Sick Sick Sick

I feel sicker than a dog, I have ear infections, a sinus infection, and bronchitis. I haven't been sick in forever, and now that I get sick, I really get sick!

It's My Birthday

Happy birthday to ME! Really, it was just another day, I hate birthdays nowadays. They just remind me how OLD I really am. My kids say happy birthday and sometimes I'll even get breakfast in bed or somebody doing a chore without me asking, but then it's business as usual. Mom, can you make me this... mom can you do that...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BABY

I can't believe Carisa is 22! What happened! I feel like I just graduated from high school. Happy birthday Carisa! You are an awesome kid, er, I mean adult.

It's Here

The book is here. We now own 2 of them! No, my girls couldn't buy just one and share, they had to have their own copy so they could read it not stop and then start again when they are done. They went to Barnes and Noble which apparently had a "Bridal Shower" for two characters that aren't even real! They dressed up in prom type dresses for this thing! When I left them at home today to come to work, they were half done with the book already. I'm sure they are sitting there right now in the middle of the night reading.

My girls are obsessed!

Two of my girls are completely obsessed over this



They have both read the whole series at least twice and they can't wait for the movie to come out. Breanne stays awake practically all night reading. I guess it's a good thing but I never thought I would be threatening to take a book away from my kid!

I was driving home today and noticed they put the Angel Moroni on the Draper Temple today. It looked beautiful.

Ty off to camp

Here is Ty this morning at 5:30 am ready for camp. He was actually excited about it! He is usually the one saying "why do I have to go", or "I don't like the other boys". He is going up to Bear Lake to an aquatics camp and will be back on Saturday. One down, one to go. Breanne leaves at 8am tomorrow morning.

OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets

It's camp time!

Tyson is going to scout camp Sunday night for the week and Breanne is going Monday morning. Oh how I love getting them all ready, the last minute run to the store, the frantic searches for the hidden camping gear, I'm so excited! And what will I do all week with them gone? Maybe I'll get a chance to do some organizing.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Braden

Braden just started a full time job. He handles computer problems that come up with all the employees and also sets up computers for new dealerships and all the tent sales that they have. He is also taking some classes to certify in different computer things which I can't even begin to explain. He is going to be on a salary soon (in a couple of months after he gets his first certification). He just bought himself a new one of these



and also a set of




I'm kinda glad the drum set won't be set up at my house. I am so proud of him. He is growing up. He is also planning on moving out with a friend in a month. Two down, three to go. It's kinda sad.

Carisa is back

Carisa came back from her study abroad in Italy. She went there to learn the Italian language. She isn't fluent in the language at this point but she goes around speaking Italian and I wish I could understand her. She had the best time and didn't really want to come back to Utah. I don't blame her, I decided when I was I was on vacation there that I wanted to live in Italy one day when I'm done raising kids.

Summer

Is anyone ready for the kids to go back to school again? I sure am! Don't like the kids having all this free time to be bored, fight with each other, sit on their butts... If we lived in a house that had anything outside to do, it would probably be a different situation. But since we live in a neighborhood with a bunch of old farts, the kids can't really do much outside to have fun. We need to move.

One Word

Answer the following with only one word.
Where is your cell phone?.........................floor
Your significant other?...............................clueless!
Your hair?.........................................undone
Your mother?.............................crafty
Your father?....................................awesome
Your favorite thing?.............................sleep
Your dream last night........................weird!
Your favorite drink................................rootbeer
Your dream/goal..............................debtfree
The room you're in..........................bedroom
Your children?...................................everywhere!
Your fear?.......................................tragedy
Where do you want to be in 6 years?........married
Where were you last night?.........................wrecking
What you're not?....................................maid:)
Muffins?.........................................maple
One of your wish list items?.............................Europe
Where'd you grow up?..................................Sandy
What'd you read last?...........................policies
What are you wearing?.........................grubbies
Your TV?.........................................Raven
Your pet?.................................Ruffles!
Your computer?...............................laptop
Your life?.....................................chaotic
Your mood?................................frazzled
Missing someone?............................always
Your car?.........................................Scion
Something you're not wearing?...................bra :)
Favorite store?..................................Target
Your summer?....................................busy
Like someone?.....................................nope
Your favorite color?................................green
Last time you laughed................................today
Last time you cried?.....................................yesterday

I tag Tammy, Erin, Em, Carisa, Alisha, Tori

Tagged

tagged by Tammy...

This is how you play- 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 surprise facts about you, & then 5 people you want to tag!


JOYS-
1. My kids
2. Chocolate
3. My job

FEARS-
1. Something happening to the kids
2. Dying and leaving my kids here
3. Spiders, the dark, and wild animals out my door

GOALS-
1. To raise kids who are honest, responsible, caring, and happy
2. LOSE WEIGHT!
3. Get my house organized

CURRENT OBSESSIONS/COLLECTIONS-
1. I'm not into the collecting mode or obsessing mode, I'm in the survival mode. I barely have enough time to work, sleep, and say hi to my kids.
2. Reading
3. Losing weight

SURPRISES ABOUT MYSELF-
1. How very little patience I have lately.
2. That I made it through nursing school and am still somewhat sane.
3. How much I like being single.

PEOPLE I TAG-
Lori
Alisha
Tori
and whoever else feels like it

Joy and Sorrow

One of the greatest joys in life is buying a new car. One of the greatest sorrows in life is having someone crash into you a week later and having to have it towed.

David loves us!

I went to work yesterday and saw this picture on the cabinet at the nurses station. We love David at work and obviously he loves us too! Actually, two of his cousins work with me and they had him autograph a picture for us.

What I'm Reading

I just finished The Glass Castle. I want everyone out there to go and get this book and read it. It is a great book. It's a little bit depressing but it makes you realize how much we are all alike and how much someone can go through and still make it. It's a true story from someone named Jeannette Walls. She has an amazing story. She came to the Salt Lake City Library back in November and I went to hear her talk. This was a book that my school required us to read for our psych nursing class. I didn't finish it until now. I don't have a lot of time to read. Now I'm reading "Losing It-And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time. I'm only on the
2nd chapter and I don't want to put it down.

cleaning lady please?

Ok, now that I'm back from my vacation and I'm done with school and things are pretty stable with work, I have had to look at how disorganized and dirty my poor house is. It needs some serious cleaning and organizing. I love having an organized house but I have no time to get it that way. Oh, how I wish I could get a cleaning lady to come in every day and take care of all the stuff I don't want to do. Laundry, dishes, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, picking up clutter etc... And while we're at it, how about a personal assistant to take care of all the stuff I don't have time to do. Pay bills, grocery shop, make appointments, ... Only in my dreams will that happen :-( Do any of you guys have someone come in and clean?

EW!

While I was in Europe, Tyson got a tick while he was playing outside. He didn't know what it was but he knew it was something alive sticking out of his leg. He decided to cut as much of it off as he could and he pulled out as much as he could with tweezers. When I got home, he had this nasty looking bullseye spot on him. I took him to the doctor because a sign of Lyme's Disease is a bullseye spot. The doc pulled on some dead skin that was in the middle of the spot and there was a tiny little piece of the tick still in his leg. Once he pulled that out, the spot started dramatically going down by the next day. It gave me the willys. The next day, I found a tick crawling on Ruffles after he went out for a walk. Yucky!