Playing Make Believe

My friends cousin lives in Vegas..she and her boyfriend own some kind of car dealership thing. I guess they make REALLY good money. So she and I were talking about how we should move out there and work for them so we can make a lot of money too! LOL

As part of this whole discussion, we went on-line to check out Las Vegas Real Estate and pick out our houses, check out the schools, the shopping, etc.

What? you know you have done that, too!!!

STOP the Peeing!!

I have about had it with Jack. I am SO sick of him peeing on the tv. He is housetrained but every few days he pees on the speaker cover thing at the bottom of the tv. We clean it. He leaves it alone and then he does it again. It's about to drive me over the edge.

When I went to get some pet supplies, I found this stuff that is supposed to smell bad to dogs and make them not wet. so I sprayed that on it and that didn't phase him. UGH.

My thinking before, was that since he didn't do it in front of me I couldn't punish him for it. Now I have changed that thinking. So, the other day I came out to the living room and saw the tell-tale spot on the screen thing. I yelled for him..he jaunted over. I showed the spot to him and told him NO! NO! NO! and then took him outside and told him he goes potty OUTSIDE! It's been a few days..and no repeat performance. we'll see...

Fill 'er up!

I can't believe gas prices are getting so high again. It's almost $3.00 a gallon..it's about to kill me!

You know I only get paid once a month and when that happens I fill up the tank. We don't drive the car much..well we drive it a lot..we just don't drive far. Anyway, by the end of the month the tank is empty and I find myself putting in a few dollars here and there trying to wait until my check comes again so I can just bite the bullet and fill it up again. Which, K says is stupid...well he says it's "broad as it is long". whatever.

I hate those waiting days. I wish I had a transfer tank or something so I could fill both tanks up when I am feeling rich and then not think about it again until the next paycheck. Maybe, then it wouldn't "hurt" so much.

Home Makeover

We signed the paperwork today to start the repair work/renovations on our house! I am SO excited! I can't wait until the work actually starts.

The tentative date for the job to be done is June 18. I really don't think it will be done by then..but we'll see.

I plan to take lots of before, during, and after pics..so you can join the excitement! *grin*

Here's the list of things being done:

Outside:
New Siding
New Shutters
New Roof
New Attic Gable vents/fans
New Gutters and Downspouts
New Back Deck
New Back Door and Storm door
New window screens
New electrical outlets in front and back

Inside:
New Bathroom floor, tub/shower, sink, exhaust fan. walls painted
New Kitchen sink, faucet, floor. walls painted
New Hot Water Heater
New baseboards/door trim in master bedroom
New door and knobs in middle bedroom
Basement water proofed
New glass block windows in basement
Hardwired Smoke Detectors through-out

Can't wait, can't wait!!!

Sunday, Sunday....

We ALL ended up going to get Logan's shoes..then we went to lunch at Bob Evans and then to Lowe's.

Actually, K dropped me at the door..I ran into K-mart and got the boys each a pair of sandals and Logan a pair of dress shoes. I buy Thom McAn sandals every year..they are leather and cheap and I know they will fit--so it keeps me from dragging the little darlings in to try on shoes.

Byt the time I got up to the check out I decided I hated the dress shoes. The soles were very "luggy"..and I hate that. I bought them anyway and had K drive by Payless as well. They had some there that I liked, but couldn't decide if I liked them better..so, I bought them and decided I would take one pair back. They were having a BOGO 1/2 off sale so I tried to find another pair..even a pair for me and didn't see anything. I was bummed. So, I get up to the check-out and they shoes rang up for $6.00! I was so excited..they were marked $19.99!! Of course the more expensive ones are going back!! :-)

We then went to Bob Evans and had a yummy lunch/early dinner. The children were wonderfully behaved. It was very nice.

On to Lowe's where we were on a quest for door stops, wood screws, house painting samples and to look at some stuff for the remodeling/renovations that are getting ready to be done on our house. Of course the kids were NUTS there..hiding between boxes, crawling under stuff, trying to climb ladders, etc etc. They were SOOOO nasty dirty after we got out of there. Bleck. So..since they couldn't listen..we came straight home instead of stopping for ice cream as planned. I was SO annoyed. I wanted ice cream, darn it! Spastic little kids..gotta ruin all MY fun!

So..we came home and Logan did his homework and they both took showers. They both ate again and now they are in bed. I think Kyle and I are going to watch Babel.

Shoes

I need to go shopping for shoes for Logan today. He has graduation pictures on Tuesday and his shoes will show and he doesn't have any dress shoes. SO...I'l be on the quest for those today. I have no desire to go..my head is pounding, but, go I must..so I'll deal. I hope it is a quick process. bleh.

The Process of my thoughts

I swear..my thought process is so odd sometimes. I start by thinking about one thing and end up thinking about something totally unrelated--but can totally go back and explain my thought process if need be. LOL

During one of these thought processes yesterday I remembered my MIL saying something to my mom after I had Logan. It was something to effect of "the nice thing about having a daughter is that you KNOW the grandkids are yours..with a daughter in law you can never be sure". Isn't that amazing?!!? I guess I should have had a paternity test to prove Kyle is their dad. *rolleyes*

I'm amazed I even still talk to her. LOL

Weird how a memory from 6 years ago can bring up all the same feelings you felt about something when it first happened, huh?

New Furniture--an update

So...

the girl came today to pick up my old home furntiure. (I sold it for $75). As soon as it was gone I vaccumed and mopped the hard wood floors and cleaned the baseboards, walls, windows and window frames. then we moved in the new furniture.

After a couple "arguments" and LOTS of rearranging..we finally have it set in a way we can both stand. It's not perfect, but it will do.

Unfortunately, the couch is so uncomfortable..I think we hate it. It's like the seat isn't long enough..like from the back to the front. I am a tall girl with big ol' long legs and I just don't feel right when sitting on it. I am hoping that it is ust going to take some time to get used to it. You know..the old furniture alrady had our "divets" in it...just felt right. We just need to make new "divets"!

Drinking=hangover??

I wonder why it is that some people drink and have a hangover the next morning and other people never do?

I have never had a hang over..but I have never been drunk. I drink a couple drinks and then I am done...and I do that about, hmmm once a year..MAYBE twice. I have NO desire to have a hang over I know that. Bleck. morning sickness was bad enough. LOL

I have a friend, and I use the term loosely, who ALWAYS seems to have a hang over. the girl must go out drinking every night of her life. I swear, everytime I see her she asks me if I know of any good hangover cures. Um..no..no I don't. except for abstaining! That's a GOOD one, huh? LOL

Computer issues

I really really like it when things work they way they are supposed to when they are supposed to. Especially my computers.

My computer is how I work, communicate with my friends, BLOG, shop, play games. it's pretty much my life. Yes, it's sad...it's just the way it is though.

I am BLESSED to own a desktop and 2 laptops. My oldest lap-top seems to be on the blink. I just KNOW it's trying to die on me. It keeps making a loud whirring noise that I am pretty sure is probably the hard drive going out. I am so annoyed. I mean it was a just a couple months ago I as searching on-line for info about a computer memory upgrade, which we did, and now the darn thing is going to stop working?!?! UGH!!

Once again...

I'm feeling the need to diet.

Yes, I know..I talk about it..I follow through for a few weeks and then I quit. I know..I KNOW!

It's just so hard. I really like to eat too. The desperation of wanting to lose weight..has me considering taking diet pills and looking into the lap band surgery. Things I know I won't do...but I can't say they don't creep into my mind on occasion...usually on the days I feel fatter than usual.

Mom has been cutting sugar out of her diet since whe was in the hospital in early march and she has lost some weight and looks really good. I'm proud of her and want it for me. I'm heading that way...just not there yet. *sigh*

Charlotte's Web

When I got off work last night I ran to BK to get us dinner and we watched Charlotte's Web while we ate. The boys LOVE when we do that and last night was no exception.

I think we all liked the movie..there were a couple parts where the kids got restless but over all it kept their attention. I thought it was wonderful!!

When Charlotte was dying I said, "Isn't that sad? Doesn't that make you want to cry??".

Logan said "no"

Dylan said, "it makes me want to kill a spider"!!! He's my sensitive child. yeah.

Tick-Tock

I was looking around my house today and realized we don't have ANY clocks that aren't digital. If the electricity goes out we are SO SOL!

Kyle's brother bought us a clock for Christmas several years ago, it was a wall clock. It's still sitting in the box in the closet. I considered regifting it to him for a wedding gift, but Kyle wouldn't let me.

Anyway...I was thinking that I have the perfect spot for a grandfather clock. However, Kyle says he hates grandfather clocks. He says the "bong-bong-bong-bong" drives him nuts. I told him that I think you can turn that feature off. He then went into a 10 minute "yeah, but...." speech. so, I think it is safe to assume we won't be having one in the perfect spot anytime soon.

Maybe I can get a totem pole instead.

My Nieces

I am SO unhappy with them. So unhappy with the choices they have made and how they have hurt their mother. It makes me ashamed of them and just want to shake sense into them. They've hurt my sister and that hurts me. I hope and pray that as they grow older they come to realize:

The mistakes they've made and that they make things right.

That one of the most important things in life is family..all family.

That Pretty is as Pretty does.

That "things" are just "things".

That beauty is a HELL of a lot more than being thin and wearing the latest fashions.

I love them so much..I just don't like them much right now. :(

Retro-blogging

I haven't made a blog entry in 13 days! That's nuts. I was doing so much better too.

You know WHY I haven't?!? aside from the fact that I spend my life being lazy and tired when I'm not working, of course.

My nails were too long to type without a million mistakes! LOL seriously! they had gotten SO long and I would always hit the wrong keys so I tried to type as little as possible since I type all day at work and the stupid backspace button was giving my middle finger a workout!

Needless to say I got my nails done one night this week. so I am a typing fool again.

I believe I learned the term "retro-blogging" from my friend Jennifer--who retro-blogged about her spur of the moment vacation to CA (from TN) with 5 kids, 5 in-laws, a baby and her hubby..most of them in one van!

So..I'll do a little retro-blogging myself. Of course I don't know what has happened in the last 13 days that is worth blogging about..I'll think of something though..I don't like big blog gaps!

Sooo mad!!

~~copied from message board~~

Since school started Logan buys his lunch some days and packs others...on days he packs he buys milk to drink. I send in one check for this every month. In all this time it has never been a problem. never. NOW, in April it suddenly is.

He has a seperate teacher for the afternoon--the program is really a half day program but the kids that stay full day get extracurricular stuff like computers, spanish, etc. So..the afternoon teacher... I don't really like anyway. But what she did yesterday really burned me up.

This morning Logan said that she wouldn't give him any milk yesterday! I asked why and he said she said he needed to bring his own drink from home. and he told her no he doesn't he gets milk..and she said again..you need to bring your own drink. So, he didn't have ANYTHING to drink with his lunch of PB sandwich, chips, and oreos! He said, "I don't get anything to drink until lunch anyway and then she didn't let me have my milk and I was SO thirsty!!" It broke my heart and of course I cried over it. Just to think about him being thirsty and an adult---his TEACHER not getting him something, just kills me!

So, I told him I would call the school and he would get milk today--he was so worried and said she wouldn't let him. I assured him that he would have milk. So I took him to school and came home and called the office and pretty much threw a fit--in a sweet way of course. she said she would call me back.

She called back (boy is this getting long!) and said that Mrs. T said that Logan doesn't bring money for milk ever and she has just been giving it to him. and the office lady told her that I send a check every month..and Mrs. T said she didn't realize that. She was just letting him have any extra milk she has leftover from the other kids when and IF she has it. Ok. WHATEVER! So...ALLLLLL this time..she has just been giving him milk "free" (or so she thought) and never sent a note home to say milk is .40??? and REGARDLESS...he's SIX...you mean to tell me...you let a child go without because he doesn't have money? There is something wrong with that. He should have been given something to drink. even a cup of water.

I am just sooo mad about it. and it is beyond me why she would think that is acceptable or right. He's a "baby"! I feel like going to the school and pulling her hair out. she also told him he needed shoes with velcro (because she didn't want to tie them) and to wear his jacket that zips (because she didn't want to help button the other one) at various times throughout the year. I am SO glad the year is almost over!!

Oh..so the office lady said she couldn't understand why Mrs. T would do that and that I was exactly right..whether he paid or not he should have been given something to drink and any problems with $ should have been directed to me. She assured me it would never happen again and that she was going to have a talk with her. It better not ever happen again.

New Furniture!!

~~copy and pasted from my message board~~

well..new to me!

When Dylan was a newborn I decided I hated my furniture. Sofa Express was having a no payments, no interest for 18 months sale. So, we took a family trip and picked out a new sectional.

almost 5 years later..we hate it. It hasn't held up well at all, it stains super easy, the back cushions have small holes in the seams that allow pieces of green stuffing to work it's way out and we are just sick of it. Of course we have no $ for furniture so I have just tried to ignore my hate for this furniture.

Last week, we sold our old car that has been sitting in our driveway for almost 2 years for a whopping $300. The plan was to spend that money on a new bathroom sink and paint for the house. Well.....

I was reading Craigslist last night and saw and ad for Furniture for sale and fell in love with the picture. the ad said it was in good condition...no kids, no pets, just a single guy. $150. I called him, threw on some clothes and ran over to see it!

It's a Lane brand sleeper sofa and love seat..red and white striped...like thin stripes. I LOVE it. You know, my living room is done all in red, white, and blue americana theme stuff. These are going to fit in PERFECTLY!!!

The furniture needs cleaned and has a couple areas on the piping around the cushions that are threadbare, but it is very sturdy and sits very nice..not broken down at all...and it's $150! I called K from there to tell him about the "bad" spots and make sure I was making the right decision (my mom went with me..so I didn't go to a strange mans house alone ) and I told him it was definitely better than what we have now..he said, "I could crap in the floor and it would better than what we have right now!" I thought that was funny. So..I gave the guy my $, got a receipt, and said I would be back this week with a truck. He ended up giving my mom a Papaya tree and a coffee plant. (he's moving out of state)

anyway...I'm just super excited..so I wanted to share.

Easter Weekend

I had the day off on Friday. The warehouse at work was closed..so customer service was closed as well. Well, actually they worked 10-2 but I was asked if I wanted the day off and I did!!

I took Logan to school and then came home and Kyle and I snuggled in bed for awhile while Dylan watched tv, played on the computer, and occasionally came into the bedroom to look for some creature that was evidently hiding under our bed!

We went to pick Logan up at 11 (he had a half day--they were supposed to be off, but that was one of their make up days since they missed so much for snow this year). We then went to Chick-fil-A and had lunch! It was so exciting..they just opened one closer to our house. Yay!

It was pretty cold and snowy so we just stayed home all weekend. I ended up with a lovely migraine and Kyle had a horrible cold. We didn't even color eggs...thankfully my kids never even asked about it--it made me feel less guilty.

They loved their Easter baskets and were nicely spoiled..I bought way too much candy though...that of course I am eating. oink oink

We watched Jesus of Nazareth with the kids...which made me feel less guilty about not going to church.

It definitely was the most uneventful Easter we have ever had. Next year can only be better!

Here a Memory, There a Memory

Isn't it weird how seeing a simple object, hearing a sound, or even smelling a smell can bring a memory rushing to the front of your mind?

I was flipping through a jewelry catalog the other day and a really pretty celtic cross caught my eye..so I stopped and looked at it a little closer. Further down the page was a pretty claddagh ring. And out of no where I remember these people that I used to babysit for..he (the dad) wore a claddagh wedding band, which I always thought was so neat.

I haven't thought of them in so long...I guess the little boy, who was almost 2 when they moved away, is about 12 now. WOW. I can't believe how time flies.

HUH?

Oh my dear word! Logan says "HUH?!" about a bazillion times a day. No Joke. I think I am going to go get his hearing checked. He has never had a lot of problems with his ears or ear infections..but the boy obviously can't hear. OR he is just in some kind of stuid "huh" saying habit. If he does have a hearing problem...I don't want to keep getting annoyed with him..because I DO get annoyed, so I need to go get it checked out.