good morning!
of all the days of the week, Ethan chooses this one to sleep in! hes out! but thats okay, he needs about a days worth of sleep to catch himself up! hes been grouchy for days and its tiring!
today is Saturday! its 74degrees in my house and i have NOTHING to do today! (until later, we have a short wedding here in Knoxville). i made myself a list of errands i will need to run and i should probably do laundry. but other that that the day is wide open! it makes me so happy!
this week was crazy busy. i was tired. and we are behind at work. not bad, but just enough to make us both a little crazy. our Senior appointments are slowing down now because school has started. thats good because it lets Jeff actually be in the office to do some stuff. i got totally caught up on my editing on Thursday and then the rest of Thursday and Friday i worked like mad to get a better handle on my orders. i sent a huge order to the lab yesterday and i actually feel pretty good about where i'm at now. i brought a bunch home to retouch this weekend so that'll help too.
about this time of year we are praying just a tiny bit for that slow time in January! but.... we dont like snow... so it only lasts for a tiny bit!
i've been trying to think of family picture ideas for this year. we usually do a family picture around Ethan's birthday(October) just because it seems easier. i want to do a Hawkeyes picture this year! i actually wanted to do it out by the corn - how Iowa is that?! but its starting to look like we wont be able to get our act together until the corn is starting to be harvested. we'll see i guess.
this coming Tuesday is our first taste of Preschool. Ethan's class - Thrilling Three's - is meeting Tuesday night for a "meet the teacher/class" night. Ethan's so very excited to go to school! the biggest thing i'm worried about with him is his listening and sharing. he shares fairly well with other kids.... unless hes tired or basically just doesn't want to. and his listening skills are to be desired, as i'm sure is true with all 3 year olds. i think he listens better to other adults than he does to me though... so we might be okay.
anyways,. we got him a backpack last week and today we will go and get him some new tennis shoes! i'm needing to purge his closet again and then hit up Plush Pony or find some good Children's Place sales to get him some new clothes. i've just hung on to most of his t-shirts because its summer and he just gets them dirty and sweaty. no need to have perfectly fitting ones for that!
other than that we are pretty low key here. matt took on yet another roofing job. hes not too thrilled about it, but Adam asked him to and that's what friends do! he was up at... well after his alarm - at 6:40 this morning. they are just down the street from here so at least we can go over and check up on them today. maybe i'll be nice and make them lemonade or something! :) as for our house, Matt said our roofing guy called him and we were supposed to get supplies delivered sometime soon. so that means our house is on the "soon" list now! we're really hoping by the midding of September its all done. not that i'm in a huge hurry, because we aren't paying for it, but itd just be nice to get it all done so we can do the Open House thing again.
its almost 8 now and my kid is still passed out. i suppose laundry is next on my list! have a good one!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
"" its amazing how you can speak right to my heart ""
doing: this, and up too early
feeling: really good!
listening to: Matt Maher radio on Jango. listening for some new Christian Rock bands to introduce to my high schoolers this year!
today is my ANNIVERSARY!!! today Matthew and i have been married for 7 years! SEVEN! oh my goodness i feel so old! 7 doesnt seem like that long, especially since i can still remember our wedding day very well! but we were together for 6 years before that, that makes us an old old married couple! haha!
we've been through so much in the last 7 years and as i look back on it sometimes it just didnt seem like we'd make it through. there were times when we both were trying to decide how we'd support ourselves when we were alone. but we powered through and here we are. another year down and we are happier than ever! i told him a long time ago that i knew he was the one i wanted to raise our children with and hes the one i wanted to be sitting with when we were old and gray. he still is! even when i'm mad at him or he's griping at me for something, at the end of the day he's the one i want!
i consider myself very lucky to have found the guy i want forever when i was so young. we started dating when we were Sophmores in HS. we were just kids. i hardly i knew him, except through mutual friends. but we started dating and found out we actually had a few things in common. we always joke that we have NOTHING in common-and thats actually closer to the truth. we hardly like any of the same things. and i honestly dont know how we even started a conversation! but God knew we were meant for each other and He helped us out a little i think.
we dated through the rest of high school. he gave me a promise ring a little more than a year after we started dating. he promised not to marry me, but to always love me no matter what.
he joined the Navy after high school. i was supportive even though i didnt want to be..... he was in Chicago for boot camp. he always looked super hot in his whites. (salior uniform). he went to Gulfport, Mississippi for A-School. i got to go visit him a couple times there. then he went to Spaine for more training....and drinking! and then it was 9/11. i think i was in a daze for a week becuase of everything and then i cried for 3 days because he told me he'd have to go overseas. this was in 2002 and he promised me he would be back and we'd get married. we set a wedding date, August 22, 2003. i'm sure i told him he had to be back or i was marrying someone else on that day! he was overseas for the longest 3 months of my life. i think God was truly looking over us because Matt somehow caught a break and got an early flight home, he was one of the only ones who got to. he was home finally! that was early in the year. i told him he was out. he had to get out because i couldn't do that stupid military thing anymore! (to you military wives i give you a huge thumbs up! i was lucky becuase Matt wasn't in too long, but i couldn't have handled it any longer!)
we were married on Friday, August 22, 2003. the entire week before that was stupid hot and humid. the schools were closed because it was so hot. and then Friday came and the weather was PERFECT! i'm talking low 80's, a nice breeze and sunny! it was the first day school was back in session and my brothers didn't have to go!
me and my girls were up early at the salon getting beautiful! then we went to Treasured Portraits for my family pictures and pictures with my girls. Matt and his guys-well, to this day i still dont ask too much of what they did before pictures, because i've heard different stories and not many of them are great! haha!
we finally saw each other at the church after almost 2 hours of being ready. i was pacing i was so nervous. but after we saw each other it all melted away.
our ceremony was short and sweet, just how we wanted it. all our friends and family were there with us and it was wonderful! we walked out to people blowing bubbles and those are some of my favorite pictures of the day!
then we took a few more pictures then headed off to the reception! we danced, ate, danced some more, talked with everyone and just had a great time! our first dance song was Alison Krauss, "When You Say Nothing At All"
i have no idea if something went wrong, or if something wasnt there. to me everything turned out perfectly! looking back there are just a couple things i would have changed, but nothing major and nothing i regret. well, okay, one thing. i really really wanted candles in the front of the church, like tons and tons of candles! i got talked out of it because it was August and hot. now i know i could have gotten the battery powered ones.. and that'd been sweet!!
when i look back it couldn't have gone better. i was happy, i married the man i loved and we are now into living happily ever after!
to celebrate last night we went to eat at Centro and it was AMAZING! i seriously haven't had that good of a meal for ages! and to end it with a perfect homemade cheesecake was to die for! we could have both just laid down in our booth and slept happily the rest of the night! we then we to Lowe's. my present to Matt was to go tool shopping with him. hes like a kid in a toy store. he got a bunch of new stuff that he SAID he needed.......i'm not so sure! :) then we went over to see Ben and his new apartment. we hung out with him and his friends for a little while. i know it doesn't sound like a great anniversary celebration, but we had a good time!
feeling: really good!
listening to: Matt Maher radio on Jango. listening for some new Christian Rock bands to introduce to my high schoolers this year!
today is my ANNIVERSARY!!! today Matthew and i have been married for 7 years! SEVEN! oh my goodness i feel so old! 7 doesnt seem like that long, especially since i can still remember our wedding day very well! but we were together for 6 years before that, that makes us an old old married couple! haha!
we've been through so much in the last 7 years and as i look back on it sometimes it just didnt seem like we'd make it through. there were times when we both were trying to decide how we'd support ourselves when we were alone. but we powered through and here we are. another year down and we are happier than ever! i told him a long time ago that i knew he was the one i wanted to raise our children with and hes the one i wanted to be sitting with when we were old and gray. he still is! even when i'm mad at him or he's griping at me for something, at the end of the day he's the one i want!
i consider myself very lucky to have found the guy i want forever when i was so young. we started dating when we were Sophmores in HS. we were just kids. i hardly i knew him, except through mutual friends. but we started dating and found out we actually had a few things in common. we always joke that we have NOTHING in common-and thats actually closer to the truth. we hardly like any of the same things. and i honestly dont know how we even started a conversation! but God knew we were meant for each other and He helped us out a little i think.
we dated through the rest of high school. he gave me a promise ring a little more than a year after we started dating. he promised not to marry me, but to always love me no matter what.
he joined the Navy after high school. i was supportive even though i didnt want to be..... he was in Chicago for boot camp. he always looked super hot in his whites. (salior uniform). he went to Gulfport, Mississippi for A-School. i got to go visit him a couple times there. then he went to Spaine for more training....and drinking! and then it was 9/11. i think i was in a daze for a week becuase of everything and then i cried for 3 days because he told me he'd have to go overseas. this was in 2002 and he promised me he would be back and we'd get married. we set a wedding date, August 22, 2003. i'm sure i told him he had to be back or i was marrying someone else on that day! he was overseas for the longest 3 months of my life. i think God was truly looking over us because Matt somehow caught a break and got an early flight home, he was one of the only ones who got to. he was home finally! that was early in the year. i told him he was out. he had to get out because i couldn't do that stupid military thing anymore! (to you military wives i give you a huge thumbs up! i was lucky becuase Matt wasn't in too long, but i couldn't have handled it any longer!)
we were married on Friday, August 22, 2003. the entire week before that was stupid hot and humid. the schools were closed because it was so hot. and then Friday came and the weather was PERFECT! i'm talking low 80's, a nice breeze and sunny! it was the first day school was back in session and my brothers didn't have to go!
me and my girls were up early at the salon getting beautiful! then we went to Treasured Portraits for my family pictures and pictures with my girls. Matt and his guys-well, to this day i still dont ask too much of what they did before pictures, because i've heard different stories and not many of them are great! haha!
we finally saw each other at the church after almost 2 hours of being ready. i was pacing i was so nervous. but after we saw each other it all melted away.
our ceremony was short and sweet, just how we wanted it. all our friends and family were there with us and it was wonderful! we walked out to people blowing bubbles and those are some of my favorite pictures of the day!
then we took a few more pictures then headed off to the reception! we danced, ate, danced some more, talked with everyone and just had a great time! our first dance song was Alison Krauss, "When You Say Nothing At All"
i have no idea if something went wrong, or if something wasnt there. to me everything turned out perfectly! looking back there are just a couple things i would have changed, but nothing major and nothing i regret. well, okay, one thing. i really really wanted candles in the front of the church, like tons and tons of candles! i got talked out of it because it was August and hot. now i know i could have gotten the battery powered ones.. and that'd been sweet!!
when i look back it couldn't have gone better. i was happy, i married the man i loved and we are now into living happily ever after!
to celebrate last night we went to eat at Centro and it was AMAZING! i seriously haven't had that good of a meal for ages! and to end it with a perfect homemade cheesecake was to die for! we could have both just laid down in our booth and slept happily the rest of the night! we then we to Lowe's. my present to Matt was to go tool shopping with him. hes like a kid in a toy store. he got a bunch of new stuff that he SAID he needed.......i'm not so sure! :) then we went over to see Ben and his new apartment. we hung out with him and his friends for a little while. i know it doesn't sound like a great anniversary celebration, but we had a good time!
Monday, August 16, 2010
doing: messing around on the computer for the morning.
feeling: SO very tired! my sleep needs to catch back up with me SOON!
listening to: Mikes computer game... the guy on there has a little bit of a creepy voice.
the week has been a little crazy. i dont feel like i've slowed down for a few days now! i feel like theres so much to fit into these first few weeks of August that we can't stop or we'll miss it all!
first stop, the Nationals! i love the Nationals, i'm a wierd one. i love all the people, the stands, the races, the randomness that the town gets into! and i LOVE Sunday morning about 10:00 when there isn't even a whisper of anyone even left in town! haha! i told Matt i wish we had a tall house so we could sit up there and just watch all the campers scatter.
we, again, had our awesome campers in the backyard! we love them! they are so fun and so easy to get along with! i've known Justin since high school and i'm so happy every year when him and his family(inculding his super sweet wife) come and stay with us in August! on my list of "reasons to NOT move" they are one of them! i'd be so sad if we moved far away from the track and they couldn't camp with us anymore!
also, as you know, Mike is home. since we can't really "show him around" knoxville-since he's from here-we've just been cooking him food and letting him sleep in late! it's really been fun and so easy to have him here. he is part of the family and he just flows right into our routine. we'll all be sad to see him go, he's leaving wednesday. but its been great to have him here. because he got to be back for the Nationals this year, i'm pretty positive he's consumed more alchohol these last 2 weeks than he has for pry the last year. ........what are friends for?!
on my list of "reasons TO move" having a guest room for Mike so he doesn't have to sleep on the couch is one of the tops!
work has been long. August has been killing us. but we're making it, and people have been happy with their stuff, so that makes us happy! as soon as school starts our schedule will clear up in a snap! that will make us happy becuase we'll be able to get caught up on orders and things and still have time for that stuff we've been having to put off. this time of the year makes us thankful, because if we were slow at this time we'd be in serious trouble!
at home things have been good. Ethan's just starting to come out of his " i don't need food " phase. however, the 24 hour rottenness hasn't subsided yet. he was so awful yesterday i thought i might explode! and of course this morning he's been sweet as sugar-just so he could go to the fair with G&G Russell! rotten.
of all the things we are fitting into our August the State Fair is one of them. we went yesterday simply because it was NICE outside! i figured we'd better take it while we can because the rest of the week might be 100+ temps again. so we went, we ate, we walked around, we did the fair.
i haven't been too excited about things lately. there was a Hanson concert earlier this month, Aerosmith will be in Omaha this weekend - and neither one i really "cared" to see. sure i wanted to go,... but i just didn't care to push the subject too much on Matt. it sort of makes me sad. and the fair was one too. i wanted to go because i always want to go. but i wansn't planning out my food intake like i usually do. and the one thing i really wanted i let go of pretty quick because there was a long line. i got my lemonade and mini donuts though so i came home happy!
well, i think i should do soemthing with my day off. and Matt will be home in an hour for lunch.... so i need to figure that out too.
i'm just so lazy though!! haha!
Matt and Ethan at the Nationals parade on Saturday
Me and Matt
Ethan and I working on floating!
feeling: SO very tired! my sleep needs to catch back up with me SOON!
listening to: Mikes computer game... the guy on there has a little bit of a creepy voice.
the week has been a little crazy. i dont feel like i've slowed down for a few days now! i feel like theres so much to fit into these first few weeks of August that we can't stop or we'll miss it all!
first stop, the Nationals! i love the Nationals, i'm a wierd one. i love all the people, the stands, the races, the randomness that the town gets into! and i LOVE Sunday morning about 10:00 when there isn't even a whisper of anyone even left in town! haha! i told Matt i wish we had a tall house so we could sit up there and just watch all the campers scatter.
we, again, had our awesome campers in the backyard! we love them! they are so fun and so easy to get along with! i've known Justin since high school and i'm so happy every year when him and his family(inculding his super sweet wife) come and stay with us in August! on my list of "reasons to NOT move" they are one of them! i'd be so sad if we moved far away from the track and they couldn't camp with us anymore!
also, as you know, Mike is home. since we can't really "show him around" knoxville-since he's from here-we've just been cooking him food and letting him sleep in late! it's really been fun and so easy to have him here. he is part of the family and he just flows right into our routine. we'll all be sad to see him go, he's leaving wednesday. but its been great to have him here. because he got to be back for the Nationals this year, i'm pretty positive he's consumed more alchohol these last 2 weeks than he has for pry the last year. ........what are friends for?!
on my list of "reasons TO move" having a guest room for Mike so he doesn't have to sleep on the couch is one of the tops!
work has been long. August has been killing us. but we're making it, and people have been happy with their stuff, so that makes us happy! as soon as school starts our schedule will clear up in a snap! that will make us happy becuase we'll be able to get caught up on orders and things and still have time for that stuff we've been having to put off. this time of the year makes us thankful, because if we were slow at this time we'd be in serious trouble!
at home things have been good. Ethan's just starting to come out of his " i don't need food " phase. however, the 24 hour rottenness hasn't subsided yet. he was so awful yesterday i thought i might explode! and of course this morning he's been sweet as sugar-just so he could go to the fair with G&G Russell! rotten.
of all the things we are fitting into our August the State Fair is one of them. we went yesterday simply because it was NICE outside! i figured we'd better take it while we can because the rest of the week might be 100+ temps again. so we went, we ate, we walked around, we did the fair.
i haven't been too excited about things lately. there was a Hanson concert earlier this month, Aerosmith will be in Omaha this weekend - and neither one i really "cared" to see. sure i wanted to go,... but i just didn't care to push the subject too much on Matt. it sort of makes me sad. and the fair was one too. i wanted to go because i always want to go. but i wansn't planning out my food intake like i usually do. and the one thing i really wanted i let go of pretty quick because there was a long line. i got my lemonade and mini donuts though so i came home happy!
well, i think i should do soemthing with my day off. and Matt will be home in an hour for lunch.... so i need to figure that out too.
i'm just so lazy though!! haha!
Matt and Ethan at the Nationals parade on Saturday
Me and Matt
Ethan and I working on floating!
Friday, August 6, 2010
"" i've got friends in LLOOWW places ""
this week has been long in every sense of the word. we are up to our eyeballs at work... "just keep swimming, just keep swimming" seems to be playing over and over in my head! i wish we could just shut off the phones and close the doors and WORK for a whole day straight. unfortunately we can't, so i'm dealing.
to start out my every morning this week i've had a super grouchy and uncooperative son. he's been staying up late at night on his own accord, and not actually falling asleep until 10 or 10:30. nothing i say or do makes him just lay down and sleep. so then morning comes around and he just dicks around and can't do one simple thing that i ask of him. of course once we get to Grandma Russell's or Shirley's house he's all lovey on me.... so usually my annoyance melts.
i also found out today that he hasn't taken much of a nap at Shirley's the last 2 days OR eaten much of anything for lunch! so basically my kid seems to think he can go without sleep and food.... *sigh*
i hope this phase fades FAST!
on a totally different note, our friend Mike is back home for awhile! he's been overseas for the last year so its always great when he comes home!! we've all been looking forward to it for months and now that he's here he just falls into our normal routine. we usually plan a party or outing while hes here, but this time i think we'll be a little more low key.
it really hit me this time when he gave me a big hug, picked me up, put me down and said, "have you gained weight Tray?" to which i punched him.
since this sounds a little meaner that it was, let me explain. when i started dating Matt i got him and 3 new friends. these friends were all boys and all treated my like a little sister. and even when i wished they'd just go away, i always knew they'd be in my life for the long haul!
now that i'm still very close with all of them, and have even added some more to that group, i'm happy that i have such good friends to rely on.
backtrack: i realized how lucky i am to have such an amazing group of friends. ones that i know will be there for me, Matt and Ethan no matter what we need. and are happy enough to just sit and drink a beer, or have dinner together, or play bags in the driveway until its too dark to see. and on top of it all i know that they are all supportive and happy for us and how our lives are at this moment!
"" True Friends are the ones that are there for you and know when you need them, even in their sleep, they will wake up and be there for you no matter what... ""
so to all of our friends that live close, live far away, and that we only see once in a great while... THANK YOU for being you!
to start out my every morning this week i've had a super grouchy and uncooperative son. he's been staying up late at night on his own accord, and not actually falling asleep until 10 or 10:30. nothing i say or do makes him just lay down and sleep. so then morning comes around and he just dicks around and can't do one simple thing that i ask of him. of course once we get to Grandma Russell's or Shirley's house he's all lovey on me.... so usually my annoyance melts.
i also found out today that he hasn't taken much of a nap at Shirley's the last 2 days OR eaten much of anything for lunch! so basically my kid seems to think he can go without sleep and food.... *sigh*
i hope this phase fades FAST!
on a totally different note, our friend Mike is back home for awhile! he's been overseas for the last year so its always great when he comes home!! we've all been looking forward to it for months and now that he's here he just falls into our normal routine. we usually plan a party or outing while hes here, but this time i think we'll be a little more low key.
it really hit me this time when he gave me a big hug, picked me up, put me down and said, "have you gained weight Tray?" to which i punched him.
since this sounds a little meaner that it was, let me explain. when i started dating Matt i got him and 3 new friends. these friends were all boys and all treated my like a little sister. and even when i wished they'd just go away, i always knew they'd be in my life for the long haul!
now that i'm still very close with all of them, and have even added some more to that group, i'm happy that i have such good friends to rely on.
backtrack: i realized how lucky i am to have such an amazing group of friends. ones that i know will be there for me, Matt and Ethan no matter what we need. and are happy enough to just sit and drink a beer, or have dinner together, or play bags in the driveway until its too dark to see. and on top of it all i know that they are all supportive and happy for us and how our lives are at this moment!
"" True Friends are the ones that are there for you and know when you need them, even in their sleep, they will wake up and be there for you no matter what... ""
so to all of our friends that live close, live far away, and that we only see once in a great while... THANK YOU for being you!
Monday, August 2, 2010
"" show me what its like, to dream in black and white...""
doing: in between laundry loads
feeling: a little tired but doing okay
this morning i got up and went to swim. out of all the exercising i can do, the only thing that makes me feel like i'm actually getting anything out of it is swimming. so i found out a way and got a pass to the rec. now i just need to make myself get in the habit of it! i'm planning to go 3 times a week. hopefully someday i can go every day though! that would be great!
i love swimming because everything is tuned out. although i do wish i could get some music going, its nice to just tune completely out! i'm only left with my thoughts, and when i'm in the water i have an easier time shutting those down too. you don't hear anyone around you so its less distracting.
i love that first 50-75 yards (for me right now thats about as far as i can get!), when it just feels like you are flying through the water. nothings choppy, my muscles arent tired yet, and i feel like i could go forever! of course i cant... i get to 100 yards and my muscles are on fire! oohh how i wish i was still in shape like i was in high school! where's Post and his crazy workouts when i need him!?
so, we're still trying to sell our house. and we've now buried a statue of St. Joseph in our front yard, facing our house, under our "for sale" sign. i've gotten numerous snickers from people when i told them i was going to do this. mostly it was followed by the comment, "isn't that superstition?" to which i reply, "no, its faith!" we've been trying to sell for 2 years so any little bit will help! and i'm sure St. Joseph is thrilled about being buried in peoples yards upsidedown... so he MIGHT just take an extra look at our house now! :)
last night my Mom came over and helped me weed my flowers in the front yard. yes, they get overgrown.... and yes i dont realize it until its too late, and yes i dont go out as much as i should. but we cleared them all out! it actually looks a little bare! hehe! and Matt and i talked and we have a new plan for the front. re-planting some flowers, re-doing our rock area. hopefully it will cut down on weeds and make the front look a little nicer. Mom says before she leaves, "just make a big plan to move and re-do stuff and the house will sell!"
as for the rest of the days plans. Ethan will be spending the day at the Russell's house with his cousins and i will be sorting through my last weeks worth of notes and books! i also have to sit down and make some lists of what i want to do this year, what i have to do this year, and who i need to talk to about all of this! i sorta wish it wasn't August already... i feel like i always need more time to plan these church things! of course,... i've had all summer to get the start of the year planned... but it just goes by too darn quickly!
now, another load of laundry and getting my kiddo to clean up some toys!
he gives me the best smiles when hes 1-dirty or 2-holding something odd in front of him!
hes too funny when he sleeps! i thought having my suitcase still on the bed would deter him from going in there... apparently not.
feeling: a little tired but doing okay
this morning i got up and went to swim. out of all the exercising i can do, the only thing that makes me feel like i'm actually getting anything out of it is swimming. so i found out a way and got a pass to the rec. now i just need to make myself get in the habit of it! i'm planning to go 3 times a week. hopefully someday i can go every day though! that would be great!
i love swimming because everything is tuned out. although i do wish i could get some music going, its nice to just tune completely out! i'm only left with my thoughts, and when i'm in the water i have an easier time shutting those down too. you don't hear anyone around you so its less distracting.
i love that first 50-75 yards (for me right now thats about as far as i can get!), when it just feels like you are flying through the water. nothings choppy, my muscles arent tired yet, and i feel like i could go forever! of course i cant... i get to 100 yards and my muscles are on fire! oohh how i wish i was still in shape like i was in high school! where's Post and his crazy workouts when i need him!?
so, we're still trying to sell our house. and we've now buried a statue of St. Joseph in our front yard, facing our house, under our "for sale" sign. i've gotten numerous snickers from people when i told them i was going to do this. mostly it was followed by the comment, "isn't that superstition?" to which i reply, "no, its faith!" we've been trying to sell for 2 years so any little bit will help! and i'm sure St. Joseph is thrilled about being buried in peoples yards upsidedown... so he MIGHT just take an extra look at our house now! :)
last night my Mom came over and helped me weed my flowers in the front yard. yes, they get overgrown.... and yes i dont realize it until its too late, and yes i dont go out as much as i should. but we cleared them all out! it actually looks a little bare! hehe! and Matt and i talked and we have a new plan for the front. re-planting some flowers, re-doing our rock area. hopefully it will cut down on weeds and make the front look a little nicer. Mom says before she leaves, "just make a big plan to move and re-do stuff and the house will sell!"
as for the rest of the days plans. Ethan will be spending the day at the Russell's house with his cousins and i will be sorting through my last weeks worth of notes and books! i also have to sit down and make some lists of what i want to do this year, what i have to do this year, and who i need to talk to about all of this! i sorta wish it wasn't August already... i feel like i always need more time to plan these church things! of course,... i've had all summer to get the start of the year planned... but it just goes by too darn quickly!
now, another load of laundry and getting my kiddo to clean up some toys!
he gives me the best smiles when hes 1-dirty or 2-holding something odd in front of him!
hes too funny when he sleeps! i thought having my suitcase still on the bed would deter him from going in there... apparently not.
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