"It's now the Mash..it's now the Monster Mash!"

The "Transylvania Twist" quote is from "Monster Mash"...I love that song! "When you get to my door, tell them Boris sent you...and you can Mash!"
I'm in my full angel costume as of now. I look kind of silly, but its fun to dress up. Its the one day you can be weird and people don't really think a lot of it. And the one day I can wear slippers at work!! :) Although the pantyhose and slip and undershirt are bunching up and annoying me! I'm so excited to see the kids all dressed up!!! I love Halloween. Its an extremely beautiful day today too. Maybe it won't rain after all.
Its hard to sit in a chair with these goofy wings.

Another blog, just for you Amber!

Amber, if you'll notice the blog below this, you'll notice that I DID blog today! Haha you're confused aren't you? That's ok, I am too. We both thought that Saturday was Sunday. And I am very distressed to see it is so dark outside right now at 20 after 5:00. Anyway...I'm glad tomorrow is Halloween. I want to upload a picture of a pumpkin or something but I don't know how. Does anyone know how? Hmm..well, adios, amigos.

"Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?"

So it was a wild n' crazy weekend. I did see Cole and I love him so much! He was just so perfect and wonderful! Those beautiful blue eyes...I asked Emily if she had ever imagined he would be so beautiful and she said no, and that she also didn't know that she could love someone that much...and that she didn't know how she could love another child as much as she loves him. I told her it was possible!! But she's doing really great with him, I told her she was a natural. I didn't want to leave him when it was time to go... :( I took a million pictures of him. :) And I'll get to see him in a month, hopefully, at Thanksgiving. But he'll have changed so much by then! He's just a little angel.
Tomorrow is Halloween. :) Hip hip hooray! All of our costumes are complete, finally. I'm excited for Halloween evening. Becca, my niece, told me that she went to a haunted house on Sat. night and she was in a pitch black room at one point. She reached behind her and grabbed someone that she thought was her friend and told them to "Come on". When they didn't come, she turned around and at that point, a red light blinked on and her face was just inches away from the face of Michael Meyers!! She said she screamed and tore out of that room. I think I would've fainted!!! Ooh, I just can't do haunted houses anymore. I'm too jumpy and I think I'd have a heart attack or something if someone tried to touch me. lol I've gone soft in my old age.

"And it's just a box of rain..."

Those are lyrics from one of my favorite songs, "Box of Rain" by Grateful Dead...its in my head.
Friday is here, hooray! It's looking like a pretty good weekend. After the rain lets up, the rest of it should be sunny and happy lol. I somehow managed to leave the house this morning without getting completely drenched. Jessie and I are taking a road trip tonight! ha well a mini-road trip. Its fun when its just us two, we can turn up the music and we don't have to worry about making so many bathroom stops for the kids. They're excited about going to see their cousins and going on the hayride. This morning Lily insisted on wearing her "big" coat and she fastened the neck part around her mouth...it was so funny. She kept trying to talk to me in the car and all I could hear was, "mph mphh mphhh mph." Both kids were on a repetitive kick this morning. While I was taking a shower, Seth came in to use the bathroom and kept singing "Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg"..you remember that one. But over and over! And in the car on the way to daycare, Lily kept singing "London Bridge" (muffledly).
Well, its a wet morning but at least its a Friday morning. I'm trying to keep a positive outlook on this day. Oh, I do have something to share. Last night, I was somewhat upset on my way home from work, so I tried to call my mom, who is staying at my aunt and uncle's house to help with the new baby, to vent. I ended up talking to my uncle, who, only yesterday, got out of the hospital after having his kidney taken out (b/c of cancerous mass). His feet are so swollen its painful to him to walk...but when he answered the phone he was as cheery as could be. He answered "Hey, well what are you doing?" and he talked a little about how he was doing but he was in such a positive state of mind, all of my problems seemed silly and insignificant. Here I am, perfectly healthy, driving home from work, feeling sorry for myself, and he's in bed, recovering from major surgery and in a lot of pain, cracking jokes and asking how the kids are. I felt ashamed. But I was so glad that I talked to him, b/c it did put some things into perspective. I need to try to focus on the positive instead of the negative so much, and I need to constantly remind myself of it. Also, he put me in such a better mood, he was just so friendly and I was so glad to hear he was home and doing better. Sometimes things aren't as bad as we think. Although depression is such an internal thing, sometimes its hard to see or feel past the feelings that seem to be consuming you. But sometimes a light breaks through, and momentarily, you can see things for how they really are, and its very refreshing and gives you hope. Did that make sense?

My Wednesday...not too interesting!

Yesterday was a tiring day. Lily and I went shopping but she was not a very good shopping partner. I think she got bored, so she started hiding in the racks and she wouldn't come when I asked her to, and then she started complaining...I was very ready to get home. But we did come out with a few new clothes for her, and she looks very cute in them. We got this one pair of glittery jeans that spread glitter wherever she goes, like Tinkerbell with her fairy dust. I don't know what it was about yesterday but I was SO worn out, all I could do when we got home was collapse on the couch. Then about 9:00 I got my second (really my first) wind and started washing clothes. I'm glad tomorrow is Friday, we're going up to see the new sweet baby and I think the kids are going to go to Jessie's family for a hayride. We figured they'd have more fun doing that anyway, and they voiced very clearly that that was what they wanted to do, and quite frankly, I could use a break. I don't like admitting it, but sometimes, when things get stressful, I just need a little break. They probably want a break from their crazy mama too.
Today...I don't think anything particularly interesting is happening. My nieces are spending the night with us though, and they always make things more lively ( as if they weren't already lively enough.) I realize, when they all come home from school, what it would be like to have four kids. Yesterday, I was on the phone, and they came in and all started talking to me at once. Here, an example of some of the chatter: "Someone fell and broke his arm on the playground"..."He pushed me down in the gym and I hurt my knee"..."Mama, I'm thirsty"..."Where is my glove?"...plus there was Amber on the phone...poor Amber, everytime she calls, I'm in a whirlwind of some sort. I'm sorry Amber! My mind just wasn't sharp enough to process everything lol. I guess I'm in slow mode this week. You know what I think is dumb? All of those magazine articles that tell you to "avoid stress". Now just how is that humanly possible? Do they manage to avoid stress? I seriously doubt it. There's my rant for the day. I'll try to be more peppy in my next post. :)

When you think there's no light at the end of the tunnel, change the bulb

That phrase (or some variation of it) was on an old t-shirt of mine. I think I misquoted it, though :P I'm happy to say that I'm in a MUCH better mood today. Yesterday was one of those days that you'd just like to forget. I feel so much better this morning, I don't know if it was the vanilla frappucino I had on the way to work or what, but I feel better. Maybe I feel good because its PAYDAY!!!!! Yay! That always lifts your spirits, doesn't it? Unfortunately, my check is pretty much spent already this month, cause its going to go to a million different things. But still..Halloween is coming in one week, and I can buy the rest of the kids costumes (and mine) so I'm excited. I still haven't seen anymore pictures of Cole, but Amber promised I'd have some today or tomorrow. I suppose we'll head up there Friday night or Saturday so I can see the little sweetie-pie!! Oh, (to change the subject again) a Peebles store has come into our town and sent us all of these lovely little coupons. Is that an expensive store or...I'm guessing it probably is. But I'm going to check it out tomorrow anyway. My babies need winter clothes, especially Lily, the fastest growing child in the universe. Peebles, I always want to call it Pebbles, for some reason! Well, I'm off to take my medicines and here's hoping that everyone has a wonderful day today (including me :)

Mondays are not fundays

I feel kind of blah right now. I'm ready to go home. Actually, I just wish it were the weekend already. I know, I know, the weekend just ended yesterday, but I've come to live for weekends, which I've heard is not a good sign. But what does a person do? I don't know if I place obstacles in my own way or if I just have bad luck. Probably a little bit of both. I just feel stuck at where I'm at, I feel unhappy in a situation I don't know how to get out of. I know this is all vague, but I'm not comfortable putting specifics, lest some eyes read this that shouldn't. Vague again. Sorry! Oh and I have pinkeye. Yuck. It does, at least, look better than it did yesterday. I was a scary sight yesterday! haha I'm having a decent hairday, on an up note. It only frizzed in a couple of places today. Geez, this is the worst blog I've ever written!
The bottom line is that I'm feeling depressed today, and I need to just pray about it because I've prayed about a lot of things lately and alot of those prayers have been answered in the way I'd hoped. I just wish I KNEW where my life needed to go from here. I'm a wife and a mother and I love being both of those things. Is there anything else I need to be doing with my life, b/c honestly when I'm not with my family I feel like I'm wasting it away. It just goes by SO fast and here I sit, day after day, away from my kids, away from everything important to me. Now I'm being specific lol. Sorry to drudge on about this. I'm just in a confused state and I don't like it. :P
On a plus note, Cole is doing fine and I can't wait to meet him. I love him already, just from seeing that little picture of him with his arms and legs curled up, his face is mad, and he's only wearing a diaper. I love that, its the picture of innocence isn't it? You can't get anymore innocent than a newborn baby. All they want is love and attention (and food). I really want another baby at some point, I really don't think I'm done with the childbearing years. Its scary! Could I handle three children? I'm not sure. I WOULD handle 3 children if I was blessed with them. Ahhh, I'm going to end this now, because the rambling just will not cease if I don't.

Baby Cole

Emily had her baby this morning, Israel Cole (who'll go by Cole). He was 8 lbs, 5 oz and 21 1/2 inches long. I saw a tiny picture of him taken through the glass..I tried to upload it here but blogger wouldn't let me. But..he's so cute! He has a head full of hair, I can't wait until I see him in person. Or for now I'd settle for more pictures. Emily went into labor last night, poor thing, had to drive about 1 1/2 to the hospital...but she made it through! She only gained about 22 pounds during her pregancy and EIGHT of them were baby!! So she'll be her usual svelte self again soon, I suppose. Lucky girl. But yay for Cole!! He made it! I just want to go out and buy him a hundred gifts. Hmm, I get paid tomorrow. :)

it turned out to be a bad Friday :(

I'm having a not-wonderful day. This morning I blew a gasket at work (in my head, not my car). You know that feeling you get after you've cried a long time and your skin feels stretched and you just feel kind of numb? I'm feeling that way now. Sometimes enough is enough, you know? I'm sick of being in junior high school for a second time, if you know what I mean. I'm sick of the ridiculousness of what's been going on and sometimes, if you get too sick of things, you can't hold back your feelings about it any longer. Anyway, we'll see what happens with the situation. Now I'm REALLY glad its Friday.
Anyway, I don't want to end my Friday blog on a bad note. Let's see...

There once was a girl from Verona
Who viciously hated bologna
"No meat I have seen
Could match that pink glean"
She thought as she sang "My Sharona"

Sheesh. I dedicate that one to you Amber!! Lol

good friday to everyone

Once again, I'm glad it's Friday. This weekend we could have a baby!! Emily was due yesterday, so little Cole could emerge (ha) at anytime now. :) My nieces spent the night with me last night, we had a good time. Becca got "The Omen" for her birthday and I watched part of it with them..man, its freaky. Normally I do NOT watch scary movies, but this one was getting pretty interesting. But blech, freaky. Maybe one day I'll watch the rest of it. Maybe.
I started a poetry page of some of my poetry (obviously) so if you laugh at it, please do it in private and only say good things about it to me. Lol just kidding. But not about laughing in private. :D Just click on "view my complete profile" and then scroll down and click on "poetry" to view the lovely samples of verse.
Maybe once the day has progressed I'll have something more interesting to say. Adieu!

Myspace..a place for friends or fiends?

I tried to write a clever title...oh well. I have a myspace page, and it's just a normal thing, I think I pretty much express who I am on it and all, you know, likes and dislikes, its just fun and it gives you a chance to talk to old friends and interesting people you normally wouldn't have a chance to talk to. The good side of myspace. Then there's the disturbing side. Obviously, we know that there are predators on there and that just makes me want to puke, but that's not even what I'm talking about. What I'm talking about are the teenagers who have pages, where every other word is **** (the 4-letter word) - EVERY OTHER WORD!!!! And they call each other horrible names and its just gross. I know some of these teenagers, they're friends of my neices or they come to where I work often, or I know their parents...and I know their parents would just die if they saw how their teenagers talked and displayed themselves. Its amazing what a whole other world myspace is...it gives kids the freedom to be as nasty and vulgar as they want and their parents will NEVER know it. Still being somewhat of a kid myself and having kids, I'm glad I know about this world. I know kids do a lot of this junk for the shock factor or because they think its cool and their friends think its cool and it makes them feel grown-up and blah, blah, blah. Its just startling to see these normal, nice people in person who smile and act so decent and then you see their myspace page and they have a title like, "Clownkiller from Hell" or something equally stupid. You know? Ha, I know I did stupid stuff when I was a teenager, some VERY stupid stuff, so I should be able to relate to these weirdo kids, but it just makes me mad and makes me feel sorry for them and their parents. And it makes me feel sorry for me, who will have teenagers in a few years. I'm frightened, Auntie Em, I'm frightened!

Here I am again..typing away, pretending that I have something interesting to say! Oh well, I don't guess blogs particularly have to be interesting...although its better if they are. Moving on...
The dreary, chilly morning has turned into a beautiful, sunny afternoon. :) Last night the wind just about blew us away. Most of my wind chimes blew down and a windsock that my sister gave me blew away, never to be seen again. :( I was an hour late to work this morning b/c a tree and some power lines blew down and I was stuck in traffic. Luckily I had some cheese nips and water in the car so I didn't starve to death during what could've been a traumatic block-in. (haha) I dont think I was at risk of withering away.
Well, it's happened. My 4 year old daughter (who's going on 13) has already proclaimed that she's smarter than me. I'm hanging my head in shame. Lol. Well, we were in the nursery Sunday at church and there was a baby in there, Shelby, (she's so so cute) and I let her have a block that she wanted. Being about 8 months old, of couse, the block went straight to her mouth. Lily tried to take it away from her but I said, "No, it's ok, let her have it". About 5 minutes later, Shelby's mother pulls some paper out of her mouth..which Shelby chewed off the block I gave her. Lily says (very smugly) "I told you, Mama" and I say "well, you're just smart, aren't you" and then she says it, "Yes, I'm smarter than you!" I gave her the typical mother reply and told her she was a "smart-alek" but secretly and shamefully agreed that there are some moments when she is probably smarter than her ol' mama. Oh, well.

Well I have the blog and you don't, so you will listen to every *beep* word I have to say!!

Title line is taken from "The Wedding Singer"(obviously changed up a bit) ....when Adam Sandler goes off his rocker and proceeds to sing "Love Stinks" at that poor couple's wedding reception..haha!
That's my reaction to Amber telling me that I write "every day" in this blog and that my posts are "so long". Haha. Oh Amber, you know I keep you entertained. Are you saying that I'm longwinded? heehee Well, to change the subject...
I was sick Friday and still am a little. We went to the "GREAT pumpkin patch" this weekend and had a merry ol' time. We have proudly displayed our 4 pumpkins on the porch and they are waiting to be decorated. Lily was asking me all day yesterday to decorate them, but we just didn't seem to have a spare moment. So I've promised we will do it tonight. It is a rainy, chilly day today, but I like it. It just really makes me want to curl up under my warm blanket on my chair and just sleep, sleep, sleep. Only 4 more hours to go...! And then I can begin the long, weary journey home. I'm being a little melodramatic :) But sometimes at work, when it gets dark before I'm off, I'm reminded of the last lines from "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening" (a poem I absolutely LOVE)..."but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep"...not exactly the same situation..I'm not in the freezing snowy woods with a horse, (at least I have a car to drive home). But I love the imagery from that poem. It makes me cold just thinking about it! This day reminds me of that poem, in fact. The chill and the rainy weather and everyone more bundled up than I've seen in quite a while. Anyway!! My 4 long nails make it weird to type. They feel strange and look even stranger next to my 6 short nails. (are you adding them up to make sure I counted ten fingers? ha, I did) Well, before this blog gets anymore out there, I'll wrap it up. TTFN, ta ta for now! Now I've referenced Tigger!

Must...enter...more...sweepstakes!

As you can tell from my title, I've gone sweepstakes crazy. Well, not entirely crazy. But its exciting! I've entered probably about 20 or so and here's hoping that I'll be one of the "lucky winners"! Lol its fun. The cool thing is that on some of them, you can enter everyday. I've never won anything like that before, alas, I'm not the luckiest lass in the world. The best contests seem to be on the Woman's Day website. So if I win anything, I'll let you know.
I'm sick today. :( Its sinus junk, I suppose. I'm all stopped up, headache and just general blah. Just one of those I-want-to-be-in-bed days. But actually I've felt a lot worse, so I'm not complaining (too much). I feel about the same as I did yesterday so I'm thankful that I'm not worse today. I even got up and exercised this morning (like a zombie, but still..) Yesterday, exercise was not even an afterthought. Jessie and I had lunch with Seth at his school. It was so neat to eat lunch with him! And, man, the food was actually very good! Cheesy chicken and rice, rolls, spicy fries and fruit...and tea. Mmm. It was very filling too. But my nieces say its not that good everyday. To quote them, "tomorrow it'll probably be back to the ol' 'Plop'" which I thought was very funny, b/c I remember some food in the cafeteria in my day at school which could only be described as "Plop". Heehee. I have a feeling they're exaggerating though. It all looked pretty tasty to me. They're lucky..I remember once getting a hamburger with blue paint on it. You always had to open the bun and look to make sure there were no "extras" on your burger. Maybe I'm exaggerating now. But there really was blue paint. And occasionally a hair (shudder). I hope they've made advancement in hairnets since then.

I really liked this quote:

God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become. -- John Ortberg

That's very encouraging. It's encouraging to know that we all have a purpose and that God sees us as useful to Him. I wish I knew my purpose! But at least I know I have one!
I was so pleasantly suprised when I got home from work last night. I walked in and the living room was clean and there was a vase of roses on the table. I almost swooned at the sight! There were three, a yellow, an orange and a white one. I don't think I've ever seen orange roses before. They are SO beautiful. I love the fall colors and they match the candles on our tables. It was just awesome and such a beautiful gesture. It made me very happy. He can be so romantic when he wants to be! I put a note in his pocket this morning thanking him for the roses and such. Let's hope he doesn't throw it away by accident or that it doesn't fall out of his pocket!
There's supposed to be a cold front coming through this Thursday. Time to crank up the old heaters again. I'm glad its going to be cool. I love long sleeve fall weather, its winter that I could do without. If it would only snow once in a while (or ever) I would love winter too! I do love the holidays though, its January that kind of depresses me. After New Years and then Lily's birthday, it just kind of goes blah. The everyday work and life routine resumes and you start the year over. Maybe this year it will be different though. I mean, I guess it HAS been different since I had kids..never a dull moment, you know. Except at work sometimes. :)

I think that I may never see, a tree as wonderful as me

Well, that just sounds crazy. I was trying to recall that old line that I heard..somewhere. Does anyone have a clue of what I'm talking about? I don't. ;)
I guess poetry is trying to creep back into my life. I found a few poems the other day that I had written in Creative Writing, and they were suprisingly decent. Then, in a whirlwind of raw emotion and craziness, last night I wrote three. One is readable, barely, the other two, are..well, just raw emotions, one ending with the single word, "Why?" I felt like a teenager again! (ha!) On another subject, I was given a beautiful compliment today, relayed to me by a friend (made by her mother.) She said that after seeing me the other day I looked happier and my inner beauty was showing through, this being since I got saved. That made me feel so good, and also confused! You know, when someone says something like that, when someone views you in a Completely different way than you view yourself, you have to take a step back and look at yourself and think, "Have I been wrong all this time? What have I been percieving wrong and how?" Lately I've looked at myself and my mood swings and thought, "boy have I regressed" and then someone else looks at me and thinks I've progressed in a wonderful way!! Its something to think about, definitely. To pray about...I sometimes feel as if there is this barrier when I try to pray, but I'm sure I'm the one creating it. Its like I can't get out what I really need to say. Sometimes I just try to pray in my head and let my emotions and what I really feel come to the forefront and try to communicate those to God. I'm so out of focus though...Anyway!! Maybe poetry would be of some help to me. Maybe I can write my prayers out and then say them, sing them, just so long as they get across. I sure felt exhausted last night after I wrote those three. I mean I was drained!! I just had to go to bed! I know it sounds weird :) All of this probably does, but that's what a blog's for, right? To tell everyone that my emotions exhaust me! :)

As we walk in fields of gold

I love that song..."Fields of Gold" by Sting. I actually got to walk in a "field of gold" yesterday...it was so wonderful. It was a field of yellow flowers. I went to my niece's birthday party yesterday and back behind her grandmother's house is the most wonderful field. It was so inviting and bright and I walked through it with my sister, then with my mom and kids. I got to meet some of her interesting friends (ha). They were actually pretty nice. There was a Spongebob Squarepants pinata, and my mom said, "Who is that? 'Squarebob'?" HA! She cracks me up with how un-pop culture she is. She also calls Bob the Builder, "Builder Bob". Hee hee! It was a very nice party, though, and a beautiful day for it.
Saturday was a lot of fun too. I went shopping with my sister and nieces. I hadn't planned to shop for myself, but there were so many good sales!! I haven't had a sort of "girl's day" like that in a while, so I really enjoyed it. I was quite happy also, when I tried on a couple of shirts and had to get a size smaller than I normally wear. Success! Of course, after all the cake, candy, and coke from yesterday, I don't know how much longer they'll fit. And then I overslept this morning and didn't exercise. Only water and lettuce for me today! Ha, actually I have pizza for lunch. I could never be the kind of girl that starves herself. It's just not possible!
Anyway, here are the lyrics to "Fields of gold", if anyone would like to read them. I love this song!

Fields of Gold by Sting
Youll remember me, when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
Youll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in the fields of gold
So she took her love
For to gaze awhile
Upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold
Will you stay with me, will you be my love
Among the fields of barley
We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we lie in the fields of gold
See the west wind move like a lover's soul
Upon the fields of barley
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth
Among the fields of gold
I never made promises lightly
And there have been some that Ive broken
But I swear in the days still left
Well walk in the fields of gold
Well walk in the fields of gold
Many years have passed since those summer days
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
Among the fields of gold
Youll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of barley
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in the fields of gold

Richard, Leslie and Denise...my new best friends

Not much to tell today...it's only 9:00 in the morning though, so there's still a lot of day left. I got a scale last night and was only mildly disappointed when I weighed myself (ha) but this morning I was VERY disappointed to find that my weight had gone up 2 pounds overnight!! Hmm..could be due to the 2 big bowls of chili I had last night. I can't help it...I'm a food junkie, and when there is food, good food, it is only a matter of time before it goes in my mouth (and to my hips, stomach, legs and behind). But I have resolved today to only drink water, and not to overeat! Wish me luck! I've been exercising every day for two weeks with the exception of about 2 days..so surely if I continue and cut down on my eating I'll see some results soon. Right? I need some positive reinforcement! I keep envisioning myself as a more svelte, slim version of me. I hope its not always just going to be a vision!

It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!!

Erica had her baby on Monday. :) Aeris, a beautiful 8 lb 8 oz girl with brown hair and blue eyes. I've only seen one picture, but of course, she's a beautiful girl. We thought Emily was going to have to deliver Tuesday night, they thought she was leaking amniotic fluid, but I guess it was just a false alarm. They sent her back home. She's got a stomach virus or something, because, from what I hear, she's been sick nonstop. Her due date is in about 2 weeks, so pray that everything goes smoothly for her and baby Cole!
I went to Walls yesterday after my appointment for an ultrasound (which, they found nothing, thankfully) and went crazy buying stuff. Mostly Christmas and birthday stuff, but I got such good deals on everything I couldn't resist!! They had a LOT of clothes, which, it was tempting to go through it all, but I spent all my time going crazy in the toy and Halloween section. :) I got Lily a purse for 30 cents!! I got her a beautiful trunk for her playclothes, for Christmas, for $23, and I got Seth a snap together Batmobile (or as he says "Batman-bile" heehee) and some Super Mario Brothers dominoes for his birthday. I also got Lily a Cinderella alarm clock (something she's asked for) and I got a couple of t-shirts for some upcoming birthdays. Oh and I found some sleep pants for Seth which sell for $10 at Wal-mart...I got them for $2.88 apiece! I was so excited. This is my life now, excited over sleep pants! Ha! This weekend I'm going shopping (good grief, I better just leave my purse at home!) with my sister and nieces for school clothes. Then Sunday is a birthday party for one of them. I have no gift f0r her yet...I ordered it, but it hasn't arrived, so...I don't want to go empty handed!! Why does money have to infiltrate every aspect of my life? Seriously, its like, whatever you want to do, it involves money. I'm trying to lose weight, I want to know how much I weigh, but my scale's broken. I thought it needed new batteries, so we bought them, but that didn't work. So a $20 scale is broken, the $4 batteries are useless, and I'm still scale-less. Another gripe..(just one more and then I'll stop!)..we have a leak somewhere b/c apparantly our water meter is going crazy but we can't find the leak. How do you find a hidden leak?? Of course, I have no idea, but I do have an idea of what the water bill is going to come to this month and I'm frightened!! Ah well, that's life, I guess. Other than those annoyances, everything's pretty good. Halloween's on the way, I'm excited about that. Our workplace is decorated, and it looks oh so cute. I read a devotional today that said Christians shouldn't celebrate Halloween. I just think..its a fun holiday. Kids dress up, eat candy, have fun, families spend time together, you have fun little parties and pick pumpkins from the pumpkin patch and have harvest-y decorations...it's fun. I, for one, do not celebrate it with any evil intentions and I doubt many other people do either. Is it wrong? Who knows. I don't see the harm in it, because all I am celebrating is having fun together. Well, enough of that!! Good Thursday to all!

Yesterday...all my troubles seemed so far away!!

Well, its a new week. A week of uncertainties for me, in a way. This weekend we had fun. We played at the park and ate at Cici's pizza one night. Last night, after church, we had a supper picnic after dark in the park. I like those little spontaneous trips...it keeps life interesting.
Uncertainties...everything seems so up in the air right now. I don't know where I'll be in a month, or by Christmas, or what. Things at work are absolutely uncertain. Jessie may or may not get a promotion at his work...in the next 6 months. My sister may or may not move to Alaska this year...meaning there won't be anyone to pick up my daughter from daycare or be there when my son gets home from school. So where does that put me in the picture??? Working or not working?? I don't know, and at the same time as it drives me a little crazy not to know, it's kind of exciting and I'm glad to know that God has a plan that will somehow work itself out. Its still scary though. Also, Wednesday I go for an ultrasound to see what's up with these weird cramps around my ovary area. It may be a cyst, it may be who knows what. More uncertainty!! I guess I better just go with the flow for now, and try to be prepared for anything on all counts.
On a happier note, my second cousin Cole (although I'll be more like his aunt) will be born pretty soon. :) I just purchased him a book online today, a Little Einstein dog book. I can't wait to hold him and see him at Christmas and read his little book to him. Oh, I love babies. I think I should work at a daycare in a baby room. Seriously, maybe changing 100 diapers a day will get me out of this craze. Ha!