Also Known as "Mom"

Recently the hubby and I got a Netflix account.  We are really liking to be able to keep up with movies at our pace.  Another great thing is that we can watch instant movies as well.  We use our xbox 360 to stream the movies with the netflix application in X-box Live. I so totally love this but now I wish we had another x box 360 to be able to stream these movies for the kids in the basement. I know we will keep the x box 360 on the main floor since Joel is up here the most to use it, but man it doesn’t hurt to dream. This weekend we watched Fireproof and we really really enjoyed it. What a great family movie that has a deep and strong meaning.

What is the longest you’ve gone between haircuts?  There have been times where it was a couple of years between haircuts when I was in highschool.

What is the shortest hour of the day?  Between 6 and 7am everyday.  It’s the time I want to last the longest before we all have to get up.

What is the longest line you’ve ever stood in?  Lines at Cedar Point for a newer ride.

Who’s your shortest adult friend?  That has to be my friend Mindy for sure!!!

Who among your current friends have you known the longest?  My friend Katherine and I have known each other since 6th grade.

If you are anything like me you totally understand the frustration with any thing slow.  A child taking forever to eat their breakfast when they need to get out the door, an old lady driving 25 in a 45 when you are running late, or even when your computer seems to take years to load up.  Those are just one of the many things that drive me nuts when it comes to slow.  Granted only are a few in my hands to change, like adding more computer memory ram. However in most cases I have to let go and let God because I am not incontrol. It’s so hard to remember that sometimes which is exactly why God continues to put me in those situations to make me realize it’s not in my control.

What kind of out-of-school lessons did you take as a kid?  The only thing I can think of is that I took Flute lessons.  I did do summer basketball camps as well.

What valuable lesson did you learn this past week?  I need to trust that God’s plan for me is the best thing for me and to take his cues and follow them for my life.

Who in your life really needs to be taught a lesson?  An unamed mother to one of my kids friends that think that by avoiding people and acting like something didn’t happen that she doesn’t have to fix the issue.

What kinds of lessons would you love to have a private teacher for right now?  ORGANIZATION…. I suck at this especially with your daily life stuff.

What steps have you taken to lessen the impact of these rough economic times?  We decided to make our house now work for us longer so we can save money.

With all of the stuff we are doing around here I am so much more tired than I normally am.   I’m also finding the more time I spend doing the projects the less I find myself wanting to eat food when I shouldn’t be.  Who would have thought that the stress and craziness of these projects would be the equivalent of diet pills that work. If only they could sell motivation and house projects in a bottle because there are no harsh side effects or potential health dangers. LOL

Well musical rooms is well underway here now.  Maddie is resting peacefully in her new room that was once the playroom.  We hope to get a large amout of the basement organized and cleaned out this weekend.  Granted I am not looking forward to the surplus electronics build up we have going on down there. I sometimes wonder if my husband could ever turn down free computer stuff. It should be interesting. I plan on taking some pics tomorrow of the befores and I so can not wait to share the afters. We are so excited to see this all starting to come together. I am also so excited that my MIL is coming to watch the kids so I won’t have them at my feet all weekend!!! WAAHOO

Which of your friends is the most frugal?  My good friend Heather for sure.  She got me into Savings Angel and I am so thankful for that.

Which of your friends is the biggest spendthrift?  I have no idea to be honest because it’s not something you tend to know about your friends.

Which of your friends is the most daring? I have no idea because the people I tend to spend my time with don’t live on the edge but also are not afraid of it either.  When God is in control this type of stuff doesn’t really matter…

Which of your friends is the most cautious?  See answer to above question.

Which of your friends has the hottest temper? Humm I guess you could say Jodi but it’s only if you’ve really pushed her, but she is also great at taking a step back and working things out.

Over the last week we have been cleaning out our back yard and making it better and larger to spend time in.  We moved a fence that was in our side yard from the back corner of the hosue to the front coner.  This alone made the yard look huge.  We also took down 5 pines that were killing the grass and not letting enough light in.  Now the backyard feels like it doubled in size. This was all done in prep of the idea of putting the house on the market next spring. On Sunday morning when Joel and I were finish a few small things we started talking and both agreed we didn’t want to move now that we had done so much work.

So the next step was to figure out how we can make our house work longer.  We have a 3 bedroom house that doesn’t have a lot of indoor entertaining space. We really want another bedroom for Maddie and want a family room.  We both agreed we could take and turn the playroom/den area into a bedroom for Maddie.  Down the road we’ll try and sell it as a office/study or bedroom. We are going to put up some french doors that will lead into her room and she will share the huge walk in closet in Allie’s new room.  We are also going to move the playroom into the basement and turn the space into a family room with a play area. 

We are so excited because we had all of the details figured out in how it would work in less than an hour.  We have even gotten paint picked out, new bedding for Maddie, and placement of toys and other bedroom stuff planned out as well.  Maddie will go into the playroom, Allie will go into what is Logan’s room now, and Logan will go up to what is the girls room.  This will make nap time better for Logan this summer as well.

So what’s next?  Well this week I will be moving things around and maybe even doing some painting.  It’s just crazy because we hope to have Maddie at least sleeping in her new room by this time next week.  Hopefully by the end of Memorial day weekend we will either be ready to make up the space in the basement or really close. We are so excited because this will allow us to stay in this house much longer and over the next few years do some other great improvements.  We want to redo the main floor bathroom and we also hope to eventually redo the kitchen.  With not selling and going up to a bigger more expensive house we can afford to do these things but also make it worth more to sell!!!

What’s your favorite card game?  I love to play Euchre… haven’t played it in a long time but it’s still one fo my favorite games for sure.

What’s your favorite roll-the-dice-and-move game? Who doesn’t love a good game of CLUE  LOL!!!!

What’s your favorite playground game?  I use to love to play kickball but it’s been a really long time.

What’s your favorite party game? I like to play gift Bingo where you have to fill in the squares of what you think the person will get.  It’s normally a baby or wedding shower game.

What’s your favorite computer game? I love to play Marvin’s Lucky Thirteen

Today Ozzie finally made it back home.  Its not the way we wished or hope it would be but his ashes are home with us now.  Not really sure what we will do with them.  We might wait to bury them at our next house where he can be with Louie when his time comes.  They were always together for the last 10 years and belong together forever.  We thank God everyday for the time we had with and even though it has gotten better everyday since he passed we still miss holding and loving on him.