Oh how I love Fall!

I love Fall...it is my favorite time of the year!! I think it will OFFICIALLY be here when the time finally changes and it gets dark earlier....until then I guess I wait! Ha! I guess I have not put the "official" news on my blog yet, but if you ever read my Facebook you will know we are expecting our third child on April 3rd!! It comes as a HUGE shock to Matt and I, but if you know us you know we have been know not to be too "careful". One would never think in a million years it would happen twice in a lifetime, but luck has never been on my side! ha! Babies are such blessings and I am truly excited to welcome another one into the world! We find out on November 4th what we are having, and honestly I am ready to get the show on the road! I guess it comes along with the territory of an "already mom" but I am ready to prepare and plan for a new baby and everything that goes along with that. I don't think that can be done until you know the gender! Ha! So I'm at a stand still! In the mean time I am excited for what a third child will bring to our family! I am fortunate enough to be a stay at home mom and for the first time will not have to face going back to work at 6 weeks old and having to do the walk of shame out of another daycare as I leave my baby behind! I will actually get to see the milestones for myself and I cant wait! The biggest task that I face at the moment is potty training Raegan....Lord help me with this child! She is a SHIT and I don't mean that in a bad way, because if you were around her for more than 5 minutes you would know what I mean! I have tried to be the most amazing Mom to her, and I have tried the alternative...beating it out of her. Nothing is working out in my favor. But what can I say...she is independent, stubborn, and out spoken. Just like me. Ha! I hate pull ups but I hate cleaning up pee off my tile every time I turn around...so I'm sort of stuck in the middle. The past two days we have done full on underwear and I have been so afraid to leave the house much less put pants on the child while we are here. I hate this. Tyler is doing fantastic...growing like a weed! I cant believe how tall he has gotten! Everyday I pick him up he shares new stories or new ideas on what ever has happened to him that day at school! I love it! He thinks for himself and his personality shies more and more every day! I am so thankful for raising my son to be so caring and compassionate. He is such a loving little soul and still not afraid to kiss his mom on his way out of the car every morning! I just hope it lasts! I dread the day he wants nothing to do with me and refuses to "chat" with me....It will hurt my heart! So for now all I can do is enjoy him and what each day brings! Matt has had the flu since Friday, and I have felt so sorry for him! He is better and tonight is braving the restaurant as we speak! Lord help him! Well that is all I have to blabber about right now as I have children that need bathed, stories read, and teeth to brush....Hopefully I can make more time to post since one day I would love to look back on this with the kids and read how life was in ol' 2009! ha!

Summer is almost over....

G.I.S.T 21:365 1. Courtney coming for an entire week because she sensed I needed her...I did and don't know what I would have done without her! 2. Starting a new book. 3. Realizing that you and your best friend are more alike than you really thought...maybe that is why you have been bff for 20+ years! 4. All of the laundry DONE! Summer is done and we are getting ready for school to start on Monday. We still have to get school supplies and I dont intend on fighting a crowd during tax free weekend just to get 10% off...suck. I will however fight a crowd come this weekend for clothes. Ty has hit such a growth spurt he has grown out of all of his clothes. So we will have to do a lot of shopping for him! He is so excited to start the school year in 1st grade and I cant wait to have Miss Raegan all to myself!

Vacation decisions...

Well here I am 3 weeks into Summer and I have no clue where we are going to take the kids on a vacation....We are going to go to Dallas to visit Tony and Courtney at some point and that will involve going to Hawaiian Falls, and maybe Schlitterbahn Sunday before the 4th of July, Sea World at some point (cause that is where Ty really wants to go) and Matt wants to go to The Great Lodge in Dallas, but at $300 per night I don't think that is going to happen! I also have to go see Crystal's new baby (when he is born), see my parents, go see Matt's parents, and then mix in a trip to the valley for our kid free get away... NOW There is so much to do and I don't think we are going to get to do it all. The beauty of it is I can always go to Dallas during the week while Matt works Sprint and the Restaurant. Oh well, I think I can get it all figured out! All the while I am trying to potty train Raegan and I hate it! Aren't there some people that you can call and they will come in and it will take them like 3 days to potty train them FOR you? I need their number should anyone reading this have it!! And My biggest stress reliever is out of town...Opal is off in Vegas and left me for dead in San Angelo with no backup smoke night partner. CRAP! Today in swimming lessons they moved Ty up to the next class up. Apparently when you can hold your breath you are considered a level 2. Well, Ty is bored out of his gourd cause it was for littler kids...which on the sign up form it said that he should be able to swim unattended if he goes into the level 2 class. Well he cant so I put him in the level 1 class. Needless to say on the second day he got bumped up. Which is comforting to know they REALLY want to teach him and not take my $50 bucks to teach him what he already knows about swimming. It just really sucks cause Raegan doesn't understand why she cant go swimming with him! She is pissed!

Weddings and such..

Well it seems that summer is full of weddings and babies! So many of my friends are either having babies or getting married! I love it! Both are truely a blessing and a gift from god! Opal and Jordan were married on Saturday. They had the most beautiful wedding and I have never seen a couple more in love! Congrats yall! Here are some pics from the big day! Next up is Crystal and Donny's new baby! He will be here on the 25th and I cant wait! I was able to see her a couple of weeks ago and she looked fantastic! She wears pregnancy well! Other than that Ty started swimming lessons today and he is so excited about learning to swim...as am I! San Angelo was the hottest city in the nation on Friday at 108 degrees! And I tell you what...we dont leave the house between noon and 4 everyday! I cant handle being hot! Ha! I desperately need to get my windows tinted too! You just cant keep a car cool without it!

Cheese...

I don't know what has gotten in to me lately but I keep buying cheese products....and not only have I been doing it but Matt is doing it as well!! I'm not kidding...in my fridge right now I have: 1. bag of grated Parmesan 2. bag of grated Romano 3. bag of grated cheddar jack 4. bag of cheddar 5. bag of cubed pepper jack 6. sandwich cheese 7. Velveeta 8. 2 pkg of string cheese one regular and one swirl 9. and a cube of onion cheese that was $8 that Matt bought while out and about that he confirmed was CRAP...hahaha 10. sliced pepper jack So yeah...I have a problem! I didn't realize it until I was putting up groceries yesterday that I have crap tons of cheese!! Damn.. I think I might have to go to a meeting or two! On another note my mom is on her way to the Country Peddler Show and I am sooo jealous! One thing that I love to do with my Mom is go to craft shows, and the thought of my mom going alone is killing me! What kind of daughter am I? She raised me so that someday I could be old enough to go shopping and do the "grown up" mother daughter things that I hope someday to do with Raegan and what do I do...go and move away! WTH? I feel horrible she has to shop and do fun "girl" things by herself! OH..AND she is going to the Home Show in Lubbock which includes houses in Vintage Township! It is the coolest concept for a neighborhood! It is making me sick I can't go too! On another note Opal's wedding is Saturday! I am soo excited for it! I'm sure I will have tons of pics to post of the event so look for those in a couple of days! Kyle and Kristina are coming and Matt will be off all day Saturday...EXCITING!! Until then I guess I will research cures for my cheese addiction. BTW I am open for suggestions too...

Camping and such...

As I am sitting here on the computer the two men in my life are braving the wilderness....in the backyard! Ha! Its so funny...we have this huge tent set up in the backyard and the guys are having a camp out. Raegan and I opted out of the fun fest since we have been hard at potty training today! And I am proud to report that the M&M dispenser has found its home on the back of the toilet once again and my sweet baby peed in the potty twice today with the little chocolate bribes! I love it! I was sad to see Courtney and Colton go today! They had been here since Sunday and I was not at all ready to see them go! The boys had such a great time and Courtney and I had many a laughs...as usual!I introduced her to Eskimo Hut, which if you haven't been to one you should DEFINITELY go and get a Water Moccasin! Its my fav! Needless to say we are frantically trying to get another trip together...this time me to her house in Frisco! Sooo pumped! Other than that I FINALLY got the 'ol calender together because I suddenly feel the need to plan ahead...go figure! Ha! It just seems with the summer being so short I should make some plans before it gets away from me! We have so much coming up...between the upcoming swimming lessons, Opal getting married, Jared and Heather coming and trying to plan a few vacations...its already nuts and I love every minute of it! I can not express how happy it has made me to be home with the kids these past few weeks.... I am practically beside myself. Well its off to bed for me... I guess I will lay and wait for Matt to give up on the campout and come in with a sleeping little man in his arms...

Summer is here!

Well I officially feel like I have abandoned my blog. BUT...never fear! Summer is here and I have full intentions of being a better blogger! Ha! We shall see about that! I have been sooo busy the past month..Lets see: 1. I worked Ty's end of school "Splash Day". 2. Went to Rendee's wedding in Dallas where I was a bridesmaid. 3. Ty finished up kindergarten. 4. SOLD POTTERY RANCH!!! (the best one) 5. Took Raegan out of daycare and am OFFICIALLY a stay at home mom again!! So you see how I have been tremendously preoccupied! My life has done a complete turn around and I have time on my hands to keep up with this thing! It was so great that Matt had to go to training in Lubbock and the kids and I were able to go! It was fantastic! Matt's job put us up in a hotel, I got to spend the day with Crystal, I ate dinner at Abuelo's with my parents, got to see Courtney and Colton, and took the kids swimming at Matt's company party. It was so good to get out of San Angelo! I have a new sense of freedom...as weird as it sounds I have a weight lifted off my shoulders now that I don't have the responsibility of a business! I wish I had made crap tons of money off of it, but sadly I didn't! Ha! I have had lots on my mind lately so get ready for more frequent posts to come! Yeah, I know, my life is sooo "exciting"!

Chicken....

Ok..so my kids got chickens for Easter. 

No big deal right? Well it would be no big deal if they died or whatever the chickens are supposed to do when you get them but overall they are not supposed to last. Right? Well one didn't make it. I think a cat got in the yard and "took care of it", but we still have a red one. My parents have brought a cage for it and it is hanging out...outside. I try to go out everyday and let it out to hangout in the back yard while I am home so that it doesn't meet its demise like the green one. It thinks it is a pet. Like a cat or a dog. I started calling her Henny Penny cause I think its funnier.So I look over in the window the other day and this is what I saw....

she had hopped up and was looking in the window. Damn Chicken. It was soo funny! I hate that stupid chicken but looks like Im stuck with it.....for now at least!

Its Wednesday...

The only things to post as of today.... 1. We are one chicken down...the green one is missing. 2. Raegan has started calling me Julie...and it makes me want to take her out of daycare cause I can just picture her calling her teacher Mom. 3. I cant wait for Rendee's wedding! 4. I have chosen to tan instead of loose weight...if the fat is tan it looks better because dieting and exercise is too much work! 5. I cant wait for Opal and Jordan's wedding! 6. I am sooo excited for Opal's shower this weekend and the look on her face when we give her their present! 7. My parents came this past weekend and only spent the night and it just wasn't a long enough visit! I think if they had only stayed one more night all the bs right now would have never happened. 8. I love having close friends who give a shit to maintain a friendship with me cause lord knows I give a shit too. 9. I cant seem to keep up with the laundry and i get pissed just thinking about it. 10. Tyler has been soooo good in school lately! He is almost officially a 1st grader and it is breaking my heart everyday! 11. I HATE being a business owner...but I hate that my husband owns a restaurant even more. 12. I dont want Kyle and Kristina to move. 13. I have 3 trips I want to take before the end of the year that just cant be put off any more, cause I'll go CRAZY.....The Valley, Tampa, and NYC! 14. Click on " Trix in the City" over there and read about her fall from grace. It is quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever read! 15. I have come to enjoy hanging out with my S.I.L and appreciate her companionship since my husband is gone all of the time! 16. I need a haircut. 17. I am sooo proud of Crystal for graduating from LCU!!! Sometimes it DOES pay to take the GEEK route. 18. I have a lot going on right now and have separated myself from most of my friends...not on purpose! I appreciate the support from the ones closest to me and you know who you are...

Whew....

So...hi there! Ha! I am not going to explain why I have not posted in a while nor am I going to make excuses. I am posting...be glad! I got a good nights sleep last night and am rareing to go today! Lots to get done today. We are leaving town this weekend...I know not a big suprise but as a family we are going somewhere! We are headed to Monahans for the Easter weekend! Matts brother is going to be there with his family and it means a break to get away for Matt and I! Cant wait! Now if I can get some laundry done so that we crap to wear all will be well with the world! Now I want to be that "good" daughter-inlaw and take something to eat, Easter goodies for the neices, or just do something sweet for Easter...but I just dont think I'm going to be able to get it done! I have all these great ideas in my head as what I "want" to do, but as we all know want and gonna do are two different things! Ha! So my intentions are good and I will let ya know what I actually pull off, if anything. G.I.S.T 1. Raegan got some Sunglasses that she calls her "gallases"! Its so funny! 2. Ty LOVES playing t-ball! 3. New bras (yep that is plural and for the first time in FOREVER I have more than one and my chest seems to be in the right positions..) 4. Going to bed early.

Here...here is something to post & more soon! Promise!

1) Favorite hobby? Surprisingly enough....painting at Pottery Ranch! 2) How do you feel about your ex? Which one? I dont talk to any of them so I guess...VOID...I am "void" of feelings for any of them. And for some reason I felt like I had to use it in a sentence. 3) Do you own guns? Matt has a gun...now if he knows how to shoot it is another story, but hey..he has one! 4) What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? I can really dig a cherry coke now and then. 5) Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Only the "girl" doctor. And appropriate enough it is is and will fall on Halloween every year. NICE! 6) What do you think of hot dogs? I LOVE hot dogs! 7) Favorite Christmas song? Its very specific so get ready...Willie Nelson's version of Away in a Manger. 8) What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Coffee with some vanilla cream and a dash of sugar. 9) Can you do push ups? Have you seen me lately? I don't look like I can even pronounce the word! 10) Can you do a chin up? Haha...funny thing about this question is I LITERALLY thought this meant like put your chin up in the air..like when you don't want a double chin to show in a pic! Ha! I can be such a moron! But the answer is no! 11) What is your favorite piece of jewelry? My new and improved wedding ring! Actually it is a new band for my engagement ring with 2 new diamonds but the original stone and wedding band. 12) Do you like blue cheese? Like blue cheese but not the dressing. bleh 13) Ever been in a car wreck? Yes and when we hit I was hanging out the sun roof. Go figure! 14) Do you have ADD? Nope 15) What's one trait that you hate about yourself? No will power. 16) Middle name? Kathleen after my mom's mom 17) Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment? Grrrr....Matt Wonder what kind of wine Opal is going to get. Wondering what the hell happened with Opal tonight that she had to call and emergency meeting of the smoke... 18) Name 3 things you bought yesterday? Nothing...but today I bought tanning lotion....daycare....and school lunches. 19) Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Coffee, water, fat free milk (dieting) 20) Current worry? When the hell is our tax refund going to get here so we can get out of debt 21) Current hate right now? The funk that has taken over my face. If you know me you know I have horrible skin and I have had this shit on my face for months and just when I thought I got rid of it...it is back! 23) How did you bring in the New Year? At our house and with some of our closest friends...even though one was already passed out! Ahem...Kristina! 24) Where would you like to be right now? Snuggled up with my kiddos 25) Name three people who will complete this? I refuse to answer 26) Do you own slippers? yes...wear them? NO 27) What shirt are you wearing? My Hart and Huntington shirt from Vegas 28) Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? God NO! 29) Can you whistle? Yes and apparently so can TY...He wont QUIT IT! He doesnt even whistle a tune he just whistles to whistle..drives me batty! 30) Where are you right now? In my room on the computer 31) Would you be a pirate? Ummmm YEAH 32) What songs do you sing in the shower? I dont! It is my moment of solace and I value it completely 33) Favorite girl's name? Raegan 34) Favorite boy's name? Cash 35) What's in your pocket? I don't have any. 36) Last thing that made you laugh? Opal talking about Ron today...I always laugh at Ron stories! 37) Best bed sheets as a child? Cabbage Patch...they had been washed soooo many times they were the ultimate soft! 38) Worst injury you've ever had? I dislocated my hip in 5th grade. 39) Do you love where you live? No. 40) How many TVs do you have in your house? 2 41) Who is your loudest friend? Umm...gonna be all of them except Kristina and Opal has her moments! Ha! 42) How many dogs do you have? Ouch..touchy subject. 43) Does someone have a crush on you? I doubt it. 44)What's your favorite novel? They Cage the Animals at Night by Augesten Burroughs 46) What is your favorite candy? Snickers and sour patch kids 47) Favorite Sports Team? Texas Tech Football!! 48) What song do you want played at your funeral? Blue Eyes Crying in the rain by Willie Nelson 49) What were you doing 12 AM last night? Surprisingly enough I was sleeping. 50) What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Uggghhh...I don't have any breakfast for the kids.

Stop it...

I have a gripe..go figure, I know! But seriously! EVERY morning when I am taking Ty to school I pass by the Verizon building. It does not sit at an intersection but yet there is still a stop light there for the people who work in the building and have to park across the street in the parking lot and walk across to the building. I think I have to stop at that damn stop light EVERY time i approach it! It has gotten to the point that I "gun it" in the car when I see someone walking up to the crosswalk and press the button that changes the traffic light to red! It is a race and I usually loose. There have been times that I disregard the color of the light and when said pedestrian walks across I just go....red light and all! It makes me so mad! I have a solution for the Verizon people...it would make me sooo much happier with my morning...build a bridge..build a bridge that the workers can go over the street rather than stop traffic every five seconds! JEEZ... G.I.S.T 20:365 1. Washing Raegan's shoes in the washing machine just like the laundry...and they look like brand new!! Its great! 2. A new coffee table and end table courtesy of my mom and dad! 3. Playing ball with Ty in the backyard. 4. Mopping my entire house!

Ahhhh....Friday!

I love Friday! Its by far my favorite day of the week! I think I wold enjoy today more if I hadn't drank so much wine last night! Ha! It is official ladies and gents...I am a grade a number one room mother for Ty's class! And it was declared so at todays meeting of the room mothers. Basiclly I have to whip out 70 sugar cookies by the 13th for Ty's Valentines Day party! YAY! Im down...at least I think I am anyway! Ty had his 6th "real" birthday yesturday. I was shopping for his gift yesturday and refused to get him anything he can do indoors. He is 6 afterall and every little 6 year old boy should disappear in the backyard for hours on end! He doesn't and I decited to get him something to encourage him to get out there and play! A bat, ball, and baseball glove seemed to have done the trick! He loved it and the clothes that I also got him! I cant wait for the party tomorrow! My favorite thing about growing up is that my Mom made such a big deal out of our birthdays and holidays! I will never forget the hershey kiss necklace that I got one year for Valentines day from her! I dont know how she does it but she always finds the neatest things! Toys jewelry, you name it! For Chrstmas one year she gave me a Mary Engelbreit crock pot....It literally made me cry since I was pregnant and loving all that is M.E. I have every intention to raise my kids the same way! G.I.S.T. 19:365 1. Sleeping late this morning! 2. A clean house. 3. Having a tickle fight with Raegan! 4. Green tobasco on my eggs this morning....my favorite thing EVER!

Blog....what blog?

Good Lord! I have not taken the time to write here in a week!! I suck at blogging...obviously! I do like the word of the day...Bale Out! Read it it is quite funny. Well I over slept this morning only to find my child whining about his loose tooth that "will bother me allllll day!". So I said, "you want me to pull it out?" and he says "sure" so i did. Ha! Hes a brave little fart. It popped right out and he was sooo shocked that I actually did it! And here is his new and improved gap....fresh for his sixth birthday tomorrow! I cant believe Ty is turning 6! We are headed to Chuck E. Cheese's on Saturday to celebrate. We wanted to have it in Lubbock s that our REAL friends and family could come and not some kids from his class. I think he will have more fun tha way! He is looking forward to seeing his friends that moved there from San Angelo Treyton and Blake. They are going to have a blast. G.I.S.T 18:365 1. Ty letting me pull his tooth this morning! 2. Going walking this morning and taking Raegan along with me. 3. Getting the kids icecream today and only taking 1 bite of each! 4. Matt is off tonight!! Pics of the house! My wonderful mom came this weekend to decorate! And she did a fabulous job! My phone pics dont do it any justice!

Well hellooooo!

OMG! My new years resolution was to post in my blog EVERYDAY...well resolution officially broken! Ha! But hey I have managed to post at least once to twice a week! Lets see... Oh, today was an eventful day! Imagine my face when the doorbell rang today and I opened the door to find the Budget Blinds guy standing there! I swear I almost started crying! I could not have been more happy to take down the damn beach towels that have served as "curtains" in my kids rooms! I was ecstatic! So blinds up and look amazing! We went with a wood blind with a wood color and they really "warmen" up the room! So..now if I can get these two bathrooms done and move all of our crap still in the garage of the old house before Opal moves in this weekend I will be in good shape. My mom is coming this weekend to help me decorate the house and I think I will finally feel complete. If you know me you know that I have to have my "nest" built right down to the last decorative lamp....so I will finally feel like this house is ours! And I got a bunch of new stuff for Christmas to decorate with and I cant wait. I just don't know how mom is going to feel about the color choice for the kitchen....RED..Yikes! G.I.S.T 17:365 1. Raegan winking at strangers in Lowe's and them laughing at her and feeling the need to come ahhh over her! Ha! 2. The Budget Blinds guy on my porch this afternoon. 3. Admiring my texturing job on my bathroom and wondering how in the hell I pulled it off. 4. Ty still says Berzert instead of dessert and I don't want to correct him in hopes that he says it like that FOREVER so when he is 30 I will still get to hear it! Ha! Oh and I have a getting to know you too...... 1. How do you describe your job to others? I help run 2 businesses that I/we co-own and I raise my daughter in the mean time. 2. How often do you re-wear your socks before washing? I dont re-wear socks...gross! 3. What is the worse sound possible you're hearing right now? No bad sounds...my kids are finally in bed so it is the sweet sound of silence! 4. Did you have to eat the last thing you ate? Well no but who can resist a fried pickle? 5. Can you drive a stick-shift, talk on the phone, eat, and cuss at other drivers at the same time? Well Yeah...have ya ever ridden with me...I can do all that and keep from rolling down the hills of San Marcos backwards while at a stop light! SO IN YA FACE!! 6. Last person you saw on your caller-ID you didn't want to talk to but you answered anyway? I ummm dont answer the phone if I dont want to talk...Helloooo. 7. Would you claw your way through broken glass to say hi to the person who sent this to you? I'm gonna go with NO. 8. Do you have trouble remembering how old you are? Oh no! It is quite vivid to me that I am 30. 9. Do you understand the point of football? absolutely! 10. Would you ever drink a Tang Martini even if it had Grey Goose in it? Im sorry but do they still make that crap? I would rather settle with drinking a little Grey Goose straight before I do THAT! 11. Have you ever attempted to dye your hair with Kool-Aid? no 12. Most disgusting favorite food? Macaronie and Cheese with ketchup! dont knock it till you try it! 13. Is there footage somewhere of you "doing it"? NO! Ha! "we dont have sex!" ( it was histerical if you were there when Matt said it) 14. Does size really matter? Really? 15. Have you ever accidentally broken something in anger? Yeah...ur face! 16. Did your mom or dad ever decide to throw away all your toys because you had too many? Hell no...she sold them in a garage sale Im sure! And I got to keep the lame ones that didnt sell! ha! 18. Coconuts or Ugli fruit? You do and you will clean it up.... 19. Do you get emails from a certain person who you'd rather not but you don't have the heart to tell them? no 22. Would you be happy living in a trailer if it was for the right guy? Its bound to happen one time or the other...at least Matt threatens me with it all the time! Ha! 23. Have you ever cried before, during or after sex? Who wrote this? 24. Is your closet messy? Extremely! 25. Have you kept in touch with friends from Elementary? A few 26. Did you hook up last night? Im married..again..."we dont have sex" 27. Are you afraid of wrinkles? Oh yes! I think to myself that I have to stop smoking or im going to get those permanent "suck" lines around my mouth! 28. Do you have a plain, cheesy, or spicy attitude? Super Cheesy 29. Favorite nationality of men? Can I just say Caucasian 30. What day of the week do you usually get a craving for a hamburger? I dont anymore cause I eat one about everyother day! 31. How many states of confusion have you lived in? Too many to count 32. Blood diamonds or Blood gold? I prefer my jewelry clean not bloody... and WTF is blood gold? 33. Do roses really smell like poo poo poo? I wouldnt go THAT far.

Moving....

Well we are just about moved out of our rent house of 4 1/2 years and moved into our new house that is (thank god) 8 houses down! We have painted all that we are going to paint, purchased a new fridge, and new blinds. The blinds dont come in for another week so we are sporting crappy sheets on the windows and the neighbors must think we are REALLY white trash since there are bright colorful beachtowls hanging in the windows that face the front yard. CLASSY! If I could find my camera I would post pics but since it doesnt upload pics to the computer I dont guess it matters much if I find it anyway! Ha! Matt and I are doing fantastic and got some much needed time without the kids last weekend. Thanks to my inlaws for taking them for the weekend so we could paint and move....and go out a few times... I am planning Ty's 6th birthday for feb 7th and have decided to have it in Lubbock. I just really didnt want to invite a lot of kids I didnt know and I didnt want the family to have to drive 3 hours to come....they always do and I feel so bad! So the party is at Chuck E Cheese's. His absolute favorite and his friends Treyton and Blake can come since they moved to Lubbock! So it all works out. Now enough of the boring crap that is with me.... G.I.S.T. 16:365 1. The sound of my kids playing contently down the hall. 2. Having my washer and dryer operable and in the same house I live in.(Not that I LOVE doing laundry) 3. Brand spankin new apliances. 4. Having THAT discussion with my hubby and figureing out that we both want the same things in our marriage and both of us were clueless.

Hiatus....

I am moving and will post when we are done....whenever that will be...haha!

G.I.S.T. 15:365

1. Having a painting party in my new house last night. 2. Matt's Grandma helped me out so much with Raegan today I actully was able to get crap tons of stuff done! 3. Raegan LOVES Grandma 4. Gettng tons of packing done since I have been so wirried about it!

G.I.S.T. 14:365

1. Matt will be home tonight...I feel like I haven't gotten much time with him lately! 2. Ty fixing his own hair. The fact that he cares what his hair looks like is funny within itself. 3. Matt's Grandma came to help me until Saturday! YAY! 4. Deciding on paint colors for my new house!

People

Those people over there to th right are starting to freak me out. I feel like I have imprisoned them in my blog and they cant get out! Sure they are there to greet you each time you visit but after staring at me for so long I start to get ooged out. I think Im going to take them off. On the other hand, the urban dictionary at the bottom makes me laugh EVERY time I read the new word! Its soo funny!. On another note.....today is Tuesday in the big ol city of San Angelo. Anybody who is somebody knows if you live here you know that means Taco Tuesday, kids eat free at Texas Roadhouse, and discounts at Roadrunners on burgers! That is sooo fantastic you dont even know! There was this one time when I worked at the apartments and I sent Matt on a mission for lunch... I wanted some good ol Taco Tuesday at Rosa's where the taco plate is $2.99. Thats 2 soft tacos (beef or chicken) beans and rice with a side of tortillas. How can you go wrong right? Well Matt heads all the way across town for our tacos and Kristina some too. In a little bit he calls, "Hey dumbass" he says...."did you happen to know today is WEDNESDAY!!!" I cracked up and felt so bad that he had driven all the way across town for nothing! Haha! Oh how I love Tuesday! G.I.S.T. 1. Raegan is such a girlie girl that her favorite thing is standing on the toilet while I put on my makeup and yelling for me to put some on her too! 2. American Idol changing format and highlighting more of the people who can sing rather than the people who can't. 3. Opal is going to be my "down the street" neighbor! 4. My house is a mess and I am able to use the excuse "Sorry we are in the process of moving" Ha!

BOXES!!! ANYONE?? ANYONE HAVE A BOX I CAN HAVE????

Good LORD! Im PISSED! More frustrated than pissed I guess! Why in God's name can I not find a friggin box in this town that doesn't cost me $3? I have SOOOO much crap to move and nothing to put it in and me sitting here staring at it doesn't help! CRAP! I got the bright idea to go to UHAUL yesterday and try to buy some boxes....yeah...NO! They are $3 per box or like $42 a bundle! I think what is going to have to happen is I am going to load up my arms with our crap and just personally move each item down the street. This is such bullshit! WHEW...now back to my search... G.I.S.T. 12:365 1. Asking Raegan to pick up the books she strowed out everywhere and she starts singing, "pip pop, pip pop" cause she cant quite say pick up! 2. The keys to my new house! 3. Catching up on my DVR! 4. Tyler flipped out nuts when he saw I was making him corn on the cob and verified that I am, and I quote, "the best cooker and mom in the universe"

G.I.S.T. 11:365

1. Playing Nerf guns with Ty and he is so smart that when I come around the corner to shoot him he grabs his step stool and uses it as a shield and it deflects the dart. He is an original Magyver. (SP) 2. Raegan shaking her finger at Matt saying "noo nice daddy" when he was taunting her. 3. The Golden Globes tonight. 4. The absolute BEST Zesty Chicken Spaghetti reciepe.

We Closed on Our House!

Well folks...Matt and I are the proud owners of our first house!! We are so excited! We have looked for a house since August/Septemberish and finally found a good deal and one we could agree on! And the best thing about it is we dont have far to move! It is about 6-8 houses down from the house we live in now! It has been redone with new tile throughout and new carpet in the bedrooms. It has new apliances and we are planning on buying a new fridge! SO EXCITED! BUT..not so excited about packing and moving all of our crap! Why is it that when you get ready to move there just aren't enough boxes to put all of your stuff in? UGH...and we have a lot. And my biggest dilema is that I dont think I should pack it all up in boxes as it is....we are going down the street...not to another town! I could just move it room by room! But we do have a LOT of stuff so it might not work out so good if I DO it that way! G.I.S.T 10:365 1. Olive Garden for lunch! 2. Raegan winking at all the tables around us that are looking at her! Its truely histerical and if my camera was worth a crp I would post pics! 3. Realizeing that Ty's Didj kees him content in Home Depot so that he doesnt want to run all over the place! 4. Working the resturant for Matt so that I dont have to take the kids to Monster Trucks. I hate that shit!

Disturbing...

If you know me then you know my love for tv and all reality shows. Its sad really....Call me crazy..but have ya seen the new Real World Brooklyn? Is it just me or are they really shooting for conflict this season? A Trany in the house? REALLY? Not that there is anything wrong with that...I really think that MTV just does crap like that to really screw with people and bring out the worst in them cause they dont know how to deal with things that they have not experienced...granted i understand it is good tv but seriously putting an exmilitary guy in the house with a newly transformed guy...give me a break. Oh and dont forget the new VH1 show about has been tv heartthrobs. Eric Nies is on that show. If you dont know who he is he was they guy on the first Real World and on The Grind..waaayyy back in the day. Well, watch this show, its wierd! Eric has become this wierdo hippy freak (nothing against hippies). He eats all this wierd crap and lays on this vibrating mattress. I dont know yall he has really had a hard time with not being famous or something! STRANGE! Anyway! Im excited about the Golden Globes this weekend and all my shows have started back up! Thank goodness for DVR! I visited the Clinique counter yesturday with my fudge money..and let me just say how great it feels to have new face care products and new makeup. It makes me feel like a girl...now if I can break down and spend the money on getting my nails done I can get rid of these man hands I will be complete!! Haha! 1. Going to close on our house today! 2. Eating lunch with Matt and Raegan. 3. Ty excited about the weekend so he can play the video games he has bugged me about all week. 4. Smoke night tonight with Opal! It is just refreshing to sit on the porch and drink beer and gossip and tell stories from our childhood that tend to be histerical!! And just crack up for a couple of hours while we get just that much closer to giving ourselves lung cancer! Ha!

G.I.S.T 8:365

1. Raegan knew I needed some extra snuggle time today. 2. Matt trying miserably to be quiet as to not wake me up when he left for Lubbock at 5:30 a.m. this morning 3. Tyler was sooo excited to get home and go out to play with the neighbor kids. 4. One day closer to closing on our house (fingers crossed... it seems like we have hit EVERY bump in the road)

G.I.S.T 7:365

1. Jodi is such a godsend and I'm so glad to have her work for us! 2. The lady who ordered 30lbs of fudge picked up her order!! 3. A portion ot the $150 of fudge money gona be spent at the Clinique counter. The 3 year old Mary Kay that I have been using on my face is making my skin SCREAM for help.( Really...I can hear it!) 4. Wonderful meatloaf and a healthy sit down family dinner.

OMG! and G.I.S.T 6:365

Well I have a rather embarrassing story to say the least.... Ok it all starts out last night. While I was waiting for Matt to get home I fell asleep on the couch. I woke up to the sounds of someone/something in my kitchen rattling my pans around. I FREAKED....I laid real still, because the only thing separating me from the kitchen was the back of the couch I was on. OMG!! I plotted in my head that I was going to "whip" around and grab the fireplace poker and commence to beating whoever broke in my house to grab a snack. Like they would do that first before killing me! But whatever...After I got my wits about me I eased up off the couch as quiet as I could and slid (VERY QUIETLY) around the corner. I was standing in the kitchen waiting for the noise when Matt walked in (or should I say barreled in since he has NO CLUE how to do anything quietly). He stood in the living room staring at me and asked me (again he is loud) "What r u doing?". I go "ssshhhhhh, there is something in there" and I pointed down at the drawer that is under the oven. He looked at me like I was nuts....I mouthed, "NO REALLY" He stood motionless while we listened. OK so at this point in my head it is a HUGE squirrel that has gotten in the house somewhere and is taking up residence in my muffin pans under the oven. So we hear it again and I look at Matt like, see...Im not nuts. I have never seen Matt move so fast... he jumped in front of the stove and jerked open the drawer...and let me tell you my adrenaline is going and I am FREAKING OUT!! He starts jerking out cookie sheets and muffin pans from the drawer.....and out jumped the biggest FATTEST mouse I have EVER seen!!!!! If you know me....you know that I dont move real fast nor am I scared of much.... I am pretty tough all around and laugh at those little skittish women that get scared of a little mouse...not this time! I screamed like a little bitch and pounced up on the back of the couch on all fours like i was a small child rather than the big fat ass that I am! So as I am doing this as Matt is yelling at the thing to "stop...wait...shit" I dont know if he was trying to make sense or being slow on purpose or what...but he let it run under the dishwasher! DAMNIT! After the initial shock of it all we got a look at this little bastards nest that he had built under the drawer and it had...plastic coke bottle caps, a marble, a magnet, cd, and other little nick nacks. AND there was mouse shit all over my pans....granted it is pans i never use but STILL!! I marched out of the house and to the store for some traps! We set the traps...after Matt set one off on his own finger..(dummy) and I woke up this morning to a dead mouse. SCORE!! I left the traps set cause I have a feeling that is not the last of the mice in the house or the garage. So we will see if I catch any more. In the mean time I scalded the pans and packed them away along with other kitchen stuff to try to put an end to it all! Ha! ha! G.I.S.T 1. Playing puzzles with Raegan...she can do them good too! 2. Chatting with my Mom during her lunch. 3. Tyler telling me who his buddies are in his class on the way to school. 4. Matt being off tonight and spending the evening with me and the kids!

G.I.S.T. 5:365

1. Raegan in the wee hours of the morning sick...and her fever finally broke. 2. Tyler got out of the car this morning, headed back to school, and is still young enough not to get embarrassed to blow me a kiss. 3. Purple Crocs with the wooley stuff on the inside.

G.I.S.T 4:365

1. Packing up my first box in hopes of moving into our first house soon. 2. Tyler taking off the ornaments from the tree and saying how much he loves each one. 3. Raegan in her winter hat. 4. Matt playing Mario Kart on the Wii that K&K left at our house until 3am

G.I.S.T. 3:365

1. Having a smoke night on the patio last night with Opal! (we chain smoke and gossip and it is one of my most favorite things :) ) 2. Matt spending the day with us with no interuptions from RR. 3. Matt's mom and grandmother coming to visit for the day. 4. Knowing we will finally close on our house this week!!

G.I.S.T 2:365

1. Raegan and I having a "yawn off" in the backseat of the car. She won. 2. Making fudge for the umpteenth time. 3. Tyler being a smartass and in a funny way without even knowing it.

G.I.S.T 1:365

Well I am going to try and start a new project this year. It is called Grace In Small Things, and it is where you blog about how you have found grace in small things or happenings thorough out the day. You Document these once every day for 365 days....so....here is my first G.I.S.T. 1. Putting up the margarita machine from the New Years Eve festivities and thinking about all the "miles" I plan on puttin on this baby! 2. Raegan has started calling me Momma or Mom instead of Mommy (she is such a little sass) 3.Ty getting a full on belly laugh 4. K&K left their Wii at our house and Matt and I stayed up playing it after the kids went to bed and Matt felt the need to prove his masculinity and beat me at EVERYTHING!!