Baking

There is just something about the holidays that makes me want to bake. I don't know if I want to recreate the memories of growing up and always making cookies with my mom or that I really like to eat the goodies. But baking time has begun.

Last Saturday we went to my moms house to help her make xmas cookies. It was fun, but I forgot my camera. Then on Sunday I made all kinds of different treats for goodie trays.

I think that E is going to inherit my fondness of cooking. She always has to be in the kitchen with me helping me. Most of the time I let her. She loves to crack the eggs and stir up the stuff. And of course put on the sprinkles.

I bought a gingerbread house kit and let her do that a couple weekends ago. I had never done one either so it was a first experience for both of us and I think it really turned out pretty good.

In one month

In exactly one month my baby will be four. Its so hard for me to imagine that. It seems like just yesterday she was a little baby in my arms. Its so much fun to see her grow and become a little lady too though. She has her own personality and thought and dreams. It makes me so happy to see her smile and say 'I love you mommy'.

She wants to have a mermaid party for her birthday so last week we went shopping and picked out the little mermaid plates and cups and decorations for her party. I only hope that I can somehow manage to make her a mermaid cake.

She is the absolute best thing that has ever happened to me and I look forward to so many birthdays and watching her grow up to be a beautiful confident woman.

Back in the Swing of Things

Okay so my Thankfulness moment has passed. Sorry you know I really am thankful for everything in my life but the moment has passed. On the other things. Like my husband. He is a perfectionist. Which is great. He loves to try new things. Which is great too. But sometimes when he masters how to do something he has to find new things to try to perfect. So his new things is hunting fur bearers. He had to take a test and apply for a special license through the state to be certified for this. He also brought home a disgusting video showing a squirrel getting mounted. I asked him if he was going to start doing that too and he said he didn't know yet. Yippee, eyes rolling. So here are his two latest victims.



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My daughter is absolutely terrified of them. She has not had a problem with anything else he has brought home but she hates the ky-yutes, as she calls them. He almost shot a bobcat over the weekend. Lord help me.

Thanksgiving

On the eve before Thanksgiving I decided that maybe I should take a step back and look at all of the things I have to be thankful for in my life. But it will have to wait until tomorrow since my child will not go to sleep while I am down here typing. So until then....

Todays dose of cuteness

Or maybe in fact how strange my family life is.

While we were getting gas this morning, we saw a solider in his fatigues. I mentioned something about him going to work too and E said,

" But mommy he can't go to work he has his turkey clothes on"

LOL, I guess my husband is an avid hunter.

8 Things

Well someone tagged me to blog about 8 things about me that are weird to get me blogging again. I know I suck at blogging. My excuse is that I am fanatically working to get a bunch of stuff done so I can take a couple days off.

So on to the weirdness I guess.

1. I don't like to touch wooden things, like wooden spoons, Popsicle sticks, corn dog sticks. I don't know why but it gives me the creeps. I can however touch pieces of wood like you build things with so whatever.

2. I love to eat mayo on things. Like hot dogs and french fries. Sadly I have stopped doing this because it really makes you fat.

3. I have an awful pet peeve that borders on obsessive about pants that are too short. I can not stand it when people wear pants that are too short.

4. I have psoriasis on the bottom on my left foot. It is the only place that I have it. And it ITCHES. really bad!!! Sometimes itching it is almost orgasmic.

5. When I buy something that has different things that go with it I must buy everything that goes with it. Like the dollhouse I bought E for xmas last year. I HAD to buy all of the rooms that went with it. D was pissed she got so much for xmas.

6. My new favorite halloween decoration is a screeching black cat that I bought at Walmart. It is a stuffed cat with a painted red mouth that is hideous but I love it even though it freaks everyone else in my house out.

7. I am a packrat. I know this is not weird but the other day I was cleaning out my hall closet and found a bag that had my wisdom teeth in it. Gross why did I keep them, and why did I put them back in after I was done cleaning.

8. I hate it when people scrape their teeth on the utensil when it leaves their mouth. That gives me the chills.

Okay not horribly weird but still. I had a hard time coming up with all of them.

Extra long double sigh.....

I am still in a funk. Every little thing has been getting to me lately. I am not sure if it has to do with getting rid of all the baby things or what. D has really been getting to me too. I am just really fed up with my life right now. I so need a vacation but have no money to take one this year.

I will return to blogging again when my mood improves so I don't say anything I will regret.

Sigh ...

I am in a funk. Over the weekend we bought E her big girl bed and took down the crib. I know it was way past time but why can't she stay little forever. We are having a garage sale this weekend and D is making me get rid of all of the baby stuff I had hopefully hung onto.

As I pull out all of the toys and baby items I am filled with a great sadness. I remember everything. Which toys were her favorite and who gave her what for Christmas and birthdays and even the baby shower. I have stashed a few things, some of the outfits she wore in her pictures, some of her favrotie baby toys.

My heart longs for another baby, but alas that isn't going to happen for me unless I get a new husband. I can't see breaking up a happy life to try and find someone new just to satisfy my selfish craving. I love my husband and daughter more than anything else.

This weekend will be very hard for me. Don't get me wrong, I love that E is bigger now and we can do things together like get our hair cut and snuggle in a big bed but I feel as if we are missing something in our family. Hopefully I will be able to get over that feeling soon.

So instead of being sad I need to be happy that I am done with bottles and 2am feedings and diapers and move on to the next phase of our life.

Friday, Already??

Wow with the holiday in the middle of the week things sure do get screwed up. We got home at like 11:30 on the 4th. E did not want to get up the next morning for school. And it was an early bedtime for us all last night. Yesterday seemed like Monday and now it is already Friday.

We had a good time on the 4th. We went out to my dads. He had smoked a pig for my brothers grad party so we had leftover pig. OMG were the ribs good. We even got to bring some home plus he still has some left at home. E did really good considering it rained from about 3-7. She really liked the smoke bombs and the parachutes. I even let her hold her own sparklers.



She did really good I was so proud of her. I didn't take hardley any pics cause of the rain so that was a bummer. But here is out loot before we left out house.



The highlight of the evening was D's new catch.



My dads neighbor had to go get his bathroom scale to weigh it 45lbs. I know how much you all love his fish pictures so I will just put on one more



All in all we had a good time. NOw to find something fun and cool to do this weekend, its supposed to be 95 here all weekend. Maybe we should go to the lake.

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July to all of my friends.

I hope everyone had a great weekend. Ours seemed like it wasn't long enough. Friday was the visitation for my grandpa. It was raining like crazy while I drove there. It really sucked. But Friday night my MIL watched C and E so we could go out for date night. D & I went out to eat and to the casinos. We didn't win any money but we still had a good time.

Saturday was the funeral. It was a nice funeral but man it was rainy. Not just rainy but almost like it was a monsoon. The funeral was in the town of Osawatomie that is making headlines because it flooded. I was worried that we wouldn't be able to get out of town after the funeral was over. It was crazy. C actually had to spend an extra night up at our house because the highway was flooded and his mom couldn't get up here.

Saturday evening after we got home we had to go to a birthday party then Sunday my mom wanted to meet up with me to give me my birthday present. Then into work on Monday for a short week. Ugh, but I am done with checks now so I had a spare minute to wish everyone a happy and safe 4th.

We are going to my dad's house like we have the past couple of years. It is always fun. He is having the leftover pig he smoked for my brother's graduation party so I am really excited to eat that. I am making deviled eggs and a crunchy Asian salad. Alright I better get a few more things done. I will leave you with a pic of my flag girl.

Stephanie

I know you really wanted to get rid of the rain but really did you have to send it up here ;)

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

I will be gone for about a week. My grandpa passed away last night so I am going to take a couple days off to be with my dad. My grandpa lived a very full long life, he was 92. He died peacefully at home just like he wanted to. So if you don't see me for awhile then you will know why.

The First Movie

On Saturday D decided to go play in an all day softball tournament. So instead of going shopping like I usually do I decided to save some money and do something fun with my baby.

I decided to break down and take her to the movies. I was a little bit apprehensive about it, I really didn't think she was old enough. But it was really hot so I didn't want to do anything outside.

We went to see Shrek 3. It was really cute but OMG it has been ages since i have been to the movies, probably like five years, it is SOOOOO expensive. We went to the "cheap" show and it was still 12.50 for both of us to get in.

She was good for about the first 45 minutes of it and then she was ready to leave. I however was not about to leave after I just spent that much money so I bribed her with some popcorn. And again I was about to die, for a small popcorn and a bottle of water it was 7.75. That is just crazy. But she lasted through almost the rest of the movie so I guess maybe it was worth it.

Will I be taking her again???? Probably not any time soon. I still think she is a bit too young to stay focused on that for so long. She really doesn't even sit and watch a movie at home like that.

But it was definately and experience and I did get to see a movie before it comes out on DVD for once.

Today is a better day

It's amazing what even a little bit more sleep can do for a person. Even though I didn't get a full night I got a lot more then I had been this week. Plus it's Friday and how can you not love Fridays. We don't have much planned for the weekend. We will work around the house I'm sure and we are also kicking around the idea of having a yard sale tomorrow. But it might rain. Oh well if not. I am thinking of seeing if D wants to go to a local lake on Sunday and hang out and maybe have a picnic and do a little swimming.

We still don't know where he will be working next week or the week after. He should hopefully find out today some time if he will or not but I am not going to stress about that now. E had splash day today at school. She loves to play in the water. I really need to get some pics of her in her swimsuits, she looks so cute. I think she has like 20 of them. But when she wears one everyday we definitely needed more than one.

Some sad news one of my friends at work was pregnant and was going for her first sonogram last night. She has a lot of problems and was told she could never get pregnant. So it was a big shock when she found out. And then she was told she only had a 50% chance of carrying to term. She didn't come into work today and I asked our boss what she said. He said she told him she had a dr appt last night and things didn't go well. I am so sad for her because I know how bad she wants to have a baby. But she didn't tell anyone else here at work so hopefully when she comes back on Monday things won't be too hard on her.

I hope everyone has a great weekend. And maybe I will have some more pictures come Monday. And I will leave you with a cute pic of me and my big girl.

Sleepy, very Sleepy

I am so tired. I am not a good sleeper and with D on the night shift this week it has made things even harder. I don't think I have gotten 8 hours sleep total all week. I just don't sleep good when he is not there. Luckily its only for this week. It really sucks becuase he hasn't been working for the full eight hours either. The other night he came home at 4 something and this morning he got home at 5:30, so of course at 5:45 I hear E yelling mommmy. She was ready to get up. Ugh, I really needed that extra 15 minutes of sleep.

I am just ready for the week to be over with so I can get at least 5 hours of sleep at night again.

And we wait

Well, it seems like our plans to buy a new house may be on hold for now. D found out yesterday that there is not a whole lot of work out there right now. He is working the night shift this week then after this week we don't know what he is going to be doing. Hopefully his company will have somewhere else for him to go otherwise its off to the unemployment office for him.

Luckily we are prepared for this kind of thing. We have money in savings but dang I really hate to use that money. And our house buying plans will go on hold until he gets put on a more permanent job. In the meantime I will just watch what I spend and we are definately having a garage sale to make some money.

Fun Day at the Mini Farm

Fathers Day

To me in our house it seems like I put a lot more effort into Fathers Day then gets put into my mothers day. I don't think it happens on purpose and it really doesn't bother me that I have to spend mothers day in the car for the most part. And D always gets me something really nice. But this year I really don't feel like I have put any effort into it at all. I did get him a nice present and will fix him a yummy dinner but I am just not feeling it this year for some reason.

I think the best present I could have ever gotten him is for me to go to the gym every night. He has to pick up E and entertain her for a couple hours until I get home. Its so nice that after three years of picking her up and playing with her every night that he gets to do it for a change. I know he really enjoys spending the time with her too because they alwasy have a wacky story to tell me when I get home.

The only drawback is that instead of him feeding her dinner he lets her eat whatever she wants. Luckily I have been buying healthier food and she doesn't get to eat cookies every night for dinner.

Hump Day

Gosh I can't believe its already Wednesday. This week has flown by so fast. Last night I made a mad dash to Kohls before the gym because I had a 30% off coupon that ended yesterday. I wanted to get D's fathers day present there. He has had his eye on a food sealer for awhile. Why? I'm not real sure I guess just because he is a dork. I also did a fly bye of the clothes and picked up like five things for me but when I tried them all on at home last night I only liked one thing. Oh well. At least I liked one thing. I still can't decide what to get my dad though. He is really hard to buy for.

Some good news, my baby brother has been searching for a job for this summer before he starts college and had not been able to find one. But today he got one so he is very happy. He will be working the graveyard shift but he is okay with that because its more money.

Here is a picture of him at graduation with our mom



My allergies have been kicking my ass this week. I have been very dizzy on and off all day. But then when I go home I am fine. I am thinking that something here at work is setting them off. Oh well I better get back to work. I will elave you all with a picture of E and D hangin out

T.G.I.F.

Sometimes I just love Fridays. Especially when I have absolutely nothing planned for the weekend. For like the last two months we have had something to do every weekend it seemed like. This weekend we have nothing. Yipee. We are going to go garage saleing in the morning. Hopefully we will be able to find E a new bed. I am also looking for some comfy chairs for outside and a little tykes picnic table. A little town by us is having their annual city wide sale so it should be lots of fun.

Maybe I can talk D into going to the movies. We haven't been to the movies in like five years. I really want to see either Knocked Up or the Pirates of the Carribean. D is still working on his mothers bathroom so he will probably have to go over there and work and hopefully he can work on our house too.

Today at work we had Chiplote for lunch. It was sooo yummy that I ate my entire burrito bol. I am so stuffed and probably won't eat again today. I might skip the gym tomorrow so I can get an early start on the sales too. I really just want to hang out and play around and be lazy. And try not to think about coming back to work on Monday.



Cheers to everyone, have a great weekend

Money

Most of the time I am very happy about where D and I are financially. We don't go without and neither do the kids. If we want something we usually go out and buy it. If it is a big ticket item we usually save up for it. We both love our jobs so that makes things a little easier too.

But all of this house hunting I have been doing has me wishing that we had more money so we could afford a huge house with a lot of land for the kids to pay on. D wants at least 5 acres. And I think "ok I can find something" and I can but do I really want to give up the lifestyle we have grown accustumed to?? I think that I can. I bring lunch to work everyday. I don't make unneccesary trips in the car to waste gas.

But I love to shop. Its definately my downfall. I also love to buy lots of things for the kids. Lots of things. I know that we can afford to buy a nice house with some land and I will have to give up a few things. But darn it why can't I grow a money tree????

Exercise

So about three weeks ago I joined a gym. Its been going pretty good. I usually go 3-4 times a week. I hate to exercise. I mean really hate to exercise. But I know that I need to lose some weight and get in better shape. Tonight is a cardio kickboxing class. I love to take the classes. The only bad thing is that I get home really late and feel like I haven't done a thing all night. So far I haven't seen any results on the scale and it kind of bums me out but I am going to give it a few more weeks. Oh well off to exercise I go.

Ouch

Please tell me why it hurts worse to wax your upper lip than it does to go bare down there? It was my first time to do the upper lip yesterday and boy did it bring tears to my eyes.

Its been a long time

Wow Its been a very long time. I have been told by a few people that I need to get to writing in my blog again. Sometimes though it seems as if my days are all the same thing week after week and to me that gets very boring.

Yesterday was my birthday. I actually had a great day. All the girls at work decorated my office, one of them made me three different kinds of cookies and another bought me some BBQ for lunch.

I went to the gym and did some yoga then went home and got pizza for dinner. D and E gave me my present and my cards. It was a great day.