stressful week

OK so this last week was the week to beat all weeks in stress for me personally. First it started with Jesse's daughter getting sick so I needed to stay late on Monday. And to top it off on monday all the kids either did not get along at the preschool or were crying. THe one bright spot was that there was nor school due to weather on tuesday so I got to stay home. But then on wednesday I started watching 3 good kids at 5:45 am. And it is going to continue indefinatly. That would not have been to bad if jesse also still had a sick daughter and needed me to take over plus she had changed the schedule so that I started working till 4 instead of 1. so to end the week I had kids night out which I can admit was great fun but i was just sooo exausted. I got done with that at 10 pm and then went to the bar with Jesse and Tina and got home at 11:30. I then proceeded to pass out.

I am soooooooo glad its saturday!!!!!

Appreciation!!

SO for Christmas the girls and I made Grandpa Gary a quilt. It was a simple one that I had sewn squares togther of yellow and blue and some that said "I love Grandpa" all over them. Then I let the girls use fabric paint and draw on the plain squares. Then I backed the quilt with a beautiful fleece with pictures of wild animals on it. I was worried that he would not like it tha tmuch, but he absolutly loved it. And then last night we got a thank you card from him and Karen and this is what Gary wrote:

"For some reason members of my family don't necessarily see me as "kind" or Sensitive" guy. That I won't really appreciate sentimental
things. To the contrary, I am very thankful for the quilt. It has
been and is one of the most important gifts of my life. One of those
things I would go back for in a fire. Thank you very, very much"

WOW. When I read that I started to cry. It touched me soo much to see that he does love the quilt and the work that the girls and I put into it. It has made my month for sure. Possibly my life too.

word to my peeps!!

Pictures of my sweet Kayla Lynn

With Kayla's baptism comming up I wanted to take some pictures of her in her dress for the cover of her program. So Amanda came over and took these great pics. I did nto post the one I am using....yet! it will come later.

This is kayla dn emily had fallen asleep on her while we were watching a movie! So cute.

Four Things...

Four things about me that you may or may not have known, in no particular order. The directions are at the end.

Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Cashier
2. House keeper
3. childcare worker
4. assistant director

Four places I have lived:
1. Spokane, Washington
2. Newberg, Oregon
3. Moscow, ID
4. California

Four TV Shows that I watch:(if I can stay awake)
1. Gossip Girl
2. Desperate house wifes
3. Medium
4. ER

Four places I have been (other than where I lived):
1. Alaska
2. Utah
3. Mexico
4. Canada

People who email me regularly
1. Mom
2. Traci
3. Naomi
4. Joanns Fabrics lol

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Almonds
2. Taco time crips bean burrito and ranch :(
3. Almond roca and white chocolate italian soda (want one right now YUM)
4. popcorn with extra butter and season salt

Four things I look forward to in the next year
1. maddy starting school
2. losing more wieght
3. warmer weather
4. getting more out of debt

If you have read this, tag you are it. Copy and paste on your blog with your own answers ((I know you all want to take mine, but you can't have them ;-) ))

wow that was nerveracking

OK so for the past several months cherise has had this top tooth that was clasified as a snagle tooth. It was dead and was not comming out but it stuck out really bad. I took her to the dentist and asked to have it pulled and he would not do it. Well I looked at it today and it was wiggly but not a lot but as I looked I noticed that her new tooth was comming out and it was underneath the snaggle tooth and it was comming in crocked. So I felt like I had to get it out. SoI had aaron hold her down and she cried but once I got it loose enough it finally just gave way. Cherise was sooo dang happy. It was soo easy to get out. ANd she said it did not hurt. But wow was I ever nervous that it was going to hurt alot. I am still shaking from that experience.

OK the picture is a terrible one of cherise but it shows the tooth i pulled. (And know she is not hurt in this she just has makeup and tatoos. LOL)

puzzles fun?!? Jury still out.

A parent at the preschool gave me a $25 gift card to Joanns for being her sons teacher. He isn't comming anymore and I am going to totally miss him. Anyway I went to joanns and got some fabric and a puzzle of a sunflower. I thought it would be fun to put a puzzle together because I used to do them with my father when I was growing up.

So I spent a good part of the day yesterday doing this 1000 piece puzzle and got really no where lol. I had to put it away cause it was frustrating me. oh well maybe better luck next time. lol

This is the puzzle I got. Its called a Photomosaic. Its lots of tiny flower pictures. I included and example of the pieces but they are smaller then you see on here. SO its really hard to find the matches lol. But I have a feeling I will finish it sometime.

I thought this was too funny and I knew that not only does it apply to me but to many of you that come here LOL

You Are a Purple Crayon

Your world is colored in dreamy, divine, and classy colors. You hold yourself to a sky high standard, and you are always graceful. People envy, idolize, and copy you without realizing it. You are an icon for those who know you. And while it is hard to be a perfectionist, rest assured it's paying off! Your color wheel opposite is yellow. While yellow people may be wise, they lack the manners and class needed to impress you.

What Color Crayon Are You?

Diet update

OK so I don't think I have done this on here for a while now. Since the begining of November I have been tracking my calories and trying to eat only 2500 calories a day. It has been a bit of a struggle since I gave up pop and late night snacking. I did not however give up on my favorite foods I just now eat less of them. Going out to eat is now done maybe once a month and I have a great calorie book that tells you all the calories in every food and restaruant food out there. Everyday I journal my food and keep track of my calory count. It has actually been fun for me and interesting to find out how much is in my favorite foods and how much I most likely consumed in calories before starting this.

So since the begining I have lost a total of 12 pounds. Thats 2 months worth of work right there. Now I haven't been working out or really excersizing any more then my normal roughtine of work and cleaning. I hope to start excersizing more when I reach a certian weight. I am being super vidualent abotu drinking water and I am taking vitamins that help support wieght loss and give me essential nieutients. one of my goals right nw is to feel comfortable in a bathing suit for this summer. I really want to take the girls to the pool and beable ot feel like I can swin there too. Here are some of the suits I have found that I want to beable to wear this summer: (the top one is my fav for this summers goal, the bottom one is my fav for maybe next summers goal :)