Livin' The Dream

Happy day :) I was up at 7am, and I was sure tired. I'd only gotten 5 hours of sleep, and was pretty tired. Got the kids ready and out the door to the bus, and got a text from Andrea saying that she had a doctors appointment, and couldn't walk (for exercise with me). SO, I went back to bed.

Of course, I got texts from 3 different friends, and a call from Walmart vision about my contacts, and sigh. It just wasn't in the cards to go back to sleep. BUT, I gave it my best effort for about an hour.

At 9am, I crawled out of bed, and took a shower. I felt SO much better after the shower. I was supposed to go grocery shopping, but honestly, I didn't feel like it. I did print off my shopping list, but that's as far as I got. I decided to just sit at the computer, and get some busy work done. And I helped Jake with school for a while.

At 11:30am, Hilary came to pick me up, and she and I and Laurie headed to Olive Garden. We were meeting Veronica there. I just LOVE their spicy sausage and potato soup. And I can't for the life of me remember the name of the soup..... And people tell it to me ALL the time - ROFL! Oh well. Whatever it's called, it's DIVINE :)

We stayed and chatted WAY longer than we ate. hehehe. We got back home in time to get the kids from school. Eme got her stuff, and went to Bella's house to spend the night. Michael came over to our house to play with Tom, and Cassi came over to play with Joe. Everyone had a good time.

At around 4:45pm,Captain America came home! He looked SO tired. He unpacked, and relaxed, showered, then we went out on our date. We took Cassi back home, and headed to BJ's. There was a 20 minute wait, so we walked next door to Krispie Kreame, and happened to catch their "free donuts" coming off the conveyor belt. Sa-weet!

We headed back to BJ's, and sat outside for about 5 minutes, and they called us. Captain America and I each ordered a sandwich and salad. They were pretty good. I got a french dip, and he got a turkey hamburger. Tasty :)

We headed home, and stopped at a western clothes store on the way home. Captain America likes cow boy boots and hats, so we looked around for a few minutes. Then continued on our way home.

We were home by 8pm, and hung with the kids for about an hour. After the kids went to bed, Captain America and I watched a movie in our room, and here it is, 11:09pm. We're actually watching a few parts that we, um, er, missed - ROFL!

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Happy Feelings

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So, full day again :) Up at 7am, morning routine, kids, school bus, Jimmy, Jake's school. I left the house at around 8am to meet up with Andrea and Veronica to go walking. Veronica brought her dog, Lola, this time. She pulled Veronica right along - hehehe. She seemed like a nice dog, even though I'm not a dog person. They scare me a bit - hehehe. I play it off well, though :)

So after the walk, I came back home and sat down to design. It was the last day to get products in the store before the newsletter went out. And I've had Friday be my new product day FOREVER. So, I had one done, and needed 4 more. Luckily, I had the quotes picked out.

I got a WordArt pack designed, and CAPTAIN AMERICA came home for a few minutes! I hadn't seen him since Sunday evening, and missed the man :) It was around lunch time, and I hung with him while he cooked lunch, ate, and got ready to go back out. He had to be back to work by 1pm.

When he left, Jake, Jim, and I headed to the new PX. Jacob wanted to spend some of his babysitting money at Game Stop. He found one that he wanted instantly, but after talking with the guys who worked there, I deemed it NOT acceptable for 12 year olds (hehe - Jake took it well, at least), and he kept looking. He ended up getting 2 used PSP games, for $21.65, I think. That included a 1 year warranty on each. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Open Season. MUCH better choice, hon!

Oh yeah, and I just have to say that our new PX is FABULOUS! Still not all the way done, but it's gorgeous, what they do have. When it's done, it's gonna be the biggest PX in the nation :)

After Game Stop, we went into AAFESS. I needed to get a cord that goes from the laptop to the TV. That way, when I watch TV on my computer (like Chuck, Lost, etc, on their respective networks), I can watch it on my big screen instead. I'd taken pics of the connections, so I knew what to buy.

The guy there help me get the right cord, and he paid and headed out. We stopped by the food court, and got some burritos from Taco bell, then headed home. I had 2 hours. But first, I hooked up the tv. And it didn't work. I had a cord with a male/female connection. I needed a male/male cord. Sigh.

But, I was responsible, and didn't go right back. I sat down and designed. And I finished up part of what I needed to do. I got the kids from the bus, and went back to work. Tom went to Michaels (Veronicas) after school, and Bella came to play at our house. It was a nice distraction for our kids.

I worked fast and furiously, and had the stuff designed and uploaded in the store in time. I also helped Eme with her research project on the Olympians. We'd found pics of each of the Olympians last Sunday, and I photoshoped them, and got them ready for printing. I also sent the next Girls Party invites to Walgreens. Busy day :)

So at 5:35pm, I headed out the door, and picked up Tom from Michaels. He hurried and got ready for Football, I had Joe great ready for Scouts, and the 3 of us headed out. Jake stayed with Eme, Bella, and Jimmy (and Veronica came and picked up Bella and Eme within 20 minutes, so it was really just Jake and Jim).

I got Tom to practice right at 6pm, but that meant that Joe and I were late for scouts. We were meeting at Old Fort Bliss, for a service project. We pulled grass out of a gravel trail near the Fort. The boys did a great job :)

We got done within 45 minutes of starting, and Joe and I ran back to the PX. I turned in my male/female cord, purchased the male/male cord, and we headed home. And guess what? It works! No sounds, though.... Anyone else know how to fix this problem? Do I just have to hook up speakers to my laptop? Is that how I get around it?

I got Joe and Jim in bed, and headed back out to pick up Tom. It was just Jake awake at home now :) Eme had already gone. I drove back, got Tom at 8pm, then headed to Walgreens. I got the invites, and went to Veronicas to get Eme. She was just eating dinner, and she offered to let me print Eme's report pictures on her printer. Thank goodness!

I dropped Tom off at home, had them do their chores, and headed back to Veronicas. We printed off the pictures, I grabbed Eme, and we went back home. It was now 9pm. I sent Eme upstairs with her pictures, some scissors, a glue stick, and a box of crayons. She always does such a great job.

So I sit down, and design for my freebie, and about quarter to 10pm, Laurie and Hilary come over! We were gonna watch a movie. But it took us until 10:30 or 11pm to decide which one - LOL! None of us like to make a choice about such things :) We watched "Just Friends", which was pretty funny :) One of those stupid funny movies.

We chatted and laughed and had a fun ole time! The girls headed back home at around 1:20am. Here it is, 1:45pm, and I'm headed to bed. I sure hope that my tiny little wrist alarm wakes me up tomorrow, cause I'm gonna be tired! LOL!

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I'm New (girl)

Hey girlies! Guess where I'm blogging from today :) hehehe. Laurie's house. It's 10:15pm, all the Harty kids are snuggly tucked into bed, and I grabbed a movie and headed for her house. And brought my laptop, of course. I've already designed, but need to blog. SO, I figured I could blog AND watch a movie. BUT, she's on the phone with her hubby in Iraq, SO, I can blog, AND still watch the movie. See how good things work out :)

Anyway, I should have been super tired when I woke up this morning, but surprisingly, I was ok. I hopped right up, got the kids going, dressed, fed, the routine, and out the door. I facebooked for a minute, started a load of laundry, picked up a little bit, and got my workout clothes on.

I grabbed an apple and a Pepsi One (gross, Pepsi, I know - it was on sale and Coke wasn't.... and they were out of Mt Dew) and headed to Andreas house. She and I and Laurie went walking. It'd been a long time since Laurie joined in our morning walk! She'd been doing P90X, and was getting all buff, while Andrea and I just walk. Oh well. hehehe. We have SO much fun walking and chatting.

Got home, got changed and dressed and all pretty, and helped Jake with school for a bit, and then the girls and I headed out to lunch. We went to Carlos and Mickeys, and it was SO much fun. It was Laurie and I and Leigh and Andrea and Veronica and Hilary. As I was writing this, I wondered if they would be offended if they weren't listed first.... Like I was playing favorites.... So I went and put it in order of appearance - ROFL! I rode with Laurie - ha! See, no favorites - you are ALL my favorites :)

Anyway, it was a GREAT lunch. Afterwords, we dropped by Walmart, and I ordered some new contact for myself and Jacob. I had the prescription, so it didn't take too long. AND, since I save 40 a month for Eye Doctor, I had cash to pay for it. Sa-weet! Thank you, Dave Ramsey plan...

Headed home, got the kids from the bus, and spent the rest of the early evening at home. I helped Jake refine his research paper, Tom helped Eme with her research report, Joe worked on his homework. I designed for a little while.

At 6:40, we headed over to the church. It was a Court of Honor for the Boy Scouts, and Jake was going from 2nd Class to 1st Class. I really wish Captain America could have been there. He did call from the field, and wanted me to make sure that he knew that his dad was thinking of him, and wished that he could have been there. It was so sweet.

I took some pics, and texted them to Captain America. Almost as good as being there, right? We came home after Scouts, and I put the little kids to bed. Eme and Tom and Jake and I worked on getting the chores done again, and the house clean. Jake went to bed after another load of dishwasher dishes were done.

I designed my freebie, and as I was saving it in the file folder labeled (15 Apr - Thurs), I realized what date that was. April 15th. TAX DAY!!! Holy crap! I'd already filed for federal, received my return, and stashed it away. State? Yeah, it wasn't in the mail!

SO, I dug through my room, looking for the right folder, and finally found it. Luckily, back on the 8th, I'd had Captain America sign it. I grabbed the state copy, the federal copy, ALL the many W-2's and such, stuffed it in an envelope, addressed it, weighed it, used www.usps.com to determine that it needed 2 stamps, and was done with it. Pfew! That was close. See, blogging every evening DOES has its advantages :)

So I checked on the kids, gathered up my stuff, and headed for Laurie house. And there you go. I'm all blogged. I'm all designed. Yeah for me :)

OK, treat for you today :) My good buddy, Jen, has a WONDERFUL new kit out, AND graciously let me play with it! I made 2 WordArts for ya. One for boys, and one for girls. But first, here's her new kit:

SO, she had the boy version on her blog (just click on the preview to go to her blog)

And I have the girl version! Isn't it pretty :P hehehe. I'm all about the baby attitude - ROFL! Anyway, click on the links below to go to my account to download the ZIP file, and leave some love if you like my work. Thanks!

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Clash of the Clothes

OK, I'm gonna preface this with it's 1:20am. I haven't blogged yet. I haven't designed yet (and you all know how my designs get after midnight - LOL). I really need to go to bed :) See what happens when my husband leaves for the week - hehehe.

Anyway, I got up at normal time, got the kids ready, and out the door. Andrea texted saying she wasn't gonna walk, but that she was gonna go to the on post thrift store at 9am. Worked for me. So I showered and got pretty, and she texted a few minutes before 9am, saying her hubby was gonna come too. Um, yeah, Ryan, you're an AWESOME guy and all, but I don't wanna hang with you and your wife - ROFL! I let the two of them go together to the thrift store, and have some time together :)

What did I do? I loaded up in my truck, and drove to Sonic, and got a Diet Dr Pepper for Hilary and I. I dropped hers off at her work, since she was running late, and didn't have time to stop on the way there. I called Laurie to see if she wanted to go and shop with me, but she was still busy.....

So, I had a morning to myself. I drove over to Fallas Parades, and shopped for a whole hour. I got a new shower curtain, matching towels, matching rugs, and a new soap. It was gonna look SO pretty.

After Fallas, I went to Family Dollar and got Eme hair bands, and then to Dollar Tree, where I got some decorations for my table. I'd picked up a table runner at Fallas. After about 2 hours total of shopping, all by myself (which was nice, for a change), I headed back home.

I got the kids lunch, and then started in on my Bathroom Makeover. It was kinda fun. Wanna see the finished product? Here it is;

And here's my table runner, table, and new hutch. Did I already post pics of those???

Just ignore the blatant computer geekiness in the background... hehehe.

So I worked on getting rooms in the house clean for the rest of the afternoon, as well as some computer work done. At 2pm, Jake was done with school, and he and Jimmy and I headed to the park to try out the new kites that I'd bought them at the Dollar Tree. They were pretty excited.

The kites worked ok for a Dollar kite. But you could tell they were only a Dollar. They kept crashing. But it was kinda fun.

We headed back home, and at 3:30pm, headed to the bus stop. We got Joe and Eme, and Cassi and William, and headed for the park. The girls started to trickle down to the park after that.

Hilary and Laurie and Veronica and I and Kari were there. We had fun laughing and chatting and eating Peanut Butter crackers, courtesy of Laurie. Jake went to the pool to play until I needed him to babysit.

We left the park right before 5pm. I went home and got my kids dinner. Hilary headed to the pool for her daughter for swim team practice. We started chores, and Joe on his homework, and such. At 5:30, Jake came home, and I had Tom get ready for Football. I drove him out to his practice at 6pm, leaving Jake in charge.

I swung by the pool after dropping off Tom, and saw the girls for a few minutes, then headed back home. I got the little boys all ready for bed, and teeth brushed, and such. At 7:50, I headed back to the field. Jake put the little boys the rest of the way in bed.

I got home, and came back home. I left Jake and Eme and Tom watching a movie together on the couch, and I headed out to my Primary Presidency meeting. It was at Lauries house. Now, imagine this. Me and Laurie and Hilary and Andrea. All in the same room. Trying to be serious and have a meeting. Yeah, it's a struggle to stay on topic - ROFL! We started at 8:30, and ended at 10:30. LOL! We got everything covered that we were supposed to, though. And even had a nice spiritual thought!

So after the meeting, I stayed and chatted longer with Laurie. At 11pm, we started making the invites to the April Girls party. Those have been SO much fun. This one's at Laurie's house, and is a "Tacky Party". We're supposed to wear something that's either tacky or that clashes. And bring a main dish to share, and an Under $3 gift for the exchange. SO looking forward to it. Next Thursday, I think is the date :) WOohoo!

I left Lauries house at 12:30pm, and came back home, checked some emails, played on facebook for only a few minutes, I swear.... and here I am. Finally done blogging. It's now 1:35am, and I need to design something. Unfortunately, my fingers are feeling like they have a mind of their own. Um, not such a good sign. AND, my bed is covered with laundry. I think I'll just shove it to Captain America's side. He's not here anyway, right?

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nodding.....off.....must....sleep. Even under the laundry works, at this point....

In The Swing of Things

hehehe, Jacob thought it was Tuesday all day long. LOL! I knew it was just Monday :) Started off good. Got up, got kids ready for school, sent them to the bus, checked emails, woke up the other kids, got them going with school/activities, went on a walk with Andrea.

After our walk, she and I went to Self Help for Housing, and got grass seeds for the backyard, and I got new batteries for my garage door opener. Sa-weet! I just love getting free stuff. Those button batteries are expensive, and I needed 4.

After Self Help, we swung by the commissary, and I got a few things. I'd just gone shopping on Friday, so I was pretty much stocked. Andrea got a few things too. We had, between the two of us, less than 60 together, so that meant we could go through the self check out. 30 per person. Yeah, it was kinda pushing it, but the lady was nice. We kept getting stuck, and laughed, and had a good time. Only the two of us could make the self check out a fun adventure -ROFL!

After we paid, and loaded up the groceries, we headed home. My garage door opener worked like a charm! Sa-weet! I got my stuff put away, and checked on the kids. They were doing great. Jake was clicking away at school, and Jimmy was happy. I stopped by Lauries for a few minutes to see her and Hilary, and stayed for an early lunch. Yummy chicken with a green salad and homemade ranch! Thanks, girl! LOVED it!

Headed back home, got lunch for my boys, and we re-arranged the dining room. I moved the 6 old chairs to the garage, and disassembled the old table and took it to the garage too. I swept up the floor, and moved the computer desks around to accommodate the big table. It looked pretty good when I was done.

I was so engrossed with rearranging, that I forgot about the bus. I had Jake run there and get the kids. Oops. Laurie was there, so they weren't without grown-up supervision :) hehehe.

Tom went to Michaels house to play (Veronicas son), and Bella (Veronicas daughter) came to our house to play. Jake finished his school, did his school, and went to Hunters house, then to the park (Hunter is Leslie's kid - 3 days younger than Jake). I took Joe, Jim, Eme, Bella, and Braxton (Leslie's other son - Tom's age) to the indoor pool. Hilary was there, too, with one of her daughters, Megan, for swim practice. We had a good time chatting, and the kids had a good time playing.

We left at 7pm, dropping off Kayley, who was there for Swim Team (Leighs daughter) at her house, Braxton at his house, Bella to our house to get her backpack from school, then Bella at her house, picked up Tom, and got Jake. Pfew! That was a busy evening!

I made pancakes for dinner, and we had them with bananas. Yeah, maybe not the best, but we were all tired. Put the kids to bed, and sat down to decide which quotes I was gonna use for my WordArt packs for the week. But texted Hilary and Laurie instead. I'm such a slacker. hehehe. My Facebook fans DID come up with a TON of good ones, though! Thanks, girls! I've got a TON of ideas now :)

So, it's 9;33pm, I'm almost done blogging, just need to design something real fast, and I'll be done for the night. Hilary put her kids to bed, and her hubby is all drugged up on pain pills from his Knee Surgery from last week, and she's coming over. We're gonna watch House Bunny. It's SO funny - hehehe. Not for kids, just saying... hehehe.

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See You Later, Alligatr

Yeah, pictures from yesterday! Here's Tom and Captain America, Tom giving us "V for Victory" fingers - hehehe

And Captain America on the horse at the Civil War event. Tom is the camera man...

Eme and Tom taking a turn

Captain America was like, Yeah, the horse messed up this picture. I thought it was HILARIOUS!!

Joe and Captain America

Another new week begins. Actually, technically, isn't the new week supposed to start on Sunday? Yeah, it's Monday for me. Sunday is the last of the last week in my book. How about you?

Sunday was good, but busy. Andrea had borrowed Captain America's church keys on Saturday for a meeting at the church, and didn't give them back yet, so he was calling me at 8am, looking for them. I was in the process of getting myself and the 5 kids bathed and dressed for church, so took a brief pause to text and call Andrea. Yeah, she was getting herself and her 3 kids ready for church (hehehe), and didn't answer the phone.

He eventually figured something out, I guess. He left for church before I even got up. And I got up at 7:30am. Poor guy works too hard :) Even on his day off :) But, I know we're getting blessings for our service :)

Anyway, headed to church, and got there a few minutes before it started. Late, in my book. There were 2 babies being blessed, and two baptisms from the day before, so there were a TON of extra people in church. Our rows were taken, so we had to sit WAY in the back. Sigh. It's noisy back there. I'm getting to church way early next week - LOL!

Anyway, Sacrament meeting was good, primary went well. I did realize that the singing time lesson I'd prepared was for last months song. Crud. SO, I had to wing it. But, it worked out pretty good. The older kids already knew the song, so that helps - ha! I'll just save the other one, use it later.

We got home, and the kids and I had lunch, then watched Shorts in my room. Funny kid movie. The giant booger monster was kinda nasty, but funny - ROFL! I wouldn't mind having a magic wishing stone sometimes, though :)

Captain America came home near the end of the movie, and finished it with us. He and I and Tom headed over to Leslies house (2 houses away) with the truck and trailer, and got an old dining room table and hutch from her. She'd gotten a BEAUTIFUL new table and chairs not too long ago, and was giving me her old one!!! It's WONDERFUL. Even better than the one that Joe broke. I made sure the child knew not to sit on it - ROFL!

SO, we visited for a while, then took the stuff home. She has an 18 year old that ships off to the Army in June after he graduates, and he came and helped us. SO nice that I didn't have to be moving stuff and carrying it in. THANKS!

So we moved the old hutch, and put the new one in. We keep all our DVD's in there, and transferred them from the one to the other. We built the table, inserted the 2 extra leafs, moved the old chairs and table, set the new ones up, took the bottom to the old hutch to the living room, took the top to the old hutch to the curb, and cleaned up. I rearranged the living room furniture again (hehehe), put the TV on the old hutch bottom, and straightened up a bit. Looked pretty good!

I folded 4 loads of laundry, and had Joe help me put it away. Since it was his clothes. hehehe. And some towels. Lots of dishtowels, actually. Jimmy had gone in his room earlier, and was sleeping. He got a good 3 hour nap in. Dang!

I made dinner, and we all sat around the big new table. Well, except for Jimmy, since he was sleeping. But it was nice to sit down as a family again. We chatted and ate and enjoyed each others company. THANK YOU LESLIE!!!

At one point, the neighbor dude from across the street and a house down came over to ask if he could have the top to the hutch. Come to find out, he and his buddy were from near where Captain America grew up. Small world, eh? We stood outside and chatted for a while.

Captain America went back inside, and I spotted our neighbor Leigh, and we chatted for a while. Back inside, and Captain America started packing for his week in the field. Some army thing they're doing. He'll be back on Friday. I know for some of you who's hubbys are home each and every night at the same time, having your man gone for 5 days would seem like a long time. Really, it doesn't seem that long. But I bet we'll all be really glad when "dad" comes home on Friday :)

We watched a family show together for about an hour, and Jimmy had woken up by then. He ate all of the corn from his dinner he'd missed, and Joe ate all the green beans, and Tom and Joe ate his meat. I guess Corn is better than nothing. He kinda woke up whiny, so I guess eating something is better than not.

We put the kids to bed at 9pm, and Captain America continued packing. I'm blogging, then designing, then gonna go to bed. I'm gonna spend a bit of time tomorrow cleaning and organizing. I tend to find more time to clean when Captain Americas gone. I think it's the "I miss my man" energy channeled in a positive way. Whatever it takes to have your house cleaned, right? LOL!

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Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam

Howdy! Remember that headache from last night? Yeah, well, it didn't go away overnight. I woke up feeling SUPER nasty, and nauseous, and junk. I puked a little 2 times, and ate 4 crackers, and took a migraine pill. And went back to sleep.

I woke up at 10am, and Captain America wasn't in bed anymore. He was out with the kids. I snuck out, but the light was not my friend. And I left kinda sick. But my headache was at bay.

So I grabbed a banana, and went back into my room, and checked my email and such. I kept the lights off, and the door shut, and was ok if I didn't move around too much.

Captain America and Tom left for Tom's Football game at around noon. Yeah, the rest of the day was kinda a blur. I know I texted Hilary and Andrea a bit, and stayed in my bed for quite a while. Captain America and Tom came home at around 3pm, having won the Game. Tom was SO excited. Come to think of it, Captain America was SO excited too. hehehe. He was proud of those 10-11 year olds, and Tom in particular. He'd made a lot of tackles, and recovered a fumble, or something like that. Woohoo Tom!

I got a nice pic of Captain America and Tom together, but he has the camera, so you'll just have to wait - LOL

Anyway, Captain America hustled and got ready for the day Reenactment that we were all supposed to go on. I was feeling pretty nasty, so I decided to skip. I helped him get ready as best I could, and laid back down for a while. Tom and Eme and Joe were gonna go with him. Jake didn't really wanna go, and Jimmy was mostly well, but I figured that he could stay inside one more day. Poor streppy kid...

I did manage to call Verizon, and fenagle a new phone out of them. I told them that it was malfunction, and that the previous 5 phones, of the same type, were malfunction too. That I didn't want the Samsung Glyde anymore, and what were they going to do to fix it. They talked about flashing it again, or trading it out again, and I was like, "Nope, I've lost faith in the phone. I need a different one". I suggested upping my Contract date, like let me just get a new phone now, but they went another route.

They said that they'd give me a pre-owned, recertified phone. For $50. Well, i guess that's better than nothing. And it has a year warranty. And I can re-up my contract and get a new phone in November. Perfect.

So while on the phone with the guy, I talked him into waving the $50 fee, so it's totally free. Good. I shouldn't have to deal with a crappy phone for SO long :) hehehe. The new one should be here on Wednesday.

Hilary and Laurie came by to visit poor, sick me at around 4:30pm. Hilary brought me a Diet Doctor Pepper, and they stayed to chat for a while. Thanks, girls, for coming to check on me!

After they left, I went and did some work on my computer. I was supposed to be loading my store, but was losing interest real fast. So I hired someone to do it for me - LOL! I'm so bad :) Now I have someone repackaging my stuff, and someone else loading it into my store. Sweet! It feels like cheating - hehehe. More time for designing, right?

Here it is, 7;46pm, and I'm gonna get blogged and designed early tonight, so I can just relax and do nothing. Because nothing is SO good to do when you're sick ;)

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Fun in the Sun

Hey hey you guys! You know, it's hard coming up with clever things to say each morning.... OK, so maybe that wasn't very clever... And I have a hard time differentiating between clever and cleaver. hehehe. ANYWAY....

Today was good. Kids up and dressed and out the door to the bus. I had to write a note to Joe's teacher explaining why his homework wasn't done. I was gone all evening, and Jake didn't do it with him. He'll finish it up on the weekend.

I checked emails and facebooked for a while after the kids were on the bus, and at 8:30am, went walking with Andrea. I came home, and was supposed to go to the grocery store, but kept putting it off.

Captain America came home briefly at noon, but had to run to go and meet someone at Old Fort Bliss for the rest of his lunch hour. I can't even remember what I fed my kids for lunch, since we were out of bread. No sandwiches, that's for sure - hehehe.

After lunch, I watched an episode of LOST on abc.com, then saw that I'd missed a few texts from Hilary. She wanted me to go to Walmart with her. DANG! I'd missed some fun :( She texted a bit later and said that she was at Laurie's hanging out. SO, while I'd just taken a shower and gotten ready, hoping to go grocery shopping right before the bus, I headed over to Laurie's instead. hehehe. I didn't bring Jimmy, because he was still contagious. He was bummed.

We hung there for an hour, then I left for the bus stop. I picked up the kids, and headed home. I printed off my shopping list, and started figuring out what I needed. Tom and I were gonna go to the Commissary. Then I got a text from Hilary, saying "Um, park? Where are you". Crap. I'd forgotten.

So I took the kids who wanted to go to the park, and we hung until around 5;30pm. Laurie and Hilary and Me and Kari and Kayely. It was pretty fun. Plus, our friend Karin came for a while. She lives in the neighborhood, just on the opposite side of Robert E Lee Drive. Her daughter is the same age as Jimmy, and she's Captain Americas age. Super nice lady.

Anyway, we stayed and chatted and hung out for a while. I went back home at 5;30ish, and this time, rEALLY went to the commissary. Tom too. I told Jake that we'd eat when we got back home. I timed it, and it takes about 55 minutes to grocery shop, including driving time. Not too shabby.

We got home, unloaded the truck, put away groceries, and I cooked dinner. Pork and stuffing and veggies. Mmmmm, it was tasty.

We cleaned up a little, and I snuck over to the neighbors house to visit. Leslie is a fun friend. Her youngest is Tom's age, so her house dynamic is SO much different than mine. Nice and quiet and peaceful - hehehe. She made me some herbal tea, and we sat and chatted for about an hour. SO relaxing.

She showed me her brand new table and chairs set that she'd just got, and it was BEAUTIFUL! Plus, she said that I could have her old one. SWEET! Since Joe broke mine a while back, and we still hadn't replaced it. Thanks, girl! You're awesome :)

I got home, did a whirwind clean of the house, and put the kids to bed. Captain America got home at around 9pm. He had been at a "Hail and Farewell" dinner. I could have gone, but it was $20 per person, and we were already going to 2 other events this month (or next), all costing about the same price. That adds up, you know :)

Anyway, he wanted to go out for a date, but my head was starting to hurt. I could feel a migraine coming one. I took a pill, and it was kinda working ,but still kinda hurt. We decided to just watch a movie here, one that we hadn't seen yet. We moved the ginormous TV into our room, and had our own Movie Date Nite :)

I'm thinking that whatever is in the new Migraine meds is affecting me differently than the last stuff. This is a generic version of Imitrex, and it's making me SUPER sleepy. I almost fell asleep during the movie. That's not a good sign....

Anyway, here's your freebie for the day. It's after midnight here, so no guarantees on the spelling. I'll run spell check, though, just to be safe - ha!

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Another crazy busy day... The beginning of the week was really quiet, but I'm making up for it with the end... hehehe.

I got up at 7am, and Tom as sitting at the kitchen table, reading. Eme was still in her room, Jake was still in his room, Joe was still in his room, and Jimmy was sleeping on the couch. Odd, but whatever.

I woke up Joe and Eme, and got them ready for school, and out the door. Jim didn't even wake up. I went in my room, checked the emails, facebook, etc, and SO wanted to go back to nap. BUT, Andrea texted me, asking if we were walking. Sigh. Yes, walking would be the smart thing to do. Captain America came home minutes before I left, and he got Jake up for the day. Jimmy was STILL sleeping on the couch. Not a good sign.

So I went walking, just Andrea and I, then came back home to get ready. Captain America had moved Jimmy back to his bed, and I went to check on him when I got back. Poor little boy looked really sleepy and sick. I moved him back to the couch, and put on a movie for him. I got him some crackers, some gatorade, and went to get ready for the day.

Jake was clipping along nicely with his school, and the day was going great ;) Hilary came to my house right before lunch, and we left to go out to eat with the girls. Jake was almost done with school, and Jimmy was all snuggled in and going fine. He's easy to babysit when he's not feeling well - poor kid. And I did look inside his mouth, and it was a bit red, but looked ok.

So we headed out, and went to the restaurant. It's called BJ's, and was really yummy. Laurie and Hilary and I had been there before, and this time we took Hilary and Andrea and Veronica. We all had soup and sandwiches and salads. VERY yummy. Hilary was a little stressed, because her hubby was in the hospital for Knee Surgery. We were taking her to lunch to keep her occupied during the surgery. She left a bit early to go back and see him when he woke up. Poor guy.

Veronica left to go back to school, and Andrea and I ordered a dessert- hehehe. OK, not on the diet, but SUPER yummy. Cookies and ice cream :) I was stuffed when we left, needless to say. But lunch with the girls was SUPER fun :)

I caught a ride home with Andrea, and snuggled with Jimmy for a while. I came in my room with me while I designed for a bit, and got my other 2 products designed.

I went to the bus stop at 3:30pm, and left Jimmy home. I knew he wasn't feeling well, and didn't want to spread whatever germs he may have. Jake stayed home with him. He was done with his homework, and had already worked on a merit badge, and was now playing some video games. He'd worked hard all day long.

I got Joe and Eme and William and Cassi (Veronicas kids) and took them to the park. We stayed and played for a bit. Kari and Veronica and I and Kayley. It was a nice afternoon.

I got back to the house a little after 5pm, and checked JImmy again. I found my flashlight, and looked into the childs throat again. Very swollen and whitish patches. And he was saying it hurt to swallow. Sigh. That's not good.

I called Telenurse, and she said that it sounded like Strep. She put in a referral to go off post to an Urgent Care place. I had to leave Jake in charge of dinner, and the kids. I gave him directions for cooking Mac N Cheese. I felt bad, but I had to go. Captain America was home a few minutes after I left, picked up Tom, and they went to footbal practice. Jake only had Eme and Joe to worry about, I guess :)

Anyway, we went to Urgent care, and waited for about an hour to be seen. The doctor looked in Jimmys mouth, and was like "yeah, classic strep". They did the culture, and it was strep. He gave us a prescription, and a total of 1 1/2 hours later, and we were on our way. It seemed like forever :)

I drove back near post, dropped off the prescription at Walgreens, and headed to Walmart. I got Jimmy a kids meal at the McDonalds inside the Walmart, and an ice cream. The child didn't eat much, but I think he really liked the toy - LOL! It was from the movie "How to Train Your Dragon". He was pleased.

We went and bought some popsicles, and some soup, and I got some makeup that I was out of, and we paid, and headed back to Walgreens. OMGosh, it took FOREVER! I waited and waited and waited in line, in the drive up, and FINALLY got the meds. AND, they were out of droppers. Sigh. He said that the first dose was 1 1/2 tsp, so I could at least figure that out :)

I got home, unloaded the truck, got Jimmy to bed, and sat down for a while. I was pooped. Captain America had put the kids to bed, Jake and Tom were working on cleaning the kitchen (such good kids!), and I sat down to blog. And watched a movie on my big TV - hehehe. "Not Without My Daughter (1991)". Did you see that one?

Anyway, it's 11:14 pm, and I've gotta go make a freebie. Then post it. Then go to bed. I'm sleepy :)

This WordArt is in honor of Jimmy - ROFL! I wonder how many/how fast the rest of the gang will get Strep...

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Love and Be Loved

Another day... hehehe. Got up at 7am, but didn't wake up Joe. I figured he could sleep in and miss a day of school. Poor kid. Got Tom and Eme ready for the bus (yeah, they do it all themselves...), and out the door.

Joe and Jim woke up shortly after that. We walked a few PBS cartoons together, then I left Jake in charge, and went on a walk with Andrea and Veronica. It was a short walk, because Veronica had class at 9:30am, and had to leave Post at 9:00am. But, it was a walk, none the less - hehehe.

Back home, loaded some more products in my store, watched a Movie with the little boys, helped Jake decide what to do for his Science project, texted Hilary a bit, Captain America came home for lunch at around noon, and hung with him for a while, then back to whatever I was doing after that. Oh yeah, I did figure out that, on average, for the hours that I'm awake, I send and receive a text every 30 minutes. Crazy, I know. 2100 ish texts for the month. Good thing I'm on unlimited. hehehe.

At 1:50PM, I headed to the TMC (Troop Medical Center, or something like that - Army doctors office) for my 2:10 appointment. See, I have plantar warts on the bottoms of my feet. I know, gross. Warts. Hush, hush, don't talk about it. Well, I do. And I'm still a good person - hehehe.

Anyway, I'd been trying to set up this appointment since last year. When I only had 3 plantar warts. It's now 8. Sigh. But, whatever. It's the armys fault, cause they wouldn't schedule it. But whatever. 3 weeks ago they scheduled this appointment, so here I am.

I was called back, and the dude who showed me to my room seemed embarassed to even say the word wart. He was like, pointing to my chart, "is this what you're here for", and it said "Wart Removal". Um, yeah. WART. It's not a bad word. I didn't play footsie with frogs. Probably picked it up from the pool. The pools not a bad place... Sigh.

Anyway, went back to the room, and the doctor came in in just a few minutes. He looked at my feet, and laid it out for me. He said that he could use the tools that he had there in the doctors office, which weren't right for the job, and get part of it, but not all of it, and have to have me come back a few times to finish it off, or he could refer me to a podiatrist. I asked what would be best, and he said the podiatrist.

SO, he put in the referral. Sigh. Now I have to wait 3-4 days for them to call me and schedule me an appointment. Good grief. He said that they have these super sharp tools that dig the wart out. OUCH. That doesn't sound good. It sounds effective, but not good. I think I'll need a friend to come with me for moral support (um, Hilary, or Andrea, or Laurie, or Veronica....). Maybe we could make an event of it. Go to lunch, celebrate my "wart-free"-ness. hehehe. See, there's me, trying to make everything into a party - LOL! Got that from my mom.

SO, I did talk the Doctor into giving me a new prescription for Imitrex, since mine had expired. I waited for just a few minutes at the pharmacy, and then headed home. I was in and out in 30 minutes. Gotta like that.

I got home, worked on the computer for a bit longer, and headed to the bus stop at 3:30. I got Eme, and Veronicas kids, and headed to the park. Hilary came to play, and Kari and Kayley were there as well. The kids had a lot of fun, and although it was cool (65 ish - I know, we should stop complaining), it was super nice when the wind stopped blowing.

We all dispersed at around 5:30pm, and went home. I cooked dinner for the kids, supervised chores, got homework going, got kids ready for church activities. It was all kind of a blur. hehehe. Captain America and Eme and Jake left at 6:45pm for their activities. Tom's was canceled, and there's now no football on Wednesday nights, so he stayed home. I watched part of a movie with Joe and Jim and Tom, helped Joe with his homework for a bit, and put kids to bed.

It's not 9pm, 3 of the kids are asleep. Captain America is still not home with the other 2. When he does get home, we'll put them to bed, and he was asked to come and give a blessing to Laurie's kids (they've got strep throat) with Hilary's hubby, Paul. SO, I guess I should go throw on some better clothes, and get ready. I wanna go too :) Maybe Laurie will wanna borrow a movie, since she's stuck at home another day with sick kids.....

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Better Safe Than Sorry

OK, just so you know, I blogged this on Word at the hospital, and when I copy/pasted it, it put it in a different font, with different spacing, and didn't know what a :) was. So, if you see a random "J" in this post, it's Blogger trying to figure out what the heck Word was doing. Just to warn you - hehehe.

Howdy hey, peoples :) So, productive day for me! I woke up at regular time, got kids ready and out the door and off to the bus, then sat down with Jimmy for a while in the morning. The kids were pretty surprised to wake up and find a HUGE TV in the living room. Hehehe.

Jimmy and I watched some PBS cartoon, then I got ready for my walk. I met Andrea at her house at 8am, and we walked for a little more than an hour. It was a nice walk. It feels good to be out on SUCH a nice spring day. It was supposed to be in the 80’s today. Sa-weet!

After the walk, I sat down for some computer work. I had products to load in the store, and time allocated to do it. I worked for 2 hours straight, and got almost all of the way through the “c”’s. I loathe loading the store, I’ve decided. It’s NO fun at all. And it takes me about 3 minutes per product. Sigh. I thought I could be quicker, but alas, I can’t. hehehe. I’m good, but I’m not that good :)

Jacob got done with school early, and did some chores, and worked on his merit badge for scouts for a while. I was clipping along nicely, until I realized that it was 3:27pm, and the bus was gonna get to the bus stop in 3 minutes. I threw down what I was working on, and ran for the bus. I made it, luckily – hehehe.

I took Joe and Eme, and Veronicas kids back to my house, and we waited for Veronica to deliver Tom from AQ. The kids did their chores, and and cooked some soup for dinner. A HUGE pot, so there’d be left overs for the next few days for Captain America to take to work with him.

At around 5pm, I went to Sams Club with Hilary. I left Jake in charge. I came back home real fast to pick up Tom at 5:40pm to take him to Football practice, and noticed that Joe was napping on the couch. Weird, but not totally out of place. Oh yeah, side note, poor Jake has to drop out of Football. When we signed up, they told us that games were on Saturdays. Well, apparently his teams games are on Sundays, and we don’t do organized sports like that on Sunday. He was pretty disappointed, but it doing ok with it now. Maybe in the fall….

The kids seemed fine, so we headed out. We dropped Tom off at practice, then headed back to Ft. Bliss to pick up Hilarys hubby and drop him off at another location. We headed to the Transmountain Walmart, needing to fill a prescription for her daughter, Janie. She has strep throat.

Well, Walmart had a 2 hour wait for prescription. Yeah, we didn’t have that kind of time. So, since it was 6:30pm, she and I went to Whataburger for dinner, then headed to Walgreens for the prescription. 20 minutes. Yeah, much better.

While we were there, Jake called and said that Joe was puking. Apparently, he’d been standing on the kitchen counter, putting toast in the toaster, and slipped. And hit his head on the way down. And then laid on the couch and fell asleep. I saw him when he was asleep from the fall. Yeah, nice babysitter. I guess that’s the first aid day that he missed in Babysitting class. He’s taking that part in 2 Tuesdays….. Sigh. You try and cover all the scenarios, but sometimes they slip through the cracks.

Anyway, we left Walgreens, and she brought me back home. Joe was laying on the couch with Jake, looking pretty lethargic. Not a good sign, right? I made him stand up, and move around, and he instantly ran to the bathroom to puke. Another not good sign.

Captain America got home right about that time, and I called around to a few friends, and they said that yeah, I should take him into the ER. So we packed up, and headed off. Captain America put the rest of the kids to bed, and Joe and I spent a fun filled night at the ER.

The nurse who checked him in said that yes, if you puke you should come to the ER, but that he thought that Joe was fine. But that the doctor should still look at him. So we sat down for about 15 minutes, then went to an urgent care waiting room. And waited for a very long time. I’d brought my laptop, so at least I got some designing time in. Joe just kinda wadded up his coat, and dozed most of the time.

At one point, the family sitting in front of us had their 7 year old, who’d just got stitched, come back to them, and got nauseous. Luckily, Joe had a bowl from the nurse, and I held it out for the little boy so he could puke. Him mom was holding a tiny baby, and once she passed the baby off to someone else, took over the “puke bowl holder” job. Hehehe. It’s just what us moms do. LOL!

Finally, we were called back to a room. Joe laid on the bed, and instantly fell asleep. I designed. 3 WordArt packs, and ½ my blog post. Sweet! Finally, the doctor came in. He tried to wake Joe up, but the child was out cold. He’s a very heavy sleeper. The doc looked at his eyes, and listened to what happened, and said that Joe was fine.

So I packed up my laptop, my purse, put Joe’s coat on him, and carried him to the truck. Luckily, the windy El Paso air woke him up, and he was able to walk to the truck. The kids’ not as heavy as Jim, but he’s still 50bls. And all legs and arms. Kinda awkward – hehehe.

I was pretty tired, and managed to get us home. Here it is, 11:38pm, and I’m done blogging. Just need to design a quick WordArt freebie, and I’m off to bed. I have a Dr’s appointment tomorrow for my plantar warts to get frozen off. Yippee! I hope it’s not too uncomfortable. Wish me luck – ha!

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Television Junkie

Everyone needs a day off, right? I totally took one today. I did get up at 7am and get my kids off to the bus. I did get Jake going on School. I did keep Jimmy relatively entertained. I did start a load of dishes. I did... um, yeah, that was pretty much it. hehehe.

I watched some TV online, and a movie or two, and just laid around a bit. A day off. And it was SO nice. I never did get around to a nap, though. That would have been the perfect cap to the afternoon :)

So at 3:30, I headed to the bus stop, and realized that Veronica wasn't around. She and her family had gone to White Sands for the day, and now I didn't have anyone to get Tom from AQ. Drat! I texted Andrea, and she wasn't answering. I hurried and walked my kids home, and drove up to the school to get Tom. AQ was just getting over, so I was good :) I forgot that I could have texted Becky, and that she'd have gotten Tom. Next time...

I helped the kids get their chores done, and their homework done, and then took Jimmy and Joe and Jim to the park. Andrea and her family were there, and we hung for about 20 minutes. Back home, got the kids ready, and all of us except for Tom headed to the pool.

Hilary and kids and Laurie and kids were there playing. We stayed from 5:30 to 7pm. We got home just a few minutes before Captain America. We put the kids to bed, and he and I headed out. We dropped off a package FedEx, and went to the Mall to get some vitamins. We swung by Sears to see what they had, and ended up getting a Metric Socket 1/2 inch drive set for Captain America. It was on sale for just under $20, and his birthday is coming up. He was really excited - LOL!

Next, it was off to Walmart. I got a car charger for my Bluetooth, we got some cans of soup for Captain America, and this:



47 inch, LCD, Full HD 1080p, LG TV. OMGosh. I was SO excited. See, I'd been saving money for a Trip to Vegas with the girls. BUT, I didn't see that happening. SO, I decided to take my designing dollars that I'd been saving, and get me a new TV!

We had an old 19 inch TV for our Wii, and a 24 inch monstrosity for our living room. Our 27 inch TV was in our bedroom, and it broke on Saturday night. Anyway, YEAH FOR ME! I usually don't spend money on myself. Not really. Most of my money goes back into my budget, and gets spent on boring things like food or clothes or supplies. While there's a little part of me that feels wasteful spending money on something SO frivolous, most of me is happy that I could buy something so frivolous. Know what I mean?

Anyway, we got it home, hooked it up, and now Captain America and I sit here on the couch, working on our laptops, watching our BIG ole TV :) hehehe. 11:43pm, and I'm getting sleepy. I don't know how Captain America is still awake next to me. He took 3 1/2 hours out of his evening to come and play with me at the stores, so he's doing his slide show work now. Love you, honey!

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Bestest Thing

OK, these pics are mostly for my mom. I know she thinks I'm a bad blogger, because I NEVER put pics on here :) Ok, so never is a strong work. I put a lot of stories, and words, but tend to leave out the photos. Well, I was taking them.... some. hehehe.

SO, here goes...

Joe at Scouts - LOVE the eyes

JOe and I at the Pinewood Derby

Eme at the Pinewood Derby. She's getting so old...

Jim & I at the Pinewood Derby

Joe's crappy car. Sorry, Joe. It was an "out of the box" kinda car. As in, take it out of the box, slap on some wheels, and a sticker, glue a few pennies on the end.....

Tom in his Football Game Jersey

Uh, yeah, a kid took that of me. hehehe

Here's my "Anti School Picture" day photo - hehehe

Joe - Kindergarten

Thomas - 4th Grade

James (um, yeah, not in school yet...)

Eme - 2nd Grade

I think Jake was still in bed when we were taking those...

Captain America and I right before the Ball

Eme with her 1st place medal after BTN Organizational Day

Jacob with his face painting

Jimmy

Captain America got a scratch on his nose playing football. Poor thing :)

If I'm bored, one of my favorite pasttimes is taking weird photos of myself..... OK, so you know I'm weird now....

Easter Baskets for the Kids. Easter Bunny comes on Saturday Morning at our house

Me on Easter afternoon, right before Dinner at our friends' house

SO, since I was having WAY too much fun, I involved the whole family :)

Joe and I

Jake & I

Eme and I

Tom didn't wanna play...

Captain America and I

Jim & I

Group shot!

Right before the egg hunt. I hid 160 plastic eggs in the backyard.

And back to the random weird faces again...

Happy Easter :) Hope it was a nice occasion for everyone! We slept in, and it was SO nice. I rolled out of bed at around 9:30 or 10am, since it was General Conference. Our church service is broadcast from Salt Lake City, Utah, twice a year, and this was one of those times. It's a chance to hear from the prophet, and the leaders, and I really enjoy it. Plus the fact that we can watch it on the internet is WONDERFUL. Church at home in your jammies is always a plus - hehehe.

We turned on Conference, and cooked breakfast for the kids while listening. Pancakes and fruit and scrambled eggs. Then Captain America and I stuffed jelly beans into plastic eggs for the egg hunt we'd planned between Morning and Afternoon session of conference. Plus a few eggs with pennies inside. I know, we're big spenders - hehehe.

Between session, Captain America took a nap, and I did whatever I did, and the kids played with their new toys, and it was just a lazy Sunday afternoon. Conference came back on from 2-4, then we cooked some Mashed Potatoes as our side for Easter dinner, did our Egg hunt (after conference rather than between sessions), got all ready, and headed to Hilarys house for Easter dinner.

Captain America and her hubby, Paul, got to hang, and Hilary and Laurie and I hung. And all 12 of our kids. It was SO crazy. Dinner was good. It was ham, and potatoes, and Lauries DIVINE fresh green bean casserole, and baked beans, and rolls. Mmmmmm, good.

For dessert, Hilary made homemade strawberry shortcake, with home whipped whipped cream. OMGosh it was good. I think I'm ready to re-commit to the diet on Monday. SUPER ready.

We got home at 8:30pm, and put the kids to bed by 9pm. All in all, it was a great day :) Warm and sunny and nice. Gotta love springtime!

SO, I was thinking that I wanted to give you all this WordArt, and have you guys make "about me" layouts. Cause they're always fun. And I like group participation - hehehe. SO, here ya go. I'll provide the WordArt, and you provide the rest. Just post, in the comments section, a link to whereever your hosting your layout :) Sound good ?]

And yes, I know that "bestest" isn't proper English. I'm going for cute and quirky here.... just go with it :)

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