tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336164662024-03-05T22:05:56.128-05:00Crazy, Magic, Sometimes Hectic, Beautiful LIFE!Things to remember...
This is their childhood... only one shot to do this right... don't mess up! THIS is the SINGLE most IMPORTANT thing I'm EVER going to do in my LIFE or that will matter MOST! Kiss them, Hug them, tell them you LOVE em'!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.comBlogger647125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-68558095850141630072010-02-26T15:28:00.001-05:002010-02-26T15:31:54.489-05:002010heyyy!!! it's already Feb 2010!! i haven't posted here in a while and found myself in need of procrastinating some on this beautiful snowy day... so here I am. lol :)<br /><br />I have a lot of goals and interests and ideas that I want to post on here... to keep myself in check and also to share w/ anyone that might still happen to read this and of course to go back and read at later dates. :) <--- that is always fun!! I miss blogging. it was my sanity... I really enjoyed all the other blogs I used to read and all the friends I've made along the way... i want to get back into blogging on a regular basis. I think I need it since I can't afford therapy. lol<br /><br />So one of my things that I really want to do is get on a schedule for EVERYTHING in my life... really I'm serious. So.. if anyone has any ideas, or tips for me please feel free to leave a comment.. I know that not all of life can be planned out and accounted for, but I'd like to get more organized w/ my time and life so let me know what you think.<br /><br />xoxoxoJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-91491952907342532962009-12-29T14:23:00.002-05:002009-12-29T14:33:07.709-05:0012/2009so today i'm cleaning and moving some last little things around. getting ready for the NEW YEARS party!! I'm excited, and hoping for NO drama. but some how that doesn't seem possible. we shall see. I hope it just goes smooth, like the Patron all night. ;)<br />i know i should probably clean my house like this all the time, not just for a party, but really, what would be the fun in that?? lol<br />yesterday I moved the playroom downstairs and our bedroom upstairs to the playroom, I'm loving it and the kids are loving it too. for now it's working out PERFECT!! we are also moving the computer up to our room, so that will be cool... except for when I want to be on the computer all night playing Bejeweled and Bryan wants to sleep... UGH. we'll have to work that out... although he is way more cranky than I am, so he'll probably win. lol<br />things are coming along well, and happily, surprisingly the kids are being pretty good... they were EXCELLENT yesterday!! it was AWESOME and I told them a few times how great they were being and thanked them. hey. some times you need that. :) I know I like to be told when I'm doing great and thanked for it. Bryan sort of did that yesterday when he came home, but he was also not too happy that I moved all that stuff by myself up and down the stairs. It's okay, I'm a toughie and I did okay. :) Nice that he was concerned though.<br />tonight I'm going to finish cleaning and once the kids are in bed, I'm going to work on some HW. I haven't done ANY this break yet, although it hasn't felt like much of a break just yet, each day we have done SOMETHING... but that's okay, I like doing stuff. I wish Bryan had more time off, like the whole time the kids and I are off, but it doesn't work that way. :( oh well. We all go back on Monday and that is also my FIRST day of clinical, and although I was calm as could be for orientation and going over stuff in class and all that, for some reason now, I'm freakin' out! lol ~ not totally freakin', but a little nervous. oh well. i guess that's good. we'll see. I have one client all day... so how bad can i do?? DON'T answer that please!!<br />I have worked with people before, I love people, most of the time, I am a people person. :) I can do this. I just have to get my confidence into action and I'm sure it'll be okay. I think honestly what I'm most concerned or anxious about is the paper work, not really the one on one w/ my client/resident, that i think i've got in the bag. ~ well maybe I shouldn't say it that way, doesn't sound too good when we are talking about a person. lol ~ anyway, the paper work is confusing as hell to me, and honestly I just don't want to mess it up, although they say that we will ALL mess it up, I just don't want to!! (yes, i'm having a fit!)<br />so anyway, i'm going to try to go as prepared as possible and see how it goes. we'll see. :) for now I should just get back to clean the "man cave" which I think should either be called a different name, or be cleaned by the "man" lol ~ tomorrow I'm off to run some errands and pay some debts, can't wait!!<br />I'll probably be back... b/c we all know I'm the queen of procrastination!!! :)Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-62974842394669756432009-12-22T20:06:00.003-05:002009-12-22T20:07:24.579-05:00wanting to clean the house and just get things done, but have no desire to do anything. ~ ugh. wasting some time here, but really have nothing to say.... i guess it means that i should just get up and clean. lolJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-15649021648880480682009-11-22T14:55:00.002-05:002009-11-22T15:04:49.838-05:00ugh.ugh. my house is TRASHED. there is not one single room that is neat and orderly!! it's killing me. i spend sooo much effing time cleaning and it never shows. not even a little bit. I'm just so sick of it. the playroom is completely a wreck, i try to ignore it though bc it's the playroom and that is what Bryan says it's for, the kids to play in and who cares how it looks. then there is the kitchen... there are Lego's all over the floor that the kids want to "safe" and not put away bc they are playing with them... but they have been there since Thursday night... I'm sick of seeing them, and I'm sick of cleaning them up myself... there are also magnets from off the fridge all over the floor and the food pantry looks like a bomb went off in there! ugh!!! <br />the dog just peed on the living room carpet, which was also covered in all the blankets off the couch & chair and in the basket bc the kids had them all out along with a mess of toys that they had in there... ~ you can barely see the floor... there is popcorn remnants all over the couch and dog hair too. it's gross!! the kids rooms are TRASHED!! whatever. the bathroom is a mess, full of Barbies and ponies and all kinds of toys in the bath, wash clothes and a hand towel SOAKED on the counter, and toothpaste every where, the garbage is full of crumpled tissues bc the girls have to "blow their nose" every five seconds, although they don't really blow their nose, they are just wasting tissues and making a mess!!<br />there is laundry to do, still. beds to be made, laundry to be folded and put away, the dogs crate stunk so i had to wash her stuff, I'm just so sick of it all. there is never a break. I'm going crazy. i know, i know, don't sweat the small stuff, but this isn't small, this is an entire house, that i have to continuously clean, and if i stop for even a second then it is trashed all over again and it looks like HELL!! on top of all this i have HW, three chapters due tomorrow and who knows what else, some Math, i think, ugh. and then dinner. I just want to give up. I want to go lay in my bed, put on the tv *that Bryan hasn't hooked up yet, and just lay there and do NOTHING!! I want to not have a care in the world. I'm so done for today. and really i have just started. ugh. ~<br />i try to get the kids to clean up but they don't. i threaten to throw away their stuff and they say go ahead, probably bc i haven't done it yet. but I'm thinking today might be the day. ~ I've got no patients, a messy house and a box of garbage bags.<br />i hope i make it through today. i really do.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-60343126657538345472009-11-20T11:35:00.003-05:002009-11-20T11:37:54.827-05:00what is next?what does it mean when someone tells you this??<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">i'm</span> not happy. i have a good life. good family. good friends. but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">i'm</span> not happy.<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">i'm</span> always sad. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">i'm</span> always mad, angry in a bad, horrible mood. if i do find something to make me happy, it doesn't last long. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">i'm</span> always tired. i don't want to do anything. most of the time i have a headache. life isn't this bad. but for some reason i just can't seem to find the good. to be happy any more.<br /><br />is there changes they need to make? if so what do you encourage them to change or revise in their life. is there anything you can do? is there anything they can do? what is the next step?Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-13493738452084861362009-11-11T08:33:00.004-05:002009-11-11T08:51:11.092-05:00Is It Ever Okay To Cheat?Is there ever a time that it's sort of, a little tiny bit, make an exception, turn a blind eye and cheat?? I have been struggling with this question myself. Last weekend, I worked on my homework on Saturday and Sunday being careful to do a really good job, striving for that 100. I felt good. I had read and re-read the chapter, I had studied and knew my stuff. I got to class on Monday morning (different class than I usually am in because of the kids being sick with the flu and my gracious parents being able to miss work to watch them for me) :) and everyone is talking about HW chapter 38. Well hell, I had done chapter 35! shit! What to do now. UGH!! My face got flushed. I was feeling so hot, and for some reason tears welled up in my eyes. I couldn't believe that I had worked so hard on the WRONG homework! I was upset and disappointed and so frustrated with myself, and to top it all off, I was going to get a ZERO! Great. That will average in so nicely to my GPA. I just felt like giving up and going home. The girl next to me Erika, so sweet as she was, said, "do it now. you have a few minutes. try, it wasn't that hard" but I hadn't read the chapter at all, I had no idea what any of it was, and at that time, I couldn't think. My head hurt, my throat was burning my eyes were holding back tears, and I just was so upset. She slid her book closer to mine and said "here... "<br />I looked around the room. I looked at her. I wasn't sure what to do. I felt this horrible tug-of-war in my head, should I? shouldn't I? What was the right thing to do? It wasn't like I had just not done the homework, it wasn't like I hadn't worked my butt off, but it was my responsibility to make sure I did the RIGHT homework, and I hadn't... what to do, what to do??<br />I said "thank you so much. I owe you!!" and I copied. I got a 90 and not a zero.<br />I'm still so unsure how I feel about this. Cheating is cheating. Cheating is wrong. way wrong. BUT, for some reason I can totally justify it in my head. I have three sick children at home. I did do my own work, just the wrong work. I hadn't been slacking, I just made a simple mistake, I wouldn't cheat just because I was being lazy or on a test or quiz or anything like that. It was a homework, it was semi-wrong to do, but I haven't done it before and hopefully will NOT do it again.<br />So then the battle that begins inside me now is why don't I feel so horribly wrong for cheating on my homework?? Why can I sort of justify it to myself? & How do I ever really thank Erika for saving me all that self-anger and frustration??<br />I did come home and read chapter 38 ~ did the questions myself and studied it all... I Aced the test on it too. I did put in my time, I just didn't do it at the right time. ~ I did learn a lesson, that I have to double check my calendar to make sure I'm doing the right homework. And, honestly I really triple check it and sometimes more, and made a list in order of the homework chapters I have to do and triple checked that too!<br />So do you think there is ever a time when cheating is okay?Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-56718693933958271512009-10-29T09:56:00.002-04:002009-10-29T10:06:30.100-04:00~thank God for a blog!<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">i'm</span> sitting here with tears welling up in my eyes. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">i'm</span> having a really rough day. ~ i was yelling all morning at the kids, and now have to go off to school instead of staying at their school and doing fun things with them, that i should be there for. <br /><br />i thought <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">i'd</span> let them sleep in and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">i'd</span> drive them to school instead of them taking the bus, which comes at 8 AM, not that early but we get up around 7 to get ready in time. ~ well first we couldn't find Lauren's lunch bag, then nobody wanted to wear what i had out for them, it was one fight after another, about everything. breakfast, what they wanted for lunch, clothes, brushing teeth, washing hands and faces, what shoes, putting shoes on, coats, everything. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">i'm</span> drained. and the worst part is, i yelled pretty much all morning. how horrible. :( on the way to school i apologized and we fixed things, but still not a good morning for any of us, I'm sure.<br /><br />then i take Trevor to school, he is okay and happy, and the girls are just miserable. they cried the entire way to the truck... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">i'm</span> not even sure what they were fussing about. :( ~ but we get in the truck, put the music up, sing and dance and be silly, things are looking okay. we get to the school, they don't want to go. not even Brooke, who LOVES school and has NEVER not wanted to go... ugh. my heart is breaking. i get them out. they go in the school they are both really clingy. they are doing trunk-or-treating at their school today... i cant be there. i can't help out. can't decorate my truck and give candy, i can't even go with them... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">bc</span> i have school. :( mommy guilt has set in BIG TIME. then they don't want to wear their costumes, or do anything. they just want to go home. :( <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">i'm</span> sure they are fine now, but still my heart is breaking. <br /><br />sometimes, i have a really hard time with wondering if <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">i'm</span> making the right choices in my life, or even just making good choices. who knows what is right.... but we do know good from bad, right? school is good. i guess. it's taking a lot of time away from my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">family</span> and mostly my kids. i feel it. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">i'm</span> sure they feel it. who is it going to benefit? how will it benefit them? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">i'm</span> stressed. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">i'm</span> lost. i want to go get my kids from school, take them to lunch and chase them on the playground. i want to bring them home and make Halloween decorations and make cookies and watch movies all snuggled up together. <br /><br />i miss my kiddies. ~ and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">i'm</span> absolutely horrible for yelling all morning. :( that is probably the part that is killing me the most. guilt. i hope they are having a good day. i hope they aren't upset and feeling crummy. i hope they have today. making scarecrows, and trunk-or-treating. ~ <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">i'll</span> be counting down the minutes till i can go get them later. :)<br /><br />for now, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">i'm</span> going to go wash my face, try to get myself pulled together and then head off to school... is this the right choice??????????????????????????????????????????????????Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-85046508533039775762009-08-06T10:24:00.002-04:002009-08-06T10:41:48.102-04:00beach day yesterday. Sandy Hook, NJ. had a GREAT day.<br />went with the fam, of course, and also Jason, it was his 21st bday, Kristin, Sabryna, Alyssa & Richie. we had a lot fun, sun and SAND. lol the kids had a blast. Trevor was using Bryan's boogie board and did AWESOME. Swim lessons have paid off... not that he knows how to swim... but bc he is really a lot more comfortable in the water. He kept falling off and going under, or getting knocked around by waves and going under or getting splashed right in his face and he handled it like a true champ!! :) Thank you YMCA for that. ;) & Speaking of that... Today is Trevor's last day of swimming lessons... he missed yesterday, unfortunately, but going to the beach more than made up for swimming lessons!!<br /><br />I also had some good progress at the beach yesterday... I wore a bathing suit for the first time in NINE years. not just in public, but for the first time EVER in nine years. and you know what... it wasn't so bad. lol i didn't feel like a runway model in it... and i sure as hell didn't feel sexy or like a hot momma... but I also didn't feel like a HUGE fat cow or a beached whale... so it was a good day. :)<br /><br />the girls warmed up to the water and ended up having a blast running in and out of the waves all day... which was nice. :) we also played in the sand some... which they LOVED... as a matter of fact Brooke brought more than half the beach home with her in her hair and on her body... even after rinsing off! lol<br /><br />We had a great time! :) the only thing that sort of sucks... is bc of having so much fun and just really enjoying the day... I only took about 4 or 5 pictures. :( Which sucks. BUT is okay bc, that means that i really enjoyed the day and didn't spend it behind the camera... i experienced it all first hand in real life. :)<br /><br />well the kids are just hanging out and that is kind of what i'm planning for today also, but i do have to empty the truck out from yesterday and while it's nice and sunny out, i think i'll hang out some laundry too! which means I have to wash some first. :)<br /><br />peace love and sunshine!!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-61975518709797560932009-08-03T12:03:00.001-04:002009-08-03T12:04:38.425-04:00Prayers Please...I'm only here for a minute to post that Crystal, a dear <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">bloggy</span> friend needs prayers for her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">BF's</span> leg and ankle... I got some details from Jenn that he was in a motocross accident and has some healing to do... things aren't great but they are better after surgery... so please pray for him to recover and be okay... he still isn't out of the woods just yet... <br />thank you!<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">xo</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-66932688406117077772009-07-23T12:19:00.002-04:002009-07-23T12:21:59.780-04:00$elling PhotosI was interetested to know if anyone has ever sold their photos online? I heard about an offer to sell photos online... random things... I wouldn't ever sell photos of my children... but of sunsets, plyagrounds, senery, lakes, camping, pets.... things like that I would definitely be interested! If anyone has done this before and has any suggestions and/or advice I'd love to hear from you... and if you haven't done it before and have suggestions and/or advice I'd love to hear your thoughts as well! :)Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-34334654689649709642009-07-16T09:32:00.003-04:002009-07-16T09:42:43.596-04:00buzz buzz...we are busy little bees over here at our house. we are all doing stuff to enjoy the Summer, as it flies by, and getting ready for our first camping trip of the 2009 season. It sucks that it's the first one and we are already in the middle of July, but can't change that ~ so we are just going to enjoy it!! I'm not sure how much more camping we will get in this year... we have a lot to do around the house and Bryan is forever getting side work that keeps him busy not to mention his job too! Also there is our cruise in Sept. I cannot wait... but at the same time, I don't want to rush the Summer... it goes by way to fast as it is. :(<br /><br />yesterday we hung out all day. i was exhausted. probably from not sleeping well two night before, it finally caught up with me... but we did accomplish a few things... we got Trevor transferred, officially, to his new school and we also checked out the YMCA gym & might get Trev some swimming lessons!! woo hoo!! He loves being in the pool and at 5 1/2 should really be swimming on his own... so we'll see how that goes. Next year we'll get the girls some, I'm sure they could learn but I'm not sure how willing they are to do so. Brooke is very nervous in the pool, and Lauren is very shy... so I think it will be better to wait till next year.<br /><br />last night we went out on the boat for a little bit... we docked and the kids went "swimming" for a little bit by this sandy beach area, really we all just splashed each other and had a good time... Trevor swam around the boat by himself (with a life jacket on) and we sailed off... we went up and down the entire lake to both ends... each kid had a chance to drive the boat by themselves, which they all LOVED!! we got to see some dogs on jet skis... which was really cute... they even had on their life jackets! :)<br /><br />we came home, ate some dinner, and then the kids were hanging out watching TV... Bryan was doing the same and I went to bed. I was totally wiped out. I was in bed by 8:34 PM and probably sound asleep by 9:00 PM... it was great!! I feel pretty good today. I think I may need to do that more often.<br /><br />Since I'm well rested today and we leave tomorrow, I am going to bust my butt around here and CLEAN clean CLEAN till the cows come home... or I drop dead of exhaustion... but I have to pack some stuff for our trip, and I LOVE coming home to a sparkling clean house so that is what I'm going to strive for today!! :) <br /><br />It started off raining today... but has stopped... which is very nice... hopefully it will stay nice & the kids can be outside and playing!! I get a lot more done when there aren't little people under my feet! lol Plus they are most happy when they can be outside. :)<br /><br />I might be back with an update on how all is going. I also want to get some pics up of Trevor's first MX race last Saturday. It was totally awesome! I know I haven't written about it... yet, but I hope to get to it. :)<br /><br />xoxJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-56567057307944497552009-07-10T09:37:00.002-04:002009-07-10T09:53:18.479-04:00What is today???seriously... what is today?? I think it's Friday, but I can't be sure... ahhhh... Summer has finally taken over! lol<br /><br />Well anyway... yesterday I did a ton of laundry... and it was nice to get it done up... doesn't mean that I'm done with it just yet... but thankfully I'm catching up. I had a lot because I was washing bedding and clothes that were in storage bins. I also have a brand new, fancy dancy, clothes line that I am able to hang clothes out on and that makes me very happy!! :) I had an old one that I found and put up, but it wasn't so great, and then the other night Bryan came home with all the stuff to put a brand new one for me. I only wish it was a LOT longer or that I had two of them... it takes a long time for stuff to dry here... I think because there isn't as much of a breeze here because we are protected by all the trees and also because there doesn't seem to be as much sun, again because of all the trees... BUT one of these days a LOT of our trees are going to go... so then maybe things will dry quicker. Who knows.<br /><br />Anyway... we hung out at home all day yesterday till the afternoon then went over to my parents house... the kids played, I cleaned and then we headed home. I made some pancakes for dinner, they were YUMMY! Then all the kids had a bath, not together, but anyway... and then off to bed. Soon after they were in bed, I fell asleep on the couch... I think I'm just as tired and worn out as they are by our busy days and late nights. lol<br /><br />They are usually up early too. By 8 AM at the latest... and really it's usually well before 8 that they are up. Lauren today though, slept till 9:30 and is still laying in her bed relaxing. Good for her... she must really need it. Trevor and Brooke are up and running around like crazies! lol<br /><br />Today we aren't doing much... the septic needs to be pumped out so they are coming today to take care of that.. and that's a good thing... some time this morning I think they will be here, we are also waiting for a package from Fed-Ex for Trevor's racing gear... he has his VERY FIRST race this Sunday!! I'm a nervous wreck!! He needed almost everything but his bike new!! He has outgrown even his helmet...<br /><br />His dad ordered him...<br />new tires to help him get better traction on the track<br />new helmet<br />new gloves<br />new jersey<br />new pants<br />new socks<br />new boots<br />knee pads<br />elbow pads<br />graphics for his bike<br />and he is officially number 46!!! two of my favorite numbers and also Bryan's old numbers!! :)<br /><br />sooooo on Sunday everyone say a little whoot whoot for #46!!! :)<br /><br />Anyway... we are just hanging out here for now, my mom is home today, she is making a whole lotta pies for the boy scouts to sell at a bicentennial of White Lake gathering on Saturday... and my dad is home today too, and they have my nephew & niece... Matthew & Julia so I'm not sure if we will go over today and hang out some to keep everyone company or if it would be easier if we just stayed home and they could do their thing. lol<br /><br />Well I guess I should get going and make some breakfast for us all... tootle looooJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-39049390502069576032009-07-08T10:32:00.004-04:002009-07-08T10:59:47.029-04:00Old Friends...today I'm at my parents house, with the kids. we are waiting for our "guests" to arrive. our "guests" today are one of my best friends from my childhood and her two daughters, Brooke & Brianna. My kids are very excited to get to play with other children!! Trevor is actually standing in the dinning room watching out the window to see when they pull up. :) I'm very anxious too!! I'm also a little nervous... I really hope that my children show their true colors and are very well behaved... they can some times be out of control and not so friendly... especially with one another... but usually when it comes to manners and other children and people they are pretty good. :)<br /><br /><br /><br />Brenda lived down the road from our house growing up... her older brother Peter was the same age as my older brother Ralph, and her younger brother, Paul, was a few years younger than my younger brother Ryan... it's actually pretty funny because another good friend of ours that we grew up with, Meghan, had an older and younger brother too, they were the same age as Brenda's brother. lol Anyway, we spent a lot of time together hanging out. We would ride bike and go for hikes and sleep over at each others houses. We were in girl scouts together, her mom was our leader, we also did a lot of camping together. It was always a good time with Brenda. She and I had our first "boyfriends" together when we were in 6th grade... lol they were twins. Jesse & Shane Brock. Jesse was my bf and Shane was Brenda's. :) pretty funny!! We were also crazy for NKOTB!! I remember us both posing for pictures with a poster of them on my wall in my room. We were DORKS!! lol but we always got a long so well!! After 6th grade her family moved to PA... near Avoca, we still were able to keep in touch... we hung out in the Summer and I even got to spend some time with her in the Winter too, it was the first time I went skiing... she showed me what to do... it was pretty fun... but I got hurt... they took care of me. :) We had a lot of good times and made great memories... when she moved away, of course, she made new friends, but that just meant that I got to meet new people too. :) She was part of the marching band at her new school and introduced me to everyone. We would play tag and other games with the kids in her neighborhood and walk to the local convenience store and get candy... and go for walks and just hang out!! There was a playground and railroad tracks by her house we would hang out near them. You could hear the planes taking off from the airport all day, but they seemed really noticeable at night... when I would be slightly home sick... not bc I wasn't having fun, but just bc I was far from home. lol I remember the smell of creosote, I actually love that smell... it always takes me back to spending time with Brenda and her family.<br /><br />Brenda was an excellent gymnast... I loved watching her do gymnastics... she was AWESOME!! We went to a street fair where they had a parade when she lived in PA and she was part of doing diff stunts and tricks with gymnastics... I was always so impressed and awed by her talents. :)<br /><br />She came to NY for my sweet sixteen party and spent the weekend with us... it was so nice to have her here!! We stayed in contact through out high school until we graduated, but then some how lost touch. :( When I was pregnant with Trevor, my mom tried to contact her... to see if she was around to be able to come to my shower so I would get to see her... she couldn't get in touch with her, but thought that she was living in CO... she did have family out there... then when I was getting married my mom tried to find her again for me... I would have loved to have her at my wedding... or be part of my wedding... she has been one of my best friends longer than anyone else! :) But unfortunately we couldn't contact her.<br /><br /><br /><br />One day I was fishing around on FB and found her brother!! I was soooo happy! I contacted him and asked him about his family and of course his sister. He told me she was living in PA, married and had two daughters! He also gave me her email address!! I was so happy that I finally could be in contact with her again and possible get to see one another. We emailed back and forth some, discovering quickly that we both had named our daughters Brooke! :) How funny is that? And getting to catch up some. She is also a SAHM. She looks great. She looks the same as I remember her last. & her daughters are BEAUTIFUL... of course!<br /><br /><br /><br />Well today is the day!! We are meeting!! I cannot wait to see her... although I'm nervous, I'm sure that it will go great and we'll find tons to talk about and catch up on... I have so many questions for her...<br /><br /><br /><br />I'll be back to post more after our visit.<br /><br /><br /><br />xoxJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-1318146720976109582009-07-08T01:47:00.003-04:002009-07-08T02:35:32.333-04:00playing catch up....Hmmmm... what did we do this weekend and week (so far).....<br /><br />Okay... so Friday... I can't remember. Friday Bryan was off from work... for the HOLIDAY weekend... which was nice. We all slept in some... and then hung out doing a few things at home. Bryan got Trevor's motocross bike all spift up and ready for him to go out and practice at the track... his first time on the real track.... he has been on a track that Bryan made him here at the house and at the old house and has road his bike at Bryan's mom's house too, but he was excited to be on the real track. I was happy for him and NERVOUS as hell. He did great. On Friday I also meet Adelle & Amanda (she works with Adelle) for lunch, it was nice... we had Chinese!! YUM...<br /><br />OH Yeah... on Thursday we went to the CIRCUS!!! we have gone for the last three years... this was the first time we took the girls to it... not sure why we didn't take them last year... maybe so we could do something with just Trevor so he had some one on one time, not sure... but they all LOVED it. It was different than the last few years so that was nice, but it always cute. Nothing too extraordinary, but something fun and local to do with the kids. :) We went to the earlier showing so after that we grabbed a pizza and a chick parm hero and went to see Bry's mom and Lowell at the campground where they have their camper for the Summer. They just put it in the weekend before. We hung out there for a while after having dinner, the kids had fun... they got to make some marshmallows while there, which is one of their favorite things to do... AND they are actually getting pretty good at it and will even eat most of them, themselves!!! lol Trevor is really good at getting most of his just right... a little brown all the way around and melted all the way through!! :)<br /><br />Okay... back to Friday... I took the girls and their bikes up to the track for them to ride while Trev practiced.. Adelle meet us up there, or shall I say we met her, she was there first. lol They had a good time, but were tired... so a little cranky and I had NO voice almost... it started going at the circus for whatever reason, I wasn't even yelling or anything just started loosing it, and then it hasn't come back yet... But anyway... we did the track thing... My poor lil' boy got hurt... he fell and the foot peg went into his knee... did a pretty nasty gash/cut... deep too, and had his leg lumped up and bruised good too. :( Broke my heart to see him in pain... I can't take my kids being hurt... we got him some ice and he sat in the back of truck for a little while still not feeling great. I gave him some Motrin and put a band aid with antibiotic cream on it on his knee and he said it still hurt... I can only imagine... poor dude!! He did however want to go back out on the track... that night even and was kind of upset with Bryan and I when we told him no. I was concerned about how bad his knee was hurt... he hadn't walked on it yet since he hurt it... there was NO way I was letting him back out. <br /><br />He did walk on it and it was okay... just really sore, we got home and laid him on the couch with his knee elevated ... he fell asleep pretty quickly.. he was tuckered out... long day and did a lot of laps on the bike... while he slept I put an ice pack on his knee... I think it helped keep the swelling down some... I hope it helped ease some of the pain...he slept through the night but in the morning said it still hurt. I imagine it did. But he is a trooper and still did okay playing with it... even went on the trampoline ~ which Bryan and I got the sides up and Bryan tied it all down so no one can get hurt falling off of it again. (Lauren fell off of it about a month ago and hit her face hard on a 4 x 4 piece of wood... my poor baby ~ I took her to Urgent Care, and thankfully everything was okay with her) <br /><br />So Saturday ~ July 4th ~ we hung out in the morning all playing outside, jumping on the trampoline together and having fun... did some house work and stuff... got things ready for later... then got the kids and ourselves ready and headed to the store to grab a few things... Wally World was on lock down bc they had a missing child... a 7 1/2 month old... it was horrible... long story short after several hours, they found the little girl... Brook, face down in mud about a 1/4 mile from Wal-Mart... the father put her there... then went to W-M and said she was stolen from his stroller... he is piece of shit and should die a slow painful death. thankfully they found the baby and she was unharmed. what a dirtbag. i could go on, but i'm not.<br /><br />anyway... we got some stuff and headed to Bryan's mom's campsite... his brother and sister-in-law and niece were here from NC... on a surprise visit... it was nice to see them. Bry's other brothers, Kevin and Joey were there too... it was his mom, step-father, brother Danny, wife Christy, daughter Alyssa, brother Kevin, daughters, Katelyn and Lacy, brother Joey and wife Cassie, his grandparents, a family friend Liz, us then later, his sister Shelby, cousins, Kelsea, Andrew, Eileen, and Kelsea's boyfriend came, and so did Steve & Adelle and Richie and Alyssa... it was a good time. :)<br /><br />the fireworks were okay... we also left the camp and went to see the fireworks at the race track... they were nice. :)<br /><br />the kids were sleeping for the second fireworks, but they didn't even know they missed anything and they were tired out... it was a long day... they had put on a lot of of miles... with starting off the day on the trampoline to running around the campground... it was a lot. :)<br /><br />We all came home and went to bed. :)<br /><br />Sunday Bryan went off on his road bike with Steve to a diff moto track to watch the races, so the kids and I packed up and went to my parents house... they had a blast... first my dad set up the kiddie pool for them, and they had fun in that. They also played in the sandbox and on the swing set and rode their bikes some... then my dad, being the WONDERFUL Grandpa that he is, took all three kids in the big pool!!! THEY LOVED IT!! Trevor has been in a few times this year already & loves it.. this was the girls first time this year and they had a great time... they were both a little nervous at first... but Lauren warmed up to it really quickly and Brooke came around soon there after!! :) I'm glad the enjoy it... I wish that they could get swimming lessons so they could all be swimming this Summer, but that isn't too likely. Maybe I can find a book or website that tells you how to teach your child to swim. Trevor will be 6 in Sept... I think that maybe he should know how to swim already... the only problem is not having a lot of time to practice... we only have a few short months of Summer and we don't always have access to water... unless I get him swimming in the big bath. lol<br /><br />We had dinner with my parents and my brother, nephew ~ Walter and my sister-in-law had shown up so they ate with us too. The kids loved getting to see Walter, but they were all tuckered out... another busy and long day! Not too long after dinner, I got the truck all loaded up and headed home... <br /><br />After getting home, I got a message from a friend of mine.. Bee... she was home recovering from surgery that she had the week before, and said she would LOVE some company... it was only a little after 7 so I hopped in the truck and went to see her. She only lives a few mins from me and it was nice to get to visit and to get out of the house w/o the kids. :) I love them, but a break every now and then is soooo nice!! Plus, I haven't talked/visited with Bee in ages. I see her every now and then and see her at the dental office, but it isn't the same as getting a few hours to just shoot the bull... we were chatting so much that it was after 11 when we realized the time... I didn't mind bc it was a really nice visit. I'm going to go back again soon... she is out for 6 wks... ugh... and I'm sure is bored at home. lol when she is feeling much better and up to it... I'll take the kids over too... we'll see though, she is still newly recovering. :)<br /><br />Then let's see... Monday, Monday... what happened on Monday???? oh yeah... I put up my new clothes line... and happily hung out two loads of laundry... I also cleaned the deck off, cleaned the patio set ~ table and chairs and re-arranged the deck so that we can sit out there for dinner and stuff... and cleaned up the yard some and did some stuff to make our tiny backyard more user friendly! :) (** our property isn't really that small it's over an acre, the problem is that it's on a hill and covered in trees... we are going to work on both problems, but not just yet.. it takes money and time... we have some time, but very little money right now... so for now we have to make due with the yard we do have... so it was nice to move things around... make the table usable and also create a little seating area in the grass with some Adirondack chairs and a small plastic table... We also ate dinner at the outside patio table on Monday... the kids LOVED it. & the weather was perfect for it.. there weren't even any bugs!! it was GREAT!! :) Monday night after dinner we all went to the lake...we drove down instead of walking so we could get more time in at the lake... Bryan and Trevor slapped on some life jackets and tried out the new jet ski... they had a good time but it was almost out of gas so they didn't spend too much time on it... just enough. :) we all hung out on the beach and docks while the kids played in the water... then it was getting a little chilly to be wet as the sun set, so we decided enough lake, lets jump in the hot tub... we spent 40 mins in there.. it was heaven!! it wasn't really hot at all, it was some where around 95 so it was okay for the kids to be in there... i know hot tubs aren't safe for kids bc if they are too hot the kids can get a fever from it bc their body isn't that good at controlling it's temp just yet... but they were safe and enjoying the jets with us. :) it was a nice family night. :) we then came home, changed and watched some tv together before heading off to bed.<br /><br />I stupidly wore my pedometer into the hot tub... but thankfully it still works fine. :) I'm amazed. the only bad thing that happened was when i was drying it off i accidentally reset it... but I knew what the numbers were from looking at it to see if it was ruined... so I just wrote them down on Monday and started over again today. :)<br /><br />Today we did nothing much... OH!!! yeah. yesterday.... aka Monday, we went to check our mail at the PO... it has been a LONG while since we got it... and while we were out and about we got some ice cream at the Candy Cone! :) the kids LOVED it... they were EXCELLENT while we were there... amazing little listeners!! :)<br /><br />Today it rained here... the washer leaked all over, and I did some good cleaning in my bedroom and closet... made some headway... it's looking better in there... got rid of some stuff and organized some other things... can't wait for my closet to be done... need to get all the hardware... would love a California Closet... but they are a lot of money... will settle for Bryan and I picking out some things at Home Depot or Lowe's and doing it ourselves... I'm sure it will come out great... Bry is really handy so that isn't a problem at all and I think together we will come up with a great design!! <br /><br />I also went to my parents house to hang out for a little while tonight... had a nice visit with my mom and Ellen and my dad some... he was out and the was watching the game. :) went through some baby pics of Trevor... he has grown soooo much... it's unbelievable.. and went through some pics from last summer... they have all changed and grown so much in the last year, it's scary how fast time is going and how big they are getting. <br /><br />And, now I'm up typing this bc I can't sleep... ugh!! maybe I'll go watch some TV bc my back and neck are killing me now... <br /><br />nighty night!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-35103046109754430892009-07-02T14:20:00.003-04:002009-07-02T14:21:54.928-04:00- fifteenin a little less than 15 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">mins</span> I was able to run & walk up my driveway 10X and do 30 jumping jacks and a few quick runs back and forth across the end of my driveway!! GO ME!! I want to work out but don't have the time or $$ for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Zumba</span> or the gym, so I'm doing my own boot camp. <br />Now time for some Yoga before <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">continuing</span> with house work. :)Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-10163422263077099252009-07-01T16:51:00.002-04:002009-07-01T17:02:46.191-04:00Summertime...Summertime and it's awesome. I'm really enjoying every minute of this summer with my children. Maybe because this is a our last summer before everyone is off to school and then eventually I'll be off working some where... who knows, but it's great. We haven't really done anything more than go for walks, play in the rain (which we get daily for three or four weeks now, probably longer), go to the lake and hang out. It's wonderful. We stay up late, and sleep in, it's vacation, every day, all day! :)<br /><br />I was going to try to start with the firs day of Summer vacation, which would have been Trevor's last day of school, or the day after, but I don't really feel like it... I have a million and six things to do in the house and make dinner and all that... so I just thought that if I started with today then that would be a good place to start and I would continue on from here...<br /><br />This morning we all ate some breakfast, hung out and then headed to Wally World for some pictures... got there picked our pics, and waited our hour... then we waited another hour... then finally we realized that our pictures just weren't going to come. We had some conversations with people... some were very friendly and helpful, others not so much... but in the end it all worked out bc Venus from Wal-Mart Photo called and my pictures are ready and... are you ready... they are FREE!! 215 photos FREE!! woo hoo!! Maybe because I was totally cool with Venus, and didn't jump on her about all this... after all there was no reason to be nasty with her... it wasn't her fault at all... it was FUJI... although I am very happy with my prints prior to this... today sucked. We waisted like 3 hrs in Wally World! ugh. BUT the day does have more of a happy ending than that... we rushed home, grabbed some waters, cheese sticks and some crackers, threw our suits on and grabbed some towels and headed to the lake... it was raining some, but nothing that was going to keep us home... not after being in Wally World for 3 hours!! <br />The kids played and I tried to clean up the beach some for Bryan, and then weeded the flower beds for him... while we were there something caught my eye... it was three houses down... a big pine tree... and in the big pine tree were TWO Bald Eagles! They were amazing! They were HUGE!!! They were close enough to see, but too far for great pics. UGH! but we saw them. And I did try to take some pics... so that is good. We also got to see them fly out over the lake... they are so beautiful and majestic. It was so amazing. The kids got a kick out of it too. They were really good for me in Wal-Mart today so I'm glad they got to do something fun and relaxing and see something awesome! :) <br /><br />Well we are home now, the girls are in the bath... not enough water today I guess, and T-bone is riding his new bike... we got him a new one on Saturday when we went to make a HUGE payment on our CRUISE!! it's getting closer!! :)<br /><br />I'm working on dinner and really tired. But if I don't get up now, two things will happen, one, dinner will burn, two we'll all be hungry! lol<br /><br />ttfnJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-30007072099089826022009-06-26T16:24:00.003-04:002009-06-26T16:29:51.672-04:00What do you want to be when you grow up?Today on the way to drop Trevor off at school the kids and I were talking... I asked them what they wanted to be when they grew up...<br /><br />Trevor at age 5 1/2 said he wants to be a Motocross rider... like Bubba Stewart! He also wants to be a chef, have his own cooking show, take care of sick animals and animals that are "in danger", he also wants to write books, be a builder and be a zoo keeper. :) I love his ambitions and I really hope all his dreams come true!<br /><br />Brooke at age 3 1/2 said that she wants to ride a horse when she grows up. :) I love horse back riding, and hopefully we can do this as a family one of these days! :) I love her ideas, she is such a day dreamer, it's great.<br /><br />Lauren at age 3 1/2 said she wants to be a "mystery finder" aka a detective to find all the toys for Santa and then be Santa's helper and wrap the presents and take them to all the kids! LOVE this. Who has ever heard of someone wanting to be Santa's helper when they grow up?? I haven't. Maybe I just don't ask enough kids what they want to be though. <br /><br />I wanted to save this quick before I forgot. I love their answers!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-16927226071097834812009-06-16T09:45:00.002-04:002009-06-16T10:15:44.274-04:00ants in the pantsi'm here. feeling antsy today.<br />not sure why. have a ton of stuff i could and should be doing. but not really in the mood to start.<br />had a busy and very full weekend. maybe i'm feeling the hang over from all that.<br />Bryan's brother, Jason, his girlfriend Kristin and their daughter Sabryna were here visiting from FL and we had a party for them on Friday night. It was nice. We did a bunch more work downstairs before Friday... which needed to get done anyway... so it was a good excuse to work on it all.<br />I also sanded the doors up stairs... the bathroom, hall closet, girls' and Trevor's doors so that we can paint them white. They were really rough because they and this heavy wall paper on them, and when we took that off bc it was HIDEOUS the glue was really abrasive... it took a while to sand them down but I got all of them done in one afternoon, they are back up for now, but i will take them down and paint them soon!! I think it will give a whole fresh look to the up stairs to have them painted fresh WHITE!! :)<br />anyway... back on track... the party was GREAT! I think that Jason and Kristin had a good time too. They didn't bring Sabryna, which the kids were really looking forward to, but they did bring her back on Sunday for a visit and we saw they last night for one last time before they go home today. :(<br />Saturday we just hung out and then went over to my parents house...first just Lauren and I went... then Bryan came over a few hours later with Brooke and Trevor, it was nice for me to have some time one on one with Lauren... and I think they all really need some one on one time... the other night... I guess it was Thursday night... or maybe Wednesday... I took just Brooke when I went to Wal-Mart to grab some groceries... she was a perfect little angel. I think they really enjoy just getting some time by themselves... like most people. And I know that I enjoy a break sometimes, so I can imagine they feel the same... I mean they are all always together too. We all hung out there for a while, then Trevor and Bryan got some time without any of us girls... they went home and hopped on their bikes and went for a LONG bike ride. :) Trevor is always asking to go for a bike ride... he loves to ride. When we all go... Bryan and Trev ride their bikes and the girls and I walk... well the girls walk and ride... I bring the stroller so I don't end up having to carry them ~ so although it's nice family time together... the boys are always waiting for us and we also don't go as far as they can go by themselves. <br />So it seems like we have all been getting time together... one on one. :) Soon Bryan and I will be having some time together without the kids... our cruise is in 88 days!! woo hoo!! AND our passports came today!! I'm so excited!!<br />Then on Sunday Bryan's dad's side of the family was having a party at a park near us... so we did that... it was nice they kids played... they have a playground there, and then we took them to the lake, and they got to swim... which they LOVED!! and then we hung out some more, and then on our way home stopped at my parents house so the girls could ride their NEW BIKES!! <br />We took all our change in and got the girls two wheel bikes... they needed new bikes, theirs are trashed and they were ready for bigger bikes anyway... they could have even gone a little bigger than what we got them bc they rode that size at my brothers house, and did GREAT... but we got ones that are perfect for now bc we think they will be a lot safer and have more fun on them... plus they might last them through next Summer too, but will definitely work for this summer, and right now, that is all that matters! :) Trevor got a new helmet... he will be the next one to get a new bike... we just have to refresh our funds some first. <br />Then last night we went to Bryan's mom's house to see his brother and family again they are leaving today. :( It was a nice time hanging out... all the kids got a long well. And we had a cook out... always good when there is food. I just wish I knew we were cooking out I would have brought something... I felt horrible to come empty handed. Oh well, I guess there is always next time.<br />I'd love to be able to load the truck up with some toys that we wanted to give to Sabryna but wouldn't fit in their car, and of course the kids and stuff and drive down to FL for a long weekend... or LONGER... but we can't really afford the gas to drive down and our truck needs some work before we can take it that far... new tires, front end alignment, oil change and new brakes... so maybe one of these days. we'll see.<br />well i guess i should get off the computer and get my butt in gear... today I'm cleaning and organizing the playroom... which is a DISASTER!! wow. I am going to sort stuff that we will get rid of, give away, possibly sell, and stuff the can go in the camper... then clean the rest... then i'm hoping to get to do a thorough cleaning in the kitchen and then straighten up and freshen up the living room, bathroom and kids rooms, bc they aren't too bad since I spent all last week cleaning them... so we'll see... maybe I will actually get to accomplish all that... or maybe not... or maybe I'll do all that and more... we'll see.<br />I also have a million and six pictures I want to get on my other blog... but my computer is really bogged down with memory and all that so I can't put them on there until I get something done with the others that are already there... UGH!! <br />well anyway... adios!Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-81168362264988900682009-06-11T09:31:00.002-04:002009-06-11T09:37:46.098-04:00two hour delay in the middle of June?? what is up with that??<br />i guess there were some problems at our schools bus garage this morning because the entire school district is on a two hour delay... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">i'm</span> sure the kids are LOVING this. and i have to admit it is pretty cool that there is a two hour delay in on June 11<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span>. :)<br /><br />T-b0<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ne</span> would probably enjoy going to school two hours later than normal IF he were going to school, but <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">unfortunately</span> my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">lil</span>' guy isn't feeling too well... he has one hell of a cold and has been up coughing most nights... and he has been having a temp here and there... just drained out. :(<br /><br />I'm hoping he will at least make it on Friday... but we'll see.<br />We are so close to the end of the year that I want him to get in all the fun times. :)<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">zoe</span> got skunked this past <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">friday</span>... right in her face. ugh. poor dog... and now poor house and poor us. everything stinks. it is HORRIBLE!! i have bathed her in a million and twelve different things... the problem is that is is her nose that smells. (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">hahahaha</span>) ~ no pun intended though. since she got hit right in the face it's her entire snout that smells horrible... and there is nothing I can do to get it to go away... and it is really bad. when she is inside the house... because she is an inside dog, the entire house smells from her. I cannot take it anymore!! ugh!!!<br /><br />i wonder how long it will last??<br /><br />well anyway... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">i'm</span> off to do more cleaning... we are having guests over tomorrow night because my brother-in-law, his girlfriend and their daughter are here from FL and we are having a little get together so everyone can see them and hang out some. :) should be fun!!<br /><br />so <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">i'm</span> off...Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-9829937806730441212009-05-08T11:36:00.002-04:002009-05-08T11:50:03.737-04:00TGIF & stuffthank goodness today is Friday... although i'm not sure why i'm so happy that it is Friday. I guess bc then my boy is home with me for the weekend, and I do love spending time with all the kids. i still miss him while he's at school. I'm not really sure that feeling will ever dissipate. I know a lot of parents say that they don't miss their kids, but i sure do. I can't wait to go pick him up every day and get a HUGE hug from him while his face lights up with one of the biggest smiles. I just LOVE it. it melts my heart.... every. single. time. He is awesome!! <br /><br />and speaking of all this... i am very anxious about starting school myself. it's been 12+ years since i have been in school... but i'm really looking forward to it more than if i had gone right after HS. I hated school... i did just what i had to do to get by... and NOTHING more. i know not good. but now i'm roaring and ready to go. i cannot wait. i'm looking forward to getting my books and getting school supplies and starting. i wish i could get my books now... or sometime in the Summer at least.... i'd love to get to look them over and see what I will be learning. :) unfortunately we can't get them till the end of August at the earliest... but Adelle and I are going to be able to get our books earlier than others bc of going on the cruise and we are also going to be able to get some assignments before hand too, so we can do them before the cruise and get them turned in so we aren't missing anything while we are away. :) <br /><br />we are going to have two to three hours of homework each night... that is kind of scary.. but i'm looking forward to it for some strange reason... and thankfully i will most likely be the only one having homework... Trevor will have some here and there... bc he has some now in Kindergarten... so i think in first grade he might have some and maybe a little more often than now... although i can't be sure bc he will have a different teacher and will be in a different school all together. <br /><br />last night i had so many things going through my mind it took me a while to fall asleep... i guess i just need to try to organize everything a little better and i will feel more at ease with it all.<br /><br />a few things that i was thinking about are...<br /><br />Lauren and Brooke are starting school for the FIRST time.<br />Trevor will be starting First grade in a NEW school.<br />I'll be starting nursing school for the FIRST time.<br /><br />and it will all be on the same day! I'm freakin' out. I want to make sure the girls are okay. I want to be able to stand outside their classrooms and run right in if they need me, I want to at least be able to be in the parking lot if they need me... but i can't. i will be off at school myself.<br /><br />i want to be able to stay with Trevor and see his new class and meet his new friends and teacher and all that... but i won't be able to.<br /><br />i'm nervous and anxious about it all working out. i'm not sure how it will all work out. all of a sudden i'm sort of having anxiety... i'm sure it will all go a lot smoother than i'm thinking... but we'll see.<br />i'm going to make Bryan take the day off so that we can go together to take Trevor to school and then take the girls to pre-school and then maybe he will just stay off for the day so that if there are any problems with the kids he can go take care of it... i'm sure there won't be any problems, but you never know. i wouldn't want any of them to be upset all day and crying or missing me, or Bryan... ugh. **SIGH!!**<br /><br />well anyway... at least getting it out makes me feel better... for now.<br /><br />I'm off to clean and get some things done so i can hurry up and get my boy from school... and HUG him tight... kiss him and tell him how much I LOVE HIM!! :)<br /><br />xoxoxJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-58526545532695775862009-05-07T16:00:00.003-04:002009-05-07T16:02:59.233-04:00It's OfficialIt's official!! Today I went for my interview about going to nursing school and I'm officially an accepted student for the LPN program!! :)<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">yay</span>!! It was an awesome interview and I was more than flattered by how great the director was. I know I'm going to love school and do great in this program!! I can't wait. :) There are still a few minor things I need to get in order... like my shot records and also a physical and some titers done... but that is all peanuts compared to what I just got done to get in!! :) I can do it! :)<br /><br />thank you all for the well wishes, and crossing of fingers and everything else! you guys are an awesome support system, I'll need you all when I'm working my butt off in school!! :)<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">xoxoxo</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-30643263080773931012009-05-06T18:18:00.003-04:002009-05-06T18:21:08.969-04:00New GOOD News!!soo....<br /><br />part of my plan for when the kids are all in school this Fall is unfolding... I passed an entrance exam to get into nursing school... an LPN program to be exact. I'm very excited. I wasn't sure how I would do on the test, so I was keeping it under wraps... but now that I have passed I'm tellin' the whole world!! :)<br /><br />Tomorrow I go for an interview with the director of the Health Occupations department at BOCES and will hopefully get accepted into the program.<br /><br />keep your fingers crossed.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-90960388732019506912009-05-06T11:14:00.002-04:002009-05-06T11:15:54.259-04:00freezing cold.<br />what happened to warm weather?<br />trying to get motivated.<br />procrastination, my middle name.<br /><br />off to clean, gotta get something done around here.<br />happy hump day... made it to the middle of the week.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-74075298882863578782009-05-02T09:57:00.002-04:002009-05-02T10:09:25.325-04:00S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y!!okay, first things first...<br /><br />***TREVOR lost his FIRST tooth!! And by "lost" I mean... totally lost. He swallowed it. :( He was so upset. Poor kid! I felt horrible and I have to admit I was a little disappointed myself. I wanted to keep it... it was after all his first baby tooth that he lost. But after we told him the tooth fairy would still leave him something under his pillow he cheered up. He was really concerned about that part.... like most kids. :) And the tooth fairy came through with shining colors!! She left him $2 :) Way to go tooth fairy!<br /><br />She was in and out of here before I even got home last night... and did a great job!! <br /><br />I went to ZUMBA last night and had an awesome workout!! I haven't been in too long! :( It felt so good to burn so bad. I was really sweating up a storm too, and although it's gross it's awesome to know your body is working that hard! I think I'm going to to try to get to ZUMBA again tonight at an extra class they are holding. I'd love to make it but I'm not sure bc it's right at 5 o'clock and that is usually dinner time for us... I'd have to leave about 4:30 and wouldn't get back till about 6:30 , not that two hours is really that long, but I'm just not sure what we are doing today. I think we are going to camp over at my parents house in our camper. Just for something different for the kids. I think they will LOVE it. I just wish it was a little warmer out. But we'll see. I have TONS of blankets and I'm sure that Bryan can fire up the heater. :) <br /><br />Well I have to go get the girlies in the bath. Trevor went first, and while he was in there I painted the girls finger and toe nails ~ they look so cute! It's bright red, so it's really noticeable. :) I know some people are against painting little girls nails in general and some would really have a fit about red on little girls, but I LOVE it!! They pick their nails and I hate it... mostly bc their fingers look sore. :( So I just made a deal with them that if they stop picking their nails when we go to the store next time I will let them each pick out a new nail polish color of their choice... that should be interesting... I know a while ago Brooke said she wanted PURPLE ~ no surprise, it's her FAVORITE color... and I think Lauren wanted TEAL... which is her FAVORITE color and then she was also saying something about getting ORANGE. lol that would be cute... not neon... that would just be annoying. lol So we'll have to see how they do with not picking and then we'll see what colors they pick. :)<br /><br />Last night Adelle and I were going to go out to Gully's... it's a bar/restaurant/club... really nice place. It's an old barge so it floats in the Hudson River!! very cool!! But after Zumba we were both really lazy and tired and decided we would just rent a movie on tv and hang out at her house. We rented Role Models... it was funny. Not as funny as I thought it would be but good none the less... I also kept dozing off here and there, I felt horrible, but I was beat. We are going to go out another night to Gully's when it's a little bit warmer and when we have MORE energy. lol<br /><br />so that was that.<br />I'm off to bathe some kids and get them ready to head over to my parents house.<br /><br />tootle lou!<br /><br />and speaking of LOU!! I know I owe you some comments, i'm sorry. i'll be to your blog the first chance I get. :)Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33616466.post-59989599345397570652009-04-30T12:09:00.003-04:002009-04-30T12:13:44.618-04:00running low<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">i'm</span> running low on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">energy</span> these last two days. for some reason I just can't seem to get anything done around the house or to force myself to do anything. it's pretty bad. :( on Tuesday i did pretty good. i cleaned up stuff at my parents house that was mine and i also cleaned up in the camper some, came <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">home</span> and cleaned the truck and the girls and all that... it was a very productive day. I also had <strong>20,659</strong> steps that day! woo-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">hoo</span>!! it was GREAT.<br /><br />but yesterday i didn't come close to that, i was under 10,000 and for the life of me can't remember what it was... but whatever. today i have only a little over 3,000 so far. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">sucky</span>!<br />but hopefully after I get Trevor from school i will come home with some new energy and get a few things accomplished and add to my steps. for now, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">i'm</span> going to call Zoe in, feed her and then hang out with the girls for a little while before getting Trevor from school.Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14273782359824312027noreply@blogger.com4