I appoligize for those of you who came to read my blog and it was deleted. The one time the husband decides to read my blog and it's about him. I think it tipped him off when C called to see if every thing was okay and Big D was sitting right next to me as I was chatting with her.
Hello, private conversation dude.
After the phone call he made me bring up my blog so he could read it. I was a little ticked when I wrote it and he wouldn't talk to me, I needed someone to talk to me so I chose all of you.
He was afraid my family would think there was some thing really wrong between us if they read it and he didn't want all the questions.
I'm sorry I usually don't air our laundry out for public entertainment. I don't think you have to worry about that any more. If any thing good came out of it, I think Big D will be a regular reader of my blog now.
Oh and we sat down and had a really good communication session ourselves and all is better. I guess that's another good thing to come from it, when I want to talk, he'll open up a bit sooner.
If there is anything Big D is depressed about now it's that he has to go to work while the rest of us have the week off. It is torturing him. Is it bad that that makes me smile just a little bit?
Who is loving the Christmas music? Me. I am. Oh me too.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
50 Goals in 550 Days
My goal date has come and gone. I did achieve most of my goals but some eluded me, like the scrapbooking goals. I haven't scrapbooked in over eight years. Some goals I will still work on like writing my kids stories and letters, they really enjoy reading stories about themselves.
I really enjoy setting goals for myself and seeing them through, it's a wonderful sense of accomplishment. I wish I was able to finish all of them, but now I need to make new ones.
Start Date: 3/10/08 End Date: 11/12/09
1. Run one mile nonstop 1/26/09
2. memorize A of F 5/08 Bug & I made it a contest
3. Send at least one story/article of mine in to be published 10/10/08
4. Scrapbook at least 10 pages per kid
5. Write about seeing the Lord's hand in my day for two weeks straight. 3/28/08
6. Enter a photography contest
7. Paint a picture
8. Make a list of 100 things that make me happy 7/9/08
9. Pick a book of Scripture and study it. (Leviticus)6/23/08
10. Cook for in-laws 4x's 5/10/09
1~November 2nd: Dinner in a pumpkin
2~ January 2nd: Chicken Noodle soup
3~ January 2nd: Breakfast casserole
4~ May 10th: Taco Casserole (Mother's Day Dinner)
11. Host a dinner party of at least six people whom have never been to my home.
12. Join a social group 4/21/08 (book club)
13. Lose 20 pounds
14. Make my husband feel extremely loved 7/17/09 (Happy Birthday)
15. Write a story for each of my kids as them as the hero
~ Bug's 5/5/09
~ Beaner's 5/5/09
16. Don't complain about my calling for at least a month 4/13/08
17. Make contact with Emily and follow through 1/17/09
18. Get a pen pal 5/28/08
19. Write a one paragraph journal every day for one month 8/31/08
20. Give $100 away (it doesn't have to be in a lump sum) 7/15/08
21. Pass my English class with a 'B' 5/12/08
22. Visit a place I've never been 6/17/09 MA, NH, ME
23. Get an 'B' in my News Reporting and Writing class 12/23/08
24. Go to the temple once a month for six months straight
~ 4/24/09
~ 5/15/09
~6/12/09
~7/21/09
~ 8/6/09
~9/3/09
25. Cook a new recipe for dinner once a week for a month 7/6/08
1st~ Turkey Stuffing Divan, OK
2nd~ Chickette, rave reviews
3rd~ Nacho Dogs, Huge success
4th~ Sloppy Joe Pizza, OK
26. Go above and beyond the call of duty 7/3/09 (I hunted across the U.S. for a sewing machine that my mom has always wanted and shipped it home to her.)
27. Explore Craters of the Moon
28. Read the B of M
29. 5k 5/18/09
30. Take Bug out on a date just her and I 2/6/09
31. Take Beaner out on a date just her and I
32. Take Bud out on a date just him and I
33. Take Bear out on a date just him and I
34. Go on a romantic overnighter with Big D (not for a special occasion) 6/17/09 - 6/26/09
35. Teach Kinnzi a new trick 5/3/08 (to shake hands)
36. Potty train Bear 5/28/08
37. Run away with my sister's for one weekend 10/3/09
38. Take my mom out for lunch or dinner in another city
5/16/09
39. Scrapbook with my mom all night
40. Run away with girlfriends for one weekend 8/09
41. Do something childish with my kids 3/27/08
42. Find a long lost friend and renew our friendship 9/5/08
43. Try Indian food 5/30/08
44. Write each one of my kids a letter telling them how much, and what, I love about them
~ Bug's 5/5/09
~ Beaner's 5/5/09
45. Compliment five strangers a day for one week 6/17/09 ~ 6/26/09 (I know that's a bit longer than a week but in Boston I was complimenting people left and right: wonderful food, great store, nice people, etc.)
46. Do not go out to eat for one month straight
~ Start 8/31/09
~ End 9/29/09
47. Plan my dream vacation 10/12/09~Italy
48. Meet all the neighbors on my street
49. Plant and maintain a beautiful garden
~ Planted my garden 5/23/08
~ Harvested Aug - Sept
50. Visit Nursing Home 3x and talk to at least five people
~ 3/16/08
~ 4/13/08
I really enjoy setting goals for myself and seeing them through, it's a wonderful sense of accomplishment. I wish I was able to finish all of them, but now I need to make new ones.
Start Date: 3/10/08 End Date: 11/12/09
1. Run one mile nonstop 1/26/09
2. memorize A of F 5/08 Bug & I made it a contest
3. Send at least one story/article of mine in to be published 10/10/08
4. Scrapbook at least 10 pages per kid
5. Write about seeing the Lord's hand in my day for two weeks straight. 3/28/08
6. Enter a photography contest
7. Paint a picture
8. Make a list of 100 things that make me happy 7/9/08
9. Pick a book of Scripture and study it. (Leviticus)6/23/08
10. Cook for in-laws 4x's 5/10/09
1~November 2nd: Dinner in a pumpkin
2~ January 2nd: Chicken Noodle soup
3~ January 2nd: Breakfast casserole
4~ May 10th: Taco Casserole (Mother's Day Dinner)
11. Host a dinner party of at least six people whom have never been to my home.
12. Join a social group 4/21/08 (book club)
13. Lose 20 pounds
14. Make my husband feel extremely loved 7/17/09 (Happy Birthday)
15. Write a story for each of my kids as them as the hero
~ Bug's 5/5/09
~ Beaner's 5/5/09
16. Don't complain about my calling for at least a month 4/13/08
17. Make contact with Emily and follow through 1/17/09
18. Get a pen pal 5/28/08
19. Write a one paragraph journal every day for one month 8/31/08
20. Give $100 away (it doesn't have to be in a lump sum) 7/15/08
21. Pass my English class with a 'B' 5/12/08
22. Visit a place I've never been 6/17/09 MA, NH, ME
23. Get an 'B' in my News Reporting and Writing class 12/23/08
24. Go to the temple once a month for six months straight
~ 4/24/09
~ 5/15/09
~6/12/09
~7/21/09
~ 8/6/09
~9/3/09
25. Cook a new recipe for dinner once a week for a month 7/6/08
1st~ Turkey Stuffing Divan, OK
2nd~ Chickette, rave reviews
3rd~ Nacho Dogs, Huge success
4th~ Sloppy Joe Pizza, OK
26. Go above and beyond the call of duty 7/3/09 (I hunted across the U.S. for a sewing machine that my mom has always wanted and shipped it home to her.)
27. Explore Craters of the Moon
28. Read the B of M
29. 5k 5/18/09
30. Take Bug out on a date just her and I 2/6/09
31. Take Beaner out on a date just her and I
32. Take Bud out on a date just him and I
33. Take Bear out on a date just him and I
34. Go on a romantic overnighter with Big D (not for a special occasion) 6/17/09 - 6/26/09
35. Teach Kinnzi a new trick 5/3/08 (to shake hands)
36. Potty train Bear 5/28/08
37. Run away with my sister's for one weekend 10/3/09
38. Take my mom out for lunch or dinner in another city
5/16/09
39. Scrapbook with my mom all night
40. Run away with girlfriends for one weekend 8/09
41. Do something childish with my kids 3/27/08
42. Find a long lost friend and renew our friendship 9/5/08
43. Try Indian food 5/30/08
44. Write each one of my kids a letter telling them how much, and what, I love about them
~ Bug's 5/5/09
~ Beaner's 5/5/09
45. Compliment five strangers a day for one week 6/17/09 ~ 6/26/09 (I know that's a bit longer than a week but in Boston I was complimenting people left and right: wonderful food, great store, nice people, etc.)
46. Do not go out to eat for one month straight
~ Start 8/31/09
~ End 9/29/09
47. Plan my dream vacation 10/12/09~Italy
48. Meet all the neighbors on my street
49. Plant and maintain a beautiful garden
~ Planted my garden 5/23/08
~ Harvested Aug - Sept
50. Visit Nursing Home 3x and talk to at least five people
~ 3/16/08
~ 4/13/08
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Water Monsters
I took my niece,Jo, nephews, Lowell Jr. and Hyatt, and Bear to the library for story time. After story time we weren't ready to go home yet so we decided to go to the park. But to get to the toys they had to cross a bridge with a water monster living under it.
I told the kids that the water monster liked to eat leaves and if they fed him he wouldn't eat them.
The kids had fun throwing leaves into the water and they kept saying they saw the water monster eat the leaves.
They had so much fun feeding the water monster that once we made it over the bridge to the toys they didn't play long before wanting to feed the water monster again.
The kids had fun playing on the toys but the lure of a water monster was too great.
They have such a wonderful imagination. I love being around them, they help keep me young.
On the way home from the park I told the kids we had to go through a dark cave to get home.
I told the kids that there was ghosts and goblins in this cave and they needed to tell me if they saw one and I would honk the horn to scare them away.
The kids screamed and I honk the entire distance of the cave, or underpass. After we were all done and settled down Lowell Jr. said, "I didn't see any ghosts." He our logical child so I told him that it was because I did such a good job scaring them away.
I told the kids that the water monster liked to eat leaves and if they fed him he wouldn't eat them.
The kids had fun throwing leaves into the water and they kept saying they saw the water monster eat the leaves.
They had so much fun feeding the water monster that once we made it over the bridge to the toys they didn't play long before wanting to feed the water monster again.
The kids had fun playing on the toys but the lure of a water monster was too great.
They have such a wonderful imagination. I love being around them, they help keep me young.
On the way home from the park I told the kids we had to go through a dark cave to get home.
I told the kids that there was ghosts and goblins in this cave and they needed to tell me if they saw one and I would honk the horn to scare them away.
The kids screamed and I honk the entire distance of the cave, or underpass. After we were all done and settled down Lowell Jr. said, "I didn't see any ghosts." He our logical child so I told him that it was because I did such a good job scaring them away.
Friday, November 6, 2009
I Love Halloween
We had a great Halloween. Very packed with fun fun fun.
After we went trick-r-treating for four city blocks downtown we went to a trunk-r-treat.
Brook's family and Itchy and his kids all joined us for the festivities. We were in the presence of greatness: a doctor, adventurers, football player, Wolverine, baseball player, and then there was Fat Jack the clown/mechanic (although you really don't want him to bend over your car, he had the biggest wedgie I've ever seen).
Big D got a really bad haircut, we fired his barber, Beaner was a beautiful witch, Bear and Bud were ninjas.
RC was always at attention and Bug was a rat creature, she got the idea from her Bone book. Itchy was just praying for it to all be over because he helped Big D bust out concrete all day and was exhausted.
Beaner and I decided to wear fake eyelashes. Hers turned out great, they matched her outfit and she loved them.
I tried to dress up, I bought a witches hat and put on my lashes but when I tried to find a witches dress there wasn't anything modest so I just wore dark clothing, which looked stupid. I almost had to wear the lashes to church the next day because I was too scared to tear them off, I made Beaner do hers first.
By the end of the evening Fat Jack got a hair cut...
then got fresh with Big D.
After the truck-r-treat we went to our neighborhood and some walked up and down six more blocks. Needless to say, we will probably be needing a dentist soon. Beaner couldn't even carry her bag anymore, it was too heavy. Although she does love the power of having the most candy.
We figured we should counter balance the candy with some healthy food so we went to Brook and Andy's for pizza when we were all too tired to walk anymore.
After we went trick-r-treating for four city blocks downtown we went to a trunk-r-treat.
Brook's family and Itchy and his kids all joined us for the festivities. We were in the presence of greatness: a doctor, adventurers, football player, Wolverine, baseball player, and then there was Fat Jack the clown/mechanic (although you really don't want him to bend over your car, he had the biggest wedgie I've ever seen).
Big D got a really bad haircut, we fired his barber, Beaner was a beautiful witch, Bear and Bud were ninjas.
RC was always at attention and Bug was a rat creature, she got the idea from her Bone book. Itchy was just praying for it to all be over because he helped Big D bust out concrete all day and was exhausted.
Beaner and I decided to wear fake eyelashes. Hers turned out great, they matched her outfit and she loved them.
I tried to dress up, I bought a witches hat and put on my lashes but when I tried to find a witches dress there wasn't anything modest so I just wore dark clothing, which looked stupid. I almost had to wear the lashes to church the next day because I was too scared to tear them off, I made Beaner do hers first.
By the end of the evening Fat Jack got a hair cut...
then got fresh with Big D.
After the truck-r-treat we went to our neighborhood and some walked up and down six more blocks. Needless to say, we will probably be needing a dentist soon. Beaner couldn't even carry her bag anymore, it was too heavy. Although she does love the power of having the most candy.
We figured we should counter balance the candy with some healthy food so we went to Brook and Andy's for pizza when we were all too tired to walk anymore.
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