Sunday Seven

What's on your mind?
1. I really wish we had won the lottery last night
2. Then I could pay the bills sitting here on my desk.
3. I could buy my daughter that Nintendo DS she wants.
4. I could be debt free
5. I could buy a bigger house for my family, including my parents and siblings
6. I could tithe some real money to our church, instead of my usual thin envelope with $5 in it.
7. I wouldn't need to worry about most of the other crap that is on my mind right now!

Tuesday - Christmas is still here

For some reason this year, I had a hard time getting into the Christma "spirit".
Maybe it was because the Princess had a solo in our church's pageant and we started listening to Christmas carols in August. Maybe it was because this was the second year that I was away from my siblings and parents. Maybe it was because my DH worked crazy long hours and was never home.
At any rate, I felt like this year, I just went through the motions. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed giving and receiving gifts. I enjoyed going to church on Christmas Eve. I enjoyed inheriting my MIL's nativity stable that her grandfather made her and displaying it in my own home.
It was just lacking something this year, and I can't put my finger on it.

The only problem now is that I can't seem to get my house undecorated and back to normal!!! So, my goal is to de-Christmas the house by the end of the week!!!

Have you put away your holiday decorations yet?

Sunday - 9 days to go!

Nine days til Christmas! Are you ready!

We have baked off our cookies and delivered some of our boxes to neighbors and friends.
I still need to print our Christmas letter and mail it to about 25 addresses.
I also need to ship a few things to my nephews in Nebraska - I hope they get there in time for the holidays!

12 Days to go....

All of our shopping is done, except for a few GC to purchase online.

I need to wrap a few more gifts, including the ones that Santa is giving the kids.

Baking and shipping out the out-of-state gifts is what I'll be doing this weekend! How about you?

Housefairy.org

Can I just say that this is the best program ever?!?!?!?!?

I joined the Housefairy website a few months ago. the boys haven't caught on just yet, but my daugter is like a whole new kid.

Her room is clean. EVERYDAY. Without being asked.
Her laundry is in the hamper . EVERYDAY. Without being asked.
She does her chores. EVERYDAY. Without being aked.

She is still working on backtalking and whining about her brothers, but we are hopeful that she will turn that corner soon.

If you want your kids to help out more at home, but can't get them motivated, I would checck out housefairy.org. They aren't paying me or anything, I just really like what they have done for our family.

Why??

Why is it that when you get a little ahead financially, something happens that costs the exact amount of what you have saved?

Why do I get stuck behind the tourist / slow car / bad driver when I am late for something?

Why do my children make me repeat myself four times and then wonder why I am mad that they don't listen?

Why does my husband think its okay to be pissy about something I have no control over, but if he forgets something I JUST SAID, I can't be miffed?

Why are the dishes and laundry never done???

WHY??!!???!!??!!

Sorry - Its been a while

In my first post, I promised not to be boring and here I go forgetting to update my blog!!!
Things are a little crazy here. All three kids have had dental work done on a weekly basis for the last two months! They all had various procedures that needed to be done and of course, we wouldn't want to do everything in one visit. The Tank had an appointment this morning and the Princess has one this afternoon. The good news is that she is done after today and Tank has one more visit. The Philosopher is done for now.
I am a Girl Scout Leader with Princess's troop and things are in full swing there too! We had a Halloween party last night! There was enough sugar there to put a team of dentists in shock!!
The Sci-Fi guy and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary a few weeks ago by going to the Food and Wine Festival at EPCOT. It was a lot of fun, but would have been better if we could have spent the whole day there like we did last year. Last year we did an overnight trip, so we were able to meander through the shops, revisit some of the booths we liked and just play. This year, we only did a day trip and I was feeling the pressure to get home in time to rescue MIL who was baby-sitting for us.
I won't bore you with more details, but I promise to post more frequently!