Sunday, August 24, 2008
Kill the Squirrels
Fay came and went and we now have a bathroom ceiling to paint, because of the squirrels!
It is open season in our yard. Come one an all with your B.B. guns, we have about 45,000 squirrels on our 1/4 acre lot. They scamper across my pool cage, do obscene things on my front porch, eat and tear up my bird feeders, and NOW they have eaten through the molding around a roof vent. Thus letting rain pour into the attic and stain my ceiling!!
So aid me in a little population control!
Friday, August 22, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay, No Way!!!
Okay, Fay was coming! We were warned for days of her imminent arrival. Cautioned that we could go to bed with her a mere tropical storm and wake up to a monster Cat 3 (remember Opal??) We all stayed glued to Tom Terry heeding his warning to hunker down! There were bread shortages at Publix, schools shut down, and yet nary a strong gust happened. And we all poo-pooed Fay!!
And then she went out to the Atlantic and got all fat and sassy, and backed right over our a**..
Now we are on day 5 of our little tropical storm, and I have a yard full of debris and limbs to pick up tomorrow.
Although,....hmm........ she missed Miami, maybe once she runs over the panhandle she can back up and hit Miami. I mean why not finish the job? I'm just saying.........
And then she went out to the Atlantic and got all fat and sassy, and backed right over our a**..
Now we are on day 5 of our little tropical storm, and I have a yard full of debris and limbs to pick up tomorrow.
Although,....hmm........ she missed Miami, maybe once she runs over the panhandle she can back up and hit Miami. I mean why not finish the job? I'm just saying.........
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Back To School
Yesterday was the girls first day back to Co-op. Olivia started for the first time and was very excited about going to school with her sissy.
Maddy said she waited for her at lunch and Liv sat with all the 5th graders!! Can you believe I have a 5th grader??? I had to beg her to take her picture at the school. She protested loudly that she was too old for that. Finally I just demanded a pic for my scrapbook, and as you can see she barely accomodated me.. Her eyes were closed and she refused a second shot!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
The Road I don't Want To Go Down
It is good to be home but in the same token bittersweet. I feel torn between my family and home here, and my home in Atlanta. I do understand my first obligation is to Mike and my children. I still can't help but feel the need and desire to be with my aunt.
My aunt is like a second mother. To best describe her would be butterflies and roses. Warm sunshine on a fall day, the front porch swing we would sit at and drink tea, and hot chocolate. The late nights in my dorm room with oreo cookies and Dr Pepper, the little table in her kitchen we would sit at and solve all our problems. Tea parties on the front lawn. All the recipes she has taught me over the years, how to make ritzy chicken. Sitting in her closet praying that special prayer. Sleeping on her hard-ass bed. She was a dreamer, when everyone would spout reality, she, with a twinkle in her eye would dare you to go for your dream. When others said you can't she would say you can. She clipped southern living house plans and decorating ideas, yet scrimped and saved to stay home with her children. She planted the seeds of motherhood that I now embrace today. She values above all else being a wife and mother. Her back door always open and welcoming. Sweet and kind, loving and strong she is an amazing woman.
I have found myself wondering will I forget the smell of her clothes, how she walks, the expressions she makes. The sound of her voice? I find an urgency to soak it all in so I can tell her daughters all the stories she told me. All the advice over the years, I am storing away for when Sarah and Amelia will ask those same questions.
My aunt was hospitalized last Thursday and will probably stay in the hospital until this weekend. We are nearing the end of this battle and I am amazed that life is going on. I talk to people and try not to share too much. I know it is a depressing topic, so I feel very disconnected. It is hard to chat about school and the park with any real enthusiasm. It is just surreal, and much easier to stay within the cocoon of our family. I will be leaving again this weekend and could really appreciate prayers in regards to having a peace about staying or leaving. The girls start their co-op tomorrow and it will be weekly until October. This will make it very difficult for me to stay. A 8 hour commute to school. Yikes!
My grandmother is at the house with Amelia, who starts her senior year tomorrow. I think it will all be easier once Aunt Elaine comes home from the hospital. The hospital is an hour away in Atlanta, and the traffic is horrible.
So schooling has been sporadic. I am making an effort to continue Math and Reading and History. Everything else will fall in later. We are currently reading Oregon Bound and just finished watching the PBS special Frontier House. I cannot recommend it highly enough. It was a wonderful peek into pioneer life, juxtaposed against the 21st century.
Well enough typing, we have co-op in the morning, and I need a good nights sleep.
My aunt is like a second mother. To best describe her would be butterflies and roses. Warm sunshine on a fall day, the front porch swing we would sit at and drink tea, and hot chocolate. The late nights in my dorm room with oreo cookies and Dr Pepper, the little table in her kitchen we would sit at and solve all our problems. Tea parties on the front lawn. All the recipes she has taught me over the years, how to make ritzy chicken. Sitting in her closet praying that special prayer. Sleeping on her hard-ass bed. She was a dreamer, when everyone would spout reality, she, with a twinkle in her eye would dare you to go for your dream. When others said you can't she would say you can. She clipped southern living house plans and decorating ideas, yet scrimped and saved to stay home with her children. She planted the seeds of motherhood that I now embrace today. She values above all else being a wife and mother. Her back door always open and welcoming. Sweet and kind, loving and strong she is an amazing woman.
I have found myself wondering will I forget the smell of her clothes, how she walks, the expressions she makes. The sound of her voice? I find an urgency to soak it all in so I can tell her daughters all the stories she told me. All the advice over the years, I am storing away for when Sarah and Amelia will ask those same questions.
My aunt was hospitalized last Thursday and will probably stay in the hospital until this weekend. We are nearing the end of this battle and I am amazed that life is going on. I talk to people and try not to share too much. I know it is a depressing topic, so I feel very disconnected. It is hard to chat about school and the park with any real enthusiasm. It is just surreal, and much easier to stay within the cocoon of our family. I will be leaving again this weekend and could really appreciate prayers in regards to having a peace about staying or leaving. The girls start their co-op tomorrow and it will be weekly until October. This will make it very difficult for me to stay. A 8 hour commute to school. Yikes!
My grandmother is at the house with Amelia, who starts her senior year tomorrow. I think it will all be easier once Aunt Elaine comes home from the hospital. The hospital is an hour away in Atlanta, and the traffic is horrible.
So schooling has been sporadic. I am making an effort to continue Math and Reading and History. Everything else will fall in later. We are currently reading Oregon Bound and just finished watching the PBS special Frontier House. I cannot recommend it highly enough. It was a wonderful peek into pioneer life, juxtaposed against the 21st century.
Well enough typing, we have co-op in the morning, and I need a good nights sleep.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Hi
We are still in Atlanta. My aunt started chemo today and hopefully we will see some relief . The kids are doing well, and I am trying to keep up with school. We painted pictures of covered wagons on the Oregon Trail today and hope to finish up Oregon Bound tomorrow. The weather up here is great! The highs have been mid 80's with no humidity and 60's at night. I would love to sneak up to the mountains for a day, but we will have to see....
My totally cool super model sis will be here this weekend. She had a big sales meeting in Orlando so we crossed paths as she was coming down, I was going up... remind me to tell you what she had to do to pay for dog sitting...it is rated R so I will type it later past the 9:00 hour...
Here is an old picture from last summer. The only pics on this laptop are back to school 2007, and a few from Maine, so you all will get random old pics to look at ;)
Call me if anyone wants to talk, and Amy did you go get the milk and creamer out of the fridge??
My totally cool super model sis will be here this weekend. She had a big sales meeting in Orlando so we crossed paths as she was coming down, I was going up... remind me to tell you what she had to do to pay for dog sitting...it is rated R so I will type it later past the 9:00 hour...
Here is an old picture from last summer. The only pics on this laptop are back to school 2007, and a few from Maine, so you all will get random old pics to look at ;)
Call me if anyone wants to talk, and Amy did you go get the milk and creamer out of the fridge??
Friday, August 08, 2008
We are on the Road
Atlanta aquarium 3 years ago
Call me on my cell if you want to get me. We packed up the camper and are heading out! My aunt is doing better and is coming home from the hospital today, for those of you who do not know, my aunt Elaine has stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. Please pray for the girls as I try and juggle helping my aunt and her children and my own group. Mike is going to be there with me, so it will be much easier.
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Thrifty Thursday
I was at Target yesterday and on the clearance aisle between back to school and the food aisle were boxes of Pampers for 13.49. They had all sizes and these were the mega box. For Ethan who is a size 6, it was a 95 or a 92 count. Also a 5 pack of clorox wipes pack was 4 something. They had alot of household cleaners on clearance.
One day Quilt
You know you have a good friend when she hears your quilting and loads her four kids up to help at 8:00 at night. Then she returns in the morning to finish up, which takes til 5 in the afternoon.Thank you Amy !! She helped me design, sew and assemble this quilt so I would have it in time to leave for Atlanta in the morning. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! Quilting is just not as fun alone!
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
The coolest mom, Ever!
I have been convicted lately of the need to play with my children. I am often wrapped up in getting my "To Do" list checked off. Organizing our home, dishes, laundry, obligations, and the list goes on and on... Well I do not want my kids to remember that our mom had a clean house, but wasn't really fun .
Well do all those lists leave time to be the coolest mom ever? I am not talking jelly bracelets, blue mascara, snake skin leather miniskirt, 80's mom cool...But High School Musical cool.
So, what's a mom to do? Those two little words that guarantee a sleepless night, bags under the eyes and huge pot of coffee the next morning- Yes, a Slumber Party!!
Well do all those lists leave time to be the coolest mom ever? I am not talking jelly bracelets, blue mascara, snake skin leather miniskirt, 80's mom cool...But High School Musical cool.
So, what's a mom to do? Those two little words that guarantee a sleepless night, bags under the eyes and huge pot of coffee the next morning- Yes, a Slumber Party!!
I think this has elevated me to a whole new level of "mom" cool. That is until Sunday morning when they get their chore list to clean up said slumber party!!!!!!AWWW, mom!!!!
Monday, August 04, 2008
Where the Wild Things Are
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Yep, that would be in my home is where my wild thing lives. I find myself telling strangers, "I am not sure I am going to make it...I'm too old for this.....he might WIN..." Well this week has tested me on a whole new level. I thought 2 was bad but as we get nearer to 3 I am terrified.
On our way home from Atlanta, with 4 children, during rush hour, in the middle of the city, Maddy dropped my cell phone in my coffee cup. Completely and utterly fried. Only a 8 hour drive in front of me-what did we do before cell phones???
We made it home minus one cell phone, and the next day Ethan took my back up phone and poured dish soap in the ear piece and ran it under the water...grr.... Hello, AT&T do you sell a waterproof phone. Thankfully we have insurance, because this is not the first case of water damage to a phone of mine. I have had 4 previous water damage mishaps (usually involving children and some type of swearing) I wont repeat what I said in downtown Atlanta....
The cell phone was dead by 8:30 in the morning, to which Ethan moved onto pouring a whole tube of toothpaste on my bathroom floor and finger painting... Who knew toothpaste could make a 2 year old scream so loud when he rubbed his eyes????
Well this isn't even 2:00 yet, so there is plenty of day left to, oh say flood the upstairs bathroom.... Yes I heard the oddest sound coming from upstairs. Like a tinkling..cold fear gripped my heart when I saw a wet child at the top of the stairs, saying," mommy I show you...."
Yes he showed me how he could stuff a towel in the drain and fill up the sink until it waterfalls off the counter, and gushes out into the carpet.... Did I mention I was trying to cook dinner...Not steam clean the carpets. There is a beautiful spot on the downstairs ceiling to remember this by
After that rough day I spent the evening shutting off water to all non essential bathrooms, locking doors, and babygating areas of possible interest....
That was before I realized when there is a will...there is a way... fast forward to nap time the next day. I am in my room on the computer, Ethan is upstairs asleep, or so I thought. As I walk out to the kitchen I meet Ethan covered in butter with a butter knife in his hand. "I butter....I butter..." he said. A trail of butter footprints led to the stairway where he did literally "butter".
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And finally to top off this run of mischief, Ethan woke up this morning and snuck (as Maddy said) more like tromped( as evidenced by what I heard from downstairs) into Maddy's room and opened a bottle of fingernail polish. He painted himself, the wall, and then dumped it out on the carpet.........All while his sisters were fast asleep. He came downstairs and proudly announced, "I paint on the wall."
Pray for Ethan........and his mommy
On our way home from Atlanta, with 4 children, during rush hour, in the middle of the city, Maddy dropped my cell phone in my coffee cup. Completely and utterly fried. Only a 8 hour drive in front of me-what did we do before cell phones???
We made it home minus one cell phone, and the next day Ethan took my back up phone and poured dish soap in the ear piece and ran it under the water...grr.... Hello, AT&T do you sell a waterproof phone. Thankfully we have insurance, because this is not the first case of water damage to a phone of mine. I have had 4 previous water damage mishaps (usually involving children and some type of swearing) I wont repeat what I said in downtown Atlanta....
The cell phone was dead by 8:30 in the morning, to which Ethan moved onto pouring a whole tube of toothpaste on my bathroom floor and finger painting... Who knew toothpaste could make a 2 year old scream so loud when he rubbed his eyes????
Well this isn't even 2:00 yet, so there is plenty of day left to, oh say flood the upstairs bathroom.... Yes I heard the oddest sound coming from upstairs. Like a tinkling..cold fear gripped my heart when I saw a wet child at the top of the stairs, saying," mommy I show you...."
Yes he showed me how he could stuff a towel in the drain and fill up the sink until it waterfalls off the counter, and gushes out into the carpet.... Did I mention I was trying to cook dinner...Not steam clean the carpets. There is a beautiful spot on the downstairs ceiling to remember this by
After that rough day I spent the evening shutting off water to all non essential bathrooms, locking doors, and babygating areas of possible interest....
That was before I realized when there is a will...there is a way... fast forward to nap time the next day. I am in my room on the computer, Ethan is upstairs asleep, or so I thought. As I walk out to the kitchen I meet Ethan covered in butter with a butter knife in his hand. "I butter....I butter..." he said. A trail of butter footprints led to the stairway where he did literally "butter".
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And finally to top off this run of mischief, Ethan woke up this morning and snuck (as Maddy said) more like tromped( as evidenced by what I heard from downstairs) into Maddy's room and opened a bottle of fingernail polish. He painted himself, the wall, and then dumped it out on the carpet.........All while his sisters were fast asleep. He came downstairs and proudly announced, "I paint on the wall."
Pray for Ethan........and his mommy
My Fairy Blog Mother
Darcy over at graphically designing gave me a total blog makeover. Sadly, I resigned my title as wicked stepmother, since I am really not a stepmother (maybe someday.... but not today) My new title conveys our life philosophy more accurately, thanks to Mr Frost.
As you can see she is amazingly talented and just knew exactly what I wanted! I can't recommend her enough, check out her work!!
As you can see she is amazingly talented and just knew exactly what I wanted! I can't recommend her enough, check out her work!!
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
College Road Trip
We went to the library today and watched College Road Trip. It was one of the cutest, funniest movies I have seen in a long time. I was a little wary because of some of the mommy reviews I had heard. But come on, sometimes we homeschooly moms can be overly prudish dontcha think?? I did not see anything other than a really cool family that loved each other and were working through letting their daughter go in a hilarious Martin Lawrence- Raveny sort of way..
So if your up for a really good movie, it is a must! No swearing, sex, innuendo, or anything along those lines....Oh, there is a houdini pig in it...
So if your up for a really good movie, it is a must! No swearing, sex, innuendo, or anything along those lines....Oh, there is a houdini pig in it...
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Thrifty Thursday
Publix
Large jars of Peanut butter- BOGO
3 boxes Capri sun for 5.00
School supplies- Binders BOGO, 3 boxes crayons for 1.00, Pens- BOGO, Glue 3 for 1.00, etc...
Ronzoni pasta noodles BOGO
Boneless Skinless breasts 2.49/lb
McCormick Season Salt Lg bottle BOGO
Mccormick Garlic Salt Lg bottle BOGO
Wishbone dressing BOGO
Microwave popcorn BOGO
Graham Crackers BOGO
Keebler deluxe cookies BOGO
Chicken leg quarters, .79/lb
General Mills cereal 3 for 5.00
Lawry's 30 minute marinade BOGO
Mt Olive Relish BOGO
Ragu Spaghetti Sauce - 3 for 5.00
Buy 3 coca cola boxes and get 1 free
Thomas English Muffins BOGO
Lysol bathroom cleaner BOGo
SC Johnson cleaning products buy 5 and get 5.00 back
WinnDixie
Poptarts-BOGO
Natures Own bread -BOGO
Breakstone Sour Cream 3 for 5.00
Clorox Bleach 2 for 3.00
Chicken leg quarters .69/lb
bakery white mountain bread BOGO
Eckrich farm franks- BOGO
General Mills cereal -BOGO
Edy's icecream -BOGO
10lb's for 10.00 deals
-vine tomatoes
-nectarines/plums
-avocado
-10 dole salads for 10.00
-5 containers of strawberries for 10.00
Amy told me about Disney's sale . Their Pj sets are 4.99-6.99 with 5.00 shipping
Large jars of Peanut butter- BOGO
3 boxes Capri sun for 5.00
School supplies- Binders BOGO, 3 boxes crayons for 1.00, Pens- BOGO, Glue 3 for 1.00, etc...
Ronzoni pasta noodles BOGO
Boneless Skinless breasts 2.49/lb
McCormick Season Salt Lg bottle BOGO
Mccormick Garlic Salt Lg bottle BOGO
Wishbone dressing BOGO
Microwave popcorn BOGO
Graham Crackers BOGO
Keebler deluxe cookies BOGO
Chicken leg quarters, .79/lb
General Mills cereal 3 for 5.00
Lawry's 30 minute marinade BOGO
Mt Olive Relish BOGO
Ragu Spaghetti Sauce - 3 for 5.00
Buy 3 coca cola boxes and get 1 free
Thomas English Muffins BOGO
Lysol bathroom cleaner BOGo
SC Johnson cleaning products buy 5 and get 5.00 back
WinnDixie
Poptarts-BOGO
Natures Own bread -BOGO
Breakstone Sour Cream 3 for 5.00
Clorox Bleach 2 for 3.00
Chicken leg quarters .69/lb
bakery white mountain bread BOGO
Eckrich farm franks- BOGO
General Mills cereal -BOGO
Edy's icecream -BOGO
10lb's for 10.00 deals
-vine tomatoes
-nectarines/plums
-avocado
-10 dole salads for 10.00
-5 containers of strawberries for 10.00
Amy told me about Disney's sale . Their Pj sets are 4.99-6.99 with 5.00 shipping
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
We are home!!
I am wading through email, but just wanted to let everyone know we are home. Feel free to stop by and chat, eat, swim, or just chill.... Does anyone know what day we are supposed to sew?
I am still up for it if you all are!
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