Ahhhhh,

I slept in for a bit today and it was nice!!! Got up around 10AM and had some pizza for breakfast and then we did some cleaning - the girl's did their regular daily chores, T cleaned the laundry room because it had something stinking in it, the boys cleaned the rocks out of the drive way and swept it and I put some laundry away and cleaned/swept the living room! Then I made lunch a bit early and then we headed to the pool!! The kids and I went in while T ran to Dollar General for black garbage bags and then when he got home he came in the pool with us! We floated and played will almost 2PM. It was getting cloudy/gray and kind of windy/cold. Once we were inside and dressed the kids hung out watching TV. T watched stuff on his iPad and I cleaned my office!! 

I put all the school papers away and straightened up the closet. Then I swept and now I have a nice sparkling craft room!! I finished off the afternoon working on CJ's album and around 5PM I grilled out the brawts for diner! After dinner the kids watched some more TV. T worked on his laundry and played video games with the boys and I continued working on CJ's album!! Now it's almost 10:30PM and I'm gonna head to my bed room to read and then go to sleep!!

Hello Monday, we meet again!

So today was beautiful, a bit humid but still beautiful! Once I was up I got busy getting some stuff done. I finally put away all the boys clothes that have been piling up in my room. I made the boys clean their room and then I swept it. I got laundry started - towels and my clothes. I had the girls clean the living room and then I swept the hall and then vacuumed the livingroom! Then I sent the kids outside and I FINISHED Gman's album!! Woo Hoo!! Then I sorted all of CJ's photos so I can get started on his album. The kids got in the pool at about 11AM and I held off lunch till almost 1:30PM - it was just mac and cheese. Then at about 2:30PM our land lord showed up and stayed for almost an hour - I sat outside with the kids so they wouldn't bother him and he proceeded to whack the shit out of the hedges!! Kids got back in the pool and I messed around in my office until I grabbed a shower at about 5PM and then headed out to take the kids to McDonald's for dinner! 

Then I hit JoAnn's and they had a ton of clearance so I spent about $20 bucks and then we headed to WalMart to get my photos, some milk and some eggs! Then we ran through the drive thru for ice cream! We got home and daddy was here!! But we left shortly after that because he had to return some movies, while we were there I picked out a ton to watch over the next few days. Then we headed back home, it was almost 8:30PM so the boys messed around for just a bit before T put them to bed! I messed around in the office - trying out some of the new goodies I bought and now after I submit this I'm gonna go put a movie in, fold some clothes and then hit the hay!!!

Weekend!!!

We tried to sleep in but the boys were up early! Little man made them oatmeal and then T and I did lay around but they were coming in and out of our room so it wasn't that restful! We finally got up and T cleaned the whole kitchen and the living room - I swept and then we lazed around! The kids played outside all day: riding bikes, playing catch and playing in the dirt with their trucks! Once we were done with dinner we decided to head to the Drive in! 

It was a great night and not to terrible cold - just enough to warrant snuggling under a blanket!! We saw The Amazing Spiderman 2 and then headed home before the 2nd feature! We stuffed ourselves full of popcorn, pop, twizzlers, hot dogs, nachos and candy! It was a great night!!!

Happy 12th birthday to R!!!

The morning started out just like every other Thursday morning! My packing lunches and getting the kids off to school! Once I got the boys out the door I ran CJ into town to school. Then I needed a little break from my mother so I got breakfast at Taco Bell and then headed into Wal Mart to get paper plates and a few other odds and ends!! Then it was back home to work on cleaning the kitchen and doing laundry! Then it was off to pick up CJ and another little break! I came home and mom was trying to get Grant and Gavin's DS's working and it was just painful! The boys were trying to play with them and she was being a total bitch and just being plain mean to them! It was driving me UP THE WALL!!! I was in the kitchen trying to clean a little and get lunch ready - mac & cheese! Again after lunch it was more of her bitching and moaning and more of me trying to just avoid her!! T called at about 1:30PM, he was in Pittsburgh but his truck had no breaks - it was going to need to be towed home!! The kids started coming home and it was looking like daddy was going to be late and it was just a terrible time! But we had hot dogs and fries for dinner and I had make and iced cupcakes for R's birthday! She opened her present and loved the new Kindle we got her!! Then mom put the boys to bed at about 7:50PM and she was just being a total bitch to them - I felt so bad and I just wanted to run away! So I was thankful when T texted at 8PM for me to come pick him up! I got him and then took him to Burger King for some food and then McDonald's. Then it was home to put our kiddos to bed! My mom was very cool to us and then went to bed shortly after! I was not looking forward to spending two more days with her!

Sunday funday

Let's see, today was such a great day to sleep in! Once daddy and I decided to roll out of bed at about 9AM, we headed out the door for a little breakfast date - we had the new breakfast at Taco Bell! It was delicious!! Then we ran to Bilo and picked up pork loins for dinner! We kind of just hung around the house, putzing around till lunch and then we took the kids to Mickey's. The we headed to Wal Mart because daddy need a few things for his up coming trip this week and then we went back through the drive through of Mickey's and got the kids .49 cent ice cream cones! Once home we CLEANED!!! We deep cleaned the boys room, the kitchen and the mudroom. I swept and mopped all the hardwood floors and S steam mopped the kitchen floor. Daddy cleaned the laundry room and I dusted the living room. Then it was dinner. Playing outside for a few minutes with the kids and then daddy was on bath duty while I ran back to Wal Mart to get him deodorant and advil. Then I stopped at the track and walked for about 25 minutes! Now I'm home and I'm gonna finish my water and then go read!

The Funk!

Ugh, so I was in such a funk today and was a real BITCH!! I didn't leave bed once!! T took the kids to Chinese for lunch and then out grocery shopping! I think they cleaned a bit too!!

DST!!

Daylight Savings Time today - Spring forward one hour!! Of course this doesn't really affect us so it wasn't a big deal!! We spent the morning cleaning up and then I left just before lunch to go grocery shopping! Then once home I tried to clean my office a bit and then I messed around on Pinterest some! Then it was time to start dinner - Tacos!! I snapped this photo outside of the sun still HIGH in the sky at like almost 6PM and it's one of my most favorite things about DST - it stays lighter so much longer!! WooHoo!! Before we know it, it's going to be staying late till like 9PM at night!! 

The boys were begging for a snack at like 7:30PM, so I told them they could have a clementine and goofy C was eating his with a fork!! Weirdo!! Then it was showers for the kids and straight to bed at 8PM. I messed around on Facebook for like 3 hours and now that it's 11PM I'm headed to bed!!! Ugh...not looking forward to Monday tomorrow!!!

Ugh, another morning on my own!!

T had to leave at like 3AM to be in Pittsburgh to pick up the auditors from the airport and then he spent all day with them auditing Marco's in Ohio and Pennsylvania!

My alarm went off at 6AM and I got up and got the girls lunches packed. They got their own breakfasts (frozen waffles) and then I headed back to bed till my second alarm at 7:30AM. Once it went off I got the boys breakfast (frozen "mcgriddles") and then got them dressed and their lunches packed. Then I got myself dressed and we headed outside to catch the bus. Then CJ and I headed in to town to drop him off and then I came home! I cleaned up my office a bit and worked on getting some photos gathered, edited and printed for project life! Then it was time to head back in and pick him up. Ms. L left me know that he started crying again at snack time, when I questioned him he said it was because he missed me! We came home and I made him pancakes and sausage for lunch and then I worked on project life all afternoon! I cleaned the carpet in my office a bit too and then vacuumed it! The kids started coming home. I made chicken nuggets and tater tots for dinner. I got the boys showered and in bed. S made some kind of apple wrap for a school project and I laid in bed and read! Daddy got home at about 9:30PM and then shortly after that I headed off to dream land!!

Snow day!!

Today started at 5:30AM with the school calling a 2 hour delay! Then at about 7:30AM they called to say school was closed - so another day off for the kiddos, making this a four day weekend!!! The weather is seriously crappy this morning and I had to go into town at 9AM for Cs parent/teacher conference!! I wasn't going to go but at the very last minute I decided to just suck it up and GO!!! It went great and C is doing so well at school! Then I ran to Mickey's and grabbed a frappe and some pies and then headed home! C is feeling better and even ate some apple sauce today and some toast - but he is still not 100%!! I spent the day working on my Project Life album and on laundry! I also snow blow the driveway and shoveled the steps! UPS was suppose to deliver me something but the bastards didn't show - assholes!!! Then after dinner I folded some laundry and cleaned the livingroom and vacuumed!! At 7PM I started getting the boys showered, I got C in bed and then I got the bigger boys in bed!! Now I'm waiting for daddy to get home (he had to head to Ohio for pizza) and I'm working on updating the blog while I'm listening to some scrapbooking pod casts! Now I'm gonna hit submit and head to my bed and read!!!

Snow day!!!

It was so nice just laying around this morning and not rushing!! I think I was in bed till like 8:30AM! I figured it would be another lazy day but that changed real quick when the kids started fighting!! So I called them all up stairs and we started to CLEAN!!! We cleaned the living room - I even dusted. The girls wiped down all the walls & cabinets in the kitchen. Then they wiped down the hall walls and the basement stairwell walls and cleaned the mud room. The 3 boys and I cleaned their room and S mopped the kitchen floor for me! It was so nice once it was all done!! Then I worked on laundry all day and worked on sorting some photos of S. The kids were hit and miss with the fighting!! Seemed like Little man would cause problems with both little boys! I made cowboy casserole for dinner and then it was time to get showers done. We got a call from the school district at about 7:30PM - 2 hour delay for tomorrow! Then at 8PM I put everyone to bed!! T got home at about 8:30ish or 9PM and I laid in my bed and read till I just couldn't keep my eyes open any more!!!

OMG, talk about a seriously lazy day!!

After we got all the kids out the door, T left the house at about 9AM and I messed on the computer for about 30 minutes. Then I went in my room and laid down because I was cold and tired and I thought I'd just lay there for a bit and then I'd probably get up and go to the lunch date I was suppose to go one, well the next thing I know I'm waking up and it like 12:27 in the afternoon!!! WTH!!! Thank god C is an angel and totally addicted to his DS because if not he probably would have destroyed the house!! So I got up and made him a quick lunch and then I just crawled back in bed, I mean I'd already wasted this much time might as well keep wasting it!!! Although this time C came in the room with me and we hung out for like the rest of the day!!! I did finally get out at about 3:20PM when the girls came home and I sat in my chair and look for some photos for R for her project. I got the boys off the bus and then got back in my chair and there I stayed till daddy came home at almost 6PM with dinner! Then after dinner I helped him clean up the kitchen a bit, then laid around some more and at 7:45 I decided I needed to mop the kitchen floor - it needed it so badly!!! Then I went back to bed at about 8PM, but couldn't sleep so I'm sitting here in my chair writing this!!! Hoping to get sleepy here real quick!!!

So this was a day that sucked!!

As we were getting the boys ready and out the door I was gathering all the towels to wash, I went in the girls room to see if I could find any and I was so disgusted with what I found!! It was a dump, a pig sty just a room filled with filth!! I was so pissed!! So I grabbed two 55 gallon black garbage bags and T and I emptied the whole room!! The only thing we left them was the clothes in their dressers and few clothes that were hung "neatly" in the closet!! They will not be getting their shit back for a very long time!! 

I spent the rest of the day working on a little bit of laundry and also worked on my Christmas album just a bit. Then I laid in bed and watched The Secret Life of the American Teenager - till like 3AM!!!

Got up today and took Christmas down!

I did the whole big tree by myself while T and S worked on all the knick knacks! Then once I'd drug the tree out on the front porch I swept all the hardwood floors and then vacuumed the rug! Then I took all the pine garland down from the hutch, the shelf and the kitchen window! Then I dusted everything and moved the black bookcase back. I emptied and dusted the bookcase in my office and then S and I moved it to the living room! 

T fed the kids lunch and then we showered and headed out to lunch at the Thai place! It was delicious! I had a yellow curry chicken fried rice! Then we headed to walmart and picked up a few essentials! Once back home T put the turkey in the oven and I put the prints I had gotten in the mail in my project life binder! Then A got dropped off by her dad for a sleep over at 5pm. 5:30pm rolled around and the turkey wasn't done so T ran out and picked up Papa John's pizza. We ate. The girls went down stairs, the boys whined and cried and I tried to read! Finally 8pm came and we put the boys to bed and T and I are now watching Under The Dome! I'm getting super tired though so I'm sure I'll he hitting the hay here very soon!!!

I'm still sick!!

Ugh, I woke up today and I am still feeling sick!!! I just have this constant nausea in my stomach!!! I didn't eat any real breakfast, I ate a peanut butter blossom and tried to drink some Sierra mist, but it just tasted gross. The girls and I all grab showers and then everyone got dressed and we headed out the door!! We had a few things to return to Wal Mart and then we let the kids spend their money they got from grandma C/grandpa B and G/G - $20 bucks. C picked up a foam sword and a Batman utility belt. Gman got two "nerf" guns and Little man picked out a new video game. The girls didn't find anything at Wal Mart so I told them we could look at the mall!! By the time we left Wal Mart it was 11AM and we decided to grab an early lunch because we needed to be at the movie theater by 1:30PM. We "argued" for a bit and finally decided on Pizza Hut?KFC buffet!! It was pretty gross - Hahahaha!! Then we piled back in the van and headed home real quick to grab out popcorn bucket and then off to the mall!! We went to Kmart first and man they were busy, the lines were so long that T stayed there while I took the girls (all the kids) to spend their money! R picked Justice and bought a sweater and a cami. Then we headed to Aeropostale for S. She spent forever in there and finally decided on a cami, a sweater, shirt and a purse. Then it was time to hit the movies! It was like $52 bucks for our tickets to Frozen and like $40 on snacks. Totally not worth it but it was fun none the less and we really only do it one time a year - Christmas time. The movie was good and I think all the kids enjoyed it. Then we headed home and got home at about 4PM and started cleaning the basement so we could bring the new toys down. We got rid of a HUGE tub of old toys and brought all the new ones down. Then we came up stairs and I started cleaning my office and daddy got dinner ready. Then after dinner daddy ran all the stuff to Goodwill and I continued cleaning my office. Once I was done and daddy was back we cleaned the kitchen and the living room and straightened up our room. Then it was time for the boys to hit the hay and then daddy and I settled in the living room with him watching Surviorman and me editing Christmas photos! Now he's still watching and I'm writing this and then going to bed because I am whooped!!!

I woke up feeling like a new woman!!

Man, my throat is still kind of sore and I am still coughing, but at least I could function!! So happy it's Saturday and I have nothing I HAVE to do!!! I did do some stuff today: like I did several loads of laundry, cleaned the living room a bit, edited some photos, ran to Wal Mart and picked them up and worked on my Christmas album!! Daddy did a bit of grocery shopping this morning. The kids and I made sugar cookies, cut them out, baked them and iced them - it was torture!!!

Daddy cooked up a delicious turkey dinner with all the fixings!!! It was just a great relaxing Saturday - even though I did lots of stuff!! Now I'm getting ready to shut off my Christmas music that has been playing all day and go snuggle down in my bed and catch some Zzzzzzzzzzzz's. I have another lazy day ahead of me tomorrow!!

Ugh,

so I am so pissed at my stupid body!! I swear even with the kids being off school for like 5 days and only need an alarm ONE of those days, my body is still waking every stinking morning around 6AM!!! Hahaha!! Who wants to bet that come Tuesday morning (kids first day back to school) it's going to be hell dragging myself out of bed at 6AM!!! So once we were up and had eaten breakfast, I started working on a grocery list. I grabbed a quick shower and headed out the door at 9:45AM to hit Aldi's and Wal Mart!! Came home and the kids unloaded the van and daddy and I put stuff away! I made the kids lunch and then we sat down to do our countdown activity: Clay Pot Snowmen!!!

S's, R's, Little man's, Gman's and C's!!

We painted them first and let them dry for about an hour and then it was time to add all the trimmings: I hot glued the hats to the faces and then the kids added a ribbon to the hat, googly eyes, "carrot" nose and a "coal" mouth. The finishing touch was the saying "Let It Snow"!!! The kids loved them and a few of them are even going to give them to there teachers!!! Then I worked on getting the tree up in my office and my office cleaned!! I also cleaned mine and Dad's bathroom - it needed it!!! Then it was my homemade mac & cheese for dinner and then I headed to my office and finished my 30 Days of Thanks album!! I'm gonna hopefully photography it tomorrow and get it up here in the blog - it turned out so cute!!! Now I'm just finishing this up and I'm gonna go read in my bed!!! I need some snuggle time majorly!!

It's Sunday!!!

Let's see we got up and I'm kind of rocking a sickness.....cough and sore throat...great!!! So that blows balls!!! Also we woke up to like 18 degree weather, feeling like 4 degree!! Bleck!!! 

So after a quick breakfast we started cleaning!! We got the kitchen and living room done, like every nook and cranny!! I also worked on all the laundry I needed to catch up on and then after lunch we headed to the basement and cleaned every nook and cranny down there too!! It felt to good!!! Then I spent the rest of the afternoon working on my turkey's. I did have to run out and get more kraft paper and that was cool, a nice little break!! I was up till about 10PM working and still not done, but I have to go to bed because I have to leave the house early tomorrow, so it's off to bed with me and I'll finish these up tomorrow!!

Happy 9th Birthday to my sweet little man!!!

I can not believe that this big boy was a baby at one time!! Gah!!! 

You can read his birth story (and see his hospital photo) in this post!!! So the day started off with us heading to Eat N Park for breakfast, Little man's request! We made him wait till after breakfast there to open his presents (OK, I made him because I hate the way photos look when they are taken in ort yellow kitchen) and he loved them all!!! Then we headed to Wal Mart to pick up some ice cream. Once home we cleaned the upstairs, well most of it - S did the kitchen and then the rest of us (ie: mommy and daddy) did the living room. Then it was lunchtime - mac n cheese - and then cake and ice cream time!!! YUMMY!!! Then I had just enough time to give Gman his breathing treatment before we headed to a birthday party for his friend at S&T Arena!! It was from 1 to 3 and I stayed the whole time - ugh the kids were all assholes!!! They were so bad and I think poor Gman was overwhelmed!! At one point when we were in the room waiting for cake Gman  said "I didn't know it was going to be like this - so loud"!!! Coming from the king of loud at our house; so you can imagine what it was like!!! We high tailed it out of there before 3 and came home to daddy cleaning the office. I sat down and started working on turkey crafts and here I still sit at almost 8PM!!! All I've stopped for is to eat dinner!! Cripes I'm so over this!!! Hahahaha!! But I'm quitting soon for the night!! I'm just finishing up this one last set and then I'm putting on some cozy jammies, crawling in my bed and reading!!! I can pick back up tomorrow!!!

Ugh, so tired!!!

Thank goodness today is Friday, I seriously need some down time!!! Hahahaha!! What in the heck would I do if I actually had a job - I'd probably croak!!! :p Today was a totally normal morning, we got kids fed and lunches packed. We went back to bed and lazed around a bit! We got the boys on the bus and hubby off to work and then I cleaned the kitchen. I cleaned the living room and I cleaned my office!! Phew, they all needed it so badly!! Then I messed around with my silhouette, cutting some fall things because I need to get my gratitude album up to date! Then just before lunch I showered, fed C and got him dressed. Then we left to head to our lunch date at the Tandoor Restaurant!! We were a bit early so hung out in the van for bit and then went in, Kim was already there and Amy and Krista came shortly after!! I have never had Indian food but it was OK, nothing super special and I totally didn't eat $12 bucks worth (I think they charged me full price for C even though he ate like half a piece of weird bread), but it was neat trying it!!! Then we came home (after a short stop at JoAnn's) and I scrapped all afternoon and C watched TV!! Kids started coming home, we had left overs for dinner and then I continued scrapping!! I text daddy to bring me something to eat home (I didn't have anything for dinner) and I let the boys stay up till 9AM. Put them to bed and they all went right down without a peep!!! Daddy got home at about 9:45PM bearing Taco Bell for us and we sat at the table eating and talking!!! Now I cleaned up my mess. I'm typing this and as soon as I done I'm hitting my bed and maybe reading for a bit!!! I'm ready for a little snuggle time!!

We did a ton of cleaning today!!!

We got up and had breakfast and then I made a short grocery list of stuff I'd need for lunches this week and I ran to Wal Mart to pick them up. Then I headed to B's house to pick R up at 10AM. Mrs. B said the girls were good but they were up LATE, like till 5AM!!! CRAZY!!! While I was gone daddy started cleaning, and once I got home I started helping!! We went into the boys room and cleaned all the windows and window sills, striped all the beds and hung the comforters out to air out and washed all the sheets and blankets!! We got it all swept and it looked good!!! Then it was almost lunch time so we took a break and got lunch ready!! After lunch we headed into the girls room - OMG!!! It took us like 4 hours to clean that room!! I made them go through ever stitch of clothing. Daddy had to take a break and run to Wal Mart to get S a new dresser since her's was trashed!! Then I went down and started cleaning the basement while daddy got dinner ready (roast chicken and potatoes and broccoli). After dinner we worked on getting stuff finished up and helped R do her kitchen!! I was whooped!! Daddy was too!!! We gave the boys showers at 7PM and had them in bed by 7:30PM!!! Then I got my eggs boiled and my egg salad made for lunches and then I hit the hay!! I read for a little bit but I was tired that I think I was asleep by 10PM!!