really random out of the blue post

I don't know what the willy wonka is up with my computer (actually it's the hubs' computer, just for the record).
When I'm logged in under my user id  blogger won't let me post or change anything on my blog. I get some dumb error message. When I log in on my hubby's id though, it lets me do whatever I want.
Must have something to do with cookies right?

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so, hey! Long time no see right? I think I've visited my blog like, three times this year. Pretty sad. Not sure why I'm visiting now, seems  like a pretty desolate place. Guess I just thought I ought to try and update it, since the year is already half over.

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I think the kids are ready for school to start again. Summer's getting kinda' boring. I have mixed feelings. I'm going to miss sleeping in.
Jason and Justin start Kindergarten this year. I can't believe it. All my kids are going to be in school! I'm SERIOUSLY looking forward to a couple of hours of ME time every day. We'll see what my emotional status is like the first day of school. I'm thinking there won't be any tears.
The boys have different teachers. They got to meet them on Friday. I think they both liked their teachers. Jason said he has the best teacher ever! Justin on the other hand didn't have a whole lot to say to his teacher. He's so shy. I think he'll be ok though. One of his friends from church will be in his class. I don't know if Jason will be so lucky, but I think he'll do fine. He's the social butterfly of the two. I am a little concerned about how they're going to react to being away from each other. It'll really be the first time for them to be away from each other for more than a couple minutes.

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I took the girls to get their hair cut today. Ashley's is very funky and choppy. Haley's is shorter than I wanted it to go. We'd made a deal that she either has to wear girl clothes or she has to haved a girly haircut, (short story--she would NOT go into the girls bathroom at Wally world a while back cause she thought people would think she was a boy going into the girls' bathroom--that's when I told her she had to decide----->girl clothes or girl haircut) so she opted for the girl haircut. She picked out a cute hairstyle, and the stylist cut it and well, she still looks like a boy (it doesn't look much like the picture). Oh well, maybe next time.

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 I'm a little scared and a lot dumbfounded. I think the Lord is so smart. Sometimes he knows you need a real kick in the pants to get you off your duff and doing the things you're supposed to be doing.
Let's just say I recently got a kick in the pants. More on that later.

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I'm saddened by some news about a fellow blogger. Some of you might know of him. He's a teacher who recently passed away. I've been searching for news about his death, and came across it tonight. I was shocked and saddened. Don't even know what to think about it. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. I'm hoping the circumstances prove better than they're currently looking.

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Well, that'll be  a wrap for tonight.

Everybody enjoy your Sunday!

Catching up

Wow! Feel like a stranger over here again. Blogger's been making changes!! I'm gonna have to figure out how to do a post all over again. lol Maybe that'll teach me to be away for so long.

Not a lot going on in my neck of the woods lately. I've been working off and on at the job. They don't give me too many hours currently, which sucks paycheck-wise, but I don't mind so much mommy-wise. It's nice to spend time with my family. Speaking of, my mom came to visit this past weekend  along with Jon's mom. It's nice that they get along well and are happy to take a road trip together once in a while. It was lovely having them both here.

Got my boys enrolled in a little kindergarten prep class at the rec center. They love it. It's crazy how lazy I've gotten. They start kindergarten in the fall, and I feel like I haven't prepared them at all. They can say the alpahbet and count to ten, they know their colors and shapes; but it still feels like there's so much more they're supposed to know before they start. Maybe it's just cause they're actually younger than the girls were when they started (Ashley was almost six and Haley was five and a half--the boys will have just turned five when they start).

The girls are doing good in school. They're both ready for summer this year though. Ashley is now a redhead. I'll have to post a picture. I really like it. Haley got her ears pierced, and it ended traumatically. The earring embedded itself in her ear. Poor kid. She decided she didn't want earrings anymore after we got it out. Can't say I blame her, but I felt bad that one of the first "girly" things she tried ended poorly.

I've been getting accustomed to my new sewing machine. I really like it so far. I've made a couple bags, some cute little baby booties for some friends and I'm currently working on a few projects for our Young Women's camp fundraiser on Saturday. Most of my computer time is currently spent on Pinterest. go figure.
I have tried a couple things. I'll have to do some posts about them.

Well, guess that catches ya'all up for now.

Oh! Before I forget. Keep me accountable guys. I've committed to 30 days of exercise for the month of May. Trying to form some healthy habits. Two days down, 28 to go. I've got to get some of this jiggle off!

Cell Phone Saturday #9

Winco opened here a couple weeks ago.

We were so excited.

Here's our table after our recent shopping trip there.

We spent $300!!!!

This is just some of the junk food.

 Hmmm, wonder why I've gained ten pounds in the last month?

This is kinda gross....

Can you see what it says? My daughter blew this up with her nose.

Seriously.

I don't even know how she does it without passing out.

          I love how my boys line all their little toys up in a row.

Looks like a battle is about to commence.

My money's on the Transformers side.

Cell Phone Saturday #8

My newest toy.....

It has 100 different stitch options--seriously high tech for me.
Hope I can figure out how to work it!

Cell Phone Saturday #7

Joining Gigi for her fun Cell phone Saturday.

Really random pics this week. I wasn't doing much anywhere, including here in blogland. I've been SO lazy.

 Sunrise the other day. So pretty

 I snapped this from a library book about cakes. This is so cute! I think it was made from a suare and a round cake pan. Adorable. I'm going to have to try it out this summer.

Valentines cookies I made. I stacked them three high and made little "cookie cakes". Sorry about the blue hue. Bad cell phone lighting.

Have a great weekend!

Courageous

Have you seen this movie yet? It's really good. Love that they're making some decent movies. Something you can watch with your kids and not worry about indecent scenes or foul language; movies that aren't afraid to express a faith and love of God.  Go out and rent it if you haven't. This kind of thing needs to be supported.

Such a great message too. I am inspired to be a better parent.




I also love the title song from the movie by Casting Crowns. I always turn up the car radio when it comes on.

Cell Phone Saturday #6

Oh man, I love these. I get 'em at Target. They're deeeelish!

 Jason's playdoh creation. He said it was a flower. I think it looks like a dinosaur.

Haley in a play this week for activity days. She did great!

My scripture tote is finished for the Releif Society service auction this week. I seriously thought about keeping it for myself.

Yes please!!!!

I'm thinking if the boys get jobs at In n Out, that means free burgers for mommy.

Thrifty Thursday

Wow! I'm becoming so forgetful. I sat down at the computer about four hours ago to do this post, got sidetracked and then forgot to post.
Crazy!

I've been visiting the thrift stores so much lately, that I'm thinking maybe I'll do a weekly post about it.

We hit Savers this week. The cool thing about Savers is that they have a lot of clothing. Their prices are a little high though in my opinion.

I still managed to find a few things though.

 I've been looking for something like this to store my tin foil, saran wrap, and waxed paper on. My grandma had one similar. They just don't make these anymore it seems like. Well, they probably do; but they'd probably cost an arm and a leg. It had two price stickers on it, one for $6.99 and one for $1.99. I wasn't willing to shell out 7 bucks for it, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask for it for the lower price. The clerk said it was supposed to be $6.99, but she'd let me have it for the lower price. Score!  I hope it works well. I need to clean it up a bit and get it mounted on the wall. Trying to decide if I want to paint it red, or just leave it au' natural.

Love these letters. More for my collage wall. I want Jon to put up a couple small shelves, and these will go on one of 'em. $4.99---a little overpriced for a thrift store I think, but I loved them so much I had to have them.

This actually came from the dollar store, not the thrift store. Just a small plaque, but for a buck I thought it was a great deal. So cute!

Weekly goals-Week 4

I'm a day late. Just didn't feel like doing anything yesterday.

So, here are the before's again of Jon's side of the closet.

 And, after....

 work clothes on the right

 other clothes on the left

 I got quite a few boxes cleared out and/or relocated to their appropriate spot. Condensed a few boxes. It was kind of hard sorting his side, just cause I didn't know what he would want to keep or get rid of.

 Jon had the idea to add some sort of shelf unit on his side to store extra food products (our pantry, unfortunately doesn't have as much space as we might like), so you can see the shelving I added in the middle of his side up there ^ (works for his shoe storage too).  Now I just need to decide what food to store in our room.
Overall, I'm satisfied with it. It's not as organized as I'd like it to be, but it looks better than it did before.


My other project was to get the Valentine's decorations out.

I don't have a whole lot for V-day.

 Close-ups.....

 Those two little jars on the left and right WERE full of cute little pink and red foil covered chocolate hearts.

Should have known better.

I was going to work on my little craft spot for this week, but I kind of got ahead of myself and did some straightening and organizing already. I failed to take before pics, and have since had to relocate my desktop for another use. So, at some point I'll post pics of that project. It's in no way complete. I want to find the perfect desk for it. Currently I'm using two very narrow bookshelves as supports and a piece of wood for the surface.

For this week, I think I'm going to focus on my paper piles:

I have boxes and boxes of paper stored that I need to go through. That basket and two of those boxes are pretty much just for the shredder. 

There's another box in the closet full of pictures and mementos that I need to get into memory albums.

Another box is full of stuff I just need to sort and file or shred or toss.

And I'm sure if I look around a little more, there's probably another box or two lurking about.

So, this week I'm going to sort through it all and at least figure out what needs to be done with what.

Cause seriously?

 I think it'll take me a week just to shred what's in those boxes.

Sounds like a great activity for my kids!

the RIGHT people

I saw this on Pinterest the other day and IMMEDIATELY pinned it to my board.

I feel like this could be my motto sometimes.

I was kind of pondering it yesterday though.

And now, I'm not so sure it's accurate.

I think wrong choices take us to the wrong places.

If we're smart though, we'll learn something from those wrong choices.

I've made a wrong choice or two (or seventy million) in my life.

And yet, I feel like I'm in the right place.

So why don't I think that statement is accurate?

I think the Lord has placed the RIGHT people in my path, to help guide me back onto the right course.

That thought right there ^; that put tears in my eyes.

Doesn't matter who we are, or what we do, we are so loved.

There are good shepherds everywhere, seeking to find the lost sheep and bring them back to the right place.

I'm so thankful to those people, who listened when the spirit urged them to be involved.

We are meant to do the Lords bidding.

Just as I was brought back into the fold by one of the Lord's helpers, I should be seeking out his other lost sheep, because we all mean so very much to Him.

Cell Phone Saturday #5

Oooh, eight minutes left in today, I almost missed it!

Dandelion wishes....

 channelling Marilyn at the DI

of course, it occurred to me that maybe it's not such a great idea to let them

try on somebody's nasty 'ol wig AFTER the fact.

{{shudder}}

Thrifted

I love the DI. I've been doing probably a bit too much browsing there lately.
I popped over there this week and seriously scored.

Got this cute Families are forever plaque for my dining room wall.

$2!!

 The metal star I picked up at Savers, another local thrift shop.

This one was $6, which is more than I like to spend on any one item, but I figured

it would probably be substantially more if purchased elsewhere.

 Found this cute letter "F".

50 cents!!

I need to put another tack up there to straighten it out.

I love the addition to my collage wall.

Thought this little knickknack holder would be great for my "craft area".

The "craft area" is a work in progress, probably next weeks project. 

The rack was $2. 

The jars were 50 cents each. I think I'm going to sort my button collection into them.  

I'm thrilled with these books. $1 apiece. They're going to be great for scripture study with the boys....

It'll be like reading a comic book. Lots and lots of pictures to go with the great scripture stories.

 This is a huge fabric scrap I scored for $2!!!

Seriously it's like three yards of the softest tee shirt fabric.

I'm thinking eternity scarf.

I love paisley. I love red.

Win/Win!!