I thought once the holidays were over I'd be less stressed. Instead I've got AESA stuff, Riley's social security number stuff, planning for our vacay home in February, and the ever fun laundry, dishes, and floors. I'm missing something...oh, those pesky kids are taxing my time as well. Hope everyone's Christmas was fun. Hope your New Years is safe ( Read more... )

It's time to admit defeat. You'll all be getting lovely Valentine's Day cards. I haven't been able to get the sun, the children, or the husband to cooperate so you'll just have to wait until Vday to see the photos. I kept thinking it might happen, "maybe today?" Maybe never. Ugh. I feel like such a busy failure. At least all the Christmas shopping ( Read more... )

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...


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First item of business: Cheyenne is home!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're happy to be a family again. I'm happy to put my house together finally. (and ya know, all that other stuff that a husband is good for ( Read more... )

I survived Thanksgiving, it even had fun moments. The turkey, cooked by my awesome husband, was fantastic! I love turkey and he does it great. We had pumpkin gooey bars which are a favorite of mine since Naika made them last year. :)

The tree is up, the stockings are sitting around waiting to be hung, and we are even going to put lights up on our ( Read more... )

I  survived Thanksgiving, house and home intact. No one burned themselves or their homes down with fried turkey and our turkey turned out great. For 7 adults and 4 small children we had 2 turkeys and 1 ham. We went overboard didn't we? Naika kept talking about taking our leftovers to homeless people.

I also survived black friday. I had a plan to go ( Read more... )