Well I did a day in the life post, so for those of you left wondering what I do on my day off… Here ya go!
To me, my day off starts as soon as I get off on Tuesday night & although usually never planned, I always stay up SUPER late (3 am this time) I really need to stop doing that. I just got doing a bunch of stuff & then looked at my clock and crap! It was 3 am. Anyway, that will explain why I slept in the next morning..
11:15- Wake up
11:20-12:30 Eat breakfast, Shower, Start a load of my laundry & get ready for the day
12:30-2:00 Driving. It usually doesn’t take me this long to get to where I was going (next entry) but I wasn’t paying attention & drove right past the interstate entrance ramp that I usually take. My GPS didn’t say to make a U-turn so I figured it would still get me where I needed to go, just in a different route. So I follow it & nothing looks familiar. I end up on these tiny that Hummer’s are NOT meant to go on. It’s telling me to turn left in 500 feet. When in 500 feet is a dead end. In the midst of being lost I found a post office, I needed to go there anyway, so I decided to take a break & run in and mail off a few things. By the time I got out, the GPS had repositioned itself & FINALLY got me to the right place.
2:00- 5:00- Volunteer @ Habitat for Humanity. I decided that I was spending way too much money on my days off. I wanted to get out of the house and do something, but that always involved spending money that I needed to be saving. So I decided that volunteering was the perfect solution to my problem. I emailed a few places, but Habitat just seemed like the best choice. I just do random stuff around the office. This time I went, I called people to notify them if they had one a raffle prize from a fundraising event, then I researched places to get stadium cups for a future fundraising event. The bulk of my time I spent working on a bulletin board, I never knew those things took so long. So far I really like volunteering there, the people are super nice and I feel like I am making a difference in the community, and saving some money in the process.
5:00- 5:30 Driving towards home. No getting lost this time.
5:30- 6:30- Target. I can’t think of a week since I’ve been here that I haven’t gone to Target. I guess its cuz I would usually just run to the store whenever, but since I can’t do that here, I build my list up all week and make 1 trip. I love Target!
6:30-7:00 Dinner with self at Panera bread. Yup you read that right. I am not afraid to eat dinner in a restaurant by myself. It’s actually quite relaxing, just me, my tomato mozzarella Panini, mango smoothie and a book. Nerdy.
7:15 I finally get home unload my stuff & eat the piece of cake I bought at target. It wasn’t the best so I shared with Hannah. hehe
7:30 Jayson gets home from his Detroit trip seeing the Lions and Tigers play. He brought a ton of souvenirs as always. He got me a cute Tigers shirt. Thanks Jayson!
8:00-9:00 Folding/ Putting away my laundry & talking to Krista, but mostly talking to Krista. Have I ever mentioned how I am not a good multi-tasker when it comes to talking on the phone? Well now you know.
9:00 Bath & talking to mom & dad. The normal.
9:30 Remaking bed and finishing putting away laundry- Putting away target stuff
10:00-11:15 Blogging. I feel weird putting this as I am blogging.
11:15- 11:45 Do some more research for Habitat for Humanity events.
11:45-12:30 Computer time: Blog post, email & pinterest
12:45 Sleepy time {the BEST}
Sometimes my days off are more eventful, sometimes I just hang out at home & sometimes they consist of sleeping most of the day. (Those are my favorites:) But for the majority of the time it’s something like listed above. There you have it.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
I'm coming out...
....As a vegetarian!! This week has not only been my 6 months anniversary as a nanny, but has also been my 1 year anniversary as a vegetarian! So I thought I would make my official statement :] It started out as something I thought I would just try for a while and turned into being one of the best decisions of my entire life! I have always loved animals, but never truly realized how many are used each year for human taste buds (10 Billion- not including fish!!!) & how horrible they are treated. Pau McCartney once said “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.” I did some research and looked behind the “glass wall” and did not like what I seen, so I decided to do something about it. When I first stopped eating meat, I thought I was going to miss it, little did I know that a year down the road I would feel that people who eat meat are missing out on how great it feels not to eat it! I feel so much healthier & happier knowing that an animal does not need to be killed to give me a delicious meal. Well, I did not post this as a soapbox for why everyone should be a vegetarian, so I won’t babble to long :) But I would love to offer support for anyone wanting to make this wonderful life changing decision :D
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
A Day in the Life
Warning: This blog post is long & has NO pictures. Someday I want to do “A day in the life: Picture Version” but that is not today, so bear with me.
I’ve had quite a few people ask me what it is I do on a daily basis, so I thought it would be fun to make a sample schedule of my day. Keep in mind it’s not perfect, more of just an estimate, as I can’t keep track of Every. Single. Minute. Also, everyday is different, hence why I called it a SAMPLE. Most of time Liz is home to help me out, You will see why things get a little wild when she is gone. Here is a peek into my crazy but fun life…
7:30- First Alarm goes off. Yuck
7:40 I wake up. This is kinda early for me, usually I’m jumping out of bed 5 minutes before I’m supposed to be downstairs. Oops
7:40- 8:00 Get ready & tidy room. “Getting ready” usually consists of throwing on some comfy pants, a tee & throwing my hair in a ponytail. Every once in a while I throw some mascara in there.
8:00 Wake up girls for school- I hate this part because I remember how much I used to hate waking up for school. Now the roles are reversed & I am the bad guy. Luckily, they are pretty good about it.
8:10 Make Mackenzie Breakfast. Usually Aunt Jemina’s mini pancakes. Hannah on the other hand, never eats breakfast. Don’t know why.
8:15 Pack lunches. Always PB&J, snacks & a Capri sun & make water bottle.
8:35 Start first load of laundry for the day. First of many to come.
8:40 Leave for school- I usually don’t take them, so this was a little twist. Little man was still sleeping with Liz.
9:00 Home. School is just up the street so the actual drop off process takes longer than the drive to school. Pull in the garbage from the curb.
9:05 Empty Dishwasher & load dirty ones
9:25- Clean table from breakfast & switch out laundry
9:35 Start washing Kenzie’s sheets. Liz (& I) like the sheets washed once a week each. So I try to wash one kid’s a day on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday.
9:40 Christian wakes up. He slept in this morning
9:45 A worker shows up to start working. I think we have gotten too used to having so many in our house.
10:00 Christian & I eat breakfast. I found its easiest to eat when he eats, otherwise I wouldn’t have much time to.
10:20 Clean up his mess. He is a messy boy. When he is done with his food he lets me know but pushing all the extra to the ground. Lovely, I know.
10:30 He decides he wants to play on the back porch, so we hang out there for a while
10:45 Poopy bum. Can I just say that I hate morning poops? My nose hairs are not ready for that smell yet.
10:50- 11:00 He plays around the house for a few minutes.
11:00- 11:20 Chrisitian’s teeth are trying to come in, which makes for one fussy boy. So yes all I did was walk around and hold him for 20 minutes because that’s all he would let me do.
11:30 I finally decide to take him outside to see if he’ll let me put him down because my arm is about to fall off. He played with all the Halloween decorations and pushed around his car.
11:35 Hannah comes home from school early because she is having breathing problems again. Dang asthma.
11:45 Londyn is finally up & downstairs. She usually hangs out to play in her room for a while after she wakes up.
11:50 Make Londyn breakfast. Usually Eggo Waffles, which happen to be my personal favorite to.
12:15 Ride with Liz to get Hannah’s prescription filled
1:00- 1:30 Home & Lunch time. Londyn almost always has a ham sandwhich with “No Cheese” she always tell me like I’m going to forget. Christian eats ravioli or any other kind of pasta in red sauce. Just about the only thing he can/will eat with 4 teeth. Hannah had eaten Mcdonalds on the way home from school. Liz went and picked up Kenzie while we were having lunch.
1:30-2:00- Lunch clean up, I sometimes feel it is always clean up time ;)
2:00- 2:30 Liz figured all the stuff that was left by the construction workers in Hannah’s room could contribute to her Asthma, so we decide to move it all out to the garage.
2:30 The maids come and start cleaning
2:45 Fold laundry
3:00- 3:20 Snack time for Christian- Well not really just a snack, but not really a meal. Just in between to tide him over until dinner. Today was cheese balls, carrots & water melon.
3:20-3:40 Clean up- Kitchen, play area. Empty and reload dishwasher again.
3:45- 5:00 We played up in the playroom upstairs to get out of the way while the maids cleaned downstairs. We played store, school, Barbie games online and just about any other game you can think of that little girls like to play.
5:00- 5:30 Migrate downstairs, order dinner & just hang out.
5:45- 6:15 Pickup dinner @ Chili’s
6:30- Eat up!
7:00 Begin Cleanup. The basics like clearing off the table and throwing away trash.
7:15 Finally get around to remaking Kenzie’s beds
7:30- 8:00 Bath time. Yup they like to take long baths. Christian is usually a raisin before he is ready to get out.
8:00-9:00 Playtime/ Get started on homework for tomorrow.
9:15 Vitimans & getting ready for bed. Ya know, peeing & such.
9:30: Bed time for the girlies.
9:40 Christians bed time. Or at least I tried. Little stinker apparently wasn’t tired because he took a late nap while I was picking up Chilis. Oh well.
9:50 Watching the Monday night football game to see if we could see Jayson. We did :)
10:50- Christian finally falls asleep
11:00- 11:20 Liz & I talk. Were like sisters.
11:30- Bath & talk to mom. Okay, so maybe I’m weird because I still take bath’s. & maybe I’m even weirder cuz I talk to my mom almost every night while I’m in the bath. It’s called multitasking people.
11:45-1:00 Computer: Blogging(this stuff takes A L O T of time!) , email, pinterest(my addiction), aka me time.
1:15 Bed time for me! Just so you know by the time this time rolls around, I have no trouble sleeping :)
I’ve had quite a few people ask me what it is I do on a daily basis, so I thought it would be fun to make a sample schedule of my day. Keep in mind it’s not perfect, more of just an estimate, as I can’t keep track of Every. Single. Minute. Also, everyday is different, hence why I called it a SAMPLE. Most of time Liz is home to help me out, You will see why things get a little wild when she is gone. Here is a peek into my crazy but fun life…
7:30- First Alarm goes off. Yuck
7:40 I wake up. This is kinda early for me, usually I’m jumping out of bed 5 minutes before I’m supposed to be downstairs. Oops
7:40- 8:00 Get ready & tidy room. “Getting ready” usually consists of throwing on some comfy pants, a tee & throwing my hair in a ponytail. Every once in a while I throw some mascara in there.
8:00 Wake up girls for school- I hate this part because I remember how much I used to hate waking up for school. Now the roles are reversed & I am the bad guy. Luckily, they are pretty good about it.
8:10 Make Mackenzie Breakfast. Usually Aunt Jemina’s mini pancakes. Hannah on the other hand, never eats breakfast. Don’t know why.
8:15 Pack lunches. Always PB&J, snacks & a Capri sun & make water bottle.
8:35 Start first load of laundry for the day. First of many to come.
8:40 Leave for school- I usually don’t take them, so this was a little twist. Little man was still sleeping with Liz.
9:00 Home. School is just up the street so the actual drop off process takes longer than the drive to school. Pull in the garbage from the curb.
9:05 Empty Dishwasher & load dirty ones
9:25- Clean table from breakfast & switch out laundry
9:35 Start washing Kenzie’s sheets. Liz (& I) like the sheets washed once a week each. So I try to wash one kid’s a day on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday.
9:40 Christian wakes up. He slept in this morning
9:45 A worker shows up to start working. I think we have gotten too used to having so many in our house.
10:00 Christian & I eat breakfast. I found its easiest to eat when he eats, otherwise I wouldn’t have much time to.
10:20 Clean up his mess. He is a messy boy. When he is done with his food he lets me know but pushing all the extra to the ground. Lovely, I know.
10:30 He decides he wants to play on the back porch, so we hang out there for a while
10:45 Poopy bum. Can I just say that I hate morning poops? My nose hairs are not ready for that smell yet.
10:50- 11:00 He plays around the house for a few minutes.
11:00- 11:20 Chrisitian’s teeth are trying to come in, which makes for one fussy boy. So yes all I did was walk around and hold him for 20 minutes because that’s all he would let me do.
11:30 I finally decide to take him outside to see if he’ll let me put him down because my arm is about to fall off. He played with all the Halloween decorations and pushed around his car.
11:35 Hannah comes home from school early because she is having breathing problems again. Dang asthma.
11:45 Londyn is finally up & downstairs. She usually hangs out to play in her room for a while after she wakes up.
11:50 Make Londyn breakfast. Usually Eggo Waffles, which happen to be my personal favorite to.
12:15 Ride with Liz to get Hannah’s prescription filled
1:00- 1:30 Home & Lunch time. Londyn almost always has a ham sandwhich with “No Cheese” she always tell me like I’m going to forget. Christian eats ravioli or any other kind of pasta in red sauce. Just about the only thing he can/will eat with 4 teeth. Hannah had eaten Mcdonalds on the way home from school. Liz went and picked up Kenzie while we were having lunch.
1:30-2:00- Lunch clean up, I sometimes feel it is always clean up time ;)
2:00- 2:30 Liz figured all the stuff that was left by the construction workers in Hannah’s room could contribute to her Asthma, so we decide to move it all out to the garage.
2:30 The maids come and start cleaning
2:45 Fold laundry
3:00- 3:20 Snack time for Christian- Well not really just a snack, but not really a meal. Just in between to tide him over until dinner. Today was cheese balls, carrots & water melon.
3:20-3:40 Clean up- Kitchen, play area. Empty and reload dishwasher again.
3:45- 5:00 We played up in the playroom upstairs to get out of the way while the maids cleaned downstairs. We played store, school, Barbie games online and just about any other game you can think of that little girls like to play.
5:00- 5:30 Migrate downstairs, order dinner & just hang out.
5:45- 6:15 Pickup dinner @ Chili’s
6:30- Eat up!
7:00 Begin Cleanup. The basics like clearing off the table and throwing away trash.
7:15 Finally get around to remaking Kenzie’s beds
7:30- 8:00 Bath time. Yup they like to take long baths. Christian is usually a raisin before he is ready to get out.
8:00-9:00 Playtime/ Get started on homework for tomorrow.
9:15 Vitimans & getting ready for bed. Ya know, peeing & such.
9:30: Bed time for the girlies.
9:40 Christians bed time. Or at least I tried. Little stinker apparently wasn’t tired because he took a late nap while I was picking up Chilis. Oh well.
9:50 Watching the Monday night football game to see if we could see Jayson. We did :)
10:50- Christian finally falls asleep
11:00- 11:20 Liz & I talk. Were like sisters.
11:30- Bath & talk to mom. Okay, so maybe I’m weird because I still take bath’s. & maybe I’m even weirder cuz I talk to my mom almost every night while I’m in the bath. It’s called multitasking people.
11:45-1:00 Computer: Blogging(this stuff takes A L O T of time!) , email, pinterest(my addiction), aka me time.
1:15 Bed time for me! Just so you know by the time this time rolls around, I have no trouble sleeping :)
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Home & Jessica's Wedding
Well its after midnight here, so does my post still count for “today?” Ha ha I do the best I can :D
Well a few weeks ago one of my greatest friends who also happens to be my cousin, Jessica got married giving me an excuse to go for a visit in Utah!!! She even asked me to bridesmaid & I was honored. I flew in on Wednesday, September 21st, where my mom picked me up at the airport. I didn’t even make it all the way home before my sis, who doesn’t like shopping without a partner, asked me to go to the mall with her. My mom dropped me off at her work and we headed out to have some girl time. After the mall, the rest of my siblings came over to say hi and eat some of my dad’s famous fajitas (Yes my dad has a lot of famous food) & my wonderful mom made some of my requested Mississippi mud brownies. It was soo good to see everyone; I couldn’t believe how big Briar & Aydri had gotten! Luckily, Aydri missed me just as much as I missed her and we hugged for a L O N G time before we were willing to let each other go. She kept saying “ I missed you while you were in Car-o-yna” in her cute little voice that just melted my heart. We hung out and had some family time before my sister MADE me sleep over at her house because she was afraid to drive home alone in the dark. Oh ya just gotta love her. So yeah, I didn’t even get to sleep in my own bed on my first night back & the trend continued for the next few nights because I had planned on spending the night & each siblings’ house to make sure I got quality time with each of them. But let’s back up a bit & head back to the day following my first day back, which was the wedding. (Little shoutout to Jessica & Crew: It was BEA-utiful!! Congrats guys!) Of course I gotta post some pictures of the big day….
Ok, Well up until this point I had planned on giving a day by day event list of all the fun things I did, but 1.) Its getting a little late & I’m not sure I’m feeling up to it & 2.) I realized it might be a little boring. So I decided to make a wordle that pretty much sums up what I did.
BUT.. Before I go have just a few more things to say that didn’t fit into one word or I wanted to expad on. So here is a random, jumbled paragraph of more things we did.
Of course I had to go to Café rio. Only the best.● I really missed playing Sunday night rummy with my extended family, so on Sunday I roped them into playing a game.● Before I left I seen these really cute socks with lace at the top that you stick out of your boots, but for some reason didn’t buy them & Ever since then, I have wanted them really bad. So I finally got them. Yup, you needed to know that. ● I cooked some really good food, I have missed cooking really good food. ● Since me & Krista are pickle experts, I introduced her to the best pickles ever: Claussen Refrigerated● Krista, Aydri & I went & seen lion king in 3D. Awesome● I got to see my Rose Grandparents, I was really bummed out I didn’t get to last time :( ● I seen my cousin’s Kyle & his adorable wife Lindsay’s cute house● Tried the sweet tooth fairy cupcake shop for the first time. Yum Mom, Mir, Krista, Aydri & I took front runner to do some shopping at gateway● Went to Build a bear with Aydri. Again. She is spoiled :)
Here are some pics from all the fun
Lion King 3D
Briar trying on my cowgirl boot slippers :)
Build a bear {again}
Some really nice firemen @ Cafe Rio let Aydri go in their firetruck.
Ok Last one, I'm trying to contain myself. Have I ever told you how much I love my neices? They are tooo cute!!!
I am sooo bummed, I totally forgot to take pictures but I thought my favorite thing we did deserved its own space. We all went to boondocks! It was soo fun! First we all raced on the cars. Hilarious. Then my mom and Aydri went on the water boats. Mom didn’t know she was going to get wet until she got to the first of the line. Even more hilarious. Then we played mini golf aka PUTT PUTT. Hehe (Yes it’s still funny! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s earlier in my blog) & then we all played a few arcade games. To wrap up the night, we went to Cutlers & Farr’s Ice cream.
All this fun stuff made it hard to leave. & hard is an understatement. I had a very difficult time saying goodbye. It was so bad I got really mopey the day before I was even supposed to leave. But I pushed through and got on the plane. But it didn’t get better. I can now say I now know the true meaning of homesickness. I was really sick. I couldn’t eat or sleep, was on the verge of tears at any given moment and my stomach was in knots 24/7. I was VERY close to packing my bags and going home. But then I seen this…
& it just made me look at things in a different view. I know its cheezy, but I really needed to read it that day. I realized how lucky I am to have found such a great “temporary family” to live with for the year and to look forward to the future. I pulled myself out of the hole I was in and am now proud to say I am back on my feet and loving my time here.
Well a few weeks ago one of my greatest friends who also happens to be my cousin, Jessica got married giving me an excuse to go for a visit in Utah!!! She even asked me to bridesmaid & I was honored. I flew in on Wednesday, September 21st, where my mom picked me up at the airport. I didn’t even make it all the way home before my sis, who doesn’t like shopping without a partner, asked me to go to the mall with her. My mom dropped me off at her work and we headed out to have some girl time. After the mall, the rest of my siblings came over to say hi and eat some of my dad’s famous fajitas (Yes my dad has a lot of famous food) & my wonderful mom made some of my requested Mississippi mud brownies. It was soo good to see everyone; I couldn’t believe how big Briar & Aydri had gotten! Luckily, Aydri missed me just as much as I missed her and we hugged for a L O N G time before we were willing to let each other go. She kept saying “ I missed you while you were in Car-o-yna” in her cute little voice that just melted my heart. We hung out and had some family time before my sister MADE me sleep over at her house because she was afraid to drive home alone in the dark. Oh ya just gotta love her. So yeah, I didn’t even get to sleep in my own bed on my first night back & the trend continued for the next few nights because I had planned on spending the night & each siblings’ house to make sure I got quality time with each of them. But let’s back up a bit & head back to the day following my first day back, which was the wedding. (Little shoutout to Jessica & Crew: It was BEA-utiful!! Congrats guys!) Of course I gotta post some pictures of the big day….
Ok, Well up until this point I had planned on giving a day by day event list of all the fun things I did, but 1.) Its getting a little late & I’m not sure I’m feeling up to it & 2.) I realized it might be a little boring. So I decided to make a wordle that pretty much sums up what I did.
BUT.. Before I go have just a few more things to say that didn’t fit into one word or I wanted to expad on. So here is a random, jumbled paragraph of more things we did.
Of course I had to go to Café rio. Only the best.● I really missed playing Sunday night rummy with my extended family, so on Sunday I roped them into playing a game.● Before I left I seen these really cute socks with lace at the top that you stick out of your boots, but for some reason didn’t buy them & Ever since then, I have wanted them really bad. So I finally got them. Yup, you needed to know that. ● I cooked some really good food, I have missed cooking really good food. ● Since me & Krista are pickle experts, I introduced her to the best pickles ever: Claussen Refrigerated● Krista, Aydri & I went & seen lion king in 3D. Awesome● I got to see my Rose Grandparents, I was really bummed out I didn’t get to last time :( ● I seen my cousin’s Kyle & his adorable wife Lindsay’s cute house● Tried the sweet tooth fairy cupcake shop for the first time. Yum Mom, Mir, Krista, Aydri & I took front runner to do some shopping at gateway● Went to Build a bear with Aydri. Again. She is spoiled :)
Here are some pics from all the fun
Lion King 3D
Briar trying on my cowgirl boot slippers :)
Build a bear {again}
Some really nice firemen @ Cafe Rio let Aydri go in their firetruck.
Ok Last one, I'm trying to contain myself. Have I ever told you how much I love my neices? They are tooo cute!!!
I am sooo bummed, I totally forgot to take pictures but I thought my favorite thing we did deserved its own space. We all went to boondocks! It was soo fun! First we all raced on the cars. Hilarious. Then my mom and Aydri went on the water boats. Mom didn’t know she was going to get wet until she got to the first of the line. Even more hilarious. Then we played mini golf aka PUTT PUTT. Hehe (Yes it’s still funny! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s earlier in my blog) & then we all played a few arcade games. To wrap up the night, we went to Cutlers & Farr’s Ice cream.
All this fun stuff made it hard to leave. & hard is an understatement. I had a very difficult time saying goodbye. It was so bad I got really mopey the day before I was even supposed to leave. But I pushed through and got on the plane. But it didn’t get better. I can now say I now know the true meaning of homesickness. I was really sick. I couldn’t eat or sleep, was on the verge of tears at any given moment and my stomach was in knots 24/7. I was VERY close to packing my bags and going home. But then I seen this…
& it just made me look at things in a different view. I know its cheezy, but I really needed to read it that day. I realized how lucky I am to have found such a great “temporary family” to live with for the year and to look forward to the future. I pulled myself out of the hole I was in and am now proud to say I am back on my feet and loving my time here.
Monday, October 10, 2011
What's Happenin?
Alright, since this is the first official post of my “Blog-a-thon”, it is going to be a catch up on the events that have been going on in the (almost) month since I last posted.
1.School Started (Well kinda). Sadly, summer came to an end and the school season began. Luckily for Hannah & Mackenzie, they only have to go 3 times a week and only until 1:30. I wish my school was like that! The other two days(Wednesday & Friday) they are homeschooled. It is definitely a different method of schooling, but I like how they get the best of both worlds.
On the other hand, I have started a preschool program with Londyn. So far we have had a lot of fun. But I’m pretty sure I am going to have to buy the advanced preschool curriculum for her, she is to stinking smart for this one, I don’t even have to teach her anything she already knows it!
2.The house has been “Under Construction.” Just a few weeks after we moved in, the toilet upstairs overflew & water went all the way down into Christian’s room, ruined the hardwood floors and of course the bathroom. Everything had to be dried up & then ripped out. We have had so many people coming in and out of this house for weeks and we are all just about sick of it. Luckily, they are finally starting to finish up and should be done by the end of this week. In the meantime, Christian had to be moved to Liz & Jayson’s room & that has been an adventure of its own. Kenz & Londie’s were out of rooms for a while and had to sleep in the loft. While I was in Utah, they even had to move into a hotel for a few days while the floor got fixed. On top of all this work, there was more work going on in Hannah’s room to make her a bathroom & closet. Before she just had a giant room. Now she has a giant room, a giant bathroom and a giant closet. Spoiled Hannah! :) It has been a nightmare, but like I said luckily it is almost over! Counting the days!
This is just a sample of what we've been going through...Drying out Chrisitan's room.
3. The girls started riding lessons at a cute little place down the street called fox run farms. Here are some photos
4. Jayson & Liz have gone crazy making this house a home! There have been countless additions to improve the already beautiful house... A playset that looks like it should be in a magazine, a beautiful fountain, landscape lighting, you name it!
5. Christian got his first hair cut! I'll admit, I was a little sad at first that his cute curls in the back were gone, but his handsome cut has really grown on me :D
Good Grief, he is sooo cute!
6.Jayson made the front page of ESPN! He’s famous!!! Ha ha I have failed to mention before how he is the BIGGEST Detroit Lions fans there ever was. & if there is any year to be a Lions fan, this is it! So he has to go to every game. Tonight he and his buddies painted themselves in blue liquid latex & made it on tv & the internet. Chhheck it out
7. & last but not least, I no longer drive a van! Thank Heavens :] No offence to vans, but they are just not meant to be driven by 19 year olds. Here is my upgrade :) Ooooh Yeah!
1.School Started (Well kinda). Sadly, summer came to an end and the school season began. Luckily for Hannah & Mackenzie, they only have to go 3 times a week and only until 1:30. I wish my school was like that! The other two days(Wednesday & Friday) they are homeschooled. It is definitely a different method of schooling, but I like how they get the best of both worlds.
On the other hand, I have started a preschool program with Londyn. So far we have had a lot of fun. But I’m pretty sure I am going to have to buy the advanced preschool curriculum for her, she is to stinking smart for this one, I don’t even have to teach her anything she already knows it!
2.The house has been “Under Construction.” Just a few weeks after we moved in, the toilet upstairs overflew & water went all the way down into Christian’s room, ruined the hardwood floors and of course the bathroom. Everything had to be dried up & then ripped out. We have had so many people coming in and out of this house for weeks and we are all just about sick of it. Luckily, they are finally starting to finish up and should be done by the end of this week. In the meantime, Christian had to be moved to Liz & Jayson’s room & that has been an adventure of its own. Kenz & Londie’s were out of rooms for a while and had to sleep in the loft. While I was in Utah, they even had to move into a hotel for a few days while the floor got fixed. On top of all this work, there was more work going on in Hannah’s room to make her a bathroom & closet. Before she just had a giant room. Now she has a giant room, a giant bathroom and a giant closet. Spoiled Hannah! :) It has been a nightmare, but like I said luckily it is almost over! Counting the days!
This is just a sample of what we've been going through...Drying out Chrisitan's room.
3. The girls started riding lessons at a cute little place down the street called fox run farms. Here are some photos
4. Jayson & Liz have gone crazy making this house a home! There have been countless additions to improve the already beautiful house... A playset that looks like it should be in a magazine, a beautiful fountain, landscape lighting, you name it!
5. Christian got his first hair cut! I'll admit, I was a little sad at first that his cute curls in the back were gone, but his handsome cut has really grown on me :D
Good Grief, he is sooo cute!
6.Jayson made the front page of ESPN! He’s famous!!! Ha ha I have failed to mention before how he is the BIGGEST Detroit Lions fans there ever was. & if there is any year to be a Lions fan, this is it! So he has to go to every game. Tonight he and his buddies painted themselves in blue liquid latex & made it on tv & the internet. Chhheck it out
7. & last but not least, I no longer drive a van! Thank Heavens :] No offence to vans, but they are just not meant to be driven by 19 year olds. Here is my upgrade :) Ooooh Yeah!
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Blog-A-Thon!
Alright, I’m sure you’ve all noticed my blog could sure use some TLC. Well this week, that’s exactly what it’s going to get! This Tuesday is my 6 month anniversary/ Half way mark of being here. Crazy huh? Well to celebrate I am doing my own blog- a-thon. I don’t know if that is a real word in the blogging world or what it means exactly, but to me & my blog it means that I will be posting once a day for the next week!! At the rate I’ve been going, that’s like going from a drought to a flood overnight, it should be fun! So come on, let’s get going!!
*UPDATE* My goal was to start the blog-a-thon today, but long story short, Hannah made an unplanned trip to the ER because of trouble breathing, and is still there as I type. She should be fine, they are going to take some scans of her chest & hopefully come home. So basically, there were more important things going on tonight than blogging. Soooo.... I will do the blog-a-thon from Monday to Monday. Be there :)
*UPDATE* My goal was to start the blog-a-thon today, but long story short, Hannah made an unplanned trip to the ER because of trouble breathing, and is still there as I type. She should be fine, they are going to take some scans of her chest & hopefully come home. So basically, there were more important things going on tonight than blogging. Soooo.... I will do the blog-a-thon from Monday to Monday. Be there :)
Sunday, September 11, 2011
I need your Help!!
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to win a $5,000 volunteer vacation grant from Travelocity’s Travel for Good program to go volunteer in Tanzania Africa. Can you please watch my video and vote for me? Just copy & paste the link:
http://www.volunteerjournals.com/volunteer-travel-grants/entries/mission-possible-tanzania
You won’t need an account to vote and it only takes a second!
Even better, can you help me spread the word? I need as many votes as I can get! The top 25 finalists are determined by audience support and the quality of their videos.
I think you can vote once a day, so please do!! I found out about this oppurtunity late so I am a little behind, but I know you guys will help me catch up :)
Thanks a ton!!!
I'm trying to win a $5,000 volunteer vacation grant from Travelocity’s Travel for Good program to go volunteer in Tanzania Africa. Can you please watch my video and vote for me? Just copy & paste the link:
http://www.volunteerjournals.com/volunteer-travel-grants/entries/mission-possible-tanzania
You won’t need an account to vote and it only takes a second!
Even better, can you help me spread the word? I need as many votes as I can get! The top 25 finalists are determined by audience support and the quality of their videos.
I think you can vote once a day, so please do!! I found out about this oppurtunity late so I am a little behind, but I know you guys will help me catch up :)
Thanks a ton!!!
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