So....

The guy didn't show up yesterday til 6 ish. I wish it were the kind of place that of they were late it's free ;) too bad it's not!! LOL!!

Anyway.....nothing much going on around here. Kids start both pre school and swim lessons on the 11th for two weeks....then just school Mon-Thurs. Will be nice to only have two for two hours a day, four days a week!! Otherwise....just thinking I REALLY need to get my back yard in order. It has been nothing but weeds since we moved in here almost 9 years ago. I want a nice back yard with nice green grass that my kids can play on/in. They have their swingset and a playhouse and picnic tble and our newly aquired sand box (without sand so far) but I want a trampoline for them and a pool someday and a great big garden and a nice new shed instead of my hagard red one.......Ahhh....the wants!! Maybe someday!!

I hate water leaks....

So our water softener hasn't worked correctly for while now. The thing with the salt was too full of water. Andd then last week or the week before, it started to leak from somewhere else. So last week they came out and "fixed it". But now my basement drain is not daining and there is NO water in the salt thing.....so I am waiting for them to come back out today....I hate waiting too....Why can't they tell you what time they will be here instead of sometime btween 2 and 4.....HELLO....I hate waiting for people to show up to fix things and it seems like they always (They being whoever is coming to fix anything) get here 1/2 hour after the range they give you to begin with. So today...I am expecting them at roughly4:30...of course, that will interfer with dinner being ready by 5, etc, etc......

Game....

Here is a fun little game... leave a comment on my blog of a memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you've known me for a short time or a long time, anything that you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.It is pretty funny to read the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you are playing and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. On your mark... get set... blog those memories!

So I learned some new things....

this week....

1) How to add pictures to my blog!!

2) How to can apricots!! (Thanks Kelly)

3) How to remove stiches from my daughter's forehead!!

4) How tired I get in the afternoons if I don't exercize in the mornings!!

5) Big spiders still get in your house, even when you spray poison!

Things I am still working on learning:

1) How to remain calm when my son spills things constantly!!

2) How to add music to my blog (if you can help, let me know)

3) How to change the background of my blog (see above comment..need help)

4) Remembering to post in my blog

Things I don't think I will ever learn:

1) How to remain calm when my son spills things constantly!!

2) How to get my entire house clean, laundry done, folded and put away, dishes done, dinner made, etc, etc....every day in the same week and still take care of the kids, and myself!!

3) How to manage so that I am not always late everywhere I go!

Two Dogs and some Stiches!!!

What a weekend~!! The title says it all!! We'll we got one new dog on Thursday afternoon, Mia...a 6 month old Papillon/Chiwawa mix. Darling little dog!! The we got another new dog on Saturday, Diasy, a 1 1/2 year old Yellow Lab....the dog I have wanted since meeting Ruger, our friends yellow lab whom I absolutly love....he was my inspiration!! It's a long story, but we were suspossed to go and look at Daisy last weekend, but then got a call form her owners saying they could keep her, so basically never mind....so we went looking at oter dogs and found Mia!! This past Saturday, so a week later, I get a call from Daisy's owner saying they have changed their minds and are now getting rid of her, were we still interested?? Um.....Ron and I talked and desided to go and look at her and see...because frankly, Duke still needed a friend he could play with and Mia wasn't going to cut it!! So we go and look at her, and I fall in love....she is perfect!! A sweet, non hyper, good to kids, trained dog!! So we take her home ;) I am a sucker for animals, what more can I say!!! So now we have three dogs....What were we thinking???

And on to the Stiches.....guess who?? Not me, not Ron and surpirsingly NOT Aidan~!!! Madelyn got her first stiches on Friday evening!! My poor little girl was so brave! We had the Sister Missonaries here for dinner...so we are eating and Maddie gets Aidan a papertowl because, surprise, he spilled something....she was kneeling in my chair handing it to him, when the chair moved and she feel face first onto the floor!! We couldn't get the cut to stay closed to we took her in and she ended up with five stiches!! She was really brave and I think I was more scared of them then she was....but we all got through it (Huge thanks to the Sochas for taking the boys and Mia while Ron and I went to the Dr. w/ Maddie) and she got a pink popsicle afterwards so that made her day. We went back in today for a checkup and they are healing nicely!! She should get them out on Thursday! Poor girl!!

Today -

Two different people noticed that I have lost inches and said they can tell~!! Notice I say inches and not weigh!! The fetching scale refuses to move, yet I am losing something and people are noticing ;) They have no idea how good this makes me feel and how motivating it is for me. So Ladies.....thank you for noticing, thank you for saying something, and thank you for the motivation!! It is greatly appreciated!!

A little bit of this.....

So last Tuesday we had to have Darla put to sleep! I was so sad. I cried for two days straight...really! We have had Darla since Right after Ron and I got married and moved into this house. She was my baby before I had kids. It was a diffucult few days....but I am over it. I know it was right and she was sick. We went looking at dogs this weekend for a pal for Duke. He is having a hard time too and didn't eat anything for about 3 days. We didn't find "the" one, so suprisingly we didn't get any this weekend. I know my mom was sure we wuld have a new dog by Saturday....but we don't...YET!!

The 4th of July was fun....we din't do too much. Took the kids to the Mana parade in the morning and then to watch fireworks that night. We got a surprise and the fireworks started a fire on the hill, so that added to he excitement,but othewise, just a family day!! Hope everyone enjoyed their 4th!! We are now looking forward to the 24th of July and the parade and floats and fireworks that it brings!!