Overall, I have had a pretty good weekend. It was busy, but fun. I worked hard all week to get my house ready for guests on Saturday because I had a Pampered Chef party planned. I had no idea how great it would be! I made mimosas and coffee, and Wendy (the consultant) made a veggie omelet (it was AWESOME) and a berry bread recipe. We all ( Read more... )

I am going grocery shopping tonight - just me and myself. I need a break, and this way I would be killing two birds with one stone. Last night I began to feel depressed about everything that was going on while Marrissa was still here. I promised myself I would go take a walk or something when Blaine came home so that I could clear my mind and ( Read more... )

You know when something happens that makes you annoyed or upset and then you research the situation a little more and find a better alternative? Kind of like what was happening when we were buying houses - we thought that we wanted the other house (the model) so badly until we saw this house. This house ROCKS! We wouldn't be in this house if we ( Read more... )

I just received a phone call from a telemarketer. This is SO not cool. Why is this such a weird thing? Because I have a virtual phone number - I make and receive calls through my internet line. People just don't have access to my number. So now I am very upset about this and I have to go back and track down the people who are selling my ( Read more... )

Blaine and I had a relaxing time together last weekend. It was nice to spend some quality time with him since we don't do that often. Right now he has a major deadline for a project at work that has been stressing him out to no end, and he still made sure to take time out for us to spend together. That was really nice. Last Saturday we went to ( Read more... )

Yesterday was fun yet tiring. We got to the airport about fifteen minutes before the plane boarded, only to find out that we needed Thayana's immunization records in order to have her sit on my lap on the plane. The fine without that proof is like 10K - the woman helping us acquire our boarding passes made sure that we knew that. So I called the ( Read more... )

I don't even know what to say anymore. Blaine and I took on a big responsibility when we took the girls in, and we knew it was not going to be easy. But we are now at the point where enough is enough, and something has got to change with them. We had another incident with Melinda last night, and now Blaine and I are ready for her to leave. We ( Read more... )

I finally (in the past couple of weeks) have had the willpower again to be on track with my Points, so I am looking forward to the 140's by the end of the week. I am so excited because it has taken me months to lose ten pounds. FINALLY I will be out of my rut! And then I am hoping that I can lose the next ten in a month or so - I really want to ( Read more... )

My daughter took her first steps unassisted today! Almost exactly at the same age as Tariah! I remember because we were celebrating Crystal's birthday party, and Tariah was walking back and forth between us at Crystal's house. Thayana thought it was a blast at first, but then got tired of it after a few tries. Hopefully we can do it again later ( Read more... )

Blaine took the day off work today to stay at home and get some more of our flooring in. His dad is here too, so they should be able to get quite a bit done. The dilemma? My internet will be disconnected from the computer for an unknown amount of time. I know that I could ask Blaine to hook it back up in the bedroom right away, but I would feel ( Read more... )