It is 10:02 on New Years Eve and Don and Will are both in bed. I am sitting on the floor of the den with a heater by my feet, watching "Left Behind World at War" on tv. Guess I will be bringing in the new year by myself.
Hope everyone has a wonderful beginning to 2009!
Posted by Susan at 10:01 PM 2 comments
It is Tuesday and I am at home with Will. He will be home with me for the rest of the week. I hope to work on potty training him this week. Not sure how it will go since he is more interested in playing and watching tv. I need to put him in big boy undies to see how that goes.
I had an awesome trip to Walgreens last night. Check it out in my new "Year of Savings" blog.
Ok for my day today:
I know there are more things I need to work on, but I figure it may take me a while to do that list.
Posted by Susan at 9:27 AM 0 comments
Why is it that once Christmas is over, the house looks worse than it ever has? I have taken down three of our four trees and have almost everything packed away. But now my house looks worse than it did before Christmas. I have the day to myself and have managed to get one tree taken down and put away, but have way too much other things to get done in the house. I have clean laundry to put away and the Christmas dishes to put away. I have about three hours before I have to leave to get Will so I had better get off my computer and clean this house. Maybe I can post some progress tonight.
update: all trees are packed away and the boxes are put away. I have started vaccuuming the den and now have the living room floor completely clean and ready to vaccuum it also. It's 2:30 and I have to leave at 4 to get Will.... plan to tackle the kitchen before leaving to get him.
Posted by Susan at 12:54 PM 2 comments
My parents got Will a play cell phone for Christmas. It is one from Target that we can record a message for him. It also has a child voice asking if you want to come out to play. We told him that it is Cooper a little girl from daycare. Everytime he hears the voice, he will put the phone to his ear and say "Cooper I am at home not at daycare."
We also got him a V Smile system. When you turn it on, a graphic comes on the tv screen and it says V Smile. Will always says "cheese" when he hears it.... it is so cute.
He is also my bottomless pit when it comes to eating. I can feed him a huge meal and ten minutes later he will come up to us saying "Momma I'm hungry"
Posted by Susan at 11:43 AM 2 comments
Kaitlyn left today for her dad's. As soon as we got to the airport, she said she didn't want to go. I hated putting her on the plane and watching her leave. This time Don and Will were able to go to the gate with us and watch her leave. It was fun to watch Will as he saw the planes take off and come into the gate.
Kaitlyn has called to tell us that she is there. She sat next to anothe unaccompanied minor and said they had fun on the plane.
She will be home in just over a week... I can't wait! I miss her so much when she is gone to her dad's. But I know she will have fun. She is probably opening her presents at her dad's right now.
Posted by Susan at 7:56 PM 0 comments
I am making my resolution right now. I will save money this year and cut my grocery budget to $200 a month. I think I can do this especially with Will potty training and won't be in pull ups much longer.
My other resolution is to cook more meals at home. We eat out way too much and at my parents house way too much. I want to be able to sit down with my family at my kitchen table to have supper. So I will be shopping for more food while cutting my budget.
My last resolution is to declutter my house. I want to be able to find what I am looking for whenever I need it not four months later. This is one reason we are spending too much at the store because we can never find what we need. We end up with two of something because we have misplaced things.
So keep up with me and see how I do. I have started a new blog just for my savings... check it out at savingsomemoney.blogspot.com
Posted by Susan at 8:46 PM 0 comments
I love this holiday... but it is also bittersweet. My loving Grandmommy has been dead now for 9 years. I let the anniversary get by me this year without going to see her.. which I so wanted to do. I know it would just be her headstone and not her but I always feel closer to her there. She never got to meet my children but I can see what she would be doing if she came to my house right now. She would be standing there with one hand on her side and the other pointing at me and my messy house.
I am pryaing that we are all well for Christmas. Don is in bed now with a stomach virus that mom had yesterday. It only lasts one day, but I pray that the rest of us don't come down with it now.
The kids are all excited about it being Christmas. Will has been begging to open his gifts, so we let the kids each open one gift today. They opened movies which Kaitlyn has already watched hers. I look forward to watching them tomorrow open their gifts and then on Christmas Day to see what Santa brought them.
Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope everyone has a blessed holiday and get everything you were wishing for.
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