I just booked a weekend away with John for his Birthday. We haven't been away for a weekend alone in I don't know how long.... I think 3 years!!! I booked it at the Hurst house bed and breakfast in Lancaster County, seems like a nice place. I am so out of the " fun " loop I have NO idea what to plan for fun... Any ideas? When I plan fun days for the kids it is easy, they are happy going to the park or painting outside... John is a little past the park and painting, if I hand him a paint brush he will ask what wall Jenna wrote on this time..lmao. So I am pretty excited about going away, and a little sad to leave Lydia, I have never left her more than a few hours :(
Any ideas on what I can plan?? The room has a DVD player, microwave, fridge, fireplace, and I think that is it.... Toss me your ideas, I am open to suggestions!!
www.hursthousebandb.com this is where we are staying...
Friday, April 17, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Spring Cleaning, ( our lives)
When Spring finally gets here every year I start to get antsy for change. I want to get my garden started, open windows and clean, change curtains or something. Move furniture around, clean out closets whatever... The cleaning out is like therapy for me. This year I have decided in addition to all the previous mentioned changes, I will clean out my life. I will deal less with the people who bring me down, and make a point of dropping an e mail or phone call to the ones who truly bring me joy. I have noticed over the last few months that there are people very close to me that bring me anxiety and grief when I am with them, I will change that. I will work with my kids to change something about them too, I could start with Christina and her pre teen attitude, but I don't think that will work as well considering she is just a hormonal pre teen. lol
I will try very hard to think more positive and spend less time on the computer. The computer does relax me and seeing what my friends are doing online brings me joy, BUT my neglected house work doesn't. I will do better to prioritize my time and get more done in a day, so when I go to bed I don't feel like I was lazy all day and feel guilty. I think with these minor changes I will feel better about myself and not feel so overwhelmed most days. I have already started making changes with things we do financially ( reducing our cable, calling around for better car/life insurance rates, only buying what I need at the grocery store and trying to shop with sales and coupons... ) I am hoping that I can stick to my new plan, and see a change in myself. I will start with the cleaning out Tuesday when the kids go back to school. I won't overwhelm myself with conquering the whole house in one day, I will try to do 1 closet or toy box a day ( if I have the time to do 2 that is even better!!) So there is how I plan to start Spring cleaning myself :) HAPPY SPRING!!!!
I will try very hard to think more positive and spend less time on the computer. The computer does relax me and seeing what my friends are doing online brings me joy, BUT my neglected house work doesn't. I will do better to prioritize my time and get more done in a day, so when I go to bed I don't feel like I was lazy all day and feel guilty. I think with these minor changes I will feel better about myself and not feel so overwhelmed most days. I have already started making changes with things we do financially ( reducing our cable, calling around for better car/life insurance rates, only buying what I need at the grocery store and trying to shop with sales and coupons... ) I am hoping that I can stick to my new plan, and see a change in myself. I will start with the cleaning out Tuesday when the kids go back to school. I won't overwhelm myself with conquering the whole house in one day, I will try to do 1 closet or toy box a day ( if I have the time to do 2 that is even better!!) So there is how I plan to start Spring cleaning myself :) HAPPY SPRING!!!!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
This is NO joke
With it being April fools day, I was hoping all the days events would turn out to be a bad joke, but unfortunately it was all true and really happened.
I don't know if it was the weather, if there is a full moon or what the deal is, but today just about sucked ass and I am totally ready for everyone to go to bed, and for some to even go away... ( I won't mean that tomorrow).
The day started when my husband informed me he was facebooking with some friends lastnight, and to play an April fools joke on them at midnight, told them some pretty crazy stuff, then told them " April Fools", I didn't find ANY of the crap he was cracking up about even a little bit funny, so the day started in an fight.... Only to go down hill. Jenna and Lydia were miserable most of the day, Lydia is working on her front tooth and Jenna, who knows what her deal is. Christina came home from school miserable, and snapping at everyone. Jonahtan was told to let the bunnies out of their cages for a little bit, ( we let them run in the basement so the dogs can't get to them), well as Jonathan was opening the door Toby knocked him out of the way, bolted to the bunnies and hurt Christina's bunny pretty bad. We aren't sure he will make it through the night. I deal with that mess, put the dog in his crate and come in to find the 2 bull dogs dog fighting over a freaking ball... For whatever reason everyone, the dogs included, were on edge today. I have a killer headache, and want to run away.... I need to stay up and watch the bunny ( I don't know why, there is nothing I can really do for him) but I feel like I need to. Jonathan feels like the bunny incident was his fault, it wasn't at all... I am so hoping tomorrow is a better day. It is SUPPOSED to be sunny and warm.. Everyone can go outside, dogs included!!
I don't know if it was the weather, if there is a full moon or what the deal is, but today just about sucked ass and I am totally ready for everyone to go to bed, and for some to even go away... ( I won't mean that tomorrow).
The day started when my husband informed me he was facebooking with some friends lastnight, and to play an April fools joke on them at midnight, told them some pretty crazy stuff, then told them " April Fools", I didn't find ANY of the crap he was cracking up about even a little bit funny, so the day started in an fight.... Only to go down hill. Jenna and Lydia were miserable most of the day, Lydia is working on her front tooth and Jenna, who knows what her deal is. Christina came home from school miserable, and snapping at everyone. Jonahtan was told to let the bunnies out of their cages for a little bit, ( we let them run in the basement so the dogs can't get to them), well as Jonathan was opening the door Toby knocked him out of the way, bolted to the bunnies and hurt Christina's bunny pretty bad. We aren't sure he will make it through the night. I deal with that mess, put the dog in his crate and come in to find the 2 bull dogs dog fighting over a freaking ball... For whatever reason everyone, the dogs included, were on edge today. I have a killer headache, and want to run away.... I need to stay up and watch the bunny ( I don't know why, there is nothing I can really do for him) but I feel like I need to. Jonathan feels like the bunny incident was his fault, it wasn't at all... I am so hoping tomorrow is a better day. It is SUPPOSED to be sunny and warm.. Everyone can go outside, dogs included!!
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