Oh what a day!

My tuesday...wasn't the best...wasn't the worst...it just was.

I was aloud to sleep in b/c I have quite possibly the most understanding boss ever, and I was just getting over a 24 hour stomach bug. But I awoke at 9 to go take care of little Dan b/c G's mom had a heart attach over the weekend and she wasn't doing well, so G (understandably so) needed and wanted to go and be with her.*update* today she is doing much better, and she has all of her daughters taking very good care of her and visiting with her throughout the days! S was away for business, so I had the littles from 9a until 8:30p.......long day! But I was able to get some things done!

While little dan was napping, I watched a movie and got some knitting done, I paid some bills online :(, I caought up on some blogs that I haven't been up to date on since I was out of town over the weekend, and I updated my own blog.
And while I was catching up on blogs..I noticed that Nicole is still trying to achive her donation goal for the ASPCA...So I decided to help...and you all should too, and if not just from the goodness of your hearts, then you can get an entry in her contest for it!

Anyhow, after little ann came home from school, I twisted her arm to go to the grocery store (she absolutely hates the grocery store!!), so we went, and then we had dinner and did homework, and as a reward for doing well at the grocery store, we all watched a movie and the kids had ice cream, yummy while we all awaited S getting home.


All in all...not the best day, not the worst day...just another day!

Surprise!

So, I went home for this past weekend! It was mostly fun. I only clued in 3 of my closest friends, and not my folks, b/c I thought it would be a nice little surprise.

So I landed late on Thursday night and Kelsey picked me up...it wasn't too late of course to go out for a couple of drinks though, so we stopped by on of our fave local bars in down town Edmonds.
Friday morning it took us forever to find Kelsey's keys so we were very delayed in getting over to my parents house, and by the time that we eventually pulled up...the queen was out and about running errands. I had every intention of spending the entire day with here, but I didn't want to tell her over the phone that I was home, bc I wanted to see the look on her face. SO instead I called her a bazillion times, trying to pull every excuse out that I could come up with....eventually she came home!
It was really great to see her! (I'm such a momma's girl). So we spent some time chatting after the initial what the.......are you doing here!?! Then we put some puppy paws in some fresh cement. Followed by going to meet (and shock) Mr. Jay. He gave me the worlds most love filled hug! (which he is very good at)....The three of us proceeded to dinner.

Later I met up with some of my friends, and I stayed at Kelsey's again. On the way home the next morning the car that I was using died! Everyone was busy doing stuff, and I was freaking out (no thinking going on) so I just did as I was told and pushed the car over as far as possible with 2 girls in heels pushing a car in pouring down rain up a hill, and then Laura and I went shopping at the Nordy's sale! Fun fun! But no more than an hour later, when we were on our way home, I got a call saying that the car was being towed........yikes!

This caused a lot of huff....upset mom's and upset children are no mix....so I got home, and got into a fight and then had one of my friends pick me up. Desiree and I went out to lunch and then to the Nordy's sale...did I mention that I love Nordstrom's?...then she dropped me back off at home. Since we had had some cool down time, we discussed the issue of the dead car, and that it was nobodies fault, but I would pay for it b/c I didn't use my brain to think to use AAA.....oh well....that instantly turned my $250 trip into a $550 trip...not including my shopping, and eating out! Expensive weekend! Anyhow I had dinner with the folks and then hung out there for a while, later going out again! with my friends.

Sunday morning I came home, and then my mom, mr. jay and I walked the hounds to get some coffee. Then I went out to breakfast with my dad and my sister. Which was fun, b/c I had told my dad that we should have a conference lunch, so he was just getting ready to call me when I walked in! :) After lunch we went across the parking lot to Ross...another one of my fave stores, and then back to my madres to pick up by bags and off to the airport.


A very short but sweet weekend! (pics to come)

Rockin'

This title also comes appointed from the queen! Apparently I'm rockin'...and I can definately deal with that!

So here are some fellow bloggers that are also very rockin!

The Queen...even though she was already nominated...I'd say that she is a pretty rockin momma! (if you need more reasons please view the'birthday' post)

Also I would like to say (these people are also probably nominated) Nicole of Lapdog Creations, and Tonia. they are the people that I know are reading and commenting on my blog-stuff. I know that there are more of you out there, but y'all don't have blogs! Anyhow thanks for everyone's support! :)

Filled with Fun!

This past Sunday, I spent the day with my newest friend, Carly, and a group of her guy friends. We went quading (quads, ATVs, whatev), and it was a blast! At first they were all going really slow with us and being careful, which was good bc neither of us had ever gone before. About halfway way through the day, we were all taking a break, and then Carly asked Al if he would teach us how to drive them, and let us go around on our own. It was soooo much fun it was ridiculous! We were just driving around in this field, but it was so fun!!! Then we were all going to go again, and so I was going with this guy Dave (the crazy one)(not really just one of those boys with their toys things) he decided that I needed some mud on me so that it would look like I had actually been out there with them....so we wound up looking like this! (this isn't us, I just didn't want to bring my camera out there bc I didn't want to lose it so I found this pic) We were doing wheelies, and driving through gigantic puddles, and going off of jumps (small ones, bc that is all I would allow), but then we were going through the trails and all the bumps and curves, bc they make actual trails for this stuff! But it was soo fun! And so we will go again and again! Woo-Hoo!

Thank goodness for showers and washing machines! :)

Blast from the past!

(or just 2 weekends ago!)

My sis and our friend Casey came to town! It was a very relaxing weekend. Friday night we went out to dinner at Archie Moore's with my friends, and then later that night we went out to 'that bar' in New Haven...(it was the weekend before Halloween, and although they weren't having a costume party at the club, half of the people were dressed up..lol) To say the least it was an amusing night.

Saturday, we drove about town, and I was able to show them some local beaches (we even found a few new ones!), we had lunch at the firehouse deli in Fairfield (my favorite place to have lunch!), we drove down the center of town and it was great :)
That evening we decided to take it easy so we ordered take-out and rented movies, and had a little night in...it was nice and relaxing, just hanging out with friends.

Sunday we woke up and started a movie that we had been too tire to watch the previous night. While we watched Casey packed up his things bc he had to get back to school (at Vasser) that evening for a meeting. And then we drove (stopping first, of course, at starbucks) to Poughkeepsie, NY..which is about an hour and a half away. We hung out with casey for a while, and then we made our way back.

Jess stayed until Monday around mid-day. It was some good sisterly time. We got pedicures! hooray! I love stuff like that :)

Another successful and fun visit! :D

Happy Tuesday!

Good morning, Good morning!
Its voting day! Make sure you all vote if you haven't already mailed in your ballets....voting is one of the most important things you can do!

Anyhow, since that it is election day, Little Ann doesn't have school..and it is raining! Anyhow the Littles and I decided to watch a movie with little Katie before we start our day of errands.
Today we have planned: Grocery store (top priority bc our bread is moldy :/ yuck!), then I'll take the littles to the craft store so we can pick out something to do if this rain continues (which I'm sure it will), and then (if Little Dan isn't ready for nap time) we will go to the library where they have an awesome children's section complete with a castle, grocery store, and super cool fish tank...all of which is good for at least an hour of entertainment for the Little's!

So before I get back to the kiddies, I'll leave you with a funny story! This morning while I was changing Little Dan's diaper, he started singing about his wipe. So if you can imagine it, in this deep grisly voice, I started saying 'Wipe, wipe, wipe' and then he would repeat me in his impression of a grisly voice! 'Wipe, wipe, wipe' 'wipe, wipe, wipe'...and then with his clean diaper, and the same hilarious voice I sang 'diaper, diaper, diaper' and he reapeated 'diaper, diaper'...anyhow, maybe you had to be there, but I thought it was pretty funny and it made Little Dan laugh histerically! :D

Have a grand Tuesday!

Problem Solved!

So on Friday, I finally got up the nerve to talk to G about the puppy sitch. I asked her if we could talk about Katie, that she had become more of a responsibility to me than we had originally discussed. She said that she would talk to S and that we could come up with some sort of arrangement.

Later, she called me and told me that S would work on being with the dog more while he was home and that while he was away for work then I would be responsible for her. And they would pay me extra for my time. So we were decided...the dog is my new job, and I don't have to hate her anymore! Hooray!

So thank you to all of your helpful encouragement! I appreciate that you gals are here for me :)


And here is a lovely pic of our fall scenery :)