MY LIFE...BY AIMEE

oops

2010-08-06T22:07:00.000-05:00

hehehe...using phone for the first time to blog and posted on wrong blog

snow and christmas goodies

2009-12-24T17:13:00.017-06:00

first off...it was 70 something yesterday. my kids were wearing shorts and flip flops while playing outside. and today we have this...

i guess that's texas for ya. and it is still coming down. maybe we will get snowed in tomorrow and not have to go anywhere....oops...did i just say that... ;)

here is what i made for my two besties....

bse stands for "BEST SUMMER EVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVER!" booyah!

liz came over late last night after work and brought me some goodies...

my polka dot blankie...

notebooks for me and the girls...

a christmas ornament. she doesn't think i notice the "ny" but i did :)

and my fave of all (cause ma made it)

oops i forgot to flip the pic...ain't it so cute! it's a key chain! i will always remember ma's visit to tx :)

the girls loved my polka dot blankie so much they had to have one too. so dad made his way through the blizzard and wally to get them one each. brave soul he is. now these might not be "snuggies" but they are just as good :P

we let them open them early

kimber and dad

and goofy miranda (she reminds me of that snl chick...superstar...when she smells her hands after putting them in her pits...hehehehe)

whew....that was a long post. i'm sure i forgot something.

now i'm off to make one last thing. lalo put together a scrapbook for my nephew's football season and i forgot that i promised her i would do the cover page...later

scrappy mojo :)

2009-12-20T18:10:00.004-06:00

don't know where it came from but my mojo is back. here is what i worked on fri and sat...

this one is a christmas gift to the in laws. we found out this week that pop pop has cancer :(

it's not a great pic...a lil crooked...sry

here is one i did just cause i have the two best besties in the world! i'm working on their christmas gifts as i speak...or i guess type :P

i will post them soon

later

GO LIZZIE GO!

2009-12-14T13:41:00.010-06:00

this past weekend was the white rock marathon. i so wanted to run it...but after watching liz i'm not so sure i can. we went out to dallas sat night so liz could get a good nights rest. the alarm was set for 5:20 and we were off! here are some of the pics i took. for more pics and details you can check out her blog

she is such a nut! after she finished writing secret stuff on herself in koren we went down to the breakfast nook and stocked up on munchies for after the race.

the sun was just begining to rise when we got to the american airlines center

bye lizzie! (bad pic but it's all i got)

this one is kinda freaky. i say that is a ghost ;)

this is where i had to leave her. they wouldn't let me behind the gates

hi lizzie! can you see her??!!?? i was waiting on a side street for her

GO LIZ GO!

this is what i watched for at least ten minutes. there were thousands of peeps! i almost didn't find liz. thank god for cell phones. i really want to run it next year! we will see....

fun times

2009-12-11T17:12:00.008-06:00

here are a few pics from last weekend. we went to visit some old friends out in east tx. the girls (and me) had a blast on the go carts and 4 wheelers!

i'm bad you know it!

miranda freaking out

miranda whinning....getting the feel for how things went??? kimber has no fear!

lg was out of control! she couldn't get it to go fast enough

ok...maybe a bit to fast. she also has no fear. she decided the trees needed to be trimmed a bit i guess. she crashed into the neighbors shed as well and left a nice dent for them

finally miranda let go and tried the little one

k and i

that's all for now folks :)

a smile

2009-12-10T16:40:00.002-06:00

is what i got today

thanks diana :)

scrappy heaven today

2009-12-02T19:17:00.001-06:00

had a wonderful day of scrappy heaven at liz's today...just forgot to take a pic before i gave it away to ang. but i feel the mojo so i'm sure i'll be back with more

a lot of catching up

2009-11-20T18:53:00.023-06:00

so i haven't been keeping up with my blog like i should. life gets in the way sometimes ;)
here is a recap of the last couple of months...

WARNING: THIS IS THE LONGEST POST EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
(and i didn't feel like cropping any pics)

thought this was funny...

liz and i last year seeing twilight (for the second or third time)

liz and i last night at the midnight showing of new moon. pretty funny don't ya think!

angie and liz sitting in front of miranda and i

miranda being goofy as we wait patiently for the movie to start.

this is before we headed out to denny's and the movie. miranda felt special because i invited her to hang out with us big girls. i know she had school today but hey you only live once, right? i just hope she passed that test that counts for 70% of her grade ;)

during the first 30 minutes or so...right when edward leaves bella in the woods...some guy in the theater got up and tripped. SMASHED his head! it was really scary. it sounded like glass shattering he hit it so hard. i was torn...look at him and all the police and emergency help hauling him out on one of those boards they strap you down on or watching bella curl up into a ball calling for edward. i know i know, hard decision...no really i hope he is ok. it didn't look good.

this is miranda playing at a volleyball tournament. she has improved so much this year. so proud of her.

here i am a few hours after my surgery. i just had a scope done on my ankle to remove some scar tissue from my soccer injury back in june. so i'm back in that stinky old boot again. i have 2 more weeks to go. i'm still going to the gym but i miss the cardio! i need to run!!!

we had a chance to go to our first nascar race thanks to hubby's work. here are a few pics...

lg and kimber at our "tail gate" party

two of my goofy girls

the stinky boot

lg decided we are newman fans...as she says it "new man"

zz top preformed before the race...it was sad people! i loved them back in the day but they could barely move! and they were the ones to say "gentlemen start your engines". you could hardly hear them and they talked very slow. totally lost the effect.

lg got the part of john lennon from the beatles in her school play. angie saved the day! i waited to the last minute...seriously...for the costume. that is why her coat is a bit small. yes the sleeves go almost up to her elbows! i know! worst mom of the year award that day! but she did great and everyone loved her! thanks ang for hunting down a jacket and shirt :)

this is kimber and her "favorite cousin in the world" she loves her cj! and i must say i'm a proud aunt. he is only in 10th and playing first string varsity!

here is a pic of a childhood bestie. becky and i haven't seen each other in over ten years! this pic was taken back in the summer the first time i saw her. we didn't have much time...along with her 4 kids and 2 of mine but she came to dallas for a work thing last weekend and i went to visit her. dumb me didn't take my camera! ugh! it was so fun catching up. i have missed her so!

this was the official last "byd" of the summer. BDA baby! love my girls! that trampoline has lots of memories ;)

here is the first day of school back in august. i had to just about pull some teeth to get them to take it. they are growing up to fast!

ok, that's enough for now. i have lots more but tired of loading all the freakin pics. i'm working on some scrappy projects i will share when i'm done.

later

two months

2009-11-18T17:19:00.002-06:00

is long enough! i will be back with lot of pics and maybe something scrappy if my plans go smooth tomorrow :)

she sits on my desk

2009-09-12T18:54:00.001-05:00

i can not believe it has been a year. i am praying for her family today.

will summer ever end?!?!

2009-08-08T11:28:00.003-05:00

whine whine...sorry

but summer is hard for me. i need routine!

i haven't touched my scrap area in forever it feels like. it is a freakin wreck!!! don't even want to look at it. maybe if i clean it up i will get some mojo back. i see what karen and the basb are doing and i so want to scrap, but cringe when i go to sit down at my table. i think i will work on that today.

the girls are driving each other nuts! (along with me). since the hubs and i were selfish and took a cruise, there are no extra funds for a family vacation. they really need to go somewhere! we have been piggy backing on daddy's trips to houston. work pays for his hotel and we just sit around the pool all day. better than nothing.

school starts on the 24th, thank god!!! but we are not even close to being ready. haven't bought a thing. oh wait...i did get lunch boxes the other day. it's a step in the right direction, right???

lil miss has a birthday coming up. she has decided to do what we did last year...breakfast with mom at ihop and spending the day with dad shopping. but she added that she wants a friend to sleep over too. we will see...

so many things i need to get done and i don't know where to start....feeling a bit overwhelmed

my poor blog :(

2009-07-31T01:44:00.001-05:00

so neglected...i will have something soon. thanks k for the updates.

me and a couple of goofs

2009-07-14T22:50:00.004-05:00

it was so freakin hot today...AGAIN!

karen took this pic of us. there is a great challenge here, and a nice reminder :)

but i will have to take another picture because my oldest chick is mia in the pic.

home sweet home

2009-06-30T18:12:00.003-05:00

tried loading pictures from cruise...computer is not wanting to load them...grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

lovely...not!

2009-06-15T14:58:00.002-05:00

just what someone needs 6 days before a cruise, right???
UGH!!!

sprained my ankle pretty darn good in the first five minutes of the game last night. i think my soccer career is over for now...so sad :(

are you sure it's summer?

2009-06-09T11:47:00.010-05:00

it has been crazy around here...whewwwwwwwww

here are some pics from the last few days...

kimber and i went to the "free" movie this morning. i've never seen flushed away, even though we own it...i thought it was pretty funny

this is lil miss kimber having a one member sleepover last night cause her sisters were both gone spending the night with friends

this is my soccer game sunday night...no that is not me...but we are the blue team.

stopping by to see bee on my shopping spree day saturday

this is lg after her morning softball game saturday

this is lg catching at her game friday night

swimming at bee's friday afternoon

lg having a refreshing PURE SUGAR drink thursday.

maybe i'll get some scrapping done soon :)

someone stop me

2009-06-04T11:36:00.004-05:00

here is another one...

got sketch 85, i believe.

simple but done :)

SYC

2009-06-03T22:51:00.002-05:00

now i remember how i made it through last summer....duh....scrappin! here is one i just did for syc. picture is ick but it's done. i used TWO packages of elsie lola chip buttons :)

random

2009-06-03T13:41:00.006-05:00

here is another one for the basb'ers...we were suppose to use a photo without a person in it. i get teased a lot from my family for taking random pics. they are always asking me "why are you taking a picture of that?" well...i really don't know. i just like taking pictures :P

monkey bars, cheese its, glass of soda and my shorts ( i kind of use the pencil lines 135 for this)

that was an easy one ;)

all about me

2009-06-02T13:38:00.004-05:00

there is a new challenge up over here.

here are the rules i copied from dawn... what!?! i'm giving her the credit... ;)

"The challenge this time around, is a 'All About YOU'. Yes, YOU! Not the mom, girlfriend, sister, wife, co-worker, etc. that you are-Just YOU. What are YOU like? What makes YOU unique? Create a LO, a project, a mini or what ever you wish. The only requirement is that it is about just YOU. I think you get it now."

this is my layout...

a little something

2009-05-29T23:23:00.007-05:00

for my BASB'ers...

my menu :

beverages - big-girl drink - a shaped paper

appetizers - boneless chicken wings - 2 photos

entrees - steak and mashed potatoes - stamping

dessert - chocolate lava cake - bling

i used a sketch from here, a blog karen pointed out to me today.

scrap your crap

2009-05-25T09:11:00.003-05:00

here is a layout i did for the challenge over at syc. you had to use sheer embellishments and/or transparencies. i didn't journal because for me it tells its own story. only karen would understand because she was there ;)

playing in the rain

2009-05-24T16:39:00.008-05:00

the girls have been getting along so well this weekend...i'm a bit shocked. yesterday they ALL played catched together. (they are including kimber even though it doesn't look like from the pics)
today they were out playing in the rain. they ended up in the back of my car watching the rain and drying off. just thought i would share some pics of these rare moments...

BASB challenge

2009-05-23T17:59:00.003-05:00

this is a layout i did for the current BASB challenge. there is still time to get yours in :)

momma is playing soccer

2009-05-21T21:58:00.002-05:00

yes, you read that correctly!
when kimber's season was ending a few weeks ago, one of my soccer moms suggested we play in the adult league. i thought she was kidding but before i knew it, i was handing her my reg fee. what was i thinking??? we had our first practice last monday...lots of laughs. hubs ended up swimming in the lake to get the ball. tomorrow will be our second practice and we decided to make it a "soccer and beer" practice.
anywho, this pic is of a few soccer balls we have collected over the past four years of the girls playing. think any of them will do?

heck no! momma deserves her own. hehe
so i'm on the hunt for a CUTE one. and the girls will not be able to play with it :P

mean mom?

2009-05-18T16:56:00.006-05:00

don't laugh!

ok, you can laugh because i can't stop! these pictures don't need explaining...

friday 5

2009-05-15T21:33:00.014-05:00

karen tagged me in the friday 5. i asked her if i could do it saturday. she then sent me a text saying if i did it saturday i would have to do 75. not that i don't think you would love to read 75 wonderful facts about my day, i just thought i would spare you.

so here we go:

1. did 4.5 miles on the elliptical this morning (toot toot! go aimee! go aimee!)

2. vacuumed my bed (i have a sickness) k...i'm not sick...i just can't stand bed bugs! ick

3. had chips n queso with hubs at OTB

4. sat outside in the wonderful sun for about an hour reading :)

5. just got home from lg's softball game and i REALLY need a shower (me stanky! whew!)

since she already took sheree, denise and greta b...

i will pick ki, diana, waleska, jenn and elizabeth

now on to my pics for today. i took a lot tonight but the last one is my pod ;)

these are from lg's softball game tonight. even though none of them are of lg actually playing. miranda was being a snot...

so...i told kimber to sit on her...

then there is sweet kimber and dad

and here is mr. smarty pants trying to be funny. he says he is just holding the cord in his hand but i think he is really telling me how he feels about having to RE-vacuum the bed!

so that's it for now...man this post took almost forty minutes!

i need to go take a shower BAD!

later :P

fence business

2009-05-14T16:42:00.006-05:00

the prompt for yesterday was contrast...didn't follow. i'm sure denise is wondering why i asked for them if i'm not going to follow them ;)

here is my pod for yesterday...

some of you may remember me complaining just a bit about my neighbor's fence awhile back. after six months of looking at a fence held together by wire and such, they started working on it about two weeks ago. as you can see i have nothing to complain about now. isn't it gorgeous? wish they would just keep going across the rest of my back yard :)

but once they got that part finished, they stopped. i'm beginning to wonder if they are trying to tell me something. maybe they don't want to see my white trash porch anymore. hehe

now i'm off to take miranda to her dance performance. the word for today is crowded, i'm sure i will be able to find a pic for that there.

better

2009-05-13T17:42:00.002-05:00

today was a better day :)

spent most of the day at k's house being crafty. i made a layout using the new kit from sc. i posted and guess what...fudged it up! left "of" off part of the small title...duh! k says no one will notice, but now you all know. hehe

i'm just taking a break from all the running around. i swear as soon as i pick those kiddos up it is CRAZY! i just took lg to her double hitter sball game out in peaster, (twenty minutes out of town). then brought miranda back into town for her practice. now i am home about to feed kimber and give her a bath so we can go rush back and pick up miranda. i will then bring miranda and kimber home so that kimber can get to bed. then head out to try to catch the last of the second game for lg. WHEWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

later :)

sad and bad day

2009-05-12T16:10:00.007-05:00

- heard horrible news today...my dear old friend from east tx...her stepson tried to take his life last night. he is only 16 maybe 17 years old. have not talked to her yet...not sure what to even say.

- hurt one of my dearest friends feelings...need to get foot permanently glued into mouth

- fil is not doing well...he went to doctor today...have not heard anything yet...he told my hubs this morning he is so ready to die. he has been in so much pain for the last ten years that i don't blame him.

- mother is sending many guilt waves my way

- i drove by our old lss store that closed about a year and a half ago and saw this...

i know it sounds silly but this store meant more to me than just a place to scrap. and to actually see it gutted...ick! i feel so sad :(

sorry, no time for blogging

2009-05-07T11:57:00.002-05:00

stole this from ki...

2009-05-05T13:14:00.000-05:00

don't fotget your teachers tomorrow!

2009-05-04T12:02:00.002-05:00

still working on these dang...i mean wonderful goodies bags for teacher appreciation day tomorrow

just a little scrappin

2009-05-03T13:39:00.003-05:00

laura gale was trying really hard not to drop the eggs. it was too funny!

this is the cake karen made for my bday...

that's all for now

so sorry

2009-05-01T16:27:00.003-05:00

no pics of mr. owen :(

couldn't find my camera for days...and where was it? in the car where i left it. duh!!!

anywho, it has been a long week. now i'm trying to get motivated to make 50 cupcakes for kimber's soccer party tomorrow. hope it doesn't rain. i really want to see her play since i missed the last one. she has improved so much this season!

after soccer we have another six hours straight of softball. lg plays first then miranda and then lg again. at least they are playing at the same place. whew...i'm tired already ;)

next week is teacher appreciation week so i have to put together 60 goodie bags for all the teachers at miranda's school. don't have a clue what i'm doing for lg and kimber's teachers. ugh!

i officially retired today from any and all volunteering next year. i need a year off!

no yearbook...no hospitality...no chairing this or that! no one thinks i will stick to it but I AM! i'm so burned out.

off to start the cupcakes...

gettin ready

2009-04-26T23:55:00.003-05:00

to spend the day with lil o

he will be getting here around 4:45 am. i'm putting the kennels up so the freakin dogs don't scare the crap out of the poor thing. momma is having her tonsils out tomorrow so i get all her snuggles!

will post some fun pics of me and the guy tomorrow...nite

2009-04-24T23:01:00.000-05:00

must update soon! be back...promise :)

TWO CAKES and FLOWERS!!

2009-04-14T16:45:00.008-05:00

am i lucky or what!

karen and my mil made me cakes for my birthday! ok, so it might mean a little more time in the gym but it is worth it!

mil's cake...

karen's cake...

hmmmmmmmmm...both chocolate...think that is my fav?

and k also made me this to take to the gym...

now i don't have to stick my phone in my bra anymore. hehe

and yes i know i should have flipped the pic but i forgot and i'm to lazy to go and do it now! :P

i have more pics to share but maybe another day...there is one i would like your thoughts on. is it just me or does this look a little odd?

anywho, it made me giggle :)

AND LOOK WHAT JUST GOT DELIVERED TO MY DOOR :)

scrappy weekend

2009-04-06T11:05:00.013-05:00

so karen and i went here for a much needed scrappy weekend. and the wonderful kelly goree was there. we had a dinner crop with her friday and took her three classes on saturday. she is a hoot i tell ya! loved her! i also got to met a few sc chics. now i just have to go hunt some of them down because i forgot to get their blog info...miss jacquie!
here are a few pics...mostly of our goofy 'my lady' and 'storm trooper'. when we got home my hubs informed me he is actually a 'snow trooper'. whatever!

karen, me and kelly

the wonderful scrap store this all this took place at

my lady and her man

mr. man eating cheesecake

my lady eating cheesecake

lunch at otb

hehe

and there are a few pics i CAN NOT post! ;)

oh i guess you would like to see what we actually did in the classes huh?!? well...we were being to silly to finish but you can go here to see what we were suppose to do. i will post finished projects when they are completed...don't know when that will be :P

we had an awesome girlie/scrap weekend! must do it again soon!

oh! i almost forgot...who do you think this 'messy' scrapper is? ;)

ahhhhhhhhhh

2009-03-31T20:57:00.004-05:00

can't believe i'm doing this one, but here it goes...

Take a picture of yourself right now. No primping or preparing. Just snap a picture.
Load the picture onto your blog.
Tag three people to play. Remember, if you are tagged, we will all be heading to your blog to see if you played along.

run for cover!!!!

no makeup!

frizzy hair!

and a third eye, which i'm covering up ;)

dang denise...i must luv ya!

i tag karen, jenn and heather

pods and a few fun pics

2009-03-25T17:25:00.011-05:00

joined a new gym today...feel like a trader...

i know he's not my kid but i can't help it. he's so darn cute! (sorry k, will send him to ya)

sign i found in purple cow

lg was bored at the game so she created a fort for the bugs :)

kimber gets a little rough sometimes...oops

who is that?!?

march 25 - freaky clouds

march 24 - what k-liz and i will look like in a few years..hehe

march 23 - bad bad bad

more pods

2009-03-23T22:01:00.008-05:00

mar 16
mar 17

mar 18

mar 19

mar 20

mar 21

not finished

2009-03-18T11:54:00.001-05:00

here is a better pic....still not finished....but oh so lovin it!

three post in just a couple of hour...geezzzz

2009-03-18T00:24:00.011-05:00

no scrappin but some pics...karen and are headed to the scrap in waco, tx on the third and fourth of april! can't wait! wooohooo

on to pics

yes i sometime do this. not in public but around the house...dorkage i know

kimber is such an animal lover

OCD? maybe :)

kids having fun while we worked on my new scrap space

before

after...not finished...will take better pic tomorrow and post but you get the idea.

and this is all cause of my bestie karen! thanks k, LOVE IT!

a little behind

2009-03-17T22:19:00.013-05:00

so i'm a little behind on my pods...i've missed a few days here and there but i'm not giving up. and i haven't blogged in awhile either. ugh

here we go...

march 15

march 13
march 12
march 11 - ball
march 10 (k-liz and owen.do you think our friend needs to take down her christmas tree yet?)
march 9
march 8
march 7
march 6
march 5 - top (my sweet friend sent this to me and it rest in the top of my car)
march 3 - blue

later

i've lost control!

2009-03-05T21:44:00.002-06:00

first edward, then plum and now sookie!

i need some serious help people!

a lot to chat about

2009-03-03T10:58:00.009-06:00

* a new challenge is posted at BASB. and the rak is a gift card to SC!

*kimber had a hard time last week. lots of swats!

*miranda won first place in her first track meet for the 200 meter

*hubs is stressed beyond stressed. i'm worried about his health

*laura gale started softball

*haven't heard from miranda's softball coach, which is bugging me

*had a conversation with my mother, never good

*soccer coach ended practice early thursday because the girls wouldn't listen

*went out to have a couple of drinks with some girls i didn't even know, except for sheree. very uncomfortable. k- you were at work :(

*spent 14 hours on my arse at a dance competition for miranda's school dance team. she won first in her division. but my back is killing me.

*missed kimber's soccer game because of the dance thing. which sucks because, from what i heard, she was awesome. she got 6 patches! including the mvp patch. i think that is the most any of the kids have ever gotten at one time.

*finally went to church

*went to see movie with hubby

*had lunch with hubby and k and owen got to join us. yea!

*tak test is today. ugh!

*yearbook is due today and it's not ready.

on to my pods, which i'm sooooooo behind on...

feb 26th - square

ok so it's not completely square but good enough. k and i got some scrappy goodies in the mail!

feb 27th - grey

this is only half of my collection ;)

feb 28th - weird

is it weird that i write on my bathroom mirror so i don't forget what i need to do even though i have a calendar in my purse?

mar 1st - hard

this hard headed dog! she won't stop chewing up everything including that blanket!

mar 2nd - crowded

empty crowded hangers mean there is a lot of laundry to be done. yuck!

ok, i'm done for now.

a thank you for anilu

2009-02-25T11:38:00.009-06:00

but first, catching up on pods

feb 21st - artistic

kimber can show her artistic side when she has a sharpie in her hand. that's my kitchen wall!!! grrrr

feb 22nd - person

just some random person walking and talking on his cell

feb 23rd - arch

love the arches in my house!

i skipped yesterday. it was smile. i was in no mood to smile so i didn't even bother

but today's is a thank you to anilu for probably whats going to become another addiction! here is your box of chocolates....

feb 25th - none

oops, sorry i ate them all ;)

but i did think of you today when i saw this...

2009-02-21T20:44:00.000-06:00

blah blah blah

yep that's it

new basb's challenge

2009-02-15T18:09:00.001-06:00

i am hosting challenge #7 over at BASB. come on over and check it out!

happy valentine's day!

2009-02-14T01:10:00.007-06:00

my husband has planned a quit, romantic, peaceful (no children) night in ft. worth for us tomorrow. so today i tried to get the house cleaned because his mom is coming to stay with the kids. well, by noon i was feeling like crap! yep, i'm sick again!

about 45 minutes ago he ran to walgreen's to get me some cold medicine so i could sleep tonight and he came back with this...

i love him!

thanks babe!

*********************************************************************

here is my project for syc.

i will post the new basb challenge when i get back on sunday!

pink

2009-02-13T10:43:00.001-06:00

today's prompt was pink.

i made 9 of these giant hersey bars for the girls to give to teachers. this one was for miranda's "big sis" on her dance team. the others did not turn out as cute. got tired :(

dang it!

2009-02-12T09:45:00.002-06:00

i just saw this over at pinky's.

my kids already did their valentines. but i want to make these!!!! so maybe i will go buy some candy and make them for "special valentines" yep that's what i'm gonna do. thanks pinky! (now i will be up even later) ;)

create?

2009-02-11T20:19:00.003-06:00

how can i create anything in this mess? i got a lot of valentine stuff to do and can't find my mojo. maybe if i clean up it will come to me.

POD

2009-02-10T19:57:00.004-06:00

today's prompt was "landscape". i'm pretty sure this is where lg got her poison ivy.

home with poison ivy

2009-02-09T10:09:00.005-06:00

lg stayed home from school today. the nurse said she was ok to go to school but i kept her home. poor thing is itchy like crazy. she was outside with her neighborhood friends saturday. they love to go to the empty lots around here and build forts. so i'm guessing that is where she ran into the poison ivy.

she is working on her valentines for her party on friday. she had to make a box to put her goodies in.

i wish her hair would stay back in a pony tail. she looks so pretty with it back. but it doesn't last five minutes because it is so think. anywho, this is my pod. the prompt from basb was 'state'. but i couldn't resist sweet lg!

our weekend was a bust. we had two b-day parties to go to but kimber was up throwing up at 2:30 am friday so we had to cancel our plans. one was a surprise party for one of miranda's friend she grew up with in greenville. and kimber had one on sunday for her best friend. poor kimber...all she could say while throwing up was "why does this have to happen to me?" "i don't like this" "can i still go to sadie's party?"

and now poison ivy! oh the joy!

test test

2009-02-08T11:33:00.001-06:00

OHHHHHHH

2009-02-07T13:59:00.000-06:00

THANK YOU KAREN!!!!

I LOVE MY NEW BLOG LOOK!!!!

YOUR THE BEST!!!!

to many?

2009-02-05T13:52:00.004-06:00

it's karen's fault! ;)

40 bucks worth of thickers...can that be justified?

"come on owen"

2009-02-04T17:36:00.002-06:00

here ya go karen

do i need to contact the authorities? is this legal?

gotta write this down

2009-01-30T21:21:00.003-06:00

before i forget...

just another funny thing kimber said. while we were eating dinner tonight, miranda was telling us about a boy who always tells 'your momma' jokes at school. no i don't encourage those jokes, especially in front of her sisters. i didn't even know they still told those anymore. but i remember telling plenty as a kid. anywho, here is a tid bit of our convo:

miranda: your momma is so fat blah blah blah (don't remember it all, so i don't want to mess it up)

kimber: i think your skinny mom

lg: if anyone calls you fat i'll punch them in the face

kimber: yeah i'll hit them in their privates

i tried hard not to laugh but the way she said it...like she meant it. i had to walk to the laundry room to control my laughter.

just wanted to jot this down so i wouldn't forget

kids home again

2009-01-28T07:49:00.003-06:00

yesterday the roads where fine. and the kids stayed home from school. last night they said school would started a 10:00 today. well i looked out my door and saw this...

the roads are completely iced over. i just checked the news and they have decided to close school again. so kids are home. hopefully it will start to melt by noon because we have hardly any food in the house! wednesday is my usual shopping day so for today, granola bars it is! (for breakfast, snack etc..)

tagged

2009-01-27T21:33:00.005-06:00

by karen...the task is to choose the 6th folder from wherever you store your photos on your computer. then choose the 6th pic and tell a story about it.

i had to drive this little red car after a nasty car wreck. i remember it so well because my girls were in the back seat and asked me how to put the windows down...the windows had handles. heehee

we are so spoiled! now i tag gina, anilu, judi, jenn, anne and mandee

quickie

2009-01-26T23:23:00.005-06:00

not that kind of quickie! my hubby thought the same thing. ha! sorry, no luck babe!

anywho, just a quick post about the past week...

took lg to neurologist. i feel a lot better talking to the doctor. he was wonderful and answered all my questions. she started meds on saturday. i will have to call the doctor though. she is like a zombie. this is her in the waiting area

miranda got her nikeid's in the mail that she designed herself and spent all her christmas money on. (notice the bangs. teehee)

ken went to the doc thursday and found out he had strep. joy! it has been fun following him around with the lysol can and lysol wipes. seriously! i don't need that crap. he was confined to the bedroom unless the girls were in bed. and i clean everything he touched or even thought about breathing on. so far so good. no one else has gotten sick.

kimber, well kimber is kimber. no major events this week. just the usual everyday battles.

finally finished up the yearbook (three days late). oh well. next deadline is due in march so i'm taking a break.

took miranda and three of her friends to the movies friday night. saw bride wars. it was pretty good. a bit much for her age but i guess i have to let her grow up some. i had to stay back like i wasn't 'with' them. that was fine by me until i saw those 'boys'! i tell ya, i wanted to slap a couple of them in the head! it shocked me a bit to actually see them gawking at my child. staring at her butt, not just looking, staring!!! oh geezzzzzzz! glad dad didn't take her.

went to karen's little man owen's birthday sunday. i can't believe he is two! i remember karen's shower like it was last week. we had it here and my biggest memory was kimber knocking over a candle (a red one) five minutes before everyone was suppose to be here! the wax is still in my carpet.

karen got me hooked on facebook today. another addiction, just what i needed!

UGH!!!

2009-01-25T14:05:00.010-06:00

i can't upload any photos to the basb's mb so i'm putting my pod for the last few days up here. (i'm a little cranky today)

jan 22nd - hands

this is miranda's hand with mine. she has grown up so fast! that hand use to fit in the palm of mine! ewww and look at all my wrinkles! my hands use to be as smooth and soft as hers :(

jan 23rd - sweet

i was going to take a pic of some hersey kisses, but denise beat me to it. so i snapped a pic of the girls sneaking some of my favorite chocolate thin mint cookies.

jan 24th - water

here is my shower head. i love this thing! i installed it myself without husband's help. he wouldn't know what to do anyways ;)

jan 25th - crooked

this is my kitchen window. you can barely tell but my blinds are crooked. it drives me crazy i tell ya!

long weekend

2009-01-19T11:09:00.008-06:00

the kids are out today for mlk. so it's been a long weekend. we really didn't do much. ken took me out to dinner saturday while miranda did the babysitting. oh the joy of having a teenager! had to much to drink at dinner and was feeling the after affects sunday.
after lunch i took the girls to get hair cuts. the younger ones needed it pretty bad but miranda didn't. so i told her if she wanted one she could use her own money. let me just say it is all drama when she gets a hair cut. it is never what she wants. so our rule is if she gets it cut there is no complaining. i don't want to hear it! well she decided to get just a trim and cut her bangs. i knew going in she would not like how her bangs would turn out. but you know as a mother, they never listen to ya. when we got in the car i could tell she didn't like it. i told her to say something now because once we leave the parking lot there is nothing i could do. she said it was fine. ok. later she leaves to go to spend the night with a friend. and as soon as she left a thought popped in my head 'she is going to cut her bangs' and i thought of calling her and telling her not to touch them but for some reason i decided not to. she texts me later in the night a told me what she did. yep she cut them! we as adults have all done this and know hair grows back. well in the eyes of a 13 year old it is the end of the world. 'everyone is going to make fun of me' she said. i told her she made the decision to cut them so she has to live with it. they really don't look as bad as she made it sound. yeah they are a little choppy but nothing to dramatic.

on to more exciting news...BASB has it's new challenge by ki. you can only use 'ONE' piece of pp. no card stock. nada. go on over and check it out. there's a nice rak too! here is my layout...

and the word prompt for today's potd is 'DREAM'. you can go to the mb and see all the prompts for this week. i've have done 18 straight days so far. i know that is not a lot but for me it is. i must say i'm very impressed with myself. i don't always use the prompts but they help a bunch! so thanks denise!

EDIT: those sunglasses k is wearing...the dog ate them today. along with a pair of gap jeans, underwear and a couple of socks!

i thought since one of the basb gals pointed out that it was national popcorn day, my potd...

those are not bruises on kimber's arm. these two have been grounded to their rooms most of the day for beating the crap out of each other with their shoes and throwing the remote at each other. kimber got into her sister's stamps and decided to decorate herself. how she got into her sister's stamps while she was ground to her room, you ask. ????? your guess is as good as mine!

trip to michael's

2009-01-14T20:24:00.004-06:00

well today was a good day!

started off at the gym. in the past two months i've lost 2.25 inches and almost 4 pounds. slowly but surely getting there. the weight would probably come off faster if i stay away from i hop. but this morning my good friend sheree asked karen and i to meet her for breakfast. how could i resist girl time!? anywho, we ended up at michael's. here is my photo of the day...

i also bought a couple of punches, ribbon and some christmas clearance stuff. the nice lady at the register gave me a coupon towards one of my punches but i still spent way to much money! i started to have buyers remorse but then i thought about it and decided nahhh ;) besides my kit from sc, i haven't bought anything scrappy in months so what the heck.

then i went to walmart to do my grocery shopping and was under my budgeted amount. yeah! had a good conversation with lg's teacher. she failed her six weeks math test. ouch! but her teacher put my mind at ease. we worked out a plan to help her. and while waiting for the girls to get out of school i got to read some of my new book. gotta love that stephanie plum! although i prefer ranger, diesel is back! don't know if ranger will show up. (fingers crossed) morelli has showed up a couple of times but not a lot.

didn't follow today's prompt for basb's pod, it was "tangled". i keep my eye open all day for a good pic. nothing popped out at me. tomorrow should be easier though, it is "brown".

FYI - tomorrow the winner of challenge #4 should be announced and challenge #5 will be posted too.

any plum fans out there?

2009-01-13T09:23:00.004-06:00

look what i'm going to buy tomorrow!
plum spooky

challenge

2009-01-11T12:34:00.007-06:00

# 4 for BASB, going green!

i took an old popcorn tin we got for christmas two years ago and turned it into a trash can for my scrap area. it didn't turn out exactly the way i imagined it but i tried.

i emptied all my patterned paper from my scraps and punched out scalloped squares and just started gluing them down. i used all my patterned scraps! so now all i have left in my paper scraps are solids. i also used up some old alphas i've had for years that i would not have ever used. added some old ribbon and buttons etc. and poof i have a new trash can! my oldest daughter tried to snatch it from me so i guess it turned out ok.

old popcorn tin:

new trash can:

if you haven't checked out the other basb crew's creations i promise you won't be disappointed! so head on over and have a look. there is a great rak too!

catch up pods

2009-01-07T16:42:00.004-06:00

yesterday the prompt on the BASB board for the 365 POD was perfect. my pic was of a "perfect" pair of rain boots at a "perfect" price. they were on sale for$13. (reg. $45) good deal if you ask me. and they were just waiting for me. they were the last pair they had and they were my size! had to have them...

and here is my pic for today. prompt was humor. kimber lost another tooth at school. she said her friend pulled it out for her. yuck! some other kids fingers in my kids mouth! anywho, this tooth has been ready to come out for over a month now. i love it when i see my kids toothless smiles. it makes me giggle!

can't wait for tomorrow, the prompt is green. my favorite color!!!

POD

2009-01-05T13:29:00.009-06:00

i think i might be taking this POD thing a little to far. the prompt from the basb board was sign. so i took my camera with me when i left this morning to take the kids to school, thinking i was going to take a pic of my fav drink stop...

then after i went to the gym i thought i would treat myself to a pedi. a sign of reward for...um...i don't know just cause i haven't had one in a year.

well i should have taken this for a sign not to cause i had to put my flip flops on to walk to the car.

or this one...

when there is ice hanging from my roof two days after it was 80 degrees out all i wanted to do is put some warm fuzzy socks on. well can't do that after a pedi. my toes are still numb!

but my last photo is a sign that i need some new clothes! a year ago these fit nice and snug. now it just looks like i have a load in my pants ;)

the day is only half over so maybe i'll have a few more later.

POD

2009-01-03T14:19:00.003-06:00

here is my photo for the day...

laura gale came inside and asked if i could make her and her friends a picnic lunch. they wanted to eat it at their fort. so i packed up some pb&j's and some other goodies and off they went. the weather here has been wonderful. lg has been outside with her friends just about everyday since school has been out. i hardly see her. she comes home to grab a snack and off she goes again til it starts to get dark. they have been working on building a fort around the corner. i must say it is pretty impressive.

ahhh to be a kid again :)

taking advice

2008-12-30T18:39:00.011-06:00

from alieda...

one of the last things i remember her talking about was stepping out of our comfort zone and being in the pictures and not just taking them. i made a point to take a pic with all my girls. so here are some pics from christmas...

my prayers and thoughts are with alieda's precious family. may God bless them!

i hope they know that there are many of us out here thinking of them this holiday

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here are a few more from christmas...

kimber all ready to go to aunt suzie's house christmas day

don't know why...just love this one of miranda...

it was laura gale's turn to play santa and pass out gifts this year...

now i just have to scrap them!

have a wonderful and safe new year!

a bunch of pics (and a wii fit!)

2008-12-23T21:20:00.020-06:00

today was a busy day!

ken decided to take laura gale out to the deer lease late last night so it was just miranda and kimber today. and the shocker...they didn't fight all day. last night miranda "let" kimber watch a movie in her room and they ended up having a sleepover. today while i was in between dusting the ceiling fans and doing laundry i looked over and they were playing uno together! oh wait it gets better...miranda painted kimber's finger nails. miranda made a cake for santa and let kimber help. even gave her a spoon to lick. they decorated ornaments together too. miranda made them both lunch without me even asking her to. i'm in bit of shock to tell ya the truth.

here is little miss kimber and her neon pink finger nails

here is miranda's (and kimber's) cake for santa

i forgot the cookie stuff at walmart the other day and i was not going out just for that so miranda came up with the idea for a cake. yes, there is a corner missing. i couldn't resist! i love plain cake without icing! the girls asked me who ate it and i told them it must be that same little ghost that leaves all the lights on in the house and leaves all his dirty socks everywhere for the dog to eat.

ken and laura gale got home around 5:00. this was the first time she spent the night out there. the last time they went, they ended up having to come home all most as soon as they got there. she was just yapping away about how cold it was and how they got up at 4:30. ken took some great pics but they were on a disposable camera. she showed me the pics of her gutting {{{yuck}}} the deer. and the big hog dad had to kill cause it was eating all the deer corn. and how dad shot the deer but it jumped back up and ran off so she had to "track" it down. she just loved not having to take a bath and going "potty" outside. ken taught her how to shoot a 22(?) rifle. here is her target practice thingamajig

she was so proud. 11 out 15 isn't bad for her first time. i think she is all the "boy" i can handle! i was so worried about her out there in the cold and when ken said he was going to teach her to shoot...lordy i just about fainted! let's just say lg is a little (very) clumsy. she trips over her own feet!

anywho, after dinner we made our gingerbread house...

and a few...um...other creations...

miranda's creation:

lg's creation:

kimber's creation:

so ken is out doing last minute shopping. every year he says "here is what we have to spend on each of them for christmas and not a penny more!" i just smile and say "ok honey."and every year, last year it was christmas eve, he goes out and spends more because he doesn't want one to feel bad cause someone got more than the other. god love him!

i finally got in the christmas spirit today. i guess baking, wrapping gifts and a gingerbread house will do it. now i'm just waiting for ken to walk through the door with the last minute gifts.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

EDIT:

holy crap! my husband just walked in with a wii fit! i've been stalking four stores everyday, three times a day waiting for their "shipment" to come in.

he was at best buy in the ds game isle looking for a game and one of the employees came up next to him and said "don't know how we missed this one" and puts it right down next to him on the self. someone must have put it back in the wrong place cause he came from the front of the store. anywho, the lady helping my husband looked at him (in shock) and he looked at her (in shock. he just made her go to the back to check for one) my husband didn't say a word, didn't finish looking for the game just picked it up all quite like so one else in the store would see and try to grab it from him and walked to the front to check out.

the same thing happen last year on christmas eve at target when he was trying to find a wii. they "missed" one in the back.

damn he's good! maybe i should send him out every year by himself to do all the shopping!

2008-12-13T11:17:00.004-06:00

i made this today for miranda's friend. we are giving her a gift card for her birthday and i wanted to make something cute. (those are miranda's fingers holding it for me. only a teenager could get away with black and hot pink polish on the tips)

thanks for the idea deanne!!!

oh happy days

2008-12-11T20:48:00.005-06:00

i didn't realize how much i missed scrapping until last night. i had to do a challenge for basb. here is what i came up with...

it is a really good challenge. go over and check it out!

EDIT:

dang it! i knew i would mess it up some how! i put one of the lines from the movie on there twice!

duh!!!! oh well

gee whiz

2008-12-05T16:44:00.003-06:00

keep your pants on karen! here it is...

here we are going to see twilight at 10:00 at night like a couple of teenagers. damn that bella, she got in the way of our edward!

fun times k!

twilight tuesday!

2008-12-02T18:33:00.005-06:00

yep, going to see it again! tonight will be the third time. got karen to go with me this time. had to twist her arm though...NOT! hee hee.

been trying to catch up around here. having the whole house sick at the same time was not fun. some how, being a family of five, we have lucked out. only one or two of us gets sick at a time. this was the first time we all had something. but we are bouncing back. the girls don't have to much to catch up on cause last week they only had two days of school and it was more fun stuff and real work. but the laundry...geeeeee whiz! it never ends around here but it was really bad. i'm down to only about two loads now.

i've also been trying to catch up on the yearbook i'm suppose to be doing for the younger girls school. this will be my 5th or 6th year to do it. and i'm really behind. i usually love it but it seems to get more stressful every year.

well i'm off to give kimber a bath and get everything i need to get done before my date with edward.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURA GALE!

2008-12-01T02:04:00.006-06:00

today my middle daughter turns nine!

well i guess it was technically yesterday cause i slept all day because my hubby so pleasantly gave me his cold. so i am still up at 2am! but she had a great day anyway. we started out at ihop having breakfast just the two of us. then i went back to bed and dad took her for "day with dad" they had a fun time. she made out like a bandit. all the girls seem to like the "day with dad" better than having a party. he is such a push over when it comes to them. me, i would have stuck to the budget but not dad. he loves to spoil them when he can. she loves her ipod! and all her other goodies. she wanted my "famous" chocolate pie instead of a cake. and since i was sick and sleeping most of the day miranda stepped up and made it for her.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURA LAURA! love ya!

and hopefully good night!

life

2008-11-29T16:26:00.003-06:00

in the terry house is sickly!

don't come near us!

...ken handed me his cold when we got back from TN. kimber has a stomach bug. she has it coming out of both ends. poor thing. and miranda and laura gale are starting to sneeze and get the sniffles. yuck! and on top of that aunt flo came to visit! i feel like crap! just thought i'd let you know!

i'm going back to bed!

OH MY! OH MY!

2008-11-20T17:20:00.003-06:00

LOOK WHAT I GOT YESTERDAY!!!!
i'm so ready! only a few hours left before i go get in line for karen and myself. got to get there by 10:30. am i crazy or what?!?! i only got two hours of sleep last night and i have to get up to drive 9 hours to TN tomorrow but i don't care! ha ha

worried

2008-11-12T19:08:00.005-06:00

feeling a little worried tonite...

a couple of weeks ago ken, my hubby, was on his way back from houston and decided to stop and stay the night with his parents cause he was really tired and it was close to where he needed to be the next day for work. his dad has been suffering for years, long story, 5 or 6(lost count it might be more) back surgeries later, he can't feel half of his body and the half he does feel he can't move very well. he is in constant pain. his next step would be morphine, but he won't do it, cause he would basically be in bed 24/7. we have said it for a least 5 years now that we all think he won't last much longer. and we try to mentally prepare ourselves. but he keeps truckin along. never complains. ken has tried to come to terms with letting him go. and it has been hard watching him try. when he stayed the night he said his dad slept in the recliner and could only sleep about 15 minutes at a time. he said he looked so tired, not just from lack of sleep. my heart breaks for them both! when ken got home the following night he said he was ready to let him go. it took all he had to see his dad the way he did when he was there. i don't have the words to comfort him. i mean how can i? i've never lost someone so close to me. my heart aches for him. i myself can't imagine life without "pop pop". i'm so scared i won't know how to handle it when the time does come.

the hospital "says" they have been trying to reach him for TWO months. wtf!!! come on people a letter would have come faster! anyways, he has 90% blockage. don't know all the details yet but he has a surgery scheduled for tomorrow and another tuesday.

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my grandmother has recently moved from PR to philadelphia due to health reasons. the best doctors for her "just" happen to be where my dad lives. (THANK YOU GOD). they found out what was causing the bleeding, after almost a year. she only has less than 30% of one kidney left and it was clogged with a mass. turned out to be cancer. they removed it. she is on chemo now. this all happen about three weeks ago. my brother only lives about 9 hours from me and has two young babies so she is there visiting for a month. we've been trying to get up there to see her. but one thing or another (money!) has stopped us. i got a call from my brother yesterday that she went to the hospital for chest pains. she had 75% blockage. she is resting now so i'm just waiting to hear from family.

catching up

2008-11-02T18:52:00.008-06:00

ok...life is starting to overwhelm me a bit. but that's life right? everyone can wright a book so i'm not gonna go there.

i had a lot of "proud mommy" moments this week and i thought i would share some pics...hubby took the younger ones out for halloween while i took miranda to the high school football game. she had to preform at half time. now i like football but i'm glad i brought a book. i waited two and a half hours to watch her for six minutes! but it was worth it. i was so proud. she did awesome! she is the one all the way to the right, back line.

sorry it so blurry but I HATE MY CAMERA! if it is not outside and sunny and still, i can't get a good pic! i soooo need a new camera >:(

so here are ms hannah montana and the storm trooper aka kimber and laura gale. same as every year, lg picked out a boy costume. god love her! she does make a pretty darn cute storm trooper though.

here is miranda at her last volleyball game on thursday. they finally won!!!! (again...crappy camera) she got just about every serve over. she is one of two setters on her team. she has come a long way since the start of school.

this is laura gale at her game on saturday and i think the private lessons are making a difference. i think we have a future catcher on our hands. she catches just about every ball that comes her way. she was great! even slide into home!

didn't get any pics of kimber's soccer game saturday morning. but she kicked some serious butt i tell ya! she was on fire! she didn't make any goals but she did a lot of passing and defending. she earned three patches from her coach.

miranda stayed with a friend sat night so i took the other two out for ice cream and made it a blockbuster night. hubby was, of coarse, at the deer lease. and he will be gone til thurs with work, so it is just me and the girls this week.

DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT SYC!

Queen of Crap

2008-11-01T19:16:00.002-05:00

yep, that's me...queen of crap for november. hop on over to SYC and take a look. i know halloween is over so don't be scared of that great big pic of me. i did a little jump back when i saw it...

anyways there will be a new challenge up soon so make sure you check it out!

i have some new pics of the girls i will post tomorrow....hopefully. been a little crazy over here. but volleyball ended last week so that is one less thing to stress over.

ttfn

my oh my

2008-10-23T21:38:00.002-05:00

that's all i'm gonna say!

;)

UPDATE

2008-10-13T23:39:00.005-05:00

boy it seems my posts are getting fewer and fewer these days. i was good about it this summer. just so busy these days...

hubby and i had our 10 year anniversary friday. 10 years of bliss! ya right! we have been through hell and back! and close back to hell again. but we are here and happy. we went to a dinner and a movie. ( i so do not recommend "body of lies" to long and drawn out) you know i wouldn't go back to being young again for nothing. through my 34 years i've grown and learned a lot. i've learned things are not important, it is the people that are more important. i don't need to impress anyone. i need to cherish who i have in my life and not dwell on the past and what i don't have. i am so grateful for what i do have! i might not have everything i want but i have everything i need! i might bitch a lot but i have a hubby that loves me and i love him. even know we have our ups and downs, we have each other and three beautiful girls that i don't brag enough about. i tend to focus on negative things when i should be focusing on the good!

so here is to another 10 years babe! maybe 20 or 30 or more! love ya!

here are some pics... first kimber at her soccer game with her neon yellow striped hair to match her neon yellow uniform (which they won 3-2!) and the girls at the pumpkin patch that miranda was not happy about(can you tell by her face?) taking a group pic. i think she is getting to old for that kind of thing. she wanted nothing to with it. and i paid to much money for those dang pumpkins. 32 bucks! at least the money went to the church youth group for a mission trip. i could have saved about 20 bucks if i went to wally world. but i rather give my money to those kids going on a mission trip.

miranda apologized after we took the pic for being a snot about it. which i was thankful he realized the way she was acting. she wanted to take another pic and i told her no. this is how we would remember our trip to the pumpkin patch for 2008! ha! we always buy five pumpkins...a great big one for dad, a medium for me and three smaller sizes for the girls. kind of silly but i like seeing the five of us represented on the porch. it makes me feel good.

and miranda won her volleyball game thursday! wooo hooo! she was so proud!

had teacher conferences today. went much better than last year. no was there to tell me kimber was a "disturbance" or "disruptive" in class. laura gale made the a honor role and kimber is right where she needs to me, minus the wiggling and chit chatting. she doesn't get grades yet. next six weeks she will be given number grades. miranda made the a honor role also. she was stress a bit before report cards came out. but she did just fine. i am very proud of my girls!

anywho, i'm tired! so nite to ya'll!

another weekend gone...

2008-10-05T14:58:00.007-05:00

well found the remote yesterday! it was in the couch the whole week.

i'm so jealous of karen! she got to go scrap this weekend with our old scrappy friends here in town. i miss them so! hubby had to go to the deer lease and fill the feeders and do whatever the men do on the lease. so i cleaned the house and did some laundry...fun!!

kimber won her soccer game saturday. 5-1. she did very well. she is learning to be a team player. she did not make any goals but she helped her teammates get the ball where it needed to be to make a goal. she got two patches. her coach gives them these little soccer patches to put on their uniforms. she hands them out for winning, good team work, listening etc...then at our next practice she hands out star patches for the "mvp". it is a great motivator for the girls. this is a pic of kimber (bright neon yellow!) and her friend from school. they played against each other, and it was hard to keep them from chit chatting on the field!

miranda and laura gale didn't win their games. but they are improving so much! miranda is getting just about every serve over and laura gale is getting people out! i can't believe the change in both of them. i haven't taken any pics of lg's games cause they don't have their uniforms yet.

back to running tomorrow with karen. i'm actually starting to like it! i can't believe i'm saying that....weird. anywho she kicks my butt every time. she can go without stopping. i have to stop at least once and do the old lady fast walk to keep up with her. but i'm getting better.

where is the remote?

2008-10-03T00:22:00.003-05:00

heck if i know!!!!!!

i haven't been able to watch my shows all week cause one of the kids lost the remote. of coarse know one knows who had it last. but all of them swear it wasn't them. thank goodness for tivo or whatever we have...dvr? don't care as long as it is recording. of all weeks...when all the new episodes are on! but really i've been to busy to watch it anyways! so i guess there is nothing to complain about.

karen and i have been running this week. i would have never thought i could run that far. 1.3 miles this morning! karen didn't stop, but i walked for about a minute than tried to catch back up to her. i would never do this on my own, so thanks k! i still can't imagine running 13 miles. i have a lot of work to do before dec.

tonight was another hectic thursday night. i'm really starting to hate thursdays more than mondays! i get so frustrated and flustered trying to get everyone where they need to be on time. lg had a softball game at 5:30. miranda's game started early...5:30 instead of 6 so that through me off a bit. and kimber's soccer practice was at 6:30. since i can't leave kimber alone at practice i only got to see a little bit of both lg's and miranda's game. i am seriously thinking about taking them all out of sports. i know it would be so wrong, but i can't keep this up. miranda's is with her school so it is not a problem with her getting to the games and i have a couple of mom's that bring her home for me. but i want to be there! and i can't take one out(kimber) and not the others. that wouldn't be fair so i guess i have to suck it up. i talked with kimber's coach and some other soccer mom's about leaving her there. but i made them promise to "yell" at her if she is not doing what she is suppose to be doing. so i might try it next tuesday to see how it works out before i try it on a thursday. lately all she wants to do is the splits and cartwheels!

and to top off my day...hubby is going to the deer lease this weekend! so there goes my scrappy weekend :( i really need a break!

after running with k and rushing to the gym for my workout, i barely had enough time to shower and get ready for my jr. high PTA meeting. had to leave that early so i could get kimber to the dentist. now i have to get ready for the elementary PTA meeting tomorrow. so good night! sleep tight!

oh i hear hubby coming home from poker...maybe he won! the deal is if he gets to play every thursday i get the profits! hehe

2008-09-30T07:32:00.001-05:00

not much scrapping going on here :(

that's ok, cause i can catch up this weekend with my chicas! we are having another girly weekend. ya know drink... eat...scrap...hot tub...drink some more! can't wait!

long evening

2008-09-26T00:13:00.011-05:00

geezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, i pooped!

(edited friday: oops! i mean "i'm" pooped hehe, sorry)

i didn't think this night would ever end! since the hubby is out of town i had to be in three places all in the same time. miranda had an away volleyball game, luara gale had a softball game and kimber had soccer practice. i didn't go to miranda's game because she rides the bus there and has the option of riding it back or going home with a parent. and what a game to miss...it was apparently the best game yet even though they lost. lots of action! she didn't get home til almost ten. i had a friend bring her home cause the other two were already in bed. she was going on and on about how close it was and how the coach keep telling her (yelling at her) "great job terry" "way to go terry" and "that's how you do it terry" sooooooooo proud of her right now. she works so hard getting up at 5:30 every morn and tries so hard to do what the coaches ask and tonight just proves to her that it pays off.

my plan was to take kimber to practice then leave to take lg to softball. well since i can't trust kimber to behave and listen to the coach while i'm not there, i decided to forget about soccer tonight. which was probably a bad idea since her first game is sat morning and she could use the practice. not just for skill but for discipline. she has the skill...holy moly she can kick butt out there on that field! let's just say don't get on her bad side by pushing or elbowing her cause she will take her time and wait for her revenge. not that we encourage that! but it is something fierce she has in her. it is kind of funny...she will be out on the field and just be standing there playing in the dirt, looking up at the sky, not paying attention but as soon as you call her name and get her attention, she is after that ball in a heart beat. she will chase someone down and steel the ball and take to the other end...but getting it into to goal is a different story. it always hits the post. i shouldn't say always, but 50% of the time.
but oh well, i can't do it all.
poor lg, while warming up before the game she got smacked in the eye with a hard throw from a teammate. the girl was maybe five feet from her and threw it as hard as she could. don't know why but i don't think it was intentional. so lg sat out the first inning. they lost as well, slaughtered is more like it. but lg played the best she has ever played. not one ball got passed her. she started out in the out field but then her coach put her on first. and boy did she shine! i was so proud cause she has been struggling so much. all the girls she plays with have been playing since t-ball and they are all 9 and 10 now. this is only lg's second season. she loves it but doesn't feel good enough. so this last week i found her a coach for private lessons. and after one lesson i can see the difference. mostly cause is getting some self esteem. we didn't get out of there til almost eight. so of coarse we were way off schedule (WHICH I HATE MORE THAN ANYTHING) kimber is in bed by eight and lg by eight thirty. after baths and a couple of homework things that were "forgotten" they didn't get to bed til almost nine. they are the kind of kids that need their sleep! can't wait til morning...fun times ahead.
it is about 12:45 now. so i think i should go to bed. the one day i don't have to take any of my kids to school cause i trade on fridays with a friend and i decide to go running with karen! and down a busy street needless to say! where everyone is going to see my big old butt jiggling around! ahhhhh! why did i agree to this karen?!?! i really want to sleep in! i sooooooooo want to call you in the morn to cancel. but i won't! i promise! just be nice and take it easy on me :(

sorry, lately my post have way to long!

i need some advice!!

2008-09-23T20:21:00.003-05:00

there is the scoop...

my barely thirteen year old got a phone for her birthday a couple of weeks ago. she is a "textin" junkie! well yesterday i took it away because she was texting tacky things. nothing really bad just rude things that could have been avoided. so while her phone was in our room she received two texts. both the same. it was a forward thingy.

now you tell me if we over reacted.

this is what it said....

"send this 2 everyone and c what they think bout u

1 - friend

2 - friend w/benefits (yes you read that right!)

3 - my baby

4 - my bf/gf

5 - sexy

6 - cute"

WTH!!! i'm sorry that really shocked us. "friends with benefits" now we know what is out there and have discussed it in detail with miranda. we try to be very open and honest with her. probably to honest, but we rather her know the truth and be aware of things.

our reaction...my hubby texts the two girls who sent it to miranda and said..."this is miranda's dad. these are not appropriate questions for young ladies. do your parents know that you are forwarding these kinds of texts? they will." as soon as he was done with that he called the parents, just as a "fyi"

they both made excuse for their daughters. now i know my daughter pretty well, but if someone was trying to tell me what she did or didn't do...i'm not stupid...kids are kids. i would thank them for bringing it to my attention and i would take care of it. not make excuses and pretend they didn't mean any harm.

i really don't think the parents of any of the kids she goes to school understand what they are facing everyday. they just can't swipe things under the rug like nothing is going on. well i guess their kids are not my concern.

anywho, would you want a phone call letting you know about something like this or did we over react?

are we being to petty?

happy monday

2008-09-22T13:19:00.002-05:00

NOT! i hate mondays!

here is one i did for STM and pencil lines #103

back on track

2008-09-21T19:06:00.003-05:00

this is for SYC.
it has been awhile since i sat down to scrap but i feel the scrap bug nibbling at me. so i decided to start with my favorite challenge site. i think this is the first page i've ever done without a picture on it. this year we spent so much money on school clothes that i wanted to do a page about it. i should have taken a pic of the girls while we shopped but i didn't think about it until after we were done :(
i'll be back with more....

aleida

2008-09-20T21:21:00.004-05:00

just thought i would share.

i don't have the right words...but this is from aleida's funeral.

should be interesting

2008-09-15T20:46:00.006-05:00

in our house tonight! COWBOYS vs. EAGLES

i'm a yankee and my dad still lives in philly...so i guess you know who i'm cheering for. hubby threaten to kick me out earlier! if you live in texas, being a eagles fan is not good for your health. so i have to keep it down.

GO EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! shhhh, you didn't just read that!

a few things that are going on here...

*first i'm still in shock over the horrible tragedy friday. i didn't know aleida very long, but she surely touch my heart! i can't seem to get this charming lady off my mind. i have seen the most beautiful sunsets and sunrises the past couple of days and i can only think of her when i see them. she surely must be doing something up there to contribute. her poor husband and those two gorgeous kids! if you happen to been blessed by a comment she left or seen one of her projects and would like to help in a small way you can go here. there are couple of ways you can help.

*miranda is having a hard time in school. she feels alone. she feels like her whole world is crashing around her. the other night, her birthday to be exact, she had another one of her melt downs. i must say this one scared me a bit. she was crying so hard she was shaking and almost hyperventilating. my hubby was out playing poker and i almost called him to come home. "i just want to die" were her words. now i know she is dramatic but to hear those words come out of my thirteen year old's mouth...i didn't know how to comfort her. i did my best. i didn't want to make her problems seem like they were not important, because to her they are. she begged me to let her stay home the next day. as much as i wanted to cave, i didn't. it would be easy to let her run from everything around her but it will still be there monday. there wasn't a specific thing that happened just to many for one day i guess.

*kimber has a "boyfriend"! this was our conversation during bath...

k - dalton said he liked me like a girlfriend.

me - really? you know daddy doesn't want you to have any boyfriends.

k - not until i'm as big as miranda.

me - maybe.

k - can you do this when you have a boyfriend (she made a really long kissing sound tossing her head side to side)

me - uhhhh

me - you can't do that until your married. (said very calmly)

k - like you and daddy?

me - um...yes. now get out and dry off...

wth? she is in first grade!!!! i tell you raising girls is not easy! and to have to do it three times...please god help me!!!!

*and the reason she is not aloud to bath by herself anymore....last night she decided to squeeze the brand new bottles of conditioner and shampoo into the hair rinsing cup. just to see what color it would make!!! and just the other night i went to clean the tub and found it covered in green slime....hmmmmmmm who do you think poured out all the shampoo and painted the tub??? yes the same little girl! so that is almost six bucks down the drain, seriously down the drain!!!!

*have to figure out how i am going to be at three places at once thursday night! miranda has a volleyball game at 5:00. thank goodness it is a home game. laura gale has a softball game at 6:00, it is right across the street, thank goodness again. and kimber has to be at soccer practice by 6:30, all the way across town! hubby's not sure if he will be here to help. i'm starting to stress!

*tomorrow will be the first time i have to juggle everyone around for practices. it wouldn't be so bad if kimber would do what she is told and behave. i have to leave her at soccer practice and take lg to the other side of town for softball practice. drop her off and go back and pick up k. now, i learned from last year when we had to do this that kimber will go to the playground as soon as i drive away. and as soon as she would she me coming back she would run back to the field and act like she was practicing. this went on for two weeks before i notice her running across the field to get back. and my fellow soccer moms know that i wouldn't put up with that! i don't know why they let her get away with it. kimber told them she didn't feel like practicing....ummm hello! so i had to start leaving my oldest to babysit. so as much as miranda will whine and hate it she will be doing that again this season.

there is more but i'm getting tired! so that is enough for tonight!

EDIT: 37 - 31, EAGLES!!!!

13!!!

2008-09-11T11:19:00.002-05:00

happy birthday sweet baby girl!

bye bye bye

2008-09-08T10:00:00.004-05:00

oh yeah! i'm saying bye bye to these dang arm brace! it has been 16 weeks since i had surgery on my wrist and 14 weeks of wearing this stupid thing and 5 weeks of therapy. the brace stinks so bad, no matter how many times i wash it. i must admit that i'm a little nervous...what if i fall or something. i don't want to go through that again! the doc said i could leave it off unless i'm at the gym. he wants me to wear it for a couple more months just when i'm working out. i can handle that. so i'm super excited! that's all for now...i'm about to go help at the school for awhile then head over to karen's house to visit a bit.

yeah!!!

2008-09-07T16:41:00.006-05:00

well thank goodness! the furniture is here. this is laura gale's

and miranda's...

glad that is over! now i can get my house back in order. it is a wreck! the girls are so excited. this is the first time ever that they have had nice furniture. and things that match! we have never been in a position to afford it. i am very grateful. and miss kimber is feeling sad cause she didn't get anything new. we told her she has to earn it. we were planning to get her new furniture as well but decided against it. she doesn't know how to treat things. i don't think it's from lack on our part, she just doesn't care. so hopefully this will motivate her. i could tell it hurt her feelings a bit. it might sound mean to some people, but we don't know any other way to teach her how to respect things. she will draw on or break something just because she is mad or didn't get her way. i don't know where it comes from. her sisters never went through this. maybe it is because she is the youngest.
anywho, i will be busy this week trying to put everything back where is belongs! i am not going to start till tomorrow...i think i want to scrap tonight. i'm feeling a little srcappy!

EDIT: just realized it is football season! YUCK! there goes my monday night tv :(

back

2008-09-06T10:23:00.004-05:00

from the land of no scrappin! i finally got a chance to scrap last night. gosh i think it has been three weeks since i last made a layout! this is for syc. and there is some serious crap in this one. the pumkin, the paper, the "boo crew" die cut and that little circle prong thing that was a pain in the butt to use. (i just threw the rest of them out!)

and here is "my #19" at her first jr. high game. they didn't win but she did awesome! i was so proud! and the shorts that i had to go hunt down and pay twenty five bucks for....waste. the school ended up providing them. i wish they would make up their minds before i flushed my money down the toilet! anywho, this was more of a scrimmage. a test to see what team the coaches want them on.

now i'm off to take laura gale to buy some new bedding for her bed. the furniture guys said they would replace the furniture sunday. they better! my house is such a wreck! everything is in the living room. i can't stand the chaos! everything is out of place. lg slept in the living room on just the mattress last night. miranda did the same in her room. so i just have to have some patience!

waiting

2008-09-04T12:54:00.008-05:00

on the furniture guys to get here! i have to leave by three to get the girls. they better get a move on! i've been cleaning out all their rooms today. what a bunch of crap they have! where does it all come from cause i sure don't buy it!

well here is little miss showing off her missing tooth. she was up set when she lost it. not cause she lost her first tooth but because she had nothing to leave the tooth fairy. she was worried that she wouldn't get any money! little toot!

i haven't been able to scrap lately. i'm afraid i forgot how! ;) but i did give my pta binder a make over with some heidi and some glitz! pic is blurry but oh well...

miranda plays her first volleyball game at five today! i'm so excited for her! we went and bought those silly, tiny, tight spandex volleyball shorts yesterday after the coach said they would provide them for the girls. duh!!! that makes me so mad. i asked them on tuesday "do we need to buy the shorts?" they said "oh no, we will make sure they have them for the game." well twenty five bucks later...i had to hunt them down after school yesterday cause we live in a small town and i was not going all the way to ft. worth!

the game is about forty minutes away. i hope we can get back by 6:30! but i think i'm dreaming! kimber has soccer practice from 6:30 to 7:30 and i have to get laura gale signed up for softball by 8:00! and i don't even know where the office for that is! anyway got to go finish up some laundry. hope those furniture guys get here soon!

EDIT: it is now 2:40 and still waiting!!!! even if they get here, i have to leave in twenty minutes to pick up the kids! they won't have time to set everything up! AHHHHHHH!! so frustrated right now!!!

UPDATE: they got here at 3:20. mind you, the kids get out of school at 3:15. my hubby cut his day short and made a hour and a half trip in 50 minutes. i passed him in the drive way, he pulled up the same time the truck did.

out of seven pieces that were delivered, five have to be replaced! oh i am so pissed! but there is nothing i can do. my house is a disaster! the older two girls are sleeping on the floor for the next couple of days. poor things...they were so disappointed when they got home. anywho, had to vent!