50, 0, 7

That's what my countdown chalk board says in my kitchen now....50 days until Daytona in September, 0 days until Christopher starts school, and 7 days until Laci starts! The end of the summer happened a lot faster I think than even I realized, but I am kind of happy and kind of sad, but I am still expecting a whole lot more summer fun....if this awful humidity ever breaks! I know one day I am going to open my door in the morning and be able to breathe! I know it! But, for now, I will just continue to wait...and hope.

Yesterday was great fun at the river. The kids did really good, and I wanted cold water, and by God I got it! That water was so cold that whatever body part was in it for a few minutes would be red! My hands were screaming in tingly coldness for the first hour or more we were there...but eventually I had the courage to make one leap of faith into the water and thought my heart would just blow up! It was freezing!!! We had a nice picnic lunch with everyone and laughed a lot and the girls had fun collecting snails and sending them off on leaf boat rides in the rushing water flowing over the big rocks, and the boys had their "base" set up and had fun playing and throwing rocks, and riding the current down the river a little and just doing boy things. 

It started to rain so we came home, we were all freezing! The kids got a nice warm shower in and into some PJs, and I made some coffee and the afternoon sailed by. Sadly that wasn't the way the night ended. Christopher has gotten too carried away with playing video games and stuff this summer because we have been stuck in the house and it's been easier to let him do that than force him to do other stuff...I failed him there...but his reading over the summer has taken a down spin and that became very apparent last night when I asked him to read to me while I labeled his school stuff....after almost an hour and a half of tears I found out that I apparently yell too much, and he is really struggling to read. I took the DS away for the next week and we talked for a long time, we finally came to some conclusions on things we both can do to change the way homework time goes, and I spent a long time explaining to him that I do the things I do bc of how much I love him and because I know he is ridiculously smart and I just want him to know that enough to push himself to do better too...he went to bed, I went to the garage to cry my eyes out (and as I listened to fireworks outside I realized I forgot the get together across the street I was going to go to) and cried for a good 20 minutes like a baby before finally getting it together and drying my then puffy eyes and going upstairs to get Laci to sleep too. 

Today I plan on working on a game plan. The new school year begins tomorrow and I have to give my time to my kids more. I thought I was doing that already but clearly I am not. So I am praying that God gives me the strength to find a way that life around the house can work better and smoother and that I can become a better mother than I had thought I already was. 

I was up and down all night and finally gave in at 3:50 this morning. I got up and took a shower in the kids shower and now I have been sitting down here drinking coffee and thinking more on life. Its going to be a long day but maybe better....maybe some answers will come to me finally....and if nothing else maybe I will get to sleep better tonight.

Hope your Sundays are all beautiful!

Broken cars, school events, and heat!

It was a hell of a day yesterday. Starting off with the car starter dying, just one day after the battery in the blazer dying, and then a frantic call to Brian when I realized he had been off to get gas for almost an hour. Running upstairs I found 5 missed calls from him on my phone and with the history of 3 accidents now with him I freaked out and panicked as I called him back. Luckily, he was just walking in the sweltering morning sun and humidity home and told me about the car. I jumped in the blazer (which started right up thanks to a new 100.00 battery) and picked him up. 154.00 later and one very irritating morning the Corolla was fixed and Brian was off to do a partial day at work.

I then packed the kids back up and we went to Old Navy and got some shirts for Christopher during an awesome 4.00 sale they had going on in the kids department, then we went to BJs and got some snacks and stuff to be fully stocked for the beginning of the school year, and the mass amount of food inhaling it seems to bring with it. LOL! I was excited to get a lot of stuff, and thanks to some really good coupons it was only 60.00 total for a bunch! Even Brian who had already finished with his 2 cars and met us there was impressed.

The rest of the day was a hot slow moving day. I took off right after getting home from the stores with the kids to go up to the school and work the Kindergarten registration for the PTA. I love working it on that day, although it wasn't set up like it was last year and I am afraid we really dropped the ball on getting the amount of people to join that we did last year. After that, I met Tiffany and we went next door to Freedom to do Matthew's open house. Wow, what a nice school! Holy Moly! I mean, my goodness, this middle school is bigger than both my high schools probably combined! An absolutely gorgeous school though and one I will be proud to have my kids attend some day....but if they have direction like their daddy, they will be lost for days, LOL! After that it was just your basic hanging at the house, which was a night that ended with me crying in the bathtub realizing that my kids are growing up...way faster than I had realized, and I feel like I missed so much somehow. This has been the summer from hell, and I really feel like the kids don't understand the kind of weather we had this summer, and when you pair that with the finances, its been a recipe for a long boring cooped up cabin fever kind of summer. I am telling you, fall can't get her fast enough! I have some serious making up to do!

Today I am sitting here drinking my 3rd cup of coffee, and then we are packing up and heading up to Blue Ridge for the day to play at Horseshoe Bend Park with Tiffany, Eric, and the kids. My kids have no idea, and I am a little scared of the kids drowning, getting lost, getting hurt, getting kidnapped, and all that jazz, but, we are going anyway! I am about to hop off here and pack the cooler. The kids have no idea where we are going so that should be fun too. Ha. I hope today proves to be that burst of fun I have so desperately been searching for for the end of summer vacation. Its hard to believe tomorrow night we will be preparing for school the next morning! Wow!

Well, I hope everyone has an incredible Saturday...including us!

Happy day!

Open house day!

Its here! Its here! Open house day! And yours truly thinks she has a touch of food poisoning! Fun! Of all summer it would be THIS day that I would be barfy and in the potty every 10 minutes! Ugh! Welp, the show must go on and all I can do is pray I don't end up running to the nearest trash can mid orientation! Its finally the end of summer break, winding down, chaos soon coming to a close...just in time for NEW chaos! Ha! I am kind of sad that I am so glad to see summer break end, especially since I always said I wouldn't be one of *those* moms, but this has been a truly miserable summer weather wise and at least now fall will be here soon and my kids have a reason to leave the house 5 days a week and will be with friends and have play time and will finally get to do something. I swear between heat and and funds, this summer has kinda blown...however, we will be making up for it come September when we go to Daytona for a week! That should be the trip to really make up for how crappy this summer has been for them.

I feel like such garbage right now. Blah. Its hard to even be real peppy. I guess I should go make sure I have my outfit clean  I plan on wearing today and maybe try to force myself to eat something. Its going to be another blazing day today, the weather man said drier air was moving in...well, it ain't here yet! This blows! 

On a happy note I have lost 2 pounds! Yay! A few more and I will be back where I was when I decided to take an accidental 2 month break from dieting and then I should be back at my lowest weight in time for working out when the kids go back to school. Yay! 

Clover is set up to be neutered too. Its about 4 months earlier than I had planned when I got him, but its a great deal through a local group who also did Momma's spay and shots. 95.00 for his neuter, rabies booster, nail trim, and pain shots. Works for me! 

Well, I hope everyone has a day where they see less toilet bowl than me! Lots of love!

Busy busy!

Well this morning should be interesting, I wonder what happens when you add one adult who has a severe tooth phobia to a child who has a severe doctor phobia to a dentist office....I find out in about an hour and a half from now! Christopher is headed to the dentist for a "get to know you" visit and some Xrays to look at his top teeth, he had so many come out at once that 2 of them are closing up the spot where the middle one should be. I am happy to be getting him in though, and so far so good with getting him ready to go in. Then I have to go to Laci's doctors and get her forms filled out for pre-k that I forgot to do 2 weeks ago, and then go by the bank and the grocery store. This afternoon is swim class and then I will start working on getting upstairs cleaned again and ready for school in 4 days! OMG I am all of a sudden feeling panicked that I am coming up on school now! My little man is going to be in 2nd grade...that's crazy! Starting in 2nd grade I actually can remember a good bit of my life, so I guess my time for screwing up as a parent and him forgetting is coming to an end, LOL! Tomorrow is open house, now, I hate to say this but there is one teacher who gets TERRIBLE reviews from both parents and other teachers....I am praying that Christopher's name is NOT on her list. I know I have no say, and its wrong to judge her before I personally get to know her, but considering even the teachers think she is a schmuck, I am a tad nervous....maybe, just maybe, I will fall in good graces and his name will be on another list...I even considered going straight to her list and checking first, lol, then if it isn't having a sigh of relief and then wandering around calmly after that! Ha! How bad am I?

Started my meds back Monday, feeling pretty good so far on everything....a little increase in headaches, but nothing I can't deal with. I am really getting excited to start working out on a regular basis too. I have been drinking more water (not a lot or nearly as much as I should, but some is better than none right?) and I have been eating smaller portions again and less junk. I am pleased and that's really all that matters...not to sound snarky but everyone keeps telling me that so I guess I have to believe it. 

Well, I guess its time to start getting ready to go, Hope everyone has an awesome day!

ONE WEEK!

This is it! One week left before school starts! And yes, even though I am always sad that my babies are growing up, I am proud of them and look forward to each new step they take in life...and I am happy to have a few months of peace during the day hours! LOL! This week will start to really roll into full swing come Tuesday! Brian and Christopher are getting haircuts, we will go through and label all of his school supplies, start setting up the new shoes and getting them ready for day one, then Wednesday we have dentist appointments and swim class, Thursday is open house and checking all his stuff over one last time, Friday I am working Kindergarten registration again and the weekend will be grocery shopping and preparing for school lunches! This morning we started our training for getting up for school. Both kids did great! Christopher wanted a shower first thing because he was cold....what seems like 100 days of 100* weather and my boy wakes up cold! LOL, I was outside hosing my legs off with the garden hose at 6:45am bc I was burning up already after planting my Jalapeno plant first thing and my child is cold! Laci woke up happy and ready to go, she asked me right away if Bubba was going to school, and then when I said no, she asked if she was, and when I said no, she told me how excited she was for school...works for me!! :) Two weeks and counting for my pretty girl! She is stoked! Although I am still peeved over the lunch charge, but, what are you going to do right?

The weekend was great, Saturday was a fun although sweltering day, and yesterday we spend most the day in Cumming with the grandparents. Its always so nice to go up there, I do feel bad I keep pillaging their garden for blueberries though! LOL! But I have another batch to go in the deep freezer today! Yippee! Last night I got everyone in bed early including myself and this morning I started back on my diet meds just for this week to help get my eating back in check and get some energy....I am going to start vitamins, green tea, and picolinate pills as well. Already feeling bright eyed and bushy tailed which works great for me!

Not a whole lot planned today, will work on hanging my stuff for the consignment sale and then get some laundry done. I want to get another batch of tomatoes in the oven and hope that I can get a few more jars worth done by the summers end...although I would happily trade in my garden for cold weather again! Ha!  I need to really get cracking on the deep cleaning and re-organizing again this week so that by the weekend we can go do something fun as a family like the theater or something to get away from here and take our minds off school for the weekend. 

Well I guess I should get my tomaters in the oven so I can be ready to go hang out with Tiffany at noon, yayer! Have a fabulous Monday! Love, Mommy P!

5 Years!

Well its me and Brian's 5 years anniversary! I spent the night out with Brian last night going to dinner then wandering around some stores kid free and making mental lists of things we want to do to the yard this fall. We came home fairly early and after some snuggling was in bed fairly early, of course, when my kids aren't home I usually sleep like crap, and last night was no different. I was up and down all night but thats ok, I feel good today still. Brian had to work today so I got up to a quiet empty house (except the 3 stooges I have living with me) and had some coffee. I then got dressed and went to get the kids from my mom's house. Then me, my mom, and the kids spent the whole day out sweating to the point of it at one place actually dripping off my nose because it was so hot and it was so humid. One older woman told me today that they are going to start rolling brown-outs if the heat continues....now...I had no idea what that meant at first so she explained that it is when different areas have power turned off to them for periods of time to keep the energy levels down...now if THAT isn't scary I don't know what is! (ok, other than the CDC announcing zombie apocalypse plans)

Anyhow Brian met us at my moms house to help me load and devide my goods and treasures from today and then we came home. An ice cold shower and a fan now blowing on me and I finally feel like my body temperature is starting to come down some. I swear this is the hottest July ever!

Gonna spend the rest of the day doing nothing, lol, and then tomorrow I am going to make some muffins for breakfast and then we are headed to see Brian's grandparents for the day. I cannot believe we are coming into Open House week!! omg!!! This is crazy how fast this summer really seemed to go by!!

Well, better get started on my "do nothing" evening! Lots of love!

Friday!!! Yippee!!!

In the words of the great Frankie baby, "Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day, I've got a beautiful feeling, everything's going my way!" Its Friday, my mom is taking the kids tonight for me and Brian to have an early celebration of our wedding anniversary that is tomorrow. (5 years yippee) Our countdown to Florida dropped into the 50s! And the school countdown is officially in the 10 days left! My house is fairly clean, my kids are fairly happy, my dogs are filthy, lol, and I am on a second delicious cup of coffee and feeling fine! Today feels wonderful!

Its hot as hell itself outside. Apparently we are under some heat dome...that isn't scary at all sounding....and its killing people and making us all sick from the heat. I believe it. You step outside and you feel like you are stepping into the sauna in a three piece suit. Its not so great, trust me. I bought a new sprinkler for the kids yesterday on sale at kmart. They loved it. Its the only chance to play in truly cold water right now. Plus I forced them to go outside, and myself too, because it has been so hot we are turning into pasty couch potatoes again and that is not good. I swear, come fall, my kids will not be allowed in the house after homework time! They are forgetting what its like to be kids outside thanks to this miserable weather. I am too, and almost feel like the winter depression setting in the same way thanks to being basically prisoners in a house because of money (or should I say lack of) and the ungodly heat and mugginess.

Today is going to be likely another day of not a whole lot going on. Yesterday Brian was off work and we did a little running around but not much because of the rain and heat, and today looks like an even less energetic day. Plus I don't want to do anything that increases my chances for a headache since I am really looking forward to our date night tonight, even though as usual we have NO idea what we want to do. Either its way too expensive or just not something we are into, or both. Thinking its going to be another pretty quiet night "out", but then tomorrow Brian has to work, so it will be a pretty quiet day for me until I go get my kids. 

I can't believe how fast this last week has gone by though! Even with all the sitting around doing nothing it still seems like it has pretty much flown by.  I didn't get as much as I could have or wanted to have done this week with the kids, as usual money/heat/laziness is to blame, but they seem ok with it. I am determined though that this week we will do something, even if its just going to fernbank or something. We have got to feel like we did something! I may also suck it up and take them to the lake since I think it may be a tiny bit cooler than the pools now. 

Well, I guess I should go do some laundry and try to come up with something to do tonight! Happy Friday!

An evening post on the ol Ps in a Pod page....

Went to the movies this morning, was already ready to catch a criminal charge before I even found my seat. Kids were great though and we finally settled in with our 15.00 popcorn and drink (omg wtf) and the movie began...and....wtf??? who was this voice narrating? wtf??? what is this??? NOOOOOO so apparently this movie has been remade since the cartoon original and ummm....it wasn't anything in comparison to that one. I mean, WHY do companies keep doing this??? You just can't touch most originals, and this was one you definitely shouldn't have messed with. Cute talking animals, pretty sure that was Babe the Pig cast as Wilbur and as *usual* Dakota Fanning was cast as the irritating no it all over achiever female child lead....bleh....not what I was hoping for at all.

Anywho, spent the rest of the morning looking for a wallet and finally found one for a price I was willing to pay at Kmart...God bless Kmart....its heaven for poorer white trash...and I was thrilled to finally have a wallet to fill with all my crap so I can finally use my new birthday purse! Yippee!

The rest of the day has been a slow burn in front of the Netflix, rotting my brain with more movies I probably wont remember watching in a few years, but, it was relaxing. 

Trying so hard to keep the kids in line on bedtime and I am failing miserably. I am trying to get them both in bed by 8 tonight and will start waking them up at 6:30 starting next Monday...fun fun! That also means that sadly *I* have to be awake at 6:30am as well. <> I just gave the call to start wrapping it up, I feel like the cashier at the store giving you a warning to make your final selections and make your way to the front of the store....

Tomorrow I just found out Brian has off of work, so I am excited about that. Wondering what lame stuff I can drag them all around to do. I guess they will want to swim in the morning, which I guess is fine except the pool feels like a bathtub now, and then they will all want to hibernate so maybe I will get to go out for a few by myself tomorrow afternoon....hmmm....

Anyhow I guess I better go ring up those last purchases so that they can go to sleep and I can get a bath in and some bedtime for me too! Happy Wednesday night!!!

Another day of scrubbing...

Yep, its gotta be time to start the deep cleaning...other than the walk in closet upstairs and the garage, I have organized about as much as I can for now and its time to finish what I started and get the scrubbing part down. I tried to procrastinate more but I have nothing else I can do to kill time except for swim in a hot lake or a hot pool...and those don't sound fun to me...hose water is cold, if we want to get wet and cold today we will get in the sprinkler I think. 

Its a nasty muggy wet stifling yucky day again today. You feel like you are choking on the air when you walk outside. I am not into that kind of weather and cannot WAIT til fall starts....even early fall where its still hot, but the air is dry and a breeze feels cool like it should. 

My school shopping is done! All done now! I finally found an updated supply list at walmart yesterday and all I was missing was highlighters, so now other than haircuts I am done! Yippee! 

Gonna really crack down on starting to practice tying shoes with Christopher today. I feel awful that he still doesn't know how and thats 100% my fault. I also have to start working on a "homework file" for laci for the school year so she has stuff to work on while Christopher is doing his homework every night.

We did shots yesterday, and even though Laci screamed loud enough to make my ear do that light switch turn off for a moment, she sucked it up pretty fast, wanted water to drink, and was pretty much ok by the time we got to the car. She passed her hearing and vision, and she is all up to date on shots now, and of course I remembered when I got home that I forgot to have them fill out the forms I needed for school, so I need to go back by and get them. I was glad to see how good she did with the testing yesterday and I am so happy she passed it all! I took them to Dunkin Donuts after for a frozen hot chocolate and a captain america star shaped donut with icing, sprinkles, and jelly inside....no wonder they were both hopped up all afternoon! Gah!

Ok, so I just got a reminder email about the fact that I need to finish tagging my stuff for the consignment sale...yeah I should probably get on that! I need to get a wallet for the new purse anyhow so I guess I should pick up some orange paper while I am out...of course, I think I will wait til Brian comes home and go do that alone tonight.

So, other than the inevitable cleaning I need to do, I guess today is going to be a boring time. Maybe Brian will get home early and we can go to the pool. I know one thing, I am done eating garbage food. I have been sick to my stomach for a week! No more! I have gotten way out of control just eating whatever, whenever because of the heat, the schedule and the lazy factor, and that is enough. I feel like I want to take a hot water pressure washer down my throat and clean my insides out! Bleh! I had some delicious Blueberry toast for breakfast and will only be eating good stuff, or at least moderate amounts now if its not so good. But all the junk is OVER!

Ok, well thats the end of my gibberish today. Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!! See you tomorrow!

Yay for shots day....NOT!

Its that awful day before the school years, that day that I have dreaded since my kids were born every few months at first and now every few years....its shots day! UGH!!! Taking Laci in this morning at 10:30 for her Pre-K forms and hearing and vision and her 4 year shots...freaking fantastic....thinking a shot of something in a glass for mommy before the shots for her may help...bleh! I hate shots day....she is already stressing it and I know its going to be an embarrassing mess when we get to that part of the check up this morning. But I promised a special treat after (frozen hot chocolate at dunkin donuts) after. 

After that horrific experience we have some errands to run, bank, groceries, walmart....and then home for cleaning and relaxing. I have got to get the cleaning part of this house started...and finished! I am watching a lot of my hard work going away because of the daily grind and its making me crazy!

Took back over the finances last night to help Brian's stress level and also mine so now I am in the know more on what we have in the bank. I am happy to have to back in my possession and I am hoping to really get us some savings going on now too! I have a lot to set up to keep up with it good, but so far so good!

My birthday was exhausting. I got up and had a lovely banner on the wall, and then brian made me breakfast of pancakes and I opened my cards. Then we got dressed and went to North Point mall to finish the school shopping. After that we came back to the house and I changed into something more comfortable for the heat and headed to my moms house. She grilled hamburgers, made a fresh pasta salad, and we had other yummy things, followed by key lime cake! NOMS! We got home around 6, started the kids in the baths, and got the kids in bed at their bedtimes for the school year (7:30 for laci, 8:00 for christopher) we also started Christopher on going to bed without his TV on or at least we will be turning it off before we go to sleep and he will sleep with a night light instead. He has been up too much in the middle of the night and the TV is a major issue there. He did great and told me this morning he slept really good...so that makes me happy! 

Brian bought me a pretty new purse yesterday and I am excited to use it. Its a fun color but a lot more "grown up" and also has a nice appearance that I wont be embarrassed to wear to Christopher and Laci's schools for things. I know how stupid that sounds, but it makes perfect sense in my head! 

My allergies are killing me today, and my throat is on fire. Gonna gargle with some hot salt water later. I don't know what is blooming or sporing right now but its killing me!

Well, I guess I should jump in the shower and get my day together. Have a great Monday!!!

A very blessed Saturday!

Whew!!! What a morning!!! I am sitting here listening to my music quietly while Brian has the kids visiting his grandmother. Couldn't get to sleep good last night because I was so excited for this morning. Got up on time at 6:40 (omg I need more practice at that before August 1st!) My mom was here at 7:30 and we met Tiffany at the McDonalds and headed to the church. The bookbag/school stuff drive was AMAZING!! I had SO much fun and loved every second of it. I wanted to spend the whole day there! I met tons of amazing people and so many adorable sweet kids it isn't even funny! Just awesome!!! I smiled 99% of the time and my face was actually sore from smiling so much. Then me and my mom and Tiffany went to lunch at Red Lobster and re-capped our tables we worked this morning and gossiped a bit and they came out and sang happy birthday to me and we had delicious drinks (mango mai tai for me, pina coladas for the girls) We got done and dropped Tiffany off at home and came back here and hung out for a few and then my mom went home. Now I am exhausted!!! I want to play with my new bluetooth my mom bought me for my birthday but I have to charge it, I am excited to have such a fun new gadget! 

Trying to plan the next 2 weeks. So much to do still it seems and still seems like eons of free time too. I know this next week will be fun with the exception of Monday morning when Laci has to go for her hear/vision screening and SHOTS....eek!!! I hate hate hate shots days! I usually tell the kids what to expect but I am going to just let the element of surprise happen I think, Laci, like me, is a panic queen and I don't need her freaking out for the next 2 days over something like shots. I will do shots then treat them to pizza out at Stevie B's and then Netflix all afternoon on Monday...then the rest of the week should be good. Then next week Christopher has a dentist appointment on Wednesday to get some things checked out and plan the course we will take with his teeth too. Eventually I will get mine drilled, filled, or pulled depending on the extent of damage waiting 3 years to fix a cavity has caused...sigh...

I am pretty worn out right now though. I think I am going to go take advantage of having the tv to myself and watch a chick flick while I can. Happy Saturday!

Thursday Thursday Bo Bursday Banana Fanna Fo Fursday Me My Mo Mursday....

Well, the school shopping has officially began! We went last night when Brian got home from work and did most of the shopping for Christopher's supplies. 80.00 later we are only lacking a binder (ummm 1.5" is 6.00, 1" is 1.98...guess which size he needs) and shoes and a few new shirts and haircuts. Got lucky and scored an awesome Punisher bookbag for cheap at walmart which was awesomely unexpected and ridiculously cool! Got a cute shirt for Laci that she is gaga over and some snack carriers for after school snacks. Also went ahead and cancelled Christopher's swim classes. Its almost 70.00 a month and while I was sad to do it, we just found out that we now have to pay 90.00 a MONTH (yes every month, even months with 2 weeks of school bc of holidays) for Laci to eat lunch at pre-k....WTF??? She better be eating shrimp and steak for those prices...thanks to america going down the crapper money wise, on TOP of 6 weeks of additional time off school for funding cuts, peachcare now isnt covering food costs starting of course THIS year...lucky me....and now the school refuses to budge and allow outside food so I cant even opt to pack Laci's lunch which upsets me greatly, BUT, what can you do...kinda like Netflix price increasing....I want it, so I qill just have to suck it up and pay the increase....grumble grumble...but let it be known I am NOT happy about any of this! None!!

Taking a break from doing much of anything today. Gonna go through Christopher's shirts and shorts and other dresser drawers and probably clean my bedroom and attempt to make dinner, but other than that, I am pretty much just going to relax. Got my birthday this weekend, but not doing anything much, Saturday I am going to volunteer for a few hours at the church to help with the bookbag school stuff event and then out to lunch with my mom and tiffany. Sunday, as far as I know, we have no plans...which is ok by me. I am not into celebrating my birthday much...I am not a little kid and not overly excited about the day...honestly its just a day I officially go up in age a year...and to me...thats not a whole lot to celebrate...its not like I accomplished anything, lol, so what exactly am I celebrating? Is this another holiday that its acceptable to drink yourself into a coma? I think maybe it is....

Anyhow, next week will be shoe shopping and clothes shopping at the mall, that will be fun. I love shopping for school stuff. Then next week we will probably squeeze in a few fun days even in awful heat just to try and finish the summer break off with a bang before heading back. I know the theater is in the mix, and maybe some monster golf or something fun like that...not 100% sure yet. Probably the mall a time or two and maybe some ice cream out, and the lake i am sure....but we will have to play it by ear and see.

I can't tell if today seems like it is flying by or dragging by yet....I guess if I actually got up and did something I may know for sure...guess I should do that now! 

Have a great Thursday!

I am tired of you Heat Miser!

Well, this heat is officially ridiculous. I mean, ok, I know its going into mid-july, and I am in the south, but 110* heat index with 50-70% humidity??? Really??? Heat Miser, what are you thinking?!?! Its bad when even the water coming out of the hose in the front feel luke warm, and a cold shower still leaves you sweating once you get out. I know some days this blog seems more like a weather briefing than anything, but today...today the heat has finally gotten out of control. I thought about suffering through and taking the kids to the pool today...but just the thought of the thick hot wet air all over me makes me wanna crawl into my deep freezer til September....so thats a no go there...may let them play in the sprinkler for a few this morning before it becomes what the weather man says a "dangerous situation" out there.

Trying to find things to do to help fill my time as a volunteer. I signed up to sell clothes and be a volunteer in the consignment sale next month at the Canton First Baptist Church, and that should be really fun. Tonight I am going to help fill bookbags for needy kids at a place here in Canton, and then this weekend on Saturday I am going to volunteer a few hours to go work the big event they hold here every year for back to school. They do haircuts and dental exams and pass out bookbags filled with clothes, supplies, socks and undies and more. Its pretty cool. I wanted to work it last year but didn't know about it til I seen it the next week in the local news, so this year as soon as I seen it coming I signed up! I am hoping to start finding more things to sign up for, and then when school starts I am sure I will be a frequent flier there coming in a few times a week to help with things needed around the school. I have decided actually appointing myself to anything is a waste of time there though and often leaves me stressed out and still having someone else do the job in the end anyhow. But, they do need help around the school daily so I think I will probably volunteer my time that way...anything to help fill my time with something other than sitting here on the computer or eating stuff I don't need to be eating.

So I just got access to start tagging things for the sale next month, holy crap! I feel stupid all of a sudden...who would have thought that tagging things would be so difficult! I need to buy orange paper for my tags and then pray I can figure out the proper way to do this! Omg, so very difficult....or maybe I just have a headache and not enough coffee yet...either way...oh my!

Welp I guess I better go become motivated....and then try not to melt! Have a great day!

Oh, and I see comments left, but they don't show up here until I moderate them...had some haters a few years back and had to change my settings. :) XOXO

3 weeks from today and its....

Its hard to believe that I am already beginning the school shopping! I have gotten a few supplies, a shirt, and a lunchbox for Christopher so far, but plan on doing all his school shopping next week. Laci doesn't need much, but she is having a hard time understanding why she can't have the same things Christopher has, she is confused why she can't have a lunchbox and is sad she doesn't need things. I am sure she will get over it soon enough though. I have to get my desk organized today and get all her paperwork filled out. I also need to make her an appointment for her vision and hearing testing to be done. I need to make an appointment for christopher for xrays and a cleaning of his teeth too, and probably a cavity or two filled...then I need to get to the dentist too...fun stuff! I would like to see all appointments done by August 1st!  (but I know thats pushing it) I am pretty sore this morning, I fell down the hill in the back yard yesterday and banged myself up pretty good. My right elbow and knee hurt the worst, and the pulled muscles form desperately trying to stop the fall on the long slide down the rocky muddy cliff....sigh...but, the show must go on, and I have a ton of crap to get done around here still. Considering its going to be possibly 105* today (wtf? when did I move to the desert???) I am thinking that the heat is the reason I have had about 10 spiders in the house this week. Which are grossing me out!! 

So it's Monday, my self proclaimed "do nothing monday"...but today will be the opposite of the norm for me. I spent all last week trying to rearrange and organize the house room by room and have a lot left to go. I have to do the desk, the closet in my bedroom, the garage, and the downstairs closet still....then the house cleaning has to start...deep cleaning...I gotta get these cobwebs and mud and dust gone! I already need to steam clean the livingroom at least, Brian says I can rent a rugdoctor, so I plan on doing that the last week of July...that way I can honestly start the school year off right, totally clean and totally organized....this year is going to be weird man! A whole year of trying to entertain myself...bizarre...

The weekend was pretty much uneventful. (unless you count my crash test dummy landslide for something) Saturday Brian worked, I was going to go to an adoption event with Athena but then found out friday that for some reason or another she isn't allowed at events for now....thats all I am saying on that today....Sunday was a quiet day after the mudslide, and in the afternoon we went to Target and Staples to get some supplies. I got the kids in bed by 8:30pm last night which is the earliest they have been in bed since the vacation to NC! I am going to be slowly working them back down to a 7:30-8:00 bedtime over the next few weeks....

Today its going to be another day of cleaning and organizing and then enjoying another relaxing afternoon...and early bedtime...love it! Hope everyone else has as productive but relaxing of a Monday as me!

Organizing like a mofo!

And I am not sure I am winning this battle! I have been spending days now...maybe even weeks trying to organize the house before school starts in 3.5 weeks (well 4.5 for one) and while for small moments here and there I feel like I am making progress, I turn around and think "holy crap! I am never going to get done!!". I am starting to think my house and life wasn't made for being organized, lol! I spent the morning yesterday looking for things to help with organizing, and came home with a desk, a few baskets, and more stuff to clutter the house with! I am a mess! I desperately want to get the whole house done and ready before school starts, preferrably before I start school shopping, so I can feel like I accomplished something before the new year begins and we are all getting into the swing of a new school year instead of trying to find our keys and shoes in random piles of junk everywhere!

I had plans of going back out to yard sales today, but honestly I am just wiped out...add that to getting my period worse than I have had it in a year at least, and I don't feel like doing much...especially cleaning my house! But...the show must go on because the clock is ticking down the days. I had planned on taking Athena to adoptions today, but turns out, some of the core team doesn't trust her as a liability and they want her to go to a behavioralist so there is a high chance she will be leaving my home soon for an undisclosed amount of time to I guess get better? I am still a bit lost and trying hard not to think about it much at the moment....

Today I want tot try and get the downstairs closet, my desk, and the bathrooms organized...if I can do that I will feel pretty happy...if I can't, well, at least I will get some good netflix time in! Ha!!!

Brian's grandma had surgery on his birthday and is doing well, it was pretty cool that even after knee replacement surgery she still called Brian, thats awesome! I was really impressed. Got my first load of blueberries in the freezer at the moment and about to put a roast in the crockpot and then its off to clean clean clean!!! Wooptie doo!

Have a happy Saturday!

Its my hubby's 31st birthday! And other than another horrible night's sleep and being up at 3:15 for the day, and having a splitting headache today, its been a pretty dang good day! We started the day by me decorating the diningroom with streamers and the bedroom  with balloons. Then I made a nice big breakfast of ham, eggs, and made form scratch cinnamon raisin biscuits! I was really impressed with the turn out and they were delicious!!

After breakfast and dropping the cars off for emissions (yay birthdays) we packed up and headed to the lake! I brought the pole of course and actually caught a big beautiful catfish that jumped out of the water as I was reeling him in! How cool is that?!? We grilled burgers and dealt with the amityville horrors of flies  and swam for hours before coming home. I made Brian a birthday cake (his fav Chocolate with vanilla frosting) and me and the kids sang to him. Now the kids are watching TV, brian is washing his car, and I am sitting here waiting for bedtime!

All in all today is a MUCH better day than yesterday....now with all the cake and raisin biscuits in the house if I could just get back on my diet I would be one happy girl!!

Oh...and yes...I will ALWAYS love you my friend....even when we have our downs...because the ups are just that good! ♥

anyone know where I can get this?

Yep...I need one of the buttons...this last week has felt like I have spiraled completely out of control mentally and in my life. I have a snowball of problems rolling downhill at lightning speed in a fresh powder, and I have done some very bad backpeddling on stuff this week. I feel like I dont know how to get back up on the saddle...I dont know what is wrong with me. I know its hot, and humid, and miserable weatherwise, but thats not all....there is too many things that tossed themselves on my plate in one week and it just is a mess. I started quilting again to get my mind busy on things that aren't stressful, but even that is frustrating because of the lack of time, the lack of patience, and the lack of funding....

I just need to scream and then bury myself in the sand for a few days and then maybe when I emerge again I will be that better person I have been trying so hard to be. 

I started the last clustermess of a week by having to throw in the towel when it comes to fostering after a 2 hour babysitting job and transport left Brian so sick for almost 24 hours that our date night was ruined and we fought on and off over it, and I cried my eyes out when I made the call...and it sucks. Then the 4th I have looked forward to so much this year and it was a wash out! First time in my entire life I remember it raining like that on that day and it sucked. What a terrible let down. I mean, dont get me wrong, we laughed and had an ok time, but we packed up before the show was even half over. I was really just upset with the whole night. Then I have had some personal issues with a friend, and its been heart wrenching, and now I dont know where to go with it. Its all been aired, but I dont know how to forgive, forget, accept, or move on...I dont know how to just say "ok" and let that be that....then with the awful verdict yesterday of Casey Anthony being found not guilty for the horrific and brutal death of her daughter Caylee yesterday, my mind was just done. I emotionally ate last night for the first time in months and finally went to be around 1:30am....I curled up behind Brian and he wanted to talk, but I couldn't find the words...only tears, and cried myself to sleep behind him holding his hand....

Today I just feel drained...mentally, emotionally, even physically....which makes no sense because I havent done anything worth a dang in days that requires much physical activity....I guess I am just really sleepy...maybe tonight I will fall asleep before 1am again....that would be nice.

I am trying hard to snap out of this, tomorrow is Brian's birthday and I so badly wanted to give him a great day, but money sucks, and weather sucks, and my attitude today sucks....yep...deffinately need that "Do Over" button....anyone know where I can pick one up...cheap??

Anyhow there is my terribly depressing entry today...I know...so not what anyone wanted to read huh? Oh well you have good days, you have bad....hoping by the end of today I can somehow turn this into a good day....maybe I will start by having one more cup of coffee before organizing my closet at the front door and attempting to finish one blanket finally....we shall see.

Happy wednesday folks...hope its a good one...

Hello JULY!

The month that has the smallest amount on the To-do list, but seems to still fly by! My birthday (last in my 20s eek!), Brian's birthday, our 5 year wedding anniversary, open houses (housES....omg!!!), hair cuts and school supply and school clothes shopping...and then the sizzling days inbetween with pool and lake playdates, movies, water fights, and late nights....its probably one of the most fun months of the year for me...even though I am not a fan of the blistering temperatures. 
I got my glasses yesterday and spent the rest of the day almost brought to tears seeing things I forgot what they looked like. I was amazed how well I could see and how many more colors there are in the world. I was just smiling like crazy driving around, the flowers, the shades of green, shadows, seeing leaves on trees as individuals, the vibrant colors of the reds, blues, yellows....the way the clouds looked....it was amazing really. I cannot believe how much I have been missing!! I am excited to go look at more stuff today!
Tonight my mom is keeping the kids for us so we can celebrate our 8 year mark. Not sure yet what we plan on doing but we will figure it out I am sure. I dont care what we do really...I thought about a million different ideas, but they all feel the same. LOL. 
I am super excited for the 4th of July, Looking forward to seeing the kids' faces while they watch the show, looking forward to spending time with friends, and celebrating happiness. We are also going to go see Brian's grandparents again too. I think Brian wants to take his grandfather and the kids to a parade there in Cumming with a steam engine or something. I will hang out with his grandmother and pick some more blueberries. I have a ton of blue berry recipes I want to try out this summer and fall so I need to see how many I can get from him :) Going to plant my own bushes next year I think too. Part of our huge yard overhaul we plan on doing with the garden and stuff this fall.
Today is going to be another scorcher, but I got things to get done like emissions and fireworks/4th stuff to buy...so I guess I better get up and get on it so I can relax this afternoon before my big night!! Yippee!


Here's to the second half of 2011 being even better than the first!!