I read about the way people blog...online, or in magazines...(the reading part of it...not the blogging part of it...) Geez...am I even making sense on my first line? ACK!! Anyways, I read about bloggers...and I think to myself...why can't I blog all the time like those other people? And then, I realize...I have a life...and I don't want to stay up way late into the night to be blogging about how Kayte read to me, or about the traffic on my way home from work. I cherish my sleep...I think it's the best part of my day!! And, I might add...I get a tad grumpy at times when I don't get my 8 hours of ZZZ's. Just ask my kids!! They will say, either you didn't get enough sleep last night, or you are PMS'ing!! How's that for your kids treating you like they are the parent? Tis ok though...they are great kids and I am not offended by them!!
Yesterday, as Ashlyn was driving me to school...well, she was driving herself to school, but I was the passenger, thus, she driving ME to her school...we looked at the sky and marveled at the sheer beauty of it. Or, at this point, it could have been the day before yesterday...but I digress. Yada, Yada...marveling at the sky, and Ashlyn remarked...It looks just like Trix yogurt!! And sure enough...not just any Trix yogurt, but cotton candy Trix yogurt!! A light blue with a tinge of pink in it!! Sigh...I wish I would have had my camera with me. It would have been a marverlous picture!! Then, this morning...and I am sure it was this morning...The sky was the same exact color. And yet again...no camera. And...while walking Kayte to the bus stop...I thought to myself, I really should take my camera with me this morning...just in case the sky is like that. Then...as we are on our way to the school...sure enough...with the mountain peering at me in all of it's gorgeous glory and the sky the same color pink and blue...I could have gotten out of my car at the school, taken this "to die for" picture, gotten back into my car...came home, downloaded the picture and put it up for all of you to see. But...well, yeah...life gets away from you and well...the brain just forgets. At least MINE does!! Will I think of the camera tomorrow on our way to school? Probably not...and I will have to bitch about it somemore when I blog next time!! :D
Ashlyn's birthday is on Sunday. The BIG 17!! Yeah, let me tell ya...where in the heck does time go? I remember when I was her age...it does not seem like that long ago...(insert crocodile tears here!!) She is such a great kid...so smart and beautiful...(as are my other children...I just have to dote on her for the moment since it's her birthday that's coming up...I will dote on the others once their birthdays come around!!) Smart and Beautiful...and funny, and charming...and a whole slew of words that are not coming to the brain at the moment. 17...kind of blows me away!! She had a fabulous time in DC...she wishes the kids at Oregon City High were as smart as the kids in DC...or at the particular conference anyways.
Still on track for baby making in November...I am getting SOOOO excited about it. I really feel like this time...it's it!! (Hope I am not jinxing myself here!!) Ah...only if you beleive in jinxing...just like horiscopes. That's another story though.
We have the City of Hope Ball to go to this weekend in Seattle. We are taking the kids this time...we didn't take them last year, as Michael was at his dad's house, Kayte was at a friends house, and poor Ashlyn...it was her sweet 16 birthday...and she went to the McNary football game...and then went home. Whoo Hoo...Happy Birthday!! Nah...she got a laptop for her sweet sixteen and a half birthday...so, I don't think she was complaining too much!! Anyways, we went to the ball...had a wonderful time last year. So, this year we will be going as Sara Lee's guests. My dress is a halter style, knee length dress...VAVOOM!! It's very pretty!! Don't tell anyone that I wore it to a different function last year!! Heaven Forbid you wear one dress on 2 different occasions!! LOL!! We will take pics and I will post them once we get back.
OK...I best be getting my bottom to work...oh yeah...have I mentioned lately that it's FABULOUS?? YAY ME!!!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Hmnn...
So sorry that I have not posted on the blog in a while. I swear, there just seems to be NOT ENOUGH hours in the day!!
We moved into our house on October 4th...it felt so good to "come home" to a house that I actually want to be in!! Everyone did a fabulous job moving...or so I think...as I was at work when the move happened. And, if anyone that helped move is reading this...then "Thank you"...from the bottom of my heart.
I took the kids down to Salem on Friday since it was Shawn's weekend. The traffic was awful!! Not necessarily bad going down on the freeway...but once we got into Salem, and finally onto the bridge to go to West Salem, it was horrid!! I am so glad we no longer live there!!
Speaking of living there...on a lark, I drove past our old house that we helped build. Well, we have driven past a few times...and it was always kept up...pretty much. So, Kayte and I drive by, and the trees are overgrown, the grass is long, and the yard looked really awful!! So, as we are pulling by slowly, Kayte says "mom, there is a lock box on the door." Sure enough, there was a lock box, and on the side of the house was a For Sale sign that someone had put there. So, as I pull around the cul-de-sac, I stop and just look at the house. I then go over to the neighbors house (Gracie and Albert) and knock on the door. I talk to Albert a while, and he said that the house had been forclosed on, and the people who lived there, up and moved to Las Vegas. So, after talking with him a while, Kayte and I walk over to the house and look around. The place was a MESS!! Kind of disheartning because we, and Kents parents, put a lot of work into that house...and it's pretty much going to pot!! :(
It looked like the owners were possibly in the midst of updating the house as they had put in new tile, taken down a wall that made the front entryway not go directly into the dining room/kitchen. I do have to admit, it made the scheme look larger...but...I kind of liked that wall!! They had also taken out the carpet...even in the bedrooms. They put down a real dark...like dark chocolate color...wood...and it wasn't finished. The place was a pig sty!! Of course, this is only looking through the windows...around the side of the house, the hot tub was still there...but the top was off...and there was nasty water in the bottom of it. There was some great storage under the house (there was a door under one of the decks to access the underpart of the house) and the door was taken off...and there was a bunch of crap under the house. I guess the new owners got their real estate license because there were tons of house signs under there... I feel sorry for the next owners because there will be a lot of junk to clean up!!
OK...I am done with that. It hasn't been our house for about 5 years now...so...onto bigger and better things!!
I started my shots Thursday night. YAY!! It looks like our transfer will be about the 11-13th of November. I will update when things get closer.
Loving my new job!! I really like the stylists there. Shawna (one of the stylists) did my hair the other day. It looks fabulous!!
OK...must do something today!! Till later...A
We moved into our house on October 4th...it felt so good to "come home" to a house that I actually want to be in!! Everyone did a fabulous job moving...or so I think...as I was at work when the move happened. And, if anyone that helped move is reading this...then "Thank you"...from the bottom of my heart.
I took the kids down to Salem on Friday since it was Shawn's weekend. The traffic was awful!! Not necessarily bad going down on the freeway...but once we got into Salem, and finally onto the bridge to go to West Salem, it was horrid!! I am so glad we no longer live there!!
Speaking of living there...on a lark, I drove past our old house that we helped build. Well, we have driven past a few times...and it was always kept up...pretty much. So, Kayte and I drive by, and the trees are overgrown, the grass is long, and the yard looked really awful!! So, as we are pulling by slowly, Kayte says "mom, there is a lock box on the door." Sure enough, there was a lock box, and on the side of the house was a For Sale sign that someone had put there. So, as I pull around the cul-de-sac, I stop and just look at the house. I then go over to the neighbors house (Gracie and Albert) and knock on the door. I talk to Albert a while, and he said that the house had been forclosed on, and the people who lived there, up and moved to Las Vegas. So, after talking with him a while, Kayte and I walk over to the house and look around. The place was a MESS!! Kind of disheartning because we, and Kents parents, put a lot of work into that house...and it's pretty much going to pot!! :(
It looked like the owners were possibly in the midst of updating the house as they had put in new tile, taken down a wall that made the front entryway not go directly into the dining room/kitchen. I do have to admit, it made the scheme look larger...but...I kind of liked that wall!! They had also taken out the carpet...even in the bedrooms. They put down a real dark...like dark chocolate color...wood...and it wasn't finished. The place was a pig sty!! Of course, this is only looking through the windows...around the side of the house, the hot tub was still there...but the top was off...and there was nasty water in the bottom of it. There was some great storage under the house (there was a door under one of the decks to access the underpart of the house) and the door was taken off...and there was a bunch of crap under the house. I guess the new owners got their real estate license because there were tons of house signs under there... I feel sorry for the next owners because there will be a lot of junk to clean up!!
OK...I am done with that. It hasn't been our house for about 5 years now...so...onto bigger and better things!!
I started my shots Thursday night. YAY!! It looks like our transfer will be about the 11-13th of November. I will update when things get closer.
Loving my new job!! I really like the stylists there. Shawna (one of the stylists) did my hair the other day. It looks fabulous!!
OK...must do something today!! Till later...A
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