So my computer has been working a little better today!! Click here to see the updated Not Me Monday with pictures (or just scroll down).
Been busy around here getting ready for company tomorrow!!! My parents are flying in late tomorrow night and will be staying with us, yes...in the camper!, until Tuesday! Should be a fun filled weekend!
Hiking on Friday, Washington DC on Saturday, Easter at Nathan's sister's house on Sunday, and who knows what on Monday!! Picnics...parks...good times should be had by all. AND it's going to be gorgeous weather to boot! In the 80s (upper 80s Friday!) all weekend. NICE!
Stay tuned for updates!! :)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Not Me! Monday!
(ive been having major comp problems! My internet is not working great and therefore wont let me sign into blogger! So since im doing this post from my phone i wont be able to include pics but promise to upload them when i can!)
While waiting for all the males in my family to get out of the restroom in the mall, i totally did not look over to see a mirror across the hall from me with my reflection in it. And since i was standing sideways, i was so not excited to see that it looked like all my baby fat was gone! And since i haven't seen my 'non-baby fat carrying' body in several years, i completely did not take a pic of myself in the mirror in the mall! Nope! Not me!
I since im not a dork and dont love to organize, i was not completely excited to alphabetize our dvds the other night. Nope! Not me!
This is not what I saw in the van the other day after telling the boys to stay awake so they would take a nap when we got home. They listen well....
And since my sons are not obsessed with putting things under their pillow to 'store' or to 'hide', and since my boys arent completely obsessed with ketchup, i did not hear myself ask Tiernan if the ketchup was under his pillow when i couldnt find it. Nope! Not me!
What havent you done this week?
Not me monday is a blog carnival created by mckmama (www.mycharmingkids.net)
While waiting for all the males in my family to get out of the restroom in the mall, i totally did not look over to see a mirror across the hall from me with my reflection in it. And since i was standing sideways, i was so not excited to see that it looked like all my baby fat was gone! And since i haven't seen my 'non-baby fat carrying' body in several years, i completely did not take a pic of myself in the mirror in the mall! Nope! Not me!
I since im not a dork and dont love to organize, i was not completely excited to alphabetize our dvds the other night. Nope! Not me!
This is not what I saw in the van the other day after telling the boys to stay awake so they would take a nap when we got home. They listen well....
And since my sons are not obsessed with putting things under their pillow to 'store' or to 'hide', and since my boys arent completely obsessed with ketchup, i did not hear myself ask Tiernan if the ketchup was under his pillow when i couldnt find it. Nope! Not me!
What havent you done this week?
Not me monday is a blog carnival created by mckmama (www.mycharmingkids.net)
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
peaceful walk.
So we went on a walk a few nights ago. Remember me talking about the "peaceful but not so peaceful" walk? Well, I'll explain....
The super nice horse farm owner down the road owns lots of land and has miles and miles of trails throughout his property. The trails are as wide as a normal road, he keeps them mowed, AND they are fenced on both sides!! So on a gorgeous night, we thought a family walk through the pastures and woods would be a great idea.....or maybe not!
The scenery was gorgeous and Nathan even took Tiernan down to find the river, where they also found a white sugary-sandy little beach!
What was it that wasn't exactly peaceful???? Well, only the fact that Caedmon and Brayan cried...I mean, BAWLED....the WHOLE ENTIRE TIME!!! They didn't want to walk, and we made them since pushing the stroller through that terrain was impossible. So they cried, and cried, and cried. I told Brayan all the cows that we passed we looking at him wondering what that cray noise was, but he didn't seem to care.
We finally made it back to the van while the sun was setting on the horions of the moutains. I would never get sick of the views out here!!
The super nice horse farm owner down the road owns lots of land and has miles and miles of trails throughout his property. The trails are as wide as a normal road, he keeps them mowed, AND they are fenced on both sides!! So on a gorgeous night, we thought a family walk through the pastures and woods would be a great idea.....or maybe not!
The scenery was gorgeous and Nathan even took Tiernan down to find the river, where they also found a white sugary-sandy little beach!
What was it that wasn't exactly peaceful???? Well, only the fact that Caedmon and Brayan cried...I mean, BAWLED....the WHOLE ENTIRE TIME!!! They didn't want to walk, and we made them since pushing the stroller through that terrain was impossible. So they cried, and cried, and cried. I told Brayan all the cows that we passed we looking at him wondering what that cray noise was, but he didn't seem to care.
We finally made it back to the van while the sun was setting on the horions of the moutains. I would never get sick of the views out here!!
Monday, March 22, 2010
new territory.
Ok, so bare with me!!
I have so much that is swirling around in my head about stuff I want to blog about and some *new* stuff that I want to add to my blog periodically, such as 'space saving tips' (yeah, I've learned a lot about that lately!!) 'cooking tips', 'frugal tips', etc. I really don't know where to start!!
And now that the 5 out of 6 of us that have not been feeling well the past couple weeks are doing better, I think I might have some time to organize my thoughts!!
And speaking of organizing....I am still so excited to show you my Home Manuel that I made that I literally don't know how I lived before I had it!! It's my 'go-to' for most everything now!
But for now I will leave you with these 2 things....
1) SPACE SAVING TIP OF THE DAY....
If you need somewhere inside to hang clothes to dry and don't want them scattered around your house hanging on everything that has a hook or empty corner (been there, done that!), buy a tension rod and hang it across your bathtub. Then hang your wet clothes on hangers and hang them from the tension rod. You could also put the tension rod in a walk-in closet or if you're like me and just happen to have a bedroom that is only 2-1/2 ft wide, you could hang it in there!
2)IT WAS MY BABY'S FIRST BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY!
Doesn't that just make ya laugh?! :) It was so nice out yesterday (almost 80!) and whenever I told her to look at mommy, she wrinkled up her face :)
It was also nice because Nathan got off work early because of some equipment problems, so he was home with us! We took a nice nap, all of us!, and then picked up some dilly bars at the DQ for dessert. Everyone, including Ariella, enjoyed those.
I really cannot believe this sweet girl is already a year old!! We were thinking back to her birth story and looking at the pictures when she was welcomed into this world at Grandma and Grandpa's and it seems as though it was a few short weeks ago!
She finally has a tooth though!! Her top front left tooth made an appearance a week or so ago! Now I'm sure all the rest will soon follow :) Her favorite (and only) thing she says is "Uh uh" (as in No). She says it in response to everything, it's so cute! She is also taking a few steps in between stuff (usually 3-6), but won't walk when we want her too. She is a happy baby and we have been completely blessed with having her in our family! We love you Ariella!!
And this is also 'new' territory for me because my baby just turned 1 and I am not pregnant NOR do I have a newborn! When Tiernan turned 1, I was pregnant with Caedmon. When Caedmon turned 1, Brayan was 2 weeks old. And when Brayan turned 1, I was pregnant with Ariella. Yes, it definitely feels a little weird but we are enjoying this stage. (But, yes, we would like more kids...:)
My other 'new' territory has been that I only have ONE CHILD in diapers!! It actually has been like this for a couple/few months now as Brayan was potty trained shortly after moving into the RV. (which is another thing I'll be posting about...potty training) I haven't had only 1 kid in diapers since Caedmon was born, 3-1/2 years ago! It's always been 2 kids and TWICE it was 3 in diapers at the same time! Whew! I hardly even feel like I change dipaers anymore...which is a great thing!! :)
Well, lunch time!
I have so much that is swirling around in my head about stuff I want to blog about and some *new* stuff that I want to add to my blog periodically, such as 'space saving tips' (yeah, I've learned a lot about that lately!!) 'cooking tips', 'frugal tips', etc. I really don't know where to start!!
And now that the 5 out of 6 of us that have not been feeling well the past couple weeks are doing better, I think I might have some time to organize my thoughts!!
And speaking of organizing....I am still so excited to show you my Home Manuel that I made that I literally don't know how I lived before I had it!! It's my 'go-to' for most everything now!
But for now I will leave you with these 2 things....
1) SPACE SAVING TIP OF THE DAY....
If you need somewhere inside to hang clothes to dry and don't want them scattered around your house hanging on everything that has a hook or empty corner (been there, done that!), buy a tension rod and hang it across your bathtub. Then hang your wet clothes on hangers and hang them from the tension rod. You could also put the tension rod in a walk-in closet or if you're like me and just happen to have a bedroom that is only 2-1/2 ft wide, you could hang it in there!
2)IT WAS MY BABY'S FIRST BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY!
Doesn't that just make ya laugh?! :) It was so nice out yesterday (almost 80!) and whenever I told her to look at mommy, she wrinkled up her face :)
It was also nice because Nathan got off work early because of some equipment problems, so he was home with us! We took a nice nap, all of us!, and then picked up some dilly bars at the DQ for dessert. Everyone, including Ariella, enjoyed those.
I really cannot believe this sweet girl is already a year old!! We were thinking back to her birth story and looking at the pictures when she was welcomed into this world at Grandma and Grandpa's and it seems as though it was a few short weeks ago!
She finally has a tooth though!! Her top front left tooth made an appearance a week or so ago! Now I'm sure all the rest will soon follow :) Her favorite (and only) thing she says is "Uh uh" (as in No). She says it in response to everything, it's so cute! She is also taking a few steps in between stuff (usually 3-6), but won't walk when we want her too. She is a happy baby and we have been completely blessed with having her in our family! We love you Ariella!!
And this is also 'new' territory for me because my baby just turned 1 and I am not pregnant NOR do I have a newborn! When Tiernan turned 1, I was pregnant with Caedmon. When Caedmon turned 1, Brayan was 2 weeks old. And when Brayan turned 1, I was pregnant with Ariella. Yes, it definitely feels a little weird but we are enjoying this stage. (But, yes, we would like more kids...:)
My other 'new' territory has been that I only have ONE CHILD in diapers!! It actually has been like this for a couple/few months now as Brayan was potty trained shortly after moving into the RV. (which is another thing I'll be posting about...potty training) I haven't had only 1 kid in diapers since Caedmon was born, 3-1/2 years ago! It's always been 2 kids and TWICE it was 3 in diapers at the same time! Whew! I hardly even feel like I change dipaers anymore...which is a great thing!! :)
Well, lunch time!
Friday, March 19, 2010
get well soon.
I tried to do a post last night but my pictures wouldn't work...still won't.
All the kids have been sick during the last week.
I caught what they had yesterday, still am not feeling great.
The water pipe slipped off the other pipe in the bathroom (nice description, I know...but I don't know what the parts are called!) and was gushing water every where. (Yes, again...last time it was in the kitchen, remember?) But I heard it pop and shut the water off immediately) And, again, it was a blessing that we were home and not gone!!! and that the cupboard that it busted in was the where we keep all the towels. But...we can't figure out how to make it right...so it's time to call a plumber tomorrow!
On a better note, it was 72 and sunny today, supposed to be 76 tomorrow and 78 on Sunday. I'll take that.
For now I'll leave you with this pic and explain the peaceful but soooo not peaceful walk we went on the other day in a different post...maybe when my pictures are working and when I don't have a fever.
All the kids have been sick during the last week.
I caught what they had yesterday, still am not feeling great.
The water pipe slipped off the other pipe in the bathroom (nice description, I know...but I don't know what the parts are called!) and was gushing water every where. (Yes, again...last time it was in the kitchen, remember?) But I heard it pop and shut the water off immediately) And, again, it was a blessing that we were home and not gone!!! and that the cupboard that it busted in was the where we keep all the towels. But...we can't figure out how to make it right...so it's time to call a plumber tomorrow!
On a better note, it was 72 and sunny today, supposed to be 76 tomorrow and 78 on Sunday. I'll take that.
For now I'll leave you with this pic and explain the peaceful but soooo not peaceful walk we went on the other day in a different post...maybe when my pictures are working and when I don't have a fever.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
stuck.
In my post about us going shopping last Saturday, I forgot to mention the funniest thing that I heard Nathan say....
We walked into a sporting goods store looking for work boots for Nathan. An employee asked if we needed help finding anything. He said he was looking for work boots. She pointed us to the back of the store. That's when he asked....
"Are those boots snake resistant?"
Excuse me?? Please tell me I did not just hear you ask if the boots were snake resistant?? That was about when I walked away from him pretending I had no idea who this guy was! Ha!
Ever since we moved here, Nathan has been constantly talking about snakes and spiders around here that are apparently dangerous. I'm sure there are some, but I try to not let it consume my thoughts ;)
Anyway......
Can you guess what these pics are of?
Let me explain...
First, once I closed the door, it would only open that far. SOmething was stuck in it. Second, I look down that tiny crack along the side of the door and saw a DVD stuck way back behind the door. Third, I spent a good half hour with two kitchen utensils trying very hard to manuver the DVD to get unstuck. It worked. Now I just keep trying to explain to my 2 yr old that we can't "hide" stuff in the door!
We walked into a sporting goods store looking for work boots for Nathan. An employee asked if we needed help finding anything. He said he was looking for work boots. She pointed us to the back of the store. That's when he asked....
"Are those boots snake resistant?"
Excuse me?? Please tell me I did not just hear you ask if the boots were snake resistant?? That was about when I walked away from him pretending I had no idea who this guy was! Ha!
Ever since we moved here, Nathan has been constantly talking about snakes and spiders around here that are apparently dangerous. I'm sure there are some, but I try to not let it consume my thoughts ;)
Anyway......
Can you guess what these pics are of?
Let me explain...
First, once I closed the door, it would only open that far. SOmething was stuck in it. Second, I look down that tiny crack along the side of the door and saw a DVD stuck way back behind the door. Third, I spent a good half hour with two kitchen utensils trying very hard to manuver the DVD to get unstuck. It worked. Now I just keep trying to explain to my 2 yr old that we can't "hide" stuff in the door!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
this weekend.
It rained. And rained. And rained some more!
The good news about that was that Nathan was home for 3 days!! Friday, Saturday and today he showed up for work and they sent the guys home shortly after that! It has been so nice having him around and really having a nice relaxing weekend!
I was able to do something that I normally don't do....grocery shop by myself!!! I never really thought I'd be so excited to go to a grocery store, but I was! So instead of my cart looking like this,
Or like this,
Or like this,
It was actually able to look like this!
It was definitely weird to ONLY have groceries in my cart!!
I even had some time to swing by Goodwill and check for any deals!
Then yesterday Nathan decided he didn't want to sit in the camper all day so we drove about 40 minutes to the city where his sister and family live. Nathan also knew that he wanted to buy each of the boys a new outfit(Ariella has plenty :). We have been so blessed by people giving us boy clothes that we literally have never purchased them actually outfits from the store, ever!! So it was fun to shop around (but a little difficult to please Daddy...he's picky!) After going to a bunch of stores with the kids, we decided to buy things later when the kids were at their cousins house.
Speaking of being at the mall with the kids...it still amazes me at all the stares we get!! We might as well be walking around in a clown outfit and a shirt with blinking lights! While pushing the double stoller and having Tiernan hold one side of the stroller and Caedmon holding the other, we get SO many lookers and people who will stop us or say comments loud enough for us to hear. We hear mostly postive comments or questions like "are these all yours?" "how old are you?" etc. Yesterday was probably the most fun we have had with 'onlookers'.
For example, while strolling through Penny's, a lady working there said "Ma'am" as I passed but I didn't know she was speaking with me so I kept on walking. She then said loudly "Excuse Me! Ma'am?!" (Nathan and the kids kept walking). So I turned, 'yes?' "Are those all your kids??" "Yes" "Those(as she points in their direction)..All your kids?!?!" "Uh, yeah" "And you look like that?!" ::what do you say to that?!:: --I smiled, and she continued-- "Those are all your kids and you look like that?? (She turns to grab another co-workers attention) "Hey, look!...Those are all her kids and she looks like this. Girl, you look fabulous!" --Still smiling and blushing, getting embarrassed since this lady wasn't exactly quiet-- "Thanks!" I said as I hurried to get back to my family who was now quite a ways ahead. So I guess when someone wants to stop me to give me a compliment I don't mind quite so much!! :)
So after we left the mall, we stopped by Sarah's house for a visit. Her and I ran to a couple stores, but since I was nervous about buying something for the boys that Nathan didn't like (heaven forbid! :), the only thing I got was a shirt for Tiernan and he ended up liking it! (whew!)
And since Sarah and Jack were so gracious to watch the kids for a while, we ran off to find some clothes! We went to a bunch of stores but ended up getting things from The Children's Place, Kohls, and JCPennys.
Can you tell why I sometimes have a hard time figuring out whose clothes are whose when I'm doing the laundry?!?
And after we got back, both of the little boys were sleeping! I told Sarah "Well, I guess we can leave again!" :) Caedmon was feeling a little under the weather and Brayan must of had a long day. I wish they would do this at home!!!
Since the little boys have a cough, I decided I would stay home with them while Tiernan and Nathan went to church. It's always fun for Tiernan to go with us alone, so he had a special time with Dad. Then this afternoon Nathan took the boys to the park so I was able to have some peace and quiet!!! I actually got a lot accomplished, mostly things that have to do with the 'homemakers manuel' that I'm making! I'm so excited about this...it's going to allow me to be soooo much more organized! I'm going to have lists for everything (daily, weekly, monthly tasks; grocery lists, receipts, menus plans, goals, budget stuff, book reading lists, contacts, and so much more!! I'll share more once I have a handle on it..right now I'm at the beginning stages.
Hope you all had a great of a weekend as me!!
The good news about that was that Nathan was home for 3 days!! Friday, Saturday and today he showed up for work and they sent the guys home shortly after that! It has been so nice having him around and really having a nice relaxing weekend!
I was able to do something that I normally don't do....grocery shop by myself!!! I never really thought I'd be so excited to go to a grocery store, but I was! So instead of my cart looking like this,
Or like this,
Or like this,
It was actually able to look like this!
It was definitely weird to ONLY have groceries in my cart!!
I even had some time to swing by Goodwill and check for any deals!
Then yesterday Nathan decided he didn't want to sit in the camper all day so we drove about 40 minutes to the city where his sister and family live. Nathan also knew that he wanted to buy each of the boys a new outfit(Ariella has plenty :). We have been so blessed by people giving us boy clothes that we literally have never purchased them actually outfits from the store, ever!! So it was fun to shop around (but a little difficult to please Daddy...he's picky!) After going to a bunch of stores with the kids, we decided to buy things later when the kids were at their cousins house.
Speaking of being at the mall with the kids...it still amazes me at all the stares we get!! We might as well be walking around in a clown outfit and a shirt with blinking lights! While pushing the double stoller and having Tiernan hold one side of the stroller and Caedmon holding the other, we get SO many lookers and people who will stop us or say comments loud enough for us to hear. We hear mostly postive comments or questions like "are these all yours?" "how old are you?" etc. Yesterday was probably the most fun we have had with 'onlookers'.
For example, while strolling through Penny's, a lady working there said "Ma'am" as I passed but I didn't know she was speaking with me so I kept on walking. She then said loudly "Excuse Me! Ma'am?!" (Nathan and the kids kept walking). So I turned, 'yes?' "Are those all your kids??" "Yes" "Those(as she points in their direction)..All your kids?!?!" "Uh, yeah" "And you look like that?!" ::what do you say to that?!:: --I smiled, and she continued-- "Those are all your kids and you look like that?? (She turns to grab another co-workers attention) "Hey, look!...Those are all her kids and she looks like this. Girl, you look fabulous!" --Still smiling and blushing, getting embarrassed since this lady wasn't exactly quiet-- "Thanks!" I said as I hurried to get back to my family who was now quite a ways ahead. So I guess when someone wants to stop me to give me a compliment I don't mind quite so much!! :)
So after we left the mall, we stopped by Sarah's house for a visit. Her and I ran to a couple stores, but since I was nervous about buying something for the boys that Nathan didn't like (heaven forbid! :), the only thing I got was a shirt for Tiernan and he ended up liking it! (whew!)
And since Sarah and Jack were so gracious to watch the kids for a while, we ran off to find some clothes! We went to a bunch of stores but ended up getting things from The Children's Place, Kohls, and JCPennys.
Can you tell why I sometimes have a hard time figuring out whose clothes are whose when I'm doing the laundry?!?
And after we got back, both of the little boys were sleeping! I told Sarah "Well, I guess we can leave again!" :) Caedmon was feeling a little under the weather and Brayan must of had a long day. I wish they would do this at home!!!
Since the little boys have a cough, I decided I would stay home with them while Tiernan and Nathan went to church. It's always fun for Tiernan to go with us alone, so he had a special time with Dad. Then this afternoon Nathan took the boys to the park so I was able to have some peace and quiet!!! I actually got a lot accomplished, mostly things that have to do with the 'homemakers manuel' that I'm making! I'm so excited about this...it's going to allow me to be soooo much more organized! I'm going to have lists for everything (daily, weekly, monthly tasks; grocery lists, receipts, menus plans, goals, budget stuff, book reading lists, contacts, and so much more!! I'll share more once I have a handle on it..right now I'm at the beginning stages.
Hope you all had a great of a weekend as me!!
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