I was thinking today how awesome it is that life changes so much year to year. So many things have happened, for the good, in our lives this past year. And we are in such a different place now than we were then.
Some of the more noteworthy things to happen between last December and now...
...a slew of new, wonderful girlfriends. Seriously. The women in my life right now constantly amaze me with their realness and sweetness and just plain awesomeness. I have said before that I feel that the Lord knows me, and thus has always blessed me with great friends. Right now is no different. And I feel that I am making more special bonds that will last for ages.
...the baby, of COURSE! Last year I was in that sad, never gonna happen to me stage, and it was awful. How to celebrate anything when all I could think about was the fact that the baby Keith and I had been praying for was not yet supposed to be joining us here on Earth. How happy am I this season knowing that in a few short months my life will, yet again, be turned upside down by the arrival of a new little man!
...Natalie is in first grade. Seriously. FIRST GRADE. She has grown so much since last year. She used to be timid and shy, and still mourning the loss of her first school. Now she is beautiful and brave and sassy as can be. Keith and I will look at each other sometimes and just marvel at the fact that this little lady is OURS. And she is just getting better (albeit sassier) with time! I can't believe that next year she will be in second. That is a big milestone for me. Second grade was a tumultuous year for me, and to have a daughter that same age, an age I remember well, will be noteworthy for sure.
...Brady is...well, Brady. He is so so old, but he wants so badly to stay the baby forever. I have been trying to wean us from each other. That is what you get when it's just the two of us, every day, all day. We are the best of buds, and he knows how to tug my heart strings. On more than one occasion these last few weeks he will start to tear up and say how he never wants to get older, and wants to stay little so he can be with me forever. If only those feelings would never go away. I know though, that I will always be his special Mama, and he will always be my special Buddy. Somethings never change though...the kid still loves his Star Wars and Legos!
...Keith is back in school. Last year I never would have thought that we would be doing this stinking school thing AGAIN. Ugg. I hate it, I really do. I am happy now though, because the semester is over and so all Keith has is work and us! And maybe even some free time to hang with some friends. I will be very grateful in a few years when he is completely done, but I know that sticking it out and getting his LLM will be beneficial to steady career placement and to our well being in the future! Gotta think about college and missions!
... and me! I almost forgot about Bits or Bobbins... oops! I can't believe how good opening that store was for me. It gave me something to do, and really validated the use of one of my "talents". It was good to have so much positive feedback on something that I always question the value of. I did put the store on hold in September and it has been nice, though it's constantly nagging the back of my mind. I have decided to open up the first week of January. that will give me time to take pics of new items, and maybe think about putting some of my fun vintage and thrifted finds in a new special section.
Pretty much life is good. Ups and downs appear of course, but it's never something a good long nap or time out can't fix! I feel so blessed. Oh, and I promise a picture post soon!
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
thinking about friendship
The other day a friend said to me that she liked me, because I am calm. After I laughed for a minute or ten, I asked what she meant. She said that I don't bring a lot of drama to the table. That got me to thinking. Is there ever a point in a woman's life when the drama stops? I highly doubt it! I attribute this to women having so many emotions inside our bodies. That's what women are good at, emoting! Wouldn't it be lovely if we could just tell how we are feeling, without fear of being ridiculed or laughed at. Sure, sometimes we can, but most often, if the feelings are negative, I know that my initial reaction is to keep it inside (until it bubbles out!).
I think for me, the hardest part of human interaction is that I am always afraid of insulting or offending someone. Wouldn't it be nice if people could say, "Hey, you really pissed me off when you..." or "Wow, that was seriously offensive when you..." without the recipient getting their feelings hurt? Ha! In a perfect world, right? There is such a fine line between letting your feelings hide and blow over or letting your feelings hide and fester and turn into a broken friendship or worse!
I know that with a mouth like mine I often say things that come out wrong or are easily twisted. I am constantly asking Keith after we have any sort of group interaction, "Ok, what stupid thing did I do/say this time?" And luckily we are married and he knows I have to love him, so he has no qualms about telling me, and then I feel foolish for the rest of the day/week/month.
I have had so many friends in my life (a side effect of moving around a lot) and I have learned how to be adaptable, at least I think so. I love having good friends, ones that you can call up and they want to spend time with you, it makes life so much more enjoyable! I have lost too many friends along the way, so that now the friends I have are precious, and I try very hard to keep the bonds that I have made in my adult life strong. As you get older it seems that good friends are harder to find!
All pretty pictures found via weheartit.com
Thursday, January 14, 2010
about life and general randomness (and a very long post)
Right now life is good, very good, TOO good. You know that feeling you get when everything is going just swell, but you have a niggling sensation in the back of your mind that something craptastic is gonna happen soon? Well, I have that sensation, but so far I have been able to push it deep into my brain and not worry about it! Which makes for pretty smooth sailing.
I finally figured out the number one reason why I don't blog as much anymore. I don't like what blogger does to my pictures, when they upload they are all out of order and weird, and it takes so much time to get them the way I want them that I just skip it! I really need to start posting more, but I just love having illustrations!
Natalie taught herself how to tie her own shoes yesterday, her method is a little wackadoo, but it gets the job done. I am so proud of her, every day I ask her how her day at school was, and the other day she said, "they are all good days now Mom!" Whew! It took her a little longer than I hoped, but she has finally settled down into her new school, and made some good friends, and is learning so much it astounds me! It's funny when I look at her, I see a mini me. It's actually more scary than funny, but I have to remind myself to laugh at her rather than yell at her, and it makes life much more bearable.
Brady turns 4 in one month. I am seriously not ready for that. He will always be my baby, and though I need to treat him like a big boy more often, I think he knows that in my heart he will always be my baby boy. For the last 2 weeks he has woken up dry every morning. Of course this coincides with me purchasing some cloth diapers for him to wear to bed, so sadly they are unnecessary now, but I will just put them in my growing drawer of baby things and hope that one day I have another little bottom that needs them!
Yesterday the plan for the day was to lay around and be lazy. I asked Brady what he wanted to do and he said, "play some games, do some puzzles, have some cuddle time, watch a movie wif ya, and that's it!" Uh, yeah. I love that kid so much!
Oh, and the sewing. I am seriously running my own sweat shop over here! I am cranking out a quilt for my Step mom and have 5 more waiting in the wings. Not to mention skirts, coasters, and other odds and ends I want to try my hand on. It helps me that the kids go to bed so early, I am able to get a few solid hours of sewing done each night (if I don't sneak off to bed to watch Bones instead). Also since the kids love to color and craft I am able to find time during the day to be with them, but also creating! I do love that we are a crafting family.
I guess I should update about the big man too. Keith is working hard as normal, loving on his PS3, praying that the Cowboys will win the next game (and the next and the next!!), and taking care of us. We have really settled into a routine that has made it possible for us to have more time together and it has been really nice. Some of my most favorite times of the day are when I have dragged my sewing machine into the living room and I watch Keith play his game while we chat and I sew. Or we snuggle up and watch Bones (best. show. ever.). I have gotten to really rediscover why he became my best friend all those years ago, and it feels wonderful!
Wow, obviously I have a lot of pent up writing and blathering to do! This became much longer than I intended. And I really do want to start doing shorter more frequent posts. If I get the energy I may even post pictures later today!
I finally figured out the number one reason why I don't blog as much anymore. I don't like what blogger does to my pictures, when they upload they are all out of order and weird, and it takes so much time to get them the way I want them that I just skip it! I really need to start posting more, but I just love having illustrations!
Natalie taught herself how to tie her own shoes yesterday, her method is a little wackadoo, but it gets the job done. I am so proud of her, every day I ask her how her day at school was, and the other day she said, "they are all good days now Mom!" Whew! It took her a little longer than I hoped, but she has finally settled down into her new school, and made some good friends, and is learning so much it astounds me! It's funny when I look at her, I see a mini me. It's actually more scary than funny, but I have to remind myself to laugh at her rather than yell at her, and it makes life much more bearable.
Brady turns 4 in one month. I am seriously not ready for that. He will always be my baby, and though I need to treat him like a big boy more often, I think he knows that in my heart he will always be my baby boy. For the last 2 weeks he has woken up dry every morning. Of course this coincides with me purchasing some cloth diapers for him to wear to bed, so sadly they are unnecessary now, but I will just put them in my growing drawer of baby things and hope that one day I have another little bottom that needs them!
Yesterday the plan for the day was to lay around and be lazy. I asked Brady what he wanted to do and he said, "play some games, do some puzzles, have some cuddle time, watch a movie wif ya, and that's it!" Uh, yeah. I love that kid so much!
Oh, and the sewing. I am seriously running my own sweat shop over here! I am cranking out a quilt for my Step mom and have 5 more waiting in the wings. Not to mention skirts, coasters, and other odds and ends I want to try my hand on. It helps me that the kids go to bed so early, I am able to get a few solid hours of sewing done each night (if I don't sneak off to bed to watch Bones instead). Also since the kids love to color and craft I am able to find time during the day to be with them, but also creating! I do love that we are a crafting family.
I guess I should update about the big man too. Keith is working hard as normal, loving on his PS3, praying that the Cowboys will win the next game (and the next and the next!!), and taking care of us. We have really settled into a routine that has made it possible for us to have more time together and it has been really nice. Some of my most favorite times of the day are when I have dragged my sewing machine into the living room and I watch Keith play his game while we chat and I sew. Or we snuggle up and watch Bones (best. show. ever.). I have gotten to really rediscover why he became my best friend all those years ago, and it feels wonderful!
Wow, obviously I have a lot of pent up writing and blathering to do! This became much longer than I intended. And I really do want to start doing shorter more frequent posts. If I get the energy I may even post pictures later today!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
I'm back...I think!
I have been wracking my brain as to a reason why I have stopped blogging. I think life has just gotten busier, I find less and less time to sneak away long enough to post something worthy to share with anyone. As the kids get older they need me more and more, plus I am soaking up the last bits of summer before Natalie starts Kindergarten on the 24th (WHAAAT??!? That is SO CRAZY!!), and then it will be just me and my little man. I am honestly looking forward to it. Brady has become quite the lovey dove lately, and he has just stolen my heart. I can't get enough of him!
I guess I should update a bit about the kiddoes. Natalie. Natalie Natalie Natalie. That girl is all over the place with me. Her teen years will be veeeery interesting. Of course, I love Natalie with all my heart, but she is a sassy/bossy/whiny girl, and 5 going on 15, and drama drama drama with her. All the time! Though she is the sweetest pudding pop I could ever ask for, sometimes she drives me crazy with the whining, but then she turns around and makes me a picture or gives me a snuggle and it melts my heart into a pool of butter. It's funny, because I have heard so many stories of me at five, so when I look at her I see a taste of what I must have been like. A little spitfire that is for sure! She is into all things girly. Every day we have what I refer to as "quiet time" where the kids go in their rooms with the doors closed, and can nap and play as they choose for an hour or two while Mommy has some alone time to nap and play as she chooses (mainly nap...haha!). I am so blessed that they will actually do this for me. Anywho, Natalie always fills her time by playing all sorts of girly things (Barbies, house, shopping, singing, etc.), I just love it! She is a princess through and through.
Brady on the other hand is all boy, all the time. He is a Mama's boy too, and I loooove that! Keith calls Brady hot and cold, and it couldn't be more true. Really he is just 3. We don't have terrible 2's, in this house it's the threes, but it seems that Brady is slowly growing out of them. It is quite a site to behold though, when they surface. He will go from being perfectly normal and sane to a screaming mess in a matter of milliseconds. For some reason he hasn't grasped yet that if he wants some milk (or anything else for that matter) all he has to do is ASK for it in a normal voice. Screaming is completely unnecessary! To be fair, those crazy outbursts are few and far between, only amplified when we are around other people (obviously. Why be on our best behaviour around others? Of course not!). The other 85% of the time he is literally an angel child. He will play for hours at a time on his own. He loves Transformers of all shapes and sizes, and anything related to them. During quiet time he will play for a bit and then about half the time he will crawl into bed and put himself down for a nap. No joke. I am still amazed at it as well. It surprises me every time. I am constantly loving on this boy, and he is constantly having to remind me to back off! Haha, it's too hard though, because I look at him and know he won't be my little baby boy for much longer. He is growing at the speed of light it seems, and I wish I could make it stop.
As far as Keith and I go? Keith is very busy with work, still working around 50+ hours a week, and I am pretty sure he loves it! Then he comes home and helps me with the kids. He has 2 full time jobs and he handles it like a champ. I couldn't do what I do without him backing me up. My job is still going strong, we have finally (after 2 years, can you believe it??) settled into a nice routine of work nights and non work nights. We love living in a house, and are having fun (maybe too much fun) making it a place we love to be. I have a lot of little things to catch up on with the blog, expect a full on essay about our vacation. Complete with lots of pictures!
I guess I should update a bit about the kiddoes. Natalie. Natalie Natalie Natalie. That girl is all over the place with me. Her teen years will be veeeery interesting. Of course, I love Natalie with all my heart, but she is a sassy/bossy/whiny girl, and 5 going on 15, and drama drama drama with her. All the time! Though she is the sweetest pudding pop I could ever ask for, sometimes she drives me crazy with the whining, but then she turns around and makes me a picture or gives me a snuggle and it melts my heart into a pool of butter. It's funny, because I have heard so many stories of me at five, so when I look at her I see a taste of what I must have been like. A little spitfire that is for sure! She is into all things girly. Every day we have what I refer to as "quiet time" where the kids go in their rooms with the doors closed, and can nap and play as they choose for an hour or two while Mommy has some alone time to nap and play as she chooses (mainly nap...haha!). I am so blessed that they will actually do this for me. Anywho, Natalie always fills her time by playing all sorts of girly things (Barbies, house, shopping, singing, etc.), I just love it! She is a princess through and through.
Brady on the other hand is all boy, all the time. He is a Mama's boy too, and I loooove that! Keith calls Brady hot and cold, and it couldn't be more true. Really he is just 3. We don't have terrible 2's, in this house it's the threes, but it seems that Brady is slowly growing out of them. It is quite a site to behold though, when they surface. He will go from being perfectly normal and sane to a screaming mess in a matter of milliseconds. For some reason he hasn't grasped yet that if he wants some milk (or anything else for that matter) all he has to do is ASK for it in a normal voice. Screaming is completely unnecessary! To be fair, those crazy outbursts are few and far between, only amplified when we are around other people (obviously. Why be on our best behaviour around others? Of course not!). The other 85% of the time he is literally an angel child. He will play for hours at a time on his own. He loves Transformers of all shapes and sizes, and anything related to them. During quiet time he will play for a bit and then about half the time he will crawl into bed and put himself down for a nap. No joke. I am still amazed at it as well. It surprises me every time. I am constantly loving on this boy, and he is constantly having to remind me to back off! Haha, it's too hard though, because I look at him and know he won't be my little baby boy for much longer. He is growing at the speed of light it seems, and I wish I could make it stop.
As far as Keith and I go? Keith is very busy with work, still working around 50+ hours a week, and I am pretty sure he loves it! Then he comes home and helps me with the kids. He has 2 full time jobs and he handles it like a champ. I couldn't do what I do without him backing me up. My job is still going strong, we have finally (after 2 years, can you believe it??) settled into a nice routine of work nights and non work nights. We love living in a house, and are having fun (maybe too much fun) making it a place we love to be. I have a lot of little things to catch up on with the blog, expect a full on essay about our vacation. Complete with lots of pictures!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Longest Post Ever
I have just been too lazy to post about last weekend, because, well...it tired me out! And I know this post is going to be HUGE, so just back away now! We had so much fun, and I am so glad we went. The ride down was probably the easiest part of the whole trip, LOL! We were stocked up with books on CD, snacks, toys, and raring and ready to go. It only took us about 4 and a half hours including a stop for a picnic in the car mid way down. And not one single fight. I am not sure how that happened, but they must have been saving up, because they bickered the whole time at Jenny's.
Buckled up and ready to go.
Pit Stop!
The kids started playing right away, and after a little bit of chatting and catching up we headed out shopping! We did a lot of shopping to try and fill up some of the empty space in Jenny's house, and that was fun, it gave us something to do. Plus, I love to shop, especially for home stuff. I totally have the home decorating fever now! We had some good success and a lot of fun browsing. But after a few stores it was evident that the lack of a long nap in the car was now showing in my kids. They were exhausted, that is what happens when you fall asleep 40 minutes before Houston traffic, and then you wake up with all the starting and stopping!
Anywho, then back home for the normal boring stuff, dinner, playing, bath time, bed time. I was so scared for bedtime, but the kids handled it pretty well. We had our very own room, which was awesome (thank Jenny!) and the kids had their little sleeping bags and special blankets and sleeping things, which helped so much. After Momma singing a bunch of songs, both kids PASSED OUT. They were so tired and understandably so, after quite a day! And then Jenny and I headed back out for more shopping! LOL! We went to Wal Mart and basically cleaned out the store. I had so much fun just giggling and goofing off at the store. Plus we found some super cute and inexpensive stuff, including a large trash can that we had to roll all over the store...
Day 2: It was warm, like hot warm, and I have to say I was a bit disgusted. We were going to go to the beach, but we nixed that and headed out for...more shopping! I just think that is too funny! But Jenny introduced me to a store that I had never been too, Garden Ridge, and it was really neat. Yet another place where you could spend a fortune in a blink of an eye. Then we headed back for naps, and hanging out. That night we splurged and went to I HOP for dinner, LOL, and it was yummy! And it was also
I have to say I am pretty pleased with how the kids played so well. There, of course, were squabbles, mostly between Brady and David, who mostly had power struggles I think. But Natalie and Stevie played so well it blew my mind. Of course, Natalie's attitude had to make some cameo appearances, but they were probably more annoying to me than anyone because I can recognize when she is getting extra snippy or when she is just being her own feisty self. Plus I think anytime you are at someone elses home you are harder on your kids that you are at your own place because you don't know what will be annoying to your host! So, at the end of the day we had lots of cuddling and talking and I think that made any hard feelings just float away. After the kids were all tucked in bed and sleeping away we adults settled in for some laughs with My Name is Earl on DVD. That is one funny show.
The last day, Saturday, we headed off to the beach. I have never seen the Gulf of Mexico and I have to say I was probably more excited than the kids. I love, love, love the water. And it has been far too long since I have seen a large body of it. I hope one day we will leave near the ocean, but that is a whole different story! Anywho, it was pretty cool and sad to see how run down Galveston looked. Steven said that most of the debris is cleaned up, but I would describe it as looking like we were in the bad part of town, except that we weren't. And yes, there were boats on the side of the road, that was craziness. The kids were amazed. And then BAM there it was. The water! Yay! We got out and tried not to get blown away by the wind, much better normal November temperatures today, and we headed out for a walk on one of the crusty old pier things, and then headed down to the sand to collect shells. We found a TON of sand dollars and little shells. And we practically had the whole beach to ourselves. It was a nice little outing to end our weekend.
Forgot to change the settings on my computer so the pictures are all sun bleached, until I realized!
so cute!
After that we headed back to pack up and get our butts on the road. It was a good weekend, not too long, and not too short. We didn't want to overstay our welcome! So the kids and I packed up and headed out to one last lunch out (at Panda Express, kids choice! Oh and the large drink and Panda is LARGE, I mean HUGE beyond huge!) and then to the store for one special toy to help keep them occupied on the ride home. We were on the road by 2...
We got home at 9 p.m.! Holy Cow! It was the longest ride ever, I tell you what! We made it without incident through Houston, but then Momma had to go to the bathroom and Brady informed me that he pooped, so thank heavens we had an out! Jason lives in Conroe so we gave him a call and he was super awesome and let us stop by for a little visit. That was so nice and so much better than a rest area. Plus the kids played Rockband, and that was hilarious! Natalie was getting really into it and playing with her hands crossed over, oh man, Jason and I were cracking up. Oh, and I just have to say the he has the NICEST apartment, and the nicest location too, for only 20 bucks more than we pay. I am officially jealous of their bachelor pad!
So around 4 we headed off again. Those next five hours were brutal. I have no idea why. Well, I have some idea why. Brady kept rolling down his window, which made it super loud and cold in the back seat. So I had to pull over, get out, and roll it back up. That was the MOST annoying the whole wide world. Brady is pretty much lucky he made it home alive. Especially when two of my choices of places to pull over didn't have an easy on ramp back to the freeway so we were stuck taking the scenic route a few times.
And we stopped for some food and caffeine so that Mommy wouldn't fall asleep in the car, and of course the one time I want a McDonald's so they can run out some energy at the play area, the best I could find was a Jack in the Box, and they even had lame toys. I was SO disappointed in that one, we really wanted McDonald's!! Dang it! I was so tired and so scared I was going to pass out! I was really hoping that it was going to be a straight shot from Jason's to our place, but for some reason the 3 hour drive took 5. I never, ever want that to happen again. It was terrible. I think the reason the ride was so bad was all three of us wanted so badly just to be at home with Keith again, and it just wasn't happening fast enough! But somehow we made it through all the pit stops and crying and blanket fixing and CD changing and toy fetching and we were home! Sweet sweet home!
Whew! Now you know why I haven't posted this! If you made it through that journal entry of all journal entries then props to you!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Adventures!
Brady and I really enjoy the time that we get twice a week to spend just the two of us. I try and make each day count by cramming in lots of fun and different activities, things that he can remember well enough to tell Dad at the end of the day. Today was sure jam packed!
Right after dropping off Nat we headed over to Kelli's to play with the boys and chat for a bit. It was nice to catch up, and I think Brady had fun watching Ewan and playing with Fynn. After that we headed over to Michael's to get more ribbon for the barrettes, and I picked up some little tags so that I can get started on making some little books for Natalie, and everything Martha Stewart was 30% off so I got two packs so I can make some for gifts! Natalie is really in to making stories and drawings, so I think she will love these!
After Michaels it was off to the Disney store in search of the perfect Buzz Lightyear. Unfortunately the one they had was too big for Brady's liking, so it looks like I am going to be hitting up the eBay. Great. But we did get some super cute shirts for only 5$ each (a Tinkerbell and Lightening McQueen)! And the best find? We got these little bags STUFFED with plastic gems and pirate gold! Normally $4.50, but they are clearancing them out at a dollar a bag! So, um, I got four! The treasures are SO cool though! The doubloons look just like the ones from Pirates and they aren't all cheapy and flimsy, they are really nice! I think I may just have to drag myself back to the mall, just to get more! Oh! And I almost forgot, we pre-ordered the Tinkerbell Movie! Woot! We have been waiting and waiting and WAITING for this movie to come out! And when you pre-order it at the Disney store you get a free Tinkerbell necklace, well that sealed the deal for me right there! We are so excited, and we will get it October 28th.
Anywho, back to me and Brady! So after the relatively unsuccessful trip to the mall we still had an hour and a half to kill. So I took Brady to get a hair cut! He loves where we go, I take him to Sports Clips and he always does so well. His hair turned out really cute (and I would post a pic, but he is sleeping) and he was very excited about getting a cut. Every time we drive down there he asks if he can get a haircut today. Well, today was the day! After that I checked my phone and we still had forever until we had to get Natalie! So to top off a great morning we snuck into Corner Bakery Cafe, which I have never tried before, and we had a little breakfast snack of a banana muffin and a cinnamon roll. Oh man so yummy! I can't wait to take the whole family there for a meal, I want to try those sandwiches! Just for journaling purposes I have to note that Brady was SO well behaved! He sat in the "big boy chair" and used the "big boy fork" and ate his muffin and drank his milk like a champ! I was so proud of him, and you could tell he was proud of himself too, for being such a big boy! So that finally burned through our 4 hours and we headed to get Natalie. It was SUCH a nice morning! I love when I am able to enjoy my kids without any fighting or drama or meltdowns. That is why I have to record days like this, so when times get rough I remember the good days!
All the gems! Brady is sleeping with the pirate "monies".
Natalie modeling her new shirt and FREE necklace.
This is EXACTLY how I would have played with these things when I was a kid! I love little bits and small toys to play with and Natalie does too!
Right after dropping off Nat we headed over to Kelli's to play with the boys and chat for a bit. It was nice to catch up, and I think Brady had fun watching Ewan and playing with Fynn. After that we headed over to Michael's to get more ribbon for the barrettes, and I picked up some little tags so that I can get started on making some little books for Natalie, and everything Martha Stewart was 30% off so I got two packs so I can make some for gifts! Natalie is really in to making stories and drawings, so I think she will love these!
After Michaels it was off to the Disney store in search of the perfect Buzz Lightyear. Unfortunately the one they had was too big for Brady's liking, so it looks like I am going to be hitting up the eBay. Great. But we did get some super cute shirts for only 5$ each (a Tinkerbell and Lightening McQueen)! And the best find? We got these little bags STUFFED with plastic gems and pirate gold! Normally $4.50, but they are clearancing them out at a dollar a bag! So, um, I got four! The treasures are SO cool though! The doubloons look just like the ones from Pirates and they aren't all cheapy and flimsy, they are really nice! I think I may just have to drag myself back to the mall, just to get more! Oh! And I almost forgot, we pre-ordered the Tinkerbell Movie! Woot! We have been waiting and waiting and WAITING for this movie to come out! And when you pre-order it at the Disney store you get a free Tinkerbell necklace, well that sealed the deal for me right there! We are so excited, and we will get it October 28th.
Anywho, back to me and Brady! So after the relatively unsuccessful trip to the mall we still had an hour and a half to kill. So I took Brady to get a hair cut! He loves where we go, I take him to Sports Clips and he always does so well. His hair turned out really cute (and I would post a pic, but he is sleeping) and he was very excited about getting a cut. Every time we drive down there he asks if he can get a haircut today. Well, today was the day! After that I checked my phone and we still had forever until we had to get Natalie! So to top off a great morning we snuck into Corner Bakery Cafe, which I have never tried before, and we had a little breakfast snack of a banana muffin and a cinnamon roll. Oh man so yummy! I can't wait to take the whole family there for a meal, I want to try those sandwiches! Just for journaling purposes I have to note that Brady was SO well behaved! He sat in the "big boy chair" and used the "big boy fork" and ate his muffin and drank his milk like a champ! I was so proud of him, and you could tell he was proud of himself too, for being such a big boy! So that finally burned through our 4 hours and we headed to get Natalie. It was SUCH a nice morning! I love when I am able to enjoy my kids without any fighting or drama or meltdowns. That is why I have to record days like this, so when times get rough I remember the good days!
All the gems! Brady is sleeping with the pirate "monies".
Natalie modeling her new shirt and FREE necklace.
This is EXACTLY how I would have played with these things when I was a kid! I love little bits and small toys to play with and Natalie does too!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
details
Well, the mountains of gauze are out, and I can't put off "journaling" about this anymore! I have to admit the whole thing was pretty smooth! I really liked Dr. Moore and he and his assistants went out of their way to make me feel comfortable. I opted only to use the nitrous gas (and of course the local anaesthetic) for the extraction, and it really was all I needed. I kinda heard a minuscule scrape and he was like, there's the first one, then before I knew it the Dr. said he was half way done. The only issue came with the last tooth, they had to use something noisy and then pop! it was out too. They said it was a perfect tooth removal and I am glad it went so smooth. I think it helped that they kept making me laugh! The assistant said "Oh! You are doing such a great job" and then the Dr was like, "Oh, thanks! I have done this a few times before, but still..." Haha, it may have been the nitrous talking but that made me giggle. But, they did say I did good, I am so proud of myself, no crying or cringing (well, a little cringing when they did the last 2 shots on roof of my mouth, those one HURT!). Soon enough it was all over, I was packed with gauze and I headed home with my lopsided smile and chipmunk cheeks! I totally forgot to take pictures though, and I will use the excuse that that is the Mommy's job to get the embarrassing photos!
The only real trouble came when we went straight to WalMart to get my Prescription and they told us 45 mins, so we wandered the store for a while and then headed back to see if maybe they were done early. They weren't, of course, so the kids and I went and sat in the car while Keith waited the last 15 minutes to when they SAID it would be ready. One HOUR later, still no prescription, the kids are cranky and hungry, my gauze is getting filled with blood, my mouth is getting filled with blood, and I am freaking out and frantically texting Keith (since I can't talk at this point!!) that he either needs to throw a fit and get my meds NOW, or we need to go home so I can change my stuff! I had no idea if not changing it when I should would make a difference on the wound being able to clot, so we decided to get me home! After dropping me off so I can clean up and rest a bit, Keith took the kids to lunch (they were famished, you know, just WASTING away!) and then they went and got my meds. They finally got them at 1:30! We were supposed to get them at 11! I am SO angry, and you know when I can talk again I will be calling management, and we are no longer using WalMart Pharmacy for our prescriptions! I found out from Keith there was another lady that had just gotten out of a 5 day hospital stay and she had been sitting there for over 2 hours!! The Pharmacists were calling and verifying something or other, but they didn't tell us what was going on! When they SAY 45 mins, it should BE 45 mins! Ugg! That REALLY made me mad, and it even made me cry!
Anywho, now that I got my drugs (lortab, penicillin, fancy mouthwash, and something for inflammation) I am all good. For some reason my mouth is still a little numb and I am really tired, but I am able to eat soft foods and drink, so that is nice. I thought maybe I would be able to lose some weight with all the yogurt and soup I will be eating, but it doesn't help that we have some leftover cheesecake in the fridge! You don't have to chew cheesecake!
Oh, and here is a picture of the teeth! I was nice and cleaned of the SKIN still left on some of them! Ick...but still cool! The one second from the right is the one they had to cut out a little bit! I wonder if I put these under my pillow if I will get $350 from the tooth fairy to pay for the surgery? LOLOL, wishful thinking!
The only real trouble came when we went straight to WalMart to get my Prescription and they told us 45 mins, so we wandered the store for a while and then headed back to see if maybe they were done early. They weren't, of course, so the kids and I went and sat in the car while Keith waited the last 15 minutes to when they SAID it would be ready. One HOUR later, still no prescription, the kids are cranky and hungry, my gauze is getting filled with blood, my mouth is getting filled with blood, and I am freaking out and frantically texting Keith (since I can't talk at this point!!) that he either needs to throw a fit and get my meds NOW, or we need to go home so I can change my stuff! I had no idea if not changing it when I should would make a difference on the wound being able to clot, so we decided to get me home! After dropping me off so I can clean up and rest a bit, Keith took the kids to lunch (they were famished, you know, just WASTING away!) and then they went and got my meds. They finally got them at 1:30! We were supposed to get them at 11! I am SO angry, and you know when I can talk again I will be calling management, and we are no longer using WalMart Pharmacy for our prescriptions! I found out from Keith there was another lady that had just gotten out of a 5 day hospital stay and she had been sitting there for over 2 hours!! The Pharmacists were calling and verifying something or other, but they didn't tell us what was going on! When they SAY 45 mins, it should BE 45 mins! Ugg! That REALLY made me mad, and it even made me cry!
Anywho, now that I got my drugs (lortab, penicillin, fancy mouthwash, and something for inflammation) I am all good. For some reason my mouth is still a little numb and I am really tired, but I am able to eat soft foods and drink, so that is nice. I thought maybe I would be able to lose some weight with all the yogurt and soup I will be eating, but it doesn't help that we have some leftover cheesecake in the fridge! You don't have to chew cheesecake!
Oh, and here is a picture of the teeth! I was nice and cleaned of the SKIN still left on some of them! Ick...but still cool! The one second from the right is the one they had to cut out a little bit! I wonder if I put these under my pillow if I will get $350 from the tooth fairy to pay for the surgery? LOLOL, wishful thinking!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
First day of Preschool, again
*Warning, this turned into quite the long post, because I started to do my journaling thing again. I guess that is what happens when I am too lazy to write in an ACTUAL journal!*
Natalie's preschool started up again today. I have to say she was SO EXCITED to start, she has been missing on her teacher for the last month or so, and just within the last few days has been asking if school is "tomorrow?" every day. We have been ready for school to start in a lot of different ways. Natalie is just one of those kids that loves to interact with "her friends" and she loves school so much, so needless to say she was starting to get a little stir crazy after two months of no school.
It doesn't help that we live in an apartment and she has to share her personal space with a 2 year old boy who is learning more and more every day on how to annoy his big sister. She needs the time away from him, and he needs the time away from her too! It makes such a difference and they are so much NICER to one another after even a brief period of separation. It just shows me the difference of boys and girls. Brady and Nat are best friends in the sense that they love each other to death, but they are still so different in play styles and likes that it is just a different sibling dynamic than say with 2 boys or 2 girls. Something neither Keith nor I have ever experienced so it is fun to watch and see how they show love.
School prep officially started when Natalie and I tackled Target 2 weeks ago during the tax free weekend (I know, what were we thinking??), and we had SUCH a blast! I wanted to post about the trip all by itself with pictures of her modeling her clothes, but a fashion show just never got done, so I am smooshing that experience into this post! Anywho, we went late on a Saturday and had so much fun looking at all the clothes. Natalie was all, "Ohh, this is cute!" and "Oh my goodness, that is so cute" and "oh! How cute", she was being well....really cute! I let her pick out a lot of her own things too, within reason, and she got some great stuff! She even found this super awesome clearance jean skirt that was hanging in the wrong place, but we snagged it up! What a find, she is a bargain shopper at heart, just like me! After Target we headed to Wal Mart on the hunt for a non tacky Tinkerbell shirt. I normally hate, HATE shirts with characters on them, but since we got all nice and normal clothes so far, I figured one shirt that she will just LOVE won't kill me! Anywho, I had no idea that there was a stinkin' baseball game, so it took us FOR-E-VER to actually GET to Wal Mart. I mean we were driving down this street, then that street and had to take this detour, then cut behind that building, and then finally snuck behind some cones to make it out of there and make it to a normal non blocked street to make it to Wal Mart. And after all that, no non tacky Tinkerbell shirts! Dang it! But, because it took us SO long to get there, by the time we left the baseball game was coming to a close, and that meant FIREWORKS! So Natalie and I pulled over on the side of the road and watched a seriously rockin' display of fireworks! It was amazing, the best end to a great night!
Well, if any of you actually read all that, kudos to you! And now for your viewing pleasure some pics of Natalie in some of her school clothes!
Here she is this morning in her first day of school outfit, new shoes, shirt and pants! LOL, I remember the days of picking out just the right thing to wear on the first day. She loves this shirt so much, it came from the "big girl section" and she is so proud of that fact!
This is my favorite top that we got (clearance!!) and the skirt that she found! She loved it so much that I gave in and let her wear this to church. I tried to be a stickler and make her save all her school clothes for school, but I am a softie and she asked so sweet!
Don't you love the purple socks? She wore her cowboy boots so you couldn't see them, but I love that they were her choice of socks. (yeah and that is Brady laying on the floor refusing to get in the picture!)
Anyways, today went off without a hitch. She had a great time in class, and after a bit of sadness over some of her friends not being there (they have moved on to Kindergarten) she settled right in. This year she will be one of the big kids, and I think she will enjoy that very much! I can't wait to see what the school year holds for her and for me too!
Natalie's preschool started up again today. I have to say she was SO EXCITED to start, she has been missing on her teacher for the last month or so, and just within the last few days has been asking if school is "tomorrow?" every day. We have been ready for school to start in a lot of different ways. Natalie is just one of those kids that loves to interact with "her friends" and she loves school so much, so needless to say she was starting to get a little stir crazy after two months of no school.
It doesn't help that we live in an apartment and she has to share her personal space with a 2 year old boy who is learning more and more every day on how to annoy his big sister. She needs the time away from him, and he needs the time away from her too! It makes such a difference and they are so much NICER to one another after even a brief period of separation. It just shows me the difference of boys and girls. Brady and Nat are best friends in the sense that they love each other to death, but they are still so different in play styles and likes that it is just a different sibling dynamic than say with 2 boys or 2 girls. Something neither Keith nor I have ever experienced so it is fun to watch and see how they show love.
School prep officially started when Natalie and I tackled Target 2 weeks ago during the tax free weekend (I know, what were we thinking??), and we had SUCH a blast! I wanted to post about the trip all by itself with pictures of her modeling her clothes, but a fashion show just never got done, so I am smooshing that experience into this post! Anywho, we went late on a Saturday and had so much fun looking at all the clothes. Natalie was all, "Ohh, this is cute!" and "Oh my goodness, that is so cute" and "oh! How cute", she was being well....really cute! I let her pick out a lot of her own things too, within reason, and she got some great stuff! She even found this super awesome clearance jean skirt that was hanging in the wrong place, but we snagged it up! What a find, she is a bargain shopper at heart, just like me! After Target we headed to Wal Mart on the hunt for a non tacky Tinkerbell shirt. I normally hate, HATE shirts with characters on them, but since we got all nice and normal clothes so far, I figured one shirt that she will just LOVE won't kill me! Anywho, I had no idea that there was a stinkin' baseball game, so it took us FOR-E-VER to actually GET to Wal Mart. I mean we were driving down this street, then that street and had to take this detour, then cut behind that building, and then finally snuck behind some cones to make it out of there and make it to a normal non blocked street to make it to Wal Mart. And after all that, no non tacky Tinkerbell shirts! Dang it! But, because it took us SO long to get there, by the time we left the baseball game was coming to a close, and that meant FIREWORKS! So Natalie and I pulled over on the side of the road and watched a seriously rockin' display of fireworks! It was amazing, the best end to a great night!
Well, if any of you actually read all that, kudos to you! And now for your viewing pleasure some pics of Natalie in some of her school clothes!
Here she is this morning in her first day of school outfit, new shoes, shirt and pants! LOL, I remember the days of picking out just the right thing to wear on the first day. She loves this shirt so much, it came from the "big girl section" and she is so proud of that fact!
This is my favorite top that we got (clearance!!) and the skirt that she found! She loved it so much that I gave in and let her wear this to church. I tried to be a stickler and make her save all her school clothes for school, but I am a softie and she asked so sweet!
Don't you love the purple socks? She wore her cowboy boots so you couldn't see them, but I love that they were her choice of socks. (yeah and that is Brady laying on the floor refusing to get in the picture!)
Anyways, today went off without a hitch. She had a great time in class, and after a bit of sadness over some of her friends not being there (they have moved on to Kindergarten) she settled right in. This year she will be one of the big kids, and I think she will enjoy that very much! I can't wait to see what the school year holds for her and for me too!
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