Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Inspiration

OK! I was catching up on Rachel and Calie's blogs and you guys inspired me to write! Rachel, i love your "new" (new to me, alright???) blog heading- all your awesome projects - and your funny you tube inserts. I can't believe all the canning you've been doing, and that your freezer is so clean! Mine's a disaster, mostly because the kids have been getting popsicles out by themselves all summer! Luckily, most of my canning will be in jars, so I won't have to clean out my freezer.
Calie, when you finish your house, will you come to mine? I desperately need to dejunk and am hoping to do it after I finish canning. So, keep me up on how you are doing to inspire me, OK? Well, the kids are all coming down now, so I'll finish this later!

Ciao ragazze!

Friday, July 17, 2009

Messes

Can I just say, I HATE MESSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We spent all morning cleaning the house, then I step out to do the shopping for the scout 50 miler this next week, and come home to a disaster! Watermelon all over the table, chairs, floor, toys strewn across all the floors, papers everywhere, notebooks, pencils, playdoh... How do five kids make such a mess, when they were supposedly watching movies while I was gone? (They really were watching movies, they had two going plus the computer when I got home.)

Erin had left out the mop water, so Rhi had "mopped" the bathroom floor ( and part of the bedroom carpet). Rhi was on her 3rd set of clothes for the day (one got "dirty", the other wet)- ERin also hadn't finished her vacuuming (since I wasn't here to prod)- Branden was throwing a fit cuz he couldn't play Wii- Jeff was frantically trying to pack the last of their supplies for the camping trip that he needed to have at the church by six, need I go on?

What a night! Now, Jeff is back at work, the kids are all in bed, and it is finally quiet. (Almost anyway, the washer and dryer are still going.) Do you ever wonder just what exactly you signed yourself up for? I'm throwing that out into the void tonight.

Can I just say, I HATE MESSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We spent all morning cleaning the house, then I step out to do the shopping for the scout 50 miler this next week, and come home to a disaster! Watermelon all over the table, chairs, floor, toys strewn across all the floors, papers everywhere, notebooks, pencils, playdoh... How do five kids make such a mess, when they were supposedly watching movies while I was gone? (They really were watching movies, they had two going plus the computer when I got home.)

Erin had left out the mop water, so Rhi had "mopped" the bathroom floor ( and part of the bedroom carpet). Rhi was on her 3rd set of clothes for the day (one got "dirty", the other wet)- ERin also hadn't finished her vacuuming (since I wasn't here to prod)- Branden was throwing a fit cuz he couldn't play Wii- Jeff was frantically trying to pack the last of their supplies for the camping trip that he needed to have at the church by six, need I go on?

What a night! Now, Jeff is back at work, the kids are all in bed, and it is finally quiet. (Almost anyway, the washer and dryer are still going.) Do you ever wonder just what exactly you signed yourself up for? I'm throwing that out into the void tonight.

That's what my post looks like in webdings. I like it! It looks like cartoon swearing! That makes me feel better. Now I can go to bed happy. Goodnight!

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Late nights

I just finished baking 9 dozen cookies for our family reunion tomorrow..oops, today! Now I get to find the suitcases, pack, load the car, and maybe get a few hours of sleep. Who knows, maybe Jeff will get home before it's time to leave???
I'll play catch up when we get back, but I have to say... I had the most awesome ( yes, I said AWESOME!) time at our retreat. Lots of fun, some scrappin', lots of talking, some sleep, tons of laughter, good music (the 80's rocks!), movies, etc. I love you guys, thanks for a wonderful weekend!!!
Rachel--thanks for coming up for the 4th, I know it was hard, but we sure had fun with your family. (After you left, Rhi climbed up in my lap and said," Mom, I want Jentry! We see Jentry?")

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Hello, I'm writing! O.K. you can pick yourself up off the floor now. Its midnight, I should be in bed or packing for our trip in one day, but instead, I'm trying to type. I think it took me 10 minutes to write that last sentence. Of course, it would help if I could see the keys, but my eyes are all blurry from lack of sleep.
So, I don't have much to say, I just read Rachel's and Calie's blogs and thought may be I should start mine. I guess I'll have to finish later, I'm too zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!