What's up?

I realized today that I haven't updated this blog about what the girls are up to these days and I think it is high time soooo

Mykenzie is still loving girl scouts and just got finshed with her cookie sales. She ended up selling 114 boxes this year. We decided not to go door to door in our neighborhood this time because it was too cold and too much of a hassle. We sold to family and friends instead so thank you all who bought. Now we are on the task of delivering all of them.

She seems to be enjoying going to school alot more lately. She still isn't getting the grades I think she deserves in Math but is doing well in everything else. She got an I for improving in Math. I think she does pretty well. The only time she ever gets anything wrong is when she isn't paying attention and doesn't read a story problem right or she just skips over it completely and forgets to go back to it. She comes home with math homework every night and she does it and I check it. If she got any wrong I explain how she has to do it and SURPRISE she gets it. I don't think her teacher teaches her in a way that she can understand. I am ready for this year to be over with I swear!! They are currently working on borrowing while subtracting 2 digit numbers. She brought it home on her homework 1 night and had no clue how to do it. I explained it and gave some examples and she had it that night. The next day I get a looooong drawn out explanation to how she teaches borrowing (now known as regrouping) Well mykenzie doesn't need to do it her way she can do it fine. Of course we get a note explaining how she teaches 1 of the things that she picks up in 2 minutes, but when I send in notes specifically asking her how she does something I get no response. Did I mention I am ready for this year to be over??

Mykenzie has struggled with reading in the past. I am sure it has something to do with my lack of patience and my frustration with it. She really hated reading though and acted like it was torture. I have noticed that she was reading more and more at bedtime but I thought it was just because she was avoiding going to sleep. Much to my surprise this morning she was laying in bed reading after she woke up. And at chapter book at that! Normally she wakes up about a half hour before I get up and she goes into the loft and watches cartoons. She kept reading it all through the morning and even said, mom I love chapeter books!!!! I am so glad that she is starting to find a love for books and reading.

We have been going to church for the past 5 months with some friends and where Kaylee has always loved going and is excited about it Mykenzie has not. She has had plenty of days where she hasn't come with us because she doesn't want to go. I am not going to force religion on her so I don't make her join us. Well the past 3 weeks she has been really excited about it. I didn't let her go a couple of Sundays ago because I wasn't going to go and last minute decided to go and didn't have enough time to get them ready and she was really mad. But yesterday the whole drive she was talking about how excited she was and she practically ran to get to her class. I don't have a clue what gave her this change of heart, she just keeps on surprising me. She is growing up so fast and changing and maturing everyday.

Kaylee woke up this morning and was sleepy and whiny until we came downstairs and I was getting them breakfast and she proceeded to throw up. I caught it just in time with the trash can. A few minutes ago I wasn't that lucky and she threw up all over the kitchen. I mean all over. So apparently she isn't going to be eating today. She only had 2 saltine crackers and a small glass of juice mixed with water. poor kiddo. She is laying on the couch with me watching cartoons now. She wants food so bad and can't understand why I wont feed her :(

She is doing really well at school. She has only had 3 yellow lights all year long and only 1 of those was once she got her new teacher who can actually handle a class of 3 year olds. I am so glad she got a new teacher!! She has learned so much! She can recognize her name. She can't spell it yet but knows it starts with a K and ends with 2 E's. She knows all of her letters and most of their sounds. She also knows her numbers. They are currently practicing tracing and cutting with scissors. She does really well with tracing. It took Mykenzie much longer to grasp the fine motor skills but Kaylee has them down pretty well. I haven't seen her use scissors yet so I don't know how well she is doing with that. I didn't know where our kid scissors were so we haven't done it at home but much to my dismay she found them on Saturday. Apparently they were in the pencil holder on the desk. She found them and proceeded to cut her hair. She didn't cut a ton but she cut some of her front pieces about chin length. She is frustrated with her bangs these days and doesn't want them any more so we were going to grow them out anyhow which means we would have had to get some layers put in her hair soon, she was just getting a head start! lol

She has a friend at school named Addison. They are so cute playing together, and she named her baby that she got for Christmas after her. I asked her the other day when we were getting ready for school if she wanted her hair in a pony tail and she said, "Um, no. Addison doesn't like ponytails" When we got to school that day Addison's mom told me that she had gotten up that morning and requested that her hair be done like Kaylee's! LOL 3 years old and they are already worried about impressing their friends with their hair! too funny I think that is the reason she wants to get rid of her bangs too, cause Addison doesn't have any! lol

Last night I read Kaylee her current favorite book, Dora Saves the Mermaid Kingdom. When we were done she took it over to Travis and asked him to read it. He told her he wasn't going to read the same book to go get a different one. Instead she sat beside him and said I will read it to you. He said, good I like that idea. She sat there for a second holding the book like she was going to start reading and then she looked at him and said "but dad, I don't know any of these words" Needless to say he ended up reading her the book. It was too funny. She knows how to work it.

That is it in a nutshell. They have really bad days where all they do is fight and get in trouble but then they have days where they play great together. Seems like they come in spurts but boy I sure hate the days they are fighting!! Overall they are both doing really well and are pretty good kids. I am a lucky girl

A letter to me

Watch this video then continue reading...



I keep hearing this song on the radio and I wonder what I would write in a letter to myself at 17. It was only 10.5 years ago for me but some things would have been helpful to know.....

To Jacy at 17
Your summer before your senior year will ROCK! So much fun, but the rest of the year till the end sucks. Don't hide from your feelings this summer, go for it or you will regret it come September. You will have a break down in Mr. Hardings class, get out of there a little sooner to save some embarassement. At some point you will feel the need to write a letter, if you have already ignored my advice about going for your feelings in the summer please push that feeling aside and DON'T write it. Seriously, you'll thank me for that. Don't quit your job at Kmart, I know you hate it but stick with it. That job will give you 2 beautiful girls one day, sooner than you think. There is a guy named Aaron you'll meet at work, he is nice and you are trying to avoid going to the prom with someone else, but these are NOT reasons to date him. He will eventually tell you that you are fat and he will lick your face alot. It is NASTY! and he is a selfish ass. Plus your husband one day will never let you live down the fact that you dated him. Nikki is a whore, everyone knows that, if you would like to keep the death threats at a minimum you should keep that to yourself and not tell her new boyfriend even if he has the right to know.

In 10 years you will have been married for 8 years with 2 kids, you are still thin but your body has changed ALOT and you would kill to have the thighs from when you were 17. ENJOY those thighs and flat belly they will be gone soon so shut up and stop saying you are fat, News Flash, size 3 is NOT fat!!

It is hard to imagine with all the drama and cliques at school but you will not know any of these people soon. high school is such a TINY part of your life. At the time you can't even imagine, but really listen to your mom it is true. You wont even remember half of the things that you think you will never forget.

Be nice to Aimee, she is your little sister and you are not being a very good big sister at all. She needs love from you not critisism. It could affect the outcome of her life. Give your mom a hug and tell her you love her and appreciate her. One day you will wish that the 2 of you were closer.

I wish you would try harder your senior year to learn as much as you can. Don't work so much and study a little harder. Go to college when you graduate, you can do it in another state (when that arises)and even when you have a baby. Get your degree ASAP otherwise you will be back in school at 30.

Always remember who your true friends are and they will remain with you always. Don't be so bitchy and just have fun with your boys and your girls.

Savannah will only be for a short time so hang in there. Columbia will bring you 2 wonderful friendships and Tennessee will bring in a whole slew of friends. When Jenna tries to get you to hang out, do it every chance you get, no excuses. Hug her now and then and when she wants to get margaritas, do it. Call her when you want,you are not bothering her and if you are she will tell you :) You carry stress in your neck and throat but don't find that out till many opportunities have passed you by. When you think it is strep or a virus it isn't, go to the hospital anyhow. Don't have any regrets.

You will be so happy when you get here. You have a great life and family and are very blessed. So much to look forward to.

Love, Jacy at 27

What would you write in a letter to yourself at 17??

Well it could be fixed

I have had 2 people come out and look at my dishwasher and microwave in the last week. The first guy ran the dishwasher and said, I think it needs a new motor. (It wasn't rinsing the dishes properly and had standing water in the bottom) The microwave turn table was making an awful noise, otherwise it worked fine. The 1st guy decided to let the microwave run with the turn table on for 3 minutes. Well it started sparking and going crazy and then lost all power. So guy #1 left and said we needed a new mircowave cause he didn't think it could be fixed now and my dishwasher needed a new motor. My warranty company called us the next day to give the report and he told them the same about the microwave but said that there was nothing wrong with the dishwasher!!!! GRRR! Then why sir do I have to hand wash my dishes??
The warranty company sends out guy #2 from a different company. He gets power to my microwave but is isn't heating so says it needs new sparks plugs and new turntable motor, if that doesn't work (but he is sure it will) then they will replace it. He actually got down on the floor and worked on the dishwasher and said it seemed to be working now so I have to run dishes through a few times to make sure it is. none dirty right now though. He even fixed the door which has been broken for a long time. It wouldn't catch it would just slam open to the floor. So hopefully the dishwasher really works and he can get the parts quickly for the microwave. I was really hoping to get a new dishwasher, no such luck

Just sad

I just have nothing to blog about. Normal people would just not blog at all but I am apparently not normal! lol I am tired of seeing the "What Jacy Means" post on the screen when I get on here so I am writing something, anything so I don't have to look at it anymore!

Today is Super Tuesday so if you live in one of the many states that had a primary today I hope you went out and voted. I am so glad I took advantage of early voting here! I hope that no one who reads this voted for Mike Huckabee,Cause I just have to say that he may be a bigger idiot than we already have in the Oval Office. I voted for Obama so fingers crossed that he wins! :) I just want this done and over with. Why is it that we have to drag elections out for so flipping long?!?!?

OK and here is something that is bothering me. Can someone PLEASE tell Taylor Swift that her new song called "Our Song" does not make sence!!! I really like the song but there is a line that says this "when we're on the phone and you talk real slow,cause it's late and your mama don't know" Seriously what is talking slow going to do? Soooo iiiiiffff yyyyoooouuuu taaaaalllllk rreeeaaaal ssslllooowwwwlly maaaayyybbeee yyyooouuuuurrrrr moooooommmmm wwwoooon'ttt hhhheeeaaaarrr yyyyoooouuu? Why oh why would she not say talk real low????? Travis of course thinks I am insane that I even noticed it but it drives me NUTS!

Ok I think I have written enough to bump the last post off the page. Aren't you glad you stopped by today to get your bits of useless rambling? Just think that is 5 minutes of your life you will never get back :)

What's in a name??

I swiped this from my friend Tanya's blog. I'd say some of it is true but part is definitley not! lol

What Jacy Means

You are fair, honest, and logical. You are a natural leader, and people respect you. You never give up, and you will succeed... even if it takes you a hundred tries. You are rational enough to see every part of a problem. You are great at giving other people advice. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily. You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind. A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable. You are a free spirit, and you resent anyone who tries to fence you in. You are unpredictable, adventurous, and always a little surprising. You may miss out by not settling down, but you're too busy having fun to care.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Whew

All that serious talk and now I am exhausted! Thanks for all the responses and conversation that my question brought on. Now I am sorry to tell ya, we have to go back to the random pointless stuff. That is how I roll people. I don't have anything exciting to bring to you tonight, I know your shocked. This week is going by so slowly! It is my week of appointments this week. I got to go to the doctor yesterday, Cami had to go to the doctor today for shots and both girls go to the dentist tomorrow. That is alot for a girl with a horrible memory to have to remember. Add in a bday party and a meeting and whew! Thank goodness for calendars cause I would have forgotten all of them! I really need to try Ginko and see if that helps.

I am doing a secret valentine with my playgroup now. I am having so much fun with it. I am so lucky that I found this group before I moved here and had a bunch of people who were "friends" already. Life is good

Christianity vs Liberalism

Can these things go hand in hand? This is something that has been on my mind alot lately. I have always considered myself a Christian and for my adult life I have considered myself a Liberal. I happen to believe that Homosexuality is something that you are born feeling not something you choose. I believe that they should have rights same as Heterosexual people. They should be able to get married, adopt children and live their lives the way they choose without the judgement of others cast upon them.

I believe that women should have the right to choose. I believe that having an abortion is not a decision that anyone should take lightly. If my daughter at a young age by rape or because she made a mistake were to get pregnant I would encourage her to have an abortion. If when I am older and my kids are grown and moved away and I got pregnant I would consider having an abortion. I don't know if I would be able to go through with it myself but I am glad that I have that option. I know without a doubt if I were to find out I was pregnant and then that I had cancer I would abort (in early stages of pregnancy) and I would do what I had to do to stay alive for the children I already have. Period.

Now when I express these views to other people who believe themselves to be Christians I get a very negative response. Not everyone has to agree with my point of view that is fine, but to act like because I believe this way that it isn't possible for me to have a relationship with God and be saved and enter into the gates of Heaven one day astound me. Because I believe this way can I never set foot into Heaven? Can I not call myself a Christian? Will Jesus turn his back on me and say that because I did not follow his every word that I can never be saved because the blood that he shed on the cross is not for my sin because my beliefs are just too bad?

I don't want a debate about the sanctity of life, I know the other side of the argument, I used to believe it myself and then I became a mother. I don't want to hear that Gays will burn in Hell and that they chose that life.

I believe that God created everyone equally. I believe He is good and loves all people. And if he has a plan for all of us before we are born than what makes you think that his plan for that unborn baby was to be aborted to teach its parents some kind of a lesson about changing their lifestyle? And that the gay man really wasn't made by God to be Gay to teach us all about acceptance? If God has a plan for us can we really alter it so much that at the age of 9 you realize that you are Gay? What child would want that? And at 9years old can you really derail God's plan that much?

I have increasingly been feeling very down about myself and that my entire belief system had been rocked. I have been attending church for a few months now and where one week it lifts me up another week it brings me so far down. After talking to my preacher about my thoughts yesterday I feel a bit better. He still didn't make me feel like I could have these ideals. So instead I prayed and I asked God to help me see and to help me open my heart fully to Him and know whether I can be accepted into his arms. And you know what? I think the answer has been what I have believed all along. I am already there. Can I be a Christian? Absolutely. I believe in a loving accepting God, I will be in Heaven with Him one day. I may not be the best Christian out there but that doesn't change the fact that indeed I am one.

Please if you have never left me a comment now would be the time to do so. I would LOVE to hear what other people thought about this topic. Oh, and look at the top right there is a poll, please take a second to answer it.

WoW!!!

I have hit 200!! My last post put me at the 200 mark for number of blog entries! I'd like to apologize to all of you reading cause that was a heck of a lot of useless information and time you will never get back. However I love my blog, I love writing in it even when I truly have nothing to say! This blog has kept many memories alive for me and I am so glad that I have it. Thanks to those of you who read and have stuck with me for 200 posts! I have many many more to come :)

A Lazy Day??

Hmm. Well a lazy day is just what I had in mind for today. I planned on doing nothing other than getting my DVR cleaned out and some laundry done (no clean clothes)and enjoy all of the peace and quiet that having both kids in school would bring. In my doing "nothing" I actually got quite a bit done.

*Balanced my checkbook and got bills ready to pay Friday
*Laundry is done (not put away but done)
*Dishes are done
*kitchen is clean
*living room is clean
*toy basket cleaned out and extra toys upstairs and put away
*Target run for some things on my list
*post office to finally mail a bday gift
*chat on the phone with a friend
*DVR cleaned out
*voted in the primary
*called my Aunt Shari and got her GS cookie order so I can get that ready to turn in tomorrow
*got the new Janet Evanovich book put on hold at the library
*talked to my MIL on the phone
*watched Sunday's sermon online since I had to miss church
*caught up on email and playgroup board
*updated blog

So my do nothing day was an accomplished day after all and yet I don't feel like I did a whole lot. I am tired but that is from last week staying up late. Now my back is killing me so I am really going to do nothing and relax and watch Biggest Loser.

I love Tennessee!!!!

I voted today for the upcoming democrat primary. Yes it won't officially take place till Super Tuesday but here in Tennessee we have early voting. I had never heard of this before I lived here and in the past have been to nervous to go. I already feel like my vote doesn't count living in a mostly republican state but I felt like early voting would really make it not count. Well after Travis called and told me I should go do it cause they weren't busy I decided to go after I picked Kaylee up from school. There was NO line at all!!! I was in and out in less than 5 minutes! How great is that! I will defiantly be early voting in the presidential election and any others that occur! Just think we are down to less than a year before George Bush is no longer in charge! WooHoo!! It can't happen soon enough, I just hope the right person gets the job and can get our country out of the toilet before it is too late.

Family Time :)

My mom, Aimee and Abby came for a visit this past week!! They came on the 13th and left the 20th. We had a really great visit, did alot of shopping, mostly window shopping and just hung out. We took the kids to CEC on Saturday and it was a madhouse but it was alot of fun. The kids had some fights over toys but overall had alot of fun playing together. Mykenzie and Kaylee love having their Aunt Aimee and Nanny here to play with them too. It was really great to see my mom! We haven't seen her in a year and a half so I am really glad she came. I hope we don't wait that long to get together again. We will be visiting the rest of the family for Easter, over the girls spring break from school. We are looking forward to visiting everyone else then :) Pics from the trip are on the other computer so they will be uploaded soon, I'd guess at some point tomorrow.

I need a swift kick in my butt

I can't get motivated at all to clean my house. I have people coming over Thursday, I am having playdate on Friday and my mom and sister are coming to visit on Sunday for a week. So all of these things should be motivating me but still I can't seem to do it. I am sleepy and I want to go to bed early. Maybe I will feel like doing it tomorrow while Kaylee is in school? The problem is that I start to clean and then I end up doing dumb things like cleaning out my junk drawer or organizing my sock drawer, seriously that is what I have accomplished. I need a maid. Or a good swift kick in the butt!

One down

I bought these file folders at Walmart the other day and finally put the girls school papers in them last night. I am hoping that they will hold all of their elementary school papers anyhow. They each have 19 pockets so they should depending on how much I actually keep. I can't seem to find where I put Mykenzie's 1st grade folder of school papers so I need to find that and add it to her file box still too but I am going to say that goes along with getting my house organized! lol I think that this is a good idea and a nice solution to the problem I was having. Plus the girls will be able to have them one day. My mom gave me all of my old papers but she did it when Mykenzie was 1 so I didn't appreciate it and threw them away. Now I wish I would have kept them so I could compare my stuff to my girls to see if we were at the same level. But they will have theirs to compare to their own childrens one day.
So I now have one thing crossed off my things to accomplish in 2008 list! Granted it was the easiest thing on my list. Still it is January 5th and I already have a check mark. I am pretty happy about it no matter how small it is :)

Girl Scout cookies! You know you want some!

Hey Everyone it is that time of year again already. I swear I just did this. Girl scout cookie orders are starting just in time for all those "I am going to lose weight" resolutions. They are $3.50 a box but you don't have to pay until they come in.

They got rid of the cafe cookies and the little brownie things they had last year

There are 2 new cookies this year.

One is called Lemon Chalet Cremes. Vanilla sandwich with a hint of cinnamon-ginger spice with a zesty lemon creme filling.

The other new one is a sugar free Chocolate Chip (they are pretty good we got to try them)

Then there are still the favorites from the past...

Trefoils (shortbread)

Do-Si-Dos (Peanut butter sandwich cookies)

Samoas (Carmel and coconut )

All Abouts (vanilla cookie with a fudge coating on the bottom)

Tagalongs (chocolate covered peanut butter cookies)

Thin Mints

If anyone is interested you can respond here or email me

Shhhh!

I don't want to say it to loud because I don't want to jinx it but I am going to go on a limb and say Kaylee is potty trained! I started putting her in panties last weekend and we have had a few accidents and she wasn't really going without being told to go try but as the week went on more and more she has been going when she needs to and she hasn't had an accident since around Monday. She has only been in a diaper at night and has stayed dry while out and about and at school!!!! I was beginning to think this day would never come but I think if I would have stuck her little butt in panties a long time ago it would have been done then. It is harder when you have 2 kids and especially since she is in school already to find the time to just stick them in panties and let them go.

We went to McDonalds Wednesday to play and she walked around to every table and pulled her panties up out of her pants and showed them to everyone. Pretty embarrassing but very funny too cause she was so proud. I am very proud of her too! It took longer than Mykenzie did but I am just so happy she finally got it! She is just a month shy of being three and a half, better late than never! Way to go Kaylee, Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you for being a big girl and using the potty!

2008!

It is already 2008! Seems like we were just hearing about all of the Y2K panic all over the news. This year Travis and I will celebrate being together for 10 years! Holy Moly! Mykenzie will turn 8 and my baby will turn 4! I will turn 28 *gulp*

So this year I have some resolutions but I am setting them as things that are actually realistic. Sure there are things about myself that I want to change, be more patient more positive ect but those aren't really things that you can cross off a list. So on that note my resolutions for 2008 are....

1. Copy all of my VHS home videos onto DVDs (we bought the DVD burner last Christmas and still haven't done it.

2. Get all of my pictures burned to cds off the computer, and keep up with it.

3. Get all of my pictures organized. They are laying all over my bedroom with all my scrapbook supplies. I want them all either scrapped or in photo albums.

4. Figure out a better system for my kids school papers. I am better about throwing stuff away but I still have a ton. My current folder situation is not working anymore.

5. Overall get my house more organized. I have alot of things done already but it takes me no time to junk it up again and then I have to do it again. I have to do Kaylee's closet (the keeper of all the clothes that don't fit) every 3 months.

6. Keeping with the picture/video theme, I want to get more of Kaylee on video. I have truly sucked with it. I probably have at least 1000 hours of Mykenzie and I probably have 10 of Kaylee. It is really really sad. More photos too. But of both girls. I seem to only take pics when it is a special occasion anymore I need some more candid shots.

7. Learn how to work my sewing machine. I am going to go pick out a seemingly simple pattern and learn how to make something with my sewing machine. I seriously have had that thing for long enough, it is time to blow the dust off of it and learn how to use it. I have 3 pairs of pants that need hemmed and one that needs a zipper replaced and I would love if I could do it myself. Don't worry I am not going to try, I will pay someone for that. I am gonna start small people!

Ok so there is my list of practical things to accomplish in 2008! Losing 15 pounds and getting fit would be nice too ;) But you'll notice that isn't on my list of practical things! lol Travis is starting his no more smoking quest starting today so wish him luck. Well really wish me and the girls luck cause it is gonna suck for us for a while. lol We want him with us for a long time though so I suppose listening to him bitch for a while is ok. As long as it isn't too long! lol

I hope all of you have a wonderful 2008 and that you accomplish all of your resolutions this year!!! Happy New Year!

Pictures from Christmas Day

Santa Came! Yay!!!

Mykenzie got 4 game boy games this year!!

A glimpse to how Kaylee acted opening gifts this year! Do you think she was excited? I love this picture.

Girls with their Santa gifts


Here is a link to all of our Christmas pictures if you haven't gotten enough yet.

Christmas Eve pictures

Happy Christmas Eve!

Kaylee with her gifts from Nanny, Grandpa, Aimee and Great Grammy


Mykenzie with her gifts from Nanny, Grandpa, Aimee, and Great Grammy


Girls hanging their new ornaments on the tree



Milk and cookies for Santa

Merry Christmas Everyone!

We had a fabulous Christmas this year! The girls both loved all of their gifts from everyone. Kaylee got lots of horses and My Little Pony toys, playdoh and baby dolls and baby doll accessories. Mykenzie got board games, video games, dog/animal toys and baby doll stuff. They went shopping today so they could spend their money from their PaPa and Uncle Tony and Kaylee picked out more Ponies and Mykenzie picked out more dogs! lol They both got some clothes too. Uncle Mike sent them both some money and I think they are going to get a membership to the Discovery Center with it since they both loving going there so much this way we can go more often. They will both have some left but they truly don't need any more toys so they may save it till they find something they are dying to have :)

I had an awesome Christmas! My husband spoils me for sure! I got the wine rack I have wanted for my kitchen for 3 years and haven't bought, a belt (totally needed it badly), a car charger for cell phone, and some other things but my main gift was my laptop and a wireless router!! Yay! I am so excited to have this thing! I totally love it. Travis was pretty happy with his iPod. I got him the 80gb video one so he can put a TON of songs and movies on it. I think he will love it even more when he is traveling alot. Not a Wii but still pretty good I think.

Kaylee is such a dramatic kid to begin with but watching her open her gifts was too funny this year. Everything got a huge smile a loud squeal and a big hug! Mykenzie was even more enthusiastic this year. Normally she just opens, looks, and tosses them aside this year she was alot more excited this year. We had a relaxing day playing with new toys and eating turkey :) It was a great day, but now we have to find a place for all the new toys and get our house back to normal, take down the tree ect. Just think in 11 months we get to do it all over again :) I hope all of you had a wonderful day too! Pictures will be coming later, I haven't had a chance to install the software for my new camera yet :)

Merry Eve of Christmas Eve to Me!

We all gathered around the tree today after church to take a family picture. This is something we really haven't done and we really have next to zero pics of the 4 of us together. We got a decent, not great but I am happy, picture and then it happened. My camera lens would not go back in. It is clearly broken. Now this is probably something that can be fixed, maybe, however tomorrow is Christmas Eve followed by Christmas. Point being I need a camera and it wouldn't be done in time. So shopping we went and now I have a 7.2 megapixel Sony Cybershot camera. It is small and cute and teal! Woo Hoo! My husband rocks for buying me this when all of his Christmas shopping for me was already done. I am so glad that I won't have to go without a camera this Christmas! Thanks Honey! I love you!

Something nice for Santa??

Mykenzie "Mom, I think we should do something good for Santa, like leave carrots or something."

Me "ok"

Mykenzie "Really Mom I think we should do something nice for Santa. Like, maybe wax his reindeer's collars or something. I think that's a good idea."

Hi Santa!

I took the girls to the mall to see Santa today. Kaylee sat on his lap and barely whispered what she wanted. Santa kept telling her she had to speak up. Finally I told her that if she didn't tell him what she wanted he wouldn't know what to bring her and she finally spoke slightly louder so he could hear :) Mykenzie acted like he had the plague. She barely went near him, didn't tell him what she wanted and I had to "make" her get in the picture. This may be the last year for her :( They grow up too fast!

Oh how I love you Sonic!

I bribed my kids that if they were good today while I ran errands then I would get them a special treat. I decided that would be a frozen treat from Sonic. They both picked a small chocolate milkshake and I decided to try the new (well new to me) Java Chillers (Caramel of course). OMG it was so yummy! For $2.50 I will most definitly be back for more!

6 days left!!

Are you ready?? I am so beyond ready. I get too excited too soon and now I that I have been done shopping it took the fun out of it! lol I suppose I need to go do some other fun things instead. I plan to take the girls to see Santa, maybe today. We also may do our Christmas cookie baking today. Travis has to work work work so we wont see him too much but then he is going to be off off off so he will be here all the time! lol He has is work Christmas party for his "guys" tomorrow night, he decided to take them to dinner and then to play laser tag. He is pretty excited about it. He is so convinced that he is getting a Nintendo Wii for Christmas, I really hope he isn't too disappointed when he wakes up Christmas morning! I think while he is at his party and my kids are sleeping I am gonna tackle all of the wrapping that needs to be done. I have mailed all my gifts that needed mailed and they should have them all by now! yay! I mailed my last batch of Christmas cards out yesterday, most are local so they should get them pretty quickly. I hand delivered some to give it that extra "personal touch" aka I was being cheap! lol

So, Kaylee all day yesterday walked around saying "This is the worst Christmas ever!" Travis asked her why and if it was a bad Christmas or a good Christmas. She said it was good. So we explained that good would be best not worst! lol Now she is saying it is the "Best Christmas ever!" I am sure when she sees that she is getting 2 of the 3 things that are at the top of her list she will really think that it is indeed the best Christmas ever!

Gingerbread house?

We ended up waiting until Saturday to make our gingerbread house since Travis was still feeling yucky Friday. So after a long day of fun and junk food we made a candy house! lol We had several mishaps but in the end it tasted, I mean looked, pretty good ;)

Kaylee funny

We ran to blockbuster yesterday after I picked Kaylee up from school to pick up a gift card. When I unbuckled her seatbelt she said, "Thanks for keeping me safe mom" It was too cute and too funny! She is growing up so fast, there are some days Travis and I just look at her and ask when she got so big!

Yeah Baby!

It is December 7th and I am done with my Christmas shopping!! I think this is the earliest that I have been done ever and I got the latest start! I guess I could check my blog from last year and see cause that would be a close 2nd. I technically still have to get Mykenzie's ornament for Christmas eve but otherwise I am totally finished! I am still waiting for a couple of things that should be arriving in the mail for other people that I need to wrap but other than that all the gifts that will be leaving my house are also wrapped and ready to go!
I think I have all of my bases covered, I have 3 teacher gifts, a girl scout leader gift, 4 ornaments for exchanges, 3 books for exchanges, 23 of something for Kenzie's class as well as plates and napkins, all of the sets of parents, all of the nieces and nephews and my husband and children! I have already turned in my Angel tree stuff, sent in stuff for Kenzie's class to donate to a shelter and gotten my toys for tots stuff to turn in at Girl Scouts!! I am feeling pretty good and I did it all and stayed stress free!!! Yay! Now I just get to enjoy the rest of the time between now and Christmas soaking up the holiday and having fun! We are going to do our gingerbread house tonight! The girls don't know about that yet, they will be so excited! Oh and Frosty the Snowman is on tonight too!!! Tomorrow we have a birthday party and then our playgroups Christmas party where we will be getting a visit from Santa himself! They don't know about this either :) I am really looking forward to it. Sunday after church we will be spending hours at the table while the girls make their gifts to send to their grandparents. I love having them make something that comes from them for the people they love. Mykenzie is painting ornaments and Kaylee is doing Christmas sun catchers. A fun filled Christmasy weekend is in store! Have I mentioned that I love this time of year?

Christmas Fun!!

I so love Christmas cartoons! Watching Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, the Grinch, Frosty the Snow Man and Charlie Brown Christmas take me right back to when I was little like my girls are now. I love that we share that time together and the tradition of watching all the Christmas specials continues. I don't think I have missed them ever since I was a little girl. Seeing how much they love watching them and how excited they get when they come on every year makes me love them even more.

We have been enjoying all the Christmas specials as well as listening to the all Christmas radio station and singing Christmas songs in the car. This is such a fun time of year!! It is so easy to get so consumed with everything you have to do and get so stressed over the little things that you don't truly enjoy it. I am just having a great time buying things for our family this year and enjoying all of the fun things, the simple things like singing Christmas music and watching cartoons, to taking a drive to enjoy every one's Christmas decorations. Seriously, it is "The most wonderful time of the year!"

It's killing me!

This doll may send me out of my stress free state of mind! lol Ok so I am not really stressed just a little annoyed. Since it works out in my favor I am glad that it is happening but annoyed none the less.

I originally purchased this doll with dark hair for Kaylee. It was so cute and I just knew she would love it under the tree this year. Well once I got it home and showed it to Travis after the kids went to bed I saw the fine print in the bottom right corner of the box that told me that it was in fact Spanish speaking only! So once Thanksgiving break was over I exchanged it at Toys R Us for the blonde since she is not Spanish speaking. Problem solved. I went to Target a few days later to continue my shopping and found the same doll for $10 less. So I bought it there and returned it to Toys R Us to save my $10. I was just going through the ads and what do I see, oh yes, the same doll once again for $10 less than the last price I paid! So I am totally happy that I get it even cheaper but I am annoyed that these stores just don't put the lowest sale price from the get go so I don't have to keep returning stuff!! I guess most people don't take advantage of going back for adjustments. So I started out paying $60 and this week will end up paying only $40, who knows maybe next week I will get it for $30! Pick a price people!!!

OMG Look at her butt.....

Cute

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Thanksgiving and this and that

Our Thanksgiving was great! We had some friends over and between the two families we had so much food it was crazy. I only had a slight mishap with the potatos but we don't need to get into that. lol Everything worked out and was yummy. After dinner the kids all ran around playing and the grown ups played some Texas Hold'em. I so love that game. I have never played with people before, well I've played with people just not face to face I am an online gal. Let me just say that I kicked butt and it was great!

Rather than brave all of the stores on black Friday we opted to stay home and invite some friends over to play. Much better idea I'd say. There was nothing in any of those ads to get me out of the house on such a cold nasty day. Sunday's ad's however are saving me about $20 cause some stuff I already bought is now on sale! Yay! I will be doing that tomorrow while Kaylee is in school as well as returning the baby doll I got Kaylee that is Spanish speaking only. Yeah.

I ended up sick for most of the girls Thanksgiving break but luckily they were really good for me and helped take care of their mommy since Travis had to work all weekend long. I wish we could have done something a little more fun on their break though. Oh well, Christmas break will be here in a few weeks. This my friends is when the potty training will take place. I am talking hard core potty training there will be no more diapers. I haven't been very consistent with the whole thing which is why it isn't already done I am sure but this is it. I have got to get her potty trained.

My car is fixed! It was making a nasty noise everytime I would hit a small bump or a dip in the road so I took it in today and to my delight it was covered under my warranty so it didn't cost me a cent! I love a warranty!! I thought for sure it would be something stupid that wasn't covered but I was seriously being positive and hopeful. I am trying to be more positive and less stressed about stuff lately and I have been doing a pretty good job. I have lost most of my brain function because of it cause apparently I can't use my brain without stress but whatever, small price to pay for being happy/stress free right! :)

And on a final note Cami got a $70,yes I said $70 hair cut today. Check it out
*Warning* you may not want to take a drink of anything prior to looking at the picture because you may have a small mess to clean up
Kaylee's reaction: "Mommy what are you doing? That's not our dog!"
Mykenzie's reaction: "Oh my gosh! She looks like a rat!"

Welcome Christmas!

We are welcoming Christmas into our house already!!! Our tree is up and is beautiful! Our stockings have been hung by the chimney with care. My new nativity scene is looking nice on my mantle. We just hung out outside lights. I still have some lighted garland to hang inside a little later. I still have most of my shopping to do but I am not stressed about it anymore! I still don't really know what I am getting my kids, I've already bought the things they REALLY want. Kaylee is going crazy for a singing pony. OMG if it wasn't so pricey I'd be handing the dang thing over just to shut her up about it! Seriously she cries every day, several times a day for it. It is insane!! She will be so happy Christmas morning when she opens it up :)

So my house is ready for Christmas and my fridge is ready for Thanksgiving. Travis invited some friends over (I know shocking right, lol). They are bringing some food as well, including the turkey! Yeah baby! I am gonna do a ham and some sides and she is doing a turkey and some sides. Sounds like we are gonna have a TON of food. We will be eating it till Christmas! lol I love the holidays!

Mykenzie the porcupine!

Mykenzie's school play was Thursday night and she did a great job! The play was adorable. I didn't get good pics but I did get it on video. They will also be playing it on our local channel 3 sometime in the near future :)

Kaylee's Thanksgiving feast

Kaylee had her Thanksgiving dinner on Tuesday. It turned out that they wore costumes and sang a few songs too, I wish I would have known that so I would have brought my video camera. It was really cute though and she did a really good job. They had little crafts on the table that the kids had made as well as the costumes. Kaylee's class were the turkeys. On each feather they had something that they were thankful for written on them, she had Mommy, Daddy, Sissy and my dog on hers :)

Hmmm....

I have been a total slacker at blogging lately. I have been really busy yet I can't come up with anything to write about. That is just sad. My life has been a bit consumed with finding the materials to make a porcupine costume for Mykenzie's school play next week, but thank God a friend said she would help me out and make it for me. She says help me out I say save my life! lol That was a nightmare and I am glad it is over and I can focus on the fun part of helping Mykenzie with her lines and watching her in the play. Her line is "Thanks for showing up Mrs. Sun, that rain gave us the chills. I'm soaked right to the bottom of my perfect porcupine quills." It sounds like it is going to be really cute so I can't wait to see it. They will do it for the school Thursday and then for the PTO and the parents on Thursday night. The new school has a stage so that will be nice, we will be able to see much better than last time when they were just on the gym floor.

Kaylee's Thanksgiving dinner at school is Tuesday! Can you even believe it is almost Thanksgiving? We already had Mykenzies yesterday. This year just flew by. I must admit I am getting really excited for Christmas. I can't wait to put up all of our decorations. We are getting some new stuff for outside this year so Travis is excited about that. I have sucked with my shopping. I only have 2 people with a check mark by their names indicating they are done. I have nothing for my kids but I am hoping to pick some stuff up this week. I have a few definite things that I am getting so I need to do it before they all sell out. I was feeling stressed and crazy about not having more done but I am feeling better about it now. I at least have some ideas now and a week ago I didn't even have that so things are moving forward! lol

Mykenzie and I are headed out to girl scout camp in a couple of hours. I must say that I am dreading it. Not cause I don't think I will have a good time but because I have had a looong week and I have been up till after 1am for the past two days in a row which is not normal for me. It was totally worth it though :) I hosted bunco last night and it was soooo fun. I love hanging out with all of my mommy friends, I wish we could do it more often! But tonight I get to hang out with a bunch of 7-10 year olds and we always have a good time and I am sure all of their youthful energy will rub off on me, so I will manage to stay awake. I may be bringing some coffee though! Thank God we sleep in cabins with electricity!! That is my kind of camping :) I have nothing planned on Monday so after we take Mykenzie to school Kaylee and I will be having a day of rest! Perfect. Have a good weekend everyone

Happy Halloween (a couple days late)

We have had a great fall so far. We've been keeping busy with trips to the pumpkin patch, fall festivals and lots of school activities! We carved our pumpkins on Sunday and they were pretty rotten by Halloween!
Kaylee wanted nothing to do with cleaning out the pumpkin and was pretty upset when Travis flung some guts onto her.
Mykenzie on the other hand helped clean out her pumpkin and it was the first time she actually willingly did it!

Trick or treat here is on Halloween night so we went out from about 6:30-7:30 and got a ton of candy and then came home and passed some out to the trick or treaters. Kaylee decided that she was going to be Princess Dora for trick or treat and Mykenzie chose a witch.
They had a great time and Kaylee was really into it this year. Every time she would get candy from someone she would run to us and say "Can I get some more candy!!"

Here are some more pics of the seasons events

Thanks for Helping me Light the Night!

Part of our group of walkers :)


Chandra, Jacy and Barbara


Rain, thunderstorms, hail and tornado watches were in our forecast yesterday. We must have had a lot of people watching out for us including Jenna because all that held off and we ended up having perfect weather for our walk. It was a wonderful way to celebrate Jenna's life and remember her. It was humbling seeing all of those that have lost someone to these diseases and to see all the people who were still fighting their battle. We came together and walked for our friend and with all of our donations we raised over $4000! Thank you to all of those who donated! My friends and family helped me raise $405 for LLS, beating both my written and "personal" goals! You guys are awesome!

We wore buttons with pictures of Jenna as well as Light the Night Blinking Buttons and a sticker that said "I am walking for Jenna". We had a Jenna's Friends banner and carried red illuminated supporter balloons wishing we would have had a white survivor balloon in our bunch with us. Jenna was with us in spirit and I think she would have been thrilled to have us do this in her memory. Janna (Jenna's mom) walked with us and when she wanted to go dance with the band when no one else was, we knew Jenna was there too. We all danced, just our group, people who normally don't dance joining in. We celebrated Jenna's life. We all miss her so much and hope that by our donations we can help LLS get one step closer to finding a cure so no one else has to lose someone they love.

It was too dark for my camera (it sucks) but while we were waiting for the shuttle there were lights on a building so I got some photos while standing in line. Other people took more so I will add them as I get them. Light the Night Pictures

This is the photo we used on our buttons! Silly Jenna!

Finally a picture link

Here are the pictures from our trip to Gatlinburg in case you wanted to see some more. Enjoy them here.

Light the Night Walk

Our walk for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society is now officially less than a week away. I am happy to say that today I finally surpassed my goal. Thank you so much everyone who has given their hard earned money to such a great cause. Those of you who still want to donate there is still time!!! Check the links to the left on this blog for the link reading Sponsor Me in the Walk. It is easy to do and will only take 2 minutes of your time. Our team is doing great I can't wait until the day comes and I can give you the final total of what we have all raised but it is looking pretty good so far!

What a View!

Our trip to Gatlinburg was really nice. We got in Monday around 3 and checked into our beautiful cabin with a spectacular view! I turned into my MIL and took a ton of pictures of the same mountains!lol They were so pretty and at sunset, ahhh, breath taking. The leaves were starting to change on the trees and the difference between Monday and Thursday was already amazing. I am thinking if we would have gone a week later the leaves would have been mostly changed and that would have been really nice. But we were happy with the view with our green leaves too! lol

Tuesday we went to the Aquarium. I personally liked it better than the Atlanta one. The girls had a blast and really loved the sharks. I was amazed by the huge turtle skeleton they had hanging from the ceiling!

The outlets were a total bust! The Old Navy is no longer an outlet, apparently they have done away with those. There were no good deals to be found. I could have spent a fortune at the Bombay outlet though! Part of me wants to go back and buy the things I wanted but didn't get. I am dissappointed in myself for not buying at least the hall table I wanted. I was trying to be good! lol

We went to oober gatlinburg. The ride up was really nice, beautiful view. The black bear habitat was pretty neat too. We had a bear that was posing for us and then another that kept doing this trick that apparently he knew was funny. I felt really badly for them though, they looked really sad and not in the best conditions. They said that they were born in captivity and couldn't survive in the wild but still they had the saddest eyes. Since none of us can ice skate we skipped the rest. It was pretty run down we thought but the tram ride was worth going on.

I think that is about all we did other than go out to dinner several times. We just hung out at the cabin and played pool and hung in the hot tub. It was a nice trip. Mykenzie was bummed once she found out about Dollywood. She wanted to go so we told her next time when she was bigger and could ride more stuff we would go, that perked her up! lol Not sure how soon we will go back but we had fun and are really glad we went :) I am working on putting pics on shutterfly now so hopefully I will have a link soon.

Here's to You!

Ok, so this is totally out of character for me but Jenna would have done it so I am gonna suck it up. I wish I would have been smart enough to do my hair and makeup first but I am in lazy mode so it isn't gonna happen. She looked better in it than I did anyhow! :)

Today marks 3 months. 3 months since this world lost a wonderful person and all who knew her lost a wonderful friend. I just wanted to feel close to her today so I am wearing her shirt. I haven't been able to bring myself to wear this particular one yet, because it brings back alot of memories, good ones though. But it seemed like today was the day. Miss ya chickie




From Jenna's Blog, Thursday October 19, 2006



Today I went with Jacy, Chandra and Barbara and got myself a ton of new things! It was so nice to just pick out what I wanted and get it! I got myself 4 new pair of earrings at Dillards. Three bras and 5 panties at Victoria Secret that ACTUALLY FIT right! Who knew where your gals really belonged?! LOL

3 pair of jeans and a TON of shirts at Old Navy. I also got the kids a few clothes too. Here are a few Pics. I'm too lazy to put them all on and take pics... I figure you'll see them as I wear them in pics. I wish I had other hat options instead of this one hat. Once it cools down I can wear my beanies. I kept joking with the girls today that I was going to walk into a salon, rip off my hat and say, "What can you do with this?" LOL Of course as joke, since I'm basically bald except in the back and sides! LOL

The Rockledge, FL stalker has been found!

That's right people, I have been searching and searching to find out just who has been reading all of our blogs from Rockledge, FL. I have spent alot of time thinking about who in the world would visit all of our sites. Well the mystery has been solved folks. I am confessing here and now that I am indeed the Rockledge, FL stalker! I have no clue why I show up coming from Fl but indeed I do. There ya have it, I solved the case. Who would have thought the answer was right here in my own house! Now I wonder who is out there from Texas. One thing I know for sure, It isn't me! lol

5 days and counting

Our trip to Pigeon Forge is just 5 days away! I have spent the past 2 hours online searching for things for us to do while there and I stumbled upon OUTLET MALLS! Woo Hoo!! I didn't know there were outlet malls there! I am really excited now! lol I have no clue what else we are going to do. I know we will make stop at the Aquarium, the girls will love that. And if you spend $150 at the outlet mall you get a free adult ticket! LMBO I have been reading reviews of different things and thank goodness I did cause alot of things I had on my list of possibilities everyone who reviewed them said they were awful! Seems like most people think the best places are the aquarium and the Great Smokey Mountain National Park, which is awesome cause the park is FREE! Which means, oh yeah baby, more money for the outlet mall! My name is Jacy and I am addicted to shopping! So anyone been to this area before? Got suggestions for fun things to do? Any good shows? We are skipping Dollywood but I was considering the Dixie Stampede. Not sure yet. The cabin we rented looks like it is gonna be beautiful with a spectacular view. I hope I am right about that and the pictures aren't lying to me! We are so excited for our mini get away. We will be there October 1st and check out on October 4th!

Me and My Gang....

So the concert was Friday night and I know you are all on the edge of your seats dying to know how it was. Well it was freaking awesome that's how. Did you think I would say anything different! We ate at Chili's before we went and were still sitting there at 7:30, the concert was at 8! lol So after I went in the back to find our waitress so we could pay we high tailed it out of there and only missed a few songs in Jason Aldean's set. He was good too. I really enjoyed dancing like a fool by myself to "Johnny Cash" and "Hicktown"
Then out came Rascal Flatts kicking off the concert with "Me and My Gang" Great way to get us rockin. They had a stage set up in the center of the arena (I want to know where it was last time cause we would have been soooo close to it) and they all sat there and sung songs that weren't released as singles but were on their albums, not the ones I would have chosen but still I like the songs and then they sang one from the upcoming album (in stores tomorrow). The songs are all really good but it was a long stretch of slow. Then Joe Don for some reason played "Somewhere over the Rainbow" on electric guitar. I love the song, it was a pretty cool version, but I really didn't see the point overall and could have done without it. Last time we went he sung "Friends in Low Places" during his "alone time" on stage. Much more interesting. They sang the song "He Ain't the Leavin Kind" off their Me and My Gang album and at the end brought out members of the US Marines. It was really nice. When they finally got to "Stand" it was much harder than I thought. I honestly thought that I had spun the songs to see them in a positive light so I wouldn't get sad at the concert. Well, that didn't happen. To my happiness Chandra was boo hooing right along with me which then made Barbara start too. Who would have thought she'd have been the stong one! lol I am sure there were many people who thought we were insane but that song means alot, what can you do. Jenna was definatley missed but I couldn't help but feel like she was with us!
The concert I went to 2 years ago was better but this one was still awesome! My pictures are awful though. UGG. I guess I should just be happy I got some since I got none last time. After the concert we went and kept the Melting Pot open till all hours of the night, I am sure they were thrilled! lol It was yummy though :) Thanks for a fun night girls! Here are the rest of the Pictures.

Time to fess up!

I have this new sitemeter on my blog, which isn't doing what I actually wanted it to do but it is giving me interesting info! Some of that is WHERE people are who are reading my blog, as in City and State. I must say that ALOT of these places I have never even heard of so now I am more curious than ever to who actually reads this blog. I write dumb stuff for myself forgetting sometimes that it is available for all to see. Now I want to know who all is seeing it. Don't worry I will continue to write and bore the crap out of you! LMBO I am just easing my curiosity! Even if I don't know you I want responses. Seems like alot of people look at this thing but not alot are commenting! Now is the time, time to FESS UP if you are indeed a lurker on here! :) It is not hard to comment people so I want to see some names in the comment section of this post! I love it!

Take Me There!

To the Rascal Flatts concert that is! I love their new single Take Me There and can't wait to see it LIVE! We now have just 4 days left till the show! Time has flown by this time and I can't believe the day is almost here! Jason Aldean is opening for them and I really like his music too so it will be an awesome show. Hope our seats are as good as we think they are! This time my camera is coming with me! I can't wait!!! Oooh and their new cd comes out in 8 days!! (the 25th) Click here to watch the NEW video for Take Me There :)

Hello Fresh Air

Our weather here has been beautiful!! I am so excited to have my air conditioner off and my windows open! I do think that by doing this I am messing with mine and Kaylee's allergies though. It seemed that we were never going to get a break from the 100+ temps we were having but it is official and fall weather has arrived. I have already been eyeing the mums and pumpkins! I can't wait till the pumpkin patches start opening in another 2 weeks! I bought Kaylee's Halloween costume 2 weeks ago and Mykenzie has filled me in on who she wants to be and surprise it is another Disney Princess! Kaylee is gonna be Princess Dora. Princesses are cute but I would love if they would pick something else for a change! I hope that these temps last for a long time before winter starts setting in, I don't like to be cold but 60 in the morning and ending at 80 is PERFECT!!

No more hospitals!

Both Coby and Ryan are home and doing well! Thanks for the prayers :)

Prayers

Please take some time to stop and pray for Rachel's 9 day old baby Coby. Rachel has been my best friend for 27 years (our whole lives) for those who don't know. Coby is in the hospital today with meningitis. The doctors aren't sure if it is viral or bacterial but they are treating him as if it is bacterial just in case. He will be in the hospital for at least the weekend. The doctors say that he is eating well and his fever has gone now so those are both very positive signs. But meningitis is scary enough in an adult let alone a 9 day old newborn baby. I know they would appreciate any prayers they can get for him. Say one for Rachel and Jacob too, I am sure they are scared out of their minds right now.

As if having Coby in the hospital isn't bad enough, Chandra's son Ryan is also in the hospital today with low oxygen levels. Pray for him that he gets better quickly and gets out of there. This unfortunatley has happened before with him and it isn't as bad as it has been in the past so that is a good sign but I am sure some prayers surely can't hurt.

Where do they learn this stuff

So I made Kaylee some macaroni and cheese for lunch like I do so many days since she is obsessed with it. Well I am straining the water and the steam is billowing over top the sink. She starts fake coughing and says "oh mom, all that fog is making me choke!" Ok so I know it isn't fog, but it makes sense for a 3 year old to think that it is. BUT how does she know what fog is to begin with?? She has been in school for a total of 6 days and I haven't taught her about fog. I am sure I have mentioned the word in her presence but how does she know what it is?? It is amazing to me the things that kids know without being taught, just observing.

Mykenzie found a new website to play on yesterday, I forget what it is called but it is through PBS. I helped her sign up for it and let her play for a little bit before dinner last night. When it was time to eat she came down stairs and proudly announces that she has already learned something from the site. "Ears help you balance!"

I guess they pick things up everywhere. It is just so funny to see them turn into little people, learning new things about the world :)

Babies Babies everywhere!

It has been a constant thing with my playgroup for the past 2 years. There is always at least 3 people pregnant and has been up to like 8 at a time! It is nuts. The trend continues on there but also with my friends back in Ohio. Rachel just had her 3rd last week!! Congratulations guys! Beth is getting ready to have her baby in about 5-6 weeks! Yay! And some other friends have recently had babies too. Anyone else have any announcements to make?? Mary? I haven't talked to you in a while! lol
Congratulations to all of you who have just had babies or just found out you are expecting! Just don't give me whatever you've all been drinking! lol

Who Knew

*Half of a turkey or cheese sandwich
*A hand full of sliced apples or grapes
*A few cubes of cheddar cheese
*Half a snack size bag of mickey mouse pretzels
*Yogurt
*raisins
*4-5 100 calorie chocolate chip cookies
*Juice Box

These are the things (in different variations) I put in Kaylee's lunch box Tuesday's and Thursday's for school. Ordinary things that she would eat at home but when they are all together in her very own lunch box, suddenly these things transform her into a "big girl" and she is the happiest big girl in the world to hold her lunch box and go off to school. Every morning she wakes up and starts talking about her lunch and what we will put in her lunch box. Who knew lunch would be the cause of so much joy.

Sad

I love this song. The video is stupid but I love the song. It makes me think of Jenna even though it is a love song. Miss ya girl.

I love Pink!

Some of the lyrics that I love, listen to the song....

If someone said 3 years from now, You'd be long gone. I stand up and punch them out! Cause their all wrong.....

When someone said count your blessings now, before their all gone, I guess I just didn't know how. I was all wrong

I'll keep you locked in my head, until we meet again. I wont forget you my friend, what happened...

But I keep your memory, you visit me in my sleep, but darlin, who knew

Some People!!!!!! Buyer Beware! cussing invovled

OMG I think I have steam coming out my ears right now! I am furious with a person that I have never even met! On July 28th I ordered a cell phone charm off ebay of an orange ribbon (leukemia awareness) I got it via the Buy it Now option. With shipping my total was only $3.50, so it wasn't alot of money but it is the principal of the whole thing. So 3 and a half weeks later and 3 emails, VERY polite emails at that, later and I have not heard a word about my order nor have I received it. So I sent the following email to her...

"This will be my 4th email that I have sent. I am really trying to work hard to resolve the issues that I am having without leaving you negative feedback. It is clear to me after reading your feedback that you really don't like getting anything negative. I would prefer not to have to give it to you so I keep attempting to contact you so we can get the matter resolved without going through that. It seems as though you sell a lot of stuff and it would be very easy to overlook an order and for that I am trying to give you the benefit of the doubt. It has now been 4 days shy of a month (ordered on July 28) since I placed and paid for my order and I still haven't received it or any contact from you with all the attempts that I have made. All I ordered was a simple little cell phone charm for the small price ot $3.50 to show my support for leukemia awareness since I lost one of my very good friends at the age of 35 to the disease. I really wanted to have this charm, and I had planned on sending more business your way since a few friends were interested as well. Now I will just be happy if I ever get the thing. I can't continue to wait forever to not leave negative feedback about never receiving my item so I figure on August 28th which will be a month since I ordered and paid for it, If I don't have it or haven't heard from you, I will have no choice but to leave negative feedback. Please email me at this email addy as soon as you receive this email."

Gets the point across without being too bitchy right?? Well after not hearing anything prior to this email and checking out her feedback where she got very vicious with people who left negative feedback for also not receiving their items, she FINALLY responded and said she would send me a replacement. Well guess what it is weeks later and I still haven't gotten it. Now that my Rascal Flatts tickets are sold (I didn't want negative feedback going into that cause I had to sell them) I get on ebay to finally give this lady the feedback she deserves. Well her store is CLOSED so I can't do it! So I filled a report with PayPal and this time I left a not so nice message to her that sounds a little like this....

"I have contacted you 4-5 times about not receiving this item and never heard anything from you until I threatened to leave negative feedback. At that time you told me you would send me a replacement item or refund my money, neither of which you did. I was very polite and tried to get the situation dealt with in a civil fashion but that obviously got me no where. Shame on you for saying you were giving your money to charity and then ripping multiple people off. I know now that I am not the only person who has not received their merchandise. It is a real shame that there are people like you willing to take advantage of others. You should hang your head in shame and embarrassment."


Yes, I know I was a bitch but I was pissed. So then here is what that Bitch said back to me along with my refund....

"first of all our store is closed and we did not get any other messages then the ones we replied to. You couldn't even give us feedback if you tried so we are not threatened by that. We closed the store for lack of profit. And you are the only one complaining about your item right now. I will not attempt another delivery for I have already sent 2 with postal proof I also can fight this claim because I have postal proof but unlike you I am not rude. I will refund you immediately even though I do not have to. Please do not contact me again or I will file harrassment."

Harassment!!!! WTF ever Bitch. I would LOOOOOOVE to see that postal proof. Bull shit she sent it to me twice and I never got it! So to all of you ebay shoppers BEWARE just because you see a 99.9% rating still go and read feedback! I would have NEVER ordered from this woman if I would have known how she spoke to people and how many people never received their order. The only reason she had that rating is because when people left negative feedback she bullied them until they "mutually withdrew" their feedback so that kept her percentage up. Just because the percentage is up and feedback withdrawn, you can still read what was said. Do your research always on people before buying from them. All that venting you would think I'd feel better but I don't! I am still MAD but the venting is over

Well, don't I feel productive

Today was the first day that Kaylee was in school and I actually came home and did nothing out of the house. I got some exercise in this morning. Oh yeah you heard me right. Now lets just see how long it lasts! lol Then I tackled the stopped up bathroom sink and got it fixed FINALLY! It is so nice not to have the water take forever to drain. I got my bathroom and bedroom looking so nice, I think I let them get so messy just cause it makes me feel so good after I get them looking so pretty. Well, that's my story anyhow! lol I got a bunch of laundry done and put away and I scrubbed the girls bathroom. It is amazing how much you can get done when you aren't interrupted a million times. I kept forgetting she wasn't here though and kept trying to be quiet and I almost didn't go in her room and put her clothes away because I was thinking she was taking a nap! I wish she was in school tomorrow now too so I could finish cleaning my upstairs. I need to get it all done tomorrow anyhow though cause I have big plans of carpet scrubbing this weekend! I am gonna procrastinate a little bit though and take Kaylee to a playdate so she can have some fun.
We had the big dreaded teacher conference today after school to find out why Mykenzie is continuously getting notes home that she isn't getting her work done in class and that she isn't using her "time management" well. I was sick of getting notes so I went in to see what the problem was. She said that Mykenzie is smart and is capable of doing all of the work that is put in front of her and she is fairly convinced that her biggest problem is the kid that was sitting next to her. She moved her yesterday morning away from that particular boy and she had no problems today or yesterday with getting stuff done. The teacher said that she was hoping that Mykenzie would help the boy get a handle on what he was supposed to be doing but the opposite happened and he was making her do things she wasn't supposed to be doing. She also said that she has started to take a better approach to her work and has been asking for help when she needs it and asking what she is missing. So hopefully the conversation I had with her on Tuesday night helped her realize that what was going on was not acceptable and the threat of not being able to be in girl scouts this year I am sure helped a little too. lol But mainly getting her away from this major distraction, I mean boy will help tremendously. So hopefully no more notes home!! I told the teacher that Mykenzie was concerned that she was going to get yelled at if she got out of her seat to ask a question and she said she would make sure that she talked with her about it individually as well as to the class about how that is what she is there for. So that is good and may help someone else in the class as well. I am feeling much better about the situation than I was the other day. She still has some things to work on but they are normal 2nd grade issues so I am not worried. Whew!

Oops

I just found this post that never made it past draft stages... I wrote it in April but intended to add more to it. Well I never did and now it is too late but I am posting it now anyhow. I had already forgotten about it because she no longer says these things. They change to quickly, I can't keep up!

Kaylee has been saying funny things these days so I wanted to make a post to share them all.

She loves Tinker Bell, and after going to Disney she got to see alot more of her but also of Peter Pan and Captain Hook. She doesn't call them by those names though she refers to them at Tinker Pan and Tinker Hook. It is too cute hearing her say it.

I informed her that when her diapers are gone she has to start wearing pull ups and panties and going pee and poop in the potty. She has refused to wear either of those up till now but she needs to start if she is ever going to be potty trained sooo, while at Target I let her pick some out. She chose Disney Princesses over Dora (she is growing up..sniff)
When we got home she was carrying the package around and showed Mykenzie and told her "Look sissy, these are my giant panties" So now pull ups are giant panties at our house! lol

It has been brought to my attention....

That the link I had for Kaylee's birthday pictures wasn't working. Just in case anyone else wanted to see them and couldn't the link has been fixed. You can either scroll down or look on the left side of your screen under August and click Kaylee's Birthday pictures to see them :)