So I have wanted to write a blog or start a journal or something to get things out of my head... so sorry in advance if things seem jumbled....
Today just like every other day I got to spend it with my two amazing two year olds. They are truly amazing! I am so overwhelmed with how much I love them. The girls were jumping up and down on the couch and running around the house with their strollers!!
C has been such a mommys girl and being so shy. She actually hid behind my leg today when we went outside and the neighbors were out. I think that the neighbors, other than grandparents, are the people that the girls are around the most. So it was just weird that C was being so shy. But she comes up to me and give me the biggest hug and kiss and just wants to chill with mommy! I love that feeling.
W is just like her daddy... She is so out going and so funny and smart. Sometimes it is hard to look at her and no fall in love with her over and over again. Even on the days that she is cranky and fussy. I love her more and more. She can fuss over her sister sealing her blankie but then she can be the nicest and give her sister a hug when she got in trouble for doing something mean.
My girls will always be my girls even when the pull stuff out of the garbage or throw their food on the floor. They help me put their toys away at the end of the day and they act all crazy like when they are tired and ready for bed. They talk to me like we are having a real conversation and I don't even know half of what they are saying. They help me open the fridge so we can get them some milk or a snack. They pull everything off the counters and pull all the Tupperware out of the cupboards. They take off their own diapers and put them in the garbage. They help me wash the windows (dryer sheets seem to be the favorite) and help fold the laundry.
No matter what they are doing I never want to forget these little things that they do, even if it is really annoying. I know that they are my girls and I love them and nothing will ever change that.
So to the little things. In the end they will be the big things!
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Thursday, January 17, 2013
JANUARY - Goals
So I have been reading some family and friends blogs. Some about goals others about family and friends. Before reading them I decided that I am not going to be on Facebook anymore and that the only time for me to be on the computer is when the girls are asleep and the boys are watching TV OR I'm couponing. I started this on Monday.
Last night I was reading my sister-in-law Rachel's blog and it really made me think. Her blog was about man vs. women and about how women talk about people behind their backs (especially men). Do you appreciate the men in your life? I had to ask myself that question last night before I went to bed and I thought about it a lot today. Then I took it into a different context. Do I appreciate my life and the way I am living it? There are many other things that have been on my mind since then. So I have to say Thank you to Rachel for getting my mind rolling.
As for the goals I read a friends goals and she put her goals on her blog... I don't think that I am brave enough to put my goals on my blog. I will tell you that this year is going to be a year that I work on myself and try to get my family and friends healthy. Also one of my goals is to not watch TV all of the time. I am planning on writing in my journal everyday. As of right now I am doing really well on writing in my journal. I have actually been taking it around the house with me and I write things down that are bothing me and thinks that make me think. Also with how I now forget everything I can write it down because my journal is there with me. I have also decided that I don't care if my husband or children read it.
If anyone out there knows anything about couponing I am trying to learn how to do it and that sort of thing. I know that I need help so Please Help me.
I will try and blog more I am not promising anything and I will try and put more pictures of the girls up.
Last night I was reading my sister-in-law Rachel's blog and it really made me think. Her blog was about man vs. women and about how women talk about people behind their backs (especially men). Do you appreciate the men in your life? I had to ask myself that question last night before I went to bed and I thought about it a lot today. Then I took it into a different context. Do I appreciate my life and the way I am living it? There are many other things that have been on my mind since then. So I have to say Thank you to Rachel for getting my mind rolling.
As for the goals I read a friends goals and she put her goals on her blog... I don't think that I am brave enough to put my goals on my blog. I will tell you that this year is going to be a year that I work on myself and try to get my family and friends healthy. Also one of my goals is to not watch TV all of the time. I am planning on writing in my journal everyday. As of right now I am doing really well on writing in my journal. I have actually been taking it around the house with me and I write things down that are bothing me and thinks that make me think. Also with how I now forget everything I can write it down because my journal is there with me. I have also decided that I don't care if my husband or children read it.
If anyone out there knows anything about couponing I am trying to learn how to do it and that sort of thing. I know that I need help so Please Help me.
I will try and blog more I am not promising anything and I will try and put more pictures of the girls up.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
What has happened! 5.5 months
So my last post was 2 days before I had my girls! Crazy as it may be it is so true. They are almost 6 months old. They have been in out of the hospital for about 5 months. OH yes I had baby girls. My husband and I both thought that we were going to be having at least 1 boy..... LOL!! that didn't happen now did it because we have 2 very beautiful girls.
The 22 and 23 days at the hospital were very difficult. I was and still am amazed at how things went while they were there. We did not expect them to come home until August 5 my due date. The girls surprised the doctors and nurses. I had to be one of the happiest people when I was told that my girls could come home. I was expecting Courtney (baby B) to come home first and Wynnona (baby A) to come home a week or so later.
Above pictures are of Wynnona at the hospital she was 2lbs 11ozs. Below pictures are of Courtney she was 3lbs 8 oz
To be able to come home the girls had 3 requirements
Courtney was discharged to our custody on Sunday July 1st and Wynnona was discharged on Monday July 2nd. When we left the hospital at 1pm ish to head home I asked Rick so when do you want to leave - meaning that that was our week to go fishing/camping every year the rest of the family had left on Friday. Rick was pretty pissed off that he could not go because I was traveling between the hospital and home and he had 2 little baby girls in the hospital. After I asked him he just looked at me like what are you talking about..... I knew he wanted to go and had been up to something the night before. He had packed up almost everything that we needed and was ready to leave. We got home I showered and got the girls ready (packed up what clothing I had all of which was too big) and we left on our fishing trip.
By the time we headed home I was ready to start life at home with the new additions to the family.
The girls have changed my life drastically. I love them so much it is insane. We have had a rough road to get to where we are now but the girls are doing amazing and surprise me every day. At 4 months old they could roll over from being on their stomach to their backs. they are sucking on their thumbs and they are happy most of the time. It took Wynnona longer to realize that things were not as bad as she thought she has finally started to smile most of the time and is not crying most of the time. Courtney is just as happy as happy can be. She tend to squeal when she is happy and has a high pitched cry. She is also a slobbery mess. Courtney wants to start crawling she knows that she wants to move but doesn't know how to do it quite yet. Wynnona wants to walk, she wants to stand all the time. I have started to put both of them in the walker and the johnny jump up. They love it. they can look around.
Yes my life is so different. I don't do much of anything anymore. I am a stay at home mom for sure. There is no way that I could work and enjoy my girls the way that I do. Some days I think that working would be so much easier than dealing with my girls, especially when they are fussy.
Motherhood is not what I expected it to be. It is at least 10 times harder. Sleep deprivation is only part of it. I will try and keep you updated on how things are going from here on out. But that all depends on how the girls do and how tired I am. I will also try and get you updated pics of the girls.
The 22 and 23 days at the hospital were very difficult. I was and still am amazed at how things went while they were there. We did not expect them to come home until August 5 my due date. The girls surprised the doctors and nurses. I had to be one of the happiest people when I was told that my girls could come home. I was expecting Courtney (baby B) to come home first and Wynnona (baby A) to come home a week or so later.
- Breath on their own. - they passed this one in a week
- Hold temperature and have continuous weight gain - it took 2 to 2 and 1/2 weeks to accomplish this one.
- Feed all feedings from a nipple - let it be a bottle or breast. This is the one that I thought that was going to take the girls a while to get. Once Courtney got a bottle she really didn't want to let it go - she was a slow eater but she could eat once given the chance. Wynnona was taken off of the continuous feed on Friday and went to a bottle and did great. She just CHOWED down. It was almost as if she was starving. She was out on Monday!
Courtney was discharged to our custody on Sunday July 1st and Wynnona was discharged on Monday July 2nd. When we left the hospital at 1pm ish to head home I asked Rick so when do you want to leave - meaning that that was our week to go fishing/camping every year the rest of the family had left on Friday. Rick was pretty pissed off that he could not go because I was traveling between the hospital and home and he had 2 little baby girls in the hospital. After I asked him he just looked at me like what are you talking about..... I knew he wanted to go and had been up to something the night before. He had packed up almost everything that we needed and was ready to leave. We got home I showered and got the girls ready (packed up what clothing I had all of which was too big) and we left on our fishing trip.
By the time we headed home I was ready to start life at home with the new additions to the family.
The girls have changed my life drastically. I love them so much it is insane. We have had a rough road to get to where we are now but the girls are doing amazing and surprise me every day. At 4 months old they could roll over from being on their stomach to their backs. they are sucking on their thumbs and they are happy most of the time. It took Wynnona longer to realize that things were not as bad as she thought she has finally started to smile most of the time and is not crying most of the time. Courtney is just as happy as happy can be. She tend to squeal when she is happy and has a high pitched cry. She is also a slobbery mess. Courtney wants to start crawling she knows that she wants to move but doesn't know how to do it quite yet. Wynnona wants to walk, she wants to stand all the time. I have started to put both of them in the walker and the johnny jump up. They love it. they can look around.
Yes my life is so different. I don't do much of anything anymore. I am a stay at home mom for sure. There is no way that I could work and enjoy my girls the way that I do. Some days I think that working would be so much easier than dealing with my girls, especially when they are fussy.
Motherhood is not what I expected it to be. It is at least 10 times harder. Sleep deprivation is only part of it. I will try and keep you updated on how things are going from here on out. But that all depends on how the girls do and how tired I am. I will also try and get you updated pics of the girls.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
At Home Mommy!
So far I am completely bored at home. I don't know what to do with myself. I have been tackling the house little by little. I am trying to baby proof different areas. I know that I can't do it all by myself so I just wait. I am trying to be better with my patients with others helping me out and with having to ask people for help. I am excited and nervous to be come a mommy. I know that I am good with other peoples kids but how am I going to be with my own child? I know that I will find out once these babies are here. There are so many things that I am told don't worry about it will just come to you. Well I feel that if I don't worry about it then who is, how am I going to understand certain things. I worry about them so I won't have the weird crazy dreams. Even though some of the dreams put me at ease.
I have so many questions to ask but I don't know who to ask them. I don't know many people with twins and I feel that I'm in a way lost.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Twenty Weeks!
Above are some pictures of the babies! You can tell what baby is which by the A and B on the bottom. Baby A in my belly is on the bottom and baby B is on top. As I was told they are on bunk beds. They will always be this way while I'm pregnant. Baby a will be the first out.
Yes I am 20 weeks! It is absolutely crazy... Half way there.
I wake up every day and say to myself WOW my belly has grown over night! Well this morning my wonderful husband looks at my belly and says wow your belly really does grow over night doesn't it. He just loves my belly! Sometimes he will just sit there and rub my belly. He loves me pregnant so much... sometimes it makes me think that he may want more babies after this! I don't know if I can handle that one!
So this week we had our 19 or 20 week ultrasound. The ultrasound was scheduled for 1 hour and when I got there the ultrasound tech was like you are having twins! Well 1 hour isn't long enough to get all the pictures that we need and they had to change my ultrasound for 2 hours. So there I sat... well shall I say laying there for 2 hours.... 1 hour per twin. By the time the ultrasound was done my back ached like a .... and my belly was so soar! I had to wait for 1/2 an hour after the ultrasound was done to see the doctor.... The doctor asked that I cut my hours to 40 a week and that I try and spread them out through out the week..... she also wants me to do the test for pre- eclampsia.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
More Baby Pics
Hey so I have not updated ya'll lately so here is an updated.
Above are some of the pics from the last Ultrasound that I had. There are 2 of each. Twin A and Twin B....
Babies are growing like crazy... as is my belly. We are getting excited about them coming in 4.5 months. Yes I am half way there. The babies are the size of my hands. I will be getting another update on them on the 13th of March.... when I will be around 20 weeks. As of right now we are not finding out what we are having ( I have been thinking it may be easier to find out what they are so preparing the house for them and getting outfits but... I just don't know).
So when we get more information I will update again. Also if you have anyquestions go ahead and ask I'll answer!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Belly Pictures Week 14
The first two are taken on Friday 2/10/2012 at my parents house. This picture was taken on Saturday 2/11/2012! It is at my friend Miranda's house with her baby girl Kailee! These are from week 14!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Ultrasound Pictures
The top image is baby B and the bottom one is baby A! When they were doing the ultrasound baby B was moving like crazy! Rick was wondering why I couldn't feel the baby! I think that sometime I do but I don't realize that it is them. During this last week we have gotten more used to the fact that we are having twins. I am still going back and forth but I'm getting better at being excited. I am extremely emotional.
Rick is very excited to become a daddy again... I think that he is more excited than anyone else. He has been so sweet. No matter what my mood is he know what to do and how to calm me down. He is always making sure that I'm ok and that the babies are good. He makes sure that I am eating right and not eating junk... even though all I ever want to eat is fruit and veggies. Thanks to him i will be able to get through this.
I think that it was on Wednesday I had dinner in the crock pot and we went and did our 10 hour work day. When we got home I went to the crock pot to see how dinner was and it had not cooked at all. I just started to cry... I was so upset that dinner was not cooked. I was so excited to eat this dinner. As I am standing there in front of the crock pot crying and Andrew says something along the lines of "dad I got to tell you that when girls are pregnant they just get angry..."
Rick responds "no"
Andrew " Mad"
Rick - " no, just emotional"
While the boys are talking about this I am crying and go to the restroom. Rick looks at me because I'm still crying and says "its okay babe we can just have something else for dinner its really okay..."
I love having a husband that is always there for me even thought I am crazy these days.
If there is anything that you want to ask just leave a comment or facebook me and I will respond to you personally or I will respond on the blog. Let me know!
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Pregnant .... with TWINS!
Just so everyone knows this blog is now going to be about me and my pregnancy with twins I want to blog about almost everything that happens just like I would in a journal. So here goes anything.
Yes!!! I am pregnant.... I am pregnant with twins! On January 20th Andrew, Rick and I went to the doctors for my first doctors appointment. We went in and everything went normal we found out that I was 11 weeks 5 days... that was a week later than I thought that I was. I was okay with this news kind of excited. That I was almost 12 weeks the doctor said that we would be doing an ultrasound to check the baby!
The news of doing an ultrasound was very exciting and very nervous. We do the normal doctor stuff then go over to the ultrasound room. I get all ready for the ultrasound and the doctor does some little things before the ultrasound starts.
As soon as the ultrasound starts she says well we have a surprise for you! I look up at my husband (Rick) and tell him that we are having twins! I looked at the screen and there were 2 little white dots not 1 there were 2. At that point I didn't know what to think or feel. I don't know how long we were in there looking at the ultrasound but it was a while and the whole time the doctor was talking to us about these babies that are in me. She told us what type of twins she thought that they were but by the time she was telling us that I was crying and not paying attention. Rick was just trying to figure out what was going on and I don't know what Andrew was doing because he was behind the curtain.
By the end of the appointment I was pretty much balling. I had joked about having twins with Ricky once and he had said something about it at the appointment. All I could do was cry. The doctor said something along the lines of me reacting the right way and that everything would work out. She also told me that everything was ok because I have 2 boobs - I still don't know what to think about that comment other than maybe feedings will be easier. After the doctor left the room Rick came over and I told him that it wasn't funny anymore. He just hugged me.
On the way home all I could think about was what aer we going to do with twins? How am I going to take care of my husband, stepson and two babies? What am I going to do? This is now what we had planned. and there was so much more going through my mind all I could do was cry. We went over to Ricks parents house with our ultra sound pictures and told them that we were pregnant... It definitely took them a while to understand that we were having twins.
We wanted to wait until both my parents were home to let them know so we had decided to wait until after our next appointment to tell them. That didn't quite workout because my mom wanted me to go and hang out with her the next day and I had to come up with some excuse not to go and do something with her when all I wanted to do was tell her that I was pregnant with twins. So on Sunday morning I got on the phone with my dad and told him my mom was at church so I couldn't tell her. I called both of my brothers and let them know. I finally got a hold of my mom and she was in the car with my sister. I think that I got the best reaction from them. I had hidden this from them for 12 weeks... All my mom could say was that she could not believe that I did not tell her.
It was such a relief to tell people it was like a weight was lifted off of my shoulders. Then again it was just put into a bump on my belly! Yes I have a baby bump already. My next scheduled Ultrasound was the 27th (yesterday) and I will have to write about that one tomorrow or something because I'm tired and thinking about going to be. I will also post ultra sound pics tomorrow from the first Ultrasound.
Let me know what your thinking about all of this.
Yes!!! I am pregnant.... I am pregnant with twins! On January 20th Andrew, Rick and I went to the doctors for my first doctors appointment. We went in and everything went normal we found out that I was 11 weeks 5 days... that was a week later than I thought that I was. I was okay with this news kind of excited. That I was almost 12 weeks the doctor said that we would be doing an ultrasound to check the baby!
The news of doing an ultrasound was very exciting and very nervous. We do the normal doctor stuff then go over to the ultrasound room. I get all ready for the ultrasound and the doctor does some little things before the ultrasound starts.
As soon as the ultrasound starts she says well we have a surprise for you! I look up at my husband (Rick) and tell him that we are having twins! I looked at the screen and there were 2 little white dots not 1 there were 2. At that point I didn't know what to think or feel. I don't know how long we were in there looking at the ultrasound but it was a while and the whole time the doctor was talking to us about these babies that are in me. She told us what type of twins she thought that they were but by the time she was telling us that I was crying and not paying attention. Rick was just trying to figure out what was going on and I don't know what Andrew was doing because he was behind the curtain.
By the end of the appointment I was pretty much balling. I had joked about having twins with Ricky once and he had said something about it at the appointment. All I could do was cry. The doctor said something along the lines of me reacting the right way and that everything would work out. She also told me that everything was ok because I have 2 boobs - I still don't know what to think about that comment other than maybe feedings will be easier. After the doctor left the room Rick came over and I told him that it wasn't funny anymore. He just hugged me.
On the way home all I could think about was what aer we going to do with twins? How am I going to take care of my husband, stepson and two babies? What am I going to do? This is now what we had planned. and there was so much more going through my mind all I could do was cry. We went over to Ricks parents house with our ultra sound pictures and told them that we were pregnant... It definitely took them a while to understand that we were having twins.
We wanted to wait until both my parents were home to let them know so we had decided to wait until after our next appointment to tell them. That didn't quite workout because my mom wanted me to go and hang out with her the next day and I had to come up with some excuse not to go and do something with her when all I wanted to do was tell her that I was pregnant with twins. So on Sunday morning I got on the phone with my dad and told him my mom was at church so I couldn't tell her. I called both of my brothers and let them know. I finally got a hold of my mom and she was in the car with my sister. I think that I got the best reaction from them. I had hidden this from them for 12 weeks... All my mom could say was that she could not believe that I did not tell her.
It was such a relief to tell people it was like a weight was lifted off of my shoulders. Then again it was just put into a bump on my belly! Yes I have a baby bump already. My next scheduled Ultrasound was the 27th (yesterday) and I will have to write about that one tomorrow or something because I'm tired and thinking about going to be. I will also post ultra sound pics tomorrow from the first Ultrasound.
Let me know what your thinking about all of this.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Saturday
Saturday Morning! I Love Saturday mornings! I can usually wake up when ever I want to and do what ever I want to! So this morning I got up and made coffee for Rick. The boys went down to Jennie and Larry's house to help Larry put new lights up in the shop. So after they left I went for a walk. I walked for 2 miles came home and got ready for my day! I love being able to go for walks in the morning while most of the people in my neighborhood is still in their houses and not making much noise. While I walked I listened to music.
Music just makes my day! Now it is time to vacuum my car out so I can go and sell it! Woot woot! Kind of excited!
Music just makes my day! Now it is time to vacuum my car out so I can go and sell it! Woot woot! Kind of excited!
Friday, September 9, 2011
?!?!
So lately I have been thinking about the time when I lived in Raleigh, NC! I really enjoyed living there and the friends that I made. I have been thinking about why I had so much fun while I lived there and why I don't have as much fun anymore. I think that I figured out why I'm not as happy anymore! Also how I'm going to fix things.
1- I listened to music all of the time! - like all of the time I think that the only time that I didn't listen to music or have music in the back round is when I was sleeping. So now I need to listen to music again!
2- I didn't care what people thought of me. I was an out of town er and once I got to town I didn't care what people thought. I was comfortable with myself and just did whatever.
3- I played soccer and I was told that I was good at it my a group of Hispanic guys! Out of all of the people that were there I was the only girl that played and I was the only white person that played.
So I think that I want to start up some of these things again. I don't mean playing soccer with a bunch of Hispanic males, but I would like to play soccer again. I think that I will dance and listen to music more often.
I really don't know the purpose of this blog but I just feel that I need to write it down some were and let some people know!
I want to laugh, sing and enjoy life! I have been getting better but looking back at pictures of me in NC it made me think that I want to be that girl again. Not a care in the world how or what others thought of me. I enjoyed that life so much and was so happy. Now just to get that back. I think that I am going to stop typing now and look for a soccer team indoor or outdoor is my only thing that I feel that I need to worry about!.
Oh yeah I'm going to get rid of my car! I am going to sell it to a auto dealership and get my in laws Tahoe! I have always wanted a truck or an SUV so excited!
1- I listened to music all of the time! - like all of the time I think that the only time that I didn't listen to music or have music in the back round is when I was sleeping. So now I need to listen to music again!
2- I didn't care what people thought of me. I was an out of town er and once I got to town I didn't care what people thought. I was comfortable with myself and just did whatever.
3- I played soccer and I was told that I was good at it my a group of Hispanic guys! Out of all of the people that were there I was the only girl that played and I was the only white person that played.
So I think that I want to start up some of these things again. I don't mean playing soccer with a bunch of Hispanic males, but I would like to play soccer again. I think that I will dance and listen to music more often.
I really don't know the purpose of this blog but I just feel that I need to write it down some were and let some people know!
I want to laugh, sing and enjoy life! I have been getting better but looking back at pictures of me in NC it made me think that I want to be that girl again. Not a care in the world how or what others thought of me. I enjoyed that life so much and was so happy. Now just to get that back. I think that I am going to stop typing now and look for a soccer team indoor or outdoor is my only thing that I feel that I need to worry about!.
Oh yeah I'm going to get rid of my car! I am going to sell it to a auto dealership and get my in laws Tahoe! I have always wanted a truck or an SUV so excited!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Homemade Everything!
So I am trying to learn new thing and try new things out! This week I am trying homemade cleaning products and homemade anything really! I have been going to a blog that has a lot of money saving tips and well homemade products will save you money! The blog that I go to is thegrocerycartchallenge.blogspot.com man oh man I can't get away from it! I love this blog.
I will be posting some of the recipes that I have found and that I am currently using! I really hope that it is going to save me a bunch of money and time in the long run!
I also have been trying to organize myself with cleaning lists, meal menus and stuff like that so that when I go back to work I know what needs to be done each day and what we are going to eat. I hope that all of my planning and work now will pay out in the end!
Here are some of the recipes that I have found!
All purpose cleaner (409)
1 empty trigger spray bottle
2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
1 teaspoon borax
water
1/8 cup liquid dish soap
Pour vinegar and borax into the spray bottle, add 1 cup of water and swish around until borax has dissolved. Fill with water leaving enough room for the dish soap.
Window Cleaner (Windex)
1/4 cup ammonia
1 cup rubbing alcohol
1 teaspoon liquid dish soap
6 3/4 cup water
Mix all ingredients together in a bucket and pour into a spray bottle. Store extra in a container for later.
Fabric Softener
6 cups water
3 cups vinegar
2 cups any hair conditioner
Put all ingredients into a gallon container and swish until mixed (if you shake it will just foam up). Add some to you washer when you need it or put into spray bottle and spray on to clothes before you put them into the dryer.
Teeth whitener
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cap full hydrogen peroxide
mix the two together and put on to tooth brush. Use as if you were using toothpaste but do not swallow at all. ( doesn't taste good so I would just use it on the fronts of my teeth and then brush with my regular toothpaste) Only use 1 a week to 1 a month.
For a lot of these you can get the ingredients at you local dollar store. If you would like more time saving/money saving tips just go to the website.
I will be posting some of the recipes that I have found and that I am currently using! I really hope that it is going to save me a bunch of money and time in the long run!
I also have been trying to organize myself with cleaning lists, meal menus and stuff like that so that when I go back to work I know what needs to be done each day and what we are going to eat. I hope that all of my planning and work now will pay out in the end!
Here are some of the recipes that I have found!
All purpose cleaner (409)
1 empty trigger spray bottle
2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
1 teaspoon borax
water
1/8 cup liquid dish soap
Pour vinegar and borax into the spray bottle, add 1 cup of water and swish around until borax has dissolved. Fill with water leaving enough room for the dish soap.
Window Cleaner (Windex)
1/4 cup ammonia
1 cup rubbing alcohol
1 teaspoon liquid dish soap
6 3/4 cup water
Mix all ingredients together in a bucket and pour into a spray bottle. Store extra in a container for later.
Fabric Softener
6 cups water
3 cups vinegar
2 cups any hair conditioner
Put all ingredients into a gallon container and swish until mixed (if you shake it will just foam up). Add some to you washer when you need it or put into spray bottle and spray on to clothes before you put them into the dryer.
Teeth whitener
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cap full hydrogen peroxide
mix the two together and put on to tooth brush. Use as if you were using toothpaste but do not swallow at all. ( doesn't taste good so I would just use it on the fronts of my teeth and then brush with my regular toothpaste) Only use 1 a week to 1 a month.
For a lot of these you can get the ingredients at you local dollar store. If you would like more time saving/money saving tips just go to the website.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
More Pictures!
Week in Chelan and Banks Lake! This is only one of the many things that we did while in Chelan! Golf - We all really sucked in the begining but by the end we did pretty good!
Brian trying to get the ball over the gully! It worked kind of... went off into the brush.
Ricky getting his swing on!
chatting it up on if they should hit the ball or throw the club! - Brian decided to throw the club and it went pretty far.
Boys will be Boys! Especially on Golf carts!
Me trying to golf! I look like a dork!
Brian trying to get the ball over the gully! It worked kind of... went off into the brush.
Ricky getting his swing on!
chatting it up on if they should hit the ball or throw the club! - Brian decided to throw the club and it went pretty far.
Boys will be Boys! Especially on Golf carts!
Other than golf we went to the water park and then went jet skiing! Our time at Chelan was spent having fun! Our time at Banks Lake was spent relaxing! I know that we enjoyed our time away! Can't wait to do this trip again!
Pictures
Pictures Finally!
Ben - my nephew on the Brooks side - and me with blonde hair!
Chester trying to enjoy the lake! It was her first time at a lake and by the end of the week she really liked the water!
The boys on the new boat I think that they are seting the poles up!
Ricky puting gas into the boat! The boat looks so good! Hoping to put a hard top on to it in the next couple of years.
Above is the last camp fire we had at Boneaparte in BC
Ben - my nephew on the Brooks side - and me with blonde hair!
Chester trying to enjoy the lake! It was her first time at a lake and by the end of the week she really liked the water!
The boys on the new boat I think that they are seting the poles up!
Ricky puting gas into the boat! The boat looks so good! Hoping to put a hard top on to it in the next couple of years.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Week
Sunday again!
I have a love hate relationship with Sundays! I love Sundays because I get to spend them relaxing taking in what I have accomplished for the week and weekend! I hate Sundays because Rick has to go back to work Monday morning and I have to figure out what to accomplish for the up coming week.
Last week was really productive and I am hoping that this upcoming week is productive as well. I am hoping that maybe I will be able to do some more canning and or freezing of foods, get more scrap booking done and workout - want to get back to that bikini body that I some what had in high school! Maybe this week I can add something else in to my to be done list! Wait I don't have one of them right now need to start it asap! Oh yeah and last week I read 2 books I am hoping to finish one more this week and then another next week. That is if I don't go back to work before I can finish the ones that I have!
Things that I really want to do this week are:
-Learn more healthy recipes
-walk the dog everyday so she gets exercise
-work on scrap booking - get more pictures developed
-Figure out a meal plan for myself
I don't know what else these are just things that just popped into my head. So we will see what all gets done! Now I have to go and get things ready for the week!
I have a love hate relationship with Sundays! I love Sundays because I get to spend them relaxing taking in what I have accomplished for the week and weekend! I hate Sundays because Rick has to go back to work Monday morning and I have to figure out what to accomplish for the up coming week.
Last week was really productive and I am hoping that this upcoming week is productive as well. I am hoping that maybe I will be able to do some more canning and or freezing of foods, get more scrap booking done and workout - want to get back to that bikini body that I some what had in high school! Maybe this week I can add something else in to my to be done list! Wait I don't have one of them right now need to start it asap! Oh yeah and last week I read 2 books I am hoping to finish one more this week and then another next week. That is if I don't go back to work before I can finish the ones that I have!
Things that I really want to do this week are:
-Learn more healthy recipes
-walk the dog everyday so she gets exercise
-work on scrap booking - get more pictures developed
-Figure out a meal plan for myself
I don't know what else these are just things that just popped into my head. So we will see what all gets done! Now I have to go and get things ready for the week!
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Life's Challenges
Life in general brings challenges!
One of my biggest challenges in life has been to find a hobby! I think that I have finally found some hobbies that I really enjoy and that will take time to do!
I am trying to start scrap booking and I am totally excited to be doing this. Today I even went out to Jo-Ann's today and got some stuff to get me started. I almost saved as much as I spent Can you say SALE!! Anyways now I have to get all of our pictures developed and organized so I can do something with them.
I also have been doing some canning with my mum. We have canned jam and some green beans. I am excited to try canning some other things as well I want to even trying to freeze some things.
These are some of the things in my life that are exciting challenges now.
So for the more difficult challenges in my life. It is difficult to say this but I have an issue with my weight! In the last 4 years I have gained a significant amount of weight. I am not happy about this and I have to learn how to deal with it so I can hopefully lose weight in the next year. I want to get back to my weight in high school! I don't know what it is going to take, i know that it will take some work on my part. Well not just some work a lot of work. I am the one that let me get to where I am at know!
With trying to lose weight I feel that now that I have a hobby to take up time I will be going to food less and less! Doing that will help me out a lot. I will have to find some healthier recipes so that I can change the way that my family eats. I am excited about the new changes that are coming to my life.
Another difficult thing that I have had to deal with in my life is happiness! Sometimes I don't feel happy I feel sad and don't know what to do with myself. Having hobbies and eating healthier I believe are going to help me be happy with myself and happy in life. There are so many of my life challenges that just run together. IS that the way it is with everyone. That once one thing falls into place everything seems to follow? I really hope that this is going to work for me. I have seen so many people be successful in their lives that I now want to be successful with myself.
Thank you to all the people in my life for all the support and examples that you are to me. You all have helped me to find a happier me.
One of my biggest challenges in life has been to find a hobby! I think that I have finally found some hobbies that I really enjoy and that will take time to do!
I am trying to start scrap booking and I am totally excited to be doing this. Today I even went out to Jo-Ann's today and got some stuff to get me started. I almost saved as much as I spent Can you say SALE!! Anyways now I have to get all of our pictures developed and organized so I can do something with them.
I also have been doing some canning with my mum. We have canned jam and some green beans. I am excited to try canning some other things as well I want to even trying to freeze some things.
These are some of the things in my life that are exciting challenges now.
So for the more difficult challenges in my life. It is difficult to say this but I have an issue with my weight! In the last 4 years I have gained a significant amount of weight. I am not happy about this and I have to learn how to deal with it so I can hopefully lose weight in the next year. I want to get back to my weight in high school! I don't know what it is going to take, i know that it will take some work on my part. Well not just some work a lot of work. I am the one that let me get to where I am at know!
With trying to lose weight I feel that now that I have a hobby to take up time I will be going to food less and less! Doing that will help me out a lot. I will have to find some healthier recipes so that I can change the way that my family eats. I am excited about the new changes that are coming to my life.
Another difficult thing that I have had to deal with in my life is happiness! Sometimes I don't feel happy I feel sad and don't know what to do with myself. Having hobbies and eating healthier I believe are going to help me be happy with myself and happy in life. There are so many of my life challenges that just run together. IS that the way it is with everyone. That once one thing falls into place everything seems to follow? I really hope that this is going to work for me. I have seen so many people be successful in their lives that I now want to be successful with myself.
Thank you to all the people in my life for all the support and examples that you are to me. You all have helped me to find a happier me.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
1 year
Last year I was getting ready to walk down the isle to get married to my fab husband! I can not believe that we have been married a year ago.
We went on a trip last week and ended up saying that that is what we were going to do for our anniversary! I think that we will end up going out to dinner today and that is about it. Well we better because Rick ended up getting up at 2 am to go fishing at Baker Lake. He hopefully will bring home 3 sockeye. I know it is a weird way of bringing in a year of being married but he had a little laps in his memory and I told him that he could go! Hopefully he will be home soon.
I will have to update all later on what we have been doing in the last month or so and maybe even put up some pictures of our trips.
We went on a trip last week and ended up saying that that is what we were going to do for our anniversary! I think that we will end up going out to dinner today and that is about it. Well we better because Rick ended up getting up at 2 am to go fishing at Baker Lake. He hopefully will bring home 3 sockeye. I know it is a weird way of bringing in a year of being married but he had a little laps in his memory and I told him that he could go! Hopefully he will be home soon.
I will have to update all later on what we have been doing in the last month or so and maybe even put up some pictures of our trips.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Update!!!
So Ricky is off of night shift now. He was back to days for like a month or so but now he has been put on standby with Diamond B. He has been working on his new boat that we got on the 13th of this month. The boat is a 1990 Olympic with a 1989 88 special Evinrude outboard motor on it. When we got it the motor was having some problems... but my husband is very talented and somewhat of a mechanic so he has fixed our boat motor and added a few accessories to the boat itself.
Andrew is now out of school and enjoying his summer. He really enjoys to ride his bike and play outside when it is nice out.
I have been up to my normal stuff. I have been reading a bit more again and I really enjoy it. I get to spend some time with my hubby. Oh yeah and in the last month or so I had been going between home and a hospital in Seattle. That is a long story and I will write another post about that at a later date.
In the last couple of days or even weeks, we have been preparing for our yearly fishing trip to Bonaparte Lake in Canada. It takes about 7 hours to get there in the motor home. We are taking our new boat and can I tell you how excited Rick is about taking his new boat out. It is like WOW at how much he likes his boat. I have been trying to plan out meals for this trip and not pack too much food. Well as it goes I always pack too much food. As I have been doing this I have decided to marinate my meat portion of the meal and freeze it so that it cuts down on the prep time and let me enjoy my vacation a lot better.
The dinners that we are having on our trip:
Asian Flank Steak - oh so good that I am going to do this 2 nights.
Hamburgers
Hot dogs/Italian Sausage
Lasagna - tradition for the first night
Herb and garlic Chicken
Pork chops
Steak
Foil Dinner
Fish - the one meal that Rick does because he likes his fish a certain way.
All of these should be really good dinners that I can do on the BBQ or in a fire and don't have to heat anything up in the motor home. We now have a camp stove and a BBQ so I can do a complete dinner out side and this I am so excited about. We have our large propane tank that has a post attachment that has 2 ports for hoses so you can have your camp stove and BBQ going at the same time and on the top of the post you can put your lantern. I am so excited about the set up and being able to see what I am cooking when I am cooking at night.
Any ways that is what we have been up to and what we are going to be doing for the next little while. When we get back I will try to put up some pictures of our set up, our boat and our trip, Oh yeah and hopefully some Fish.
Andrew is now out of school and enjoying his summer. He really enjoys to ride his bike and play outside when it is nice out.
I have been up to my normal stuff. I have been reading a bit more again and I really enjoy it. I get to spend some time with my hubby. Oh yeah and in the last month or so I had been going between home and a hospital in Seattle. That is a long story and I will write another post about that at a later date.
In the last couple of days or even weeks, we have been preparing for our yearly fishing trip to Bonaparte Lake in Canada. It takes about 7 hours to get there in the motor home. We are taking our new boat and can I tell you how excited Rick is about taking his new boat out. It is like WOW at how much he likes his boat. I have been trying to plan out meals for this trip and not pack too much food. Well as it goes I always pack too much food. As I have been doing this I have decided to marinate my meat portion of the meal and freeze it so that it cuts down on the prep time and let me enjoy my vacation a lot better.
The dinners that we are having on our trip:
Asian Flank Steak - oh so good that I am going to do this 2 nights.
Hamburgers
Hot dogs/Italian Sausage
Lasagna - tradition for the first night
Herb and garlic Chicken
Pork chops
Steak
Foil Dinner
Fish - the one meal that Rick does because he likes his fish a certain way.
All of these should be really good dinners that I can do on the BBQ or in a fire and don't have to heat anything up in the motor home. We now have a camp stove and a BBQ so I can do a complete dinner out side and this I am so excited about. We have our large propane tank that has a post attachment that has 2 ports for hoses so you can have your camp stove and BBQ going at the same time and on the top of the post you can put your lantern. I am so excited about the set up and being able to see what I am cooking when I am cooking at night.
Any ways that is what we have been up to and what we are going to be doing for the next little while. When we get back I will try to put up some pictures of our set up, our boat and our trip, Oh yeah and hopefully some Fish.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Interests/hobbies
So lately I have been trying to figure out what I want to do with my time at home. A lot of my time at home is spent watching TV and cooking! I want to find something to keep me away from the TV and away from the kitchen! Yesterday I went online to check out different hobbies/interest I still don't know what I want to do, there are just so many things that I enjoy doing.
As I have been thinking about this I feel as if I need to get a daily schedule going! Have a time for working out, craft time, cooking/baking time etc. I feel as if I am waisting my life away with TV and food. When I should be enjoying my life and having fun.
Crafts that I think that I could do in my time:
-reading
-singing
-cooking
-scrap booking
-running/jogging
-horse riding
-belly dancing
-soccer
-yoga
-photography
-food decorating
-gardening
-quilting
-woodcarving
-baby crafts
and something to do with vintage stuff.
I was looking at a web site last night and it was - ilovecraftscraftblogs.lindawalshoriginals.net
there were many different types of crafts that one could be interested in. I want to find something to do in the next two weeks so that when Rick is back on Days I can have something to do during the days when Andrew is at school and he is at work or busy with the business. I think that if I find something that I really enjoy doing I will be happier. So if you have any ideas for me please let me know.
Have you thought about what your hobbies/interests are?
As I have been thinking about this I feel as if I need to get a daily schedule going! Have a time for working out, craft time, cooking/baking time etc. I feel as if I am waisting my life away with TV and food. When I should be enjoying my life and having fun.
Crafts that I think that I could do in my time:
-reading
-singing
-cooking
-scrap booking
-running/jogging
-horse riding
-belly dancing
-soccer
-yoga
-photography
-food decorating
-gardening
-quilting
-woodcarving
-baby crafts
and something to do with vintage stuff.
I was looking at a web site last night and it was - ilovecraftscraftblogs.lindawalshoriginals.net
there were many different types of crafts that one could be interested in. I want to find something to do in the next two weeks so that when Rick is back on Days I can have something to do during the days when Andrew is at school and he is at work or busy with the business. I think that if I find something that I really enjoy doing I will be happier. So if you have any ideas for me please let me know.
Have you thought about what your hobbies/interests are?
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Hard Time and New Dress
This week has been hard! I don't get how it could have gotten any worse then last week but it seem to have gotten worse! This week I felt so alone. I guess that that part is because Andrew has been down at Grandma and Grandpa's house since Monday night. So the house has been quiet and maybe a little too quiet for my liking. Rick has been so tired lately that it is just dinner for him and then bed, he wakes up and has to run out the door to make it to work in time. We still have 20 days of this. I can tell you that I hate it. I think that this time it is harder then 2 years ago when we both were working out there. I was on days and he was on nights. I think that I saw him more than I see him now. Back then I got to see him in the morning (he would wake me up) and then I would bring him the paper before he started. This is right after we got engaged. I took him dinner almost every night. I don't think that I got home until like 9 every night and went straight to bed. That time was harder I really don't know why but it was.
This week I have been crying every day and I even think every night. It is just hard to see Rick and not be able to really spend any time with him or even really talk to him. I have to keep my crying to myself so I don't make him feel bad. He is working long hard hours for me. The least that I can do is do that for him.
Tonight Andrew is back and he is just getting over a really bad cold so it was cold medicine and vicks with a warm wash cloth on his chest before bed. Bed time is early tonight because he wants to see daddy in the morning and that's an early morning! When we got home from Grandmas and Grandpa's place he got to do his Easter egg hunt. He was so excited to be able to do it. On Sunday when he came home from his moms place I didn't get a call telling me that they were on the way or else it would have been done then.
I am really hoping that this next week goes better for me. I actually have a project to work on now. I am sewing a dress for myself. It is going to be somewhat difficult. I already am having a time with the bodice. I just think that I make things complicated. So we will see if I get it done by the time Rick is done night shift. Oh yeah this dress material is an old sheet! I am so excited to see how it turns out. This dress will have cost me like $10 by the time I'm done.
This week I have been crying every day and I even think every night. It is just hard to see Rick and not be able to really spend any time with him or even really talk to him. I have to keep my crying to myself so I don't make him feel bad. He is working long hard hours for me. The least that I can do is do that for him.
Tonight Andrew is back and he is just getting over a really bad cold so it was cold medicine and vicks with a warm wash cloth on his chest before bed. Bed time is early tonight because he wants to see daddy in the morning and that's an early morning! When we got home from Grandmas and Grandpa's place he got to do his Easter egg hunt. He was so excited to be able to do it. On Sunday when he came home from his moms place I didn't get a call telling me that they were on the way or else it would have been done then.
I am really hoping that this next week goes better for me. I actually have a project to work on now. I am sewing a dress for myself. It is going to be somewhat difficult. I already am having a time with the bodice. I just think that I make things complicated. So we will see if I get it done by the time Rick is done night shift. Oh yeah this dress material is an old sheet! I am so excited to see how it turns out. This dress will have cost me like $10 by the time I'm done.
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