Monday Monday

What a icky Monday... rainy and cold :(

The weekend passes us, we had my niece, Morgan's First Communion yesterday. It sure turned out to be a nice day for them.
She looked SO CUTE! in her little white dress. I can't believe how much she is growing considering she was "our little miracle premie baby" when she was born but you would never guess that today :) After the little party they had for her we trucked out to the farm, we took litl' Harley with us. We went for a little ride on the gator... which Blade LOVES to do!

So not much else happened this weekend. Low key! Friday night, Jer and I went to DBQ to get a few things and out for a bite to eat, I helped Tam at the store on Saturday, she was busy so it was nice to have a extra hand available. Sat. evening we attended Jer's cousin's wedding... it was out it the middle of NOWHERE!!! jeesh! It was nice to see all of the family again.


Update on my table project... well I got two chairs and the table complete. The chairs were some work!! lots of sanding had to be done to them but its turning out just as I imagined so thats good :) I am excited to get it in the living room!

Not a whole lot new here with us... things going pretty good with Harley. Yesterday we took her probably on the longest walk yet, which wasn't too far but she did really well and its sure is funny she knows when she is "home" by our street and runs for the yard. Potty training is continuing to be a working process but its getting better each day.

Our boys... Issac is back riding, he is loving every minute of it too!!! Love to see him happy at what he loves the most! Mitchel is back full force in soccer, 1st game is this weekend, and track practice is on too... so he's a busy boy! Think the boys are going to take on a paper route in town which will be good for both of them and earning a little cash will be nice for them :)
Blade... I can't wait for it to get nice out so he can get outdoors... its been a LONG winter and he's turned into a tv and video game boy... so its time for it to get nice out :) He continues to say the CUTEST things... his newest thing is "telling secrets"... is so DAMN CUTE!!!

Well, I am at the shop today so I best get back to doing something productive... not sure what since I got the order marked already for today and well... its raining out so no one is out shopping... its just going to be a rainy Monday...

Until next time... enjoy your week ahead :)

Lit'L Harley

Here's the latest picture of Harley. Today so far was a good day, only one accident :) It's getting better!! YEAH!!

Finally...

Here we are... this is going to be our new dining room table. A good friend of mine found it for me. I've been looking for quite awhile for a "round black" sturdy table! Well in today's world most of them if you buy are junk :( so I had my friend Janice out looking for an older table for a while and well she came upon one :) it will be black. It has 6 chairs that came with it, I haven't decided if I am going to paint all of them yet or not. I do like the look of a table with 2 black wooden chairs mixed with two captian black leather chairs... so its up in the air yet. But I am really excited about it and just want to get it painted and poly'd so that has been a huge job for me to work on this week with many other things going on :) Never a dull moment here!!!

I also helped my sister, Madonna "spruce" up her home for First Communion this weekend. WOW now her house looks different. We used a lot of what she had and just "re" grouped it all with a few new things. I am very pleased how it all came together. My favorite room I did was the basement bathroom for Liana... turned out very cute! We did it in a "girly/sports theme".

Now its time to get "sprucing" my house... well I should say decorating my house! I just am in no hurry since I want to be sure with what I want going on in the areas needed to be decorated. The dining room will be a good start for me since the table put it in perspective for me :) Is your house ready for Spring??? I LOVE this time of year!!!!!!!!

On to next area of my life... hows Harley? She is GREAT! We love that little girl to death! She is definitely going to be spoiled!!!
Today was her first walk with mommy ;) we didn't go far since its "too cold" out for her. She hates the cold!!!! Yesterday when it was snowing... she didn't deal with that well :( felt bad for her! The kids are adjusting more and more to her, still hesitant to play with her because they are afraid of the accidents she may have. The potty training is going just ok. Yesterday was a day from hell :( sorry Tory! We're probably letting you down... Hoping today will go much better since its nice out, only time will tell. Over all she is WONDERFUL! The vet appt on Wednesday went good, she was very good! She loves to go in the car :)
For those of you who haven't seen or met her yet, please stop in she is a social butterfly :) My nephew Carson is dying to see her so he is coming to spend the night with us tonight, Blade is SO excited!!! This will be Blade's 1st sleep over.

Well I best get back to work before the weekend is here... looks like its going to be nice out! Harley will love that!!!

Enjoy your weekend, Spring has sprung :)

Just a cute picture :)

Blade says "Happy Spring!" He can't wait to get his bike and his new power jeep outside and go riding!
I joined Blade this am for a little tea party they had at school, it was SO cute! I really enjoyed it!!
Gosh I can't believe he's going into Kindergarten next year... where does time go??

Harley with her furry brother Buzz

So here I have it a few pictures of the newest Miller :) with Buzz. They are getting along o.k. for the most part. Harley seems to really want to be playful with Buzz but he's just not interested, which is ok for now but do hope they can be buddies later on.

Its been going really well with her, a few accidents but we can live with those, just need to keep figuring out what is going to work. I think I will be calling Tory now that Easter has past us for a few suggestions.

Jen, I know you have been thru this with many years ago with Simba and Shadow. Do you have any suggestions?

Enjoy the pictures :) We absolutely LOVE her!!!!!

Harley "Davidson" Miller

Its a "GIRL" !!!!!

We adopted a little 8 week boxer Friday night, about 6:30 pm. Her name is Harley. She is mainly all white and brindle (brown) on her ears. She is SO SO cute! very very tiny for her age from what we've been told but give us time and we hope to fatten her up a bit.

I really didn't expect to get a puppy so soon especially like YESTERDAY!! , but I believe it was meant to be... because without asking what color the puppies were when I talked with the gal on the phone ... I assumed they were mostly Brindle which is most common in the Boxers.
Well little to my surprise when the owners arrived at our house they hopped out of the car and were ALL WHITE! I about died!!! but was in LOVE at the same time so well... it was the beginning of our little girl's life :) Jer actually spotted her first, which was cool.

I did meet with Tory (our trainer) that we are going to be working with much earlier in the day and went over the questions and concerns I had, very good conversation and he prepared me more on knowledge. He's great!!!!! The funniest part of yesterday was... I specifically told Tory when I met him " I wasn't going to be the owner and not be prepared, I was going to have everything I needed before we brought a puppy home " WELL... WOW we were in the "ratio" now of the pet owners who weren't prepared :( but Jer and I made a trip to Dbq. and got what we needed for her first night with the help of her food supply from Tory. Thanks Tory!!!

Harley 1st night in the crate went pretty well. She wimpered and cried when we first put her in for awhile then was sound asleep. We left for a bit again to meet some friends since we already had plans... when we got home she was sound asleep looking SO SO cute. She heard us so she cried for like 15-20 mins and was ok, she slept until like 7:30 a.m. So it went good the first night. YEAH! Today's she's been great with a few accidents but that will get better with time. She likes to ride in the car, LOVE THAT!!

I just wanted to post a little about her and hopefully I will post a picture tomorrow of her. She's a little honey!!!

Happy Easter to you all!

Teenagers!

Yes I am a mother of a "official teenager"! MItchel turned 14 on Monday and jeesh I feel like I've been hit with a ton of bricks!!
No he did not get his drivers permit yet but that will happen in a few weeks... SO NOT ready for that either :(

ok so his birthday was Monday, on Tuesday we (Jer and I) got him his present that he wanted... which was a drum set! CRAZY I know!! We got him a beginner set and jeesh I'm about ready to throw it out the window everytime its struck with a stick... just CRAZY LOUD! and its set up in our addition... so it echos throughout the house!!

Teenage hormones kicking in! THINK SO! Tonight I about lost my cool. I went for a drink with a friend to get out of the house for a bit, Jer is in NY until tomorrow... Mitchel calls me all in a frantic...because Issac's friend Quinton was chasing him and his friend Danny with a stick... whelp... whatever!! GOSH drama!!!!!!!!!! Thought the world was gonna end the way he sounded on the phone... then I get here and everybody acted like nothing happened... oh I was PISSED! Swear sometimes these boys act like girls... drama drama drama!! So then its like 10ish... town curfew is 10! I told Mitchel to come in the house and he got all bullheaded... ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What am I in for in the years to come ?? So not ready for these days coming upon me.

Oh and did I forget to mention he has a little gf now too? YEAH! Flipping out about that a little! Had the little talk with him about
1st crushes, 1st "love", and reminded him that he is only 14! The little gal he is dating happens to be our LONG TIME babysitter, Molly's younger sister, sweet girl but they are both young and they need to remember that. Oh to be young again... huh?

Boy I just can't go anywhere leaving teenage boys home alone... when will the babysitting ever stop? Molly I guess I may have to hire you for a lifetime :) ... SERIOUSLY! when do you learn to let go and let them work out their little drama situations like big boys? Issac is only 12 and somedays I honestly think he handles situations far better than his older brother... can't kids just be kids and have fun these days without drama?

Ok so I'm done ranting about teenage drama... what's been going on here? well a whole lot of nothing! I've actually been kinda laid back this week and frankly LAZY :( I finally did some heavy duty cleaning today and some laundry catch up... have it all washed and folded... but needs to be all put away... I'll get that done tomorrow. Other news? Easter weekend is coming up I think Jer and I are taking the kids away for the weekend... not sure on destination but we are going somewhere. This is the last weekend for Sundown so the kids will close that chapter until next season... kinda sad for them since they both love it SO much!

Next week... soccer practice resumes as well as track practice starting for Mitchel... hello busy busy Spring for the Miller's!
Tomorrow I am meeting with Tory to talk "puppy" I'm so so excited to get this process rolling! I can't wait!!!!!!!!!
The boys may hit Sundown tomorrow... they haven't decided for sure yet... weather pending as it sounds too now... HOPE HOPE we don't get any snow!!!

Until I blog again, wish you all a great Easter weekend! and hope the Bunny finds you all!!!

Lordy Lordy!

What a whirlwind of a day! Today was Friday... first day for me to work at SPRING OPEN HOUSE at the store, wasn't as crazy as I thought it would be but it was a very nice flow throughout the day. The place looks ROCK STAR!!!, if some of you haven't seen it for the "spring" look yet, make the effort to stop in! Its amazing! Tammy put many many hours into it the last few months to make it PERFECT!

Weekends like these make me miss my store a little bit... I get the "humble" feeling... and just lost for some thoughts sometimes but I know it was for the best for me and my family... but that store will always be with me! Had many good times with it!

Ok so yesterday I ventured up to LIttle Red, quite the disappointment that was :( just not cute anymore! We are truly spoiled by Tam's store!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nothing beats it! SERIOUSLY girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then I got back, Jer and I went to a meeting at school for Issac... awh man! Things will be ok though, he just needs to get out of the "rut" he is in with math and putting a little more effort into his school work... Last night I went to the shops with Abby and my sista, Madonna. WOW that was quite the change being on the other side of the counter and being a customer again... I haven't done that in YEARS in this town... but I did it, got brave and went into my "EX" business partner's store... HOW WEIRD was that? VERY but it went ok I had Abby at my side :) supporting me! Then ventured to the church ... SUPER WEIRD but that went ok... TOP store in Cascade by FAR is dear old CRANBERRY HOLLOW! nothing beats it!!!! Right girls????

So what else is new? not a whole lot. My friend, Janet has a new candle line available now at the store. Its called "Cascade Candles" and they are WONDERFUL, she has two different kinds... the "historical series" and the "everyday series". VERY COOL I think!!! So ladies and gentlemen... need a great gift... check them out :)

SPRING coming??? gosh I hope so! I wanna get our new puppy soon! Tory, lets move this process along! I'll call you this week!!!! now that I have your biz card :) with your mobile phone no ... I have bought 3 books and a magazine and have been doing my research on these pups... get more and more excited when I read more and more! SO looking forward to it and taking him or her for a few walks a day :)


ok, its late and I need to hit the hay! SUPER BIG day at shop tomorrow... all hell will break loose tomorrow and be SUPER busy!!!! Get out and enjoy the day tomorrow its supposed to be beautiful!!!!!!

Monday...Monday... time change...

Happy Monday to those who hate Mondays :) ... and for this time change stuff... I think its dumb! was not ready to get up this am... was up shortly after Jer left for airport... leaving at 5ish a.m.

My weekend went fast. WOW where did it go? Friday lets see what did I do? Helped at Tammy's most of the day doing odds and ends to help her get ready for this upcoming weekend, its her Spring Open House. Friday night I spent a nice quiet evening with just my hubby... we went for dinner and a quick run to Target. Simple night but I really enjoyed it... since that was the first time being with him since he got back :)

Saturday, boys hugged around at home, Mitchel was gone for the weekend, Jer did some work and I went to the store for a bit.
I came home did a few things and took a nice LONG nap to catch up from the week... when Jer is gone, I usually don't sleep worth a crap! So it caught up to me ;( Saturday evening we stayed in town and went to listen to the music at the Bent, its was o.k. ... very country! but it was still fun, always a great crowd to chat with and we enjoyed hanging out with Tam and Wolfe.

Sunday rolled around, we all slept in til 12p.m. ish, CRAZY but we did! We made our usual breakfast with the kids and then tried to plan "movie Sunday" but there really wasn't anything in for Blade to see... so then Jer ended up just taking Issac into a movie.
I hung at home with Blade... he "taught" me how to play "HALO" ... and we watched his newest 'favorite' movie SNOW BUDDIES, its really cute! Later in the afternoon Mitchel returned home from his BIG weekend and he crashed hard with doing his "catch up homework". We made homemade pizza and breadsticks... SURE WAS YUMMY! If I say so myself, we are getting it down pretty good :) ... but we do buy the crust now though... but its STILL YUMMY!!!!

Today I ran our truck in for its maintance... took 2.5 hours! CRAZY! Didn't want to be at the mall that long, I seriously was "Getting enough" of the mall! Yeah ME, I was! I just wasn't in the mood I guess to be out that long! Had a mile long list of things I wanted to get done at home and I had errands to run while I was in DBQ... well that got shot down pretty quick!
Oh well... life goes on!

Not much to blog about but I did it :) so I'm happy! Wish you all a great week!!!!! Looks like we are going to get warm weather!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!

Blah water leaks... basement problems ;(

Another day full of surprises... after having a BIG surprise yesterday.

Yesterday afternoon... I happen to go down to Jer's office to take bills down and get some paper for the printer... well I slide Jer's door open to a BIG mess! at least 3" of water thru out his floor... everywhere! WHAT a mess! No equipment got damaged... THANK GOD! a few totes got wet, and the picture from the Tigges :( was very SAD to see that!

So that was the BIG ordeal yesterday but we got the shop vac going... just couldn't find pieces to the damn thing! So my dad got me a small new one for these kind of incidents! Where is the water coming from? That hasn't been determined yet ... we think its the small opening under the side steps... but I'm not 100% convinced since it wasn't wet at all over by the steps.

What else happened yesterday? Hrm... oh I found the floor back in my closet :) I was a HAPPY girl when that was accomplished... all the crap went from my closet to a HEAPING pile on my bed... then back into the closet organized! What a great feeling!
Did you ever feel like you are married to your clothes at times? and just love to wear certain things? I have a SICKNESS I love clothes and love to mix my clothes up to give it new looks. I am so sick I have it all color cordinated... oh and I have a SHOE issue too, OH MAN! didn't realize I had that many shoes... hate to say this but Jer was right :( but a woman can never have enough shoes, right? Purses! Don't even go there with me! TERRIBLE HABIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But hey I have to "try to look good"!! right? Its like they say you either have it or you don't... but what about being a dress-ohlic... is there such a thing? I should have a medical alert for it if there is!

Anyhow today was an ok day... I was down at Tammy's shop and well... got a text message from Janet ( our finishing lady) saying that "we had water by the furnace" ... and then the next msg... was "and you will need a plumber" ... I was thinking OH GREAT! Here we had a "pin hole" in a 90* angle... but its all better now but I was 'flippin my tator tots' when I saw the msg... thinking WHAT NOW?????? But its all better now...

Whats up for tomorrow? not sure if I could handle another leak, water problems, or anything related to going wrong! Jer comes back tomorrow, YEAH!!!! Mitchel took off tonight to Grandma and Grandpa Steffen's. He and Grandpa and several guys are going to ILL. to a indoor tractor pull for the weekend. Mitchel is a DIE HARD of tractor pulling like my dad... dad is feeling pretty good due to all the excitement from last week. All test came back ok... so he's in full force :) for doing things again.
Tractor pulling? Hrm... I could never get into it but I am a girl... just not my thing! Think it would be BO...R..ING... but again I am a girl ... but Jer nor Issac like them either... I am happy however that Mitchel enjoys it, its a bonding thing between him and his grandpa :)

Ok I best get back to sorting, cleaning and put today's laundry away. Hope you are all having a good Wednesday!
Stay warm until Spring decides to come...

Howdy

Today is Monday... another day of no school for the boys... think that makes 13 days total that they have missed due to weather.
Mitchel was trying to tell me today that the last FULL week of school that they had was WAY back in early Nov. CRAZY huh?
So not much exciting happened today... was home with the boys, did some cleaning, laundry and all the normal stuff. I did do some SEWING today... I'll tell you about that in a bit... yeh I said sewing :)

We had a good weekend. Kinda laid back but it was nice. Kids hit the slopes at Sundown Friday night, Blade stayed home with Mol Mol, and Jer and I went to DBQ, he did some work while I did errands then we grabbed a bite to eat at Houlihans, its been awhile since we've been there. Saturday I helped Tam for a bit, Jer did some work. Boys stuck around home until it was time to go to Mitch's game... they played a good game. We had a family night and stayed home with the kids, watched a old movie from the 80's (POLICE ACADEMY) I love that movie! Sunday Jer left early for his trip for the week he gets back Thursday night.

So just the boys and I in the big house until he gets back, miss him lots already! So today after I cleaned for a bit, laundry run.
I sat down and did some sewing... going to try to make a quilt for Mitchel for 8th grade graduation using his older t-shirts and jeans that no longer fit. It won't be perfect but I'm trying new things :) I'm excited! My mom always did sewing when I was growing up and I was always interested in learning. I also hemmed my first pair of pants today. I'll post some pictures when I get further. The tricky part of making this... is the cutting and setting it up since all the shirts have "logos" on them and they go different directions ... argh! Not sure if I will have enough to do a twin size quilt so it just maybe a lap quilt.

Well, I'm going to close and go watch a movie with the boys, we're going to watch Uncle Buck. What a classic :)

Enjoy your day or evening!

A special "HELLO" to Mol Mol... glad to hear you still read my blog from time to time :)