It's Wacky Wednesday!

Well at Mykenize's school she was supposed to dress wacky. I picked out a totally hideous outfit for her and she chickened out! Decided to go with matching clothes instead. Tomorrow is her last full day of school and then she goes for a half day on Friday. This year has gone so quickly. I guess people are right when they say time really goes by fast once they are in school. She is going to be a second grader for pete's sake! I am getting OLD.


I just spent the last hour on the phone with the doctor's office and the insurance company trying to get a bill straightened out from August. I have been fighting with them since then and I keep getting bills saying if I don't pay they are going to turn me into collections. Whatever! I am not paying a bill that I should have never gotten. I was told that the state requires a hearing and vision test at a certain age, then my ins. wont pay for it cause it is not medically necessary. So after lots of phone calls I finally got a wonderful person at the insurance company who said that since it had been so long and I have obviously been told the wrong information they would go ahead and pay the doctor the money. YAY!! I am so happy. I mean it was only like $65 but I never would have had the tests done if I would have known my insurance wouldn't cover it. She had just had a free hearing test and I can take her to the eye doctor for a "real" vision test for $30 so why would I do it there with there stupid little eye chart. UGG I am so glad I don't have to mess with it anymore! Thank you Sonya at BCBS for taking the stress away from that bill!

What else has been going on. Well Travis has been off since Saturday and goes back to work tomorrow. So we have gotten the loft painted and it looks so much better. We did it the same color but there were alot of missed spots by whoever painted it before. We also repainted most of the kitchen cause the chair rail ripped some of the paint off and plus there were alot of marks on the top half since it is flat paint and if you touch it there is a mark. We also took down the shelf that mangled my van and got storage cabinets for the garage. It looks so much better in there. I will be posting a picture cause I love how much nicer it looks. I wish I would have a before shot to compare!

We took the van back to CarMax yesterday to get some stuff fixed since you have 30 days and it is covered. Well I needed new brake pads and shoes, an alignment, and then they have to send it to the dealer cause there is something wrong with the transmission and either some belts or the alternator. Now they supposedly run a 125 point inspection on all of there cars spending at least 12 hours on each car to make sure it is in excellent condition. WHATEVER! There is no way they did that and I have that many MAJOR things wrong with it! Two people drove it and felt the transmission slipping and Travis thought it felt heavy when they test drove it so how did it go unnoticed during the 12 hour inspection??? Everything that is wrong with my car is supposedly checked out. It isn't costing me any money thank goodness but it is a bit inconvenient not having a car! Travis goes to work tomorrow, so they are going to have to give me something but that means I am going to have to drive all the way to Nashville to pick up a car. This is nuts. They just better fix it right.

Oh and I got Angie's ticket booked so she and Lily will be coming down here from June 6th until we go up to Ohio on the 28th. We may have other company off and on while she is here too so it will be a full house. The kids will have a blast! I can't wait to get them out there and get some fun into their lives. It has been so rough for them lately I hope this trip does a world of good for them :)

FUCK!

So, when I went to take Mykenzie to school today I realize that the shelf holding lots of stuff had collapsed which sent a 13 inch monitor that Travis brought home from work reeling into my van. So It had black scuff marks all down the side and a "U" shaped dent! I was able to get all the black off with a magic eraser but the dent remains. I sware to God it has only been a fucking week and a half since I bought the van and already! See I went and spent money on Monday for Kenzie's party. It never fucking fails, I spend money and something like this happens. I am cursed that is it. I am so pissed off right now. I thought maybe I shouldn't write excatally what I was thinking but then I decided it is my blog and if people don't like the word fuck they don't have to read this particular post! I think there may be steam coming from my ears right now cause I am just that damn mad!

GO Me, Go me!!

I just ordered Kaylee's birth certificate! I know she is almost 3 and that I am a loser! I figured I had better get it done cause if she gets into this preschool she is gonna need it. When we had Mykenzie we filled out the paperwork and paid for it in the hospital and they mailed it to us. Apparently they do things differently an hour and a half away in South Carolina! Freaking cost $48! Geeze! Seems like we should be given birth certificates at birth for FREE and only have to pay if we need a new one. Come on people! Ok so now I am making excuses for being a LOSER and just now ordering it. I will have it in about 10 days and then I wont have to worry about it again :)

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

This week is going by much faster than last week! It is only Tuesday and I have gotten so much accomplished. I love days like that but several in a row is even better! Saturday we had a great day and took the kids to the Adventure Science Center. They loved it! There is a section where you can crawl through a heart and the layers of skin and they were both so freaked out and wouldn't go near it! lol We hung out there for a couple of hours and then went in search of food downtown, we ended up at Baja Fresh. It was really yummy, even the girls scarfed there food down fast there! Then we came home and played outside and I did some minor work in my wretched front flower bed. It is awful! When I first planted everything it looked so nice but now it has grown so much it just looks a mess. So I got all the bushes trimmed and some of the flowers I don't want anymore ripped out but I have alot more to rip out and rearrange and I need to buy several new things. On the positive side, my lilies are starting to bloom and they are so pretty. So if you just look at those your golden! lol

Sunday we just pretty much played outside and relaxed, Travis had to go into work around 3 so we just hung out and looked at the paper, cut coupons and that type of stuff. In one of the ads I found some cute invitations so I had a little light bulb go off and I sat and planned out Mykenzie's birthday party. I have it all planned out as a Hawaiian theme party. I went yesterday morning and bought most of the stuff. We are having message in a bottle invitations, and I got some palm tree decorations and some hanging lanterns, all the paper goods, lei's ect. I still have to find a pinata, I want a little Hula girl but party city was out so I am not sure where I am gonna get one. I guess I will have to search. We are going to sand art and the pinata, and we are borrowing Jenna's blow up water slide and then for Kenzie's birthday she is getting an inflatable bounce house (which I also bought yesterday) so we are going to set that up too. Then I was thinking of filling her little pool with soapy water and giving them different things to make bubbles with. If I can find a big enough box I was thinking of painting a Tiki face on it and cutting out the mouth to set up as a ball toss or something. Not completely sure if that would work out or not. But I would say between playing in the bounce house and on the water slide, doing the sand art and pinata plus taking out time to eat, that they will have plenty of stuff to do. My only worry is that if it rains I need to have some serious back up plans. We can still do sand art and the pinata but not the others so I want to figure out some just in case things too.

So back to what we've been up to. Yesterday I went to Target for some necessities then to Party City for Party stuff, then to Toys R Us for the inflatable jump house, then to Publix for some groceries. I was home by noon, put Kaylee down for a nap and put everything away. After I picked up Mykenzie we ran to the library to return books and pick up new ones I had on hold (they called today, I have another one!!) Then I came home and got Kenzie ready for Girl Scouts and I got ready to go out to the Melting Pot with my playgroup. I had a blast, though everyone thought I was drunk! lol I really was just having a great time laughing and giggling. The food was so yummy! They are going to start having these Girls Night Out at the Melting Pot every month so hopefully we make it back again sometime soon. Maybe not next month but at some point.

Today I had scrap class at Monica's. I love going to it. I am learning lots of cool things, like you don't really need to use alot of pressure when setting an eyelet with a crop-a-dile! LMBO! I mangled mine. But hey, you learn from your mistakes! I bought that thing last month and just now know how to use it so I am moving forward slowly!! The pages that we made are so cute, I wish I could post them as my own ideas! LOL

Now I am sitting here typing out this and Kaylee is down for a nap. I have a book that is due back today and I am only on page 24. There are 301 pages so I am thinking it may be a day late! lol I have been reading alot lately. I used to read all the time and then it kind of fell by the wayside after having Mykenzie cause I just didn't have time. I decided that I can find time for it. I can do it while the kids are in the room playing (unlike scrapping) so I have been a reading fool. I have read, "The Undomestic Goddess" by Sopie Kinsella (loved it and think it would make a great romantic comedy movie) and "Smitten", "Man Hunt" and "One For the Money" by Janet Evanovich since last Tuesday. I am currently reading "Two for the Dough" by her. There are like 12 in the series or something so I have a ways to go. I also have all of the shopahollic books here by Sohie Kinsella that I need to read. I want to say there are like 6 of them. So I have alot more reading to get done. Guess I should be off to take advantage of the quiet and get some of that book knocked out.

Long

That is how I feel about this week. It was looong! It seemed like it should have been Friday 2 days ago. I keep talking about how fast time is going by but geeze I guess what they say is true, time flies when your having fun. But when people are in crisis it seems to drag on forever! So many people that I am close to are having really hard times right now and it is taking its toll on everyone. You just feel so helpless, but you have to keep reminding yourself there is nothing else you can do. It's frustrating though.

On to something else, Rachel is having a BOY! She wanted a girl really badly since she already has 2 boys but what can you do. She will have fun with her three boys. It must be the year of the boy and if I find out that Beth is having a boy as well I wont be surprised! I know 10 pregnant people and only know what 9 of them are having. It is still to early for Beth yet, but only 1 out of those 9 is having a girl! Crazy!

I love my van! I am driving it easier than I thought I would. There are some things I will never try in it but I managed to go to Target, Kohls, and the grocery store and park with no problems. LMBO Mykenzie thinks it is the coolest thing ever and Kaylee loves pushing the button to close the door when she gets out. Too funny. I had to make a 20 minute rule about the DVD player though. They thought they were gonna watch it everytime they got in the car so I told them they could only watch when we were going somewhere that took at least 20 minutes, which isnt very many places. They watch it on the way home from school though cause I let Kaylee watch while we sit for 20 minutes in car pool line. That has made those 20 minutes so much better than the screaming that used to happen during that time.

Mykenzie is done with cheerleading till September, but possibly forever. I dont know if I want to put her in it again. She had her award presentation on Tuesday. Which was nothing at all like I thought it was going to be. Pretty much it sucked, but she got her trophy and was really happy about that. She has her last girl scout meeting till fall on Monday, and I wont be taking her even. I have a little guilt but I am going to the Melting Pot with a group of friends. They will do the awards ceremony at the family camping trip on June 16th. Travis and Kaylee are skipping it cause it sounds like a nightmare to have to bring Kaylee camping. It is in a cabin but I'll pass. She will have her chance to do it when she is older.

Kenzie with her trophy

Na Na Na Na...

Na Na Na Na HEY HEY HEY GOOD BYE!!!

Good bye to the Jeep that is!! WaHooo! Hello MiniVan! I ended up getting my van yesterday. It has everything that we wanted other than leather seats but I can live without them. That was something Travis really wanted. It has TV/DVD, stow and go seats (2nd and 3rd row) power doors and lift gate and a WARRANTY! It is a silver 2005 Town and Country. It is actually the one that I found online but we looked at a couple other ones but this one seemed to be the best fit. The intrest rates are higher than we want right now but they insisted that we got an awesome one compared to other people. I am gonna call around and see if I can get it cheaper, we have 3 days to do that without a penalty. It is gonna take some time to get used to cause it quite a bit bigger than the Jeep. I am cool driving down the road and pulling into the garage but parking spaces will take some time to get used to. The front end is ALOT longer than the Jeep so I wont be parking in spaces with cars around them! lol I never said I was a good driver!

Let there be LIGHT

So I finally got an electrician to come out and by that I mean I finally called one! lol So he found the problem with the whole no electricity thing in Kenzies room and in several other outlets and now they all work. Well after I gave payment of $240 then they worked! LOL The problem was an overloaded circuit due to a plastic safety outlet cover prong breaking off in an outlet in Kaylee's room. Whatever, it is fixed and Kenzie finally has a light.

I have been doing some cleaning, some visiting with friends, some running Kenzie around to her activities and some reading. I have finished 3 books since Sunday. I did a 2 page scrapbook layout. So I would say things are back to normal in my house. I finally emailed 2 friends that I haven't talked to in a couple of months too.

I may be going to go get a new van tomorrow. Well not a new van but a new to me van. I am so sick of this Jeep. Now it is the air conditioner that isn't working properly. It works but only when it wants too. I just don't want to put any more money into this piece of crap. If the payment calculator is right, it will at the most only be an additional $50 a month so that is nice. If I can find a cheaper one I may be able to get the same payment. I don't need a brand new car just something with a warranty would be nice.

Here are a the pictures that I have taken over the past few weeks when Tony was here and when Aimee and Abby were here and then some random ones too.
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MAY?!?!?!

What the heck! How is it possibly May already! Was I not just trying to figure out what to get the kids for Christmas a month ago! lol I can not believe that we have less than a month till school is out already. My baby is gonna be in 2nd grade!! Kaylee will *hopefully* be starting preschool in the fall, we are on a waiting list so we don't know yet if she will get in but I assume she will.
I suppose that when you are busy time really does fly. After vacation and Easter and then all of the stuff we had with school and girl scouts then we had back to back house guests. Travis' brother and his girlfriend came down from April 19th till the 22nd. We had a good time hanging out with them, though one night we were up waaaay past bedtime. We were playing cards and then it was 5 am! NICE! While they were here Tony helped Travis put the crown molding up in our bedroom. It looks good, but still needs the nail holes filled and it needs painted. They also fixed the crack in the wall, the same one that he "fixed" last time he was here. This time Tony's girlfriend did it and it is actually fixed! lol Still needs painted though. Plus they ripped down some of my chair rail and replaced the outside corner pieces with actual mitered corners so now we have nail holes to fill in that again and alot more painting to go with it. But it does look alot better now so I suppose it is worth it.
My sister then was here March 24th till the 30th. It was fun hanging out and shopping. It was really the first time we hung out with kids. Last summer she had Abby but she was still so little she couldn't do anything, this time we went to the zoo and Chuck E Cheese and the kids could play together, it was nice. Abby is so big now and so stinking cute. She talks and sounds like Froggy from the Little Rascals, it was so cute. We had to take my sister to the doctor the first full day she was here cause she woke up with pink eye. And yes the day she left Travis woke up with it, then the next day I woke up with it and the next day Kaylee woke up with it. So we have been battling that this week. Seems to be almost gone though now. I also have bronchitis and mild sinus and ear infections to go with it. Which means that my throat and nose are freaking killing me, but I think these are coming to an end as well.
My house, surprise surprise, looks like a tornado hit it. I have not done anything this week other than dishes and laundry and my kids have wreaked havoc on the rest of it. I will have it clean by the end of the day tomorrow though, well that is the plan. We still have to finish putting in the edging around the back flower bed and plant new flowers to replace the new ones that the cold killed, I so don't feel like doing that though. Maybe I can get Travis to do the edging while I clean the house and then I can go plant some flowers in it next weekend. That sounds like a great idea to me!! Not sure when all the painting will happen in this little plan of mine but I suppose I have to fit that in too. I am not in a big rush for that though so.... who knows.