I am actually going to blog today! YAY!! I have been so busy with work and home life in general. I had a birthday and became a little older and a lot more wiser. We are hopefully going to celebrate our birthdays (Jonathan's being Feb 26) this weekend. We actually get a kid free weekend (thanks to my amazing sister-in-law)! The sad part is we used to celebrate by going out and having drinks. Now we don't drink much at ALL so what is there to do? I thought about bowling or maybe a romantic dinner. My fav thing is just to sit at home, watch a movie and enjoy each others company. Such hard decisions!

It must be the Weather?

I guess it's just the time of year for viruses and bacteria to grow and flourish. Brant had a stomach virus about a week ago. I didn't know it was a stomach virus because he was on antibiotics from ANOTHER ear infection. Obviously, antibiotics cause stomach upset. Especially strong antibiotics. Yesterday, I caught the dreaded stomach flu. I slept all day and still feel weak today. I hope and pray the rest of the family doesn't catch the nasty bug.

Brant, being my sick baby, has to get another tube in his right ear and his adenoids taken out. It is a 10 minute procedure and very safe but me being the paranoid parent, I'm a basketcase! My baby is being put to sleep with a tube down his little baby throat! It reminds me of when he was born and he had the breathing tube down his throat for 2 days. There is nothing worse in the world than to have your baby enter this world and then you cannot touch him. Then I look at it another way. We are SO blessed to have a baby who is healthy now. There are so many other parents out there that do not know if their baby will live to see another day. I must always give thanks to the good Lord and praise His name!!! Wow! I just turned this blog right around! GO ME! GO ME!!

Gloomy, Rainy Day

WoW! It has been such a disappointing day. I woke up late and didn't get to finish my laundry. I didn't have time to feed the kids at home so I had to take them to work with me (obviously Brant always goes) and feed them there. Then had to get Brenley off to her "after school" program (don't know why they are STILL out of school) and forgot to drop off payment. I get back to work and out of no where I remember I FORGOT TO REGISTER FOR SCHOOL!!! I had been working on it and I received my financial aid for the class I was going to take but I forgot the rest of my paperwork. It's due Thursday!!! AND my assistant has tomorrow off!! All in all, I will not be attending Motlow for the spring semester. I am very disappointed in myself for procrastinating. Oh well, there's a reason for EVERYTHING and maybe God has another plan for me. I will continue to pray and see what happens.

Hope every one's day was a lil brighter than mine

The Holiday Extravaganza

I am SO happy and relieved the holidays are almost over. I enjoy every second of watching my babies open their gifts and then talking about the REAL reason for Christmas. It was a wonderful, yet stressful, time. I, for some reason, cannot handle stress well. I have developed vertigo (which means they can't come up with a good reason for my dizziness) and it has really put a damper on my Christmas cheer. I was to the point one day that I had to call Jonathan to come home and get the kids and I had to call out of work. I didn't move until 5:00pm. I layed in one spot all day. I NEVER lay still. Anyway, now that the hustle and bustle is over I'm feeling GrEaT!!!

Brenley & Brant pretty much own Toys R Us now. If only we could reel in a profit! We are now starting to feel cramped in our house. I mentioned one day about getting a bigger house and the next thing I know Jonathan has already found the perfect house. I love the layout and it's beautiful but the whole process scares me to death. Especially with the economy right now.

I am being a tight-wad or do I have a legitimate fight?

Does the Maytag man REALLY exist?

I usually do laundry twice a week. Which is pushing it at our household. So last Saturday I put a load of laundry in and went to see what Brant was doing. All of a sudden my washer decides to talk. It starts moaning and clicking. I run in there to see it's not agitating. I just move the knob a bit and continue with my business. Again it starts making that same noise on the rinse cycle. Again, I move the knob to spin and pray the water empties out. That load was complete finally. I, being the intelligent one, decide maybe it was just that load. I attempt to wash another load. Same issues. To move this story along I took my other 6 loads to a friends house and wash them there. Thank the Lord for great friends.

After my 2 loads at home I decided I would take the washer apart and fix it myself. First off, I couldn't even get the front off to take a deeper look. My wonderful husband comes in there to laugh at me. I break down and ask for help. He insists on calling the maytag man. For real? After we bend the panel back to peek at the inside, and almost break it, I called the repair man. I couldn't find a maytag man so I settled with Bud's Appliance.

Monday comes and I meet the repair man at our house. I hear lots of noise as he works on it and behold 15 minutes later he comes out and says "There's nothing I can do. You need a new transmission. You might as well buy a new washer. You owe me $40." WHAT!?! Ok......my washer is 3 years old and the old man at Lowe's said "buy a maytag they last forever." Obviously forever is 3 years. Now I refuse to buy a washer at Christmas time so I am hand washing our clothes. (Just in between cycles where it needs to agitate) My husband stares at me while I do this and just shakes his head. Then he asks me what I want for Christmas. Well, a washing machines that completes every cycle would be a good start!

Just wanted to share some of my frustration with a broken washer and a husband who just doesn't understand. I just have to be positive and remember it's only a washing machine and I should thank God everyday for these kinds of luxuries. I am truly blessed with a healthy family,
2 amazing children, friends that would do anything for us and love that can conquer anything!(especially a defective washing machine)

Hello Blogging World

This is a new adventure for us. I probably will never get Jonathan to blog on here but I'm willing to give it a shot. I think it will be a good way for friends and family to keep up with us and our family adventures! Please be patient with me. I am learning and this may take awhile to get the hang of it. If anyone has any pointers feel free to pass on the knowledge. More to come......