Life has been fairly busy here. After folding laundry Sunday, Monday and again Tuesday you would think it was all caught up right? Nope. I have two loads waiting for me to fold them. I'll do that in a bit after the kiddos go to sleep.
I finally have my office/craft room cleaned up. It looks so much better now. Well better than it did. I still have to finish going through things. I have a box of stuff that needs to be filed and I know there is stuff in the filing cabinet that needs shredded. I also just brought another box upstairs that needs to be gone through but I can see a floor or I could be Levi dumped toys, blankets and pillows in there earlier today. Which reminds me he'll need to clean them up then.
We are planning on heading to Red Lobster tomorrow after I get done working. My company gave everyone gift cards that couldn't make the company Christmas party and I chose RL for mine. I had really wanted to go with just D but the kids really want to go or at least Benjamin does. We need to drop off the Dyson on the way there though. The darn thing isn't working right and this is the first chance we've gotten to drop it off. The place is almost 45 minutes from our house. D got us a Bissell to use in the meantime. Well that thing went back after it refused to suck up the needles from the Christmas Tree. The Dyson, whose beater brush doesn't work, sucked up the needles a lot better. We did pick up the Shark though and so far it seems to be working really well.
I swear when I vacuumed my room today, I sucked up a whole dog. How is that possible? You'd think the dogs would be bald by now with as much hair as they lose.
We are hoping to make it to the Farm Show next weekend. It runs from tomorrow until next Sat. We went for the first time last year and the kids had a ball. It was so much fun. They enjoyed seeing cows up close and personal and all the other animals. I don't ever remember going when I was a kid, so I'm happy that we can take the boys.
Life has been good so far this week. :-)
Friday, January 8, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
Friendships
I have to admit, I've not had a real life friend, someone that lives near me in a very long time. I've yearned for one but because we moved so often and because of our jobs and hours, I just haven't had one.
Well now I have one and I don't know how to treat her nor do I remember to call her and ask her to do anything.
Today I went to Kmart for some Christmas bargains and mentioned it to my friend and she said, why didn't you call me. Um cause I didn't even think to.
Guess it's like being in elementary school again and learning how to be a friend all over.
Well now I have one and I don't know how to treat her nor do I remember to call her and ask her to do anything.
Today I went to Kmart for some Christmas bargains and mentioned it to my friend and she said, why didn't you call me. Um cause I didn't even think to.
Guess it's like being in elementary school again and learning how to be a friend all over.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
It appears that it will be cold for some time to come. I know that 15 day forecasts are not the most accurate, however at this point I'm not holding out hope that we'll get any warmer weather any time soon.
Today it's barely in the 20s with windchill factors in the single digits, even lower when there are gusts.
To make the cold even worst, our dryer is located in the uninsulated, unheated utility room while our washer is in the kitchen. Talk about a shock to your system when doing laundry. In the summer it's not quite as bad unless it's humid, which is about three quarters of the time, but I've learned to deal with it. Afterall, I only had our AC on for a few short weeks this past summer.
I could just go on strike until it gets warmer but we'd run out of laundry really quickly and I could not imagine the amount of laundry there would be to do if I did go on strike for longer than a week. Winter is always the worst too for laundry because you are wearing layers and longer clothing. I swear no one but me can wear their sweatshirts and jeans longer than a couple of hours before putting new ones on. I figure if they're not dirty and your not going anywhere why bother washing them after each wear. Yes, I know some find it to be gross, but I don't have a ton of jeans to be able to wear new ones every day, but really I sit at home most days anyway.
Today it's barely in the 20s with windchill factors in the single digits, even lower when there are gusts.
To make the cold even worst, our dryer is located in the uninsulated, unheated utility room while our washer is in the kitchen. Talk about a shock to your system when doing laundry. In the summer it's not quite as bad unless it's humid, which is about three quarters of the time, but I've learned to deal with it. Afterall, I only had our AC on for a few short weeks this past summer.
I could just go on strike until it gets warmer but we'd run out of laundry really quickly and I could not imagine the amount of laundry there would be to do if I did go on strike for longer than a week. Winter is always the worst too for laundry because you are wearing layers and longer clothing. I swear no one but me can wear their sweatshirts and jeans longer than a couple of hours before putting new ones on. I figure if they're not dirty and your not going anywhere why bother washing them after each wear. Yes, I know some find it to be gross, but I don't have a ton of jeans to be able to wear new ones every day, but really I sit at home most days anyway.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Another Decade is over
It's so hard to believe that another decade is over. Seems like only yesterday I was starting the new decade/millennium as a newlywed in a new state with a new job in a new apartment with crazy landlords and here we are today, married for 10 1/2 years, in a home we've owned for just over 2 years with two boys and two dogs.
Here are some memorable moments from the last decade:
2000
Living in Garfield and then Dumont NJ working at a bank, Kmart and finally at a cemetery. Enjoy our first year of marriage.
2001
Started out the year living in Dumont, NJ, moved to Lebanon, PA in march. Worked at Dollar General and then Kmart. Discovered in November I was pregnant with our first baby.
2002
Still living in Lebanon, working at Kmart and on Jan 3 finding out I miscarried our first baby. Kmart declared bankruptcy and we weren't sure either of us would have jobs by the end of the year.
2003
Found out we were pregnant right after the stroke of midnight, bought our first home, had our son in August and started working part-time.
2004
Enjoyed our son's first birthday and discovered on New Year's Eve that we were expecting again (I couldn't wait to test until the New Year).
2005
Delivered our second son in August and celebrated our son's second birthday.
2006
Enjoyed a first and third birthday party.
2007
Enjoyed our sons' second and fourth birthdays, D lost his job, found a new job within two weeks and bought our second home and sold our first and became a SAHM
2008
We settled into our new home closer to family. Enjoyed our sons' third and fifth birthday, shuttled the boys back and forth to preschool. Started working part-time from home and selling Avon.
2009
Celebrated 10 years of marriage, enjoyed our sons' fourth and sixth birthday, sent our firstborn to kindgarten, started working full time from home while also selling Avon.
Apparently we don't live very exciting lives from these little blurbs but it seems that there is almost never a dull moment in our lives. We enjoy our family time, take day trips to visit local attractions and even had our first camping trip as a family this year.
I'm excited to see what the new decade will bring.
Here are some memorable moments from the last decade:
2000
Living in Garfield and then Dumont NJ working at a bank, Kmart and finally at a cemetery. Enjoy our first year of marriage.
2001
Started out the year living in Dumont, NJ, moved to Lebanon, PA in march. Worked at Dollar General and then Kmart. Discovered in November I was pregnant with our first baby.
2002
Still living in Lebanon, working at Kmart and on Jan 3 finding out I miscarried our first baby. Kmart declared bankruptcy and we weren't sure either of us would have jobs by the end of the year.
2003
Found out we were pregnant right after the stroke of midnight, bought our first home, had our son in August and started working part-time.
2004
Enjoyed our son's first birthday and discovered on New Year's Eve that we were expecting again (I couldn't wait to test until the New Year).
2005
Delivered our second son in August and celebrated our son's second birthday.
2006
Enjoyed a first and third birthday party.
2007
Enjoyed our sons' second and fourth birthdays, D lost his job, found a new job within two weeks and bought our second home and sold our first and became a SAHM
2008
We settled into our new home closer to family. Enjoyed our sons' third and fifth birthday, shuttled the boys back and forth to preschool. Started working part-time from home and selling Avon.
2009
Celebrated 10 years of marriage, enjoyed our sons' fourth and sixth birthday, sent our firstborn to kindgarten, started working full time from home while also selling Avon.
Apparently we don't live very exciting lives from these little blurbs but it seems that there is almost never a dull moment in our lives. We enjoy our family time, take day trips to visit local attractions and even had our first camping trip as a family this year.
I'm excited to see what the new decade will bring.
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