School day

Well it's back to school today. I think I'm ready? lol I only got a couple of hours sleep last night, total insomnia and now I will pay for it. I'm already starting to get tired. I'm drinking a diet dr. pepper right now and will have one more, but I want to make sure I sleep tonight. It's a busy week with school again and working extra hours. It's supposed to snow tonight, so we'll see. The sky definitely has that look to it.

Family pics

We took some family pics today. I hope they turn out great. I was bummed that it was raining so hard we couldn't go outside, those are the best pics. But, we needed them taken and I know everyone will love them for Christmas. The house is pretty clean because of it too. BONUS! Now I can get to work on the extra bedroom and packing up some stuff to take to the crop on Sunday. I'm excited to cook turkey dinner here tomorrow. Hubby's going to go play flag football in the morning and the kids and I will work on making dinner. Too bad they are both not feeling well. :( Hopefully they will be better tomorrow.

Week is almost over

It's almost back to school for me. I really don't feel like I've accomplished much. Just like the last break. lol But the house is cleaner and the laundry is caught up. So, I guess that's enough. I plan on scrapbooking tonight after I get the house picked back up. We have family pics on Friday and if it rains we will have to take them in here somewhere. Since we don't really have the house fancied up, I have no idea what we will use as a backdrop. Oh well, it's not the background that matters. Off to clean as always. WHere's my Diet Dr. Peper?

Monday

Boy, today was a Monday. If I didn't drop it, I threw it. There has been no extra time and then top it off with horrible cramps. I'm glad the day is over. I think I will go take a shower and hide in bed. lol

Made it through the night

Two of them have left for church and I put football on my big screen so they have all gone to my daughters room. Hey, my Raiders are on and this is the first game that's been televised up here this season! There's just things a woman's got to do. So we'll see how bad we get beat here, but at least I get to watch them lose. lol All in all, there haven't been any real problems. Just the normal bickering between girls.

The house just needs a little pick up and I will spend the rest of the day scrapbooking and watching football. Doing some laundry in there too. Low key day:) I wonder what hubby is going to make for dinner? Cause I sure ain't cookin'!

Wow, a month

K, I'm a slacker on here. It's been such a busy month. Second term is over. Grades were 3.63, not happy about that. It dropped my accum. to 3.82. :( Oh well, I'll make up for it in the last 2 terms. It's all the fun classes now and practical/application stuff.

I let my daughter have a slumber party tonight. Her bday is in July and the last couple of years have been a bust because everyone is on vacation. So, I let her have a big slumber party and just my luck, all 8 of them could attend! Wow, there's a lot of girl power going on in my house. There's a lull in the radio and karaoke, so my brain is unscrambling. They have found the madlibs. Do those things ever go out of style? lol With 9 ten year old girls, you know there's going to be tears within a few hours. Ahh, the drama.

halloween party

I was having a great time at our friends party earlier tonight. My son had been sick earlier this week, so I was somewhat prepared to leave early. But, my daughter said she didn't feel well and I call BS on that. I know they get bored there and that's cool. So next time I will make sure they stay at grandma and grandpa's for the night.

Debt

Well, I frequent a few boards and found my name on one of them. UGH, it was the finance board. My post had inspired them to post their debt. So, now I will do the same. I hate, hate, hate to do it. But, then again, I haven't balanced my freakin checkbook in a year. Hubby has no clue and no say. lol So, I guess I really should step up and be the adult. Make a budget we can live happily on, no problem, and then also make a point of a list of bills. What if, god help us, something happened to me? Do I really want to leave my family without any knowledge or even a place to start?

UGH, this is a lot for 11:40pm. lol

Sick kid

Was up most of the night with my youngest. Poor guy, he seems fine now, but I'm waiting to see who comes down with it next in the house. Since I ate off his plate last night, I'm waiting for it to be me. :(

Tomorrow is his last football games and I'm glad he'll be ok to play. I'm crossing fingers that hubby doesn't get it since he's one of the coaches.

Oh, speaking of hubby, he just called. They laid him off today. We've been waiting for it as the boss is an ass, but it still pisses me off. Makes me want to go down there and tell the pretty boys how stupid they are. Hubby will have another job by the end of the night, or maybe by the time he gets home. lol I can only hope that these 2 guys love working with out him now. But, ignorant people don't ever get it do they? They just want someone to bough and kiss their ass. Not going to happen with either of us that's for sure. :)

2 1/2 weeks

One week and one day left of new or review material and then one week of finals. I can't wait! This will signify the half way point for the course and I can definitly use the time to get stuff done around here. Atleast the house isn't as messy this term. I guess I must be getting used to the schedule at least a little bit. lol

Bad mood day!

I'm in a no-good-very-cranky mood today. I've put off a presentation that needs to be done tonight. (my fault completely) Then we have the millionth field trip since school started. Pumpkin patch is usually fun, but for some reason we can't go to the best one in the state that is 2 miles from the school. Nooooo, we have to waste our gas and drive all the way down to the valley. So stinkin stupid. I purposely signed up for my presentation tonight because next week is always our school autumnfest. Not this year! Nooooo, they are doing it tonight. Major ticked about that. Hubby has to work, so I will be paying a sitter to go with the kids. Don't mind paying for the food, usually do that and it's cheap good pizza. But, then to find out they are charging for some of the games this year. WTF!

Then the weekend is packed full and I have to go to class on Sunday for CPR/First aid. Wouldn't normally make me cranky, but we had class last Sat. So this is 2 weekends in a row of class. Major cranky about that, no one told me they did that when I signed up! I'm so leaving class early tonight. I need a bubble bath and a good cry. Then I can just get over myself and move on. lmao

Bra sale

We all need them, so why not get them at the best price? Buy 2, get 2 free on name brand bras is an incredible deal. For the best support, new bras should be purchased every 6 months. You also need at least 3 so you can wear one while you are washing the others. Take care of yourself and feel like a sexy Momma ;)

New week starting

I have lot's of stuff due this week at school. And I need to get a lot of site work done. So, the planner is full of times to work on each and I'm going to start the week fresh by going to bed early tonight. bahahaha, we'll just have to see if that happens though. I'm such a night person.

Family is off doing their own thing today and the house is staying clean after I clean it. They should all be home soon, so we'll see how long it can last. Dinners in the crockpot and ready when they are. It's been a peaceful day with just me and the dogs. Now it's time to work on laundry and homework. :( May as well do both of the evils at the same time!

Using the planner

Alright, so the key to owning a planner is to use it. Doesn't matter what kind you get if you don't take it places with you. lol So, it's been going everywhere with me and I think we are bonding pretty well. It's being used and my notes, assignments and test dates, and to-do lists are all in there. It's good to have it all in one place and not on notes floating around the house.

I didn't get as much done this week as I'd hoped, but oh well. I got the important stuff done and there's always next week for the rest. Off to school now for yet another test.

Spread too thin

I've loaded my plate with way too much. It's time to prioritize and enjoy school again. I've got projects going in every direction and none of them are getting completed.

I'm also on the lookout for a good planner. I'm so sick of these little one's that have no room to write in. See, one more thing to add to my list of ideas. Design a planner that freakin' works!!!

Spamming in full force

Well, boy they are just on it here lately. I've never had the spam problems like I have in the last couple of weeks. You guys are incredible. It must be sad to live in your little worlds, with your little minds, all alone. Good luck with all that and give my best to your online girl/boyfriend.

The bar

I went out last night to meet hubby and his new "bosses" buddies from work. I was looking forward to staying home, but it was necessary to meet everyone. Plus, this way I knew hubby wasn't needing to drive home.

It was a good time. We left early because I set it up that way. Remember I didn't want to go. lol So I set it up that I needed to be home by 9. K, it was 9:45. Anyway, my bitch is this. One of the guys was there and his girlfriend showed up. She's cool, but she made a comment that has me completely pissed and steaming. People ask my age and I have no problem saying 32. It's young, and only a number. But, when I said it, she said she knew I we were young. WTF does that mean? I know I'm not immature, I know I'm not ignorant, I also know that I can hold my own in any freakin' conversation you want to have. So what is meant by that comment? I'm sure I'm being a "girl" and reading way too much into it. But, it just pissed me off. Hopefully by typing it out I will be fine now. lol

Happy Birthday Hubby!

I spoiled him this year. He's only had 1 day off since he started the new job on Sept. 5. I bought him the new Ipod Nano. Only the 2GB, because the 4 has a bazillion mile long waiting list. lol But, he was surprised and happy. Now we just need to figure out how to use it. His brother has most of his cd's ripped onto his computer, so we are going to go over there next weekend.

I'm so happy to be able to say I can go to their house during the day or for dinner. I'm going to love this new freedom of weekends off. Our term gets over on Nov. 11 and then I know I will be able to take the cert. test. That is right in time to start taking holiday clients!!!Woohoo!

K, on to waste my mind and finish watching Medium. I'm so excited it's back on. Now I just need my Boston Legal and I'm set. Tivo gets here in the morning;) Just in time for the finally's of BB6 and INXS.

work no more

Well, not completely, but only 8 hours a week away from home. Yippee! I'm so happy. I have 3 sites now that need attention, plus 2 more in the works. I don't have time to leave the house unless it's for school. I'm so excited about all of this. I've found a renewed energy as I've seen the sites form the way I like them.

School started and the kids seem to like their classes. I think we may have found our groove for homework, but we'll see. We have a field trip to the fair on Wed. and it's the last time I'll get to go for school. My baby is in 2nd grade now and it's the last year they do the fair. :( Just one of the facts of life I guess.

Well off to stare at code for a few hours. I have friends spending the night for each of the kids. Lot's of uninterupted time on the computer. lol

Where's august?

And while I'm asking questions, where in the heck is the first week of Sept.? Anyone, anyone? Bueller?

I've been a very bad blogger. But, I have great excuses. My brain turned to complete mush during my break from school, yah! That was a good thing. The kids and I had fun doing about 1/4 of the things I'd hoped to do this summer. At least we made a family trip out to the ocean. We took the dogs and that was a disaster, but all in all, we had a blast and look forward to doing it again.

My last excuse and the biggest one is work. I told them and told them to hire someone, but no! Why would they do that when we can just schedule you for 6 days a week. HELLO! Only one with kids that works here and I'm taking 16 credits of school. No I can't work until 7:20 when I have to leave for school at 5. So, I happily found people to cover my shifts and as of today I may have even less shifts. I may be down to 8 hours a week. WOOOHOOOO! The house may get cleaned again. Hubby started a new job and is working a shitake mushroom amount of hours. So it's all good. I'll just miss my paychecks. Guess I better get those websites smokin again.

So, I'm back. Hope ya missed me!

Cleaning burn out

It didn't take long for it to hit. lol I'm blessed in that everyone that was supposed to come over today had to cancel for various reasons. Woohoo! I've never been so happy. I was looking forward to visiting, but goodness it's awesome to have no worries and I can still not put make-up on. I'm hoping the laundry gets completed by the end of the day.

cleaning

You know the house is a wreck when you're looking forward to cleaning. It is seriously a mess and we have people coming over for dinner tomorrow. Cooking, cleaning, and doing laundry. OK, I watched a movie while folding clothes, so it's not all work. lol Daughter is playing at the mall with friends and hubby took the our son to get bike parts. So, it's nice to clean with just the dogs and I. I don't have to reclean the same spot 4 times in a row. I better go eat lunch though so I have the energy to keep going. Looks like another movie:)

First week off

I've crammed all 4 of my workdays into 3. lol I'm off to my last shift right now and then to my friends cabin for the next 2 days. I'm looking forward to getting away with the kids, but I also want to come home and clean this pit. So much needs done around here in this short time off. Not to even mention exercise...

Long week

This week was finals and I of course came down with a good sinus infection. Amazing how after I took 2 of the finals on wed., my sinus' started clearing up on thursday morning. Amazing what stress does to the body! One more test to go and then 2 weeks of fun!

Coffee quiz

By the way, the sun came back this afternoon. WOOHOO!

You're a cappuccino!


What Kind Of Coffee Are You?
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Rain :(

I can honestly say I jinxed our sun. I was just starting to worry that I should find the sprinkler and water the lawn. So of course that means we woke up to a thunder storm. A very cool one I might add. You couldn't see the lightening very well because of how overcast it is, but the noise was defening. It sounded like 2 fighter jets were going through the valley beside us. Which happens, so that's how I know. lol

I'm plugging away at my new website and have added many pages to my other. It's a great day to sit and watch old movies and write up more articles. Ok, and I'll do some laundry to. Geesh, get off my back! Later!

SUN!!!

The sun is back. It's supposed to be here all week, but I don't trust those weather quacks. Beautiful blue skies without a cloud. Time to run into daughters room and help her clean a few seconds and then get outside. My tan from the 4th is starting to dim. Can't have that happen!

Purple Egg

This site has some of the neatest soaps and party favors. Soap petals in the shape of maple leaves. They also have bath confetti's that are very cute. Gift baskets start at $16.00 and most are around the $20 range. Plus shipping is only $3.99 on all orders. Check them out! Unique Gifts..

Summer school

Both of the kids are in summer school starting yesterday. Yippee! I have time to clean the house and work on websites in the morning now. Plus, my son get's to play with his best friends while on breaks. He came home all excited about how well he did and the new people he had in his classes. I really should email his teacher from last year, I'm sure she had a hand in his going into a seperate group from his friends. I brought it up for him to be seperated from them next year. It will build his confidence to get more friends. We are surrounded by girls and he needs more slumber party cohorts for one thing.

I have my last mid-term tomorrow. I guess I'll be cramming for it tomorrow afternoon. OH and we have 2 other tests as well. [head smack] Why all in one day?

Vincent Black Shadow

Hubby and I are up watching tv way to late. History channel to be exact. And that is because there was a great episode on bikes. I had no idea half these bikes existed. I love the old vincent black shadow. How cool to find out that someone here in the states has decided to repilicate or they are a family member moved here. WHATEVER! Your bike's rock! I can't wait to get more info. When I move within the next couple of years we will need a couple of bikes. I don't plan on using my huge suv to visit my relatives anymore when the weather is nice.

So if you are looking for a woman to give an opinion, here I am! Long line of biker bitches here;) Good girls, gone bad in other words. roflmao

Groove

I've so got to find it. I lost it over the weekend since I had no responsibilities. I only have 5 weeks of classes left before our first break. Easy as pie. Now if the house can just survive until then it will be a miracle!

From busy to busier

We had a great weekend visiting family. Mild 4th of July which was a big culture shock to the kids. I think they'll survive. lol They have been so spoiled with the show our neighborhood puts on every year.

Of course came home and had 2 hours to cram for my midterm. Then, 3 tests today and a midterm on Friday. All while my daughter is going to her first week of summer school so we have to finagle the work schedule around that. Oops, we didn't make the first class. I was thinking it started next week. I guess it's my son's that starts then. I guess I better add cleaning the desk to my to-do list. It would probably be a good idea to have this info handy. lol

Are you a Princess, Enchantress, Faerie, Mermaid or Toad?

You are an Enchantress, somewhat an enigma,
you would love to change the world. You hold
strong views and, would love nothing more, to
use your magic to change the world around you.
When in conversation, you listen, take on their
comments, and fantasise how you could improve
things. Quite the idealist, you think you have
all the answers, whether for right or wrong.
You hold your intellect high, and believe you
can change the world! In a relationship, you
need a partner of high intellect.

The world
and you, often seems at odds, with you
frequently seeing things from a different point
of view.

You have a connection with nature,
often stating, that things will take their
natural course. Nevertheless, secretly, you
would like to use nature to your own
ends.

Your good points are that you are
intelligent, instigative and thoughtful and
your bad points are, you can be single-minded,
misled and remorseless.

You feel that your
superior knowledge should astound everyone
around you; and you wish for respect from your
peers.


Are you a Princess, Enchantress, Faerie, Mermaid or Toad? (with pictures!)
brought to you by Quizilla

As I love faeries so much, I had to take this cute little quiz. It jad a lot of close points. lol I'm definitely not single minded, misled, or remorseless!

Sad today

My Dad called me this morning to let me know that my Great-aunt Vivian passed away yesterday. We found out a few weeks ago that she had Leukemia and wasn't going to fight it. She was in her late 90's and lived a very good life. She was a great lady and I will miss her a lot. I'm glad she went peacefully instead of the disease taking her slowly and painfully. It's going to be a long week helping my Mom and my kids through this.

I'm glad you are free of pain Aunt Vivian. We love you!

Still stuffed up

but atleast it's getting better. The kids are adjusting to school being out. I've actually gotten to sleep in and catch up from being up late studying. My oldest makes breakfast in the morning and that is a welcome surprise! Only 1 week left and we are off to Mom's house for the 4th! WOOHOO, can't wait. I've told hubby that I'm seriously considering skipping school on the 1st so we can leave on Friday when he gets home. lol I'm so excited to see them and to have nothing to do for 4 whole days. Ahhhhh, it's what is keeping me sane right now.

No more kleenex!

I swear my nose is going to fall off soon. My allergies have been horrible for the last 4 days. The weather has been nice and the dogs are shedding. Mandy (golden) has clumps of hair all over the house and backyard. Yuck! Match that with the dust from having the windows open and my house is seriously killing me. I didn't think I would make it through class yesterday. I have serious doubts about it tonight. lol I'm deep cleaning the frontroom right now. So that ought to make me worse before it gets better. Good thing we have friends coming over this weekend to appreciate this clean house. I hate to clean it all for just us. lol

The joys of quizes

When classes started I thought it sucked that we have a quiz every week in Kinesiology. Boy was I wrong. It's easy to remember we have one, lmao, and it means I can get the info out of my head and move on to the new material. Not so with my anatomy/phys, excercise phys or nutrition. Oh no, I have to look at the syllabus and figure out what is due or what class is having a test. So studied and felt great about know the info for the quiz today. Only to get to school and have studied for the wrong class! Holy crap, I haven't even looked at the other stuff since class on monday. We had a good review and I know I passed it, but there might have went my perfect record on the tests. Darn it!

On a positive note, the other test is next week sometime and I will be so ready for it! Bring it on! lol

School's sinking in

I'm still not on a schedule of any kind, and I'm still not happy with my study habits. lol But I'm not feeling so overwhelmed tonight. There are throwing a ton of information at us at once. But, I'm trying to remember, that we don't need to remember all of it. Just study the key points and it will all be good. I even overdid my homework today. Now I have all the questions answered for my practice test. lol

K, boring post, I know. But, it's 11:15 and I just got home from school. My brain is still processing.

Ok, fun note. We bought the ECW pay-per-view yesterday and watched with a couple of friends. Good lord it was lame. We were all excited, thinking they might go out in true hard core ECW fashion. Nope, lame. It was my beloved WWE, minus the drama, minus the people that can speak complete sentences, and minus the beautiful bodies. lol I was very disappointed and am pissed that it we wasted our $35 on it! Thankfully I will have my Batista to watch here in a couple of weeks in Hell in the Cell.

There was that more exciting;)

Backburner

Well, it looks like just about everything will be put on the backburner while I adjust to school. Many things will be waiting a year to be done correctly. lol It's just going to be a lot more of a time commitment than I had thought. Plus, I really do need to sleep. lol I'm a natural born "sleeper" so this 5 or 6 hours a night doesn't cut it. I took a nap after the kids went to school today, but they get out in a couple of weeks. I better start planning around this now. I'm working on getting more organized:)

What desperate housewife are you?

Yep, it's a cheesy quiz for my beloved cheesy show. lol


Congratulations! You are Susan Mayer, the divorcee
and single mom who will go to extraordinary
lengths for love.


Which Desperate Housewife are you?
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First day of school

Nothing like jumping right into things. First night of school and we go right for the jugular: Kinesiology. Hmm, one of the major reasons I didn't go into this profession back 13 years ago at the university. Bring it on! My mind is full right now, but it's not overwhelming YET. lol I love my instructor, she created the program for the school. Very hands on oriented. Just my way of learning. Tomorrow we meet the other instructor. I'm sure if they work this closely together, than she has to be pretty cool to. I'm happy I'm doing this and I think that in itself is a big step.

I'm still not happy about the mid-term on July 5th though. I made sure and told her that. lmao She proceded to tell me it was open book. lol A little better, but still, come on!

Longest Yard

Hubby and I went and watched it on opening night. It was even better than I thought it would be. There were so many names. We were really excited to see 3 of our favorite wrestlers in it. They haven't been around for over a year. Well, Stone Cold has been, but not Goldberg or Big Daddy Cool! Those guys are so HOT! It was great to get out with hubby and throw a few beers back, then go to the movies. We had a great ADULT conversation time. Talking about nothing in particular. lol We so need more days like this! Life is just so complicated once you have to be parents. ARGHHHHHHH!

Movie Memes,

got hit by my buddies Chrissie and Retta, but my problem is I don't know any other bloggers to pass it to but you guys! lol


1) Total number of films I own on DVD/video: I'm addicted to buying the previously viewed from hollywood video now. But, I'm curbing the addiction well. We only own 77ish. Not sure what the neighbors have borrowed, or what's in the kids rooms. lol

2) The last film I bought: ladder 49 for hubby

3) The last film I watched: Metallica "some kind of monster" Will be adding it to my collection tomorrow!

4) Five films that I watch a lot or that mean a lot to me (in no particular order):)

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
XXX
Fast and the Furious
What about Bob?
Chronicles of Riddick (I know, there's a definite pattern there. lol)

5) Tag 5 people to post this in their blog journal: K, i've thought and thought, but I don't have anyone to hit with this:(

School Orientation

Well, I went tonight for my orientation. I don't feel old and dumpy anymore. There was way worse than me there. I know I will be fit as a fiddle by this time next year, not sure about some of the others. lol But, that's being pretty judgemental, so I suck. My bad. I have a mid-term on July 5th. That is going to seriously cut into my beer drinking that weekend:( We are going over to spend the weekend with my in-laws. I haven't partied with Mom in many months. I miss her! I guess I will have to study hard during the day. Mom won't let me not drink with her. lol Did I mention I miss my mother-in-law? Oh, I guess I did. I know, I'm a freak we are good friends. But, hey next time marry into the right family :) roflmao

To work or not?

This is the question. One of the girls owes me for working this weekend on 2 of my days off. My dilemma is: Take a day off and get some stuff done around here, or make as much money as possible since I will be going back to school next week and on a limited work schedule. What to do, what to do? Tuesdays are usually so slow there.

working on website

Boy am I going to be sorry tomorrow. I'm up way to late looking at this code. But, I'm on a roll. 2 pages of new products added. Woohoo! I'll post when I have them uploaded to the host. Thankfully hubby is home in the morning and can get up to make the kids breakfast. My sugar free red bull is waiting in the fridge for my sorry butt.

Star Wars Rocked!

I'm so ready to go and see it again! Back to old school wars. Great opening fighter scene. Great saber action, less mushy crappy love gunk. They took that way to far in #2. There are some graphic spots and the movie is very dark. But hey, we knew it would be. Did you not see #4? Duh, we know that everyone dies. If you are going to take your kids than I recommend reading this article. It has a couple of very slight spoilers, but if you're a true star wars fan then you knew what was coming anyway. This gave me a great heads up on what to warn my kids about and when I needed to throw my hands up over their eyes. lol All in all, no bad dreams yet and they both fell fast asleep.

I hope my brother sees it soon. I'm dieing to talk to someone about it! lol I think I need to go back and see it again next week by myself! It was sad at the end knowing there won't ever be another one made:( Can't Han and Leia have kids we watch, how about Luke's kids go bad and take over the universe? Come on, give us more!

Off to see star wars

first thing in the morning. I waited way to long to get tickets to the midnight show tonight. So bummed. But the kids will play hooky from school in the morning and we'll be there bright and early! I so can't wait. Bummed that it's the last one:( I will of course give my opinion on it tomorrow!

Won a contest

So I subscribed to this cool websites update newsletter, and I won. Then I got a few choices of what I wanted. Hmm, hard decision, but I'll go with the Mango Body Butter. I've been going tanning and it's good for after that. I get it in the mail and opened it at work. I ran around making everyone use it. lol I was so hungry for a smoothie. It smells exactly like Mangos. We have mangos for our smoothies at work, so I know this for fact. And the texture...to die for. Usually body butters are waxy, but not this. It was like putting my fingers into a jar of whipped butter. Goes on smooth and feels silky. It doesn't wash off immediately like some other products do. I can't wait to order some more products from her. She's made a major customer! Pamper yourself Mom! www.bathandbodycorner.com

And the rain, rain, rain

came down, down, down in rushing rising rivelets. Typical Washington weather this weekend and for the whole week I guess. Nothing to do but clean the house I guess. I can see my weeds getting taller and taller, but atleast I have a good excuse for not digging them up right now. lol

Yesterdays luck was just as bad as Fridays. With the exception that the kids acted worse than ever. I was very ready to sell them off to the lowest bidder! It was one of those days that you are glad you have to go to work. Let Daddy deal with the hellions. lmao But today, they are totally different kids. They even helped each other clean their rooms before we woke up this morning. I guess the aliens must have come and switched them out for us overnight. Thanks guys! :)

Retail therapy

I was in serious need of the new retail therapy I've learned from my best friend. But alas, it didn't work. I only had time to go to one store and there was nothing for me. I got a pair of denim capris and a tshirt. :( But I found a ton for the rest of the family. So now my therapy will have to be moved to the mall. I'm also scheduling a day at the salon next week. I think my ear is infected from my new piercing too.

I always have great luck on Friday the 13th, but today sucks! I've had little thing upon little thing go wrong today. This is always my favorite day. My favorite/lucky number is 13. It's a no good, very bad, awful day. I'm off to eat some worms. Worms from the tequila that is!

Mother's quiz

Ok, sorry if it's getting tiring. But, I've been going through blogexplosion so much and finding tons of info. So here's a cute and timely quiz to take. Loved my results!

You're a girl power mommy! You love to be girly,
but you're no pushover. Your kids are learning
that gender differences don't have to mean
gender inequality. You've taken back pink, and
you don't care who knows it!


What kind of a freaky mother are you?
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Mother's Day!

Wow, my family surprised the hell out of me. I got a pearl necklace and earrings. Not to mention the tanning gift certificate. They had me in tears. It was completely unexpected as I'm not the jewelry "girly" kind of woman. lol I love them and I can't wait to wear them with my jeans tomorrow;) rofl I went tanning and then grabbed movies. Then we spent the day eating nachos made with homemade chili and watching movies while I scrapbooked. Heaven to me! Now to come up with something tremendous for Father's Day. Any suggestions?

Fun quiz

I really liked this quiz. It seemed closer than the normal boxed quiz to. :) Let me know what you think.

You're One Hundred Years of Solitude!

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Lonely and struggling, you've been around for a very long time.
Conflict has filled most of your life and torn apart nearly everyone you know. Yet there
is something majestic and even epic about your presence in the world. You love life all
the more for having seen its decimation. After all, it takes a village.


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School?

Well, I'm excited. I met with the admin rep and it definitely looks like something I want to do. Now I will be meeting with the financial aid people Monday to see if it will work. We can fund this so this is our only obstacle. Poor credit:( Price we've paid for me to stay home with the kids most of their early years. Oh well, it was worth it. I will post more next week. I don't want to jinx anything by posting early.

We had a great BBQ with my parents this afternoon. My daughter made the salads and my son cleaned the bathroom. Hubby cleaned up the kitchen and oversaw it all. What a family! Plan for tomorrow is all day movie marathon or possibly going for a bike ride if the weather clears up. Happy Mother's Day to everyone!

Enough on the plate? NAH

K, since working 30 hours a week and having control of the house and finances isn't enough...I'm contemplating going back to school. I've been in this place before thinking I need to go get a degree. But tomorrow I'm actually meeting with an admissions rep. After I make a decision I will post. I'm pretty sure I will be going, but making it work is another matter. 40 hours of class time and another 22 of work just overwhelms my mind right now!

Birthdate

I found this post on Girl Pants and just had to follow the link. Nothing surrounding my birthday is ever correct. I must have been born late or something. Give it a try and let me know if it's closer for you.

Your Birthdate: February 4

Being born on the 4th day of the month should help make you a better manager and organizer. You may be more responsible and self-disciplined than you realize. Sincere and honest, you are a serious and hard working individual. Your feelings are likely to seem somewhat repressed at times. The number 4 has something of an inhibiting effect on your ability to show and express affections, as feeling are very closely regulated and controlled. You are apt to be much more practical, rational, and conscious of details. There is a good deal of rigidity and stubbornness associated with the number 4.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Cleaning bug

I'm so happy it's here. I've got the cleaning bug. Our friends will be here in minutes so I will have to quit, that doesn't make me to happy. But, I've cleaned off lot's of counter space and even used 409 on them. Nothing like chemicals to make everything sparkly! lol

So, tonight I'm hoping to keep up the cleaning. My mom is coming twice a month to do the bathrooms, vacuum, mop and other odds and ends I never seem to get to. I'm so happy about this. She wants the extra cash and with my working 5 days a week, going to the gym and also working on my sites the house is becoming a disgrace.

Cheer's to spring fever!

Not much accomplished

How in the world can we get it all done? I feel like I didn't get anything done because the house is a wreck. I worked on putting away boxes and boxes of inventory and writing it all down so I can put it in the computer tomorrow. (I guess that's today now, lol)

We have friends coming over for wrestling party on Sunday. I guess tomorrow will be cleaning day. Load the dishwasher and then go to the gym. I can't wait to have my Mom start coming up to help out twice a month. I really should have had her start this week. She wants the extra cash since Dad is retired now. At least this way I know the housekeeper isn't snooping. I know my Mom doesn't want to find anything in my house! roflmao

Sick kid?

Well I had quite the scare on Monday. My daughter woke up and felt dizzy. She didn't tell me this of course. Then we were almost ready to go to school and she was standing in the living room watching tv. All the sudden I hear a big crash. I peak around the computer hutch as I'm getting out of my chair and she is flat on her back. ON THE GLASS COFFEETABLE! Holy shit! Help her up and she is dazed looking and crying of course, she's only 9. Take son to school, then try to track Dad down because he took the insurance card for his cholestrol screening. Of all the days right?

So, we came home. I didn't really think anything of it but to let her rest. I'm not the worrying kind, my kids have never really been sick so it doesn't pop into my head that something major could ever be wrong. I figured just long weekend, too much activity. Which is why I'm good friends with worry warts. lol She tells me that she would be at the hospital right now. Ok, duh, maybe I should be a little more worried [head smack] So off we go for glucos, EKG, the works. Talk to my Dad in between the 2 doctor offices and he mentions how my Mom's low blood pressure does that to her when she is dehydrated. Well, the princess wouldn't even try to pee in a cup so we could find out if she was dehydrated. But since their where 2 parties and she hadn't peed the whole day, it's a safe assumption she has the same issue as my Mom.

She's all fine now, Dad loaded her up with Gatorade. lol But boy it sucked to be Momma on Monday. Oh, I forgot to mention I was desperately trying to get ahold of someone to work for me as this is all going on. OIY, what a Monday!

Work sucked

I spent the whole shift working my ass off, making way more drinks than normal and my tips sucked! Enough said. Made me in a pisser of a mood. HMPH

Back to reality

Well vacation went well. Hubby and I had a blast and wish we could move there. But best of all, the kids and grandparents had a great time together. I treasure their relationship as I did not have grandparents that wanted to be so involved in my life. So looks like we will be able to do it again sometime. lol

Now I have to figure out how to fit it all back in. Exercise, 30 hour plus work week, website redesign and updates, new website built, cleaning, mommying and still being a wife. OH, let's add PMS to the top of that list right now! rofl I guess that's the price to pay for going on vacation. I'm glad I have the extra hours. I can easily pay for the suburban myself and start stacking money away to go to Leavenworth in a few weeks for the may pole festival. We've never been and we know the kids are dieing to see where mom and dad run off to alone. lol

Spring Break

K, I may be one of the only people happy about it being spring break. lol Our anniversary is the 16th and we are heading out of town for 5 days. Grandma and Grandpa are taking the kids and the dogs for the whole time and we will have nothing to do. Yippee, no responsibility! No getting up and making people breakfast, no cooking dinner, cleaning the house, or anything. Ahhh, I can't wait.

running around days

Today was just one of those days. Non-stop, no time to eat, better make a list kind of days. I got most of it done, but unfortunately that meant having pizza for dinner. You know when pizza doesn't sound good anymore that you have it too much. I better go put the left-overs in the fridge by the way. lol

Tomorrow is busy too, but at least I should have time to clean. I can't stand the house this messy. It's so hard to keep it clean when I'm not here. I've changed my pile of laundry from a mountain to an actual mountain range. The pile will no longer stay upright, it skids on down the hallway now. I know soon some of it will actually start loading itself into the washer. If I wasn't such a horror movie junky that might be funny. Maybe King can write a book about us Mom's daily life and how the chores actually did take over us! lol

Wrestlemania

WOOHOOO, it was wrestlemania tonight. I love the WWE, hot guys in little clothing. What's not to like? roflmao So, almost all our favorites won and it was a great night. We all had lot's of fun yelling at the tv. lol

Now to just catch up on the laundry. OIY, I don't think my son has any underwear for school tomorrow. Good thing I have a couple more episodes of Sex in the City to watch.

digital baby

I'm on. Now comes the pain the the neck of switching everything over to other account. What a great pain to have. lol

DSL

Ok, now my darn Murphy's law is kicking in. DSL was supposed to be connected. I could install after 5 pm. Of course in Mommy hours that means if you get started by 6:30 you are doing awesome! So by 7 I was frustrated, close to tears or puking, not sure if one or both. lol Called tech support and they had me do the same thing I'd already done. Nice to know I'm as smart as the next guy;) So, I now have a trouble ticket and am hoping, praying, crossing fingers that it will be fixed tomorrow. Tech guy and I figure they forgot to flip a switch at the office. Just my luck!

So, here I am on dial up and aol still. wahhhhh At least I know how to connect it all back in my sleep. Anyone need their dsl connected? I'll be right over. I will work for red bulls! roflmao

car, massage, dsl

Wow, lot's happened recently. lol So last week my car started acting up. Yes the one I just bought a week ago. Come to find out, no one had looked at the battery. So had to buy a new one. I'm going to stop by the dealer on the way to work and see if I can't get the money from them. Their safety check should have caught this. Plus my change oil light keeps coming on. Not happy about this, but it is trivial. Just one more thing to add to my busy mondays.

But, I got my first massage today. I will be going regularly to those now. lol I think it would be a great reward for getting my butt to the gym. If I can make it to the gym 4 times a week, then I can reward myself with a massage.

Oh and aol will be out of here by next week! SO HAPPY. I'm signing up for an incredible deal with my phone company and it will be installed on thursday evening. I just can't wait. It will cut my time online by half at least!

Now to get ready for work and stop and buy a hat on the way. Our rain has again found us. lol It's been pouring for 4 days now. Ahhh, spring in Washington.

AOfreakinL

I HATE AOL!!! I've been with them for over 3 years and have had nothing but problems each time they have an upgrade. This last upgrade with the security edition takes the cake. It has messed with other programs on my computer to boot. Brand new computer and it has issues now because of this. I do like the extra protection, it's caught some stuff as I'm surfing. BUT, give me a break. I can't get into my settings to change them. I can't click on any links in my emails and haven't been able to for months. I did a live chat with a tech member today and we even resorted to a quick restore of the program. To no availe, I still can't get into my settings to change them.

I'm calling my phone company and getting DSL. I'm sure they have to have some kind of special going on. Freakin AOL!

Doing it all

Well obviously someone else on this planet thought I was doing too much also. Hubby tried to start his truck this morning for work and it decided to take the day off. So, I'm stuck at home. Happily, I might add except for the fact that I had a free hour massage scheduled for first thing this morning:( Oh well, I'm getting caught up on things around here. I just hope there's nothing seriously wrong with the truck. I haven't sent the taxes off yet and don't know how long that will take to get back this late in the year.

Then of course I have a dilemma. I got voted into our bunco group as a permanent member last month and it's tonight. I don't have anyone that can play for me. Well, it's Luke's first wrestling match tonight! I'm sick that I can't do both. I can just know I will hear about this for the rest of my life. He'll be at the Olympics and they will announce over the loudspeaker that his Mom missed his first match ever because she had to play bunco with her friends. YIKES, what's a mom to do? WAHHHHH

Work

Darn it! I've worked everyday since I bought the car. I have had no time for a trip to friends houses to show it off. lol Top that off with half days this week and I'm running around crazy. But, atleast I'm working and putting money away for my new car payment. lmao

Got the car!

I'm so happy. I've got my pot of gold today. Yes, the suburban is gold. lol And it's my favorite holiday, so it's fitting to me. I was sad to say goodbye to my old car, she was a good one. But, it's so nice to have all the room. I'm in heaven and can't wait to take a road trip. Hubby's glad I have to work all weekend so I won't be able to put the miles on until next week. lol

So, bring on the next scrapbook weekend! I'm ready to drive all the girls in one car now. lol Pile into Momma's party rig.

Newer car?

Well, I have to go ahead to go and wheel and deal tomorrow. I went and test drove a suburban and I have to say I'm in love! It turns on a dime, has room for the kids, dog, all our scrapbook stuff, luggage and we could bring friends over to visit with us at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Yippee. So, there is a 2000 in gold that is a great deal, but I'm going to hit them up for the 2003. It's a charcoal-like grey and when the light hits it there are fleckks of blue and green. Plus it has the sunroof that I really hate to do without. lol I love my sunroofs. When you live in rainy Washington you have to get all the light you can get. So wish me luck that I don't screw anything up tomorrow. I've never been good at haggling, but damn it I'm going to have to if I want the 2003 instead. lol

Night with hubby!

Yippee! Not sure how it all fell in place, but the kids are gone for the night and we are going out. Of course, the bad spin is I have to be at work tomorrow morning at 6. But, hey, who needs sleep right? I'm a Mom! It's 5:22 and we are just waiting for our friends to bring our daughter back home so we can take them down to grandma and grandpa's. Then we can sit in the car and do the whole,"Where do you want to go?, I don't care, what do you feel like eating?" Never fails! Hopefully we will make it to the movies. We want to go see that so cool, or whatever it's called. The one with John Travolta and all the big names. I wouldn't mind just hanging out at the bar playing darts and enjoying no kids running around. lol

sick kids

How can I decide if they are sick or not when they complain about their stomache's? I've decided just to bore them to death. They can't come out of their rooms unless it's for bathroom, food, or to do homework. I told them this before so they could change their minds, but it didn't deter them. Maybe it's allergies. Our tree pollen count is off the charts right now.

Now I need to actually do some work around here. Small goals of a clean kitchen, dining room table, and dusting the living room. It's almost 70 here and just gorgeous. It was supposed to be outside day, but I think I will weed after work tomorrow and thursday. My back still tweaks when I twist wrong. I don't need to mess up the good money I'm paying to my chiropractor. lol

family day

Well, I posted this post and then my computer freaked out on me. We had family day today. Of course it didn't turn out like I had planned, but that's why I try not to plan out so much. We ended up at a 7 o'clock movie. Pretty late for a 9 and 7 year old that haven't had a complete meal all day. Oh wait, Mom and Dad didn't either and they ate all the freakin nachos at lunch!

So, I had a slight headache by the end of the movie and we head to a diner for dinner. lol I don't think we've ever eaten dinner at 9:20 with the kids. They loved it. Hopefully it will rank right up there with my early memory of going out to breakfast after my aunts wedding with my parents at 3 am. lol Now the whole family is crashed out and I'm left to watch the rest of season 2 sex in the city! woohoo, great day!

family day

Well, I didn't think it would happen. But, we did actually have family day. We had to run to the side job first and spent over 2 hours there finishing it. Not how the day was supposed to start out, but I held hope. Then I figured we'd go to an early movie. Well, the 5:15 was sold out. Great, I snacked and I went past needing a meal today. But, then we went car shopping and I found my car. UGH, not now, I need to wait for my tax return. But it was soooo pretty! I will go on Monday and take a test drive alone, the kids of course love it. I'm not sure if it's what I want and I know it is $5000 more than we were hoping to spend. Hubby doesn't care right now, whatever I want. Within reason of course. lol I can't get the lincoln navigator like I really want. lmao

So, we did end up at the move. 7 o'clock show with a 9 and 7 year old that haven't had a full meal all day! I can't believe I have to wait for a disney movie to watch a shower scene with Vin Diesel. YUMMY! I'll be buying and rewinding just the one part. lol Movie get's out and I have a headache. Um, maybe I should eat something besides chips or popcorn. And no the snickers poppers don't count as dairy. So, we head to the local dinner. I can't believe we ate dinner at 9:20 at night. The kids thought it was hilarious. Daughter wanted to know where we were going to party next and son could barely keep his eyes open once he ate his pig's in a blanket. A fun time was had by all and they are all crashed out. Now it's time to go watch the rest of sex in the city season 2.

Darn kids!

K, I do love them, but at this moment I feel really old. This deserves the second post in 5 minutes. lol I just got the early email from ticketbastard. Motley Crue tickets go on sale friday. Guess when the date is? A Sat. night concert, in July, outside brand new theater. Oh wait. It's on my daughters birthday!!! Rats, damn murphy's law. Why couldn't they have announced it tomorrow? I've had the weirdest rotten luck all day. Now I'm depressed that there's no chance in the world of going. It's a good thing slumber parties are fun!

Back from vacation

Coming home from vacation is painfull. All the sudden I'm thrown into the reality of being responsible again. What happened to Mom cooking and doing the laundry for me? I'm ready to move in with the woman! I was in heaven.

So, didn't do hardly any articles. Got only 4 of the 20 layouts done. So business wise the week was a bust. But, I bonded even more with my in-laws and I wouldn't trade that for anything in the world. The kids acted incredible. Made friends with the little boy across the street. And it just went so very well.

Now we just have to buy a bigger vehicle for all the summer trips we'll be taking over there. WOOHOOO!!!

vacation

I'm not sure I know the meaning of that word. We've taken so few of them. But the kids are on mid-winter break this week. We are heading to Grandma and Grandpa's for the whole week! Yippeee! Lot's of scrapbooking ahead of us. We've already been to 2 scrapbook stores and I think we are going to hit as many as we can on the way. lol

This will also give me lot's of time to work on articles for my websites. Taking me away from my computer is a good plan right now as I'm not very focused when I am on it. I just wish we could have gotten a bigger car before this trip. Hopefully before the summer we will be able to fix that. We plan on taking trips over a lot.

Bdays

Another bday came and went. I hate them. Not because I hate getting old, I couldn't care less about that. But because there is this big build up that it's your special day and all about you. Well, son's bday is the day after mine and hubby was sick again this year. Just another day around here. I even made most of my dinner. Hubby made great steaks for me though. And they did an awesome job on my presents:) I guess I'm just looking for a little bit more pampering. I'm the one that said we should stay home for dinner. Since we had son's bday party and a big superbowl party planned I didn't want to spend the money on dinner. Sounds like a pedicure is in order. lol

Hair salon

Is there anything better than actually taking time to get your hair done? I mean anything better you can do for yourself? I could barely stay awake as she's washing my hair. And the way I feel when it's finally done and my highlights are looking all cool. Makes me forget I'm 30-something. rofl

The first thing to go from my budget is always my hair. Yes, I know it's outrageous to spend $100 on myself every 2 months, but with how good it makes me feel...it's worth every penny! So, whatever makes you feel better about yourself, do it!

resolutions

I'm working on my resolutions. I have gotten a good start on the extra bedroom with all my inventory and also kept the living room in good order. I have boxes of stuff that need to be loaded onto ebay and a ton of stuff that needs to be loaded onto my website. Yikes, behind already and it's only the 1st full week of Jan. :( This project has just turned out to be larger than I thought. I have, however, found an inventory program to try for free for 30 days. If I like it I will post it later. I just want to use it for atleast a few weeks before I recommend it.

Procrastination

Well, I am doing much better. Although I'm sure I will burn myself out here very soon. lol I've quit putting things off and I'm recognizing when I'm procrastinating on a project. Right now I need to get into the back bedroom and pull out everything. I do mean everything. It's a clean sweep without the experts. As you can read, I am on here instead of doing it! So, now I'm off to pull out at least half the room and then to take a walk with the dog for a break.