Outside! The sun is shining brightly! And I am stuck inside.
As usual, things are nuts around the household.
Tyler is as ornery as ever. He is going through this extreme whiney phase. If something doesn't go his way, or he gets the wrong color of cup, it's like his life is over. He has learned this wondeful trait from his lovely sisters. I am sick and tired of hearing it and normally just ignore it. No really, I take him and look him in the eyes and ask him to explain why he is upset. Then try to help. He got mad at another kid at the sitters, and ripped the kids glasses off. The mom tells Denny that the glasses will cost $125 to fix. And they were brand new in February. Denny brings them home to see if we can fix them. The one earpiece is broke off the frame. It's not fixable. The lady still swears we have to pay $125. Denny took them to the kids eye doctor and walks out after paying $12 for a new ear piece! He said she was the type to take someone for every penny.
Olivia is enjoying every day of kindergarten. She loves Mrs. Fahl and has tons of friends. I cannot believe how far she has come! She is reading completely on her own now! It's amazing. She is still having her meltdowns. But now that it is warming up, and she is able to go outside, things have been more tolerable. Maybe she has the seasonal depression. We still need to contact the counselor her pedi recommended. I think she still has some issues that need worked out. But for the most part, things do seem to be getting better.
Madison It's hard to believe that she is 8 1/2! She is just amazing. She still loves to cuddle with me and sit on my lap, yet is so independent. She is loving school and her teacher Mrs. Mast. She is one of the top students and just keeps on excelling. I am shocked at the things she knows, lol! She is playing soccer this summer, instead of softball. I think soccer has always been her best sport, but we felt it was her decision. So last year she chose softball. And I think she really missed soccer.
Denny hasn't been working near the hours he used to. And THAT is wondeful. Of course, I don't get to see him as much, but we seem to get along better than ever. He is now responsible for getting the kids up, getting them ready for school/sitters, taking Tyler to the sitters and on some days picking Tyler up. He seems to see them more than me now!
I have been really swamped with work. The Vera Bradley sale starts next week and I have been super busy finding workers for it. I get to work it again! YAY! Actually I am volunteering, lol. But hey if that gets me the discount and being able to shop Sunday before it opens, I AM THERE!
Friday, April 24, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Well it's Tuesday
The weeks sure fly by now. Now that I am a working woman again. I really don't think they went this fast when I was working 6 years ago. I know for a FACT they didn't. Somehow time has sped up.
We have all seemed to settle down into a routine now. I think everyone has adjusted to me going back to work. Tyler has had a few bad days. But nothing to major. Denny says he cries sometimes when he drops him off. But when I pick him up, Pat says he did that for like 2 mins and then happily went and played.
When I come home at night, and I see him, I feel so guilty. I get that "oh I should be home with him, I missed so much!" feeling. Then he throws a tantrum and the guilt goes out the window.
Ok seriously, I do miss him. And I do feel slighty guilty. But he is 3. It's not like he is 3 months and I am leaving him. Madison was 6 mons when I went back to work. She turned out just fine. Well maybe.
I think it's just a Mother thing. We feel that we need to be home, yet we need to be at our job. I took off last Wednesday to go with Madison on her field trip. All I could think about was how Jennie was in the office all by herself! I felt horribly guilty for taking a day off. But I think that is partly because this job is so new, I hate to ask for time off. Ok scratch that. It's not because the job is new. I used to feel that way at the dialysis center. And I worked there for 4 years!
Enough rambling. It's Tuesday and we (actually Jennie) has 10 testers coming in here, in about 30 mins. I need to get ready.
Until next time America. :)
We have all seemed to settle down into a routine now. I think everyone has adjusted to me going back to work. Tyler has had a few bad days. But nothing to major. Denny says he cries sometimes when he drops him off. But when I pick him up, Pat says he did that for like 2 mins and then happily went and played.
When I come home at night, and I see him, I feel so guilty. I get that "oh I should be home with him, I missed so much!" feeling. Then he throws a tantrum and the guilt goes out the window.
Ok seriously, I do miss him. And I do feel slighty guilty. But he is 3. It's not like he is 3 months and I am leaving him. Madison was 6 mons when I went back to work. She turned out just fine. Well maybe.
I think it's just a Mother thing. We feel that we need to be home, yet we need to be at our job. I took off last Wednesday to go with Madison on her field trip. All I could think about was how Jennie was in the office all by herself! I felt horribly guilty for taking a day off. But I think that is partly because this job is so new, I hate to ask for time off. Ok scratch that. It's not because the job is new. I used to feel that way at the dialysis center. And I worked there for 4 years!
Enough rambling. It's Tuesday and we (actually Jennie) has 10 testers coming in here, in about 30 mins. I need to get ready.
Until next time America. :)
Monday, March 16, 2009
So Tyler says
"Momma, those sparkles are pretty! What do they eat?" as he looks out the window, up at the stars.
I love that boy.
I love that boy.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Is it sad
that I am bored?
I don't have much to say. But I am bored out of my gourd. Really.
For some strange reason I am having a hard time coming up with something to say. Yes, to those who know me, that is a crazy thing. Me, speechless? :)
I guess I am glad it's Friday. I love my job, but it will be nice to (hopefully) sleep in tomorrow and Sunday.
I don't have much to say. But I am bored out of my gourd. Really.
For some strange reason I am having a hard time coming up with something to say. Yes, to those who know me, that is a crazy thing. Me, speechless? :)
I guess I am glad it's Friday. I love my job, but it will be nice to (hopefully) sleep in tomorrow and Sunday.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Long time
No see! Yes I know it's been forever since I have updated this thing. But I am a working woman again! I have no extra time anymore. Jennie keeps me really busy, lol.
Work has been good. Busy, very busy but I love it. I think this is exactly what I needed. I miss seeing Tyler as much, but we try to make up for it on weekends.
The kids have been doing okay. A wee bit more frustrating, but it's a change for all of us.
They got their Wii last weekend. omg it's so much fun! We only have 2 games, the one that cam with it and Wii Play. I did put Mario Kart and Wii Fit in layaway. A guy from Denny's work let us borrow Mario Kart. I.LOVE.MARIO.KART! We have it for our 64, and for Maddie's DS. So I cannot wait to get it out of layaway! Can you believe that our kids actually SAVED their money for this? Really, they did! We only put about $5o in it.
Working has certainly had it's ups and downs. But it's ok, because I got one of my old best friends back! Jennie and I have been friends since 1994. We live 45mins apart, and would only get to see each other occasionally. Maybe at scrapbooking, or someone's birthday. Now we see each other every day. It's wonderful and I love having her "back" in my life. Plus she makes work fun!
Bad thing is I have slightly "lost" a best friend. She is still one of my best friends, but we don't get to talk like we used too. Michele and I would chat daily about this and that. Well with me working, we don't get to chat. She does call me a couple times a week, on her way to work. We still see each other at scrapbooking once a month. But it's not enough. I miss our daily, long talks. LOL It's so funny...we would talk almost every day, and for at least an hour each time! I guess it's good we can still text, lol.
I HATE NOT LIVING CLOSER TO MY FRIENDS! I love you all!
Work has been good. Busy, very busy but I love it. I think this is exactly what I needed. I miss seeing Tyler as much, but we try to make up for it on weekends.
The kids have been doing okay. A wee bit more frustrating, but it's a change for all of us.
They got their Wii last weekend. omg it's so much fun! We only have 2 games, the one that cam with it and Wii Play. I did put Mario Kart and Wii Fit in layaway. A guy from Denny's work let us borrow Mario Kart. I.LOVE.MARIO.KART! We have it for our 64, and for Maddie's DS. So I cannot wait to get it out of layaway! Can you believe that our kids actually SAVED their money for this? Really, they did! We only put about $5o in it.
Working has certainly had it's ups and downs. But it's ok, because I got one of my old best friends back! Jennie and I have been friends since 1994. We live 45mins apart, and would only get to see each other occasionally. Maybe at scrapbooking, or someone's birthday. Now we see each other every day. It's wonderful and I love having her "back" in my life. Plus she makes work fun!
Bad thing is I have slightly "lost" a best friend. She is still one of my best friends, but we don't get to talk like we used too. Michele and I would chat daily about this and that. Well with me working, we don't get to chat. She does call me a couple times a week, on her way to work. We still see each other at scrapbooking once a month. But it's not enough. I miss our daily, long talks. LOL It's so funny...we would talk almost every day, and for at least an hour each time! I guess it's good we can still text, lol.
I HATE NOT LIVING CLOSER TO MY FRIENDS! I love you all!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
I changed my background
To VW bugs...lol
I really want a yellow bug, with flower cutouts on my tail lights. So every time my kids see a bug, they yell "MOOOOOM! It's your car! Only it's (insert color here)!!!!! It's really cute and they love doing it.
I start my first full time week tomorrow. I am so ready. The money is going to be soooo nice. I am a bit worried about the time away from the kids. I have to be at work at 8, so that means I need to leave at 7:30 if not sooner. The kids normally get up at 7:30. So I have been getting them up 15mins early, just to see them. Mondays and Tuesdays, I get off at 3, so I will see them more. But Wed-Fri I won't get off till 5, not getting home till 5:30, doesn't leave much time for us time. I hate to not keep the job, because I really need it for my sanity. lol But if it takes too much time away from my kids (as much as I want away from them) it's not worth it. I don't want to be the parent they only see a hour or so a night.
I know I am thinking way to much into this. I suppose it's just working again jitters.
Our Christmas was good. The kids were totally shocked that Santa left gifts. There had been 7,925 calls to Santa to let him know the kids had been bad. Heck even on Christmas Eve, we gave him a call. The loved opening the gifts and seeing it all. The expressions were priceless. Mom and Dad even had gifts from Santa! He even filled our stockings (that NEVER happens).
The kids had stayed with Mom and Dad Sunday till Tuesday, because I had to work. She let them go through her gift stash and each pick out something for us. They even wrapped everything! Denny got a Jeff Gordon bear from Tyler, a Jeff Gordon sweatshirt from Olivia and a Jeff Gordon mug from Madison.
I got a neat Christmas towel from Tyler, scrapbook paper from Maddy and a wonderful smelling candle from Olivia.
It was the best.
We went to Mom and Dad's later that day. The kids had fun opening lots more gifts. Jon and Becky were there too. Unfortunately, Michael was with his Mom. We probably won't get to see him until March.
Friday night we got together with Linda, Mike, Christa, Tim, Devon, Jeanne, Gary, GG, Emily, Issac, Noah, Billy, Kylie, Chase, Zach and Blake. It was oh so much fun (note the sarcasm). All the kids, except ours and Devon, were awful. We didn't leave quick enough. We went to Christa's afterwards and exchanged gifts. The kids were even more excited that they got MORE gifts!
Saturday, we got together with all of Linda's brothers and sisters, and all their kids...etc. It's always a huge gathering and I like to go. Denny's family is great, and I love seeing everyone.
Our New Year celebration consisted of Tyler going to bed at 10:30, Olivia falling asleep on the chair around 11, me taking her to bed, Madison staying up till midnight, me falling alseep around 11:45, Olivia coming downstairs at 11:50, me waking up at 11:59, seeing the ball drop, kissing Denny and the girls and to bed I went. Oh what fun. lol
We didn't go anywhere because Denny was working on my truck. We bought it knowing some gasket needed replaced. We decided to save a few bucks and have Denny change it. He has done them before, no problem. After he got it all back together, it began to make a ticking noise. He took it to Corey's (our mechanic that fixes the things Denny can't or won't or what he broke) on Friday and we got the bad news.
Denny put the long rod in the short rod's hole. Therefore causing the valve to break. So currently my truck is sitting in Corey's garage, torn apart. They said we may get it back the earliest Tuesday, latest Wednesday. The $500 we were saving by having Denny doing it, we now have to spend. Story of my life.
So I am driving Mom's van again...which I am eternally grateful for.
We had our last Christmas gathering on Saturday. This was with Linda and Mike (yes for the third time) and all Mike's kids. It was nice seeing Trish & Shane, Amy, Miranda, Art & Mackenzie, Perry & Dee. Mackenzie is so big...she is almost 7 mons old and so cute. Miranda is such a laid back first time Mom. I love it! I have never seen someone so relaxed with their first baby. We would of stayed longer, but Tyler didn't get a nap and was being awful.
I GOT A NEW PHONE! Yuppers I sure did. I got a Blackberry. A PINK blackberry. It's so wonderful. I can surf the web anywhere! I feel so special, lol. It's pretty cool!
So that's the update for now. My goal is to update AT LEAST once a week...lol. We will see if that happens.
I really want a yellow bug, with flower cutouts on my tail lights. So every time my kids see a bug, they yell "MOOOOOM! It's your car! Only it's (insert color here)!!!!! It's really cute and they love doing it.
I start my first full time week tomorrow. I am so ready. The money is going to be soooo nice. I am a bit worried about the time away from the kids. I have to be at work at 8, so that means I need to leave at 7:30 if not sooner. The kids normally get up at 7:30. So I have been getting them up 15mins early, just to see them. Mondays and Tuesdays, I get off at 3, so I will see them more. But Wed-Fri I won't get off till 5, not getting home till 5:30, doesn't leave much time for us time. I hate to not keep the job, because I really need it for my sanity. lol But if it takes too much time away from my kids (as much as I want away from them) it's not worth it. I don't want to be the parent they only see a hour or so a night.
I know I am thinking way to much into this. I suppose it's just working again jitters.
Our Christmas was good. The kids were totally shocked that Santa left gifts. There had been 7,925 calls to Santa to let him know the kids had been bad. Heck even on Christmas Eve, we gave him a call. The loved opening the gifts and seeing it all. The expressions were priceless. Mom and Dad even had gifts from Santa! He even filled our stockings (that NEVER happens).
The kids had stayed with Mom and Dad Sunday till Tuesday, because I had to work. She let them go through her gift stash and each pick out something for us. They even wrapped everything! Denny got a Jeff Gordon bear from Tyler, a Jeff Gordon sweatshirt from Olivia and a Jeff Gordon mug from Madison.
I got a neat Christmas towel from Tyler, scrapbook paper from Maddy and a wonderful smelling candle from Olivia.
It was the best.
We went to Mom and Dad's later that day. The kids had fun opening lots more gifts. Jon and Becky were there too. Unfortunately, Michael was with his Mom. We probably won't get to see him until March.
Friday night we got together with Linda, Mike, Christa, Tim, Devon, Jeanne, Gary, GG, Emily, Issac, Noah, Billy, Kylie, Chase, Zach and Blake. It was oh so much fun (note the sarcasm). All the kids, except ours and Devon, were awful. We didn't leave quick enough. We went to Christa's afterwards and exchanged gifts. The kids were even more excited that they got MORE gifts!
Saturday, we got together with all of Linda's brothers and sisters, and all their kids...etc. It's always a huge gathering and I like to go. Denny's family is great, and I love seeing everyone.
Our New Year celebration consisted of Tyler going to bed at 10:30, Olivia falling asleep on the chair around 11, me taking her to bed, Madison staying up till midnight, me falling alseep around 11:45, Olivia coming downstairs at 11:50, me waking up at 11:59, seeing the ball drop, kissing Denny and the girls and to bed I went. Oh what fun. lol
We didn't go anywhere because Denny was working on my truck. We bought it knowing some gasket needed replaced. We decided to save a few bucks and have Denny change it. He has done them before, no problem. After he got it all back together, it began to make a ticking noise. He took it to Corey's (our mechanic that fixes the things Denny can't or won't or what he broke) on Friday and we got the bad news.
Denny put the long rod in the short rod's hole. Therefore causing the valve to break. So currently my truck is sitting in Corey's garage, torn apart. They said we may get it back the earliest Tuesday, latest Wednesday. The $500 we were saving by having Denny doing it, we now have to spend. Story of my life.
So I am driving Mom's van again...which I am eternally grateful for.
We had our last Christmas gathering on Saturday. This was with Linda and Mike (yes for the third time) and all Mike's kids. It was nice seeing Trish & Shane, Amy, Miranda, Art & Mackenzie, Perry & Dee. Mackenzie is so big...she is almost 7 mons old and so cute. Miranda is such a laid back first time Mom. I love it! I have never seen someone so relaxed with their first baby. We would of stayed longer, but Tyler didn't get a nap and was being awful.
I GOT A NEW PHONE! Yuppers I sure did. I got a Blackberry. A PINK blackberry. It's so wonderful. I can surf the web anywhere! I feel so special, lol. It's pretty cool!
So that's the update for now. My goal is to update AT LEAST once a week...lol. We will see if that happens.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
I just realized
I HAVE 2 FOLLOWERS! O M G
I feel so special! Thank you, you 2 followers. I appreciate it!
I will admit, I don't "follow" anyones blog. I read A LOT, but don't subscribe and follow them. You should see my blog favorites list. Waaaaaay too long. I have found a bunch more to add to my sidebar as well. Just need to update it.
Work is good. Very very busy, but good. I will officially go full time Jan 5th. We can really use the money, and then I will be eligible for health insurance. We have it now, but through my new job it will only be like $60/week. We pay over $600/month now. Which is down from the $1000+ we paid last year! Working for a small company like Denny does, really has some disadvantages.
So not only will I be bringing in a steady paycheck, we will also have the extra money from not taking the ins. at his work! What will we do?
FINALLY GET CAUGHT UP ON BILLS that is for sure.
Did I mention we got a new vehicle? A 2002 Buick Rendezvous. It's blue and so pretty. I LOVE driving it. Not a lot of room in it. I am used to my mini van, where we had TONS of room. But the price was right, so we can't complain.
I am going to get my hair done tonight. Color and cut. It needs some highlights. We did chocolate, blond and red last time. The red faded out too quickly. So I think we are going to go back to just blond and chocolate. I love Tonya. She is the best. That's the gal who cuts my hair btw. She is fabulous. I can trust her to make me look gorgeous. ;)
I feel so special! Thank you, you 2 followers. I appreciate it!
I will admit, I don't "follow" anyones blog. I read A LOT, but don't subscribe and follow them. You should see my blog favorites list. Waaaaaay too long. I have found a bunch more to add to my sidebar as well. Just need to update it.
Work is good. Very very busy, but good. I will officially go full time Jan 5th. We can really use the money, and then I will be eligible for health insurance. We have it now, but through my new job it will only be like $60/week. We pay over $600/month now. Which is down from the $1000+ we paid last year! Working for a small company like Denny does, really has some disadvantages.
So not only will I be bringing in a steady paycheck, we will also have the extra money from not taking the ins. at his work! What will we do?
FINALLY GET CAUGHT UP ON BILLS that is for sure.
Did I mention we got a new vehicle? A 2002 Buick Rendezvous. It's blue and so pretty. I LOVE driving it. Not a lot of room in it. I am used to my mini van, where we had TONS of room. But the price was right, so we can't complain.
I am going to get my hair done tonight. Color and cut. It needs some highlights. We did chocolate, blond and red last time. The red faded out too quickly. So I think we are going to go back to just blond and chocolate. I love Tonya. She is the best. That's the gal who cuts my hair btw. She is fabulous. I can trust her to make me look gorgeous. ;)
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