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!!!!

What a gorgeous day! I absolutely love this weather!!!!

This week has been fairly productive for me - I got lots of thing cleaned out and boxed up to move to the house and moving it slowly. The tiny room of the boys is becoming bare :) I hope to move their clothes out of the closet next week... its an exciting thought for me:) Our bedroom closet was finished up today - its ROCKIN' AWESOME!!!! I just LUV it!!

What else happened this week... well I forgot my dentist appt that was scheduled for yesterday? So whats this mean??? Yes I am loosing it!!! Mitchel's bed came this week - they delievered it but... 1) they put it together wrong and secondly... something is wrong with the side rail... so bed is not functional at this point :( I was not a happy camper that day :( School this week for the boys seems to be going amazingly well - Issac's been having a good week with getting homework done and staying organized better... so much progress there that I can see anyway but I'm sure the teacher's opinion maybe lightly different... time will tell I guess. Blade's had a pretty good week potty training... tonight was his first accident all week but its all good! Today he was the snack helper at school today so he was all excited about that- it was pretty cute he wanted to put the snack in his bookbag but unfornuately it was not going to work since it was in containers... so yes he got pissed :(

We have soccer on Saturday and no games on Sunday so hopefully we can get a family day in and go up to Gays Mills for the day or do something fun all depends on when Jer returns from his little trip to Milwaukee. So looks like this weekend is just me and the boys... and we really should pick up walnuts but we'll see about that one...

Pretty boring blog... but yes I'm still tickin'

I absolutely love this picture of Blade... please click on it to enlarge it... to see all the little raindrops on his face :)
SO SO CUTE:) thats my boy!!

Its been awhile... sorry fans!

my week was full of "trying" to pack and organize for the moving... well I got one load moved and a bunch of things ready to go to house... but just a tiny problem... new basement is FULL of crap, so I must figure out what is junk and what is keeps before I do anymore moving... hope to get all this cleaned up this week... but have to do it during daylight since no electrical is running over there yet... in time this move will go smoothly :)

Quick house update... gotta love the progress:) cuz I am sure loving it!!! Plastering was completed last week, its just SO nice to see WHITE instead of grey, hrm... progress upstairs, well biggest job is done... that I was waiting for is Blade's closet and I am happy to report its DONE :) that was just eating me alive that it wasn't plastered or anything yet since we had the whole upstairs completely plastered and painted except his closet. Also all the boys closets have shelving now... they should be completed by tomorrow hopefully:) YEAH!!!! I can't wait to see my closet done... its exciting! They look awesome, thanks so much to Dustin!!

Happy to also report our shower glass was delievered and installed this week... totally LUV it !! Thanks to Billy! we have outside lighting and it totally ROCKS... it makes the place - its becoming real and its very exciting!!!

On to this week for the house... well painters come in tomorrow to get started on the main floor painting, they will prime tomorrow and ceilings and closets will be done on Tuesday, as for COLOR on walls that will happen Wed... I'm very excited but also VERY nervous!!!! This is HUGE and just want to make sure it all flows and feels comfy:) So the pressure is on... need to finalize it all by tomorrow and I'm very nervous about settling on my decisions... oh boy! Hope the new washer and dryer get delievered and installed this week... as well as Mitchel's new bed arriving. The attic process... well hope we make head way on it this week:)


Now on to our weekend update.... well Friday I tugged around here all day doing CRAP... got the boys closet all cleaned and seasons changed.... well not really but put all the summer clothes in totes and got that ready for the move, what a JOB!!!
Friday night Jer and I spent the evening with Ja and Tammy. We had a great supper at Houlihans... I know BIG shock :) but its our place :) just chillin' for the evening was FUN... we sure had a great laughs - Thanks JER!!! After supper we were off to Miquels for the men's drinks and then drove on back to town and ended up at the Bent Rim for a few drinks... kinda dull and quiet there and called it a early night- I was sure beat for some odd reason... CRAZY old age I swear!!!

On to Saturday... Jer took Mitchel to his soccer game in Dyersville, I stayed behind with the other two boys and got some stuff done since we were going to be off to Genosa IL for Mitchel's other soccer game... both games for the day ended with losses but at the Dyersville game ... he had a "assist" so Jer and him both were happy and excited about that factor... just hard to see them loose when they play SO hard! So long day of traveling... but got a little shopping in at Gordmans... yes one of my favorite stores! (lots of cute stuff for cheap prices:) then we were off to home and making a quick change of clothes and settling the kids in for the night since we had a good friend's 30th birthday party to attend at Lake Dehli and we were already running late, we gathered all our friends and headed up to the party... interesting ride! We had a wonderful time, hope you did too Jerry!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! Mel, the party was great, so glad we could just hang out at the cabin as a group-THANK YOU!! Glad to see you were the entertainer for the evening for once:) The night will be forever a memory ... WOW we had a great time!!! What a late night thou... WOW all comes back the aging thing again I swear! HA HA

The next BIG party/fire hopefully will be at our location (HOUSE) within a few weeks and its going to be HUGE!!!! Hope to see all of you friends there!!!

Here we are Sunday... what a beautiful day!!!! We all slept in this am, then got up and headed over to Camp Courageous for the pancake breakfast- YUMMY :) going there brings TONS of memories back from my younger days, I spent a lot of weekends there volunteering and touching lives- those were the days I will never ever forget!

Mitchel had a soccer game in DBQ today at 3pm so we farted around at the house moving some stuff and looking at paint swatches... then we were off to DBQ... another hard game played but our boys lost 2-0... so hard to see them loose:( but they played well!. After game we were off to run a few errands... I had to hit Target to get a few things and had to get the new GILMORE GIRLS release! So excited to watch it!!! A quick supper at Taco Bell and off to home... well house to do a few more things before tomorrow, while we were there my mom and dad stopped in... that was very nice! I was happy to show them the progress being made... they are so excited for our move in a few weeks.

Did any of you watch Desperate Housewives tonight???? The show is back for the season as well as the new show "'Brothers and Sisters", liked it tonite so I will watch it again next week:)

Well wish you all a good week:) Enjoy!!

Well here we are Sunday evening... weekend here and gone! Time flies when good times roll...

Last night was a super FUN night, we met Jerry and Mel for a nice supper at the Club 528... food kinda sucked but it was fun just hanging out with them! Jerry hope your night went ok... sure wished you and Mel could of joined us but we will be sure to get you drunk this coming weekend:) So after supper we were off to take Marty out for the night... it was Jer, I, Jason, Tammy, Billy, Joey K, Katie. We went to New Diggins... a small bar by Hazel Green WI.... really cool little place. WOW I had LOTS to drink... have not drank like that in a LONG LONG time!! It was just so nice to see everyone again and have a good time together! Its nice having Marty home... from what I hear he was feeling it too... anyhow its been the first I have danced... WOW can't even remember the last time... Jer's birthday? Anyhow it was a GREAT time! it was a night I needed... just a shitful crappy week... and it was nice to just let it all go for one night. Although I felt it a little bit this am... and I totally passed out on the way home and I hear I missed the "singing encore"... Tammy said it was a hoot!

Today Jer and I spent the day with the boys... took off up to Praire Du Chein, took the kids on the Cassville Ferry, Blade was absolutely in LOVE with it, he was SO SO excited... when he saw the ferry coming and we got in the truck to get ready... he said so loud "this is going to be so fun" it was SO SO cute!! He giggled and laughed a lot on the ferry, and the other two boys thought is was cool too! Just a little weird you sit in your vehicle while moving ... and you're not driving... just a little freaky, but is cool. So then after the ferry we drove to the Cannery... I wanted to check somethings out there for the house... didn't find a whole lot but found a few things... became way crafty... and just reallly didn't find a whole lot, Jer took the boys to Cabelos while I was at the Cannery since we didn't want them running around in there... so it was all good, I hear they ran into Mr. Topping:) what a small world...

After the Cannery, we drove up to the near by Apple Orchard... got some apples, wine, beef sticks, etc... and then drove back thru McGregor and stopped at Pikes Peak, its always so pretty there but its nothing like it is later on in the Fall... when the leaves change... so we will go back up in a few weeks :) After the park we loaded up and headed for DBQ. for some supper... went to Red Robin, YUMMY:)

Tonight ... I watched TV for the first time since hrm... last Spring... watched Desperate Housewives... and Extreme Home Makeover... the shows are coming back! I can't wait to watch Grey's Anatomy this week!!!!! Love that show!

Lots going to happen this week... Im going to start moving little by little... clothes and stuff... to make this place LESS packed! We really hope to be moved in by the end of the month... time will tell I guess.

Better run... got a big meeting with the teachers in the am... hope it goes well!!

Enjoy our pictures!

Well another beautiful fall day... crisp air and wind blows as I write this :) and soccer game passes us, Mitchel's team played tough today but lost 2-1.

WAY TO GO IOWA!!!! Kickn' Cyclones ... lucky win but good win!

What a day yesterday! It was truely one of those days that I thought was going to completely suck... just cuz I'm so tried of not seeing anything done at the house... and I was completely frustrated all week since we are still on a stand still upstairs when it should be almost complete... but oh well life must go on ... and just keep waiting for the moment, right? Because I know at the end its going to be incredible!!

So yesterday after I did a few things here I had a few errands to run and I had to run up to the house to make sure the plastering guys were doing "smooth" in the kitchen... and I was just amazed how much they had done already... I love to see the "white" rather than just grey walls... and also the grading was being worked on again in the yard... so needless to say I was HAPPY to see those two things going on, but just a small snag... one of our contractors AGAIN was not around today, I just fell apart a little bit... just dont understand why HE doesn't want to be there nor cares to get things moving. FRUSTRATED!!

So while I was walking around the house a little bit upset... while waiting for Jer to come up so we could talk to the " grading contractor " ... as I was waiting, Jer pulled up and then up comes the FED EX truck... thought no big deal of it, right? I thought maybe it was something I got off Ebay... just confused a little bit and my mind was totally off track, didn't really care to open right then and there... and Jer was persistant about "what is it" and I of course said "oh its just something I got off Ebay" then I looked at it some more and then just opened it... OH MY GOSH!!! I nearly died!!! It was a PINK IPOD NANO (one of the new ones that just came out) I was completely stunned! It was from Jer of course... and he had it special engraved on the back saying... "YOU ROCK MY WORLD" along with my name on it. The whole setting of how it happened and where it happened to get that special gift will forever be within me, it was TOTALLY AWESOME!!! he also had a little card in the package... it was just the TOP of the day, and I was so glad he was there when it arrived, seriously Jer you got me GOOD! I still can't believe it when I sit here and write about it.

So needless to say the day was a TON better just by that little package, it was just a nice "pick me up" and gosh I needed it!
Yesterday afternoon after Jer did a little work and I did somethings here at home... we then went to house and hung curtains, shades, blinds, and did a lot of little crap, got some windows cleaned... what a fricken job that was :( since the windows are sealed so tight... they are hard to open... but got some done. Our room looks AWESOME I must say... I up'd it a notch and totally went outside my norm... and went more Victorian style in there... a deep robin egg wall color, dark bamboo shades, and terra cotta (orange) drapes... YEAH totally outside of Lis's normal box... but change is good, right? Just hope it will all look nice together once the bed is made and things on walls, etc.

Last night... Jer and I went on a "date" to Lowes/Menards/Wal Mart... and then our usual Houlihan's supper :) We just really enjoy going to eat there! Nice relaxing evening, after supper we decided to head back home and go to the house for awhile and get some more things done there... Jer's brother Brad came up to work on Blade's mural... well dummy me didn't print out the picture for him and we don't have internet yet so he was SOL... and by the time I was going to go get the picture... Jason called Jer... he and his date were on the way back to town and wanted to know if we wanted to get a drink with them... so they came up to the house for awhile... and then we were off... a hoot of a night! so many laughs and drinks were shared among our table, just a really good time! but geesh another late night for the Miller's... but it was fun! Thanks Ja for calling us, we enjoyed hangin' out. Hope the night went well for you! You deserve the best!!

Well I best get some crap done around here... Jer is currently at the bunker fixing the broken... and Blade is out cold on the couch and Issac is playing games... and Mitchel went skating with some friends, so it pretty quiet here.

Wish you all a great weekend! The Indian Summer may come to an end soon... so get out and enjoy it!!

Wow I love this time of year... FALL!!! The crisp wind, and the beautiful breeze!

Today Blade had afternoon Preschool... he had an awesome day! Just love picking him up and he comes running towards me talking words a minute - the moment is priceless!

I must say our house is finally coming together :) YEAH!!! Last night we had great help from Jason and Billy. Offically now all the lights are up and on in the upstairs part of our home! Also Jer and Jason tackled putting our bed together... this will be the first time in 10 years that Jer and I have owned a "our" own bed frame as well as headboard and footboard... so this is HUGE for me to have :) and very exciting to see it all come together... ok so we got a queen size bed... and it took most of our room up... and we yet have to fit a wardrobe in there... so just hope it will all fit and look pretty when we have it done... I got a chandelier light from Cranberry Hollow and I am just LOVING the look of it!!! Looks so nice!

So what else is going on at the house... well the plastering offically began yesterday but they put plaster on the foyer walls... looks amazing! Yesterday I had to meet the "guys" who are doing the work for us... all I have to say is "WHAT BABIES!" I mentioned I wanted smooth in the bathroom and kitchen... and I got shot down like there was no tomorrow... pissed me off!
I so wanted to say "I'm the boss here and you do the work" but instead I temperly walked out! Its just to the point where I dont care and just want it to be done...

The yard at the house is at a standstill due to all the rain we had since Sunday... so once that dries out we will finish taking some trees out, and hopefully get some retaining walls in and a sidewalk in soon. Little by little but believe it or not we are getting closer :)

Not much else is new here, our friend Marty is home for awhile so hope to catch up with him sometime while he is back.
The guys went skating last night until 2ish am... crazy but glad they had fun! Mitchel has soccer game in DYERSVILLE this weekend, so we are going to lay low over the weekend and get some crap done at house. We are looking forward to going to a good friend's 30th birthday party next weekend... its been awhile since we partied together :)

I think I am going to put WW on hold for awhile since my session is up... just too much running with soccer and until we are settled in the house I dont want to take the chance of it not working out for me and loosing it all together... so Mel... hang in there and I will be back!!! Hoping less than a month I can be back at WW meetings again!

Until I blog again... enjoy FALL!

Monday, Monday... pretty good day here! but I got a few things done this am... but I should of cracked the whip and got a lot more accomplished but I woke up to EXTREMING pain in my side... very painful!!! still kinda have it but not as sharp.
So today was a day for Mommy and Blade... we went to get lunch at Subway and took lunch down to the store... did a BS session and came home to finish up the laundry, then it was time to go pick up boys from school... it fricken rained and rained today... our yard is a MUD PIT!!!! I ordered some rock just so we can walk back and forth to the house... well Bard's just dumped it wherever without trying to spread it out... dorks!! I was SO pissed to see all this damn rock and which we didn't need like f' TON but seems like thats what we got... anyhow... its supposed to rain for days and it was a mess for the guys to be walking in... so thought I was helping out but WOW was I wrong!
So tonight... we set up Issac's bedroom, I had been asking people to come up and help this week, just whoever could come... come, so tonight Ja and Tammy came up, and Jer and I got his room almost complete. I love how it came together... all the things I bought seemed to work out perfectly... I even over bought actually but its ok... I just didn't know what was going to work and what was not... so now I am anxious to finish it up... like actually move his clothes in but I can't until closet is done... and ot lay the rug... but dont really want to do that yet either since alot of dust is flying around. Still a great feeling to see it come ALIVE and to actually beleive we will be moving in soon :) YEAH a few more perks to Issac's room and it is all ready to go.
Tonight Jer met his cousin, Lee at the house, he is going to help us out the next few days getting the panels ready to go, this will be a HUGE job done! and a relief for both of us.
Later in the week we hope to have plastering started for the main floor... this will be HUGE to have started...since we have waited over a month for him to come back... I just worry now about the moisture getting upstairs... hope it will all work out.

Well I best crash... Blade's 3rd day of Preschool tomorrow... hope to get some things done at house while he is at school... need to figure out how the windows open from the inside so I can get them cleaned up... what a job!

Hope you are all well!!

Whoops... forgot pictures... enjoy:)

Well here we are... Sunday evening after a nice weekend! I had a great time this weekend... I worked at Cranberry Hollow on Friday, it was a great day for the store... busy busy!! I remember those days when my store was busy and it made all the hard work very worthwhile... and for Tammy and her mom I was VERY happy to see all the people and bags fill up :) it gave me a lot of peace with within myself over the weekend knowing that I closed the store was definately the right decison... as well as giving myself a sense of accomplishments with the store and how we made that building the place it is today... all good things! I have less regrets of closing now then I ever did so to me that is HUGE to let the feeling go!
So back at the "homefront" of our lives at home... on Friday instead of Blade going to the daycare he got to hang out with his special godparents, Kevin and Lisa! He was so excited that he was going to their house rather than "the little school", I was happy he was going there since he was going to be with loved ones while I was away from him for the day, I missed him ALOT!! I am just getting so used to being with him most of the week and enjoying it! So house news ... I went up there earlier in the day before the kids were off to school to get the wall primed for a mural in Blade's room that his brother, Brad is going to help us with. As I was coming out I saw that Weber Construction was bring the bulldozer, bobcat, excavator and all their machinery up to get our yard cleaned up and start on the grading process... I for some crazy reason thought that they were just going to the machinery up there and start next week since nothing was marked from "Iowa one call" but cripes... Jer called me while I was working and said " do you hear that in the backround"... and I couldn't really hear any noises... but here they were already started and Jer was so so excited on the phone and kept saying "can you come up" and I couldn't of course cuz we were swamped... and I had the camera when he should of but I called my sister inlaw later on and asked her to do me a HUGE favor of going to take some pictures... so here they are... it LOOKS amazing!! We no longer have a safari... we have a yard... YEAH!!! Alot to be finished on it before we can seed it down but hope to have that finished by the end of the week if the weather cooperates:) I didn't get to see it until it was dark but I was just gleaming... I was SO SO happy to see something was done!
After working at the store, we all went and got some drinks at the Corner, Jer came down to meet us too after he got the boys settled at home, it was a good time, Tammy's family is quite the bunch... SO fun, her mom and dad!! and she is just a complete hoot... tells it how it is and full of life!! So after waiting for over an hour and a 1/2 for her parents pizza... Jer and I invited Tammy and Ja to come into Houlihans with us, we ran home to change clothes and I was dying to see the house... so off we were to do that too... so we were off to DBQ, had a great relaxing night! went and had a few drinks, went to Miguels and came home... it was a early night but it was FUN!!
Saturday... Jer and I went to look at the yard during the daylight and tried to figure somethings out, Dustin was there... he got the vanity peice done for the upstairs bath, LOOKS AWESOME!!! so happy with how its all coming together :) we talked to him about a few other things and then he mentioned the the basement floor in the 2nd part was going to have to be repoured... it was mixed wrong from Bards... so now that will have to be redone sometime this week... ARGH!! its always something ... I swear! But good news for this week... ran into Denny Friday night at the Corner... he is coming back this week, going to start on downstairs plaster on Wed, so Im happy about that too:) just hope he shows up! I just need to keep this project moving... would really like to get moved in upstairs soon. Saturday afternoon, I went to help Tammy at the store since they were swamped... Jer took Mitchel to his game then after the game he took all the boys to the farm for a bit so Issac could ride his bike, I got home and did a few things before it was time to go to Jer's cousin's wedding... time just flew I swear!!!
So off to the wedding we went, only went for few reasons... to see one of Jer's closest cousin's Kim and her husband Bear, and to see Margie and Marv. (since afterall he is our plumber contractor) at our house... so felt very obligated to go, as well as it being family. We had good chats with Kim and Bear, then ran off to show them our house... and then slid back in without anyone noticing our absence... we didn't stay long after we got back since the crowd was small and music seemed to be horribly bad... I ran into my good friend Carol and chatted with her for a bit, then went to mingle with Jer's siblings for a bit, well the ones that were sitting at the table, then we were off, just kinda a weird night... tense among a few members of Jer's family and we both felt uneasy so off we were to the Club and sat with my sister and my brother inlaw for a few birthday drinks... since it was Greg's BDAY! I was a little loaded at this point... had a few in me so I was kinda loud I guess but just love to hash shit to Greg and Madonna... and get them going, so when the Club closed we were off to meet up with Margie and Marv and gang at the Nest since we told them earlier we would party with them there... but we got there and no one was there yet so off to the Legion we were to see if anyone needed rides, etc... its was bout 11ish and I txt'd Tammy to see if she wanted to join Jer and I, too funny she did call us back and met us there... we saved her from McD's... ha ha, glad she came up since she is new to the area again and needs to get out ... I think she was entertained by the local drunks... WOW there was quite a few of them! I was not drunk but I was feeling damn good... I have not drank like that since... hell I can't remember... maybe the night Carol, Lisa and I were at the Nest back in April... WOW!!! LONG TIME!!!! We hung out until close time and it pouring out then... it was a good time!!
Now we are to Sunday... went to mom's for dad's birthday dinner and then we were off to East Moline for soccer... talk about crazy directions!!! we got completely lost! and mitchel was 3 mins late for his game so it wasn't too bad considering he also forgot his 'shin guards' and we had to make a quick stop to get some... but the road that we were supposed to turn on was not even marked correctly... frickn' riduculous!!! but we made it there and he did get to play which was a little concern of ours since he missed the "inspection" part ... but they did let him play... they played hard but lost 2-1. My neice Liana went with us we had a good time watching the game... but little Blade pulled a fast one on Issac... he "tried" to go potty on a dirt pile and Issac caught him... having Issac tell this story is HILARIOUS!!! Just a long drive down there to play for a hour... ya know? but my boys will only be this age once and I am just taking it all in:) while I can!!
Liana and I ran into Gordman's ( I love this store!!!) while Jer ran with the boys to Starbucks to get a drink, I got a few new things for fall, clearance items... what I love best!!
we went to get supper at Fuddruckers and off to home we were... LONG day but we didn't sit in the rain for soccer like I thought... so it was all good!
Great weekend, and looking forward to having a lot done at the house this week, hope this is a good week for the house!!!
We need to get moved in soon!
Enjoy the pictures :)

Well here we are another day down for Sept... and yes we are still in this tiny apt... someday this month we will move into our house on the hilltop:)
Lets cover yesterday... I spent mid morning to afternoon with one of my most sincerest friend, Jenn :) We tour'd Cascade a bit and hit Cranberry Hollow so she could take some pictures for me... and then we had a nice lunch at Anam Cara. It was a nice relaxing time - Thanks Jenn!! Blade was off to daycare for a few hours to "get his time in" for the week. I later in the day got some laundry and cleaning done before school was out and time to get little Blade. Last night we had a nice supper at home... spaghetti! It sure was YUMMY!

Today... I woke up to this FLIPPIN nasty head/eye cold! my eyes keep filling up with tears... my nose is completely stuffed... can't breathe! Flipping SUCKS the big one!! I'm not big into taking drugs... unless it gets REALLY BAD... and yeah I prolly should take something but its just me... won't until I have too.
This am before Jer took off to work... I ran downtown to the "fall open houses"... at some shops here in town, I went to the new purse store today... its pretty CUTE!!! and yes Jer... I bought a purse :) and she also sells wine and chocolates... so I grabbed a birthday gift for my brother inlaw, Greg... works for me! I only went to the purse store, Cranberry Hollow and the flower shoppe.... didn't care to go to the other ones since they all seemed to "back stab" me while I was in business... so screw them! I will get to Cute As A Button sometime this weekend thou... I didn't buy a lot... since I want to get in the house and figure what I need... but I can't wait to start putting things together... here are some things I painted at house already... need to finish up our room, Issac's room, and Jer's brother Brad is going to help do the painting in Blade's room... I 'm so excited about it all!
Late afternoon... I had a "me day" its been a LONG time since I went to DBQ alone and did some shopping. I got some things done for the house, got Issac's curtains and shades all bought :) YEH!!! went to the mall... was on the look for a "Superman" shirt for Blade... since he seems to like him... he's been going potty really really well all week! and periodically he will say " I went potty, I'm superman"... its so flippin' funny too when he says it! and not to mention he will only wear underwear that have either cars or superman on them... but whatever it takes to get him to go... makes me HAPPY!!! he's been doing well!!!
So I hit Vanity... got a few new things for me for this fall... love the new styles that are out! its bad thou... I'm too trendy at times!!! and very picky... is that bad or good? I'm thinking ... BAD! but anyhow life is too short!!! I met up with Jer and boys for supper while Mitchel was at practice... and then I finished up what I had to do and picked up Mitchel... and got the other boys from Jer and was off to home... didn't get anything really accomplished tonight but thats for another day, right?

Anyhow lots to get done this weekend... as well as attending a wedding and a birthday party for my dad... tomorrow I will be at Cranberry Hollow for the day, looking forward to a change in the week for once :) really makes me feel good about closing the shop when I can appreciate the current owner and her things, she really made the school house look ROCK'N!! Just so happy for her and glad its all worked out! Gives me a lot of peace with my decision about closing, and now I just have to strive for a new dream... and that is our house :) then what?... who knows? time will determine that one I guess...

So as I close... happy thoughts to you all, Have a good weekend!!

Hello out there everyone :) I'm back ... sorry its been awhile!

Well today was Mr. Blade's 1st day of Preschool... he was SO SO happy to go to the "big boy school", a little hestitant when we pulled in the parking lot but then he was ok once we got out and started walking in... he was proud to carry his bookbag and his little toys he also seemed to carry in as well... sense of comfort I guess :) No tears shed, he helped me unpack his bookbag breifly and off he was to play with the toys... happy and sad for me... happy that he is happy but sad because he's my baby... and starting school just means "the time goes faster" with them... so I went to run a few errands to change thoughts for a bit... and didn't really want to go home to a quiet apt... but once I got home I did cry :( when I doing laundry and washed Blade's "blankie"... where does the time go? So how did Blade's day go... it went well... he was VERY happy when Issac and I picked him up carrying his bookbag... its bigger than him I swear... but its SO cute! Anyhow I was asking him about his day and Issac was complaining about "how much homework he had tonight"... and Blade perks up and says " I have homework too mommy" so, once we were inside the apt. he was immediately opening his bookbag and getting papers out and had a pen already to write on the "notes" that were inside his bag... it was priceless!!!
Backing up a few days now... on Friday... I did some catch up work, and went and looked at a few things for the house, Tammy from Cranberry Hollow called... my dishes were in so I went to get them :) so excited... pink and green dishes for the kitchen :) Friday night Jer and I went out for the evening... went to Houlihans of course... too bad our waitress SUCKED... kept screwing up our famous nacho order... and she just got really pissy with Jer... but Jer patched things up with her by leaving her a $12 tip... crazy I know but just ask for the details in person :)
Mitchel played a good game of soccer on Saturday... I didn't get to see it, stayed behind with the two other boys so they could sleep in since it was a "bright and early birder"... he played GOALIE, and they won 2-1... so he was very happy about the win :) the first win for the DYERSVILLE season. Saturday afternoon and part of Sunday and Monday, Jer and I worked up at the house, he worked on sanding and sealing the bedroom floors... 3 out of 4 rooms are complete :) I wanted to do some "personalizing paint work" at the house so I got some things done... the biggest job was painting a soccer ball onto Mitchel's wall... turned out pretty good... I'm happy with it... thanks to a projector helping me out :) it wasn't too bad. Later on in the day on Saturday the boys went to the farm for awhile... kinda a yucky day... so not much motorbiking for Issac but he still enjoyed the farm. Saturday night Jer and I met up with Jason and Billy and were off to see "BEERFEST", was hoping a few others would join us but it was nice just to get away for a bit. We had supper at Red Robin and made a run to Starbucks before the show, the movie was flippin' hilarious!!! It was great!!!
What crazy weather over the weekend thou... rain off and on... ICK! I just want to enjoy the cool fall days coming... my favorite time of year! Go figure it always seems to rain on Labor Day weekend... Monday Jer and I did a few things at the house and then we went to do some returns to Menards, and ran to Lowes to get some tool boxes for Issac's room (going to use those as his dressers) hope it all comes together the way I vision it :) and did the Target and HyVee run... the Highlander was FULL... WOW!!!
Plans for the week ahead... keep working on the "potty training" with Blade... so far its going well... amazingly well since he like didn't care 2 weeks ago to go at all... think he knows now if he doesn't go he can't go to school... so hope that is the trick. (Also he is becoming Mr. Independent too... today he totally wanted to dress himself... and open the peanut butter by himself... gosh he is such FUN!!!!) Hope to start moving bedrooms by the end of the week... if closets are done soon. Definatly going to start setting Issac's room up since we have his bed, dressers and majority of the things for his room.
Mitchel has LOTS of soccer this week... but is fun! running keeps me young, right? Blade's 2nd day of PreSchool is on Thursday... and I will be hanging out at Cranberry Hollow on Friday... if you are in town stop in and see me :) Weekend we have Jer's cousin's wedding... just busy busy... but its the Miller way :)
Hope this finds you all well!!!

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 :)