What a week! I have had all the politics I can handle now with the Republican Convention right after the Democratic Convention. The Republican one was just too much for me to handle. I really can't stand the way the lie. I wanted to watch and make sure I was making the right choice with the choice I have already made. I don't have ANY questions left unanswered and I know without a shadow of a doubt I am ready for November now.
Last night was Ashley's first volleyball game. The won and Ashley spiked the winning point in the 3rd game! She was so excited. I am sure if you check out her blog this weekend - she will tell you all about it! Here is the thing - we get to the gym - and it was hotter than HELL in there. I just don't understand how you can have a volleyball game - with players and people in the stands and expect us to be ok with 93 degree temps in there. Piper was burning up and sweating like she looked like I had given her a bath! It was ridiculous! I mean it - I just want to know why it was so hot in there - they could do nothing - open doors, put a big fan in the door. I just don't get it. About 1/2 way thru Ashley's first game - Piper had had enough of the heat and was getting hungry and restless. I took her outside to play (thank god it was alittle bit cooler outside)but it was sprinkling out too. I didn't care at that point - I just wanted out of the hot gym. Piper was happy to get up and moving around too. We went back inside for the last game (which went really fast) and we got to see Ashley work her magic. After the games were over I was sooooo ready to get the hell out of there. We left (Ashley's mom wouldn't let her come talk to us anyway and Riley only spoke to Piper and I because he came outside and his mom didn't know I was outside!) We stopped at McD's for supper and were home by 8:30...... needless to say, it was a really long night! Piper was exhausted by time we got home. I don't think I will be attending very many volleyball games this year! Steve said we could take turns going - but I really think it's important for her dad to be there and I will go when I can.
Tonight we are doing nothing. Steve is tired(well, I said he is) and he needs to rest after getting so worked up last night. I don't think he slept real well between feeling all hot and sweaty from that stupid gym and working himself up over the republicans! He needs a night of rest.
Tomorrow is our family picture day.... I can't wait! I have such high expectations - I just hope it turns out like I want. And these will be Piper's 2 yr. old pictures. We are taking her pink tricycle to the pictures with us. After pictures hopefully hit the farmer's market - I think this might be the last week for it....darn it! The one in Columbia City goes until the first week of Oct. I might just need to go alittle further out of town. Then after Piper gets up from her nap we are headed to Huntington. I have some stuff to deliver to Huntington and time to see the Grandparents. We didn't get to see them last weekend. They went out of town and we are having withdraws - so we are going for a visit!
Steve got his precious bike back today. It looks pretty cool. I really like the red on it. So, hopefully Sunday he gets some much needed biking time in (see his blog if you don't know what I am talking about) He needs the biking to release some of his issues!
I have been having some issues this week too. I think I might be a control freak and I am driving myself crazy. I want my kids to do things my way, I want them to behave in certain ways, I want my house stuff done a certain way, I want, I want, I think I need to let somethings go.........but I don't know how. All it does is make me grouchy. I hate it. So, starting today..... I am going to try to let it go...... worry about the big things..... not all of it needs to be done my way.....(but my way is still the best and right way!!) Like for example..... Riley's room causes me lots of hard ache.... (lots) and he has absolutely not a care in the world about the room. Awhile back I was just keeping the door shut - I don't care. (I tried to tell myself that) but lately we have been leaving it open for air flow upstairs so I see all his shit laying around, laundry that I did and took my time - thrown on the floor..... I just blow my top! And then when you tell him to pick it up... he just sits there and looks at you.... ok now the temperature gauge is on steam! Ok - lots of you have had kids - some of them have had messy rooms - what did you do to deal with it? And the laundry issues.... what kinds of rules did you have on that kind of thing???
Friday, September 5, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
I can't believe another holiday - another free day off work - bites the dust. That sucks. I always look forward to the long weekend and can't wait. Then poof - it's OVER! I told myself before the weekend started that we weren't going to eat out alot and we weren't going to be running around alot. I wanted to stay home, get some things done, swim and enjoy family time....... yeah right.... well, I did most of what I set out to do!
Friday night after Steve picked up the big kids - he calls me on his way home and says he wants Oley's pizza. I can eat Oley's every day of the week - well really I couldn't I would be bound up and not able to shit!!! I did have hamburger laid out to make a meat loaf - but that decision was trumped by the whole family!! After Oley's we headed home and Steve and the neighborhood brats played some b-ball and I put Piper to bed after she played outside for a bit.
Saturday we got up and headed to the farmer's market. I love that. I don't know when it ends I think it is soon - that is such a shame. After the market we needed to hit my fav place - the grocery store.... sucks.. Then it was lunch time - home and eat and put Piper down for her nap. While she was napping, Steve and I started deciding where we were going to put this elipitical trainer we were taking from his brother. This is a machine I mean to tell you. It's the kind they have in the gym. Well, here is the deal, we don't have much space left in our house and I really didn't want this thing in my living room!!! So, we figured out a way to make it fit in our room......but with this idea - we had to get a new tv.....yes a new TV - and flat one so that it could fit on top of Steve's dresser....... So, we ran around looking at tv's. Now remember I didn't want to run around alot or eat out alot....so far Friday Oley's and running all day Saturday...... In the end we bought the new tv from Best Buy because Wal-Mart really pissed me off and I am not buying shit from them again. Now I can't wait for the new Target to open up by my house! We got a 22' Samsung flat screen for the bedroom. So, the machine wasn't as free as we had hoped but it saved us a gym membership and the cost of the 3000.00 machine.
Sunday we had to move the machine upstairs and get all the tv straighten out. Also, we needed to get converter boxes for the kids tv for the digital change in Feb. So, we ate lunch at Arby's and then Steve and Riley went to get the converter boxes. When they got back all the upstairs tv are working and cool! Then later that afternoon we all took a swim. The water was freakin' hot! Steve turned on the pool heater for just a bit... but forgot.... I think he is hanging around me too much. So, the water was extremely warm. It was still nice to hang out by the pool. I made a meatloaf for supper and it was yummy!!! And I had brownies in the oven baking while we were eating supper. Those were yummy too!! The plan for that evening was to play board games after Piper went to bed. Well, Piper didn't want to go to bed. She was a real pill to get to bed that night. I don't know if she didn't feel well or what her deal was - but it took forever and then I was ready for bed myself!! Steve did play pictionary with the kids while I was dealing with her. At least they got some playing time in!
Monday we stayed home all day!!! It was great. Ashley had lots of homework, Riley had some and we just hung around and chilled all day. I am reading a great book by Debbie Macomber again. The third book in the Dakota series and I can't seem to get my nose out of it. Piper took a good 2 hour nap and I did all my laundry up for the week and chilled with the rest of the family!
Ashley has her first volleyball game on Thursday so that was all she could talk about. Riley - well he pushed my buttons a couple of times this weekend and so did Piper.
I hope I don't get a migraine this week. I have been getting them about every other week lately and finally with the last one - I went to the dr. He pulled me off all caffeine. Boy if that isn't fun! I am kinda feeling one coming on today. I hope not. But if I do - I have some new meds to try to keep it from getting too bad hopefully. I am suppose to avoid some of the other headache triggers - yeah right - stress, weather changes, beer, cheese, chocolate, etc., etc., HELLO - It's me Amanda - I can't do all that! Shit- I am going to have a headache!!
Friday night after Steve picked up the big kids - he calls me on his way home and says he wants Oley's pizza. I can eat Oley's every day of the week - well really I couldn't I would be bound up and not able to shit!!! I did have hamburger laid out to make a meat loaf - but that decision was trumped by the whole family!! After Oley's we headed home and Steve and the neighborhood brats played some b-ball and I put Piper to bed after she played outside for a bit.
Saturday we got up and headed to the farmer's market. I love that. I don't know when it ends I think it is soon - that is such a shame. After the market we needed to hit my fav place - the grocery store.... sucks.. Then it was lunch time - home and eat and put Piper down for her nap. While she was napping, Steve and I started deciding where we were going to put this elipitical trainer we were taking from his brother. This is a machine I mean to tell you. It's the kind they have in the gym. Well, here is the deal, we don't have much space left in our house and I really didn't want this thing in my living room!!! So, we figured out a way to make it fit in our room......but with this idea - we had to get a new tv.....yes a new TV - and flat one so that it could fit on top of Steve's dresser....... So, we ran around looking at tv's. Now remember I didn't want to run around alot or eat out alot....so far Friday Oley's and running all day Saturday...... In the end we bought the new tv from Best Buy because Wal-Mart really pissed me off and I am not buying shit from them again. Now I can't wait for the new Target to open up by my house! We got a 22' Samsung flat screen for the bedroom. So, the machine wasn't as free as we had hoped but it saved us a gym membership and the cost of the 3000.00 machine.
Sunday we had to move the machine upstairs and get all the tv straighten out. Also, we needed to get converter boxes for the kids tv for the digital change in Feb. So, we ate lunch at Arby's and then Steve and Riley went to get the converter boxes. When they got back all the upstairs tv are working and cool! Then later that afternoon we all took a swim. The water was freakin' hot! Steve turned on the pool heater for just a bit... but forgot.... I think he is hanging around me too much. So, the water was extremely warm. It was still nice to hang out by the pool. I made a meatloaf for supper and it was yummy!!! And I had brownies in the oven baking while we were eating supper. Those were yummy too!! The plan for that evening was to play board games after Piper went to bed. Well, Piper didn't want to go to bed. She was a real pill to get to bed that night. I don't know if she didn't feel well or what her deal was - but it took forever and then I was ready for bed myself!! Steve did play pictionary with the kids while I was dealing with her. At least they got some playing time in!
Monday we stayed home all day!!! It was great. Ashley had lots of homework, Riley had some and we just hung around and chilled all day. I am reading a great book by Debbie Macomber again. The third book in the Dakota series and I can't seem to get my nose out of it. Piper took a good 2 hour nap and I did all my laundry up for the week and chilled with the rest of the family!
Ashley has her first volleyball game on Thursday so that was all she could talk about. Riley - well he pushed my buttons a couple of times this weekend and so did Piper.
I hope I don't get a migraine this week. I have been getting them about every other week lately and finally with the last one - I went to the dr. He pulled me off all caffeine. Boy if that isn't fun! I am kinda feeling one coming on today. I hope not. But if I do - I have some new meds to try to keep it from getting too bad hopefully. I am suppose to avoid some of the other headache triggers - yeah right - stress, weather changes, beer, cheese, chocolate, etc., etc., HELLO - It's me Amanda - I can't do all that! Shit- I am going to have a headache!!
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