What is this shop hop thing anyway sounds like fun? I went shop hopping yesterday off to Global, the dollar store, just about every drug store in town and the new super store. I love Global and the Dollar Store, they are my favorite places to shop.
We have had a lot of Robins and BlueJays around so maybe we will get some of these 80 degree days soon, here's hoping anyway.
Wednesday, April 02, 2003
I am still having the problem with the post and publish button scrolling off the page, oh well have to keep life interesting.
Everyone has been sick lately, Tim missed two days of work and both kids missed one day. I am glad I'm not working because I seem to have laryngitis and it wouldn't be fun trying to talk to all those customers.
Everyone has been sick lately, Tim missed two days of work and both kids missed one day. I am glad I'm not working because I seem to have laryngitis and it wouldn't be fun trying to talk to all those customers.
Monday, March 31, 2003
Poor Alex! What a lot of tummy trouble. I loved getting the pictures of the birthday party. The cake was really sweet - who made it?
Someone has a creative nature. I spent an hour working on my scrapbook last night, I am still finishing Halloween 2002. I have on epage left to do, but I started getting stuff together for our ski trips, so I can do that next. I think I only want to do that next because I like all the snowflake papers. I did a "Shop Hop" last week, went to 9 different scrapbook stores in 8 days. I got busy at work because I had to fire a guy, which means fixing all his messes, but Ashley and I went to the last five stores on Saturday. At the second to last store the lady gave her her own stamp card, then she wanted to start over to get all of the stamps. I told her we would do it again next year, and the lady said they may have another one in the fall. I spent almost $300, I hope they wait until next year. I was feeling bad about spending so much on me when we have so much house stuff to do, but Lyle said I work for it! Just last week there wasn't one day I was home before ten o'clock. Although, one of those days I could have been home by 8, but I went to a scrapbook store!
My post button isn't going anywhere, Rolana. But I have a split screen where I see the blog posts on the bottom and I type on the top. It doesn't look like the blog you and Loretta have.
I actually like painting - it looks like you did something when you're done - except for trim, which is just a big pain in the a**. You either mask evertything off, which takes hours, or you make a terrible mess. I am the "terrible mess" type myself. We did get it painted before the carpet, and the carpet is in, and I love walking on it. It is hard to get people to take off their shoes - that is not something that is done around here. I am a little disappointed in the carpet in a way, it doesn't look "new", I don't know how to explain that any better. I keep thinking though, that will likely mean that it will look that way for longer. It is a "frisee", which is a new word for the seventies shag, but it is short and very thick, so it just looks like an interesting texture. And the color is "linen", which is very light, explaining the shoe problem.
Last weekend it was in the 80's and Lyle had to mow the lawn. It is supposed to be in the high seventies today. This time of year you need the heater one day and the AC the next. It was 40 this morning. It only freezed "hard" (they say that on the news here, but I don't know what they mean - isn't ice always hard?) three or four times this past winter. Otherwise it was above freezing in the day time.
I know for sure no one would go near me with pliers if I had a bellybutton ring - that must be a sign of trust in her Dad. I almost never use the holes I have in my head - now when I wear earrings my earlobes itch by the end of the day. I guess I am out of the habit. Well, I guess I should get to work, I just wanted to check in because it has been so long. Miss you guys - hope to talk at you again soon. :)
a
Someone has a creative nature. I spent an hour working on my scrapbook last night, I am still finishing Halloween 2002. I have on epage left to do, but I started getting stuff together for our ski trips, so I can do that next. I think I only want to do that next because I like all the snowflake papers. I did a "Shop Hop" last week, went to 9 different scrapbook stores in 8 days. I got busy at work because I had to fire a guy, which means fixing all his messes, but Ashley and I went to the last five stores on Saturday. At the second to last store the lady gave her her own stamp card, then she wanted to start over to get all of the stamps. I told her we would do it again next year, and the lady said they may have another one in the fall. I spent almost $300, I hope they wait until next year. I was feeling bad about spending so much on me when we have so much house stuff to do, but Lyle said I work for it! Just last week there wasn't one day I was home before ten o'clock. Although, one of those days I could have been home by 8, but I went to a scrapbook store!
My post button isn't going anywhere, Rolana. But I have a split screen where I see the blog posts on the bottom and I type on the top. It doesn't look like the blog you and Loretta have.
I actually like painting - it looks like you did something when you're done - except for trim, which is just a big pain in the a**. You either mask evertything off, which takes hours, or you make a terrible mess. I am the "terrible mess" type myself. We did get it painted before the carpet, and the carpet is in, and I love walking on it. It is hard to get people to take off their shoes - that is not something that is done around here. I am a little disappointed in the carpet in a way, it doesn't look "new", I don't know how to explain that any better. I keep thinking though, that will likely mean that it will look that way for longer. It is a "frisee", which is a new word for the seventies shag, but it is short and very thick, so it just looks like an interesting texture. And the color is "linen", which is very light, explaining the shoe problem.
Last weekend it was in the 80's and Lyle had to mow the lawn. It is supposed to be in the high seventies today. This time of year you need the heater one day and the AC the next. It was 40 this morning. It only freezed "hard" (they say that on the news here, but I don't know what they mean - isn't ice always hard?) three or four times this past winter. Otherwise it was above freezing in the day time.
I know for sure no one would go near me with pliers if I had a bellybutton ring - that must be a sign of trust in her Dad. I almost never use the holes I have in my head - now when I wear earrings my earlobes itch by the end of the day. I guess I am out of the habit. Well, I guess I should get to work, I just wanted to check in because it has been so long. Miss you guys - hope to talk at you again soon. :)
a
Friday, March 28, 2003
Alexander has to be bacak on the growth charts before they can take the tube out permanently he does go every 4 weeks to get a new one and they switch sides so the nose does not get too iritated he is do for a change on Monday and we were hoping that it would be out for ever but he has had a lot of setbacks this month and he will need to go to Iwk to see a gastroenterologist (sp?). We are waiting on when that will be.
We had a great time at his birthday party although he missed some of his Aunties, he really enjoys his toy steering wheel that his auntie Loretta got him Emily is constantly taking it from him to play with. I really like it too especially because it plays a lot of different songs some of the toys we have gotten just have a couple and they get so tiring this is so colourfull too.
Hope Loretta gets her puter fixed up so she can read this LOL.
We had a great time at his birthday party although he missed some of his Aunties, he really enjoys his toy steering wheel that his auntie Loretta got him Emily is constantly taking it from him to play with. I really like it too especially because it plays a lot of different songs some of the toys we have gotten just have a couple and they get so tiring this is so colourfull too.
Hope Loretta gets her puter fixed up so she can read this LOL.
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Friday, March 07, 2003
Painting I hate it! What a pain, I tried to get Tim to paint the kitchen and ended up doing it myself. I would still like to put another coat on part of it, but doubt I will get to it. I took all the hardware down for hanging the curtains and now I can't find it. Mind you I did this last summer so as you can see it is not a priority project. I think the curtains would probably have kept it a little warmer in here too. It has been so cold this winter. With all the snow out there I think we may have to skip spring too.
So how come your pipes froze I thought it was warmer down there? Ours froze about a month ago, almost got a divorce while he was fixing them.
Tim passed his third block he did really good too, we are all proud of him of course. The kids bugged him to make sure he was studying the whole time, I think they like turnabout.
Brit's belly button is healing pretty good, I still think it looks like it would hurt though. She says it doesn't hurt at all. She changed the balls on it the other day, her Dad had to help her. You have to use pliers to get them off the first time. Don't think I would let anybody near me with pliers if I had a ring in my belly button.
Greg got a sleeper ring for his ear and he doesn't like it, he complains that it hurts, so we switched it back to the stud. We told him if he lets it heal over this time we won't be getting it done again. Seems strange to pay people money to poke holes in your kid. Mom pierced my ears when I was twelve and that was enough for me, I don't need any more holes in my head.
So how come your pipes froze I thought it was warmer down there? Ours froze about a month ago, almost got a divorce while he was fixing them.
Tim passed his third block he did really good too, we are all proud of him of course. The kids bugged him to make sure he was studying the whole time, I think they like turnabout.
Brit's belly button is healing pretty good, I still think it looks like it would hurt though. She says it doesn't hurt at all. She changed the balls on it the other day, her Dad had to help her. You have to use pliers to get them off the first time. Don't think I would let anybody near me with pliers if I had a ring in my belly button.
Greg got a sleeper ring for his ear and he doesn't like it, he complains that it hurts, so we switched it back to the stud. We told him if he lets it heal over this time we won't be getting it done again. Seems strange to pay people money to poke holes in your kid. Mom pierced my ears when I was twelve and that was enough for me, I don't need any more holes in my head.
Wednesday, March 05, 2003
I did one and three quarters doors last night.... Lyle surprised me when I got home yesterday, he had stayed home (took his snow day) and taken the door out of the bedroom! YAY! I have to sand it tonight and touch up the drywall in a few other places before the carpet, but now that will be all done before carpet too! YAY! Lyle is going to paint the remaining one and one quarter door tonight, then we start on the baseboard. I am out of town tomorrow, and I won't be home until late, so no more work for me. Tonight is menu planning night and I am behind in my cooking - Lyle had leftovers and I had popcorn for supper last night. I still gained a pound this morning. Incredible!
Tuesday, March 04, 2003
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
B..B..B..Freaking..R..R..R! The pipes froze last night (no shower! Sorry flylady) for
the second time this winter, because Lyle STILL has not wrapped the
pipes with insulation. What are the odds of Texas having two freezes
in one year, right? So before he leaves to go teach fire school,
he puts a space heater under the house and asks me to check on it 'a
bit later' So I check it a couple times, and the water was working, but I couldn't
make the stupid shower drip, so if I take out the heater it'll freeze
again, and if I don't, the next TXU bill will be a fainter.
So off I go to the shop, and get a couple pieces of house insulation,
thinking I'll jest set it in front of the hole (another Lyle undone honey
do - and don't feel bad for him, I did all the electrical, he has to
do all the plumbing. We are equal"ish"...)so the wind won't blow in,
I grab some plywood and a drill and I'm off - except I am wearing
slippers (I know, I know), so I fall on my a** going around the
house, and then get down on my knees in a puddle created by said
space heater. I'm going to bed before Lyle comes home, in case the
pipes have refrozen in the next two hours - cause if he says a word I
may shoot him.
My fingers are cold, but I had to come complain about the fridge. I did an inconspicuous area test spot with the black marker, and it came off fine. So I write it all on with the red (7 flylady bedtime routine items) and then head off to do number one, expecting to spend the rest of the evening casually watching HGTV abd scrapbooking. I laid out my clothes and started a load of wash, then....I went to wipe it off. Nope. I spent 25 minutes, and finally got it off with orange clean and baking soda. Well, at least the fridge is clean. Then the ice saga. I give up. At least I made it home. Besides, what's wrong with going to bed at 7:30? Lyle has ruined me.
the second time this winter, because Lyle STILL has not wrapped the
pipes with insulation. What are the odds of Texas having two freezes
in one year, right? So before he leaves to go teach fire school,
he puts a space heater under the house and asks me to check on it 'a
bit later' So I check it a couple times, and the water was working, but I couldn't
make the stupid shower drip, so if I take out the heater it'll freeze
again, and if I don't, the next TXU bill will be a fainter.
So off I go to the shop, and get a couple pieces of house insulation,
thinking I'll jest set it in front of the hole (another Lyle undone honey
do - and don't feel bad for him, I did all the electrical, he has to
do all the plumbing. We are equal"ish"...)so the wind won't blow in,
I grab some plywood and a drill and I'm off - except I am wearing
slippers (I know, I know), so I fall on my a** going around the
house, and then get down on my knees in a puddle created by said
space heater. I'm going to bed before Lyle comes home, in case the
pipes have refrozen in the next two hours - cause if he says a word I
may shoot him.
My fingers are cold, but I had to come complain about the fridge. I did an inconspicuous area test spot with the black marker, and it came off fine. So I write it all on with the red (7 flylady bedtime routine items) and then head off to do number one, expecting to spend the rest of the evening casually watching HGTV abd scrapbooking. I laid out my clothes and started a load of wash, then....I went to wipe it off. Nope. I spent 25 minutes, and finally got it off with orange clean and baking soda. Well, at least the fridge is clean. Then the ice saga. I give up. At least I made it home. Besides, what's wrong with going to bed at 7:30? Lyle has ruined me.
I forget what I am supposed to do. I told Lyle about the list on the fridge, and he said "WIll it come off?" Then he got sed to it, stopped panicing, and brought me home a pack of those wipe-erase markers. Wish me luck. Last night it was icing and I was cold and I lost all my willpower once I got hime, so I went to bed at 7 o'clock and watched TV all night where it was warm and cosy. I have PMS, I think I need B vitamins.
That Winsor Pilates vid would be a good gift for Mother's Day, Gee. I have the DVD or I would copy it for you. I do have some yoga vids and one Denise Austin Pilates video I could copy for you if you want. Or, I could try to copy them. The tv is all jumpy from the sound of the surround sound I installed on Sunday, so I am not too confident lately. I found the yoga to be kind of mind numbing, but I only did it a couple of times. I SUCK at sticking to things. Lyle is teaching fire school tonight, so I will have some time to get the stuff written on the fridge.
Yay Alex for 14-1/4 lbs. I called Mom this morning and she said Dad was mad yesterday again. And she had high blood pressure when she went to the DR aso he wanted her to go on a blood pressure medecine, which she looked up on the internet and thought was not for her. She asked him if it might be the stress she was under, and he said that had nothing to do woth it. She said that was "bullshit". Mom actually said "bullshit". I laughed. Anyways she took the prescription, but she was going to talk to the druggist. I called my doctor and told her about it and she said she would put her on a six month diet, exercise and stress reduction regimen and have her test herself weekly at the drugstore, then recheck her then. I tried to call her back and tell her but she must have gone to see Dad already.
The boss just came and and told me to go home, it is sleety out and he wants everyone to be home before it gets dark. Lyle didn't wash the crockpot from Sunday, so I moving tonights meal to tomorrow, which was menu day, and buying chili from Wendy's for supper tonight. Except I have to drive a half mile down the road and people here cannot drive in ice...
That Winsor Pilates vid would be a good gift for Mother's Day, Gee. I have the DVD or I would copy it for you. I do have some yoga vids and one Denise Austin Pilates video I could copy for you if you want. Or, I could try to copy them. The tv is all jumpy from the sound of the surround sound I installed on Sunday, so I am not too confident lately. I found the yoga to be kind of mind numbing, but I only did it a couple of times. I SUCK at sticking to things. Lyle is teaching fire school tonight, so I will have some time to get the stuff written on the fridge.
Yay Alex for 14-1/4 lbs. I called Mom this morning and she said Dad was mad yesterday again. And she had high blood pressure when she went to the DR aso he wanted her to go on a blood pressure medecine, which she looked up on the internet and thought was not for her. She asked him if it might be the stress she was under, and he said that had nothing to do woth it. She said that was "bullshit". Mom actually said "bullshit". I laughed. Anyways she took the prescription, but she was going to talk to the druggist. I called my doctor and told her about it and she said she would put her on a six month diet, exercise and stress reduction regimen and have her test herself weekly at the drugstore, then recheck her then. I tried to call her back and tell her but she must have gone to see Dad already.
The boss just came and and told me to go home, it is sleety out and he wants everyone to be home before it gets dark. Lyle didn't wash the crockpot from Sunday, so I moving tonights meal to tomorrow, which was menu day, and buying chili from Wendy's for supper tonight. Except I have to drive a half mile down the road and people here cannot drive in ice...
Monday, February 24, 2003
We had Alex checked today and he is up another 12 ounces so that makes his weight 14 1/4 now. I would love to do that winsor pilates exercise I have been trying to talk Mike into getting it for me but then I thought maybe I should start with yoga and work my way up to windsor what do you think?
I still do not use a control journal and i only look at the flylady musings as well I am taking baby baby steps now since Alex has been needing all my time but i do lay my clothes out most nights and I clean my sink 9 times out of ten. like I said babybaby steps . I do not feel guilty when I can not get things done anymore b/cause I now know it is not me but my type lol.
Any way gotta go unload the dishwasher.
I still do not use a control journal and i only look at the flylady musings as well I am taking baby baby steps now since Alex has been needing all my time but i do lay my clothes out most nights and I clean my sink 9 times out of ten. like I said babybaby steps . I do not feel guilty when I can not get things done anymore b/cause I now know it is not me but my type lol.
Any way gotta go unload the dishwasher.
I hate red eye! I have a pen thing for the printed pics. I can't believe that Alex is so old either. Yikes! I am glad he is getting the hang of eating. How much does he weigh now? I have discovered Winsor Pilates, and I have decided it is the alternative to exercise I have been looking for. I hate working out because I hate to sweat. This makes me sweat, but not "sweat and keep killing yourself? you idiot! Sweat is a sign of BAD things!" More like Hmm...calm, gentle, stretch...hmmm...relaxing, but invigorating...hmmm...whoops, I'm done! What is that - a drop of perspiration on my brow? How refreshing! Okay, well, not that good, but I'm trying.
You're right on the money with the mitre saw thing, Rolana, I have one, it is even a compound one. But I am totally clueless as to how to do this. I got some tips from a buddy at work that I will try as soon as I get the guts. I can't believe you have actually asked me to show you my scrapbooks! WWWOOOHAH! This may take a while, but I am in! Maybe we could make an evening of it, invite the sisters, and I'll bring all my crap and we can all exchange sparkly glitters! We were talking about coming home this summer but I am not sure when or if. Lyle gets lots of time off, but I only have 9 days (out of ten) left this year. I have five allotted to a Canada trip, but I just don't know...the Money and all.
I joined this Yahoo group called Alt_Flylady, because the flylady groups I have looked at around here seem to be all bible thumpers. I am going to try it. After what Rolana said about the emails, I signed up to have them delivered to me as one daily digest, so that I get them all at once, and zip past the ones I don't care about. Right now all I read are the flylady musings and the success stories. I started two weeks ago but didn't want to say so in case I failed. One of the ladies in the alt_flylady group said she writes her morning and evening routines on the fridge door with a Wipe off marker, so it is easier for her to remember that trying to find her control journal and actually open it. Lyle used to write me love notes on the bathroom mirror when we first got together, so this won't freak him out too badly. I have to try this, because all weekend my new control journal was on the move...
My daytimer (aka the Log), home from work (I'm fairly organized at work, just not at home) joined it on friday night on my night table. Saturday morning, it was opened and spread across the newly made bed in piles for organization - abandoned, it was later heaped onto the sewing basket by Lyle in search of napping space. At dinnertime, it was spread across the floor in a frenzied search for the recipe for the new menu planning ahead thing (Never did find it, I winged it, thinking - what could be so hard about wilted spinach and chicken salad? - Lyle actually gagged. LOL). On Saturday night I rescued it and took it to the living room, where it resided on the coffee table, causing tremendous guilt all evening. On Sunday morning, after ignoring the bedtime routine (except for deciding to wear the crumpled work jeans on the floor to hook up the surround sound in the attic the next day) I grimly went forth to open the book - I unpiled the Log off the top (after removing six naked barbies from their latest home) and then remembered I needed tea. This led to getting the paper to read with the tea, which led to clipping the day's coupons, which led to starting a roast in the crockpot....Sidetracked Home Executive! But we have an excuse, Mom taught us this from the time we were kids. So - I never did open it. It is still on the coffee table. The Log said a happy goodbye and came to work with me today. I do a lot of work on Monday mornings just to avoid carrying notes from last week's Log into this week.
I have made another couple cool changes too - I have a pretty paper bag with handles in the laundry room that says "socks with no friends" for all the lonely little guys. Theoretically I will throw them out in a boogie. I can't stand the thought of chucking them and then finding their mate/friend/child socky - and I will be the one responsible for their loneliness forever. I did my first 27 fling boogie on Saturday - it was pretty painless because I had five old phone books and some old magazines of Lyle's. Later, when I told him, he said if he didn't know he didn't care. :) I told him the reverse does NOT also apply.
The lightbulb in the fridge blew on Saturday - in the past, replacing it would have taken months. I removed it, added the brand name to the "home Depot" list on the fridge (as important in our house as the grocery list) and know I will buy one on Wednesday on my bi-weekly hardware shopping trip. It feels good to be a little in control, anyways. And Lyle is CEO of dishes. When I get up to check the laundry, he gets up to check the dishes. Although I have to do all the meal planning and cooking, he cleans the kitchen afterwards. I refuse to remind him, but all I have to do is make a point of folding his socks in front of him (Something I heretofore have refused to do) and he gets the message. Now I have to figure out a way to get him to wash the table and counters.
I have to go finish my Log and weekly plan - wish me luck!
Ande
You're right on the money with the mitre saw thing, Rolana, I have one, it is even a compound one. But I am totally clueless as to how to do this. I got some tips from a buddy at work that I will try as soon as I get the guts. I can't believe you have actually asked me to show you my scrapbooks! WWWOOOHAH! This may take a while, but I am in! Maybe we could make an evening of it, invite the sisters, and I'll bring all my crap and we can all exchange sparkly glitters! We were talking about coming home this summer but I am not sure when or if. Lyle gets lots of time off, but I only have 9 days (out of ten) left this year. I have five allotted to a Canada trip, but I just don't know...the Money and all.
I joined this Yahoo group called Alt_Flylady, because the flylady groups I have looked at around here seem to be all bible thumpers. I am going to try it. After what Rolana said about the emails, I signed up to have them delivered to me as one daily digest, so that I get them all at once, and zip past the ones I don't care about. Right now all I read are the flylady musings and the success stories. I started two weeks ago but didn't want to say so in case I failed. One of the ladies in the alt_flylady group said she writes her morning and evening routines on the fridge door with a Wipe off marker, so it is easier for her to remember that trying to find her control journal and actually open it. Lyle used to write me love notes on the bathroom mirror when we first got together, so this won't freak him out too badly. I have to try this, because all weekend my new control journal was on the move...
My daytimer (aka the Log), home from work (I'm fairly organized at work, just not at home) joined it on friday night on my night table. Saturday morning, it was opened and spread across the newly made bed in piles for organization - abandoned, it was later heaped onto the sewing basket by Lyle in search of napping space. At dinnertime, it was spread across the floor in a frenzied search for the recipe for the new menu planning ahead thing (Never did find it, I winged it, thinking - what could be so hard about wilted spinach and chicken salad? - Lyle actually gagged. LOL). On Saturday night I rescued it and took it to the living room, where it resided on the coffee table, causing tremendous guilt all evening. On Sunday morning, after ignoring the bedtime routine (except for deciding to wear the crumpled work jeans on the floor to hook up the surround sound in the attic the next day) I grimly went forth to open the book - I unpiled the Log off the top (after removing six naked barbies from their latest home) and then remembered I needed tea. This led to getting the paper to read with the tea, which led to clipping the day's coupons, which led to starting a roast in the crockpot....Sidetracked Home Executive! But we have an excuse, Mom taught us this from the time we were kids. So - I never did open it. It is still on the coffee table. The Log said a happy goodbye and came to work with me today. I do a lot of work on Monday mornings just to avoid carrying notes from last week's Log into this week.
I have made another couple cool changes too - I have a pretty paper bag with handles in the laundry room that says "socks with no friends" for all the lonely little guys. Theoretically I will throw them out in a boogie. I can't stand the thought of chucking them and then finding their mate/friend/child socky - and I will be the one responsible for their loneliness forever. I did my first 27 fling boogie on Saturday - it was pretty painless because I had five old phone books and some old magazines of Lyle's. Later, when I told him, he said if he didn't know he didn't care. :) I told him the reverse does NOT also apply.
The lightbulb in the fridge blew on Saturday - in the past, replacing it would have taken months. I removed it, added the brand name to the "home Depot" list on the fridge (as important in our house as the grocery list) and know I will buy one on Wednesday on my bi-weekly hardware shopping trip. It feels good to be a little in control, anyways. And Lyle is CEO of dishes. When I get up to check the laundry, he gets up to check the dishes. Although I have to do all the meal planning and cooking, he cleans the kitchen afterwards. I refuse to remind him, but all I have to do is make a point of folding his socks in front of him (Something I heretofore have refused to do) and he gets the message. Now I have to figure out a way to get him to wash the table and counters.
I have to go finish my Log and weekly plan - wish me luck!
Ande
Sunday, February 23, 2003
Alexander is 11 months today I can not believe that in one month he will be a year where did the time go?! Just dropped in to say hello I am trying to put Alex down for a nap and he is not cooperating hopefully that will mean he will go to bed early tonight. Got some pictures developed I will try to get a photo page for you guys to see them at I also have to get Mike to take the red eye out of them about 85% of the pics have it.
Thursday, February 20, 2003
Ok my posts are not being posted I posted on the 14 and on the 17 but neither one showed up on my area. On friday I wished you all happy Valentine's day and I rambled on about stuff on the 17 and I mentioned that Alexander gained another 200 grams(7 ounces) and is starting to get the hang of eating. He does not like the baby food but will eat the toddler meals and outr food mashed up he had potatoes at supper tonight and loved them. Hope this one gets posted.
Sparkly hearts gotta love em don't ya! Andrene when you do come home bring a couple of your scrapbooks and drop by and show me ok. Who knows maybe I will get started on this one and you can share some ideas. Wouldn't it be easier to cut molding with a mitre saw to get the angle thing right? Pay no attention to me I have never cut molding in my life, just a thought.
Replacing eating with shopping sounds like a plan except I tend to eat out of boredom at night when the stores are closed. Might have to "gasp" exercise or something instead.
Tim is on his third block for industrial mechanics, he writes his final tomorrow. He has been a little stressed out go figure.
Greg apparantly doesn't think he wants to look like a pirate, imagine! With all that gold maybe you could make rings for both of you. :)
Rolana
Replacing eating with shopping sounds like a plan except I tend to eat out of boredom at night when the stores are closed. Might have to "gasp" exercise or something instead.
Tim is on his third block for industrial mechanics, he writes his final tomorrow. He has been a little stressed out go figure.
Greg apparantly doesn't think he wants to look like a pirate, imagine! With all that gold maybe you could make rings for both of you. :)
Rolana
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
What a day!!!! SO far, I am further behind in my work than I was when I got here. It is GROWING!!! OH well, that's why they pay me the big bucks. Speaking of big bucks, I got the first installment on my bonus, and ordered the carpet for the end of the month, then Lyle and I finished the trim this weekend - all except for the crown molding, which I still haven't figured out how to cut. Wish me luck. Now I have to go to Mesquite this afternoon to the Town East Mall to start a job that was supposed to start on Monday, but I didn't know that it was...WHOOPS! That was a big oopsie on my part. I have plenty of excuses as to why I didn't know, including phone calls and emails not responded too, but in the end it is always my responsibility. I hate that part.
I found some sparkly "confetti" for Valentine's day for half price and got it for my scrapbooks, since you mentioned it. That'll look cute! I think you should definitely write it rather than type it - it means so much more when it is part of you. I am thinking about declaring a shopping moratorium for a month, not buying anything except groceries. I use shopping to replace eating in my life. :( Rolana, what kind of course is Tim finishing up? I feel terrrible for not knowing.... Congratulate Brit on the holey tummy. I have a really huge 14 k gold hoop that Greg could wear, (think 80's), it was a gift from an old boyfriend, and I lost one. I have been considering melting all the old stuff down and making something new out of it - including my old wedding ring, and my engagement ring. Make good use of them! I told Lyle we should use our old wedding rings to make new ones, but his ex girlfriend made him throw his out. DUMB! I do have a couple of really little hoops that I only have one of, I'll have to send those with Joni's EXTREMELY late birthday present. I have to go - must work now!
love
a
I found some sparkly "confetti" for Valentine's day for half price and got it for my scrapbooks, since you mentioned it. That'll look cute! I think you should definitely write it rather than type it - it means so much more when it is part of you. I am thinking about declaring a shopping moratorium for a month, not buying anything except groceries. I use shopping to replace eating in my life. :( Rolana, what kind of course is Tim finishing up? I feel terrrible for not knowing.... Congratulate Brit on the holey tummy. I have a really huge 14 k gold hoop that Greg could wear, (think 80's), it was a gift from an old boyfriend, and I lost one. I have been considering melting all the old stuff down and making something new out of it - including my old wedding ring, and my engagement ring. Make good use of them! I told Lyle we should use our old wedding rings to make new ones, but his ex girlfriend made him throw his out. DUMB! I do have a couple of really little hoops that I only have one of, I'll have to send those with Joni's EXTREMELY late birthday present. I have to go - must work now!
love
a
Saturday, February 15, 2003
Those are all good aren't they. So it wouldn't really matter what type of paper you used if you weren't putting photos in your scrapbook right? I was actually thinking about creating one for the gratitude thing. I got some cute valentine like stuff you know the sparkly hearts and x and o's that I thought would look neat sprinkled on a page. I figured I could use regular scrapbook paper to start and maybe find some cardboard and cover it with either some fancy wrapping paper or material to use for a cover. I might just hand print the text parts instead of typing it. Wouldn't it be neat to use caligraphy? Wish I knew how to do it.
Well Brit finally did it, she got a hole poked in her belly button. The woman came here and did it, Brit had no way to get to her house and she was headed out of town for the weekend. She says she goes to peoples houses all the time because people sometimes want things pierced that they aren't comfortable going to a shop for. Anyway she also said she plans on having piercing parties, I don't think I will be going.
Brit didn't holler or anything she did start laughing at one point probably because I started laughing at her. The lady who did it was telling her she had the toughest skin she had ever seen I told her that she got that from her Dad's side of the family.
Greg has his ear pierced he wants a hoop for it instead of a stud just a little one. I should get him a great big one and tell him he can be a pirate. He probably wouldn't find that funny though, he is at an age that doesn't see humor in stuff like that.
Tim is home for the weekend, just one more week to go and he is all done his course for this year. I'll be glad when he is home full time again.
Well Brit finally did it, she got a hole poked in her belly button. The woman came here and did it, Brit had no way to get to her house and she was headed out of town for the weekend. She says she goes to peoples houses all the time because people sometimes want things pierced that they aren't comfortable going to a shop for. Anyway she also said she plans on having piercing parties, I don't think I will be going.
Brit didn't holler or anything she did start laughing at one point probably because I started laughing at her. The lady who did it was telling her she had the toughest skin she had ever seen I told her that she got that from her Dad's side of the family.
Greg has his ear pierced he wants a hoop for it instead of a stud just a little one. I should get him a great big one and tell him he can be a pirate. He probably wouldn't find that funny though, he is at an age that doesn't see humor in stuff like that.
Tim is home for the weekend, just one more week to go and he is all done his course for this year. I'll be glad when he is home full time again.
Friday, February 14, 2003
What about having warm feet to stick your cold feet on in bed? Or when you go outside and your car was just magically washed, for no reason other than it was dirty. Or a kid waking you up with an impromptu "picture of an elephant on a fence" on Saturday morning. :) They have scrapbook stores all over the place here that sell acid free and lignin free stuff for making scrapbooks that last for generations. Or, they say they will, time will tell. Wal-Mart sells some paper and albums, too. They have places on line, but most of them are US. There was a Canadian one in the back of one of my magazines, if you're interested I'll try to find it. In some scrapbook magazines, they say you can use anything you want, but if it doesn't say AF or LF then just don't let it touch the photos, and they will be safe. I usually mat them on a square of the AF paper, and then put that on top of the non AF paper. Others say that the oil on your hands will ruin the pictures, and that you have to have special handcream and archival spray ($40 - forget about it!) to keep everything safe. For me, I buy the AF LF stuff because it comes in all sorts of patterns and colors, but I also use Christmas wrapping paper, cool stuff from newspaper ads (I usually photocopy it or trace it and color it because newsprint turns yellow fast - but they have great fonts and black and white drawings), you can download fonts from the net to use and print out the titles for your pages. I have been thinking about using Ashley's coloring books. Lately I have been in a tearing paper phase, so instead of say, drawing an orange pumpkin (I am still working on Halloween) I will tear orange paper to look like a pumpkin and then tear green paper to make a little stem and leaves. I also shade those with chalk and pencilcrayons to give them depth.
They have a few kinds of books that you can use, one type called 'strap hinge' or 'post bound' where the covers aren't attached together so you can add in as many or as few pages as you want - I love that kind. Then you can get the pages that are plastic (some photosafe kind) sleeves that you tuck your pages into - that keeps them clean, but I usually have lumpy stuff that won't fit in all that well - like little pumpkins and ghosts made out of craft wire, or tiny pompoms. They also have some that each page just has holes in it and the book is like a three ring binder - I don't have one of those. I think that is what I need for the lumpy pages. I do have a post bound one where the paper just has holes in it, but it is kind of hard to get the pages to lay flat - they all get a wrinkle from when you turn them.
When we go places I keep ticket stubs and programs and silly stuff - like a subway token from Boston, and a Chuck E. Cheese quarter from there, or confetti, and then I stick them in there or put a little envelope on the page and put it in that. Lyle used to say I was a little overboard on the whole thing, but then I got some pages done, he liked them, and now he enthusiastically helps me save stuff.
When Ashley was sick last weekend Lyle was saying the same thing - like, Ashley is old enough to tell us if she is sick or if she wants or needs something, but if we say no, then she is dependant on us and that's all she gets. He was sad about it, but I think that was more related to the fact that her Mom had not let her wear a coat to go to our house in 49 degree weather the day before because her other coats were at Grandma's and she only had one that she didn't want to "lose". That drives Lyle crazy, with good reason I guess. He is a jerk when they are together. She frustrates him incredibly - it's funny (wierd, not haha) to see him at such a loss for words. She pushes all of his buttons. Too depressing of a topic for today! Luckily I had bought her a new coat before we went skiing (Well, new to us) and then we bought her a skisuit, plus she had two coats from last winter, so I sent three coats home with her. They only cost a couple of bucks at second hand stores, so why even bother to worry? I am an extremely good thrift store shopper - I refuse to pay $145 for a blazer when I can get the same thing for $3.99 at Goodwill. There is a store here called Kohl's, it is a department store like Sears, and they have 80% off their clearance stuff on Wednesdays. I can get Ashley jeans for $1.85 and me dress pants for $5. Lyle said I can't buy thrift store pants anymore, because I don't like to try them on and they are usually too short. About a month ago we took everthing out of the closet to paint it, and we agreed not to put anything back in unless it fit. I lost a lot of pants that day...but so did Lyle. We do have a probation pile in the spareroom closet, but if they don't fit by November, they go too. We have an extremely neat and tidy closet at present, though!
Can you believe that Lyle has agreed to help me do the flylady thing? He is going to have morning and bedtime routines too. Although, he thinks he will do his morning routines when he gets home from work, because he always gets home before me. I really hope it works for us, our house in definitely in C.H.A.O.S. I started yesterday, Rolana, and I got them to send the emails as a digest, so I only get one a day. One big one, but one. And we decided to do the bathroom sink as our sink. I shined it last night, and this morning was the first morning in weeks that I have not woken up to yucky scummy shaving debris in the bottom of the sink. YAY Lyle! Well, I have been yakking forever. Can you tell I am not that busy at work? Yesterday morning I got the IT guy to make me a new email: She-RaDefenderoftheUniverse@royalseal.com. It really works! moshera is my login for everything, so I always think of he man and she ra when I am on the net. Then I called a couple of my clients (ones who appreciate a good joke) and told them I was changing my email address to reflect a change in my personal power. That got them laughing, and I was able to beg for work with a little more dignity than usual. Love you all...
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They have a few kinds of books that you can use, one type called 'strap hinge' or 'post bound' where the covers aren't attached together so you can add in as many or as few pages as you want - I love that kind. Then you can get the pages that are plastic (some photosafe kind) sleeves that you tuck your pages into - that keeps them clean, but I usually have lumpy stuff that won't fit in all that well - like little pumpkins and ghosts made out of craft wire, or tiny pompoms. They also have some that each page just has holes in it and the book is like a three ring binder - I don't have one of those. I think that is what I need for the lumpy pages. I do have a post bound one where the paper just has holes in it, but it is kind of hard to get the pages to lay flat - they all get a wrinkle from when you turn them.
When we go places I keep ticket stubs and programs and silly stuff - like a subway token from Boston, and a Chuck E. Cheese quarter from there, or confetti, and then I stick them in there or put a little envelope on the page and put it in that. Lyle used to say I was a little overboard on the whole thing, but then I got some pages done, he liked them, and now he enthusiastically helps me save stuff.
When Ashley was sick last weekend Lyle was saying the same thing - like, Ashley is old enough to tell us if she is sick or if she wants or needs something, but if we say no, then she is dependant on us and that's all she gets. He was sad about it, but I think that was more related to the fact that her Mom had not let her wear a coat to go to our house in 49 degree weather the day before because her other coats were at Grandma's and she only had one that she didn't want to "lose". That drives Lyle crazy, with good reason I guess. He is a jerk when they are together. She frustrates him incredibly - it's funny (wierd, not haha) to see him at such a loss for words. She pushes all of his buttons. Too depressing of a topic for today! Luckily I had bought her a new coat before we went skiing (Well, new to us) and then we bought her a skisuit, plus she had two coats from last winter, so I sent three coats home with her. They only cost a couple of bucks at second hand stores, so why even bother to worry? I am an extremely good thrift store shopper - I refuse to pay $145 for a blazer when I can get the same thing for $3.99 at Goodwill. There is a store here called Kohl's, it is a department store like Sears, and they have 80% off their clearance stuff on Wednesdays. I can get Ashley jeans for $1.85 and me dress pants for $5. Lyle said I can't buy thrift store pants anymore, because I don't like to try them on and they are usually too short. About a month ago we took everthing out of the closet to paint it, and we agreed not to put anything back in unless it fit. I lost a lot of pants that day...but so did Lyle. We do have a probation pile in the spareroom closet, but if they don't fit by November, they go too. We have an extremely neat and tidy closet at present, though!
Can you believe that Lyle has agreed to help me do the flylady thing? He is going to have morning and bedtime routines too. Although, he thinks he will do his morning routines when he gets home from work, because he always gets home before me. I really hope it works for us, our house in definitely in C.H.A.O.S. I started yesterday, Rolana, and I got them to send the emails as a digest, so I only get one a day. One big one, but one. And we decided to do the bathroom sink as our sink. I shined it last night, and this morning was the first morning in weeks that I have not woken up to yucky scummy shaving debris in the bottom of the sink. YAY Lyle! Well, I have been yakking forever. Can you tell I am not that busy at work? Yesterday morning I got the IT guy to make me a new email: She-RaDefenderoftheUniverse@royalseal.com. It really works! moshera is my login for everything, so I always think of he man and she ra when I am on the net. Then I called a couple of my clients (ones who appreciate a good joke) and told them I was changing my email address to reflect a change in my personal power. That got them laughing, and I was able to beg for work with a little more dignity than usual. Love you all...
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