Day 16

A Photo of my Family:



I think this is the 3rd time this pic has been posted on the blog! Thanks Mandie!

Day 15

The Next 3 Things on my Bucket List (not necessarily in this order):


1. Take the kids to Disney World.


2. Visit New York City!


3. Buy a new van or SUV! My current van is functional, but I need something with more than 4 cylinders, something that's NOT red (not a fan), and perhaps an SUV. I'm not really a van type of girl, but we'll see.

Day 14

My Dream House:


When Danny and I were in Costa Rica we had lunch at the Los Suenos Resort right outside of Jaco, and just fell in love with the area. There's a large hill that overlooks the bay and there were these beautiful homes on it, and we always joke that if we won the lottery we would move there. So, we're dreaming, right? We found this one and it's beautiful! It has 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, and 3600 square feet for a cool $2.5 mil.

Day 13

What I did today:

Well, this landed on a school holiday, so it's going to be way more exciting than a regular school day!

4am-ish - Eddie crawled into bed with me and Danny.

5:35am - My arm is killing me where Eddie is sleeping on it, so I scoop him up and take him to the couch. I get him something to drink, then rub his back until he goes back to sleep.

7:25am - Danny gives me a kiss and leaves for school while I am still snuggled in bed. The boys are already up and playing Gamecube in the office, and looking at Transformers online.

8:20am - Wake up and help the boys with their Wii game, then go back to my room and read my Joseph Smith book for 15 minutes.

8:50am - Go to the kitchen and fix breakfast for everyone, and break up a fight between Eddie and Tommy.

9:15am - Head to the office to check my e-mail and listen to Anna practice her recorder. Resist the urge to correct every little mistake. We work on reading notes and rhythms.

9:45am - Gather laundry from various corners of the house and start a load of darks. Do the breakfast dishes and start the dishwasher.

10am - Change Eddie's diaper and take him out of his pj's.

10:30am - Explain to Tommy that we can't make Eddie disappear and have him come back only when Tommy wants him to, and no we can't trade him in for a Wii game. Tell Anna for the 1000th time to get started on cleaning her room.

10:45am - Order Tommy's book order online. Yay for not having to write a check!

10:55am - Go into the living room to find that Eddie has taken off his poopy diaper and sat on the couch with his poopy butt. He also wiped his poopy hands on his shirt and carpet. I clean the couch and carpet and seriously consider running to Ikea for a new couch and Lumber Liquidators for new floors. Move the clothes from the washer into the dryer and start a new load so I can wash Eddie's poopy clothes. He has NEVER done this before!

11:05am - Listen to Anna cry about a missing charm bracelet. She screams and won't listen to me, and runs into her room still crying.

11:10am - Anna is still crying. Charm bracelet still missing.

11:20am - The boys pick out a movie to watch and I straighten the living room.

11:30am - Help Anna look for her bracelet and help her clean her room for a little while. She has stopped crying.

Noon - I make lunch for the kids, and start reading "More Perfect than the Moon".

12:30 - Switch the clothes from the washer to the dryer, and make lunch for myself.

12:45 - Anna practices her recorder again and yells at me and says the recorder is stupid. I only said her recorder is not broken, even though she swears it is. She's getting frustrated with her practicing. The movie is over and now the boys are playing Super Mario Brothers Wii.

1:15 - Put away some laundry and finally take a shower.

2:20 - Finished reading "More Perfect Than the Moon." and started watching the lat 2 episodes of the Sing-Off that I haven't gotten to.

3:00 - Anna played for me again and got mad and stormed off. She argued with me and is now being punished.

3:12 - Changed another poopy diaper, but this time he didn't get it all over the place.

4 - Just finished watching my shows (I really wanted Street Corner Symphony to win, oh well), and got the kids a snack.

4:30 - Call Danny and make dinner plans while the Eddie and Anna play in her room and Tommy plays outside.

5 - Meet Danny at Chick-Fil-A for dinner! Yum!

7 - Get home from Chick-Fil-A before Danny, and the kids bombarded Danny's car with snowballs when he got to the driveway. Yep. We still have some snow left! Crazy. Then let the kids watch Ninjago before bed. It's their new favorite cartoon.

Okay, so I'm going to end here. If I don't, I won't remember to post this tonight! Did any of you make it to the end?

Day 12

A Favorite Quote:

Hmmm...I really don't have a favorite quote. There are several that I like, such as:

"Wagner's music is better than it sounds." Samuel Clemens

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." Bill Cosby

I was reading "A Little Princess" last year and this passage jumped right out at me:

"Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temperwhen she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book. People who are fond of books know the feeling of irritation which sweeps over them at such a moment. The temptation to be unreasonable and snappish is one not easy to manage. 'It makes me feel as if someone had hit me.'"

Day 11

A Favorite Book:

Another tough one. I LOVE to read, but the book I keep going back to is Pride and Predjudice. I can read it over and over and not get tired of it!

Day 10

A Favorite Food:

Hamburgers used to be my #1 favorite food, but that has been replaced by Chili's grilled chicken sandwich. It's SO good, especially with bacon, cheese, and honey mustard! Give me a good chicken sandwich anyday and I'll be happy!

SNOW!!!

It snowed 5 inches yesterday, but before it snowed, it rained, then sleeted! Yikes! The roads were a little slippery this morning, so school was cancelled! I was actually really excited for a snow day!

Tommy made the best snowballs, but it just took too long for them to be perfect! He finally abandoned his dreams of perfection and pummelled us all with arm fulls of snow!

Anna gave Eddie this sled to play with and he put his doggy on it and dragged him all around the yard! He loved it until he discovered how to pull icicles off of the house!

We had a great time today! We didn't build a snowman, though. We tried but the snow just wasn't sticky enough! I was grateful for this snowday today, but I can't wait for the kids to go to school tomorrow!

Day 9

A Favorite Movie:



Hmm....this is a tough one. I really don't have an all-time favorite movie, but I really love Emma, Ever After, and A Little Princess.

Day 8

A Favorite Song:



My favorite songs change now and then, but one of my all-time faves is Green Day's Brain Stew. I love it! I think it's the guitars. A more recent favorite is Katy Perry's Firework. Her songs are really catchy, but most of her lyrics are trash. This one is WAY better than her others!

Day 7

Something I Want to Buy:

New floors for my house!!!! The carpet in my home is only 7 years old, and most of it looks great except for the stuff in my living room! I would love to replace all the carpet in the living areas with a wood-type flooring!

Day 6

Something I Bought Recently:


An iPhone. I love it!

Day 5

Top 10 Pet Peeves:

1. I CAN NOT stand it when people say "me likey." You sound stupid when you say it, and I will forever think you're a moron.

2. Stupid drivers. I was stuck behind a driver who was going too slow, shifting a bit too far right or left, and tapping randomly on their brakes! I finally got around them to find that it was an older woman with a puppy ON HER SHOULDER, and she was petting it and giving it kisses! Grrr.....

3. My children cocking an attitude.

4. Students who don't pay, and parents who won't call me back!

5. Pee on the floor of my bathroom. Tommy is my number one offender in my house, and I hate the smell of urine! Blech.

6. School politics. They SUCK.

7. Stupid teenagers at the community pool who don't know how to follow simple rules.

8. Teenage fashion on 10-year-olds and younger. It's just wrong.

9. Gum smacking. I can't stand it.

10. Tom's shoes. I just don't get why they are so expensive and popular! I understand that he has a great cause and everything, but seriously, most of the shoes are UGLY.

Day 4

Something I Crave:



Chocolate Chip Cookies! I LOVE them!

Happy New Year!

I really stunk at posting this year! Life just got in the way, and I let my blog slide. One of my resolutions is to blog more, so hopefully you'll see more posts next year!!

Cousins

Anna took this picture a while ago, and Eddie obviously has a nasty runny nose, but it's a really cute picture. Carter and Eddie have a lot of fun playing together!

Day 3

A favorite photo.

I have TONS of favorites, but this one is just so cute! It was pure coincidence that the kids had matching pjs!

Day 2

A picture of me last year and now, and how I have changed since then.

I honestly don't remember why I took this picture, but it was sometime last January.

Life has been pretty much the same for us since then, except I've gained about 10 pounds! Yikes! I hope to work on that this year!! I also went from working one day a week teaching 7 students, to working 3 1/2 days teaching 19 students!

Day 1

So, my sister, Missy, posted this 30-day blog thing, so I decided it will help me blog more this year! Here it goes:

5 Things That People Don't Really Know About Me

1. I don't know what I want to do when I grow up. Do I want to be a full-time teacher? Do I want to keep on teaching private lessons, or do I want to do something completely different? I have no clue!

2. I feel guilty when I throw something in the trash that should be recycled.

3. I really like Rihanna. I'm not usually an R&B type of person, but I've really been liking her stuff recently!

4. I love Cheerios.

5. Even though I'm a huge de-cluttering fool, I have problems with my closets. Almost every closet in my home is an unorganized mess!

Family Picture

My fabulous sister, Mandie, took this picture for us a couple of weeks ago. I can't believe everyone's looking at the camera and smiling!!