Wow Tuesday already... here I sit, kids off to school... today was a 1/2 day for Blade to go to the daycare... so pretty quiet :( but its nice too... I can go get Blade in a hour:) and get a few things done yet, got lots of CLEANING and ORGANIZING done in the last few days... feels good but at the same time I CAN'T wait to have the house!!! The boys will be in their own rooms... YEAH!!! Its just amazing to me how 3 boys can make messes and how quickly they can do it! WOW... anyhow the true test at the new house is who will keep their room the cleanest... my dibs are in on Issac since he is a lot like me... in so many different ways but we will see... I have a bet going with the two older boys.
Lots been done at the house since I last posted, we offically have all new floors in the basement now to as level as they can get them, the upstairs bathroom is being completed today with the finishing touches of grout being put on. All bedrooms are painted with the exception of Mitch's room... should be done later this week or next week, as well as the bathroom painted and hallway painted. We now have gutters on the house... but the yard still looks like ass... but hopefully it will stop raining this week and that can be attacked :)

We had an awesome laid back weekend... friday night we met up with our friends, Jerry and Mel for supper, it was VERY nice to just sit and chill with them! Thanks for joining us guys! Saturday we were off to soccer in Bettendorf... boy, the boys played SUPER hard and both games were really intense, they should of won their 2nd game but in our eyes they did, its amazing how different this league is from Dyersville's... just really impressive how they play together and how much different Mitchel plays with these boys. So after games were over we headed for home, Jer and I decided we would go out for the evening... Molly was coming to watch boys later on, so off we were... YES we went to Houlihans again... place is addictive! but so GOOD!!! so after supper we thought we would do a movie... WOW... it was a HORRIBLE movie... I mean BAD!!! We went to see 'SNAKES ON A PLANE'... it was awful!! I should of known better to cave in like that considering "snakes" was in the title and all... since I HATE the site of snakes but anyhow movie completely SUCKED!! sorry Jer!!! There were only 4 people including ourselves at the show... whats that tell ya? We just should of called Ja and Billy up and went to 'BEERFEST' ... oh well next time that is the movie we are going to see :) It was a nice night thou, I did enjoy it... just completely out of line for the kind of movie I like to see... but ya know life is too damn short anymore... live a little, right?
Hrm.. Sunday what did we do? Oh the boys and Jer were off to the farm for the afternoon, I stuck around home to do some "quiet cleaning" then my sister called... my neice wanted to go shopping... and wanted her "aunt Lis" to come along... so off I was with them when I had great intentions of cleaning but I couldn't tell my neice "no"... I enjoyed it, got to help her pick a few things out and its nice shopping for a girl... especially when I dont have to do the buying :) So we got home about 6ish, then I went out to the farm, it was Jer's sister's birthday party in the evening, talked to the family a little bit and I dashed home before all the boys come storming in to finish up what I started in the living room... I rearranged furniture again to give it a new look... only so much you can do... but makes me feel better for awhile :) cuz we are going to be here for a month problably... so by the time I finished it all up the boys were home... and was time to get them ready for school... just can't believe summer is over already! After they were off to bed I stayed up LATE and did some organizing and cleaning and laundry... and Jer was OUT cold sleeping, he needed sleep! its just so unlike him to crash like that but it was GOOD!!
Blade ran around like a chicken for awhile and then the next thing I know he is crashed out behind the couch... it was SO cute!
Not much else is new, going to go get my haircut before I pick up Blade and the boys from school. Hope this finds you all well! O... we got a new camera but I haven't played with it much yet so when I get some cute shots of the boys I will be sure to post some.

Pray that we can move to 605 Garfield St. before the end of the month... (September that is) if you are around to help... all are welcome :)

The day has come... last day of fun summer for the boys :( but they are excited to start school again I think... hoping that we will have a good school year ahead of us, boys found out who their teachers were last night and saw rooms, etc... very hard for me to accept that Blade is going off to Preschool this year... where did the last 3 years go? He doesn't start though until Sept. 5th so I can prepare myself for that some more! When the day of Kindergarten comes I will be LOST!!! so thankfully its only two days a week at 1/2 days.
Well its been a LONG time since I last posted ... sorry about that, just crazy here! Well today is Wed., lots been done at the house this week... tile is going on in the upstairs bathroom... 3 out of 4 bedrooms are completely painted... they will do the last thing that has to be done in Issac's room tomorrow and then they will finish up the rest next week hopefully when Mitchel's room is "replastered"... they have to retexture his walls due to the plastering not sticking to wall :( Today gutters got on house... looks nice! the basement floors were coated with new cement, well I think that was done... not for sure... so hopefully lights can be installed soon and have some light action back upstairs:) Our room well is REALLY dramatic... but its cool! so unlike me to go that BOLD but I did it... and Blade's room turned out so CUTE... we took him up there last night so he could see the colors, his face was so darn CUTE... and he says "orange, WOW, and red and yellow" and then picked up the paint sticks that they used for stirring with the orange and red on them and just stands in the room and looks around... it was so CUTE!!! His favorite color is orange :) Just its getting exciting to see it all come together but have to keep the reality check going too... its going to be awhile before the "whole complete picture" is done.
I must say this week so far has been going well for my WW... got back on track... just need to stay focused, lots of fluids going in me this week.. hopefully I can weigh in tomorrow in DBQ since Mitchel has practice tomorrow night. Just need to pick up more exercising but I will get more of that in when the boys are back at school. So... Mel, sorry I wont see you tomorrow :(
Today Jer and I were off to find Mitchel a bed... still haven't found quite the right thing so we are going to look into having it made if its reasonable by a carpentar in town, the search however did get closer but its either the wrong color or too big or just something DUMB! Blade spent the day with us as well... he was very good overall... only had one incident when he was "attitude Blade" and was jumping on the beds at the stores, boys! The search for downstairs furniture started too but we are taking a lot of time and thought into this process and not rushing anything... $$$$ continues to talk :( high priority is upstairs and getting moved in soon.
Tonight, Mitchel had a Dyersville game, the kids sure did play hard but they lost... Mitchel had some really great plays, its so enjoyable to watch... just love being a soccer mom!!!
So anyhow... feeling stressed out lately... lots going on and school starting, its going to get me this way for awhile, but overall life is good!

Rain Rain go away! Well not much exciting here today... the boys and I had a "lazy day" we decided to go see a movie... so off were to see "BARNYARD" It was very cute, Blade laughed a lot, his little laugh is so darn cute it makes everyone around him laugh. When the movie was over I asked him what his favorite part of the movie was and he looks at me and says "all of it mom"
I could of died it was SO funny!! He is as smart as his other two brothers.

We left the movie and ran some errands before I had to weigh in at WW in DBQ, didn't get them all done but we got most of them ran and got all the last minute school supplies. Bad news... gained another 1lb:( SO mad... but its my own fault!!!! Hopefully next week I can be down 3+ lbs... NO more JUNK!!!!!!! and I have to get moving again! Hopefully when the kids go back to school I can free some time up to get exercising in more and use my membership at Anam Cara that I recently got!

We went and got some supper at Olive Garden and then the kids and I were off to home for the night while Jer went back to work at Miquels for a few hours. Kids were LOUD tonight... gosh I can't wait to get the house done... more space and we wont be on top of each other anymore... o the day is coming soon!

Not sure how things went at house today, didn't make it up there today... but I continued to work on the colors for bedrooms and making other little decisions for their rooms. I've been on the "hunt" for wall letters for Issac's room... I found some tonight that were not riduculously priced so I was happy!

I made my goal today... only 2 DP's today!!!! I need to work harder on drinking more water and tea again!

Hope you all have a great weekend!!

Boys will be Boys ...

Here is Mr. Issac with his new wheels... he is learning rather well... but the bike is WAY bigger than he is... we keep telling him he has to drink milk to keep growing :) Pretty scary when Blade is catching up to him in weight...

Here is Mr. Blade who loves to be photo-genic when he chooses to be... as you can see this was a GOOD day:)

Enjoy~

Its been awhile since I last posted, today was a beautiful day! I love this kind of weather!!! I am looking forward to the kids getting back into a "normal routine" of the school day life next week... just seems like this week we have been running alot to get dentist, physicals, etc all done before that time comes, need to pick up a few more last minute school items for the boys and they should be set to go, only draw back is I wished we could of been in the house before the 1st day of school but its ok... life goes on!
So yesterday was Blade's first offical dentist chair visit... he did well!!! He was SO cute walking into the room behind his godmother since she works at the office we went to... so it was exciting for Blade and her both, and NO cavities for any of the boys so that is a nice relief too! So all the appointments went well and as we are leaving Blade just keeps talking about how he got his teeth cleaned and he wanted to tell his daddy all about it:) it was a priceless moment!! We ran and got some lunch and headed home. The older boys were off to play as soon as we got home and Blade and I stuck around the aptartment, he played while I got some laundry and cleaning done and put things away from our shopping trip, phone kept ringing off the wall... it was CRAZY... so I packed up Blade and we ran up to the house to meet up with the plumber and one of the contractors... all is good... just needed some questions answered. Afternoon was here and gone and felt like I got little accomplished.

So for today, this am was an orthodonist consultation for Issac... he is going to need some othro work done after some more baby teeth fall out and has more permanent teeth in. We then were off to Sherwinn Williams to look at more paint colors on a bigger scale and narrowed down two more bedrooms... so have Mitchel's colors to "repick" and the bathroom color to work on yet as well as the upstairs hallway... LOTS to decide before Monday, I've been more "picky' about this than I've ever been on any project... I just want it to feel right as well as unique:) so yes... going for the extreme looks.
I also recieved a call before we left for Dbq this am, to help at Cranberry Hollow this afternoon (this is the NEW store that is renting my old spot) so we were in a rush to get back by 1:30 so I could work for the afternoon, I must say... I TRUELY enjoyed it!!! I was so happy she called and asked me to help her out in her pinch, it felt good to be back doing that kind of thing again, I DO miss it but I know this is where I need to be in my life right now, and I can enjoy days by helping when its needed. Did it feel strange? Yes and No... I was happy to be there, and seeing faces again and was familiar with the task... but it was a little strange having it be Cranberry Hollow... but I am SO SO happy for Tammy and glad it is working out well, she did a remarkable job adding lights and other little perks :) its my favorite store now well besides the GAP :) Yes I had to throw that in there...
So after I was done at the store, I rushed home to get Mitchel ready for soccer since tonight was soccer pictures... which I "forgot" about... he was panicing on the phone because his shirt was "lost"... but it was right where I said it was... Boys will be boys... then I was off to the house to make more paint COLOR decisions while I had "natural light" shining in windows. Issac's room is going to look nice... going all gray tone with a red stripe... pretty much decided! Completely changing Mitchel's colors again... too light! and will decide on hallway, bath, and our room when there is daylight tomorrow.
I have to get this done! As I was up there Dustin (our main interior contractor) pointed out to me that Mitchel's plaster is "falling off"... something was not mixed right in the plaster... like no glue or something... so for longevity its not going to last, and he pointed out how poorly the plaster around the trim was done... which I knew but didn't realize how BAD it was until it dried more... so hopefully it can all be fixed and a price can be adjusted... one more PROBLEM to add to our house
list:( As well as when the doors were carried upstairs to the attic... they were stacked on top of each other and now has dings and scratches in them... SAD about that:( but I guess its more character...
Also news for the house, the quote on the recent tiling guy we had came back a little high... so Jer called another guy in Dbq. and he came out to meet him today, so now we just wait to see what that comes back to be... but sounds like he can start right away after we confirm on the bid.
Also wonderful news for the day was... our carpet area rugs are done and we can pick them up :) YEAH!!!
And tonight Jason and Jer went to pick up our new bed we ordered... that was exciting! Thankfully they left it in the boxes for us so we could store it in the garage until its time to set it up... BOY I can't wait until that day comes!!! Now I just want to find a nice antique wardrobe and maybe a little dresser for our room, but want to get the bed in the room first to see how much room its going to take up. Thank you Ja for going with Jer to get it and for the use of your truck... "Blade likes Jason" he said that tonight when we were going to subway, it was cute!!
I want to thank Abby and Diane for coming up to give me their input on the colors I was looking at and they HELPED guide me the right way:) friendships are priceless!!! Billy thanks for coming up and getting lights up and running for Dustin! it will help him a TON, thank you!

So that's it for today, sorry it was a boring blog... but better than nothing I gues... also I wanted to send a message to my dear friend, Mel... my sincere condolences go out to your and your families at this time, thinking of you all!!!! Call me if you need anything! Your blog was so touching and peaceful... you made me cry! Hope to see you soon!!!!

Greetings from Chicago... Jer and I decided very much at the last minute that we wanted to bring the kids into Chicago today... so here we are! The drive seems to go faster and faster the more times we come here! We said all summer that we were going to bring the boys here before school started so today was the day... since the time clock is ticking for days now, and we are sure going to be busy with the house more and more as we get ready to move in soon.
Not sure what it is about the city... but I very much like it here, one of my favorite places to visit.
So today, We took the boys to Medival Times, the show was a wonderful experience for them!!! Very cool, I've never been to a show before so it was new for the kids and I ... a meal was included with the show... different... no silverware, so literally you eat chicken by hands, drink the soup... just all kinda weird but neat, the food was just ok! Thankful they had DP and coffee:) The boys were very much excited about the show, and Blade was SO darn cute!! he had all the flags in his hands cheering on our knight, it was just SO cute! Needless to say we were in a rush for time this am and left the camera at home... so no photos to post or to have for a album... but we did get one picture there as a keepsake, then Mitchel got all the autographs from the cast, so that was cool!
So after the show we ventured our way to IKEA... I LOVE this store!!!! The boys were however being "boys" very curious about everything and were being crazy... so it was a short trip but we got some things for the bedroom. I got LOTS of ideas stirring in my head now:) I'm really excited to actually be thinking about decorating the house now... it was just so hard to vision things and even to think about color or ideas... but now that the upstairs is plastered, its just feels good to know we will be living there soon.
I sit here by the poolside at the hotel watching the boys play "chicken" they are ALL boy!!! and definately ALL Miller!!! I can't believe how Mitchel is turning into a fine young man... he is just so wonderful with Blade and Issac is too but they are different with him in their own way... may sound crazy to say that but they are, they are a GOOD group of brothers!
So we just got done having some CHICAGO pizza... it was SO yummy!!! We got nacho and cheese too since we are the family of our chips and cheese and we seem to get them on every "outing" we go on like this, but however they sucked:( oh darn!
So tomorrow we are going to get some school shopping done, getting the kids school pants, shoes, etc... hope it goes smoothly since the boys HATE to shop for clothes, but at least its still 'uniform pants' we are only buying yet... so its simple but Issac is picky like his mother... so could be rather interesting.

So lets back up to yesterday's day... Most of the day I did cleaning and got ALL the laundry done, what a GREAT job done! Just seems to never end with boys... but anyhow I hung out at home most of the day and got a LOT accomplished. Jer worked in the am, met up with a painter contractor and then came home... he took Issac and Blade to the farm so Issac could ride his motorbike, Mitchel went to a birthday party with his friend Quinton.... so I was home alone... NICE!!! I got a lot done while they were out and about. Jer said that Issac is doing well on his new bike but is very cautious too, which comforts me to know! because I was scared getting this bike since its much BIGGER than his old one, so as Issac was riding it, he tipped it and he was upset when he needed help getting it back up... since its heavier than his old one, so his pride was a little hurt but its just going to take a lot of adjusting for Issac to get used to this new bike.
So last night Jer and I went to DBQ, hit Houlihans... ran into my relatives and talked with my uncle Elmer while we were waiting for our table, it was nice visting with him. Well Houlihans was interesting... Jer ordered his normal drink (gin and tonic) and seriously chugged the sucker and was feeling very "buzzed" it was funny, so unlike Jer! but after the week he had it was completely needed, he needed to unwind!!! when he asked me if he could order another one as soon as his first one was gone I knew it was going to be a night for Jer:) So during supper he was acting all silly and funny... rather entertaining to see him like this and its very RARE! but having no real food in his body all day kinda set him off from the beginning... if you were around on Jer's 30th birthday party... this is how he was :) So anyhow after supper we were going to go to the BLUES FEST and meet up with Jenn and Dustin, but however my phone beeped and I had a message... their plans changed... so we drove up to Miguels so Jer could get his "expresso shot"... boy now with alcholol and caffeine in him... he was WIRED!!!! it was completely entertaining!!! But here's me... I'm tired and just "out of it" and well I guess simply stated... being a party pooper!
I really wasn't up for a movie, and I definately was not up for the bar atmosphere, I just wanted to have a nice relaxing night of nothing... but I needed a few things at Target so as Jer drank up his expresso, I ran in quickly to get the things we needed and then he came in to meet up with me... and then off we were. I think we are getting offically OLD... it was like 10ish at night or not even and we had no plans on what was next... how pathetic are we? I was up for ice cream... so off to DQueen we went... hung out there and ate our ice cream... then we were off to Miquels for some ice tea, we decided that it was time to look for a new camera seriously so that is what we did the rest of the evening... is hung out and looked at cameras online, definately not going to be able to get a "cute and small" one like we currently have but the one we are looking at will have more options and hopefully be as good of a camera to us like our existing camera... we've had this little thing for over 5 years but its time to update. I felt bad... I think Jer was really up for doing something fun but my mind was in other places... kept thinking about what I needed to get done at home, what needed to be decided for the house, getting my list ready for the week, thinking about the people at the inn this weekend, kids school stuff, and goes on and on... BLAH... couldn't just unwind like him... but I was sure glad he did!!!! I should of tried harder!!! sorry Jer!!!!
So this week... my mom and I are going to get all the wood work upstairs cleaned up, hopefully the windows will get all stained this week, and we can get the floors buffed, put the doors all back on, and maybe get some lighting going up there so we can work in the evenings if we need to. Hopefully progress will be made in the attic as well as the bathroom getting started at some point, we now have a "flooring guy" again so this is a HUGE relief!!!! Hopefully the the final decisions on paint colors will be wrapped up by Wednesday, just need to figure out our room, and Issac's room and pick a different choice for the bathroom. I really want to push myself hard this week on my diet!!! hate the way I look!!!! I need to be focused this week!!!

Well I wish you all a GREAT week!! Stop by the house if we are there... we would love to see any of you who are our friends!!
Until I blog again, hope you are all well!!

Happy to report our house is making headway :) ... our upstairs is completely plastered :) it looks good! I'm not really a big fan of textured walls but we had to go with that for our upstairs since it was "repair of existing" plaster but it did turn out looking nice, I'm very happy with it. We picked out the rest of the "styles" of plaster for the walls downstairs on Tuesday night, and we are going to keep the feel the same throughout the house so it feels "old"... we picked a variety of styles, just hope it looks good together, When will the downstairs be plastered? hrm... isn't that the ? of the hour... well hopefully when our contractor returns from his vacation...
Later on on Tuesday I met up with our painting lady to go over colors for upstairs since a week from this coming Monday we can put color on the walls ... so exciting! At that time I was very undecided yet, I am just really taking my time on picking things out because I want it to feel right, and when I see the color I know it will feel "right"... I know goofy but its the way I am :)
Well on Wednesday... Jer and I were off to Cedar Rapids to look at tiles for the downstairs bathroom and to look at a few other things, and to meet up with our countertop guy in Anamosa ... lots of progress was made this day, we pin pointed out what our countertop is going to be, we are going with a "Midnight Pearl" granite, just need to get the final measurements to him and that will be ordered, also we both decided that in our "foyer" we are going to put granite floor in, we brought home a few sample boards and a big peice that we really liked over there... but just wanted to see it in place, so home it came... and now I think its decided... As for the bathroom tile for downstairs, I have a "cream/whiteish marble tile picked out with an rock accent peice, it wasn't not a "solid" decision but after I brought it home and put it in the room... I liked :) so its all good!! Now we just need to get that bought sometime soon. We ventured to "Granite City" (a eatery) in CR... awesome Potato Soup... (Jerry and Mel, you must go there!!!! since I know how much you like the soup at Houlihans) Very good food! and no I didn't have chicken strips... I ventured out and had the Chicken Linguni, IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!
Feel so behind here... So ok we are onto Thursday, I spent most of today making decisions on paint for bedrooms, putting ideas together in a book so we have it all in one area for on the go... huge job but felt good seeing it all together in a binder for when I need to go somewhere and need all this stuff, its all organized! Spent the day just at home with Blade doing laundry and keeping things together... still need get the laundry all caught up... just hate it here! I have 3 boys in ONE room and no where to go with their clean clothes and to keep their room clean is a JOB!!! I just keep telling myself... SOON SOON we will be in the house and they will have their own space, its just hard getting to that point! Also Thursday is my WW day, sad to report, I gained 1lb, feel off the track this last week... but will get back and work harder at it this week! The boys and Jer went to the pool in the evening... a Blade story to tell... Mitchel was with Blade by the 4ft/5ft area and little Blade just jumped in before Mitchel even got in the water... Blade was perfectly FINE... didn't like drown or anything, he purposely sat at the bottom of the pool for awhile and when Mitchel got in the water, Blade was laughing when he was pulled up by Mitchel... but the "big brother" was scared!!! which I was too when they told me this little story... Blade is sure a daredevil! I'm glad he likes the water though..., I was a FISH when I was a kid... I lived at the pool in the summers... so for me this is a HUGE thing that my boys like water, so happy!! I didn't swim because I was coming back from WW and I wanted to get somethings done at home but turned out that Kevin and Lisa wanted to go for supper with us... so they came to the pool to watch the boys swim so ... then I sat there with them and watched the boys too... but I probably should of went home and did something productive... oh darn! So we were off to supper and then home for the night... I kept looking at paint samples and matching it up to the bedding, carpet samples, etc... and still baffled! Mitchel wants a LOT of blue in his room... Issac wants red/grey mixed... for Blade's room I want to do the primary colors in his bedspread... but nothing striked me... so at this point I was still debatable...
Well today is Friday... LOTS of happy progress for Lis :) Got some laundry and cleaning done today, met a few people for little jobs at the house in the up coming week, picked out the stain color for windows upstairs so we can start on them this week, confirmed things on the countertop. I put some stuff together today and packed a bag to go to Sherwinn Williams to meet a "paint consultant" to help me pick out some colors or to tell me what she thought of my colors I had picked out... So as for Blade's room... pretty definate I am doing primary red, orange, and a paler yellow like I had planned but she suggested a different yellow just so the "sunglasses" wouldn't be needed when you walked in :) so each wall will be a different color, for Mitchel's room ... a little deeper "baby blue" with a "mocha" color, two walls of each color, I love the those combinations! and am happy that Mitchel likes them too! For Issac's bedroom and our bedroom... well I forgot to take Issac's sample of bedding in.. DUH me! and our beddding was just ordered this week so I have to wait until that gets in... for the upstairs bathroom... no definate decision yet... the consultant picked out a real soft tan... which I am not in favor of... but I will give it a chance at the houe before I decide for sure.... the hallway color upstairs is still undecided as well, but was happy with what was done today as far as paint... two/three rooms down, another 12 to go... decisons decisons...
Also tonight Jer and I started looking at furniture, this was FUN! We have all the beds bought except Issac's bed... and wanted to get a start on picking things out for the attic since this will be our "family room" until the main floor is done. So accomplished tonight was some of the furniture... since the attic entrance and hallway is narrow we needed smaller furniture to lug up the steps ... mission accomplished! We bought a curved chaise that seats two... very cool... its a midnight blue, microfiber material (Jer picked out) so this was EXCITING... it will be come in about 3 weeks so its perfect. So we were also looking for a "futon" but not a cheapy one... a nice one, so we went to the BEDSHOP just to look... well just so ended up we picked it all out and ordered one since it was going to be a few weeks before it came in... so we picked out a oak mission style futon frame, nice matteress thingy... and the cover... its definately all boy... got a cover with "speedway and race cars" on it, very "retro" looking but its fun! Jer's pick again... he did well tonight! Since this is where the boys will hang out the most after the house is "complete" we wanted it geared towards the boys, so tonight was a huge success!! even picked out the carpet for the flooring up there as well as a paint choice... so we are going in a happy direction for the attic :)
Ever have the new pizza at Panera? Sure is yummy!!!!!! Blade even liked it... Jer got pizza tonight for his supper and I had a little peice, its SO good!! I had my usual:)
So hopefully this weekend will be somewhat relaxing... I'm planning on cleaning and getting laundry all sorted and put away tomorrow and then tomorrow night Jer and I are going to go out... probably to Houlihans and maybe a movie, its been awhile since we did that. I have all the school shopping done except for clothes forthe big boys and little Blade's school supplies... water spill on his supply list so ... need to get a new one and get going on that before its all picked over. I'm so not ready for school to start! just really wanted to be in the house before this school year started, ho hum... life will go on!

So until I write again, hope you all have a great weekend!

Well today was a ok day... rather stressful in our house lately, Jer has been having a rough last few days with work crap... hopefully he can feel better about things soon! I ask all of you to think of him this week and say a prayer or two :) so things will brighten up for him...

On a lighter side... the house made LOTS of happy progress today :) The bedrooms upstairs got plastered today... they look amazing!!! So happy with the look, makes it look like a new house... looks so different. They didn't get it all done thou, they have Mitchel's closet to finish and they have the upstairs hallway to do yet... but its really looking more and more like a home... YEAH!!!! So tonight I was really playing with the paint swatches, trying to figure it all out... but I have all this week to pick things out and I am going to make sure its what the boys and I both want for their rooms. Our new bedding and bed frame for our bedroom got ordered today... EXCITING!!! Over the weekend we ordered carpet for the bedrooms so we could have them made into area rugs for the bedrooms, we bought our outside door lights... and looked at bathroom tiles for downstairs but nothing really striked us so we will keep looking. Last night our "name stone" above the door was put in... its LOOKS SO COOL!!!!! If you drive by or walk by... check it out!!!

Also today boys went to the farm, they had a good time from the sounds of it... Mitchel had to come back to town for his "sports physical"... yes he is old enough that he has to have one this year if he wants to be involved in sports... scary, my boys are growing up TOO FAST!!! So after Mitchel's physical he wanted to bike back out to the farm... I thought he was joking... but he wasn't... so he and his friend, Quintion biked out to the farm... I made him take his cell with him and checked in with him on his progress... time got away on me and when I called him it was like 25 mins or so later and he was already there... JEESH!!! they didn't waste anytime getting here and they made it safely there is the BIG thing!!! He was SO proud to tell me that he was there already... I was SHOCKED but he likes to bike and when we were in CO... they biked a lot further than what he did to the farm and on steeper and rougher roads.

So while the boys were gone, I ran some errands, ran Ms. Sophie's birthday gift to her, went to mom's... and came home to do a few things here... then it was time to go meet our plumber at the house... and that is when we saw the new plaster on the walls upstairs... it was pretty darn exciting!!! Then we were off to go meet up with the plastering guy to pick out our finishes for downstairs... its all picked out and will be started within a few weeks... I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!

Tonight was a night for just Jer and I... we got a sitter and went into DBQ just to get away for awhile, went to Applebees for supper and got a few groceries and came home but it was a nice little outing.

Not much else to share today... pretty boring... I know but I'm not "slacking" on my blogging... makes me feel better when I at least write something to my "avid" readers. Hope you are all well!!

Ok... hello friends, here I am a week later... sorry for no blogs recently, it was a living nightmare while Jer was in the Urkraine, SO SO SO glad he is home now!!!
Just to inform some of you what did happen last week... well Mitchel's bike was stolen sometime on Wednesday between the hour of 2pm-3pm, I honestly at the time just blew it off thinking "oh some kid borrowed it and will return it" and Mitchel was persistant that "no mom i just rode it, someone really did take it" so I said lets wait awhile and we will see if it shows up, at the time I thought it was the right thing to do... well Thursday afternoon while Mitchel and Blade and I ran into Dbq. to do some school shopping, a quick trip... Issac went to the pool with his grandma Miller and friends, well after the pool... they came here thinking Issac wanted to come to the farm, so in the meantime while they are waiting for Issac, a neighbor of ours comes running into our apt. building looking for Mitchel or I... just so happened Jer's mom was still here... they told her that Mitchel's bike is across town, they found it but it was being spray painted as they were talking... so graciously my mother inlaw hops all the kids in the van and drives across town to approach this situation... WOW!!!! just stunned! So as she is pulling up, she told me that there were several boys sitting around watching this 18yr. old boy spray paint her grandson's bike... she gets out of the van and kindly says to the boy "this is my grandson's bike... what are you doing?" The boy looked at her and said "well I bought it from my brother", so Jer's mom has the 18yr old go get the "brother" who sold him the bike... a little 8yr old comes out of the apt. complex where this was taking place at... she was just stunned! So she decides to take the bike and put it in her van, comes back across town to locate a police officer... WOW what a run around for her... no one was at COP SHOP, so she proceeds to go to the new "cheif's house"... no one home... so then her next move is off to the other officer who lives in town... finally she gets to talk to a police officer... he was just going on duty but was still in his "street clothes"... makes no sense but whatever!
So anyhow this particular officer is "difficult" to deal with just on a "normal day"... so she was in for a "treat"... so he tells my mother inlaw that she will need to fill out a "report" and then he will go talk to the other party and be in contact with Mitchel and myself, but my mother inlaw said she could tell just by the officers body language and attitude he had with her he didn't want to "deal" with this issue... what a COP huh?
So in the meantime after the report is made, Donna had called my cell phone but I had left it in the truck while I ran into Shopko with Mitchel and Blade quick... so I called her back just thinking it was something on the lines of Issac going to the farm for awhile... oh no! She filled me in on the "story"... after she realized that I had no clue what she was talking about since I had just 20 mins. ago talked with Issac, so anyhow she filled me in on the story and told me that this "cop" would be calling me to see when we could meet him when we got back to town, she sounded all "frazzled" and felt very bad for Mitchel and proceeded to tell me the "WHOLE" story while we were pulling into our last stop for errands... my heart seriously dropped to the ground when she told me what "just happened" and how there was no one around in town to help her handle this situation 'on the spot'... what kind of law enforcement or protection do we have in this town? I want you to all realize this is so unlike Jer's mom to take a situation like this and go to authority on it... so I know this is how upset and bothered she was by it, just count my blessings she was in the right place at the right time!!!!
So we ran into Walmart very quickly and got our things there... and my phone is in the process of dying so I needed to run out to US Celluar to get a "car charger" for my phone since I recently got a different phone and didn't want my phone going dead before we got home, so as I am in US Cell... the COP called me, asked me when we could meet... I told him I would be back to town in about 1/2 hour... so as we pull up, we run our things inside quick, come out to look at the "damaged" bike... I was very emotional and shaking... I was so upset just looking at the bike!!! So as we are waiing for the COP to come... I in the meantime called a good neighbor of mine to come over since her son and Mitchel are good bud and thought her son had told her the situation... but no I ended up telling her... so she dropped everything and came to be at my side while the COP came over... so all I have to say is this about the "COP" situation... it was completely riduculously insanely handled so WRONG!!!!, too many details to type in this blog but point blank ... he wanted me to "shove this problem under the rug" and move on... simply because the other involved didn't understand "ownership"... well HELLO... that is not my kids nor my problem... and if they "stated" that they "borrowed" the bike but what justifies them spraypainting it?
So anyhow after the COP left us for awhile to go back and talk to the other party involved... in the meantime... a shitload of people in the apt. area... starting coming out of the woodwork, I swear... we were surrounded by certain indivuals living in this area... walked down by our vehicles where Blade was and another group of them walked towards my way... dont want to be racist but god damn... WHY do they have to make you feel intimidated... they all stuck around until the COP came back then they all filtered out... so they were all aware of the "situation"... so then the COP comes back with the two boys and it was just a flippin joke... he had the two boys apologize to Mitchel and gave him his "broken brakes and peices... that they had stated in their statement, they 'took them off'.... no they were VERY MUCH BROKEN OFF!!! I hated how this COP made me feel like shit for proceeding with charges and restitution on this matter... well crisps... the bike was only 67 days old and was destroyed! if any other person in this community would of done something like this... this COP would of been a hard ass like he should of been to these kids... but no he was a "good guy"... PISSES ME OFF!!!! GHAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So anyhow... did anything become of this issue yet... NO... I was to talk to the cheif on Friday... well the COP that handled our case told me that the cheif would be working on Friday... stopped 3x's at the station... finally asked the city clerk if the cheif was around... nope he was a a "personal day" I was NOW steaming since I was told by the ASSHOLE COP he would be on duty... so today I call down to talk to him... NOPE he's gone yet! By tomorrow if nothing is done, I will dig deeper into this and go to the BIG DOGS... I dont want to be the "bad" person either but damn it... they hurt my kid's feelings as well as his property... and its going to take a long time before Mitchel can let go what happened to him, as well as all of us who were involved, ya know? All I want is restitution... if I can get that without charges being pressed that is how we will handle it. Just so damn frustrating we live in a small town and we are supposed to feel safe here... I no longer feel that now...I couldn't even stay here in the apt that night feeling safe and WOW thats a feeling I had to hide from my kids, just didn't want to be here without Jer. How these certain people around me that live in these apts. made me feel... was INFERIOR!!! So the boys and I packed it up and stayed at my parents until Jer got back from his trip. So since this whole deal... I REALLY WANT TO GET IN THE HOUSE NOW!!!!! I mean MORE NOW than EVER!!!! Just hope things can really happen this week and next. Our main interior contractor has been helping Jer ALOT by being in contact with other contractors to line up scheduling and getting things done.
So I blogged enough in this blog... I'll start another one soon :) Just filling some of you in on why I haven't blogged in a WEEK... WOW!!!

Well its August... WOW summer is flying by, offically getting closer to school... like 23 days away.... feel bad for the boys, and I dont want them to go back yet. We haven't got the house done, we dont have all our little trips done yet, and definately not in the mood to go school shopping yet... but anyhow today I made all their physical appointments so guess I have to let them go back soon... was just hoping by a long shot we would be in the house by this new school year... O well life goes on for the Millers.
So today was a day full of excitement, my dad, I and MItchel and his friend, Quinton worked at the house for some of the day in this heat... but was not too bad since the air is running upstairs but it was still a little warm. We dug into the staircase walls by our open staircase and took it all down so it could be rehung with new cal board... what a job but a good job done, I think in the long run we will be happier we did do it... although I still think it would of been ok plastered over... but what do I know?
I appreciated my dad helping me out today, it really meant a lot!! Mitchel and Quinton worked really hard helping us dump the garbage into the dumpster to keep the process going. We stopped for lunch and went to Subway, then back to the grind for some more, I was happy with the progress we were all done by 2pm.
While I was at the house, ran into a little snag with a plastering contractor that we had talked to... for some reason he thought he "had the job" well not sure how he thought that since for starters never quoted the job out to us, never set a time frame for when he was available and so on... that was quite a bombshell dropped on me, so anyhow... talking to our current plastering guy again today, informs me again... we are 3 HOUSES down on his list, so may turn out we go with this other guy if he gets us a quote... ya know? FRUSTRATING!
Well boys are good, Issac watched Blade today while I worked on the house, he did rather well with him today, I was impressed!! even changed a dirty diaper, he could work on keeping his messes under control but it was all manageable.
Tonight was CRIME NITE OUT in Cascade, the boys went down to the festivities, I stayed here with Blade since he was napping late in the day and I was hot and tired from working at the house and I didn't feel too well when I got home, not sure what it was. So interesting rain we got tonight too... hopefully that will cool it off here for a few days... WISHFUL thinking I know.
So as far as my WW is going, I did well today... BACK on TRACK :) except for the few skittles I ate from the bag:( those little perks are needed once in awhile.
So as you all know Jer is in Russia this week, HI JER!!!! Got confirmation about 7am on my cell that he made it there, the annoying beep on my phone kept going off until I accepted the message, but I was happy to wake up to that :) So I was quite sucessful with this CRAPPY day but VERY happy with all that I got accomplished... house duties, cleaning, laundry, and being a mom :)
Just a kinda draggy day, think I am just tired of sitting on where we are at with this house project and this 2 bedroom apt. living is really starting to suck the BIG one... but life goes on and better days ahead!
Until I blog again... please say a prayer or two for my W.W. to stay on track and for a safe return for Jer to come home!!!!!