Halloween... and Baby T

Well I finally met my little buddy ... the "Baby T" in which I have called him for months... and well how funny is it his name starts with a "T"... beautiful baby Trenton (sp... hope I spelled this right Abby)... He is perfect, so little and innocent... I couldn't wait to hold him and when I did... I wasn't sure I wanted to give him up... but there will be LOTS of Aunt Lis and Trenton time when he comes home... YES Abby I will be a frequent visitor for awhile :) You look absolutely wonderful today... I know you probably dont feel like you do... but you DO really look great!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!

Still waiting on to hear from the "Miller time baby"... should be arriving anyday now... sure hope its soon... How cool would it be to have a neice or nephew born on Halloween?? Pretty cool I think...

What else is new? Well I weighed myself this am... ICK!!!! Its the most I've EVER EVER weighed!!!! completely felt sick to my stomach all day about it SO now is the TIME to CRACK down and eat RIGHT!!!!! Just need to figure it out for myself!!!! So want to do somekind of marathon in the upcoming year so .... clock is now ticking... setting HUGE goals for myself!!!! tired of failure and I need to do this so I feel better about myself.

House update... color on the walls in the attic... that was pretty awesome to see this evening!!!! Rick the tile guy came back today and was hard at it in the bathroom.... that is going to look sharp when its done! Tonight Jer and I had to make a "fast" trip to CR to get a few more peices for the him since we were short some...

Tonight Jer and the boys carved pumpkins... they did a GREAT job!!! we only had two knifes in the house... how crazy is that? but guess thats what happens when we are "kitchenlis" ... anyhow it was pretty cute after Jer carved out Blade's pumpkin and cleaned it out... since he thought it was "yucky and gross" ... he went to get a plastic knife to cut out the two eye areas Jer had left for him... how comical to watch him go at that... we video'd some of it, just priceless.

Tomorrow is one of my favorite days of the year... HALLOWEEN!!! Looking forward to it, Blade has his "first school party" tomorrow and I am going to go with him, so that should be FUN!!! I got all the treats for each boy ready to go tonight - how fun!!!!! and got all our little "special" treats ready for our "special treators".

HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO YOU ALL!!!!!

The end of soccer... and BABY T arrives :)

Today was the end of soccer games for awhile... I will miss it but yet is its kinda a relief too... since we have so much going on with the house yet. Sad to say they lost all games this season - but played very hard on all of them, and I really think Mitchel enjoyed being on the DBQ team, so he will probably do the upcoming season too.

Well just got a call awhile ago from Ms. Abby - ITS A BOY, TRENTON JAMES!!!!!!! Welcome to the world little guy!!!! I love you all!!! Can't wait to see him!!!!!!! Abby is going to be a wonderful mommy!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!

A weekend here and gone - WOW!!! I definately feel the age creepin' in on me... have to stop doing the late hours into the night!!! Friday night Jer and I went to DBQ to run some errands and get some supper then we were off for home rather early this evening, Saturday night we ran into get the paint supplies for the attic since that will be ready to pain this week... YEAH!!!! and did our usual weekend supper at Houlihans :) LOVE that place!!! I came back to town to meet up with my friend Carol at the Halloween dance - thought she stood me up there for awhile... since I didn't see her at all... but then managed to run into her after talking to a few other people. The dance kinda sucked... hardly anyone there I thought so when Jer got back to town he came over and we left, Tammy called and we met up with her... ran to Dagwoods for one drink and then went to the Bent Rim for a few more drinks... well it was like 2ish before we left... can't do these late nighter anymore... WOW!!! Not that I drank a lot cuz I didn't... its just waking up early and staying out late don't work well with me anymore.

For Saturday I got a lot accomplished, was very happy with the turn out... I put things up on Blade's walls - old license plates "bordering" two of his walls and then hung other things on it - like Jer's hubcaps from the "bomber" (car) and a old stop sign ad other signs I found... it was SO cute when Blade came home from his grandma's house and saw his room... he said "WOW, its COOL" and also I like that all the boys like each other's bedrooms - makes me feel good.

For house update, attic should be getting painted this week, carpet should be layed by the end of the week... and then we can move some furniture in - YEAH!!!! that is about all I have to report this week... except I think there will be little dust flowing around this week... well thats what I am hoping :) Bathtub got plumb'd on Friday so the rest of the tiling should be finished up this week.

Whats next on the agenda for house? Moving to basement with our current contractor since he is a guy that mainly stud things out... so we are going to start on the front part of basement by the entry of house... so it looks more attractive, then maybe start on Jer's office area... then theater room.... Hold on the kitchen and main floor for awhile.

HALLOWEEN is coming up... one of my absolute favorite holidays :) Finally figured out what all the boys are going to be this year... Lit'l Blade is going to be "SUPERMAN", and Issac is going to be "DIRTY LAUNDRY BASKET", Mitchel is going as "THE IT" he is a clown from some movie... simply because Issac hates clowns and he thought it would be funny... but this will be Mitchel's last year to go.

Well best going to crash, long day ahead tomorrow.. I HAVE to run in and see my new little boy!!!! I can't wait!!!!!! Then I am off to help Tammy at the store for the afternoon so she can get ready for her Open House that is this coming weekend, and Issac's class is having a Halloween party so I want to get to that too, then probably going to get Issac's costume ready... since we have to do some work for that :) its going to be SO funny!!

Wishing you all a good week... I will try to post some pictures soon... finally got my orginal template back too... had a bug or something... who knows...

Head Cold :(

Ok... this weather is getting darn cold... and its never fails I seem to get sick right away when the weather changes... oh darn! Just got a hell of a head and feel like shit... so it was lazy Sunday for Lis... its been a heck of a long time since I laid in bed and did absolutely nothing all day... WOW I can't remember the last time I did that... but sure felt nice :)

Tonight Kevin and Lisa made us a WONDERFUL supper, sure was nice of them to invite us over for supper since right now we are "kitchen less" Kevin made these awesome POPPERS... I usually dont care for them at restruants but oh my his ROCKED!!!! they were amazing!!

Yesterday I got quite a bit accomplished, laundry and the "dust cleaning" all caught up for now... and a few other little things done. The main floor constantly drives me crazy but hopefully we can get the floor boards layed down soon then it will be "less dirty" but all in all... I am happy that we are here together as a family and have each other to lean on while this project gets complete... so that is all I need day to day to get through it... we'll hit a few bumpy paths along the way but this house is truely everything I've ever imagined it to be plus more! Just feels wonderful waking up here each day!

Last night we hit a movie "Departed" wow... HOW f'd up it was... I dont like the kind of movies that make you think ... and it truely was a movie you had to follow to get it. We were off to supper at the Mining Co. and called it a night. I didn't feel to great last night so I was ready to come home, WOW is that age settling in too? Not looking forward to creepin on the next year in life in a few weeks...

So not much is new here besides that I am sick... and enjoying life in the new house, hope to see lots of progress this week in the attic so we can have a "family room" to hang out in soon.

Stay warm... its getting cold out.

Dust and more Dust...

Well we are OFFICALLY moved in and for the most part unpacked and settled for now, a few more boxes to unload and need to gather my collection of clothes from Billy's yet but then we are moved for now... the rest will stay in storage until the rest of the house is complete.

Absolutely LOVE waking up here every morning, its a great feeling!! to finally be here after 2 years - we have a lot of headway to make yet but we are getting there little by little each day and I like seeing the progress:) Unfortunately there is a collection of dust settling each day in every bedroom of this house and its constant cleaning! its driving me crazy but I can live with that way beyond the 600 sq. ft apt. we have been in the last year. I feel the boys are MUCH happier being here and having their own space, its like they are different kids, for Blade the move has been a drastic change... he's only slept in our bed one night since we have been here so thats good... he's in his own bed:) YEH!!! Still working on getting him on a schedule thou... he's definately not a morning person like his dad...

This week has just been really hard... dont want to get into details really but all I can say is... NEVER ever again will build a home or do a remodel like this again- EVER!!! I think for Jer and I both feel overwhelmed and we need to keep business seperate from friendships and have learnt that the hard way unfornately:( I completely feel vandalized in so many different ways that its CRAZY!!! I have cried a lot this week and just hope things will get better from this point out for everyone involved.

So other than the "crazy house" stuff that is going on... onto a lighter note - the attic should be getting drywalled tomorrow and then texturized on Saturday or Monday... not sure on the day yet... all depends on how tomorrow goes:) Billy got all the electrical ran last night and finished it up tonight for the attic - YEAH!!! The poly'ing of the boards will start as soon as the dust is done flowing around up there ... then paint... and carpet:) Then I can get furniture peices in set and other things done ... and WOW we will have a family room again:) until the main floor is done this is where we will hang out as a family, then after that it will be the "boys hang out room" and the decor is mainly for them too:) I'm looking forward to having it done and putting the finishing touches on it:)

No big plans for the weekend... no soccer games, no Molly tomorrow night so think we will hang out at home and get some stuff done or go to bed really early :) since we have EARLY bird contractors and we are up at the crack of dawn... unlike Jer who can sleep thru anything... but he does work LATE way into the wee hours of the night too... so he can sleep in:) I just want to sleep in on Sunday:) and I will be happy!

So anyhow hope this finds you all well... reach out and help a friend in need... great rewards ahead:)

OH MY BED:)

Here I sit in our NEW bed at the NEW house... can u believe it? Yep we decided to stay here tonight.... Feels like I'm dreaming!!
but it does feel pretty damn good. There is SO SO much to do yet! By the end of the week we will be outta little Mexcio and living in our dream home - I can't wait!!!!!!
So just to refresh you all so none of you get the wrong idea... just the upstairs level is complete and the attic should be completed by the end of this week exception of carpet and accessories:) So we are getting there slowly. I should have tiles in the kitchen all done by the end of this week and possibly have the main bathroom started- all so exciting.

Well its late and I was up until 3am last night and I'm crashing hard. I will post a real blog tomorrow maybe... life is getting on track for the Millers :) YEAH!!!!!!

Come see us on Saturday, BON FIRE and partin' until the cows come home to celebrate our move!!

Moving...

Will we be moving this weekend? That seems to be the ? of today... well who knows right now! Feeling a bit frustrated and stressed out at the moment!!!

Why is it when you clean an area - it seems to get piled of shit or gets dirty minutes later? WOW that is how I feel in this apartment :( Just hate it!!! So if it is at all possible to move this weekend - yes I would LOVE to do it but just seems impossible right now! Too much is left undone :( banister being the BIGGEST thing besides the fact attic is still under construction.

Just feel like the end of my rope is coming... very frustrated! The moving thing just seems to SUCK!!! and will work really hard tomrrow to get our bedroom cleaned out and packed up for the most part... and keep picking up after the kids!!

On a brighter side there is paint on all the walls on the main floor - so that is a huge highlight of the day! Although there was a LOT of talk at the house today about the color choices... oh well I like color :) and bold ones that is! We got power back running on the main floor - that was exciting to actually see the color at night with lights on.

It sure was nice seeing Ms. Abby tonight!! Hope you enjoyed your little tour of the house :)


Not much else to write about ... life is just a little crazy and I need to learn to say "no" MORE sometimes and be more aggressive about getting things done the house ~

Just another Manic Monday:)

Monday... monday... first things first...

Happy Anniversary goes out to my dearest friend Abby and her hubby Tory :) Hope you had a wonderful evening together! thought of you guys today when the weather was absolutely gorgeous!!! just like the day you got married which seems like yesterday!

Today not much happened... Blade and I got a walk in and he played outside for a bit while making a few trips up to house.
I got the light cleaning done for the day and most of the laundry caught up... but just really enjoyed the day with Blade :)

Exciting news for the day is.... our new washer and dryer arrived to the house - YEAH all installed, its a little tight fit but I love the color of them... so glad they are "different" from the just normal white - GOOD JOB JER!!! they are like a metallic grey almost, we went with the GE Harmony (they are supposed to be the "quietest" and most balanced) It was a hard decison giving up my Magtag Neptunes but after all the new reviews of the newer Maytag models coming out and warranty is very limited on them... due to the lawsuit they had... just thought it was best going with other options as well as it was going to be better to have a TOP load washer for the space. Also the ceilings are all painted at the house as of today :) YEAH!! and color will go on walls tomorrow I hope.

Tonight got quite a bit accomplished, finished up the laundry I started during the day then it was off to the house to pick up the hillside of the house ... that was FULL of walnuts! Thanks a TON to Billy for raking them into piles and I then scooped them up... went MUCH quicker than by hand... which was what I had intended... but good thing for brains!!! Thanks to Ja for hauling them away to the dump for us... one side of the house down and other side to go.

A pretty layed back night back at home after "walnut pickup" ate some supper and then chilled with the kids for a bit... we were going to watch Survior but... the eispode was posted wrong... so Jer bought it twice :( so hopefully they will get it corrected since there were many complaints online. Kevin and Lisa stopped into say "hi' ~ it was nice to see them, their little puppy Vinnie is sick... Hope they get to the bottom of it cuz she is a keeper! she is just SO SO cute!!!

So after kids were showered and did their reading Jer and I ran up to house to do a few things - started decorating the bathroom, got something hung and put together as well as put away, and worked on a "to do list" and many many notes of what needs to be done "for my checklist" WOW if there isn't a lot!!!

Well today is the 2nd day of October... we have to be out of the apt in 13 days... or less... just dont want to do a renewal on contract which they are "now enforcing" and never really enforced it before... Jer would like to really move in this weekend... we'll see about that one, it maybe possible... maybe! I'm off to help out at the store this weekend so Tammy can take a little vacation and get away- I'm looking forward to it, if you are around... come visit :)

Big week for Mitchel... tournament begins for the Dyersville League Thursday evening... and does his 1st preformance at homecoming in Marching band... he made front row :) which is a big deal I guess... he's pretty excited! Tournament this weekend... as well so hope it all goes well for him, since the boy lives and breathes soccer and excitement :)
Issac's first day of band tomorrow with his instrument... he is going to play drums. Blade... well unfortunately he is going to see a lot of the daycare this week... I've got a lot to get done if we are going to seriously move out this weekend.

Enjoy the weather... its AWESOME!!!

Weekend Here and Gone

Wow where does time go anymore? The weekend was here and gone before my eyes, it was filled with chaos; soccer, cleaning, walnut pickin' up (ICK!!!), and good times with family and friends.

Friday night Jer and I went on a "date" well... to Dbq to do our errands and then our usual of Houlihans- nice night before he took off on Saturday with Jerry to "BARCAMP" (some geeky thing in Milwaukee) and well was su pposed to stay until Sunday but he called surprising me by saying "I will be home tonight yet" so that was nice!!! I'm just really getting "used" to the idea of him being home more and more and well LOVING it!!!! its just so nice!!! So anyhow Saturday Jer was gone for the day, Mitchel had a soccer game, the other two boys went to Grandma Steffen's during the game - when we got back we went to house to get a start on the walnut picking up... WOW there is a sh*t load there!!! Yes... crazy idea keeping those trees... just wish I could get Jer convinced :)

The boys then wanted to go to the farm after we were done doing what we had boxes for ... so I took them out there for the late afternoon and they stayed until mid evening... sounds like they had a great time! Blade just loves to play with his cousin Samantha and they seem to play great together so thats really cool! So I got back to town and did my daily visit to the store and got a few more things done... WOW time just flew yesterday!!!! I was going to meet up with my friend Mel and Michelle for the evening and go to CR and bum... and we did just that! It was a great night girls!!! But geesh after seeing all those highschool girls in their homecoming dresses... WOW! makes me feel OLD!!! Too be that young again??? (Nah I just want my figure back... someday soon I hope to get back to my highschool weight or less :) Just need to get this house DONE!!! and the focus back!)

It was a nice night, we got supper, did some shopping, had some laughs and most of all had some Cold Stone:) So then we were on our way back home (Michelle and I) and Jer called to say that they were on their way back home... hrm ok! but they wanted to go out when they got back and was wondering if we were all together... well Mel just went home and we dropped the babysitter off so sadly it wasn't going to work... but wait a minute when Jer called... they were 3 hours away yet!!!! so there was no way we could of went out then and that was 11ish when he called me... Sorry Jer!

So Michelle and I after that decided we would go check out the "Karokee" at the Bent Rim... wow some good and some bad and some just entertaining... and some well there is a reason why they have other hobbies:) Michelle and I had a few drinks and my friend Carol came to join us too, I said it was going to be an early night... WELL! it didn't happen!! We were having a good time just BS'n... Michelle left us early but I really hope you had a good time!!!! It was her first bar trip :) I'm breaking her into good ol' Cascade life :) Interesting eh?

So anyhow the entertainment for the night was Dustin and Tony - Carol was in LOVE :) (just kiddn') she just really enjoyed both of them singing and we chatted with Dustin quite a bit, it was a good time! For me wanting to call it an early night... well we were there until 2... YIKES but we had a blast! NO I was not drunk... not even close!!! had a few and called it quits.
Never fails when I am out with Carol... we are out late:) but always a great time!!

Boy did I feel it this am... just didn't want to get out of bed!!!! Was so TIRED!!!! I did sleep in until 10ish thou so that was nice!
Today was a great day! We spent the day together as a family and were off to Gays Mills. The drive was SO pretty and so nice, I love this time of year, just enjoying the air and color changes is incredible itself. I did get some shopping time in today, we missed a store last time called "Simply"... awh CUTE!!!!! like the building reminded me of our building (old Green Cupboard) just adorable - not a whole lot in the store but its attached to a "coffee shop" and just the setting is COOL!!! I found a few things for the new house:) the coolest thing... a "door knob" wine cork, its adorable but I like different things like that!

So I must get this in... Abby I am sorry I didn't make it to your baby shower today:( its just a day where I could sleep in and spend the day with the boys and do absolutely nothing but be with them today- its priceless to me!! I hope you understand!!! My days just have been non stop lately and today was a day just about family and we all slept in :) it was nice! I will catch up with you this week... just remember shoot for the the 8th of Nov :) how cool would that be?? I hope your shower was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! cuz you deserve the best!

Well as I close ~ enjoy the week everyone, looks like another nice day tomorrow :) YEAH!!!!