Our Sunday

So Sunday was our only weekend day to do something as a family since Matt had to work and be on call on Saturday.

I decided it would be a great day to head to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square,PA and afterwards run a few errands. Well our day started at 330am. Ty got up and would not go back to sleep....Lucky me!

I wasn't going to let the early morning wake up call ruin the day. At 830am we piled in the car and heading for Longwood(with a Dunkin Donuts stop). We arrive and so far so good! We headed right for the fall train display with Ty leading the way(have I mentioned this kid LOVES trains).

Ty ran around and around the display( did I mention this is his 3rd time to it. He would explain what trains were going around the display to anyone who would listen.



After we finished at the train display we headed for the conservatory. I was every excited to see all the fall colors they had up! It was the last day for the display and it did not disappoint me.









We did spend to much time in the conservatory Ty was trying to go for a swim in the pools. We left there and the toddler melt downs started(remember he has been up since before the chickens)we knew they we going to come we just hoped they would have waited until we were out of Longwood. It makes the walk to the car so much longer when you have to stop every few feet to either watch the child throw themselves on the ground or pick them up because they can't or wont walk. Finally we make it back to the car.

Now it is decision time...do we continue with the errands we have to run or go home where he is going to be grumpy and not nap. So we decided to share his good mood with others.

First stop was Best Buy we wanted to do a little browsing and I needed a flash drive. Well he latched on to this Jeep toy thing that I think was more for the computer then a toy. So the throwing ourselves on the floor and mommy pick me up started again. So I made my way over to the computer section were I was approached by a man trying to sell me on Comcast. HELLO crying, whining child and you want to know who I get my Internet from. Told him I was in love with my FIOS and moved on. Found the flash drives and made our way to the check out. Now the toddler is starting to settle down! It was short lived. At the check out they had all kinds of candy(why oh why do you do that to parent??). He started freaking out over M&M's which he was not getting. Finally out of the store and back in the car. I am sure the people of Best Buy were not sad to see us go.

Decision time again...Do we go to New Balance for new sneakers for the toddler??? Sure why not...right? To our shock he was great! Picked out sneakers and tried them on like a pro. We pay and head for the car. Then he asks I want M&M's....ugh.

We head home have lunch and then head to Matt model train club open house. The kid had a ball and was well behaved until time to leave. We wrestled him to his sit and then took off. The whole way home (until he passed out....finally) he yelled about wanting a hot dog.

We had hog dogs for dinner just for him.

Thanks for reading!

Time for some painting

I have been wanting to paint our master bedroom for months. Matt wanted my to wait until the winter. Well we are just about there and now I have to make a color decision.

I am I would love to make one of the walls an accent wall and the rest a neutral. Matt doesn't love that idea. So I am going to put it to a vote on my blog. I am hope with some feed back we can make a decision.

The colors

All three together



Hallowed Hush



Gobi Desert



Sandstone Cove



I am thinking Hallowed Hush as the accent wall and the rest I not sure. I am looking for any and all suggestions.

Thanks!

So Sleepy

Late night my friend Erin hosted MNO(moms night out)at her house. She just got a new flat screen tv and she decided it would be fun to have us over eat some snacks and watch Twilight(yes we are all over the age of 14 and enjoy ourselves a little Edward and/or Jacob) of the big tv!

We had a great time!!!

There were 7 of us and Erin's brave husband Jeff. We laughed so hard I was almost in tears. 5 out of the 8 of us that watched the movie have read the book OR seen the movies before(more then once for some). So there was a whole of that not how it is on the book and we had to catch the 3 non readers up to speed because in my opinion the movies missed so key elements from the book. We wrapped up the party around 11:15....way past my bedtime.

So I get home and hope right into bed so I can get some sleep before my toddler 5am wake up call. Well the 5am wake up call turned out to be a 2:30am wake up call. So from 2:30 til about 4am my wonderful son would not go back to sleep. Finally get him back to sleep and get myself back to sleep it quickly turned to 6am and time for Matt to get up and ready for work. Lucky me!

Since we were up with the chickens I put together a very long to do list so I can keep busy and hopefully awake all day. The list is full of fun stuff like laundry. I am giving up on hope the laundry fairy is going to visit my house this week and do the laundry and put it away for me. Cleaning....lots of cleaning...office, kitchen and the usual follow the toddler around and pick up the destruction in his wake. One bright spot is playtime at Ty's friends house this afternoon. I am sure by the time we head out for the play date we will be more then happy to get out of the house for a while. I know my dad enjoys the quite when we are gone.

Well I better get started on my long to do list while I still believe I will not fall asleep standing up.

Weight Loss and the Dentist

What do they have in common you ask....Nothing...It just that it is Thursday and I weigh in at Weight Watchers on Thursdays and I had a dentist appointment today because my left rear molar has been hurting when I chewed.

So my big weigh in I lost 1.4 pounds this past week and I am .6 pounds away from the 10 pound mark!!!!! Woohoo Go Me....Go Me!!!

I started this weight loss journey 4 weeks ago and I think I am doing really well so far! I didn't realize 4 weeks ago when I started that I need to do this so I can go off a medication I just started last week. While at the doctor for a sinus infection he went over my blood work and the labs came back that I am diabetic. So now I am on the I need to lose weight fast so I can get off this pill and maintain with diet and exercise. Talk about a wake up can and motivation. My mom passed away 6 years (almost 7) ago from complications from her diabetes. I don't want that to happen to me so I am telling everyone who will listen(mainly my therapist because I pay her to listen to me) that I am going to loss weight I am going exercise and I want everyone to hold me accountable. I want more babies(yes babies; two more maybe) one day and I need to this for my current family and the one we plan to have in the future.

Okay so that is my weight loss news. Now on to the dentist.

I have been having a little pain in my left rear molar for about 2 weeks. I decided to head to the dentist so I can prevent a root canal and get it filled(did I mention I have cheap Irish teeth as my dad would say). So I get there.... xrays taken....dentist comes in and says I think you need a root canal. Great, wonderful....back to the waiting room I go so I can wait to take to billing and scheduling. I get called back and I am told that the root canal will be $827 out of my pocket the insurance company will pick up the other $1,500. Which I already new because I am still paying off my April root canal out of pocket expense(remember cheap Irish teeth). So I sign my life away for another $827....what is another almost $1,000 in debt at this point right. I am scheduled for the root canal at 1030am(today). Great, lets get this over with.

While I wait to get called back I text the husband to let him know we are now $827 deeper in the hole and I call Ty's preschool/daycare and let them know I maybe late for pick up at noon.

I get called back and the dentist gives me great news he is going to drill first to check the extent of the cavity and if all looks good he will fill the tooth and save our Christmas( I figured of I needed the root canal I could ask Santa or anything else and Matt would have to enjoy my new root canal too because that's all we were getting this year). Since God was on my side this morning he ended only needing to fill the tooth and while he was in there he fill the one in front of it because it need a filling too(cheap Irish teeth remember).

So all in all pretty good day......1.4 pounds lighter....filling instead of a root canal....and Ty has yet to pee on the floor.

Where are your brown shoes?

So where are you shoes is a common question in our house. I swear someone or something eats my child's shoes. Every time we go to leave the house we spend 5-10mins looking for shoes(brown shoes, sneakers, Thomas the Tank Crocs or the red and blue Crocs).

We look under the sofa...nothing, we look in the bedrooms...nothing, we looking in the basket where they belong...nothing. How can this be???

Sometimes I luck out and find a pair in the car. See the coolest thing in Ty's toddler mind right now is walking in from the car shoe and sock less......I wonder if that is going to stop once it get colder....hmmm I will keep you posted.

So this how the shoe search is going this week.

The other day we searched and searched for Ty's brown shoes for our family pictures we were have taken at our house by my awesome photographer friend Kristen. Couldn't find them anywhere....not even in the car. So we had to squeeze his foot into his old brown shoes that were about a size to small because he was not going to wear his Crocs(the only shoes I can find). After the photo shoot he removed the too small shoes and put his Crocs on and hide the size too small shoes.

So this morning we were running late(like always) because dad needed to use the bathroom just before we were ready to leave(mind you asked 15 mins earlier if he had to go). So while we are waiting for grandpa to finish we start the dreaded shoe search. Do you think I could find any that fit(we found ones that were to small) NO. Then I remember that the Thomas Crocs are in the car. Great! Now do walk out and get them or make him walk to the car with out shoes. Yeah we opted for the walk with out shoes since he was already halfway out the door(once he is ready to he is ready to go).

But this still doesn't answer my question as to where are your brown shoes. How can I only find Thomas Crocs(which he is about to outgrow)? Where is the other red and blue Croc???

So this afternoon I will be send out the search party for the brown shoes and the missing Croc....If located they will go back into the basket were they belong and we can start the Where are your shoes? process.

Getting back into blogging

So I was at my Tuesday Marketing meeting that my friend Donna puts on and everyone at the meeting that follows me on Facebook asked to get back into blogging so I can give details about my crazy status.

So here I am trying to get back into blogging. I can't promise I will blog daily or even weekly but I will try to update often.

So what has been going on since January. Hmmmm....let's see.

Tyler is getting bigger by the day. I can't believe he is going to be 4 in January. WOW time flies. He is doing well in school. I think he is starting to like it a lot. Now if I can get him to sleep past 5 am on most mornings I will one happy mommmy.

Matt is doing well. He is working hard at work and got a pay decrease of his raise this year. Gotta LOVE the state. On the upside he still has a job right.

Dad is doing well and I am hoping to take him over to Ireland for a 3 month stay sometime late spring/early summer.

Me I have been back on the weight loss bandwagnon. I went back to Weight Watchers 4 weeks ago and I am already down 8 lbs!!!! I was diagnosed with diabetes last week. The doctor hope some weight loss and diet changes I can go off the meds I am currently on for diabetes. I have been working hard at booking shows for my Sterling Silver jewelry business and I started selling and taking wellness products(if you want more info let me know!)

So that is just a little run down. Now I have to get back to the laundry since the laundry fairies missed my house this week. I hope they come next week and bring the mop fairies with them.

Happy New Year!!!

Well it is the start of 2009 and I am looking forward to the new year ahead of us.

I have a few goals I would like to accomplish this year.

First is I joined a 365 project group on Flicker. The goal of group is take a photo a day. I am hoping for 2 things for this to happen with this goal. One is learn how to use our Canon Rebel digital SLR and the other is to make a really cool book at the end of the year about our life in 2009.

Second is to lose weight. I have had so much stress in my life over the past 2.5 years that I lost sight of myself in that time period and put on the weight I worked so hard to lose before I had Tyler and right after I have had him I worked really hard to get back to the prepregnancy weight. Which I did and then some.

Third is to paint and organize the rooms in our home. I know I am not going to get it all done in a years time because we started this goal in 2008 and I think we made great progress with all the craziness in our lives.

Fourth is to pay down credit card debt and put more money into savings. We started this in 2008 and we are going to make bigger strides in 2009. Pay close attention to what goes out in a month and make and stick with a budget.

Fifth is make more time to take little trips as a family. This goal is hard for us since I take care of my dad full time and he need 24/7 care. Which means I have to pay someone to be here with him when I can not be. So we are hoping to take a few camping trips with another family we like to vacation with that has kids around Tyler's age.

Sixth is to focus on my business. So I can grow a team and help contribute to paying down our debt and save for a new car with this money. I have made separate goals for my business and I have a few friends helping me come up with a great business plan and marketing ideas.

Seventh is to stay organized with files, so that at tax time I am not trying to find things in the "safe place" I put them . We have a ton of mail that comes here in a day. So I want to sort it and file in its home the same day it comes. So it does it get lost in the shuffle of life.

Eighth is to spend less time on the Internet so I can focus my energy on the house(keeping it organized) and on more teachable moments with Tyler.

Ninth is to spend more time with just me and Matt. I our crazy life sometimes we don't get to spend time just me and him. I am hoping to have date night once a month and plan a few trips this year for just us, no dad and toddler, time for just us to catch up with each other.

Finally my tenth is to just be happy with all the blessing I have in my life and stop focusing on the negative or the could have, should have, would have.

I hope whoever reads this has a wonderful 2009!