Day to day life around here has been going pretty good. Still on our 'diet'... still baking our bread, and everything else I can... still homeschooling Nathan and Britt...
We have run into some bumps in the road... but we have made adjustments and continue on our path.
I got to spend a nice afternoon this week with Josh. We started pulling apart my CRX to get the new suspension on... so I can start to drive it more... since gas prices are through the damn roof!!
It has turned out to be a bit harder than anticipated. Everything is such a process!! But it is ok... it gave me "quality time" with Josh! :-)
Nathan is well on the road to recovery too!! This has me soooo happy!!! I was scared to death! No fever for a few days now... lymph nodes still slightly enlarged, but no pain. Dr said it could take up to a month for them to get back to "normal".
My little dogs fell ill this week... ended up spending a very expensive day in the animal hospital... needing all kinds of blood work and such. Turns out Ellie has some kind of sugar dropping problem AND some weird liver stuff going on. (The whole reason for the hosp visit was we suspect they got into something... possible laundry detergent or fabric softener and it made them sick... All the precaution tests they ran showed these other issues!)
Anyway... they are on a 'special' diet now too! And they get fed more often during the day. They will be plump lil dogs soon! LOL
This weekend our bathroom floor is getting put in!!! Woooo Hoooo!!!! I can NOT wait!!! One more project to be checked off the "started but never finished" list!
Ohhh Ohhhh Ohhh--
A dear friend of mine is pregnant!! I am sooo excited... I will be an Auntie Amy again!! ;-) I was checking out ultrasound pics... my money is on a boy!! I plan on running out and buying my yarn this weekend to get started on his/her baby blanket!!! I guess I will just have to go with 'baby colors' since they decided to let the sex be a surprise on it's birthday! LOL (Believe me... I tried real hard to persuade otherwise! LMAO!!)
Uhhh.... now to touch on this shit with my mother. She managed to screw us. I knew it would happen. I KNEW IT! She is so hell bent on getting her free money that we are now being fined! Oh so perfect. We have 7 days to clear her out of the house to avoid the fines. BUT... of course my bitch ass mother wont care about that... we will have to evict her, which will cost us more money and take 30 days. Sooo... 30+ days of fines will be coming with that.
I can not believe I stepped up to help her out. I told her NOT to come up here if she didnt plan on getting a job! She assured me she would get a job. LIES!!! She only cares about herself.
It isnt like she was ever a real mother to me. My grandparents raised me. While my mother was out partying on the weekends... and recovering from her headaches during the week. Ask anyone who knows me... who did they see me with 95% of the time... they will tell you my grandparents!! I dont feel like I owe her my own life happiness... because I really just dont.
I stepped up when no one else wanted to deal with her... and I am sorry I did. Because now I have to pull money out of my ass that could be spent on MY kids... whom I enjoy doing things with and making sure they experience so much more than I ever did.
So yes... as awful as it may sound...
The woman is dead to me.
Stacy and I will be going to the judge on Friday to start the eviction process. Then, once she is gone... I dont EVER want to see or hear from her again. I am done.
I have so much hate and anger... that it just isnt healthy. I will find a way to "let it go"... and I will focus on all of the postive friendships and relationships that I do have.
OK... time to get school stuff ready for tomorrow. Today was pretty stressful and didnt go at all as planned.
Tomorrow WILL be better!
Hmmm... I am thinking pizza for dinner tonite, since my day was a disaster!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
IT WORKS
I finally got my blogger to work!! It was being weird for days... and I couldnt get it to post anything!
But today it appears to be working!! Woooo Hoooo!!!
Anyway...
I LOVE that we decided to go back to homeschooling the kids!!! Today started off a little stressful with some computer problems... but once we worked out the kinks... it turned out to be a GREAT day!!
Nathan being sick has been rough. But, with this whole 'scare' I am super determined to make the best of every single second!!
We managed to get all of Nathan's lessons done today... in between his naps. We also took Gunner out for some fetch. I let the Brittany and Nathan man the camera.
Nathan got some GREAT action shots of Brittany!! He loves to take pictures. He got tired kinda quick... but before he went to lay in the truck... Brittany manged to get an action shot of him too!!!
This is one of the MANY reasons I LOVE homeschooling the kids!!! Another is... we have soooo much fun learning things together during the day!!! :-)
Another "OH MY GOODNESS" moment today---
My 2nd 'baby' turned 18 today!!! Cant even believe it!! I now have 2 'adult' children!! HOLY COW!!!! We will be celebrating this weekend... she plans on having a friend over.
Again... I am soooo truly blessed!!!
Tomorrow we plan on getting a full day of lessons in... with some spare time to enjoy the sunny weather! Stacy has a short day tomorrow too.
I think he and I will finalize our garden bed plans for this coming year... and get my seed order in. I want to get some 'cold weather' seeds in the ground awhile!
I am soooo ready for spring. Seeing the crocus popping up all over is making me pretty excited!
Oh... side note...
I just check Nathan before sending up to bed. Fever is still pretty high (the Dr said that is a good thing... his body is finally starting to work to kick the infections butt!!) And his lymph nodes actually seem to be a bit smaller!!!! THANK YOU, GOD!!! There isnt a huge change... just slight... but I will take it!!! :-D Maybe a good nites sleep with help... I know his napping today seemed to help him "pep up" for a short amount of time!
Ok... well now I will allow myself to breath a small sign of relief. I was sooooo scared!!!
Well... time to get myself ready for bed too. 4am comes awfully early!
I hope everyone had a super day!! We sure did!!! :-)
But today it appears to be working!! Woooo Hoooo!!!
Anyway...
I LOVE that we decided to go back to homeschooling the kids!!! Today started off a little stressful with some computer problems... but once we worked out the kinks... it turned out to be a GREAT day!!
Nathan being sick has been rough. But, with this whole 'scare' I am super determined to make the best of every single second!!
We managed to get all of Nathan's lessons done today... in between his naps. We also took Gunner out for some fetch. I let the Brittany and Nathan man the camera.
Another "OH MY GOODNESS" moment today---
My 2nd 'baby' turned 18 today!!! Cant even believe it!! I now have 2 'adult' children!! HOLY COW!!!! We will be celebrating this weekend... she plans on having a friend over.
Again... I am soooo truly blessed!!!
Tomorrow we plan on getting a full day of lessons in... with some spare time to enjoy the sunny weather! Stacy has a short day tomorrow too.
I think he and I will finalize our garden bed plans for this coming year... and get my seed order in. I want to get some 'cold weather' seeds in the ground awhile!
I am soooo ready for spring. Seeing the crocus popping up all over is making me pretty excited!
Oh... side note...
I just check Nathan before sending up to bed. Fever is still pretty high (the Dr said that is a good thing... his body is finally starting to work to kick the infections butt!!) And his lymph nodes actually seem to be a bit smaller!!!! THANK YOU, GOD!!! There isnt a huge change... just slight... but I will take it!!! :-D Maybe a good nites sleep with help... I know his napping today seemed to help him "pep up" for a short amount of time!
Ok... well now I will allow myself to breath a small sign of relief. I was sooooo scared!!!
Well... time to get myself ready for bed too. 4am comes awfully early!
I hope everyone had a super day!! We sure did!!! :-)
LOVE
I can't express enough how thankful I am... and how much I love and enjoy where I am in life!
My blogger isn't working properly right now... so this will be short and sweet, since I'm blogging from my phone...lol!
Homeschooling going well. We are working out the kinks... and setting a workable schedule.
Nathan is pretty sick right now... but I'm not going to get into that.
There was a showing at our other house yesterday... hoping more are to come and we can unload that!
We are back to ZERO doubt... other than the mortgages and our cars!! I LOVE that feeling!!
I guess that about sums up todays short and sweet update!
Hope everyone takes the time to enjoy these beautiful days!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Ch-Ch-Changes...
Goodness... we have been making such HUGE changes around here. We have been busy, busy!!
Nathan and Brittany are both withdrawn from UDA... although we are still going rounds with the school district about what extra curricular activities that they are allowed to do. We are opting out of the trumpet for Nathan.
But both have been signed up for skating lessons. Our family as a whole has been doing alot more skating lately. It is something we ALL LOVE to do... and for whatever reason, we got away from it. Stacy and I are getting back on track with a bunch of things... QUALITY time together (as a family) being one of them.
We have started our lessons for school today... and we will be logging some more before we go skating tomorrow.
Our bathroom is on its way to being done. Paint is all on... floor is next. Hoping to get to that next weekend!! I am loving the way it is turning out... and I am pretty sure I want to paint our vanity cabinet.
Of course we are still following our diet. Things got a bit crazy over Valentine's day... which was expected. I HATE that holidays are based on crappy foods!!!
Spent some extra time in the rabbitry today. Had everyone out to hop around and play today. The ground is finally less swampy up there!!
We also had Britt's duck out to "swim" in our creek. She was a happy duck!!
I even took advantage of the beautiful day and raked leaves out of the little flower bed on top of the sand mound!! I cant believe there are flowers sprouting already!!!
I really need to get out and pull some of last years dead stuff out around the pond!
I guess that is a quick update of things going on around here! Hopefully I will have some more time this week to blog...but I am not counting on it.
Nathan and Brittany are both withdrawn from UDA... although we are still going rounds with the school district about what extra curricular activities that they are allowed to do. We are opting out of the trumpet for Nathan.
But both have been signed up for skating lessons. Our family as a whole has been doing alot more skating lately. It is something we ALL LOVE to do... and for whatever reason, we got away from it. Stacy and I are getting back on track with a bunch of things... QUALITY time together (as a family) being one of them.
We have started our lessons for school today... and we will be logging some more before we go skating tomorrow.
Our bathroom is on its way to being done. Paint is all on... floor is next. Hoping to get to that next weekend!! I am loving the way it is turning out... and I am pretty sure I want to paint our vanity cabinet.
Of course we are still following our diet. Things got a bit crazy over Valentine's day... which was expected. I HATE that holidays are based on crappy foods!!!
Spent some extra time in the rabbitry today. Had everyone out to hop around and play today. The ground is finally less swampy up there!!
We also had Britt's duck out to "swim" in our creek. She was a happy duck!!
I even took advantage of the beautiful day and raked leaves out of the little flower bed on top of the sand mound!! I cant believe there are flowers sprouting already!!!
I really need to get out and pull some of last years dead stuff out around the pond!
I guess that is a quick update of things going on around here! Hopefully I will have some more time this week to blog...but I am not counting on it.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Britt's BDay weekend
Time has sure been flying by! And I really just have been too busy to sit and blog lately.
Last week "illness" swept through the house. Nathan and Britt were both down sick. And I had a day or 2 that I just wasnt feeling the best. Thank God it is gone and out of here!!!! I spent most of the week disinfecting and re-disinfecting our entire house... and keeping up with the laundry!
Last week we also decided to go back to homeschooling Nathan and Brittany. For many, various reasons. When I had them both to the pediatrician... we did some talking... and health wise, it just seems like a good idea too. I swear... there is something in those schools that just keeps those 2 fighting one thing after another.
I already started all of the paperwork... and am trying to work out the details of still having Nathan participate in the districts music and band programs.
This weekend was Brittany's 14th BDay!! She had 5 of her friends over for games, ping pong, skating, hot tubbing and camping out in my shop! They were all a GREAT bunch of girls... and I really learned alot ... Including what the elephant said to the naked man!! ("It's cute, but can you pick up peanuts with it!" LMBO) Ugh boy... they grow up so fast!! I have also found that girls are just gross!! That is all I will say about that! LOL
Stacy and I really enjoyed getting out on skates again. Even with it being a HUGE risk for me to do (because of my broken back)... I REALLY miss my roller derby days!!! It was fun doing the slow skates with my hubby too! ;-)
I think that is something we really need to fit in on a more regular basis!!!
I didnt get near enough sleep last nite. I am def too old for that crap!! Plus, we had to get up early and pull Josh's car out of the ditch he ended up in... because of the snow, crappy road conditions and a plow. The boy was really lucky to have no damage... and we were able to pull it out without rolling it!!! Let me tell you... if he would have slid another inch... he would have been on his roof! I am hoping the next time I tell him to just ride with us... he takes my advice!!!
Today Stac and I went up to the hang glider spot to take some pics. Couldnt stay too long... it was FREEZING with that wind that rolls up through there! But it was fun!!! My truck does GREAT in the deep snow!!
All in all it was a fun weekend. Everyone in my house is exhausted... and starting to get cranky and whiny!
Stacy painted the upstairs bathroom today... so I have to clear out the downstairs one so everyone can shower. I am really hoping to have my own butt in bed by 8 tonite... but I still have to finish tomorrow's bread. So we shall see how long that takes me. I am pretty sure I have myself good time wise. Fingers crossed!
Tomorrow--Courtney has her second detention for last weeks unacceptable behavior. And Stacy and I have a late appt with our therapist. I dont like those late appt... I am never very happy when I am not home to put the kids to bed... even tho they are getting older now. Let me tell you... it really hit me yesterday just how fast my kids are growing up!
Other than that... this week will be another busy one!
OK... time to get moving on our evening routine!
Hope everyone had as awesome of a weekend as we did!!
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P.S.
Dear God,
Thank you for getting all of the kids healthy rather quickly... and keeping the germs from spreading to the rest of the house! AND... for keeping us ALL safe while traveling in the nasty weather last night!!
Amen!!
Last week "illness" swept through the house. Nathan and Britt were both down sick. And I had a day or 2 that I just wasnt feeling the best. Thank God it is gone and out of here!!!! I spent most of the week disinfecting and re-disinfecting our entire house... and keeping up with the laundry!
Last week we also decided to go back to homeschooling Nathan and Brittany. For many, various reasons. When I had them both to the pediatrician... we did some talking... and health wise, it just seems like a good idea too. I swear... there is something in those schools that just keeps those 2 fighting one thing after another.
I already started all of the paperwork... and am trying to work out the details of still having Nathan participate in the districts music and band programs.
This weekend was Brittany's 14th BDay!! She had 5 of her friends over for games, ping pong, skating, hot tubbing and camping out in my shop! They were all a GREAT bunch of girls... and I really learned alot ... Including what the elephant said to the naked man!! ("It's cute, but can you pick up peanuts with it!" LMBO) Ugh boy... they grow up so fast!! I have also found that girls are just gross!! That is all I will say about that! LOL
Stacy and I really enjoyed getting out on skates again. Even with it being a HUGE risk for me to do (because of my broken back)... I REALLY miss my roller derby days!!! It was fun doing the slow skates with my hubby too! ;-)
I think that is something we really need to fit in on a more regular basis!!!
I didnt get near enough sleep last nite. I am def too old for that crap!! Plus, we had to get up early and pull Josh's car out of the ditch he ended up in... because of the snow, crappy road conditions and a plow. The boy was really lucky to have no damage... and we were able to pull it out without rolling it!!! Let me tell you... if he would have slid another inch... he would have been on his roof! I am hoping the next time I tell him to just ride with us... he takes my advice!!!
Today Stac and I went up to the hang glider spot to take some pics. Couldnt stay too long... it was FREEZING with that wind that rolls up through there! But it was fun!!! My truck does GREAT in the deep snow!!
All in all it was a fun weekend. Everyone in my house is exhausted... and starting to get cranky and whiny!
Stacy painted the upstairs bathroom today... so I have to clear out the downstairs one so everyone can shower. I am really hoping to have my own butt in bed by 8 tonite... but I still have to finish tomorrow's bread. So we shall see how long that takes me. I am pretty sure I have myself good time wise. Fingers crossed!
Tomorrow--Courtney has her second detention for last weeks unacceptable behavior. And Stacy and I have a late appt with our therapist. I dont like those late appt... I am never very happy when I am not home to put the kids to bed... even tho they are getting older now. Let me tell you... it really hit me yesterday just how fast my kids are growing up!
Other than that... this week will be another busy one!
OK... time to get moving on our evening routine!
Hope everyone had as awesome of a weekend as we did!!
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
P.S.
Dear God,
Thank you for getting all of the kids healthy rather quickly... and keeping the germs from spreading to the rest of the house! AND... for keeping us ALL safe while traveling in the nasty weather last night!!
Amen!!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Too long
Wow... It really has been a bit since I made the time to sit and blog!! It doesnt help that some of the keys on my laptop stick... making typing out anything a pain in the butt! LOL
Same stuff going on around here.
There is a "For Sale" sign on the house finally. Of course, playing on our luck, our realtor suddenly has a brain tumor... so things with our house got a bit behind! It seems to be back on track now... fingers crossed for a quick sale! We just need out from under that place!!! So many other ENJOYABLE things to put our time and money into!
Still going strong with our all natural diet! Still baking our bread... yesterday I even made our own croutons!! After I spent the day in my shop.
We had another 'incident' with certain family members trying to get in our business. Had to take some more 'serious' measures to ensure our privacy... which we are completely entitled to!!
Oh... we got our taxes done!! It was a 2 day ordeal... but it is over now. Starting a business causes alot of confusion!! LOL!
I guess it is time to start thinking about the garden for this year!!! LOVE doing this!!! This year my garden paths will be saying good bye to the grass... and hello to some sort of stone. That will keeps things a bit more managable. I also want to come up with solution for my herb tub... it is not level and drives me crazy! lol
I am hoping our ducks and chickens start laying again soon. I am thinking we will let some of the hens sit on their eggs... and see what happens. Same with our Ancona ducks.
Well,
that is about all I have time for. I have to be out of here to pick Stacy up after work... we have another Couple session. And I have a boat load of things to get done before I leave!!
-Finish Stac's work laundry
-Do our checkbook
-Pay bills
-Do Nathan's laundry
-Groom 2 dogs
-Clean up the kitchen (never ending)
-Clean bathrooms
-Go around getting rid of things that wont get missed... since it IS trash nite! LOL
Hopefully there wont be any school calls... !!
Enjoy your day!!
Same stuff going on around here.
There is a "For Sale" sign on the house finally. Of course, playing on our luck, our realtor suddenly has a brain tumor... so things with our house got a bit behind! It seems to be back on track now... fingers crossed for a quick sale! We just need out from under that place!!! So many other ENJOYABLE things to put our time and money into!
Still going strong with our all natural diet! Still baking our bread... yesterday I even made our own croutons!! After I spent the day in my shop.
We had another 'incident' with certain family members trying to get in our business. Had to take some more 'serious' measures to ensure our privacy... which we are completely entitled to!!
Oh... we got our taxes done!! It was a 2 day ordeal... but it is over now. Starting a business causes alot of confusion!! LOL!
I guess it is time to start thinking about the garden for this year!!! LOVE doing this!!! This year my garden paths will be saying good bye to the grass... and hello to some sort of stone. That will keeps things a bit more managable. I also want to come up with solution for my herb tub... it is not level and drives me crazy! lol
I am hoping our ducks and chickens start laying again soon. I am thinking we will let some of the hens sit on their eggs... and see what happens. Same with our Ancona ducks.
Well,
that is about all I have time for. I have to be out of here to pick Stacy up after work... we have another Couple session. And I have a boat load of things to get done before I leave!!
-Finish Stac's work laundry
-Do our checkbook
-Pay bills
-Do Nathan's laundry
-Groom 2 dogs
-Clean up the kitchen (never ending)
-Clean bathrooms
-Go around getting rid of things that wont get missed... since it IS trash nite! LOL
Hopefully there wont be any school calls... !!
Enjoy your day!!
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