I Hope the Neighbors Don't Hate Us.

See this monstrosity? Yeah, we finished it last night. YAY!!! I never have to work on it again in the foreseeable future. :) The kids were asleep when we finished and that tube side? WHAT A PAIN IN THE BUTT!

Needless to say I was way tired by the time we came inside. We worked on it for about 18 hours total...all of that between rainstorms, hail, and the time we needed to sleep. I konked out quick and when I got up this morning I was sore.... but I don't have to work on it ONE BIT today. Not ONE BIT! And the kids can stop pestering us about it now! Cause now they get to play on it!

Speaking of.... they are playing on it right now (before Goober has to go to school), it's not even 8am yet. They are yelling and whatnot.

I hope our neighbors don't hate me for allowing that.

Freak Weather and Other "Stuff"

Yesterday was BEAUTIFUL. Not too hot. Not too cold. Not windy. Just enough breeze. So unlike this part of Idaho.

Gma and Gpa J brought over Missy and Goobers birthday present (a play set) in the morning and We promptly started working on it. They also brought my grandpa "Grumpy" with them for a visit.

I enjoy projects like this, they get my mind working on something I can physically see the progress on. Like a giant jigsaw puzzle. :)

The kids loved to help out as much as they could. Little EB sure has a knack for mechanical reasoning already. Boy did he love the socket wrench and tightening bolts. Even when one of us wasn't helping him he was always picking up tools and trying to use them. And not just anyway, but the correct way! Crazy!

I was kinda dumb though... I didn't put sunscreen on ANYONE. Was too busy doing the giant puzzle to take a moment for that! Ya know....

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Jer and I both got burned pretty badly, but actually the kids made out pretty well. Goober was a little pink last night, but it's faded now. Missy wasn't ever pink, and EB is still a little pink.

I seriously considered going back out to work on the play set this morning (I really do enjoy it!) but I looked out the window and it was..... SNOWING.

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What the frack!?

Oh, well, maybe tomorrow :)

Sooooo....

guess what I did today?! Today I bought some new workout clothes (trying to motivate myself to loose some poundage). After the kids went to bed I proceeded to try them on, because lets face it 3 kids in a dressing room *snort*. Then I thought, I should go downstairs and work out while I'm in them!

Ya... I need to move the computer AWAY from the area that I plan to work out....

So I'm getting closer, at least the workout clothes were on, they just don't do much good when I'm sitting on my buttooskus typing away on the computer! meh.

And this would be why...

We had to buy a new lock for the sliding backdoor ... you know, one that is at the top of the door.

EB absolutely loves the backyard.

Warm weather....

around here means that mom slathers the kidlets in sunscreen (yes they ALL BURN ... well, sometimes Missy tans, but just lightly) and forces the kidlets and herself to GO OUTSIDE!


Heaven forbid.

Today I went and got a year pass to our zoo. Which is little, but growing, and the pass includes either discounts or free passage to other zoos too, which isn't bad! The only bad part was the Goober was complaining nearly the whole time about needing to sit down, or needing a drink. I really do need to get him moving more....

I am bound and determined this year that we will be outside more, and getting more exercise.

Enjoying the sun when the weather is favorable... and hopefully getting enough things in order to be able to grow a garden. Hopefully. It may be next year before I'm able to do that.

EB seemed to really enjoy the zoo though, as did Missy. On the way home he konked out but he was good while we were at the zoo... and while I was moving the stroller. You know how it goes :)

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Anyhow, I'm so glad the weather was beautiful today! This the the weather I want ALL SUMMER LONG. Warm enough to enjoy but not so hot I melt!

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Crossing my finger that this weekend won't be as bad as they say it will be.

Gotta love how people

pick and choose what information to share when it come to convincing the public that their standpoint is right.

You know the whole global warming debate? (Now, I'm not saying it's correct or incorrect for people to believe in global warming or don't believe in it, I'm just pointing out a lack of facts that are shared.)

Try this on for size. It's a report that basically says that Antarctica is FINE. Yes, one side of the continent is melting. But guess what? The other side is freezing! So basically the ice is just moving.

Gotta love people editing the facts eh? Grrrrr

I am so thankful that my children are friends.

This morning after Jer and Goober left for work and school I was one the computer and Tinkerbell was playing away in the background. As I was engrossed in doing whatever it was that I was doing it came to my attention that Missy was pretending to read a book.

I looked over to see the above picture :) She was trying to read a book to EB. How cute is that!? I'm so glad that they get along most of the time. Granted they do fight sometimes. Mostly Missy accusing EB of saying something that he doesn't yet know how to say. But, heck, sibling are bound to fight. And sometimes when the bickering gets to the point that my sanity about flies out the window I have to remind myself of that.

This afternoon we went over the Gma S's house so that Goober could have a chance to play with some friends. Goober and Missy decided to go together to a friends house. As they skipped and played their way slowly to their friends house I watched in the summer like weather and thought about how nice it is that they play together so well, in fact Goober seldom likes to go to friends houses without Missy coming along.

I hope and pray that my children's friendships with each other lasts their whole lives long. How wonderful would that be?

FYI

There is a local Tea Party here in town and for those of you that may be interested I thought I would post the info here.

This is a protest about the amount of money the government is currently spending (perfect for tax day isn't it?). For me, it's about not only the amount they are spending, but about the lack of deliberate representation our officials are giving their constituents on not only taxes, but on everything else as well.

It seems that as soon as many politicians get into office (no matter which party they belong to, it happens in both) they decided it is then time to forget campaign promises and what is right for the people they represent, and that it is now time to only look out for #1 and their own political agendas and careers. I'm tired of it as I'm sure just about anyone that keeps up with politics is.

This protest is billed as nonpartisan. Though people do tend to get more riled up about current politicians than past.

Anyhow, if you are interested: It is on Memorial Drive between 6:30 and 8 pm. It includes activities (though I can remember the specifics at the moment, sorry).

Alrighty now, stepping down of the soapbox :)

Happy Easter!

Poor little sicko...

Well, the Energizer Bunny isn't so much of a never ending battery lately.

You know that fever that Missy and Goober had? Well now EB has it. He's had it since yesterday, and lets just say that he's not so agreeable as his sibling were when they had it.

First, he woke up at three this morning.... thank goodness after a short time he let me put him back to bed... but then he decided that six am was late enough to sleep and that it was time for his big brother to be awake too.

Then of course we had to be uber clingy and not let mom get much done today, which I was pretty much expecting so that was ok. He also took two naps so that was good. Except now it seems he doesn't want to stay asleep tonight. So I guess we will see in the morning.

Wish us luck and that the kidlet will feel better in the morning! (and that this thing doesn't continue to be passed on the Jer and I!)

Feeling like a crappy parent....

So Goober asked Jer to cut his hair the other day...

Goober hates even the thought of Jer or I cutting his hair. Hates it. Screams bloody murder at the trimmers. So I was very surprised when he asked.

He did it because he saw Jer cutting EBs hair with no problem whatsoever. EB standing there looking around and Jer just running the trimmers through his hair....

Looking back on it, maybe we should have tried to cut his hair right then. But we didn't. We decided to wait till tonight.

Jer took a bar stool and put it out on the back deck, you know, less cleanup that way. And then had Goober sit on the bar stool.

Ya, not such a great idea.

As soon as Jer touched his hair with the trimmers the screaming commenced. Except now there wasn't really much of an option...cause Goober had a big bald patch just above his left ear. And of course we didn't think about the fact that if he freaked out all the hair places would be closed for the night. And Goober has school in the morning.

Basically it was one of three options... let Goober go to school and be made fun of (not keen on that one), Let Goober stay home from school and take him to get his hair cut (He already missed today due to a low grade fever this morning), or somehow get the kid to let us finish cutting his hair.....

Yah, can I say NONE of those happened. It was not good.

Basically Jer and I ruled out options one and two because we are trying to be good parents and trying to protect our kid from humiliation and also trying not to give him the impression that school is optional.

So we proceeded to try to bribe the kid. "You can have a sucker" and "Afterwords you can have a Popsicle".

Nope. No can do.

Then it changed to "Honey, this doesn't hurt" (for some reason he is set on the fact that a haircut from Jer or I hurts.... EB didn't think so.... *sigh*) and "can you be really brave? What can I do to help? Will holding your hand help?" and attempting to try to continue cutting his hair. Commence freak out.

Then it started to get really tiring. And cold outside... and starting to get dark. It was "Goober stop freaking out or your going to loose the video games for tomorrow" ...

Nope. No can do. Nothing was working. And seeing no other options that were really viable Jer and I commenced to cut Goobers hair the hard way. With him struggling and freaking out the whole time.

Afterword I was sure to let him know I loved him, gave him hugs and kisses, tried to explain that I wasn't trying to hurt either him or his feelings. How do you explain that to a kid?

Now that I look back on it (only about 30 minutes ago) I think that maybe I should have just let him go to school with it that way... or maybe just kept him home and took him to a hair place tomorrow. I mean, really? Would he ever remember that he once missed school to get a haircut?
I'm afraid he will have horrid first memories of Jer and I trying to cut his hair. I think he may have trust issues with us... I wonder why? Maybe because we push issues like this that are not that important? Maybe some other reason... I don't know....

Either way, I feel like a really crappy parent at the moment.

Huh? Easter? What's that?

So for the most part I have been pretending Easter isn't happening.... not such a good thing when I realize that procrastinating DOESN'T make this holiday go away.... So today I decided to let the kids do something Eastery..ish

We dyed eggs.

Sad thing is that I'm not much of a celebrator of holidays... I don't really get into it that much. I think this may be the first time we have ever dyed eggs. I know. Sad.

Needless to say the kids liked it, even though Goober was complaining about his ear hurting (it went away though thank goodness). They really liked the little crayon thing that you write on the eggs with to keep the dye from sticking. :D I colored some for EB cause he was down for a nap. I did NOT want to fight him while doing eggs. Heavens, that would NOT be fun! So I avoided that too. :)

Anyhow, guess I should probably bite the bullet and get the rest of the stuff for Easter, huh.

Say "Thank You!" ...to a husband that has no issues calling me out. :P

Today is GORGEOUS!!! I'm so happy to have such a beautiful day! We would SO be out in it right now.... except Goober came home with a fever from school today. :P

Missy had this same thing over the weekend. No other symptoms, just a fever. Kinda a high fever too. Count my blessings for no pukies. Count, count, count!

This is our new fence! YAY it's almost done! Then I can clean up the dog bombs in the backyard and probably tell them to "GO OUTSIDE" and play. Well..... except right now that would be a slightly hard thing to do.

You see, the only way to our backyard at the moment is through the garage. Can we say Dum, dum, DUMB! We are trying to remedy that at the moment too though.

We just had these wonderful stairs installed.

They work great..... one problem....

You can't get to them. And the kids DEFINITELY can't get to them.

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Yeah, gonna have to wait for the fence to be finished then the fence guy will get back to putting a railing on the stairs and opening the railing TO said stairs!

This is the almost finished side gate. Soon, I keep thinking....sooooon. All that needs to be finished on the fence are the latches for the gates and a couple of boards (I think... maybe some adjusting so that everything fits snuggly).

As for the other things mentioned by DEAREST... he would have to bring up the fact that I mangled a tablecloth I was making. How? you may ask How do you mess up a TABLECLOTH!? I mean... all you do is serge and do the edges...right? Right. Well.... I managed to serge off the wrong side of the tablecloth... the side that wasn't too long.... actually, the side that was TOO SHORT. Ugh. Oh, well.... at least the fabric is on clearance! At least I hope it's still on clearance.....

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As far as the car goes. You know, the car that is paid off? Well, if it's not payments it's fix its. Friday Jer came home from work and informed me that the window on the car is hosed. Yah. It doesn't go up anymore... in fact the darned thing FELL down and won't go up anymore. grrrr. So guess what that means my dears? It means that Jer and I get the try to CRAM the thing into our garage... which was at the time, jam CRAMMED, with STUFF. Luckily we were somehow able to manage it. Well, come Monday we take the car in to have it fixed, and apparently to find out (as always) that other things need to be done as well. Supposedly we are supposed to get the car back no later than tomorrow night... supposedly. That's if another part doesn't come in wrong :P

So, THAT my dears is what has been happening lately. :) Say "Thank You" to Jer

(luv you honey!)

No new posts, my life is boring. MEH!

How to Tick Off Your Coworkers

Just try playing Christmas music when it snows in April.

Yeah, Jer was ROYALLY ticked. Objective accomplished.

Somehow I don't think the fence will be finished today...what do you think? :P