LIFE...

Hi out there...
Today was just one of those "blah" days! A day full of laundry, cleaning and misc things. Life just seems to never slow down here at the Miller household, its crazy!! Today was an early out day for the boys so they hit the slopes with their dad for the afternoon, Blade and I stayed behind at home and got some things done... yep he was upset again that he didn't get to go, felt really bad for him because he just can't understand fully why he "can't go" and Jer of course tells him "he's not big enought yet" and Blade just refuses to acknowledge that fact... but anyhow he survived the day with his mom... but one of these times he will get to go with them and YES I will have the house to myself or a day to myself.

Today I realized something... Blade and I spend a lot of time together lately - not sure if its a good or bad thing yet... I'd like to think its good but he is getting WAY dependent on me ... and is that good or bad? I love to be at home with him. Since now that we are in the house he probably has only gone to the daycare a total of 3 days in the last several months and I dont think I can periodically send him anymore since he doesn't like it now and is SUCH a "home body". He was going to his grandma's once a week but well... that didn't work out like we wanted it too since grandma's schedule seems to be 'too busy'... so whatever, but I think I need to make a little change in the week... he has to go somewhere besides preschool 2 half - days a week to get out of the house... its good for him and its good for me. However if it gets "set in stone" that he can go 2 FULL days of Preschool next semester that would be good :) but when the boys are gone during the day and then gone at night to Sundown that is hard on this little guy... he really misses them so hope we make it thru the winter season :)

This weather isn't it amazing? Got all your outside jobs done? I am thinking tomorrow while Blade is at school I am going to try my damnest to get our "WT" yard cleaned up, its really been bothering me, not to mention the dumpy wagon we have parked on the driveway... now if that ain't a beautiful thing... but hopefully this weekend we can get that dumped.
Hrm... what else is new... well we offically have floor boards now laid at the bottom of the steps :) YEAH!!! no more freaky floor like Blade would say :) ... the mudroom floor was started today and hopefully will be finished up by Monday.
When will we tackle putting the lockers in? I would like to say 'soon' but time will tell... first we would have to make a path to get to it and then clean around them since all our stuff is in storage there.

Hows the shopping going? Done yet? I'm not but sure wish I was!!!! I have all the "hard ones" left to do as well as going with Jer to get the our boys done. I am getting to the point of "stressing" out about it and I shouldn't be but you know how that goes... it'll be fine I just have to keep telling myself that, right?

Well I better close - want to get some gifts wrapped yet and well the laundy still sits in the basket yelling for me... and its LATE... so wishing you all a great rest of the week - Sing a Christmas carol :)

time flies...

Well its been a LONG time since I last posted... sorry about that :(

So to update all of you on my life events... last week well I would not want to 'relive' that week... WOW sick kid upon sick kids... YEP they all got it... whatever it was... FLU bug or virus... then it hit me HARD on Wednesday evening and most of Thursday. My whole body ached! I would of rather had another child I think!!!! it was AWFUL!!!!! but it was here and then it passed but I still kinda feel icky :( from time to time yet. Jer was in Boston from Sunday to Wed., that was a change for us since we are so used to having him here more... and I was sure glad he was home!!!

So what else happened last week... Jer was gone, boys were sick, and then the weekend picked up for all the 'crappy' parts of the week.

Friday, I helped at Cranberry most of the day since it was a "LADIES DAY OUT" day. This year the stores changed it up a bit and went to a "Ladies DAY" rather than a "Ladies EVENING", it was kinda a disappointment for me since I knew what to expect from the previous years... but it was a nice flow all day so it was an "ok" day I think for Tammy, but my personal feeling I think they should of kept it an "evening shopping night" for the ladies. But wow! never a dull moment when you are with Tammy and Janice - I sure enjoyed the day hanging out with them, I love to get caught up in "purse world" with Janice and ha, well on Friday she of course surprised Tammy and I both with a new CUTE purse! Brown "alligator" pattern purse, its sure is cute and who would of guessed it was from Walmart? NOT me!!
So I worked until about 730ish then Jer came down to the store, we all bs'd for a bit and then Jer and I were off to DBQ to Houlihans for our little fix for the week. Its something I look forward to each week - just being with Jer and having a nice supper and just so happens that Houlihans "is the place"... We did a few errands then we were off for home for the night, short night but it was nice.

So now we are to Saturday... a full day! Started out with me waking up pretty early, I wanted to sleep in but I couldn't... so then I did a few things around the house and had to go run a few quick errands, then we met Jenn and Dustin here at the house for awhile- wanted to show Dustin whats been happening on house, it was hard to show him but yet I was THRILLED to see him!!!! He looks good, just hope things all work out and he can come back in Jan. to do a few things for us, he is such a GOOD GUY!!!! and just want the best for him and everyone in his life :) So then after that we were off to the McLees Christmas for the afternoon. I always enjoy this Christmas and seeing all the family, the picture thing is annoying but oh well thats life... I am just sure I will never ever do that to my kids! So we bailed pretty early on the Christmas party today... but the boys REALLY wanted to get to Sundown so Jer agreed to take them for the afternoon since they didn't get there during the week due to both boys being sick and his traveling so off they were for the day and little Blade was a little sad since he wasn't able to go but... cheered him up by going to visit Grandpa and Grandma Steffen, so then he was ok... so we were off to visit my parents and help them get their Christmas tree up, pretty neat this year my parents did a 6.5ft all white tree with colored lights and 100% John Deere ornaments, lights, all the trimmings of John Deere :) Blade was in heaven!!! He just couldn't stop looking at it, it was pretty cute. So after I helped them do a few things I was off to going back home to get some stuff done and of course Blade didn't want to home so Grandma caved in and let him stay and brought him home later on.

Now for the BIGGEST event of the weekend! The true HIGHLIGHT of my week!!!! WOW!!!!! I just get speechless when I think about it :) Jer's cousin Kim and her husband Bear got tickets to see Martina McBride's Christmas concert in CR and had two open seats... and she was so kind to call us and ask us to go, I was absolutely thrilled!!!!!! As you can see in the pictures she was talking to a boy right in front of us... it was just a moment I will never ever forget! The seats were amazing, we probably were 10ft from her at one point... when we made a little trip to the bathroom :) and it just was INCREDIBLE!!! Yes, it was her Christmas concert but she did sing two of her songs " In My Daughter's Eyes" and her newest release song... the name? gosh I can't think of it right now but when she sang it I had tears in my eyes... WOW no other preformer can sing like she can, its 110% amazing!!!! Martina means like ALOT in my life, she was there for me when I lost 50+ lbs four years ago, she was there for me when the dream of the shop began to become real, I listened to her all the time when we put the store together from bottom up, this lady is a true inspiration in my life!!! Just LOVE her!!!! So this was just SO SO touching to see her the way I did before my eyes talking to this little boy and having it be SO real... do I wish that was me in the picture? Sure I do but I would of just been SO SO more speechless! But I can tell you after seeing her preform the way she did again... since I have seen her preform 2x's before but had the "nosebleed seats" and was very far away from her and never this close... it was INCREDIBLE!!! She gave me the inspiration and motivation back for the upcoming new year to loose weight and get fit again!!! I am shooting to do that 'speedwalk 1/2 marathon sometime this year... but lots of training has to happen. I needed to see her, she is truely a idol in my life!!!!!! Enjoying life is what she is all about and I would like to think I am that way too but I need to stress less and just live life more, its too short!!!!!
So lets see... Sunday we did not much of anything! We all slept in... and had breakfast again in our "make shift" kitchen but it sure was YUMMY!!! Then Jer and the big boys went to sundown for a few hours while Blade and I went into DBQ to get a few more Christmas gifts bought, a few more gifts off my list :) I am getting closer and closer to being done... but I love it!!! I love this time of year and this year I have been really enjoying it more... weird but I have been :)

So I blogged enough... WOW look how long this is... sorry if it got carried away!

"FROSTY THE SNOWMAN"... IS ALIVE:)

Well this is one BIG thing I wanted to accomplish today and I finished it up after I located some lights... thank goodness Tammy had some because I could not find any anywhere!!! No Walmart didn't even have clear white stranded white lights!!! Well the Anamosa Walmart didn't! I was SO mad!!!! Anyhow here is the live "Frosty tree". He turned out better than I thought he would so yes I am pretty happy with him.

So there is sickness in our house :( Mitchel has been in bed all day, the only time he got up was to go to the bathroom - the poor kid can't keep anything down, I just feel helpless when my kids are sick! He proabably will be home again tomorrow but we will see how the night goes. For Blade I think he is back to being Blade :) all perky and happy!

I got some more gifts wrapped tonight and feeling pretty good about what I have done so far, we mainly have our kids left to do and a few good friends but other than that we should be done soon - YEAH!!!! and that is always a great feeling!!!

Tomorrow I am CLEANING all day - going NO WHERE except to get my hubby at the airport and taking the kids to school! Today I played with the tree and wrapped gifts most of the day... pretty lazy today :( and hung out in Mitchel's room with him and Blade after I did a few things.

Plans for New Years yet???? Hope not!!!! We want to host the party this year... yes our house is undone but life will go on into 2007 and what better way to spend it??? in our house filled with friends!!!! Hope all of you can make it!!!! Get your babysitters if you haven't already :)

Until I blog again! stay warm!!!!

Funny but Scary night...

Oh my what a weekend...

Friday night we had... "Naught Christmas night", It was the first year that my family decided to do a "Chinese Christmas with "gag" gifts...so it was... each person was to come up with a gift ... girl gift and a guy gift to exchange... OH my what a HOOT!!!!
I hate to brag but I would say Jer and I won the "BEST" gifts...

"female" gift was a blow up penis, the most UGLY old lady night gown, depends, slippers, and "Superman" thong undies... in a BIG ass "Victoria Secrets" bag with a nice $10.00 gift card.... It was FLIPPIN hilarious!!! I should of taken a picture of it but wasn't thinking :( this had a note with it too but can't remember it right now...

"male gift was a "screwdriver, screws, rubber glove, vaseline, "small pecker condoms", "flavored" condoms- all of this in a toolbox in a "DO IT BEST" lumberyard bag... then it had a note with it saying they had to read this tune aloud...
Happy Holidays to you, Happy Holidays to you, hope these tools will help you with your screw... if not Mr. Happy will do.
Happy Holidays to you... in a Victoria Secrets bag we had "Happy the Hampster" ... WOW it was fricken hilarious!!! because the whole night I wanted my brother inlaw Greg to get the gift and WOW... when it stopped he had to open it... but then it was passed around again... but the look on his face was completely PRICELESS!!!!

So now for the pictures of Jer that I have posted... SORRY JER!!! but I had too... Jer had a REALLY REALLY GOOD TIME :) Friday evening, although he proably should of paced his drinking a litte more... he got completely drunk within 3 hours or less on a whole bottle of "Saphire". Yes, Jer got drunk!!! I've seen him drunk on his 30th birthday.. but that was mild compared to this... and I have seen him "tipsy" but not drunk like this... the poor guy got sick on top of it! I was never so scared in my life after we realized at 9:30ish he had drank the whole bottle... I thought "oh my god he's going to have alcohol posioning" and I kept saying that... I was feeling good but I sobered off quickly, I was completely freaking out!!! so unlike Jer but it was good for him too and I was happy he had a great time!!! So about 10ish he got sick and it probably was a good thing because I was really starting to worry ALOT at that point!!!! My sister and brother inlaw were pretty persistant on us just staying the night at their house but I did not want to do that since we only live across town... so I called Jer's brother Kevin, and friends Jason and Billy to see if they could help me get him home... well we made it home after a hour of Jer laying on my sisters kitchen floor - but I just wanted to get him home. Thanks to all of you who helped me get him here safely!!!! After we were home he was ok, I didn't sleep worth a crap because I was worried he'd get sick or would need something... then about 4am he got up and bathed and I finally crashed.... slept until 8:30ish and realized he was not next to me... I freaked!!!! Here he was downstairs in the COLD COLD new room sleeping on the couch with just Mitchel's coat over him as a blanket... he stayed downstairs because he said he wasn't ok... so I helped him get up and brought him back upstairs.... GHAD I was flippin out when I woke up and he wasn't there though!!!!!

So the day of Saturday... Jer was not up to par at all! He was in bed... well most of the day. I did some laundry in the am, got kids lunch and then my sister wanted to do some shopping in CR and wanted to know if I wanted to go with... so I made sure the kids were settled with lunch and Jer was ok with me being gone for the day... and was off to shopping with my sister for the day, it was SO cold out!!!! I got back about 5ish and Jer said he wasn't up for doing much, so we ran into DBQ to get some supper and the supplies we now needed for Happy the Hampster... then we were off to home... home by 11pm.

Today another day we just bummed... but we did make a meal in our house today! Yep we bought a small griddle and made breakfast this am, eggs and bacon, toast, oj... and enjoyed it!!!! Did absolutely nothing really besides the laundry usual.
I got to watch my OC today... very good show last week... About 4ish took Jer to the airport- he's gone to Boston until Tuesday evening. On my way home from DBQ Mitchel called and said he was "sick", and just threw up... then later on tonight Blade threw up... sickness in the house... ICK!!! trying to get Blade to sleep now so best close.

Wish all of you readers a good week!!

Snowman...

So here is the "start" of the tree that the boys have been wanting to do... as well as me...
have to get the "white" stranded lights" and I messed up and didn't pay attention to that... and then decorate it :) I worked on the head tonight and going to cut a scarf and mittens for it yet tonight... Blade thinks its pretty funny.
Tomorrow I will go hunt some branches down for "Frosty" and do some snow effects on him :)

This will be one of two trees I will have up now... hope to get one more up yet. Yes changed my mind... just want it to feel morel like Christmas here for all of us since we have waited over two years to get here.