My little ones are growing so fast. I am constantly adding clothes to the 'too small' box, especially for my son. M is going to the potty on her own now! I'm so proud. Yesturday is when it started. She ran up to me announcing 'I went pee, mommy, I went pee all by myself! I wiped bum, mommy, all by myself!" I'm so proud! We're still having a tough time with going #2 on the potty, however. That generally happens in the diaper after going to bed. Or she'll sit on the potty for awhile and not go, say she's done, then do it all again 5 minutes later, then go in her pants. Sigh. We'll get there yet... she knows when she HAS to go!
Bram is growing in so many ways. He knows to do what I say. If I tell him to put something back, he does (most of the time... other times he'll grin at me and run). He loves playing outside. He saw the cows today... 'moo' he said. And dogs he barks and howls at. His vocabulary has been growing, too. "All done", "Uh oh", "Aw man", "Water", "ssss" (please... doesn't happen as often as I'd like, however), "Mom", "Dad", "bye"(accompanied by waving up and down), "hi", "Whassat" (what's that), "Up" (VERY clearly), "no", nodding for yes, making sound effects for vehicles, 'car' (I think this is a personal favorite of his), 'GO', and 'light'. I also think he's saying 'outside' but it's hard to tell. I'm sure there are others, I just can't think of them. Whenever vehicles drive by he wants to go for a ride. He LOVES tractors and trucks. So cute. When walking down the aisle at the toy store, he saw a barbie car and proceeded to cry when I wouldn't stop to let him touch it. Then when I figured it out, he just wanted to play with the steering wheel. Silly boy! He also loves all of my husband's transformers... because they are cars! Haha. And toy tractors. We have some in a glass display case. As you can imagine, it is filled with fingerprints 3feet and down. I clean it daily right now. At least until they figure out not to touch it all the time (it's still somewhat new, so we must play with it, haha).
Bram is figuring out all sorts of things right now. I found a Unicron transformer at a garage sale, and Bram found the buttons to make it light up and such. My husband took a while to figure out where they were (frankly, I still don't know, haha, but I don't care to search for them, either). He found the little button on a talking purse... just like M did... so he makes it talk without actually opening or closing it. He also likes using a fork. He holds it with one hand, and shovels food into his mouth with the other! :P At least I don't have to feed him myself any more.
Man, I can't really think much right now. I've spent all day cleaning, cooking, and doing a cubbies lesson with my daughter. She loves cubbies! Talks about her vest all the time, and always wants me to read her cubbies book. I'm so glad she enjoys it! She is learning her verses really well, too! Although right now she things Jackie made the flowers, and Daddy made the pumpkins (giggle). This week was talking about creation. "Genesis 1:1 God created the heavens and the earth". She still wants to say "God love us, sent his son" instead, (smile). It's so sweet. I love watching her learn Bible verses. I'm also trying to do the review section each week with the activity there. She loves those.
Well, my husband is getting the kids bathed and ready for bed right now. It's nice to have a little quiet time. That said, tomorrow will be a busy day. It is wednesday after all. And I'm doing spring cleaning in fall. And Cubbies is tomorrow. Ah yes... M will be thrilled. :)
Until next time!
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
I'm still Around
It has been a long time since I posted. So much for trying to keep it up. Oops. Ah well.
This week I've been focussing on fall cleaning. Ok, really it's spring cleaning... in fall, haha. Last week I managed to 'wash' my living room, dining room, hall, stairway, and entrance. Including interior windows, vacuuming (I will be renting a rug doctor to acutally 'clean' my rugs vs just vacuuming), walls (scrubbed those good), organizing any closets/drawers/counters, dusting EVERYTHING, and purging. I feel good! I even cleaned the furniture (I love microfiber cloths). My entrance took less time than I expected too, since I can take my boot matts to the barn and 'pressure' wash them! No scrubbing required! And they look oh so clean now! Eeee!
That was last week.
This week I'm trying to do the 'rest' of the house. Not including rugs. That's next week. Although, I have to say, I am missing a few little things here and there that I may also need to do next week. Like taking apart my faucets and cleaning the rust out of them (did my bathrooms today... those faucets are bad. Cleaned the exterior really well, though). Or waxing the shower walls. I may do that this week anyway... if I have any polish wax stuff I can use. They get so full of rust so quickly. Yesturday I did the bedrooms. Blah. Worst. Rooms. Ever. So much furniture to move, so much to vacuum, so much laundry to do. I also washed ALL the windows and curtains. Yay me! That said, I had to re-clean all the windows/glass at child levels again today. And will have to again tomorrow. Sigh. I also cleaned our old desk (couldn't find a new one at prices we wanted) and we moved our office back into the office! Yay! It looks nice, even though I don't have all the shelving I want yet. I have plans, I tell you... PLANS! They will cost money though. Mmmm... shopping!
I'm really proud of the closet organizing I've been doing. My bedroom closets are so clean! And at least they will stay that way for awhile (unlike most of the other cleaning I've been doing).
Today's bathroom cleaning went well as well. I even scrubbed the floors on hands and knees (not saying much, since there isn't much floor to scrub, haha).
I am dealing with something frustrating regarding fall cleaning. Why is it that we can go years without exploding diapers in our crib, until the day after I've done all the cleaning I have... I had to change all his bedding this morning (after having spent so much time doing laundry and stuff yesturday). Sigh. At least I didn't have to rewash EVERYTHING in the room. There were other things too. Just after cleaning, we end up with drool on this, and diaper residue (yuck) on that, and stinky rooms (which had moments before smelled fresh and lovely) because of ... well... stink. Sigh.
Sometimes I wonder why I bother. And then I look at my really filthy rag and know that in the end, it really is worth it. Goodbye dust! Please stay away for a while longer!
This week I've been focussing on fall cleaning. Ok, really it's spring cleaning... in fall, haha. Last week I managed to 'wash' my living room, dining room, hall, stairway, and entrance. Including interior windows, vacuuming (I will be renting a rug doctor to acutally 'clean' my rugs vs just vacuuming), walls (scrubbed those good), organizing any closets/drawers/counters, dusting EVERYTHING, and purging. I feel good! I even cleaned the furniture (I love microfiber cloths). My entrance took less time than I expected too, since I can take my boot matts to the barn and 'pressure' wash them! No scrubbing required! And they look oh so clean now! Eeee!
That was last week.
This week I'm trying to do the 'rest' of the house. Not including rugs. That's next week. Although, I have to say, I am missing a few little things here and there that I may also need to do next week. Like taking apart my faucets and cleaning the rust out of them (did my bathrooms today... those faucets are bad. Cleaned the exterior really well, though). Or waxing the shower walls. I may do that this week anyway... if I have any polish wax stuff I can use. They get so full of rust so quickly. Yesturday I did the bedrooms. Blah. Worst. Rooms. Ever. So much furniture to move, so much to vacuum, so much laundry to do. I also washed ALL the windows and curtains. Yay me! That said, I had to re-clean all the windows/glass at child levels again today. And will have to again tomorrow. Sigh. I also cleaned our old desk (couldn't find a new one at prices we wanted) and we moved our office back into the office! Yay! It looks nice, even though I don't have all the shelving I want yet. I have plans, I tell you... PLANS! They will cost money though. Mmmm... shopping!
I'm really proud of the closet organizing I've been doing. My bedroom closets are so clean! And at least they will stay that way for awhile (unlike most of the other cleaning I've been doing).
Today's bathroom cleaning went well as well. I even scrubbed the floors on hands and knees (not saying much, since there isn't much floor to scrub, haha).
I am dealing with something frustrating regarding fall cleaning. Why is it that we can go years without exploding diapers in our crib, until the day after I've done all the cleaning I have... I had to change all his bedding this morning (after having spent so much time doing laundry and stuff yesturday). Sigh. At least I didn't have to rewash EVERYTHING in the room. There were other things too. Just after cleaning, we end up with drool on this, and diaper residue (yuck) on that, and stinky rooms (which had moments before smelled fresh and lovely) because of ... well... stink. Sigh.
Sometimes I wonder why I bother. And then I look at my really filthy rag and know that in the end, it really is worth it. Goodbye dust! Please stay away for a while longer!
Monday, September 5, 2011
101 in 1001 update
It's been a long time. Man... why have I not been blogging lately... last time was early August. Ah well. Here's my 101 list... I haven't been keeping up with this lately, either.
15. Go to 5 local fairs
Went to two in the last month or so. It's been fun! I took a lot of pictures, but I don't know that I'll ever post any. I just... don't do any posting lately.
24. Go for a bike ride with both kiddos
We've done this a few times this last month. Last time we went was just me with the kids, but we did go together shortly after buying a trailer... which brings me to...
38. Save up to buy a bike trailer/two person stroller
We did this! Now we can have both kids with us while we bike. Both can be in the trailer (which is what we did a week ago... I went with both kids while my husband was golfing for a fund raiser).
So, that's what I've done in my 101. There are others I'm working on which I didn't even know where I'm at. Ah well.
15. Go to 5 local fairs
Went to two in the last month or so. It's been fun! I took a lot of pictures, but I don't know that I'll ever post any. I just... don't do any posting lately.
24. Go for a bike ride with both kiddos
We've done this a few times this last month. Last time we went was just me with the kids, but we did go together shortly after buying a trailer... which brings me to...
38. Save up to buy a bike trailer/two person stroller
We did this! Now we can have both kids with us while we bike. Both can be in the trailer (which is what we did a week ago... I went with both kids while my husband was golfing for a fund raiser).
So, that's what I've done in my 101. There are others I'm working on which I didn't even know where I'm at. Ah well.
Friday, August 5, 2011
SCAM ALERT
Anybody heard of CD Data Direct? Yeah, well they just scammed us. No kidding. Here's the story.
We got a phone call. My husband talked to a guy, saying he didn't need any yellow pages thing for our farm... we are a farm, after all. Well, the guy somehow scammed him into it. Made my husband believe we were already in there, owing hundreds of dollars, and that we just had to get this cd and only owe 100. My husband believed him (since we had just had dealings with some idiot who was sending us bills for hundreds of dollars for some online business listing we had never signed up for... we thought we had finally gotten that taken care of). We got the cd, and when I finally got the bill, I called the lady immediately.
We were told that if we sent it back, our bill would be cancelled. The lady was very nice. I sent it in the next day. Well, lo and behold, a week later, we got these phone calls from this loser guy again. One of the two guys my husband talked to the first time. The one who claimed he was the only guy my husband talked to (the phone records that the woman had when I talked to her showed that my husband had indeed spoken with two seperate people, and that is why the lady said there was probably a miscommunication). We owed them...
There was a refund only if the disc was sent within 30 days of recieving it. My husband signed for it on the 28th of June. It sat, unopened, for weeks, until I saw it and dealt with it. I shipped it out the 27th of July. WITHIN the 30 day deadline... but just barely.
They wouldn't accept that.
So now, we paid some loser company money for absolutely NOTHING. What &!(@&)#$&!
Sorry... I don't normally have a foul mouth.
Edit: I just went online and found a whole bunch of info on data direct... it's technically free. This CD data direct IS a scam. We reported the credit card lost or stolen. So, they won't get their money. Ha. Technically... it isn't theirs to begin with.
Here's some info.
Small business blog
Business Derictory Scam Target Publications
Don't fall prey to these scammers! Please! For your own sanity, if you get a phone call from anyone claiming you owe money for data distribution/ yellow pages directory, or anything of the sorts, HANG UP! Don't answer them, give them your name, or anything!
We got a phone call. My husband talked to a guy, saying he didn't need any yellow pages thing for our farm... we are a farm, after all. Well, the guy somehow scammed him into it. Made my husband believe we were already in there, owing hundreds of dollars, and that we just had to get this cd and only owe 100. My husband believed him (since we had just had dealings with some idiot who was sending us bills for hundreds of dollars for some online business listing we had never signed up for... we thought we had finally gotten that taken care of). We got the cd, and when I finally got the bill, I called the lady immediately.
We were told that if we sent it back, our bill would be cancelled. The lady was very nice. I sent it in the next day. Well, lo and behold, a week later, we got these phone calls from this loser guy again. One of the two guys my husband talked to the first time. The one who claimed he was the only guy my husband talked to (the phone records that the woman had when I talked to her showed that my husband had indeed spoken with two seperate people, and that is why the lady said there was probably a miscommunication). We owed them...
There was a refund only if the disc was sent within 30 days of recieving it. My husband signed for it on the 28th of June. It sat, unopened, for weeks, until I saw it and dealt with it. I shipped it out the 27th of July. WITHIN the 30 day deadline... but just barely.
They wouldn't accept that.
So now, we paid some loser company money for absolutely NOTHING. What &!(@&)#$&!
Sorry... I don't normally have a foul mouth.
Edit: I just went online and found a whole bunch of info on data direct... it's technically free. This CD data direct IS a scam. We reported the credit card lost or stolen. So, they won't get their money. Ha. Technically... it isn't theirs to begin with.
Here's some info.
Small business blog
Business Derictory Scam Target Publications
Don't fall prey to these scammers! Please! For your own sanity, if you get a phone call from anyone claiming you owe money for data distribution/ yellow pages directory, or anything of the sorts, HANG UP! Don't answer them, give them your name, or anything!
Saturday, July 23, 2011
101 Update
Time for another update (yeah... a little late, ah well).
9. Visit something at convention center
We went to Ai-Kon this last weekend! It was great! Plan on going again next year!
26. spend a weekend with spouse away from the kids
Did that for the Ai-Kon weekend, haha. I missed the kids... is that weird?
51. Don’t use any bought salad dressings for 3months… make own Started this April 1 (shortly after running out of what we had), and haven't bought salad dressings since. I don't think I will, either. Homemade ones taste better. Plus, there's always Epicure... :)
55. Participate in a Cosplay
Did that this last weekend as well. Wow... what a weekend! I have pics of it here, on my gaming blog. I think that's where I will post any cosplay pics I've done. Yes, it is Zelda... I redid a bunch of stuff (all the stuff I never classified as finished anyway), and I'm thrilled with it!
Now for some changes and some stuff I'm working on.
76. Take a pottery class
I think I might change this to learning metallurgy... I'm not that interested in pottery anymore (when I wrote this on my list... it was actually near the beginning of my last 101 list).
80. Purge old toys that aren’t played with (remove at least 25lbs of toys from house)
I've started on this. There are too many toys in this house, and I'm sick of cleaning them up. Sigh. We'll see, though, as I feel this will take many purges to reach 25lbs. Oh, wait. My son is practically 25 lbs... maybe not as many purges as I thought...
82. Create an organizational system in my wardrobe unit for crafts/scrapbooking
I can't wait! My office is now primed and ready to paint, and when that is done, the flooring is in (we need to get underlay, but we already purchased the laminate... 4-5 months ago), and the trim is up... I can furnish and decorate! Woo HOO! I am SO ready to have my office/craft room back!
9. Visit something at convention center
We went to Ai-Kon this last weekend! It was great! Plan on going again next year!
26. spend a weekend with spouse away from the kids
Did that for the Ai-Kon weekend, haha. I missed the kids... is that weird?
51. Don’t use any bought salad dressings for 3months… make own Started this April 1 (shortly after running out of what we had), and haven't bought salad dressings since. I don't think I will, either. Homemade ones taste better. Plus, there's always Epicure... :)
55. Participate in a Cosplay
Did that this last weekend as well. Wow... what a weekend! I have pics of it here, on my gaming blog. I think that's where I will post any cosplay pics I've done. Yes, it is Zelda... I redid a bunch of stuff (all the stuff I never classified as finished anyway), and I'm thrilled with it!
Now for some changes and some stuff I'm working on.
76. Take a pottery class
I think I might change this to learning metallurgy... I'm not that interested in pottery anymore (when I wrote this on my list... it was actually near the beginning of my last 101 list).
80. Purge old toys that aren’t played with (remove at least 25lbs of toys from house)
I've started on this. There are too many toys in this house, and I'm sick of cleaning them up. Sigh. We'll see, though, as I feel this will take many purges to reach 25lbs. Oh, wait. My son is practically 25 lbs... maybe not as many purges as I thought...
82. Create an organizational system in my wardrobe unit for crafts/scrapbooking
I can't wait! My office is now primed and ready to paint, and when that is done, the flooring is in (we need to get underlay, but we already purchased the laminate... 4-5 months ago), and the trim is up... I can furnish and decorate! Woo HOO! I am SO ready to have my office/craft room back!
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