not sure if I was sad to see it go, or if I would like to relive the day cause I felt totally like a huge sense of accomplishment, and enjoyed the sun, the fun, the friends. hmm not sure. As I wrote on facebook, a quick summary, I realized, nope, I think I'll put some time in before I do a busy day like that again. Draining!
Then as I'm typing my statement for the day, I went and read this on my friend's post.
A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard. The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog. Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a Cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door. He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened. He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls. As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went. He looked at her bewildered and asked, 'What happened here today?' She again smiled and answered, 'You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world do I do all day?' 'Yes,' was his incredulous reply. She answered, 'Well, today I didn't do it.
That made me laugh and laugh cause wow, isn't that the truth. That is my life EVERYDAY but toss in allergies. And when I put all the kids to bed tonight and then went into the bathroom, there it was a fresh coating of toothpaste on the mirror!!!! seriously? I know which kids are the culprit too. That's the worst of it. Riley has been so into hygiene for years. probably the only kid that wanted to shower on his own before he turned 2. He's now a pro, showering in the am before school IF HE WANTS, as he tells me. Because you know mom, I bathed last night so I don't need a shower. LOL. but I guess after doing it 5 years on your own he feels like a big boy. Now JAGER ONLY has an interest in hygiene when it comes down to these 3 things: 1) he is going somewhere where he likes the girl, then he does his hair, dresses nice, puts on deodorant AND jim's cologne. (which was costing me way too much since I bought Jim too expensive of a cologne, so I now bought the boys their own) 2) Jager wants to stall for time, aka meaning I'd rather he be doing something else. Then his hygiene is impeccable. Brightest, cleanest teeth in 2 counties. And 3) when it is bedtime. interesting. Ireland, well now she's in the learning stage. Jager still wants a buddy when he showers, not feeling lone wolf yet. But Ireland is on a day to day basis. Depends what the diva feels like. But drawing with toothpaste is HIGH on her priorities. UGGH!
The last 70 +days I've felt at war. With Shaw. Cable. It appeared to me that I had made the ultimate dumbest mistake ever by deciding to change services from Sasktel to shaw to save money. Now whoever thought that was a good idea, frugal smugal! Anyways, you've heard me complain, bi#$h and complain some more. I had 41 help calls, and 5 service calls in 72 days, 2 new dvr boxes, 1 new modem, and with only the mere suggestion of a credit of $13 being given. Needless to say, a few major freakouts, possibly me suggesting to them their service was like me putting a bbq scraper where it shouldn't be inserted and a shaw cable worker telling me that she wouldn't care if she had the same service because she doesn't have to worry about money. must be nice. Anyways, one last complaint on facebook and it was like the heavens opened up. A friend of mine happened to be married to someone in a darn good high position in Shaw in Alberta. She hooked me up with this good man and well now the rest is history. Now they are checking in with ME everyday to see how my services are, they got to the bottom of the problem, and now we are talking credit. like one that makes me most happy. So I am more than willing to stop my complaining about Shaw, now that I've been hooked up with the right peeps, so far things are good, like we are on the 4th day with no probs. So shaw, you've been forgiven. my lips are sealed about past problems, and if I do have any future ones, I know have the head dudes numbers for Sask. and if that doesn't work, I can call my new buddy in Alberta. I am a happy girl. :)
What else can I share with you? I submitted 4 days ago to Scrapbook Trends and they emailed me yesterday they want it! So I mailed it today. I am freaking excited. I like can't believe it, what a rush. Best part...they pay you!!! SUHWEET! I'm all about putting the $$$ in the bank. I've spent all my "doing things for free" credits for a lifetime. Now to save up for my next dream. I'm thinking a room over our garage. Seriously, I am sooo thinking I'm going to create the coolest looking jar I can, one that begs me to put money into it and just keep saving up till it is full. I soooo want a room that can be mine, where I can close the door and when I open it, everything is exactly how it was when I left it. No new little Ireland drawings on it. Although now that is going to become a layout in a different direction. lol. when life gives you lemons, or Ireland draws on a layout that you were really rocking...
Crop & Create took off like a lightning bolt. That is awesome! In fact one class completely sold out, and there is more demand for it, so we placed some calls to the Sheraton, did some room shuffling and voila, bigger classroom = teachers can teach more than 45 people now and yes we will provide a few TA's for each class. SUHWEET! But we won't be able to extend it again, sorry, we are in the biggest rooms now. So If you were thinking of signing up for this crazy fun event we'd love to have you, but don't wait to the end to choose classes. Once they are gone, they're gone. And who knows if we will be getting these fabby women back!
Oh one last story to make you laugh. We tossed the idea around about selling our boat. It just seems that all our summer toys are freaking expensive as they all take premium fuel, haven't filled any of the boat, truck or muscle car for under $100 in years for a fill. And it just means thousands of extra dollars going to fuel. So we've tossed around trying to sell it. Truth be told, our family will probably mourn and mourn if we do, but who knows? But anyways, the boys talked about wishing dad was home to go for a ride tonight. Without thinking, I said don't get too attached in case we do sell the boat. Well , I think it actually kicked in for them what that meant. Next thing you know, I'm in a public place, all 3 of my kids start crying their eyes out, beyond reasonable control. Yelling that I am mean, and never ask them what they want, they hate me, want a new mom and dad, they want their boat, blah blah blah. well you know how many people will stand around and stare at you like you've definitely lost mother of the year award at that moment. I swear, I was expecting the police to show up and arrest me for abusing my kids. I couldn't even reason with them. They had to fully live out this tantrum, they even consoled each other with hugs. Ireland became a basket case too. Ei yi yi. SO I texted Jim maybe we better rethink this. Cause we did have a guy come twice this week and called again tonight wanting it. What do we do? How do you make these decisions? sometimes I wish someone would just tell me the answers. Saving money seems the best solution always, but then one day in our boat or the superbee and life seems perfect.
So how did the tantrums end? They promised to never have a dirty room again, always put away their toys and laundry and help us more around the house. They even said they didn't need anymore toys or beyblades. SAY what????? no more bey blades? no that is like asking a women to say no more sexy shoes with matching purse and yummy jewelry. That is a huge sacrifice for my kids. SO I guess we'll leave the ball in Jim's court to see if the kids bidding chip is worthy. lol. I'd rather he was the bad boy this time. And worse yet, the drive ins didn't open this year. Our family is in deep mourning over that. We Always went to the drive ins. 2 minutes from our house. Our perfect 4 hr getaway. 6 hrs if it was a long weekend.
Life is hard, making the right decisions or making the fun decisions. Another day in our life. Well tomorrow is the last day this week. So I will contemplate worries later. I'm off to enjoy some down time with the kiddos!
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