Gone

Gone is my cold but the allergies are here. Every morning it's the same, blowing my nose and itchy eyes and nose. Ugh. I will be glad when this settles down. Hopefully the cold front and possible rain will help in the next week.

Yesterday Mike stayed home from work. It was nice to have him home but the day went too fast.  I am in need of new clothes so we went shopping for that. We stopped at ross at the mall and I didn't find a thing. We ended up heading to another ross and I found a shirt. It is so hard to shop for myself. I see so many cute things and usually they are too small. That should be enough for me to get off my rump and exercise. Anyway I find it difficult to find shirts that look alright on my fit.

Mikey had his Monday night football game and as far as I know they did good. Neither team scored. He said they almost did and fumbled. We only stayed for about 7 minutes.  Kaylee took the umbrella away from the twins which made them want to climb the bleachers so I just decided ok time to go.  Bleachers are too dangerous for 2 year olds.

After we picked up Mikey we went to target to get a few things. Then it was back home to get ready for bed.

A bit better

Yesterday was a long day for me. I was exhasted and still sick. I'm feeling a little better this morning. I took care of the twins as usual. I was not only not feeling well but I was grumpy. I hate that feeling. I pushed through the day, my morning I spent cleaning and then doing some organizing. I sure wish I could get organized and stay that way!

Today I did the laundry and put it mostly away. I can never seem to do it all at once. I gave the twins lunch and they actually ate today. They must finally be recovered from this cold. I wish I could say the same. Everything still smells and tastes funny. I cleaned up after their lunch and made mine. After I ate I had to break up a fight between the two and they layed down. Next thing I knew they were asleep. So I fully took advantage and took a nap myself.

When I woke up from my lovely nap Mike was already home. So I reluctantly got up knowing I had to go to work. Today was just a blah day and I really hope that tomorrow I can get up and stay up without going back to bed after the kids are at school. I am off tomorrow and hopefully I feel even better. I would like to be 100% better by Saturday,  we are trying to plan a trip to six flags. I guess time will tell.

2 done

I managed to get 2 of my craft projects done. One was a plastic folgers coffee can that I made a new label for and is now my new piggy bank. Not really a big project but one that was sitting on my desk waiting to be done. Secondly I made those shirts for the 3 little kids. And I'm excited that they will be put to use this afternoon at mikeys football game. I ended up just doing the front of the shirt. I had planned to put their last name and mikeys football number on the back but decided not too so they can be used for other school things.

I was off work yesterday but I didn't get too much done. I was sick. I still am. I hate being sick. I started the day by hanging out in my bed and then taking Lexi to give my mom some popcorn to sell and then by my sisters house to sell popcorn to her. I didn't even get out of the car. I felt bad for doing that but my short trip would have ended up being a long trip and I didn't feel well. On the way home I stopped for sonic drinks and fed the twins.

Then I had a crazy idea to take them to the park. That was fun but it was so hot. I let them play for about 20 minutes.  I wish it had been longer but it wasn't.  After the park we came home and the twins cooled down as did the rest of us. We just lounged around the rest of the evening. I made a cake, a new recipe. It was okay.  Next time though I will substitute the almond extract for vanilla. The almond was a little strong in taste.

#60

Mikey played his game on Monday night and they won 12-0!!!! I don't think he quit smiling all night! It ended up being Kaylee, Ella and myself who watched him play. Harley was napping, so Mike stayed home with him and Lexi was practically dead on the couch. She was sick and didn't feel well so I didn't even try to wake her. He did good and you could tell most of these boys were nervous. It really was awesome. And the girls enjoyed it. Ella liked cheering and clapping. And his number is 60. It was quite funny because he shares that number with another kid.  So now I have rethought and im not going to put his number on the twins shirts. That would be awkward. 

Harley ended up getting sick tuesday night. I was at work and got a phone call, he threw up on mike. As of last night Ella is sick too. They barely slept last night too. They have colds. I think Harley threw up because of drainage. I will be glad when this sickness is over.

I'm proud of Kaylee, she brought her progress report home yesterday and she is passing everything.  She is only struggling in math at this point and I hope to help her boost her math skills. I have a few math websites and some flashcards for her. I wanted to do some worksheets but I don't think she would be thrilled about more paperwork. 

I am ready to have tomorrow off. I am so tired this week. Plus I have a few craft projects I am trying to work on. I really need to get the shirts done so the 3 little kids can wear them on Monday. Thats my focus as of now. I also have a wood transfer project but I think I need some wood slabs.

It's about time to take kids to school and then maybe back home to take a nap.

Game time!

Well today is Mikeys first football game! I'm so excited to see him play. I was really worried that he wouldn't get to play because of grades but I believe he got that straightend out. So we will all go to see him play at 6:30. Of course I think Lexi may stay home, she doesn't feel well. She has a sore throat and just feels blah. I am concerned about taking the twins but we will see how it goes. I hope they do well. I am in the process of making tshirts for them to wear to the games. I really hoped to have them ready for tonight but Mikey doesn't have his jersey number yet, so maybe for next weeks game.

I don't think I wrote about the car dying on my again! Our red car, we got it back on Friday from the mechanic and I drove it to work on Saturday.  When I went to lunch that day the car wouldn't start. Ugh! Thats 3 Saturdays in 4 weeks! Maybe I should start walking to work! Anyway we got to the mechanic today and they will pick it up from my work and find out what is wrong with it. I tell ya these cars are expensive. So now just the waiting game to see how much it will cost to fix. I really am so done with that car! We have probably put more money into it than it's worth.

Worried

Tomorrow is Monday and Mikeys first football game. I am not sure if he will play or not.  If he isn't passing all of his classes he doesn't get to play. He plans to retake a test tomorrow but I don't think it will be enough. It is also upsetting because the class he is failing is a class he wasn't required to take but forced by the school. I hope he gets to play. I know rules are rules but he had a semi rough start upon finding out 2 of his classes were forced by the school. He thought I had put him in them.  Either way it all boils down to the states standardized testing. I don't agree with any of it. I believe those tests are ruining some of our children. I also believe the teachers do nothing but teach material for the test. I think it's good to have a test to show what the kids have learned but they just cram all this crud at them and if they don't pass they get to stress all over again studying. Then if they don't pass the retake they either fail that grade or have to retake the next year. I simply don't agree with the tests. If I knew a way around the test I would and wouldn't force my kid to take this test.

Pictures

Yesterday I cleared out all the pictures on my phone. Oh and videos too. I had 10gb of photos and video, crazy. My sd wasn't full but it wasn't going to be long before it was. I don't carry my camera with me like I use to so my phone camera always comes into play. Isn't it great to have such wonderful technology at our fingertips?

Today I don't have too much planned. I think though I will set up the twins table and chairs in their room and let them play with it. I hate that we keep it put away but they like to climb on it. I need to go thru my clutter in my room. I have a stack of picture frames in my closet that have no pictures in them but yet I don't want to do away with them. Maybe I can cram them somewhere until I use them. I also have a dismantled dora the explorer desk/storage stored in my closet too. Hopefully I can start to declutter a bit. I plan to take a vacation soon but would rather not use my whole vacation for cleaning.

As I close this post I ask for prayers for a customer from work. I found out he is really sick and can use good thoughts and prayers for a great recovery. Also for another customer although I don't know her, her dog is missing. She seemed very distraught about her missing pooch. I sure hope someone finds her soon.

August

This is August according to my phone.

We had to get an oil change and here are 2 of my girls making themselves at home by sitting on the floor of all places.

 

Lexi and Harley had the right idea

 

We chase the cat and the poor cat tolerates them.

 

Played outside with the water table

 

Kaylee claims the cat is hers and loves to feed him.

 

Harley put all his ducks in a row and gated them in.

 

Kaylee in her new glasses

 

Lexi in her new glasses

 

Kaylee trying to be a toddler again. Ella was napping

 

Selfie.

 

Something we made. Love it.

 

First day of 7th Grade for Mikey, 9th Grade for Lexi and 3rd Grade for Kaylee.

 

I tried. Lexi has looked non stop for her name, so I made it hers.

 

I bought my self season 4.

 

Happy Meal- My child is dipping apples in bbq sauce.

 

Ella enjoying hers.

Week 2

Last week was crazy and I am thrilled for a less busy week! The kids had a good first week back. Lexi was very excited to finally begin gymnastics today. Mikey he likes jr high but is not liking the homework. I hope he changes that or else he won't be playing sports with school. Kaylee likes school when she wants to. We did buy her a new lunchbox over the weekend, a frozen lunchbox, so she was excited to go to school this morning with her packed lunch.

I worked all weekend, 2 eight hour shifts. I was so tired and happy that I was able to sleep in on Monday since there was no school. I have to work today but thankfully I will be off tomorrow for my hubbys birthday. Yesterday we went to six flags. We didn't stay too long. And I was fine with that. I had too much other stuff to get done at home. I cut Mikeys hair since we missed that the first week of school. I also helped kaylee shampoo her hair. She has problems with doing it herself. I also did a load of laundry. Chores never end.

Most days I wonder why in the heck did I want to become an adult! It's tough.

I almost forgot, I broke the other car on Saturday.  Yep of course I was driving it but thankfully I was close to home. Unlike if my husband had been driving home from work he wouldn't have made it home. By the time I got it home it was overheating and all the gauges were acting weird. The husband is pretty sure it is the serpentine belt and plans to change it out tomorrow.  I hope he will be able to do this job himself. We can't afford to send another car to the mechanic.

^^^ The above was from the other day^^^

Yesterday was hubbys birthday. When Kaylee asked me how old dad is now I told her and her reply was oh I thought he was 100 today! He had a pretty good day.  We got up and I started laundry after I took the kids to school.  Then we headed out to go find a book for Lexi that she needed for school. Our first stop didn't have it but they were able to check another store for us and they had it. Yay! Then by his choice he stopped off and got the serpentine belt for his car.

  We got back to the house and I switched out laundry and then we headed back out to grab some lunch. We ended up at Cicis pizza. And this time the twins actually ate. Actually Harley did until he noticed the game room which terrifies him. I guess its the sounds and the darkness.

We got back home and Mike tried to fix the car. Decided it has another problem as well. It is going to be between 2 and 5 hundred to fix, that was the given estimate. The mechanic won't know exactly until he looks at it. I say forget about that car and try to get a new car. I am off work this weekend so we are going to "look".  I think it would be better to get something a little more reliable.  The current car we paid $500 for. We bought it from my sister. The car is 20 years old. If we can find something with a small monthly payment I would be happy with that. So maybe we will find something.