I picked up Andrew from Randi's house on Friday and his forehead was bleeding. Right in between his eyes. I was informed that he was standing on a plastic toy in the toy room and the toy slipped out from under him and he landed forehead-first on a wooden train table. This was at 11:00 am. I picked him up at 5:15 pm so I was a little concerned that it was seemingly still bleeding. Randi said the cut stopped bleeding pretty quickly after the incident, but started bleeding again after his nap. Maybe it was rubbed or something? It's a thick cut, but it doesn't appear to be too deep. I'm a little bummed that he will be scarred there forever, but I am praying that it will be a really light scar. I'm praying he won't scar as badly as I do. I guess he's a boy and stuff like that happens, huh?! I'm surprised it's taken 4 1/2 years for him to do something that will result in a scar! It's a really hard place for a band-aid, too, so I've had a hard time keeping Neosporin on it. The band-aid just gets soggy and comes off.
Anyway, the weekend seemed to fly by, but yesterday afternoon was NICE!
We had a hectic Sunday morning. I had to wake up a lot earlier than I normally do as I have volunteered to help Amy teach the preschool kids at the school we are renting out. Jeremy decided to join me at the school so he didn't have to drive his work truck separately to meet me at the later service.
After we helped out at the school we headed over to the new church for service. It was a little warm in there, but the message was good.
After all that excitement and all the newness of everything wore off, we realized how tired we were. We headed home for lunch and were amazed that we had no other places to be on our Sunday afternoon! We really took advantage of it, too! We had a nice lunch, I cleaned up the kitchen a little bit, Jeremy, Andrew and I laid down on my bed and watched Aladdin (Jeremy and I dosed off for a little bit during the movie), I started and finished all of our laundry, Jeremy fixed our tree that was falling over, we went on a ride in the fields by our house in Jeremy's work's Ranger, we had a nice dinner, and we were in bed before 10 pm (Andrew was in bed before 9 pm).
We felt our prayers of having more family time (just the 3 of us) were really answered this past week! It was nice!
This week will be another story. We have a D-backs game tonight (which we got free tickets for), we have a D-backs game on Friday (which we got free tickets for) and we have a concert (MercyMe) on Sunday evening. 3 of our normal nights at home will be spent far from home this week. That's a bummer (especially with gas prices how they are), but who can turn down 2 free D-backs games? Maybe I'll remember to take my camera to document these fun events. I'm really bad at that and I love reading other blogs where there is always pictures posted to go along with the writing! (Sorry beloved readers. I'll get better at my picture taking).
Oh, and Jade fixed my computer so I will post scrapbooking pictures and pictures of our blinds. Kind of old news, but pictures just the same!
On another note - ask Jeremy how much I enjoy him asking me if people can come over at the last minute. He will tell you that I can come up with 5 excuses off the top of my head at any given time why no one is allowed at our house without me being prepared. The reasons are usually one of two things: the downstairs hasn't been dusted, mopped, vacuumed, and the bathroom hasn't been cleaned in too long, or we don't have a very good selection of a meal for dinner and we don't have money to run out to the store and get a nice meal for company. I really enjoy having people over, but it stresses me out if I feel the house is a disaster. However, Amy told me of a website that should help with the house portion of my anxiety (and a little of my meal preparedness, too, actually). It's call Flylady. Check it out - I can tell it is going to save my sanity! Periodically I will do an update as to how I am doing following program.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Lazy Dayz - well sort of
Yesterday was great! I didn't get out of bed until 8:30! I took my sweet time getting ready for Andrew's last day of swim lessons. Somehow I was able to make it to the YMCA 45 minutes early and had a chance to work out before taking Andrew to his swim lessons. While he was in swim lessons, I ran on the treadmill. Fun stuff (that's the not so lazy part of my day).
Then I had a nice lunch at Kayla's. I had great timing, too. Lunch was just coming out of the oven and the kids were just about to be laying down for a nap. I've been trying to get Andrew off of his nap schedule so I expected to be bugged by him while Kayla and I tried to talk, but he ended up falling asleep on the couch! Wow!
I had to leave to be at the dentist by 3:00 for a couple sealants. I didn't know it would only take 5 minutes to seal two teeth! Even better! So, we were in and out of there in a jiffy.
Then we headed to Fry's for some items for a salad I am making for a Diaper Party on Saturday. We were home before 4:00. I sat down and watched Dances with Wolves which turned out to be a sad movie. It was nice until he goes back for his journal. His horse and poor Two Socks and poor Indians. Ah! I determined I didn't want to see that movie ever again.
Then I made some Ramen noodles for dinner since it was just Andrew and I. We ate, I cleaned up, and made most of my salad for Saturday, and had Andrew in the shower before 7:30. He was in bed by 8:00 and I was in bed by 9:00! I must sound shocked, but this NEVER happens when I try for it. It must've been my lack of computer... Hee hee.
I enjoyed yesterday very much! I have a few things on the to-do list this weekend, so it may not be so restful as yesterday was. I've determined that to have a restful day, it must be on a weekday. The weekends are entirely too busy as of late.
Things I am looking forward to this weekend:
*Battlefield of the Mind study group tonight at Barro's Pizza
*Diaper Shower on Saturday (looking forward to the food anyway. I'll explain more later)
*Birthday party at Peter Piper Pizza on Saturday
*Church Service in the new building on Sunday
Then I had a nice lunch at Kayla's. I had great timing, too. Lunch was just coming out of the oven and the kids were just about to be laying down for a nap. I've been trying to get Andrew off of his nap schedule so I expected to be bugged by him while Kayla and I tried to talk, but he ended up falling asleep on the couch! Wow!
I had to leave to be at the dentist by 3:00 for a couple sealants. I didn't know it would only take 5 minutes to seal two teeth! Even better! So, we were in and out of there in a jiffy.
Then we headed to Fry's for some items for a salad I am making for a Diaper Party on Saturday. We were home before 4:00. I sat down and watched Dances with Wolves which turned out to be a sad movie. It was nice until he goes back for his journal. His horse and poor Two Socks and poor Indians. Ah! I determined I didn't want to see that movie ever again.
Then I made some Ramen noodles for dinner since it was just Andrew and I. We ate, I cleaned up, and made most of my salad for Saturday, and had Andrew in the shower before 7:30. He was in bed by 8:00 and I was in bed by 9:00! I must sound shocked, but this NEVER happens when I try for it. It must've been my lack of computer... Hee hee.
I enjoyed yesterday very much! I have a few things on the to-do list this weekend, so it may not be so restful as yesterday was. I've determined that to have a restful day, it must be on a weekday. The weekends are entirely too busy as of late.
Things I am looking forward to this weekend:
*Battlefield of the Mind study group tonight at Barro's Pizza
*Diaper Shower on Saturday (looking forward to the food anyway. I'll explain more later)
*Birthday party at Peter Piper Pizza on Saturday
*Church Service in the new building on Sunday
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Broken Computer
My home computer took a dump =( I was trying to post a blog yesterday and it froze up and won't work now. I've tried to restart it many times. It stops at the black screen with the white Doss looking writing. Jeremy forgot to take it to the computer guy in Coolidge and he is going out of town tomorrow-Saturday. So, hopefully he will remember to take it on Monday and it won't be anything too expensive or time consuming to fix.
I will have to do my blogging from work. And, unfortunately, my pictures I was going to post are on my home computer. I know you are so disappointed - I'm sorry!
Jeremy has completed the blind installation and I am so thankful we finally have blinds! We went with the 2 1/2 inch faux wood in an embossed Antique White so it looks like it is painted real wood. We've always matched our blinds to our furniture in our previous homes, but this time I wanted to match the blinds to the house (the doors and trims of the house anyway). I think it looks really nice and I have pictures that I will post once my home computer is up and running.
Jeremy's brother gave us some of those mushroom looking ceiling lights that come installed in some homes so Jeremy found time to install those in the guest bedroom and the office. It's amazing to be able to go into those rooms at night and be able to see stuff! Thanks Josh!
It seems after 10 months of living in this home, it's finally starting to come together. There is much more business to be taken care of, but it feels good to have a little progress here and there.
Other items on our wish list for our home:
*Ceiling fans (at least in our room, Andrew's room, and the TV room)
*Landscaping in the backyard
*Pool
*Entertainment center for the TV room (something big to take up that huge wall)
*Decorations for the walls and fake/real plants and trees
I know the pool will be a long time down the road, but I hope the rest is doable within the next year.
Yesterday, I had a great time with Amy and Melissa scrapbooking (again, I have pictures that I will upload soon). Andrew enjoyed playing with the kids and I was able to complete Andrew's second album (ages 2 and 3). Now, I need to start an album for him for ages 4 and 5. I need to get crackin' to try and catch up before the holidays get here! I am at January 2008 for our Family album, and want to catch that up before the holidays, as well. So, all my scrappin' buddies, be expecting emails from me to get together to scrap!
I will have to do my blogging from work. And, unfortunately, my pictures I was going to post are on my home computer. I know you are so disappointed - I'm sorry!
Jeremy has completed the blind installation and I am so thankful we finally have blinds! We went with the 2 1/2 inch faux wood in an embossed Antique White so it looks like it is painted real wood. We've always matched our blinds to our furniture in our previous homes, but this time I wanted to match the blinds to the house (the doors and trims of the house anyway). I think it looks really nice and I have pictures that I will post once my home computer is up and running.
Jeremy's brother gave us some of those mushroom looking ceiling lights that come installed in some homes so Jeremy found time to install those in the guest bedroom and the office. It's amazing to be able to go into those rooms at night and be able to see stuff! Thanks Josh!
It seems after 10 months of living in this home, it's finally starting to come together. There is much more business to be taken care of, but it feels good to have a little progress here and there.
Other items on our wish list for our home:
*Ceiling fans (at least in our room, Andrew's room, and the TV room)
*Landscaping in the backyard
*Pool
*Entertainment center for the TV room (something big to take up that huge wall)
*Decorations for the walls and fake/real plants and trees
I know the pool will be a long time down the road, but I hope the rest is doable within the next year.
Yesterday, I had a great time with Amy and Melissa scrapbooking (again, I have pictures that I will upload soon). Andrew enjoyed playing with the kids and I was able to complete Andrew's second album (ages 2 and 3). Now, I need to start an album for him for ages 4 and 5. I need to get crackin' to try and catch up before the holidays get here! I am at January 2008 for our Family album, and want to catch that up before the holidays, as well. So, all my scrappin' buddies, be expecting emails from me to get together to scrap!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Chocolate Fountain and Swimming
Ah, weekend memories!
It is Monday morning which means time for reminiscing about the events of my weekend.
Friday night was FUN! Kim, Amy, Melissa, Kayla, and I enjoyed a few hours of girl-time with each other. Kim provided some great food which included a chocolate fountain! Yum! We watched Hairspray, which was OK. It was cute, but I'm glad I never bought the movie as I don't feel like I will want to watch it again. Interesting that John Travolta played Mrs. Turnblad. Disturbing a little, too. Could've ditched the movie for more girl-talk though!
Andrew hung out at Amy's house with her husband and sons. He had a BLAST! They made chocolate chip cookies, a foam Pirate craft which included a hat, sword and eye patch, played the Wii, and watched Transformers. Talk about a guy's night of fun! And, just as I suspected, Andrew didn't want to leave.
Andrew and I headed to the YMCA Saturday morning and I got my workout on in the Step N Tone class.
Then, we spent the afternoon at Nicki's community pool for Christopher's 7th birthday party. We were in the pool from 12:30-6:30 with a half hour break for food and another half hour break for cake and presents. It was fun to swim with Andrew and his newly mastered swim techniques!
When we left at 6:30, it took Andrew approximately 2.3 minutes to fall asleep in the car and he stayed asleep until 7:30 the following morning! Geesh!
We made it to church in the nick of time for the picture. We took a group picture since it was our last service in the old building. Thankfully, the picture didn't require entirely too much time in the heat, although I did get a little sweaty which never thrills me. Oh well, it's not often the church moves locations, huh?!
On my schedule this week:
It is Monday morning which means time for reminiscing about the events of my weekend.
Friday night was FUN! Kim, Amy, Melissa, Kayla, and I enjoyed a few hours of girl-time with each other. Kim provided some great food which included a chocolate fountain! Yum! We watched Hairspray, which was OK. It was cute, but I'm glad I never bought the movie as I don't feel like I will want to watch it again. Interesting that John Travolta played Mrs. Turnblad. Disturbing a little, too. Could've ditched the movie for more girl-talk though!
Andrew hung out at Amy's house with her husband and sons. He had a BLAST! They made chocolate chip cookies, a foam Pirate craft which included a hat, sword and eye patch, played the Wii, and watched Transformers. Talk about a guy's night of fun! And, just as I suspected, Andrew didn't want to leave.
Andrew and I headed to the YMCA Saturday morning and I got my workout on in the Step N Tone class.
Then, we spent the afternoon at Nicki's community pool for Christopher's 7th birthday party. We were in the pool from 12:30-6:30 with a half hour break for food and another half hour break for cake and presents. It was fun to swim with Andrew and his newly mastered swim techniques!
When we left at 6:30, it took Andrew approximately 2.3 minutes to fall asleep in the car and he stayed asleep until 7:30 the following morning! Geesh!
We made it to church in the nick of time for the picture. We took a group picture since it was our last service in the old building. Thankfully, the picture didn't require entirely too much time in the heat, although I did get a little sweaty which never thrills me. Oh well, it's not often the church moves locations, huh?!
On my schedule this week:
- Helping Jeremy hang blinds tonight (since we didn't get to it yesterday)
- Andrew's final 2 swim lessons in his Pike class on Tuesday and Thursday
- Working out during Andrew's final 2 swim lessons on Tuesday and Thursday
- Scrapbooking on Tuesday afternoon
- Battlefield of the Mind study with Kayla, Kim, Cherish, Jill, and Mary on Friday evening
Normally I attend a Home Group on Tuesday nights and I teach kids at the church on Wednesday nights, but both of those events are on break this week. My goal: dinner at home 4 nights this week (instead of just Thursday night). I'll let you know how that goes.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Calendar Girl
Items on my calendar this weekend (including tonight):
- Drop off Andrew at Amy's house and head over to Kim's for Girl's Night!
- Step N Tone class at the YMCA tomorrow at 9:00 am.
- Christopher's birthday party at noon.
- Church picture at 10:30 am on Sunday. Followed by church service at 11:00 am (the last one in this building).
- Install blinds Sunday afternoon (please pray that this gets done).
Not bad, not bad at all! I am, however, ditching out on a Pampered Chef party and an Uppercase Living party which would only result in me spending money I do not have. Jeremy is not sad that I have chosen to bail on these parties.
Question 1: Is it just me or is there a million and a half birthdays in June?! We have had one birthday and/or party each weekend in June so far, I have 3 next weekend, and 1 the following weekend. It's about as bad as December (minus Christmas).
Question 2: What are you guys doing this weekend?
Monday, June 16, 2008
Weekend o' Fun
Again, I shall blog of my busy life.
It was an eventful weekend which is something I am beginning to despise. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy all the activities we've done in the last 3 days, but I am just tired! I dream of a night at home, on the couch, with a dinner I or Jeremy made, and a movie. Is that such a weird dream? I have friends that do that on a nightly basis. I'm jealous!
Friday night I met with my friends Cherish and Jill at Barro's Pizza and we caught up on our goings on. We were suppose to be talking about the book we are reading, Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer, but some of our group was missing and we just got to chit-catting in general. However, we did discuss a lot to do with some battles in our mind's that God is working on, so Joyce would've been proud!
I didn't get home until around 11:00 pm and I caught up with Jeremy about our day since I hadn't seen him since Thursday night, therefore, we didn't get to sleep until after midnight, I think.
I woke up early to head over to the YMCA for a Step 'N Tone class. That was a great workout and my calves and shoulders are STILL feeling it 3 days later! Jeremy and Andrew swam while I took the class.
Andrew started swim lessons this month and he showed Jeremy and I that he is able to swim about 5-6 feet on his own! We were very proud of him! He has only taken 4 classes and he has 4 left. I'm excited to see how well he gets by the end of the month. I will sign him up for another session in July in hopes of him being "floaty-free" when we visit the Lake this year.
After my YMCA class and watching Andrew swim for a bit, we headed home to get ready and take Andrew to Jeremy's mom's house in Apache Junction.
Gail had Diamondback tickets and was taking Andrew with her. Jeremy and I went and saw Indiana Jones which was a pretty good movie. I don't recall if I've seen an entire Indiana Jones movie previously, but I didn't really need a background prior to watching this one. I am looking forward to watching the first 3, though.
After the movie, Jeremy and I ventured to Target for Father's Day gifts for his dad and mine. With our mission accomplished, we headed down to south Chandler for game 1 of Jeremy's church league softball tournament at 7pm. It was HOT, but it was worth the win that the men were able to pull off. Yay! Next game was scheduled for the next day (Sunday) at 5:00 pm.
The D-backs didn't do so well, they lost to the Royals 3-12. Bummer. Andrew said he was saying, "go D-backs, go D-backs" (like Jeremy told him to), but, "it didn't work." And in the usual grandma fashion, my son was fed entirely too much junk food and had a stomach ache. But, probably due to the sugar-high, he still had a GREAT time!
After Jeremy's softball game, we headed over to Native New Yorker with our gift card and half the softball team. I enjoy eating out much more when we don't have to pay for it! The food tastes MUCH better, in my opinion. We enjoyed us some hot wings and good conversation with our friends.
By the time we picked up Andrew and got home, it was past midnight. Jeremy informed me we had to leave a half hour earlier than normal for church so he could run into Walmart to purchase 3 khaki shirts for his Royal Rangers to have by Friday's Jamboree camp-out. I am never too happy to discover I have to wake up even earlier than I'm dreading, especially when it is on last minute notice.
So, I dutifully woke up early yesterday morning to get ready for church and write in all the Father's Day cards and wrap his and my dad's gifts. We leave with only 10 minutes extra time for Jeremy to run into Walmart.
He doesn't find the shirts he needs and also realized he left all the badges at home that were needed to be sewed on to the shirts. Waste.
After church we headed back to Walmart to make sure they didn't have the shirts Jeremy needed and to get my cousin a birthday card. We were on our way to his birthday party next. We got distracted in Walmart and ended up being 30 minutes late to the birthday party, but were still the first to arrive.
We flipped back and forth between golf and the D-backs losing to KC again for 2 1/2 hours while awaiting the rest of the family to show up until 4:00 pm when it was time to head over to game 2 of Jeremy's softball tournament. We were hungry by this time, but we had dinner plans at 7:00 pm with Jeremy's dad so we figured we can tough it our for 3 more hours. Poor Andrew - please don't call CPS. He had some chips at my cousin's party and some yogurt raisins I bought at Walmart. Plus, he was smart enough to wake up and fix himself a bowl of cereal before church. Jeremy and I have yet to think that much ahead on a Sunday morning. We always starve through Church service on empty stomachs until we are released and able to head somewhere for food. Bad habits!
Oops, side tracked. Jeremy's softball game was even HOTTER than the night before as it was 5:00 pm and the sun was still beating down! We were in the shade, which helped, I'm sure, but I was still a sweaty beast and I hate being a sweaty beast. Especially when we have somewhere to be afterwards.
They won the game, which was fantabulous! Jeremy had a super cool slide into 2nd and I told him I was very impressed and he should stop complaining about his bleeding leg and ankle because he looked really hot when he slid. He looked at me like I was crazy. I guess it's a girl thing to not care about pain if you look cool (or cute) doing something.
Our church was due to play again at 7:00 pm and they went ahead and just won the championship. It was a double elimination tournament and they never lost one game. That's how awesome they are and I only say this because I know that's what they are thinking! Hee hee. I do think they are awesome, though.
We missed that championship game because we went to eat with Jeremy's family at Joe's Crab Shack in Tempe. It was so worth missing the game to get out of the heat and the dirt and to get some food finally! We had a good time eating and hanging out, as usual, except, my son took a bite out of his cousin, Dustin, while awaiting his food. I couldn't figure out why he would bite since he hasn't bitten anyone since I bit him back when he was about 1 years old. Later I thought, maybe the kid was just super hungry. Another problem was we got home super late again, which was our fault, since we stopped at Cold Stone for some ice cream on the way home. I was very grumpy since I was tired and thinking about how I had to get up early today for work.
I feel Jeremy needs a re-do for Father's Day. We rushed and rushed from place to place the second we woke up and I didn't even get him a gift yet. Don't judge; I was planning to go Saturday before Andrew went to the D-backs game, but Jeremy asked Gail to take Andrew earlier so we could go to a movie. He was with me the whole day and I didn't have a couple hours to spare as I had originally planned. I'm getting him a gift today people - I just don't know what. :-/
So, the moral of the story is we got to bed at 11:30 last night and I had to wake up at 4:45 am and I am grumpy again (or still, I should say).
Oh, and Jeremy has another tournament tonight for his Monday night softball league. It starts at 7:00 so who knows how late we'll get home again. It's better, though, since I am off tomorrow and I will feed my kid before the game this time.
How did everyone elses Father's Days go? I hope some dad or dads out there, along with their families, had a nice relaxing day.
What did you all do this weekend? Anything exciting that I can add to my upcoming weekend so I can complain about it next Monday?
It was an eventful weekend which is something I am beginning to despise. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy all the activities we've done in the last 3 days, but I am just tired! I dream of a night at home, on the couch, with a dinner I or Jeremy made, and a movie. Is that such a weird dream? I have friends that do that on a nightly basis. I'm jealous!
Friday night I met with my friends Cherish and Jill at Barro's Pizza and we caught up on our goings on. We were suppose to be talking about the book we are reading, Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer, but some of our group was missing and we just got to chit-catting in general. However, we did discuss a lot to do with some battles in our mind's that God is working on, so Joyce would've been proud!
I didn't get home until around 11:00 pm and I caught up with Jeremy about our day since I hadn't seen him since Thursday night, therefore, we didn't get to sleep until after midnight, I think.
I woke up early to head over to the YMCA for a Step 'N Tone class. That was a great workout and my calves and shoulders are STILL feeling it 3 days later! Jeremy and Andrew swam while I took the class.
Andrew started swim lessons this month and he showed Jeremy and I that he is able to swim about 5-6 feet on his own! We were very proud of him! He has only taken 4 classes and he has 4 left. I'm excited to see how well he gets by the end of the month. I will sign him up for another session in July in hopes of him being "floaty-free" when we visit the Lake this year.
After my YMCA class and watching Andrew swim for a bit, we headed home to get ready and take Andrew to Jeremy's mom's house in Apache Junction.
Gail had Diamondback tickets and was taking Andrew with her. Jeremy and I went and saw Indiana Jones which was a pretty good movie. I don't recall if I've seen an entire Indiana Jones movie previously, but I didn't really need a background prior to watching this one. I am looking forward to watching the first 3, though.
After the movie, Jeremy and I ventured to Target for Father's Day gifts for his dad and mine. With our mission accomplished, we headed down to south Chandler for game 1 of Jeremy's church league softball tournament at 7pm. It was HOT, but it was worth the win that the men were able to pull off. Yay! Next game was scheduled for the next day (Sunday) at 5:00 pm.
The D-backs didn't do so well, they lost to the Royals 3-12. Bummer. Andrew said he was saying, "go D-backs, go D-backs" (like Jeremy told him to), but, "it didn't work." And in the usual grandma fashion, my son was fed entirely too much junk food and had a stomach ache. But, probably due to the sugar-high, he still had a GREAT time!
After Jeremy's softball game, we headed over to Native New Yorker with our gift card and half the softball team. I enjoy eating out much more when we don't have to pay for it! The food tastes MUCH better, in my opinion. We enjoyed us some hot wings and good conversation with our friends.
By the time we picked up Andrew and got home, it was past midnight. Jeremy informed me we had to leave a half hour earlier than normal for church so he could run into Walmart to purchase 3 khaki shirts for his Royal Rangers to have by Friday's Jamboree camp-out. I am never too happy to discover I have to wake up even earlier than I'm dreading, especially when it is on last minute notice.
So, I dutifully woke up early yesterday morning to get ready for church and write in all the Father's Day cards and wrap his and my dad's gifts. We leave with only 10 minutes extra time for Jeremy to run into Walmart.
He doesn't find the shirts he needs and also realized he left all the badges at home that were needed to be sewed on to the shirts. Waste.
After church we headed back to Walmart to make sure they didn't have the shirts Jeremy needed and to get my cousin a birthday card. We were on our way to his birthday party next. We got distracted in Walmart and ended up being 30 minutes late to the birthday party, but were still the first to arrive.
We flipped back and forth between golf and the D-backs losing to KC again for 2 1/2 hours while awaiting the rest of the family to show up until 4:00 pm when it was time to head over to game 2 of Jeremy's softball tournament. We were hungry by this time, but we had dinner plans at 7:00 pm with Jeremy's dad so we figured we can tough it our for 3 more hours. Poor Andrew - please don't call CPS. He had some chips at my cousin's party and some yogurt raisins I bought at Walmart. Plus, he was smart enough to wake up and fix himself a bowl of cereal before church. Jeremy and I have yet to think that much ahead on a Sunday morning. We always starve through Church service on empty stomachs until we are released and able to head somewhere for food. Bad habits!
Oops, side tracked. Jeremy's softball game was even HOTTER than the night before as it was 5:00 pm and the sun was still beating down! We were in the shade, which helped, I'm sure, but I was still a sweaty beast and I hate being a sweaty beast. Especially when we have somewhere to be afterwards.
They won the game, which was fantabulous! Jeremy had a super cool slide into 2nd and I told him I was very impressed and he should stop complaining about his bleeding leg and ankle because he looked really hot when he slid. He looked at me like I was crazy. I guess it's a girl thing to not care about pain if you look cool (or cute) doing something.
Our church was due to play again at 7:00 pm and they went ahead and just won the championship. It was a double elimination tournament and they never lost one game. That's how awesome they are and I only say this because I know that's what they are thinking! Hee hee. I do think they are awesome, though.
We missed that championship game because we went to eat with Jeremy's family at Joe's Crab Shack in Tempe. It was so worth missing the game to get out of the heat and the dirt and to get some food finally! We had a good time eating and hanging out, as usual, except, my son took a bite out of his cousin, Dustin, while awaiting his food. I couldn't figure out why he would bite since he hasn't bitten anyone since I bit him back when he was about 1 years old. Later I thought, maybe the kid was just super hungry. Another problem was we got home super late again, which was our fault, since we stopped at Cold Stone for some ice cream on the way home. I was very grumpy since I was tired and thinking about how I had to get up early today for work.
I feel Jeremy needs a re-do for Father's Day. We rushed and rushed from place to place the second we woke up and I didn't even get him a gift yet. Don't judge; I was planning to go Saturday before Andrew went to the D-backs game, but Jeremy asked Gail to take Andrew earlier so we could go to a movie. He was with me the whole day and I didn't have a couple hours to spare as I had originally planned. I'm getting him a gift today people - I just don't know what. :-/
So, the moral of the story is we got to bed at 11:30 last night and I had to wake up at 4:45 am and I am grumpy again (or still, I should say).
Oh, and Jeremy has another tournament tonight for his Monday night softball league. It starts at 7:00 so who knows how late we'll get home again. It's better, though, since I am off tomorrow and I will feed my kid before the game this time.
How did everyone elses Father's Days go? I hope some dad or dads out there, along with their families, had a nice relaxing day.
What did you all do this weekend? Anything exciting that I can add to my upcoming weekend so I can complain about it next Monday?
Monday, June 09, 2008
Casting Crowns
Jeremy and I were blessed this weekend to get away from the Valley heat and head up to beautiful Flagstaff, AZ. We had tickets to see the Christian band Casting Crowns perform at the Pine Mountain Amphitheater, a small outdoor venue in the middle of the woods.
Jeremy, me, my co-worker Christina, her husband Adam, and my friend Cherish left the Valley at 8:30 am on Saturday and we got up to Flagstaff by 11:30 am. The weather was quite a bit cooler which was a nice change.
We decided to camp as it cost just $5 per couple and it was on site, meaning we could walk to the concert. This saved us about $90 per couple for a hotel room and driving to the concert where we would've had to deal with parking, as well.
We got up there early enough to set up our camp and do a little walking around. The campsite was in walking distance to the Amphitheater, as well as the Fairgrounds which was hosting a Dog Show. We wandered around the Dog Show for a bit and laughed at the fluffy poodles and long haired Yorkies.
We were joined by 2 couples from our church, Jade and Amy, and Dave and Kim around 3:00 pm. We began cooking up our dinner of hamburgers, hot dogs, and brats then headed over to the venue to get a good spot in line since we had General Admission Lawn Seats.
Our plan succeeded as we ended up in the "front row" of the lawn. The only problem was we had a spot light in our way, but it was still a decent spot.
We enjoyed each others company and Kettle Corn while we awaited the performers to take the stage. We didn't have to wait long before Justin Unger came on, followed by the Daniel Doss Band. Everyone was really impressed by the Daniel Doss Band.
Finally, Casting Crowns took the stage. They performed many of their hits and some new or unpopular songs which were all great.
Funny comment by Mark Hall, lead singer and Youth Pastor in his testimony: "I struggled with, number 1, Dyslexia, number 2, A.D.D., and number 3, ...who needs a number 3?!" Side note, he shared that testimony when we saw them in Dallas, TX, and he added that he is easily distracted onstage; if he sees "something shiny in the audience" he can forget the words to the songs... that he wrote! In Dallas, he must've seen something shiny as he did forget some words, but in Flagstaff he did just fine!
We enjoyed a great concert and a great time hanging out at the campsite. We also enjoyed teasing Jade about his iPhone and all it's fabulous abilities! (We were all just jealous that we don't have an iPhone).
We had a good breakfast at The Place in Flagstaff. I believe God was really blessing us, as the waitress kept bringing us 2 of every drink we ordered and even some food that didn't belong to us. But, as the Lord giveth, He also taketh away, and the food that was not ours was swooped off to another table. The food that we did get, that we ordered, was very delicious!
Christina ordered a cheddar cheese omelet and was presented with a chicken omelet... She was not too pleased with that, but we were able to get that problem remedied fairly quickly. The waitress explained that she couldn't hear very well so she decided it was surely a chicken omelet that Christina ordered.
Another funny story is we discovered that people find that Jeremy looks similar to Will Smith and Jeremy says he gets it all the time. What do you think?
Well, it was a great time and I wish I could think of the other funny events that went on. If anyone that went is reading this, please feel free to comment other funny happenings of the weekend.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Fresh Air Please!
Andrew enjoys talking to himself. Sometimes he talks to me and I don't think he's talking to me because he is usually just talking to himself. Sometimes I think he is talking to me and I say something and he says, "I wasn't talking to you." I guess that's another story, but he had a funny conversation with himself this morning in the backseat of my car on the way to the babysitter's house:
That's stinky.
Get that smell out of here.
It's a stinky fart smell.
Get that stinky fart smell away from me.
And then he rolls down his window and announces to me:
Mom, I am getting the fart out of here so you don't smell it.
I thought I was going to wreck the car I was laughing so hard!
Is that funny to you or is it too gross?
That's stinky.
Get that smell out of here.
It's a stinky fart smell.
Get that stinky fart smell away from me.
And then he rolls down his window and announces to me:
Mom, I am getting the fart out of here so you don't smell it.
I thought I was going to wreck the car I was laughing so hard!
Is that funny to you or is it too gross?
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Summer is Here!
First sign that summer is here:
I have the urge to cut my hair! This year, I was unable to resist the temptation and I cut it. I am very happy with it, though! It was pretty easy to style this morning and it looks like I did something with it besides just blow drying it and putting some styling wax on it.
Second sign that summer is here:
It's over 100 degrees the past two days and in the 90's today. Ugh!
I was reading Kate's blog and she was sharing the reasons she is looking forward to summer and it made me think of the things I enjoy about summer or things that remind me of summer.
Wisconsin
This will be our 5th year in a row traveling to Wisconsin in August. This is the ultimate enjoyment of my summer! How nice it is to spend a week in warm weather, in a cottage, on a lake, surrounded by towns full of restaurants with food unlike anything in AZ... Aaaahhh, it's the life I tell ya! We have been blessed the last 3 years to spend 2 weeks in Wisconsin, but this year and upcoming years we will only be able to head back there for 1 week (unless AZ decides to start their school year later like it used to...).
Camping
Besides staying indoors for the entire months of June, July, August, and September, the only real way to escape the Valley heat is to head up to the high country. I can remember being young and hearing my parents talk about how it was time to take off camping to get out of the heat for a long weekend. We NEVER camped in the winter time, so obviously when the hot weather hits and I am desperately wondering how I will survive, my mind wanders to the mountains in AZ. A plan quickly forms in my mind for a nice weekend away, far enough from the heat, yet close enough to not have to take off of work for these mini-vacations.
Swimming
Another option in escaping the heat, besides staying indoors 24/7/120 (June-Sept.), is to take a dip! Not really take a dip as in get in and get out, but you must immerse completely from sun up to sun down (and in some cases, until bedtime, because it is still so hot outside after dark). You literally have to make sure your hair is completely wet or else you will begin to feel the heat on your head. Every inch of you must be wet to be completely refreshed! Seriously.
This was how I grew up! We always had a swimming pool and always had access to the swimming pool as my parents were always out there immersed! Since I have my own house, however, I have not had that luxury of the swimming pool access. Jeremy and I are dreaming of the day that we will have our own swimming pool to hang out in ALL DAY! In the meantime, we will commute to Gilbert for the swimming fun!
Swim Suits
Speaking of swim suits, this is an obvious reminder of summer! I used to thoroughly enjoy the season when the swim suits hit the stores. I would buy a new suit (if not more than one) each summer. I do not enjoy that any longer and do not want to spend the money for a new suit every year, but am dreaming of a nice pair of board shorts to match my suits I already own. I don't know what it is that makes this unenjoyable now, but I still get a little excited when I see the suits in the store as if I am going to be purchasing a new one. Hmmm... maybe it's the idea that summer is here when those suits come out. I don't know...
Fragrances
I have noticed that Bath and Body Works have there certain fragrances that only come out certain times of the year? There is something about these seasonal lotions and sprays that take me back to summers past just by smelling them again. Cucumber Melon is one with a memory behind it. I read in Seventeen Magazine once that a good way to cool down after a shower or getting ready is to refrigerate your body sprays. So, I refrigerated my body sprays and can specifically remember the chill of the spray hitting my skin and me being a little miffed at how COLD it was. Even if I was hot, I discovered I do not like the cold spritz of the spray on my skin. Maybe I'm weird, but I don't do that any longer. Plus, I felt it was weird to be spraying that stuff in the kitchen (not to mention what people must've thought to see sprays in the fridge.
Tanning
Another summer favorite is to sun bathe! I love it! And the fragrance of the sun tan lotion can almost be categorized in the aforementioned memory. I enjoy the relaxation of laying out by a pool or on a beach just knowing that I won't be so pale white after just an hour or so. The problem this year is I have no backyard landscaping and it is not so much fun thinking about laying out in dirt... Ugh. At least in our previous houses we had grass. I would have a pool set up for Andrew and I'd have my lounge chair next to the pool. If I would get hot I would ask Andrew to splash me (which he more than willingly does), or if that didn't help, I would have him scoot over so I could get in and drench myself before laying on my lounge chair again. The problem is, it is too hot for that in the later months. No mater how many times I get into the water and lay back out, it is still unbearably hot. At that point I accept that I am as tan as I will be on my own doing for the summer.
Clothing
This is similar to the swim suit topic above. I enjoy breaking out the tank tops and flip flops in the summer. However, I no longer wear shorts, but instead I sport capris or bermuda shorts for the most part. Capris don't keep me as cool as shorts, but I feel more comfortable wearing them. Getting older is a bummer when you have weird veins and lines, indents, cellulite, etc. But going back to the tanning category, as my co-worker Katie said, "tanned fat is sexier than non-tanned fat." Words to live by! Clothing is not so much fun any longer, but the flip flops are GREAT (even if they are worsening my bunions).
Working Out
This is in the summer category for me as it usually isn't until summer that I begin to do it! However, this is the year I plan on changing that. As soon as the swim suits and flip flops hit the stores, I hit the play button on my work-out DVDs or hop on the elliptical machine. This is how I muster up some courage to wear shorts the few times I do in the summer. I figure if I continue this working out concept throughout the year, how much better off will my cellulite legs be next summer? Especially if I tan AND work out!
Nights
This is a favorite for me for the summer. This is the only time I enjoy being outside as it is not too cold for me. I will willingly attend Jeremy's softball games in the summer. I would rather sit on a warm bleacher, sweating a little, than to be huddled in a heavy jacket with my feet being cold, and me physically shivering. I also enjoy having a BBQ at night and just sitting out on a patio or in a park hanging out and eating (as long as there are no mosquitoes). Good times!
Traffic
There is less traffic in the summer on my way to work. It must be because of the teacher and students being off. I LOVE it! I don't have to sit in bumper to bumper traffic as it is now, but it is noticeably less dense which increases my chance of getting through the stop lights on the first green light and it's easier to merge onto the freeway, etc.
How about you? Did this make you think of anything about summer you really enjoy that isn't on my list? Do you share any of the same nostalgia for summer?
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Subway Fresh 500
Hi y'all! Holy smokes; them cars drive fast!
I spent my day yesterday at P.I.R. (Phoenix International Raceway). Talk about in the middle of nowhere, AZ! It's crazy; you take the I-10 West and exit as soon as all of nothing appears... Then you head South until more of nothing appears... Then you back-track East on a road that appears to lead to even more nothing... After about, I don't know, 50 miles of nothingness (except some signs that reassure you are heading in the right direction by saying something about "Race Traffic."), you turn a corner and suddenly there's life! Life as in 100 + THOUSAND people and their RVs. Not to mention flags... I mean flags of all sorts; American flags, Racing flags, flags I don't know what for most RVs have 3 flags attached so that would be about 300 + thousand flags. I know; math wiz I am! Jeremy are you proud? To quote Kevin (one of our camping buddies and Nascar pro), "More flags than you could count!" (I hope I'd be able to count up to 300 + thousand; I mean the numbers just go in order...).
Anyway, an entire city is erected in this week leading up to tonight's event. People are everywhere! They erect showers with hot water, bathrooms that are kept surprisingly clean, and they even erect an entire Basha's grocery tent; with aisles and everything! Impressed? Well, I was!
We headed out to P.I.R. yesterday morning. We were meeting a group from our church out there to do some volunteering. We weren't sure what we were to do exactly, but we knew I was working yesterday and Jeremy was working today. That way someone would be with Andrew at the campsite each day.
Yesterday was the qualifying race so it wasn't very busy people-wise. I got the duty of passing out maps/event schedules to everyone at Gate 4. I was by myself, but it went rather smoothly. The people were really nice for the most part and the weather was decent. It got a little hot when the breeze would quit blowing, but it wasn't long before the breeze would pick up again. Once the sun went down it got a little chilly, but not enough to need a sweater or anything.
Once the race started I was told they would move me to an Information Booth. Boy, was I praying the Good Lord would allow me seating in this Booth! My feet were HURTING by hour 7 of handing out fliers.
Well, all praises to God, I DID have seating in the booth I was assigned to! Plus, I was assigned to this booth with 2 other members of my church! We were assisting handicap folks in getting a golf cart ride up the hill to the Tram. It was very easy and there were not very many people that needed a ride. They were all fairly nice and I was in a good mood knowing I was nearly finished with my duties.
We were back to camp by 11 pm. That was probably the fastest 12 waking hours of my life, but probably the most tiring! I got back to camp and ate a little chicken and went to bed. I slept GOOD too! Even amidst the Nascar fans' partying!
We woke up, had a great breakfast, and packed up camp. Jeremy headed off to do his work today and Andrew and I headed home. There wasn't going to be anyone left at camp after about 1 pm so I figured I might as well leave to get stuff done at home. I was home by 1 pm and have been able to do odds and ends stuff here that is really helpful. Plus, I was able to unpack everything, get Andrew and me showered, and we will go to sleep and wait for Jeremy to call us that he is almost at the church and we'll head over there to get him; angrily that he woke us up, of course! Haha! He'll might be the one to be angry that we will have slept the last 4 + hours when he probably wanted to be doing the same thing. Who can blame him?!
Andrew and I just flipped on the TV to discover the race on TV. I started watching it... It's interesting!
People would ask me yesterday who I was cheering to win and I would look at them blankly and say, "Who's playing?" It wasn't until after a few people laughed at me that I figured out the proper term is probably, "Who's racing?" Either way, I'm sure I would've been laughed at for asking such a question. I did get complimented (I think) by a guy that responded, "Well, at least you didn't just say, 'Junior.'" I didn't tell him that my instinct was to say 'Junior' since he's the only one of the racers that I know his name. Well, I know more names now, but at the time. You know what I mean.
I didn't get to see any of the race, but I can now officially say that I am willing to give this sport a chance. I'm gonna get off of here and head downstairs to watch the last of the 312 laps with Andrew. It's really some interesting stuff; I saw a couple mini crashes, the race completely stopped for a power steering leak on the track, and a neck-and-neck intense moment for 1st between Jimmie Johnson and Dale Jr. That's some good stuff right thrrrr!
I do have a question for ALL of you (Nascar fans or not):
"Which driver(s) do you like?" If you don't know anyone, "Which driver(s) have you heard of?"
I spent my day yesterday at P.I.R. (Phoenix International Raceway). Talk about in the middle of nowhere, AZ! It's crazy; you take the I-10 West and exit as soon as all of nothing appears... Then you head South until more of nothing appears... Then you back-track East on a road that appears to lead to even more nothing... After about, I don't know, 50 miles of nothingness (except some signs that reassure you are heading in the right direction by saying something about "Race Traffic."), you turn a corner and suddenly there's life! Life as in 100 + THOUSAND people and their RVs. Not to mention flags... I mean flags of all sorts; American flags, Racing flags, flags I don't know what for most RVs have 3 flags attached so that would be about 300 + thousand flags. I know; math wiz I am! Jeremy are you proud? To quote Kevin (one of our camping buddies and Nascar pro), "More flags than you could count!" (I hope I'd be able to count up to 300 + thousand; I mean the numbers just go in order...).
Anyway, an entire city is erected in this week leading up to tonight's event. People are everywhere! They erect showers with hot water, bathrooms that are kept surprisingly clean, and they even erect an entire Basha's grocery tent; with aisles and everything! Impressed? Well, I was!
We headed out to P.I.R. yesterday morning. We were meeting a group from our church out there to do some volunteering. We weren't sure what we were to do exactly, but we knew I was working yesterday and Jeremy was working today. That way someone would be with Andrew at the campsite each day.
Yesterday was the qualifying race so it wasn't very busy people-wise. I got the duty of passing out maps/event schedules to everyone at Gate 4. I was by myself, but it went rather smoothly. The people were really nice for the most part and the weather was decent. It got a little hot when the breeze would quit blowing, but it wasn't long before the breeze would pick up again. Once the sun went down it got a little chilly, but not enough to need a sweater or anything.
Once the race started I was told they would move me to an Information Booth. Boy, was I praying the Good Lord would allow me seating in this Booth! My feet were HURTING by hour 7 of handing out fliers.
Well, all praises to God, I DID have seating in the booth I was assigned to! Plus, I was assigned to this booth with 2 other members of my church! We were assisting handicap folks in getting a golf cart ride up the hill to the Tram. It was very easy and there were not very many people that needed a ride. They were all fairly nice and I was in a good mood knowing I was nearly finished with my duties.
We were back to camp by 11 pm. That was probably the fastest 12 waking hours of my life, but probably the most tiring! I got back to camp and ate a little chicken and went to bed. I slept GOOD too! Even amidst the Nascar fans' partying!
We woke up, had a great breakfast, and packed up camp. Jeremy headed off to do his work today and Andrew and I headed home. There wasn't going to be anyone left at camp after about 1 pm so I figured I might as well leave to get stuff done at home. I was home by 1 pm and have been able to do odds and ends stuff here that is really helpful. Plus, I was able to unpack everything, get Andrew and me showered, and we will go to sleep and wait for Jeremy to call us that he is almost at the church and we'll head over there to get him; angrily that he woke us up, of course! Haha! He'll might be the one to be angry that we will have slept the last 4 + hours when he probably wanted to be doing the same thing. Who can blame him?!
Andrew and I just flipped on the TV to discover the race on TV. I started watching it... It's interesting!
People would ask me yesterday who I was cheering to win and I would look at them blankly and say, "Who's playing?" It wasn't until after a few people laughed at me that I figured out the proper term is probably, "Who's racing?" Either way, I'm sure I would've been laughed at for asking such a question. I did get complimented (I think) by a guy that responded, "Well, at least you didn't just say, 'Junior.'" I didn't tell him that my instinct was to say 'Junior' since he's the only one of the racers that I know his name. Well, I know more names now, but at the time. You know what I mean.
I didn't get to see any of the race, but I can now officially say that I am willing to give this sport a chance. I'm gonna get off of here and head downstairs to watch the last of the 312 laps with Andrew. It's really some interesting stuff; I saw a couple mini crashes, the race completely stopped for a power steering leak on the track, and a neck-and-neck intense moment for 1st between Jimmie Johnson and Dale Jr. That's some good stuff right thrrrr!
I do have a question for ALL of you (Nascar fans or not):
"Which driver(s) do you like?" If you don't know anyone, "Which driver(s) have you heard of?"
Friday, March 28, 2008
In Demand
It's been a year since I've posted anything! I've been busy!!!!
My last post was about going back to work so guess what's been keeping me so busy?
If you guessed work... well, you are somewhat wrong. It is part of the reason, but not the full reason.
The short answer is: I've been keeping myself busy.
The long explanation is: I've discovered in the last year that I have an addiction of saying YES to everything I am invited to do or anything I want to do!
I keep a day planner and I almost feel incomplete if there is a blank space anywhere on it. You see, it's not like I really enjoy being super busy and usually stressed out, but I sometimes long for a quiet/lazy day (or at least a couple hours) at home with just Jeremy, Andrew, and myself.
About once a week Jeremy will ask me what the calendar has in store for us for the upcoming week. I say, 'I don't know, let's see.' and pull the trusty planner out of my purse. I then proceed to list off the items on our to do list. When I come to a day that we have nothing I say, 'hmmmm, we have nothing planned for such and such day!' in a baffled yet slightly excited way. In the same conversation we usually come up with one or two things we could be doing that day. The most common being having dinner with friends or family we haven't seen in a while. We can always think of something that we should do to fill that empty spot in the planner. Sometimes one of us will insist that we must keep that day open for just us, but in the meantime something will usually come up.
What keeps us so busy you ask?
My last post was about going back to work so guess what's been keeping me so busy?
If you guessed work... well, you are somewhat wrong. It is part of the reason, but not the full reason.
The short answer is: I've been keeping myself busy.
The long explanation is: I've discovered in the last year that I have an addiction of saying YES to everything I am invited to do or anything I want to do!
I keep a day planner and I almost feel incomplete if there is a blank space anywhere on it. You see, it's not like I really enjoy being super busy and usually stressed out, but I sometimes long for a quiet/lazy day (or at least a couple hours) at home with just Jeremy, Andrew, and myself.
About once a week Jeremy will ask me what the calendar has in store for us for the upcoming week. I say, 'I don't know, let's see.' and pull the trusty planner out of my purse. I then proceed to list off the items on our to do list. When I come to a day that we have nothing I say, 'hmmmm, we have nothing planned for such and such day!' in a baffled yet slightly excited way. In the same conversation we usually come up with one or two things we could be doing that day. The most common being having dinner with friends or family we haven't seen in a while. We can always think of something that we should do to fill that empty spot in the planner. Sometimes one of us will insist that we must keep that day open for just us, but in the meantime something will usually come up.
What keeps us so busy you ask?
- Work - it is part of the reason. I leave the house at 6:45 am and return at 6:15 pm on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursdays. Jeremy is gone before me and usually home after me. The nights we don't have anything planned, we have just enough time to cook dinner, the boys take showers while I clean up after our cooking, and then we go to bed around 9:30 pm if we are lucky.
- Church - besides every Sunday morning service and the once a month preschool rotation we are on, we have some regular weekly activities that keep us somewhat busy. We have Home Groups (Bible Studies) on Tuesday nights from 6:30 pm-at least 9:30 pm. By the time we get home and ready for bed it is easily 10:30 pm. Jeremy and I both teach kids on Wednesday nights at the church. We leave the church at about 8:30 pm and we are usually ready for bed by 9:30 pm. Then there's softball on Saturday evenings. We used to play co-ed and Jeremy would play men's, but that was resulting in our entire afternoons and evenings being spent at the ball field each week. I learned to say no to playing co-ed (not to mention I was a terrible softball player and it made me mad at myself). Jeremy and I also have a monthly gathering called a Connection Group for our church. These are usually held on one Friday evening each month from about 6:30 pm-9:00 pm. There are also random activities each month which we are happy to help with, but they add up quickly. This month we had the Easter Egg Hunt for the Community, we have the Church Picnic this Sunday afternoon, I have a Leadership Conference to attend from 9am-4pm on Sat. Apr. 5th, we have a Nascar event out at PIR on Apr. 11-13, Jeremy has a Golf Tournament on Apr. 26 and I am organizing a Bake Sale Fundraiser for Apr. 27. We are a small church and we are always willing and happy to help or participate in these events. I am not complaining about this stuff and I realize there is plenty in here that we can "cut out" of our schedule, but we feel that one of our callings from God is interaction with others and it's stuff that we really enjoy doing. Sometimes there are more activities than others during a month and March/April is one of them!
- House - In the midst of all of this, I have two days off during the week that I desperately try to use for keeping my home in decent condition. Cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, bill paying, etc. easily whisks those days off in a hurry as if they didn't happen. I am thankful I have these 2 days or I would be scrambling amongst my jam-packed weekend to get this stuff done. How do you full-time workers do this???
- ETC - I love scrapbooking and seeing "Chick Flix" so when I have a free day or night I chose to do those things. Jeremy and I love going out to dinner with friends and family or especially having them over for dinner. And Jeremy enjoys riding his bike and playing basketball, softball, or golf so when he has a free night or day he usually occupies it with those activities.
Most of these activities are not very time consuming, but they certainly add up along with all the other shorter time frame items.
Does anyone else have this problem? If so, how do you keep your sanity? If you don't have this problem, how do you maintain a non-packed schedule? Can anyone else put my schedule to shame? Let me hear about a day or even month in your life! This will be fun!Thursday, March 29, 2007
I'm Going Back To Work!
Well, it's official; I went and spoke with my old boss at Caretaker and I will be working there again! I am only doing part-time (Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday), but they will be full days (8am-5pm).
I'm a little worried about waking up so early again. I will have to wake up at 5am to leave the house by 6:30. Yes, it takes me 1 1/2 hours to drive from here to the babysitter's house then to work. Ugh! That will be tough, too.
I am doing it mostly for money (he let me name my price!) and for Andrew to be able to get out of the house for awhile. Andrew loves to go to Randi's house (Jeremy's cousin) so he's really excited.
Also, the jobs I will be doing are great! I was worried they would want me to be the back-up person which means, cover the receptionist desk, file, mailings, all the crap work. But, I will actually be an assistant to my old assistant (who is now the Accounting Director, she took over after I left). I will be in her old office with her current assistant Christina. I will be producing financials, doing collection letters, doing deposits. Really easy stuff that doesn't involve much speaking with customers! Yay!
It'll be tough for us to wake up so early, but hopefully we will adjust quickly. I will have 3-day weekends and a break on Tuesday, so it shouldn't be too bad!
I originally quit that job because the drive was too far and I didn't really need to work for money. Jeremy had a lot of overtime, at the time, that covered our bills and our spending habits. Now that he doesn't get much overtime we are occasionally hurting for extra cash. I also quit to have more kids, but since that hasn't happened, I figured I'll go back until I do end up having another baby (whenever the heck that'll be).
I'm a little worried that my house will fall apart, though. I have such a routine each week of cleaning, laundry, etc. The dishes are ALWAYS clean and the house is tidy every single night before bed. I've become quite anal about this as I considered this "my job." I hope I'll be able to handle the untidyness and the dishes in the sink for a day or two... I will also have to go back to cleaning the house and doing laundry in one day rather than spacing it out over two days (unless I want to spend my weekends cleaning and doing laundry both days; NO THANKS!).
I'll keep you posted on how things go!
I'm a little worried about waking up so early again. I will have to wake up at 5am to leave the house by 6:30. Yes, it takes me 1 1/2 hours to drive from here to the babysitter's house then to work. Ugh! That will be tough, too.
I am doing it mostly for money (he let me name my price!) and for Andrew to be able to get out of the house for awhile. Andrew loves to go to Randi's house (Jeremy's cousin) so he's really excited.
Also, the jobs I will be doing are great! I was worried they would want me to be the back-up person which means, cover the receptionist desk, file, mailings, all the crap work. But, I will actually be an assistant to my old assistant (who is now the Accounting Director, she took over after I left). I will be in her old office with her current assistant Christina. I will be producing financials, doing collection letters, doing deposits. Really easy stuff that doesn't involve much speaking with customers! Yay!
It'll be tough for us to wake up so early, but hopefully we will adjust quickly. I will have 3-day weekends and a break on Tuesday, so it shouldn't be too bad!
I originally quit that job because the drive was too far and I didn't really need to work for money. Jeremy had a lot of overtime, at the time, that covered our bills and our spending habits. Now that he doesn't get much overtime we are occasionally hurting for extra cash. I also quit to have more kids, but since that hasn't happened, I figured I'll go back until I do end up having another baby (whenever the heck that'll be).
I'm a little worried that my house will fall apart, though. I have such a routine each week of cleaning, laundry, etc. The dishes are ALWAYS clean and the house is tidy every single night before bed. I've become quite anal about this as I considered this "my job." I hope I'll be able to handle the untidyness and the dishes in the sink for a day or two... I will also have to go back to cleaning the house and doing laundry in one day rather than spacing it out over two days (unless I want to spend my weekends cleaning and doing laundry both days; NO THANKS!).
I'll keep you posted on how things go!
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Spring's Here!
I'm sitting here importing all of my cds into iTunes and I'm having major nostalgia. You know how a certain song or songs will take you back to a certain time in your life? Well, that is happening to me, over and over, cd after cd...
On a separate, but similar note, the weather is beautiful right now! It is due to be 83 degrees today and 84 degrees tomorrow (Sunday is due to be 90 degrees!).
This is the first time in a while that I haven't been at school during this time of the year, but I am still feeling the itchin' for Spring Break time. I haven't gone anywhere for Spring Break in about 3 years, but for some reason this time of the year reminds me of the times I have gone places for Spring Break.
I have only gone on a "Spring Break trip" 3 times. Twice to Rocky Point and once to Lake Havasu. I guess those 3 times had a powerful effect in my mind as every year I am reminded of it.
The weather starts feeling like this and I think of dropping everything to throw on my bikini, some sun tan lotion, and my sunglasses and set up my lounge chair in the backyard, crank up the radio, and get rid of my pasty white skin color!
I'm glad that I have gotten a head start on working out this year, too. Usually, when the weather suddenly gets beautiful, I am fretting about my body shape in said bikini after a winter's worth of over-eating and hiding behind sweaters and jeans. I got the notion to begin working out again about a month ago when I noticed Target already had bathing suits displayed in their stores. Thank you, Target! Although, I havent' gotten back into the full swing of my normal summer work outs, I am on my way. I am jogging twice a week (I'm hoping to up it to 3-4 times a week real soon), and doing my Windsor Pilates DVD 3-4 times a week (which is about how many times I want to be doing it). But, all-in-all, I have already noticed a difference in the toning of my legs and stomach and I am definitely not pigging out on junk food anymore (like I did all winter).
I bought a new swimming pool for Andrew at Walmart the other day and I look forward to filling that up with water for him to splash around in (and splash me if I get too warm on my lounge chair), blending some Piña Coladas (alcohol free, I'm not that kind of mother!), feeling the breeze, smelling the sand from Andrew's sandbox, and getting a tan. It will be just like Rocky Point except I won't be bugged every 5 minutes by locals who want me to buy sunglasses, necklaces, or get my hair braided!
Yay! I love it!
On a separate, but similar note, the weather is beautiful right now! It is due to be 83 degrees today and 84 degrees tomorrow (Sunday is due to be 90 degrees!).
This is the first time in a while that I haven't been at school during this time of the year, but I am still feeling the itchin' for Spring Break time. I haven't gone anywhere for Spring Break in about 3 years, but for some reason this time of the year reminds me of the times I have gone places for Spring Break.
I have only gone on a "Spring Break trip" 3 times. Twice to Rocky Point and once to Lake Havasu. I guess those 3 times had a powerful effect in my mind as every year I am reminded of it.
The weather starts feeling like this and I think of dropping everything to throw on my bikini, some sun tan lotion, and my sunglasses and set up my lounge chair in the backyard, crank up the radio, and get rid of my pasty white skin color!
I'm glad that I have gotten a head start on working out this year, too. Usually, when the weather suddenly gets beautiful, I am fretting about my body shape in said bikini after a winter's worth of over-eating and hiding behind sweaters and jeans. I got the notion to begin working out again about a month ago when I noticed Target already had bathing suits displayed in their stores. Thank you, Target! Although, I havent' gotten back into the full swing of my normal summer work outs, I am on my way. I am jogging twice a week (I'm hoping to up it to 3-4 times a week real soon), and doing my Windsor Pilates DVD 3-4 times a week (which is about how many times I want to be doing it). But, all-in-all, I have already noticed a difference in the toning of my legs and stomach and I am definitely not pigging out on junk food anymore (like I did all winter).
I bought a new swimming pool for Andrew at Walmart the other day and I look forward to filling that up with water for him to splash around in (and splash me if I get too warm on my lounge chair), blending some Piña Coladas (alcohol free, I'm not that kind of mother!), feeling the breeze, smelling the sand from Andrew's sandbox, and getting a tan. It will be just like Rocky Point except I won't be bugged every 5 minutes by locals who want me to buy sunglasses, necklaces, or get my hair braided!
Yay! I love it!
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
I'm Not Ready For Swim Suits Yet!
I was at Target on Sunday with Selene and they have all their swim suits up already! Ah! It's still January and in most states it's still snowing! Even here it is cold and rainy this week...
It made me realize that I need to get off of my behind and starting jogging again. I need to wake up earlier than 8am and pop in the Windsor Pilates DVD every other day.
Goodbye to the winter eating habits (sweets, sodas, and more sweets) and hello to salads, fruit, and water.
I know what you're thinking... "You're so skinny, you need to be quiet!" But, even thin people get flab and cellulite when laziness and bad eating habits come into play. So, you be quiet, huh?!
By the way, Target had some SUPER CUTE swimsuits! :-)
It made me realize that I need to get off of my behind and starting jogging again. I need to wake up earlier than 8am and pop in the Windsor Pilates DVD every other day.
Goodbye to the winter eating habits (sweets, sodas, and more sweets) and hello to salads, fruit, and water.
I know what you're thinking... "You're so skinny, you need to be quiet!" But, even thin people get flab and cellulite when laziness and bad eating habits come into play. So, you be quiet, huh?!
By the way, Target had some SUPER CUTE swimsuits! :-)
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend!
Wow, what a LONG weekend!
This year Jeremy and I decided to forget about running around trying to spend Thanksgiving with both our families. So, we decided to do Thanksgiving at my mom's house with my family, Christmas Eve with my family, and Christmas with Jeremy's family. Next year we will do the opposite. It was such a good idea and I'm so glad we have finally decided to do that after 5 years of running around.
We decided on my mom's house for a couple reasons. One, last year my mom was in the hospital for Thanksgiving, and two, my grandma and her husband from Iowa were in town. We had a great time being able to relax and hang out without eating and running to the next house to eat again. One of my aunts and 6 of my cousins were not there, but it was still good to see the family that was there.
Everyone left my mom's house around 7:00 so we decided to swing by Jeremy's cousin's house to see if anyone was still there from their Thanksgiving feast. Jeremy's grandparent's were gone already and a couple of his cousins didn't come, but otherwise, everyone else was there. It was fun hanging out for awhile. No pressure to eat again since it was all packed up and put away (except some sweets that I managed to find room for, of course). We weren't there long since Andrew was real tired and I was needing my inhaler pretty bad (allergies this time of year...).
We were able to take our niece, Tessie, home with us since Kristi was going to go shopping at 5am for Black Friday. Plus, we had plans for Thanksgiving at Jeremy's grandma's house on Friday morning at 10am. So, we basically went home and straight to sleep and then got up early, got ready, and left for Grandma Rose's house. Tessie and Andrew got to play a little bit at home before we left, but not long. 10am is early when we have to leave from Coolidge at 9:15am which means I have to wake up at 6:30am to get myself and the kids ready and fed.
Thanksgiving at Grandma Rose's house was pretty cool. It was mostly Filipino food so it wasn't like another Thanksgiving meal (although that would have been fine with me, of course). Jeremy's Aunt Marcel was in town from California with her two boys. It was good seeing them again since it is usually a once a year thing. We also go to see his Uncle Fernando and his two kids that we don't see very often either. We met his girlfriend, as well, who made a lot of the yummy food. We spent most of the day outside at the park next door to her house. It was super hot outside, but fun!
Since Jeremy's grandma's house is right across Elliot Road from my parent's house, we took Andrew there to lay him down for a nap before my cousin Josh's engagement party at 6pm. In the meantime, Jeremy and I went to Target and spent way too much money (as I usually do at Target).
We went to my Aunt Jane and Uncle Brady's house for the engagement party, but were only able to stay about 1 1/2 hours. Jeremy had to meet up with Donny from our church to get the Suns tickets and his son for the game. Steve went with them. Donny has season tickets for himself, his wife and son, but his wife and him wanted to go out so they had 2 extra tickets. Jeremy was really glad to have been asked and Steve was really happy to be able to go along. Donny's son Matthew is about 13 and fun to hang out with. He really looks up to and likes being around Jeremy, too.
I, on the other hand, went to Selene's house and we met up with Antwon at Kona Grill. It was a lot of fun catching up with them. 'Twon invited 4 of his friends, 1 of which Selene knew from when she worked at Wells Fargo with them. We didn't stay long; we were back at Selene's by midnight. Jeremy picked me up and we took Steve to my parent's house (where his car was) and we picked up Andrew (who was sleeping there). Then we took Matthew home to Queen Creek and then headed home to Coolidge. By the time we got there and in bed it was 2am. What a long day!
Yesterday we were LAZY! Jeremy let me sleep in 'til about 10am and then he took a nap for awhile. I ran to Walmart to get some chips and sodas for Andrew's birthday party. Josh came over for Chicken Tacos and we watched Cars. It was Andrews millionth time seeing it and Josh's first. Both enjoyed it as did Jeremy and I.
Today was Andrew's Dedication at church and his birthday party at the park across the street from the church. Church was at 11:30am and we were at the park 'til 4pm. It was fun and crazy. We ordered a sub from Walmart (which turned out pretty good) and had chips, then cake, then did presents. Presents was the craziest part - the kids go nuts over helping him open stuff and wanting toys open (which I didn't allow since I foresaw missing/broken pieces of his toys). A lot of people were there and Andrew got a lot of nice clothes and cool toys! I was glad when it was over because we could finally go home and relax.
What a long, eventful, fun weekend, but I am tired! I'm going to bed! Good night!
This year Jeremy and I decided to forget about running around trying to spend Thanksgiving with both our families. So, we decided to do Thanksgiving at my mom's house with my family, Christmas Eve with my family, and Christmas with Jeremy's family. Next year we will do the opposite. It was such a good idea and I'm so glad we have finally decided to do that after 5 years of running around.
We decided on my mom's house for a couple reasons. One, last year my mom was in the hospital for Thanksgiving, and two, my grandma and her husband from Iowa were in town. We had a great time being able to relax and hang out without eating and running to the next house to eat again. One of my aunts and 6 of my cousins were not there, but it was still good to see the family that was there.
Everyone left my mom's house around 7:00 so we decided to swing by Jeremy's cousin's house to see if anyone was still there from their Thanksgiving feast. Jeremy's grandparent's were gone already and a couple of his cousins didn't come, but otherwise, everyone else was there. It was fun hanging out for awhile. No pressure to eat again since it was all packed up and put away (except some sweets that I managed to find room for, of course). We weren't there long since Andrew was real tired and I was needing my inhaler pretty bad (allergies this time of year...).
We were able to take our niece, Tessie, home with us since Kristi was going to go shopping at 5am for Black Friday. Plus, we had plans for Thanksgiving at Jeremy's grandma's house on Friday morning at 10am. So, we basically went home and straight to sleep and then got up early, got ready, and left for Grandma Rose's house. Tessie and Andrew got to play a little bit at home before we left, but not long. 10am is early when we have to leave from Coolidge at 9:15am which means I have to wake up at 6:30am to get myself and the kids ready and fed.
Thanksgiving at Grandma Rose's house was pretty cool. It was mostly Filipino food so it wasn't like another Thanksgiving meal (although that would have been fine with me, of course). Jeremy's Aunt Marcel was in town from California with her two boys. It was good seeing them again since it is usually a once a year thing. We also go to see his Uncle Fernando and his two kids that we don't see very often either. We met his girlfriend, as well, who made a lot of the yummy food. We spent most of the day outside at the park next door to her house. It was super hot outside, but fun!
Since Jeremy's grandma's house is right across Elliot Road from my parent's house, we took Andrew there to lay him down for a nap before my cousin Josh's engagement party at 6pm. In the meantime, Jeremy and I went to Target and spent way too much money (as I usually do at Target).
We went to my Aunt Jane and Uncle Brady's house for the engagement party, but were only able to stay about 1 1/2 hours. Jeremy had to meet up with Donny from our church to get the Suns tickets and his son for the game. Steve went with them. Donny has season tickets for himself, his wife and son, but his wife and him wanted to go out so they had 2 extra tickets. Jeremy was really glad to have been asked and Steve was really happy to be able to go along. Donny's son Matthew is about 13 and fun to hang out with. He really looks up to and likes being around Jeremy, too.
I, on the other hand, went to Selene's house and we met up with Antwon at Kona Grill. It was a lot of fun catching up with them. 'Twon invited 4 of his friends, 1 of which Selene knew from when she worked at Wells Fargo with them. We didn't stay long; we were back at Selene's by midnight. Jeremy picked me up and we took Steve to my parent's house (where his car was) and we picked up Andrew (who was sleeping there). Then we took Matthew home to Queen Creek and then headed home to Coolidge. By the time we got there and in bed it was 2am. What a long day!
Yesterday we were LAZY! Jeremy let me sleep in 'til about 10am and then he took a nap for awhile. I ran to Walmart to get some chips and sodas for Andrew's birthday party. Josh came over for Chicken Tacos and we watched Cars. It was Andrews millionth time seeing it and Josh's first. Both enjoyed it as did Jeremy and I.
Today was Andrew's Dedication at church and his birthday party at the park across the street from the church. Church was at 11:30am and we were at the park 'til 4pm. It was fun and crazy. We ordered a sub from Walmart (which turned out pretty good) and had chips, then cake, then did presents. Presents was the craziest part - the kids go nuts over helping him open stuff and wanting toys open (which I didn't allow since I foresaw missing/broken pieces of his toys). A lot of people were there and Andrew got a lot of nice clothes and cool toys! I was glad when it was over because we could finally go home and relax.
What a long, eventful, fun weekend, but I am tired! I'm going to bed! Good night!
Monday, October 02, 2006
My Husband - Chef of Yummy Food!
Well, another weekend has come and gone in a flash!
Friday night was nice; Jeremy and I made some steaks and watched the movie Ray. I liked the movie; I'm a big fan of movies about people's lives (La Bamba, Walk the Line, etc.).
Saturday was a scrapbooking day. This time my mom offered up her house so we had a nice turnout being that she is centrally located in Gilbert. The majority of my customers have a ways to drive out to Coolidge so I find the turnouts are better when I hold the event in Gilbert, Mesa, or even Queen Creek. Victoria, my mom and I scrapped from noon to 7:30 pm and everyone else came and went in between. My newest customer, Kimmy, was able to come for a while and get some organizing done, Selene was able to get a couple pages done in her Party Album, and Margarethe accomplished quite a few pages in her album. We all had a good time chit-chatting and getting some pages done!
Jeremy and Andrew went to the Diamondback game while I was scrapbooking. They had a really good time even though the Diamondbacks lost. It was the game before Gonzo's last so it was a little bittersweet for Jeremy who has been a HUGE D-back and Gonzo fan since the beginning of the franchise. Andrew's favorite part of the game was when Baxter (the Bobcat mascot) was holding some cheese out and fell on the stairs (?). That crazy Bobcat! His second favorite event at the game was when the Taco Bell Burrito, Taco, and Pepsi race across the field.
Andrew stayed the night at my mom and dad's house while Jeremy, Victoria, and I went out to Queen Creek for Jeremy's 8:30 softball game against our church's big rival; Rock Point Team A. Our guys kicked some butt and won the game easily. It was great! Usually Rock Point's women fans are pretty loud in their cheering, but it was pretty quiet over their that night! Jeremy said their guys were pretty quiet the whole game, as well.
After the softball game, we headed to Coolidge to hang out with Jeremy (JH) and Jenny Hansen for Jenny's birthday. We didn't get their 'til about 10:30 and Josh, Katie, her friend, Kyle, Victoria, Israel, and Ivy arrived even later. We played a round of 10,000 (dice game) and then headed home at about 12:30 am. It was hard waking up for church!
After church Jeremy and I had my parents, his dad, grandma, Kyle, and Victoria over for Jeremy's specialty: orange chicken, brown rice, and egg rolls. It was delicious! Jeremy is a fantastic cook and loves to occasionally go all out! We watched the Diamondbacks game (Gonzo's last game-sad, tear...). After my parents and Jeremy's dad and grandma left, we watched The Chronicles of Narnia with Kyle and Victoria. Kyle slept through almost the entire movie, but the other 3 of us enjoyed it! It was mine and Jeremy's first time watching it; I thought it was very cute and the effects were great!
This coming week is full of events! Hopefully some funny things will come about so I can write more enjoyable stuff to read! Otherwise, I may some fun stories this weekend (We are having Andrew's cousins, Dustin and Tess, stay the night for a parade/carnival here in Coolidge on Saturday); some funny stories occur with a 7 year old, 2 1/2 year old, and a 1 1/2 year old!
Stay tuned!
Friday night was nice; Jeremy and I made some steaks and watched the movie Ray. I liked the movie; I'm a big fan of movies about people's lives (La Bamba, Walk the Line, etc.).
Saturday was a scrapbooking day. This time my mom offered up her house so we had a nice turnout being that she is centrally located in Gilbert. The majority of my customers have a ways to drive out to Coolidge so I find the turnouts are better when I hold the event in Gilbert, Mesa, or even Queen Creek. Victoria, my mom and I scrapped from noon to 7:30 pm and everyone else came and went in between. My newest customer, Kimmy, was able to come for a while and get some organizing done, Selene was able to get a couple pages done in her Party Album, and Margarethe accomplished quite a few pages in her album. We all had a good time chit-chatting and getting some pages done!
Jeremy and Andrew went to the Diamondback game while I was scrapbooking. They had a really good time even though the Diamondbacks lost. It was the game before Gonzo's last so it was a little bittersweet for Jeremy who has been a HUGE D-back and Gonzo fan since the beginning of the franchise. Andrew's favorite part of the game was when Baxter (the Bobcat mascot) was holding some cheese out and fell on the stairs (?). That crazy Bobcat! His second favorite event at the game was when the Taco Bell Burrito, Taco, and Pepsi race across the field.
Andrew stayed the night at my mom and dad's house while Jeremy, Victoria, and I went out to Queen Creek for Jeremy's 8:30 softball game against our church's big rival; Rock Point Team A. Our guys kicked some butt and won the game easily. It was great! Usually Rock Point's women fans are pretty loud in their cheering, but it was pretty quiet over their that night! Jeremy said their guys were pretty quiet the whole game, as well.
After the softball game, we headed to Coolidge to hang out with Jeremy (JH) and Jenny Hansen for Jenny's birthday. We didn't get their 'til about 10:30 and Josh, Katie, her friend, Kyle, Victoria, Israel, and Ivy arrived even later. We played a round of 10,000 (dice game) and then headed home at about 12:30 am. It was hard waking up for church!
After church Jeremy and I had my parents, his dad, grandma, Kyle, and Victoria over for Jeremy's specialty: orange chicken, brown rice, and egg rolls. It was delicious! Jeremy is a fantastic cook and loves to occasionally go all out! We watched the Diamondbacks game (Gonzo's last game-sad, tear...). After my parents and Jeremy's dad and grandma left, we watched The Chronicles of Narnia with Kyle and Victoria. Kyle slept through almost the entire movie, but the other 3 of us enjoyed it! It was mine and Jeremy's first time watching it; I thought it was very cute and the effects were great!
This coming week is full of events! Hopefully some funny things will come about so I can write more enjoyable stuff to read! Otherwise, I may some fun stories this weekend (We are having Andrew's cousins, Dustin and Tess, stay the night for a parade/carnival here in Coolidge on Saturday); some funny stories occur with a 7 year old, 2 1/2 year old, and a 1 1/2 year old!
Stay tuned!
Monday, September 25, 2006
What Did I Do To My Foot?
Ow! My heel on my left foot has been hurting since Friday night. I hope I maybe bruised the bone or something temporary like that. Gail has me scared that I have bone spurs (?) like she does. I really hope that's not it! I don't want Cortizone shots in my foot and/or surgery! How am I suppose to run with my heel hurting like this? Agh, this stinks!
This weekend was a fun one (dispite my foot)! We went to a Luau at Brandi and McKay's house on Saturday. Jeremy played in the Ping Pong Tournament with the guys and had a blast! He did pretty good; I think he lost to McKay in the semi-finals. These guys have tournament brackets and everything; they take it very serious! Talmage beat McKay for the grand prize; a $40 gift card to The Sharper Image. However, he was bummed that he did not receive the Red Lobster gift card to take his girlfriend to dinner. I am happy to announce that my son won the said Red Lobster gift card for having the best Hawaiian outfit! We may have to take Manuel and April out to eat since it was them that bought him the outfit in Hawaii. Plus, Brysen had almost the same outfit on, but wasn't there long enough to be entered in the contest. I got to chit chat with the girls which is always fun! I ran into a gal I haven't seen in a few years; Rose, who is sisters with a girl that works with Brandi at Wells Fargo. It's a small world after all, huh?! I got to catch up with Melanie and realized that I missed our chats that we used to have when we lived together way back when! :-) I got to talk with Kimmy, Dusty's girlfriend, and she always has something funny to say! And, of course, Brandi threw a great party with yummy food and some really creative decorations! Andrew had fun playing with her 2 boys all night. The only downfall was my early outage in the Limbo competition... I got much further in the practice run. Can I blame my foot? All-in-all it was a great night!
Yesterday, we went to church and were happy to see that Gail and Mindi were able to come check it out. Our usual Pastor was not there, which was a little bummer; Gail and Mindi would've really liked him, but the message was still great. Afterward, we headed to Kristi and Steve's house for a BBQ. We ate a ton of food, of course, and watched the Cardinals lose to the Rams. Leave it up to the Cards to make it look like they are going to lose, then come back and make it look like they will win, then, while in field goal range for the winning field goal, fumble, and then ultimately lose it. Same Cards, new stadium. Argh!
Now, it's another week! Thank goodness the weather is cooling off. Andrew and I have been able to take walks and go to the park! He loves to play outside in the backyard almost all day! I love it since it gets him away from the TV!
Jeremy and I are still trying to run and get ready for the Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot. Last Monday I had a mini break down while trying to run 3 miles for the first time. We made the mistake of going at night (not many street lights), on a dirt road (bad for my breathing problems), and near farm fields (a.k.a. mosquitos everywhere)! Tuesday, we tried a different route and earlier in the day (to avoid mosquitos) and I still couldn't do it. I just couldn't get my legs to keep running. I swore off running, but have since decided not to give up that easy. However, I have not run since, mostly due to MY FOOT. I think I am going to stick to 2 1/5 miles for awhile, and try for 3 miles again when my foot feels better and the mosquitos die. Well, when you run your hand down your leg and feel a ton of little things latched on to your leg and it's dark so you don't know exactly how many there are and you can't open your mouth for fear of having them go in your throat but you are having a hard time breathing from being tired and breathing through your nose is just not cutting it; it just makes you freak out! Can you blame me?
This weekend was a fun one (dispite my foot)! We went to a Luau at Brandi and McKay's house on Saturday. Jeremy played in the Ping Pong Tournament with the guys and had a blast! He did pretty good; I think he lost to McKay in the semi-finals. These guys have tournament brackets and everything; they take it very serious! Talmage beat McKay for the grand prize; a $40 gift card to The Sharper Image. However, he was bummed that he did not receive the Red Lobster gift card to take his girlfriend to dinner. I am happy to announce that my son won the said Red Lobster gift card for having the best Hawaiian outfit! We may have to take Manuel and April out to eat since it was them that bought him the outfit in Hawaii. Plus, Brysen had almost the same outfit on, but wasn't there long enough to be entered in the contest. I got to chit chat with the girls which is always fun! I ran into a gal I haven't seen in a few years; Rose, who is sisters with a girl that works with Brandi at Wells Fargo. It's a small world after all, huh?! I got to catch up with Melanie and realized that I missed our chats that we used to have when we lived together way back when! :-) I got to talk with Kimmy, Dusty's girlfriend, and she always has something funny to say! And, of course, Brandi threw a great party with yummy food and some really creative decorations! Andrew had fun playing with her 2 boys all night. The only downfall was my early outage in the Limbo competition... I got much further in the practice run. Can I blame my foot? All-in-all it was a great night!
Yesterday, we went to church and were happy to see that Gail and Mindi were able to come check it out. Our usual Pastor was not there, which was a little bummer; Gail and Mindi would've really liked him, but the message was still great. Afterward, we headed to Kristi and Steve's house for a BBQ. We ate a ton of food, of course, and watched the Cardinals lose to the Rams. Leave it up to the Cards to make it look like they are going to lose, then come back and make it look like they will win, then, while in field goal range for the winning field goal, fumble, and then ultimately lose it. Same Cards, new stadium. Argh!
Now, it's another week! Thank goodness the weather is cooling off. Andrew and I have been able to take walks and go to the park! He loves to play outside in the backyard almost all day! I love it since it gets him away from the TV!
Jeremy and I are still trying to run and get ready for the Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot. Last Monday I had a mini break down while trying to run 3 miles for the first time. We made the mistake of going at night (not many street lights), on a dirt road (bad for my breathing problems), and near farm fields (a.k.a. mosquitos everywhere)! Tuesday, we tried a different route and earlier in the day (to avoid mosquitos) and I still couldn't do it. I just couldn't get my legs to keep running. I swore off running, but have since decided not to give up that easy. However, I have not run since, mostly due to MY FOOT. I think I am going to stick to 2 1/5 miles for awhile, and try for 3 miles again when my foot feels better and the mosquitos die. Well, when you run your hand down your leg and feel a ton of little things latched on to your leg and it's dark so you don't know exactly how many there are and you can't open your mouth for fear of having them go in your throat but you are having a hard time breathing from being tired and breathing through your nose is just not cutting it; it just makes you freak out! Can you blame me?
Thursday, August 31, 2006
I haven't posted in awhile...
Sorry to all my beloved readers (if any...) for not posting a blog in awhile. I've actually been busy!
First off, our vacation was fabulous! The weather was perfect, the lake was perfect and seeing the whole family is always a blast! We got back Saturday the 19th and I've been busy ever since.
I decided to get off my butt more during the week. It's high time Andrew and I get out of the house; even if it is 100 + degrees outside most days. I took Brittneys advice on joining the women's bible study at our church and I'm glad I did. It is on Tuesdays from 10-noon and we are discussing a book right now. It seems very interesting and the women are really nice. There is a girl that comes to watch the kids so Andrew enjoys the kid interaction that is lacking at our house. Then Andrew and I try to meet Jeremy for lunch if he is working in the area. I've gone twice so far and both times we were able to meet up with Jeremy.
This past Saturday I held a scrapbooking day at my house and was able to scrap every single picture that I took in Wisconsin! Granted I was working on it from noon to 2:30 am with a periodic break for food and chit chat. Erin came for quite awhile with Jill and Barrett. Jill and Andrew played so great together; Andrew still talks about her and that day. I guess he had a lot of fun with her! Victoria came a little later and stayed 'til 2:30 am! The guys (Jeremy, Josh and Kyle) got home about 1:30 am from the D-backs game and going out for some drinks. It was a lot of fun for us girls as well as the guys!
In the meantime I've been playing with my new iPod nano that my husband got me and trying to catch up on the 3 issues of People magazine that I had received in the mail during my vacation. This is, of course, on top of cleaning, laundry and cooking. I feel very accomplished and not so lazy.
On the lazy note; I've slacked in my jogging this week. I missed Sunday morning (thanks to the 2:30 am scrapfest) and I missed Tuesday evening (due to Jeremy and Josh being at work - a.k.a. no babysitter for Andrew). But, I plan to jump right back into it tonight. Jeremy and I decided we will run the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day. It is a 10K (just over 6 miles) and we are currently running 1.5 miles. I made a schedule and it looks like we will have to up our distance .5 miles almost every week up until Thanksgiving Day. This means starting next week we will begin 2 miles and so on. I'll keep everyone updated on our progress with that...
Jeremy's been working a ton this week, but he has a 4 day weekend for Labor Day. He will be off Sat., Sun., Mon., and Tues. Yay! He says it's worth the crazy work hours this week for a 4 day work week. I always get so nervous for his driving when he hasn't gotten much sleep.
And that's an update on the past couple weeks! I'm still wishing I was back on the shore of Rock Lake in the 80 degree heat getting nice and tanned...
First off, our vacation was fabulous! The weather was perfect, the lake was perfect and seeing the whole family is always a blast! We got back Saturday the 19th and I've been busy ever since.
I decided to get off my butt more during the week. It's high time Andrew and I get out of the house; even if it is 100 + degrees outside most days. I took Brittneys advice on joining the women's bible study at our church and I'm glad I did. It is on Tuesdays from 10-noon and we are discussing a book right now. It seems very interesting and the women are really nice. There is a girl that comes to watch the kids so Andrew enjoys the kid interaction that is lacking at our house. Then Andrew and I try to meet Jeremy for lunch if he is working in the area. I've gone twice so far and both times we were able to meet up with Jeremy.
This past Saturday I held a scrapbooking day at my house and was able to scrap every single picture that I took in Wisconsin! Granted I was working on it from noon to 2:30 am with a periodic break for food and chit chat. Erin came for quite awhile with Jill and Barrett. Jill and Andrew played so great together; Andrew still talks about her and that day. I guess he had a lot of fun with her! Victoria came a little later and stayed 'til 2:30 am! The guys (Jeremy, Josh and Kyle) got home about 1:30 am from the D-backs game and going out for some drinks. It was a lot of fun for us girls as well as the guys!
In the meantime I've been playing with my new iPod nano that my husband got me and trying to catch up on the 3 issues of People magazine that I had received in the mail during my vacation. This is, of course, on top of cleaning, laundry and cooking. I feel very accomplished and not so lazy.
On the lazy note; I've slacked in my jogging this week. I missed Sunday morning (thanks to the 2:30 am scrapfest) and I missed Tuesday evening (due to Jeremy and Josh being at work - a.k.a. no babysitter for Andrew). But, I plan to jump right back into it tonight. Jeremy and I decided we will run the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day. It is a 10K (just over 6 miles) and we are currently running 1.5 miles. I made a schedule and it looks like we will have to up our distance .5 miles almost every week up until Thanksgiving Day. This means starting next week we will begin 2 miles and so on. I'll keep everyone updated on our progress with that...
Jeremy's been working a ton this week, but he has a 4 day weekend for Labor Day. He will be off Sat., Sun., Mon., and Tues. Yay! He says it's worth the crazy work hours this week for a 4 day work week. I always get so nervous for his driving when he hasn't gotten much sleep.
And that's an update on the past couple weeks! I'm still wishing I was back on the shore of Rock Lake in the 80 degree heat getting nice and tanned...
Friday, August 04, 2006
Me - The Procrastinator
I am leaving for a 2 week vacation tomorrow and I have not began to pack. I was asked last night by friends if we were finished packing and I found it absurd that people would be finished packing 2 days before their vacation. But then another person asked if I was finished packing yesterday, too. Wow, some people are really on the ball!
For one, I am doing laundry right now since I don't have enough clothes to last me a full week, let alone 2 weeks. I know I have to do laundry up in Wisconsin, but I don't want to pack dirty stuff and deal with it there. In fact, the outfit I wore yesterday needed to be cleaned today so I couldn't have even done the laundry yesterday. It's going to be hard enough to find something to wear for today that I won't be needing to pack.
For another, I can't pack any of our toothpaste or other toiletry items since I will have to use them once (if not twice) before packing them.
So, what's left for me to pack ahead of time is some towels and sunscreen. Even toys for Andrew on the plane will have to wait to get packed since he has his favorites that he plays with everyday. If I tried to pack his crayons, markers and coloring books, there's no doubt that in a couple hours he'd be asking to play with those.
There is one thing that I'm kicking myself about not doing ahead of time. Taking my cat to my mom and dad's house. Now, I will be taking 45 minutes to drive there, hang out a bit, say good-bye and drive another 45 minutes back here. Hmm, I'm admitting that I should've done that yesterday...
Oh well, I figure that I'll be so busy that, before I know it, I'll be waking up tomorrow a.m. on my way to V.A.C.A.T.I.O.N.! Yippee!
For one, I am doing laundry right now since I don't have enough clothes to last me a full week, let alone 2 weeks. I know I have to do laundry up in Wisconsin, but I don't want to pack dirty stuff and deal with it there. In fact, the outfit I wore yesterday needed to be cleaned today so I couldn't have even done the laundry yesterday. It's going to be hard enough to find something to wear for today that I won't be needing to pack.
For another, I can't pack any of our toothpaste or other toiletry items since I will have to use them once (if not twice) before packing them.
So, what's left for me to pack ahead of time is some towels and sunscreen. Even toys for Andrew on the plane will have to wait to get packed since he has his favorites that he plays with everyday. If I tried to pack his crayons, markers and coloring books, there's no doubt that in a couple hours he'd be asking to play with those.
There is one thing that I'm kicking myself about not doing ahead of time. Taking my cat to my mom and dad's house. Now, I will be taking 45 minutes to drive there, hang out a bit, say good-bye and drive another 45 minutes back here. Hmm, I'm admitting that I should've done that yesterday...
Oh well, I figure that I'll be so busy that, before I know it, I'll be waking up tomorrow a.m. on my way to V.A.C.A.T.I.O.N.! Yippee!
Monday, July 31, 2006
Weekend Events
What an accomplished last couple of days I've had! On Thursday, I cleaned the house, top to bottom, Jeremy and I went jogging and then decided to clean the front yard. We mowed the lawn (finally) and trimmed all the bushes that were growing wildly all over the place. I've discovered that I should never be a hairdresser since I basically trimmed the bushes to even smaller than they were when we moved in. They just grow so fast and since we will be gone on vacation for a couple weeks we won't come back to an overgrown mess (except the lawn, of course).
Saturday, we cleaned out our garage. It sounds simple and easy, but our garage was a complete disaster! I could barely squeeze my car into it. In fact, the other day while backing out, I was trying to make sure I wasn't going to hit one of Andrew's toys or Jeremy's yard equipment and I wasn't paying attention to the other side of my car and my passenger side mirror hit the garage and it broke a piece of the plastic off. At least the glass didn't break...
So, on Saturday we dragged all our crap out of the garage into 3 piles, keep, donate and trash (yeah, I watch a lot of Clean Sweep on TLC). The donate pile was the biggest. I donated all of Andrew's baby stuff: car seat, stroller, bassinet, toys, swing, clothes. All of it! Gone! We've been trying to have a baby for a year and a half now with no luck so I figured if we ever get pregnant, I'll just buy new stuff. This stuff has been in the garage for a year and it is so dusty and dirty that I wouldn't have wanted to deal with cleaning it up if I ever need it again anyway. We donated 4 bins of clothes to Kristi since she just found out she is having a boy and she only has girl stuff from her first child.
So, we sweeped the dirt, leaves and spider webs out of the garage, took 2 trips to the donation center in Coolidge and went to Walmart for some shelves, a tool box and a stand with holes in it for the broom, mop, rake, etc. We took 2 trips to a dumpster down the street (luckily houses are still being built in our community so we didn't have to go far) and we were done! I now have more than half the garage for my car and Andrew has plenty of room to park his scooter, fire truck, Power Wheels and bike and Jeremy has his own section for yard stuff and his lawn mower. It was an all day adventure, but aaahhh, it's wonderfully worth it!
Saturday, we cleaned out our garage. It sounds simple and easy, but our garage was a complete disaster! I could barely squeeze my car into it. In fact, the other day while backing out, I was trying to make sure I wasn't going to hit one of Andrew's toys or Jeremy's yard equipment and I wasn't paying attention to the other side of my car and my passenger side mirror hit the garage and it broke a piece of the plastic off. At least the glass didn't break...
So, on Saturday we dragged all our crap out of the garage into 3 piles, keep, donate and trash (yeah, I watch a lot of Clean Sweep on TLC). The donate pile was the biggest. I donated all of Andrew's baby stuff: car seat, stroller, bassinet, toys, swing, clothes. All of it! Gone! We've been trying to have a baby for a year and a half now with no luck so I figured if we ever get pregnant, I'll just buy new stuff. This stuff has been in the garage for a year and it is so dusty and dirty that I wouldn't have wanted to deal with cleaning it up if I ever need it again anyway. We donated 4 bins of clothes to Kristi since she just found out she is having a boy and she only has girl stuff from her first child.
So, we sweeped the dirt, leaves and spider webs out of the garage, took 2 trips to the donation center in Coolidge and went to Walmart for some shelves, a tool box and a stand with holes in it for the broom, mop, rake, etc. We took 2 trips to a dumpster down the street (luckily houses are still being built in our community so we didn't have to go far) and we were done! I now have more than half the garage for my car and Andrew has plenty of room to park his scooter, fire truck, Power Wheels and bike and Jeremy has his own section for yard stuff and his lawn mower. It was an all day adventure, but aaahhh, it's wonderfully worth it!
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