So I stay home every day right now, I have not had Rian on a schedule, the kids run amuck (not really but kinda) and I am MORE tired now than when I worked a billion hours during the week, commuted and crammed all the stuff I now have all day to do into 3 hours at the end of my night. It is INSANE to me how hard this stay at home stuff is. I have been prepping to get ready for Carina's Justin Bieber concert. Don't you know she just HAS to have a shirt, oh and WHITE shorts (not blue jean, not black, not cream...but WHITE) to go with her shirt and then I have to make sure we CONSTANTLY listen to the CD while driving so that she can memorize all the songs, and all thats happening is that I have managed to memorize ALL the songs. UGH! I swear, I can't win. So high maintenance. My mom is even going to do her nails tomorrow so they are painted. Such a little diva. BUT she swears up and down she isn't girly. THEN I have to deal with the boy, his new thing is hitting and all I can manage to do is tell him to be a nice boy, make him show me nice boy (which means him patting gently, not hitting) and tell the person "I'm Sorry" which is normally followed by him doing it all over again right after he did all tasks at which time we repeat the same steps all over again. He mostly hits his sister but me if he feels so brave. THEN we have Neya. Getting her to wake up at a decent hour is nearly torture. Then to expect her to do ANYTHING before 10am that she does not want to do is a headache and you know whats even better is when she does it for someone else no problem and they make me feel like its just me that she is a turd for. I mean...HELLO...it probably is! I am her mom, her job is to test me. Sheesh.
I have realized that stay at home moms are way stronger than the working ones. They deserve way more praise and possibly a heftier paycheck. I bow to you oh stay at home moms. In fact I envy you, I wish I had that talented mom "personality" that you all have! And if you ever feel like strangling your kids (image of Homer Simpson pops into my head) then you feel free to tell me about it because then I won't feel like such a crummy mom. haha.
Now this was supposed to be about time management but kids took over my thoughts and I decided to vent instead to a rambling blog. OH and by the way, I went to daycare #1 and it wasn't as great as I was hoping so I am going to second daycare/preschool tomorrow that my friend Haley recommended. I will update again later. Sorry for the rambling..its become a habit ;)
By the way, Rian no longer wants to sit in shopping carts and it is DRIVING ME NUTS. Short of looking like a totally NOT in control mom I am tempted to no longer take him anywhere. Word to the wise, don't let your kids know they can walk around until they are WAY to big to fit in the cart. Seriously. He does OKAY, but we try to give him the opportunity to be a big boy and perhaps without the bigger girls it wouldnt be so bad but they walk ahead and he wants to be just like them. I think I might have to bust out the leash. I think he is the only kid that makes me feel like a crappy mom. Poo.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Here we are...
It has been two weeks now and we are just starting the 3rd. Things have seemed to calm down, the only thing still up in a shamble is the girls rooms and our closets. For now the girls room and our closet is used for storage. HOPEFULLY that gets cleared out soon, but we are managing either way. The girls have their bed, their clothes and their JUNK and so they couldn't be any happier. The friends that we have seen are doing great, really helping us out when they can see I am struggling or lending an ear when I have had a rough day.
I went to work for an hour to meet up with the gals in my new office and grab a bite to eat. Its funny because even though I am with the same company and have been there for 5 years, its like starting a new job. I really don't know these gals, I also found out how they REALLY felt about the AZ people and their lunch taking selves. Hey I prefer an early day but will also take the lunch dates. Haha. Oh well. They just do things different and for the first month I may not even have a "home" err...desk. Weird. We move to a new office (about two blocks away) in September so that will be GREAT, until then I will be mooching desk space of their desks for a bit. Talk about up close and personal.
We celebrated the 4th by going downtown during the day for a parade and then after that we went home. We were all feeling a little under the weather so we didn't really do much of anything, which was a bummer, but a good excuse to NOT run into any unwanted "friends". Since being out here though the good news is that I haven't really run into anyone I don't care for and that is GREAT. I haven't seen some folks that I used to be glued to the hip to, but I guess that happens as you get older and your lives and families change. All in due time. We will get there, after all, we have the rest of our lives or at least until we up and move again. haha. I kid I kid, at least for now!
Other happenings have included us finding out we will NOT be making the trip to AZ for the Justin Bieber concert. This comes with good news and bad. First the good news...well is just that we won't have to fork out the money for gas and hotel and such which we currently don't have due to me not working this month (they did mention I can go back if I really want to, a little early...maybe this will work for me...I miss working). The other good part of me not going to AZ for the concert is that I get to share in the Bieber Craziness with a friend! Tiff over from Napa Snooks will be going with me and taking her daughter. So I will not be alone. IN FACT, we are going to go to dinner, get some drinks and even wear shirts to embarass them. OH being a mom totally has its perks!Haha. The downside to not going is HUGE. We won't get to see our friends, which is lame, we have a cat staying at our friend Shawns house and I have no idea when we will be able to get her, so HOPEFULLY we can find a place for her as he did not sign up for keeping her forever. Now, if he is reading this, Shawn, we totally appreciate your help and unless you want to keep her, we will do our best to find a home for her ASAP! The third thing that sucks is that we won't get to see our friends. haha. I know I know, I already said that but GOODNESS, it is totally the biggest downfall. Outside of all that, the Bieber concert should be great, and I will be sure and post tons of pics. We don't find out where the seats are till we pick them up so if they aren't good RC joked that maybe we can head down to the AZ concert anyways. Hahaha. He has jokes!
On a much different note, the rest of the stay here has been okay. We have had some rough patches, such as RC and I just being at odds, Rian not sleeping AT ALL during the night, finding daycare and getting the girls signed up for school. Seems that it isn't as easy as I wish it all would be but then again I have myself to blame for some of it.
The RC and I thing, well I was still a little bitter about moving here in the first place, but once I came to grips it got a bit easier. We still were "odd" around eachother but we had to stop and realize. WE hadn't had any US time since BEFORE he moved! I know, crazy right! I mean we hadn't gone to dinner, had a good chat or even gotten a coffee alone without kids and parents and friends in like 5 months! SO, we took a day and went to San Fran and did the whole tourist thing. Growing up here I NEVER did that, but it was TOTALLY worth it. I mean we did stuff I have only heard about, we went down Lombard Street, we sat in the park where part of the intro to Full House was filmed, we went on a FAST boat tour, we got our caricature pictures done. We just had a blast all the way around. It put us back on the same page and of course we aren't going to be without disagreements or whatever, but we for sure needed to realize we still had that spark and that all these changes are in fact, for US. To make us a better family and couple. Now if we could just get his company OWNBER (RC is just a franchise owner) to realize that he wants this company to GROW and make him stop twiddling his thumbs then RC and I would be even happier.
The whole Rian debacles are crazy but I think I found a daycare. We go in for a "walk through" on Thursday at 1030. You all know I will be posting. I gotta get better so you all know how we are! I heard about this daycare via word of mouth and if we get in, its only 575 a MONTH! Do you know how much that is a week! If you divide it by 4 it is approximately 143.75. That is nealry 100 bucks a week CHEAPER than what we were paying. It is crazy! I am excited. We do have to pack his lunch, but they provide snacks and breakfast so thats good. It is a full on preschool, they do Raising a Reader which is actually based out of my moms work, and he will get 4 books every week to bring home and they will start him learning how to read as soon as he turns 3. Just the basics of course. They have a no sugar policy, so they stick to milk and water and they don't serve candy or juices, which is PERFECT! We like Rian to have as little sugar as possible to even THAT works out great. Now the catch is that its on the State Hospital grounds. haha. NO you don't have to be a crazy person to take your kids there, they just need to allow 50% of their kids to be children of state employees. So its kinda cool. They only have 3 spots open so I am hoping we get in! She sounded great and the reference we got they LOVE so hopefully that makes us a shoe in. I was worried about Rian because he has taken up hitting, but they assured me they will work with him on not only that (they said its an age thing) but also POTTY TRAINING! WHOA. They said they have a good success rate of having them done by 3 so we shall see. Its just a house with a backyard from what I can gather but again, we will see come Thursday. The daycare thing ALSO means I need to find a pediatrician because he will need his two year shots. Which means I am also on the hunt for that. To bad I think my pediatrician has retired. Haha. The only other RIan news is that he SUCKS at sleeping right now. Everyone keeps reassurring me its just the adjustment period so we are going to try and keep him as scheduled as possible. He tends to still NEED his nap and he has to be in bed by 9pm, so folks that miss seeing us know this is only temporary until we can make him feel like this isn't a vacation. We will be back out again soon to party it up. Haha. Kinda.
Now the girls. They want to sign up for cheer and softball and dance and holy moly SCHOOL! They want want want and i am trying to just get settled in. I think we can do the whole Softball thing, if they do Fall Ball but so far I can't see anything anywhere on line about it. I have checked the Napa Rec website and everything. Oh well, we will get it figured out. I am SERIOUSLY considering playing softball though. Its only for fun, there isn't any practices, but there is games. I just need SOMETHING to do. I want Carina to play softball to so maybe it will help us get together on something. Neya wants to do cheer but its EXPENSIVE. Like $300 expensive. SO she will probably have to wait till next season. I just can't swing that with not working this month. Oh well. She will understand. Once school starts I am thinking about all the flyers she will get for other recreational things. She will forget all about cheer. I HOPE!
Well that is it in a nutshell. Not as down and dirty as some posts but you got all the good details. We are happy to be back finally, but still adjusting. We miss AZ but have FOR SURE not forgotten anyone!
I went to work for an hour to meet up with the gals in my new office and grab a bite to eat. Its funny because even though I am with the same company and have been there for 5 years, its like starting a new job. I really don't know these gals, I also found out how they REALLY felt about the AZ people and their lunch taking selves. Hey I prefer an early day but will also take the lunch dates. Haha. Oh well. They just do things different and for the first month I may not even have a "home" err...desk. Weird. We move to a new office (about two blocks away) in September so that will be GREAT, until then I will be mooching desk space of their desks for a bit. Talk about up close and personal.
We celebrated the 4th by going downtown during the day for a parade and then after that we went home. We were all feeling a little under the weather so we didn't really do much of anything, which was a bummer, but a good excuse to NOT run into any unwanted "friends". Since being out here though the good news is that I haven't really run into anyone I don't care for and that is GREAT. I haven't seen some folks that I used to be glued to the hip to, but I guess that happens as you get older and your lives and families change. All in due time. We will get there, after all, we have the rest of our lives or at least until we up and move again. haha. I kid I kid, at least for now!
Other happenings have included us finding out we will NOT be making the trip to AZ for the Justin Bieber concert. This comes with good news and bad. First the good news...well is just that we won't have to fork out the money for gas and hotel and such which we currently don't have due to me not working this month (they did mention I can go back if I really want to, a little early...maybe this will work for me...I miss working). The other good part of me not going to AZ for the concert is that I get to share in the Bieber Craziness with a friend! Tiff over from Napa Snooks will be going with me and taking her daughter. So I will not be alone. IN FACT, we are going to go to dinner, get some drinks and even wear shirts to embarass them. OH being a mom totally has its perks!Haha. The downside to not going is HUGE. We won't get to see our friends, which is lame, we have a cat staying at our friend Shawns house and I have no idea when we will be able to get her, so HOPEFULLY we can find a place for her as he did not sign up for keeping her forever. Now, if he is reading this, Shawn, we totally appreciate your help and unless you want to keep her, we will do our best to find a home for her ASAP! The third thing that sucks is that we won't get to see our friends. haha. I know I know, I already said that but GOODNESS, it is totally the biggest downfall. Outside of all that, the Bieber concert should be great, and I will be sure and post tons of pics. We don't find out where the seats are till we pick them up so if they aren't good RC joked that maybe we can head down to the AZ concert anyways. Hahaha. He has jokes!
On a much different note, the rest of the stay here has been okay. We have had some rough patches, such as RC and I just being at odds, Rian not sleeping AT ALL during the night, finding daycare and getting the girls signed up for school. Seems that it isn't as easy as I wish it all would be but then again I have myself to blame for some of it.
The RC and I thing, well I was still a little bitter about moving here in the first place, but once I came to grips it got a bit easier. We still were "odd" around eachother but we had to stop and realize. WE hadn't had any US time since BEFORE he moved! I know, crazy right! I mean we hadn't gone to dinner, had a good chat or even gotten a coffee alone without kids and parents and friends in like 5 months! SO, we took a day and went to San Fran and did the whole tourist thing. Growing up here I NEVER did that, but it was TOTALLY worth it. I mean we did stuff I have only heard about, we went down Lombard Street, we sat in the park where part of the intro to Full House was filmed, we went on a FAST boat tour, we got our caricature pictures done. We just had a blast all the way around. It put us back on the same page and of course we aren't going to be without disagreements or whatever, but we for sure needed to realize we still had that spark and that all these changes are in fact, for US. To make us a better family and couple. Now if we could just get his company OWNBER (RC is just a franchise owner) to realize that he wants this company to GROW and make him stop twiddling his thumbs then RC and I would be even happier.
The whole Rian debacles are crazy but I think I found a daycare. We go in for a "walk through" on Thursday at 1030. You all know I will be posting. I gotta get better so you all know how we are! I heard about this daycare via word of mouth and if we get in, its only 575 a MONTH! Do you know how much that is a week! If you divide it by 4 it is approximately 143.75. That is nealry 100 bucks a week CHEAPER than what we were paying. It is crazy! I am excited. We do have to pack his lunch, but they provide snacks and breakfast so thats good. It is a full on preschool, they do Raising a Reader which is actually based out of my moms work, and he will get 4 books every week to bring home and they will start him learning how to read as soon as he turns 3. Just the basics of course. They have a no sugar policy, so they stick to milk and water and they don't serve candy or juices, which is PERFECT! We like Rian to have as little sugar as possible to even THAT works out great. Now the catch is that its on the State Hospital grounds. haha. NO you don't have to be a crazy person to take your kids there, they just need to allow 50% of their kids to be children of state employees. So its kinda cool. They only have 3 spots open so I am hoping we get in! She sounded great and the reference we got they LOVE so hopefully that makes us a shoe in. I was worried about Rian because he has taken up hitting, but they assured me they will work with him on not only that (they said its an age thing) but also POTTY TRAINING! WHOA. They said they have a good success rate of having them done by 3 so we shall see. Its just a house with a backyard from what I can gather but again, we will see come Thursday. The daycare thing ALSO means I need to find a pediatrician because he will need his two year shots. Which means I am also on the hunt for that. To bad I think my pediatrician has retired. Haha. The only other RIan news is that he SUCKS at sleeping right now. Everyone keeps reassurring me its just the adjustment period so we are going to try and keep him as scheduled as possible. He tends to still NEED his nap and he has to be in bed by 9pm, so folks that miss seeing us know this is only temporary until we can make him feel like this isn't a vacation. We will be back out again soon to party it up. Haha. Kinda.
Now the girls. They want to sign up for cheer and softball and dance and holy moly SCHOOL! They want want want and i am trying to just get settled in. I think we can do the whole Softball thing, if they do Fall Ball but so far I can't see anything anywhere on line about it. I have checked the Napa Rec website and everything. Oh well, we will get it figured out. I am SERIOUSLY considering playing softball though. Its only for fun, there isn't any practices, but there is games. I just need SOMETHING to do. I want Carina to play softball to so maybe it will help us get together on something. Neya wants to do cheer but its EXPENSIVE. Like $300 expensive. SO she will probably have to wait till next season. I just can't swing that with not working this month. Oh well. She will understand. Once school starts I am thinking about all the flyers she will get for other recreational things. She will forget all about cheer. I HOPE!
Well that is it in a nutshell. Not as down and dirty as some posts but you got all the good details. We are happy to be back finally, but still adjusting. We miss AZ but have FOR SURE not forgotten anyone!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Moved. UGH.
So we are finally moved. Lets see. The details include the following.
Friday night I got off work and actually left a little early, I was soo excited but once I got home I was soo looking forward to a nice relaxing night in Maricopa, figured I would spend one last night the Landers (the Troj fam had plans already) and so I got home, got the kids ready, looked around the house, saw it had some last minute stuff to do but I PUT IT OFF. I know I know. GASP. So not like me to NOT just do something when I see it. Anywho, I called my dad, to make sure he had gotten on the road and he had, safe and sound so off I went to the Copa.
Get out there around I dunno 6 or so and that is when the chaos began. My dad called around 7 and told me that he was going to just pick up my grandpa at 1 or 2 am and then head down and be at the house at 6 or 7! WHAT! Goodness, there went my relaxing night. I got all the kids back in the car, said our goodbyes and headed back home. UGH. I got home, packed up the last of the stuff (well that I could manage staying awake for and then I went to bed, around midnight.
WOke up at 4 am to finish the last stuff, and get the kids up, dad showed up around 630 and we packed and packed and packed and at around 1030 we were done, and finally got the cleaning part. It was sort of a funny experience. The kids were great, all things considered, but no matter how prepared I thought I was it seemed there was stuff popping up all over the place. I also waited to do the last vacuum job and mop till we were all out of the house. Apparently my GPA thought this was just to much and reminded me how I wasn't as "done" as I had said. UH. HELLO, who cleans BEFORE a ton of people walk all through the house. NOT ME. As far as the stuff popping up, I am only one person. GIVE ME A BREAK!
ANywho, we headed back to CA (Palm Springs) to cut the drive a bit short so we werent soo tired when we made the final stretch. It worked out really well actually. Got to see my GMA (she will be back down on Thursday night in Napa, and then after some grub (pizza and soda) we all called it an early night. THe first drive to Palm Springs my gpa drove with me and Rian thinking that breaking up the kids would be easiest. Yeah not so much. The girls TOTALLY save me with Rian in the back seat. 3 kids FTW. So the next day we took Carina and Dad and Gpa took Neya. Worked out REALLY well. THey said Neya was a dream and Carina helped out a ton so seems it worked out perfectly. Now if only I could get all the kids to work together nicely with no arguing every other day! Ugh, still a work in progress.
We only had to stop twice and the biggest heart attack was when we stopped to get gas in LA and paid 52 bucks to fill our tank. UGH. Talk about culture shock! I am soo used to NEVER paying more than 36. Luckily its about 60 - 70 cents cheaper here in Napa than it was there, but still, to expensive for my blood. Then again I have been here since Sunday afternoon and still am good on the quarter tank we ended the long trip on so I guess its all relative.
Now as far as adjusting. Rians room looks the most normal. I will have to post pics soon, the girls got their bunk beds up and RC and I have a super comfy bed, compared to our rock hard bed we had in AZ. I had a bit of a meltdown last night and this AM because I am a bit homesick. Odd especially since this is HOME, by all counts. I mean I grew up here and lived here for hte first 21 years of my life! Haha. AZ will always have a sepcial place in my heart though, I feel like I was able to grow up there, establish a career, become a better parent and more grounded wife and GAWD I made some REALLY good friends.
Still have yet to see friends, they all have their lives here and the friends I thought I would be excited to (by sheer fact that we used to hang all the time) I haven't really wanted to call since they have their own 'stuff' going on. I just don't want to get in the middle of it all. So, that leaves me here at home, this next month is going to be long one. Perhaps when I get back to work it won't be so bad.
Well that is it, in a shortened non dramatic way. I will post more as I am not just sitting here at the computer. THe days are full, with three kids and chores and errands and unpacking and organizing and all that jazz its been hectic! REALLY hectic! So, like always, even when I work, its a full day every day. HOwever, I am going ot make the best of this next month. BY THE WAY, I cannot get a library card until I get some mail sent here (don't have my CA license yet)...they said I can even send myself a letter. Haha, so official. Apparently it just has to have my name on it, a napa address and a postmark. Nice.
Well thats it, gotta run, the kids are hungry hungry hippos ;)
Friday night I got off work and actually left a little early, I was soo excited but once I got home I was soo looking forward to a nice relaxing night in Maricopa, figured I would spend one last night the Landers (the Troj fam had plans already) and so I got home, got the kids ready, looked around the house, saw it had some last minute stuff to do but I PUT IT OFF. I know I know. GASP. So not like me to NOT just do something when I see it. Anywho, I called my dad, to make sure he had gotten on the road and he had, safe and sound so off I went to the Copa.
Get out there around I dunno 6 or so and that is when the chaos began. My dad called around 7 and told me that he was going to just pick up my grandpa at 1 or 2 am and then head down and be at the house at 6 or 7! WHAT! Goodness, there went my relaxing night. I got all the kids back in the car, said our goodbyes and headed back home. UGH. I got home, packed up the last of the stuff (well that I could manage staying awake for and then I went to bed, around midnight.
WOke up at 4 am to finish the last stuff, and get the kids up, dad showed up around 630 and we packed and packed and packed and at around 1030 we were done, and finally got the cleaning part. It was sort of a funny experience. The kids were great, all things considered, but no matter how prepared I thought I was it seemed there was stuff popping up all over the place. I also waited to do the last vacuum job and mop till we were all out of the house. Apparently my GPA thought this was just to much and reminded me how I wasn't as "done" as I had said. UH. HELLO, who cleans BEFORE a ton of people walk all through the house. NOT ME. As far as the stuff popping up, I am only one person. GIVE ME A BREAK!
ANywho, we headed back to CA (Palm Springs) to cut the drive a bit short so we werent soo tired when we made the final stretch. It worked out really well actually. Got to see my GMA (she will be back down on Thursday night in Napa, and then after some grub (pizza and soda) we all called it an early night. THe first drive to Palm Springs my gpa drove with me and Rian thinking that breaking up the kids would be easiest. Yeah not so much. The girls TOTALLY save me with Rian in the back seat. 3 kids FTW. So the next day we took Carina and Dad and Gpa took Neya. Worked out REALLY well. THey said Neya was a dream and Carina helped out a ton so seems it worked out perfectly. Now if only I could get all the kids to work together nicely with no arguing every other day! Ugh, still a work in progress.
We only had to stop twice and the biggest heart attack was when we stopped to get gas in LA and paid 52 bucks to fill our tank. UGH. Talk about culture shock! I am soo used to NEVER paying more than 36. Luckily its about 60 - 70 cents cheaper here in Napa than it was there, but still, to expensive for my blood. Then again I have been here since Sunday afternoon and still am good on the quarter tank we ended the long trip on so I guess its all relative.
Now as far as adjusting. Rians room looks the most normal. I will have to post pics soon, the girls got their bunk beds up and RC and I have a super comfy bed, compared to our rock hard bed we had in AZ. I had a bit of a meltdown last night and this AM because I am a bit homesick. Odd especially since this is HOME, by all counts. I mean I grew up here and lived here for hte first 21 years of my life! Haha. AZ will always have a sepcial place in my heart though, I feel like I was able to grow up there, establish a career, become a better parent and more grounded wife and GAWD I made some REALLY good friends.
Still have yet to see friends, they all have their lives here and the friends I thought I would be excited to (by sheer fact that we used to hang all the time) I haven't really wanted to call since they have their own 'stuff' going on. I just don't want to get in the middle of it all. So, that leaves me here at home, this next month is going to be long one. Perhaps when I get back to work it won't be so bad.
Well that is it, in a shortened non dramatic way. I will post more as I am not just sitting here at the computer. THe days are full, with three kids and chores and errands and unpacking and organizing and all that jazz its been hectic! REALLY hectic! So, like always, even when I work, its a full day every day. HOwever, I am going ot make the best of this next month. BY THE WAY, I cannot get a library card until I get some mail sent here (don't have my CA license yet)...they said I can even send myself a letter. Haha, so official. Apparently it just has to have my name on it, a napa address and a postmark. Nice.
Well thats it, gotta run, the kids are hungry hungry hippos ;)
Monday, June 21, 2010
Friends. Farewell. Fathers Day.
Well, our last full weekend has come and gone. We seemed to have done a ton that we wouldn't normally do, so it made it a GREAT weekend.
Friday night was chill, not much going on, and Saturday morning we started it with donuts and a trip to the IMAX to go see Toy Story 3 in 3d. I have been to a lot of 3d movies and Sequels and NONE were as good as the Toy Story 3 one. It was GREAT. I may be biast as I love Toy Story in general but it even had me tearing up (I think I'm getting old cause I have lost control of my tear ducts...I cry at everything). The rest of the afternoon was chill, we headed home and at 530 we took the kids to the neighbors and Alison Dave and I got ready for a grown up night out!
We headed out to Hooters around 7 and grubbed out with friends, had good laughs and oddly, bonded with a friends wife that I have only met a couple times but feel OOBER close to. They are struggling with having a baby and we got on the subject. It makes my heart hurt when I have friends so close that have such a hard time having a baby but are SOOO deserving. I don't want to put them out on blast on my Blog to much but I do want to say that I absolutely adore them and wish only the best. I will do whatever they need, even if its just sends words of encouragement, throughout their entire journey. I love you guys...you know who you are!
Sorry, kinda got off the track there, after Hooters wings and FRIED Pickles (Nom Nom Nom) we headed over to Fox and Hound to play some pool, play some darts and chat it up. The turnout was small and intimate and I realized it was PERFECT. The folks I could have expected to show up did and I even had a little surprise by one gentleman who to be honest, I am soo proud of. I saw him grow from an Intern to where he is now and am proud to say he "grew up" on my team. Anywho, we all caught up, stayed out till 130 (well some of us did) and then headed home where we discovered McDonalds closes out their shake and ice cream machines at 12! LAME. Really McDonalds. Why be 24 hours if I can't even get a shake!
Sunday was Fathers Day, we were fatherless (in presence) so instead we got Dave (Jacks dad and mine and Alisons DD from the night before) Coffee and Donuts. We also had a carpet cleaner come and clean up the carpets. Which to be honest was kinda gross, it brought up animal pee smell and I KNOW our dogs and cat did not do that (minus a couple accidents) so the previous renters little tiny Chihuahuas had to be the culprits. I mean if that ate and scratched at all the door frames I can only imagine how much they peed on the carpets. Anywho, as the carpets were cleaned and I have now grossed you out in a major way, you will be glad to know that Alison and Dave took Neya and Rian to Maricopa with them and I kept Carina as we had to sit for some friends at 330. While Neya and Rian most likely got spoiled I decided to do the same for Carina, it has been a while since I had a day or even afternoon alone with just her. So we went to see Karate Kid, ate lunch, went to Best Buy, Target and Old Navy (she had a gift card). She got some jammies and a backpack and to be honest, it was a much needed daughter/mommy day. Also note, Karate Kid was SOO good.
After the movie we watched our neighbors kids for about an hour, and took them to get ice cream McFlurrys (it was the next day so they NOW had the stupid machine open) and they enjoyed a fun time. I enjoyed seeing them together and it also made me kind of sad, mostly because these are friends Carina and Neya have known for 6 years so to say goodbye is going to be hard. They ate, had fun, were silly and even had a photo shoot in the middle of McDonalds. Haha. In fact an older couple said to me "it is nice to see a parent letting the kids enjoy themselves, these days people are in such a rush!" So kudos to me I suppose.
JUST After such a great time my landlord decided to call and tell us she needed partial rent for July and wanted us to repaint a couple walls. SERIOUSLY, she is telling me this 6 days before I leave. I seriously flew off the handle. My relaxing night I had planned was now thrown into a whirlwind. I went and grabbed Rian and Neya from Maricopa (there went TWO hours of my life) I went to Target and grabbed some cheap paint crap (we already had the actual paint color at the house) and went home. I decided not to paint that night as it put me in a horrid mood so instead we covered the FRESHLY cleaned and somewhat moist carpets in towels and blankets. Blocked off every area but our sleeping area and the bathrooms and had a night at home. We skyped with RC and well, that was it. Why COMPLETELY ruin the kids good night just because we had a little bit of rushed and somewhat crappy news. So this week, my goal is to paint those walls and then be good. She comes by on Wednesday so hopefully we get the stamp of approval. UGH.
Well that sums up our weekend. I also bought a book to read, as it will help me destress. I am going to take the TV down this week and patch the holes from our wall anchor and then SERIOUSLY we will be good to go. Kinda crazy that this is the last week. Makes me sad and emotional but hopefully it will all be okay. I have kept in touch with my CA friends since being here and I hope to do the same with my AZ friends. I do NOT want to lose touch.
Anywho, now we have the pictures. ENJOY!
Friday night was chill, not much going on, and Saturday morning we started it with donuts and a trip to the IMAX to go see Toy Story 3 in 3d. I have been to a lot of 3d movies and Sequels and NONE were as good as the Toy Story 3 one. It was GREAT. I may be biast as I love Toy Story in general but it even had me tearing up (I think I'm getting old cause I have lost control of my tear ducts...I cry at everything). The rest of the afternoon was chill, we headed home and at 530 we took the kids to the neighbors and Alison Dave and I got ready for a grown up night out!
We headed out to Hooters around 7 and grubbed out with friends, had good laughs and oddly, bonded with a friends wife that I have only met a couple times but feel OOBER close to. They are struggling with having a baby and we got on the subject. It makes my heart hurt when I have friends so close that have such a hard time having a baby but are SOOO deserving. I don't want to put them out on blast on my Blog to much but I do want to say that I absolutely adore them and wish only the best. I will do whatever they need, even if its just sends words of encouragement, throughout their entire journey. I love you guys...you know who you are!
Sorry, kinda got off the track there, after Hooters wings and FRIED Pickles (Nom Nom Nom) we headed over to Fox and Hound to play some pool, play some darts and chat it up. The turnout was small and intimate and I realized it was PERFECT. The folks I could have expected to show up did and I even had a little surprise by one gentleman who to be honest, I am soo proud of. I saw him grow from an Intern to where he is now and am proud to say he "grew up" on my team. Anywho, we all caught up, stayed out till 130 (well some of us did) and then headed home where we discovered McDonalds closes out their shake and ice cream machines at 12! LAME. Really McDonalds. Why be 24 hours if I can't even get a shake!
Sunday was Fathers Day, we were fatherless (in presence) so instead we got Dave (Jacks dad and mine and Alisons DD from the night before) Coffee and Donuts. We also had a carpet cleaner come and clean up the carpets. Which to be honest was kinda gross, it brought up animal pee smell and I KNOW our dogs and cat did not do that (minus a couple accidents) so the previous renters little tiny Chihuahuas had to be the culprits. I mean if that ate and scratched at all the door frames I can only imagine how much they peed on the carpets. Anywho, as the carpets were cleaned and I have now grossed you out in a major way, you will be glad to know that Alison and Dave took Neya and Rian to Maricopa with them and I kept Carina as we had to sit for some friends at 330. While Neya and Rian most likely got spoiled I decided to do the same for Carina, it has been a while since I had a day or even afternoon alone with just her. So we went to see Karate Kid, ate lunch, went to Best Buy, Target and Old Navy (she had a gift card). She got some jammies and a backpack and to be honest, it was a much needed daughter/mommy day. Also note, Karate Kid was SOO good.
After the movie we watched our neighbors kids for about an hour, and took them to get ice cream McFlurrys (it was the next day so they NOW had the stupid machine open) and they enjoyed a fun time. I enjoyed seeing them together and it also made me kind of sad, mostly because these are friends Carina and Neya have known for 6 years so to say goodbye is going to be hard. They ate, had fun, were silly and even had a photo shoot in the middle of McDonalds. Haha. In fact an older couple said to me "it is nice to see a parent letting the kids enjoy themselves, these days people are in such a rush!" So kudos to me I suppose.
JUST After such a great time my landlord decided to call and tell us she needed partial rent for July and wanted us to repaint a couple walls. SERIOUSLY, she is telling me this 6 days before I leave. I seriously flew off the handle. My relaxing night I had planned was now thrown into a whirlwind. I went and grabbed Rian and Neya from Maricopa (there went TWO hours of my life) I went to Target and grabbed some cheap paint crap (we already had the actual paint color at the house) and went home. I decided not to paint that night as it put me in a horrid mood so instead we covered the FRESHLY cleaned and somewhat moist carpets in towels and blankets. Blocked off every area but our sleeping area and the bathrooms and had a night at home. We skyped with RC and well, that was it. Why COMPLETELY ruin the kids good night just because we had a little bit of rushed and somewhat crappy news. So this week, my goal is to paint those walls and then be good. She comes by on Wednesday so hopefully we get the stamp of approval. UGH.
Well that sums up our weekend. I also bought a book to read, as it will help me destress. I am going to take the TV down this week and patch the holes from our wall anchor and then SERIOUSLY we will be good to go. Kinda crazy that this is the last week. Makes me sad and emotional but hopefully it will all be okay. I have kept in touch with my CA friends since being here and I hope to do the same with my AZ friends. I do NOT want to lose touch.
Anywho, now we have the pictures. ENJOY!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Quick Pics
So I am not normally a mom that can let go of control in her household but since we have taken up new living habits (sleeping on air mattresses) we have decided to have fun with it. So the first night I totally let the kids have at it and they were jumping back and forth. It was HILARIOUS. About 30 minutes in I decided, "hey I should take some pics!" so that is exactly what I did and this is what we got! Kinda cute.
Also. I have never been the person to fall into trends, or see something cute on TV and HAVE to have it or even care what an outfit looks like on me for that matter. I have a horrible sense of fashion, however I was watching Kate Plus 8 (yes you can laugh for my choice of shows...but I LOVE IT) and I saw her wearing this shirt. I avoided buying it for a couple days, but could not stop thinking about how CUTE it was. SO I caved. I figured. I have been moving, being a single mom and all the while not really done anything for myself so here it is. A shirt that I LOVE. Now I bought it in a medium and uh...lets just say its form fitting. GAWD I need to lose some weight. Anywho, here are some pics of the MUST HAVE Shirt that I saw...GASP...on a reality show :)
Now, last post I told you about our living situation. I told you about our 12x6 square in our garage and well, here are some pics to prove that we are down to bare bones. CRAZY when you really look at it this way.
And to end this, a funny pic of Rian in a bag...Note the name of the restaurant ;)
Also. I have never been the person to fall into trends, or see something cute on TV and HAVE to have it or even care what an outfit looks like on me for that matter. I have a horrible sense of fashion, however I was watching Kate Plus 8 (yes you can laugh for my choice of shows...but I LOVE IT) and I saw her wearing this shirt. I avoided buying it for a couple days, but could not stop thinking about how CUTE it was. SO I caved. I figured. I have been moving, being a single mom and all the while not really done anything for myself so here it is. A shirt that I LOVE. Now I bought it in a medium and uh...lets just say its form fitting. GAWD I need to lose some weight. Anywho, here are some pics of the MUST HAVE Shirt that I saw...GASP...on a reality show :)
Now, last post I told you about our living situation. I told you about our 12x6 square in our garage and well, here are some pics to prove that we are down to bare bones. CRAZY when you really look at it this way.
And to end this, a funny pic of Rian in a bag...Note the name of the restaurant ;)
Thursday, June 17, 2010
9 days
That is how long we have until we are officially going to be IN Napa. Crazy. I have to stop and think about how much has gone on. We have sold nearly EVERYTHING in our house, we have packed it all up into a neat little 12x6 rectangle in our garage and the extra stuff that is left by the time my dad and grandpa shows up is going to the dumps!
I spent last night with our friends the Troj's and we all had a good time, they made the girls' favorite dinner...breakfast for dinner. We had pancakes, hashbrowns, bacon, eggs and for DESSERT (yes we had dessert to) we had fondue. The boys played like crazy, the girls were being girls and listening to music and all around it was a great time.
The stress level on my end is going up. I have a few things left to tie up...
1. What are we going to do with our cat, we have to stay overnight in Palm Springs and my grandparents house is not a place I want her tearing up
2. We have to get a storage unit ready for when we get there, so we can unload right into from the trailer (most things but clothes/beds and toys are going in there)
3. We have to turn off all the utilities, the Dish service is already cancelled.
4. We have to get our car registered AS SOON as I get there, as it is already expired.
5. We have to get the girls enrolled in school, this might have to wait till mid July
6. We have to find a daycare for Rian, good thing I have a month off to get this done, we are picky!
As you can tell we have TONS of stuff to do and that list is JUST what I am thinking of right now, but the other longer more stressful list goes like this...and mostly consists of details for Rian...
1. We have to transfer all his heart doctor stuff to San Fran docs (we need a cardio specialist)
2. We have to find a good pediatrician...when it comes to Rian I NEED that doctor to pay attention to details
3. We have to make sure the daycare we take him to doesn't have crappy teachers and hygiene because I DO NOT want to have him sick and back in the hospital again.
4. We have to make sure we are good on our finances because the month I am off is unpaid. LAME!
Those are what are really stressing me out but again, those are the bigger detail type of things. The reality that we are moving is here, we are sleeping on air mattresses and living out of boxes, guiltily we out more than I would but I am NOT doing dishes after a night of cleaning and packing. In fact, I will post some pics tonight after we get the cleaning done. We have carpet shampooers coming this weekend and we are probably going to be spending a good chunk of the week with friends, spending the night so that we can stay out of our SUPER empty house.
I can't wait for next Friday to get here (that is when my dad shows up) I am READY READY READY to head out on this new venture. MOSTLY because my patience and sanity is wearing thin and I am trying to not explode with other way minor frustrations...those being...
1. RC owes me roughly 300 diaper changes (mostly poopy) without any complaining
2. RC owes me many nights of dinner that he cooks as I have been the sole contributor, no hunny this does not include take out
3. The kids owe me a whole month of no arguing if they plan on the remainder of their summer to be spent OUTSIDE of their rooms.
4. I owe myself a day of pampering because most days, I can barely remember to put on deodorant and brush my teeth, but not to fret the kids are well dressed and THEIR hygiene is top notch.
As you can see these last couple months have wore me out. It probably wouldn't have been so bad but due to my urgency to save money I opted out of movers to pack up everything and I chose to have a garage sale which meant lots of stuff being thrown out, sorted and priced, which was its own stress.
THis weekend the friends from out here are going to have a farewell thing for me, Hooters for dinner (LOVE IT) and Fox and Hound for fun and drinks that night. They have pool tables and drinks and darts and TV's for our enjoyment. Should be a good time, chill to say the least.
I will post pics of the house soon and when I do you will feel my pain. Empty house, three kids. BOO, don't try this on your own :)
I spent last night with our friends the Troj's and we all had a good time, they made the girls' favorite dinner...breakfast for dinner. We had pancakes, hashbrowns, bacon, eggs and for DESSERT (yes we had dessert to) we had fondue. The boys played like crazy, the girls were being girls and listening to music and all around it was a great time.
The stress level on my end is going up. I have a few things left to tie up...
1. What are we going to do with our cat, we have to stay overnight in Palm Springs and my grandparents house is not a place I want her tearing up
2. We have to get a storage unit ready for when we get there, so we can unload right into from the trailer (most things but clothes/beds and toys are going in there)
3. We have to turn off all the utilities, the Dish service is already cancelled.
4. We have to get our car registered AS SOON as I get there, as it is already expired.
5. We have to get the girls enrolled in school, this might have to wait till mid July
6. We have to find a daycare for Rian, good thing I have a month off to get this done, we are picky!
As you can tell we have TONS of stuff to do and that list is JUST what I am thinking of right now, but the other longer more stressful list goes like this...and mostly consists of details for Rian...
1. We have to transfer all his heart doctor stuff to San Fran docs (we need a cardio specialist)
2. We have to find a good pediatrician...when it comes to Rian I NEED that doctor to pay attention to details
3. We have to make sure the daycare we take him to doesn't have crappy teachers and hygiene because I DO NOT want to have him sick and back in the hospital again.
4. We have to make sure we are good on our finances because the month I am off is unpaid. LAME!
Those are what are really stressing me out but again, those are the bigger detail type of things. The reality that we are moving is here, we are sleeping on air mattresses and living out of boxes, guiltily we out more than I would but I am NOT doing dishes after a night of cleaning and packing. In fact, I will post some pics tonight after we get the cleaning done. We have carpet shampooers coming this weekend and we are probably going to be spending a good chunk of the week with friends, spending the night so that we can stay out of our SUPER empty house.
I can't wait for next Friday to get here (that is when my dad shows up) I am READY READY READY to head out on this new venture. MOSTLY because my patience and sanity is wearing thin and I am trying to not explode with other way minor frustrations...those being...
1. RC owes me roughly 300 diaper changes (mostly poopy) without any complaining
2. RC owes me many nights of dinner that he cooks as I have been the sole contributor, no hunny this does not include take out
3. The kids owe me a whole month of no arguing if they plan on the remainder of their summer to be spent OUTSIDE of their rooms.
4. I owe myself a day of pampering because most days, I can barely remember to put on deodorant and brush my teeth, but not to fret the kids are well dressed and THEIR hygiene is top notch.
As you can see these last couple months have wore me out. It probably wouldn't have been so bad but due to my urgency to save money I opted out of movers to pack up everything and I chose to have a garage sale which meant lots of stuff being thrown out, sorted and priced, which was its own stress.
THis weekend the friends from out here are going to have a farewell thing for me, Hooters for dinner (LOVE IT) and Fox and Hound for fun and drinks that night. They have pool tables and drinks and darts and TV's for our enjoyment. Should be a good time, chill to say the least.
I will post pics of the house soon and when I do you will feel my pain. Empty house, three kids. BOO, don't try this on your own :)
Monday, June 14, 2010
Sleep Over!
The kids stayed at Alisons house last night as we had some babysitter dilemmas and she got some cute pics and a quick vid (it's sideways but listen to what Rian says...he loves me!)
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