Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Hi

Hi. So I volunteered in Jack's class for a little while today. Also saw Joe at lunch which was fun. I went to wal mart and bought yummy candy for tonight. I was trying to buy things that i wouldn't want to eat but that is crazy b/c i love all candy! i'll just eat it tonight and then throw it all away! i know, i'm not normal. :)

i met my friend, andrea for lunch whcih was fun and we thought too late about getting a glass of wine at this fun shop called wined down. maybe next time.

we're going up to the cul de sac at 5 for a little party before trick or treating. should be fun.


Kate and friends at Sloss Furnace, haunted house.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Hi! Happy Halloween. It doesn't seem like Halloween. I still have to buy candy. Not much to write about as of yet. I'm sure I'll have pictures later on this evening. Today, I'm planning on volunteering in Jack's class and I have to make a wal mart run.

ps. Rush Probst has resigned but will finish this season.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007



Hi. Well, today was fine at preschool. the costumes were cute but really, I think next year, I'm nixing the whole costume thing. I forgot what a pain they were and the one's they were wearing weren't even difficult. Its just that when you're dealing with two year olds, it is just best to keep things as simple and easy as possible!


Thankfully, all the children made it home today, no one was forgotten at least not yet. Rick took the boys to two football games tonight so they can all see what Jack's team is up agains. lol. They're 10 years old! I'm not complaining though. kate is at her friends house working on halloween costumes. I'm home in a very quiet house. Love that. I'm posting a picture of a baby dish I did that is getting a lot of buzz. I love it too!!

Hi. Took the kids to school this morning which always takes forever even though we live 4 miles from school~ annoying. someday, they'll fix the roads here. My little two year olds are wearing their costumes today. I told their moms that they could wear them if they're easy, no snaps! It'll be fun. It is sunny today so we'll get to go outside. whoo hoo! It always makes the day better when we can go out.


Here is a picture of Ralphie. It sure is good to be him. He was a little chilly last night w/o all his hair.


Joe seems to have recovered from being left at the park. Poor Joe. :(

Monday, October 29, 2007

Manic Monday


Hi. Joe's filling was easy breezy. He actually said it was fun to have his cavity filled. What?? I think they should make it a little more painful. I love our dentist's office. It is a pediatric office and it is bright and cheerful and we are in and out! Everyone is very friendly which is nice especially when you're dealing with children.


Kate and I ran/walked the neighborhood again. It would be great if we can do that every night.


Rick forgot Joe at the ball park. He totally forgot him. Had to turn around and get him. Thankfully, there were people we knew still there. He feels so bad! Must be the 3rd child syndrome.

My new V cast phone is here! Whoo hoo. Not that I don't love my current ghetto phone that dies when I'm on it for 5min. :) It has been better than my old ghetto. Kate and I will have the same phone and she told rick that she thinks the phone is too complicated for me. lol. It might be but I'll figure out what I need to. It is charging now and when Rick gets home he is going to activate it for me!! yeah!


Also, after 4 years of living in this house, I finally hung curtains in the master bedroom. I am going to buy something new for the dining room this weekend, something more sophisticated and the white panels that were in there look good in the bedroom.


I've cleaned my car out, I know shocker! Ral is still at the groomer, he was not happy about going there and I hate leaving him but he'll be home soon. I'm leaving in a min. to get Joe so he can have his cavity filled. :( sad.

Monday Morning

Hi! Well, another Monday. We had a good weekend, busy, crazy, but good. We didn't do anything special which was fine with me as our fall was so busy it was just nice to stay home. Jack didn't even have football yesterday, the coaches gave the boys the day off. I think they're back at it tonight. Joe did great at his tutor session. He is so excited about reading!! yeah!!! Today, he has to have his first cavity filled. :( Poor Joe. Ralph is going to the groomers, he will be nakey by the time I pick him up today. I'm sure he'll feel much better, but we all love him fluffy and furry. Joe and I boo'd our neighbors last night. It was fun, I could never be a burgler. lol. it's also really hard to boo here b/c its hard running away from the house when you have to go down or up a big hill. anyway, it was fun and joe took down our two boo signs b/c he wants to get boo'd again. i have to put them back up. today, i'm going to work out! yes, i've eaten wayyyyyyy too much lately, as you all know from my previous post. have a great day.

love,
me
xoxox

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Big Fat Pig, That's Me!


Okay, I know you're all not going to want to hear this but I'm just going to write about it b/c I have to. I have eaten my way through the weekend! We got booed, not once but twice so that means lots of candy! I ate some pie and then threw it away and last night, I ate a yummy pecan, turtle thing. YUMMY! Of course now, I'm all off track, feeling fat and yucky! The elliptical and I are going to be best buddies this week. The good news is, I won't want any junk on Halloween night. Okay, that's it. I'm done. You know, I'm not normal when it comes to food, just bear with me here. I bet you're all so excited for me to come home at Christmas. What fun I'll be that week, after I've eaten holiday candy and cakes. lol

Hi

Well, we made it through mass this morning. I almost didn't though. We got in there sat down and then I started to have that weird tickle in my throat so I tried to cough a little, well we all know how that goes. I had to leave and go get a drink. What in the world? Why does that happen right when I get in there. Anyway, I was fine the rest of mass. Jack tried to make us believe that he had to go to the bathroom with about 5 min. to go before church was over. Ugh ah. Doesn't work anymore, he is way too old for that trick!
I felt bad about the Mark Grace post so I deleted it. I was just amazed at how different he looks. :(

Off To Church

Hi, we are actually all ready and we are going to church. It is no easy task rounding up 3 sleepy children at 8am on Sunday morning. Everyone is usually fine once we are seated in the pew. :)

Saturday, October 27, 2007

LOOK DAD!


Hi Dad. Look, I've done a fun Rock Island blog to support your team!!
Joe had a good tutoring session and he is now reading real chapter books!! whoo hoo!! He is doing great. My friend, Andrea brings her daughter to be tutored right after Joe. Of course I stayed and visited with Andrea about all sorts of things as it was a beautiful morning. Anyway, I decided it was time to go and Joe and I got in my car to leave. I tried starting it and it wouldn't start! I had a dead battery. Andrea and I got it hooked up to be jumped and it was fine but what a mess. Anyway, that is my punishment for staying too long and gossiping. lol.

Jack won a yummy boston cream pie at the fall festival yesterday. I just ate a piece and I think I'm going to have another one before I dump it in the trash! It is so yummy. It is Saturday and still techinally my free day so I won't feel bad.

Saturday

Hi! Well, it is a very crisp, sunny Saturday morning here in lovely Hoover, AL. Rick just left to pick up our middle child at a friends house. He and several boys left from the fall festival to spend the night at a friends house. All I can say is that poor mother is going to have to fumegate her house! Eww! We really don't have anything today. Joe has tutoring this morning and thats it! Rick is going to hunt this afternoon and I'm going to clean this house. I hate Fridays when I'm not home b/c I'm so behind on Sat. I do have do have some work to do in my office which will be fun.

Hoover won last night but not by much. So, the Bucs are off to the play offs. Auburn plays Ole Miss today, it isn't on tv so I'm sure lots of Tiger fans are dissapointed about that.

Have a great Sat. Hope the Rocks win!! Whoo hoo!!

Friday, October 26, 2007

Crazy busy day!














































Hi. I have pictures of the powder puff game. the greenies beat the pinkies by 2. I think everyone had fun! Rick and I had fun seeing the kids play. The fall festival was fun too. Enjoy the pictures.

Friday








Hi everyone!






Today is a crazy busy day! First of all, I'm going to hop on the elliptical after I'm done posting this. It is still sort of gloomy here but I think its going to be okay for the powder puff game and the fall festival. I'll have pictures of both later on tonight. Kate was up early cleaning her room and getting ready for today. I think all the girls are excited about the game. She and her friends were at academy and wal mart last night picking out matching socks and headbands and things. Thank goodness Rick was with her. Sometimes its just better when daddy goes! We didn't make it to the football banquet. Kate just didn't want to go and since we haven't been home on a Thursday night in over 2 months, I didn't argue. Jen and I are not ready at all for our table this afternoon at the fall festival. It's going to be crazy but I'm sure all will end up fine. Jayne, we wish you were here to work with us! lol. let's see, Rick is hunting right now. I don't think I told you that he got a deer last Friday with his bow. He was really excited. I hope everyone has a great day. Hoover plays Oak Mountain tonight. Go Bucs! I think Alabama is off this weekend and I'm not sure who Auburn plays. The iron bowl should be right around the corner. I hope Dad's team does well this weekend! Go Rocky. Abbie's too. May all the Metz/Lev teams win!! Whoo hoo. I'm posting a picture of a really fun margarita glass I pulled from the kiln the other morning. I love this one!

Thursday, October 25, 2007

hi

Hello,

I have a staff meeting this morning at preschool. it is still raining here. gloomy gloomy but we need it so i'm tolerating it. i hate rainy days unless i can just be home! anyway, we are still doing spooky spiders which is fun and the kids love it. tonight rick and i are going to the football banquet for kate. we didn't go last year and since its her last year we are going. umm, lets see. tomorrow is the powder puff game. the girls play football against eachother and the boys cheer and dance. kate is center for the pink team. she said she is coming up with a new word instead of hike. it's going to be fun seeing all of the kids tomorrow! i'll take pictures. also tomorrow is the fall festival at the boys school. jen and i are doing a table of our things there. it will be interesting setting up our table, going to the powder puff game, going back to the boys school, and being a part of the fall festival. crazy! thats about it. i'm off to shower!
bye.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

This is how Ralph feels about Hoover being in the dog house


Hi


Hello,

I'm finally getting around to writing today. had to take Kate to the ortho this morning for her apt. I think she is getting close to getting those darn braces off which freaks me out b/c once that happens she won't look 13 anymore.:( Anyway, she is excited. We were totally out of food. I mean really. We've been so busy recently that we or I should say I haven't had a chance to go to the store. The kids will be so happy that we have food now! Okay, here's the deal. Hoover football is in a bit of trouble recently. Long story short, we've had to forfiet several games so we are not in first place anymore. however, there is a silver lining. If the Bucs win on Friday, which they should do, they will still go to the play offs. What a bummer that this is all happening, but the bottom line is, we still love our football and the little boys that are watching the games waiting their turn to be on the field are still excited about Hoover football! Now, I do think that issuses need to be handled and dealt with and there is no reason that this program can't be run right and still be #1! It's time to rally and get excited again for Bucs Football. :) I love being a cheerleader!! Hoorah for Hoover.

The Panthers Won!


Jack and Seth.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Tuesday

Hi. Its gloomy here today but thats okay, we need to rain. of course a rainy day at preschool means play time is inside but we'll take it in exchange for rain. Anyway, we are finally into the fun part of the month at preschool, spiders and pumpkins and halloween. i was getting a little bored with the farm. jack has his last game tonight, we'll see if it is still on with the weather being the way it has been. thats about it. i got lots of cleaning done yesterday~ have a great day, i have to shower and get ready for school.:)

isn't this yummy?



I just pulled this snack bowl from the kiln. i love it! makes me want to eat buttered popcorn and candy. lol.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Go Panthers!

















i love this skirt from jcrew. kate and i were in there yesterday and i'd be pretty happy with about 5,000 to jcrew. lol!

Monday Morning

Hello,

Well, even though it is almost 10am, and I'm just now getting around to posting, I've really been up since 6. Kids all got up pretty good for school which is nice and I've been doing laundry, dishes and just picking up stuff around the house. My plan today is to go to the post office and then get back home to work out. We had a great weekend, busy busy but fun. This week brings the end of the Jack's regular season games, so far his team hasn't lost so they'll be headed to the play offs where they'll play teams that they played earlier and it will be fun to see them match up again. Also, on Friday is the boys school's fall festival and Jen and I have a table this year where we'll have for sale pottery and pillows and very cute baby things that Jen has made. Also on Friday is the powder puff game at kate's school. She has signed up to play and I'm excited to see all the girls play. The boys cheer for the girls, it will be fun to see them. I know the girls have been looking forward to this for a long time. Have a great Monday!

Sunday, October 21, 2007

our weekend.

denise and richard were home this weekend and it was such fun seeing them! they're doing great and we miss them terribly! Please come back soon.:)





me and jen. :)



all the kids enjoying ice cream sundaes. they're all getting so big! thank goodness for berkeley and presley, the babies of the group.



Hi. Pictures of our weekend. :) joe enjoying a caramel apple at the football game.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Go Bucs!

Yep, Hoover won. I'm sure you were all just sitting on pins and needles waiting for me to report that. lol. :) Go Bucs!

Hi.

Well, it is Saturday morning and when I took Ralph outside to potty, I could see my breath in the air! It is chilly out there. I should be out walking the neighborhood, getting a good work out in early but I'm not, maybe later. Anyway, we didn't do much at all last night. Kate was out with friends, ( I know, shocker) lol, they were going to one of the haunted houses and Joe spent the night up the street at his buddies house. Jack had a friend over for the evening. Rick was unsuccessful yesterday on his hunt to get a deer. Once he got home, we all enjoyed yummy ice cream sundaes, watched a little tv and then went to bed. I know, you all wish you lived my life, it is so so exciting. Hoover had an away game last night in Homewood and I'm assuming they won but I'm not positive on that as I didn't watch the news last night. I'll have to check in a min. Alabama plays Tennessee today and Auburn is in Baton Rouge today. I'm getting my hair done this morning, Joe has tutoring and thats about it! Hope you have a great weekend!

Friday, October 19, 2007

Friday

Hi! I'm glad its Friday. I'm definitely going to the grocery store today. We are so out of food around here! Okay, are you loving this play list thing? So fun. Valerie, I totally copied off you but its way cool. I hope you all have a great day. :)

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Tonights game.

Hi.
7th grade won, they were undefeated! whoo hoo! Kate said the 8th grade won too. We left at half time as it was about to storm or so we thought. So that means the 8th grade won the championship! Whoo hoo. Still undefeated since 1st grade. wow!

Busy Thursday

Hi. Well, I'm still feeling a little puney but I'm a trooper and i think once i take my advil cold and sinus I'll be up to the challenges of two year olds. I'm already thinking of the little power nap I'll be taking at 1:30. It is actually raining here this morning. Imagine that. Kate and I said it would be okay if the football game was cancelled tonight but I doubt that is going to happen. We are all just a little tired. This is the last regular season game for us. Anyway, just wanted to say hey!

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Strawberry Margarita!


I love this margarita glass I did the other day. Makes me want to whip up a batch of strawberry margaritas.

jack

Jack wanted me to tell everyone that he had two sacs last night! whoo hoo. Go jack!

A little Under the Weather

Hi.

Well, it seems I've caught the crud thats been going around. I feel achey stuffy. Boo hoo. :( I'm not working today so I am going to try and get better b/c I do not have time to be sick!

Jack's team won last night and he played great! One more regular season game and then its the play offs. Go Panthers!

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Poo, Poo Day

Hi All,

Well, as you can see from the title of this posting, it was a stinky day. Literally! One of my little ones had to go home today as she had two accidents and both times I tossed the sweet Dora Undies away. Turns out there was a stomach bug running through the family. Another one is cutting two year molars and had two very stinky diapers, not as bad as the first child though. Ugh! Yuck. I took the trash out twice in 4 hours at school. Just one of those days. I had to come home and take a little power nap to gear up for Jack's game tonight. It actually looks like rain which would be great! We need it. Hope you're day hasn't been as stinky as mine. ;)

Monday, October 15, 2007

Hi. Just thought I'd let everyone know that the mountain of laundry is folded and it's sitting in a basket ready to go upstairs. Now, I just need to get it up there! I've been painting like crazy. I'm having fun working on Christmas things. Hope your Monday is going great.

Monday Morning


Hello! Well, as you all know, I'm not a Sunday person. I'm probably the only one that is happy it's Monday. lol. Anyway, kids are off to school. I took them this morning and as usual Kate was mad at me for some ridiculous reason but she mellowed out once we dropped the boys off. She informed me she is going to Auburn and not Alabama because it is just that much farther away from us. haha. I'm sure she'll change her mind by the time she is 18, or maybe not, we'll see. Anyway, today, I really am going to tackle the laundry. It is all clean, just in baskets and I need to fold it! I've been in a creative mode recently. I've been painting Christmas designs for coasters and barretts. I need to order more bisque! Any special orders for Christmas let me know! ;) Hope you all have a wonderful day and dad, don't wear mom out with allegany. lol.

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Jack's costume


i just ordered these for jack. seriously. he is crazy. his costume this year is going to be a hip hop person. whatever that is. he seems to know. the child has a pimp side to him that's for sure.

i will be taking this set teeth jewelry and throwing them away after halloween b/c i know he'd try to wear them to school. lol. i just don't get this whole grill thing. ugh! yuck. obviously, people who wear these for real must not have ever worn braces.

Better late than never

Hi. It's almost bed time for me but i thought i'd put a little note on the blog. we all got up to go to church, well, all of us but kate. she was a bit sleepy after her marathon phone call last night. hmm. i remember a few of those. anyway, we let her stay home and sleep as she is usally the first one up and dressed on sunday. we even had rick with us and that is amazing as hunting season has opened. so far, no deer for rick. i'm not upset about that.

thats about it. joe had tutoring, i'm not any farther on the laundry than yesterday. i'm really really procrastinating on that . theres always tomorrow, and i will do it! weather has been awesome. looks like a busy week ahead. i've been painting lots of things upstairs in my office. I'm hoping to sew a little this week too. have a good week.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

HI Again

Okay, so i was just rereading my post from this morning. Hmm. I have not gotten very far on the laundry, maybe i'll do that tonight. Rick and I did walk 3 miles and I did paint several pieces of pottery today which was fun. Kate is still at her friends, Joe went up the street to his friends after his tutoring. Jack has been hanging out here with Rick and I and he is actually being really pleasent. We even threw the football around out back, we're trying to take advantage of our big back yard! Tonight, we'll watch Auburn and just hang out. Karyn, I'll be texting you very soon! Yeah! So glad you're on the network now, its only been like 7 years. lol.

Saturday

Hello,

Well, Hoover won last night. It turned out to be a good game, there were tons of people there. Just checked the paper and it said, there were 11,000 people there last night. I knew there were a lot b/c it took 40 min. to get out of the parking lot. The girls went to an after game event called 5th quarter and Rick and I and the boys came home and crawled in bed. We were tired! Before the game we went to a friend's 40th birthday party tail gate get together. It was really fun meeting new people and seeing old friends. I wish we could have stayed longer but Rick was pushing us out the door so we could get seats at the game. Valerie, your house looked so pretty and I didn't even get to eat but I heard the food was yummy!

Today, I'm going to finish laundry and hopefully get a good walk in. I need it! Have a great weekend.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Are these the sweetest booties you've ever seen!


I think i'm going to have a baby just so I can buy these adorable booties and put them on him/her. Okay, not really but they are so sweet.

Long Sweater


i really wish I had this to wear tonight to the game.




Love the picture of the Isabel Bloom on Jaynes blog. I went to the site and found some I love too! Here they are.

Friday!

Hi. We had a hard time getting up this morning. going to bed too late on thursday night always poses a problem for friday morning. i have to say that i'm just about ready for football to wrap up so we can have a break. we love going to the games but as far as homework and such on thursday night, its a wash and i don't like that. Anyway, its beautiful outside this morning. the boys actually wore their long sleeved under armor under their jerseys. Today, i'm just going to work around the house, mail some things at the post office and hopefully get some yoga in. This evening is the big Hoover/Vestavia game, i don't think I can take another game like last nights so I hope Hoover takes a big lead early, however, I doubt that will happen. Anyway, I hope everyone has a great day! Jayne, i know this is your last Friday at MQ Group. Enjoy, be sad and then let it go. You have lots and lots to look forward to!

As for Jack's halloween costume. I have know idea. He is the one that really doesn't love dressing up for halloween. Not surprising as he doesn't like characters or clowns and things like that. I'm sure he'll be a scary mask for something. Now, on the other hand we have Kate and friends wanting to do the Wizard of Oz theme which is very cute but one of the moms and I were laughing last night at the game about how the girls think we're going to drop 60.00 for their costumes. lol. I think we can come up with a cute scarecrow outfit. Her friend is going to be the tin man and her mom thought that grey sweats and such would be fine. lol. umm, the girls protested big time! haha. always drama, gotta love it. I think I went as a hobo every year except the year, alicia and i went as the the football player and coach. that was cute.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Bumpus Game

Huge game toinght! 7th grade won 16-0. 8th grade won but barely. It came down to the other team on the one yard line, down by 2 and 45 seconds left on the clock. We held them and the time ran out! Whoosh. what a game. The qb for the other team was awesome. We almost lost and mama's were in tears. They didn't lose but I Think tonight, they got a taste of what it might feel like. The Freshman team at Hoover is going to rock next year as all of these kids will be at Hoover together. What fun!

I'm making dinner and its 8:45pm. I'm ready for bed.

xoxoxox
GO BUCS!

Joe's costume


I finally ordered Joe's costume. the great thing about waiting is that it was on sale which i love! here is a picture of it. He'll probably scare Jack more than anyone b/c jack hates clowns. lol. Kate and friends are going as characters from the wizard of oz. i've always wanted her to be dorothy but she wants to be the scarecrow. now, keep in mind that she is not wearing overalls, all the girls are going to be "cute" haha, that is coming from kate which means they're going to be scarecrow,tin man and the lion in cute skirts and make up. i'm happy they at least have a do able theme to work with.

And so it begins!


alright, its time to talk about football. big game tonight at kate's school. they are playing the other middle school and its sort of fun b/c both teams are orange and black and both teams are bucs. we should win but you never know. it is so beautiful out. i took the kids to school this morning and the temp said 54 degrees. jack was "freezing" and said he needed a jacket. lol. drama! kate had to go early to set up for the t shirt table. i have preschool today and with the beautiful day, we'll be playing outside! no one can complain about being hot. we are still talking about the farm which i get a little bored with. i love this time of year and i have more fun talking about pumpkins and leaves and such. tomorrow night is the big hoover/vestavia game! whoo hoo. it should be a good game as hoover just isn't as good this year which really isn't a bad thing, it makes the games more exciting. joe is reading great, so proud of him. i hope everyone has a great day!

xoxoxox

:)

Go Bucs!

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

This is perfect football weather!


Our weather for Thurs and Friday! yeah!

Looks like football weather might actually be here in Alabama! Low of 46 and high of 73! yeah! Finally!!

my recent obsession with fall boots!



boots I love.

Go panthers!


Wednesday


Hi Everyone!


It's a beautiful morning, nice and cool and sunny. (there's my weather report for you.;) Anyway, Jack had a good game last night, the Panthers are still undefeated!! Whoo hoo!! Joe is doing great with his reading and Rick's parents are doing well too. We enjoyed having them here for the game. I don't have to work today so hopefully, I can do some sewing and painting and maybe even clean the floors. I'm looking forward to lunch with my friend, Lynda today. I hope you all have a great hump day!! Congratulations to Jayne on her new job. It's going to be great!!!