Saturday Saturday Saturday

We just never stop it seems. Today we are cleaning out more clutter- listing items on cheapcycle (if you haven't joined up there's a link here on my blog) I have some ebay auctions finishing up.
We're cleaning out the garage and hoping to go swimming later this evening. I think we've finally convinced Connor to let go of the Rescue Heros. He's going to get to keep the money though. There is a spiderman toy he's wanted for a while that costs $20 so if they sell he will get the toy and the remainder of the money will go to buy him some summer clothes that he needs so badly. There is a LOT of stuff, the action figures, vehicles, towers, aircraft carrier so if you know someone who would be interested let me know.

Matthew Pictures

And here are the aforementioned pictures. :) I don't kow if he's teething or what, but he's been a drool machine recently. And really found his fists last night. :)
Connor and Sadie both broke teeth at 6 months, Grace was 3 months. So who knows. Its anybodies guess at this point

Video

Ok, here is the aforementioned video. I think its absolutely adorable, especially when he begins talking to the camera, but others might be incrdibly bored with it. :)

Its Friday!

Good Friday morning! I am so ready for the weekend although I know it will be a busy one.
Tonight we are having friends over for dinner, tomorrow we are cleaning out the garage and doing some yard work, Sunday after church is a social and then after that we have to go grocery shopping. If we have the gas $ Sunday night we're going to a bluegrass concert. Then it will be back into the work week. *whew* But its a broken up work week, two days on, one day off, two days on.

I got two new photography magazines in the mail last week, and in one of them is a step by step artical on how to shoot fireworks. So I am VERY anxious to try that out to say the least. I think we're even going to go to the city display on the 3rd. Its supposed to be the biggest one they've ever done.

Took some new snapshots of Matthew last night, plus a video that I think it extremely cute. :) It might be totally boring though. LOL I'm hoping to get those uploaded at some point in the day.

My goals for the day are to finish conquering Mount Washmore- (aka laundry)
Clean my kitchen and bedroom.
Set the class room up with our small tv and dvd player for the kiddos to use tonight while the adults are visiting.

Oh, I had an Eddie Bauer backpack carrier that we had bought thinking we would use it a lot, but I just don't see us using it at all. With Aaron's shoulder and my back, we're more stroller people. Anywho, I listed it in Bargains Galore and had a call before 8am on it, and the guy sounded very excited about it- apparently his brother has been looking for one for a while and is leaving for disney world tomorrow :) So hopefully they will follow through, and thats more clutter flung from my house. I've been posting things on Ebay/Cheapcycle/Bargains galore like crazy. Things that I was saving for "one day" are going...going...GONE! I'm tired of the clutter.
FlyLady would be proud *grin*

I was reading our Charm magazine (a local womens mag put out by the newspaper) and noticed a couple people I know in there *grin* but also they are having a Girls Night out in July, and will be doing a makeover. You can nominate yourself or someone you know. I've wanted a makeover for a LONG time. I dress for comfort, and when I'm shopping I see so many cute things, but I have no idea how to put them all together. Plus with the kids, I rarely wear makeup and my hair is usually in a ponytail or bun. Aaron told me the other day that while he thinks I'm attractive no matter what- he misses the days when I would meet him at the door all dressed up with hair and makeup done. So anywho, I nominated myself. lol If you want to nominate yourself or someone else (hint: me lol- just kidding) Visit www.mycharmonline.com
And click on the makeover button. Its just a simple form but you do have to submit a photo of the person you are nominating.

So now I'm going to go forth and be productive. Have a great Friday- look for pics and video later!

PS: I lost two pounds this week. :) Yeah! I'm sure its all the painting/reorganizing. but I'm so hoping I keep it up. Mom and dad also joined spark people so hopefully we'll be able to support each other.

The Queen of Romance

A friend and I are reading this book together. Romancing Your Husband. We've decided to meet weekly for Bible study and discussion. This past Tuesday was our first meeting, where we read the first chapter, and I tell ya, it grabbed us both. Her and I have discussed before how it seems a man needs physical intimacy to achieve emotional intimacy, but for a woman it is the other way around. We always lament- I want my husband to romance me, to pursue me. Yet he rarely does. The first chapter in this book covered this topic so well. She put the golden Rule on a Romantic level. If you want your husband to romance you...Romance HIM!

So our homework for this week is to do something romantic for our husbands. I haven't decided what to do yet, but I have already made small changes in my attitude and the way I treat Aaron. And, believe it or not, He's changed a tad as well. Its hopeful for me...but we have trouble with consistency in our household, so we'll see how long it lasts.

So...I'm cheating a bit. *grin* Anyone have any cheap (read:practically free) romantic ideas for me? I've done the hidden love notes, candle lit dinners, I want something different , and something that will just shock him! :) Leave me a comment!

I leave you with this:

Matthew 7:12 : So in EVERYTHING , do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
(emphasis mine)

Go forth and be "The Queen of Romance"

Its Thursday!

What are you all up to today? My plans are pretty much the same as every other day of the week. :) Laundry, and housecleaning. Etc Etc Etc.
My Mother-in-Law is coming over today, so I really want to get all this stuff done in the morning so I can be free to visit.

The school room is a mess, and I need to straighten the kitchen and get caught up on laundry.
Anywho- my day is about to start- Hope you all have an awesome one!

Looky What I made!

I'm so proud of myself. I didn't use a pattern, just did it myself. :) I've wanted a really girly half apron for some time- I won't be able to afford one of the really nice ones from etsy for a while So I pooled my resources here at home and whalla! :) Not the best picture of me, but I couldn't wait to show it off

Three Months Old

Here is my little man today. :) Happy Three Month-day to Matthew. Also- Aaron started his own blog finally :) Check it out at www.ajhowetx.blogspot.com

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I created another blog- it will be political/news related so if you aren't interested in that stuff. Feel free to pass. :) I know its a sensetive subject for a lot of people which is why I am not posting my opinions here. :)

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Sisters

Locks of Love

Sadie decided a while back that she wanted to cut her hair for locks of love. After I cut Grace's hair today, she decided she was ready. We cut 11 inches off her hair. Eeek! It looks really cute though. :)

Involuntary Haircut

So Grace got gum in her hair. I mean, really really stuck in there. Sooooo....I had to cut her gorgeous blonde hair. I have to say- it does look cute, but her hair was getting so long. However it looks so much better . Her hair is so thin it was looking stringy.

So Much to Do...

I have been so busy since Friday. And this week is a super busy week too and I'm not even going anywhere. :)

Monday I watched my siblings, and Connor went to Jaime's for a playdate- Tuesday I had a friend over for Bible Study and lunch, and she ended up staying until Aaron got home. Today I have my siblings again, and Sadie is at VBS, tomorrow my mother in law is coming and Friday we have some friends coming over. *whew* So busy. Its good because it helps me pass the time, and not go stir crazy sitting at home all the time.

Matthew is three months old today!! Can you believe it? Time is flying. Just a little over a month and we'll be in Rotan. :) I can't wait. We are leaving the first Friday in August and driving back the first Monday....it won't nearly be long enough, but its all we can take for right now. And I'll take what I can get. :) I can't wait to tell Sadie- she's going to be over the top excited! Lisa told K yesterday and they will get to making the video soon. I'll be sure to post reaction photos when we do tell her. :)

Guess What I did

Mr Parker had told us a while back that we could paint if we wanted, but we weren't sure what was going to happen if we were going to move or whatever, so we held off. Well Sunday I was getting some touch up paint for our cabinets from mom and she had leftover paint from her living room. So I took it and Caroline was here yesterday and helped me reach the tops (I never realize how tall my ceilings were lol) I'm really happy with it. :) Now I can't wait to paint the rest of the house.

*sigh*

Do you ever get tired of being responsible? We struggle financially and while we always choose to do the "right" thing it seems we never get ahead. We don't eat out instead of paying our bills or anything like that. However, we still never seem to get ends to meet.

I sold my maternity clothes- when I did so that money was supposed to go towards clothes for me. Instead it went to put gas in the car. We're out of groceries- literally my fridge has 1/4 gallon of milk, a bag of parmasan cheese and sour cream. Thats it. We have no money for food until Sunday.

I got paid for a photo shoot on Saturday- that money put some gas in the car, and bought the parmasan cheese and sour cream for the tuna cassarole I'm making tonight. Also a few necessities such as toilet paper etc. Now its gone-and we have no more money. I'm selling some things on cheapcycle, but all that money is going right into the gas tank.

I'm tired. I'm worried. I'm stressed. So just excuse my big long whine.

Amazing!!!

Isnt that something? Bottom is what the handles have looked like ever since we moved in here.
I thought they were brown- I had NO idea they were copper. lol Barkeepers Friend is amazing.
I also touched up the cabinets with paint, and the look is just something else. It looks so great! I hope to be able to finish it up tomorrow.

Has Anyone Used?

Barkeepers Friend??? Its awesome! Its turned my nearly black cabinet hardware- back to its original gorgeous copper! I'm so excited. I'll have to post a pic. :)

Busy Busy Day

So I left early this morning , stopped by the Missionary Garage sale to pick up my purchases. :)
I got 4 books, 2 cd's (Mercy Me and Toby Mac), A pyrex 9x13 with lid, a pyrex casarole with two lids, two jewelery sets, a 40gig external hard drive for all my pictures, and two chairs for the school room. :) Yeah! They still have a table I want badly for the school room for sale, but I just don't have the $20. But its exactly what I'm looking for. Don't you hate that?

After I stopped by there I drove to a friends house, she wanted me to take pics of her daughter. So we drove to Maude Cobb and did pics. :) You can check some of them out here. I took 92 pictures and about 50 of them came out awesome! I had a blast too- the little one is just precious!

I came home, started the editing process, then went out and grabbed lunch, which was a pain in the rear. Came home, ate lunch, did some more editing. At 5 some friends of ours dropped their kids off here, so they could go on a date, and I had to run to the store and blockbuster. Got back, cooked supper and watched 6 kids. Finished editing today's pics.
Kids got picked up about 10, and I sat and tried to organize all my pictures onto my new external hard drive.

Sadie went to bed with one of her headaches, and I actually have a migraine myself, so I think we're going to stay home from church tomorrow- which I hate to do, but I have got to have a home day. If I go back into my week without any family downtime, it just starts the week on a bad note. And next Sunday will be really busy as we have a social after church, and we're going to try and make it to a bluegrass festival in the evening.

I actually have no plans on Monday- except to maybe finish moving around furniture and getting some organization done. Tuesday however, Connor is going over to Jaime's to have some time away from his sisters. :) And Nicole is coming over so we can start a new book together.
Its one I got at the garage sale called Romancing your husband. We're actually going to read and discuss it together. Every tuesday. :) I'm looking forward to it.
Wednesday Sadie goes to VBS, Thursday and Friday are good ole boring days. We're going to try and re-do our garage sale next Saturday if its not raining.
Before we know it we will be packing up to drive to Rotan! WOOT! I'm so excited. Just about a month to go. :D I can't wait to see the look on Sadie's face when we tell her.

Awww :*)

Sadie is spening the night at a friends house tonight. Its her first overnight at a friends. :)
Its actually her first "just because" overnight. She was very excited...but it was bittersweet for me to leave her. :) I'm sure she'll have a blast though. The girls had a long list of stuff they wanted to do. :) And they "had" to staty up all night. But somehow I think they are probably already asleep by now. Always have the grand ideas of seeing the sun rise before they close their eyes, but it never really happens like that. lol

We'll see if we have "the" phone call, though I don't think we will. She called about 11 or so to tell us goodnight. So I bet she'll be fine.