Website

Ok really... I am working on the website for my digital scrapbooking business! I swear! LOL I just dont want to put it online until I like what I see.. so far, no good. But I do work on it, daily! LOL

School

So Tuesday is late start. Not only is it late start tomorrow, its also early dismissal because it is the "make up" conference day. So I get to bring Caitlin to school at 9am, and pick her up at 12:15. What kind of crap is that?? Its not MY fault that school was canceled Thursday (original early dismissal day) and Friday! Hopefully they will use their "make up day" on Friday the 23rd, or she will have the 22nd thru April 2nd.

My 15 mins

If you are a devoted reader of my blog, you know that I love FlyLady


She always talks about what you can do in 15 minutes. I recently started reading my book when I am waiting to pick up Caitlin from school. I always get there early, and get easily bored. So, two weeks ago I started to read my book! Ive had this book for a couple of years now, so I ended up starting from the beginning. I am proud of myself for sticking to my reading!


Don't tell anybody, but I actually miss my 15 minutes of reading time on the weekends when I do not pick her up from school!

I am.

I am...

a wife
a mother
a stay at home mom
a housewife


I am not...

a maid
a strong person

No Refunds or Exchanges

Its official. The kids paid for me. I now belong to them. They will be stuck with me forever & ever.

New Car

I got a new car last Friday! Its a 99 ford tarus. Ive always thought of them being an ugly car. I still think they are ugly. LOL But I love my car so far! The inside is so nice and clean, you can see all of the buttons cuz they are not worn off!

Wild West Day

Today is wild west day at school. This is what I threw together in a matter of one shopping trip, seven dollars, and an hour...

walmart

Ok so I shop at walmart. WHY?? ok cuz they sell shiat for cheep. But good gawd they are starting to really piss me off. Every time I decided that I *LIKE* something, they quit carrying it. This time, its my English muffins. I fell in love with the 12 grain muffins. They were my breakfast, little bit of butter, little bit of strawberry jelly... MmmM YUM!

Grrr @ walmart

Previous items they stopped carrying:

1) soft cat food. it came in a jug. it was soft. deja did not puke as much while on this food

2) anti frizz stuff. I don't even remember the name of it anymore, but I just know, it was the best stuff and actually worked in my hair...

3) the mopping pads for the mr clean magic wand

4) any thing & everything else I decided to like

Van

Bye bye van. It was good to drive you for the last couple of years. You served us well when we needed you. Hope you enjoy your new owner...

Walmart

So... we have these self check outs at our Walmart. I tend to use these when I shop with hubby's debit card to skip the part where they ask who I am and why I am using Tony's card.

Today there was no waiting on the lane I went to. So I put my stuff on the thing, rang it up and bagged it. I went to pay, and used the debit card. It asks if you want cash back, no thank you. So I take my receipt, and notice that there is a stack of twenties in the "your cash is dispensed here" place. I look around... I grab it... put it in my pocket and left. What would you do? I mean... I feel really bad for the person who did not grab their cash, but I didn't see anyone even near that lane when I got there. During the time it took me to bag and load up my stuff, no one came to see if they had left it. What was I supposed to do? Take it to the customer service so they could MAYBE find out who it belonged to? What if I accidental DID hit the "cash back" option?

So really... what would you do?

Oh and I counted it when I got out to the car, $80.

Burr

It is still very cold outside! But it looks like its going to be warming up! I can not wait! I do not like getting all bundled up to take the dog for a walk, and having to CARRY him back because he is too cold to walk, and he acts as if it is painful on his tiny bare feet :(


Tomorrow is Friday. I am happy, its been a very long week for some reason.

Theres a "Kids" Carnival at the mall this Sunday from 1 - 4.. hmm..

New Job

Hubby started his new job yesterday! So far he likes it! Wonder how he liked his drive to work this morning with the freshly fallen snow! We have a couple of inches and it is still falling!

Good thing today is late start. My snow brush is in hubby's car!

MmMm menu says tonight is chili. Perfect for the weather since its still below zero outside!

Caitlin has music & PE today, so I wonder what song she will come home singing today! Last time it was "London Bridge" .. No not by Fergie.

Flylady says today we are in the kitchen! Good thing too, its a bit of a mess and could use a good decluttering. I have to find a home for my sewing machine when I am not using it. The craft room would be a great place for it I guess! Maybe since hubby will be home tonight, I will venture out there for the third time since we've moved in. Actually, its been more then three times, but less then ten.

She is a MONSTER.

Thats all i have to say.

Routines

Every morning, at the same time, this lady in this little red car, runs the same stop sign. I guess that would be a routine right? I wish I could do something with the same consisty as this lady. Maybe not by running stop signs, but by keeping up with my daily routines!


Also, I have a new phobia. Trains. I go the same way every morning to take Caitlin to school because it is less busy then the way that has an over pass over the train yard. This makes it so I have to cross a railroad. I fear that the cross bars, and flashing lights will not alert me to an oncoming train. I know they go pretty slow across this road, but still.

Calender

So... some time last week when I took Caitlin to school, I left Zoe home with Tony. Tony was in bed sleeping, and usually Zoe is fine on the couch watching Dora for the 7 minutes that I am gone. She wasn't so good one day. She scribbled ALL OVER my desk top calender! My pooooor calendar! lol I had to make a new February page so I could READ it later!!! Now that Its almost February, I see my nice neat organized calender page. I hope it stays so neat with no scribbles!!!

Sunday

I'm not really sure what happened today. I remember being woke up by Caitlin " Mom, I am hungry, would you get up and make me breakfast?"

I remember getting up to get both Caitlin & Zoe breakfast, then I took a snooze on the couch. I got woke up to Caitlin saying "Mom it is 9, 3, 0" She can not tell time yet, but that's what the cable box said, so that's what she told me. LOL Then I got woke up by her telling me "Mom its 1, 0, 5, 8" oh... OK. OMG. lol Hey its lunch time... So I made lunch.

I went to dollar tree for more paint brushes and a paint tray, which they were out of. So I visited Family Dollar. I found bigger tension curtain rods, some MR CLEAN MAGIC REACH MOPPING PADS!, and a paint tray.

So when I got home I painted the bottom half of the wall that I was unable to do the other night. I had a cat down there that was being overly friendly and kept rubbing up against the wall. I didn't want a white cat, and a hairy wall.

Then, I talked to hubby for a few mins, got the kids ready for Gma to take them to the movies. They saw "Charlotte's Web". Then I went to Menard's to get paint for our bedroom. I also found a vent cover that is not as flimsy as the one that's up there. The cats managed to bust into the cold air return in our room, so there is a dresser there, and that's where I want the bed to be!

After I got home, hubby was still playing his game, so I snoozed some more on the couch. While I was TRYING to snooze, the kids came home.

I woke up and hubby was gone! I went upstairs to go to the bathroom, and he was snoozing! hehe

I guess today was Snooze Day.

Refills

Ok so you buy a product that requires a refile now and then. You would expect to be able to buy these refills at the store that you purchased this item. So, why can I not find these refills? I have previously complained about this product. It is the Mr. Clean magic reach. I can not find the mopping refills. I can find the bathroom scrubbing pads though. I guess I will be off today to find them at either Kmart, or maybe Shopko.

Today is one of those days that I understand why some creatures eat their young. ARGH!

I didnt get all of my tasks done downstairs last night. First, I could not get the two sided tape to stick to the windows. Second, my curtain rods are too short by like an inch. One silly little inch. So I did an anger filled cleaning of the rest of my house.

Ok..

So everyone has a "pet supply" cupboard right? lol

So life is going good, my husband got the job at Winnebago, the four of us have health insurance for next month, that's a WONDERFUL thing, other then the benefits of having it, but my medications would run us about $300+ a month. That's a lot. We also were able to get food stamps for the rest of January, and February. After that, we are done! Hooray! I love the feeling of getting OFF of public assistance.

I love the dollar spot at Target. I have been wanting to get the kids some more "kid" dishes and silverware for a while. They disappear.. into thin air.. *POOF* gone. So they had plates, silverware, bowls, and cups. I loaded up. I got 8 plates total, four bowls, 8 silverware, and two glasses (they only had one style of glasses). Also while at Target, I came across some dog coats that were on clearance for 75% off. So I grabbed two. One little rain coat, and corduroy one. I got home and what do you know? THEY DIDN'T FIT. I have a tiny ass dog... I usually have NO problems getting him the x small. These were TOO SMALL. If the don't fit MY dog, what dog will they fit??? LOL

Well, we only need one more W2. And of course, its the smallest, its under $200 dollars. We got the rest, even the one I thought we would never get. Some were even forwarded. I thought they did not forward those things? Oh well... we got the ones that were.

I am almost finished with MY part of the basement remodel. Just one more coat of paint, wash the windows w/ cleaner, put plastic up (its a bit drafty down there) and the curtains. I think I should be able to finish that tonight! I hope! Because now that is done, I can work on decorating Finally! I think I am going to make it a beach theme. Not no cheesy beach, but nice and luxurious place to go to bed or just meditate. We have one wall thats kind of weird, So I am thinking I might just paint a real beach ... Yes that might be cheesy, but do you have a beach in YOUR bedroom? Is your bedroom YOUR castle? Ours will be... LOL

Blogger

I tried to blog yesterday, but the sign in was funny and didn't allow me to sign in. And of course I totally forgot what the heck I was going to blog about!!

I had a dream last night that when I got up, there was a light dusting of snow on everything. LOL This morning, when I really got up, there was SNOW; a light dusting on everything. Weird.

I had two errands to run this morning after I took Caitlin to school. Before I could bring her to school, I had to put some gas in my van. The gas light had been on for a few days... oops. Since I was there, I figured I would treat my self to a cappichino. I normally get the Carmel Charger, but of course, they were out so I got the Vanilla Charger. Mmm still yummy Oh.. Back to errands. I dropped Caitlin off at school, then headed to the bank to find out they do not open the drive thru until 8:30am. It was only 8:22am when I pulled thru, so I figured I would go run my other errand; to pay the water & trash bill before they disconnect me some time after 11am. I went to the Water company building on Elm. I walked thru the front door, didn't see any signs or anything, and the second inside door was locked. Then I looked at the disconnect notice and realized the address was different from the one I was at. A guy was coming to work, so I asked him if this was the place that I pay my bill, of course, he told me no. I had to go to City Hall to pay it. That made me a bit nervous, because I had only been there once before, and I was giving them a check knowing there is no money in the account, and I signed it (I'm not on the account). They didn't give me any trouble about giving them the check. WHEW. So after that, I went to the bank drivethru & they were now open.

longest paragraph EVA

House

Ok, I love this cute little house, but there are also some things I do not like. First, WHYYY would you put CARPET at the front door... Didn't they think about SNOW or water from RAIN? We do live in Iowa, so these things happen on a frequent basis. Carpet gets wet, then the carpet pad gets wet, then whatever is UNDER the carpet pad gets wet. No good. Not only do I hate stepping in puddles left from snow & water soaked shoes that don't seem to stay on the rugs, but I hate it more when I have socks on, with bare feet it doesn't bother me as much.

Second, why would you use those nasty peel n stick tiles? They are crappy, there are little spaces between them that dirt and goo gets stuck in, and they MOVE. Yes, they move. And they come unstuck. I would rather have lino through out the kitchen and back stairs then them.

Third, why would you cover up a doorway that goes from the kitchen into the entry way by the front door. Why would you leave the back side looking like a door, but the front side a nice finished wall? That is just silly.

Fourth, why would you put two layers of lino in the bedrooms? Yes, I said bedrooms. WTF is that shiat?? Did you know that years ago they would use a tar like substance to get the lino to stick? Yeah. I get to scrape that off the floor. The nice hardwood floor. It needs to be refinished, but for the most part, its in good shape.

Fifth, whats with the unlevel basement floor? why is a section about five feet by seven feet two inches higher then the rest of the floor??

Sixth, outside between the house and the garage door, the "patio" is so uneven and crumbling in some spots, and obviously patched in others. This makes for difficult shoveling and a nice place for ice & leaves to accumulate.

Ok but I really do like our house. Our home. Really.. .I do