-07:00

Well after much debate last week about going away for the weekend scrapbooking..I went and had the best time EVER!!! I have never had so much fun as I did this weekend. I cannot wait until the next retreat in September. It was wonderful seeing so many old friends and it was like getting a fresh start..just wonderful. I didn't get as much done as I would have liked to because I didn't take many pictures but I got 13 layouts done so I didn't think that was too bad. Tomorrow it's back to work and Wednesday is my one year anniversary at MMI..woohoo. Also keep us in your thoughts are we are trying to refinance our house..we are waiting on the appraisal to come back so hopefully we'll hear more about that tomorrow or Tuesday.

Also starting today I am going to challenge myself to a picture and a post a day!! Let's see how many days it takes me to fail...LOL

Here is a layout of my little man I did this weekend:

Oh my gosh Becky look at that snow..

2008-03-09T13:05:00.000-07:00

We'll were trying to dig out of the blizzard of '08 but izzy thinks she'll just stay all snuggled up and warm..

Hubby getting a workout
Superman...

Silly kids..

The Blizzard of '08

2008-03-08T16:30:00.000-08:00

Can you say holy cow...yep we got hammered..It all started yesterday morning..thank goodness I had already scheduled half a vacation day because when I left at 11:30 the roads were already bad and then it just continued to get worse and worse. By this morning at 8:30 we were under a level 3 snow emergency. We have been stuck home all day long which is just fine by me. Hopefully they can get this crap cleaned up so I can get to work Monday.

Missing her...

2008-03-07T02:51:00.000-08:00

She is in Washington D.C on her school trip and yeah I know she has only been gone 2 days and will be home tonight but gosh darnnit I miss her and today we are suppose to get blasted with tons of snow and they will be driving in it..so I guess another day of worrying for me..sigh..

"Today never has to happen again!"

2008-03-04T17:48:00.000-08:00

woohoo for this quote.... becausetoday is a major suckfest..Logan is sick (and this is big because Logan is never sick), and Kinsey is leaving in about 40 minutes for a school trip to Washington D.C. til Friday..oh goodness..is it friday yet?

HD is in the house...

2008-03-01T12:57:00.000-08:00

Oh my goodness my life is now complete..directv was here this morning and installed our HD DVR..can you say pure heaven?? I can't wait to see Nascar in HD tomorrow..

Guess where I am going...

2008-02-29T19:05:00.000-08:00

away from for the weekend and to an actual scrapbooking retreat and I am actually quite excited about it. Mom needs alittle time away. But until then lots going on..had a crappy day at work which will be followed up by a meeting Monday morning..oh joy!! Kinsey leaves Wednesday night for Washington and will be gone til Friday night..oh my goodness my baby is growing up so fast.
More good news to share tomorrow..stay tuned.

The list...

2008-02-24T09:23:00.000-08:00

We'll I did some things done on the list...
I got my nails done, dishes done, house picked up, did lots and lots of running around. We made 2 trips to wal-mart, went out to dinner and had Kinsey's play.
Today we have PJ's Aunt Ruthie's calling hours to go to and then back to work tomorrow. This is one of those weekends where I say it's nice to go back to work to get a rest.

here is kylee and I being silly the other night acting like Kinsey..

Our new baby..

2008-02-24T07:00:00.001-08:00

Yep we took the plunge and got a 42" Vizio HDTV and wow it it awesome. Now just waiting for Dirrectv to hook up the HD box next weekend and we'll be all set.

This man...

2008-02-22T18:19:00.001-08:00

seriously rocks my world..I found this on another blog and thought it would fun..

What's his name? PJ
How long have you been together? Married 9 together 10
How long did you date before moving in together? About a year
How old is he? 34
Who eats more? definitely him..I honestly don't eat much at all
Who said I love you first? hmm....he did
Who is taller? him - by about a foot and an inch..
Who is smarter? him way smarter than I am
Who does laundry? he does
Who does dishes? I do
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do
Who pays the bills? I do, half the time he doesn't even know how much money we have in the back.
Who mows the lawn? he does I have never mowed a lawn in my life
Who cooks dinner? He does I hate to cook and totally suck at..he should have been a chef
Who drives when you are together? usually I do
Who is more stubborn? we are so equal in this department...we are both very very stubborn..gosh did I just admit that.
Who kissed who first? actually he did after he asked me if I would slap him for doing it.
Who asked out who first? actually we kind of just said let's go out to dinner
Who proposed? He did
Who has more siblings? definitely me considering he is an only child
Who wears the pants in the family? hmmm.....good question....i guess we've got a good partnership b/c i think we both do

Every day I seem to be fall more and more in love with him...

Sooooooooo lazy today..

2008-02-22T18:06:00.000-08:00

The weather is awful here right now so I took a snow day today which translates into thank goodness I scheduled a vacation day, but guess what I got done today......NOTHING. Oh wait we did go to dinner with my brother which was incredibly stupid because the roads were horrible. Oh wait back to I got nothing done today..what the heck is up with that. Hopefully the rest of the weekend will be more productive.
Maybe a list will help...so here goes

get nails done
watch dishes
sweep
pick up house
put clothes away
clean bathrooms
watch race..
I think that is quite enough for one weekend now let's see how much I actually get done.

Love and peace

ME

Happy 12th Birthday Baby Girl..

2008-02-21T16:01:00.000-08:00

12 years ago today I was laying in the hospital waiting for you to make your arrival into this big world and you made it alright..7 minutes before your papa steve's birthday. What a young lady you are becoming. You are such a joy in our life.
You are:
a girl with a heart of gold
stubborn
amazing
messy
ALOT like your mom
my baby girl.
I truly hope you know how much we love you and here is to many more birthdays!!!!

Our new addiction..

2008-02-17T06:26:00.000-08:00

Yep this video game is our newest addiction..dang these video games..

It's Daytona Baby.............

2008-02-16T13:29:00.000-08:00

Woohoo tomorrow is the 50th running of the Daytona 500 and my boy Jr. will be running his first big race in a Hendrick Motorsports car. This season is gonna be so dang exciting. I am absolutely pumped. I even ordered a new shirt but dang it, it won't be here in time for the race. But that's okay I can wear it for the next race. In other news we just got back from a mega shopping day. I know most woman love shopping but me not so much. They just don't make clothes for woman like me..short. But I did manage to get a new outfit for work, a new shirt and some new jammie pants..Gotta love jammie pants. Well tonight is the slumber party for Kylee's birthday so I better get off of here and get some things done so hopefully tomorrow I'll have some pictures of her and here friends to share.

And hopefully tomorrow after the race we'll see another picture like this..

Love and peace

ME

He'sssssssssssss back...

2008-02-10T07:24:00.000-08:00

Anyone who knows me knows how much I love Nascar..especially Dale Jr. Last year was a year of alot of ups and downs for Jr and his team, but I just knew him going ot Hendrick Motorsports (where my very own brother works on his team as a fabricator) would be a great thing for him and it's already paid off. He won the Bud Shootout last night...WOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!! And next week is the Daytona 500..can't wait to see how he does in that.
Goooooooooo JR!!!!

It's so quiet here...

2008-02-08T17:17:00.000-08:00

Another busy week at work but thank goodness I am almost caught up..can you hear that big sigh of relief???
So the kids are all scattered in a hundred different directions tonight and hubby is still at work and it's so quiet in my house. For those of you with kids do you ever wonder what you did before kids? I mean I truly am enjoying the peace and quiet but it's so weird and I know I should savor it but I am use to 4 kids,a hubby, and 4 dogs driving me crazy most of the time so when it is quiet I miss that craziness. I know I am weird.
In other news can I just say that I haven't seen this little guy in 2 WHOLE weeks and i miss him like crazy.. definitely going to have to make time to head his way to get my baby fix. Can you tell I love him just alittle bit..okay he completely and totally has stolen my heart..

Grateful...

2008-02-03T17:14:00.000-08:00

As I sit here tonight browsing the internet, reading message boards and blogs I realized how much I have to be grateful for. I have a wonderful husband, four beautiful children, my 4 doggies, a great family, jobs, two vehicles and a roof over our head.

I sat here reading and thinking about all the things others around me and all over the world have been going through and just realize that really what do I have to complain about. I mean my best friend Brooke lost her father last year and my neighbor Nikki very suddenly lost her mother. I don't know what I would do if i lost either of my parents right now and honestly don't even want to think about it.

Life was a lot of ups and downs last year but you knowwhat in the end life is good, really good.
I decided that it's time to stop complaining about things I can't control and just try to make the best of it. So everytime I start to get aggravated or anything like that I am going to remember the real struggles that others are going through and check myself.

Getting so big..

2008-02-03T08:49:00.000-08:00

I know it's not the greatest picture but our newest baby is getting so big. She is a total brat and very, very ornery but we just love her.. Poor Daisy and Rusty don't like her at all, but god bless Chloe she tolerates her. The kids love all over her and she is so cuddly.

Izzy says, "Come on Rusty I just want to play." LOL

Have a great Sunday and GO GIANTS!!!!

Whew glad it's over...

2008-02-02T08:03:00.000-08:00

What a week.. besides being crazy busy at work we had to make an unexpected trip to the emergency room this week. Monday night Kinsey complained alittle bit about her back hurting, but she has been working at the school and running that I thought maybe she had just pulled something or was tired. Well Tuesday morning comes and I find her wide awake on the couch in tons of pain. I tried to talk her into staying home from school but she was having no part of that so off to school she went. By the time I got home from work that night and was talking to her and my friend Brooke about her pain we thought maybe she might be having an appenditicis so off to the ER we went. 5 hours later we find out it's a severe kidney infection and let's admit her for the night to perform IV antibiotics..I start to prepare myself for an overnight stay in the hospital hen Kinsey just loses it...crying hysterically and not wanting to stay in the hospital. They finally relented and let us go home with very strong antibiotics and vicodin. She seems to be doing much better and hopefully on the mend. Thank goodness this week is over.

Vacation Day...

2008-01-25T04:19:00.000-08:00

Today I have a vacation day and it feels so good.. We have been so slammed at work, just crazy busy. So while I am somewhat caught up I decided it would be a perfect day to take off. I plan on listening to my ipod while cleaning and organizing alittle, working on some Valentine Day gifts, taking a nap and then tonight dinner with the husband and friends and then off to a pool tournament. I really want to get a haircut but just can't find one I like so I doubt that happens today.
It will be so nice to get out of the house and hang out with grown ups tonight..if fills like forever since I have been out.
That's all thats new in my little world..hopefully yours is more exciting than mine.
Kinsey says peace....

So glad they can walk and talk...

2008-01-20T10:13:00.000-08:00

Last night Baby Ryan stayed with night with Uncle PJ and Aunt Christa and thank goodness my babies can walk and talk because I forgot how much work babies were. He did sleep all night but wow he was very mad this morning when Kylee and Aunt Christa couldn't get the butt changed and bottle made fast enough, but other than that you have never met a happier baby. Feed him, change his butt and talk to him and he is happy as can be.

Little man you are lucky I love you as much as do.

Happy Birthday Baby!!

2008-01-15T16:25:00.000-08:00

My sweet baby boy is 9 years old today..9 years ago today I was laying in a hospital bed begging this little man to get out of me and at 8:41 he entered the world full speed ahead, didn't even wait for the doctor to get in the room, and he hasn't slowed down since. He is definitely my wild child, he goes 90 mph all the time, but you know what we wouldn't have him anything other way. He is wild, sensitive, all boy, sweet, he is my baby and I love him no matter what.

Happy Birthday my precious baby boy..

I suck at this blogging stuff..

2008-01-13T12:22:00.000-08:00

I always say I am going to get better and blog more often then boom life happens and it's forever before another post..

But I can sum of my whole week in 2 little words:

busy and sick..

Will post again when life calms down and I feel better!!

Techy family..

2008-01-06T05:50:00.000-08:00

I thought I would share our cold Saturday night staying in..

Hubby and his best friend playing guitar hero..I even got in a game or two.

The boys playing on their DS's ..here is Brandon (the master DS player) helping Logan with his game.

Kinsey and her friend playing on the computer (these poor girls helped out at their school wrestling tournament all day so they weren't exhausted)

Kylee stayed all night with a friend otherwise we would have been doing DDR. I was watching football, hanging out at my new favorite place SIStv, playing on the laptop and playing a couple games of guitar hero with the guys.. Just a great night with most of us at home..

Oh goodness...

2008-01-05T08:31:00.000-08:00

This had to be the longest short week in history. I only had to work 3 days but wow what a long week it was. Work was dead this week, I hope things pick back up this week. Not much else going on in our little world. I am getting ready to head to my scrap space and organize alittle bit and hopefully that will inspire me to create something. I bought some papers and embellishments months ago and haven't even taken them out of the bag so cross your fingers that putting them away and going through stuff helps me out. I either need to get off my butt and start scrapping again or just sell it all.

I'll update you on how I did later today or tomorrow.
Here a couple more pictures of baby Ryan (hubby's cousin's baby).. this little man has totally and completely stolen my heart..

Happy New Year Part II

2008-01-01T13:40:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful time last night hanging out with our friends and children. Playing games and just chatting. I thought I would make a list of some things I would like to accomplish this year: 1. get healthy-- I want to start eating better and exercising more this year. 2. take more pictures--since I went back to work I haven't been getting the camera out as much as I use to. I also want to take more pictures of the everyday stuff, and more self portraits. I really really hate having my picture taken so this will definitely be a challenge for me. 3. scrapbook more-again since I went back to work I have hardly touched my scrapbooking stuff so I vow to get it all out this year and start playing again. I am going to quit worrying about what other people think of my pages and just go with the flow on them. I am just going to see where my art and pages take me..kind of a no holds barred approach. 4. Be more organized--I am really getting better about this but I have a couple of other things I would like to do to help out with this. So stay tuned and maybe I can help someone else out in this area. 5. be the best wife and mother I can be--I know this one I should do everyday anyways but sometimes we get caught up with life and we forget about the ones closest to us and without my husband and kids I wouldn't be the person I am. 6. Do something for me--even if it's once a month I need to also take time for me to keep my sanity. It will be nice to look at this post in a year and really see how well I did. Here's hoping to a wonderful 2008.

Thought I would leave you with a picture of my girls playing DDR.. have I told you how much fun we have with this game.

Happy New Year!!!

2008-01-01T07:31:00.000-08:00

Say goodbye to 2007 and hello to 2008..
I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe New Year's Eve!! I will be updating later today with my resolutions for the new year.

2007 Year in Review

2007-12-26T07:27:00.000-08:00

I haven't gotten much scrapbooking done lately but hope to get back into it next year. So until then I thought I would post a year in review here.

Kinsey turned 13..eeek I am officially the mother of a teenager

Kylee turned 11

Brandon turned 11

Logan turned 8

We had out first litter of puppies.

Baby Ryan was born..(PJ's cousins baby) and he stole all of our hearts..

We got a new puppy ..meet Izzy.

And hubby got me a new car..

And I got a new toy for Christmas which I totally love...

May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions. ~Joey Adams

Have a wonderful and safe Happy New Year!!!

Merry Christmas

2007-12-24T07:26:00.000-08:00

I wish you all the a Very Merry Christmas. May Santa bring you everything you want and happiness all year long.

It's gonna be a long day..

2007-12-23T05:24:00.001-08:00

I have so much to get done today so I decided I better put it somewhere so I can 1. remember it all and 2. be held accountable to get it all done.
So here is the list today:
1. get gift for dad and stepmom
2. finish laundry
3. clean, clean, and clean some more
4. wrap EVERYTHING
5. finish baking
6. one last trip to Wal-Mart
7. clean furniture
8. run a couple of other errands
9. give the dogs a bath..

Oh goodness lots to and here I sit...off to get busy.

My husband rocks....

2007-12-22T16:40:00.000-08:00

As I said before my blazer broke down and we are just so sick of putting money into it and it just breaking down again and again but we had to have another car since I am working outside of the house. So hubby got me this little beauty.. It's a Honda Accord and it's perfect for me. We bought it from a good friend of ours and he kept it so clean. Since I am driving about 25-30 minutes each way to work it gets great gas mileage and so will save us alot of money especially with gas prices the way they have been.
We also got all of Christmas shopping done today and Kylee and I are doing lots of baking tonight and tomorrow while the boys clean the carpets. After they are done we are going to finish cleaning the house. We have kept Christmas very low key this year and it's been so nice not to stress out about every little detail.
Well back to baking.. hope everyone has a wonderful and stress free Christmas.

9 days to go...

2007-12-16T06:10:00.000-08:00

til Christmas...oh goodness I still have shopping left to do, menus to plan, things to bake, and a house to clean. I guess I better get busy this week. The past 2 weekends have been filled with mine and hubby's Christmas parties. We had a ton of fun at both. I do have to say hubby and I work for really great companies and it's a always wonderful to spend time with people you really like. Hopefully I can get our pictures scanned and share them here.
We also had the girls holiday choir concerts this week which I totally enjoy. I am also going to have to download those pictures and post them here.
In other news my poor Blazer is broke down again. Poor hubby I think he is going to really consider trading me in if I don't get a new vehicle.
That's about all that is going on in my little world. Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season and not stressing out. I promise to be back soon with pictures of all the goings on.

I didn't make it...

2007-12-04T14:46:00.000-08:00

to hubby's Christmas party for the kids. I was just in so much pain from my ear. It does seem to be getting better and the doctor said it looked good today. Woohoo thank goodness. Earaches are the worst. Nothing much else going on around here. Work is as busy as ever.

We did get the Christmas tree and decorations up. Kylee and I also made some puppy chow tonight so feeling very festive around here. I am really starting to look forward to the holidays.

Can I just say I really really wish the Writer's would get a contract already and get back to work. I miss my shows already and it's sad to think their won't many more after the new year.
Here is a picture from the christmas party..

What a yucky day..

2007-12-01T17:23:00.000-08:00

I have accomplished nothing today, except for a trip to urgent care because finally my ear so bad I couldn't even eat or drink. It's official I have an ear infection and dang does it hurt. Hopefully the pain pill and antibiotics kick in soon. Tomorrow is the kids Christmas party and I hope I feel better so I can go.
And what's a post without a picture..here is picture of the kids with Santa at last year's party.
Hope everyone has a better weekend than we are..

Dreams do come true...

2007-12-01T04:03:00.000-08:00

I got one.. and it looks just like this one in the picture and I got it for dirt cheap. Woohoo I am so freaking excited. I absolutely love it.
In other news it's going to be a pretty low key weekend here. I have a horrible ear ache. We do have hubby's work kids Christmas party tomorrow so that should fun.
Wow it's Dec. 1 and we don't have our tree up and no shopping started. It seems like we just had Christmas..oh goodness we had better get on the ball here.
Hope everyone has a great week. I will post some pictures after the Christmas party tomorrow.

So senseless and sad...So

2007-11-27T15:50:00.000-08:00

Anyone one who knows me knows I love sports but especially football and Nascar. It breaks my heart that a great football player and father of a little one loses his life because of a senseless act of violence.

Rest in Peace Sean Taylor

Music..

2007-11-26T17:03:00.000-08:00

I am so into music lately. I love plugging my ipod into my docking station at work and just jamming out. It makes the whole day go so much faster and brings a smile to my face. Lately I am into all kinds of music from alicia keyes new song, eminem, matchbox 20 and fergie. I just love music. Its sad to think that I had my ipod for so long and hardly ever listened to it and now I can't live without it and aren't these new ipods just so cool and cute, cute, cute. I would love to have one of these but for now I will just dream about owning one. Hey a girl can dream, right??

Do you hear that???

2007-11-23T13:14:00.000-08:00

It's the sound of piece and quiet..all of the kids are gone and honestly it's kind of sad. I know I should and will enjoy it while I can but it's just so quiet right now. Even the dogs are just laying around being good. My little sister and I did hit up the mall earlier to pick up a couple of Christmas presents but other than that just catching up on all the shows I have tivo'ed recently. There is probably lots of other things I should be doing like cleaning our bedroom, or scrapbooking but figured today I am going to do nothing and will play catch up tomorrow while hubby is gone for a few hours.
We had a wonderful thanksgiving and totally stuffed ourselves. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!

2007-11-22T17:42:00.000-08:00

I am so thankful for so many things this year..
first and foremost...my husband and children I don't know where I would be without them. My husband grounds me, he is my rock. I can be having the worst day and yet he can still make me laugh til it hurts, he truly is my everything. My children although they may drive me totally crazy they are each their own person and have such different personalities but they are all so very special. Their is never a dull moment with 4 children.
I am also thankful for our families. We are fortunate enough that all of our parents live within 20 minutes of us and it so nice to know they are right here when we need them.
My job.. after being home doing daycare for 8 years I never thought I would land a job let alone a job I would truly love.
My furbabies, life is very crazy with 4 dogs but hey what's 4 dogs when you already have 4 kids.. we must really love the chaos.
My friends..I have wonderfully supportive their when I need them friends.
These are just a few of the things I am most thankful for this year.

I will leave you with another picture of our newest baby..Happy Thanksgiving..

It's over..

2007-11-21T16:57:00.000-08:00

my work week that is and thank goodness. I even took an hour and half of vacation and got out at 3:00 and it felt so good. Yeah I know I will tons of things to catch up next week but that's okay it could wait. The really important got things got done so that's whats important..right??
Tomorrow is turkey day and I cannot wait. I have alot of things to be thankful for this year and I plan on enjoying every minute of the next 4 days, and then going back to work totally refreshed and ready to conquer everything monday. Later I will do my what I am thankful for post...

see ya

CLW

What a day...

2007-11-19T15:14:00.000-08:00

work was beyond crazy today and I could/should probably still be their but had to get out their before my head exploded. I so wanted to get get out work early Wednesday but honestly don't really see that happening and might not even get out of their on time..oh why this week. Think hubby will let me hire a housekeeper to finish cleaning the house for Thanksgiving...yeah I doubt it to, but it was a nice thought.

I thought I would show you what Kinsey does with her brother when I am not home..

Yes I have totally gone crazy....

2007-11-18T09:17:00.001-08:00

We got another dog..calgon take me away...Her name is Izzy (pedigree name Williams Queen Izabella the first) and she is almost 4 months old..

I'm really trying....

2007-11-18T07:58:00.000-08:00

to get it all together and post here more often. I really am trying. Not much exciting going on here lately anways.. been doing lots of cuddling with this baby. PJ's cousin (who is actually more like his brother) and his wife had a baby Sept. 15 and I love this little guy to pieces. I know it will be quite a while before I have nieces or nephews of my own so this is as good as it gets for me. Isn't he just the cutest little thing ever? And look at all of that hair.

We are also getting ready for Thanksgiving. We got a 22 lb turkey yesterday and hubby will cook him Thursday morning. PJ's parents, my mom and step-dad will be here and it will just be a great day with lots of eating, visiting and more eating.

Work has been going great. I am finally in my new position. Another girl and myself do all the medical billing for our company. It's a fun position but very technical. We work with so many different states and they all are very particular about how they want their bills coded, but it's just what I need, I love a good challenge. The kids are also doing wonderful, as wonderful as it can be with 4 kids and one of them is a teenager...:)

We'll stay tuned for another post today with just how crazy I really am.......................

I actually scrapped today..

2007-10-21T15:02:00.001-07:00

I made this acrylic album this morning and it felt so good to actually create something. I can't wait to work on some more stuff this week.

Bittersweet Day

2007-10-21T08:10:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a bittersweet day. We had a moving sale at PJ's Grandma's house. They had to put her in a nursing home a few months ago and now it's time to clean out her house. The kids and I brought home some Christmas bells from her collection and a couple of other things. It will be very hard to watch someone else to live there or tear down her house. I did get some pictures of her house for PJ and to scrap. He has alot of memories from this old house. I think I am going to make a mini-album and interview him about his memories.
Not much else exciting going on here. Back to work tomorrow and Friday night is a date night for hubby and I. We are going to a suprise birthday party for a guy he works with so good fun. I can't wait.

Here is a picture of PJ's grandma's house..

It was a very busy week..

2007-10-14T06:03:00.001-07:00

Work has been extermely crazy lately. We are down 4 people in our department so we are working out butts off, but never fear they have hired 2 new people and hopefully they will both start this week. Which als means I will have to move my desk and get to start in my new position. I am so excited. I know I will have lots to learn but it will lots of fun.
This week was also Kinsey's choir concert which are always lots of fun and scarecrow night at Logan's school. Scarecrow night was interesting to say the least. We have always had PJ there to help and this year he had to work 2nd shift so we were on our own. Needless to say we did get the scarecrow made but it's quit scary looking really. This week looks to be just as busy with Logan having a 3rd grade program and then a court date with my ex.
Hope everyone has a great week!!

Time flies when your having fun...

2007-09-30T11:52:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I haven't blogged since April. I am hoping to start blogging regularly again and with some very cool things.
After being home so long and then going to back to work I had to find some balance in my life and honestly some things had to go. And one of those things was being on the computer all the time. I am hardly on here at all now but hoping to at least jump on here once a day and at least say Hi.
So stay tuned for lots of new and neat things coming....

I'm alive..

2007-04-22T09:26:00.000-07:00

Life is crazy but a very good kind of crazy.. Work is wonderful. I still don't like getting up at 5:30 am but I love getting up and going to work .. Kids are all doing good and finally the weather is beautiful. We have been playing outside and getting some yard work done. I can't wait to plant some flowers.
Here is the best part about the nice weather. Getting out on the bike and just riding.
Well time to get some stuff done but I promise to be a better blogger.

A busy busy week..

2007-03-25T07:10:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't been around much lately. This week turned out to be very busy. I started my new job and love it. I miss not being on CS as much though. I also had to take the dog in for artifical insemination this week and Kinsey had a choir concert. Hopefully this week will be much calmer and I will be back to blogging regularly.

I was upstairs putting laundry away and came down to this. Kylee must have thought Chloe was cold.

Here is all my new clothes I got for work.

And the new shoes I got. don't mind the pea stain on the floor. Still haven't convinced hubby we need new carpet in our room.

Thought this might be fun for today:

2007-03-15T17:17:00.000-07:00

Blog Meme Deluxe

Favorite color: Pink

Favorite food: Pepper Steak and Rice

Favorite month: May- Spring is in the air and the weather is not to hot.

Favorite song: right now it's Sweet Escape

Favorite movie: Up Close and Personal

Favorite sport: Nascar

Favorite season: Spring

Favorite day of the week: Friday

Favorite ice cream flavor: Chocolate

Favorite time of the day: Morning-the start of a great day

9 CURRENTS:

Current mood: Tired and feeling sickly

Current taste: Nestle Crunch bar

Current clothes: workout pants, tank top and pink sweatshirt

Current desktop: junk

Current toenail color: red

Current time: 8:25 pm

Current surroundings: my family room

Current thoughts: I am tired and thinking about my new job

8 FIRSTS:

First best friend: Erika(yuck)

First kiss: Rob in 8th grade

First screen name: chris2rw2001

First piercing: my ears when I was about 8 yrsold

First pet: a poodle named Buffy

First crush: I don't even remember

First CD: Don't remember this either

7 LASTS:

Last cigarette: about 1/2 hour ago..

Last drink: Went out with the girls a couple of weeks ago and had a drink or 2

Last car ride: Shopping

Last kiss: Today before hubby went to work

Last movie seen: A movie with The rock in it but can't remember what it's called

Last phone call: talked to the DH about an hour ago

Last CD played: none for awhile

6 HAVE YOU EVERS:

Have you ever date one of your best guy/girl friends: Yes

Have you ever broken the law: Yes.

Have you ever been arrested: No

Have you ever skinny dipped: Yes.

Have you ever been on TV: No

Have you ever kissed someone you didn't know: No.

5 THINGS:
Thing you're wearing: my jammie pants, sweatshirt and t-shirt

Thing you've done today: shopped, lunch, nap, cleaned, bath, and played on computer

Thing you can hear right now: dogs barking, smallville

Thing you can't live without: love, my hubby, my kids and my friends(especially Trish and Brooke)

Thing you do when you are bored: read, play on computer

4 PLACES YOU HAVE BEEN TODAY:
1. my house

2. kids school

3. Kohl's

4. Burger King

3 PEOPLE YOU CAN TELL ANYTHING TO:
1. Hubby

2. Trish

3. Brooke

2 CHOICES:

Black or white: both

Hot or cold: cold

1 THING YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
Make a difference.

Rain Rain Go Away..

2007-03-14T10:50:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a gorgeous day here. 70 and sunny and today it's rainy and yucky, and by this weekend they are expecting snow flurries here. That's Ohio weather for you.

I went Monday and met with the HR lady and officially start this Monday.This is a totally new chapter in my life and I am so nervous and yet so excited. Tomorrow Brooke and I are going shopping to get me business casual clothes and shoes. Shopping with Brooke is like pulling teeth..LOL so wish me luck.

Been getting lots of things done around here this week. Ran errands, got my nails done, cleaned out my car, played outside with the kids, got the house clean and am working on laundry. Have a few other things I want to get caught up on in the next few days so I don't have to try to play catch up next week.

And of course a post is very boring without a picture..so here are the girls yesterday jumping on the trampoline.

Life is darn good right now..

2007-03-11T12:46:00.000-07:00

Got back this morning from my retreat. It was a great time. I got 20- 12x12 layouts done, 4-8x8 layouts done, laughed alot and got to sit and chat with my best buddy Trish(I am truly sorry you lost your fishy) for 4 days. It was so nice to get away and chat with adults and still get lots done. I haven't done a layout in forever and finally have my grove to do them and thank goodness because the pictures are starting to get out of control. I even came home this morning unpacked all my stuff and re-organized my scrapbook area so I am all ready to be creative again this week.

I guess your all also wondering about the job-- Well I am proud to say I GOT IT!!!

I go Monday morning to meet with the lady in HR. We will go over the employee handbook, policies, benefits and the final offer. I am so excited and can't wait to start. This will be a totally new change for me but it's one I am really looking forward to. I can't wait to actually have a reason to get up in the morning and get all dressed up with someplace to go.

Back to getting things done, enjoy this wonderful weather today!!

Here is a little picture from the retreat:

Playing the waiting game..

2007-03-07T05:04:00.000-08:00

Had my 3rd interview yesterday and it was actually fun. I interviewed with the VP of the company and he asks very different questions but like I said fun. I also had to ask him 10 questions for them to answer so that was nice. I asked about how long it would take for the decision making process and he told me they would discuss it today and that the HR person would call me by the end of the week or the first of next week if they decide to make me an offer. Which means waiting.. and waiting some more. I don't want to get my hopes to high on this but I am very confident that they will offer me something. Keep your fingers crossed for me because I would love to have a job at this company.

In other news nothing else going on. Just getting ready to leave tomorrow morning for my retreat weekend. I am so excited I can't hardly stand it. This day will drag on forever.
As soon as I hear about the job you will hear about the job.. and don't forget to cross those fingers for me.

Is it time yet???

2007-03-04T15:34:00.000-08:00

For my retreat that is. I got all my scrapbooking stuff packed and ready to go. I so need this time away. And I plan to get lots of layouts done.

Also last week I was all but depressed when I still never got the call for the 3rd Interview by Friday I had given up but then Friday around 3:45 she called and I go in Tuesday at 10:00. I am beyond thrilled and have been thinking all weekend about the questions he will ask and how best to answer them.Wish me luck. I would love to get this job.

We had a great weekend. Friday night hung out with the kids, Saturday the guys came over to play pool so the girls and I went out for a bit. Today has been a day of playing catch up. We got all the laundry done and put away, getting the kids paperwork for school tomorrow ready, downloading pictures, paying bills, and vegging out. It's gonna be another busy week here but it will all be worth it when I pack up the car and head out Thursday morning.

I'll try to update before I leave about how my interview went. Have a great week.

Also I was in the basement taking some pictures of the boys playing on the playstation and caught this shot of Brandon's hamster.

Happy Hump Day

2007-02-28T05:52:00.000-08:00

Not much exciting here over the last couple of days. Kinsey is home sick, had Logan's parent teacher conference last night(he is doing awesome in school), and have more parent teacher conferences tomorrow night.
Still no call for the follow up interview but I did send out homemade thank you cards yesterday so they won't forget about me.(wink)
Have a busy couple of weeks coming up--Kinsey ortho appt, more parent teacher conferences, company this weekend, a trip to the scrapbooking store and getting ready for my retreat. Whew busy busy time. But can't wait to go away next weekend and crop with my best buddy.

Here is another picture from Kinsey's play:

Crazy few days..

2007-02-25T09:37:00.000-08:00

It's been a whirlwind of running the past few days.
Friday I had to run some errands and then a job interview at 12:30. The interview went wonderful and she asked me to stay and interview with 2 managers that were hiring. My friend Heather (who works there and is a very old but great friend) and I went to lunch and then I came back for the next 2 interviews, they also went wonderful. I finally walked out of there at 3:00. I was beaming from ear to ear walking out of there. Heather even called me after work to let me know that they would be calling me for a final interview. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Had to come home from the interview get the kids ready, watch my friend Trish's girls and head off to Kinsey's play. It was wonderful. Those kids have some talent let me tell you. I went Friday night with the kids, my mom and stepdad and Saturday night with PJ, Logan, and the in-laws. I loved it!!

Both nights after the play we went out for dinner.

Saturday morning was also the CS garage sale and I made quite a bit of money.. woohoo!! But boy was I exhausted so I got in a nap before the play Saturday night.

So far today I have made my page for our CS retreat, got the house clean and worked on getting some stuff done. I still have a couple more things to get done for my scrapbooking retreat in 2 weeks and watch the race.

Keep your fingers crossed for me to get the call for the next interview.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!!

What a start to the week..

2007-02-20T14:00:00.000-08:00

My friend Brooke called at 8:00 am Monday morning for me to take her to the ER..what we thought was just a virus or gas turned into a cyst so the 20 minute surgery started @ 6:00. At 6:20 th doctor came out and informed us she was a mess inside they were removing her right ovary and they think they appendix burst so they would have to call in a general surgeon for that and surgery would be at least another hour, After 2 more hours the dr. came out and informed us it was a bigger mess than they could even imagine and they had to do a hystermony, remove her appendix and clean up in there and remove a cyst almost the size of a football. So after they got her settled into her room(with a tube up her nose and hooked up to every machine they own) I finally made it back home. Only 14 hours later..boy I love hospitals So this week I will not only have my 4 to shuffle, feed and get off to school but also Brooke's 2 so Dan can spend as much time with her in the hospital at night..
Brooke wasn 't doing very well when I stopped over last night but I called this morning and Dan said she is doing much better. I probably won't make it over today since they cancelled school again because of fog and black ice. So for today we might run some errands later, then spend a quiet day at home just hanging out.

Have a great day!!!

Poor neglected blog...

2007-02-18T07:37:00.000-08:00

My poor blog has been feeling so neglected lately so I thought I would come in and visit it awhile. We were bombarded with snow and cold last week so the kids and hubby were home alot. Oh goodness I was so glad when Thursday came and hubby went back to work and then Friday the kids finally went back to school. I was doing a happy dance to be able to have some quiet time even if for a few hours. Here is hubby getting in on the fun sledding with the boys.

Friday afternoon I went to Logan's school for his Valentines Day party which was super cute.

Then Friday night Kylee had a couple of friends spend the night for her birthday.

The rest of the weekend has been pretty low key. Just hanging out together, get the grocery shopping done. Today hubby has his weekly pool tournament and I am watching Nascar. Goooooooooo JR.
Until next time have a good day.

Nascar is back...

2007-02-11T17:53:00.000-08:00

The Nascar Season officially started yesterday and thank goodness. It was the Bud Shootout last night and today was qualifying for the Daytona 500 next weekend. I love the start of Nascar season. It's so exciting. I have watched Nascar as long as I can remember and get more excited every year. Dale Jr is my main man since Rusty Wallace retired. I love Jr's intensity. He is a tell it like it is kind of guy.

So I'll be counting the hours and minutes til the green flag falls next Sunday. Goooooooo Jr.

Brrrrrrrrrr....

2007-02-07T17:09:00.000-08:00

Here is a post I started Wednesday night and am now getting to it to finish it.It's been so cold here. So cold that the kids didn't have school Monday or Tuesday, and then 2 hour delayss the rest of this week. So it's been a crazy week around here.

Wednesday the Chloe and Daisy started fighting like crazy and it continued into Thursday morning which didn't start the day so good. I ended up getting the worst end of the deal. As I was trying to hold Daisy back and Brandon was trying to put a blanket over Chloe she bit me. After a trip to the er I am fine..Just still alittle shaken up. They didn't want to stitch or glue the bite marks for fear of infection so they cleaned them out real good and I had to get a tetanus shot. I am very sore and still having a hard time getting my hand to work but other than that I am okay. Now just have to wait and see if the Health Dept or Sheriff's Dept. show up. I really don't know why they have to since it's my dog but such is life. Chloe has to be quarantined in her cage unless hubby is home which kind of sucks but probably best for now til I calm down alittle more. Now don't get me wrong I love my dogs like my kids but that just scared me. Chloe and Daisy really are good dogs we think that Chloe is getting ready to go into heat and that brings out the fighting.

Logan had a music program last night and it was so cute. The kids show you a dance and then you get up there and do it with them. Since I had on my heals on I let PJ and Kinsey get up and dance with him. I hate to have PJ and Kinsey take pictures last night so I am kind of nervous to see how they turned out but I am not going to sweat the small stuff in life. I will post some pictures when I get them off the camera.

Have a busy weekend ahead, getting ready for our CS retreat, Kinsey's play practice, and getting ready for Valentine's Day.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Look what I caught Chloe doing last week.

Mean and Nasty People

2007-02-01T06:20:00.000-08:00

Didn't your mother ever tell you if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all. Or better yet if you want to post mean and nasty messages to my blog then at least you can put your real name. Come on posting anonymously is for cowards. First of all don't you have something better to do with your time.. if not here are some great suggestions for you.. go play with children, go talk with your husband, go visit your family, volunteer somewhere, or better yet go stick your thumb up ass and sit and spin...

Now that I got that out I feel much better. I finally determined I am officially bored and need a job quick. I did go to a temp agency yesterday and got all registered so now just hope they call. I had to take some tests on the computer and let me tell you I don't think I did so good which is kind of ironic considering how much time I spend on the computer but I have never been much of a Microsoft Office fan anyways so I can just blame it on that (LOL).

Today I plan on getting ready for the CS garage sale, cleaning the house and getting pop tabs and pennies ready for the kids to take to school.

Have a great day!!

Good Monday Morning

2007-01-29T04:23:00.000-08:00

Another weekend has come and gone. Hubby had a big pool tournament this weekend so it was just Logan, David (hubby's cousins son) and me hanging out. We did manage to go get some groceries shopping done, house clean and lots of little things done.
Also this weekend was retreat registration for CS. We sold out in 2 minutes..can you say amazing!!! I cannot wait for it to actually be here and scrapbook with some of my favorite people. These ladies inspire me, make me laugh, and are just wonderful friends. 6 weeks and counting and it's 4 days of total fun and scrapbooking.

I really need to get busy though and start getting ready because the next 6 weeks will fly by so fast. I am finally ready to get back to doing layouts (and not just altering stuff) so need to get some page kits together.

Have a great day and for all of you getting this cold weather..stay warm.

Gina is on the left and Trisha is on the right.

Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday..

2007-01-25T18:32:00.000-08:00

Another week bites the dust.. Well another week is almost gone. Been working on CS stuff, dealing with alittle drama, and lots of cleaning. It would be the perfect week except for I haven't got my camera out this week. Dang I am a bad photographer. I am going to take that camera with me everywhere I go this weekend.

In other not so great news:
My friend Brooke received the news today that her father only has 1-3 months to live. Can I just say it suck's?? I can't even begin to imagine what Brooke and her family are going through right now. I am going to do everything I can right now to be their for her and her family and help her through this. If you have any prayers or thoughts tonight can you add Brooke and her family to them.

So I'll leave you with a picture of my Dad. I am a huge Daddy's girl which makes this even harder. So Dad I truly hope you know how much I appreciate you and love you. Go Jr.

See ya next time.

Can you say uncomfortable??

2007-01-24T04:40:00.000-08:00

My friend Brooke is going to college to be a medical assistant and right now is taking an EKG course. So she called me yesterday and asked if I could come in and let her and a couple of other friends do an ekg on me. Stupid me said yes..nothing like hanging the girls out for complete strangers to see.
At first I was completely embarrassed but got over that very quickly. I figured at least one of these people was my friend and not all complete strangers. It was actually kind of cool to get free medical care and I met a couple of cool people.
In other news not much else going on. Got all the laundry done today, kitchen clean and worked on some CS stuff. Getting ready for our big retreat registration this weekend which means making sure the store is ready to go and posting some fun picture challenges.
Speaking of pictures I really need to get my camera books back out and start working on my photography stuff again. I have done anything with it since before Christmas.
Well have a good night!!

I'm actually up and moving..

2007-01-23T04:39:00.000-08:00

and it's 7:40 am. I never have any energy this early in the morning but today seem full of energy. Let's hope it continues all day so I can get lots done.

Had a good weekend. Spent it with friends scrapbooking and having a meeting. We discussed, made suggestions for fixing things, discussed some more for 14 hours this weekend. It was a great meeting and we got lots accomplished. So now we take all of our ideas and solutions back to our members and hope they are open to them.

I did get alittle scrapbooking done this weekend and had an aha moment. I have been stuck in a creative rut lately and decided that I was going to start doing 8 1/2 x 11 layouts to do simpler pages but then I thought why can't I do simpler pages on 12x12 layouts. I can and I am going too. I know it may seem dumb but it was big for me, so now I can't wait to get some page kits started for my next retreat in March.

What should have been about an hour drive home this weekend turned into 2 hours but that was quit fine with me because it finally snowed and I got to take some picture of the kids playing in it. And bonus we had a snow day yesterday which means Mom got caught up on some sleep and had lots of help picking up the house.

Well back to my busy day of getting things done!! Hope everyone else a productive day too!!

I heart Grey's Atanomy

2007-01-19T06:27:00.000-08:00

I just love this show and wow it was so emotional. I am such a daddy's girl and so it really just hit me when George said, "I don't know how to exist in a world where my Dad doesn't". I really don't know what I will do when something happens to my Dad. All I can say is get the padded room ready. This was also very emotional since my friend Brooke's dad is going through something like this. My heart aches everyday for her. I wish I could just wrap my arms around her and make it all go away. Brooke has been my rock more times than I can count and I hope to be able to be her rock through all of this..
But I must say the boys farting in the hallway is so my family.. that will be my brothers when the time comes. Which you know what it's just the way my Dad would want it. He would rather us drink a beer and fart than sit around crying. So I am sure that's what we will try to do.

After this episode I hope the people around me know how much I truly love them and appreciate them.

And to the woman in my vent from my last post.. You really should watch this episode and be grateful for the things you do have and quit your complaining about everything else.. life is way to short for grudges, bitching, and just being hateful.. For no matter what I will be thinking of all of and you hoping you truly take this to heart..
remember we are only guaranteed today .. tomorrow is a gift..

Well have to finish getting ready for my weekend away. We do get internet access so will try to check in and say Hi!!

2 more days..

2007-01-17T11:52:00.000-08:00

til I am out of here for the weekend and boy do I need it!! It's a scrapbooking and meeting weekend so although it's work, it's also alittle fun. I have been busy this week trying to get everything done at home and packing.

Major vent..

Why do grown woman have to act like children?? I just don't get them..the people who thrive on drama..who have nothing better to do with their time than bitch, whine, moan and complain. Maybe they should step up to the plate and be part of the solution instead of being part of the problem. I mean seriously people life is way to short to act like children. For goodness sakes..put on your big girl panties and act like a big girl. JUST GROW UP AND GET OVER IT!!

Major vent over...

Well still lots to do to get ready for this weekend..hopefully I'll be back tomorrow to say BYE!!

8 years ago today..

2007-01-15T07:55:00.000-08:00

I was giving birth to a baby. He actually arrived at 8:41 pm.. His birth was very easy and very rewarding..He was a joy the moment he arrived. He has always been the entertainment of the house and all boy!! Because January turned into such a busy month we decided to have party for him the last weekend in January. Today we are fixing his favorite dinner and hanging out at home.
So to my baby ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!! DADDY AND MOMMY LOVE YOU WITH ALL OUR HEART!!

Can you tell he is quite the ham??

Another one of my favorites..

2007-01-13T16:10:00.000-08:00

Is watching high school wrestling and what makes it even better is my brother is a high school wrestler. I don't get to go to many of his tournaments since they are mostly out of town and I have my own family but I always make sure to be at the tournament at his high school. I love the thrill of sitting there waiting for them to call your wrestler to the mat and then the adrenaline rush while the match goes on, and then the excitement watching your guy beat the other guy .. screaming and yelling..wohooooooo.. HE WON!! HE WON!! Then it's over that quick.. But I love it..its competitive and butt kicking and just awesome. My little brother knows how much I love it and how proud of him I am that he bought me a black long sleeve shirt that says (in purple even) Sister of a Wrestler. I went right into the bathroom and put it on immediately and am very proud to wear it.

Here are some pictures I took last night..

Uh oh it's not looking to good right now..

But I fought back and got him right where I want him.. time to go in for the kill..
WOOHOOO!!! I WON I WON!!!

So this was mostly how I spent my weekend.. And since my little brother went out early today(that's okay Bubbie I still love you) I did get home at a decent time this afternoon. Then just picked up the house, uploaded all the pictures and played on the computer. Hubby even cooked a wonderful dinner of homemade pepper steak and it was the best.. Off to finish watching the playoffs.

Busy and Boring Days

2007-01-11T18:13:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was a very busy day. Had lots of running around to do and then home to bake cookies for Logan's class today for his birthday(which is actually Monday but they don't have school) and then clean.

Today just sat around and picked up the house alittle bit. Seems I have a bit of insomnia and the last time I looked at the clock after going to bed was 4:00 am.. which made me a very very tired lady today. So that means not alot gets done. So plan on spending tomorrow getting caught up on everything and clean.
Do you ever wonder why as woman we are so worried about the house being clean?? I mean it's all just a mess again 5 minutes after they get home from school, but I still am just fanatic about the house being clean. And right now it's a mess and it's driving me crazy. So tomorrow I have to clean..

Tomorrow night I am going to my brother's wrestling tournament. I love watching high school wrestling..Its the biggest 5 minute adrenaline rush and I especially love watcing my little brother in wrestling, football, and baseball. For those that don't know he is 16 yrs old and I am so stinking proud of him (although he drives me alittle crazy most of the time). Well back to Grey's ..have a great weekend!!