Hay hay! It's my birthday!
And I'm probably the only one not going out for St. Patty's Day, lol. I've decided that I'm going to have the "perfect day" at home. I'm not talking to anyone that bothers me, and I want to do things that I enjoy. I actually want to work on my house today. I really enjoy doing home-improvment projects. So my adjenda:
1. Sleep in (done...stayed in til 9 am)
2. Rake debris outta the yard and get the gardens ready for spring.
3. Install Will's storm window
4. Do a MAJOR grocery shopping spree
5. Buy a new bistro set for the front porch (I'm sooo tired of chasing the flimsy "wicker" stuff off the porch)
6. And if our money comes in today.....go TRUCK shopping!!! Joe's car is biting the dust, and when you have as many kids/animals as we do, there's no point to having a car. A van/suv and a truck is all you need.
7. Eating at Scoops with my mom. Wanted something low-key this year so I don't have to worry about kids being crazy. Plus I think business has been slow for him lately, and a little piece of me will die if his business tanks.
8. Watch a movie/have a floor picnic with my husband
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Brother's Birthday
Soooooo.....this week will be busy.
I will be heading back and forth from Menards to get a few things done around the house. Mainly deck/porch things.
I've had 5000 important calls to make today. One is that Will is getting different meds, because his brand is the ONLY brand that his insurance won't cover. So we are now going through the process of exhausting all other possibilities to prove to the company that he needs this certain type of meds. It's all politics, I swear. But at least he will have something. So hopefully that will be all settled by the end of this week.
And it's my brother's birthday today. 24 years today. I need to call him yet....
John and I as kids---
I will be heading back and forth from Menards to get a few things done around the house. Mainly deck/porch things.
I've had 5000 important calls to make today. One is that Will is getting different meds, because his brand is the ONLY brand that his insurance won't cover. So we are now going through the process of exhausting all other possibilities to prove to the company that he needs this certain type of meds. It's all politics, I swear. But at least he will have something. So hopefully that will be all settled by the end of this week.
And it's my brother's birthday today. 24 years today. I need to call him yet....
John and I as kids---
Blowing out our birthday candles---
No we aren't twins. My birthday is tomorrow. We celebrated our birthdays together most years.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Stupid window
It's a beautiful Sunday!
We went to church, and the kids behaved for the most part. Hailey's taken to singing along with the congregation. So cute =)
And since today was so warm and lovely, I've decided to start my deck projects, as listed previously. I spent all afternoon trying to get our kitchen window open. Taking out the old single pane storm window wasn't that bad at all. But the previous owners of our house not only painted the window shut. They also GLUED AND CAULKED it shut!! Oh man, I was sweating and swearing. "What would possess someone to do something so stupid?" "Figgin idiots..." "Why the hell would this EVER be a good idea?" That's some of my comical rants as I take a chisel to the window.
So we got the stupid thing open. It's still in rough shape. It's still hard to open and close, but that's what I have a man around the house for =). I'm golf waxing the crap out of it, and hopefull it will help. I have 3-4 weeks to wait for my new storm window to come in anyways. So I can putz with it some more. $15 more just because I have a retarded sized window. Rip-off....
Then I go check out the solar deck lights. Yeah, I'm not making that decision without my husband. So I'm trying, yes I'm trying to get these projects done before the major grilling season hits. We've already cooked out 3 times, and tonight will be our 4th. So I really need to get in gear.
We went to church, and the kids behaved for the most part. Hailey's taken to singing along with the congregation. So cute =)
And since today was so warm and lovely, I've decided to start my deck projects, as listed previously. I spent all afternoon trying to get our kitchen window open. Taking out the old single pane storm window wasn't that bad at all. But the previous owners of our house not only painted the window shut. They also GLUED AND CAULKED it shut!! Oh man, I was sweating and swearing. "What would possess someone to do something so stupid?" "Figgin idiots..." "Why the hell would this EVER be a good idea?" That's some of my comical rants as I take a chisel to the window.
So we got the stupid thing open. It's still in rough shape. It's still hard to open and close, but that's what I have a man around the house for =). I'm golf waxing the crap out of it, and hopefull it will help. I have 3-4 weeks to wait for my new storm window to come in anyways. So I can putz with it some more. $15 more just because I have a retarded sized window. Rip-off....
Then I go check out the solar deck lights. Yeah, I'm not making that decision without my husband. So I'm trying, yes I'm trying to get these projects done before the major grilling season hits. We've already cooked out 3 times, and tonight will be our 4th. So I really need to get in gear.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Hangover, Barbeques, yay!
Let the barbeque's begin!! We are cooking Angus patties on the grill tonight. Nothing homemade (which is my fav thing to do!) but still yummy. I'm pretty excited to smell that grill firing up.
And I MIGHT have a breakthrough on this identity theft problem I'm having with my neighbor. Let's cross our fingers! Two can play at this game.....mwahahahaha!
But physically, I'm not doing awesome. I've been into this health kick for a while. Buying organic, drinking green tea, making everything from scratch to ensure that there's no processed junk going into my family's bodies. And I've heard that drinking a glass of red wine a night can fight off certain types of cancer. So I go out and buy two different kinds and put them up on my wine rack. An entire bottle later, I realize that drinking A LOT of red wine isn't going to fight cancer, it'll just give you liver failure, lol. So I was sick. Lesson learned.
And I MIGHT have a breakthrough on this identity theft problem I'm having with my neighbor. Let's cross our fingers! Two can play at this game.....mwahahahaha!
But physically, I'm not doing awesome. I've been into this health kick for a while. Buying organic, drinking green tea, making everything from scratch to ensure that there's no processed junk going into my family's bodies. And I've heard that drinking a glass of red wine a night can fight off certain types of cancer. So I go out and buy two different kinds and put them up on my wine rack. An entire bottle later, I realize that drinking A LOT of red wine isn't going to fight cancer, it'll just give you liver failure, lol. So I was sick. Lesson learned.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Beat the bully's ass
I think I'm taking Sebastian on a walk today. Clear my mind a little. I think I'm going to throw a party for myself today. A pity party, lol.
Will got another detention. For fighting a kid. Then Joe took Will to his wrestling practice, where a kid, from my neighborhood of course, called him Will "Poop-quette" and Joe said "you need to stick up for yourself."
So here are my thoughts: if Will went up to that kid and punched him square between the eyes, I don't think I would be that upset. He would stick up for himself. But yet when he comes home with a detention for fighting, we ground him. So I have no idea what we are actually supposed to teach him. I don't want to condone fighting, but most of the time he fights because kids are ALWAYS picking on him.
When I was a kid, I always portrayed myself as a bad-ass. Knock out someone's tooth, and everyone leaves you alone. But that back-fired. A girl came up to me at a bar 2 years ago and said "I always wanted to talk to you, but I was always afraid you'd punch me." OUCH!
So do I tell Will to stand up to these bullies, or do I teach him to ignore? I don't want people walking all over him, yet I don't want him to think violence is the key. Ahhhh...child-raising....
There is much more for me to sort through on Sebastian's walk, but I think my 5 minute pity party is much enough. I'll throw the rest by myself =).
Will got another detention. For fighting a kid. Then Joe took Will to his wrestling practice, where a kid, from my neighborhood of course, called him Will "Poop-quette" and Joe said "you need to stick up for yourself."
So here are my thoughts: if Will went up to that kid and punched him square between the eyes, I don't think I would be that upset. He would stick up for himself. But yet when he comes home with a detention for fighting, we ground him. So I have no idea what we are actually supposed to teach him. I don't want to condone fighting, but most of the time he fights because kids are ALWAYS picking on him.
When I was a kid, I always portrayed myself as a bad-ass. Knock out someone's tooth, and everyone leaves you alone. But that back-fired. A girl came up to me at a bar 2 years ago and said "I always wanted to talk to you, but I was always afraid you'd punch me." OUCH!
So do I tell Will to stand up to these bullies, or do I teach him to ignore? I don't want people walking all over him, yet I don't want him to think violence is the key. Ahhhh...child-raising....
There is much more for me to sort through on Sebastian's walk, but I think my 5 minute pity party is much enough. I'll throw the rest by myself =).
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