The Weekend

As soon as I was done cleaning up from breakfast on Saturday, I started painting the bathroom. This is the color we chose:

We chose the bottom one, Avalon, which was the lightest shade of blue I could find. *rofl* I’m hoping it will look good with the dolphin theme we have going on in there.
Anyway, [...]

Two Deaths

When we moved in here last year, we had 6 perfectly healthy trees in our yard, 5 of which were pine trees. I especially liked the one closest to the street. It was unique looking. It had hardly any branches… It’s hard to explain. I should look through pictures and see if I have any of it.
Well [...]

First Weigh-in

Today was my first weigh-in… I plan on doing them every Friday… Anyway, I lost a total of 3 pounds this week. Not a spectacular loss, but an acceptable one. I’ll take it!
I decided to keep going with the treadmill, mainly because of the privacy thing. I’ve been doing better every day! At the [...]

Too Bad…

We had this neighbor… His house was behind ours… Anyway, this guy was weird. He kind of gave me the creeps. From what we understood, he and the maintenance guy, Roger, had this fued going on. Roger told us that Wayne would peek into people’s windows, slash tires on Roger’s vehicles, and all sorts of [...]

Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone (who celebrates it) had a great Halloween. … And for those of you who don’t, have a great “Hallowasn’t” (There’s some Pooh Bear for you! )
We had a nice day… Took the day off school. You know that Creative Team I’m on, at Gotta Pixel? Today was the day that a [...]

Sorry…

… About the lack of post last night. I just needed to get to bed and get some sleep. I even slept in around an hour later than normal, and that was nice.
The pain from the extraction is just about gone. It still hurts some, but not enough to whine about.
Today I decided that [...]

Man Oh Man…

… I think I scared everyone off! It’s been quiet around here…
OK… I need some help. In school, Alicia is supposed to be learning the basics/start of reading. So far she is just doing little words like “It, is, in, sit, etc”… But she is *really* struggling. She can tell me the sounds that [...]

Tidbits

Well, lets try this again. I had another, completely different, post written… But I decided to delete it. It was a feel sorry for myself post, and since I am feeling better, I don’t need to vent anymore. I was just feeling discouraged and inadequate… But I guess I’m over it for now.
I had [...]

Journal Day

Today the boys had to write in their journals for spelling. (This is the first time Josh has done that.) The journals are kept, to keep track of words they need help spelling. After they write them, I go over what they’ve written and have them correct any misspelled words. The words that they misspell [...]

Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning?

“Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)” By Alan Jackson
 
 Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day
 Out in the yard with your wife and children
 Working on some stage in LA
 Did you stand there in shock at the site of
 That black smoke rising against that blue sky
 Did you shout out in anger
 In [...]

Well, it’s New to Us

Conversation of the Day:
Amanda: “Do you like my Mommy?”
Jared: “She’s my Mommy too!”
(Amanda is always hugging me fiercely, and telling Joe and the other kids, “That’s MY Mommy!” )
Boy, am I tired… I have been yawning like crazy all day long. I think I have worked myself to a state of exhaustion this week, [...]

One of These Days…

… I’m actually going to be finished unpacking. *sighs* It would probably be easier if I didn’t have Amanda clinging to my legs half the day saying, “I need you Mama, I need you.”… Which is really sweet and endearing, but doesn’t help you get much done… It would also help if Joe would help, [...]

Making Progress

I slowly plodded on today… Though I got distracted a few times. I would be happily unpacking when I would come across something that’s been in the attic for a long time… Like today I found my Mom’s old year books, and her wedding book, etc. I ended up sitting down and reading some of [...]

Busy, Busy, Busy

Conversation of the Day:
Jared: “Aren’t you going to tuck the girls into bed?”
Mommy: “Yes, I just have to get off my lazy butt.”
Josh: “You don’t have one.”
Mommy: “I don’t have a butt?”
Josh: “No, you don’t have a lazy one.”
Ahhhhh… That earned Josh an extra goodnight kiss!
Sorry about the short post last night. I [...]

The Case of the Runaway Litter Box

This afternoon we headed out to the Sandy house to do the final cleaning. I was seriously *not* in the mood, because I wanted to be here, unpacking! But sometimes you gotta do what you just gotta do, right? Besides, we had to get Cuddles, so she could come see her new domain. Anyway, [...]

Moving Day!!!!!!

*Happy Sigh* … We are now happily moved into the house. … The house is a royal mess, but we’re here. There are boxes in every room, ready for me to get to work, and I can’t wait… Until tomorrow to do it! Of course, I will only be able to do a [...]

Tomorrow!!!!!

Hmmm… My server seems to be down, so I guess I’ll type this in Works and post it when it’s up again.My day started out pretty easy. Since we didn’t have any tape I couldn’t do any packing. So, after feeding and bathing the kids and showering myself, I spent some time doing some digital [...]

3 Days!!!

I’m going to need my newest album I am working on proof-read, so I thought I would make it easier. For the next while, I will try to post 4 layouts every day (in private posts), and if anyone you see any mistakes, could you please leave a comment and let me know? Thanks!… And hey, [...]

4 Days!!

I got a bunch more stuff packed today. When Joe got home he said that things were starting to look bare… So I must be getting something accomplished, huh? There isn’t much left in the living room to pack at all. Mainly just the video camera, and 4 DVDs. (I let the kids pick out [...]

5 Days!

Boy. It sure doesn’t seem like I got much done today, but it sure feels like I got a lot done! My legs are pretty sore right now, and I think tomorrow is going to be a lot worse!
I got a bunch of boxes packed, did some laundry, dishes, fed the kids, [...]