Sunday, January 22, 2012
Hello Again!
Well my home has been taken over by sickness for the past week and a half. I really hope that this is it for the rest of the season. Sooo very thankful that Little Miss has not been potty trained yet! That would have been an absolute disaster! Though we have added a potty chair to the rest of the furniture in our living room. Who doesn't need a pretty pink potty to go with their decor? This is our second potty chair. The first one she got was a super cute pink frog...she refused to sit on it. Do I hear Yard Sale...oh most definitely. I am so in the mood to purge my house. I just need to motivation and energy to do it! BTW I am also so in the mood to scour Goodwill to see if there is anything there that I can't live without! I am my own worst enemy. I am on a book kick. I cannot get enough books. I totally have enough books that I haven't read to last me well into the summer I am sure of it...but I want MORE!! I already have my calendar marked for the release of two books that I cannot wait to order from Amazon. I have a Kindle, but there is something about have the actual book in hand. I think I like the smell of them..that has got to be it or maybe I just like the look of them. When we move to a new house I will have book cases. It is a must. So back to the purging...I am so ready for Yard Sale season to be here. I was planning on only doing one this year, but I don't know if I can make it. I might have to do one on the spring and one in the fall. I really just wanted to do one in the fall. I guess we will wait and see. I just have so much that I want to get rid of! Our dryer decided to go kaput yesterday. Ugh! So this morning we got a new one. I feel kind of classy because now we have a matching set. High class I know! Our washer died about a year ago. We had gotten pretty lucky since our other washer and dryer were freebies and lasted for quite a long time. Oh well I guess I should go hang out with the lovely new appliance and catch up on what I didn't get done yesterday!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
A Quickie..not that kind!
So I am finally catching up on Biggest Loser from last Tuesday. Jason and I always laugh because generally we watch it while stuffing our faces. Tonight I polished off half a bag of potato chips. These people amaze me for a few reasons. Some of these girls this season were professional athletes and now they are 300 pounds. I often wonder how they go from one extreme to the other. The other thing that often boggles me is why they always feel the need to show they videos of the contestants in their underwear. Oh and the fact they always manage images of people barfing in buckets...don't they know I am trying to enjoy a fattening snack! One season we used to eat Subway on Tuesday nights...like that was going to help. I even tried to chew that Extra gum they are always hocking....I would rather have the actual Strawberry Shortcake! That is all I have on that.
But on eating..we ate at Olive Garden today. On the way home I felt like crap. Come to think of it every time I eat there I leave and feel like crap. Sooo today I dropped $60 to feel like crap, then since I felt like crap I ended up taking a two and a half hour nap this afternoon and got nothing accomplished. Thanks OG!
Another stop we made today was Petsmart. Ugh! We have been tossing around the idea of adding to our family...with a puppy. Like I said not that kind of Quickie! I had my eye on one little dog on the website, but turns out she had already been adopted. So on the way there we explained to Ryan that just because we were going there it didn't mean that we were going to be leaving with a new dog. We explained that we needed to find a dog that would fit perfectly with our family. Basically meaning we need a dog that is going to stay small. He said he understood.....not so much. When we went back we saw a couple of dogs that we liked, but none that we were head over heels with. We did see these super cute puppies, there was a black and white one that kind of looked like Obama's dog. They lady wasn't really sure what they were, they were really adorable though. The only problem..they estimated them to be 10-12 weeks and they were already the size that we were looking for our new bundle to be at full grown. So we left empty handed. My heartstrings were definitely tugged at when Ryan's little face dropped. We reassured him that we will keep looking and we will find the perfect fit. By the time we got home he was ready to play with his new legos and didn't bring it up again.
Okay have to finish Loser, just fyi so far I am not super impressed this season. But hey atleast Bob is nice to look at. I do find him slightly annoying, but attractive none the less.
But on eating..we ate at Olive Garden today. On the way home I felt like crap. Come to think of it every time I eat there I leave and feel like crap. Sooo today I dropped $60 to feel like crap, then since I felt like crap I ended up taking a two and a half hour nap this afternoon and got nothing accomplished. Thanks OG!
Another stop we made today was Petsmart. Ugh! We have been tossing around the idea of adding to our family...with a puppy. Like I said not that kind of Quickie! I had my eye on one little dog on the website, but turns out she had already been adopted. So on the way there we explained to Ryan that just because we were going there it didn't mean that we were going to be leaving with a new dog. We explained that we needed to find a dog that would fit perfectly with our family. Basically meaning we need a dog that is going to stay small. He said he understood.....not so much. When we went back we saw a couple of dogs that we liked, but none that we were head over heels with. We did see these super cute puppies, there was a black and white one that kind of looked like Obama's dog. They lady wasn't really sure what they were, they were really adorable though. The only problem..they estimated them to be 10-12 weeks and they were already the size that we were looking for our new bundle to be at full grown. So we left empty handed. My heartstrings were definitely tugged at when Ryan's little face dropped. We reassured him that we will keep looking and we will find the perfect fit. By the time we got home he was ready to play with his new legos and didn't bring it up again.
Okay have to finish Loser, just fyi so far I am not super impressed this season. But hey atleast Bob is nice to look at. I do find him slightly annoying, but attractive none the less.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Hello 2012!!!
I am happy to welcome 2012 and say good bye to 2011. We made some amazing memories in 2011 and had some hard times. I will start off with our big huge vacation! Well for the adults it wasn't big or huge it was more hot and tiring..but that is besides the point. We took the kids to Disney in May. It was amazing! That is such an understatement..but anyways. It is definitely magical and the happiest place on earth..it is not just the hype they try to sell you to get you to come spend your hard earned money there. It was worth every single penny. My dear friend and her family have went to Disney every year for like the past ten years and they never grew tired of it. She talked it up so much I decided why not. I had been years before, but Jason and the kids had never been. I thought we could go in May..that way we would beat the summer crowds and it wouldn't be to terrible hot...WRONG. Florida was having record high temps while we were there. It was in the upper 90s everyday and ZERO rain. We hit all four parks and visited Downtown Disney. Magical, Magical, Magical. Ryan thinks we need to go back in a few months! We will go back in a few years when Chloe is old enough to enjoy it.
Ryan started Kindergarten in the Fall and I definitely had my anxiety over that. We were excited to learn that he had a teacher who has been in the district for many years and we both knew of her. Also, I am able to drop him off and pick him up from school everyday so that defintely eased my anxiety. He is thriving and getting good grades. He has a best friend and it is so cool to see him form friendships and listen to them talk. (Side note: Jason was married years ago to his high school sweetheart, well she is now remarried and her son is in Ryan's class and you guessed it! Ryan's best friend!!) We all just laugh about it. Well I probably laugh about it more than Jason. The boys have no idea and there is no reason for them to think about it. I am super blessed to be able to help out with things at Ryan's school. I love being an insider!
First Day of Kindergarten 2011
Another bonus of staying home is all the One on One time I get to spend with Chloe. I could literally write pages of stuff about her. She is spunky and smart and most of the time in a world all her own. Something I am constantly trying to do is tame her hair. Being a girl who has always had straight hair (except for when my mom permed my hair in the 90s, it was cool then, it really was) I have no clue what to do with curly hair. So most days we wet it down and pull it back into a ponytail. Boring I know. Maybe another reason I don't do much with it is I have never been a "do my hair" kind of girl. I always had my cousin come do my hair if I every really had a need to have it fixed. Chloe loves to dance and sing. At two she could record a cd with all the songs she knows the words to. She is a big fan of the band Train and can sing the words to Hey Soul Sister and I Got You. I guess it is good that I am not one of those mom's that have to drive around listening to kids music. At three Ryan's favorite song was a song by Kid Rock, the name of it escapes me right now, but it talked of "smoking funny things." I remember one time my Dad had picked Ryan up to go somewhere and Ryan wanted to listen to "Rock and Roll" which is what he called that particular song. I had to laugh, because if you know my Dad you know that it is VERY unlikely he is driving around with a Kid Rock cd in his car. To this day if that song comes on the radio Ryan says "turn it up" and he will sing along. Chloe can also sing Adele. At Christmas she blew us away by standing in front of everyone and singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Definitely no stage fright there! I mentioned she was smart, right? She is..so I can brag for a minute. She has been saying her ABC's since well before her second birthday and she could recognize all of her letters too. So here is my bad mom moment..I know she didn't learn her ABC's from me. How do I know you ask? The way she sings them is the same way they sing them on the cartoon "Super Why." I am an advocate for kids watching tv. I don't say sit your kids in front of the tv and leave them, but PBS has great shows. Chloe can count to 40 in english and ten in Spanish. She can also count down from 10. When we went to Meet the teacher Night at Ryan's school we were informed that there were kids in his class that could not recite their ABC's and couldn't recognize the letters. I found this so sad considering Chloe could do all of that and she wasn't even two at that time.
Okay one post down...hopefully many more to come.
Ryan started Kindergarten in the Fall and I definitely had my anxiety over that. We were excited to learn that he had a teacher who has been in the district for many years and we both knew of her. Also, I am able to drop him off and pick him up from school everyday so that defintely eased my anxiety. He is thriving and getting good grades. He has a best friend and it is so cool to see him form friendships and listen to them talk. (Side note: Jason was married years ago to his high school sweetheart, well she is now remarried and her son is in Ryan's class and you guessed it! Ryan's best friend!!) We all just laugh about it. Well I probably laugh about it more than Jason. The boys have no idea and there is no reason for them to think about it. I am super blessed to be able to help out with things at Ryan's school. I love being an insider!
Another bonus of staying home is all the One on One time I get to spend with Chloe. I could literally write pages of stuff about her. She is spunky and smart and most of the time in a world all her own. Something I am constantly trying to do is tame her hair. Being a girl who has always had straight hair (except for when my mom permed my hair in the 90s, it was cool then, it really was) I have no clue what to do with curly hair. So most days we wet it down and pull it back into a ponytail. Boring I know. Maybe another reason I don't do much with it is I have never been a "do my hair" kind of girl. I always had my cousin come do my hair if I every really had a need to have it fixed. Chloe loves to dance and sing. At two she could record a cd with all the songs she knows the words to. She is a big fan of the band Train and can sing the words to Hey Soul Sister and I Got You. I guess it is good that I am not one of those mom's that have to drive around listening to kids music. At three Ryan's favorite song was a song by Kid Rock, the name of it escapes me right now, but it talked of "smoking funny things." I remember one time my Dad had picked Ryan up to go somewhere and Ryan wanted to listen to "Rock and Roll" which is what he called that particular song. I had to laugh, because if you know my Dad you know that it is VERY unlikely he is driving around with a Kid Rock cd in his car. To this day if that song comes on the radio Ryan says "turn it up" and he will sing along. Chloe can also sing Adele. At Christmas she blew us away by standing in front of everyone and singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Definitely no stage fright there! I mentioned she was smart, right? She is..so I can brag for a minute. She has been saying her ABC's since well before her second birthday and she could recognize all of her letters too. So here is my bad mom moment..I know she didn't learn her ABC's from me. How do I know you ask? The way she sings them is the same way they sing them on the cartoon "Super Why." I am an advocate for kids watching tv. I don't say sit your kids in front of the tv and leave them, but PBS has great shows. Chloe can count to 40 in english and ten in Spanish. She can also count down from 10. When we went to Meet the teacher Night at Ryan's school we were informed that there were kids in his class that could not recite their ABC's and couldn't recognize the letters. I found this so sad considering Chloe could do all of that and she wasn't even two at that time.
Okay one post down...hopefully many more to come.
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