39 more days til we're in Vegas again... woohoo! My cousins keep telling me that it's going to be too cold to soak in the sun while I'm out there. This is the same cousin that just told me that they're having a cold snap...it's ONLY 60 out there! Hell... that's a freakin heat wave to us! So I am quite confident that I'll be able to worship the sun gods for a few hours while we're there!
Jess actually volunteered to stay with the kids while we're gone! She'll be 8 months pregnant by then but she still insists! I guess I better throw her a pretty nice baby shower huh? lol
Apparently we have another 5-7 inches of snow coming our way tonight/tomorrow. Fun fun! =P I just keep sniffing my sun tan lotion hoping it will all go away!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
8 and -6
What are these numbers you ask? That's what the high and low is going to be tomorrow. And this is the regular temperature. Factor in the wind chill.... and I have 2 words.... F*** this! =P I'm only sensoring it because my parents read this and would be appalled that their sweet little daughter uses words like that. haha
Now seriously... when you have a HIGH of 8 degrees that's just inhumane and cruel. But yet here I sit... in Ohio... for what I'm now accepting will be my fate for the rest of my life. =P
Atleast last year I was smart to book a flight out of this place I call hell in the winter months. We hit Ft. Lauderdale for a few days and oh how wonderful it was to be able to walk around without a parka on for a few days. My toes even thanked me for squishing them in the sand and bringing them back to life. Who cares if we had to sit on the runway for an hour while they deiced the plane so we could take off... we were going someplace warm!
But this year... nada.. zip...nothing! I'm doomed to sit here trying to pick my nose hairs apart... as they're frozen solid at the moment... and put my feet in the fireplace to keep my toes from falling off! I now have 2 out of 3 kids sleeping in my bed because my upstairs is soo cold!
Thankfully I'll be hitting Vegas beginning of March! I asked my cousins what the weather will be like and they said upper 60's maybe 70.... and probably too chilly to sit by the pool. Are they kidding me.... that will be a freakin heatwave to us!
Feel sorry for me.... this sucks!!
Now seriously... when you have a HIGH of 8 degrees that's just inhumane and cruel. But yet here I sit... in Ohio... for what I'm now accepting will be my fate for the rest of my life. =P
Atleast last year I was smart to book a flight out of this place I call hell in the winter months. We hit Ft. Lauderdale for a few days and oh how wonderful it was to be able to walk around without a parka on for a few days. My toes even thanked me for squishing them in the sand and bringing them back to life. Who cares if we had to sit on the runway for an hour while they deiced the plane so we could take off... we were going someplace warm!
But this year... nada.. zip...nothing! I'm doomed to sit here trying to pick my nose hairs apart... as they're frozen solid at the moment... and put my feet in the fireplace to keep my toes from falling off! I now have 2 out of 3 kids sleeping in my bed because my upstairs is soo cold!
Thankfully I'll be hitting Vegas beginning of March! I asked my cousins what the weather will be like and they said upper 60's maybe 70.... and probably too chilly to sit by the pool. Are they kidding me.... that will be a freakin heatwave to us!
Feel sorry for me.... this sucks!!
Monday, January 5, 2009
Happy Birthday Brooke!
A quick snapshot of Brooke this morning... she wasn't too thrilled that her first day back from break was on her birthday. haha
Brooke's new room
Another angle
The letters I made for her
The rest of the letters
Today Brooke is 10... wow! She still has such a little kid personality so it's hard to believe she's 10 already! I love that she'll still play for hours and can be just as silly as Drew. :)
Lately Brooke has been having the typical middle child syndrome. When we moved in this house almost 2 years ago her room didn't really change much. The girls shared a room at our old house and we bought them bunk beds and all the matching pieces. Since it was all still fairly new furniture and bedding we kept it and put it in Brooke's room. Hannah got all new furniture and bedding since she was getting her own room. And Drew got new stuff too since he wasn't in the crib anymore. Brooke felt like she got the shaft. =P
So for her 10th birthday we offered to let her redo her room however she chose! She had to keep the furniture since we weren't about to replace that! But she could pick out all new bedding and accessories and we would paint the room as well. We went to Pottery Barn and she found HOT PINK striped quilts that she was dying to have ( thank god for sales!!). She picked out sheets that had pink and brown in them and decided the new colors for her room would be pink and brown. Like pepto bismol pink. lol Matt painted the whole room and put up a chair rail to divide the colors. And I decorated some wooden letters with all my scrap stuff. The room turned out really cute and she just loves that it's what she picked out!
Since the room cost a fortune to redo... that's the bulk of her gift! And she has no idea that we have anything else for her. ;) She's also getting a hot pink Ipod which I know she's going to love!!
Brooke's new room
Another angle
The letters I made for her
The rest of the letters
Today Brooke is 10... wow! She still has such a little kid personality so it's hard to believe she's 10 already! I love that she'll still play for hours and can be just as silly as Drew. :)
Lately Brooke has been having the typical middle child syndrome. When we moved in this house almost 2 years ago her room didn't really change much. The girls shared a room at our old house and we bought them bunk beds and all the matching pieces. Since it was all still fairly new furniture and bedding we kept it and put it in Brooke's room. Hannah got all new furniture and bedding since she was getting her own room. And Drew got new stuff too since he wasn't in the crib anymore. Brooke felt like she got the shaft. =P
So for her 10th birthday we offered to let her redo her room however she chose! She had to keep the furniture since we weren't about to replace that! But she could pick out all new bedding and accessories and we would paint the room as well. We went to Pottery Barn and she found HOT PINK striped quilts that she was dying to have ( thank god for sales!!). She picked out sheets that had pink and brown in them and decided the new colors for her room would be pink and brown. Like pepto bismol pink. lol Matt painted the whole room and put up a chair rail to divide the colors. And I decorated some wooden letters with all my scrap stuff. The room turned out really cute and she just loves that it's what she picked out!
Since the room cost a fortune to redo... that's the bulk of her gift! And she has no idea that we have anything else for her. ;) She's also getting a hot pink Ipod which I know she's going to love!!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy New Year!!
Here we are in 2009! I've been thinking long and hard about my New Year's resolutions for this year. Although I'm pretty happy with the way things are.... there is always room for improvement. ;)
Family
Matt~ I want to try and get some time with just him once a month. Whether it be dinner, a movie or whatever.... we get so caught up in all the daily things with the kids, etc. that we don't always take time for just the 2 of us.
Hannah~ I want to be more understanding when the teenage hormones hit from time to time and the tears start to flow. I'm sooo not a crier so this one is tough for me. =P I also want to take more time to have those mother/daughter chats she looks forward to. She loves having my undivided attention even if it's only for an hour. I'm starting to feel the reality of the fact that she has a little over 4 years before she goes to college and I don't want to miss these opportunities to have these moments with her!
Brooke~ I want to allow Brooke more freedom to express her creativity. I tend to mask it from time to time in my quest to have a clean house. ;) Brooke is VERY messy and tends to go from room to room exploring her artistic side. =P I'm hoping that letting her redo her room however she wants will help with that... and giving her more space to do projects and such. I also want to make sure that she gets some individual attention from time to time as well. Her favorite thing is to sit and play cards with me or do some scrapbooking together.
Drew~ My little man is growing up much too quickly! I want to enjoy the last bit of babyhood he has left. Although he's becoming more independent everyday... he still fully needs me... but I know that isn't going to last for much longer. Since he's home with me ALL day everyday he gets plenty of individual attention. But I would like to be more patient with all the boyish things he does... you know like watering silk flowers and coloring on the ceiling! =P I know years from now I'll laugh at all these little things...and then wish upon him a child just. like. him!!
House
This may seem odd to many as most people strive to have a cleaner house. In my quest to have the perfect house I tend to spend waay too much time cleaning it! Pointless when you consider it's just going to get messed up again 5 minutes later. =P So I'm going to try and just enjoy my house as it is a bit more and not worry about the crumbs under the table, the finger prints on the walls, the dishes on the sink... okay I'm having a bit of anxiety just typing that. haha But I'll try... I really will!
Career
Um yea... don't really have one... so this column will stay a bit empty. =P
Travels
We took some great trips last year and we're really looking forward to doing the same this year! I know many people think the vacations we take are such a waste of money... but we enjoy every minute of them! So far we're headed to Vegas in March, Disney for 2 weeks in July and Disney at Christmas. I'm sure we'll throw in another little trip or 2 in that bunch.
Me
There's tons of improvements in this area! lol
Like everyone else.. I want to get in better shape! I do "okay" with working out but now that I'm getting old I need to step it up a bit!
I also want to set aside more time to scrap! I haven't pulled my stuff out in months and am really getting behind. My goal is to have my Disney album from last year done before we go this year!
Hope everyone has a great 2009!
Family
Matt~ I want to try and get some time with just him once a month. Whether it be dinner, a movie or whatever.... we get so caught up in all the daily things with the kids, etc. that we don't always take time for just the 2 of us.
Hannah~ I want to be more understanding when the teenage hormones hit from time to time and the tears start to flow. I'm sooo not a crier so this one is tough for me. =P I also want to take more time to have those mother/daughter chats she looks forward to. She loves having my undivided attention even if it's only for an hour. I'm starting to feel the reality of the fact that she has a little over 4 years before she goes to college and I don't want to miss these opportunities to have these moments with her!
Brooke~ I want to allow Brooke more freedom to express her creativity. I tend to mask it from time to time in my quest to have a clean house. ;) Brooke is VERY messy and tends to go from room to room exploring her artistic side. =P I'm hoping that letting her redo her room however she wants will help with that... and giving her more space to do projects and such. I also want to make sure that she gets some individual attention from time to time as well. Her favorite thing is to sit and play cards with me or do some scrapbooking together.
Drew~ My little man is growing up much too quickly! I want to enjoy the last bit of babyhood he has left. Although he's becoming more independent everyday... he still fully needs me... but I know that isn't going to last for much longer. Since he's home with me ALL day everyday he gets plenty of individual attention. But I would like to be more patient with all the boyish things he does... you know like watering silk flowers and coloring on the ceiling! =P I know years from now I'll laugh at all these little things...and then wish upon him a child just. like. him!!
House
This may seem odd to many as most people strive to have a cleaner house. In my quest to have the perfect house I tend to spend waay too much time cleaning it! Pointless when you consider it's just going to get messed up again 5 minutes later. =P So I'm going to try and just enjoy my house as it is a bit more and not worry about the crumbs under the table, the finger prints on the walls, the dishes on the sink... okay I'm having a bit of anxiety just typing that. haha But I'll try... I really will!
Career
Um yea... don't really have one... so this column will stay a bit empty. =P
Travels
We took some great trips last year and we're really looking forward to doing the same this year! I know many people think the vacations we take are such a waste of money... but we enjoy every minute of them! So far we're headed to Vegas in March, Disney for 2 weeks in July and Disney at Christmas. I'm sure we'll throw in another little trip or 2 in that bunch.
Me
There's tons of improvements in this area! lol
Like everyone else.. I want to get in better shape! I do "okay" with working out but now that I'm getting old I need to step it up a bit!
I also want to set aside more time to scrap! I haven't pulled my stuff out in months and am really getting behind. My goal is to have my Disney album from last year done before we go this year!
Hope everyone has a great 2009!
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