Happy 2nd Birthday Delphi !!!

Happy Birthday Delphi !!!

Something is Missing

This is Rik's side... it's empty :( Rik left today to go to Hawaii. A nice 8 hour flight !!
Me and the kids went shopping. We first went to the Library in the town nearby cause it is SOOO much bigger than the one in my little town. Then went to eat at BBW (my fave place to eat!!). Went to Target, Pet Smart, Michaels, CVS, and Blockbuster.

Movies we got:
Transporter 3 -- of course it was good, Jason was in , and he didn't have a shirt on in some parts!
StormForce -- let me just say I should have checked imdb.com before renting this one. The whole time I was watching it I was thinking, it must have been in a different language and they put English over it.
The Mummy 3
some Mary Kate and Ashely movie for Hayley

Monday's Fun...

Rik and the boys went and did Paintball with friends. They had a great time, and came back nice and tired!

Weekend Flashback...

Ok, so I have MIA for awhile. The kids are on Spring Break.

Anyway... here is a flashback from my weekend.

Saturday
I stayed in my PJ's all day! Wooo Hoo!!! Rik actually went grocery shopping for me... soo nice!!!

Movies we watched:
Role Models
Accepted
Sex in the City: the Movie

Sunday
We went out to lunch at Texas Roadhouse -- They have some AWESOME, fall off the bone ribs!!!!!!

Cookie's Adventures 3/18

Cookie sitting on the balcony of Rik's room.

Cookie's Adventures 3/17

Cookie made it to Hawaii safe and sound!

Workout Day #9

Well, I did a little over 2 miles. It was tough to get motivated!!!

A Sad Adoption Story

There are many blogs I read daily, yesterday, I was reading one of my regulars.. Kelly's Korner and she had a post about another blog -- The Blevins Family .. she mentioned adoption, so I was right over there. Well, it was a very sad story... the birth parents had changed their mind- after the baby was born - the day it went home with the Blevins family!!! I was in tears!!! Please go and read her story and keep the family in your prayers during this difficult time!!!!

Long time!

Well, one word for the weekend ... BENADRYL!!! I was itching soo much all weekend!!!
Here is a run down...
Movies I watched:

Body of Lies -- ok, so I fell asleep half way into it.
The Way of War -- went to bed during it ... couldn't follow it.
United 93 -- cried my eyes out! The kids watched it with us, was a great history lesson for them.
A Pioneer Home Companion -- wasn't sure why this movie was in my list.. but it was pretty good, heck of a cast!!!
The Last Kiss -- wasn't that good.

Books I am reading:
Lifeguard by James Patterson --> I finished this one yesterday! Of course, James Patterson did not disappoint!! He is such a great author!!

Second Glance by Jodi Picoult --> I am actually listening to the audio book (This is my running book) This is a typical book by Jodi Picoult. I'll let ya know how it is when I finish it.

The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe --> I am reading this one for my husband. He hates to read and has to read this for a class he is taking. I must say, I started out totally against this book. It is not the type of book I read.. it is classified as History (yuk). I am not too far along in the book, but it isn't all that bad.

Fun Stuff
The weather was really nice on Saturday, so we flew some kites!!!

Evening randomness

Just a few random things....

• I got a blister on my hand from cutting up veggies :(
• I am still itching and took more Benadryl
• Hubby took the kids into town -- right before dinner is ready.. errr
• I think I am going to start another blog... to post recipes
• I will be soo glad when the weekend gets here
• I hate it when I want to crawl in bed only to realize I took the sheets off to wash and didn't put clean ones on the bed~ UUGHHHH
• I don't think I am going to be able to keep my eyes open until Rik and the kids get back from town !
  

A little TOO much fun !

I found a really cool site today ... Photofunia Look what I made...













That is my puppy Delphi !













That is Shelby's scary face!










Me and Rik













Me on the cover :)










Me and Rik again










Silly Hayley











Rik











Hayley













See me on David Beckham's chest?? :)

Workout Day # 7

Today I did a little over 3 miles. Again listening to an audiobook. I was naughty and had ice cream this afternoon from Sonic :)

Itchy Allergy!!

Well, last night I was itching horribly.. I took some benadryl and feel asleep -- yea, no more itching!! Or so I thought ... today I had a couple of bites of left overs from last night for lunch while I was waiting on hold. Here came the itching again!!!

After searching the ingredients to everything I ate last night, I think I have it figured out!! I am allergic to sulfa drugs... well, the pickles I used for dinner (which aren't the normal brand I use) seems they have the sulfite preservative, which falls in the sulfa category.

So, I am going to conclude that I am allergic to those pickles. Hopefully tomorrow I won't have the itching, since I plan to stay away from the pickles.

High School Musical 4 !!!

Oh my gosh! My daughter is going to be soo excited!!!!

High School Musical 4

Workout Day #6

Today was day #6.

I was determined today to get some working out in!!! I did 3 miles (on the treadmill). I find it odd that I go longer when I am listening to an audio book than when I listen to music -- Whatever works I guess!!

I am beginning to like the way I feel after I workout. I have more energy and feel more motivated to get things done around the house. I also seem to want to eat healthier foods.

Tuesday !

Today I went into town and ran a couple of errands. I did my grocery shopping at Target.. I totally understand that it is more expensive than Walmart... but it is much more peaceful in Target than Walmart!! I got Long John Silvers for lunch for me and Rik. Rik has to work overnight tonight!

I made Bacon Cheeseburger Spaghetti for dinner ... it wasn't too bad. I wasn't sure what to expect.

I think I am allergic to something... I have been itching like crazy since I started dinner, I took some Benadryl and hopefully will be falling asleep soon and stop itching!!!!

I haven't done any running this week, I just haven't been up to it. I hate having to go into town everyday. I don't plan on going anywhere tomorrow .. unless I get a call for an interview.

Oh, I finished reading Cloud Nine by Luanne Rice tonight. That was a really good book, sad, but good. It is a typical Luanne Rice book. I don't know what I am going to read next... I have a nice stack of books to read.

Teenagers!

So, I get an email from the president of the booster club. It says,

Booster Members,
FYI.... The Jr. High track meet that was on the schedule for today has been changed to tomorrow.

WHAT??? Kaleb is in track ... he didn't tell me anything about a track meet today... !

I text him:
Me: Do you have a track meet tomorrow?
KH: Yes
The end ... that was it.

I don't think he is running anyway cause he hurt his foot jumping huddles (he wasn't doing it the correct way).

Weekend Review

I am soo sorry for not posting all weekend. I wish I could say we had a busy weekend, but in fact, it was a pretty boring weekend... a nice lazy weekend.

Friday -- Rik broke off half of his cap on his tooth so came home early and went to the dentist. He picked up lunch at this new little resturant in town.... it was soo good ... they had fried okra !!!! YUM YUM ! Shelby had a friend stay the night... we had pizza for dinner. I watched the movie, The Jane Austen Book Club ... it was really good. I didn't get to bed until around 1am -- I admit I was talking to a friend on Facebook.

Saturday -- <>We got up early because our neighbor rented an airrator for the yard and it had to be returned by noon. The temperature outside was near freezing, and I was turning on the sprinklers. We had to wet the yard before running the machine over the yard. We finished just in time to take the machine back. Rik and Kaleb went into town to pick up a few things. We had fried fish for dinner... it was SOOO GOOD. We watched some movies .. of course. We watched, the newest The Chronicals of Narnia and then watched Get Smart after we ate dinner. I stayed up late and watched Blood Monkey on SciFi. ( I love SciFi .. they have such stupid movies!)

Sunday-- I slept in. Hayley decided she was going to give me a massage... with lotion ... well, the lotion ended up being soap!! so I had to get up and take a shower, only to find out there was NO HOT WATER! We have been having a problem with out water heater and the button popping (i don't know what the button is called!) So, I staying in my jammies all day!! We watched the movie Sex Drive .. interesting!!! I made Chicken A La King for dinner and we had angle food cake. Went to be fairly early and was still tired getting up this morning.

Menu 3/2 - 3/8

Here is my menu for this week:

Monday
Left overs

Tuesday
Bacon Cheeseburger Spaghetti

Wednesday
Ham & Cheese Roll Ups

Thursday
Chili Cheese Dog Casserole

Friday
Ranch Chicken Salad

Saturday
B-B-QUE -- we are having a bunch of friends over.

Sunday
Fried Chicken

Workout Day #5

2 1/2 miles ... it was really hard to get motivated to do it!!! I wasn't feeling really good, but decided I haven't done any kind of exercise in a few days, I had better do something. The funny thing is I was only going to do a mile, but I was listening to an audio book and just kept going and going.

Dinner took longer than I planned to make, so I didn't get to take Delphi for her afternoon walk.

Is this a hint???

This is my daughter's computer... it is a Dell ... me and my oldest have Mac's .... I am thinking she wants one too .... LOL

Mammy

My mammogram went well today.. it wasn't as bad as I had heard it would be!!

I think I am catching a cold or something ... I feel horrible today, I was up alot last night with a sore throat. Today is has mostly been a sinus headache.

I had all kinds of plans for things I was going to post on the blog today, but I just want to go to bed!! But, I am waiting for a call from Shelby to come get him from school.. they had something tonight.

I haven't heard anything from the library about the job I applied for .. I think I will call them tomorrow ... to bug them a little more.

Days End

I sit here at my new MacBook with toothpicks holding my eyelids open!! I am soo sleepy, but refuse to go to bed until I reformat my old Macbook so I can start putting the stuff on it for Shelby tomorrow.

Me and Shelby now have pretty much matching MacBook's ... sooo, when I got my new one today, I had to make sure we could tell them apart, so I bought a pink hard case for mine :) -- I will post a picture tomorrow!

Today's workout was well ... for the fingers! I didn't run or walk today.. mostly because I was too caught up in the computer world, but also for female reasons ( I will not expand on that) I plan on doing something tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be a fun day -- I have my mammogram... my first one!!

To the Apple store I go...

I am headed to the Apple store today to get my new MacBook. Shelby will be happy to have a computer to himself again.... LOL

Nothing as planned

Nothing went as planned today. I planned on going to the library. I planned on going to run. I planned on getting something accomplished. Well, I did get the pantry cleaned out, but that was it. Seriously, I did nothing else productive today !!

I watched 5 episodes of Weeds from Season 3. (all done with season 3)

I got an email from Shelby's teacher and he didn't turn in a paper, which he had an agreement with the teacher about missing assignments... sooo, he went from a passing grade down to a 52 !!!! With that, I decided to email the rest of his teachers, to find out that in another class... he is too busy flirting than working!! He is a Sophomore -- I should not have to treat him like a 1st grader!!!

Tomorrow will be more productive .. at least I keep telling myself that.. .we will see.

Teen vaccuming

I totally forgot to post this yesterday. I asked Kaleb to vaccum the living room .. well, I went to check on his progress, and he was pushing the vaccum and texting... LOL

Pantry!!

I got brave and decided to clean out/ organize my pantry... 1st let me say... for a 4 bedroom house, almost 3000 sq ft you would think I would have a bigger pantry... Here is the before picture...


Well, while cleaning it out .. I found I have 6 cans of Apple pie filling ... huh? I make apple pie once maybe twice a year... and I have 6 cans???? I also have a LOAD of tomato sauce... I don't know why I have soo much ... LOL Ok, the 500 bags of popcorn.. that is for my popcorn addiction.. that is ok :)

Here is the after picture...

Monday!

It is Monday ... yuk yuk yuk !!! It seems it has been 19 days since I was laid off :( I still have not found a job. I have applied for many, but nothing yet. I am hoping to find something soon. I applied at the local library which has a part time opening, I think I am going to call and follow up on that today. Other than looking for a job, I am going to work on backing up my computer so it will be quicker when I get my new laptop this week. I also have a ton of books I have been wanting to read...

Menu 2/22 - 3/1

Monday
Family Friendly Pizza

Tuesday
Sloppy Joe Mac & Cheese
Cake with Pineapple sauce

Wednesday
Chalupas
Spanish Rice

Thursday
Ham & Cheese rollups
Chips

Friday
Chicken Broccoli Braid

Saturday
Mustard Fried Tilapia
Fries

Sunday
Turkey Pecan Enchiladas

Workout day #4

Day 4 -- afternoon -- went for a 1 1/2 mile walk... I was very motivated today, hopefully tomorrow will be better !!!

Workout day #3

I have decided to keep a journal of my workouts on this blog as well. I am hoping it will help me keep motivated also!

Day 3

9am - walked 2.02 miles - it was a fast pace walk. I used the treadmill which I think the motor may be going out :( It was a little too chilly this morning to go walk outside. I am going to try and go this afternoon and walk about 1 -2 miles when I take Delphi for her walk.

Boring...

Let's see, what did I do today?

Ran a mile!! yipee
updated my address on my drivers license... finally
housework !!

I didn't cook dinner because I have cooked all week and just don't feel like do much this evening. So, Rik went and got Pizza from Mr. Jim's

Shelby is at a friends and Kaleb has a friend staying the night today. I think we are going to watch a movie and I think I may just go to bed early tonight, I am just feeling beat!!

New computer!!!

Shelby's Powerbook seemed to have some problems the other day.. it of course isn't covered under the warranty anymore. I remembered that we have a special clause in our homeowners policy for our computers. So, I called the insurance company today after going to Apple store and being told that it had suffered trauma. Well, trauma is covered. After talking to them and telling them all the specs about the computer, they decided I needed to get a new one :) So, they went online to the Apple store and picked one comperable. She is transferring the money to my account tonight -- dang they are fast!! I am getting he white 13" MacBook It is pretty much the same as mine, but upgraded ... sooo ... I will get the new one and Shelby will get my old one. Now, I just have to wait for the money to get into my account and off to the Apple store I go :)

Workout!

I got a call from my DR the other day and he said I have HIGH CHOLESTEROL :( I have decided to start eating better and working out. I need alot of motivation to keep up a workout routine, so I spent $29.00 and got the Nike+ Sport Kit. I got and got it all set up and went upstairs to the treadmill and tried it out... I did 1/2 first (had to answer the phone)... anyway, a made a mini (you can see to the left). Let me tell you Miss Mini is a bitch!!! She is a little annoying, saying I/she is a couch potato, ect. I decided I would go run some more, so I did a mile... thinking that would make her happy, but NO.. she is still talking smack ! Thanks Dawn for convincing me to make her and I even have her as my screensaver (thanks again Dawn).

Since I am a techie kind of person, I am hoping this will keep me somewhat motivated.

Already...

It is only noon and I have already...

• Gone to the mall and to the Apple store (45 min one way!)
• Hooked up my New Nike+
• Ran/ walked 1/2 mile (then the phone rang and had to take the call)

Well, it seemed like alot until it is in black and white...LOL

Yesterday's to do list

Here was my TO DO list from yesterday...

• Call insurance about computer coverage
• Call DMV to transfer title on hubby's truck
• Pick up letter from previous employer from post office
• Schedule Mammogram
• Update Blog- see, I am trying to get better
• Fax deferrement papers to student loan company
• Go to Target - High School Musical movie, body wash .. and a bunch of stuff I really don't need
• Make kids dental appt.
• Make physical appt for Hayley
• Get a much needed haircut
• Organize coupons
• Make appt @ apple for shelby's computer
• Install iWork '09 on my computer
• look for power cord for hard drive

Not too bad I guess... today I will try to get everything done .. hahaha

Delphi's new harness

I got Delphi a new harness today.

1 off the to do list

Part of yesterday's To Do list was to clean off my desk.... Well.... Here ya go....

Haircut !

I finally got my hair cut today !!

Last Night

2:30am -- Delphi barking up a storm... get up and check to see what the problem was ... a SKUNK outside... peeu!!!

4:30am -- Delphi wants to go out ... uggghhh

It is like having a baby again !!!

OK, I am trying to get back into blogging, so bear with me.

Menu 2/16 - 2/21

I decided to start being better about making my menu every week. So, here is next weeks:

Monday
Pork Roast
Mashed Potatoes
Steamed Carrots

Tuesday
Chicken Cordon Bleu Bake
Cesar Salad
Bread

Wednesday
Veggie Beef Skillet
Garlic Bread

Thursday
Southwest Tortilla Pizzas
Spanish Rice

Friday
Creamy Pork Potpie
Spinach Salad
Ice Cream

Saturday
Beefy Swiss Bundles
Steamed Broccoli

Sunday
Fried Chicken Tenders
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans

Dinner

Chicken and dumplings Gooey butter cookies

I am soo sleepy this morning ! Last night we had some really bad weather. I was worried about Tornadoes! Luckily, it was an uneventful night !

The kids are off to school, hubby is in bed sick.. I am sitting here watching Fringe from last night. ( I decided to try and go to bed early) I noticed I only have 2 hours left on my DVR, guess I better watch some TV today :)

I found this cartoon in our little town paper... I had to share... it was pretty good since I was just laid off myself.