Sock It To Me

Day 2 of Spring Break, over! Yes! hehe. I'm loving not having to get up super early, but it sure makes for long days when one has a house full of kids.... I don't know what I'm gonna do over the summer. hehe.

I set my alarm for 7:20am, knowing that Terra and I had tenative plans to go to the Commaissary after 8am. And yeah, apparently I set it for 7:20pm. Because I woke up at 7:45am, and still no alarm. Oops. So I hurried and hopped in the shower, and got part way ready. Foundational make up only. I should have just gone ahead and put it all one. And I just blow dried my hair, but didn't style it. Again, should have taken the extra few minutes. Oh well...

I printed out my shopping list, and figured out what all we needed from the store, and did a few other jobs around the house. Here's Tom and Boxer playing with a balloon. That dog LOVES balloons. Look how intently he's sitting there, waiting for Tom to release it.



Jake and Joe came home in the late morning, and Terra and I ended up going to the grocery store around 9:30am. I stopped by the post office to mail Captain America's St Patrick's box first. Yeah, it's gonna be late, but it's the thought that counts, right? hehe. The line was super long. I'd never had to wait in line that long at the On Post Post Office before. Must have just hit it at a bad time/day...

And then, I met Terra at the Commissary in the produce. She had her twins, and her 12 year old, and her daughters friend with her. The girls pushed the twins, and Terra and I shopped for food.

She found these in the Sushi section. Um, yeah, doesn't look too appetizing...
I got all of the food we needed for the week, and we went to wait in line. See, here's my food :)

And me. Yeah, totally should have gone with the make up...

I headed home after paying for my groceries, and sang into my microphone the WHOLE way home :)
I had all of the kids help me carry in groceries, then I put them away, fed the kids a snack, worked on my budget for a few minutes, and it was time to go to McDonalds. We were meeting Friends there to play in the playland. And drink unlimited free refills on soda. Well, I was, anyway - hehe.

Terra and her 3 (2, 2, 12), and Tara and her 3 (12,14,17), and Amber and her 1 (5), and Kari and her 3 (6, 8, 15), Leigh and her 2 (10, 12), and me and my 5 (5, 7, 9, 11, 13) were there. And it was SUPER loud and crazy. But fun. We went to the big indoor playland McDonalds, and the place was crowded. I ended up taking an Imitrex 1/2 way through lunch, but it was all good. I have to do that for places like Chuck E Cheese too. Cause of all the noise.

Leigh and Kari

Mmmm, soda, even if it WAS Diet Coke

Me and Terra

We were at McDonalds for like 2-1/2 hours. But it was fun. There were limited fighting go on. Jake and Tom get into it a few times. But after being separated for a bit, they were good. The last hour was very calm and pleasant.

And then everyone left for home, and my gang and I headed to Fallas, across the street. Because I knew that the one on Montwood had good kites for cheaper than Walmart, and I was taking a gamble that this one did too.

And I was right! They had the $4 vinyl kites. Sure, they had Dogs on them, but still, it was a good kite for cheap. hehe. The same type kite was $9 at Walmart. I got one for each kid, and bought on for Kari's kids too.

And then we headed home.



Between 4 and 5pm, I went over to Terra's house to sew. I made a new apron, and she worked on some Pillowcase dresses. They're actually pretty cute! But then her machine started acting all possessed and junk. Anyone know why? The bottom part of the stitch was all lose and freaky. Yeah, I wasn't much help...

Eventually, I pack up my stuff, and headed back home. And cooked Sloppy Joes for the kids for dinner, and helped them do their chores. And the house looked SO much better after. Kids played outside, and with friends for a while.

Then, by 7pm, they were all inside and settling down for the evening. Here's Jim with his legos.
And poor Joe. He keeps licking his lips. And it gets crusty/scabby. And then dirty. And yeah, he has a molestashe...

And here's proof that my boys DO like each other.... sometimes :) Boxer was TOTALLY scamming on Jake's apple during the picture. hehe. I think he managed to sneak a lick or two...

And me. Yeah, I know, I need to stop picking at my zits/face/scabs. Bad me!

I designed quite a bit this evening. I got 12 (YES, 12!) WordArt packs designed! Can you believe it!?! It felt really good to let my creative juices out - hehe.

And I put the little kids to bed at 8:30pm, and Jake and Tom and I watched an episode of Chuck, then we watched Signs. They both LOVED it. I think it scared Tom a little bit, because he came to sit by my for the last half. hehe.

And as I sent the big kids to bed around 11:30pm, I could hear them upstairs making a "plan" for when/if aliens attacked. ROFL! Something about water guns and what to do with the dog when he "turned" on them. hehe. Silly boys :)

Well, it's late. And I'm sleepy. I'm gonna finish this up, and go to bed. I'm supposed to go to exercise group in the morning. But I'm also supposed to make dessert for our Kite Flying picnic.... Not sure which I'll do. I wasn't planning on hitting a creative spurt tonight. I was supposed to bake. But, any of you artistic people out there know, if the mood hits, strike while the iron's hot!


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LOVE the Sock Monkey, my dear! Thanks, Sharon :)

Everything Happens for a Reason

Well, First official day of Spring Break is over :) And it was a pretty good one. I'd texted Terra last night, to make plans for Savers this morning. I said 9am, and she said it was WAY too early. So I decided that sleeping in sounded good.

So, at 9:15am, when I got a text from Terra saying that she'd JUST left post for Savers, I was in scramble mode. Because I was totally still in bed and asleep - hehe. I hopped up, threw on some clothes, pulled my hair back, grabbed some yogurt, and Eme and Tom and I headed for Savers. 15 minutes after I woke up - ha!

Jake and Jim and Joe stayed home to play, but Tom and Eme really wanted to come. So off we went. And yeah, I don't think that Savers was what Tom expected. After being SO excited for months to go, it was kinda a let down - hehe. He did end up with 3 new shirts, though. Jim got a pair of pants, and Eme got 4 shirts and a jacket. Me? Nope, nothing this time. That was my goal! Since I still haven't put away all the clothes from last time - ha!

I ended up only spending $10. And that came out of the Kid's Clothes fund. Pretty cool, huh ? hehe. I was proud of myself. Terra and her twins and her 12 year old and 2 of her friends were there too. I think they had a good time as well.

Then, we all loaded up, and headed to Dollar Tree. I needed bread. But they were out. Crap. I did get some bowls (finally) and some swim stuff. Since we were going to the pool today. A few beach balls and some swim noodles and some goggles. And a snack for Eme and Tom, and we all loaded up again, and headed to the Mall. Terra's girls wanted to go to the Jewelry box. And I'm always up for a trip there.

We looked around there for a few minutes, but I didn't see anything I couldn't live without. I did snap a few pics of us in the mall, though :)

Lovely, aren't I?

We got home, and I had the kids do their chores (a little bit), and we had lunch, and I cleaned out the truck (Dude, how did that many dishes and trash and clothes end up in the truck????), and got ready for the pool.

And it was Terra and kids and Kari and kids and me and kids, and Tara (Terra's friend) and kids. And we really did have a good time letting the kids play and chatting. Good times :)

Check out the goggle marks on the poor kids face - ha!

It's official! All 5 of my kids know how to swim, and they've never had a swim lesson!







We were home by 3:30pm, and I was exhausted. I had my snack, and made the kids clean up. Joe and Jake wanted to spend the night at Leo's house (Kari), so I told them that they had to have their chores done, AND their rooms cleaned first. Worked like a charm. hehe.

Once things were cleaned, I laid down on the couch and tried to nap. Yeah, napping with 5 kids mulling around and a dog is NOT very productive. Not very productive at all. hehe. Once Jake and Joe left for Leo's house, I retreated to my room, and got in an hours nap. And woke up at dinner time, but still felt sleepy. Not sure what that was all about.

I made a Biscuits and Gravy casserole for the kids, and my normal turkey burger and steamed veggies. Jimmy helped me make the casserole. I took 2 packages of refrigerator biscuits, and cut them in quarters. Then added 1 lb of cooked turkey sausage, 1 can of chicken gravy, and 1 can of cream of mushroom soup. And mixed really well, then put in a casserole dish, and baked at 400 for about 30 minutes (it could have been less, I wasn't really paying attention). My kids devoured it!

I sent Eme and Jim to bed at 8pm, and Tom and I watched 2 episodes of Chuck. Well, are watching 2 episodes of Chuck, to be exact. It's now 9pm. And the 2nd episode just started. I'm gonna go watch my show with Tom :)

Tomorrow, we're gonna go to McDonalds Playland, and let the kids eat and run and have fun. Should be a good time! We may or may not catch a movie afterwords. We'll see how it goes :)


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Awe, sweet layout! Is that her grandpa? Thanks, Sharon!

Let Them Eat Cake

Yeah, well, I was concerned last night that my iPhone wouldn't wake me up in the morning. Cause I didn't know if it would know to manually time change or not. I laid in bed and worried about it, and couldn't sleep, so I eventually took an Ambien to sleep. No problems after that :)

Well, good and bad news. I slept like a baby. But when my alarm went off at 7:30am (the real 7:30am, cause it worked), I accidently hit Dismiss instead of Snooze. And totally fell back asleep. Crap!

I woke up at 8:25am. And church started at 9:00pm!!! Which meant leaving the house at 8:45am. Holy cow, gotta work fast!

I threw my hair up, wiped off the make up circles under my eyes, put on some lip gloss and a dress, and went out to see what kids were doing.

Eme was awake, and I had her get dressed, same with Joe, and woke up Tom and had him throw on some clothes. Jim wasn't feeling well (he's woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me his tummy hurt), so I had Jake stay home and watch him, and at 7:45am, the other kids and I headed to church.

I scarfed down my yogurt on the drive there, and chugged a Diet Dr Pepper. And had 2 more for during/after church. hehe. And some sugar free chocolates too. And my breakfast apple. And my supplies for singing time. Prepared, aren't I - ha!

Here's my stash under my row at church.

Church was very pleasant. Since the 2 "trouble makers" were not there (ha!), it was peaceful. Not telling people to be quiet. No telling people to leave each other alone. I felt bad for feeling that way, but really, it was nice. Sorry Jake and Jim - hehe.

Soon Sacrament was over, and I headed to primary. Charlotte is the piano player, and SUCH a great girl. Ever meet those people who you feel like you've known for years and years and years? Instantly? Yeah, that was Charlotte. She got a kick out of me sneaking my soda behind the piano. And I shared my "on the way home" soda, so she had one too! I even did the cough while opening the soda so no one could hear. ROFL!




Junior Primary singing time went really well. I passed out the white sheets of paper, and had the kids (or their teachers, in the little kids' cases) write the name of their favorite primary song, then pass back the crayons.

And I had them crumple up the paper, then on the count of 3, I had them throw the papers at me, like a snow storm. They got a kick out of it! And then I picked snowballs off the ground to choose the songs. It was pretty fun.

Then it was time for Senior Primary. And I'd been smiling and goofing off so much, my zit/ouchy on my face split, and started bleeding. So I tore off a little piece of paper, and stuck it on my face. Sexy, right? I told the kids that I was starting a new trend, and that it would make them cool - ROFL!

Yeah, I had WAY too much fun in Primary today. I'm pretty sure that's why I don't have an "on Sunday" calling - hehe. Just kidding :P

We loaded up, and headed home after church, listening to the primary CD of the Article of Faith songs all the way home. I know 1-10 super well. 11, 12, and 13, not so much. I need to work on those. The primary kids are trying to learn them all this year, and I was helping Eme.

And then we got home, and headed inside for the afternoon.


I helped the kids get some lunch, and even got to Skype with Captain America for a while. And I didn't get my lunch until around 3pm. Yeah, WAY too late. And the kids and I watched a movie, and I slept through 1/2 of it. Then after it was over, I went to my room and slept for another hour and a half.

And had crazy dreams the whole time. The only one I remember now is that Captain America was away on trainings. Strange.

And I had the hardest time waking up. I came out, got Jake and Eme working on Dinner (French Toast), and just laid around for a while. And it was after 7:30pm when I finally made myself dinner. Silly time change is messing with me.

We watched one more episode of Lilo and Stitch the series, then I sent the little kids to their room to watch a movie, and Jake and Tom and I watched an episode of Chuck, and I blogged. And it's now 9:02pm. And I think I'm gonna watch a movie. Designing would be good, but I think I'm too sleepy. Maybe I'll just go to bed (but probably not - ROFL!)

Spring Break is this coming week, and we have activities planned every day. Terra and I are taking some of our kids to Savers. Tom has never been, and want's to go and experience it. And since it's Monday, it'll be sale day. My goal? Not buy anything for myself. Let's see if I can do it - hehe. And after noon ish time, we're taking the kids to the pool. Should be a good day :)

I designed this WordArt a few weeks ago in response to a photo that my girl Terra put on Facebook of her 2 year old twins devouring a cake in the kitchen. It was sitting on a cooling rack, and they snuck in there, pulled it down, and ate the entire thing. Stinkers, huh? hehe.

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hehe, what a cute little cake face! ha! Thanks, Sharon!

Holy People

Hola, peeps! How was your Saturday? Grand? Fabulous? Fantastic? I sure hope so - hehe. Mine was pretty good. Didn't lose any kids, so it was successful, right? hehe.

I woke up at 7:30am with the first round of kids asking questions. "Can we have banana muffins for Breakfast?" "Can we watch TV?" Can we... Can we.... Can we?". So I checked my email and facebook on my phone real fast, and then tried to go back to sleep.

And I'd replied to something that Andrea had said on her Facebook account, so she knew that I was awake, and she called. WOOHOO!!! I love chatting with my girl Andrea :) And we were on the phone for almost 3 hours. hehe. Chatting about everything. She's always been like a sister to me. Love ya, girl!

I went out, and hung with the kids for a bit after that. We all had lunch, and I cleaned up for a bit. First, I went through Eme's clothes and got rid of the ones that were too small (she helped). Then we did Joe and Jims, and hung up some bigger sized clothes for them.

And I helped Tom clean his room Detail clean. Because it was SO messy! We went through it, and threw away 2 garbage bags of stuff. That child is a hoarder, I swear. I found candy wrappers, sucker sticks, waterbottles, you name it, there was trash for it up there. In sock drawers, behind his bed, stuffed in every nook and cranny. Not so cool, Tom.

But we plugged in some good tunes, and got to work. Taking out all the clothes that didn't fit him, and cleaning. And it look AWESOME when we were done. Jake want's me to help him detail his room tomorrow after church.

And then, I realized that it was 3:30. How did it possibly get so late??? I ran downstairs, threw on some clothes, grabbed the little boys and the hockey gear, and we drove over to the rink. We were not too late :)

I finally got both of the gloves back that Jim had lost a few weeks ago. Pfew! Hockey gets over next week, and I needed the gloves to turn back in :)

I snapped a few pictures while I was rink side.

I sat with Kari's hubby, Brian, and their daughter Josephine while the boys played hockey. And it was an extra long practice tonight. I think the boys were super tired by the time they were done. I helped them change out of their gear, and we headed home.





OK, enough pictures of me. hehe. I liked my new purple sweatshirt, though. It was velour-feeling :) hehe. Anyhow, got back home, made sure the kids were all good and taken care of, and decided that I wanted to go to the movies. I didn't know what I wanted to see, but thought that it would be fun.

But sitting around in my jammies also sounded good. So I decided to leave it up to fate. I posted to Facebook that I wanted someone to go to a movie with me, and decided that if I had a taker, I'd go. If not, then I was supposed to stay home. hehe. Needless to say, no one wanted to go - hehe.

So we just hung out for the remainder of the evening. Here's a few pics I snapped of the kids.

Ha! One more picture before I put on my jammies.

We just ate whatever for dinner (nice, huh), and relaxed. I posted some pictures to Facebook, and I'm not really sure what we did, but eventually, it was 7:30pm, and we put the little kids to bed. And Jake and Tom and I watched 2 episodes of Chuck.

And it's not 9:30pm, and I'm almost done blogging. I get to sub for Singing Time tomorrow, and I need to come up with something fun to do. And I might watch a show. Or just go to bed. Cause I'm sleepy :) We'll see - hehe.

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Awe, I love it when you scrap with my kids photos, Sharon!