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I am still alive

2009-01-17T14:50:00.002-05:00

I bet you thought I dropped off the face of the earth. I am still alive and kicking, barely sometimes. Life has changed for us since my last blog attempt back in August. We have moved into a new house and I am loving it. We hadn't really been talking or thinking about moving because we had just relandscaped the front yard last year. But my sister gave us a opportunity that we couldn't pass up. I don't know if you know it but we bought the house that we were living in from my mom after my dad died so that is the house that I grew up in. I loved that house and at the same time I wanted a new house but with all the memories I had a hard time parting with it. But since my sister and brother in law wanted to buy it I jumped on it because it would still be in the family. So we took their offer and thought we had lots of time because they had to sell their house and with the way the market was we thought that it would be at least 6 months or more before we would have to move. In the mean time school started which meant I had to go back to work which was a good thing because it was a long summer and it was just time to get back into a routine. Well my sister sold her house in 11 days and they had a closing date for the beginning of Nov. which meant we had 29 days to get of the house and since we hadn't even been looking I went into a panic. Well not really but what were we going to do, be homeless. Ugh!!! So into house hunting we went along with looking at rentals because I didn't want to just buy a house to have a roof over our heads. Anyways for some reason this the 1st house we looked at and I fell in love. So did the rest of the family. We did look at 6 others so don't think we bought the one and only one we looked at. I could go on and on but I will stop. The photo above is our new home. The photo below is our Xmas photo taken in our back yard. Hopefully things have slowed down some and I can get back into my once a month update. I mean to blog more but for some reason I just never do.

The last days of summer

2008-08-31T08:28:00.005-04:00

Well the summer is almost over and all I can say is that we started out just enjoying the lazy days. Not really doing much of anything. Going to the pool, the mall, bike rides, walking the dog, whatever we wanted. Then 3 weeks ago I decided that all summer long my goal was to clean out the closest and attics that have been accumulating junk for years. So I dug in and one thing lead to another and I was having a garage sale and let me say I will not be doing that for a long long time. That was work and I am suppose to be relaxing but I am happy that it is done and my closest are clean.

As we (or I should say I because I really didn't get any help from my family-haha) were cleaning out crap my husband brought up that we might want to consider moving. What the heck, we just did major landscaping and we were getting the house looking pretty good. But after long talks we decided it just might be the right time for us. As I was talking to my sister one day I mentioned that we might be selling our house she said "No your not because we want to buy it". I had no idea that she would be interested. So we started talking more and more and they gave us offer last night that we accepted. Now the fun begins. They have to sell their house first and I am house hunting. School starts in 2 days, talk about timing. Why didn't we think of this early in the summer when I would have more time. Oh well if it is meant to be it will all work out.

Now on to the many photos that I have posted.

This is my Brother in law Ed. We went to the zoo last week and had a fantastic time. The weather was perfect and the zoo was empty. What more could you ask for. And then you have my sister. What a hoot they both are.

This is Maggi (in the middle) with her cousins Ellie and Emma.

My sister in law and I took Hayley out to the local nature center to get some outdoor shoots for her senior pictures. She took her best friend Amanda and as you can see they had a great time. Take a look at the rainbow behind them. It was another perfect day.
I just love this shot of Maggi as she is running through the field.
Kay don't kill me for this but I thought I better get a picture of the photographer. I kind of like it.
Check out the reflection, pretty cool. Although you should have seen her face as she was wading out in the river. I have to admit I don't think I would have done it. Kind of on the slimmy side for me.
Another photo of the zoo.

Tomorrow I start back to work and the girls start school. I don't know if I am ready or not but at this point it is not a option. HAHA. Oh and it is suppose to be 90 degrees and the schools don't have air conditioning. Wish us luck.

OK Yeah it has been awhile

2008-07-31T10:52:00.003-04:00

I don't even know why I started this blog. I should be fired because I just can't seem to update our life on a regular basis. That being said I will try to give a glimps of our summer.

Nope you didn't miss a thing. It has been very low keyed. Not much of anything has been going on. Maggi and I try to do something everyday like go for a bike ride, take Jack for a walk, go to the pool or water park and sometimes we just chill. Hayley has a job every other week babysitting her cousins which works out perfect because on her weeks off she can enjoy her summer.

We are planning a trip to the zoo and hopefully we will go and visit my niece at college for a mini vacation and school shopping.

Here are few photos of what we or I have done recently.

We went Blueberry picking and did we have a awesome time. Believe it or not Maggi and I even made a pie with the fresh berries and it was yummy. If you really knew me you would know that I must have had a outer body experience because I normally don't do pies.

This is the look that I got from Maggi when I was singing a song (I can't remember what it was now) while picking berries.

The last 2 pictures were taken while Kay, Alison and I decided to take a road trip down some back roads to find old things to practice taking pictures. We had a great time but it made Kay nervious to park on the side of the road so we could get out to take pictures. Maybe it was the no trespessing signs. HAHA. We are going to have to do it again, it was a great time.

Just a recap of the last couple of weeks

2008-05-31T18:53:00.002-04:00

Well it looks like blogger isn't going to cooperate today so I hope this isn't going to look to funny. If it does oh well, I am sorry but at least I am updating right?

I am also sorry for the Xrated photo above. It is just a photo of our idiot dog. This is actually the way he sleeps. We swear that he isn't all together there. He definitely is missing some brain cells, but we love him all the more for that. He starts obedience school next week. I am keeping my fingers crossed that he passes. It's going to take a miracle.

This is a photo of Hayley at her Honors Program. Yes we are proud of her. She is already planning her graduation party for next spring. UGH!!! I can't even think about that yet.

This is Maggi and her teacher Ms. Thomson. Maggi has loved her from the first day of school. She is wonderful and has such a fun way of teaching. I know Maggi is going to miss her but with her moving on to Middle school I am sure she will be just fine. Plus she lives only l block away and we see her out walking all the time that we will be able to keep up on her life.

We have had a very busy and stressful couple of weeks. It all started on Mother's Day weekend. Hayley had a all day tennis tournament Saturday and I was suppose to be cleaning because I was having my family over for a cookout on Sunday to celebrate Mothers Day and 2 birthday's. But I wanted to suport her so I was at the courts most of the day and then when I got home I had to do the laundry and clean the house plus try to get as much of the food prepared as I could. That is food for the dinner I was making and then a couple of dishes that I had to make to take to my mother in laws at noon Sunday. When I went to bed I was exhausted. Got up on Sunday and vacuumed and dusted, got the rest of my food ready then went to my MIL for lunch which was fun. I ended up having to take Scott home because his back was hurting him so much he just couldn't get comfortable. He hurt so bad that I had to call my sister to make emergency arrangements to have everyone come over to her house for dinnner. I had all the food so she was ok with it, thank goodness. So I had to do all the grilling (which Scott was going to do as my Mother's Day present) and then haul it all over to my sisters house. Needless to say she liked the idea because she didn't have to do a thing. I even had all the paper plates and everything.

Well Tuesday came around and I was at Hayley's honors program and it was 8:30 am. My phones rings and it is my sister telling me that my mother had another stroke. Thank goodness the program was over so off to the hospital trying to get a sub for work while driving. I know not safe but it was a emergency. Oh I had to stop by the house and pick up Maggi and get her to school also. After spending all morning in ER and getting mom all settled I went into work. I came home that evening got dinner, went to the hospital to see my only to have my phone ring
again. Scott's back starting hurting so bad that he wanted me to take him to ER. So off to pick him up and we spent the rest of the evening in ER to find out that he has kidney stones. We leave at 11:15 (oh I forgot one of the same nurses that was with my mom was still there working double shift so we were getting a laugh about me being there 2 times in one day with 2 different people) drop Scott off at home and off I went to the 24 hr. drug stores to get his drugs. Then I couldn't get to sleep.

A couple of days later someone hits my side mirror on my car while it was parked and didn't even leave a note. My battery in my car also died 2 days after that.

I am keeping my fingers crossed that things will get better. I am not going to let it get to me because it won't do any good. One day at a time.

I will end this with my Mom and Scott and both fully recovered and we only have 8 more days of school. Watch out summer vacation here I come.

I shouldn't be a blogger

2008-05-20T20:30:00.002-04:00

I just can't seem to update this thing on a regular basis. Please don't give up on me. But as you can see by the pictures we have had a busy week and weekend. All I can say is that I am very proud of Hayley and that the weekend is over. It was dance dance and more dance.

And to top it off the Tuesday before I was in ER with my mother. She had another stroke. She is fine now and you wouldn't even know that she had one. That same evening I was in ER with my husband. I have never seen him in so much pain. They think he had a kidney stone and sent him home with drugs. Ugh!!! Come to find out he went to his Dr. the next day and had more test done and come to find out it wasn't stones or if it was they had passed by the time they took the cat scan. Now he is on the mend. He still is very sore but the worst pain is gone and he has gone to work for the last 2 days thank goodness. He is a very very very bad patient. It was not a good time around here. I was a little stressed from both of them and then the dance recital. I had to alter 3 outfits and they all gave me a hard time. For some reason my sewing machine was not my friend. Thank god for my sister in law, she came to my rescue at the last minute.

Well I will leave you with 2 very blurry photos (don't worry, I am not going to become a photographer). For some reason I can never get the setting right in that auditorium.

More vacation photos

2008-04-06T12:51:00.002-04:00

The bird that is with Maggi is Lisa. She is the welcoming committee at the hotel and Maggi sure enjoyed see her everyday. She was a fun bird and we really liked seeing her all over the hotel. She even has her own suite that she lives in.

We are Home and I already want to go back

2008-04-06T07:13:00.003-04:00

Can you tell that we had a AWESOME time. We don't go someplace every year but this year we decided to go south. Yes the cold long Michigan winter was getting to us. I think because it has been a long one more than anything. So We packed our bags and jumped a plane to Sand Key Florida. WOW was it gorgeous. I will be going back. The hardest part of the whole trip was trying to decide if we should go to the beach or the pool.

Can you tell that we had gorgeous weather. These photos have not been touched they are straight out of the camera. I know they could use some touching up and I will when I get more time. We had blue sky and between 80 and 85 degrees. I have been cold ever since we got back. I don't know if I will ever warm up.

Maggi had been trying to get a bird to land on her finger for a long time when all of a sudden one landed on Scott's backpack.

This is Bert. Maggi made a new friend while we were gone. Normally you can't feed the animals but we were talking to the caretaker and she was actually from MI and really like Maggi so she gave Maggi a hand full of food and Bert fell in love.

Can you see the hippo? He was so cute if you can call a hippo cute.

I will post more photos shortly. I just have to decide which ones since I took about 400. Not all good either. I really need to work with my camera more so I can get better photos

I can't believe I haven't blogged since January

2008-03-15T21:47:00.003-04:00

Well I guess I will start with a recent photo of our puppy. He isn't a little puppy anymore. Boy do the grow up fast. He is only 4 months old and already 32 pounds of energy. I still love him even though he is full of the dickens.

Next here is a photo that I took today of Maggi holding this butterfly. She was so excited when on landed on her finger. We were at the butterfly house and it was full of gorgeous butterflies. She had been trying to get one to land on her which seemed forever (only about a 1/2 hour) and she was getting ready to throw in the towel when this pretty little thing landed right on her finger. I wish I had got a photo of the look on her face. Well that just means we will have to go again so I can capture that memory.

3rd is a photo of our beloved Boots. We are heart broken. He just hadn't been acting himself for a couple of days so I took him to the vet on Thursday. The poor thing had to go through some test and we got the results yesterday. He has Fatty Liver Disease. If we can't get him to eat a few days his liver is going to start to shut down. We can have a feeding tube inserted and that would be in place for about 8 weeks and that would mean we would have to feed him about 6 times a day through the tube and still the vet couldn't give the odds of survival. We are trying everything to get him to eat.

Lastly my Grandmother died last week. She just turned 90 in January, what a milestone. She had another heart attack a couple of weeks ago and then she came down with pnemonia so I am happy that she is not in pain anymore.

The weekend is almost over and my house looks like war zone so I better get moving to get the laundry started and pick up the house.

Have a great day and if I don't blog in a short while someone remind me.

Our new addition to the family

2008-01-06T15:35:00.000-05:00

Meet ___________, well we actually don't have a name for him yet. His mothers name is Jazzmine and his dad is Jackson. If you have any suggestions please feel free to let me know. Well sorry this is short but I have to go play.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

2008-01-01T17:23:00.000-05:00

Whew, I can't believe that it is over. It seems like I just decorated and stressed out about what to get all my loved ones. And it is done, over, and a New year is here. Make note to self that when writing a check it is now 2008. Well it will be June before I will get that right. But anyways it was a wonderful holiday filled with family and friends. Hayley and Maggi had a great time. Take a look at their faces on the photos. I think they were happy with their new toys. Hayley wanted a Ipod touch and Maggi wanted a Wii (well that didn't happen, Santa had a hard time getting his hands on one of those) and a Ipod nano (which was alot easier to get).

My Grandmother turns 90 years old next week so we had a belated Christmas and early Birthday party last weekend. She is such a wonderful lady and trooper. She has had 3 minor heart attached in last month and we weren't sure if she would want to come. Well you can't keep that lady down. She is so full of energy I wish she would share it with me. HAHA. As you can see from the last photo we had a load of family member present for the occasion. That is only about 1/2 of them. Some couldn't make it but at least all of her 7 kids were there.

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I must go and get the laundry done because we start back to school tomorrow and that means I have to go back to work. Ugh. The fun is over.

Oh Happy Day

2007-12-22T15:51:00.000-05:00

I woke up this morning with a killer headache, stuff nose and lack of energy. UGH!!! I had some really big plans for the day. Get all the groceries for Christmas Eve dinner (which I am hosting for Scott's side of the family) , pick up and organize the house (the real cleaning is going to be done tomorrow), and the laundry oh and pay the bills. Needless to say, I did go to the store and got the groceries and I did the bills. That is it, I have been a bum ever since. I then thought why not get the whole family involved since they are the ones that will benefit from all of this. So Scott is doing the laundry, Maggi is putting bows on the presents, Hayley is cleaning her room and then will clean the bathroom (well that is when she gets home from shopping with friends). I told them if they didn't pitch in and help then I will hold back all the presents until it is done.

I am a happy camper, while doing the bills I was able to payoff all of the credit cards, and Scotts truck. We paid off the house in June. It is such a wonderful feeling. I know it won't last long because we are looking at new cars already. Mine is 8 years old, I still like it and is very reliable but we need something that is such a tank and gas hog. But actually when we started looking we found out that my Expedition is better on gas than some of the newer smaller cars. Oh well I already have my heart set on a new one. What kind I am not sure yet but I am leaning heavy on the Honda CRV's. After Christmas we will get to work and hopefully be driving a new car or truck or suv or crossover.

I hope everyone has a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR.

I bet you thought I drop off the planet

2007-12-09T19:15:00.000-05:00

Nope just been busy busy busy. I should be in a routine by now since school started in Sept. but for the life of me I just can't do it. Now that the Christmas is so near I am crazy busy trying to buy present, get the house ready, along with the every day chores that I just never seem to catch up with. Today was shopping for Xmas and groceries and then it was home to do the laundry. Yesterday was cleaning and getting ready for 22 teenages that were coming over for dinner. No I didn't have to cook because it was a progressive dinner, some of the kids made the dinner and I must add it was FABULOUS. We just had to give them a place to eat. It was a fun time.

Here is the photo that I finally decided on for our Christmas cards. Not my fav but it was the only one that both girls were looking at me and that Hayley approved of. Ugh. For some reason I had a hard time getting them together to even try to take a picture. What the heck, last year they were begging me to get the camera out.

I hope everyone is enjoying this time of year and not getting too stressed. I do get alittle stressed but I try to tell myself that it will all get done and what doesn't is not a big deal. We have a few parties coming up and the girls are getting excited (OK so am I}. I am hosting my dh family Xmas eve and I love doing it. It is very relaxed and I love watching the kids open there presents. It is a magical time. Let the counting begin - 16 days. HAHA.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

THE MOM SONG

2007-10-04T18:52:00.001-04:00

I ran across this on another site and just had to share it here. I laughed my butt off because it is so true. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Photo Shoot Cont.

2007-09-16T11:37:00.000-04:00

My sister called the other day to ask if I could come over with my camera to take FUN photos of her step kids. The only pictures that they have of the girls were JC Penney type which does not show the girls personalities. So off I went with camera in hand thinking to myself, what the heck am I doing? I am still trying to learn my camera and I am going to take photos of cute little girls to hang on their living room walls. UGH!!! Then I thought, this is my sister not like it was a complete stranger and I am not chargering her so if they turn out like crap, not a big deal.

Actually I was very pleased with alot of them. I know I need more help but heck I am just a beginner and I am proud of some of the photos. Well when you have 2 little girls that love to ham it up in front of the lens, how could I not get at least one good. Here are just a few that I took with a couple of my girls because they seem to want to get in the pictures. Thanks for looking and any advise will be helpful.

Photo Shoot

2007-09-16T11:05:00.000-04:00

Happy Labor Day

2007-09-03T14:52:00.000-04:00

And let me say that I really didn't do much today. You know with it being Labor Day and all. I woke up this morning and wanted to get alot done but after being up and drinking a pot of coffee I had changed my mind. It is a womans right to change her mind right? So we did a little last minute school shopping and I did finish the laundry. I still need to put that away but it might just wait until tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow it is our first day of school. Part of me is looking forward to it and the other part is dreading it. The first week I come home totally drained. Physically and mentally. Phew!!! Just thinking about it poops me out. It is time to get back into a routine if you can call our life routine. We have had a awesome summer and it is going to be hard to get up in the morning. But it has to be done and give me a week and everything will be fine.

Here are some pics of my girls that I took a couple of weeks ago when I went out to our local Nature Center with my SIL Kay and friend Alison. I can't wait to do it again.

One of the worst days of my life

2007-08-27T17:53:00.000-04:00

I had to take our little kitty Lucy (well she was about 5 years old) to be put to sleep today. I didn't think it would affect me as much as it is. A friend of ours found her in a drainage ditch when she was about 6 weeks old so we took her in. She never really got very big, she was a petite little thing. But anyways she has also had a mental problem lets say. She was not a social cat and we only saw her occasionally. She camped out under my bed most of the time. We still loved her. The last year she has taken it upon herself to use anything in the house to use as her litter box. We have taken her to the vet to make sure that she didn't have a medical problem and she didn't. So we put up with it long enough. Something had to be done. I just need to vent and thought this would be the best place. My girls are not taking it any better than I am. I told my dh that the next time a pet needs to be put to sleep he is taking it. It just hurt so much.

ROCK ON!!!!

2007-08-16T09:10:00.000-04:00

Well I have gone to a few concerts in the last couple of days. And I am going to another next week. WOW I feel like a party animal LOL. It all started when my SIL called and had extra tickets to Sugarland. I listen to their music but never thought about going to see them until she called. It was a awesome concert and would see them again. Here is the only photo that is half way decent (not good but you can see Jennifer Nettles, where all my others are blurry) I need to learn how to use my camera or at least remember to put it on auto.

Here is a photo of the warm up band Emerson Drive.

Yesterday I took Maggi to the Corbin Bleu/Drake Bell concert and we rocked out. It was her first concert and she was so cute. I think she sang to all of the songs and had a great time. So did I, LOL. Corbin put on a awesome show. He is a fantastic dancer.

Another Big Sunflower

2007-08-10T08:42:00.000-04:00

I forgot to post one of my favorites. Check out the bee, he had a million friends with him. LOL!

BIG YELLOW FLOWERS

2007-08-10T07:41:00.000-04:00

I am part of a photography group that want to learn how to use their cameras. So we get together when we can and decided to take a field trip. We got in the car and a little over a hours drive we got to our destination. A field of sunflowers!!! These are a few pictures that I took. We stayed over a hour until the sun started to set and we lost light. It was a beautiful night (other than the bees and bugs) and hitting a deer on the trip home. Poor Alison, I feel bad because now she has to deal with getting her car fixed. Now I can't wait until our next field trip and I am hopeing that some day all I will understand how to take awesome photos.

***Happy 10th Birthday Maggi"

2007-08-06T08:45:00.000-04:00

We had a very busy weekend all due to the birthday celebrations.

Saturday we celebrated with a family party. Burgers (because that is what she choose for dinner)and family. What a awesome way to spend your day. We had to do a pinata (we thought it was a donkey when we bought it only to find out the tag said it was a horse, well let me say it was a very scary looking horse)which she broke open on the very first hit. Oh well they loved picking up the goodies.

Then Sunday (her actual birthday) we took her to a baseball game. For months now she told us that all she wanted to do was go to a game. So we picked up her friend and off we went and had a great time. She was so surprized when all of a sudden she her heard name called over the PA system to wish her a "Happy Birthday" and then her name was up on the big sign. It was priceless. Off to finish picking up and get ready for my week. Back to reality.

Just call me airhead

2007-07-30T21:14:00.000-04:00

I forgot all about the trip to the zoo last week until I read my SIL's blog. Duh!!!
I thought it would be fun to spend the day at the zoo before picking up Hayley from the airport after her big trip to France.

It was a wonderful day. The girls loved seeing all the animals and the best part of the day were feeding the giraffe and watching the cutest polor bear swim above us as we watched from a glass tube under the water. It was amazing. I can't wait to go again.

WERE BACK!!!!

2007-07-30T07:38:00.000-04:00

From a long due vacation. Hayley was in France for 10 days and that was kind of stressful for me with her being so very far away. But she is home now with lots of pictures (see previous post for a few photos) and stories to tell. She had a AWESOME time. Then we wisked her off to the beach for 4 days to recover from jet lag and family bonding time. The weather was beautiful and we had a very relaxing time playing on the beach. Now it is back to reality with tons of laundry (there is sand and bonfire smell in everything) and cleaning the house. I can't wait until we go again. I didn't want to come home, I could get use to flying kites on the beach and lounging in a beach chair with a good book all summer long. Better get my butt moving or I won't get a thing done. TaTa.

Paris with bffl

2007-07-29T20:03:00.000-04:00

These are just a few pictures of Hayley's trip to France. Enjoy and I hope tomorrow I will have more of her trip and then our family trip to the lake.

"SWEET 16"

2007-07-13T08:47:00.001-04:00

Yeap, Hayley turns "16" today. So if you are driving any where near here, watch out.

I almost forgot it is also Friday the 13th. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY

2007-07-10T13:08:00.000-04:00

We just paid off our house today. It is such a great feeling.

Just sharing a photo from the 4th

2007-07-08T11:44:00.000-04:00

I just wanted to share a picture of Maggi that I took on the 4th. I love that I was able to capture the circle of sparks from her sparler. I wish that she was more in focus. Well, that will give me something to work on. HAHA.

Oh and I almost forgot. Hayley's passport finally arrived. I am so relieved to have it in my hot little hands.

Happy Anniversary to ME!!!

2007-07-05T19:26:00.001-04:00

Today is my or I should say our "21st" Anniversay. And I am such a dork that I forgot all about it until about noon today. Well I figure that after this many years I am forgiven. He only remembers about once every 5 years so we are even. HAHA. This is a photo that I took of him yesterday at the fireworks. It
Here are 2 photos of the 424 that I took of the fire works last night. They are not my best but I was too lazy to go thru all of them to post. So maybe more will show up in a different post. Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th.

Just a LITTLE stress

2007-06-29T11:23:00.000-04:00

This week has been one mess after another. Well I shouldn't say mess, I have hit one brick wall after another. I have been fighting with the Dept. of State for almost 2 weeks. One the phone for at least a hour almost everyday trying to figure out when Hayleys passport is. I can not seem to get a solid answer on what stage of the process that it is in, where it is at, when it will be completed and sent. She leaves in 2 weeks and it is still not here yet. I finally called our Congressman on Monday and I hope they can figure it out. It better get here soon, because if Hayley misses her trip of a life time someone is going to pay and it is not going to be me. (See there is a little stress, because I am normally not that kind of person).

I have been working on our vacation also. It has been kind of hard to find a date that we can all make it because the girls have so much going on this summer and Scott is really busy at work. I thought we finally found 2 different weeks that we could do it, I found a house to rent (we stayed there a couple of years ago, and LOVED it). I was going to call yesterday afternoon to finalize it when my dh called. He has been thinking and with the him having so much going on at work he doesn't feel that he should take the time off. UGH!!! I was almost in tear, I need a vacation and was really looking forward to it. I still might take the girls, got to think on that.

The other thing is, is we had our yard landscaped the end of May. I absolutely love what they did. Will post pictures one of these days. The thing is is we paid alot, I mean alot of money to have them do everything. Brick porch, brick sidewalk, new driveway, bushes, trees, flowers, etc. And new grass, that is the problem. All that is growing is WEEDS. I mean prickly weeds, water grasses, ground covers. I am upset because I was expecting grass. So we have been talking and had the grass guy from the landscrape company come over. He was not a happy camper, because he has been trying to get the company to get different mixture of grass but they are trying to save money so they go with this crap. So the next day we get a call that the owner what to come over to get the rest of the money. What the heck, don't they send out bills or whatever. I said fine come on over. He came over I handed him the check, he looked at it and said that that is not what we owe. Correct, and you will not get the remainder until we get grass, not weeds. He was pissed but heck so am I. I have been taking pictures of the yard almost everyday. The neighbors can't believe it either.

OK I am done venting, I guess sometimes you just have say what is on your mind and go on. So now that I have unloaded, I need to go pack, I am going scrapping tonight. YAHOO!!!

Have a AWESOME weekend!!!

I've been tagged - Dang now what do I do?

2007-06-27T20:28:00.000-04:00

I guess the only thing I can do is - go with it. HAHA!!! Here goes.

My roommate and I once: I never had a room mate so I can not answer that one. Whew!

Never in my life: I am going to have to come back to this one, I just can't think of anything.

High School: was a trip.

When I'm nervous: I clean, that is why my house is dirty. Looks like I will have to get nervous (or mad).

My hair: is very very short. I have not used a blow dryer or brush on it in years.

When I was 5: I learned how to ride a bike and rode a horse in the rocky mountains.

When I turn my head left: I see my dining room table that has my dd painting stuff all over it.

I should be: cleaning out my closest that I said I was going to do when school was out. I think I might wait until Sept. just before school starts.

By this time next year: I might have my closet cleaned out.

My favorite aunt: is my Aunt Marge, she is just one cool lady that is a retired school libraian and travels the world with her husband and they have a gorgeous house on Lake Michigan.

I have a hard time understanding: My camera and how to take awesome photos.

You know I like you if: if I laugh. I love to laugh.

My ideal breakfast is: COFFEE and cheerios or toast. If I go out to eat then it would be french toast.

If you visit my home town: you would ask why did we move back. Well it has to do with our families are both her and it is a awesome family town with wonderful schools.

If you spent the night at my house: you probable wouldn't do it again. Just kidding, we don't have doors on the bedrooms upstairs so you don't have much privicy.

My favorite blond(s): My DD's

My favorite brunette: My niece Emily

The animal that I would like to see flying with birds: Hmmmm maybe donkeys

I shouldn't have been: fallen last fall, my hip still hurts at times.

Last night: I started a new book by Janet Evanovich and read to late.

A better name for me would be: James, that is what alot of people call me anyways.

I have been told that I look like: a midget (I know that is not the term these days, I just can't think of it right now), I am only 5'2".

If I could have any car, it would be: Free, I hate car payment. And I would love a convertible if anyone wants to give me a car.

OK I guess it is my turn to tag some others.

Vicki C.
Lana
Rebekah

Have fun Girls!!

Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual (Live)

2007-06-25T16:33:00.001-04:00

Tom Jones - She's a Lady

2007-06-25T16:32:00.001-04:00

My kind of Music

Do you like my photo?

2007-06-25T11:21:00.001-04:00

I took this photo the other day at our local gardens. I wish it was my garden but that would mean that I would have to have a flower garden and that would mean more work. So we just enjoy Dow Gardens and pretend it is my yard. LOL. Well anyways I took this picture and just love it (can you tell because I also used it for my header). I think I am going to have it enlarged and use it in my house. Thanks to [url=www.vickichrisman.blogspot.com]Vicki C.[url] and her idea of using pant hangers to hang photos or LO's. I LOVE that idea. So I am going to have to go shopping for cute pant hangers. Thank you Vicki, I love ya.

WOW another post!!!

2007-06-21T21:20:00.000-04:00

Well it offically SUMMER. Thank goodness. My girls are already bored. Can you believe it?

The photos above were taken at our local Center for the Arts yesterday. They are a group from Australia that are perched on long flexible poles that sway. They kind of dance to music. It is very cool.

I have been trying to get the house in order which I don't think will ever be there. It

is 2 steps forward and 3 steps back. Oh well, I least I am trying.

The landscaping is done and I LOVE it, absolutely love it. I am going to have to look up some before pictures and take some after and post. The only bad thing is, is that when they reseeded the yard they used crappy and I mean crappy seed. We have more weeds than grass, so everyday for hours I am out in the yard pulling gigantic weeds. We have been talking to the landscapers and they can not see what we are talking about. So at least I took before pics of the weeds. I am ready to fight. And if you are wondering why I am pulling them. I just want a pretty green lawn and it looked so awful compared to the rest of the stuff that they did I had too. At least for my own sake. Enough of that.

I hope you all are enjoying your summer.

2007-06-10T13:12:00.000-04:00

Summer is Finally here!!!

Yeap, I can finally take a break. School was out last Wednesday but Hayley had her "Sweet 16" party on Friday. Now that it is all over I can finally think about summer.

I was worried about her party because the day before the party I found out that over 200 teenagers had been invited. Hayley told me that she invited about 30 kids but her friend (who she was having a combined party with) invited over 170 people. The hall only held about 150. Ugh!!! But after it was done and over and a GREAT success only about 100 showed up.

Yesterday I did alot of resting and today I have been out edging and weeding. I am going to go back out and cut down and little pine tree. I also set up the pool, it feels like a ice cube right now but give it a day or two (or eight) and it will warm right up.

The pictures above are of the party. Sorry they are not greatest pics, I was having a hard time with the lighting. Some day I will learn how to use my camera.

DANCE

2007-04-29T09:01:00.000-04:00

OK so yesterday I was little bored and my mojo is no where to be found. But check out what I did. I laugh my butt off everytime I watch it. If you push on the elevator buttons it changes it a little. Enjoy!!!

http://www.dancesisterdance.com/myvid/index.php?v=7e5dc195f5afa

BUSY busy and more busy!!!

2007-04-27T20:00:00.000-04:00

I asked Maggi to let me take her picture a couple of weeks ago. She is such a smarty pants. All she would do was give me goofy faces. Maybe she is trying to tell me "mom would you please put that camera away". NOPE!!!

Well let me say that I don't even know what direction to go these days. I just can't seem to catch up on anything. My house looks like a pig sty. I need to get it organized. I am ready to do spring cleaning but I can't even get the everyday stuff done to start in on all that. Today I woke up and I was going to vacuum, dust, get the laundry started, clean the toliets and kitchen. Well I got the kitchen cleaned up, and started to clean my scrap area when Hayley came out of her bed room and asked me to help her. I had no idea that she had taken almost everything out of her room and was rearranging it all. She needed help getting the TV off her armoir. We got it down but not without some injuries. I had a bruised wrist and she has a black eye. Warning, don't ask the two of us to help with heavy labor, we start laughing and loose all muscle control. It is not a pretty sight. Lets say, the TV is not going back up on top unless I can get DH to do it.

I got started on altering Hayley's prom dress, I hope I get it done because Prom is next Saturday. Put that back on my list of to do's this weekend. Ugh!!!

We were going to go to my nephews house this weekend also but I cancelled because I had too many things that needed to get done. My uncle Gene died last week and the funeral was last Saturday. So that just gave me Sunday to get my normal weekend chores done. Well I didn't get a thing done other than laundry. That is why I am so far behind. My mom called today and my uncle Jack died this morning. He was in AR at the time so everyone is thinking that there will be a memorial service later. WOW that is 2 uncles within a week. Uncle Jack is my dad's brother and uncle Gene is his brother in law so I am happy that they are at peace now and that they are all having a party together. I can hear them now having the time of their life. That is what I am happy for. They are reuniting.

I don't know what next year is going to bring. Our school district is in big touble money wise and many teacher have been given there pink slips. Us Paras will find out the end of May if we are going to be hitting the unemployment line or not. I am way down on the list so I know that I will be one of the first to go. Actually I am good with that. I have had this nagging ache all year because everytime a field trip comes up for Maggi's class she wants me to go with them but I can't because I am working. So if I am not working then next year I can volunteer in her class more like I did with Hayley. And maybe I will have time to clean my house.

Last but not least, sorry for the long and boring post. Maybe if I would up date more often it wouldn't be so long. That is another thing I can do if I don't have a job next year.

Peace Out!

Beautiful Day!!!

2007-04-02T07:51:00.000-04:00

This being our last day of freedom before heading back to work and school having the whole week off for spring break we decided that we had to spend the day having fun. So we went to our local gardens to see the butterfly house. Here are a few pictures that I took.

Road Trip!!!

2007-04-02T07:44:00.000-04:00

Well with this week being Spring Break and having no plans we decided to take a road trip up north to see our nephew. We had a great time and we will be going back. He moved into his over a year ago and you would think that he had just moved in. A couch and beds, the walls are half painted (he decided that he doesn't like to paint) and no pictures on the walls. So we are going back to finish painting his walls and give a move lived in feel. Here a picture that we took of the girls. When we left our house it was in the upper 60's and going to be in the 70's, but as you head north the temp drops and the snow if still on the ground in spots. Check out Hayley in her shorts. "Teens", we tryed to tell her that it is going to be cold but she just wouldn't listen.

Michigan in the Spring

2007-04-02T07:36:00.000-04:00

es this is what it is like. WET!!! The weather has it's up's and down's. Take this day (early March, I don't remember the exact date), the snow has finally melted and it is in the 70's. Maggi came home from school to find this puddle in the back yard. The next thing I knew, she was running throught it. What is a mother to do? Let her go and have fun because I knew that with it being March, it wasn't going to last. She had a ball and came in wet with the biggest smile on her face.

Where's my Creativie Juices?

2007-03-04T07:14:00.000-05:00

Yesterday I went to a crop for the whole day. Yes, the whole day. 9 to 9. I couldn't find my mojo. I did 3 LO's but they were just blah. I couldn't find my creative side of me. I am not going to complain because I was out of the house with no kids and that was wonderful but I was hoping to be able to do some LO's that I really liked. No way was that going to happen. Oh well maybe next time. I was also hoping that when I got home the laundry fairy would have been working but oh no. All the dirty clothes were still in the laundry shoot. So it looks like I will be busy today trying to get it all done before going back to work tomorrow. I would ask my dh but he got called into work. Why oh why do I feel like a maid lately? I think with that said, I will get the washing going and then go and see if I can go buy myself some new shoes. That will help.

Another Snow Day

2007-03-02T14:15:00.000-05:00

Can you believe it. Two (2) days this week off due to weather. It has been nice because it has given us 2 three day weekends in a row. How cool. Plus I have been procrastinating (sp) on packing my scrap stuff for a all day crop tomorrow. Why I do not know because I am really looking forward to it. I have not been out of the house, just ME, in so long that I really don't care if I scrap a page or not.

Here is a photo that I took Monday on our day off of school. This is Maggi (the one on the ground getting hit by a snowball) and my niece Emma. Ellie is in the background rolling snowballs down the slide.

SNOW DAY

2007-02-26T09:37:00.000-05:00

I don't know if it was complaining on yesterdays post or what happened but Mother Nature pulled through and we have the day off. Just came in from shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. I was suppose to be on strike this week but Hayley and DH both have some sort of cold bug and talk about cranky. So I have postponed my strike until next week when I will be at a all day crop. Today I am going to try and get all my pictures printed and papers together. My BIL is bringing his girls over this afternoon. He has them every other week and it seems like every time there is a snowday he has them and he just can't take so much time off so I am volunteering my services of watching them for him. Which works great because it gives Maggi someone to play with.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day. I am off to play with my photos, I sure hope I can find some that I want to scrap.

The Weatherman????????

2007-02-25T20:11:00.000-05:00

OK the TV, radio stations and even the Weather channel has been informing us that we are in for a real snow storm. I have been getting excited because it was suppose to happen on Sunday (today) and that we were to get 6 to 10 inches. Well it is now 8:15 pm and I think we have a grand total of 2 maybe 3 if we find a snow drift. I was hoping for a big old time storm that would maybe put going to school tomorrow into jeopardy. Yes I would love to have tomorrow off. I guess it is still early and that there may be some hope, so I am going to get my groove on and do my snow dance and go to bed with my fingers crossed and my pj's inside. My SIL told me that it helps. We will see. So please if anyone would like to join me in doing the snow dance, feel free and shake your bootie.

To Blog or Not to Blog

2007-02-20T19:11:00.000-05:00

I tell myself almost everyday that I must update my blog, but for some reason life just seems to get in my way or I am just too tired to even think. So tonight I thought I better update or give it up for adoption.

The girls are keeping me busy. That is nothing new is it. Tuesday nights are the only night of the week that we have free as in nothing on the calendar, like dance or girl scouts. So that is the night that we will run errons or go to the mall. Tonight I decided that we are just going to do nothing. Well nothing as leave the house. Hayley didn't go to school today because she has this nasty head congestion, cough and just is not feeling good. Maggi is bored but that is nothing new either. I am not her entertainment committe. I know that was mean, but she is 9 and we have a gazillion things around here that she could do. I am in the process of making 44 shutters out of paper for the school carnival that is in a couple of weeks. Why do I get myself into these things. I have 1 done and 43 more to go. Good thing I started because it is going to take me forever.

I think we are having a heat wave today. It was in the 30's which is really warm compared to the single digits that we have been having.

Here is a few photos of Maggi that were taken a couple of weeks ago when I took her sledding.

Did Christmas fly by or what?

2006-12-30T07:29:00.000-05:00

I am having a hard time with the Christmas. I don't feel like Santa has been here. I don't know if it was because I have been so busy (getting ready, like shopping, or was it having 3 dinner parties since Dec. 16th) or was it because the weather has been so unseasonable warm and no snow. I just can't believe it is almost 2007. Is there anyway that I can push a rewind button, get a little snow and start all over again. Wait I take that back. Rewind to the beginning of Dec. and get all of my parties catered, except Christmas Eve (because that one was easy and the food was FABULOUS), get a maid and someone to decorate my house for the fastive occasions. I have been going and going and going that I feel it flew by and I missed it. The decorations are coming down today and I guess that is why all of a sudden it hit me. It is over and I don't remember it. I guess I am going to do things differently next year, like not have so many big parties and shop early. Thanks for letting me vent, that exactly what I needed. Now off to get the decorations down so that maybe I can find time to scrap before I have to start back to work in a few days.

GUILTY as Charged

2006-12-22T19:30:00.000-05:00

Oops, Sorry about the sideways photos. I will try and repost later with them the correct way. How stupid of me.

I have been so bad about updated my blog. So I am going to give a condensed version of my life since Oct. I have been so busy that I really don't remember. How is that for condensed? HAHA!!! Well Scott had a trip to Germany and he was gone for 2 1/2 weeks. I have a new understanding of being a single parent and more sympathy for them. I thought I was going to go crazy. He travels quit often but normally for 3-4 days at a time and the girls and I kind of like it. We just do our own thing, like eat out, go shopping and watch girly movies. But he was gone too long and it was a very hectic time of year. Trying to get ready for Christmas and the big party that we had at our house. He came home the day before the party and didn't understand why I was feeling a little overwelmed. We were having about 50 people, so I had to clean the house put up the decorations and cook and fix food for all of them. Then try and do my Christmas shopping. But that is over and now it is time to get ready for another that we are hosting for Christmas Eve. I am really looking forward to that one and since the house is still pretty clean from the last one I just need to pick up and get the food out, and everyone is helping with that.

I have had 3 sinus infections since the end of October. Well that is what the Dr. said. I think it was the same infection and it just wouldn't go away. Knock on wood I have been off the antibiotic for 2 weeks and thing and still going good. Tis the season to be Jolly FaLaLaLaLaLaLaLaLa.

Here are some photos of our tree and the girls making there Gingerbread house.

I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

I think I am going to Live.

2006-10-08T11:29:00.000-04:00

I am feeling better today. You should have seen me. I almost had Hayley take a picture of just my eyes because I have never seen any so RED. They were so bloodshot and swollen that I could hardly see and light made them hurt, so I sat around in the dark for 2 days watching TV. I don't really like tv but I did a day of HGTV, with What not to wear, 10 Yrs. younger, etc. Boy was that fun. I want to go out and buy new clothes and make up now.

Today we are going to my MIL for my birthday. It is not until Tuesday but it works better for everyone to get together on weekends. I am pumped, she is the best cook around and I can't wait to have her cake. I don't know what kind it will be but she doesn't make anything bad (well unless it has coconut in it because I don't like coconut). Plus I don't have to worry about what to cook tonight. Or tomorrow because we are getting together at my mothers for another celebration. I love living close to family for family celebrations, it is just a fun time to get together and enjoy each other company.

The photo above is of the full moon that I saw out my back window the other night. I know it is nothing fantastic but I thought it was likd of pretty. I am off to rest some more, I hope my ears will pop soon. I hate to feel like I am in a tin can.

Just Shoot Me!!!

2006-10-06T18:32:00.000-04:00

This has been one ugly week for us. Last week Maggi was sick with a cold or allergies but recovered in a couple of days. Scott then got it a couple of days later (you would have thought he was dying). Then Hayley came down with the same thing. Runny nose, coughing, feeling just plain yucky. I had to take her to the Med Center Wednesday night because she was almost in tears with a ear ache. This child hardly ever complains so I knew something was up. Yeap her cold turned into a ear infection. Well you can guess what happened next. I now have it and I am feeling like CRAP. Mine started out with a ear that was plugged, which is no biggy but I called the Dr. yesterday because it was beginning to wear on me after 4 days of not being able to hear out it. I would walk down the hallways at school sideways so I could hear. That was a site. Well anyways they could get me in this morning at 8:00, cool. Last night I had a hard time falling asleep because my other ear was now plugged also and yucky stuff was coming out of both. Sorry for the graphics. So I finally got to sleep with a little help of a sleep aid to only wake up at 5:00am not able to breath out of my nose, my eyes where glued shut and I couldn't hear out of either ear. So off to the Dr. I go. I have a sinus infection, 2 ear infections and pink eye. Oh did I tell you how much I love working with kids. They love to share. Thanks for letting me vent. I am off to the couch again and watch some TV. I wonder what is on Friday nights. Probably not much since I have the time.

2006-10-02T16:45:00.000-04:00

Deep Breathe

2006-10-02T06:01:00.000-04:00

***What A Weekend***It was Homecoming weekend. So that involved a football game Friday night. And that was after a very busy week and I would have just loved to sit by the fire or scrapbook. What mood I was in at the time. But nope that wasn't going to happen. Right now it is 7:00 pm and this is actually the first time I have sat down to take a break almost all weekend. Yesterday it was run around to get this or that that was forgotten. You know things like, oh mom I need hairspray, OK honey is there anything else you need while I am at the store. NO. OK I get home, I'm doing dishes, MOM I need razors, Oh honey just go get some out of my drawer, NO I don't like yours. Ok off to the store. Get home. Mom did you pick up the bootener (spelled wrong-I don't know how to spell it). Oh crap back into the car. But I am going to go to the store and then pick Maggi up at a birthday party so I will be back in about at 1/2 hour. OK. As I am pulling out of the garage my garage door is coming down. Yeap you guessed it. BAM. oh poop. I was vaccuming out the car earlier in the day and must of shut the release for the door in the car door so when I was backing up it was released. But luckily it was only 2 little dents in the back of the car and one dent in the garage door, and they both work fine so I am good to go. Get the razor blades which I find out are $10 bucks for 4 stinkin blades. Good thing I love this child. Pick up Maggi only for her to start to cry as soon as we are in the car. I guess one of her so called friends pulled a trick on her. They wanted what Maggi got as a prize and asked to trade. So she does only to trade a mini make-up kit for a bite size trizzler. So when Maggi mentions to this girl that is not a fair trade she is told "NO TRADE BACKS". OK I make a mental note to deal with this later. I get home only to find out that the plans for dinner and pictures has changed AGAIN. Take a deep breathe. No biggy. Then I hear some muffled whining coming from the bathroom. The princess's hair is not cooperating. I am not a hairdresser, and you asked me to cancell your hair appt. because you wanted to do it yourself. Take another deep breathe. OK I hear from the closed bathroom door, I am just going to straighten it and wear my big headband. Cool because I think that would look best with your dress anyways. MOM can you drive tonight, so and so's parents won't drive now. Another deep breathe. YES. Time is closing in (thank god). I get her over to her dates house and get photos, yahoo, take them to dinner and then her dates parents are going to be doing the rest. Today I get up and it is laundry day, I made a deal with dh last week because now that I am working full time I think that it is only fair that he enjoy these moments. It was his turn to do the laundry. He was gone fishing all day yesterday so it is only fair, RIGHT. Well guess what, he went fishing AGAIN today. Another deep breathe, I think I am going to pass out from all the deep breathe. I am going to look for some cheap weekend getaway for next weekend and not tell anyone where I am going. But to let you know that I did make it thru I am posting some photos of yesterday and let me say I am very proud of Hayley.

Well it looks like I am going to have to post photos later. Check back for chapter 2.

Long time, No see

2006-09-23T18:55:00.000-04:00

It has been a long time since I have undated this little blog thingy and for that I am sorry. Nothing really exciting happening other than time. I just don't seem to have enough time in a day to get everything done. This working full time seems to get in the way of all the fun stuff in life. Then after work it is get dinner, get Hayley to dance and do errands that I don't have time to do during the day.

We went to the Balloon Fest last weekend and had a GREAT time. The weather was perfect. Sure beats this weekend with it being cloudy and rainy. It is making me stay home and do the little projects that I have been putting of. Like repainting Hayleys bedroom door, laundry, vacuuming, you know the things that need to be done but yet you can also ignore for a certain period of time. Looks like that time is up.

Well, tomorrow it is off to the store to buy a new crock pot. Mine seems to have bit the schnitzel and i can't live without one now that I am gone all day long. If anyone has a recommendation please let me know.

I know I have been MIA

2006-09-08T20:11:00.000-04:00

I just can't seem to get my act together. My house looks like crap, I have so much paperwork from school that needs to be done, dance has started so that mean I am offically a chauffer again. I need more time and energy. Just to make things more difficult I did a stupid thing last week. I was running a few minutes late coming back from my lunch break so I decided that I would run or jog is what I should say from my car to school, and yep you guessed it, I tripped over my own feet. Landed right on my right buttocks, jumped right up and worked the rest of the day. As the day went on I could feel my back getting tighter, no big deal I can deal with aches and pains. Woke up Friday (we didn't have school) and it hurt, but it didn't stop me from doing a little shopping and then went scrapbooking with Kay that night. Well when I woke up on Saturday I could hardly move. Every time I went to even breathe it was like a electrical shock going thru my back. So I did absolutely nothing Sat. and Sun. What a way to spend a holiday weekend. I was just a ball of fire. NOT. I let it go until Wed and finally went to the Dr. just to find out that I bruised the hell out of my back and that it might take another 2 - 3 weeks before it gets better. Oh that was just what I wanted to hear. Today it is feeling much better, still very sore but at least I can breathe without a shock.

This weekend it is house cleaning, since I didn't get anything done last week. Oh another fun one, the family is sure to love me. At least they will have clean underware, well maybe if they are nice. I will be sure to leave them for last just in case anyone gives me a hard time.

My other goal for this weekend is to get my camera out and take more pictures. I have been neglecting that lately. I need new inspiration and I am hoping new pictures will do it.

Hope you all have a fun filled weekend. <3

2 Weeks down

2006-08-31T21:05:00.000-04:00

OK it was 3 days the first week and 4 days this week but it feels like 2 full weeks and my body sure feels like it. I am not use to getting up early and putting the coffee on, jumping in the shower before dh and be ready to get out the door about 7:00am. That is just too darn early unless we are leaving for vacation and then time doesn't matter because I usually don't sleep well the night before because I am just too darn excited.

I think this is going to be a good year at school. We have a new principal and so far she is amazing. A real people person that tells you the truth (even if you don't want to know) rather than tell you what she thinks you want to hear (that is what the last principal did). Does that make sence? Well anyways I really like her and so she is just wonderful with the students. She has rules but has a wonderful sence of human at the same time. And how could I forget Adam. The little boy that I am with all day long. He is such a wonderful 8 year old. Working with him is a awesome job that it really doesn't feel like a job.

I seemed to have pulled a muscle in my back. I hope it feels better tomorrow, I am suppose to go to a crop. I am going to drug myself up before bed and lather on a bunch of ben gay so by morning I will be able to a little two step. Guess I better take lesson before actually saying I am going to do it.

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend. This is the first year in about 5 that we are staying home. We usually go up north and walk the Mackinaw Bridge with 10,000 plus other crazy people. With 4 days off I guess I better try to clean house. You did notice the key word "try", it is a holiday weekend so it may or may not get done.

Enjoy your weekend!!!!

2006-08-28T18:38:00.000-04:00

It has been awhile since I have updated this. For that I am so sorry. The girls are back in school and that means that I am back at work. It has been some very long days for us. It will take me a couple of weeks before I can come from home school and have any energy. As it is right now I get home, get dinner and then I am ready for bed. Ugh!!! Hayley starts dance tonight so that means that I will have to stay up to pick her up. I hope I don't fall asleep and forget all about her. At least this year she only has 3 classes and 2 of those are on the same night so that means I will only have to run 2 nights a week. Good thing I don't have a life. HAHA.

I found out that my good friend that has gone thru cancer twice has more lesions on her kidney. The poor girl only has 1/2 of a kidney left. My heart just goes out to her and her family. She has a daughter that is good friend with Hayley. They met in kindergarten have hung together ever since. I will be praying for her. The thing that really is making her upset about all this is that they can't do a thing and told her to come back in 6 months. That is going to be a hell of long 6 months for her. If you could find it in your heart please pray for her.

Well I guess I better go do the dishes. Nothing I hate more than waking up in the morning and finding last nights dishes in the sink. I never do that but I have been so tired, thank goodness it is only until I get use to working again.

Tata for now. Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Why or why is the blogger thing

2006-08-20T19:38:00.000-04:00

giving me a headache. I have tried off and on all day long to post a photo with this but for some reason it is being a pain in the arse. So her is another boring post with no photo to give it a little pizzaz (sp).

Well yesterday I went to a crop all day in Detroit with Kay. It was a very fun day, not very productive but I had a day with no kids. I did get 4 LO's done. None that I am very proud of. We did a little shopping also at the mall and IKEA. Today it was back to the crazy's. "MOM" this and mom that. I know they could do everything themselves yesterday, why can't they do it today.

I have spent the majority of the day organzing my ribbons and form stamps. To look at my scrap area you would think a tonado hit, but hey I am in the process of organization and in order to do that you have to make a mess right? Right!!! That is my answer and I am stickin with it.

Tomorrow and Tuesday are day of meetings to get ready to back to work and Wednesday is the big day. The girls are excited even thought Maggi says she "hates" school. We need to get back into a routine before I go nuts. Plus the paycheck will help. HAHA. Well I need to go back and try to figure out where I left off at in "project organization".

I've been tagged

2006-08-16T20:37:00.000-04:00

Thank you Lana, and actually this is making me update this blog. So here goes

Your Home:
Coffee table or soft ottoman? Ottoman
Flower arrangement or candle-scraps? Both actually
Tv/DVD/Stereo-black or silver? Black
Garden - annuals or perennials? Again it is both
Antigues & flea market or matched sets - shabby chic (old)
Office or junk drawer? junk drawer

Yourself:
Pony tail or butterfly clip? Well with my hair so short I would have to say butterfly clip
Make-up or nada? Sorry at this age it must be make-up.
Cotton or synthetics? Cotton all the way
Flip flop or Leather sandels? Again it is both. Flip flops at home, leather out and about.
Silver or Gold? It use to be gold but right now it is 1/2 and 1/2.
Purse or pocket? I carry a purse but my money is always in my pocket.

With Hubby:
Fine dining or picnic? Fine dining.
Jammies or unmentionables? Jammies
Remote - him or you? Him
Theater or rent? Rent
Lowes or the mall? Lowes (I love that store)
House work or hire it out? House work (but working on dh to hire it out since I will be working
full time.

There now you know all about me. TeeHee!!!

What do you think?

2006-08-10T17:39:00.000-04:00

These are 2 of the 100+ photos that I took last night at my photo class. I really like the class but was a little upset because I thought it would help me learn a little more about how to use all the bells and whisle on my camera. I did learn how to take better pics by where to stand and how to use nature light. So I did learn something. Now I am going to sign myself up for the class that he teaches at his store that will go into how to use all the buttons and do the thing that scares the do do out of me - manual.

Summer Fun!!!

2006-08-07T07:43:00.000-04:00

When I look at the picture all I can see is the fun that Maggi is having. We laughed and laughed the other day when she started doing this that I had to run and get my camera. She had the
water in the pool rockin and rollin. I told her that if she got the water in the middle going up any higher it was going to launch her right out of the pool. Well of course she just had to give it a try. Thank goodness it didn't work. Oh to be young and not a care in the world.

Now that I brought that up, both girls have a dentist appointment today. Hayley had a cavity and Maggi has a area where a previous filling fell out so that has to be redone. Hayley has been numbed up before but not Maggi. The dentist that we go to (I have gone there for over 25 yrs. and it is the only dentist the girls have ever gone to) has retired and a new Dr. has taken over. I have met him but have never had him work on our teeth. I wish that I was the one having this done. It always hurts me to know that my girls are uncomfortable (I know pain but I wanted to be nice). I get to go next week for a filling that is coming loose. I have not had to be drilled and filled for over 20 years. Ugh. The things we do to stay healthy.

Have a wonderful day!!!

2006-08-05T19:39:00.000-04:00

Here is a photo of my now 9 yr. old Maggi. Isn't she the cutest cowgirl on her new mode of transportation. Yes she did get a new helmet to go with the bike but there was no way she would let me take of picture of her in it. We have had to go on 2 bike rides already today and she wants to go again. Well I won't have to exercise then will I.

My Baby is 9!!!

2006-08-05T11:01:00.000-04:00

Today is Maggi's Birthday. I can't believe my little girl is 9 years old. They grow up way to fast. Part of me wants them to slow down and the other part can't wait until they grow up and see what kind of adult they will be. I also don't know what I would do without my girls. They are such a joy and can cause havic at a minutes notice. But I wouldn't change that for the world.

Maggi got a new bike from us today. We love to go on bike rides and she has never had a new one. It was always a hand me down from Hayley. She really didn seem to mind, that's my girl. Very happy (well most of the time). We are going to try and go to the movies this afternoon. She wants to see Barnyard, so why not do it on her big day. We are having my side of the family over tomorrow to celebrate both Maggi and Hayley's birthday. We did Scott's family together before we went to Chicago. Usually I do one big party for everyone in between there special days because the dates are only 3 weeks apart. So today is cleaning and organizing and going to the grocery store to get all the fixens. Yesterday we had to order the cake and of course one wants a yellow cake and the other wants chocolate. I wanted to scream, but it is there day so guess what. Yes we have 2 cakes, so if anyone wants a piece come on over, we will have enough for a army. Oh there will be ice cream also. Guess I better get moving, so much to do and so little time. HAHA!!!

HOT HOT HOT!!!

2006-08-01T07:58:00.000-04:00

At 7 am this morning it was already 80 degress so it looks to be another HOT one. Yesterday the temp. hit a all time high for this area and they say today is going to be worse. The humidity is so high also which makes it all the worse. I have no energy and my fingers are swollen due to the weather. Getting older brings on new experiences everyday. Just love it. Looks like I will be spending more bonding time in the pool with Maggi. That is the only way that you can stand it outside. You can even see the humidity in the air it is so thick. I also have a dentist appt. this afternoon that I am looking forward too. NOT. I am a retired dental assistant so you would think I wouldn't mind, but I have the feeling that I am going to have to go back for some work. Ugh. We will see. Hope everyone has a COOL day. I think I might try to scrap later because it is too darn hot to clean or do the laundry. That excuse works for me and I am sticking with it.

Back to Normal

2006-07-30T11:19:00.000-04:00

well as normal as our house can get. We just got back from dropping Elizabeth (Hayleys friend from Texas) off at the airport. She has been here for 2 very long weeks. I love that girl to death but I could tell that they were getting on each other nerves. I am a little worried, she is flying all the way back by herself and has to change planes in Detroit. I will not be happy until I hear that she is home safe and sound.

I got to see Vicki on Friday and I just LOVE that girl. I got to hold Landon, he is so darn cute. We meet up at the Great American Scrapbook Convention. If anyone has ever thought about going DON'T. I was very disappointed in the size and what was available. But lunch was fantastic. I did miss out on meeting Vicki's DH and kids. Of course my bladder kicked in at that moment. Dang it all.

I am almost done with the pages that I am doing for my neighbor. I love doing them but it has also made me gratefull that I don't have sons. Boy pages are so hard. I now know what you girls go thru trying to do a masculine LO. Maybe it is just me.

3 more weeks and it is back to school. Half of me is ready and the other half is - WOW where did the summer go. Actually I want to start getting my paychecks again, like I need more supplies but it is nice to have the extra money for fun, or as the first few will be to pay off they charges that I just HAD to do over the summer.

Sorry this is so boring. I did a photo shot of Hayley and Elizabeth yesterday so I am going to try and post those. They are silly silly girls.

Tomorrow is Friday

2006-07-27T20:09:00.000-04:00

and that means I get to see Vicki M. and Lana. We are meeting for a fun day of walking around and chit chat. Kay and I are driving down to meet them and have a great day. I can not wait. I need a day away from my humble abode and my lovely daughters. I have hit that time of the summer when everyone is bored and they are driving me crazy. I am not ready for school to start but I would love to get back into a routine. I guess I can wait another 4 weeks and I begin to bring home the bacon again. That is the only draw back about working at the school. We don't get the option like teachers to spread out the paychecks all year. Oh well at least I get to be home and enjoy the summer with my girls. Even though they drive me nuts at times. I wouldn't change it for the world. Well off to get my camera and things (like a map) ready for tomorrow. Arn't you jeolous!!!

2006-07-25T19:46:00.000-04:00

Here are a few photo's from this weekend. The first is Hayley, Elizabeth and Jackie. They are just wild and crazy.
Then there is Maggi, what a face. I just love this photo and I am sure you will be seeing it on a LO in the future.
This photo is of a few Tall Ships that lined the local river over the weekend. It was so beautiful and amazing. They lined up on both side of the river and as you crossed the bridge it was just a beautiful site.

I finally got my PSE on my laptop, why didn't I do that sooner. This could be a mistake because I have the feeling that I am going to be playing more than cleaning, getting dinners, I might just loose track of time and forget to pick one of kids. You get the picture. I have to go and play with more pictures. HAHA. Oh we are puppy sitting tonight for the cuties little thing. I have a photo, I am sure that really surprizes alot you that I will post soon. He is only 6 weeks old and just taken away from his mother yesterday. Oh the poor baby, but the girls are really entertaining him (between little doggie naps) and I think that is helping.

Hello, it's Monday

2006-07-24T15:41:00.000-04:00

and the weekend flew by. Well at least it did for me. We had a wonderful weekend and even got my dh to do something. Yahoo!!! We went to the Tall Ships that were docked on a local (well about 15 miles away) river and they were amazing. I have been so busy that I don't even have my pictures downloaded on the computer yet. If there are any good ones I will post them. That might not be for awhile. See on Saturday Maggi talked me into having some of her friends over for her birthday, which isn't until Aug. 5, but with our schedule she is having it this Thursday, so that meant getting the invites out Sat., planning what she wanted to do, a pool party but it is suppose to rain the rest of the week so we also had to come up with alternative games and such just in case. We just got back from getting all the goodies for the goodie bag and decorations. While we were at the store, I was informed that she doesn't like bakery cakes anymore, we have to bake and decorate it ourself. Oh goodie like I don't have enough going on. Elizabeth (Hayleys friend from Texas) is still with us until Sunday so they have me running all over the place so she can get in everything done that she wanted to do while back in Michigan. Ugh, I wish Hayley had her drivers license. Plus Maggi started volleyball camp this morning and just loves it, so only 4 more days to go for that. Also I am going to Grand Rapids on Friday and can I say I CAN"T WAIT. I need to get away even if it is only for the day. Well that is about it for now, need to go and get some organization going in this house before the party festivities, oh I better start the wash, the kids say they are almost our of clean undies.

I have a headache

2006-07-22T16:45:00.000-04:00

I spent all morning teaching my husband how to do the bills. We have been married 20 years and the last couple of years he has been asking to do the bills. We have tried many times and he ends up getting mad because he could never really understand, but today after 3 1/2 hrs of explaining why we can't just sit down and everything off I think he has finally got it. We will see next month because he will be doing it again. He doesn't know it yet.

Plans are being made for a day trip to Grand Rapids to go to the Great American Scrapbook Convention. I am excited!!! I will be seeing Vicki (mom25) and Lana again. Yahoo!!!

I am still working on the album for my neighbors grandson. I think I have about 3 more LO's to do and I will be done. I am enjoying this because it is doing boy LO's which I never get to do with having 2 girls, so this is working out my comfort zone which is a good thing.

Well I better go feed the crew before they starve to death which I am being told is going to happen soon. Heck it is only 4:45 and so what if I forgot to get you lunch. What a good mother I am. HAHA!!!

Welcome to a ZOO

2006-07-19T08:10:00.000-04:00

I don't even know where to begin. My dh has been gone since Monday, which is not a bad thing. The girls and I enjoy the down time, we don't have to do a thing, like worry about what is for dinner, we can just do our own thing. The thing is, is that Hayley has one of her best friends from Texas (she moved away about 1 1/2 years ago) staying with us for the next 2 weeks. So they have all these plans and planned a party at our house for this afternoon until evening. They kind of forgot to tell me until last night. I could just ring there necks. They invited about 10 teenagers over for food and fun. I usually don't mind, but I wish they would have asked and I don't have the heart to say no at this late date because I know Elizabeth (Hayley's friend) really wants to see all these kids while she is here and Hayley wants to do this. Right now they are still in bed and they don't know it yet, I have a to do list for them that must be done before the party festivities. I am hoping that they might think twice about having another party after see the list. HAHA!!! I am just going to sit back and watch, make sure my battery is ready on my camera and play the paparazzi camera mom. That's the plan anyways.

2006-07-17T16:00:00.000-04:00

After looking over my blog I decided that I need to reload some of my favorite photos. So here is one. I will load some more when I can use the PC because that is where 99.9% of the pictures are at.

It's MONDAY!!!

2006-07-17T11:20:00.000-04:00

And hotter than heck. My dh left this morning for the week and it is just me and my girls, plus another one because Hayley's friend from Texas is here staying with us for the next 2 weeks. I want to scrap but my scrapbook room is freezing because that is were all the cold air shoots out. It is suppose to be almost 100 degrees out today and I have to wear a sweatshirt to scrap. Ugh!!! Plus with it being so hot and humid I have no energy, go figure. I hope I get it soon because I have all this time to play and I just can't. I tried doing it at the dinning room table but I just do so much better at my desk with everything right in front of me. OK enough ranting.

I am going to sign myself up for a photography class at our local nature center. It is for women only and we are suppose to learn how to take great nature shots and what we can do with them once we have them on the computer. Lord knows I need help in both areas.

I think I am going to go to JoAnn's today. Why I don't really know, other than I was at Michael's the other day and I coulnd't find anything that I just had to have. Our LSS sucks (sorry but no other word describes it) and the best is about 1/2 hours away. I am trying to conserve on gas, so I am limiting my travel. Well I least I can try right. Off to pick up the house and get on with my day. Hope everyone has a wonderful Monday.

We are home!!!

2006-07-14T15:51:00.000-04:00

Well for the last 4 days we have been on vacation and it we had a AWESOME time. The girls we in a dream world and were on their best behavior, what more could I ask for. It was Fabulous. Even my husband was wonderful. Now it is back to reality and laundry. Oh what fun. Here is a couple of photos for you at the muse that are trying to guess where we were.

2006-07-09T15:54:00.000-04:00

I know I am a little late but here is another photo of the 4th. I really like this one!!! I have not been really good at updated this, and for that I am sorry. I have been really busy trying to finish the room redo for Hayley and now we are working on moving Maggi into Hayley's old room. Oh I am having a blast. NOT. They better apprieciate this when I am done.

We are leaving for vacation tomorrow and why does it always feel like a hurrican just trying to get ready. We had the girls (Hayley and Maggi) and Jenna's (my niece) birthday party yesterday. Poor Kay, she is trying to get ready for vacation also and had the party at her house. Jenna's Birthday is tomorrow and Hayleys is Thursday. Maggi's isn't until the beginning of Aug. but she wanted to celebrate now so she could get money for vacation. Hey - can't fault her for that. HAHA.

I have been hired to do a album by my neighbor, it is hard doing a all boy LO when I am use to doing girls, but I am getting it done. I have done about 8 pages and have about 6 more to do. That is my project when I get back because she wants to mail it off so he can have for his party which is the first week of Aug. Now I know what it is like to be on a DT and have a deadline. Nope not for me. Although I do work well under pressure. Well I guess I better go finishing packing since we are leaving in the wee hours of the morning before the sun rises. Hope everyone has a wonderful week.

In Celebration of my 20th Wedding Anniversary

2006-07-05T11:19:00.000-04:00

Here is a photo of fireworks. HAHA!!!
Yes it has been 20 yrs. since the walk
down the isle. I can't beleive that it
has been 20 yrs. Well enough of this
because we don't really do a all out
celebration. We or most likely I will
grill steaks tonight and maybe go out
for ice cream.

We went to the fireworks last night and
I am in the process of looking at my 250
pictures that I took. They are not the
best, but I like them and that is all that matters, right? Today I have been working
on a LO for my neighbors grandson and I am having a hard time. I have never done
a boy LO before let alone try to do about 12, I think I am going to have to put on my
thinking cap because this is hard. I have only done girl LO so this is making me think
out of my box. I just hope she likes it when I am done. Well I better go take the
steaks out of the freezer or we will be having grilled cheeses.

KABOOM!!!

2006-07-03T07:30:00.000-04:00

Happy 4th of July early!!! For the last 2 days I have been playing with my camera in anticipation of getting some awesome shots of the fireworks. Last year I got some really nice ones and I am hoping with my new camera I can get even better ones. I will tell you I am not holding my breathe. I get so confused trying to read the manual and then a couple of online tips. Why do I feel so dumb. Not going to dwell on that. HAHA!!! TODAY I might just finish a LO that I only started a couple of days ago. That is speedy for me. It seems like everytime I sit down to scrap all hell breaks loose and I have to go a running. The only place that I can actually do a LO in one sitting is at a crop. Well, off to the races, not really but that is what my life feels like. I am bound and determined to get Maggi's new room (Hayley's old) set up and running before vacation plus enjoy the holiday. I hope everyone has a fun filled day of fun and fireworks.

2006-07-01T19:13:00.000-04:00

I know my blog is boring but man it is even worse without the pictures. Looks like I will have to reload them to spruse this up. Well today I did laundry all day and started to clean up my scrap area. It is kind of funny because I haven't scrapped a thing since moving my room but it seems to collect alot of everyone elses junk. My neighbor came over today to ask a few questions about putting a SB page together. She is making one for her grandsons high school graduation which was about a month ago. She told him she might get it done for his college graduation but she asked me if I would do the book for her. What have I got myself into? I have lived next to her all my life, she is my second mom so what could I say. Looks like I am going to be busy for awhile.

Finally we are done

2006-06-30T17:10:00.000-04:00

PAINTING. Thank goodness, my body is getting to old for that. It does look cute. I will take pictures later. Maybe if I am lucky I can find a before and after. I watch too much HGTV. So today was to clean as much as I can and get ready for my mothers birthday festivites. They should be coming within the next few minutes. Better go get the burgers on the grill. WOW I wish I were Wonder or even Super Woman.

I don't know what happened

2006-06-30T17:02:00.000-04:00

but my other blog got so messed up I had to start a new. If I was better at the puter I might have been able to save it, but not me. Easier to cut and paste. So here is the new and improved model.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Can you hear ME?
I am screaming. Well my body and mind is anyways. This room makeover is kiling me. As my loving Hayley is laying around the house (she is the one that talked me into redo the room for her, with her promise that she would help-NOT) I am busting my butt. The painting over the wallpaper looks awful. I now have to wait for the ceiling paint to dry in order to sand each seam that seems to glow. With the primer you couldn't see them and thought this going better than I thought. Well I was wrong. It looks like it is going to be another back breaking day. My dh tooks us out for a drive last night. It looks like he is in the mood to buy a new house. Which I am also but why now? Don't get me wrong I would LOVE to move. It is just that I have come to the conclussion that we were staying here because we only have 2 more years and this house will be paid off and after last summer of doing a clean sweep of the house to get it ready to sell and then changing his mind, the house has turned into a mess again. Ugh! Looks like when I get done with the bedroom I will have to do another clean sweep of the WHOLE house.On a good note, I finally made all the reservations for Chicago. Yahoo!!! It is for real now. I am excited. We will be taking the Amtrak there and then spend a couple of days seeing what ever we can. Basically the Aquarium, Navy Pier and shopping. We will be there for Hayleys birthday and she is pumped. Guess who is going with us? If you guessed Kay and her family, ding ding ding, you are a weiner. So all you scrappers watch out there will a few photos when we get back. Hope everyone has a wonderful day. You know what I will be doing.
posted by Jami at 12:41 PM 3 comments
Sunday, June 25, 2006

The scene of the accident
I have been Hayley a hard time about running over the sign that I had to go take pictures of it today. It is not the best as I was driving and trying to take the picture at the same time. Please do not do what I do, it is very dangerous. At least I didn't run over a sign. HAHA!!! Well it has been a pretty productive day. I vaccummed. Yes that is about it. The thing is I have been meaning to it for about 3 days now, so the day finally came. Glad it is done. I even cleaned up my scrapping area a little. I thought I would try to scrap or do something artsy fartsy but I just didn't have it in me. We have the primer on Hayleys walls and I am now waiting for her to pick out the perfect color. Ugh!!! Tomorrow I think we will go to the outlet mall and see if she can find a bedspread that she just dearly loves so she can figure out the color. We have finally made a decission on vacation. Yahoo and I am so excited. We are going to go to Chicago and we are taking the Amtrak. We will most likely be there on Hayley's birthday and she is pumped. Other than that it is another day in paradise. Don't I wish.
posted by Jami at 5:50 PM 1 comments
Friday, June 23, 2006

CRASH!!!
Most of you know that my DD has her drivers permit. She has been driving for about a month now. Well today she wanted to go to Target to look at bedspreads to help her pick out what color she would like to paint her room. I thought she already knew what color, well she is a teenager and just can't make up her mind. Well anyways she was driving and saw some friends and was pointing them out to me as she turns a corner and takes down a street sign. I just took a deep breath and told her to pull into the closest parking lot. She was so upset, more with herself than anything. I told her that no one was hurt and that this is a good learning experience. My car has a little scruffing on the front fender, but it is ok because it now matches the scruffing on the other side. I am upset because she didn't want to go to Target after that and I am having withdrawls.
posted by Jami at 4:16 PM 4 comments

Sorry!!!!
It has been awhile since I have had time to blog. I started this to write down all of my daily going ons. Hoping that this would help me with my journaling. Well if this is going to help me then I am going to have to make sure that I get all the important moments down. So here goes with the latest and greatest moments.I think I am done getting the wallpaper of the wall, yes wall. It was glued to the wall with superglue I swear. Actually the paper has been on there for over 25 years and no one primed the walls before putting the paper up. So we have decided to use Kiln's primer and then paint over the paper. I was hoping that it would have been now by now, but you know with a teenager helping nothing gets done fast.Maggi was helping me the other day and did a little oops. She removed the wallpaper from the wrong side of the door so now I have redo that when I get done with everything else.Still trying to figure out vacation. Just when I think I have it someone tells me that they can't make it because the certain someone has a business trip.Oh I almost forgot, the pool sprug a leak so I had to stop everything and drain it, find the leak and set it back up. That took a day and a half. Today I hope to set it up. If we didn't have so much rain and a little help from dh I might have it done sooner. Keeping fingers crossed that it will get us thru the summer.And I thought it was summer break and I could SCRAP. Well at the rate that I am going I hope that I can at least get one page done before school starts. I am done complaining now. Thank you, I just needed to VENT.
posted by Jami at 7:34 AM 2 comments
Friday, June 16, 2006

Almost ready to peel wallpaper!!!I have been busy the last couple of days doing a clean sweep of the spare bedroom/computer/craft room. If Hayley does her job of getting her stuff out of there we can start to peel the paper off the walls that have been there for almost 30 years. Yes the paper is antique green stripes. I can see why Hayley doesn't want it her new bedroom. I am keeping my fingers crossed that we will be able to paint the walls rather than rewallpaper but I don't know because with this old house it has cider block walls.But anyways here are some photos of my NEW scraproom and I can not wait to be able to sit down and start scrapping again.
posted by Jami at 12:31 PM 1 comments
Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Day 2: I didn't get into the shower until 10:00am so I know I won't get much accomplished today. If I don't get going first thing in the morning I don't get going all day. Dang and I had alot that I wanted to get done.Hayley and her friend Amanda were going to sleep out in the tent last night but chickened out. Teenagers, at least they learned how to set the tent up.Maggi and I set the pool up yesterday to discover that it may have a leak. We are going to give it a couple of days and see what happens, I don't want to get a new pool and trying to find were the hole is is a pain in the butt. Time will tell.
posted by Jami at 11:20 AM 0 comments
Monday, June 12, 2006

I have started a blog, go figure. Now what do I write? Hmmmm, summer is here and so much to do, I don't even know what to do first. We are switching rooms. I first have to move all my scrapping stuff in to the back porch and set it up. Move the rest of the out of that room, remove the wallpaper, repaint, clean the carpet and them move all of Hayley's stuff into it. Then we get to move Maggi into Hayley's room and then Maggi's room will turn into a play/tv room for the girls. Now you can see why I can't get moving, it is going to take all summer to do it. Ok enough of this blogging, I better get my butt moving I have alot of work a head of me.
posted by Jami at 10:58 AM 4 comments

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