***phew***

via pinterest

1. this is what i try to tell mike on many occasions. [i just print it out and hang it where he can see it]

2. been a very busy week. so busy that my laundry + blog has been neglected.

3. tuesday after dance class, kaylee + i picked up chinese food for dinner and watched tangled.

4. wednesday i took my 8 year old niece and kaylee to get their nails done and to a local restaurant to celebrate my nieces birthday and because kaylee got a super report card. [my niece asks to do this every year]

5. tonight i had a quiet house for a bit till my sister and other niece showed up.

6. kaylee cried big tears last night. her dad has been out of town. all of last week and spur of the moment this week.

7. i finally started walking. got 2.6 miles in before kaylee came home from school.

8. another year and my parents and both brothers with their families are going down to florida for spring break. [my sister and i have not yet been invited]

9. one more day before spring break. 9 days of sleeping in and i plan on taking full advantage of it.

10. did i tell you i named our pizza for the pizza challenge? its called "can you beat our meat?" since it is double the meat toppings...

ready for some changes

hawaii 2008

1. this will be my view in a few months. i can not wait!

2. after clearing it with mike's boss, we booked flight and hotel yesterday.

3. and after spending time with mom tonight, i could use a vacation and a drink!

4. i'm super jealous of those who has a great relationship with their moms.

5. leaving monday night dinner, i felt frustrated, stupid, worthless and hurt- everything i felt growing up.

6. i know this is why i have social awkwardness.

7. my friend jen and two of her kids came over for lunch, couponing and meal planning though not a lot got done. too much talking!

8. her daughter gave alex, kaylee's american girl doll, a haircut.

9. i told kaylee once she got home from school. she cried a few tears then was over it. [its really not that bad but still]

10. took ham's driving at night privileges away for being irresponsible on curfew over the weekend. that's when he told me he's counting down the days till he goes to college. boy am i feeling the L.O.V.E today.

this week

better photo of her dress

1. no other damage has been done to the house.

2. while "massaging" ham's feet to wake him up, i told him i don't wash my hands before i make his breakfast. i got a funny grin from that.

3. i haven't been sleeping well. so i'm grumpy and have headaches.

4. the kids have been really annoying too.

5. went to the doctor for a recurring rash on my neck. left with blood work done. weird.

6. blood work is fine. [she was looking for copper?] but i have iron deficiency/anemia. she's putting me on prescription iron pills. hope it gives me the energy i've been seriously slacking lately. [lately? try whole life!]

7. made me sad when i said i have no family health history [adopted]. so i've decided to become the health history for my kids.

8. mike comes home from canada today. he told kaylee they would make a tent in the basement and sleep in it. she's so excited!

9. last night she told me she's starting to forget what daddy looks like [drama queen]. i told her do you know what an egg looks like. she said yes. i said that's daddy's head.

10. finally got my dad to help me with checking into the timeshare for hawaii. of course its super cheap for us to stay there- $250 for a week. of course there isn't any good places left.

what's in store for the house wednesday?

1. this was my house on monday courtesy jack attack! he did not put that black shelf like that, i did.

2. and this was this morning courtesy ME. i'm moving furniture around and was sweeping floors when my scentsy warmer spilled all over the floor.

3. after a few choice words, i decided to leave it to attend a stepping down party from our playgroup leader.

4. when i came home i scrapped what i could then used the old towel, hot iron method and it came up pretty easily. just a slight stain is left. i don't think mike will even notice. him being colored blind is a major help.

5. did you see this strawberry party idea via one charming party?

6. yep! same idea as mine here, here, here and here. [i'm not saying they stole my idea, just saying that i must be a rad party planner!]

7. my nerd herd likes their name. i've been dubbed nerd terd.

8. the nikon AF-S Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX lens is what i'm debating on getting. its made for the d40x and its cheap. [as far as lenses go]

9. an old friend stopped by today, it was great seeing her again. we talked about how our 2003 family trip to florida was the best trip ever.

10. and i think i might have made a new friend. she works for my parents and she's coming over monday so we can menu plan and grocery list.

mondays + ungreatful teenagers do not mix

her eyes are super big because they gave her her own dish of chocolate ice cream with a candle on it.

1. today has been a weird day. i woke up super tired and couldn't keep my eyes open. so i took a nap till 10.

2. got a phone call from mom about my sister. YIKES! mess is all i can say

3. so then i went baby gift shopping and decided to ask fed-ex in office max if they will ship 4 tires to canada- NOPE!

4. so i drove to the other side of town to UPS since i couldn't find a fed-ex. of course, UPS didn't have any shrink wrap tape thing so i went back to the other side of town and went to staples to buy shrink wrap tape thing.

5. i did use my brain for once and asked UPS in staples if they could ship 4 tires to canada. they said YES! so after shrinking wrapping 4 tires, they got shipped and for much less than what fed-ex had quoted me! [everyone got to see my bright orange undies while at it]

6. ham came home and asked if the tires got shipped out. i told him yes thinking he would be happy and greatful. he was till i told him i shrinked wrapped taped them.

7. he said i should of used boxes. thats when i told him he should of done this himself then. he then asked me where he was going to get boxes. i asked him where am i going to get boxes?

8. he then storms off and slams his door.

9. i told him he needs to apologize to me and till that happens, the money he got for selling the tires is mine and so are the keys to his car.

10. it took him a bit but he apologized. he didn't even ask for his keys so i know it was legit. before leaving for monday night dinner, i gave them back. i do want to set an example on how to forgive.

short weekend recap

boy do i know that face and arms folded over all too well!

1. i'm not sure what's being said here but obviously its not what she wanted to hear.

2. kaylee is wearing her new kayce hughes dress and i curled her hair with hot rollers before going out to dinner. [they are sold out of her dress]

3. i will get a better photo of her in that dress some other time. [the color looks awesome on her!]

4. ruth chris did not disappoint us- dinner was so fabulous that i told mike, i would stop eating out to those other places if we would go there a few times a year.

5. today we went clothes shopping for mike. he needed some new pants for when he heads off to canada.

6. i love it when my whole family is home and safe and its thunder storming.

7. the pizza challenge went really well on friday. none of the 3 guys could finish it so it was a win for us!

8. though the local dj's were very full from a whole weeks worth of food challenges.

9. i came up with a name for the pizza challenge and for the pie but can't reveal it till it gets approved.

10. i am tired but waiting for laundry to dry. this is the sucky part about being a homemaker!

more random ramblings- that should of been my new blog title!

on our way home from mike's birthday dinner

1. i tried my hardest to get a few photos of ham but he wouldn't let me.

2. sweet kaylee snuck this one for me. we had to silence the phone or he would of deleted it.

3. i really need to get my nikon out more but really want a new lens for it.

4. mike said to go ahead and get a new lens + the panasonic lumix since my day of birth is coming up.

5. i don't know which lens though i'm getting closer. and right now i feel like being a tightwad.

6. i weighed myself this morning without my 2lb towel and i gained a pound in two weeks! i just want to tuck in my shirts! is that too much to ask?

7. i made steak tips with peppered mushroom gravy for dinner. i didn't have any but kaylee loved it and mike said it tasted like it came from a restaurant.

8. for my vegetarian friend- hi wendy! i thought it could be made without the beef + beef broth. use veggie broth, add more mushrooms and maybe some steamed broccoli. the gravy is that good!

9. i also got my restored photo of my grandparents back from phojoe. they did an awesome job! now i just need to get it canvased!

10. and the same friend from #8 sent me this delicious link. my molars started to ache when i was reading it. i would still add a big ass cookie on top though.