weekend life with a teenager

1. my cute little sweaty soccer player after practice on thursday. only 3 other kids showed up being its local fair week + some are on vacation.

2. just made my oldest mac-n-cheese from a box at 10:43pm. the things we do for our kids.

3. ended up doing our garage sale on friday. sold all the big stuff and appliances so we bailed town on saturday.

4. went to my in-laws and took them out to lunch at hacienda. [one out of 4 of their favorite places] went back to their house and took a nap while nana played with kaylee.

5. suppose to go camping but had to bail on the camping part because i do not feel comfortable leaving hamilton home alone over night. [safety issues not partying issues]

6. instead we all went over to a friends cousins brother in laws house to hang out. i LOVE going over there. its all about the fun and nothing else.

7. we ended up leaving by 11:30pm so we could get home at a decent time since its an hour away. then i ended up getting one of those dreaded phone calls that no parent with a teenager wants to get.

8. so all the way home i'm fuming mad and ready to sell hamilton's car, take away his cell phone and make him go everywhere we go.

9. and my car is about out of gas but we made it. lucky for us and for hamilton, he was just a passenger and didn't do anything, at least thats what he claims. [he has not lied to us yet and he's got a clean record on that. i get proof]

10. but since he was with others doing illegal activities they still have to turn it in or something of the sort so now we have to wait to see what happens.

boringtown

1. sweet kaylee writing notes to me, ham and mike. love how she crosses her feet. [ignore the pile of stuff on the table, garage sale stuff]

2. i'm tired.

3. didn't do anything but clean the basement yesterday. i purged, organized and got rid of many boxes. should be working on my craft room right now.

4. i think i hate facebook but have to check the status of everyone i am friends with because i have nothing better to do.

5. surprised mike with a football planter sent to his work. we wrote congratulations on your new job! kaylee added have fun at work!

6. i think we might be in trouble once ham goes to college and gets a taste of FREEDOM! not that he doesn't get to do what he wants now but...

7. at dinner one night this week he exclaimed how boring our city is. might as well be dead is pretty much what he said. sadly, i feel the same.

8. we are not cut out to live in boringtown, indiana. we need excitement, stimulation, the beach, places to hike, city life to enjoy all close by please.

9. lucky ham. he still has a chance to get out!

10. though i am grateful its here rather than a really small town with no target.

the kitchen and some other stuff

click on the pic to make larger to see more details

1. the first 3 are before we moved in and after moving in. the second row is me painting and what it looks like after. and the rest are what it looks like right now.

2. still need to repaint the cabinets by a professional, new countertops, sink + faucet and new floors. just some small remodeling projects.

3. we decided not to add table and chairs by the doors because we love the space and our dining room would never get used.

4. ever feel like your out of it? that was me this morning. before i knew it, it was 10AM and i still had to shower, get kaylee ready and dinner in crockpot before a 11Am birthday party.

5. i didn't have anything to wear and my hair! oh what to do with my hair?!

6. the birthday party was for kaylee's bff's brother. he turns 4 tomorrow. his family ROCKS!

7. after the birthday party our neighbor friend invited kaylee over to play so i took the opportunity and cleaned the basement out some more. making progress.

8. though it makes me depressed seeing all the junk i have bought. in my defense, a lot of the stuff is still left over from the old house. while our current house is bigger i have less shelving here to place stuff.

9. ham and i went and ordered our iphone 4's today. fingers crossed it only takes a week and half to get here and not up to the 3 weeks that they said it could take.

10. tomorrow i am sleeping in.

happy monday!

1. hamilton's self portrait when he was 5 years old.

2. cleaning out the basement trying to get things around for our garage sale on saturday. instead, i went through all of hamilton's school papers and reminisced.

3. he use to love me! he really really did. [i will have to scan a paper he wrote in the 3rd grade, too sweet!] *i know he still loves me*

4. plus, i've been wanting to get some of his artwork around to hang up next to kaylee's. precious reminders that kids do indeed grow up way too fast!

5. i also got my one + only outfit, shoes + books that i brought along with me from korea. thinking of getting a large shadow box to put them in.

6. today mike started his new job. hope its going really well for him. its exciting yet nerve racking.

7. mike has gone without a cell phone since wednesday. i think he felt a little lost and lonely without it.

8. had a headache this morning from lack of sleep. amazing the power of a little aspirin.

9. it helped me get the house cleaned by 9AM. [mike's bringing the rover back at lunch and he might show the house to whoever drives him here]

10. at 11:00 last night, while waiting for ham to return from the fair, decided that i would volunteer to be kaylee's soccer coach since no one else will. wish me luck! [just told kaylee and she's super excited that i will be coach!]

the house we were going to build

1. this was the house we were going to have built. if you look on the floor plans you will see that big pantry i was talking about. *swoon*

2. thursday me + some of the girls met up at a martini bar called stirred for a birthday dinner. it was yummy. wish my pics would of turned out.

3. this weekend has been very relaxing. last night we ordered pizza's and breadsticks and i got to watch pride and prejudice. i never tire of that movie. [my back was aching like hardcore] and today i filled myself up with some aspirin so we went out to lunch at granite city and did a little bit of shopping.

4. bought myself a dress and a cute little jacket. mike got some stuff from the sports shop and kaylee got these cute shoes for school.

5. around 8:30 tonight ham mentions how red the sky looked so we all took a look. it was so pretty yet kinda weird.

6. the other day ham's friends went river rafting ending in our subdivision. two girls wore bikini's. oh to be that skinny again! [that was my status on facebook]

7. got a pool quote and its right where we thought it might be. we wouldn't be getting a pool till next spring if were going to get one. we decided not too at this time.

8. too much going on with hamilton going to college soon and mike has heard there might be big changes coming with health insurance causing no more tax refunds in the near future. i kinda feel duped by the president.

9. i knew he was going to make changes but come on, mike works hard for his money!

10. for the past two days its been nice that ham's been coming home early [like 11-11:30] not tonight though.

she's a smart girl

1. kaylee drew this scavenger hunt for me today. love.love.love!

2. she's been sounding out words and writing tons lately. and doing crossword puzzles found on the kids menu's.

3. she's been sleeping pretty well in her room too. but since her room is so bright she's been waking up around 9AM. last monday- she slept till 11. 10AM is her norm.

4. kitchen is finally clean so i cant take pictures of the new appliances and post before and afters.

5. kaylee's room still needs to be painted [just accessories] and kelly greenish curtains need to be found.

6. i am hosting book club for the month of august. hope i can get my bedroom painted by then. and the rest of the kids bathroom border taken down.

7. called for some pool quotes. wish us luck on summer deals or something.

8. a waiter that knew my friend said that he thought i was no older than 24 years old. [he wasn't just saying that either! it just came up during conversation]

9. mike starts his new job monday. everyone can hate bp because of the oil spill but look it up on google, they are not the only ones. [plus i do donate to some of the causes to help balance everything...in my mind]

10. and i have finally put on a bathing suit twice this year. remember i just bought a new one. this top + matching bottoms. love the top, it enhances my girls but the bottoms, well they enhance alright but not in a good way.

sweet story + loner. or loser. whatever.

same kids from post below, taking them fishing

1. these are from when we had company over 2 fridays ago. sweet story. we had mike's friend, coffy and his wife noel over and we also invited ian, which is coffy's brother and his wife nicole.

2. nicole and noel are best friends since grade school. ian + nicole started dating first, then hooked coffy and noel up after high school. coffy + noel got married before ian and nicole and i think some jealousy issues came up so they were no longer friends but then had to be because they were after all sister in laws which is what they had always dreamed of.

3. they both have the same vehicle but in different colors. and they both have 3 kids.

4. on a different note. is it bad that i told kaylee she has to start sleeping in her room or outside? [even though i wasn't serious, it worked. it worked on my 3 year old niece too. go potty or go home. she went potty]

5. i've been told i have no compassion.

6. maybe thats why i'm such a loner. loner. not loser. though i can be one of those too. i'm ok with it. [my nickname on my high school swim team was loser. its an irony thing]

7. shhh! that big secret having to do with mike is that he got a new job. he starts monday but i don't want to make a big announcement quite yet, till he starts the job.

8. you know that big oil leak thats been mentioned a few times on the news? thats who he's going to work for. he use to work for them before.

9. he got a BIG pay raise and bonuses will be bigger too because of larger pay. holla!

10. has anyone seen the movie hangover? well, we quote the movie often. our favorite line to say to anything is "suck on these chinese nuts!" hand motions and all. [why yes we are that mature thanks for asking]

**sometimes you just got to live a little and be silly.