I love how the news dramatizes stories. It really cracks me up sometimes. A little while ago I tuned in to watch One Life to Live. I only get to watch it one day a week so I like to catch it when I can (which is still rare). There has been a huge chemical plant explosion not too far from here and is puffing horrible chemicals into the air. Yes this is a massive disaster that is doing severe damage to our air, and everything. One of the news ladies was just speaking with some one on the fire dept and she asked how long this can burn. Well the man said hours and there could be some small areas still burning for days. The chemicals were highly flammable and are continuously exploding. What does the lady hear? She hears the days part and so she says If you missed that these fires will be burning for days. Stay in doors and get up wind. o_O. I never heard anything like that. I heard hours and some small areas days. All I hear in my head when I hear things like that is "The sky is falling, the sky is falling!". Then not even 10 min later the same lady says something like "Oh look the color of smoke has changed it looks like they may be getting some control over this fire". (insert eye rolling emoticon here).
I have officially become addicted to Pinterest! Its the most amazing DIY and idea site EVER!! I already have most of my Christmas gifts planned out from things I've found on Pinterest. I have also cooked recipes from there and tried several hairstyles. There are also endless photography tutorials on it. I think I may begin to drool as soon as I log on. LOL!
My little sister is getting married! Let the drama begin! Many including me, do not agree with every decision she is making but guess what...its HER WEDDING!! It cracks me up that people try so hard to make her change her mind to fit what they want for her wedding. If she wants to dress everyone up like a leprechaun and walk down the aisle to "Achy Breaky Heart" she has every right to. Its her money, her pictures, her wedding. There are some things she has picked out that I like and some things I dont. Meh who's to say everyone loved the pink and chocolate brown I did for my wedding. In fact I got told the tuxes were ugly. I was very glad they felt that way! Let her have her fun with her day. Although Austin said she's doing the whole thing the wrong way! He said your second wedding is a drive thru in Vegas and spending your money on hoes and blow. Ha!
Monday, October 3, 2011
I love how the news dramatizes stories. It really cracks me up sometimes. A little while ago I tuned in to watch One Life to Live. I only get to watch it one day a week so I like to catch it when I can (which is still rare). There has been a huge chemical plant explosion not too far from here and is puffing horrible chemicals into the air. Yes this is a massive disaster that is doing severe damage to our air, and everything. One of the news ladies was just speaking with some one on the fire dept and she asked how long this can burn. Well the man said hours and there could be some small areas still burning for days. The chemicals were highly flammable and are continuously exploding. What does the lady hear? She hears the days part and so she says If you missed that these fires will be burning for days. Stay in doors and get up wind. o_O. I never heard anything like that. I heard hours and some small areas days. All I hear in my head when I hear things like that is "The sky is falling, the sky is falling!". Then not even 10 min later the same lady says something like "Oh look the color of smoke has changed it looks like they may be getting some control over this fire". .
I have officially become addicted to Pinterest! Its the most amazing DIY and idea site EVER!! I already have most of my Christmas gifts planned out from things I've found on Pinterest. I have also cooked recipes from there and tried several hairstyles. There are also endless photography tutorials on it. I think I may begin to drool as soon as I log on. LOL!
My little sister is getting married! Let the drama begin! Many including me, do not agree with every decision she is making but guess what...its HER WEDDING!! It cracks me up that people try so hard to make her change her mind to fit what they want for her wedding. If she wants to dress everyone up like a leprechaun and walk down the aisle to "Achy Breaky Heart" she has every right to. Its her money, her pictures, her wedding. There are some things she has picked out that I like and some things I dont. Meh who's to say everyone loved the pink and chocolate brown I did for my wedding. In fact I got told the tuxes were ugly. I was very glad they felt that way! Let her have her fun with her day. Although Austin said she's doing the whole thing the wrong way! He said your second wedding is a drive thru in Vegas and spending your money on hoes and blow. Ha!
I have officially become addicted to Pinterest! Its the most amazing DIY and idea site EVER!! I already have most of my Christmas gifts planned out from things I've found on Pinterest. I have also cooked recipes from there and tried several hairstyles. There are also endless photography tutorials on it. I think I may begin to drool as soon as I log on. LOL!
My little sister is getting married! Let the drama begin! Many including me, do not agree with every decision she is making but guess what...its HER WEDDING!! It cracks me up that people try so hard to make her change her mind to fit what they want for her wedding. If she wants to dress everyone up like a leprechaun and walk down the aisle to "Achy Breaky Heart" she has every right to. Its her money, her pictures, her wedding. There are some things she has picked out that I like and some things I dont. Meh who's to say everyone loved the pink and chocolate brown I did for my wedding. In fact I got told the tuxes were ugly. I was very glad they felt that way! Let her have her fun with her day. Although Austin said she's doing the whole thing the wrong way! He said your second wedding is a drive thru in Vegas and spending your money on hoes and blow. Ha!
Monday, September 19, 2011
This is my personal blog and all opinions on here are just like this blog my personal ones. I do not think differently of those that think, act or believe differently than I do. Infact I very much welcome it. I want to learn more about different lifestyles and beliefs and such. It was recently pointed out to me that I do things differently than others. Haha! Even though I already knew this it was nice to get an outsiders opinion of things. The decisions I make and have made do not change the way I feel about those who have not made them or made different choices. In my head its as simple as here is A and B you chose A and I chose B. Its not better or worse just different. I was also recently (for the umpteenth time) referred to as a tree hugging hippie. Even though I am far from it I love that when someone comes across something that fits along these lines its me they think of good or bad. I like that I have been able to chose my own path in things and others have chosen theirs. When I am in need of help or advice on things I have no clue about its those who chose differently that I go to. There are people that I know that have done wonderful things and with out these people in my life I would be lost completely. But its when you're lost that you have to find your own way and for this I am thankful for. I felt I had lost my other "sloshing" half (I am sure you know who you are) and was lost. But more than that I was hurt and had no idea what to do about it. The obvious thing would be to confront said "slosher" but that would have been way too easy. Instead I took the hard way out and found my own way. There are always two sides to every story and unless you read the whole book you only get one. Had I done the easier and probably right thing a lot of hurt could have been avoided but I would not have found and learned the things I have. I think that is a hard part of truly growing up. Experiencing that hurt and learning and growing into who you truly are. On Wed I will officially enter the last year of my 20's. And I echo what everyone else seems to say. Your twentys are really a time of growing and learning who you are.
I got to assist in a cloth diaper store this weekend. It was heavenly. I learned so much and decided I am dead set on getting a Becco Gemini! Preferably in the Ginger pattern! I very much believe that no carrier collection is complete with out a Gemini and a Moby. I am sure some will disagree but these two are such great things! I also learned so much about cloth diapers that I never knew and learned the awesomeness of bamboo! I was "paid" in product so I got a Bum Genius pocket and a Simply Baby pocket and 2 bamboo prefolds. I think any prefolds we buy from now on will be hemp or bamboo! They are just so crazy absorbent and nice. I do think the cotton ones we have now are great though. We really have some amazing unbleached prefolds and decent bleached ones. But I would love to have more bamboo or hemp ones.
I started another paragraph about something I've really been weighing but it came out even more of a ramble than the first one is so I will continue to think it over and post it next time! Enjoy my few followers! LOL!
I got to assist in a cloth diaper store this weekend. It was heavenly. I learned so much and decided I am dead set on getting a Becco Gemini! Preferably in the Ginger pattern! I very much believe that no carrier collection is complete with out a Gemini and a Moby. I am sure some will disagree but these two are such great things! I also learned so much about cloth diapers that I never knew and learned the awesomeness of bamboo! I was "paid" in product so I got a Bum Genius pocket and a Simply Baby pocket and 2 bamboo prefolds. I think any prefolds we buy from now on will be hemp or bamboo! They are just so crazy absorbent and nice. I do think the cotton ones we have now are great though. We really have some amazing unbleached prefolds and decent bleached ones. But I would love to have more bamboo or hemp ones.
I started another paragraph about something I've really been weighing but it came out even more of a ramble than the first one is so I will continue to think it over and post it next time! Enjoy my few followers! LOL!
Monday, August 29, 2011
I have recently discovered pinterest! Now I really thought I had no idea what it was all about until I was informed my initial thought was correct! After that I have been increasingly addicted to it! I made 1 recipe already that I found there and have all but 3 items needed for another! Also the DIY crafts are awesome! I am loving it! I have so much planned for Evan this year that I wish I would have had last year. One in particular is making ghosts out of his foot print! I cant wait!
My little man has to have the oddest sized feet ever! They arent too fat height wise but they are very wide. Crazy wide!! But oddly small for his size. A 2 would nicely fit him if they werent so narrow (even 2w is too narrow) so we go up to a 3w but its really long in the length. Meh at some point it'll even out right? LOL!
Speaking of the little man he is EVERYWHERE! His feet are constantly in a run mode and his favorite thing to do is run towards the stairs yelling No! No! I think he thinks if he does this we wont come and stop him from climbing them. Who knows! He has also officially reached the Toddler Tornado stage. The path of Tornado Evan stretches from one end of our house to the other and no clean space is left unturned. *Sigh* I miss the days when I could clean the house and it actually stay that way long enough for me to actually see it all clean at once!
My little man has to have the oddest sized feet ever! They arent too fat height wise but they are very wide. Crazy wide!! But oddly small for his size. A 2 would nicely fit him if they werent so narrow (even 2w is too narrow) so we go up to a 3w but its really long in the length. Meh at some point it'll even out right? LOL!
Speaking of the little man he is EVERYWHERE! His feet are constantly in a run mode and his favorite thing to do is run towards the stairs yelling No! No! I think he thinks if he does this we wont come and stop him from climbing them. Who knows! He has also officially reached the Toddler Tornado stage. The path of Tornado Evan stretches from one end of our house to the other and no clean space is left unturned. *Sigh* I miss the days when I could clean the house and it actually stay that way long enough for me to actually see it all clean at once!
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Evan had his 1yr check up recently. During that visit he was supposed to get 2 shots 1 was a booster(MMR) and the other was the varicella vaccine. I have done some research on it and decided to hold off on the varicella. Not forever just to give him time to actually get the chicken pox instead of getting a vax for it. Well the pedi did not at all like this. She's not exactly been grand on many of the choices I've made but this one she down right had a problem with. I do wish I had a more I guess crunchy friendly pedi but I seriously doubt I'd find one around here. This is actually one area my mom agrees with me on. She's against cloth diapering was against extended breast feeding and many other things but she did back me up on this and I was happy about that. I dont think its necessarily something he needs to be vaccinated against. I know the course of chicken pox, I remember having them and how they itched and so on, but also the fact that you dont need a booster in a few years with it and you arent put at risk for shingles at an earlier age from it. Also why is it that they HAVE to have it so early? Why not before kindergarten? He has years before it will even be an issue so I am not understanding why the dr. felt the need to so completely disagree and then say we'd "discuss it at his 15mon check up". I'm fairly sure I'l still feel the same way in 3 months as I do now. I got a letter from daycare today reminding us that he will need updated medical records as of Sept 1. I am hoping this will not be an issue with them too.
Evan has recently been obsessed with a couple of books. He's always loved them like no other but lately its been a crazy love. His current recommendations are Hug by Jez Alborough, Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boyton and Skippyjon Jones Color Crazy by Judy Schachner. The kid is obsessed. He has us read them over and over and over again! He brings us Hug saying Bobo Bobo Bobo (the gorillas name). When we open the cover to Barnyard Dance he sees the cow and moos! I love his love of books and hope it sticks with him. Before bed he's gotten into reading some of those first word books. Where it has a picture and the name of said picture underneath. One is of animals and the other is misc items. And every time I turn the page and say the word he shakes his whole body yes as if to say "Yes momma you are right that is a sheep". LOL! I love him and love watching him explore and learn. We sign with him. He can do some back but not many. He does seem to understand many more signs than he can sign himself. I guess its same with spoken language. He knows what yogurt and hot dog mean but cant actually say it.
Its no secret that I absolutely LOVE cloth diapers. Not only are the more economical, they are better for the baby, and the earth. I have recently found many cloth diaper stores in my area and I could not be happier! I love finding, and learning as much as I can about them. Owning a cloth diaper store would be heaven! I could literally sit and talk about them forever never getting tired of it. Its really become a passion. No idea what I am going to do when we are done having kids and they are all potty trained.
Evan has recently been obsessed with a couple of books. He's always loved them like no other but lately its been a crazy love. His current recommendations are Hug by Jez Alborough, Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boyton and Skippyjon Jones Color Crazy by Judy Schachner. The kid is obsessed. He has us read them over and over and over again! He brings us Hug saying Bobo Bobo Bobo (the gorillas name). When we open the cover to Barnyard Dance he sees the cow and moos! I love his love of books and hope it sticks with him. Before bed he's gotten into reading some of those first word books. Where it has a picture and the name of said picture underneath. One is of animals and the other is misc items. And every time I turn the page and say the word he shakes his whole body yes as if to say "Yes momma you are right that is a sheep". LOL! I love him and love watching him explore and learn. We sign with him. He can do some back but not many. He does seem to understand many more signs than he can sign himself. I guess its same with spoken language. He knows what yogurt and hot dog mean but cant actually say it.
Its no secret that I absolutely LOVE cloth diapers. Not only are the more economical, they are better for the baby, and the earth. I have recently found many cloth diaper stores in my area and I could not be happier! I love finding, and learning as much as I can about them. Owning a cloth diaper store would be heaven! I could literally sit and talk about them forever never getting tired of it. Its really become a passion. No idea what I am going to do when we are done having kids and they are all potty trained.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Wow did not realize its been so long since I've blogged. Here is a quick recap of the last month!!
July 4th went great. We went to some of Austins family on the 3rd and had so much fun out there then on the 4th we had some friends and family over for a cookout and to shoot off fireworks. Evan was great with them on the 3rd but when they were closer and louder he wasnt too much of a fan!
The weekend of July 9th we went to the coast. It was a great and much needed vacation. Austin said he didnt get back mentally until last week! LOL! Evan loved the water and just played and played. Had 1 taste of the sand and never went back. Smart boy!! We brought the dogs and they loved it just as much. Our little dog wasnt too excited because the waves would easily go over his head but our big dog who is terrified at the lake was in heaven at the beach. Crazy dog makes no sense!
This past weekend was E's first birthday party. Stressed is putting it lightly. But it ended up being a great day. He was able to play in the splash pad while the big kids played in the water spraying bounce house. He had cake and ice cream and got so many amazing toys. One of his favorites is a Cozy Coupe Car but the turkey keeps pulling it over on him. Thankfully it is a light weight hollow plastic and he can easily crawl out from under it. He also got a little recliner like chair with his name on it and is in love with it as well. He'll just it there and play or drink his bottle or play with Scout his new stuffed dog that he also loves! LOL!
Its such a bittersweet time. I am so happy that he's growing up and proud of the amazing little boy he's become but so sad that he's not so much a baby anymore. It all went by so fast. I truly wish I could go back in time and relive it all over again. Well maybe skipping the colic part! :D He has made this the best year of my life and I can only imagine it gets better. He is such a fun, happy and smart baby. He has the best personality. I frequently look at him and wonder how on earth I helped make such an amazing thing. I just hope that I do the best job I can with him as he gets older and grows from a toddle to a little boy to a young man to a man. Although I do feel a little guilty for the fact that the second he was born my first thought was not "Oh my goodness my sweet precious baby is here" nope it was "Oh geeze thank goodness he's finally out!" Then I though about my sweet precious baby! Ha! I do have to say I look forward to doing it all again but I wonder how I will love a second baby as much as I love E, and how will I be so attached to a second as I am E? I am sure I will love the next one just the same only in a different way. Whenever that time comes though I will be ready for the challenge!
July 4th went great. We went to some of Austins family on the 3rd and had so much fun out there then on the 4th we had some friends and family over for a cookout and to shoot off fireworks. Evan was great with them on the 3rd but when they were closer and louder he wasnt too much of a fan!
The weekend of July 9th we went to the coast. It was a great and much needed vacation. Austin said he didnt get back mentally until last week! LOL! Evan loved the water and just played and played. Had 1 taste of the sand and never went back. Smart boy!! We brought the dogs and they loved it just as much. Our little dog wasnt too excited because the waves would easily go over his head but our big dog who is terrified at the lake was in heaven at the beach. Crazy dog makes no sense!
This past weekend was E's first birthday party. Stressed is putting it lightly. But it ended up being a great day. He was able to play in the splash pad while the big kids played in the water spraying bounce house. He had cake and ice cream and got so many amazing toys. One of his favorites is a Cozy Coupe Car but the turkey keeps pulling it over on him. Thankfully it is a light weight hollow plastic and he can easily crawl out from under it. He also got a little recliner like chair with his name on it and is in love with it as well. He'll just it there and play or drink his bottle or play with Scout his new stuffed dog that he also loves! LOL!
Its such a bittersweet time. I am so happy that he's growing up and proud of the amazing little boy he's become but so sad that he's not so much a baby anymore. It all went by so fast. I truly wish I could go back in time and relive it all over again. Well maybe skipping the colic part! :D He has made this the best year of my life and I can only imagine it gets better. He is such a fun, happy and smart baby. He has the best personality. I frequently look at him and wonder how on earth I helped make such an amazing thing. I just hope that I do the best job I can with him as he gets older and grows from a toddle to a little boy to a young man to a man. Although I do feel a little guilty for the fact that the second he was born my first thought was not "Oh my goodness my sweet precious baby is here" nope it was "Oh geeze thank goodness he's finally out!" Then I though about my sweet precious baby! Ha! I do have to say I look forward to doing it all again but I wonder how I will love a second baby as much as I love E, and how will I be so attached to a second as I am E? I am sure I will love the next one just the same only in a different way. Whenever that time comes though I will be ready for the challenge!
Monday, June 27, 2011
My baby is now closer to a little boy than a baby and that gap widens more and more every day. I miss the sweet soft cuddles and him just laying in my arms. I do love the amazing little person he has come to be, way too much like me but I think I love him even more because of it. I do not however want him back to his baby state. He was by no means an easy baby. Colic, lactose intolerance, never really sleeping through the night, 8 ear infections, the list goes on. But he is a happy and healthy 11 mon old today. Last Monday he figured out how to climb on to the couch and was quite pleased with himself for it! He is still a mommas boy by all means. He loves his momma, gives me sweet kisses, cuddles with me and everything but he's so independent its crazy! I look forward to him being able to do things like run to me when I come home and one day clean up after his tornado like self. For boys, clothes very much get cuter with age and so do shoes. So yes I look forward to all of this, but I am just sad the tiny baby side is gone. A friend of mine had a tiny baby boy last week. So precious and sweet. Congrats Jenn! Enjoy this because its gone all too soon, I'm sure you know that though from Haeven!
I start school next week. I'm a little nervous but so glad to do it. I think its finally time for me to finish my degree and get my RN. There are so many more oppertunities for me with it. Hopefully it wont take me a full year and I'll have my Associates of Science in Nursing sooner than next summer! LOL.
I start school next week. I'm a little nervous but so glad to do it. I think its finally time for me to finish my degree and get my RN. There are so many more oppertunities for me with it. Hopefully it wont take me a full year and I'll have my Associates of Science in Nursing sooner than next summer! LOL.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Summer has gotten off to a great start! We bought E a little splash pad that he loves to play on, and today we took him to the lake for the first time! He is such a water baby. The sad thing is, is he has tubes in his ears so we have to be careful with them. He cannot for any reason get water in them, which with a 10mon old is extremely hard. He got the cutest little tan today. Of course I got burned but meh its normal for me. I am so happy he got his daddys skin. I was worried he would burn as easily as I do but its become obvious he does not. I am hoping we will soon be able to take him fishing.
We booked our vacation this week. A few wonderful days at the beach. Work has been extremely crazy lately, which makes me feel like I need a vacation all the more. My sister and her crew are going but its still going to be a nice family vacation. They are staying a day longer than we are so we arent going down together. We went and stayed at a friends beach house almost exactly two years ago and it was the best trip! I love spending quality time not only with my little family but also with my sister. I do however wish my baby sister could go. But she's in GA and wont be home until August. We are trying to be able to follow her back to GA and spend some time there with her and my niece and nephew whom I've by far not spent enough time with!
We booked our vacation this week. A few wonderful days at the beach. Work has been extremely crazy lately, which makes me feel like I need a vacation all the more. My sister and her crew are going but its still going to be a nice family vacation. They are staying a day longer than we are so we arent going down together. We went and stayed at a friends beach house almost exactly two years ago and it was the best trip! I love spending quality time not only with my little family but also with my sister. I do however wish my baby sister could go. But she's in GA and wont be home until August. We are trying to be able to follow her back to GA and spend some time there with her and my niece and nephew whom I've by far not spent enough time with!
Monday, May 30, 2011
Today is Memorial Day and even though we all celebrate it every year I am not sure I ever knew how it came to be. Its not like Christmas or Halloween or the 4th of July (although similar roots). I never remember actually learning about it in school, except maybe the fact that we had the day off. I have always confused it with Labor Day in September. So I decided to take a few minutes and find out about this day we all celebrate that seems to be gaining more and more attention with each passing year.
It began around the end of the Civil War with freed slaves remembering the fallen soldiers that helped to free them. This is where the roots to the 4th of July are similar. People remembering and celebrating those who helped to free them. My grandfather served in Korea. Very few even know what this war was about or for (myself included) but my grandfather had no doubt about why he served. He knew it was the best thing he could do, and I do believe he truely enjoyed serving his country (tehe that was evident by the girl he had tattooed on his arm). He was the best man I think I've ever known. He had no problem helping those that needed it. Yes you got his 2 cents along with it but it was a small price to pay. Thankfully he didnt pay the ultimate price, I wouldnt be here if he had, but he was affected by what he saw. He had stories of things over there that were things I never want to see. He was with the recovery, he went in after the fighting was over and helped the wounded and dying.
I am so thankful to those who serve and who risk life and limb on a daily basis for us. So while we celebrate with cook outs and pool parties and they sit in the hell of Afghanistan or Iraq please remember the real reason we celebrate today! Remember and celebrate those who have fought and died for our freedom!
Jesse Wilkerson VanDyke USN (1934-2008)
It began around the end of the Civil War with freed slaves remembering the fallen soldiers that helped to free them. This is where the roots to the 4th of July are similar. People remembering and celebrating those who helped to free them. My grandfather served in Korea. Very few even know what this war was about or for (myself included) but my grandfather had no doubt about why he served. He knew it was the best thing he could do, and I do believe he truely enjoyed serving his country (tehe that was evident by the girl he had tattooed on his arm). He was the best man I think I've ever known. He had no problem helping those that needed it. Yes you got his 2 cents along with it but it was a small price to pay. Thankfully he didnt pay the ultimate price, I wouldnt be here if he had, but he was affected by what he saw. He had stories of things over there that were things I never want to see. He was with the recovery, he went in after the fighting was over and helped the wounded and dying.
I am so thankful to those who serve and who risk life and limb on a daily basis for us. So while we celebrate with cook outs and pool parties and they sit in the hell of Afghanistan or Iraq please remember the real reason we celebrate today! Remember and celebrate those who have fought and died for our freedom!
Ok guys I am really trying hard to win a give away through Sugar Pop Ribbons. I would love to be able to add to my stash of cloth diapers! Even though I feel you can never have enough I by far do not have enough!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Well its Monday. Which means rapture is either extremely late or the crazy was wrong! I'm going with the second choice there. I truely feel for those who uprooted their lives and gave up everything because of this. But honestly I am not sure I feel all that bad. They were blatanly ignoring what they see before their eyes in black and white. The writing in the bible is pretty clear when it comes to the second coming, yet these people listened to a person who "claimed" they knew. The real sadness I feel comes from the fall out of all of this. Nonbelievers are now less likely to come to Christ because of all of this. They see the Bible as being wrong but it is not at all the man was wrong. He is coming it just wasnt Saturday!
That being said, my wknd was just as I thought. Boring on Saurday (yay) and busy on Sunday. I realized how old I am really getting at church. They had a thing for all of the graduates (some college, but mostly high school) and while they were showing a little slideshow it hit me that these kids were 2nd graders when I graduated high school! It by no means seems like it has been that long! Geeze time goes by quickly, and it seems like it is constantly speeding up! Watching Evan grow makes that so much more obvious. What happened when days with nothing to do went by at a snails pace? What happened to days with nothing to do?
I made Evan some new cloth wipes this wknd! They are super cute monkey print. No having a cute print doesnt mean anything because they are used to well wipe poop but its still cute! I think I am going to sew some nicer ones at some point. I'd also love to sew him a diaper myself but I have to get a sewing machine and then learn to sew! LOL!
That being said, my wknd was just as I thought. Boring on Saurday (yay) and busy on Sunday. I realized how old I am really getting at church. They had a thing for all of the graduates (some college, but mostly high school) and while they were showing a little slideshow it hit me that these kids were 2nd graders when I graduated high school! It by no means seems like it has been that long! Geeze time goes by quickly, and it seems like it is constantly speeding up! Watching Evan grow makes that so much more obvious. What happened when days with nothing to do went by at a snails pace? What happened to days with nothing to do?
I made Evan some new cloth wipes this wknd! They are super cute monkey print. No having a cute print doesnt mean anything because they are used to well wipe poop but its still cute! I think I am going to sew some nicer ones at some point. I'd also love to sew him a diaper myself but I have to get a sewing machine and then learn to sew! LOL!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
As I am sitting here at work while my patient sleeps with a precious few minutes left of their nap thinking. Amidst all this world ending business I am wondering why people are making such a big deal over what some lunatic is spouting? People have upended their entire lives because of this and sadly will have to pay for it come Sunday morning. So if rapture does by some chance happen, was it because psycho guy called God out and figured out this awesome mathematical formula? No! It is a date set which no one knows and will not know and if by some chance Saturday is that day it will not be because psycho guy learned to add, read the Bible and put 2 and 2 together (but in this instance 2 and 2 is not equaling 4). I believe God is a little brighter than that and would have left things a little harder to figure out. If I have a secret and then write a book and put that secret in said book its not much of a secret after all is it? I believe in God and all things he has done and continues to do for me and my family. Are there things I dont understand? Sure! Are there things I question? Yep! But in the end I leave it up to Him knowing he knows best and thats that. Call me a sheep blindly following the herd but this is one Shepard I will happily follow.
That being said, this weekend will bore most to tears and leave me feeling quite content. Saturday is cleaning/laundry day. I still have a ton of baby clothes to go through and get organized. On top of that our pile of dirty laundry is scaring me at the moment. Then working on our yard if the weather permits and cleaning the house. Just a day with me, my honey, and my little boy! Who could ask more much more than that? Then Sunday we have a birthday party and a baby shower! Woo hoo cake, cake and more cake! LOL! But they are my sisters cakes so I know they'll be amazing!
I am going to do my best to start walking tonight! My stupid broken foot seems to be healing at a snails pace and I just dont have the patience for it any more! I am ready to start my Couch to 5k then get back on P90x!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
This week I have been given a little taste of what being a stay at home mom would be like. I do admit I am extremely jealous of those who are able to do this regularly. Spending every day with my little boy with nothing but a messy house to distract me has been heavenly! I return to normal-ville tomorrow but I am soaking this up as much as I can! My patient had surgery yesterday so I picked up a late evening shift (4-10) and am off today. Evan is an amazing baby and this has proven itself over and over the last few days! The great unconditional love he gives so easily makes me feel as if I need nothing else in life. Now I did enjoy being able to get out and work a few hrs yesterday. But knowing I have another entire day of nothing but E time is awesome! Yes there are errands to run and dishes to do. Laundry needs to be washed folded and put away but I get so few of these days that I am refusing to do any of it! I hate having to work so much and miss so much of his sweet life that seems to be going by like the speed of light. The expression on his face last night when I got home ( I asked Austin to keep him up so I could say goodnight) was priceless! To see him jump up and down and squeal with excitement when he saw me made me feel like the best mom on earth! Now yes there are days that I am home and have a list a mile long to get done and I just go crazy and he refuses to nap and is cranky and its just a day, but those are few and far between. At the moment the turkey is banging his bottle that he just emptied and the remote to the surround sound system together and then dropping them into his tray of peas and carrots. Hilarious yes! Will Austin like finding pea bits on the remote? No! I dont think I would necessarily have to stay home every day to feel like this, just more than I do. But bills have to be paid, food needs to be bought and we need to keep a roof over our heads. So for now me staying home is not an option! But one day I think it will and its times like this that make me all that much more excited for that day!
Saturday, May 7, 2011
This hands down has been one of the worst weeks ever! Lets take this week-o-crap day by day.
Monday- Evan has a morning Dr. appt, which is a follow up from his surgery. He sees the audiologist and then ENT. To start the day off he wakes up way before I even get into the shower which is not good. Then it takes him over an hour to eat breakfast. Again not good and not normal! He decided to play more than eat! Then its pouring rain like crazy so people act like they have never seen anything like this before and drive like idiots! So we finally leave 15mins left and have to drop Mylo off at he groomers. This puts us about 10min late for his appt. Three seperate hearing tests later and they show he still seems to have fluid on his ears, nor is he happy about being poked and prodded at for 20mins. This is wonderfully followed by having to wait on the dr for 45mins! Thankfully we get called back and an whopping 5min visit to say yes he has severe infections even after tubes and needs ear drops and antibiotics! $50 copay and we are gone for the next stop of our day. Its a wonderful lunch with one of my BFFs and her uber sweet and cute little girl who says "I love him" after seeing Evan! Then its off to his other dr. appt, his 9mon check up. It goes great but he does get a shot and I learned he never got his flu shot follow up. Too late now! Then its back to pick Mylo up and finally 8hrs later we are home! The butthead never napped and then refused to nap, which ment I got nothing done! Ugh by the time Austin got home I was done with the day!
Tuesday-While playing with my patient I fell and broke my foot. Technically I have a severe fracture, a hairline fracture and a severly sprained ankle and an even worse sprain in my foot! Yay time for Das Boot! But it was not to be on Tuesday! The company the dr. sent us to had an issue with my insurance and said I'd have to buy it myself and either bill insurance on my own or come back Saturday, return the boot and then buy it through insurance then. Umm no! Thankfully my mom had a shoe boot I could use until I got everything straightened out! But I ended up missing 3hrs of work.
Wednesday-Told my boss I left early because I broke my foot on Tuesday. She definitely understood but I really needed to make up the hrs. Yay for that! Still no boot because we had to find a new company closer to us! Found one but they couldnt get to my order in time for me to get the boot. I was supposed to stay an hr late but I was done and went home at 6. Upon arriving home I go to chance Evans diaper and he is covered in whelps!! Huge red whelps and tiny red dots! Allergic reaction much? Check the med and Oh! its amoxicillin and my family has a large history of penicillin allergies! Guess what this means! Stop the med immediately and put some cream on his whelps. Austin left to go find Benadryl and finds a shortage of it! Which means none for my little man! He went to 3 different stores to try to find it too! Evan slept with us that night and I got all of maybe 3hrs combined due to waking up and constantly checking on him.
Thursday-Get Das Boot!! Yay a huge silver lining on the day! Went in early and stayed late to make up some time. Got a call from his daycare about the rash just letting us know he has one! Umm thanks for notifying us when it actually happened! The dr. called in a new antibiotic as well! Oh did I mention when we filled the drops Monday night after insurance they were $80? Yep! My patient didnt nap which ment no real break for me, and one long work day in pain!
Friday-Wonderful Friday! Again came in early and stayed late to make up the rest of the mising hrs. Did a fool proof way to get my patient to nap! Minimal pain from my foot! All in all it was a pretty good day!
Today-Evan decided he was up early at about 5am and we said no to that! Put him in bed with us and he slept til 830!! Sometime during the night I moved my foot and felt a pain so severe I thought I rebroke it! Evan went and spent some time with his grandma and paw paw so that gave us some time to get the house cleaned! After ward we all loaded up and went to Mayfest to see my niece do a great job preforming a ballet dance! Evan was so excited to see her! I love seeing how much he loves her! But about 15minutes of being there Evans allergies were in over drive! Puffy, red, watery eyes, nose running like a faucet on full blast! He started even acting like he looked! Miserable so no fun there besides seeing Cali dance! Home it was. As soon as we left he got better though! Got home and my foot was killing me so I found some pain meds I've had left over from his birth and took one then laid down on the couch with him. This would have been a great thing had he not been uber tired from not napping at all today and started screaming as soon as we laid down! Finally he gave it up and fell asleep! Now I am sitting here looking at the turkey sleep wishing he was awake to cuddle with! LOL!
I am so looking forward to tomorrow! My first Mothers Day with him here! I cant wait!
Monday- Evan has a morning Dr. appt, which is a follow up from his surgery. He sees the audiologist and then ENT. To start the day off he wakes up way before I even get into the shower which is not good. Then it takes him over an hour to eat breakfast. Again not good and not normal! He decided to play more than eat! Then its pouring rain like crazy so people act like they have never seen anything like this before and drive like idiots! So we finally leave 15mins left and have to drop Mylo off at he groomers. This puts us about 10min late for his appt. Three seperate hearing tests later and they show he still seems to have fluid on his ears, nor is he happy about being poked and prodded at for 20mins. This is wonderfully followed by having to wait on the dr for 45mins! Thankfully we get called back and an whopping 5min visit to say yes he has severe infections even after tubes and needs ear drops and antibiotics! $50 copay and we are gone for the next stop of our day. Its a wonderful lunch with one of my BFFs and her uber sweet and cute little girl who says "I love him" after seeing Evan! Then its off to his other dr. appt, his 9mon check up. It goes great but he does get a shot and I learned he never got his flu shot follow up. Too late now! Then its back to pick Mylo up and finally 8hrs later we are home! The butthead never napped and then refused to nap, which ment I got nothing done! Ugh by the time Austin got home I was done with the day!
Tuesday-While playing with my patient I fell and broke my foot. Technically I have a severe fracture, a hairline fracture and a severly sprained ankle and an even worse sprain in my foot! Yay time for Das Boot! But it was not to be on Tuesday! The company the dr. sent us to had an issue with my insurance and said I'd have to buy it myself and either bill insurance on my own or come back Saturday, return the boot and then buy it through insurance then. Umm no! Thankfully my mom had a shoe boot I could use until I got everything straightened out! But I ended up missing 3hrs of work.
Wednesday-Told my boss I left early because I broke my foot on Tuesday. She definitely understood but I really needed to make up the hrs. Yay for that! Still no boot because we had to find a new company closer to us! Found one but they couldnt get to my order in time for me to get the boot. I was supposed to stay an hr late but I was done and went home at 6. Upon arriving home I go to chance Evans diaper and he is covered in whelps!! Huge red whelps and tiny red dots! Allergic reaction much? Check the med and Oh! its amoxicillin and my family has a large history of penicillin allergies! Guess what this means! Stop the med immediately and put some cream on his whelps. Austin left to go find Benadryl and finds a shortage of it! Which means none for my little man! He went to 3 different stores to try to find it too! Evan slept with us that night and I got all of maybe 3hrs combined due to waking up and constantly checking on him.
Thursday-Get Das Boot!! Yay a huge silver lining on the day! Went in early and stayed late to make up some time. Got a call from his daycare about the rash just letting us know he has one! Umm thanks for notifying us when it actually happened! The dr. called in a new antibiotic as well! Oh did I mention when we filled the drops Monday night after insurance they were $80? Yep! My patient didnt nap which ment no real break for me, and one long work day in pain!
Friday-Wonderful Friday! Again came in early and stayed late to make up the rest of the mising hrs. Did a fool proof way to get my patient to nap! Minimal pain from my foot! All in all it was a pretty good day!
Today-Evan decided he was up early at about 5am and we said no to that! Put him in bed with us and he slept til 830!! Sometime during the night I moved my foot and felt a pain so severe I thought I rebroke it! Evan went and spent some time with his grandma and paw paw so that gave us some time to get the house cleaned! After ward we all loaded up and went to Mayfest to see my niece do a great job preforming a ballet dance! Evan was so excited to see her! I love seeing how much he loves her! But about 15minutes of being there Evans allergies were in over drive! Puffy, red, watery eyes, nose running like a faucet on full blast! He started even acting like he looked! Miserable so no fun there besides seeing Cali dance! Home it was. As soon as we left he got better though! Got home and my foot was killing me so I found some pain meds I've had left over from his birth and took one then laid down on the couch with him. This would have been a great thing had he not been uber tired from not napping at all today and started screaming as soon as we laid down! Finally he gave it up and fell asleep! Now I am sitting here looking at the turkey sleep wishing he was awake to cuddle with! LOL!
I am so looking forward to tomorrow! My first Mothers Day with him here! I cant wait!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Evan's first Easter was so great! Saturday we had an egg hunt at church. He actually picked up about 5 eggs on his own then was done. LOL! Then during the drawing he won a gift card so the Easter Bunny finished his basket up with that and there is still $ on there for a rainy day or new sippy cup! Which ever comes first. Then that evening we all went to Irving to see my cousins that I havent seen in years! Their babies are soo big now! It was a really nice dinner at a place that definitely brought back many memories! Being in Irving alone does that though. Then Sunday the Easter Bunny had come and hidden a few eggs and brought Evan a ton of goodies. A new Gdiaper, 2 sippy cups and 1 sippy cup with a straw, and some new binkys! Then we went to church and it was a great service! After that we loaded up and headed out to my sisters for an Easter cook out. Evan of course was a little ham and even got to do the egg hunt. He found just as many eggs as everyone else! LOL! But shared his goodies! All in all it was a great weekend! I so look forward to more holidays with that little turkey butt!
Monday, April 18, 2011
We started working on our garden this wknd. Its looking great! A ton of hard work that I am happy to say I am helping with. It really makes me feel accomplished to look at what true hard work can do. Our yard is by far not finished. They grass needs to be cut and fertilized and we have more weeds than grass at the moment but its all coming along so well. Hopefully I'll remember to post pictures when its all said and done. So far we extended the flower bed to wrap around the porch and dug it all up, put down the plastic barrier, added the green metal border around the mid to top section, used mostly organic soil to fill it in with replacing the crap dirt that was there. (I literally found trash in the dirt when I got about a foot down. Now today we will plant 5 impatiens, 3 bright pink Salvias and 12 orange Salvias. Then next weekend we plant the apricot hibiscus tree! Our house is really starting to look nice! We are trying to save the tree in the front yard. Last sumer something got to it and killed most of it. We cut it off to where the living met the dead and its maybe a ft tall. We are fertilizing and watering it to give it everything it could possibly need to really get growing! Fingers crossed it works. I have no idea what our next project will be but I love the thought of constantly improving our home! That and every time I watch the show or even see something about it I get "I am not a hoarder" crazy and start clearing things out! So declutter is always at the top of my list!
Next Sunday will be Evan's first Easter! I am so excited. I know he has no idea about whats going on or who the Easter Bunny is or anything. But I love the idea of having traditions of our own. Things to do with my own family. I love that we can make these decisions that our children will forever carry out and do with their children and so on. I also want him to know not just the commercial side of Easter but the religious side. We will be going to the Easter Egg hunt at church next Saturday and then Easter morning service. Just like Christmas I want him to know the reason for the season. But his Easter outfit is so cute! He looks so good in it and I am hoping it'll fit. He's growing like crazy and its starting to get tight. Especially in his cloth diapers. Just one more week to go though!
I saw over the wknd that they are cancelling One Live to Live and All My Children, huge staples of daytime television for the last what 50+yrs?!? I have grown up on these and other daytimes soaps and love them. They kind of make me feel better in a "my life could be so much worse" way. I am sad to see these go! I love the characters the ridic drama and the fact that I can pick up after months of not watching and after a few minutes be completely caught up. They dont go off for summer hiatus, they dont show reruns and they rarely have any sort of violence! Whats not to love? Yes there is the occasional death but they always come back and sometimes with kids they never knew or a new hot spouse. Pure genious. One of the things replacing one show is a cooking show. Umm we need another one of these why? I am not a fan of reality televison. I find the majority of it stupid. Even most of those are horribly staged. I feel that at this rate our children will never know what a sitcom or daytime drama or even a drama period is! I heard a while back that in business especially entertainment all decisions are based on ratings and revenue. Who cares about those that watch said show, if its cheaper to take it off and put in a cheap crappy reality show then lets do it! Sad but true.
Next Sunday will be Evan's first Easter! I am so excited. I know he has no idea about whats going on or who the Easter Bunny is or anything. But I love the idea of having traditions of our own. Things to do with my own family. I love that we can make these decisions that our children will forever carry out and do with their children and so on. I also want him to know not just the commercial side of Easter but the religious side. We will be going to the Easter Egg hunt at church next Saturday and then Easter morning service. Just like Christmas I want him to know the reason for the season. But his Easter outfit is so cute! He looks so good in it and I am hoping it'll fit. He's growing like crazy and its starting to get tight. Especially in his cloth diapers. Just one more week to go though!
I saw over the wknd that they are cancelling One Live to Live and All My Children, huge staples of daytime television for the last what 50+yrs?!? I have grown up on these and other daytimes soaps and love them. They kind of make me feel better in a "my life could be so much worse" way. I am sad to see these go! I love the characters the ridic drama and the fact that I can pick up after months of not watching and after a few minutes be completely caught up. They dont go off for summer hiatus, they dont show reruns and they rarely have any sort of violence! Whats not to love? Yes there is the occasional death but they always come back and sometimes with kids they never knew or a new hot spouse. Pure genious. One of the things replacing one show is a cooking show. Umm we need another one of these why? I am not a fan of reality televison. I find the majority of it stupid. Even most of those are horribly staged. I feel that at this rate our children will never know what a sitcom or daytime drama or even a drama period is! I heard a while back that in business especially entertainment all decisions are based on ratings and revenue. Who cares about those that watch said show, if its cheaper to take it off and put in a cheap crappy reality show then lets do it! Sad but true.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Evan had his tubes done yesterday and he was so incredibly happy all day! I was surprised at what a difference it made! We were actually able to take him outside with out him crying as soon as we got out there! He took 2 great naps and went down so easily last night. He seems to really notice the new sounds and startles easy when he's asleep. Which is just fine because we know he can hear us! And his hearing has been corrected by the tubes. This was probably the best thing we could have done for him and I am so glad we were able to find a dr. to get him in sooner! We even went to Lowes and started the garden. We are planning on actually doing it right this year. The liner and organic mulch and the whole 9 yards! Evan had so much fun at Lowes. I think he got that gene from his dad! Austin is a Lowes lover! I think he would spend long periods of time there walking the aisles if he could! LOL!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Evan has his tubes in the morning. I am so nervous even though I know its just a simple procedure. Its still my baby going through something. He will be put under light general anesthesia and total it should only last about 10mins. He gets to keep his binky and we get to be with him right up until they take him back. I think he'll be ok going back because the kid has no stranger danger what so ever. I just hope he really does better. At his pre-op check up Monday they did a hearing test and he definitely has some hearing loss on the left and very mild on the right. They said that all of it will be corrected after the tubes. I pray they are right. Thankfully he is still getting some breast milk I have left from my pumping days and he can have it up until 4hrs before surgery. He gets uber angery when he's hungry and I hope that this will help him from being so angry when he wakes up since he wont be super starving.
We have started the Dave Ramsey Total Money Makeover and wow! It seems so simple yet so hard at the same time. I do believe we can do it though. We have been planning on selling our house early next year but now we are thinking of staying where we are since we know pretty much what our bills will be every month and can stick to a budget a little better. We've already stopped eating out so much and have been cooking at home. The only problem is we have eaten out a lot this past wknd because we didnt have any groceries and no chance to go get them. But for the most part we've been eating in. We are getting baby step 1 done and almost have it. Then the biggie-baby step 2 which is the debt snow ball. I highly suggest everyone at least check it out. Dave Ramsey
I am so excited! I have been entering contests like crazy to win photography props. Lol! I have become obsessed with learning everything I can about it. I am constantly learning new tips and editing techniques. I want to know as much as possible so that I can do the best job possible. Well I finally won one!!! I won my choice of newborn hat or headband from Robins Nest Boutique! I chose a super cute sock monkey hat in size 3-12mon. She has some of the cutest things in her etsy shop and I cant wait until I can order her little pea pod and hat. Super cute!!
A friend of mine recently forwarded me this article by a journalist. I think its a really interesting read.
A very interesting column.. COMPLETELY NEUTRAL
Be sure to Read the Poem at the end. Charley Reese's final column for the Orlando Sentinel...
He has been a journalist for 49 years. He is retiring and this is HIS LAST COLUMN.
Be sure to read the Tax List at the end.
This is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be. The article below is completely neutral, neither anti-republican or democrat. Charlie Reese, a retired reporter for the Orlando Sentinel, has hit the nail directly on the head, defining clearly who it is that in the final analysis must assume responsibility for the judgments made that impact each one of us every day. It's a short but good read. Worth the time. Worth remembering!
545 vs. 300,000,000 People
-By Charlie Reese
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.
If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ...
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.
Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees...
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
What you do with this article now that you have read it... is up to you.
This might be funny if it weren't so true.
Be sure to read all the way to the end:
Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table,
At which he's fed.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.
Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for
peanuts anyway!
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.
Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.
Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.
Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won't be done
Till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He's good and sore.
Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he's laid...
Put these words
Upon his tomb,
'Taxes drove me
to my doom...'
When he's gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Sales Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
We have started the Dave Ramsey Total Money Makeover and wow! It seems so simple yet so hard at the same time. I do believe we can do it though. We have been planning on selling our house early next year but now we are thinking of staying where we are since we know pretty much what our bills will be every month and can stick to a budget a little better. We've already stopped eating out so much and have been cooking at home. The only problem is we have eaten out a lot this past wknd because we didnt have any groceries and no chance to go get them. But for the most part we've been eating in. We are getting baby step 1 done and almost have it. Then the biggie-baby step 2 which is the debt snow ball. I highly suggest everyone at least check it out. Dave Ramsey
I am so excited! I have been entering contests like crazy to win photography props. Lol! I have become obsessed with learning everything I can about it. I am constantly learning new tips and editing techniques. I want to know as much as possible so that I can do the best job possible. Well I finally won one!!! I won my choice of newborn hat or headband from Robins Nest Boutique! I chose a super cute sock monkey hat in size 3-12mon. She has some of the cutest things in her etsy shop and I cant wait until I can order her little pea pod and hat. Super cute!!
A friend of mine recently forwarded me this article by a journalist. I think its a really interesting read.
A very interesting column.. COMPLETELY NEUTRAL
Be sure to Read the Poem at the end. Charley Reese's final column for the Orlando Sentinel...
He has been a journalist for 49 years. He is retiring and this is HIS LAST COLUMN.
Be sure to read the Tax List at the end.
This is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be. The article below is completely neutral, neither anti-republican or democrat. Charlie Reese, a retired reporter for the Orlando Sentinel, has hit the nail directly on the head, defining clearly who it is that in the final analysis must assume responsibility for the judgments made that impact each one of us every day. It's a short but good read. Worth the time. Worth remembering!
545 vs. 300,000,000 People
-By Charlie Reese
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.
If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ...
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.
Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees...
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
What you do with this article now that you have read it... is up to you.
This might be funny if it weren't so true.
Be sure to read all the way to the end:
Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table,
At which he's fed.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.
Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for
peanuts anyway!
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.
Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.
Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.
Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won't be done
Till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He's good and sore.
Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he's laid...
Put these words
Upon his tomb,
'Taxes drove me
to my doom...'
When he's gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Sales Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
Friday, April 8, 2011
I enjoy politics. What I dont enjoy though is the under handed ways thing are done. I dont understand why a group of (usually) old out of touch men feel they can tell us what to do. A major issue in this shut down threat (I originally typed shit down on accident but I feel that is also a correct term) is the planned parenting issue. WTF? Seriously? Something as helpful and needed as planned parenthood is causing such a huge issue? If this country was founded on freedom then why do we have old ass men trying to tell us what we can and cant do? Its because they are voted into their position of power by the same people who are against what old asses are doing. I have an issue with people complaining about things but not voting and making your preference known. I also have an issue with people voting not knowing the issues then complaining about it when they helped put the douche bags there. There is this very useful tool called Google. Learn it! Learn to research issues and problems before bitching and getting it wrong or blindly following the rest of the herd off the cliff. I had a great conversation with a friend recently about something causing great controversy with people who had not taken the time to look into what they were complaining about. She however took that time and you know what she disagreed with the "majority". Why? Because she knew the truth and the facts of the issue. Why do I feel like I can stand on my soap box and rant? Because I pay attention. I read things and not just one source several. I get views from all sides and my OWN decision. I really wish more people would do this! I am obviously not afraid to my opinion known.
It kills me to see someone making a huge mistake, especially when it affects others as well. I have learned to keep my mouth shut about certain things. Its been hard but I've done it. But sometimes I want to scream you have no idea how big of a mistake your making!! Stop and think about it. Is it really worth it? Do you realize what you are doing? Yes there are times when things are hard but you can get through it and not have to take the easy way out and completely screw things up. Listen to others around you. When every one is telling you the same thing, THEY might just have something there. But with these people its usually more productive to dig your way to china with a plastic spork.
I am a failure! Yep I admited it. I had to stop doing P90x when we remodeled our downstairs and even though its been done for a week I am yet to start it back up! I will though. I want to look decent for the summer and thats not going to happen sitting on my bunghole eating Pecan Sandies! Mmmmm shortbread cookies!
It kills me to see someone making a huge mistake, especially when it affects others as well. I have learned to keep my mouth shut about certain things. Its been hard but I've done it. But sometimes I want to scream you have no idea how big of a mistake your making!! Stop and think about it. Is it really worth it? Do you realize what you are doing? Yes there are times when things are hard but you can get through it and not have to take the easy way out and completely screw things up. Listen to others around you. When every one is telling you the same thing, THEY might just have something there. But with these people its usually more productive to dig your way to china with a plastic spork.
I am a failure! Yep I admited it. I had to stop doing P90x when we remodeled our downstairs and even though its been done for a week I am yet to start it back up! I will though. I want to look decent for the summer and thats not going to happen sitting on my bunghole eating Pecan Sandies! Mmmmm shortbread cookies!
Monday, April 4, 2011
What an amazing weekend! It started out with Evan's first swim class. He did great! He was def. the youngest one there but loved it any way. The only thing he couldnt figure out was the whole going under water and not drinking or breathing in the water. Lol! He was a pro at kicking his feet and moving his arms. I cant wait until we go back next Saturday. Then we came home and let Evan nap and then went to try to take bluebonnet pictures. Unfortunately it was really windy and we didnt get much. Actually I only got 1 good one. Then we went to Deep Ellum and found spots for pictures. Then Sunday we went to church and just had a lazy day at home. The only bad thing to that though was that we got nothing done! The dogs werent bathed the house wasnt cleaned the laundry wasnt done. But I think we needed a lazy day. We needed to be able to just sit and play with Evan and just let everything else wait. Then we went grocery shopping and came home and put Evan to bed together. Although I have turned soft! I used to LOVE storms the more severe the better. Living in Sherman gave me a taste of the bad weather and I loved it. But since Evan was born I have become so scared of them. Mainly due to wanting to make srue he's safe and nothing will happen to him. Once we moved him into our bed I was better. Geeze it was a storm though. 60mph wind gusts, hard rain, cloud to ground lightening. The works!
I am so excited for the shoots I have coming up. Great locations, great ideas, great subjects! I am needing to expand my portfolio, so I put that out there. And when you offer they will come! lol!
We have recently put ourselves on a budget. We need to see where our money goes so we can better handle it and save it. Oh the life of an adult! LOL!
I am so excited for the shoots I have coming up. Great locations, great ideas, great subjects! I am needing to expand my portfolio, so I put that out there. And when you offer they will come! lol!
We have recently put ourselves on a budget. We need to see where our money goes so we can better handle it and save it. Oh the life of an adult! LOL!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Epic Fail! That is the theme for today!
Epic fail 1-While I was changing Evans diaper earlier I looked up at the t.v. then back down at him and he was sharing a dog bone with Mylo! He had, I am guessing, taken it away from the dog and put it in his own mouth thinking dog drool is yummy. The fail part here is I paused for a split second wondering if I should take a picture of it! I quickly decided against it because my camera was not with in arms reach and the bone was gross. FAIL!!
Epic fail 2- I drove around for nearly 2hrs looking for a place for Evan's blue bonnet pictures next wknd before finding them less than 15min from my house! FAIL!!
Epic fail 3- Last night I put every pair of jeans I wear in the washer, yes it has been a while since I did some laundry, thinking I could get up this morning put one of the few pairs that I dry in the dryer and let them dry while I get ready, get Evan ready and everything to leave and take my notes into the office. I did not however remember to put them in the dryer when I got up this morning. So while I am getting ready to leave looking for clothes to wear I realize I have no dry pants!! I am wearing some funky fitting jeans that I havent worn in forever! FAIL!!
At least none of these have caused any real damage. Well at least for now. I am sure later in the week I will be angry about waisting so much gas when its time to fill my tank and I really dont want to. Its only 6 lets see how many more we can fit into a single day!!
Epic fail 1-While I was changing Evans diaper earlier I looked up at the t.v. then back down at him and he was sharing a dog bone with Mylo! He had, I am guessing, taken it away from the dog and put it in his own mouth thinking dog drool is yummy. The fail part here is I paused for a split second wondering if I should take a picture of it! I quickly decided against it because my camera was not with in arms reach and the bone was gross. FAIL!!
Epic fail 2- I drove around for nearly 2hrs looking for a place for Evan's blue bonnet pictures next wknd before finding them less than 15min from my house! FAIL!!
Epic fail 3- Last night I put every pair of jeans I wear in the washer, yes it has been a while since I did some laundry, thinking I could get up this morning put one of the few pairs that I dry in the dryer and let them dry while I get ready, get Evan ready and everything to leave and take my notes into the office. I did not however remember to put them in the dryer when I got up this morning. So while I am getting ready to leave looking for clothes to wear I realize I have no dry pants!! I am wearing some funky fitting jeans that I havent worn in forever! FAIL!!
At least none of these have caused any real damage. Well at least for now. I am sure later in the week I will be angry about waisting so much gas when its time to fill my tank and I really dont want to. Its only 6 lets see how many more we can fit into a single day!!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
This morning during breakfast Austin said he has plans for today and he had to leave for just a minute and be right back then we'd leave for errands. He refused to tell me what it was but said something about a dream then proceeded to tell me another dream he had where he pushed a CPS guy off a cliff because he was here to take Evan. The reason for him taking Evan was because Evan is behind due to not crawling yet. :( I guess even Austin is wondering about our lazy kid! lol! Well he leaves and I go and get Evan and myself dressed for the day. When he gets back he has $100 for me to go shopping to get new clothes! I love that man so much! Since having Evan nothin fits!! I hate it, I am back to my regular weight (not goal but where I was when I got pg) and still nothing fits! Well I was able to get 3 bottoms I got a pair of capris, board shorts, and regular shorts all in a decent size!! I was so excited. I also got 4 tops! Its been a great day.
We also got Evan a play mat today. He's already figured how to take the puzzle squares apart! I call genious on that!! Not even on it an hour and has it all figured out!
I had a super great night tonight with my favorite LOVAH! Its so nice to get out and have a great dinner with great conversation and great food and wine! Robin rocks my socks! I love that I can tell her that I have no answer for some of the simplist questions and she answer them for me!! Cant wait to do it again!
We also got Evan a play mat today. He's already figured how to take the puzzle squares apart! I call genious on that!! Not even on it an hour and has it all figured out!
I had a super great night tonight with my favorite LOVAH! Its so nice to get out and have a great dinner with great conversation and great food and wine! Robin rocks my socks! I love that I can tell her that I have no answer for some of the simplist questions and she answer them for me!! Cant wait to do it again!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Yesterday marked 2yrs that Austin and I have been married. It seems like both just yesterday and 50yrs ago all in one. So much has happened in such a short period of time all amazing. I am so thankful I have been blessed with such an awesome family. We just took a short trip to Southern Oklahoma in to Davis and to Turner Falls. I have only been there once when I was really young and Austin had never been. Its BEAUTIFUL! If you've never been I highly suggest it! Although I have to say I am so out of shape that my calfs were killing me yesterday, but I am so excited to do it again. We are def. going back this summer and taking Evan. We staying in a beautiful cabin in the woods where it was eerily quiet but we had a great view of the super moon! To me it didnt look much bigger than harvest moon but I am guessing it was. Just a really great trip all together.
We also finished the floors this wknd. Wow its such a relief to be done. Well 99.9% done. We still have to put on about half of the base boards but we've been able to move back into the living room. We are getting rid of so much furniture just to keep it minimal in there. It gets so messy and cluttered so easily it drives me crazy. So no more end tables or hutch or huge entertainment center. Anyone interested let me know!! We are also getting rid of an old vanity we have. Just keep it minimal and clean looking.
I watched my friends little boy yesterday. Easton is the cutest thing. So sweet and he really likes Evan and shared everything with him. Never took his toys away or anything. Even tried to get him to drink out of his sippee cup! lol! But having a 15mon old and an 8mon old wore me smooth out lol! Evan was all tuckered out too. But that was probably because he felt that he didnt need to nap except from 1030-1130!! Ugh the kid that never sleeps strikes again! But it was a great day. So fun watching the boys play and have fun.
Here is a slide show of our trip this wknd!
We also finished the floors this wknd. Wow its such a relief to be done. Well 99.9% done. We still have to put on about half of the base boards but we've been able to move back into the living room. We are getting rid of so much furniture just to keep it minimal in there. It gets so messy and cluttered so easily it drives me crazy. So no more end tables or hutch or huge entertainment center. Anyone interested let me know!! We are also getting rid of an old vanity we have. Just keep it minimal and clean looking.
I watched my friends little boy yesterday. Easton is the cutest thing. So sweet and he really likes Evan and shared everything with him. Never took his toys away or anything. Even tried to get him to drink out of his sippee cup! lol! But having a 15mon old and an 8mon old wore me smooth out lol! Evan was all tuckered out too. But that was probably because he felt that he didnt need to nap except from 1030-1130!! Ugh the kid that never sleeps strikes again! But it was a great day. So fun watching the boys play and have fun.
Here is a slide show of our trip this wknd!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Last night I had the craziest dream. I dreamt that I was in some building and needed to use the elevator to go up. The one I was at didnt work and there were some people I'd say in their 60's telling me that I needed and had to use this other elevator. When I walked over to it, it looked more like a freight or employee elevator but I pushed the button and when it opened I stepped on. I had Evan on my hip but he was just there not really himself just sitting there barely moving or anything. When I got to whatever floor I was going to I stepped off and it was really foggy but bright. There was a woman there that told me I had to put these certain slippers on and they were white and the tops looked like real clouds. But when I put my feet into them they looked more like these soft foam cups that were long. I looked down at the lady and back up then all of a sudden jolted awake. In the dream I felt good. I felt happy but when I woke up for some reason I was scared. When I fell back to sleep I didnt pick up the dream like I usually do, it was just some random dream that I dont remember. But the first dream was so vivid with so many details! CRAZY!!
Monday, March 14, 2011
Right now as I write my son is sitting in his awesome swing playing and talking to himself! This totally makes my morning. I love that little guy so much. I wish I could stay home with him more but at this point its not an option. So I make the best I can of the days I am home with him. I am lucky enough to get 3 full days home though. But I am so afraid he's going to do some major milestone such as crawling for some one else. So when we are home he gets all the tummy time all the attention and everything I can possibly give him! No it doesnt always keep him on his schedule but it keeps us both very happy. It does give me some comfort that his first word was mama and his second was dada.
I am also sitting here watching my little dog roll over a dog treat. Its a huge treat that he is barely able to eat but feels the need to roll on top of it. He's hilarious. He does this to all of his important things. He has a pillow and what was once a stuffed polar bear that he also rolls on. Also on the other hand I am trying to keep the big dog from eathing said treat. They each got one but Zeppelin is greedy and wants them both for herself! Hahaha!
Evans swim diaper came in today. I love it. It looks like a little speedo on him. I cant wait for his swim classes to start in April. There are only 4 classes and he'll have a new swimsuit for all of them!! Best dressed little man hands down. My mom got him little swim shorts with matching sandals!! They are orange and brown with pirates and monkey pirates on them!
I love my job. Not so much the crazy amount of changes that have been happening in the office and with corporate but my job in itself is great. However it is not a forever job. One day and one day soon, my patient will graduate from services and no longer need me. This day will be hard because I have been there since they were 5wks old! Nearly 3yrs. I am trying to get my RN so that when he no longer needs me I will have more job opportunities. When I got my LVN I lived in an area where there were just as many jobs for me as there were for an RN. I have however moved and where I am now they largely prefer RNs. I am so nervous to go back because its not easy then add Evan and a full time job and losing weight and everything else on top just seems like so much. But I can do it! I will do it! I have so much to do it for!! Thankfully soon I wont have to be a full time employee! I can do PRN or whatever because I wont have to carry the insurance. And that alone is such a relief. Well my honey is home and Evan will be waking up soon so life calls!
I am also sitting here watching my little dog roll over a dog treat. Its a huge treat that he is barely able to eat but feels the need to roll on top of it. He's hilarious. He does this to all of his important things. He has a pillow and what was once a stuffed polar bear that he also rolls on. Also on the other hand I am trying to keep the big dog from eathing said treat. They each got one but Zeppelin is greedy and wants them both for herself! Hahaha!
Evans swim diaper came in today. I love it. It looks like a little speedo on him. I cant wait for his swim classes to start in April. There are only 4 classes and he'll have a new swimsuit for all of them!! Best dressed little man hands down. My mom got him little swim shorts with matching sandals!! They are orange and brown with pirates and monkey pirates on them!
I love my job. Not so much the crazy amount of changes that have been happening in the office and with corporate but my job in itself is great. However it is not a forever job. One day and one day soon, my patient will graduate from services and no longer need me. This day will be hard because I have been there since they were 5wks old! Nearly 3yrs. I am trying to get my RN so that when he no longer needs me I will have more job opportunities. When I got my LVN I lived in an area where there were just as many jobs for me as there were for an RN. I have however moved and where I am now they largely prefer RNs. I am so nervous to go back because its not easy then add Evan and a full time job and losing weight and everything else on top just seems like so much. But I can do it! I will do it! I have so much to do it for!! Thankfully soon I wont have to be a full time employee! I can do PRN or whatever because I wont have to carry the insurance. And that alone is such a relief. Well my honey is home and Evan will be waking up soon so life calls!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Public, Private, or Home?
So lately the state of Texas has done massive budget cutting to education. Our wonderful Gov. Rick Perry is the one who makes these decisions with the flick of the pen in his hand. I will be honest I DID NOT WHATSOEVER VOTE FOR THIS D-BAG!! I believe the education of children is the most important thing we can do for them and for us as well. They will one day be in our positions making decisions and running our country. No D-Bag Perry is not the one handing out the pink slips himself but he is one of many deciding to cut the budget even shorter than it is. Look around there are no "accessory" positions available at a school. By accessory I mean aides, nurses, principals, etc. Then look a little more and see that there are huge layoffs of teachers as well. So now what will happen when all of these students no longer have teachers to teach them? What happens when soon to graduate teachers are out in the job force along with the ones that have lost their job? Over crowding of classes, lower test scores, less and less students making it to go on to the next grade. Young people easily fall through the cracks and when you have a class size of 1 teacher to 33+ students guess what happens to the majority of them? There is no way they can reach whatever potential they have. I am lucky to live in a city that has small class rooms and small schools. But for how much longer? I do not want my son to be herded in and out of school never fully grasping the fundamentals of his education. I understand that I as his mother have a responsibility to make sure he is prepared to do so but once he is in the classroom the teacher takes over until he is home from school. The teacher is the one to show him what he needs to learn so that I can assist in this at home. A friend of mine said recently that if a child does not grasp these basics skills by 9th grade the chances of them ever doing so is slim. This is unfair to the kid. I do understand there are those that are set in front of a television for hours on end or play video games forever not caring to learn what they need to but our household will not be that way. There are those students who need more one on one or smaller groups to be able to succeed in school. How are they ever going to get this? So to The Powers That Be in our capitol making these decisions so easily because it does not at all affect them, they dont have young children or they are able to afford private schools or whatever the case may be, thank you for screwing us once again!! http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2011/03/09/perry_dont_blame_state_for_tea.html
Now that I am off my soap box I can move on to bigger and better topics! Lol. Tonight we are pulling up the old carpet in our downstairs area. We are doing a total of 685ft! But the end result will be soo worth it. I am so excited for it. Hopefully when we sell our house it'll be on thing to really make it stand out and better to sell. Although with these renovations I am not sure I want to sell. hahaha!
I am amazed at how Japan is handling the recent earthquake! Their buildings are so well built that they can withstand such a huge earthquake with minimal damage! Here in Texas we are lucky to withstand strong winds with some homes. My thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by not only the earthquake but all parts of the world that are getting the tsunamis as well. Also I am praying for those who are part of the burning wild fires not far from here. Just about an hour north of here over 3000 acres have burned and more are continuing to burn. So far no homes have been damaged but these are peoples farmlands that are burning so not only are they losing land for now they are losing their income as well.
I have failed my son. As clean as I try to keep things and as hard as I try to keep gross things from his reach I failed today. Earlier I put him on the floor to play while I made his lunch and I cleared out all nonbaby friendly items. These items included 3 dog bones (the hard white kind) several dog toys and Mylo's "baby"-a disgusting polar bear that is now unrecognizable as to what it once was. When I came back about 60secs later Mylo had decided to share his bone and brought one to Evan who was happily going in for a nice chew! I was able to stop him from going in but I have no idea if he had already tested his two teeth in it! I couldnt bring myself to touch it and see. I quickly used a wipe and cleaned him off and fed him to wash his mouth out but geeze how gross is that? The other day I stopped Zeppelin from licking his face. She had gotten a few good licks in but his eyes and mouth were thankfully closed! I pray this kid makes it to a year old with out some funky illness!!
Now that I am off my soap box I can move on to bigger and better topics! Lol. Tonight we are pulling up the old carpet in our downstairs area. We are doing a total of 685ft! But the end result will be soo worth it. I am so excited for it. Hopefully when we sell our house it'll be on thing to really make it stand out and better to sell. Although with these renovations I am not sure I want to sell. hahaha!
I am amazed at how Japan is handling the recent earthquake! Their buildings are so well built that they can withstand such a huge earthquake with minimal damage! Here in Texas we are lucky to withstand strong winds with some homes. My thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by not only the earthquake but all parts of the world that are getting the tsunamis as well. Also I am praying for those who are part of the burning wild fires not far from here. Just about an hour north of here over 3000 acres have burned and more are continuing to burn. So far no homes have been damaged but these are peoples farmlands that are burning so not only are they losing land for now they are losing their income as well.
I have failed my son. As clean as I try to keep things and as hard as I try to keep gross things from his reach I failed today. Earlier I put him on the floor to play while I made his lunch and I cleared out all nonbaby friendly items. These items included 3 dog bones (the hard white kind) several dog toys and Mylo's "baby"-a disgusting polar bear that is now unrecognizable as to what it once was. When I came back about 60secs later Mylo had decided to share his bone and brought one to Evan who was happily going in for a nice chew! I was able to stop him from going in but I have no idea if he had already tested his two teeth in it! I couldnt bring myself to touch it and see. I quickly used a wipe and cleaned him off and fed him to wash his mouth out but geeze how gross is that? The other day I stopped Zeppelin from licking his face. She had gotten a few good licks in but his eyes and mouth were thankfully closed! I pray this kid makes it to a year old with out some funky illness!!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Short Hollow Sticks
Or better known as tubes. Evan will be getting them in the near future. April 18 to be exact. In the beginning I was very against him getting tubes. The thought of my little baby being put under and then hold poked into his ear drums and then a piece of plastic inserted was horrible to me. But now after battling severe ear infection after severe ear infection, I am all for it! I just want him to feel better and hear better. He has not only had 6 ear infections since mid Dec but he's consistently had fluid on his ears the times in between. Yay my baby is finally getting the medical intervention his ears require!
Evan is starting swim class next month. I am at the moment rethinking this due to his ear surgery but its not like he's going to be spending any more time under water than he does for a bath so I think I will still plan on him attending. I am so excited about it! I love to swim and I am hoping he does too! Here is what one of his swim suites looks like. He has a pair of swim shorts he will also be wearing but here is his new swim diaper! He is totally going to be the best looking kid in class! Cloth diapering gives you so many more choices on cuteness than regular diapers do! Especially with a boy!
I started P90x the other day. Oh my goodness my body is completely rebelling and is trying to slowly kill me! I am in so much pain. But I guess this is the good kind of pain. The kind that tells you, you are doing what you need to be to improve yourself. Blah! Last night my dinner decided it didnt like me and evacuated the premises so I didnt get to work out. And I am paying for that. I didnt get to "work out" the soreness so I am feeling so stiff today. But I have already walked a mile and will do my work out tonight. I cant let myself fall off the wagon. I dont want to be this size and then get prego with baby #2 and add to it! I need to start from a smaller size. And no baby #2 will not be for a while!! Baby #1 isnt even a year old yet!! lol!
Evan is starting swim class next month. I am at the moment rethinking this due to his ear surgery but its not like he's going to be spending any more time under water than he does for a bath so I think I will still plan on him attending. I am so excited about it! I love to swim and I am hoping he does too! Here is what one of his swim suites looks like. He has a pair of swim shorts he will also be wearing but here is his new swim diaper! He is totally going to be the best looking kid in class! Cloth diapering gives you so many more choices on cuteness than regular diapers do! Especially with a boy!
I started P90x the other day. Oh my goodness my body is completely rebelling and is trying to slowly kill me! I am in so much pain. But I guess this is the good kind of pain. The kind that tells you, you are doing what you need to be to improve yourself. Blah! Last night my dinner decided it didnt like me and evacuated the premises so I didnt get to work out. And I am paying for that. I didnt get to "work out" the soreness so I am feeling so stiff today. But I have already walked a mile and will do my work out tonight. I cant let myself fall off the wagon. I dont want to be this size and then get prego with baby #2 and add to it! I need to start from a smaller size. And no baby #2 will not be for a while!! Baby #1 isnt even a year old yet!! lol!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
New floors!
We have decided to redo the floors in our house. We are doing the entry way and living room in hardwood. I love it! We went yesterday and picked it out and got them today. Over the week we are going to be moving everything out and the Friday night we'll removed the old carpet and then the new floors will be put in on Saturday! I am so excited. I am by far a carpet person but recently I shampooed the living room and didnt like the results. There was a spot that had a stain on it after I had already gone over it once so I decided to go over one more time to see what I could do to get it out. Well I didnt just do the stain I did the whole area. The water was still brown. It grossed me out soo much. I love carpet and all but ours is so cheap and crappy. We redid the carpet in Evans room about a year before he he was born and its amazing carpet. Nothing clings to it, it doesnt hold horrible dirt in like out cheap crap downstairs does. I have hated this carpet since we moved in. So now we will be putting in beautiful hard floors. Its sort of a cherry color but not too much red. I cant wait.
I started P90x today. Oh my goodness its rough. I was only able to do 40mins because the turkey butt woke up and was hungry. But I am already sore and noodley feeling! But I am determined to do it. I need to lose weight and look good for our vacation this summer. So hopefully I can do it!
I started P90x today. Oh my goodness its rough. I was only able to do 40mins because the turkey butt woke up and was hungry. But I am already sore and noodley feeling! But I am determined to do it. I need to lose weight and look good for our vacation this summer. So hopefully I can do it!
Hmmm
I dont understand the immaturity of adults! Not that I am going to rant and rave about one specific person because well its many. I see and deal with them almost every day. The person who thinks they need to be first in line because of whatever reason, the person who cuts you off and then yells at you like you did something wrong. Seriously sometimes I think the world needs one big time out. There is no reason for most of the actions I see go on. I just want to yell "Hey your out of middle school!! Act like it!" I understand that there are many instances that I am one of said immature people but I do my very best not to be. Pettiness, jealousy, and ignorance is no excuse to act like a dumbass. Here's a tip just keep your mouth shut! Think about what you are going to say before its said. Yeah people say oh I dont have that filter! I call bs on that. Everyone does and once they have acted like an ass they know it. Do they regret it sometimes yes and some times no. Either way it drives me insane! Get over yourself. I understand if some one is entitled to something and make that known. But do it in a way that an adult should do it. I get that there are times when you just want things to be fair and for everyone to follow the "Golden Rule" but thats not how it is so get over it. This is something I remind myself of regularly and I believe others should too!
My good friend Luanne is have a lap chole (google it) today. Prayers that she does ok and snaps to her for getting the awesome liquid lortab the dr. will give her. Bahahaha! I believe she may have enough in her cabinet though she probably wont need the med but it so helps when it comes to pain like that!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Wow I have sucked so far!
Well I had an original goal of blogging at least once a day. Well its been like 2 since my last post. Oh well. Ugh I knew exactly what I wanted to blog today and now that I'm here its gone. I've been waking up for a while with random songs stuck in my head. Things I havent heard in years and sometimes its songs I dont even like. But there they are playing like a record that keeps sticking in my head, over and over. Usually the same part of said random song. It drives me insane. The other day it was Rock Lobster. Really? An incredibly random song like that. But there it was just the Rock Lobster part. No other parts of the song just that. Then Friday it was some stupid country song that I dont even know the name of. Who knows what goes on in my head when I'm asleep.
Austin and I got to have a great semi date night last night thanks to my sister Kristy. She watched Evan so we could go to dinner then we watched Cali so she could go out with some friends. We went to one of our favorite restaurants that has opened up a new store in Sundance Square called Savianos. The place is nice lacks the ambiance of the original and they changed a little of the food, mostly in a good way. But either way it was nice to get out. Although I missed my little man. We came home to him playing with his little piano while sitting in his bumbo and Cali singing Taylor Swift on Guitar Hero. He was in heaven. He loves his cousin Cali. Omg he loves her. Its so cute to see him watch her. He just gets the biggest smile when he sees her and she is so sweet to him. She loves him just as much.
We cloth diaper Evan. I love it. Its so much easier and cheaper than disposable diapers. Well now one of Austins cousins is wanting to CD the baby she is having! I feel like such a geek that I am so excited about it! Hmmm wonder if I can get her fully over to the dark side and breast feed and baby wear? lol!
Austin and I got to have a great semi date night last night thanks to my sister Kristy. She watched Evan so we could go to dinner then we watched Cali so she could go out with some friends. We went to one of our favorite restaurants that has opened up a new store in Sundance Square called Savianos. The place is nice lacks the ambiance of the original and they changed a little of the food, mostly in a good way. But either way it was nice to get out. Although I missed my little man. We came home to him playing with his little piano while sitting in his bumbo and Cali singing Taylor Swift on Guitar Hero. He was in heaven. He loves his cousin Cali. Omg he loves her. Its so cute to see him watch her. He just gets the biggest smile when he sees her and she is so sweet to him. She loves him just as much.
We cloth diaper Evan. I love it. Its so much easier and cheaper than disposable diapers. Well now one of Austins cousins is wanting to CD the baby she is having! I feel like such a geek that I am so excited about it! Hmmm wonder if I can get her fully over to the dark side and breast feed and baby wear? lol!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Just kind of peeved!
Last night after work I had to stop by Albertsons to get a couple of ingredients to make dinner. I obviously was not supposed to have gone because it was crap! First there are no lines open on the end I parked on. Then all the lanes available had people with huge carts full and I had 3 items. Finally as I was leaving, trying to pull out on a very busy street, there was a ton of on coming traffic. I drive a very small car so it's kind of hard for me to see around a ton of trucks and SUVs. The woman behind me started honking because I was not, I dont know, pulling out in front of on coming traffic and killing myself so she could get to her destination. Well when I was able to go she starts honking again, then pulls up to me at the red light 100 yards after the turn and starts yelling at me. I admit I was on my phone with my husband and actually telling him I couldn't see around to go across the street. This lady was yelling at me from her HUGE gas guzzling Tahoe and throws one cigarette out the window and proceeds to light another. She then punches it when the light turns green only to go over the bridge and stop at the other light. I am thinking all this rage just to be stopped exactly where I am, like me being hit by on coming traffic would have gotten her further-NOPE. Finally the light is green and he hauls it again speeding the short distance to the Cracker Barrel. Seriously all that for some chicken and dumplings? I hope she choked on one!! Not die from it but just put a good scare into her.
Other than that it was a great evening at home! Evan had his first ginger snap. I thought they would be too hard for him to actually eat and so he'd just suck on it and gnaw. I was so wrong! They melt very easily and quickly, so he ended up eating a lot of it. Pictures to come of his after. It's hilarious how covered he was!
Other than that it was a great evening at home! Evan had his first ginger snap. I thought they would be too hard for him to actually eat and so he'd just suck on it and gnaw. I was so wrong! They melt very easily and quickly, so he ended up eating a lot of it. Pictures to come of his after. It's hilarious how covered he was!
Monday, February 21, 2011
My first blog post!
Recently I have gotten bored with dinner. My cooking skills are so limited and I get so tired with eating the same things over and over that I've branched out and tried new things. So far I have found a few recipes from vaious sites that are really great! So here are a couple for your awesome viewing.
1. Chicken Nachos-So easy I believe even my 8yr old niece could make them! All that is required is chunky salsa, chunk white chicken, cheddar cheese soup, tortilla chips and whatever you want for toppings! I added refried beans and boiled my own chicken. Austin loved it so much he ate almost all of it himself!
2. Beef Stew. This is definitely more difficult and requires some time. This is the link to the recipe I found. I did however modify it for the way we eat. I did extra broth instead of the wine, I cut out the thyme and I use whatever veggies I have for it. I also only let it simmer for about 15mins before adding the veggies.
1. Chicken Nachos-So easy I believe even my 8yr old niece could make them! All that is required is chunky salsa, chunk white chicken, cheddar cheese soup, tortilla chips and whatever you want for toppings! I added refried beans and boiled my own chicken. Austin loved it so much he ate almost all of it himself!
2. Beef Stew. This is definitely more difficult and requires some time. This is the link to the recipe I found. I did however modify it for the way we eat. I did extra broth instead of the wine, I cut out the thyme and I use whatever veggies I have for it. I also only let it simmer for about 15mins before adding the veggies.
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