MOHAWK!!!

Nate had been asking, since before school got out, to get a mowhawk... which I am not particularly fond of but it seems to be all the rage with the kids this year. So he finally convinced us(Michael) that he should get one and Michael brought him to Rooney's to get it cut.
I actually think it is rather cute. Not that I am going to let him know that but(LOL)... here is a before and an after picture.

Last Day of School

Well, today was the last day of school for Nate. I have had a great time volunteering this past year. Mrs. Lake was SOOOO generous to all of her volunteers, she gave us all a beautiful poem.

Starfish

One day a woman was walking along the shore. As she looked down the beach, she saw a child moving like a dancer. She smiled to herself to think of someone who would dance to the day. So she began to walk faster to catch up. As she got closer, she saw that the child wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down, picking up something and very gently tossing it into the ocean.

As she got closer she called out, "Good morning! What are you doing?" The child paused, looked up and replied, "Throwing starfish in the ocean."

"I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?"
"The sun is up and the tide is going out. The starfish won't survive on shore."

But child, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach
and starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!"

The child listened politely. Then bent down, picked up another starfish
and threw it into the ocean, past the breaking waves and said-
"It made a difference for that one."

One person CAN make a difference!

With the poem she gave all of us a beautiful starfish necklace, as well as some notepaper, a card and a starfish(dry). I am so grateful, but it makes me feel guilty, I volunteer just to get in there and help out not for the extras. It was such a nice day to go in although a little crazy, the kids were very excited for summer. I am looking forward to it as well although I may just have to FORCE Michael to take some time off.

Ok Seriously!!

We have been home from Disney for a few weeks now. We had a great time took lots of pictures. It was a little tough getting around to see everything with the big group we went with BUT it was lots of fun I just wish we had been able to spend more time there. I felt like we missed a lot of the stuff that Jackie would have enjoyed, we did not get to any of the playhouse disney stuff in Disney Hollywood or any of the little mermaid stuff, but she loved Magic Kingdom so maybe next time.

I had been really concerned about the food issue with Jackie's Celiac BUT the food was awesome. They made her her own pancakes, or Waffles every morning, the chef came out to talk to us and made sure it came right to us. We had to wait a little bit but it was definately worth it. We only had problems once and that was an error on the servers part and was caught by me before she actually ate any of it. THANK GOD, I would NOT have been happy dealing with a sick child because of server error.

On an entirely different note we have gotten a new addition to our household this week, her name is Bella, she is seven weeks old and is absolutely adorable. She is a yellow lab and is the most mellow pup. She is a wonderful addition to our family and we are having such fun with her.

APRIL Fools

I posted!!! HAH!!

OFF to Disney

We are off the visit Disney World today. I am up at 630 getting the bills paid for the week and just thought I would post a quick note. The kids had a really hard time going to sleep last night they were so excited but they are still sleeping oops change that Nate just came out and scared me half to death and he is already dressed and SOOO EXCITED!!!

See you all soon. I'll tell Mickey you said HI.

Hannah Montana and Nate

Nate has gotten into this Hannah Montana craze. I am finding it sort of funny, BUT he says it is because he likes her "brother" and "Rico". I don't mind too much cause I sort of like the show too but what is going on with my 7 year old.

What about Phinneas and Ferb too. He "HAS" to stay up to watch it this week. This is almost making me a little crazy, but he has to have all of his "stuff" cleaned up, and be ready for bed before he watches it. I guess that is a good thing, since my living room has been clean when the kids go to bed for the last couple of nights and I have not had to do it myself. YAHOO!!

Did I use too many "Quotes" or what??? LOL.

Saving Box tops and Shaw's receipts --- Clutter or ???

I have been saving Shaw's receipts for a few months because they will donate 1 percent of the purchases* to a non profit organization. I also save the box tops for the schools so that they can get stuff for them. I know they(Box Tops) helped get things a few years ago.

Here in town the elementary school had a collection spot(for the Shaw's Receipts) for one of the sick kids in town, cannot remember if it was Acacia or Athena. I do not know if they still are but I have been saving the receipts anyway. I figure that every little bit helps.

Does anyone else do this? I am starting to feel like if I didn't it would help with my clutter.

New projects that i have completed recently

Here is a picture of a countdown calendar that I made for us to keep track of how many days left until Disney.


Here is a picture of a birthday card that I made for my sister. This was my first layout for a birthday card, a little different than my usual scrapbboking pages.

I have to say my cricut has been an awesome "gift". I have made so many pages for my scrapbook albums and now these 2 projects. It has been worth the $$ spent.

Things I would much rather do than housework...

I would much rather be playing with the kids, reading a book, playing on the computer, scrapbooking, gardening...oops wrong time of year, shall I go on...

I have a rather dirty/messy house this week and am so NOT in the mood to clean. I feel sort of guilty since Michael comes home from work to a messy house but this weather does not help. I have been doing the laundry at least but the rest of the house... you get the picture. I think not having the dog around to clean up after makes it all that much harder too, the dog hair used to drive me crazy.

We are leaving for Disney World in 16 days so hopefully between now and then it will get done. I really hate coming home to a dirty house. I should maybe go do some housework and make dinner but the kids are calling...

OMG it is a NEW YEAR

OMG, I cannot beleive it is 2008. I have not been very faithful to my blog throughout 2007, life has just gotten in the way and sometimes I feel that what I want to say should not be posted for all the world to see. I am in the process of getting the house clean and felt I needed a break.

I have been trying to keep it to at least a middle of the road type of clean for a while now, so it is not too bad. Especially since my mother was here this past week and she "helps" me clean. I think she like to help me organize. The funny thing is her house except for the dust is EXTREMELY similar to mine cleanliness wise, although they (my parents) have MUCH more room than me since they have a four bedroom house with a "formal" living room and dining room. I love her coming to visit but am glad that the next time we see her it will be in DISNEY WORLD in March so my house will not need to be cleaned. LOL.

I have been continuing my weight watchers meetings and hope to continue eating healthy and lose a "few" more pounds. I would love to be at 175 by our Disney vacation in the beginning of March. I am at 184.2 as of this mornings weigh in, so I have 6 weeks of weigh ins to get there. My final goal is going to be 135 I think, which is above the high level of my height range for me the low level absolutely scares me LOL(109-131 is the range).

I am loving the way some of my clothes are starting to get loose. I have been working really hard at trying not to snack on junk food when I am hungry I try to have a drink and some fruit or veggies, does not always work but i have gotten a whole host of snacks that I really like so that I can snack easily most of the time when I want to. I still love my sweets though, don't get me wrong just trying to limit them somewhat. Walking has been my standby on getting exercise although I am loving the workout that are available for free on demand when I want a change from my regulars.

Well, I need to get back to cleaning and go down and change the laundry. But I actually posted. ROFL.