Hello Everyone! And Happy Birthday to Booty! I am sure that all of you, like me, have been praying for (and will continue to pray for) HBM and Elvis as they welcome their new addition into the world today! On my way to work, I was praying for them and thinking about how awesome this miracle is! Some of you might remember sitting in a cabin at Butler Springs – just a little over a year ago – laying hands on and praying with HBM that God would open her womb for a precious baby. Isn’t HE amazing? It might not have happened in OUR timing…but it happened in HIS perfect timing. So, I can’t wait to hear the great news!!!!
So! What is going on with Mac-N-Cheese? Well, it has been one crazy week – both at work and home! I am so very glad that today is Friday! I am looking forward to the Women’s Retreat tomorrow….but I wish it started a bit later! Oh well! I miss being able to sleep in….that is one thing I really miss about being off! Not so much sleeping in, because kids don’t do that well….but being able to take naps! I wish they would institute a “nap policy” at work! LOL
Let’ see….I had two big meetings at work this week. They were both on Wednesday – back to back. So, that was a very long and stressful day! And Monday and Tuesday were stressful – getting ready for the meeting! Yesterday was much better – but just trying to get caught up from being behind because of the meeting. Oh, and my computer at work- crashed! I knew it was on its last leg, so I had already ordered my new one (it isn’t in yet). But on Wednesday, the day of the meeting…when my computer was the only one with all the presentations loaded on it….my computer crashed! It went into a perpetual “starting up mode” and wouldn’t power on. That made the morning interesting! I was working fast and furious to create new PowerPoints at the last minute! So, I have a loaner computer now…until my new one comes in! I am very excited about getting a new laptop!!! Yippee!
So, anyways…work is work. Stinky Pete is the same. I am not as frustrated with him as I used to be (before leave)….but it is building! The time off definitely helped…my frame of mind…but it won’t take long. It’s funny how the new girl was so smitten with him a few weeks ago….but she is already starting to see his true colors. It didn’t take long! She is nice….and I think we will work together just fine. But, she is very vulgar…..I mean, she has a potty mouth and cusses like in every sentence. That gets annoying. But other than that….she and I get along fine. It is just hard working with her when I feel like I have to be so guarded about how frustrated I am with SP because I don’t know if I can trust her…..if that makes sense. Although, maybe it is good that I can’t vent with her as much…..maybe it will help me. I am rambling….
So, at home….Monday night, I spent the entire evening cleaning our bedroom. I don’t know why in the world that room gets so stinking dusty…but it is annoying! It looked like I hadn’t dusted in ions, but I just did last week! Well, since we were getting our new king size bed on Wednesday, we had to move things around. So, that took me forever! We had to un-hook the computer and all that stuff to move it….move the bed….blah, blah, blah. So we got that done! Tuesday night…Hubby took the two older kids to a basketball game and I took Petunia to the gym with me. I left her in the nursery and KK and I went to a zumba class. Let me tell you….that was a trip! Basically, zumba is dance aerobics….like the salsa and the rumba and stuff like that. Well, we decided to do it….so we picked our spots in the very back of the class. We figured that we should really be close to the instructor so we could follow her, but we didn’t want to distract everyone else by making fools of ourselves, so we got in the back. Well, we started and for the first few songs, we were laughing so hard at times that we couldn’t even do it! It was very funny!!! Then, this lady joined the class late…and she stood behind us. I told her that that wasn’t going to work, but she didn’t believe me. Turns out, she was an instructor too who just wanted to take the class. Yeah….so after about 2 songs, she moved in front of us. I guess we were making her look bad….lol. It helped having her in front of us….but there ain’t no way I could ever look as good as she did. I am definitely a white girl with no rhythm! Well, KK and I both are! We had a great time, but we sure looked like fools! If you haven’t tried it, you really should! It is a great workout – but more fun then the treadmill! So, that was Tuesday night… then on Wednesday, I didn’t get home from work until nearly 7:00. Hubby and I-Man had church and MIL had the two girls….so I had a little bit of time alone! I ate a quick bite and then had to run out to buy some new blankets for our new bed! I had bought new sheets….but didn’t think about blankets! Luckily, I had been buying king-size quilts, so we had that. I LOVE our new bed! I honestly do not know why we waited so long to get a king size bed! (well, actually I do…money!) It fits great in our room….doesn’t crowd it at all…and we have both slept heavenly in it! LOVE!!!!
So, not much else going on. I feel like I am just rambling all over the board here. I keep getting interrupted, so this isn’t a very good journal entry!
Ummm……the kids are all doing great. Petunia has a bit of a runny nose and I think she might be starting to cut teeth already. She constantly chews on her hands or her pacifier. She is just so pretty….and cute! She laughs all the time and is just a good baby. She is starting to reach for things and really interact with everyone – especially her brother and sister! FAB is as ornery as ever…but also as cute! Yesterday, my mom tried to get her to poop in the potty….well, soon after she got off the pot, she pooped in her diaper. I guess she walked out to where my mom was and put her hands on her hips and told my mom that she needed to change her diaper. She has such a little attitude! I just love to hear her talk…it is so cute! She is kinda hard to understand, but she has a lot to say! Hubby played with her and I-Man in the snow on Sunday….it was her first time to do that! They had a good time and Hubby let them bury him in the snow. Well, I went back inside (I was video-taping it from the porch) and Hubby started to bury I-Man in the snow….FAB didn’t like that! She was crying because she thought he was hurting I-Man. She can be sweet when she wants to be! I-Man has had fun playing in the snow nearly every day. He still loves school – we are supposed to get his report card today. I am anxious to see how he is doing and if he will be able to move onto 1st grade next year or if we need to hold him back. I am open to whatever his teachers feel is best, but he will be disappointed if he has to take Kindergarten again. But I would rather him be disappointed now, then down the road. So, we will see.
Hubby didn’t win the trip to Cancun! Bummer! But seriously, I am so proud of him for being in the running! He actually ended the year as the #3 salesperson! The funny thing is….to win the trip you had to sell a bunch of extra stuff (like HBO and NFL stuff)…well, he didn’t even focus on that and he still almost won it! So, now that he knows...there is always next year! But anyways….work is good for him. It is just a really cold time for knocking on doors every day!
We are going to the Great Wolf Lodge the weekend after next. I had been wanting to go…but then we had dinner with some friends and they suggested it, so we are going to go with them! It is funny how Hubby told me it was too expensive, but when they wanted to go too, it was alright! LOL They have a daughter the same age as FAB – so they will do well together. We are trying to get MIL or someone to keep Petunia over-night so we don’t have to take her. It wouldn’t be much fun for her…and it would be easier to just have the older two. So, we are looking forward to that!
And then also in February…we are going to a Chris Tomlin concert with King and Queen! There are two other people too…I think one is Jeremy Camp and the other is that Giglio guy who is a great speaker. I am really looking forward to that! Hopefully we can find someone to watch all the kids for that night! I just thought of that!!!!
So, like I said…things have been busy! It seems that I am busier now than I was before. I guess because when I was pregnant, we didn’t do much in the evenings – and I really didn’t do much around the house. So, since I am now working full-time and not pregnant, my evenings are busy again – with the kids and the house-work! I swear we do laundry every night! How is that possible?!?!?
Well, I have rambled long enough! I better get back to work! You all have a great day and see some of you this weekend!
Love ya!
Friday, January 26, 2007
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Weekend Update!
Hello Ladies! I hope you all had a nice weekend…mine was a long one, since we were closed yesterday. I wish every weekend was a three-day weekend! Wouldn’t that be nice? Something about that extra day just makes me happy! Oh well!!!
So, let’s see….I did go and get my new phone. The guy at work was laughing at me because I was so indecisive about the whole thing…shocker! One minute, I told him I was getting it….and then the next minute, I told him I wasn’t. But I did. FAB and I went out on Friday night and got it. She is so cute…I wish I could bottle her up and keep her at this sweet stage forever. Now, don’t get my wrong…she has her very rotten moments….but lately there have been more sweet and loving moments then rotten ones. Anyways…she had fun at Circuit City with me while we were waiting for my phone.
So…that is what we did Friday night. Oh, Hubby and I bought a movie-on-demand. We watched “The Break-Up”. That was a cute movie….but the ending was really dumb. So then…Saturday morning, the kiddos (the older 2) got up early…but that was fine because MIL was coming to get them early. So, she picked them up and then Hubby and I got ready and took Petunia to have her 3 month pictures done. It was kinda nice to just be the three of us. She doesn’t get a lot of one-on-one time with us. So….she was fine for her pictures. Gotta love the cheap prices at Wal-Mart! I have to laugh because when I-Man was a baby, we would take him to the expensive places for pictures…but not now Buddy! LOL So, anyways…after that, we grabbed some Chipotle and headed home. I left Hubby and Petunia to go and get my nails done. I went to the new nail salon – called The Venetian – at the Greene. Man, is that place nice!?!? I want to go back there and get a pedicure. It is just so beautiful in there….they really pamper you! It only cost a little bit more than where I was going….and it was so worth it! So, then I went home and Hubby and Petunia were still alone…no louder, older kids! LOL When MIL dropped them off, I laid down with FAB and I-Man for a nap…that was so nice! We got up and got dinner and then Hubby left for PT practice. The kids played really well together. They were cracking me up because they were pretending that the couch was a boat and there were sharks in the water. Well, FAB’s “girl” (one of her dolls that she calls her “girl”) got eaten by the shark….and FAB started to cry. They have such vivid imaginations. So….they played for a long time and just had fun pretending! So, Hubby came home and I left! KK picked me up and we went to the Greene. We were seeing a late movie, but had some time to kill….so we walked around for a bit. Then we went and saw “We Are Marshall”. It was a very good movie….and it didn’t hurt that Matthew as in it! Very good movie.
Then on Sunday….Hubby was helping with the early service….so it was me getting the three kiddos ready for church. I was pooped by the time I got there! I know that Hubby does it every day…but it is a little different since he doesn’t have to curl his hair or put on make-up or anything. But it wasn’t that bad. We were a little late…but the service ran late, so it worked out! Sunday School was really good – there were so many women there! I was in a teary mood (shocker!!!), so I teared up a few times…but it was good! The sermon was good too…It was a great Sunday of Worship! After church we went to lunch at Tumbleweed with SIL and Little B. We had THE BEST service we have ever had there…I actually sent an email to their corporate about it….we usually have HORRIBLE service, but we were shocked this time! After that, I dropped Hubby and the kids off and went and picked up Detergent. She and I went to the mall for the afternoon. We were going to go to the Outlet malls…but it was such a nasty, rainy day…we decided to just go to the regular mall. We had fun. She cracks me up…everything we looked at, that she liked…she would say how “beautiful” it was. You can tell she is into knitting and stuff….because she would really notice the textures of things. Anyways….we had fun and we didn’t spend too much money! I dropped her off and went home and cleaned drawers and closets and stuff like that. The kids had fun “helping” me. Hubby went to Men’s Group and the kids went to bed….it was a nice quiet evening with Petunia.
Yesterday, Hubby slept all morning! He wasn’t feeling well. So, we had a lazy morning around the house. The kids played all morning while we took it easy. When Hubby finally got moving, we decided to go buy a new bed! We have been talking about it for a while….and our mattress is getting uncomfortable…and I have been wanting a king size bed for soooooo long! Well, Hubby finally gave in! So, we went to Morris and bought a king size bed! They are delivering it next week….and I cannot wait! I am so excited to have a big bed! Hubby is a major bed-hog! And the kids love to get in bed with us on the weekends…now they will be able to more often! I don’t mean to sleep….just to lay with us and wrestle and stuff. They rarely sleep with us…very rarely! After we bought the new bed…I ran to the Vera Bradley store and ran in and got a purse I have been wanting for a long time. I left Hubby and the kids in the van and just ran in to get it. I was going into withdrawal because I hadn’t bought a new purse in more than 6 months!!!! So, I bought it! I really do have a problem. For all you Vera lovers, I bought her new micro-fiber hipster. Her new spring colors are out and I really don’t like them very much. There is one that I like, but not so much with the others. Anyways, we came home and then Hubby and I-Man went back out to the grocery…. The rest of the day wasn’t very exciting.
So, that is about it for our weekend. Not a lot to report…but it was a nice weekend, even if the weather was stinky! I hate all this rain! I would rather it be snow…that would be prettier!
Well…I guess that is about it for today! I better get to work! You all have a great week and I will talk to you soon! Love ya!!!!
So, let’s see….I did go and get my new phone. The guy at work was laughing at me because I was so indecisive about the whole thing…shocker! One minute, I told him I was getting it….and then the next minute, I told him I wasn’t. But I did. FAB and I went out on Friday night and got it. She is so cute…I wish I could bottle her up and keep her at this sweet stage forever. Now, don’t get my wrong…she has her very rotten moments….but lately there have been more sweet and loving moments then rotten ones. Anyways…she had fun at Circuit City with me while we were waiting for my phone.
So…that is what we did Friday night. Oh, Hubby and I bought a movie-on-demand. We watched “The Break-Up”. That was a cute movie….but the ending was really dumb. So then…Saturday morning, the kiddos (the older 2) got up early…but that was fine because MIL was coming to get them early. So, she picked them up and then Hubby and I got ready and took Petunia to have her 3 month pictures done. It was kinda nice to just be the three of us. She doesn’t get a lot of one-on-one time with us. So….she was fine for her pictures. Gotta love the cheap prices at Wal-Mart! I have to laugh because when I-Man was a baby, we would take him to the expensive places for pictures…but not now Buddy! LOL So, anyways…after that, we grabbed some Chipotle and headed home. I left Hubby and Petunia to go and get my nails done. I went to the new nail salon – called The Venetian – at the Greene. Man, is that place nice!?!? I want to go back there and get a pedicure. It is just so beautiful in there….they really pamper you! It only cost a little bit more than where I was going….and it was so worth it! So, then I went home and Hubby and Petunia were still alone…no louder, older kids! LOL When MIL dropped them off, I laid down with FAB and I-Man for a nap…that was so nice! We got up and got dinner and then Hubby left for PT practice. The kids played really well together. They were cracking me up because they were pretending that the couch was a boat and there were sharks in the water. Well, FAB’s “girl” (one of her dolls that she calls her “girl”) got eaten by the shark….and FAB started to cry. They have such vivid imaginations. So….they played for a long time and just had fun pretending! So, Hubby came home and I left! KK picked me up and we went to the Greene. We were seeing a late movie, but had some time to kill….so we walked around for a bit. Then we went and saw “We Are Marshall”. It was a very good movie….and it didn’t hurt that Matthew as in it! Very good movie.
Then on Sunday….Hubby was helping with the early service….so it was me getting the three kiddos ready for church. I was pooped by the time I got there! I know that Hubby does it every day…but it is a little different since he doesn’t have to curl his hair or put on make-up or anything. But it wasn’t that bad. We were a little late…but the service ran late, so it worked out! Sunday School was really good – there were so many women there! I was in a teary mood (shocker!!!), so I teared up a few times…but it was good! The sermon was good too…It was a great Sunday of Worship! After church we went to lunch at Tumbleweed with SIL and Little B. We had THE BEST service we have ever had there…I actually sent an email to their corporate about it….we usually have HORRIBLE service, but we were shocked this time! After that, I dropped Hubby and the kids off and went and picked up Detergent. She and I went to the mall for the afternoon. We were going to go to the Outlet malls…but it was such a nasty, rainy day…we decided to just go to the regular mall. We had fun. She cracks me up…everything we looked at, that she liked…she would say how “beautiful” it was. You can tell she is into knitting and stuff….because she would really notice the textures of things. Anyways….we had fun and we didn’t spend too much money! I dropped her off and went home and cleaned drawers and closets and stuff like that. The kids had fun “helping” me. Hubby went to Men’s Group and the kids went to bed….it was a nice quiet evening with Petunia.
Yesterday, Hubby slept all morning! He wasn’t feeling well. So, we had a lazy morning around the house. The kids played all morning while we took it easy. When Hubby finally got moving, we decided to go buy a new bed! We have been talking about it for a while….and our mattress is getting uncomfortable…and I have been wanting a king size bed for soooooo long! Well, Hubby finally gave in! So, we went to Morris and bought a king size bed! They are delivering it next week….and I cannot wait! I am so excited to have a big bed! Hubby is a major bed-hog! And the kids love to get in bed with us on the weekends…now they will be able to more often! I don’t mean to sleep….just to lay with us and wrestle and stuff. They rarely sleep with us…very rarely! After we bought the new bed…I ran to the Vera Bradley store and ran in and got a purse I have been wanting for a long time. I left Hubby and the kids in the van and just ran in to get it. I was going into withdrawal because I hadn’t bought a new purse in more than 6 months!!!! So, I bought it! I really do have a problem. For all you Vera lovers, I bought her new micro-fiber hipster. Her new spring colors are out and I really don’t like them very much. There is one that I like, but not so much with the others. Anyways, we came home and then Hubby and I-Man went back out to the grocery…. The rest of the day wasn’t very exciting.
So, that is about it for our weekend. Not a lot to report…but it was a nice weekend, even if the weather was stinky! I hate all this rain! I would rather it be snow…that would be prettier!
Well…I guess that is about it for today! I better get to work! You all have a great week and I will talk to you soon! Love ya!!!!
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Phones, WW and more!!!
Hello Ladies! I hope you are all doing well. Can you all believe that it is already January 11? Where does the time go? I guess that time really does go by much faster as you get older!
So…not really a lot to update you on, but I just felt like posting! So, we will see where this post takes us! I never know where I am going to ramble to next!
First week of Weight Watchers...lost 5 pounds!!!! I was excited about that! Now only a lot more to go!
Let’s see…work…well, is work. Quite frankly it stinks! I hate that I am not working with KK anymore….I hate having to see Stinky Pete…or even just talk to him. It has gotten to the point where I just don’t like him, so no matter what he does it gets on my nerves. That isn’t fair to him…or really to me either…but that is the way it is! I keep whining to Hubby that I want to go part-time….but so far, he hasn’t given in! He did say the other night that if they get back a sales program that they used to have (it was called debt-forgive and basically if you had had cable before and not paid for it…they would “forgive” that debt and let you start over). Anyways, he said that if they got that back, maybe then I could go part-time (that drastically increases the number of sales). So, that was the first time he even made it sound like a possibility! But honestly, Monday and Tuesday of this week, I worked in the office until 2:00 and then left to get I-man from school and then went home and worked from home until 5:00. It was SOOOOO nice to be home by 2:30! I don’t technically work again until 3:00, so I was able to get I-Man a snack and settled in on a project and tidy up the house, get dinner “ready” (thawed out, etc.) and it was just so nice! I was in a much better mood the entire evening then when I have had a long day at work and rush to get the kids and rush to get home and get dinner. It would be so nice to do that all the time! But, as I was telling Hair-Dye yesterday, that is in the perfect world and we don’t live in the perfect world, unfortunately! So, anyways….that is work! Aren’t you glad you asked…oh, wait…you didn’t ask! LOL
Hubby and I both got new cell phones on Saturday….but he has already taken his back to get a new one and I am going to take mine back tomorrow or Saturday! Well, what happened was….we actually got out of there with our 2 phones for FREE….we had to pay $50 up front that will be reimbursed (rebate) and then a $24 activation fee. Well, Hubby decided (after a few days) that the “bare-bones phone” he wanted wasn’t fun enough…so he wanted something nicer. So, he went there today and got a new phone (again for free) and it is very cool….well, anyways, he talked to the lady and apparently my phone that I LOVE is last year’s model and I can get the new (and improved) model for free too! The girl who helped us on Saturday was new and didn't know what she was doing! So, I am going to get the new one! AND…we found out that she shouldn’t have charged us the activation fee! So, we will both have these new phones that do way more than we really know what to do with them. This guy at work has been showing me all the cool things I can do with mine and it is pretty neat! Anyways....I am amused easily! He (the tech guy at work) told me “welcome to the new age” because I am so not technologically advanced!
Funny story about my phone…I can record things and last night I was recording FAB singing. Well, I did it once and then played it for her…she was so excited. So, we did it again and then she said “Put dat girl on Mommy!” I tried to explain to her that she was “dat girl”. So funny! I just love that little Girl… even though she is as stubborn as all get out!
Umm…I-Man was so happy to be back at school this week! He missed all of his friends and teachers. I realize why I am not a teacher though…he was trying to write something last night and kept asking me questions and I was ready to scream! I just don’t have the patience…after 20 times of telling him the same thing! But he was so cute, he wrote his teacher a thank you note…not sure for what…..and then he got an envelope and then he tore a little piece of paper and drew snowflakes on it and then got the glue and glued it right where the stamp would go. He tried to put it in the mailbox and I told him that he couldn’t mail it because it didn’t have a stamp on it…..he told me it did have a stamp on it….he had made it! So cute.
Well, I have shared stories about the oldest two….I need a story for Little G! She hasn’t said anything cute yet (lol), but she is just so stinking cute with her smiling and laughing and just starting to really be aware of everything. Her eyes light up every time she sees her brother or sister. I just love that. And when I pick her up in the afternoon she just smiles at me. So cute. She has been waking up at 4:45 or 5:00 the last few mornings for me to feed her….not so cute! I have to get up at 5:15ish anyways….but those last few minutes of sleep are nice! Oh well. At least I get to start my day with her!
God has blessed us so much! I realize that so much more every day. I was talking to this guy Paul that I work with. He used to sit in the office next to mine, but has since moved to a branch. Well, we got along so well and I just love him to death. He has a daughter from a girlfriend (when he was really young) and then he is married and they are trying to get pregnant. His wife is a kindergarten teacher and wants to have a child of her own so badly. She adores his daughter and is a great step-mom, but wants to do the whole baby thing. Well, she has a lot of health problems….and they weren’t getting pregnant, so they did invetro (not sure how to spell that). Well, he called me back in the summer and told me they were pregnant…..I was SO excited for them. Then he called me a few weeks later to tell me that she had lost the baby. She (and he) took that so hard. Well, I went out on maternity leave. When I got back, I called him to see how he was doing….well, listen to this! They did invetro again and right after that, his wife was hospitalized. It took them more than a week to figure out what was wrong with her. She had some kind of a viral infection the size of a softball in her lower abdomen (again…she has a lot of health problems). She was in the hospital for a month recovering. Well, they found out that the invetro worked again….but they lost the baby because of all the meds and stuff that she was on. So, needless to say, when I talked to him, my heart just went out to them! BUT through all of that, his faith has GROWN! He is catholic….but before all of this stuff, he never went to church and blah, blah, blah. Now, he and his wife are faithfully attending church and he listens to K-love every day and has just made some tremendous changes in his life. So, that song “Praise You in this Storm” comes to mind….when this could’ve driven them farther from the Lord, it actually drew them closer.
I told you I would be all over the board with this post. What is next? Umm… so I have Monday off! I am so excited! I just wish that Women’s Group would’ve been this week instead of last week! Oh well! I am going to try to go see a movie or something with KK on Saturday night after Hubby gets home from PT practice. I am looking forward to the day off…even though I just started back to work!
Hubby should find out tomorrow or next week about if he won the Sales Trip or not! He did find out that it isn’t a cruise….but instead it is a 5 day/4 night all expenses paid to a really nice resort in Cancun! It would be so wonderful if he won that….but I told him that even if he didn’t win it, I am still so stinking proud of him for being in the running for it! I am really proud of how well he is doing. It is especially neat to see how his self-esteem has been boosted! For the first time since we have been together, he made more money than me last year….and that is a big deal to him….probably for most men. So, that has really boosted his self-esteem and he is so much happier at this job! So, again, God has blessed us!
Ummm…I don’t think I ever put this in my journal before (and for those that have already heard this, I am sorry!)…but one time at Women’s Group, we were talking about how we fold our washcloths and towels….and we were actually using napkins to explain it. Well, I was telling them that I am so anal about it that I will always just re-fold it when Hubby has folded the washcloths because they are folded wrong. Finally, I just told him how I wanted it done, instead of getting mad at him when he didn’t know the way I wanted it. Well, soon thereafter, we watched Detergent’s kids and she came to pick them up. Well, I didn’t know this at the time, but she went into my bathroom and unfolded all of my washcloths and re-folded them the wrong way and then rolled them and put them back in my basket. That night, I noticed it (of course!!!)….but didn’t mention anything to Hubby. The next day, I asked him if he did it and he said no. So, I thought that maybe Detergent’s older daughter had done it or something. I kinda liked the way they looked rolled, so I left it alone. Well…a few days later, I noticed that not only were they rolled, but they were all folded wrong and then rolled. So, I yelled at Hubby about it….but he kept insisting he didn’t do it! I figured he did it as a joke and didn’t want to confess to it. Then, that Sunday at church, Detergent told me what she had done and we laughed and laughed about it. She thought it was so funny because I am so anal about that. We still laugh about that!
So…not really a lot to update you on, but I just felt like posting! So, we will see where this post takes us! I never know where I am going to ramble to next!
First week of Weight Watchers...lost 5 pounds!!!! I was excited about that! Now only a lot more to go!
Let’s see…work…well, is work. Quite frankly it stinks! I hate that I am not working with KK anymore….I hate having to see Stinky Pete…or even just talk to him. It has gotten to the point where I just don’t like him, so no matter what he does it gets on my nerves. That isn’t fair to him…or really to me either…but that is the way it is! I keep whining to Hubby that I want to go part-time….but so far, he hasn’t given in! He did say the other night that if they get back a sales program that they used to have (it was called debt-forgive and basically if you had had cable before and not paid for it…they would “forgive” that debt and let you start over). Anyways, he said that if they got that back, maybe then I could go part-time (that drastically increases the number of sales). So, that was the first time he even made it sound like a possibility! But honestly, Monday and Tuesday of this week, I worked in the office until 2:00 and then left to get I-man from school and then went home and worked from home until 5:00. It was SOOOOO nice to be home by 2:30! I don’t technically work again until 3:00, so I was able to get I-Man a snack and settled in on a project and tidy up the house, get dinner “ready” (thawed out, etc.) and it was just so nice! I was in a much better mood the entire evening then when I have had a long day at work and rush to get the kids and rush to get home and get dinner. It would be so nice to do that all the time! But, as I was telling Hair-Dye yesterday, that is in the perfect world and we don’t live in the perfect world, unfortunately! So, anyways….that is work! Aren’t you glad you asked…oh, wait…you didn’t ask! LOL
Hubby and I both got new cell phones on Saturday….but he has already taken his back to get a new one and I am going to take mine back tomorrow or Saturday! Well, what happened was….we actually got out of there with our 2 phones for FREE….we had to pay $50 up front that will be reimbursed (rebate) and then a $24 activation fee. Well, Hubby decided (after a few days) that the “bare-bones phone” he wanted wasn’t fun enough…so he wanted something nicer. So, he went there today and got a new phone (again for free) and it is very cool….well, anyways, he talked to the lady and apparently my phone that I LOVE is last year’s model and I can get the new (and improved) model for free too! The girl who helped us on Saturday was new and didn't know what she was doing! So, I am going to get the new one! AND…we found out that she shouldn’t have charged us the activation fee! So, we will both have these new phones that do way more than we really know what to do with them. This guy at work has been showing me all the cool things I can do with mine and it is pretty neat! Anyways....I am amused easily! He (the tech guy at work) told me “welcome to the new age” because I am so not technologically advanced!
Funny story about my phone…I can record things and last night I was recording FAB singing. Well, I did it once and then played it for her…she was so excited. So, we did it again and then she said “Put dat girl on Mommy!” I tried to explain to her that she was “dat girl”. So funny! I just love that little Girl… even though she is as stubborn as all get out!
Umm…I-Man was so happy to be back at school this week! He missed all of his friends and teachers. I realize why I am not a teacher though…he was trying to write something last night and kept asking me questions and I was ready to scream! I just don’t have the patience…after 20 times of telling him the same thing! But he was so cute, he wrote his teacher a thank you note…not sure for what…..and then he got an envelope and then he tore a little piece of paper and drew snowflakes on it and then got the glue and glued it right where the stamp would go. He tried to put it in the mailbox and I told him that he couldn’t mail it because it didn’t have a stamp on it…..he told me it did have a stamp on it….he had made it! So cute.
Well, I have shared stories about the oldest two….I need a story for Little G! She hasn’t said anything cute yet (lol), but she is just so stinking cute with her smiling and laughing and just starting to really be aware of everything. Her eyes light up every time she sees her brother or sister. I just love that. And when I pick her up in the afternoon she just smiles at me. So cute. She has been waking up at 4:45 or 5:00 the last few mornings for me to feed her….not so cute! I have to get up at 5:15ish anyways….but those last few minutes of sleep are nice! Oh well. At least I get to start my day with her!
God has blessed us so much! I realize that so much more every day. I was talking to this guy Paul that I work with. He used to sit in the office next to mine, but has since moved to a branch. Well, we got along so well and I just love him to death. He has a daughter from a girlfriend (when he was really young) and then he is married and they are trying to get pregnant. His wife is a kindergarten teacher and wants to have a child of her own so badly. She adores his daughter and is a great step-mom, but wants to do the whole baby thing. Well, she has a lot of health problems….and they weren’t getting pregnant, so they did invetro (not sure how to spell that). Well, he called me back in the summer and told me they were pregnant…..I was SO excited for them. Then he called me a few weeks later to tell me that she had lost the baby. She (and he) took that so hard. Well, I went out on maternity leave. When I got back, I called him to see how he was doing….well, listen to this! They did invetro again and right after that, his wife was hospitalized. It took them more than a week to figure out what was wrong with her. She had some kind of a viral infection the size of a softball in her lower abdomen (again…she has a lot of health problems). She was in the hospital for a month recovering. Well, they found out that the invetro worked again….but they lost the baby because of all the meds and stuff that she was on. So, needless to say, when I talked to him, my heart just went out to them! BUT through all of that, his faith has GROWN! He is catholic….but before all of this stuff, he never went to church and blah, blah, blah. Now, he and his wife are faithfully attending church and he listens to K-love every day and has just made some tremendous changes in his life. So, that song “Praise You in this Storm” comes to mind….when this could’ve driven them farther from the Lord, it actually drew them closer.
I told you I would be all over the board with this post. What is next? Umm… so I have Monday off! I am so excited! I just wish that Women’s Group would’ve been this week instead of last week! Oh well! I am going to try to go see a movie or something with KK on Saturday night after Hubby gets home from PT practice. I am looking forward to the day off…even though I just started back to work!
Hubby should find out tomorrow or next week about if he won the Sales Trip or not! He did find out that it isn’t a cruise….but instead it is a 5 day/4 night all expenses paid to a really nice resort in Cancun! It would be so wonderful if he won that….but I told him that even if he didn’t win it, I am still so stinking proud of him for being in the running for it! I am really proud of how well he is doing. It is especially neat to see how his self-esteem has been boosted! For the first time since we have been together, he made more money than me last year….and that is a big deal to him….probably for most men. So, that has really boosted his self-esteem and he is so much happier at this job! So, again, God has blessed us!
Ummm…I don’t think I ever put this in my journal before (and for those that have already heard this, I am sorry!)…but one time at Women’s Group, we were talking about how we fold our washcloths and towels….and we were actually using napkins to explain it. Well, I was telling them that I am so anal about it that I will always just re-fold it when Hubby has folded the washcloths because they are folded wrong. Finally, I just told him how I wanted it done, instead of getting mad at him when he didn’t know the way I wanted it. Well, soon thereafter, we watched Detergent’s kids and she came to pick them up. Well, I didn’t know this at the time, but she went into my bathroom and unfolded all of my washcloths and re-folded them the wrong way and then rolled them and put them back in my basket. That night, I noticed it (of course!!!)….but didn’t mention anything to Hubby. The next day, I asked him if he did it and he said no. So, I thought that maybe Detergent’s older daughter had done it or something. I kinda liked the way they looked rolled, so I left it alone. Well…a few days later, I noticed that not only were they rolled, but they were all folded wrong and then rolled. So, I yelled at Hubby about it….but he kept insisting he didn’t do it! I figured he did it as a joke and didn’t want to confess to it. Then, that Sunday at church, Detergent told me what she had done and we laughed and laughed about it. She thought it was so funny because I am so anal about that. We still laugh about that!
I just thought of another I-Man story real quick....on the way home from school the other day, he asked me if it was almost time for "that king's birthday". I had no idea what he was talking about. So I asked him what he was talking about and he said..."you know, that King...that King that did a lot of stuff for us so we get to have a day off school?" OH! Martin Luther King, Jr. Kids...he obviously didn't understand that his name is King. So funny!
Okay…since I am totally rambling…I will go ahead and go! You all have a good day!!! Love ya!
Sunday, January 07, 2007
I survived....
my first week back to work! It wasn't easy...and it got off to a very rocky start...but I survived! So...my first day...I FULLY expected (and really deserved) for Stinky Pete to set aside time for me and him to talk about how things went down with KK and how he was changing and all that jazz. Well, he did come down to my desk when he got in and welcomed me back....then he asked me to come up to his office at 9:00 am. So, I thought... Great! He is going to talk to me about it then. Well, 9:00 rolls around and I go up to his office and he calls in the new girl (who replaced KK) and me. So, OBVIOUSLY he wanted to just talk business-as-usual and did not address KK's leaving. I left his office without talking to him about flex-time or anything. I went out to the new girl's desk and then went right back into his office to at least talk about my flex-time. I thought he would say yes right away.... he didn't. Instead, he was very wishy-washy...but he did say that he wanted to meet with me on Wednesday to talk about KK's leaving and etc. So, I walked out of his office and went back down to my desk and was on the VERGE of tears....I came around the corner to my office and there was a HUGE and GORGEOUS basket of daisies on my desk. I opened the card....not really knowing who they were from...and they were from KK. Isn't she the greatest!?!? And the card said "Remember that His mercies are new every morning...even if we need a 30 minute day!" I just love her. What am I going to do without her? So, I called her and cried to her and then just sucked it up and enjoyed catching up with all my co-workers and jumping back into the parts of my job that I love.
So, that was Tuesday. I left work and went to my mom and got the kiddos and we had a nice family evening. We went out to dinner and just enjoyed each other.....it was very nice. I really do make a better Mommy when I am working....I know that some of you don't understand that, but that is just how God made me. And I am fine with that. I am not going to feel bad about that anymore....sometimes I feel guilty about it....but I am not going to do that to myself anymore, at least I am going to try not to do that to myself anymore.
SO, on Wednesday, I went up to SP's office and he talked for like 30 minutes....just a bunch of nonsense, because I know all the real reasons that KK left and I know all that happened between them while I was out.....and then he asked me if I wanted to set up a time to come back and talk to him about this all....after I had a chance to get my thoughts together....and I pulled out my notepad and told him that I was ready then. I was really proud of myself. I was EXTREMELY honest and bold with him...as much as I can be. I started out by telling him that my parents raised me to be extremely respectful....almost to a fault because I don't stick up for myself as much as I should....I told him that I was ready to quit on Tuesday and that I went back to my desk in tears because he already frustrated me so much. I told him that he disappointed me and that I do not respect him as a leader.....I was very honest. So, we will see what happens from here. He said all the right things....but actions speak louder than words. We will see if anything changes. On the flex-time, he basically said he was going to talk to a few other people that I work with to see what they think and then if they agree, we will try it for 3 months and see how it goes. If he told me no, I was going to tell him that I was going to have to go part-time then, either with this job or somewhere else in the bank. I didn't want to threaten him, but I was prepared to say that if need be. So, we will see. I am going to do my flex-time this week on Monday and Tuesday....so hopefully it goes well.
So, the rest of the week was pretty much back to normal. It was nice to see everyone and get caught up on all that happened while I was out. I still don't feel 100% back " in the loop", but it will take a while! I mean, I was gone for a while, so it will take a while to feel normal again!
SO! On the homefront, everyone is doing fine. The kids enjoyed my mom this week. I am so blessed that she is willing to do this for us! I-Man goes back to school this week...so it will be interesting to get everyone into that schedule. Poor Hubby....he definitely gets the short end of the stick - having to get everyone ready in the morning by himself! I don't envy him that! I-Man is ready to go back to school. He has missed it tremendously! The girls are going to my Aunt's on Monday - Wednesday this week...so that should be fun!
Umm..we got new cell phones yesterday! We got two phones (really nice ones) for $24! Don't know how that worked out exactly...cuz my phone had a price of $159 on it and Hubby's had a price of $89....so that is cool! I have to learn how to use mine, it opens up and has a whole little keyboard in it..for text messages. I do that a lot now at work....so that is cool! Hubby just got a regular phone....he doesn't need much more cuz he barely uses the extras on his phone!
I did join WW last week....so I will let you all know how I do on my first week! So far, I think I am doing good. A girl that I work with and I are going together. The accountability will be good for me.
I guess that is about it for now. I just wanted to let you all know how work was this week. Love you all and talk to you soon!!!!
So, that was Tuesday. I left work and went to my mom and got the kiddos and we had a nice family evening. We went out to dinner and just enjoyed each other.....it was very nice. I really do make a better Mommy when I am working....I know that some of you don't understand that, but that is just how God made me. And I am fine with that. I am not going to feel bad about that anymore....sometimes I feel guilty about it....but I am not going to do that to myself anymore, at least I am going to try not to do that to myself anymore.
SO, on Wednesday, I went up to SP's office and he talked for like 30 minutes....just a bunch of nonsense, because I know all the real reasons that KK left and I know all that happened between them while I was out.....and then he asked me if I wanted to set up a time to come back and talk to him about this all....after I had a chance to get my thoughts together....and I pulled out my notepad and told him that I was ready then. I was really proud of myself. I was EXTREMELY honest and bold with him...as much as I can be. I started out by telling him that my parents raised me to be extremely respectful....almost to a fault because I don't stick up for myself as much as I should....I told him that I was ready to quit on Tuesday and that I went back to my desk in tears because he already frustrated me so much. I told him that he disappointed me and that I do not respect him as a leader.....I was very honest. So, we will see what happens from here. He said all the right things....but actions speak louder than words. We will see if anything changes. On the flex-time, he basically said he was going to talk to a few other people that I work with to see what they think and then if they agree, we will try it for 3 months and see how it goes. If he told me no, I was going to tell him that I was going to have to go part-time then, either with this job or somewhere else in the bank. I didn't want to threaten him, but I was prepared to say that if need be. So, we will see. I am going to do my flex-time this week on Monday and Tuesday....so hopefully it goes well.
So, the rest of the week was pretty much back to normal. It was nice to see everyone and get caught up on all that happened while I was out. I still don't feel 100% back " in the loop", but it will take a while! I mean, I was gone for a while, so it will take a while to feel normal again!
SO! On the homefront, everyone is doing fine. The kids enjoyed my mom this week. I am so blessed that she is willing to do this for us! I-Man goes back to school this week...so it will be interesting to get everyone into that schedule. Poor Hubby....he definitely gets the short end of the stick - having to get everyone ready in the morning by himself! I don't envy him that! I-Man is ready to go back to school. He has missed it tremendously! The girls are going to my Aunt's on Monday - Wednesday this week...so that should be fun!
Umm..we got new cell phones yesterday! We got two phones (really nice ones) for $24! Don't know how that worked out exactly...cuz my phone had a price of $159 on it and Hubby's had a price of $89....so that is cool! I have to learn how to use mine, it opens up and has a whole little keyboard in it..for text messages. I do that a lot now at work....so that is cool! Hubby just got a regular phone....he doesn't need much more cuz he barely uses the extras on his phone!
I did join WW last week....so I will let you all know how I do on my first week! So far, I think I am doing good. A girl that I work with and I are going together. The accountability will be good for me.
I guess that is about it for now. I just wanted to let you all know how work was this week. Love you all and talk to you soon!!!!
Monday, January 01, 2007
Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year!!! Can you believe that it is 2007? Where, oh where does the time go? I always thought my parents were weird when they would talk about how fast the time goes by as you get older…but they were right! It just seems like yesterday that I was graduating from high school, moving into my college dorm, meeting Hubby and dating, getting married, buying our first house, having our first child…then our second…and now our third! Man! Time flies…but more importantly, WOW! How God has blessed me! Words cannot describe how blessed I am. We serve an amazing God who meets our needs and loves us with the type of love that our human brains cannot even begin to comprehend. WOW! Hallelujah that He has allowed me to ring in another new year!!!! Maybe this will be the year that He returns!
SO…..things are going along just fine here! This is my last day of leave! Tomorrow, reality settles in and I return to work after being off for 16 weeks! I have had some emotional moments over the last few days. I am really going to miss being home with my kiddos…especially FAB. Yes, she drives me crazy sometimes with her “diva-like” ways, but I have really enjoyed the one-on-one time I have had with her. And of course, Petunia is just starting to develop a personality and smiling and laughing…so I will miss her. And hopefully, I will still be able to pick up I-Man from school a few days a week. We will see after I have a chance to talk to Stinky Pete tomorrow. I am assuming that he will either take me to lunch or have a time for us to just talk sometime tomorrow. So, please pray for me. Pray that I am able to be as bold and as blunt as I need to be, but also with some grace so that maybe he will understand how I really feel and see that there are some things he really needs to work on changing. I was talking to my Mom about it this morning and I am just really not a blunt person when it comes to people of authority…because of the way my parents raised me – to be courteous and respectful. But I need to be bold with Stinky Pete. So….please keep me in your prayers tomorrow! I am hoping he will allow me to do the “flex-time” thing where I can work from home 2 – 3 days a week in the afternoon. Pray…pray…pray!
Well, we have had a very nice week this past week. Christmas was nice…we had a game night on Tuesday night and that was fun…I had dinner with my girlfriends from work…I saw Dream Girls (good musical, but kinda long)…did some shopping….had a fun last lunch with Queen and Princess…and had a great New Year’s Eve Party! We had a lot of fun with my family and SIL and Little B. Everything went really well…and although we missed JJ and Buford at midnight, it was nice to have everyone together again for New Years! My house isn’t nearly as big as my parent’s party house in Kentucky…but it worked out just fine and I think everyone had fun. The last guests didn’t leave until almost 4:00 this morning! We were having fun playing games! Sister bought me the DVD game of the $100,000 Pyramid and I LOVE that game! It was very interesting at 3:00 in the morning! We had some good laughs (BUOY!!!).
So, anyways…we had a great Holiday Season. I am always sad to see it go…but half the fun is the anticipation for next year! I am going to vow (as I always do) to start my shopping earlier and do it throughout the year. We’ll see if that actually happens (doubt it!).
So, the other thing is….I am going to join Weight Watchers on Wednesday! There is a meeting in my building at lunch on Wednesdays. So, there is absolutely NO REASON that I cannot do that. I have got to lose this weight…if nothing else; I have to lose the baby weight! I would like to lose more then that…but I need to lose at least that much! I am just not happy with myself right now. I am not motivated to lose it…or go to the gym…but I have to get back at it! I am not going to start the gym this week – maybe next week. It is going to be hard enough to get up and go to work, let alone get up even earlier and go to the gym! I have gotten very used to staying up late and sleeping in after we get I-Man off to school! So, I will probably be dragging this week!
Uh…oh, I got my hair chopped off again. I figured that I needed an easy hair-do now – who knows what my mornings will look like! If Petunia wakes up to eat while I am getting ready, I would love to be able to feed her so that I can spend some time with her before I leave. Anyways, so my hair is pretty short, but I like it. It will grow out again, I’m sure.
OH, yesterday at church, Detergent asked me if I noticed anything odd in my bathroom after she was here last time. I said…as a matter of fact, I did and I had been blaming Hubby for it for weeks! At the last Women’s Group, I shared how anal I am about my washcloths being folded a particular way. Well, Detergent went into my bathroom and messed up my washcloths! So, when I found it (later that night, of course), I blamed Hubby. He swore that he didn’t do it, but I didn’t believe him. Come to find out, it was Detergent. She thinks she is so funny!!!!
And we found out that the youth girl that SQ mentioned is the one that TP’d our house. She admitted to it on Sunday. I am glad that I-Man knows now, he feels better about it. So, sorry to Beef and Minnie’s Hubby for our blaming them. It seemed so odd that Minnie’s Hubby would’ve called us at the exact time it happened. But, at least we know who did it. We are thinking of getting her back with a different prank…but Detergent said we shouldn’t because then she will just get us back again. I would love to get her at her own game!!!
Well, I guess that is about it for now. Hubby is accusing me of writing a book. I hope you all had a Happy New Year and I will talk to you soon!
Love ya!
SO…..things are going along just fine here! This is my last day of leave! Tomorrow, reality settles in and I return to work after being off for 16 weeks! I have had some emotional moments over the last few days. I am really going to miss being home with my kiddos…especially FAB. Yes, she drives me crazy sometimes with her “diva-like” ways, but I have really enjoyed the one-on-one time I have had with her. And of course, Petunia is just starting to develop a personality and smiling and laughing…so I will miss her. And hopefully, I will still be able to pick up I-Man from school a few days a week. We will see after I have a chance to talk to Stinky Pete tomorrow. I am assuming that he will either take me to lunch or have a time for us to just talk sometime tomorrow. So, please pray for me. Pray that I am able to be as bold and as blunt as I need to be, but also with some grace so that maybe he will understand how I really feel and see that there are some things he really needs to work on changing. I was talking to my Mom about it this morning and I am just really not a blunt person when it comes to people of authority…because of the way my parents raised me – to be courteous and respectful. But I need to be bold with Stinky Pete. So….please keep me in your prayers tomorrow! I am hoping he will allow me to do the “flex-time” thing where I can work from home 2 – 3 days a week in the afternoon. Pray…pray…pray!
Well, we have had a very nice week this past week. Christmas was nice…we had a game night on Tuesday night and that was fun…I had dinner with my girlfriends from work…I saw Dream Girls (good musical, but kinda long)…did some shopping….had a fun last lunch with Queen and Princess…and had a great New Year’s Eve Party! We had a lot of fun with my family and SIL and Little B. Everything went really well…and although we missed JJ and Buford at midnight, it was nice to have everyone together again for New Years! My house isn’t nearly as big as my parent’s party house in Kentucky…but it worked out just fine and I think everyone had fun. The last guests didn’t leave until almost 4:00 this morning! We were having fun playing games! Sister bought me the DVD game of the $100,000 Pyramid and I LOVE that game! It was very interesting at 3:00 in the morning! We had some good laughs (BUOY!!!).
So, anyways…we had a great Holiday Season. I am always sad to see it go…but half the fun is the anticipation for next year! I am going to vow (as I always do) to start my shopping earlier and do it throughout the year. We’ll see if that actually happens (doubt it!).
So, the other thing is….I am going to join Weight Watchers on Wednesday! There is a meeting in my building at lunch on Wednesdays. So, there is absolutely NO REASON that I cannot do that. I have got to lose this weight…if nothing else; I have to lose the baby weight! I would like to lose more then that…but I need to lose at least that much! I am just not happy with myself right now. I am not motivated to lose it…or go to the gym…but I have to get back at it! I am not going to start the gym this week – maybe next week. It is going to be hard enough to get up and go to work, let alone get up even earlier and go to the gym! I have gotten very used to staying up late and sleeping in after we get I-Man off to school! So, I will probably be dragging this week!
Uh…oh, I got my hair chopped off again. I figured that I needed an easy hair-do now – who knows what my mornings will look like! If Petunia wakes up to eat while I am getting ready, I would love to be able to feed her so that I can spend some time with her before I leave. Anyways, so my hair is pretty short, but I like it. It will grow out again, I’m sure.
OH, yesterday at church, Detergent asked me if I noticed anything odd in my bathroom after she was here last time. I said…as a matter of fact, I did and I had been blaming Hubby for it for weeks! At the last Women’s Group, I shared how anal I am about my washcloths being folded a particular way. Well, Detergent went into my bathroom and messed up my washcloths! So, when I found it (later that night, of course), I blamed Hubby. He swore that he didn’t do it, but I didn’t believe him. Come to find out, it was Detergent. She thinks she is so funny!!!!
And we found out that the youth girl that SQ mentioned is the one that TP’d our house. She admitted to it on Sunday. I am glad that I-Man knows now, he feels better about it. So, sorry to Beef and Minnie’s Hubby for our blaming them. It seemed so odd that Minnie’s Hubby would’ve called us at the exact time it happened. But, at least we know who did it. We are thinking of getting her back with a different prank…but Detergent said we shouldn’t because then she will just get us back again. I would love to get her at her own game!!!
Well, I guess that is about it for now. Hubby is accusing me of writing a book. I hope you all had a Happy New Year and I will talk to you soon!
Love ya!
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