Shopping, Movies, Ice Cream, Monk & Pysch

Oh the fun you can have in one day!

Today I spent the whole day with my kids and they only argued a few times.

Miracle of miracles!

First we did some shopping for a swimsuit for Gabby. It had been a few years since she has had a new one and REALLY needed an update. She has a pool party next week after band camp. I did pick up a few new things for me too. I continue on my shopping spree after losing weight over the last year. 45lbs down and enjoying the shopping!

Next stop was to see Get Smart. Good movie but they could have left a few things out and it would have been just as good - even better. After the movie, we headed over to Cold Stone to finish up a few cakes. The girls are very helpful and are paid with ice cream. They both consider this to be a very good deal! I have to say the Sponge Bob cake turned out pretty good even though he is my least favorite character. His voice just grinds on me! I think it is that whiney sound.

Back at home we were all excited that Monk & Pysch (on USA Network) kicked off their season tonight. All is quiet now with everyone asleep except for me.

I love to watch my kids sleep. They are so peaceful and they seem so sweet.... and then they wake up. Ah, until tomorrow.

Jeanette

Work, home & school - the count down is on!

Gabby and I had some fun today. I needed to get into Cold Stone to get some cakes decorated so I asked Gab if she wanted to go. She did - she enjoys going and "playing" while helping to get the job done. We got 15 cakes done today and have 2 to complete tomorrow. I am amazed at how many people buy the cakes. Like the ice cream, they are not cheap but they just fly out the door. The owner actually owns 2 stores and he said they sell about 250 cakes a month from the store I work at. The other store sells over 300!

I have been putting in a ton of hours the last few weeks to get their display built back up. (I am blessed to be able to make my own hours and come & go as I please) Since Father's day it seemed to be continually empty. I had a hard time getting the cakes built and decorated so the kids at the store started building them while I was decorating. I love all the kids at the store. They are all good kids for the most part. I laugh at their young way of thinking. Last week was my hubs & my anniversary and one of the guys asked why I was working on my anniversay. I laughed and looked at him like he was nuts. I told him that after 19 years it was ok for us to go to work on our anniversary. He and his girlfriend celebrate their 1 year dating anniversary and he is planning on taking her to Taco Bell! I should not laugh too much. I remember our 1st, 2nd and 3rd anniversary found us going to an Arnold movie. At the 4th anniversary I put my foot down and we didn't go to an Arnold movie - it was a Stalone movie.

Abby stayed home today and ran the vacuum and finished the last load of laundry. She enjoys staying at home by herself. Her week started kinda rough. She was REALLY upset about some nail polish and she was trying to get off her nails. I have never seen her this way. She was almost in tears using the polish remover and rubbing at her fingers. I told her it was no big deal and not to worry about it. Wrong thing to say! She had a little tizzy fit (you know, jumping up and down, on the verge of tears, stomping) and finally got the polish off. The stomping must have been what got the polish off!

I think we are all tired of summer and in need of our school schedule. Do I hear any amens and yes mamamm's out there? I love summer but about this time every year we are all itching to get back into the swing of things. School supplies have been purchased and everything has been organized. Gab is starting to freak out about being a freshman and all the "pressure" she is under. (As if we are all excited about her taking drivers ed book 4th quarter) Abby is just happy that she will be in the top dog class at middle school this year as an 8th grader.

Me?

My girls think I am the lucky one that does not have to take tests and do homework. Yeah, I agree it is much easier on me - I get to make sure they do their homework and help them study for their tests! I just hope I am up to passing the 8th & 9th grades again! I should be able to do 8th grade as I just did that one last year but the 9th grade - I just don't know!! I think that will take a lot of prayer.

Enjoy your evening!

Jeanette

ps - 1 month from tomorrow = 1st day of school!!

The dog days of summer!

Praises I can see again! Got the hair cut this morning and then headed to my sister's house (http://www.welcome2jujusworld.blogspot.com/) to have some fun in the sun. It was the perfect day to hit the pool. HOT!

I joined the kiddos in the pool under the strict order that they were NOT to get my hair wet.

What?!

I just got my haircut and she styled it and everything. I get one day a month that I don't have to do my own hair and you are laughing at me?! I still have places to go and people to see tonight and I did not want to have to deal with the whole hair issue.

We just got done eating brats and corn on the cob. Isn't that the perfect summer meal? I could have gone for a pasta salad to go with it but no time to make it. The kids did not complain and were just happy to have something to eat before heading to youth group.

Enjoy what is left of this perfect summer day!

Jeanette

I just wish I could see.....

I am two weeks overdue for a haircut.

I had to reschedule my appointment from two weeks ago due to a softball game. I know this is not normally a good enough reason to cancel and reschedule but I begged and pleaded with my hair gal and she finally allowed me to choose another day.

I am headed in tomorrow for my much needed cut. I just hope I will be able to see the road to drive and that she will recognize me when I walk in the door.

My post is short tonight, because as stated earlier, I can't see through all the hair. Enjoy your day tomorrow and you may want to stay off the road until about 11am :}

Jeanette

Is Monday over yet?

Whew! Today has been exhausting!!

I decided to sleep in until 8 this morning and that meant we got to the grocery store by 9. We needed to head to the local music store to pick up some items that Gabby will need for band camp next week. She is a freshman so she needed a lyre and black gloves for the marching band. On the way home we needed gas so I was cleared by the bank to take out a second mortgage on the house to put gas in my car. I know that my car is better on gas than some on the road but really $56 for gas?! When we bought our car 4 years ago it took $20 to fill up - oh those were the days!

Once we finally got home I needed to get started on laundry and house cleaning. My kids don't get it but I clean the house and do laundry every Monday. After the weekend, it is usually trashed and when everyone heads off the school and work, it is the perfect time to get it cleaned up. The summer kind of blows that schedule out of the water. Last week we had VBS so we skipped cleaning day and the kids were thrilled. I paid the price today. The girls always have to clean their own rooms during the summer so they did their stuff yesterday and even "helped" do some dusting in the family room, office and sunroom too. We had our windows open yesterday and it was prettty windy so all their dusting did absolutely no good. Everything was covered in dust again today. My goal was to be done by the time the hubs got home and Abs needed to be at violin lessons at 6pm.

NOPE!

I finally finished about 8:30 and noticed that the banana's were REALLY ripe so I whipped up some banana bread with the help of Gabs. We decided to make chocolate chip cookies too. I was working on unloading the dishwasher (something I hate to do but I had other dishes lined up to go in so I had to unload) I NEVER was dishes by hand, if something is to be handwashed, we don't use it.

Gabs was working on making the cookies. She had all the ingredients and was just working up a storm. I turned around and she had all the ingredients in the bowl but had not mixed any of it! I started laughing because this is just something that she would do! She is a blonde and no offense to other blonde's out there but she has a real dingy streak that goes through every once in a while and we just have to laugh. I finally got it all mixed together and started the baking. We finished up about 10:30. She is now in bed after running the vacuum to clean up her sugar mess all over the kitchen floor. So glad I cleaned before we started baking!!

I still have one load of laundry to do in the morning but otherwise am all caught up. At least I am pretty much done with the house for the week. I'll do laundry again on Thursday and iron on Friday but I won't have to do much else. I dread housework so I try to get it all out of the way in one day.

Tomorrow I get to go to work. If you have to work outside the home, there is no better job than playing in ice cream and chocolate all day! I make my own hours and come in and leave as I please. The girls will enjoy their day at home too. There are days when mom and daughters are best kept apart. I have decided the days that we are all PMSing are the best days to be gone. Do I hear all your heads nodding?

Rest well!

Jeanette

Sunday and obedience...don't they go hand in hand?

I firmly believe that Sunday's are the worst day of the week for our family. For some reason my girls can get out of bed all by themselves at 7am on any other given day of the week. Sundays they can not. (We head into first service at church that starts at 8:15.)

I have to wake them, get a shower and then head back to their rooms to get them out of bed again. This morning I was tired of that routine so I just yelled "GET UP" down the hallway in a tone that they don't hear very often. I made one request - no jeans this morning. (Our church is a dress the way you want kinda church and growing up in dresses I am a bit more lenient than other moms). I heard OK mom from both and went to finish getting ready.

Abby, my youngest, came in with a pair of bermuda's on asking if she could wear them. I was not really happy but said yes - at least they weren't jeans. She then asked me to braid her hair so I did. Good - one is ready, I am ready, Bill takes care of himself and Gab was the only one I had not seen this morning. She comes out in a dress. YIPEE! All of us are ready and we have followed directions!

2 stars for mom this morning.

WRONG!

We are all headed to the car when I see that Abby is not with us. A few minutes later she comes running out. I notice that she has taken the braids out and redone her hair. OK, fine she did not like her hair - typical 13 year old! I did not notice that anything else was not quite right until I looked down during the sermon to notice that she had changed her bermuda's and put on a pair of denim capri's.

AAAAAHHHHHHH!

I gave her the look of death and she just smiled. Knowing that by the time we get home I would probably forget to let her know about her fashion faux pax. I did not! Next week she gets to wear a skirt or a dress. I will leave it up to her to choose which one.

As for the rest of my day...... well, the girls are upstairs cleaning their rooms because they don't want to do it tomorrow and I am going to read a book after I eat some lunch. Bill is outside working on the trimming so the yard can get mowed tomorrow. It is a beautiful day, our windows are open, and I am going to take my pastor up on his 14 day challenge - to spend an hour a day with God. I figure if I can spend an hour reading I might as well read His Word. Blessings on your Sunday!

Jeanette