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!!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
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!
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!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
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!!!
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!!!
Monday, July 19, 2010
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!
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!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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! ♥ ♥ ♥
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! ♥ ♥ ♥
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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! ♥ ♥ ♥
Monday, July 5, 2010
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! :)
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! :)
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