We Love Our Dog's, Bugs And All

Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Flea's!!!

Our house Sunday night:

Me: Oh Hydie dog, you're soooo spoiled.

Sean: And sooooooo dumb.

Me (scratching her belly): Don't listen to daddy, you're a smart girl.

Hydie wags her tail, moves her body back and forth rubbing her back and sneezes.

Me: Hydie, lay still. (picking at a small black speck) I think Hydie might have flea's.

Sean: I was wondering about that. I noticed the dogs have been rubbing their backs on the floor the other day.

I guess you can't be bug free forever.

"The Beast" Still Not Home.

The Beast, otherwise known as the TA was going to come home this week. Once we got rid of all the unsellable items, the garage was ready.

Sean and I went to pick it up and bring it home. At a stop sign, Sean had done a rather large, smoking "burn off". (some men just never get past the age of 16 when in a fast car) Once the smoke cleared, we headed for the highway.

As Sean was driving, an a/c hose blew. We are on the side of the road, freon blowing everywhere and Sean is on the phone with Eric, they guy who had fixed the brakes and other things to let him know what happened and that it will be at Sean's dads house when the parts come in. As he is talking to Eric, Sean's dad calls and says "The police were just here looking for the person who did that burn off". At that moment, two motorcycle police men pull up.

Now, I had no idea that Sean was on the phone with his dad. My first thought was that someone had called about the burn off. Then I started to think of other reasons to panic about our situation. The Beast is in no way street legal at this time. It has pretty much been gutted and has only the driver seat and various parts inside. There aren't even door handles or mirrors on the outside. I was following Sean in his work van. The van was full of the remaining parts for the car...and Sean's shotgun, unloaded. His dad had borrowed it and was giving it back. So you can see why I freaking out just a little bit.

The cops asked if we needed any help. We said we only had to go about a mile or so and would be fine and thanks for stopping. They then asked if we knew each other. I paused and said "oh, he's my husband".

I wonder what would have happened if I said, "I just stopped because the car looked so cool."?

What's Wrong With Our Garage Sale

It was not as successful as we had hoped. We have so much stuff left over, we posted an add on Craigs List.

As you can see from the add, we had a lot of stuff left over and were willing to box everything up.

We didn't get any responses until we had already boxed everything up and delivered it to the thrift store~of course!

I did keep the heart shaped chair.

Garage Sale

I know I've been talking about it forever, but the day has finally come. We're having our garage sale!!!

We have too much stuff. I bought 540 stickers to tag the items and thought for sure that would be more than enough...I was wrong. I couldn't believe the amount clothes, shoes, kitchen and other miscellaneous crap we have. What we don't sell is being boxed up and moving on to some place else.

Hopefully it will be a huge success. I've included a few pictures to show "The Garage Sale O' Crap". You can see why we haven't been able to park in the garage.

Stiff Upper Lip

Well, today was a big day at our house. Today was the first day of...(cue the "duh duh duh" music) middle school!!! (yelling/screaming/slasher sounds from "Psycho")

How can this be? Noelle was up when her alarm went off, had eaten breakfast, brushed her teeth and was dressed, ready to go to school at 6:30. She looked so grown up! I drove her to school today and am picking her up after. Tomorrow, I guess she is going to ride the bus with her friend, Leya. Her school starts at 7:25. I wanted, (read had) to take her picture before we left. Could I find the camcorder, no. After a few minutes of, "you can't have a first day of school without a picture", I found it only to discover the battery was dead!!! After plugging it in and taking her picture, we were on the road.

This being the first time for "middle school" drop off, I was one of many with a "deer in the headlights" look. The middle school and junior high are in the same area and start at the same time. It was kind of nuts with parents trying to drop kids off at the different schools.

Regardless, Noelle got to school and I didn't cry.

Michael on the other hand was a different story. When I got home from dropping off Noelle, I went to wake him up. He opened one eye, looked at me and said "all ready?". He gave his breakfast order to Sean, Michael was dressed and ready to go. I took his picture and we were out the door.

He has the same 4th grade teacher Noelle had. A huge plus to Michael is that one of his best friends, and soccer buddy, Blaine is in his class. Also in his class is one of his friends from down the street, Cameron. Michael and Blaine sit at the same group of of desks and Cameron sits within arms reach of Michael. I don't see this seating arrangement lasting too long.

If At First You Don't Succeed...

take the test again.

As you can tell, my test didn't go the way I wanted it to. I studied the way the others suggested, and I should have listened to myself and studied the way I did after LPN school. I can take the test again in 45 days which means I would be able to take it again on our anniversary. Today, I'm going to go to Barnes and Noble and buy the study guide I should have used and start studying again. I'm going to start from scratch and go from there.

Does He Belong To Me?????

Amy has long said that Riley could me be my son. What do you think?

90 Days Does Not Equal 3 Months

When I was in school, we all knew that we could practice for 90 days as a GN (graduate nurse). We graduated May 11 so some of us thought that would mean we could work until August 11. Uh, we would be wrong.

If you are good at math, you would know that 90 days from May 11 is August 8. So, what does this mean??? I have to take my test and present work with a letter from the state that I passed my test. If I don't pass my test (all together now:"that will not happen"), I will have to work as an LPN until I pass.

So the big test day is this week. Please remember to send positive thoughts and prayers my way at 2:00.

A Good Time Was Had By All

The four of us had and absolute BALL when we watched the boys. Who wouldn't? Somehow, I walked out of the house without the camera! I had to resort to my camera phone.

The "Wonder Twins" are at such a fun age. Trying to say so many words...at once. They have such different styles. Jack is very commanding with his words and gestures. Riley just kind of sits back and goes with the flow. Jack is more of a neat eater while Riley is more of a "just how much can I fit into my mouth at once" kind of an eater.

We took them to McDonald's and it was funny how they both lean forward to see the other one. Sometimes there would be giggles, some times there were words of some sort. Noelle was thrilled when Jack called her "NoDough" and Michael was excited when Riley made kind of a "huh" sound when Michael was trying to get him to say Mustang. (Michael's favorite car)

If you recall, I shared how Amy bought my kids some toys that tend to be just a little on the annoying side. I have started the payback. Amy had bought this for Noelle when she was about the same age the boys are. For what ever reason, we still had it, so it has now been given to the boys. I can't wait to give them the next toy their mom gave my kids!!!