lazy tuesday

its noon and guess what i have done so far? nothing. absolutely nothing! besides take ham to school and getting kaylee all of her needs, which is alot but still i haven't touched laundry or the bathrooms etc... and its been nice. i did just get done taking a shower so that's a start. it looks nice outside but its freakin' cold. around 42 degrees. a few days last week, it got up in the 70's what gives? i let ham skip school yesterday. this was the first time he has asked me in a long time and i asked him if it will be worth it to miss and he said yes. {they get to pick one final each semester to not take if they don't miss a day of school} i usually let him have a day or two every year to miss. come on- he's a good kid with good grades and sometimes he deserves a day off just like the rest of us! i also went and bought him the wii. mike said we would pay half but i think we will just pay it all since i'm technically taking his laptop that we got him the christmas/birthday (2006) before. it doesn't do justice for his game he likes to play on it. it doesn't show the graphics etc.. so his uncle burk {his dad's side} got him a kick ass computer this year for his birthday. can we say spoiled??? thought, instead of having the laptop sit and rust away i would use it for my photos + photoshop.

here's a project that i started this weekend and hopefully i will be able to finish it soon. or i should say hopefully i will get off my lazy butt and start sewing. i have all the pieces cut out. isn't it cute? i have enough pieces cut out to make 2 of them.found it from stacy julian's blog. you can find the instructions + download it here.

here's a pic of kaylee running in circles around me as i'm trying to take her picture. she thought it was pretty funny to be doing so. i think the pictures turned out great for her moving around. and these are her new kicks. i love these shoes on her!! and we always get compliments on them. in the winter we get her a pair of k-swisses just like mike's. not the same style but the same brand and he loves it.

my parentals surprised me last night with a $100 gift card from pier 1 for my sweet twenty -sixteenth birthday. they know i love that store!. so now i really want to move to the new house and decorate. as i was writing my post yesterday i got an email from our realtor saying that we have 2 people interested in the house. they just don't know if they can qualify for a loan. fingers crossed and prayers said that someone will come with an offer!! ok, i'm off to do something productive.

clearing my mind

i know i shouldn't let this house selling thing get me down but it does. i had high expectations that our house would sell fast and everything would be stress free but it hasn't been. we had a great turnout last weekend for our second open house and everyone that came through commented on how great the house looks etc.. yet no call backs. i don't think i would be as nervous if we haven't already found our dream house. i just hope no one comes and steals it from us!!

i signed mike + i up for the 4 mile race this saturday. i went running yesterday to see if i can make it and to get a feel of 4 miles. as i started out i asked myself why am i doing this for? i felt every pain in my body. i haven't had enough run time to be running in a race. after the first mile things started to get better. i had to remind myself that its just for me- to complete something. i just hope i don't come in last place in my age bracket. how embarrassing would that be?? i know, its all mental on my part. i can do it and it will be fun!! plus, its great exercise and i need all the help i can get to get rid of my "muffin top" ya know, the roll of fat over your jeans or bikini. i only have about a month left before hawaii.

i also thought about taking some classes and maybe become a graphic arts designer but i dont think i have enough artistic talent for that. or to be a professional photographer. i might be better or have more of an artistic eye than lets say mike but not enough to get paid for it. *sigh* i'm one of those people who have big dreams and can talk the talk but no ambition in getting it started. sad huh? its like my mind wants to do something but i have no heart, no determination, no take charge power. i guess i will stick to what i know and thats being a simple girl who says she can do something but actually never proves it.

wants + needs

kaylee + i went out shopping yesterday. needed to find a birthday present for a little one's first birthday but felt like i needed a purse first. a smaller, summer purse. this is my current purse which i love except mine is zipped topped. this is what i carry my camera in and its a load especially when i'm headed out for a quick trip somewhere.

i bought this little purse except the color is more similar to the one below but more white. i really really like it.

i think i need this camera for my smaller, summer purse. isn't it purdy?? its got all the bells and whistles too for a point and shoot camera. i'm on a mission to try and find it as cheaply as i can. i even tried to win a $505 gc from the pioneer women's website so i could get it for "free" but didn't win. i didn't think i would win but it never hurts to try. mike doesn't see a need for another camera though he does see a need for a big flat screen tv or two. go figure. the camera would of been nice to have had friday night with our friends out and it would be handy to have when i don't feel like lugging around the big dog.

happy spring day to me

look what i got in the mail yesterday! i participated in a favorite spring swap hosted by bree at life at 123 house

love the white vases + still trying to find a place for the birds nest. its pretty cool + i know there's a perfect spot for it. the harry + david strawberry chocolates were way yummy! {notice the "were", i ate them last night and just finished them for breakfast.} i also got 3 flower seed packets. i cant wait to move to the new house so i can plant them and watch them grow.

here's what i sent out to my recipient:

lots of note cards, chocolates + flower markers. i made the "family" picture and sent her some goodies for her two little girls too. its alot of fun doing these swaps and i wish i could find more. it does get a little nerve racking because i want to make sure the person receiving the goodies like them just as much as i did.

the weather has been awesome these past few days/week so kaylee and i are off to enjoy it with a little swing set + baseball action.

cute as a bug

kaylee is playing with her dress up clothes at the moment while i'm on the computer looking around. she keeps saying "touches" and i said " i dont know what "touches" are. she then goes to tell me " they're accessories, i said."

100% pure fun

i love it when i am pleasantly busy. after my last blog post, kaylee + left for story time at barnes + noble. i guess they only read one story because we missed it even though we were only a few minutes late. we did get to do craft time and look around. i found a few books that i wouldn't mind taking with me when we leave for vacation for that just in case moment that i do get a chance to read. {have i ever mentioned how high maintenced kaylee is? if i haven't, she's really high maintenced!} afterwards, we ate at the starbucks located in the bookstore. kaylee got a big reese peanut butter cup cookie and i got a panini sandwich. we then headed over to kristi + megan's house for some playtime. found kristi and i have some more things in common besides speaking our minds. we both spell our names the same way, we both like grape kool-aid or pop, we both have the same necklace + we both have food allergies. and her daughter megan is a cutie girl. she's maybe 6 months younger than kaylee. later that night we get a pleasant surprise phone call from the riley's. we haven't seen them since mikes 30th birthday party, i think its been that long. they wanted to know if we wanted to go out with them friday night before cofey, yes that's his first name, has to start working for 32 days straight. i called my female parental since mike's mom works 2nd shift. she said yes, she would watch kaylee for us!! wow! what luck. so we made plans to drop her off and eat at stray dogs. i love that place. not that the food is spectacular or anything, i just like the vibe. kinda reminds me of california + eating near the docks at the marina's. love that feeling!! we stayed there for awhile. i drank 3 red bulls and vodkas. then we headed out for a local bar in laporte since we were on time table. had to pick up kaylee at 11 the latest and we have an hours drive to boot. i had 2 more red bulls + vodka and i was off the charts. mike's cousin jessica's husband was there too. it was much needed fun! we were an hour late in picking up kaylee. yikes! i sent in mike to go and get her since the parentals seem to like him for some reason, oh yeah, they said that he was good for me??? saturday planted some flowers in the pots, had the lawn mowed+ got the house cleaned up for the open house. then i headed over to another friends house for her house warming party. sunday, we left for the open house but drove by twice to see 2 different people going through it. got us all excited and giddy with some excitement- that our house is going to sell feeling. neighbors {the scheidts} said they counted 6-7 cars came for the open house and our realtor left us a note that everyone made comments about how nice the house looked and what a great job we did with it. makes me proud of the work we put into it. now were are just waiting for the call back. for someone to come back and look through the house one more time before putting in an offer. fingers crossed, prayers being said and kaylee yelling outside "come buy my house!" {she learned this from little bear and when he yells and it echos}

wonder women

its 9:35 am my time and this is what i have gotten done since waking up at 6:10am, kinda in order:

1. brush teeth
2. take out real butter from fridge so it will be soft enough to spread on ham's bagel
3. check emails
4. wake up ham
5. clean bathroom- sink + mirror+ toilet {outside}
6. wake up ham
7. clean off hallway mirror
8. wake up ham
9. put away kaylee's clothes
10. make her bed
11. wake up ham
12. check out few blogs
13. make ham bagels + chocolate milk {kaylee now woke up}
14. get her "cock cock" + outside edges of toaster strudel {she wont eat the middle part, my favorite part}
15. kaylee goes pee pee
16. take ham to school
17. breakfast dishes done+ kitchen clean
18. clean inside toilet
19. made ham's bed
20. clean my bedroom+make bed
21. start laundry
22. shower, make-up + dressed
23. swept floors- all of the downstairs. upstairs done yesterday
24. kaylee dressed + hair done
25. brushed teeth again {hate having stinky teeth feeling}
26. put in another load of laundry
27. blogging

this is the most i've done in one morning in a loooonnnnngggg time!!! i wish i could just get into this routine everyday so that my family can make fun of me and call me neurotic like we do my mother in law. hee hee.