I am doing great!

I have been doing pretty good on my food portions. Yes, I actually have!! Yeah for me!! LOL No seriously....I have done very well! I have lost 2 pounds this week so far because of it. I just need to up my water and start back with working out. I am very excited to finally get my membership to the fitness center. I cannot wait! Every morning, minus sickness, my buddy and I will go there after our kids are off to school. On nice warm mornings, I can park at her house and we can walk the trails on base. The trail runs right outside her backdoor. Very convenient!


Well, Liz is sick. I think she has strep throat. ~sigh~ She missed her riding lessons today. You know that she has to be sick not to want to ride a horse! If she is not better in the morning, (if it isn't strep) I will bring her in. Poor kid.
WELL>>>>>>
off to bed!

Oh, yeah...VENT TIME>>

Yes, this will be a long, hard post. First off, I actually like the person I am going to vent about. I don't think she is doing it intentionally, but with some of the people I have dealt with in the past, who knows. Our Leader: Yes, she is working hard. I do agree. She is not asking for help! One of the things you learn at your leader training is to delegate. She doesn't AT ALL. I have been a leader before. She should USE ME. I have been a cookie mom and know how to do it. She should ask for my help. Our other co leader has offered her help, multiple times. So have I. The last event we did was so thrown together last minute because she didn't plan properly BECAUSE she was loaded with cookies and didn't ask for help! We lost a girl because of her poor planning. She could have asked me to do it. If I said anything, she would say,"Well, you didn't go!" I didn't go because I didn't even know if we were doing it. I waited until the last week to make plans during the day. I made them Monday. She made plans on Tuesday and it was that Saturday. If she would have said something, I would have made plans to go. Shoot, I was on the committee! I wasn't going to go if the troop didn't go. Then she had them make these friendship bracelets that took too long to make and had nothing to do with our country. She stayed up till all hours when I know another mom said she would help. From an outsiders perspective, it looks like she does it to say,"whoa is me, I have all this work to do. I did it all alone. Please give me credit for everything." She also refers to it as "her" troop. Yes, she is the leader, the 01, the chief but it is OUR troop. Hers, mine and mainly THE GIRLS. I am not a glory hound so I let her do that. She knocks down EVERY idea I have, good or bad. I swear she joined one just to knock down my really good idea and then she quit! She is on the committee for one and has made no effort to get the girls together on it. I made the idea of going to a ball game that the girls voted to do but she totally blew it off because it is in May. The one that really pushed me over was when we started talking about camp. I am camp cerified. I have gone camping numerous times with my family. I know camping! I suggested we have the girls wash dishes and LEARN how to camp. She wants to waste resources and use paper because it cost too much for everything they need as it is. We bought cheap, plastic walmart plates, bowls and cups for their mess kits for our first troop camp. Cheap and they learned how to do it. We would cook like I was trained to do. She asked if I had ever been camping. DUH! I am trained! I am just not going to go if it comes down to it. She can use the other co leader whom I think is camp trained. I don't understand why she has to be so negative towards me and my ideas. I want to teach the girls and experience everything with them but she just brings it all down. She has lost one girl because if it and is in the process of losing two more.
The newest is our other co leader is done with her stressing. We would plan something for the girls, mind you she worked HARD on getting this together and our leader changed it and burned our time on nothing. The juniors are out of control and get the Brownies riled up and loud. She finally came up with patrols but doesn't follow through with them. Well, our other co leader is having health issues due to stress from all of this and wants to Juliette out. Our leader went and cornered her and her daughter. She put the little girl on the spot and the girl said what the leader wanted her to. She made them both cry and twisted what she said and put words into her mouth. ~sigh~ Our leader will be leaving us this summer and I don't want to lose this parent. With her, our other helper is gone. She was already nasty with our helper about snacks. SNACKS! Come on, why be so petty? OIY VE! What kills me is she was doing a fabulous job earier on! She did great until December. Honestly, she did a fab job! She went home like the day after an event, totally avoided another cheap event the girls were all pumped to do and it snow balled from there. I know that if I bring it up, I will be the evil one. I just want things to finish up and do well. I still think she bit off more than she can chew. I am hungry!! Feed me with something to do!

Ok, I feel much better!!! I think I can talk with her without being too harsh. What will end up happening is her making me feel bad or talking me in circles. She is a great manipulator! She should become a car salesman!! ;) Like I said, I really dig her. She is a great person! I just don't know how tell her she is overloaded and I can help.

SICK..Duh right?

Yes, we have many sick people in our house. I was Miss Crabby last night. I finally threw in the towel and went to bed at 8. Emma ended up in bed with us at around 12 am. At 3 am, I woke up to her shivering to death. Here she was running a fever. I went down and got the motrin and got the cough meds. On my way down, Emily was coughing up a lung so I gave her meds and then Emma. Emma fought a little so I brought her into my bathroom. She ended up vomiting a little bit of mucus up, took the meds and ended up back to sleep with me. I was in and out of sleep from then on. Oy, I am tired! Ooh!!!! I am going to go make myself a iced caramel mocciatto...MMMMmmmm......

LONG weekend.....

Yes, it was long. Emily and I were very busy with cookie booths. Saturday, we did one in the morning from 10 am til about 1. We came home, had pizza and hung out with her auntie. Then, we came back and did one from 3:30 until 7. It was warm in the morning one, rain spit on us a little but not too bad. It got a bit cold in the evening one.
On Sunday, we did the early booth, 9:45 til 1:30. It was COLD......COLD.......COLD Did I mention it was cold? We also did our booth with a 1st grader. She had really mad Emily mad. The other two booths were done the same way; there are two large sidewalks that come up to the Exchange, the store we were working. One girl did one side while the other covered the opposite. Well, this little girl would come and take over Em's side or ask customers twice, even when there were sometimes people on the other side. Plus, she was trying to sit on me and kept poking at me. I am already PMSing but that made it very hard for me to keep my cool. Plus, I had to remember that this is her first time and she is very young. It was an awfully long booth for someone so young to do. It was not her fault at all.
After all the freezing at our booth, Lizzie had riding lessons. That went well. It was a little cold out there but not quite as bad as that darn booth! I actually got a little sunburn on my forehead! LOL Her lessons went over very well. She giggles the whole time she is on her horse. I am going to sign her up this week for the next session. It will be early mornings for the next one and her little buddy will not be there, but she still wants to keep on it. It will give me time to just sit childless and read. I will have to look on line for some riding gloves. Ones that don't restrict her grip on the reins.
Today, I woke up without a voice. Do you realize how hard it is for me not to talk or sing? Lord, I even woke up at 9 am. I dreamt about Harry Connick Jr. I had a crush on him back in Junior high and high school, before he was in the movies. I loved his music....Lordy he is hot.... ;)
Anyway, we went shopping today. We spent almost $100 on Bath and Body Works stuff, got some stuff at Target and bought us a new Dyson vaccuum. I can actually vaccuum my stairs now! My dh insisted that we get it because that new construction carpet is what is getting us sick. ~sigh~ We will see if this helps.
Well, I have a lot to do this week. I have to order my kids' videos from their last two dance recitals in VA, sign Michael up for Teeball, sign Emily up for ice skating and a whole list of other things. I also need to get down to Lowes for some sand paper and brush for my shelf that I want to get done next weekend. I still need to plan out our meeting for tomorrow.....Tuesday.....I better go to bed though. I really love this journal. It is such a great way for me to unwind and get things out of my head.
See ya tomorrow Blog!

Too busy this weekend...

Yes, I will not be on this weekend. We have three cookie booths; two tomorrow and one on Sunday. Lizzie has riding lessons on Sunday as well.
I have a new project! I have an ugly shelf that I have had since high school. I really need it for my room but this thing is just UGLY!! I plan to lightly sand it, just to get some texture. I plan on painting it sage green with the same paint I did my livingroom. It will fit my beach cottage theme in my room. I will show before and after pics when it is all done.
Off to clean and finish laundry! My sil is coming tomorrow while we are gone. See Ya!

faux broken monitor

Yup, this will be a pretty dumb post. I was working at my computer two days ago, Tuesday, and the monitor went dead. I checked everything, so I thought. I didn't get too bent out of shape because I knew we actually have backup money. Well, yesterday we went and bought a beautiful flat screen. We spent a little over $300 on it before rebates. I went to take out the old monitor and noticed that it was unplugged from the back. DUH! I had been checking the wrong cord~! I was so used to our old monitor that I was checking the wrong cord!! Well, we decided to keep the nice monitor and look into buying Elizabeth a cheapy tower. Something good enough to play her cheezy games and to get on line. There are cable hookups in every bedroom upstairs so that is good. Even so, we have a wireless modem thing we haven't even set up yet.
One of the reasons we have considered giving Lizzie a computer was how well she did on her science project. Her project was do bigger seeds produce bigger plants? She jumped right in! We helped her quite a bit, especially when we helped her poster board but it all came down to her. She aced the oral report and got a 100% overall!!!! WooHoo!!! She did 90% of the work, especially the planting part. Even after her cat and baby sister got into her plants, she still managed to keep them growing.
I am going to start working with Michael on her letters and start him off on reading. I have a great reading program that is similar to hooked on phonics. I have not really used it so I figure why not Beefy? Next year he is off to kinder and Emma might be off to daycare. She is bored out of her mind here with me. Plus, I would love to go back to work. I know I have brought this up before but I really have been considering this heavily. We will see!!
Also, I am bringing my computer time down. I was spending way too much time on just puttering about playing games and ignoring my home. I have enjoyed many updates on a few of my favorite sites at least!! Glad to be back on!

What a weekend!!!

This weekend was very crazy! Saturday was very eventful. Our troop picked up over 2200 boxes of cookies, in the rain. We brought them over to Latisha's house. I have been eating Girl Scout cookies ever since!! Michael insisted on delivering all of our cookies that same day with his power wheels Gravedigger. He had a box next to him in the seat and one in the trunk. I'll have to admit it made it that much easier! Boy though, I have gained a pound over all the eating I have done! We had fast food all weekend PLUS all the GS cookies. I think I have binged enough and have it out of my system. Right! LOL
Lizzie had her first riding lessons yesterday!!!!!! Oh, my gosh they went so well! My dd clams up when it comes to doing anything. I was so worried when her buddy Sunny got paired with another girl. I didn't think she would do as well. Lordy, I underestimated her!! Just as I was voicing my worries to Sunny's parents, Lizzie was coming out of the barn carrying her saddle. She went right over and did what her adult supervisor. She did everything that was asked of her PLUS she had a grin on her face the entire time!!!! I am so tickled that she has found her calling. I knew that she had something in her that she would want to do and do well at. Horses are it!!! Thank God the price is right. $60 for 4 lessons at an hour and a half a pop is very good. The only bad part is the 45 min drive out there. It is a nice country drive....just long. It is so worth it!

sick.

I am sick. Yup! LOL I have a UTI and I have a stomach bug that keeps you living in the bathroom. At least I am not throwing up! We are having people over for Texas hold 'em so I have to go clean, go to the bathroom, clean, go to the bathroom.....LOL ah, yeah, you get the picture. Pepto, here I come!!

Mama's venting again!!

Why does bad crap have to happen to people? This is what's up. There is a new family on base. They have been here for three weeks. Their daughter is acually in my oldest girl's class. Their house caught on fire Sunday evening, two minutes before they even left the house!! They didn't know it was on fire until they had crossed the street to the neighbors and turned around. The sad part:their dog ran inside scared and died, they lost everything and their car melted on the carport. People have been donating things to them and our PTO is donating $1000. How sad..... Another bad crap thing....
I have another UTI. Damn, I just can't NOT get one...I know it is because I don't drink enough water. I went almost the whole weekend without drinking any. Well, shoot! We were busy! We actually have a life and don't just sit around the house doing nothing. Hopefully, I will get in soon. I have Lizzie home "sick" today.(She was ill last night so I am letting her say home to rest and work on her Science project)I can't take all these kids in with me. Ooh, I also have a new weightloss journal!! I'll post more later!

What an AWESOME weekend!!!

Yes, it was such a great weekend!! We took the kids up to Columbia to Monster Jams. We bought the tickets back in November and spent quite a bit on them. We were in row THREE dead center!! Yes, how red neck of us! LOL I have been watching monster trucks since I was in junior high. Shoot, the first time I saw Grave Digger was back in like '89 or '90. Now he THE monster truck! We have great photos, especially of my little 'red neck' boy. At the end, Grave Digger flipped and the driver (not Dennis Anderson) was waving to the crowd. Mike lifted Michael up, Michael gave him a thumbs up and he gave it right back to him! LOL He is still tickled about it!! Emma was a bit if a pain but she enjoyed herself. She kept on trying to take off her headphones.

Mike went to a Super Bowl party yesterday. I was NOT going. I knew there would be multiple smokers all smoking in ther house. I knew I would be sicker than a dog and super irritated. We did get the FROG cleaned up and organized. Once you organize the kids' rooms really well, they usually stay pretty clean. I still need to go and get Emma her Dora toy box. They had it at ToysRus when I went shopping the other day but the only box they had was damaged.

Ok. Mama's time to vent.
I took the car in to the dealer today. One of my fog lamps was not working. They just wanted to make sure it wasn't a warranty thing, and I would rather bring it to them anyway. We were there for TWO HOURS. Two hours for one little light! It would not have been that bad if Emma wasn't a pain. Michael even got annoying. The big screen had boring stuff he didn't want to watch. Then on top of it, there was a man who brought in his dog....Emma wanted to mess with her the whole time! At least they had great overstuffed leather couches in there. Ooh, they were comfy!! Once the kids are older, I want a nice leather set like this one. Oh! Michael got to see an $84,000 Dodge Viper in the show room. Shoot, we paid less for our starter home! Things have been going really well lately. I am still waiting for the other shoe to drop. Is that too negative? I guess I am just so used to having it bad. The only thing that is crazy is my Emma. My Emma keeps me going. I really think she is bored! I really think I am going to put her in half day next year. There is a program on base that is only $70 a month. If I could find something closer to the house, that would be awesome. At least we live within our means. I know so many people that cannot say the same! They try to keep up with the Joneses and sink themselves deeper. Selfish bastards..... muuaaa hahaha!!!!!

Bought a new bed!!

Yes, tonight we bought our very first bed in our almost 11 years of marriage!! It gets delivered next Friday. WOO HOO!! It is a gorgeous canopy style dark wood bed. It is the Cindy Crawford Malibu style bed from Rooms To Go. We also bought a nightstand for me. This fall we might go ahead and get the armoire, depending on if we decide to get another TV. Or for more storage. We did not get the dresser. We went with California closet systems for ourselves. We each have our own closets so we had plenty of room in there. It leaves us more room in our bedroom.Now once I get it in our room, I can decide on what colors to paint. I want to go with a beachside cottage theme, carrying into our master bath. I would like a vibrant blue in our room and a skyish type blue in the bathroom, painting our privacy dividing wall the same color of our room.
Now I need to find a buffet/hutch for my kitchen. We looked there but found nothing we like. This will be a hard find....We have found an island to build in our kitchen at Lowes. It has a small bar on one end that will fit two stools on one side. I want to hang a gourmet pot holder over it. That will take us all Spring to get done.
The one thing that we have got rolling is our privacy fence. Mike has talked to a parent on his baseball team. We have to choose the style and wood here in the next week. Now that the grass is almost laid in the house behind us, we can get it going! I wonder who will buy the homes built behind ours?
Well, I am off to bed! Busy day tomorrow. Then off to Monster Jam this weekend!! :)

Ooh boy! I am SORE! :)

Yeah buddy! I am sore. My stomach and back muscles have been singing to me all morning. It actually feels good! It has been so long since I knew I actually had muscles back there still! This is one of the biggest reasons I decided to knuckle down and get moving. My back hurts a lot, more lately because I have been more active. Now I need to get to work and strengthen up!!

Today we go and do our taxes. We should get close to $10,000 back~! I am tickled! The reason we are getting so much back is all the taxes we paid out with our reelistment bonus. I have quite a few plans for that money, including a substantial bit going into our savings account. We have decided to actually buy ourselves a bed! Yes, we have a bed now and have always had a bed but only a mattress and boxspring. We have never had a frame for our bed. There is this gorgeous canopy at Rooms to Go I have had my eye on. Lord, king size beds get expensive though!
Another thing we plan on doing is having an island built in our kitchen. We found one we like at Lowe's that has a bar that lifts up off the opposite end for two bar stools. It would be perfect for the girls to sit and have breakfast in the morning. I really need the island for the extra space, counter and storage. Oh, I also need a china hutch but more open and countryish. There was a hutch that went with our diningroom table but it was way too formal.
One thing that was decided on last night is Michael will get a new bed. This kid sleeps in his sister's room on her futon or with her half the time. We have said that if he sleeps in his room the entire week, he gets this loft bed he has had his eye on. It has a slide going off of it on top of it and there are choices of different tents that turn the bed into a playhouse. The two I have my eye on is a firetruck one that has the ladder up in a tower, mimicking the fire pole chute. The other is a sports one which I think we will lean toward. He wants his room all Jeff Gordon. ( DON'T ASK!) There is even a Jeff Gordon ceiling fan he has his eye on. LOL

We have decided on where we are going for the summer. Disney World! Mike is a coach for AAU baseball and the team had a tournament there. They play two weekends and the week inbetween they enjoy the parks. Now I have to let my mom know what is up. She will be crushed. She really wanted us to go to MN to visit her. You know, Emily and Michael both would rather go there. I might just have him go with the rest of the team and the rest of us can go visit her. I can stop off in VA and pick up my sister maybe and the two of us can both go! Yeah, I just thought of that. I like it! I will have to bring it up to Angie.

Getting out of a rut!

I need to learn how to get myself out of ruts. I am in a rut right now. Not down but anxious. I am at a crossroad where I could just sit on my bum and waste the day, or I could shut off the computer and start my workout..........

Off Goes the Computer!!
I want to work off my weekend weight and get my energy up! I know the only way to get around my rut is to get up and get moving!!!

Am I alive?

I had one of my night terrors last night. I have only had once since moving into the new house. Oh that was a DOOZY too! The first one I woke up swearing that the builders had cameras in the walls and in the smoke detector. The wall was all glowy, like they had just painted over these lit walls that hid cameras. Weird, I know.
Last night, I thought there was an animal or giant spider in there. I got up, wanting to run for the door. I sat in bed and slowly woke up. In the mean time, all I could do was sit and think if this was all real, if I were dead, reliving life as a ghost. Creepy I know. I guess I should quit reading all my ghost books. I am into a new one right now, a creepy book that is and I had started rereading my Virginia Ghost volumes again. Oh, those are GOOD by the way! They are ghost stories around the state. There are about 4 or 5 compiled stories and a number of area books.
I am so struggling with not eating a lot of sweets! I read that if you allow yourself to eat some, you won't binge. This is a tough fight but I am in it for the long haul....

I've lost 3 pounds~!

I have had a very good weekend! Boy, it made up for the past week, by a LOT. Lizzie is off of her meds and is doing MUCH better! She got a 100% on the first portion of her science project and her teacher actually pulled me aside to say Liz got a 100% on her reading test! She has said that Lizzie is back to normal and is even eating at lunch. I am hoping this is the turn around that she needed.
Lizzie was spoiled to death this weekend. She got to go sleep over at her auntie's house. She was bought a horse stable, some clothes, was taken to the zoo, rode a horse, got a zebra at the zoo and a pair of 'Patty' boots. (her auntie is a shoe fanatic and has very fashionable shoes) They spent about $150 on her!
Emily had a friend stay the night this weekend. That went really well! We were supposed to go to the jump place but open jump was closed. Instead I took them up and bought them lipstick and nail polish. I did their nails and they did their makeup. Her little friend is a sweet, good girl. I would take her anyday!
My best news is my weightloss! I was very active this weekend. Not surprised but I know it will go up by about 5 pounds with my cycle starting. It has been like this forever. I plan on trying to offset it as much as possible with water. I am going to go drink right now! :)

Whoa, bad day yesterday.

Yup, yesterday was just a big ball of s*it. Oh, it just was an overall bad day! Got the point? ;) Seriously, Mike had a bad day first off. I guess we was SI (senior instructor) and one of his buddy's class bombed on a test. It actually was the worst postholiday test ever for their division. The guy slacked because it was his last class. Well, now he has a lot more work for the rest of this week to do.

Mine started out just blah. I didn't get enough sleep the night before so I didn't do anything around the house. It got really messy really fast. Then Girl Scouts. I had to bring Emma and Michael. Michael was good but at the end Emma started up. Neither of them have been getting enough sleep. They aren't used to waking up in the morning and staying up. Anyway, Latisha had to talk to some parents so I lead. It went well, thank goodness, until closing circle. Lizzie, my daughter, squeezed another girls hand and made her cry. Lord this girl had been acting up the entire time, even screaming at another girl.
As we were leaving, Emma was freaking out and tipped the stroller. My sunglasses fell our and got all d*cked up. They are under warranty but bringing them in will be time consuming.
~I am going to kill the cat! I am trying to write on here and she is spazzing out!! LOL~
Anyway,
I am much better today, even missing a good nights sleep. I was up coughing and had no cough medicine. I had some cough drops which helped. I need NYQUIL!!! LOL I am going to shut the computer off so I don't get sucked into it like yesterday.

Off subject, there was a story about a woman that was left in her chair after she had died and had mummified. Family members still lived on the first floor of the house while she was upstairs. Creepy!!

My pet peeves...

Yes, I am a woman. There are a few of us out there not playing with a full deck, seriously. Two examples:
There is a leader out there that is OUT there. She yells at her girls and dips into the troop fund. She alllegedly had a miscarriage but has had many in the past. Is it true? Not likely. This is from what I have heard from another mom that I steered into her direction. She is oviously overwhelmed and is asking for MORE GIRLS! What sad is that the reason she needs more is she is losing girls because of her crappy leadership skills.

I know another mom who just recently moved, spends all this money they don't have on dumb stuff, yet their kids don't have enough beds. On top of it, she complains about not getting to go out. I am sure she could find stuff to do at home. Clean, workout and lose the weight she complains about all the time, Oh, here is one....play with the kids that are still at home! Go for a walk if it is that bad! The little ones will love it and you get exercize in it too!

Here is another complaint I have. We have been guilty of this one!!! If you are having a problem with money, don't go out and buy stuff and go out to eat! For one meal out, that can go for almost a week of groceries. We have done this ourselves in the past. We have stopped of course. That is how we can afford our $200,000 home, a brand new car, and different programs ie, ice skating lessons, horse backriding lessons, dance, etc. If only I knew how to budget they way I know now. You have to figure, both of our parents were pay check to pay check kind of people. They never had a savings plan set up. Neither of us had an example to learn from. Yes, the 'hard' way sucks bad but we learned and it has paid off.

Ooh, another peeve I have is people that hardly can support themselves yet have more children. There is a couple on base that have a 17 yr old with a baby, a 12 year old, an 18 month old and are pregnant again. They JUST got a car a few months ago! Of course, we have been guilty of this one too. Mind you it was when we were 19 and 20. These people are in their mid 30s. Shoot, I would LOVE to have one more but we can't afford it. Clothes, toys, COLLEGE......We will be pushing it with our four for college but we can afford it. We have a great TSP in place for them.

Ok, here is another peeve. People that OVERindulge their kids. I recently read that kids that get everything and have no dissappointments don't learn how to deal with it when they are older. Shoot, you can only buy them so much! It won't buy their love and affection.

The trouble is finding a middle ground. Ok, I am climbing off of my soap box. Sorry, I was just irritated with some of the things that I have been seeing the past month. Too many dumb events just got to me. I mean people can do what they wish but when they drag their kids down with them, it angers me. Worse, when they drag other peoples' kids down too!

Sewing on patches sucks!

Seriously, sewing on G.S. patches sucks. A lot of them are odd shaped. I also match the colors perfectly and have to change the color for a lot of them. The easiest ones are the Try-its. They are Triangles with straight edges.
One of the biggest pains is my girls are out of room. They have earned so many fun patches that there is hardly any space left. I need to do what other girls do and overlap them, just sewing the top of it. Luckily, the girls bridge this year and we get to start from scratch. The one thing I don't dig about Junior badges is, they are round. Square and triangle shapes are so much easier to stick together and just get even.
I am now moving up along with the girls. I will become the Junior leader next year. I am quite nervous about it. I have been a co-leader for about three years. I like being the side kick! No pressure. I guess I will have to step up my game and get it done. Latisha has done such a good job, I am definately going to miss her.Plus, it is nice to talk with her. I connect more with Elisabeth and have more in common with her. Both grew up in Texas, both were in band at one point, etc. Great gal! She is very eager and ready to go!
Off to bed!! I am so tired....See ya later!

Emily now has a bike!

Well, we were outside today, Michael, Emily and I, enjoying our 78 degree weather. Michael was enjoying his Grave Digger power wheel toy, myself cleaning out the car and Emily on her rollerblades. She tried riding on Michael's big wheel bike but was a little too big for it. She begged and pleaded for a bike. After bribing her to clean her room, I took her out and bought one for her.
She is a total teetee about it. Cried about not being able to do it and actually jumped off mid ride nearly tipping me over the bike. I am going to go out and buy her training wheels tomorrow. Yes, eight years old and she needs them but this has been the only oportunity for any of them to have one. In Virginia, there was no place at all for them to ride. On base, there was no secure and weatherfree place to put them. Now we have our two car garage with all this extra room. Hopefully soon we will be able to actually park the car in it. We wouldn't now anyway because the garage door opener is still in the box! LOL Lowes comes next week to put it in.
Lord, my two year old is a handful. See dumped pop all over the floor in the kitchen today. She also got into her Daddy's gummy bears. I got her up way too early this morning and it sure showed! She was actually pretty good at Best Buy this morning. She did play the 'you can't catch me' game once. I need to put her stroller back in the car now that we are finished moving. It needs a good washing though first.
I should go and get my sewing together. Emily got her new bed yesterday. It is GORGEOUS! It is a honey oak bunk bed. There is a twin bed on top and a futon on the bottom. The mattress, including the cover are ten years old. It has come unsewn and needs a little stitching. I have to sew on some Girl Scout patches for three girls anyway. The cover is sitting in the dryer just waiting. ~sigh~ I should put the kids to bed first though......School is back on this Thursday. Back on schedule soon!!

I LOVE my new house!!

I am so in love with our new house! Everything brand new....I worked my butt off getting the place painted. I painted the livingroom sage green, the diningroom dark green just below the chair rail, Lizzie's room lavender and Emily's room is pink with the gabled windows lavender. We bought a gorgeous formal diningroom table. The cloth seats match the paint purrfectly. Sarah, our cat loves to sit under the table on the seats.
The other thing we did was put up faux wood plantation blinds throughout the house. I still need to buy two more for Emily's room and a large one for the kitchen. Ooh and cleaning is so easy in this house! The kitchen just comes together! The only thing that is bad is we don't have enough counter space. In February, we are putting in an island with a mini bar counter. Then I get more counter space AND more storage.
You know what is really relaxing? My bathroom....I took TWO baths today in my garden tub. I don't think I have ever taken two baths in one day. Even when I was a kid! The decor in there is so perfect and peaceful. I am going with a beach retreat in there and in my bedroom. There is a bed we will be getting this February from the Cindy Crawford line that will fit it perfectly.
I feel mighty spoiled. You know what though...after so much hardship in the past, I think we all deserve it. I am going to conquer the weight monster this year as well.I am back in my motivated state. I am gun ho about it once again! Mike bought me this new game for the PS2 that I want to try. It is a workout game that keeps track of your progress. Between that and my AOL journal, I think I can do it! If I don't, I am not that worried about it. I am so at peace and happy right now that it just wouldn't bother me. It would be a plus though!!

We are almost moved in!!!!!

Yes! We have closed, I have painted all but Emily and Emma's room, and the washer, dryer and sectional are moved over.....YES! The fridge rolled in yesterday and our diningroom table came today. Talk about BEAUtiful! ~sigh~ The fridge is a midgrade with a snack drawer and lockout feature on the ice and water. The diningroom table is a detailed oak formal that seats eight. The fabric on the seats matches the diningroom paint so well! Today, the beds go over and we go and buy faux wood plantation blinds. I am so at peace right now. Boy though, Sunday I will battle it out and FINALLY go and get Christmas shopping done. I have to go find Michael a Grave Digger power wheels up at the Walmart. That will be a total BEEwatch to put together. I remember how fun it was to do the girls' Barbie Jeep back in the day....

Off to the new house!!

Things are just off right now... LOL

Yes, things are so off! All you can really do is laugh it all off. We still have yet to get our money. We were supposed to close today but we can't without the money. Well, guess what! Brentwood wasn't ready either. ~Fhew!!~ Now I don't feel so bad. We did a second walk through Monday and the carpet was still not right. I felt so bad for the guy. He was so embarrassed....He was so red from what I guess was anger that they had not finished it. Oh, well right? LOL At least my teeth don't hurt! :)
Yes, I am scheduled for my consultation with the oral surgeon next week. I am having four wisdom teeth out. Cool, huh? LoL......I am just a bit terrified. Going to the dentist did break the ice for me and get me over myself. I plan on getting the kids in one by one after my surgery.
Here is a new issue we are having. Elizabeth has a bald spot on the top of her head! I kid you not. I kind of noticed it last night but thought her hair was parted funny. Well, this morning it was the size of a quarter. I don't get it at all. I am going to see if I can't get her in tomorrow to see what is up with all of that.
Anyway, I am going to go finish dinner and help the girls with their homework. CIAO~

Ahhhh! Much better!

In a funk....

I am in a major funk tonight. I feel like death is over my head right now. Like I won't live much beyond this year. I hate it when I get in these moods. I am lightheaded, restless, anxious, down... I don't really get it. It has to be from all the pain meds I have been taking for my mouth. Oiy, I can't wait to get in this Tuesday..... ~sigh~

We had a bloop...fixed though!!!

YEE HA! Dixie Stampede was AWESOME!

Yes, I had a BLAST! Shoot, everyone of us that went had a blast!
This weekend, we took our troop up to Myrtle Beach to see Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede Christmas show. WOW! First off, the ride up went smooth. I had six kids in my car.....Enough said! LOL We watched the preshow and then were taken back for the show and dinner, well lunch in our case. The show was AMAZING. Shoot, the food was even better! Each person, including the kids, were given a biscuit, soup, an entire rotisserie chicken(small), a strip of loin, half a baked potato, an ear of corn and a turnover. Needless to say, we were all pretty full! Oh! The show actually went over the real reason we have Christmas, baby Jesus and all. There were also pig races, ostrich races and adult volunteers on horse sticks! One of our sets of parents paricipated and two ladies from our service unit.
The only bad part of this trip was the gift shop. We waited for over TWO HOURS in line. Try doing this with a bunch of Girl Scouts and a five year old boy.....
Some of the parents were a bit dissappointed to hear that our leader went to the aquarium afterwards and didn't invite any of us to go. I was just glad that I was able to be there to make sure that all the kids went home with whom they were supposed to. If I would have known....anyway.
Right after the girls were all picked up, we headed over to a hockey game. Yes, I totally squished too much into one day. Oh, we had a great time. My two year old was already there with her daddy. She spent the day with him at the tailgating party that happened during the day there, which was perfect for her. Oh, did I meantion this kid LOVES hockey? LOL She was good almost the whole game. The last period was too much for her. She was just plain tired. She did go to sleep really well that night though at least.
The one downer of the weekend was we were supposed to go to a birthday party. My sil came last minute and we had to bail out of it. She was already half way here from Columbia and my dh had to work....I feel bad because I bailed out of a meeting this week because of sickness. I feel like a flake..... well can't change it now~!

Ups and downs......

Well, we close on the 16th of November, a week early!!! This gives me an ENTIRE week of prep. Painting, moving the easy stuff, etc. I am going to bring over our small TV, buy an inexpensive DVD player and the Emma's Dora couch. They can do that while I paint and move stuff.

My BIG downer....
My weight... I looked at all the pics from Locomotion and am appalled by the pics of me. I only had one of myself but another woman had some of all of us...including me. Ish! I am totally mortified. I don't have any excuse other than I am lazy and eat too much! LOL I will get a hold of my weight some day.....just not today! LOL Soon.......

Girl Scout Locomotion!

WOW! I had the best time! From SWAPS to great food, it was an awesome event. I didn't get to see any gators or snakes this time, but I did see the biggest FROG I have ever seen!
The first night was pretty warm. I woke up hot and sweaty in the middle of the night. I also woke up thinking I heard a snake slither into our bunk room. I looked under all the beds from the safety of my bed with my flashlight. The second night, about nine of us moved our mattresses to the living area and slept on the floor. I was so paranoid that a Palmetto bug (MONSTER COCKROACH) would get in bed with me. I talked a bit in my sleep, stood up once, and sat up about a million times that night. We had a good laugh in the morning about it!
Seriously, I had an awesome time. I learned a lot and got to really know my service branch members. I cannot wait until next year!

The house is officially ours!

Yes, it is official now! On Saturday, we opened our escrow account and today we signed the contract on the house. The "for sale" sign is down and a "SOLD" sign is in its stead. Woo Hoo! I am so excited and happy!!! We will close the week of Thanksgiving and will move in that weekend. Thank God we will be going to our friend Kennedy's house for dinner! LOL WoW! I am still in disbelieve.......I need to start packing!!
The other good thing going on is all the Girl Scout activities that are planned: Dixie Stampede, Disney on Ice, Juliette Low party....by the time it is all over, there will be two weeks to go!

Crappy dream

I had the crappiest dream ever last night. Lord, I hate dreams like that. It was one of those,"I had an F'd up childhood" dreams that had my step dad giving me hell in it. I was also pulled over by police by the them shooting out one of my tires. Told ya it was messed up!

I am also worried about finances. We have money but I am just so worried over it all falling through the cracks like usual. I don't want to jeopardize purchase of our new house by stupid mistakes! I will keep on it and just hope for the best.

Now that was a stupid response. I WILL take hold of it all and we will be fine.

Still waiting!

Yes, we have to wait until the week of Thanksgiving to buy our house. That is when we get our downpayment. Do you know how hard it is to wait that long? The good thing is they are replacing the carpet today. Mind you it is a new house and no one has ever lived in it but there were some minor flaws. They decided to completely replace ALL the carpet. They are also doing the touch up paint and all that stuff. Luckily, after all the events we have planned in October, it should go by faster. Shoot, after we take the troop to Dixie Stampede in the beginning of November, we only have three weeks to go!

WE GOT THE HOUSE!!!!

Yes, you heard me right!! We got it! We were approved the full $198,ooo. I am just so tickled! We close the day before Thanksgiving. I am very excited to get into it! We went through it again yesterday. It is such a beautiful home. The best part, no one has EVER lived in it! Yes, a brand new home! ~sigh~ Now I have to go and start getting this house ready for moving.......

Another big story here in the low country....
My brother in law put his truck in the lake! LOL Yes, the Red Neck yacht club....He was loading up the jet ski from the ramp but the water was lowered in the lake to work on the dam. Well, it slipped into the drink! His little S10 sank like a rock. My 4 yr old nephew was standing on the dock, poor guy! He was very upset. Then they had to run home to call because his phone was in the truck! Luckily, it was paid off and was given $6000 for it. He went out and bought a new truck last night. A BEUtiful F150, fully loaded. You know, the only thing that came good out of it was he was looking to buy a new truck anyway! That and Andrew wasn't in the car when it happened.

Got pulled over on base!

Yes, I got pulled over on base! Get this, I didn't stop long enough at a stop sign. Am I joking? Yeah, I wish....there is no monotary payment. You just lose points and when you get to 20, your sticker is scraped off and you are not allowed on base. LOL I lost 2 or 3 points he said. I personally think it is hilarious! I stopped but it was more of a rolling stop. Oh, well. My feelings are so hurt....notice my sarcasm....LOL

Today I have a parent/teacher conference with Lizzie's teacher. I am assuming it is over her progress. I am hoping she is doing better than she did before her meds. I have to address her hearing issues as well. Poor kid has so much going against her. At least she has us to back her up. I will fight tooth and nail for her!

Girl Scouts are today. I am behind on a Try it. I know that it will all clear up. I need to remember to adjust for these things. We are going to have a puppet show today. I am hoping it goes well. We soon will find out!

We had a wonderful weekend!

This weekend we went to my niece's baptism. My dh and I were her Godparents, just like with Andrew. It went very well. Nice and short. I also got to hang out with my mil. That was really nice. Patty, Patty(Patty was named after her mother), Aunt Janny and I went to the mall. That was fun minus not having money to spend. Remember, we need it for that house.....
The only downside was having to go to lunch with my fil. He sat and begged off my kids after he had Lasagne. (we went to Olive Garden) Then he got on Mike about Mike having a root canal and not telling him and then about him taking something....Long stupid story.
Well, yesterday, our last day there we took them all to Edventure, Columbias childrens museum. It has this HUGE boy that you can go inside. My boy was too afraid of him. His brain has electricity and weird noises which spooked him out. LOL
The one thing that bothered me this weekend was all the smoking. Everyone minus Matt and I smoked. Not just outside but inside. I was so sick Sunday morning from all the exposure. My parents smoked around me constantly so I was sick all the time. Now Andrew has been. Even Carly has had some issues. I really wish she wouldn't smoke around them.

New house?

Well, we are trying to buy a new house. I shouldn't even bring it up. I might jinx myself. Well, we went to look at it yesterday. We have driven by it a milllion times but we actually went in. It is in another chief's neighborhood, a buddy of my husband. He is the coach for the team Mike is asistant to. It is gorgous. All the kids were so tickled. The only down side is they have to switch schools. This one seems much nicer though.
Today, we went in to the office and talked numbers. We had the price lowered by a few thousand and got the loan process going. Right now we are just waiting for the approval call. We will hear about it in the morning. I will not be too crushed if we don't but it would be nice. If we get approved tomorrow, we close the 5th of October. We would wait until the weekend of the 15th, when he reenlists. This gives us time to paint and move some of the small stuff.
I had my eye exam yesterday. My eyes were dilated. Fun....LOL I had the worst time driving home. It is only like 4 blocks and 20 miles an hour but it was still rough. Hopefully when I get new glasses next week, my headaches will go away.

my daughter has a hearing problem

Today my eldest daughter was seen by an audiologist for fluid in her ears. Well, she has a hearing problem. It isn't really bad but bad enough for attention. We will try to solve it with allergy medications. They think that may be the reason for the fluid, hence the hearing problem. I know I suffer from the same thing. It feels like a pressure on your ear canal. You want to open your mouth wide to relieve the pressure but it just doesn't go away. I have to read lips while you speak with me if we are in a loud room. I wonder if she has to do the same and that is why she has a hard time listening.......

Saturday, our first trip!

It was a crazy Saturday, I tell you what! We took 15 girls down to the beach for the annual beach/river sweep. First off, there was hardly any trash to pick up! Now that really would not have been bad but it was so HOT out there with NO breeze at all! My family goes down there a lot, even on hot days but there is usually a breeze. It seriously would not have been so bad if it weren't for the heat. The girls were about done a half hour into it. They did get a frisbee out of it and the adults got a cool mesh bag with a zipper coin purse attached.
Honestly, the thing that made the day go sour is I got a migraine while there. It didn't really hit until I got home, THANK GOD! I took my migraine stuff, which by the way, doesn't work! I guess it would if I took it like it says, one pill every hour, it would do it but I don't want to take all the medication. I need to try Excedrin Migraine. The tension headache stuff kicks *ss!! I will have to remember next time I go to the store.
You know I do have a BIG vent!!! VIKINGS FOOTBALL!!! Oh, my gosh! Mike Tice is a true idiot! My mom says he is really BIG and sweet in person. She met him at a party last year. Lord, it seems like he got the job out of sheer luck that he just happened to be the assistant to Dennis Green. With all the racial crap, I really like Dennis. I don't know, I think him and Randy Moss brought it on themselves. You don't hear the "N" word brought up with Daunte (love you guy!) or with Kevin Garnett. Boy, I have ran into that guy a lot. All of his buddies lived in the same neighborhood as my sisters bf. I also ran into him at ToysRus, of all places. Small world? That and my mom used to help Daunte Culpepper out wiring his family money back when he was a fresh kid, new to first string on the Vikings.

This is something from a past post that I wanted to update with my accomplishments and where they are now.
My list of goals

• stabalize financially

We have evened out finally. Soon we will have a good savings set up!

• get bills evened out

Goes with the first one

• pay off our one loan

This will not happen until he reenlists

• start NFCU savings

Again, the first answer

• begin home school process for Michael

This has been put on hold until I get the house in order, yes laziness

• stick to fitness goals

When I get my sleep back on track and the house back, meaning until I get the fifth room turned into a TV/playroom. This goes for the next following goals.

set into pilates
get into 20 min walks on tread mill

I have not been posting. The reason? Things have been going so well. The only bad thing that is going on right now is my time clock is all out of wack! I am wide awake and it is almost midnight. I really want to get back on track.
Well, it looks like we are going to go see the house this weekend, the one we were originally going to buy. We never went and saw it! I really think this would be the best bet if we are going to do this. It is the least expensive house. Plus, Mike would get rides to work here.
Girl Scouts is going very well! We have FOUR new Brownies. That is SEVEN in all! Isn't that awesome? We have had two inquiries today. Latisha was supposed to get back to me with their numbers but must have got caught up with stuff.
This weekend, we are taking the girls to the annual Beach/River sweep. It will be our first event for the year. I am very excited to see how it turns out! The only thing I do NOT look forward to is getting up and being at our meeting spot at 8 am! I am so NOT a morning person, and never will be!
Well, I really should try to sleep. Just wanted to get my 2 cents in there!

I'm still alive!!!

It has been a wild ride lately, but luckily it is all done.......I hope. I am much better and so is Miss Emma. Girl Scouts started back up yesterday and went very well! I am excited for the new year to get going. We have so much planned for the girls. I also have a big leader camp training thing next month that I am sooooo looking forward to.
Well, I must go get the two babies up and go get an oil change. I am way over..... Wednesday is ladies day, so I get a large discount. I also need to run to council and pay for Locomotion, that Leader camp thing, before the early bird price goes up!

When will the week end?

Yeah, it has been one of those week! Dang, seriously this whole MONTH has been nuts! Emma doesn't even realize she has an owie. That is good. She is doing well and has a big girl bed now. Well, she isn't using it until later but we have it. Emma tried to sleep in it last night but kept getting out of bed.
This is the deal behind her bed. On Sunday, we went to Once Upon a Child to check it out and to see how I could go about selling this stroller I have.(this is one of the shopping spots I hit before her injury.)I ended up spending $12 on about 4 outfits for Emma, all name brands! I brought in the stroller the next day and got $20 store credit for it. I bought Michael and Emma more clothes. Well, I spoke with one of the ladies about bringing in another toddler bed to sell.
Next day, Tuesday, I brought in Michael's old firetruck toddler bed and a sit and stand stroller. (I have MANY strollers. STROLLER QUEEN!) I had enough to buy Emma a cottage toddler bed! I am so pleased! So is she. She is so not ready for it but we have it just the same. I couldn't pass on the deal seeing as they don't make them anymore.
I have to go catch up on cleaning. ESPECIALLY LAUNDRY! Oh, I found out I am NOT pregnant, for real. I guess that when you take antibiotics, it lowers the protection you have on birth control. No one told me about it last month so I was worried. ~WHEW!!!~ Not ready to go there, if again at all!

Emma was insured

Yes, another injury for our family. Emma fell out of my van and landed on a bolt that holds one of the legs of our car port. Yet another reason to buy the new house. A garage! She had three staples put in her head. At least that didn't hurt her. Her doctor put some numbing ointment on it and let it sit for about an hour. Afterwards he put them in without even a flinch from Emma. It doesn't look that bad actually. Seven hours at the hospital whooped my butt, that is for sure. I am ready to go and get the house back in order now that I am feeling better. I am still having really bad headaches but other than that, I am doing well. Off the schedule an appointment for my eye exam......

I need to air some things

I really need to vent and get things out. First off, I have been ill. Constant headaches are apart of my life right now. I have one everyday. My dr gave me stuff for dizziness, and two different headache medicines. I am so tired too! I would love to just get better and not be tired all the time!
The biggest thing on my mind again is that we are entertaining the thought of buying a house again. At first, we weren't going to do it because we didn't want to reenlist JUST for buying a house here. We were going to wait. This way he would get much more money. Well, to get extended to where he wants to be, he has to reenlist anyway. We were thinking of buying the house now, again. Buying the house is not the reason we are reenlisting now. This time, it would be because we want to.
I went over finances last night and found out it would cost us about $130 more to live in a brand new house over this falling apart mess. Plus, we could make some money off of it all in the end. Mind you that number goes up and down, depending on the season. I really went overboard on the numbers so more likely than not, the number will be even lower.
We also went over the pros and cons of both. The pros way outweighed the cons. I just don't want to rush into it all. I really think there is a reason God had us wait a bit. We will just have to wait and see how it all goes!

I am done with this week!

I am about done with this week already! First off, I was given all kinds of meds to help with different ailments. Dizziness, headaches and some super duper motrin. I am just plain tired today. I feel much better though.
I started a new troop web page. The other one just wasn't working for me. The one I built can be accessed my Latisha, the other leader. I really wanted her to be able to go in and add what she wants. The other two pages I built were just not what I thought our page should be. These I will not put out. Anyone can look at my pages but these should only be viewed by the parents and the girls. Privacy issues.....

Still sick!

Well, I am still sick....I woke up dizzy and lightheaded as all get out. I went back to sleep after dropping the girls off. Michael was running a temp and Emma was not willing to get up. I woke up at around 12 still dizzy. Damn! It is 8pm now and I am still dealing with it. I made an appointment for tomorrow to get checked. Plus, I need a referral for an eye exam. That saves us like $60. Then I just pay for the glasses. Can't beat that! I have a coupon from getting Lizzie's glasses for $165 off of the lenses. Cool, huh?
I am hoping all of these headaches and dizziness is just my need for new glasses. That or it might be from my massage last weekend. She really did a number on my nodes at the base of my head. That WAS the spot that was killing me on Sunday.

still sick

What a weekend!!

Yeah, this weekend was rough. We went to my sil's house. That was fine. I totally dig that! The only problem was I started getting sick while we were there. I mean sick....nausea, headache, just down right crappy. Yesterday, Sunday I was even sicker. I kind of just laid there on the couch in agony. The whole back of my head hurt. It felt like my brain (yes I have one!) was going to fall out. I took a small nap but still was just under the weather. I am much better today! I went to the bank, Walmart, did a few loads of laundry cleaned the down stairs bathroom, did some dishes and mopped the entire kitchen. Yes, I did a lot....
Talk about an awesome ending to Six Feet Under last night....WOW! I really liked how they pushed through time, showing how everyone pasted on. Claire lived FOREVER..... Finally, a show that knows how to end it properly, without just leaving it hanging......
I should go do some dishes and clean my own bathroom. I can get to the kids bathroom tomorrow........

I got my stroller!

I got Emma's new stroller through Fedex today. I LOOOOVE it!! It is a Silver Cross micro stroller. BEAUTIFUL! It is all black with pink accents. It came with a free acsot set if you get sick of the black and pink. I don't think I could though. That is why I bought it! Emma adores her new stroller. I like the fact that it is super lightweight and is easy to set up and use. Usually strollers have short handles...not this one! OK....enough....I have been high all day, if you couldn't tell. Not by any type of substance, thank you very much. (I only did that here and there in high school ;0) ) I really hope I don't have a drop off of this great UP.
This weekend I am going to visit my beloved sister in law. Of course I get to see my nephew and hold my brand, new neice as well! Can't wait!!
The only thing that I dread is when Mike gets home tonight. He has a chief thing tonight called 'the dining in.' Pretty much, the new chief inductees serve them dinner AND alcohol in their chokers. (their formal wear) I know he is going to get wasted. His 2 times a year will be tonight. As long as he pukes in the toilet, I am cool!

keep on keepin' on!

Yeah, I am not goofing with saying I am pregnant. I woke night before last half asleep horrified because I thought I was pregnant for real. It was one of those times when you think clearly and think it is true but you are still kind of dreaming but awake. Yeah, ok...that made no sense.... Well, no more goofing like that!
Everyone has been sick in the house. We actually slept in yesterday. I went back to bed after dropping the girls at school. Emma didn't wake up at all and MIchael woke up long enough to go the the bathroom. Poor kid sounded like a seal! Mike even came home early from work sick and switched night duty instructor days from yesterday to today. Those aren't really that bad though. He tutors the students from 6-9. Only three hours. Soooo much better than he old over night duties where it lasting into the next day. He occasionally has a duty where he goes from 7pm to 7am. His job is to babysit kids that are on restriction, transferring or on suicide watch. Fun huh? Oh, lord some of the stuff that goes on there sometimes. This one chick was on suicide watch. Well, she had to go to the bathroom and has to be watched while she goes, just in case she tries something. Well, one guy watches her and another guy watches the first guy, to protect them from sexual harrassment. Well, the one guy thought it was so gross that he had to watch some girl make a bowel movement and complained to my dh. LOL Think about it. All of these kids are usually between the ages of 18 and 21. No maturity yet.
Anyway, this morning I am going to shower, go grocery shopping and then clean. What a fun day!!

yet another change!

I am really pregnant! Kidding!! Seriously, we aren't having anymore. My dh talked to his carreer counselor today about the house thing. Well, if he waits to reenlist 2 more years, we will get about 47,000 up front instead of 25,000. The whole reason we were considering a house again is to sell it for more than we bought for more money down on a house is VA. Well, this way we get the money no ifs, ands, or buts. We don't have to play the sell the same time we buy game. I am so much at ease about it all now! I really wasn't fully down with doing the whole building a house thing. I have seen two families go through too much with new houses. I would be willing to put up with it IF we were staying longer than 2 1/2 years. I also did not want to risk any tax penalties from selling so early.
~DEEP, RELAXED BREATH~
Well, one change that is happening FOR REAL is we are turning our fifth bedroom into a TV/playroom in October. All I need to buy is a cheap TV stand and a futon frame. I knew I should hang onto our futon mattress! No more jumping off of my dresser onto my bed! My room will now become off limits, now that the TV will move out of it!

OOOH! I forgot about the day spa!

I can't believe I didn't post about my trip to the dayspa! Oh, my gosh I had a great time! My sil and I planned a great Saturday of pampering. She was going back to work and I have four kids. Enought said, right? Nah, I had needed it for a while.
Anyway, I started with a manicure and pedicure. She wasn't very good but it felt good! Then I went in back and had my massage. Ahhhhhh.....Then I had the salt scrub. Talk about great feeling! What it intails is having sea salts rubbed vigerously on your legs, arms, back, and stomach. All the dead skin is removed, leaving soft skin.
Then I showered and she did the mud wrap. I was left with that on for a while. Time just stood still so I don't really know how long it was on. After that I showered. Patty and I then got to sit with each other in our robes and had a smoothy and muffin. She had a guy do her massage. Nicolai. Really good looking Russian! He had done massage in Mexico, off cruise ships....you get the idea. Well, he farted while he was massaging her. Not a big deal right? Well, he told her he was so embarrassed! LOL
My favorite part of my spa treatments was the facial. OOOOHH I love facials! All the cleaning and massaging of my face, hands and feet.........I was just glowing when I got home! Boy, the trip home was hilarious. We both felt higher than a kite, if you know what I mean. Just laughing and being obnoxious! I even went the wrong way at first in the parking garage! LOL Over all, it was awesome! We found out that Patty Petty, Richard Petty's wife had gone there the weekend before!
I am starting Michael this week on his workbook. I know he will pick it up quickly and is very eager to learn. I hope he stays positive about learning through his life. I plan to make it fun for him. I will post on how that turns out!

The big change is....

I'm pregnant! No kidding! LOL We are building a house! We have thought a lot about it lately and a good deal has fallen into our laps. It is a beautiful 4 bedroom with a bonus room. I plan on turning the bonus room into a play room for the kids. I also plan to turn the formal livingroom into a den for Mike. What am I going to do with a formal livingroom?
The cool thing is that our mortgage will be less than our BAH. How cool is that. We have talked to one of the other chiefs that lives in the neighborhood about the utilities and they seem to run low. The school is just down the street and is great. I will probably continue to have the girls do Girl Scouts out of the base school. I am not going to leave Latisha all by herself. I will post new info as we go!

a new chapter?

We might be starting a new chapter in our life here soon! I can't say exactly what it is quite yet but it is definitely good! This is one of those things you don't want to say something about and jinx yourself. Hopefully, in the near future, I will be announcing our family's change of plans!!

Lots to do today!!

I am really looking forward to this weekend! I am going to a day spa with my lovely sil. We will be getting a salt scrub, mud wrap, facial, massage, manicure, pedicure, and makeup refresher. Of course I wear very little makeup anyway, so anything would be a refresher. LOL
My mood has been very "UP" lately. Things are going well now that the girls are in school. I still need to buy them some more clothes. The only suck *ss thing about living in the south is that there is no point in buying new jeans until October, November. It is too hot here for them! Then again, it is a good thing because the kids can get by with nice summer clothes. Target has a great, inexpensive section for just that! It can hold us off until our bonus in October. Then I will go hog wild and get them some school clothes.
~~OFF TO CLEAN!!!~~~
yippie right? LOL

Doing good!

Things are going so good right now. I am just waiting for the brick to fall. Finances are staightening out, my fitness goals are coming along and my biggest thing is my sleep and wake periods are getting sorted out. I have to admit, it was so hard to stay up today.......Emma got up with the girls and I knew if Michael will be successful with staying dry at night, I had to wake him and keep him on a normal schedule. My goals are really coming through and getting met! Now, I need to get into a good fitness routine and prepare Michael for learning at home.

When I lie in bed, trying to sleep, I am ready to go with going for walks, doing my pilates, or using the treadmill. You know, I used to WISH with all my might that I had a treadmill so I wouldn't have to go out in the heat. Now I have one, and never use it. It is in Mike's room, which is not in view of Emma. I wouldn't mind walking today but it is wet and rainy. Maybe I can fit it in when the girls get home from school. That is my dead, "I need energy" time. I just stuggle to stay awake and keep going. This would give the girls some down time from school instead of jumping right into homework. Then I can sneak off to the treadmill for 20 minutes. Let's face it! It will take me a while to work myself up to a good time. Then when I get a bit more fit, I can walk in the mornings. By then it will have cooled into the 70's.

The first day of school

Today......the first day of school......YIPPEE!!!
Seriously, it is great that the girls get to go off to school. They need to get their minds molded and the social interaction. I get a break from them but honestly, it is Emma I need a break from. Can she go to school?

Things are off to a good start here, minus being tired as all get out! I didn't get much sleep and could use a nap. Hopefully this will get Emma on the right time for bed. Oh, I also suckered into buying a three pack of babas. I have had no sleep in the past week from weaning her. I will take them away again when we are back on schedule.

Emma's Birthday!!

Yes! Today my baby turned 2!! What a great weekend it has been!!!
To start, my mom has moved out of her abusive relationship of 26 years....He had a DUI and was put in the workhouse for the weekend. She took the oportunity to move her stuff into it while he was gone. We will finally be able to go home to MN to visit!

Our printer broke last month. It just would not feed the paper through! Well, our warranty came through and we got a brand new one! Shoot, the one we had was less than a year old.

My greatest news is my youngest has turned two! We took her shopping and bought her a little Dora doll, a stuffed puppy, and a small magnadoodle. She wanted a Dora chair but her Auntie is getting her one this week. She loved her Dora cake! Could you catch on that she LOVES Dora?
I must call it quits. She needs to go to sleepys. Ooh, and she is off of her babas completely!!

Hey! What happened to my post!

This will just be a reiteration. I seem to post more about the bad stuff. Well, this is a venting blog but I would love to put in the good stuff now. Well, now that I am having more pleasing days, I will!
The best news lately is that my trash, annoying neighbors have moved out this week! Yippee!!!! Seriously, I couldn't stand them at ALL. I spoke with my neighbor directly next to me, the one who was connected to them, and they got screwed by them. Money, a nail in his motorcycle tire, etc. Loong story.
Things seriously have been going well right now. I guess the new computer has helped. LOL I was also really looking forward to Girl Scouts. I really am looking forward to working with Letisha, the new leader of our troop. I really hope she sticks to her guns about this checking account thing. I know she is a strong woman and will hold her own.....Plus, she too wants to bring this troop up to par.

I am so much better!

I can't take much more of it!

I really can't take much of the mess that my kids make! I have kept the house in great shape the past few months. It really has been neat and tidy. Today just burst my bubble and hope completely. Michael's room has legos everywhere, Emily's room is totalled.....My room, I just found has marker all over the walls and on my dresser. Emma dumped HALF of a full bottle of hand soap all over the floor, from the kitchen to the fifth downstairs room. All which happened during my one show that I watch on Sundays. I am getting deeper into a hole of darkness. I am anxious all the time.....I don't feel like doing much of anything and don't want to deal with anything. Emma is awake hollering in her crib. I wish I had a grandparent I could just send them to for a week. Mike is like a third breast......just gets in the way. He walked in on Emma doing the soap mess and didn't offer to help clean her or the floor up. I guess he did just get off of work. Yeah, he went in and tutored his retards for four hours. Hard work.....
I need help out of this mess.

What is positive in my life......

1. I have four healthy, beautiful children
2. I have a healthy, loving husband
3. I am healthy
4. We have a new, reliable car
5. We have a large home

I should look at the ups but the downs are killing me at this moment. I know I will get over them in the morning with proper sleep but geez! Plus, I compare my life to others around me, people I know, certain friends and family and I have such a great life! I just hope that God has blessings coming for them too soon. I know at least that my Mom's is coming next weekend.....and a friend of mine will hopefully get a healthy little girl this fall. After all THAT girl has gone through and will continue to go through, I hope at least that will come true!

Green Fried Computers....

My computer fried.... great right? My dh suggested we have a friend build us one to help us get by until our October bonus. Hell no! Been there, done that. We went and took out a small loan and bought a new tower. It is quite a bit faster, more everything. I still don't have everything connected onto it though. Soon enough. I am just happy to get back on!

I have come to new spot in my life. I feel like I am ready to grow to the next level in life. I am ready to carry on with our finances and have them clear up. I am ready to get more physically fit. I am ready to start a brand new troop with our girls.

My list of goals

1. stabalize financially
2. get bills evened out
3. pay off our one loan
4. start NFCU savings
5. begin home school process for Michael
6. stick to fitness goals
7. set into pilates
8. get into 20 min walks on tread mill

I am set for a brand new school year! I am ready to grow and move on!

the past few weeks........

I have had a WILD few weeks. From the birth of my second neice to the visit of my sister and mil. All was very pleasant, minus a few things here or there. The birth went great! My neice is beautiful! My sister's visit was nice minus a little tension the last two days. I LOVE my sister but we get on each others nerves sometimes.
My first niece, my sisters child is a gorgous, chunky monkey! She has more rolls than the Michelin man. LOL More to cuddle up on. You wouldn't know she is only 3 mos and 5 WEEKS premmie.
The one thing that went well that I was dreading was the reunion with my dh's estanged mother. Their relationship has been very rocky. LOOOONG story. I have just stood out of that one totally. It was all on him. At first he really didn't want to even see her. Then she came down to visit Patty and hopefully Mike. She and her husband came here to visit. It was a tad strained but went very well. We went up the following day and it went better. In fact, we plan on visiting them for Christmas. My only fear is that she decides she doesn't want to put anymore effort into the relationship and Mike and my kids get hurt. I think she is for real this time. It was really great to get to hang out with her and Steve, her husband. He really dug hanging out with the kids. Shoot, he is a better grandfather for the kids than their real father. I am so not going there right now........the last post shows my reasoning... Here is another great example. They all had a little get together at Patty's. It went well until he opened his big, fat mouth. He told Steve,"Just wait until YOU get grandkids." Of course Patty pointed to Andrew and said that HE was his grandchild too. ~~SIGH~~

Do you know or have ever met a person who you just hate? Well, my father in law is one of those people. I hate him so much. He is the stupidest man I have ever met. To call him a man is giving him too much credit. This is the moron who locked me away in a back room for six months.
BACK STORY
When Mike and I were still first going out, a friend of mine he didn't like moved into my parents house. He was so apposed, he had me move in with him at his dad's house. He dad is the biggest D*ck I have ever met. I was not allowed to leave the apartment unless Mike went, not allowed to have a key.....I was locked away in Mike's room with no human contact except when Mike got home from school. (Senior year in high school. I didn't go anymore because of political reasons) When we were all moving out, Mike's two buddies, my mom, his sister, and her boyfriend did all the work. He sat on his ass the entire time and cussed them out, IN FRONT OF ANOTHER ADULT about how they didn't amount to anything and should hav done this and that.
A few years down the road, he comes to stay with us in VA until he gets on his feet. Apparently, my lovely husband invited him to stay permenantly. Oh, that didn't go over at ALL. He did odd jobs here and there, didn't cut it and ended up moving back home to Florida with mommy and daddy. Retard...Lazy....
As time goes by in FL, he does odd jobs here and there. He couldn't keep a job because of his mouth and laziness. He takes care of his father. A noble gesture but another excuse to sponge. Oh, did I mention the fact that his sister was paying the rent and bills for the apartment in Minnesota....for SEVEN YEARS? Well, after the passing of his father, he still did not get a job. Meanwhile, his older sister had been living there, maintaining a full time job, helping out their father and mother. Well, after the passing of their mother, they moved to Columbia, SC near us and in the same town as my sister in law. They have been there for at least three months and does not have a job. Yet again, his sister pays the bills and gives this grown "man" an allowance. He b*tches and moans about his diabetes and how sick he gets sometimes but eats sweets ALL the time. Just last night he had part of a cookie cake and his blood sugar went through the roof. Of course he didn't test, it was just how he felt. He was at our house the day before and had THREE cookies. He treats his children with contempt, and pays no mind to his grandchildren. He constantly asks Mike when he is getting his "G string" cut. I just let him know we are having about 7 more. Of course we aren't but the gullible sh*t shuts his mouth after that. I can't take much more or him. Mike is done with him as well.

Mike's mother is coming this week to visit Patty. Mind you this is the woman who abandon them when they were just 2 and 3. We went and visited her when Lizzie was almost 2 and she told all these lies about Patty, like she started her bed on fire, while her and her new husband were in it. She has two boys with dh#2 that are only like 2 or 3 years younger than Patty. She kept them. I don't want my kids to have anything to do with her. She is not breaking their hearts. They are supposed to come down on Wednesday of Thursday. I am going to have to talk to Patty about it. I didn't hear her right about inviting them over. I didn't hear the her mother would be with. My sister will be in town with her baby so I don't really want that many guests anyway. If I don't have them over, Patty will not let me live it down though.

Money woes....

Well, our money woes are killing me! They are just stupid mistakes. I don't know how many times I have said these same words. "I have to dig us out and stay out of being behind." I don't think we ever will be ahead of the game! It sickens me that we get in this predicament every mother flipping time!! Shoot, we paid off all of our bills, bought all new furniture PLUS, we borrowed $5000 to a family member when we sold our house. Then, yes, AGAIN! We got back behind. ~sigh~
My youngest obstained an insury, MY FAULT, and is still having problems with it. I put her over a baby gate and she landed funny on her left leg. Loong story short, after many Xrays, blood work and a trip to the Childrens ER at MUSC, there is nothing wrong. She is still limping and it has been almost two weeks! If she doesn't improve, I will take her in on Monday.
I take a CPR/first aide class tomorrow. Fun. Excitement. It is from 8 am to 5 pm. Great, huh? Yes, I am dripping with sarcasm. It MUST be done. Well, I want to do it and have it under my belt for Girl Scouts. Ooh, I started a page for our troop. I have to ask the other leaders if they approve and if the parents don't mind their kids picture posted on it. I will see if I can't privatize the web site so only people that know about it can go to it or something. I don't want perverts going on to see our girls on there. We will get to that later.

Well, where do I start? We are screwed yet again with MONEY! We were given more money for repayment for a loan from a family member and we blew our checking account! We are -330. There is a clothing allowance coming soon at least. We need to get out of this hole we put ourselves in.
This is the way it has worked forever. We get behind, get a large sum of money, pay everything off and then get stuff. We continue to live like we have that large sum of money and then get in the hole again. The thing is, we have $800 a month EXTRA after bills AND food. I don't get how we screw ourselves. I let "the boob" aka my husband talk me into stupid SH*T and then we are F*CKED again.
Ooh, on top of it....I think I sprained my baby's ankle. I was mad that The Boob would not come and get her. I was trying to clean out the van and she almost broke the CD player. I brought her in and put her down a little too hard. Her ankle took the brunt of it. Bad Mommy...She loves me now though. I gave her some Tylenol with Codeine. She still will not walk because of the pain. I need a vacation somewhere exotic......... J

migraines....

My life seems to be one big migraine lately. I don't throw that term "migraine" around either. Think back to how many of your friends have b*tched about having one. Mine are migraines with aura. It starts with spots on your eyes that come from no where. You really can't see past them. Then the pain starts. I have been ill since Friday. Nonstop. All I want is to sleep. That is the only thing that keeps my eyes from falling out of my head.

What is my life? I read back on my old page. My family has their little goings on. Then there is me. I am in limbo. I totally redid my page and what am I doing? Nothing. Oh, wait. I am trying to lose all the FAT I have accumulated over the years of child bearing and depression. Now I must leave to sit in the bathroom for awhile.

I hate not having money!

You know, I really don't get it. I mean, I kinda do for now because I went to VA twice in a two week period for the birth of my niece. We make a HELL of a lot of money. We are left over with some $800 after bills and leaving $600 a month for food. Yet we are always hurting for money! I even have a family member paying me money monthly for a loan they owe me and we are STILL hurting! I allow my dh to spend here and there. Example: I was given $400 this past weekend for my loan. We spent $110 at Target. Dh decided he wanted a $20 game. He knew this had to last us through the week into the weekend. I relucantly agreed. Well, A**hole stuck in a $16 bottle of Ripped Fuel! This is how I feel I enable him. I allow it. I just am going to have to stick to my guns and be the B wach in this situation. I make a budget. A REASONABLE budget. Every two weeks I leave $300 for food and about $250 for incidentals. Mother F-R~! This is the base of my depression and crappy moods.

Movin' on up!

Movin' on up!

Long time, no see!

I have decided this will be more of a vent blog. I have a wonderful weightloss journal that is helping me wonderfully.
Well, I have been doing well with the weight loss. I still am coming up tired but have not been taking my vitamins like I should. Yeah, I am a retard. Also, I have been having a downer time. I felt better Monday. I figure Girl Scout camp did that for me. It was wonderful and refreshing! It helped me realize how much my weight hinders me. My bad ankle swole up something awful! Gross.
The kids' last day is tomorrow. I will have to keep them busy during the summer months. My plan is to cover a lot of Try its in their Try it book. It will be a load of fun! Michael can participate and have some fun, too. That and I would love to visit the library as well. Keep them reading. Hopefully, it will be a funfilled summer!