Winter blues

It's another cold winter day. I decided a couple of weeks ago that I have the winter blues. I'm tired of this crap. I blame my lack of energy on the cold weather. I've had a hard time getting motivated for anything. UGH. The spring like days that we've had this past month were great, but I wanted MORE! I am really looking foward to being outside and playing with j. I also like it when the sun is shining when I have to get out of bed to go to work. It's so much easier then.

We haven't done much this weekend. Watched Burn After Reading last night and wasn't very impressed. I believe j has had the most energy out of all of us.

One exciting thing though, is that a couple of weeks ago, my nephew Zach signed his letter of intent (is that what it is called??) to play football at Northwest. He got a little bit of a scholarship. I think he's pretty excited about the opportunity. I hope everything works out for him.

Have a great week.

Feb 16

So, I'm sitting at the kitchen table watching j put a pea on her fork and then eat it. She's not very good with forks/spoons yet, but sometimes it's funny to watch.

The weekend is over and back to work tomorrow. It was good though...Friday, I finished up some cleaning. j went to daycare again, and I ended up taking a relaxing bath. It was WONDERFUL. Of course, I had guilt about it, but nonetheless, I did enjoy it.

Saturday, J's parents were here and watched j while we went to St. Joe. We went to see Gran Torino, which if you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it! I thought it was a great movie. We then went out to eat. Everywhere we went, there was an hour wait, so we ended up at the Ground Round. It wasn't too bad...I was a bit skeptical at first, but it turned out pretty decent.

I thought about your party this weekend D and am hoping that your business takes off. Plus, I love all the purses you show on your blog. You are so crafty! I would love to be like that, but I'm the type to start things and not finish them. I'm really bad about that, but I love the planning part of, the follow through, not so good at.

Oh, so here's something funny for you. Saturday night J noticed that j's shoes were two different sizes! The thing about is that she has had these shoes since October! How did I never notice? The funny part is she would always take off the right shoe (the bigger one) and we would always wonder why! Now we know. So I'm thinking that since it's just a few more months until summer, I'll just keep her in those shoes, it's worked for 5 months, what's a couple more! However, we are still hanging on to the glimmer of hope that another girl at day care has the same shoes and she just came home with the wrong ones. I'm really not counting it, because I do recall when I strap on the shoes, the velcro on one seemed to go farther than the other....hmm, you would have thought that would have given me the first clue. Nope, never even thought to look! Oh well. Crazy mom move on my part.

Have a great week.

One day over

Oh, I'm so bummed that the first day of my five days off is over....I spent the entire day cleaning and running errands. I'm so glad I got most of the house cleaned. I know nobody will probably even notice, but it feels like such an accomplishment. I still need to clean and organize the other bedroom and I will do that tomorrow. But I'm going to sleep as long as Jae will let me. I'll take her to day care again, so I can get done faster.

I'm looking foward to Grey's Anatamy tonight! Anxious to see what happens.....

Whew

Oh last week was busy...J has been teaching classes again on Monday nights, so Monday was busy. Tuesday and Thursday I worked late and Wednesday night, we had a surprise "Grandma" shower for a co-worker of mine. She was totally shocked and it was a good time. Friday night, J went to happy hour, so every night I did not want to do anything. So glad last week is over.

The weekend seemed just as busy. Saturday, we went to Liberty to our old neighbor's 2 yr. old's birthday party. We stopped and shopped for a new computer and bought a new laptop. Our desktop was on it's last leg. I love the new computer....it's so much faster. Yesterday, we headed to York for the day. J's sister just had a new baby on Thursday, and so we went to visit. I feel like we have been in the car all weekend. j did really good though. It was just the last 1/2 hour of the ride there and back that she got crabby....but it was so sweet because on the way home, as long as I was holding her hand, she was fine...LOVED IT!

J is off again tonight teaching...so I'm sitting here watching the Bachelor and trying to catch you all up with us.

I'm hoping this week is much calmer....I have to work late again tomorrow, but then I'm off work Thursday through Monday!!! I can't wait. Thursday, I am cleaning the house. I'm actually starting to look forward to it. To me, it's such a good feeling once all the work is done and the house is clean and organized. Joe's parents are planning on coming in on Saturday and staying to Sunday....I think J and I are going on a date Saturday....woo hoo!

OK, I think that's it for today!

j's 18 mo. picture

Sunday Jan. 18

Good evening....So J was reading the blog and said that since there were two J's in my life, I needed to do a better job at distinguishing between the two. So there is going to be J and j. We'll see how well I do with remembering.

We got j's 18 month pictures taken today...when I look at them, I cannot believe how much she has grown....I was even able to put a bow in her hair!! Very excited about that. We got them taken at Wal-Mart, it's very convenient (I don't know how to spell that), but I'm not all that impressed....I think we will check out JCP for 2 yr. pics....I really liked Portrait Innovations, but since JCP is closer we will go there next.

I've been thinking about sharing more on this blog, more personal stuff, but am not sure if I am ready to do that yet....we'll see...sometimes, though, I think my posts are "nothing too exciting" but have also decided that it will be fun to look back on it over the months and see what I had to say!

Almost time to head to the living room to watch Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters!

Have a great Monday (hope you all have it off!)

BURRRR, it's cold

So this past weekend, I bought a new robe....J calls it my housecoat...oh my...so yeah, I think it is. It's red and fleece and only comes to my knee's AND I love it...I wear it at night when I am cold....I look in the mirror, and man, I look like a frumpy old lady, especially after my shower and am not wearing any make-up and my hair looks bad! It's my favorite new thing!

On another note, I had to work late tonight and got home about 6. By the time I got home, J was giving J a bath and I went in to say hello. I ate some dinner and by the time I was done, J was done with her bath and got pj's on and started yelling "mommy, mommy, mommy" and ran toward me! What a great night.

I'm getting her 18 mo. pictures taken on Sunday and cannot decide what she should wear....wow, is she that old? I cannot believe it. I'm anxious to visually see the changes from her year pictures.

Off for now.....