This has been a crazy few days. First I had to work this weekend so that just puts a strain on anything I do! Luckily we haven't been too busy so that makes it easier. VBS starts tomorrow and I hadn't decorated my room yet so Saturday John and I went to the church and hung stars from the ceiling. The theme is a western/ranch theme so I went for the starry nights out on the plains. Looks pretty cool. Now I am just trying to get all the crafts prepared! Ugh! Why do I do this to myself! To make matters worse, Ethan started running a fever again last night. I am so tired of my family being sick. We managed to go one entire week without illness. That is it. I need to get him in to the allergist again because it is his sinuses that are bothering him...poor kid!
Today's challenge is to write about my perfect day. There are so many things I would want to do that one day would not be enough. The perfect day for me would be that I would get to sleep in without anyone waking me up, I would get to lounge around for about an hour, take a shower without any interuptions!, scrap about and hour, have lunch brought to me, play with the kids all afternoon (with no crying,fussing, or fighting). Then go on a date with John somewhere where there were no kids, then collapse into bed with a good book! This could happen but highly unlikely anytime soon!
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Hump Day!!
TS Daily challenge: Something you really like about yourself.
Hmm...I have been in one of those funks lately and it is hard to find things I really honestly like about myself. I have always liked my personality because that has never changed. I'm also a very honest person. It really bothers me when I am lied to or someone over embellishes the truth. I hate when people do that to me so I make it a point to never do that to anyone.
Hmm...I have been in one of those funks lately and it is hard to find things I really honestly like about myself. I have always liked my personality because that has never changed. I'm also a very honest person. It really bothers me when I am lied to or someone over embellishes the truth. I hate when people do that to me so I make it a point to never do that to anyone.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Tuesday 6.5.07
Today the TS blog challenge is to write about someone in our family. I thought I would tell you about my brother since a lot of people don't realize I even have one! He is one of the best brothers anyone could ever have. We are only 21 months apart in age and growing up we were pretty close. We even shared some of the same classes in highschool. Shortly after Anna turned 1, he moved to Keywest Florida.....way the heck away! That bummed me because he had just moved to the KC area about a year before that. Good news though....at the end of his lease he is giving his 2 weeks and moving back to Kansas!! Yea!! My kids will love that. He will live with my parents temporarily because he wants to get a job in Alaska!! What is this boy thinking?? He is an outdoorsy kind of guy so I am sure that has a lot to do with it. Personally...I hope he stays here. He has a better chance of finding a girlfriend here.
Monday, June 4, 2007
Fun day!
Today was such a fun day. I took a nap this morning with Samantha then went shopping for scrap supplies....just for the fun of it! I didn't get to scrap until later tonight but that was o.k. I got to play with the kids and I fixed a great meal (grilled chicken, salad, corn on the cob, bread, and some carrot with dip before hand) Later we all went for a walk at Frisco park and walked all around the pond (about a mile) My legs are still sore from this past weekend but I toughed it out!
Today TS challenge is to write about to tell you all something quirky about me. The first thing that comes to mind is how I eat pizza. I never eat it all at once. I eat the topping first then the crust. I have done this ever since I was a kid. I think it was because I was such a picky eater that I picked everything off first that I didn't like (olives, mushrooms, peppers, etc) then ate as I went. I still do that today..even with cheese pizza! I get laughed at but that is o.k.!
Today TS challenge is to write about to tell you all something quirky about me. The first thing that comes to mind is how I eat pizza. I never eat it all at once. I eat the topping first then the crust. I have done this ever since I was a kid. I think it was because I was such a picky eater that I picked everything off first that I didn't like (olives, mushrooms, peppers, etc) then ate as I went. I still do that today..even with cheese pizza! I get laughed at but that is o.k.!
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Safe at home
Well after another 5 hours at the zoo, we arrived home at about 8:30. We are all dead tired too. Didn't take long for the kids to go out either. They took a quick bath and went to bed with no books. Ethan has a field trip tomorrow at preschool and Anna has her first day of summer camp. Me...I am going to try and sleep and scrap! I am not even going to think about laundry until maybe tomorrow night! I am all excited to start making a mini book of all the great zoo pictures I got!!
Treasured Scrapbooking daily challenge: Our first driving lesson
I was 14 years old and all four of us were eating at pizza hut. This was probably a few weeks before my driver's ed started. We were leaving when my dad decided that I could use some practice before I went to school. There is this old country road we could take home to avoid traffic so Dad drove to the road and then I took over. I was so nervous! I did fine except for the turn right infront of our house. I was going a tad too fast and my mom let me know! Dad was calm, Travis was just laughing, but my mom yelled slow down many times and very loud! I wish I knew how fast I took it because I know I never took it that fast again! Even now I don't take that turn too fast because it is right where a dirt road and pavement meet. Easy to slide there!
Treasured Scrapbooking daily challenge: Our first driving lesson
I was 14 years old and all four of us were eating at pizza hut. This was probably a few weeks before my driver's ed started. We were leaving when my dad decided that I could use some practice before I went to school. There is this old country road we could take home to avoid traffic so Dad drove to the road and then I took over. I was so nervous! I did fine except for the turn right infront of our house. I was going a tad too fast and my mom let me know! Dad was calm, Travis was just laughing, but my mom yelled slow down many times and very loud! I wish I knew how fast I took it because I know I never took it that fast again! Even now I don't take that turn too fast because it is right where a dirt road and pavement meet. Easy to slide there!
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Totally Exhausted!
Well after a rought night with no sleep, we managed to get to the zoo at almost 11am!! Samantha woke up at 2am and didn't really go badk to sleep for about 4 hours....very rough! Anyway we only saw about half of the zoo in the 6 hours we were there. We did see the aquarim and the desert dome and those were loads of fun. It did rain on us off and on but we managed to be in sheltered areas when it did. Luckily it never lasted more than 10 minutes at a time! John is now swimming with the kids while I stayed here to put Samantha to bed. That was an easy job. I somewhat caught up with my boards so now I can do the TS daily blog challenge!! Today we are to blog about a childhood memory. Hmm...I have so many and I am not sure which one to share!
Some of my favorite memories were when I was in Indiana staying with my grandparents. We did this every summer and we would stay for nearly a month. One year, we were there at the same time my cousins from Texas were there. Oh the fun! We would walk down a path through the cornfield, then through the woods, crossed over a creek, and then ran past a cow that wasn't so nice just to go swimming at my uncle's swimming pool. Oh and the Deer flies would eat us up on the way so we had to cover ourselves with these huge bath sheets to protect us. We would swim for hours if Grandma would let us. We made this journey every day too! It saddens me to no end that grandma's house isn't there anymore, the pool is filled in and soon my uncles house will be gone (which happens to be where my mom grew up!) They still live on farms but just in different locations so I can't take my kids there and share with them my fondest memories. I will have to do a book for them just so they can live it through my memories!
Some of my favorite memories were when I was in Indiana staying with my grandparents. We did this every summer and we would stay for nearly a month. One year, we were there at the same time my cousins from Texas were there. Oh the fun! We would walk down a path through the cornfield, then through the woods, crossed over a creek, and then ran past a cow that wasn't so nice just to go swimming at my uncle's swimming pool. Oh and the Deer flies would eat us up on the way so we had to cover ourselves with these huge bath sheets to protect us. We would swim for hours if Grandma would let us. We made this journey every day too! It saddens me to no end that grandma's house isn't there anymore, the pool is filled in and soon my uncles house will be gone (which happens to be where my mom grew up!) They still live on farms but just in different locations so I can't take my kids there and share with them my fondest memories. I will have to do a book for them just so they can live it through my memories!
Friday, June 1, 2007
The List
Here I am sitting in the hotel in Council Bluffs Iowa. the kids are asleep and John and I have our own computers! I should be sleeping because we will have a long day at the Omaha Zoo. I was unable to blog these last couple of days but I definately wanted to do this challenge from TS. So here we go....
1. What did you this year that you’d never done before? Tried out for an online DT
2. Did anyone close to you give birth? Not this year
3. Did anyone close to you die? My favorite cat.....Eli..He was my buddy
4. What countries did you visit? Never been outside this country!
5. What is your biggest struggle within scrapbooking? I think my creativity is lacking. It seems like all my pages look alike!
6. What dates from this year so far will remain etched upon your memory, and why? October 11....the day I gave birth to my last child
7. What is your biggest achievement this year so far? getting on a design team!
8. What is your biggest failure? Hmmm...Can't say anything I did was a failure.
9. Do you suffer illness or injury? That goodness no...other than my weight...I am very healthy
10. What was the best thing you bought so far this year? It is a tie between my cricut and my new camera
11. Whose behavior merited celebration? My daughter Anna...She flew through first grade and was one of three who had an excellent score in every subject!
12. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? No one that I can think of at the moment
13. Where does most of your money go? The house and all the kids schooling or care
14. What do you get really, really, really excited about? Getting scrapbooking stuff in the mail! (either swap stuff or thing I bought)
15. What song will you always remember? You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive...singing it right now..You spin me right round baby, right round like a record baby right round, round round....
16. Compared to this time last year, are you:a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer? I am more down on myself but overall my life is pretty happy. I am defintately fatter, and I am richer. With John's new job and all our debts paid off....we are able to stash more away..at least we think we are!
17. What do you wish you’d done more of? Played more with the 2 older kids
18. What do you wish you’d done less of? Sleeping when I could have been playing with them!
19. How will you be spending Summer? Working mainly. Taking a few mini weekend vacations
20. When did you fall in love? January 1994
21. How many anniversaries have you celebrated? 11 (12 in July)
22. What is/was your favourite TV program? CSI!!!
23. Name one pet peeve and tell us why it bothers you.Rude impatient people. Just today I was in line at Walmart and it was a madhouse and the guy behind me couldn't tap his feet or sigh any louder. I just wanted to turn to him and ask him to just stop it!! They were busy and the check out lady was doing her best. Don't shop on a Friday afternoon!!
24. What is the best book you read?Love all the Harry Potter Books. Can't wait until this last one comes!
25. What has been your greatest musical discovery? That I can still play the flute after not touching it in 15 years!
26. What are your scrapbooking goals? I would love to get published someday but in order for that to happen...I need to submit. So I should make it a goal to start submitting first!
27. What is something that leaves you scratching your head within scrapbooking? Some of the strange things people will alter. I saw something weird the other day but I can't for the life of me remember what it was!
What was your favorite film so far this year? I haven't been to the movies since Samantha was born...if I did...I don't remember the movie!
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I worked and I turned 33
30. What is your favorite all time embellishment? Hmmmm.. this is tough. I love brads and flowers
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concepts? Ha!! What fashion? If I am not in scrubs, I am in denim capris and a tee shirt!
32. What keeps you sane? It should say who because John is the one that keeps me sane. He is usually there for me when I am about to have a breakdown! After him...it would be scrapbooking!
33. Which celebrity/public figure do you fancy the most? I would have to say Rachel Ray. She has the best personality and she is one person I would love to meet
34. What political issue stirred you the most?I try to avoid politics at all cost because it seems like no one agrees with my issues.
35. Who did you miss? My grandma Spitznogle. I haven't seen her in over 2 years.
36. Who is the best new person you met? I can't think of anyone I have met recently. Boy...I need to get out more!
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned. That having a 3rd child will change your world completely!!
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your life. Ugh!! I can't remember word to songs very well and the ones I do know...do not relate to my life at all! So I'll pass on this one
39. What did you want to be when you were little? Ack!! A nurse!
40. What is something that surprises you? How easily it is for kids to remember and recall things. Anna is still able to recite verses from the bible she learned 2-3 years ago. I just have to say the first word and she usually can recite the whole thing. I wish I could remember one verse!
1. What did you this year that you’d never done before? Tried out for an online DT
2. Did anyone close to you give birth? Not this year
3. Did anyone close to you die? My favorite cat.....Eli..He was my buddy
4. What countries did you visit? Never been outside this country!
5. What is your biggest struggle within scrapbooking? I think my creativity is lacking. It seems like all my pages look alike!
6. What dates from this year so far will remain etched upon your memory, and why? October 11....the day I gave birth to my last child
7. What is your biggest achievement this year so far? getting on a design team!
8. What is your biggest failure? Hmmm...Can't say anything I did was a failure.
9. Do you suffer illness or injury? That goodness no...other than my weight...I am very healthy
10. What was the best thing you bought so far this year? It is a tie between my cricut and my new camera
11. Whose behavior merited celebration? My daughter Anna...She flew through first grade and was one of three who had an excellent score in every subject!
12. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed? No one that I can think of at the moment
13. Where does most of your money go? The house and all the kids schooling or care
14. What do you get really, really, really excited about? Getting scrapbooking stuff in the mail! (either swap stuff or thing I bought)
15. What song will you always remember? You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive...singing it right now..You spin me right round baby, right round like a record baby right round, round round....
16. Compared to this time last year, are you:a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer? I am more down on myself but overall my life is pretty happy. I am defintately fatter, and I am richer. With John's new job and all our debts paid off....we are able to stash more away..at least we think we are!
17. What do you wish you’d done more of? Played more with the 2 older kids
18. What do you wish you’d done less of? Sleeping when I could have been playing with them!
19. How will you be spending Summer? Working mainly. Taking a few mini weekend vacations
20. When did you fall in love? January 1994
21. How many anniversaries have you celebrated? 11 (12 in July)
22. What is/was your favourite TV program? CSI!!!
23. Name one pet peeve and tell us why it bothers you.Rude impatient people. Just today I was in line at Walmart and it was a madhouse and the guy behind me couldn't tap his feet or sigh any louder. I just wanted to turn to him and ask him to just stop it!! They were busy and the check out lady was doing her best. Don't shop on a Friday afternoon!!
24. What is the best book you read?Love all the Harry Potter Books. Can't wait until this last one comes!
25. What has been your greatest musical discovery? That I can still play the flute after not touching it in 15 years!
26. What are your scrapbooking goals? I would love to get published someday but in order for that to happen...I need to submit. So I should make it a goal to start submitting first!
27. What is something that leaves you scratching your head within scrapbooking? Some of the strange things people will alter. I saw something weird the other day but I can't for the life of me remember what it was!
What was your favorite film so far this year? I haven't been to the movies since Samantha was born...if I did...I don't remember the movie!
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I worked and I turned 33
30. What is your favorite all time embellishment? Hmmmm.. this is tough. I love brads and flowers
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concepts? Ha!! What fashion? If I am not in scrubs, I am in denim capris and a tee shirt!
32. What keeps you sane? It should say who because John is the one that keeps me sane. He is usually there for me when I am about to have a breakdown! After him...it would be scrapbooking!
33. Which celebrity/public figure do you fancy the most? I would have to say Rachel Ray. She has the best personality and she is one person I would love to meet
34. What political issue stirred you the most?I try to avoid politics at all cost because it seems like no one agrees with my issues.
35. Who did you miss? My grandma Spitznogle. I haven't seen her in over 2 years.
36. Who is the best new person you met? I can't think of anyone I have met recently. Boy...I need to get out more!
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned. That having a 3rd child will change your world completely!!
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your life. Ugh!! I can't remember word to songs very well and the ones I do know...do not relate to my life at all! So I'll pass on this one
39. What did you want to be when you were little? Ack!! A nurse!
40. What is something that surprises you? How easily it is for kids to remember and recall things. Anna is still able to recite verses from the bible she learned 2-3 years ago. I just have to say the first word and she usually can recite the whole thing. I wish I could remember one verse!
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