well,this saturday i am hosting the first of what i hope will become a regular event, a picnic in the park for the whole family and any hanger ons. I have worked pretty hard to make sure that people have a good time. we will be having a white elephant exchange, hand made gift giving, potluck food and celebration of any anniversaries and birthdays that happen to be close to the date of the picnic. we are also playing volleyball, basketball, cards,and a hoola hoop contest. i have another party planned for the first saturday of august when ki is here with all my sweeties. that one is a potluck bbq with an all age treasure hunt set up by grandpa mike! also it will be at the north lake beach and include my moms family, my dads family, scots family, and maybe my aunts and uncles from missouri and arizona. I hope everyone will see how to do it at this first one then they can help out more with the next one. anyway i hope it goes good because i do miss getting together with all of them. the date on the august one is not set yet because karis is going to have her baby that week too. we will see.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
visitors
This has been a fun weekend since my sweet Carter and Karis have come for a visit. It has been a good chance for Cart to get used to sleeping away from home. He also has decided to kind of like me and grampa Mike. Today Brandon called and told us that Bernard the wiener dog had chewed up Carter's lovey so I made him a new one. We ate lot's of Reeses peanut butter eggs and malted eggs, I feel a little sick. oh yea, Kimbre and Karis helped me make some new bedroom curtains and Karis cooked dinner. We also went to Target and Listened to the sunday meeting this morning.Whew! I had fun!!Thursday, February 28, 2008
not much of anything
I watched the movie Sling Blade again today. I had forgotten how good it was. I really love the way people were portrayed as so simple. I wish I knew some people like that. Not that freak in the asylum though.
Anyway, I just shopped today at Michaels and Pier 1. I bought some silk flowers and made three arrangements. I made three mini spring bouquets in tea cups. They are really cute. If I knew how to insert pictures in the text I could show you. Maybe I will try to do it tomorrow. I went to Victoria Gardens with the girls yesterday. We walked so much! I don't usually walk that much but my scooter had a dead battery. As it turns out, today I feel fantastic and breathed well all day. I walked on the treadmill today to try and keep it up. it's weird how what feels like torture pays off later. I guess thats all from me today, asta la vista!
Anyway, I just shopped today at Michaels and Pier 1. I bought some silk flowers and made three arrangements. I made three mini spring bouquets in tea cups. They are really cute. If I knew how to insert pictures in the text I could show you. Maybe I will try to do it tomorrow. I went to Victoria Gardens with the girls yesterday. We walked so much! I don't usually walk that much but my scooter had a dead battery. As it turns out, today I feel fantastic and breathed well all day. I walked on the treadmill today to try and keep it up. it's weird how what feels like torture pays off later. I guess thats all from me today, asta la vista!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
teaching in cars
Just a short word today since I was not able to log on until one a.m.
Since we have always lived in the boondocks, everything requires a long car ride to get somewhere. After reading back some of my previous stuff I realized how I used this travel time to talk to my kids about things that I wanted them to learn. This became so routine that we practically have to be in a car now to talk to each other. I have noticed something similar going on with my mom and myself, we can't talk to each other nearly as well in person as we can on the phone! Any way, I highly recommend the moving car when trying to talk some sense into your kids. They are little hostages that have to listen until you stop the car, and man, I can drive forever if I need to.
Since we have always lived in the boondocks, everything requires a long car ride to get somewhere. After reading back some of my previous stuff I realized how I used this travel time to talk to my kids about things that I wanted them to learn. This became so routine that we practically have to be in a car now to talk to each other. I have noticed something similar going on with my mom and myself, we can't talk to each other nearly as well in person as we can on the phone! Any way, I highly recommend the moving car when trying to talk some sense into your kids. They are little hostages that have to listen until you stop the car, and man, I can drive forever if I need to.
Monday, February 25, 2008
more from the early years of momness
well I got up early today and was going to have a nice lazy day when my friend Sue called and said and Tom were coming by. I had to get the house freshened up and made an awesome taco salad and chocolate cake. It is now two p.m. and no sign of those two. We went ahead and ate some by ourselves and it was good. They missed out, totally!
After writing about Ki the other day, I really started thinking about all my little saved up memories of the girls singing. When Ki was about two we were coming home from town, we lived on White avenue in Adelanto at the time, when I hear her singing in the back seat. " Frosty the snowman was a charly happy soul, with a Popeye pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of GOLD!" well,I was driving while laughing silently until tears were running down my cheeks. It was the cutest thing ever. Another of my favorites was another car trip, we have always lived twenty or so miles outside of town, I had the radio on to a country station. Kimbre, my second girl child was in the habit of playing the radio at night when she went to sleep. Apparently on a country station as well. I would guess kimbre to be around four or five years old at the time. So we are driving along when she starts singing along to the radio, "I was drinking champangne, feeling no pain, till early morning. dining and dancing with every pretty girl in the room." Well, what a bizzare group of words to come out of your little girls mouth! I cracked up. A few minutes later she's singing "there's a tear in my beer, and I'm crying for you dear!" I knew I would have to be careful what kind of music she listened to , that's for sure.
After writing about Ki the other day, I really started thinking about all my little saved up memories of the girls singing. When Ki was about two we were coming home from town, we lived on White avenue in Adelanto at the time, when I hear her singing in the back seat. " Frosty the snowman was a charly happy soul, with a Popeye pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of GOLD!" well,I was driving while laughing silently until tears were running down my cheeks. It was the cutest thing ever. Another of my favorites was another car trip, we have always lived twenty or so miles outside of town, I had the radio on to a country station. Kimbre, my second girl child was in the habit of playing the radio at night when she went to sleep. Apparently on a country station as well. I would guess kimbre to be around four or five years old at the time. So we are driving along when she starts singing along to the radio, "I was drinking champangne, feeling no pain, till early morning. dining and dancing with every pretty girl in the room." Well, what a bizzare group of words to come out of your little girls mouth! I cracked up. A few minutes later she's singing "there's a tear in my beer, and I'm crying for you dear!" I knew I would have to be careful what kind of music she listened to , that's for sure.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
The beginning of momness
welcome to my blog! I hope to give some words of wisdom and humor to the lifestyle known as "just a mom." It may be a little slow to get going since I am a newcomer to the weblog, but I will give it my best.
I began my lifestyle of momness at the age of twenty-two. My first child was a girl child I named Kileen. She was a non-sleeping night owl from day one. Now I on the other hand am a big time sleeper. I could not get by without my naps! So began the butting of heads that continues on today twenty some years later. This is not an unfriendly situation, we love each other, she has always just wanted to do things her way and I like to have things mine. I'm sure, not an unusual situation in many moms lives. Actually, as I look back on her growing up, it was a fantastic time of learning for me as well. Your first child is practically a practice kid! The poor thing has to forge through as you finish growing up and get your stuff together. My mom was an invaluable resource for me, I called her a million times with questions. It was probably the closest times we had, my mom seemed super smart to me. I could not have done it without her.
Another thing that stands out for me during those early years of momness was the realization of how much I could be infatuated by my little girl. She was amazing! Every day was a new adventure about what she could learn or do that would blow me away. I would have to call my mom twice a day to relate each detail. This is just one instance, when she was thirty days old she was fussy, so i called my mom. Mom told me "maybe ki is getting a tooth" Well, I rubbed her gum, and holy crud, she has two teeth! The baby book didn't say anything like that!
I began my lifestyle of momness at the age of twenty-two. My first child was a girl child I named Kileen. She was a non-sleeping night owl from day one. Now I on the other hand am a big time sleeper. I could not get by without my naps! So began the butting of heads that continues on today twenty some years later. This is not an unfriendly situation, we love each other, she has always just wanted to do things her way and I like to have things mine. I'm sure, not an unusual situation in many moms lives. Actually, as I look back on her growing up, it was a fantastic time of learning for me as well. Your first child is practically a practice kid! The poor thing has to forge through as you finish growing up and get your stuff together. My mom was an invaluable resource for me, I called her a million times with questions. It was probably the closest times we had, my mom seemed super smart to me. I could not have done it without her.
Another thing that stands out for me during those early years of momness was the realization of how much I could be infatuated by my little girl. She was amazing! Every day was a new adventure about what she could learn or do that would blow me away. I would have to call my mom twice a day to relate each detail. This is just one instance, when she was thirty days old she was fussy, so i called my mom. Mom told me "maybe ki is getting a tooth" Well, I rubbed her gum, and holy crud, she has two teeth! The baby book didn't say anything like that!
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