Thursday, June 29, 2006
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
The Wedding!
Well, in response to a recent demand (Erin!), I'm finally taking time to write about the wedding last Saturday.
We had to be there at 12:30 so they could take some pictures beforehand. Soooo, we managed to get Caleb's morning nap in but no time for lunch. We were all STARVING before the wedding started. LOL Plus Keith's fighting a cold so he was really mean Saturday morning. I figured it was going to be a horrible day.
Anyway, when we got there amd started to get Keith dressed, his pants were still WAY too short. I mean, it looked like the seamstress had hemmed them more instead of letting them out. One of the bridesmaids and I tore the hem out and the mother of the bride tacked them hem up where it needed to be. There were some other clothing emergencies so they didn't start taking pictures until 1:30. The wedding started at 2:30 so about 2:15, I surrendered Keith to the bride.
What a little man he looked like! Oh my god, where did my little boy go? He did great walking down the aisle. I was really worried that when he saw all those people he wouldn't do it. But he didn't have any problem at all.
A few minutes into the ceremony I hear this little voice......."Mom?" uh oh, here we go. I asked him what he needed and he says "I have to pee!" LMAO. I asked him to wait a couple of minutes. A minute later I hear "mom, I really have to pee!" Brian took him out to pee and he stood there perfectly the rest of the wedding. After the wedding, they took a long time doing pictures so he got grumpy waiting.
Caleb was a little fussy during the ceremony but both of the boys were exceptional the rest of the day! I could not have asked for better children. Caleb never took another nap and we did not get home until after 9pm. No one could believe how good he was being with no nap. :-) He did sleep in Sunday morning....until 11:45 am! I would have been worried if I hadn't been able to hear him move around once in a while. LOL
All that worrying for nothing! Whew!
We had to be there at 12:30 so they could take some pictures beforehand. Soooo, we managed to get Caleb's morning nap in but no time for lunch. We were all STARVING before the wedding started. LOL Plus Keith's fighting a cold so he was really mean Saturday morning. I figured it was going to be a horrible day.
Anyway, when we got there amd started to get Keith dressed, his pants were still WAY too short. I mean, it looked like the seamstress had hemmed them more instead of letting them out. One of the bridesmaids and I tore the hem out and the mother of the bride tacked them hem up where it needed to be. There were some other clothing emergencies so they didn't start taking pictures until 1:30. The wedding started at 2:30 so about 2:15, I surrendered Keith to the bride.
What a little man he looked like! Oh my god, where did my little boy go? He did great walking down the aisle. I was really worried that when he saw all those people he wouldn't do it. But he didn't have any problem at all.
A few minutes into the ceremony I hear this little voice......."Mom?" uh oh, here we go. I asked him what he needed and he says "I have to pee!" LMAO. I asked him to wait a couple of minutes. A minute later I hear "mom, I really have to pee!" Brian took him out to pee and he stood there perfectly the rest of the wedding. After the wedding, they took a long time doing pictures so he got grumpy waiting.
Caleb was a little fussy during the ceremony but both of the boys were exceptional the rest of the day! I could not have asked for better children. Caleb never took another nap and we did not get home until after 9pm. No one could believe how good he was being with no nap. :-) He did sleep in Sunday morning....until 11:45 am! I would have been worried if I hadn't been able to hear him move around once in a while. LOL
All that worrying for nothing! Whew!
Friday, June 23, 2006
A couple of things on my mind
Keith is going to be a ringbearer in Brian's cousin's wedding tomorrow. Guess what, I AM TOTALLY FREAKING! I am going to be a basketcase tomorrow. I'm soooo concerned that he's going to misbehave. We went to rehearsal last night and he was up and down on the stage and stairs (the wedding is in a movie theater) sitting, standing, BURPING!!!!, fidgeting, whining, etc.
Please please please, God, I'm begging you, let it go smoothly.
The second thing that's bugging me........
One of my dear friends on a message board I'm addicted to was recently telling us about her job. And you can tell by the tone of her posts that she LOVES her job. I want that. I want to be totally in love with my job.
Do I like my job? ehh, its a job. It pays decent and has great health insurance. What do I want to do? I want to work with animals. That has always always been my dream. Where am I going to be in 40 years? Sitting in the same office. Yup, I'll probably die at the keyboard.
I feel so restless..........unfulfilled........I'm not sure how to describe it. So what am I gonna do about it? Well, I'm going to fill out an application to volunteer at the local animal shelter. Gotta start somewhere right?
Please please please, God, I'm begging you, let it go smoothly.
The second thing that's bugging me........
One of my dear friends on a message board I'm addicted to was recently telling us about her job. And you can tell by the tone of her posts that she LOVES her job. I want that. I want to be totally in love with my job.
Do I like my job? ehh, its a job. It pays decent and has great health insurance. What do I want to do? I want to work with animals. That has always always been my dream. Where am I going to be in 40 years? Sitting in the same office. Yup, I'll probably die at the keyboard.
I feel so restless..........unfulfilled........I'm not sure how to describe it. So what am I gonna do about it? Well, I'm going to fill out an application to volunteer at the local animal shelter. Gotta start somewhere right?
Monday, June 19, 2006
busy busy
We had a pretty busy weekend. Now I need two days off so I can actually have a weekend. LOL
Friday night I dropped the boys off at my MIL's for the night so Brian and I could go grocery shopping. hmmm, I wonder if most people take their kids with them grocery shopping? Well, anyway, we don't normally because we live an hour from Wal-mart and the grocery store so by the time you hit both of those places and get home it takes 5 or 6 hours. Uh uh, just not gonna make those kids suffer that long, sitting in carts. So, they stayed at my MIL's Friday night. We didn't get home from grocery shopping until 12:20 am. Ugh.
Saturday morning bright and early we got up to gather up unwanted junk we had around the house to take to the dumpster that the township brings in once a year. 3 pick up loads later, we were done with that project! Really, it wasn't all our junk tho, some was Mom and Dad's. Seriously, it was! We also picked up a lawn mower that Brian is trying to get running. Its just like his old one so he'll be able to use it for parts if nothing else. I took a half hour nap, got a shower, ran to pick the boys up and went to my best friend, J's little girl E's 6th birthday party.
Wow, talk about hot. There wasn't much shade either. Whew! Caleb started getting cranky after about an hour and a half so he and I went home for nap time. Keith ended up spending the whole night with E. Those two are SO cute! They are bestest friends, Keith tells me. :-)
Ahhh, finally some down time, after Caleb went to bed, I just relaxed. Then Sunday there was laundry and cleaning and more laundry. Yesterday afternoon we got Keith's slip and slide out for him to play with then him and my mom got in the pool for a little while. Caleb would have loved to have gotten in the pool. I dangled him down in and he loved it! Hopefully, they will get the pool totally cleared up and we can really use it.
So I'm exhausted today, its just not fair that I have to work 5 days and only get 2 off!
Friday night I dropped the boys off at my MIL's for the night so Brian and I could go grocery shopping. hmmm, I wonder if most people take their kids with them grocery shopping? Well, anyway, we don't normally because we live an hour from Wal-mart and the grocery store so by the time you hit both of those places and get home it takes 5 or 6 hours. Uh uh, just not gonna make those kids suffer that long, sitting in carts. So, they stayed at my MIL's Friday night. We didn't get home from grocery shopping until 12:20 am. Ugh.
Saturday morning bright and early we got up to gather up unwanted junk we had around the house to take to the dumpster that the township brings in once a year. 3 pick up loads later, we were done with that project! Really, it wasn't all our junk tho, some was Mom and Dad's. Seriously, it was! We also picked up a lawn mower that Brian is trying to get running. Its just like his old one so he'll be able to use it for parts if nothing else. I took a half hour nap, got a shower, ran to pick the boys up and went to my best friend, J's little girl E's 6th birthday party.
Wow, talk about hot. There wasn't much shade either. Whew! Caleb started getting cranky after about an hour and a half so he and I went home for nap time. Keith ended up spending the whole night with E. Those two are SO cute! They are bestest friends, Keith tells me. :-)
Ahhh, finally some down time, after Caleb went to bed, I just relaxed. Then Sunday there was laundry and cleaning and more laundry. Yesterday afternoon we got Keith's slip and slide out for him to play with then him and my mom got in the pool for a little while. Caleb would have loved to have gotten in the pool. I dangled him down in and he loved it! Hopefully, they will get the pool totally cleared up and we can really use it.
So I'm exhausted today, its just not fair that I have to work 5 days and only get 2 off!
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
I do not schedule these things!
So obviously, my volunteering at the fire station is a problem for my husband. I have been a member of this fire company since I was 13. Yes, it does take up some of my time. Not a lot, not even 50% of my time is spent at the hall.
However, once a month when meeting night comes around, my husband gets a little grouchy because I'm not home for a couple of hours in the evening. Deal with it! Last night was our monthly meeting and horror of all horrors, there is a class at the station tonight that I really should attend. Its not mandatory or anything but it will give me a couple of more continuing education credits towards my EMT certification. And its only 2 minutes from home as opposed to having to travel a half an hour or more to go to a class, so it really wouldn't look good if I didn't go.
Anyway, I mentioned something about it again today to Brian so I was sure he remembered and he says "I'd rather you didn't go, you were gone all evening last night"
Excuse the fuck out of me?
He has things he wants to do tonight. Therefore, I guess, as always my life is supposed to be over as soon as I leave work. Seriously, I do nothing after work. I cannot do anything outside which is probably why it usually looks like white trash live at my house. I can just hear people saying "take Caleb outside with you". I'm pretty sure these are the people that have no children because if they did, they would understand that you cannot accomplish anything while trying to keep a one year old from wandering into the road, eating grass, eating stones, eating bugs, pulling leaves off the rose bush, getting pricked by the rose bush.
So, too bad for my husband, but I am going to this class, and he'll have to get over it. I'm sorry I will be gone for two evenings but seriously I did not ask them to do this the night after the meeting.
However, once a month when meeting night comes around, my husband gets a little grouchy because I'm not home for a couple of hours in the evening. Deal with it! Last night was our monthly meeting and horror of all horrors, there is a class at the station tonight that I really should attend. Its not mandatory or anything but it will give me a couple of more continuing education credits towards my EMT certification. And its only 2 minutes from home as opposed to having to travel a half an hour or more to go to a class, so it really wouldn't look good if I didn't go.
Anyway, I mentioned something about it again today to Brian so I was sure he remembered and he says "I'd rather you didn't go, you were gone all evening last night"
Excuse the fuck out of me?
He has things he wants to do tonight. Therefore, I guess, as always my life is supposed to be over as soon as I leave work. Seriously, I do nothing after work. I cannot do anything outside which is probably why it usually looks like white trash live at my house. I can just hear people saying "take Caleb outside with you". I'm pretty sure these are the people that have no children because if they did, they would understand that you cannot accomplish anything while trying to keep a one year old from wandering into the road, eating grass, eating stones, eating bugs, pulling leaves off the rose bush, getting pricked by the rose bush.
So, too bad for my husband, but I am going to this class, and he'll have to get over it. I'm sorry I will be gone for two evenings but seriously I did not ask them to do this the night after the meeting.
Monday, June 12, 2006
Instead of complaining...........
If I start typing out all the things that irritated me this weekend, I would be here all day. So instead here a few "good" things:
The Best Things in Life
Falling in love
Laughing so hard your face hurts
A hot shower
A special glance
Getting mail
A drive in the country
Hearing your favorite song on the radio
Lying in bed with the one you love, listening to the rain
A chocolate milkshake
A bubble bath
Finding $20 in your coat from last winter
Laughing for absolutely no reason at all
Having someone tell you that you're beautiful
Sweet dreams
Road trips with friends
Watching the sunrise
Discovering that love is unconditional and stronger than time
The Best Things in Life
Falling in love
Laughing so hard your face hurts
A hot shower
A special glance
Getting mail
A drive in the country
Hearing your favorite song on the radio
Lying in bed with the one you love, listening to the rain
A chocolate milkshake
A bubble bath
Finding $20 in your coat from last winter
Laughing for absolutely no reason at all
Having someone tell you that you're beautiful
Sweet dreams
Road trips with friends
Watching the sunrise
Discovering that love is unconditional and stronger than time
Monday, June 05, 2006
Finally!
My husband has a job! Its been a long 10 months that Brian hasn't worked. Don't get me wrong, it was great for him to be home with the kids for a while. But its been way past time for him to get back to work. Its been extremely difficult surviving on just my income.
This job just fell in his lap! I've said SO many prayers since yesterday thanking God for this. I'm so grateful.
This job just fell in his lap! I've said SO many prayers since yesterday thanking God for this. I'm so grateful.
Friday, June 02, 2006
no surprise visits, please!
I don't generally like it when people just "drop by" my house. Probably because its usually a mess and most of the time I'm not really presentable for company.
We had just sat down to dinner last night when the door rattles a little and in walkes.....my MIL. You've got to be freakin' kidding me! Now, we have a hard enough time getting Keith to sit down and eat dinner. He's forever getting distracted and he just doesn't want to eat and then 5 minutes later he's asking for a snack. Now just imagine the normal chaos of getting him to eat and add my MIL. WTF was she thinking?
Don't get me wrong, I don't mind that she comes to visit. (okay, well, in the very dark recesses of my mind, I do) But please please call and give me a heads up, okay? That way I can say, "oh you plan on coming at 5:30? Gee, that's dinner time, let's make it 6 or 6:30."
The other problem I have with this whole thing, KNOCKING IS POLITE! Do not just walk in my house! Yes, I realize that it does not bug me when MY mother does it. But it does really really really bug me when my MIL walks in unannounced. Actually it just pisses me right off.
The result of last nights unexpected visit? A grumpy 4 year old b/c he didn't want to eat, he wanted to play with Mimi, a grumpy husband b/c the 4 year old didn't want to eat, and a grumpy me simply b/c I just spent three days with the woman and really it was too soon for me to have to put up with a visit. Especially unannounced.
GRRRRRRR!
We had just sat down to dinner last night when the door rattles a little and in walkes.....my MIL. You've got to be freakin' kidding me! Now, we have a hard enough time getting Keith to sit down and eat dinner. He's forever getting distracted and he just doesn't want to eat and then 5 minutes later he's asking for a snack. Now just imagine the normal chaos of getting him to eat and add my MIL. WTF was she thinking?
Don't get me wrong, I don't mind that she comes to visit. (okay, well, in the very dark recesses of my mind, I do) But please please call and give me a heads up, okay? That way I can say, "oh you plan on coming at 5:30? Gee, that's dinner time, let's make it 6 or 6:30."
The other problem I have with this whole thing, KNOCKING IS POLITE! Do not just walk in my house! Yes, I realize that it does not bug me when MY mother does it. But it does really really really bug me when my MIL walks in unannounced. Actually it just pisses me right off.
The result of last nights unexpected visit? A grumpy 4 year old b/c he didn't want to eat, he wanted to play with Mimi, a grumpy husband b/c the 4 year old didn't want to eat, and a grumpy me simply b/c I just spent three days with the woman and really it was too soon for me to have to put up with a visit. Especially unannounced.
GRRRRRRR!
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