Last of 2010...

Wow! What a blur of a year! Seems like we were just saying good bye to 2009 and now here it is December 31st, 2010! I swear the older I get the faster life seems to be passing me by! This year I have some huge plans coming up and big changes in life and a ton planned! Vacations (albeit small ones), Joey graduating highschool, Laci starting school, school shopping for two, and just a ton of daily trips here and there around town with the kids. Its going to be a big big year!
I am going to be making a lot of personal changes in the upcoming year too. I am taking a break from fostering for an undetermined amount of time, I am going to spend more time on myself, I am going to start coming off the computer more and more and really work with Laci to get her prepared for pre-K! I have to start looking into getting her into a place starting next week. I am going to work more on Clover and Momma with their training and try to keep my house more organized and clean. I am going to work on focusing more on people who bring me joy, and love me for me, and less on people who bring me heartache and strife. I am going to work on my marriage, and my parenting. I am overall going to work on making my life a happier smoother ran one.
I cannot believe my kids will be 4 and 7 this year! I swear they are half grown already! Its insane! Christopher will be doing his first big testing in school at the end of this school year. I plan on trying to volunteer my time more at school again too. My biggest thing I want to get back to is my blog. I love the feedback I get on daily stuff on facebook, but my life is happier when I post here in my little place and I like the idea of being able to keep up with my kids stuff by recording it safely here.
Yep, today is already a big day, my baby girl just put a straw in her capri sun all by herself for the first time ever...my kids are going to be driving before I know it! Gah!
Ok, well there's the plan for the new year, Looking forward to everything 2011 has in store for us, and hoping to be even happier next year! Much love!

an interesting piece of news

I read this morning and want to hold onto this here as a record was set this week :) (we are in Canton)

The clouds began rolling in Tuesday night. Temperatures before daybreak Wednesday were about 10 degrees warmer than a day earlier, but were still well below freezing, ranging from 23 in Canton to 28 in Peachtree City.

The warm weather front should take the chill off. Though showers will remain in the forecast through Saturday, the temperature is expected to climb into the high 40s or low 5os, Burns said.

That's a contrast from the record-breaking low Tuesday.

At 8 a.m., the temperature at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport dropped to 14 degrees, breaking by 1 degree a record for Dec. 14 that had stood for 93 years, since 1917.

Brisk winds made it feel even colder. The wind chill before daybreak ranged from zero degrees in Marietta to 6 in Peachtree City. The actual air temperature just before daybreak was 12 in Canton and 14 in Marietta.

Get ready for more ice-cold weather Tuesday night. Burns expects lows near 20 degrees in downtown Atlanta, with temperatures dropping into the teens in the suburbs.

On to other things, I am taking a break from Facebook as much as I can for the next 10 days, and then hopefully getting off of it most the time after the new year. I have a mind packed full and sitting on facebook for hours a day is not fixing anything, I have also decided to take a small freak from fostering once Christa's litter is adopted and she finds a new foster once her babies are weaned. I am getting burnt out on it and the fun is not there as much for me anymore, I need a break so that when I do start fostering again, its exciting and fresh for me at the time....getting off facebook will also help me keep strong on my need for a break without looking at all those sad faces all day and wanting to "save them all". I am coming into the last 8 months of having my little girl home all day as a true stay at home mom, and I want to really work hard on her letters, numbers, colors and shapes before pre-k starts in august. I am sad that my baby girl is turning 4 in just 3 months and I want to really enjoy and soak in as much as I can this next 8 months...I also want to work on myself. Not buy myself a bunch of crap I dont need, but mentally, physically, and emotionally repair myself. I want to pick up a hobby or two and I want to stat filling my life with something more useful than status updates. I have wasted away a whole year on facebook...but its just one year....now to live twice as much in 2011 (and pray 2012 is just hype). I want to work on Clover and his training and also now with Momma since it looks like she is a permanent fixture around here. I also want to get away a few times during the year with the kids and take at least one solo vacation for a weekend during the year. I have a lot on my mind, a lot on my plate, and a lot of goals....and I plan on achieving them all! Add that to the zoo, the aquarium, fernbank, and a million other day trips, and I hope to be too busy for much else! :)

Well, I better get going on all that now! Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Its been a few days,

But I am back! Not a ton to report on besides the fact that it is freezing cold and we are another week closer to christmas. I found myself day dreaming about the summer and springtime activities this morning on the way to Christopher's school, in 23* weather...which is funny, because I absolutely hate the heat, the humidity and the bugs that those times bring...but, its ok, I love the cold weather (except at 6:15am when I have to come out of a warm bed and get everyone ready).I think those daydreams are a common thing people do right before they settle in for the long cold winter...and something I will regret mid July next year! Ha!
Today I need to take my mind off of rescue stuff as much as I can and get it on filling out christmas cards! I am worried about Lucky and I am praying for his safe return, but last night on the phone, I realized I am again putting too much heart and getting too personally invested in these guys only to surely be hurt in the end....its best if I start putting up that mental wall now to protect myself. I am tired of crying over the people involved with the rescue work more than the actual dogs I save. This is yet another mess that makes me feel that even though I have the heart for miles to do this work, I just dont feel like I have the intelligence. Today I rest my head as much as I can.
My coffee tastes funny, I keep drinking it which is silly, but I just keep drinking it...I am fairly sure Brian did not mean to make a 12 cup pot of coffee and I am afraid I am drinking 5 day old water plus this mornings water added to the coffee maker. Bleh! Maybe I should dump it and start over....or...just keep drinking my funny flavored coffee. 
Well, I guess I better make this short and sweet today...hopefully tomorrow I will have more to report on!

Hello again blog! I have missed you!

A day short of two solid months of being away from my blog...it makes me sad. I want to get this thing cranked back up so I can go on remembering all the special things that happen in my beautiful little life with my beautiful little family. Starting with a big milestone here at the Pruitt home...Christopher lost his first tooth last night!!!!! Its been wiggling for a long time now, and yesterday he came home from school anxious for me to see the big change over the day in it...I took one look and knew it was time! I got my cold washrag and gave it a wiggle...I could tell by his face that he was kind of scared, so instead of wiggling I "cleaned" the tooth by swiping the rag over the still stuck edge over and over for a few minutes loosening it up. Then when I seen it open on that side too, I reached in and plucked it out.....the pulled my hand out and watched his face...you could see him go to move it with his tongue like he obviously had all day long, and then his face changed when he realized it wasn't there! HA! His face was SO funny! He looked at me, eyes wide, and said "is it gone????" I just smiled and said "yep!" he was amazed! He put the tooth in a bag and under his pillow and went to bed, and was excited to find 10.00 under there this morning! Thank GOD for brian who actually reminded me at 3:30 in the morning to do it since I got everything ready to do it and then went to be and forgot!!!! I am such a bad mom! LOL!!! But all is well now and he is one tooth short today and couldn't wait to get to school to show off his toothless hole! Here is the finished product:

Here is a few highlights from the last 2 months...










And, my baby Clover turned ONE! 


Brian is off for the week, and we are getting some stuff done around the house getting ready for Christmas! We got our tree up, our yard decorated, and getting the rooms organized! Friday I am spending the day with my mom doing some shopping and having lunch out, and Saturday is the big Christmas parade in Atlanta! Yay!


Well, I am happy to be back up and running again! I have felt lost without working on my blog the last two months...considering I have had 3 litters of puppies in that time though, I have been a bit busy! Ha!


Happy Tuesday!

OCTOBER!!!!!

Too tired to post much tonight, but this explains why! On top of 2 kids and 2 cats, I have:

Casper

Charlie

Cybil

Damien

Hazel

Jack

Poe

Rosemary

Momma (Raven)

Tyra (Foster)

Clover (Mommy's handsome Baby!)

Its a busy house here!!! 

HAPPY OCTOBER!!!!

Yawn.....

So its Monday....rainy dreery yucky Monday...although I will happily take it today, I was NOT happy for it yesterday! It totally ruined our chance of going to the zombie walk because as usual I didnt just live for the moment and I chickened out from taking the kids to see the zombie for the one and only time this will happen this year because of the fear of them being miserable in the rain and woke up this morning to see album after album of awesomeness posted on facebook! So sad!!! How did I do that? How did I completely wuss out like that? UGH! So I have regret today...and kids that stayed dry all weekend. Sigh...oh well...its on to the last week of September! We are decorating this weekend coming up and the temps are dropping quickly (so far as the forecast goes today) and will be dry and cool and windy all week after today!
My back is still hurting, I am going on about 2 weeks now with something out of whack and I am really hoping it gets back to better soon.
This weekend I had my adoption event that I went to with Tyra and even though she didnt find her forever home this time, she had a lot of interest and I am sure that she will find a home soon if I keep getting her to these events. I know thats the way to really get a chance for her to be seen by many, and she is a hit!
Saturday night we took the kids to the fair for their first time. They had a blast! Christopher started right off the bat by going on that giant slide all by himself! I was so proud of him (and terrified) watching him climb all the way up there with his little patch of carpet and then coming down he had a moment of panic and put his foot out and almost flipped himself over! LOL!!! He got done and was so excited and proud of himself he was just beaming! Then Laci went on this flying dragon ride and we were sure she would start crying, but she didnt, instead she screeched and laughed hard the whole time! She was so excited and was mad when the ride was over! The kids rode some more rides and played a few games and we all splurged on some fair grub for dinner (Christopher had the foot long corndog which he almost ate all of it! And me and Brian and Laci shared cheese fries, chicken tenders and fresh squeezed lemonade. We all shared a bowl of home made ice cream made by this big ice cream machine right in front of us all and it was some of the best ice cream ever! We looked at animals like chicken, cows, llamas, and tigers and elephants! Then as the night wound down we went in to watch Diamond Rio in concert and it was AWESOME! Christopher was really into the concert and then they played "One more day" and me and Brian held each other with kids on our laps as a family and I even got kinda teary, and then they played "Beautiful Mess" which was the one and only song I was praying they would play and it was AWESOME!!! I sang the whole thing and smiled til it hurt! Its the first country song I liked and came out just as me and Brian started dating so it was kind of "our song" at the early beginning of our relationship, and I couldnt have asked for a better end to that night! The kids stayed up all the way home and we all passed out exhausted!
Well its Monday, I think I already covered that, and I am needing to get the heck off the computer and start my day. 

Huge weekend planned!

Been a slow kind of week with the kids home and the heat getting unbearable again during the day (I want my fall back!!) Anyhow we didn't do a whole lot this week bc two days I was down with headaches and we also had a tight week until yesterday. Yesterday though I took the kids out to see some halloween stores and then to lunch at stevie Bs pizza and then we went to see Alpha and Omega at the theater. The theater sucked though and we wont be going back to that one if I can help it. The only reason we went to the one we did is bc it was literally the ONLY theater NOT showing 3D for the movie as an option! Crazy! I hate 3D movies! So after that my headache had turned into full blown migraine so we headed home and I got some rest!
I woke up feeling much better this morning (so far) and have a huge weekend ahead of me so I am thinking today will be another chill day. Its been too hot to do anything outside, the one day we went to the park it was so hot christopher almost threw up and had to sit and cool down looking like a ghost until his belly settled and the red flush came back to his cheeks again. Yesterday the North Ga State Fair opened and *FINALLY* we are going!!! I have waited and waited for years now and finally all is set to go back!!! So excited! Originally we wanted to go once with the kids and once alone but we dont really have the funds for that so we scrapped the alone night and we are taking this kids Saturday night and meeting my mom and Steve there too! :) Saturday during the day I have an adoption event planned and I think Brian has something planned with the kids. Sunday we have the Zombie Walk in Atlanta!!! The kids are both stupid excited and so am I!!! I cannot wait! I have to get the walk schedule today so I can be sure we are camped out at underground atlanta in time! Now if the rain will just hold off we will be good!
Monday Christopher is back to school and me and Laci are going to start cracking down on school stuff too. I am going to be coming back off the computer again and working on her stuff, the rescue stuff, and my new "business" of making home made dog treats and selling them for profit for the rescue group! YAY! I am really ready to decorate and enjoy fall too! I think this week was summers last attempt to burn us and now its cooling off again rapidly the rest of next week, thank God!
Anyhow I have lots of nothing to do today! Happy Friday!

Another big weekend!

It was a big weekend here that started on Friday. Me and Laci had to go to the school and count fundraiser money and then after we met my mom and went to Bridgemill for the bi annual neighborhood sale and hit a few sales. I got a lego table for the kids for 5.00! And its nice! I got a few other little things and then finally called it a day around noon. The rest of Friday was spent relaxing. 
Saturday I got up and me and brian and the kids went yard saling again and had a lot of fun and hit at least 40 sales! We didnt buy much but we still had fun. Again we were done around noonish and then we came home and relaxed and then I went to Kmart to browse around while brian and the kids stayed home watching scary movies. On the way home I stopped at the boiled peanut guy and got a bag of peanuts and then publix. When I got home me and Brian grabbed some tea and the peanuts and went outside with the kids. I took the first peanut out, cracked it, sucked the odd tasting water out of it, opened it without looking and ate the first 2 nuts out of 3 in the shell....and spit them out!!!! I looked at the shell and seen this odd granual looking stuff and then turned the last nut over to see....MAGGOTS!!! Omg I almost threw up! The peanut had boiled maggots right along inside them! I opened another 5 and ALL of them had either whole big maggots dead and boiled or the weird granuals and what I think to be the teeny baby maggots that flies first lay. Ugh I am getting barfy just reliving this in my head! Brian was so mad! He tookthe bag and headed back up there. I told him to be nice though, because they were just a couple of old country guys and were very sweet to me when I bought them. He went up and showed them peanut after peanut full of maggots and the guys flipped out! He promised he would stop selling for the day and dump the ones he had left and that this batch was from a new supplier bc the other supplier was backordered. That he was freaking out because he had sold peanuts all day long! He begged brian not to go to the local paper and said he would give us free peanuts all fall long. Brian said we wouldnt go to the paper, but passed on the peanut offer. *gag* After that I was pretty much done for the day and we called it a night.
Yesterday we went to the river with Clover and the kids by the house for a few hours. Christopher had the most fun, Laci was good as long as she was sitting on a big rock or in my lap, and Clover was his normal self being wierd and eating leaves and trying to walk along the rocks. Brian did fall and hit his bad knee on a rock real bad and it has him limping pretty bad right now. I am hoping to get him to the doctor sometime this week to have it checked out. Then last night we went to my moms for Joey's birthday dinner. His girlfriend Kelsey was there and it was nice to finally meet her. We all laughed and hung out and joked for a few hours and then it was time to get my exhausted kids home and in bed! They both passed out within a few minutes of being home!
Today is the first day of fall break so I have both kids home all week. I am planning a lot of things this week. This morning I am taking them to the park by the lake to play in the sand and be silly til the heat comes. This is a terrible heatwave that I am hoping is the last of today. Its going to be almot 95* today! BLEH! I want my fall back!!!! So anyhow I have a big week planned and I am looking foward to decorating soon for halloween! YAY!

COMPUTER IS FIXED!!!!

YAY!!!!


I am so happy! Finally my computer is fixed! Fall is here and I am feeling fine!!! Last week Brian was off work for vacation and we spent the week making changes in the house and it all looks great! The bedroom went from (as someone called it) Miami Vice teal to "Periwinkle Bud" (a nice soft lavender color) and our bedding went to silver and we got a dresser and painted it black to match the other furniture in there. The livingroom went from the old bedroom blue to Ginger Spice to follow the kitchen and diningroom, Laci's dresser went from dark green to "Watermelon" and the garage is getting a whole wall from the waist down painted in chalkboard paint! We took down all the ocean stuff from the livingroom for the fall/winter and we will be changing that theme for the rest of the year. I went ahead and did the mantle up for halloween and its so cute! I love it!
I am no longer with Southern Cross and now I am with "Angels Among Us Pet Rescue" and I have my first rescue pet here, she is a 1.5 year old boxer mix and she is a doll! Clover is in love with her and she loves being here! She is super sweet and I am happy to have such a calm dog chilling here for a while wiating on her forever home. :)
Christopher had his funrun last week and he did great! Me and Brian and Laci went to cheer him on and stayed to pass popsicles to the next group. The laps were bigger this year and he had less time but still managed to run 28 out of 30 laps and was very proud of himself. We were super proud too and he had fun and thats what really matters! Then Friday he stayed at my moms house, (Laci didnt want to go because she is going through a wierd phase right now, but she cried bad when they left and she knew her choice to stay home sucked), and he had a great time! They rented movies and at ice cream sundaes and played and he was very happy to get some one on one time with nana and grandpa. I was happy he got that time in alone. :)
Last night we went to have dinner at the lake with the kids. It was officially the last swim night of the year. When we were done we deflated the arm swimmies and the round ring float. The water has been drained in the lake for the winter already and we could go all the way to the yellow pipe and still be crawling on our hands and knees and be well above water! It was the lowest we have ever seen it! We went way out past the line and searched for things that have been hidden all summer long. We found a few good shells and some good rocks, but nothing amazing. We had fun though and I was actually cold when I would come up out of the water. Next weekend (the 25th) we have our BBQ and potluck at the lake with friends and I am looking foward to it. I told the kids they can play in the water wearing shorts if it is warm enough, but thats all. I finally got some pics of the kids at the lake and that made me happy. They turned out really good! :)
Today its back to the grind or laundry and trying to scrub 9 million paw prints off my livingroom floor from the doggies running outside and running in with dirty feets!
Glad my comp is finally fixed! I am so happy to have it back! YAY!


Now to try and figure out how today is the halfway point of September already!!!!!

SEPTEMBER!!!!!!!

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOO FALL MONTH!!!


Starting the month off with one kid sick enough to stay out of school yesterday due to his flare up, but another one headed to the dog today...oh and did I mention I am sick as hell too? Yep, gotta love the fields of grain...or ragweed and golden rod....in the back yard next door since the whole idea of keeping it down was a lost cause and the wind blows through it making it look like a dust storm all day and night...mix that with cooler dry termps in the evenings that had us spending way too many hours at a time back there and its a recipe for disaster. Hayfever at its finest....or...the fall crud?
Anyhow its finally September! The beginning of the 2 most favorite seasons for me. The weather is already screaming for fire pits and ghost stories. I will just be glad when we all are sleeping again at night and can truly get the most out of this time of year! :)


So the week has gone by pretty much uneventful again. Just the same same day in and day out...its that lull between the seasons where you get your plans together and gear up....but change is coming! Brian is off all next week and its going to be our paint week! The livingroom is getting painted the brown to match the diningroom and kitchen, the bedroom is getting painted a silvery blue or lavender, and the dressers are getting painted for the bedrooms...ours black, laci's pink...and changing the theme in the livingroom as well as curtains to prepare for the colder seasons.


The big halloween stores have all started opening so that will become a weekly or multi times a week event I am sure with the kids, lol, of course I am not sure who likes it more, me or them!


Anyhow I have to get ready to take Laci to the doctor, and then its time for my day to get to gettin'. Have a happy 1st of September!

Do you feel that?

(severely angry to be re-typing this massive entry and sitting here with my head pounding!)


Its FALL creeping in! Now, I know the way GA weather works, just when we cant take another day of the sweltering heat we get a breath of relief (currently we are mid 80s during the day with pure sun and 60s at night) but then just as we think its fall, BAM! it becomes hot again for a week (by next week we are expecting highs back in the low 90s) and then just as we think we have been screwed, almost overnight it becomes cool and dry and fall officially falls in GA. The older locals around here say the signs are in order for an early and colder fall, and the almanac calls for a colder and wetter winter...so maybe we will have a white christmas and a frosty halloween? I can only wish! The trees at Lowes are all bright red, and gold, and yellow and some of the bigger trees are starting to have their color drain from them and some even have a lot of yellow leaves. My  elephant ear in the front yard is already starting to shrivel and die, my snowball bushes are all turning brown, and the sod is starting to lighten in color and I see patches of gold coming through. (the sod turns a straw color in the fall/winter), and yesterday for the first time I think since I put it in, my mountain hybiscus had NO flowers on it all day! That has never happened that I can recall, and my neighbors daylillies are all dying off around her tree already....and I can remember years when she had to fish through lush green leaves for halloween decorations that fell off her tree in them. I am very excited for fall and winter this year. Mostly because my 2 kids are finally old enough to enjoy everything the seasons have to offer. From firepits and marshmellow roasting, to hayrides and corn mazes, to pumpkin patches and decorating! They are both as excited for it all as I am which only makes me more excited! I have a feeling this year we may even end up buying a bunch of firewood because we will be having so many firepit nights! :)
Yesterday Clover celebrated his 3/4 birthday! I cant believe my baby puppy is already 9 months old! I am still so in love with everything about him and he makes me so happy. He loves us more than ever in return. He seems huge to everyone in the world but me. To me he seems like a big lapdog! All 90 pounds of him! LOL! I have to start working more on his training now that the cooler weather is coming, but at the moment he is limping from pano. It is a common but painful issue many GSDs suffer from and is an inflamation of all his bones which causes limping and pain constantly. I am giving him baby asprin and keeping him indoors as much as possible though and soon this attack will pass and he will be back to his active self again.
The kittens are now ready to go too and I am hoping to find them a home this next week so I can start getting my house in order again! They are very cute and very sweet and I think they will all make great family members to peoples homes. Now I just have to find those homes!
Yesterday I also surprised Christopher with 2 new action figures, Chewbacca and Darth Vader. I explained that this was a gift for doing so well in school this first month and adjusting so well and that this will only be a one time gift because we are so proud of how well he has done with the huge workload  he now has and class changing and responsibility that comes with 1st grade. His teacher told me that he is one of the best kids in class and that he is always polite and respectful and helpful and he has been doing great on all his work. I am also amazed with how great his handwritting is coming along. Its shocking to me to see how well he writes! He went to school this morning with Darth in one pocket and Chewbacca in the other to share with his best friend during recess today. My little man is growing up and I am so very proud of him! Laci is doing well at home again full time and she is really starting to show an interest in the world around her and colors and shapes and numbers and letters and has started asking me all the questions I remember answering for Christopher not that long ago and I am so happy and thankful for every day I get to spend with them in my life. They make me happier than words could ever explain.
Today I promised them that I would take them to Party City after school to see if they finally got all their Halloween decorations out. I know finally is a funny word to use on August 27th, but bare with me. Anyhow they are both rediculously excited for Halloween this year which is only making me more excited! We started working on decoration props last night and I now have two nasty jars (one growing a monster and the other full of ping pong ball eyeballs) sitting on my counter in my kitchen! LOL! I am going to treat them to some Dunkin Donut holes on the way and maybe get myself a coffee...I need one after last night!
Tonight is our pizza and movies night and it is quickly becoming a favorite for me with the family. Of course I was up pretty much all night last night and I have a pounding headache so I am sure I will be in bed early tonight....maybe even before the kids! Ha!
Well I cant really remember everything else I had written before, but this will have to do for now...I will need to start printing stuff soon. This computer is shot and freezes on me and is a hunk of crapola anymore. I cant do hardly anything on it and I am trying to do everything computerwise from my phone or brians computer in the evening making computer stuff very hard to do! I would love to say we will be saving for a new one, but with the original problem with the blazer being fixed wasnt enough to actually fix the blazer and it still being in the shop, and christmas quickly coming, I have to say that my computer days will just be very limited til next year..oh well...thats life :)
Hope everyone has a great Friday!

I am so far behind...

I dont feel like I am never going to be able to get on here daily again! Ever since my computer crashed its been very irritating being on the computer because nothing works right anymore. Its been awful! I wish you could do blogger from the phone so I could actually get on and do this when I get a few minutes waiting in line for Christopher at school or something.
Anyhow, preschool is over. I am not sure if I made an entry on here yet about this, but last thursday morning after all night of thinking I chose to keep her out of school for now. Something that was supposed to be fun had become something to dread, with tears and sobs to the point of dry heaving the night before and crying, and begging, and screaming, and pleading the morning of...just not what I consider to be a good happy situation. So, I made a choice, praying it was the right one to affect me and Laci a year from now and took her out. It sucked and I was so sad, but my heart and gut both felt better once I made it back to my car after talking to the director. Now all I can do is pray that I get a spot there for pre-k next year since there is really only 2 good locations for her to go that wont cause me to have to choose between the two kids as to who gets to get a ride to school...which sadly there is only one who can win that since no buses take them from home to pre-k. :( *fingers crossed*
Then to add insult to injury, the blazer went out and is still out of commission. It has been towed to a mechanic and God only knows how bad its going to hurt us when we find out for sure what the issue is there. *sigh*
This weekend went by in a blur. Saturday we had a birthday party at the lake (Galts) for Francis and Brannons little girl. The party started at 9:30am since saturdays usually get swamped there (well during the actual summer days anyhow) and we ended up staying til almost 5pm!!! The water was nice and cool since Galts is in a channel instead of a cove, and they are moving to Texas now. We got home, exhausted and slightly burned and covered in sand. I got the kids and myself showered and fed the kids and got them in bed. Me and brian got a pizza and watched TV and went to bed early. But it was SO nice there that we have decided that from now on one weeknight a week we will have dinner there until its too cold to swim as a family. :) Sunday we got up early and spent the day working on the house outside. We pressure washed the whole house, changed the broken doorbell out, and went to Lowes to continue looking for colors for the bedroom and planning our huge week of change for colors in the house during the week of September 6th-10th. I am still undecided what to paint the bedroom...But the house looks great now on the outside!
This morning Christopher was off to school, and me and Laci went for a walk (2.5 miles) and enjoyed this crazy 72* weather! Of course now its getting close to 80* and humid...but I have walked and I am showered so I am happy! Starting tonight the overnight temps will me in the upper 60s!!! Thats crazy!!! I am hoping to get to walk every morning now (weather permitting) with Laci since she did so well this morning! I am not walking to lose weight, just to feel better about me...thats all I really care to work on in that department...weight is not even close to my main concern anymore...I am working on it slowly but I have the rest of my life to stress over that crap anymore. I am happier when I just let go and let God. :)
Anyhow I am off to get heaps of laundry and vacuuming done and beds made, and a spice cake with cream cheese frosting  baked and tonight I am making Lasagna for the first time in over a year since I stopped making them for a while after I started making them for funerals and had about 5 in one year to make, they became sad and depressing to make and almost felt like I was jinxing us by making one...so I am looking foward to a no strings attached lasagna for dinner! ;) Happy Monday ya'll!

My Do-Over Week....

Last week started with a bang and gusto! Then everything promptly went to hell...LOL...


So...we are trying last week again...but then yesterday went to hell...so TODAY is the do-over monday from last week...and its fabulous! LOL!!!


Last week was great at first, I made my meeting for Bingo and PTA and Laci was wonderful, I got up and sent laci off to school with no real issues on Tuesday and walked and started my pills....but then monday night, tuesday, wednesday and thursday morning was spent in pain from a bad bad migraine. I chalked it up to my pills and when I decided to stop them for good...within 15 hours the headache went away and stayed gone. On Tuesday of last week I also unexpectedly got my period a week early. It was awful and had me feeling very VERY run down...so walking didnt happen...at all..
Thursday I went to take laci to school and for the first time in my life had to peel a screaming begging crying child off me and let someone hold her while I walked away. She had decided school was NOT somewhere she wanted to be. I cried myself into a new headache and had to redo my makeup before going to work in Christopher's class. I felt horrible!I called  her school before I went in to Christopher's class and they said she cried for about 5-8 minutes and then was up running and playing and laughing...that in fact I had cried 3 times longer than she did...and I was ok with that...I was glad I seemed to hurt worse than she did. My whole day was bad though and I seriously questioned if I should be doing this with her at all. I mean it isnt neccessary exactly and if it isnt fun there isnt any real reason for this. I struggled with that badly all weekend. Then when I was in Christopher's class I found out it was his best friend Evan's birthday and we were invited spur the moment to come for dinner...and then his mom broke down crying. Her 22 year marriage was ending and she was and still is a mess. My heart ached for her and I welled up with tears while I hugged her. I put off homework that night and we went to the birthday party. We were the only ones not family there and Christopher and Evan had a blast til 9pm!! But sadly we had to go because we had school to get ready for Friday.
Friday I spent the day cleaning and steam cleaning. My headache had gone and I was sick of having a filthy house from the kids, and dogs, and cats, and myself tracking stuff in and making my light beige carpets dark brown with darker brown and some yellow splotches everywhere. I was sick of the dust, the filth and the overall delapidation of my once beautiful clean house. So I cleaned...and cleaned...and cleaned...I steam cleaned and swept ceilings, I dusted, and wiped down stair banisters, I cleaned cat rooms, and bedrooms, I organized my closet, and moved the kittens into a playpen in the hallway...I cleaned all Friday, and all Saturday. Christopher got to go for the afternoon into the evening back over to Evan's house and they had a great time. Meanwhile I pulled muscles, made my ankle swell, and worked until my hands and legs and back ached...and now I feel like my house is 85-90% perfect again! Sunday Brian tackled the overgrown back yard and we sprayed for bugs and washed the patio down. We went grocery shopping and got ready for school. By sunday night we were all wiped out!
So Monday I decided would be my do-over week....
I over slept...rushed around to get ready for school, and then Brian flooded the engine out in the blazer and now we have to buy a fuel pump. (almost 300.00 UGH!) and we spent the afternoon driving to his grandparents house to pick up his grandfather's truck to borrow until we can fix the blazer. It was hot and rainy and muggy so walking didnt happen and honestly I was glad to see Monday go away!
Today I got up determined to get my life in order. Brian had a sub car, and I had motivation. I got the kids in school (Laci walked in putting up a fight but forgot when the teacher opened the door over excited and she walked in alone so I stopped as she kept going in to play and they said "go! Go!!"...so I went! I felt AWFUL!! I felt worse guilty today disappearing without saying goodbye than I did peeling her off me Thursday. Brian called the school and they said she was fine and playing and that she was OK...but I still felt like crap.) I came home and walked 3.6 miles and showered and then got an email to come work at Christopher's class, so I headed up. I already love this teacher and I already love being a room mom again with this class. Christopher is so excited to see me come in too. It warms my heart to see him light up like that.
Now I am headed back up to his school to get him. I picked laci up and she started to pout and welled up and said I left her and she didnt know where I was at...man that hurt...I wont make that mistake again. Trial and error can be painful! We came home and had a little strawberry ice cream bar and now we are going to get Christopher and head to the Party Store to see if halloween stuff is coming out. The kids and us are very excited for Halloween this year!
I am ready for bed though! Its an easy dinner night thank God and I will be in bed early!

Tuesday!

Another week underway. Both kids at school this morning, even after Laci gave me the "I dont wanna go to school this morning" a few times. But after getting "Monkey" and giving him lots of hugs to share with her from Mommy all day we got there and she was ready to go. Running and playing with Monkey in tow. :) I was in bed by 8:45 last night feeling awful. My headaches are getting worse and worse. I have decided to I am going to have an MRI done by the end of the year on my head just to be sure everything is ok. The doctor thinks I just have narrow blood vessels and thats what causes the every day headaches...well that and stress...and Lord knows I have plenty of that....but I dont want to stroke out or have something in there that I dont know about so its time to make the step in the direction of putting my mind at ease...even if it doesnt put my aching brain at ease.
Today I started working at losing some more weight. I know I gained some back from last year but I am on my medicine again and I walked 2.2 miles this morning with my friend Tiffany and plan on walking 2-3 miles 5 days a week from now on out. Saturdays and Sundays we do so much running around anyhow that I dont feel like I need to add walking to it. I will start abs and light weights next week as well 3 days a week. I am feeling proud and accomplished and looking foward to seeing the results I couldnt see last year because of my ankle. My ankle still causes me a lot of issues, and I think sitting cross legged on the floor is a thing of the past....but thats ok, I knew there would be long lasting effects from such a nasty tear.
Yesterday was a pretty easy day for me since I made it a point to not do much with my head feeling so bad. The weekend was nice and relaxing. We spent most the weekend being couch potatoes and watching movies on netflix as a family. Sunday I did some running around. Brian bought me a new pair of shoes since I havent had a pair in almost 3 years since my grandma bought me some after I had laci. They are super pretty, and very comfortable! They felt lovely on my feet this morning pounding the pavement. :)
Today I am doing laundry and house cleaning as always, thats a never ending event for me around here. I am not into the "Mom's morning out" thing. I see no reason why I should be out window shopping and spending money we dont have just because Laci is in school for a few hours. Thats just rediculous. This isnt Desperate Housewives, or The Real Housewives of some craptastic city...no, this is Canton, Ga and I am just a mom with a few hours to clean in peace (well unless you cound the German Shepherd shadow I have and the Miranda Lambert blasting peaceful, lol) No, I have too many obligations and this is my job. It is a job, and I am very good at my job. I work hard, play much less than people think stay at home moms do, and have a constant list of tasks to do...I have dinners to make, lunches to make, cats boxes to clean, dogs to wash, laundry, dishes, vacuuming....its nonstop! So its silly to think I should be out and about when I am more excited to clean and see stuff stay clean for a few hours here at my job, while everyone else in the world is at theres! :) And you know what? I am ok with that! I love my job, and I love my life. So neener neener boo boo stick your head in doo doo! LOL!
Welp, I am off to be employee of the month again! Have a great day!

Such a busy week!

This has been a very busy week and all I can say is thank GOD its Friday! Wow! The week started with Christopher starting his first grade year looking absolutely adorable and very excited to finally be going back. Brian got to go this time and enjoy the first day and while we were there dropping him off I also helped the teacher, Ms Glenn, get her desks labeled with the kids' names. After we finished up there we headed home and Brian went off to work. I managed to get right back into the routine of cleaning and getting stuff accomplished when I didn't have 2 kids crying and fighting and whining and needing to be entertained. (I only had one, lol). Pretty much the rest of Monday was a blur that flew by and left me worn out already!
Tuesday was Laci's big day. I started by getting there way too early and had to wait in the parkinglot  for 15 minutes. I went in (Brian had to work early and had to miss it) and went to her class. She was so excited! She jumped onto me and gave me a huge kiss and hug and before I could say anything was running off! The teacher had to actually call to her to say goodbye to mommy, at which point she threw her hand up and said "bye" and was back exploring the room...little girls in tow already. I went home not knowing how I felt. I was sad, weepy, excited, and quite surprised at her lack of clinging and/or crying. My little baby is growing up and is already very much her own person. I got to the house and decided the best thing to do would be to clean...so I organized some cabinets, did laundry, washed floors, fed cats, made beds, cleaned the livingroom, and had lunch alone at the kitchen table....it was wierd.
When I went to pick her up she was laying on her little cot during rest time and it was mostly dark and lullabye music was playing...I hear "moooooommy!" and I was happy to see she was happy to see me! I scooped her up and for a second her eyes welled up a little and she pouted and I thought she was going to cry! But she didnt. I think she was a little overcome with emotion, she had just woken up a few minutes before I got there and she was probably happy to see me, and it likely dawned on her that I was gone all day from her...my eyes welled up too. But a few big blinks and some smooches and both of us were feeling a lot better. :)
Wednesday I took Laci and brought Tiffany and her daughter to the lake where we met Jennifer and her son. We hung out and talked and laughed while the three smaller ones played in the sand and water and had a nice morning out. The water is getting too warm for my liking though and its going to be getting close to the end of my time at the lake swimming soon I think...but the morning was awesome and I got burned but didn't care. I got into the car to see my phone was ringing and it was the school nurse. Apparently Christopher had smacked his head on a pole in the playground area and had a goose egg and a welt above his eye. He was in the office and had a bag of ice and I swung by to pick him up. Tiffany was nice enough to run in for me since I was in my bathingsuit with no coverup on.He came home and enjoyed spending the rest of the day relaxing in his bedroom playing legos, watching iCarly, and playing his DS.
Yesterday Laci had school again, and I went and walked around Target. Then after that I met a friend from California who was visiting Atlanta on her husbands business trip who I have never met before for Brunch. I found some good reviews for a place called "Stilesboro Biscuts" in Kennesaw. We met there and it was teeny tiny and very country store like and had a whopping 4 tables (one of which was open!) and incredibly has immediately become possibly my favorite place ever for breakfast!!! It is well worth the drive and the old country charm (right down to the rocking chairs and sweet tea you poor yourself from a rubbermaid pitcher) made it so comforting and happy. I see MANY more meals at this place! Loved it! Can't wait to go back! We talked and laughed and soon it was time for me to say goodbye. I had to get back and get my kids from school. I was very full and very happy and felt special for being able to meet such a wonderful friend from so far away!
Today is Friday! I know I am doing something tonight with Tiffany, I am just not 100% sure what yet. I want to be home early though because I am tired and have a big busy weekend ahead of me. I got to get some stuff done around the house this morning because my job is never ending, but I plan on relaxing some too! Maybe even sneaking a small nap in this afternoon!
Happy Friday!!

Goodbye July! Hello August!

So I thought I should get on tonight and update the blog once for our vacation stuff and then I can update again tomorrow when Christopher starts 1st grade! I have pretty much been nonstop since getting home from vacation and sadly the blog always suffers. The vacation was incredible!!!!! We got there in just over 1.5 hours and I probably said 100 times how much the world changes just 1.5 hours from my front door. The mountains of southern North Carolina 9 miles from Tennessee are breathtaking. I mean I said 'wow' about 40 times driving there. I will deffinately be seeing that beauty again, the sooner the better!
We got there and pulling up were shocked at how nice the yard was...the pictures online did the cabin no justice at all! When we went in we all said "wow" once more. The cabin was beautiful and clean and well maintained, semi private and on a 2 acre lot with an additional 2 acre stocked pond. The floors were hardwood pine and the cabin decor was moose, trout and bear. I was in love from the word go. It was quaint and cozy and about the same size as our hotel we used to stay at in Daytona years ago. Plenty of room though, and the gift basket with candies, cookies, and bananas was a very nice touch. Needless to say the M&Ms didnt last long. LOL!
The master bedroom was small and had a queen bed and no TV which meant me and brian had no choice except to snuggle in close at night. We had brought a second a/c window unit and put it in the bedroom window and it was so cold we stayed cuddled up all night!
The kids slept in the livingroom on the pull out sofa and had a perfect time. The TV stayed on iCarly and Spongebob and the cabin felt like home. I loved sitting in the almost chilly morning air sipping coffee while rocking in the rocking chairs on the big back covered porch and listening to the birds and other wildlife around me while everyone slept in in the mornings with Clover laying at my feet.
The whole area was green and lush and beautiful and quiet. The pond had a little dock and I spent most my free time sitting on it with my fishing pole. I caught more fish than anyone...and by far the biggest with whopper catfish weighing in at up to 5 pounds! The kids had more fun feeding all the baby brim hotdog and anything else they snuck out of the cabin than actually fishing. They decided they would let me do the hard work of casting and waiting and when I finally got one, they would want to real it in. Ha! Smart kids!
On our second morning there we decided to see what was around us. We went to Lake Cherokee and I ended up falling in the water trying to coax Clover into it and he was not going in any further than me so thigh deep was his max...coming out I slipped on some mud and went right in...Clover made a bee line for the shore. HA! Then we took a walk through the woods on a trail...we heard water rushing up ahead and about a quarter mile in we came to an incredible (and terrifying) concrete bridge/dam and it had a water fall in the middle. Huge whole trees floated in circles below us and looked like sticks bobbing in the water. Giant bass could be seen swimming in the more shallow areas. I got lots of pics and walked the kids across. I realized about half way back their poor little hands were all crumpled up in my white knuckled fists in fear of losing one over the side. They were equally as nervous though even in the beauty of it all and didnt seem to mind much.
Coming back we stopped for some worms at a bait shop and got directions to a nearby outdoor gun range, so we decided to also check it out while we were there since the kids were happy eating icecream and clover was passed out cold.
On the way we rounded one steep curve and seen in the ditch by the road a baby deer, white spots and all who seemed to be disoriented and maybe even injured. I pulled over and got some pictures and then realized it had a bad eye and was having trouble getting out of the ditch. I decided I would have to get out and try to help it. As I was getting out another guy in a truck was coming back down the mountain and asked what was going on...by then the baby deer was running in mad circles, one eye bulging and cloudy, in the middle of the road. I explained that we seen it and I was thinking of at least taking it into a nearby field to keep it from getting hit. Another car came up and I knew I had to do something. I scooped this baby deer up in my arms and it let out this bray "MAAAAAA" And it was so loud it scared me and Brian. The guy explained thats what the babies do. It kicked me a few times and I walked it over to the side of the road. The third car drove by. Then the baby deer came back out into the road and started running in circles again...so I knew then I had to snatch it up again and take it to the field or we would have to put it out of its misery. I asked if we should just run it over (trust me it was with a good heart I was just thinking that was a better quicker death than what I imagined it getting later that night) and both Brian and the guy looked at me like I was a shmuck...I was embarassed. So the guy said he was gonna call someone and I walked the baby deer deep into the field...as it started it braying again, suddenly from the other side of the field this HUGE whitetailed deer comes out of the woods...ears straight up, chest out, tail as tall and bushed out as possible...and she started charging right for me...and her baby! He brayed again, but I knew if I let him go then he would go right back to the road so I had no choice but to pray I wouldnt get killed by this huge deer and keep walking into the field. I finally let the baby down and we decided to give it some time. I walked back to Brian and the guy who was waiting too and decided we would head back up the mountain and check on things when we came back down.
On the way down we seen the guy and a woman (later identified as his wife) standing on the side of the road. They waited and waited watching the baby until its mom finally came all the way to it and walked it up into the woods. I was so proud! I helped save this babys life!!! We talked to them for a few and they said we should move up and I was ready to act on that order! We said goodbye and went home for the day.
We spent the next few days fishing and playing in the yard and listening to the afternoon and evening showers playing on the tin roof while sitting on the back porch. The kids loved the yard and they loved the paddle boat. We went to the flea market and decided that for the fall/winter we are going to do the bear/moose theme in the house. It will give it such a warm cozy feeling and will be beautiful! I am excited!
There are a million little memories that I have from this vacation like Laci kissing out caught bass and then smacking the crap out of one of them before throwing it back in, and like Christopher shooting a .22 for the first time and looking at Brian and saying "now THATS a kill", and me and Brian getting caught in the middle of the pond in the paddle boat as the skies opened up on us and we had to paddle so fast to get out of the pouring rain and were soaked and laughing so hard by the time we got back in. I needed that time up in Murphy to tell me how much I am missing of my family at home by wasting my life on the computer at home so much and I need to start focusing on what I have right in front of me in flesh and blood and not in cyber space. Since coming home I have been off the computer almost entirely and couldnt be happier in my choice. I feel better and more alive and I am enjoying my kids and husband more already!
We finally packed up and came home Wednesday morning and the kids were sad to leave but not as sad as me. I am ready to pack my bags and sell the house and run not walk back to that beautiful wonderland....but for now we will start a family tradition of 1-2 week(ends) a year heading back up to our special cabin in the mountains to get away from life for a few days and get back into us. I am hoping to go back in October...I am starting an envelope and praying we will see the leaves changing in the smokies in a few months! =)

When we got back, it was time for open house!!! Christopher met his teacher, Ms Glenn, on Thursday and out of all the kids in his kindergarten class only 2 made it to his first grade class...and one was his BEST friend Evan!!!! When I seen his name under Christopher's on the class list I shrieked in joy! When I told Christopher Evan was in his class his eyes got huge and he giggled in joy! When we got to the class they were already there and he and Evan picked desks sitting next to each other...and while we were filling out papers he also made friends with another little boy named Lane who chose a desk right in the same cluster and they all talked and laughed and showed battle wounds from summer and looked at a "where's waldo" book. It was everything we could do to pull them away to go home.
Tonight Christopher was so excited about tomorrow that almost an hour after laying down I heard him in his room singing, I just know he is going to have another great year! I am so very excited for him!
Friday I worked the kindergarten sneak a peak day with the PTA and I am going to be very busy this year with them as well. I am going to be trying to get a chair position on a few smaller committees and work on some larger events as well....one of these days I hope to make an officer position within the PTA. *fingers crossed* I also put in for room mom again, but with so many returning moms this year with kids in this class for a second time, I am afraid it isnt going to happen. Brian says to be faithful and wait and see....so thats what I am doing.
Laci starts pre-school Tuesday morning and she is just as excited as Christopher is. I am going to be lost with both my kids gone for hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays....but I am sure I will find my niche somewhere and make it work. If anything, I can get some good heavy duty house cleaning done!
Welp, its 10pm and tomorrow is a huge day so I guess I am going to get going to bed somehow...
Happy August everyone!

Tomorrow! Finally!

More than ever I am needing 5 days in the woods to clear my brain and move on with the start of the new year. New year for most people is the turn of the year in January at midnight...but for me it has always seemed like my birthday was the turn of the new year, and now that I am a mom of school aged kids again it seems like the new year is actually the start of the school year. This year I have quite a big plate. I am getting as active as I can be on the PTA this year. I love being involved with the school and classes and all the incredible things that Christopher is now doing that I remember doing, or hearing about when I was in school. Every day is a new nostalgic journey for me, and it brings me a lot of joy. I am also praying I get to be room mom again, I really loved it last year and I know this year will be even better! I also have Laci starting in school too and it will give me a small break to keep caught up this year around here and get some peace and quiet sometimes. I am as excited for her as she is for herself! Everyday its the same question "momma...I going to school today? I very 'cited!" I am so happy she is embracing this. Seeing her at the tour the other day playing with the other kids and taking a lead right off the bat made my heart happy. She is going to do just fine and I am happy for her. This next week is going to fly by. We leave tomorrow (finally!) and then its 5 days in the cabin in the woods, and then when we get back I have open house for Christopher, working open house for Kindergarten with the sneak a peak day Friday, and a consignment sale, then the weekend, then school! Craziness!
In my infinate wisdom of doing things I wanted to back off of the things to do list to not be left with Thursday dragging by, and held off on everything...well...I did that a little too long and instead of working on stuff yesterday, I spent most the day at the lake with my kids, and Jennifer and her son, and now its Thursday and my house is a wreck, there is laundry to do, and I havent packed the first thing! HA!!! So at least I know today wont drag by. ;) I have a ton to do.
It wouldn't be the Pruitt household, however, if Clover hadnt hurt his leg day before yesterday and is now limping around, and Christopher wasnt on the couch saying he has a bellyache and refusing breakfast. *sigh* Lets pray this is just something small and we arent treating the stomach flu or something while on "vacation" instead of fishing at a cabin. GAH!
Well, tomorrow is me and Brian's wedding anniversary. 4 years has seemed to fly by in an instant. Oddly enough we tend to celebrate our dating anniversary more than the wedding one, lol. I am trying to come up with something special to still do tomorrow even though we will be driving. I am thinking we will get the kids in bed and sit outside and enjoy the sounds of nature with no light but the moon and our citronela candles and just relax and breathe....I am so looking foward to just breathing for a few days....
Christopher is upstairs in the bathroom "trying to vomit" so I guess this will be my last entry until we get back! Happy week everyone!!!

Another busy weekend!

Havent been on much last few days because thanks to Netflix and Nintendo Wii, we now have to most incredible option of being rediculous couch potatoes ever invented! We spent most of the weekend lounging around relaxing and watching movies and Tv through the wii. However, its now Monday, exactly 2 mondays before school starts, and 4 days before we leave for Murphy, NC! I am super excited and scared all at the same time about the vacation. I have mever planned a vacation completely sight unseen like this and its my first of a permanent new way of planning vacations in places other than Florida, since we likely will never visit there again. There are too many other places to go and to see in the world, and time goes by so fast that before I know it, my kids will be grown and "family vacations" will be a thing of the past...I just pray my first attempt at this doesnt end up Griswold Vacation on me.
Anyhow I have a ton to do today, but wanted to catch up. Thursday I was taken out for my birthday by some girlfriends. Me, Brooke, Tiffany, Francis, and Karrie all went to eat at On The Border. It was fun for the most part other than the service and the way it all ended...but I had a good long time there with lots of hearty belly laughs that I have been needing so bad. Tiffany was nice enough to be my DD and boy did I need one! Ha! After "dinner" we made a group poll and ended up at "The Place" on Towne Lake and walked in thinking it would be awesome and it was LAME!!! Hahaha!!! There was about 15 people in there (most of which were 40 years my senior) and it was Karaoke night, and it was awful!!! They insisted on me going up and having the bar sing me happy birthday and I was thankful it was so dark since I could feel the sweat beading up on my nose and ears buring with the deep shade of Red I surely was. I called it an early night and was home by 11:30pm. I came home to a pretty bad issue at home, but thats a private matter that isnt even worthy of adding to my beautiful blog...like so much other garbage in my life, I will keep it off here.
Friday was fun....Friday was a busy busy day that left me with a swollen ankle and a lot of bags in my car and a child who didnt look like him anymore! Ha! We finished all Christopher's school shopping, including shorts, shirts, shoes, bookbags, lunchboxes, and more! Laci also picked out a book bag, and I will get to that in a minute. After lots of shopping, me and the kids ate lunch at Chilis and then we went home to wait for Brian to get off work. After he got home (and we had a chance to cool off from our 100* day) we all packed up nice, fresh and clean and went to visit Laci's school!! We have made a family decision to put her in Pre-K3 for 3 days a week for 5 hours a day. Its preschool with Pre-K curriculum, and is at a nice school just a 3 minute drive from door to door from Christopher's school (on a regular afternoon in the summer with no traffic, lol) The school is Discovery Point of River Green and is a very very nice, clean happy facility. She will go Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am to 1pm. She is super excited and cant wait to start! (Aug 3) She got a Princess bookbag and a few new shorts and skirts so she felt she looked "new" too. We went and did a tour and got her paperwork, and tomorrow we go back for our second tour where she can meet the teacher and see the class up and working with kids in it. She didn't want to leave Friday and was very upset that she wasnt staying to play. Ha!! Its not cheap, but a possibly neccessary step to assure she has a Pre-K spot here in Cherokee county next fall. So we will make the cuts where we have to and work on finding more things to do that are free instead to be sure this happens. Then, after that experience, we went to Great Clips because Christopher was looking like she shaggy dog and said his hair was too hot. He needed a cut for School and told me he wanted his hair short to be "more handsomer". So we went and looked through a book and by the time we left my baby boy who has had the same haircut since he was a baby looked about 3 years older!!! He got almost all of it cut off, left it a little longer on top and the front of his bangs flip up with gel to look spikey. He loves it (and I will admit I was shocked at how incredibly MORE gorgeous my boy could be) and I am happy...now I just have to get used to man grooming him in the mornings before school, lol.
Saturday I turned the big 28! Woot, lol! We started the day going to IHOP here in Canton since they just opened a new one, and it was very nice. The kids ate well, and I was stuffed! Then we went to the bookstore and I got some more easy reader books for Christopher, and then we went home because of the rain. We just hung out all day long at the house until dinner time and we went to Red Lobster. We ended the night early and I was happy to get in bed. (at 1am..)
Yesterday we went to my mom's house for a BBQ and to celebrate Father's day, my Birthday and Brian's Birthday. It was fun as always and we killed the whole day off there!
Now its Monday again, and I have school tours, grocery shopping, playdates, the lake on wednesday, Fritz going to a new foster, and a crap load of packing to do before Friday! Egad! LOL!
But for now, I am going to drink my coffee and have a nice morning.
Happy Week Everyone!

That week went fast!

I am so far behind on so many things on here it isnt funny! Lets see....

Well, Brian's birthday was nice, the kids made him a cake, and we went to dinner at Ryan's and everyone seemed to have a good time. He was a little sad to be turning 30, but he is still upbeat about it all. On the 8th I had a big meeting with Southern Cross and the N. Ga GSD Club, and it was nice to see everyone from both places. I got caught up with everyone and I am going to continue to be a member with the NGGSDC, and I am going to skip the training I think.Friday and Saturday night my mom and Steve had the kids and it was the most boring rediculous weekend ever!!!
Friday night started out with us going to go fishing at the lake....we had just got settled in and in the water to fish when a severe thunderstorm forced us out. Then on the way home we ran out of gas and had to be saved by some friends of ours. Then while we waited for them to come it stopped raining, so we decided to try a different dock and fish....we sat for 2.5 hours and it was nice and calming and relaxing...but the fishing sucked...I ended up getting bit by a spider and we called it a night. We stopped for food on the way home and got home to find my order wrong...oh well, lol, it was deffinatey bedtime! Saturday we were bored to death! We wandered around some stores and when we thought we would spend *more* time in a store just browsing like we never get to do with the kids, we actually spent *less* time since our time was more sufficient! LOL! We went for dog food and came back home....I even took a nap! Ha! Then we decided in the evening to go to dinner (longhorns, I ate too much!ugh!) and then try fishing again. Fishing was just as boring as the night before except when the hotdogs sitting on my towel in the woods were attacked by a herd of fire ants and I had to abandon the hot dogs AND the towel for fear of being bitten horribly if I tried to shake them off! Then we went home and cleaned, lol, and got laundry done, and got in bed early. Brian woke me with breakfast in bed on Sunday and the newspaper. Then we went to get the kids and all was right in my world again...I missed them so so bad!! I realized that my life may be a complete chaotic mess sometimes...but its what completes me, and I wouldnt have it any other way! :)
Over night on Sunday the pregnant kitty, Mina, had her babies. She had 4 and she is a horrible mom! She doesnt like to sleep with them, and she doesnt like to feed them often, and she doesnt like to be in the room with them. I have to force her to stay in the closet so she feeds them, otherwise as far as being worried about their well being...that doesnt happen! I am honestly worried I will eventually have to hand feed them...God I hope not! But they are very cute, 2 calico girls like her, one grey tabby girl, and one orange tabby boy :) The kids are in love with them though and want to keep them all (NO!!!) and want to sit in there constantly, lol! It is so cute to see them with them in their hands... ♥ !
Monday I had a huge meeting in the evening with the PTA stuff for Liberty. I had an awesome time and met some great ladies, and got on some committees finally (like the Welcoming Committee I will be working with on the Kindergarten Sneak a Peak day!) and I will be quite busy this school year!
I am also working on getting Laci into Pre-K-3 at a local daycare where she will start going to school 2 days a week for 4 hours a day starting at the beginning of the school year! She is very excited and I am too for her. She and Christopher both got bookbags yesterday and I got all Christopher's school supplies bought (and a bunch for home....I mean at 25c for a pack of 24 Crayola Crayons...I gotta stock up!) Christopher chose a Bakugan book bag and Army camo lunch box, and Laci chose a Princess book bag and if she can have a lunch (or needs one) she will get a ladybug lunchbox. :) My babies are growing up! I am looking foward to 2 mornings free for me as well...I am also going to watch kids this year for the weeks they have off I think to make a few extra bucks...I am not 100% on that idea just yet though.
Yesterday other than bookbag buying we also went to see Dispicable Me in the theater. The kids and I loved it! What a great movie! Thats 2 incredibly great kids movies this summer, Toy Story 3 and this one. Love them!
Today I am taking it easy. I have a headache and I am due for my monthly mother nature visit, so I just want to chill. Today starts our single digit countdown to vacation! I am so excited!!! 9 more days and them 5 whole days of bliss and relaxation in the mountains with some of my most favorite people in the whole world! (and Clover!) We leave next Friday and dont come home tile Wednesday! Then Thursday is my open house, Friday I am working the other open house, and the weekend we will be getting ready for school on Monday! Wowza!
Welp, I am glad I finally caught up on here. I am just so busy loving my life and being busy with my incredible family that its easy for me to realize 3-4 days has slipped by in a blink! I know with fall quickly approaching my blog will be the extent of my online life I am sure! I know we will be so so busy and non-stop as always, but I *love* my life! ♥ ♥ ♥

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY BRIAN! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!

Can't wait for our weekend alone! I am so glad to get to spend this day with you, we are going to have a great time tonight for dinner! I love you so so so much! Thanks for being the best husband in the whole wide world! Here's to your next 30 years! ♥ ♥ ♥

Seems like its been a week...

What a BUSY few days! Whew! Today we enter the TEENS until the vacation! YAY!!!! I am so excited and so ready to get away! We added Fritz into our life on Saturday and he is a doll! 12 weeks of oure GSD energy, lol! I am sure it wont take him long to get into a "furever" home. :) We considered the fact that we may adopt this one ourselves, but Brian agrees that it just isnt that instand chemistry that tells us he is the one, so he goes on petfinder tomorrow. Saturday night us, Tiffany and the family, and Doug and his kids all went up to Riverstone to watch the big firework display. We had our new picnic blanket and put it right on the parkinglot ground, we had grilled hot dogs and brats, corn on the cob, beans, sweet tea, cole slaw, cupcakes, brownies, and watermelon! We all ate like kings and the kids had a ton of little toys and things to keep them entertained til dark, like barrel of monkies, fart goop, squealing balloon rockets, slapping sticky hands, glow braclets and necklaces, candy necklaces and gummy army men. We also had our fair share of firecrackers, sparklers, snakes, and more! I laughed out loud, danced with the two toddler girls, and had a blast! By far one of my favorite 4th to date. :)
Yesterday was oddly cool, with a nice breeze. Me and Brian sat under the shade tree in the front for hours while Laci played inside or out, and Christopher played in the house since his rash keeps him in. We would rotate the dogs and just sit in the shade and enjoy life. It was a great day! Joey spent the night Friday and Saturday night and he seemed to enjoy all the festivities too...and even had a little shade tree action with us before going home. I am so proud of that kid, he has great things in his future coming.
Last night wasnt so great with the dogs and kids and fireworks til 3am, but I still managed to get my kids in bed at 7pm and they slept on and off til fireworks were over and then til 8am. I was up at 6:30 scrubbing puppy poopy cages, and having soffee and quiet time and now everyone is awake and Brian made breakfast for us. Today is another cool day and it is a terrible tease...I know the heat and humidity is coming back, but for today I am going to enjoy it! I am headed back outside in a few under the shade tree! :)