be still my heart.

Today I got 3 Pottery Barn magazines in the mail at once. It is overwhelming cause they have such lovely lovely things; expensive lovely lovely things. I fall in love with them all. This is one of the things I fell hard for Wish Tree Quilt and Shams. Maybe it will be under the tree from Santa. I have been a very good girl this year.

Saturday, In Review.

Jason played an amazing game today and scored twice. It was warm but super windy. Ryan got to walk around at the field and loved that, then fell asleep in my arms. After the game, the boys wanted Red Lobster so we went there. Zachary slept through the entire meal. Ryan and Jason ate biscuits. We ran over to Target next cause I needed dish soap. I got Jason 3 Halloween shirts (that he can wear anytime) marked down to .60 cents each. I also got a Halloween treat box set for .29 cents, a Transformer drawstring tote for .59 cents, and some decor for next year for .29 cents. I was thrilled.

And I forgot to tell you what made my day, at the soccer field next to where we were playing, I noticed someone had left a coffee mug there. Everyone was almost gone as their game was already over, so we waited to make sure no one ever came back for it. Eventually I had Jacques go pick it up. It was a super neat one. So when we were at Target, I check the travel mugs to see if they had one like it. They did and they were priced at $19.99 each. Score on the Soccer Field for Mommy Today. Does that make me an awful psycho coffee mug stealer? Sorry.

that cold black cloud is coming down.

Okay, maybe it is not that dramatic, but I did listen to some Bob Dylan today and that quote came to mind. Julie would say, "Enough with the drama already." Bad News : Some things need done to the house in order for the inspector to give us a green light. Somethings that will cost us quite a bit of money and a lot of time. Somethings that we were going to have done anyway, but on our time and on a budget. Now it must all be done in a few weeks and before we can even close the deal. Basically we have to fix them ourselves while we still don't own the house in order to own the house. Confused? Me too. To sum it up: The house is bank owned and being sold AS IS, if we want the VA appraisal to be a GO, it needs to be up to their standards.. So if we can get early access to fix up these things, then the VA guy will give us a go and approve the appraisal amount and we will close on the house... BUT only after we have already spent our own time and money on a house that we DO NOT yet own. Let's hope nothing goes wrong.

rehab and apples on friday.

Love, love, love these. They are made in France by Lamomme's Shop on Etsy. They are $16 each of $42 for this set of three. Also the words are customizable, up to 10 letters. How perfect is that? These better be in my stocking on Christmas Morning, Santa.

Totally lovin' this song right now Bartender Song by Rehab. My hubby thinks I am such a weird person. Who else loves sweet plush apples with tender messages of hope and happiness and songs about parole and Chevrolet's? Give it a listen.

Aw Friday, My favorite day of the week. We are still hoping to close today, it is all on the bank's shoulders. We need to close today, I am not even kidding. We have no plans today either. Jason asked to go to the park after school. It should be in the 80's, I think we just may.

I am happy that Zachary survived yesterday, Poor Kid. Ryan,standing above him, dropped a baseball on his forehead. He busted his head hard twice under the kitchen table, I checked for blood. He fell at the Children's Museum, bad enough again that I checked for cuts and blood. Then I practically ripped his leg off getting him out of the stroller. It was caught in between the sides, and I was picking up both babies at once, didn't notice and lifted. And those were just the big bonks.. There were the normal little ones too. Geesh!

Weekend: Saturday is Jason's last soccer game at noon and Sunday we have a birthday party. If the house is in our possession by then, Jacques will be working hard on wallpaper removal.

Coffee is warm. Let's get going, Friday. I love You!

more things on thursday.

The babies found a 500 pack of napkins on their level, need I say more?

I am still crossing my fingers for closing on the house tomorrow.

Jacques ran to the store then he is cooking super.

Jason's homework is done and he is watching Shrek 2.

I lent Twilight to the neighbor yesterday. She rushed over for Book 2 today. That reminds me to hound Julie again about reading the series. And until she reads them.

I talked to Mom, Jamie and Ian earlier.

I am super grouchy. So are the babies.

thursday things.

Today Jason's class went to Edventure Children's Museum. The babies and I went along too as chaperons. They learned about fire safety last month and again at the museum today. I have more photos to share of Jason and the babies, so look for those later today on flickr. After the class was done at the museum, I got to keep Jason with me and we stayed longer.

Zachary's 2nd tooth is finally about to pop out. Ryan has 6 teeth.

Our carpet is in and will be installed through out the new house on November 17th. We are suppose to close tomorrow, but not sure that will happen as our loan company is having non-cooperative attitudes from a third party. We need to close tomorrow.

A Thank You to my Lewis for googleing hours of operation.

No plans for the rest of the day. No speech until the 18th. We need to go to Home Depot this evening when the hubby gets home.

halloween photos.

good morning again..

I forgot to tell you all about Ryan's check up yesterday in Charlotte. He is doing great and should only have a couple more weeks with the helmet. Another check up on the 17th and we will be picking Grandma up at the airpot too that day.

Today I am feeling Crafty. I want to do something Red, White and Blue. I may call Jamie over to get her craft on with me. Or Julie if she wasn't in Waterloo.

I think we are good on the house closing in 2 days. We are just waiting on 2 pieces of paper. I will keep you updated.

Bell: Thanks for the email and call last night. Thinking of you today and your Momma.

I still have Halloween photos to post.

Both babies are down for their morning nap already. I should get started now. Hugs, M

good morning, america.

Today I woke up, started the dishes, drank my coffee, watched All My Children from yesterday, and Obama's speech. I was super excited to tell Jason the Obama won and that his vote counted. He chose to vote for Obama all on his own, I know he ever heard either of us talk about our choices in front of him.

I have to say its amazing that Obama's middle name is held against him. I am sure he had no more to do with picking out his own name than any other in-utero baby does. I don't see anyone saying, "OMG.. John's middle name is Sidney. He may plan to add the words "Hello, Mate" to our national anthem." Hello, People. There is no need to comment snidely here as all comments are moderated as always. Change is Okay, People.

Moving On, today we have no plans and I couldn't be more thrilled. I will pick Jason up at school and we will be couch tatos. Tonight the hubby has a game at 7 but I won't go out that late.

Tomorrow Jason's class is going to the children's museum and I will chaperon too.

time for a change.