New Years Resolutions

I stopped making resolutions long ago, the ever over achieving suck-up that I am could not handle something on a to do list with a time constraint not getting done. Well folks perhaps that was to drastic, perhaps instead of making those big resolutions like everyone else, I should stick with manageable for me resolutions... so this year that's what I'm trying. Notice I gave it 3 weeks before posting! So of course there is everyone's wishful hope that usually gets crushed by some monetary crisis... but I made a plan! I hope to be Credit Card debt free by the end of the year. We've been so behind the 8 ball for so many years, paycheck to almost paycheck... why can't the bill companies realize that if I get paid on the 31st they aren't going get that payment on the 2nd? Anyway... for at least until late spring I'll be working 3 jobs. We just paid off our 4 highest interest bills smart thinking there, and will make as large of payments each month as possible on the next highest interest bill. We sat down and made a plan... in some ways that is almost more important to me than completing this resolution! My second resolution is Miss Lisa's fault :P she thought it would be fun to try something new every week... I thought so too, but that it would not work with my debt free resolution, so I downsized it. Every other week I try a new wine, every other week I try a new mixed drink! My first mixed drink was a Homecoming equal parts Irish Cream, and Amaretto... liquid candy is all I have to say! Then I tried the Hazlitt Vineyards Red Cat Wine, meow... I don't like red wine... well now I do! This weeks drink was a Widget... I don't suggest it... if you like girly drinks, that is...equal parts gin and peach schnapps. It would have been much better if I had added ginger ale, or doubled the schnapps I think. Next shall be the Hazlitt Vineyards White Cat!!

See told you I'd do better!

So today was a big first in the lives of one of our little men. The little man himself went to the dentist! We all wanted to keep it simple and go to the same one and since they won't see children under 5 we had not pushed the subject. Well look out 2010 cause I'm tearing it up already! So the plan was I would get my exam/cleaning first with a certain someone watching and watched by Daddy then he would have his turn, and we would just get as far as possible, as I detest the dentist I was prepared to pay for the cleaning of one tooth. Well as luck would have it I woke up with a migraine and since I had to go to work and holding my mouth open that long always gives me a migraine Daddy got the appt, but he had to be a few minutes late, which meant my little man had to forego the example. He hated the x rays being taken, then did not want to let the dentist look at all, but then the dentist gave him a print out of his x ray and all was right in the dental world... not just one tooth but the whole mouth cleaned, all the while flirting with all the girls... OF COURSE!!! Let's see want happens in 6 months! I didn't think a picture would be appropriate... but he was awfully cute in his flirtatious ways!

2010 seriously... already?

Yeah okay gotta be better this year with updating the blog, I did good for a while there in 2009 then I got sick and then the days got shorter and well bed just looks so much more inviting with two cats and a book to curl up to than a computer at a desk! So well this week coming up I hope to put out our x-mas/holiday/happy 2010 family newsletter here-going green. Along with it will be the x-mas card photo that I neglected to send to anybody... soon, I'll be sending out Happy 2010 cards! I can only try to be better!

Mama has been sick...

We've been doing some fun stuff but I haven't been updating at all and because I've been lazy I've been taking lots of photo's but with my IPhone so I have to figure out how to download them and then I can do so more back blogs. Also stay tuned I should have the X-mas letter with the X-mas photo up soon... hard copies should be mailed out this/next week.

I decided to pull some teeth...

 

 

... well at least you'd have thought that if you had just witnessed me trying to get our x-mas photo taken. Gosh, what spoil sports... 120 shots and I have maybe 5 to work with... which okay I only need one... but still. I'm not giving the shot away because it's great but look at these guys shear torture!!!! Ughhh... Will they ever cooperate???

Welcome

 

So the poor little man's first big boy field trip got rained out and cancelled... no pumpkin patch today. But I had taken the day off of work to chaperone and fulfill my new duties as one of the school's yearbook photographers. So I got a hold of Ms. Hoover and asked if she needed a volunteer for the classroom. As it turned out she could use someone to help carve a pumpkin that she had got to help pass the time in her now unplanned day. Pumpkin... me carve a pumpkin... I would never do such a thing... it's only my most favorite activity of the whole year. So I headed up to the school this morning... and spent 2 1/2 hours carving welcome into a pumpkin... can't be having evil Halloween in the schoold anymore. It was a really neat but intricate design... I think Ms Hoover is afraid I'll never come back. It was actually totally cool... the kids were mostly awesome, and I know my little man was happy I could have lunch with him and see his classroom and his friends. It was nice... well maybe not lunch... 120 kindegarteners... that was scary... scarier than Halloween!!!!

It's time for haircuts...

Since my little man needed a haircut I thought I'd give my little dude a try at sitting still for someone else and hope he wouldn't sream and cry for them. It worked, he sat as still as a statue and got his hair trimmed up. Next was big brothers turn... not so good at sitting still but he got a great little do! I'm sure school pictures won't be anytime soon and I'll probably never get them to cooperate again for the stylist! Oh well they look adorable for my pics!!!!!