My Project

Yesterday I tackled one of our flower beds. It was completely covered in weeds and had a dead bush in it. I raked and hoed my little heart out. It was tough work, but I got it looking pretty clean and neat. Unfortunately I dont have any before pics to show you. But I did take pics of the rest of our front yard so you can get an idea of what it looked like and what my future projects will be.

What weve been up to

House stuff....Justus has been loving building houses with his Lincoln logs. The other day we had some people over for dinner and the guy is a contractor so it was fun to see them building houses together. For Neil and me, weve been assessing our yard situation. I had the Weed Man come for a free lawn analysis. He basically told me that he couldnt help me, everything is dead. Well, he did show me which of plants are still alive. That was nice to know. So I think we are going to seed Bermuda sometime soon. Of course first we have to pull every thing up. Not fun, but we are excited to see the completed project, whenever that will be.

Favorite Snack

Pita chips and Hummus. This is one of my favorite snacks. I get a whole wheat pita - pull it apart into the two halves, then separate the two halves. Next I break it up into bite size pieces, putting them on a cookie sheet. I spray it with Pam or whatever cooking spray and sprinkle with garlic salt. I broil it in my oven for a few minutes, until they are done looking. Then I just eat them with Hummus or whatever yummy dip I want. Healthy and Yummy! Perfect!

House Sounds

Ive thought about this quite a bit. Once Justus was old enough to get around without all my attention, I started learning what different sounds things make when he was playing with them. I think any mom who stays home has done this. You know the familiar sounds, the ones when the kids are playing vs getting into mischief. In my house, my kids are not allowed to play with cabinets except the one that is really hard to open and neither has yet to open it. But that handle and that cabinet, I know what sound it makes. If Im putting my makeup on and one of the kids is playing with it, I know its ok. Other sounds like the cars on the tile, or the rolling of the push toy or the books being taken out of the bin - I know them all and when I hear them I know the kids are playing well. Other sounds are "no" sounds. If a forbidden cabinet is opened or a Hot Wheels is being drug across the wall. When I hear these it calls for my attention. And every so often I hear a new noise that makes me have to go investigate. It just strikes me funny what our ears get accustomed to.

Something I havent done in a really long time

I spent all day in my jammies! I cant remember the last time Ive done it. Even after the kids were born I always got dressed, even if it was late afternoon by the time it actually happened. Today we just hung out all day at the house. Neil has been feeling a bit under the weather so he didnt want to do anything and he was not really in the best place to leave him with the kids for any length of time. So I just hung out in my jammies, enjoying the relaxed day. I think Haven was the only one who ever got properly dressed. I even did her hair. Happy Jammy day!

The most frustrating

The other day, Neil and I had just had some people over for dinner. They offered to help clean up, but of course, I was like "No, its ok. I still have to unload the dishwasher." So no worries, we chatted for a while then they left. Neil and I got busy cleaning up. We unloaded the dishwasher and restacked it with the dinner dishes. Needless to say, it was full and ready to be started. I did however think I could get "one more dish in" so I waited til the morning after breakfast to run it. I loaded it all up, put the soap in, and pushed it closed. The familiar beeps were heard and then I pushed start. Nothing happened. I leaned closely to make sure cause our dishwasher is pretty quite. Nope, nothing. I pushed start again at least 15 times, but no use. Ugh!!!!!! So a day or so went past before I had the time to find a repair guy and get a quote. It was ridiculously expensive to have the guy just come out, let alone the parts and labor. So I talked it over with Neil and we decided to purchase a new one. We had just been given a gift card and I had a coupon. Also they currently have a mail in rebate so the delivery and instillation is free. So we are confident we made the right choice. However, because we needed black, it had to be special ordered so Im about 2 weeks without a dishwasher. So frustrating. I hate doing dishes by hand. Neil did remind me tho that its a good thing we are out of the bottle stage. For that I say Thank God!

Yet again

Youd think Id learn my lesson - well now I have. Yesterday as I was late to bible study and particularly upset about it cause I was in charge of snacks, I was going to fast. The nice motorcycle cop pulled me over with those now to familiar flashing lights. However this time, he wasnt a jerk, in fact, he was very professional and seemingly truly concerned that I would be speeding, endangering my fellow drivers. He asked why I was speeding and I told him I was late to bible study. He asked to see all my info. He looked at my drivers license and asked if the address was current. I said no. You see, my drivers license has my sis's address on it cause when I moved here I knew I wouldnt have a stable address for awhile but I knew she wasnt going anywhere. So it made sense. I just havent changed it in the past 8 years Ive lived here. Then upon looking at my registration he noted it was a different address and asked if that one was my current address. Again, I replied no. That one had the address of the house we just moved out of. So he took it all back with him to call it in or whatever they do. The whole time I was just praying for a miracle of God. And praise Jesus, he came back and said he was giving me a verbal warning for my speeding, but he was giving me a fix it ticket for my address being incorrect on my drivers license. He informed me that the law was you had 7 days to change it when you move. Well, who knew? Not me, but now I do and Im just so thankful it wasnt a speeding ticket!!