I wasted the day

I really did. I was lucky enough to have no hot water when it was my turn to take a shower. I was lucky enough to wake up 6 times in the middle of the night. I was lucky enough to play bejeweled at least 75 times.

I have no idea if it is the chronic pain I am in everyday or if it just having 2 small kids to clean up after, play with and love on. It could be just coming off a very busy week but I sat here feeling sorry for myself with my best friend the computer.

carter is sleeping now and Olivia is playing outside. I keep thinking I should really be doing something. Bills to be paid, rooms to be cleaned out, yard to be thatched, slime to be removed from bathroom mirrors and slider doors. I did vacuum , clean the kitchen, run the dishwasher and make my bed. I called and got my ABC channel set-up. I did manage to pull off a shower by asking the first person who walked into the door to watch the kids. But other then that i wasted a perfectly good day.

Why do I do this? Am i just overwhelmed? Do I just put to much pressure on myself? it is not like I don't get out of bed or shower (however I did not get one yesterday) or laugh when Olivia put on outfit number 11. Was it just an off day and I need a reality check? I feel on edge today. I feel like I could bite someones head off if they even tried to talk to me. I want to be alone. I want to crawl in bed and start over....start over my life, my choices, my failures and my successes.

Today I wasted the day....and for the most part I am okay with that..just feeling a bit disappointed.

It is over..

I am wondering when Olivia will realize that Easter is over...She had to sleep in her dress AGAIN..9 day Tinkerbell swim suit stretch to this. Notice she has her Pajamas underneath..the best money I ever spend on clothes is for her.

Every Year..Never again..

Every stinkin year I say NO to a garage sale. Every year I feel so much pressure to go through every drawer, every cupboard and get rid of aimless stuff.Pressure because I wait for the week of. Every year I get excited to clean. Every year I say NO to pricing stuff. Every year I hate the hard work that goes into a garage sale.

Why do I put myself through such torture? This year I am raising money for a myself..okay, joking!! I wish...This year we are raising money for Jeremy's upcoming Missions trip. This will be an experience of a lifetime!!

I also LOVE selling stuff. I was the Manager of Value Village and I also owned my own consignment store. I love everything about a bargain. Just come by and see for yourself all the treasures I aimlessly purchase and now am going to sell. So Stupid. I have not done alot of thrift shopping over the last few months and that is Good thing. We don't need anything!

Remember the flowbie? It can cut hair when attached to a vacuum? I almost bought one for 1.00 the other day. Thinking I could cut my kids hair with it..then I quickly remembered when we cut Jeremy's hair with the flowbie. Not a good idea.

we are selling so much! Then we are donating what is left over. No more stuff! I want to enjoy summer!! I don't want to have to step over, move or take care of stuff. It is taking over my life.

So Back to creating messes. why is it when you clean and organize you must create one mess to clean a mess? Urghh...

This one is for Joel

One of my favorite couples. My brother and sister in law. They are the best!!

Polls...

I Love the randomness of the polls that are on my blog...I have figured out that most readers make there bed 2-3 times a week...hardly balance their checkbooks and do not ever want to be the Octomom for a few days. I also find it interesting that it is a pretty deverse crowd who keeps coming back to read the story of our life.

No, I do not know who voted what...Keep voting!!! If you want to see a question on here...let me know!

Easter

As a child Easter meant baskets and eggs. I never knew the Jesus rose from the dead and that is why we celebrate until AFTER Matthew was born. I think I was like 22.
I am glad I know the story now and that I am able to share with my children, I am thankful someone shared it with me.
I am not a big fan of egg hunts or baskets. We do them and have fun doing egg hunts and baskets but I am so afraid my children will not know the real story of Easter that we talk about it days before and days after Easter.

Having one Girl does mean that I get to buy a snazzy Easter dress every year!!! I am the one who is excited days before I actually get to go pick it out. She is lucky I don't purchase her a ballroom gown for this very special day. Her dress was from Wal-Mart and I did have her headband made special for the dress. I called my Talented dear friend Sarah who whipped this up in a few days. I love talented people!! Anything you need or want done crafty SHE will get it done..Thank You Sarah for making the outfit complete!

Miss America wore the dress about 6 times before Easter and she begged me to let her sleep in the night before Easter. I let her. You know I did!!









We had my family over on Saturday for a a wonderful dinner and egg hunt. It was fun for everyone. The kids found eggs with bonus papers in them and the redeemed them for prizes. Grammy and Grandad presented each grandchild with Easter baskets.

Carter fell out of his stroller and scraped up his nose and lip, along with a nice bruised forehead.







Side Note: For all of you who think I don't enjoy taking pictures of Matthew anymore...that is not true..He runs and hides from me every time I ask him to smile. He is still my baby...nothing has changed.

I am back

From a wonderful Spring break!! What a true blessing from the worlds GrEaTeSt Mother in law in the whole wide world and she is not just the greatest because she graciously gave her time and money to my family for us to enjoy Great Wolf Lodge but because she is just the best! We Love EVERYTHING about her. We love what she brings to our family.

We had a busy week...We planned on staying 1 night at Great wolf Lodge but when we arrived we knew we would 2 days to really enjoy the water park. It was so much fun! If you have thought about going you really should just go. They have everything you need right there in the park. You don't need to leave.

The last night Matthew and Grammy got sick. That was no good. They either got food poisoning or the big slide did them in. I feel bad for both of them. Matthew is doing better today but still not 100% and my mom in law planed on having Easter at her house. So I really hope she gets better!

Nothing like getting home and being thrown right back into my busy life. I had a tax appointment and Bunko yesterday. I was also able to go to Good Friday Services at church. I loved IT! It is amazing...how Christ died for our sins. How he carried is own cross to die on. How he was beaten and chained. I am so thankful that I am forgiven for my sins.

So Here is a quick post for all of you who keep checking on me! I am getting ready to host Easter dinner at my house followed by an egg hunt. I will post pictures soon.

Happy Easter everyone!! May you find hope and joy in his steadfast love for us.

Thursday's with Tiffiny

I bet you faithful blog stalkers gave up on me today...I am here. I wasn't feeling all that good today. Starting to get the crud that has been passed around my house a few times this season.

I did mange to clean out a few kitchen cupboards and the junk drawer...My junk drawer is actually Jeremy's tool box. Seriously, I found a huge tote full of "man" stf. I love that man to death but every time I ask him to do a manly thing he either has to buy a new tape measure ( I think we have counted 32 purchased In the last 10 years of marriage) or find a tool. So today i kept the tote on the counter and showed him that either we drag the Craftsman tool chest in the house ( he liked that idea) or he must try and keep his tools organized preferably just in the garage would be nice.

I am getting ready for a big garage Sale...for 2 reasons..I am tired of stuff and to Support Jeremy's upcoming missions trip. I am so excited for him. I am so not the type to go abroad..so it will be fun to listen on how it was and how many lives they changed.


I am Thankful for

Do you really want another sappy love note to someone in my life? I can give you one...but because it is so late I am going to give you the first thing that pops into my head...I am thankful for this computer..Oh, what would I do with out you? Okay, don't answer..I bet you can think if million things..like feed my kids, bathe my kids, paint the walls, do crafts, visit people..wow, I seem pathetic. This computer has turned into my best friend, I promise once the sun shines I will limit my use. YIKES..now I sound like an addict.


I am Listening to.....

Survivor...and very quiet house. I am the only one up.


What's for dinner?

We had boxes of .75 pasta roni..NICE....and I threw in an apple to make me feel better. Okay, I lied, No apple, I was trying to cover up my ability to feed my children healthy.



I am looking forward to....

Getting my hair done. Seriously, It has been 13 weeks, YUK..But I am saving my coffee money and keeping the House very cold to save money.
I thought about buying the color out of box but quickly changed my mind...not a good idea. Coffee from home sounds better plus when your thermostat is stuck on 67 degrees you need hot coffee.


I am also looking forward to kicking Jenn's cutie patootie on Bejeweled!!


I am Missing....

Every flowing money in the bank..I don't think I have ever really had ever flowing money in the bank..last week I did..but then BLEW it on a MISSING Boy Scout Shirt.

where has time went!!??

Here is another Slide I wanted to share...I have so many..I can't believe how little the kids are..even Matthew!! Enjoy!

What a great deal...

Yesterday we met Brooke and Dane at The Jump Around Fun Zone. A perfect way to spend a rainy cold windy Washington day. We have so many of them days no wonder why the place was packed. Olivia likes going and I think Carter will too when he can speak and communicate with others. If it wasn't for Brooke holding him I think we would have just packed up and left. It was his first time there actually being able to walk.

It was so busy chasing both kids that I did not notice about 7 sippy cups on the table that he thought he could get into...dumping one on another moms purse (I am so sorry!) he tried to give a 5 month old kisses and made the baby cry (I am so sorry) He was also pushed to the ground, drug out of the play house and kicked down the slide. I would think he had enough...I know I did. Sure enough when it was time to go He screamed and cried. I think the longest I sat down was about 10 minutes while he was in the high chair. I really do not have enough arms or brain cells when going to a place like that with so many people. It was standing room only...next time I think we might just go to McDonald's.

Anyways, they have some great coupons out there. We had a coupon magazine called
" My Hometown values" delivered to the store with tons of great coupons in them. When I was talking to the owner he said that you can go to the website and print them off from there. They have buy one admission get one free , 2.00 one admission and other birthday party ones.
I was very thankful he told me this! I love coupons!