11/30/2010

Card #3

I still have 30 minutes left of Tuesday. Here you go, Card # 3 Create a World



11/23/2010

Together Forever tuesdays Card #2

This week's card is to Go Away!  I am going to scan the cards so you can see exactly what it says to do.






So, when was the last time you went away? I know for myself and my husband we have never gone away together alone since we have had kids. We have no one that is willing to take the four kids for us even for an overnight. I guess I can see why. It is too bad I can't cash in the credits I have definitely saved up babysitting for my nieces and nephews. LOL It would be nice though, next year is our 10 year Anniversary. Hopefully we can at least go to dinner and perhaps a movie. Who am I kidding? It will probably be Chinese take out after he has worked a 11 hour day.

11/16/2010

Together Forever Tuesdays

So I am going to start something new. I recently came across a box of cards and it was labeled 52 Ways to Stay in Love Forever  By: Lynn Gordon.  I was just going to toss them in the Goodwill bag when I decided to hang on to them. So every Tuesday I will write about one of the ways to stay in love forever. We must have gotten these for our wedding shower and I don't recall buying them and I know Andrew would never have bought them.

So here it goes,
Make out. According to the card, it claims it is never too late to start making out. So there you go, make out with your significant other more often and perhaps you will stay in love forever. 


BTW, tomorrow will be a  week since I have gone off Facebook. The jitters and shakes are gone and I have long since stopped frothing at the mouth. I will probably make my way over there at some point tomorrow, but I doubt I will stay long.

11/15/2010

I went to Facebook!

I have to say, it was not my fault. I had clicked on a link on a fellow blogger's site and it took me there. However, as soon as I saw where I was I closed the window even though I noticed that I had 2 friend requests waiting for me. I wonder who they could be? I guess I will find out tomorrow. The worst time trying to stay away was the weekend, but I did it. I realize that I was FB as a distraction for the stresses in life. While that is not a bad thing, I also need to pull on my big girl panties and face them head on.

We have been doing some small renovations in our place the last month. First, I decided to paint the hallway, after all I bought the paint back in June. Then I decided that I hated the carpet on the stairs and hall. Seriously, the stuff was disgusting! It was old, worn down berber. So I ripped that up much to the chagrin of hubby. Then the banister looked cruddy so that got a fresh coat of paint. We also got new carpet for the stairs and hall. Yesterday hubby installed new exterior doors. I am pretty excited because the storm door is the one the screen rolls up into and the interior door has the blind in between the glass panes.  I start think about what project to embark on next, but then stop. LOL  It is just so much work. I would like to repaint my kitchen and living room, but I think I will hold off until the summer. Then again, who knows?

11/11/2010

It has been 24 hours

and so far so good. Not that I haven't been tempted, but I was able to stay away. LOL The hardest time was early this morning when Lauren decided that I should be up at 3 am. There is not a whole lot to do at that time, instead I watched a couple of shows I had on my DVR. Rather than play on FB yesterday, I watched a bit of TV with the kids, took them on a bike ride, and we ended the night playing a game on the Wii and watching an episode of Billy the Exterminator. All in all, it was a fun day. Today they are all (thankfully) healthy and back to school. I went to the store, not to buy, just to walk around and enjoy getting out of my confinement. You can bet I washed mine and Lauren's hands thoroughly after. LOL We'll see what today has in store. It is a beautiful spring like day here in the Midwest, normally it would be in the 50s, today a nice sunny 70. Perhaps a walk and a visit to the park is in order.

11/10/2010

An experiment

of sorts you can say. So, I love Facebook, I do. I can go on catch up with my friends and their lives, live in a make believe world where I am a farmer, frontier woman and even live in an old civilization. I can look through pictures of friends and family, get my horoscope, and even post what is on my mind. So I am going to see how it is to go without FB for a week starting now, 11-10-10 @ 11:21am CST. I  think I can do it. I know I have crops that will go bad and my Frontier will get over run with grass and skulls, but who cares? It is just a game after all and even though it is a ton of fun, it doesn't take the place of living life. So I am going to connect with people through the phone and email this week. I am going to tackle those odd jobs around the house that FB has been so gracious to help me ignore. Who knows, maybe I will never go back........

11/09/2010

Stomach Virus 2010 has arrived

Yippee! Actually, it is my husband's fault and I completely blame him for it's descent into our home. After all he jinxed us. I don't know what he was thinking the day he uttered the words "the kids have been pretty healthy so far this school year." Even as I was trying to shush him, I knew that we were doomed. After all, any well seasoned parent knows that you should not utter such phrases, just like you shouldn't wake a sleeping baby.  It started just a few short days after those words were spoken. It began with me, then Nick about four days later, then Lauren a few days after that. It was then Alex's turn and now today it is Allison and Andrew's turn. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I was lucky enough to get it a second time. In between Alex & the last two. I was actually sick the same time as Alex. Andrew had to call off to stay home to take care of us and now the poor guy has it. I feel his pain and I completely sympathize, but after all, he did have it coming. LOL Just kidding (kind of). So today will be spent taking care of my sickies and disinfecting the house. I have my fingers crossed that this is it for the school year.

BTW, those aren't my fingers, just some random ones I found on Google.