The makings of a great weekend
Getting ready for day 2 of the garage sale. Of course it rained yesterday and it's raining right now. Figures. I only had the garage sale for 4 hours yesterday and my friend Laura took the kids so that was a huge help. Mia started a fever last night, threw up this morning and at last read was about 103F. So it should be a fun weekend what with listing the bigger items that don't sell on Craigslist/Ebay, dumping stuff off at Goodwill, rainy weather, sick kid..... the fun just never stops.
Short post today as I need to most importantly make some coffee before I had out to the garage. I'm sure it will be slow with the rain so great fun.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
I'm the b****
Well, it's not spoken but it's probably thought. We had decided to put the kids playhouse in the garage sale and our neighbors wanted to buy it. I told Mike I saw the house new on sale for $130 so I was thinking of asking $70-$75 for it but was going to research it. So he comes in the house saying they were buying the house and he told them $50. Now I'm pissed because I'm not working and $20 is something I could use. So we are fighting about it when I turn around and the neighbor is standing at the front door (yes we had the front door open so the screen door was closed) as he had come over to pay us for it. So now I feel like an A**!. He did give us $70 for the house and I did research it on Ebay (to make sure I didn't ask too much) and saw they sold on Ebay for $75-$80 so it all worked out except for the me being a b**** part.
As I'm throwing all the things that can go in the garage.... I'm wondering how I'm going to price all this stuff. I know I'd get more money on Ebay but I just don't want to take the time (and the risk of getting ripped off) to list everything.
Not much of a Holiday weekend for us. We cleaned the house yesterday and I was able to catch up on a few things. I did try out sewing with the Serger my mom gave me. I need some more practice but it is pretty cool. I did a rolled hem and made Mia some long shorts out of a pair of gauchos she had put holes in after wearing them for 20 minutes.
This also starts the first week of no more school for us. I think I will need to use my babysitter exchange a lot to keep my sanity.
Well, it's not spoken but it's probably thought. We had decided to put the kids playhouse in the garage sale and our neighbors wanted to buy it. I told Mike I saw the house new on sale for $130 so I was thinking of asking $70-$75 for it but was going to research it. So he comes in the house saying they were buying the house and he told them $50. Now I'm pissed because I'm not working and $20 is something I could use. So we are fighting about it when I turn around and the neighbor is standing at the front door (yes we had the front door open so the screen door was closed) as he had come over to pay us for it. So now I feel like an A**!. He did give us $70 for the house and I did research it on Ebay (to make sure I didn't ask too much) and saw they sold on Ebay for $75-$80 so it all worked out except for the me being a b**** part.
As I'm throwing all the things that can go in the garage.... I'm wondering how I'm going to price all this stuff. I know I'd get more money on Ebay but I just don't want to take the time (and the risk of getting ripped off) to list everything.
Not much of a Holiday weekend for us. We cleaned the house yesterday and I was able to catch up on a few things. I did try out sewing with the Serger my mom gave me. I need some more practice but it is pretty cool. I did a rolled hem and made Mia some long shorts out of a pair of gauchos she had put holes in after wearing them for 20 minutes.
This also starts the first week of no more school for us. I think I will need to use my babysitter exchange a lot to keep my sanity.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Shopping at Target
I've been to Target twice in the last week. The second time I went with the kids just to get a card. As I get to the counter I hear a collective gasp and look at the end cap. Yes, they have packaged the Justice League as dive sticks. To be honest I may have gasped with them as I do think these are pretty cool. Even though they haven't been to a pool these have been played with EVERY day.
I did use Mason's gift card from his birthday for the dive sticks so don't think I'm that big of a sucker.
It had been so long since I'd been in Target with good reason. I go into the store with one thing in mind but I can never make it out of the store with just that one thing. I spotted the bubble wands in their dollar spot and the kid's love them. Mason can never seem to blow bubbles as he sticks the wand right up so it is touching his mouth. He gets lots of bubbles with these wands and I get to have a boy that's not sticky dripping at the chin.
I've been to Target twice in the last week. The second time I went with the kids just to get a card. As I get to the counter I hear a collective gasp and look at the end cap. Yes, they have packaged the Justice League as dive sticks. To be honest I may have gasped with them as I do think these are pretty cool. Even though they haven't been to a pool these have been played with EVERY day.
I did use Mason's gift card from his birthday for the dive sticks so don't think I'm that big of a sucker.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Teacher totes done
Lot's of trial and error here but there is a finished product. I did burn 2 of the initials in the process but I've already glued them to the bags so there's no going back. Here they are:
This is the kid's last week of school and there is still so much I need to get done. I'm starting to think I'll never get caught up.
I was planning on having a garage sale this weekend but gave up the idea Wednesday when the weather was forecast to be rainy both days. It was a great weekend. I'm feeling with the way my luck's been going when I do have the garage sale... it WILL rain.
Here's to another project done.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Why can't I calm down?
I stress a lot... I think that's part of the reason I'm an insomniac. I can't do one thing at a time, I'm constantly multi-tasking and thinking about what I need to get done. Monday I stayed up until 2am working on the kid's preschool book (I'll post that later). It's done! Thank God that's over. Tuesday morning I was invited to join the "preschool/elementary commission" at my church so I went to their Informational Brunch. Yes, I joined.... do I ever say "no" to anything? I'm a sucker! Then I drop the kids of at school and think I'm going to take a nap. I lay down but can't fall asleep. Figures. So I catch up on some e-mails, etc. Pick the kids up and hours later I'm back at the church because I volunteered to help out 5:30-9. I'm exhausted when I get home but can I fall asleep? No! I take some Advil PM and eventually fall asleep somewhere around midnight.
So now that I have a major project done and I can return to my other projects. I'm just hitting roadblocks.... There's no reason for me to be stressed but for some reason I'm just wound.
I need to do something relaxing but at the moment I can't think of what that would be.
Any ideas?
I stress a lot... I think that's part of the reason I'm an insomniac. I can't do one thing at a time, I'm constantly multi-tasking and thinking about what I need to get done. Monday I stayed up until 2am working on the kid's preschool book (I'll post that later). It's done! Thank God that's over. Tuesday morning I was invited to join the "preschool/elementary commission" at my church so I went to their Informational Brunch. Yes, I joined.... do I ever say "no" to anything? I'm a sucker! Then I drop the kids of at school and think I'm going to take a nap. I lay down but can't fall asleep. Figures. So I catch up on some e-mails, etc. Pick the kids up and hours later I'm back at the church because I volunteered to help out 5:30-9. I'm exhausted when I get home but can I fall asleep? No! I take some Advil PM and eventually fall asleep somewhere around midnight.
So now that I have a major project done and I can return to my other projects. I'm just hitting roadblocks.... There's no reason for me to be stressed but for some reason I'm just wound.
I need to do something relaxing but at the moment I can't think of what that would be.
Any ideas?
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Happy Mother's Day
Well Mike and the kids had gotten me some rose bushes that I planted yesterday and today was off to a good start. Mike was up making us breakfast and Mason and I went downstairs to hang out. Mason had to go potty, missed the toilet and ended up peeing all over the floor. So I got to clean that up. Then Mia came down very whiny. I told her if she was that tired to go lay down on the couch so she went and lied down for a bit. Then she started complaining her stomach hurt. Mike and I thought she was just being whiny again until she walked over to the table and started throwing up all over. We ended up missing church since she's so sick so I feel a little guilty missing mass even though I have a good excuse.
She hasn't been able to keep anything down yet, not even water and I keep freaking out she has a concussion from being hit in the head yesterday. Mike assures me it's not that and to stop being so paranoid. I guess it's karma for being mad at her in the store yesterday. Just when I thought I reached my limit with her.... she goes missing..... then gets hurt.... now sick.
Here's to feeling like the worst mother in the world on Mother's Day.
Well Mike and the kids had gotten me some rose bushes that I planted yesterday and today was off to a good start. Mike was up making us breakfast and Mason and I went downstairs to hang out. Mason had to go potty, missed the toilet and ended up peeing all over the floor. So I got to clean that up. Then Mia came down very whiny. I told her if she was that tired to go lay down on the couch so she went and lied down for a bit. Then she started complaining her stomach hurt. Mike and I thought she was just being whiny again until she walked over to the table and started throwing up all over. We ended up missing church since she's so sick so I feel a little guilty missing mass even though I have a good excuse.
She hasn't been able to keep anything down yet, not even water and I keep freaking out she has a concussion from being hit in the head yesterday. Mike assures me it's not that and to stop being so paranoid. I guess it's karma for being mad at her in the store yesterday. Just when I thought I reached my limit with her.... she goes missing..... then gets hurt.... now sick.
Here's to feeling like the worst mother in the world on Mother's Day.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Bad day for the little Asian Dutch girl
Today I was in the beginnings of a panic attack. We went to Costco and Mia was "acting up". Mike and Mason had moved to another section and I turned and told Mia, "Let's go right now." I started to walk off, glanced back once (she was right behind me) then caught up to the boys. I said to Mike, "She's really ticking me off, I just want to smack her." Then I turn around to look at her and she's not there. So I go back to where we were (5 feet away) and she's gone. Then I go back to Mike and tell him I can't find her. He goes to look and can't find her either. We are searching the store, I'm literally screaming her name and starting to cry. Mike comes back again empty handed. That's when the panic starts in and all that's running in my head is how I said, "I just want to smack her." Then I see out of the corner of my eye Mia walking with on older woman toward the front of the store. I'm now hysterically screaming her name trying to pull the cart with Mason in it running down a parallel aisle until the woman see me and brings her to me. OMG! It took me a couple hours to calm down after that.
Later in the yard we were trying out our new "ladder golf" game that we made. Mia and Mason are having lots of fun whipping the golf balls around and I just knew someone was going to get hit. Mike was in the midst of throwing when Mia runs right in front of it and gets smacked with a golf ball in the forehead. She seemed to be fine minutes later but has a huge "goose egg" on her forehead.
On a nicer note here is Mia in her Dutch costume at the Kinderparade.
and here is Mia "Dutch Dancing".
Today I was in the beginnings of a panic attack. We went to Costco and Mia was "acting up". Mike and Mason had moved to another section and I turned and told Mia, "Let's go right now." I started to walk off, glanced back once (she was right behind me) then caught up to the boys. I said to Mike, "She's really ticking me off, I just want to smack her." Then I turn around to look at her and she's not there. So I go back to where we were (5 feet away) and she's gone. Then I go back to Mike and tell him I can't find her. He goes to look and can't find her either. We are searching the store, I'm literally screaming her name and starting to cry. Mike comes back again empty handed. That's when the panic starts in and all that's running in my head is how I said, "I just want to smack her." Then I see out of the corner of my eye Mia walking with on older woman toward the front of the store. I'm now hysterically screaming her name trying to pull the cart with Mason in it running down a parallel aisle until the woman see me and brings her to me. OMG! It took me a couple hours to calm down after that.
Later in the yard we were trying out our new "ladder golf" game that we made. Mia and Mason are having lots of fun whipping the golf balls around and I just knew someone was going to get hit. Mike was in the midst of throwing when Mia runs right in front of it and gets smacked with a golf ball in the forehead. She seemed to be fine minutes later but has a huge "goose egg" on her forehead.
On a nicer note here is Mia in her Dutch costume at the Kinderparade.
and here is Mia "Dutch Dancing".
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Zumba
I've finally decided that I need to do something to lose some weight. I'm not seriously overweight but I need to lose about 15lbs. I have NO willpower and it used to be I ate whatever I wanted and would just run/workout a little more to make up for my eating habits. Well now that I don't have the time to work out anymore.... and I've had children..... and I'm *ahem* considered to be in my late thirties now..... I actually have to diet. My SILs & BILs have lost a lot of weight doing the Weight Watcher points system so Mike and I have been doing it for the past 3 weeks or so. While we didn't actually sign up with Weight Watchers we figured out enough on the internet to give it a try. Mike has lost like 8 lbs, me nothing. What's frustrating about it is that Mike doesn't need to lose any weight he's just "sympathy dieting" because he knows I have no willpower. Also, the fact that I feel like I've sacrificed a LOT and have lost nothing.
Anyway, two of my friends and I signed up for Zumba and had our first class last night. I think it's so much fun even though I can't get my body to move like the instructor's. I told my friends that Mike would LOVE it if I could move like that but alas.....it's like getting a robot to shake it's butt.
When I came home last night Mia runs to the door to give me a hug and says, "Momma you got fat!"
WHAT!
Then she says, "You better go downstairs and get on the treadmill."
Traitor!
I've finally decided that I need to do something to lose some weight. I'm not seriously overweight but I need to lose about 15lbs. I have NO willpower and it used to be I ate whatever I wanted and would just run/workout a little more to make up for my eating habits. Well now that I don't have the time to work out anymore.... and I've had children..... and I'm *ahem* considered to be in my late thirties now..... I actually have to diet. My SILs & BILs have lost a lot of weight doing the Weight Watcher points system so Mike and I have been doing it for the past 3 weeks or so. While we didn't actually sign up with Weight Watchers we figured out enough on the internet to give it a try. Mike has lost like 8 lbs, me nothing. What's frustrating about it is that Mike doesn't need to lose any weight he's just "sympathy dieting" because he knows I have no willpower. Also, the fact that I feel like I've sacrificed a LOT and have lost nothing.
Anyway, two of my friends and I signed up for Zumba and had our first class last night. I think it's so much fun even though I can't get my body to move like the instructor's. I told my friends that Mike would LOVE it if I could move like that but alas.....it's like getting a robot to shake it's butt.
When I came home last night Mia runs to the door to give me a hug and says, "Momma you got fat!"
WHAT!
Then she says, "You better go downstairs and get on the treadmill."
Traitor!
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
The Snake Charmers
So we went to Kinderplaats last Saturday and let the kids have fun. There was a guy with a BIG snake there this year and he was letting people hold it. My kids INSISTED on holding it, they don't get that from me. The snake from what I was told weighed just as much as Mason. I don't know how he was able to hold it.
I bought a corkboard the other day with the intention of making a memo board for Mia. Here is how it turned out.
I did buy one to do for Mason but haven't gotten around to it yet. Happy Tulip Time everyone.
So we went to Kinderplaats last Saturday and let the kids have fun. There was a guy with a BIG snake there this year and he was letting people hold it. My kids INSISTED on holding it, they don't get that from me. The snake from what I was told weighed just as much as Mason. I don't know how he was able to hold it.
The kids don't have school today due to Tulip Time so I was planning on taking them to a parade but it looks as though it may be rained out. So now it looks like I just get them the whole day inside. Yea, pray for me.
I bought a corkboard the other day with the intention of making a memo board for Mia. Here is how it turned out.
I did buy one to do for Mason but haven't gotten around to it yet. Happy Tulip Time everyone.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
It's Tulip Time again
It's Tulip Time again here in Holland. The fireworks were cancelled Friday and Saturday night due to rain so we're not sure if we'll have them this year or not. I especially like the fireworks since while everyone crowds downtown to see them.... we can see them from our front yard and we'll just get some chairs and sit in the driveway to watch.
Last year we did all 3 parades, Kinderplaats .... I think we did it all. This year I'm planning on at least 2 parades and we did do Kinderplaats last Saturday. I'll post pictures when I can. The tulips were definitely not as abundant as last year which is a shame because I LOVE tulips.
I stopped and got the kids their first elephant ear yesterday...Mia didn't really eat her part but Mason scarfed it down. He said, "elephant ears are too good". Fried dough with butter sugar and cinnamon, what's not to love?
It's Tulip Time again here in Holland. The fireworks were cancelled Friday and Saturday night due to rain so we're not sure if we'll have them this year or not. I especially like the fireworks since while everyone crowds downtown to see them.... we can see them from our front yard and we'll just get some chairs and sit in the driveway to watch.
Last year we did all 3 parades, Kinderplaats .... I think we did it all. This year I'm planning on at least 2 parades and we did do Kinderplaats last Saturday. I'll post pictures when I can. The tulips were definitely not as abundant as last year which is a shame because I LOVE tulips.
I stopped and got the kids their first elephant ear yesterday...Mia didn't really eat her part but Mason scarfed it down. He said, "elephant ears are too good". Fried dough with butter sugar and cinnamon, what's not to love?
Saturday, May 03, 2008
My Theme song
They say your life's theme song is whatever was #1 on the charts the day you were born. So I looked mine up and it was something called "It’s Too Late - Carole King". Not sure what that's supposed to tell me. They say it could also be the song when you turned 18 which is- "Toy Soldiers - Martika". That's not much better. I did have a little better luck with my wedding date though- "Fallin'- Alicia Keys". I thought for sure something like "Smack my b**** up-Prodigy" would come up. Guess my marriage has a better theme than my life.
Find your theme song here.
They say your life's theme song is whatever was #1 on the charts the day you were born. So I looked mine up and it was something called "It’s Too Late - Carole King". Not sure what that's supposed to tell me. They say it could also be the song when you turned 18 which is- "Toy Soldiers - Martika". That's not much better. I did have a little better luck with my wedding date though- "Fallin'- Alicia Keys". I thought for sure something like "Smack my b**** up-Prodigy" would come up. Guess my marriage has a better theme than my life.
Find your theme song here.
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