Shopping

We went grocery shopping last night....

A day in the life

Tomorrow is my last day of training at work and I get to move to the location that is closer to home and opposite of the downtown rush hour. So far everything is going good and I think I will love the overloaded super busy aspect and hoping there is a gym next door because apparently this girl forgot how to juggle working and working out when I took a month off.

Launa is still enjoying school. She had music today and was excited to learn that she gets to try instruments out in the near future. Her favorite class has moved from lunch to gym now too.

Charlie and Dad are still home bonding and doing garage projects and potty training. He is doing great with multiple poops this week. I am staying in the loop at work with some good pictures though (see below)!

Overall, we are settling into a nice routine but still homebodies without friends. We have visitors in less than eight weeks though!!!

Workin woman

This week I started my new job. Although still in training I foresee a busy case load and a good group of people to work with. It's definitely a law firm and corporate environment like I have never been in before so the rules and regulations will get some getting used to as well as clicking in and out. I haven't done that since being a waitress.

Another getting used to us the commute. I am a city girl now since I take the tunnel and it can take me up to ONE HOUR to drive 30 miles depending on the number of wrecks. BOO

The husband is officially house dad now and he is trying to still get some projects done while juggling school pick up, etc. It's only day two and the kids and him seem to be getting along a ton better and even plotting some tickle attacks against me while I am gone so I am ever watchful of those out of the blue wrestling moves right now. Charlie is also using his to hue as his weapon. He just comes up and licks you and runs away cackling about it. It's too cute to be grossed out.

Launa got to walk to school with the older neighbor girls and she was In Heaven this morning being part of the crowd. Then she didn't want to leave after school care since they get to play in the gym unlimited and watch movies too. The one thing we have to get used to us the fact that they can't do recess due to weather. Not rain. Not snow. Sun. Too hot. It was 113 today and no one in their right mind was outside so she is not happy about not playing on the playground but only about a month until great cooler weather.

My blog maybe more sparse now that I am off of retirement but I will do my best!

Decore Disaster Averted!

Today I decided to put up the wall decal I've been saving for YEARS.  I got it from under the books its been sitting under to keep it nice and flat and discovered that I've never noticed that it was missing a very pertinent letter in the saying. 

So after some texts we decided to just scratch the HAV altogether and use the sentence without it.  It fits so nicely on the bulk head right above our bed.

However, we decided the "I" is now strange looking.  I'm on a hunt on eBay to find a large cursive "I" and we'll put it on the left side and I think that will look way better than this.  However, due to the age of the decal it was having some trouble sticking to the wall.  A few sprays of hairspray and 8 hours later its still up there so hopefully that did the trick.  I'm waiting to order the "I" until we see if that did it or if I've wasted this decal for four plus years. 

 We ate pan fried chicken (thank goodness for the side burner on the grill so we don't have to heat up the house to eat!) and rice for lunch and then Launa and I headed out on errands while Charlie was supposed to go down for his nap.

Launa and I had to run to the Audi dealer to get my car from getting the air tuned up (we've been driving around a 2012 Audi for 2 days and its been pretty nice!) so we also hit Michaels for some craft items ( future post coming if it turns out well enough).  We spent an hour in Michaels!  I'm not crafty but there was this clearance aisle that was trying to force me to stare at these cheap $1 items and think of ways to use them.

NOT FRUGAL.

I ended up getting a couple of porcelain square planters but put them in the kids bathroom for their toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, etc.  Its more stylish than the Sesame Street bucket we had and it should match any kind of decor as they are white.  I also got a second for the small bottles of lotion, sunscreen, etc. that I'm going to put out when we have guests. 

I also found a tin planter, for fake plants, but I picked up a real plant and stuck it on the bulkhead in the kitchen.

It was getting pretty toasty in the house so we went swimming for an hour or so then came in to eat dinner.  We all ate something different of course.

Chad: popcorn

Charlie: Carrots & ranch, shaved ham, chips & cheese dip

Launa: Shaved ham, chips & cheese dip, 1/2 peach

Me: Ham sandwich, 1/2 peach, small salad

We attempted a movie (National Lampoons Dirty Movie) but it was so stupid we ended up watching reruns of How I Met Your  Mother and Tosh.O. 

We tried to eat some chocolate chip ice cream in the dark after we sent Charlie to bed but he came lurking out of the shadows so he got a frozen yogurt stick.

Tomorrow is Launa's meet and greet to see the inside of her school, classroom, and meet her teacher before she starts kindergarten on Monday!  OMG.

I've applied for several jobs this week but apparently nobody wants me just yet.  Perhaps fate will bring us that job where I make three figures?! (before the comma, not the decimal).

Crazy Busy Days...

We are officially 8 days until the Audi pulls out of the driveway we have been at for 11 years and makes a journey across the country to a house we bought three months ago and one I've never even seen in person yet!  Things are officially on the downward spiral and more than hectic over here.

As always, we waited until THE NIGHT BEFORE to finish up all of these random projects for the new owners and their final walk through tomorrow.  We could be seen doing things by the porch light and being attacked by mosquitoes but we didn't want them to see semi finished projects on the final walk through so I'm off to finish touching up the paint from the Spackle we did from the nail holes we've made, etc., etc., etc.

I've been crazy busy at work too training my replacement (aptly named Sarah) and so if I eat its whatever is in the fridge and I haven't worked out since LAST THURSDAY (my body is almost in starvation mode from lack of exercise if that's possible-I'm not counting our leisurely stroll to the library the other day because I didn't increase my heart rate one iota). 

Intake of Fuel today:
Breakfast: coffee, special K bar
Lunch: spaghetti, 1 c salad, roaster red pepper dressing
Dinner: 1 fajita, then fajita mix without shell, tortilla chips, cheese dip - Yes we went to Guadalajara on our way to Menard's for supplies. :)

Okay I'm off...to continue to paint.
I want the paint smell as much out of here as possible before these folks come by tomorrow.
Ta Ta!

Just another day in the 'hood

Today we invited a cousin over for the day and it was so nice out we had to do something outside. After PB & honey butter toast and a few hours of work we walked to the library for craft time (with about every kid in Polk City) but this amateur mom didn't know you had to pre-sign up so we just colored and picked out 5 books and 3 movies!  Launa even got one for me - an exercise DVD.  How thoughtful. :) 


















We headed home and had lunch, salad with strawberries, feta, and ginger soy dressing.

 

The kids played in the tent in the dining room almost all afternoon!  

 Launa and Don played on the playground while Charlie napped and I worked.  

We headed to Aunt Vickys to add to the already huge garage sale happening in a couple of weeks and then we settled down to eat from the fridge.  Again.

Charlie and I had spaghetti (mine on garlic buns - yummy).

Launa had a plate of cheese and lettuce.  Strange.  But her choice.

Now off to finish patching holes where we took down pictures and getting this place ready for the final walk through this week.  I'm also busy pre packing for the cross country move in 10 days!