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!!