Who is this?

Alrighty then.

So two weeks off line made me a bit more productive. Less distractions=More work. I finally was able to get online last night, I checked a few things, which took about 15 minutes and then thought what do I usually waste my time looking at on here. . .I'm sure it won't take me long to figure it out again. Until then, maybe I'll be productive again. Here is my update in point form. . .thoughts, updates, news, randomness. . .

-another business trip for Mike this week.

-O' has been doing great on the potty

-we seem to constantly be getting sick this year

-I have laundry everywhere
-two weeks ago I finally made it into the 140, 149.3 to be exact (now I'm stuck)

-I went for a walk in the rain, by myself and two dogs. . .and it was fun. . .I was soaked

-so soaked I couldn't wear my shoes today
-Mike has less then a month left of school left...June 4 its over. (Masters in E.E)

-G' is fighting naps. . .I WILL win!

-M' is sleeping 12 hours at night. . .uninterrupted. . .its amazing.

-Still no teeth.

-Doctor's appointment next week for G' and M' (checkups)

-Its been raining a lot.

-O' has started asking "Why? Why Mama?" any time I ask him to do anything. . .he is like a recording.

-August and September is going to be fun. . .visitors.

-my living room is a wreck

-M' is crying upstairs

-a nap would be nice but there will be no nap

-signing off. Good bye.

Hi Again!

I'm back. Mike just fixed my computer so I back. . .finally. Stay tuned I'll give a real post tomorrow.

Computer problems

Stephanie's computer has been conquered by evil software. I am valiantly trying to liberate it. Until good triumphs over evil, it will be difficult for her to post.

New Song

I put a new song in the player on the right. The player is also a new player so let me know if you have problems with it.

The song is a long time favorite of mine, Aicha by Khaled. Let me know what you think.

Just hanging out. . .

Is Monday. Overall it turned into a decent day. Nothing too crazy happened. No injured kids...despite Obie getting a hold of a Cutco knife waving it around during dinner. No bruises...despite the kids wrestling around the backyard and fighting over the slide. No wet beds...Grace used every excuse in the books to not go to bed..."I have to go pee pee." is the one she really thinks we will give in with...but we didn't, and there was no pee pee. Just an upset little girl. I was rather productive today too. 7 shirts ironed. Check. 2 pairs of pants ironed. Check. Dinner made. Check. Kids bathed (2 out of 3). Check. Dogs walked. Check. Feet up & rest time. Checking off right now. (pictures are from tonight after dinner in the backyard...just so you know)

Are you kidding me?!?

Ok. So my vacuum died. Its not the best vacuum in the world. We bought it almost 9 years ago when we got married. . .Eureka is the brand. I picked it because it was blue. No research. No brand loyalty. Just blue. Its lasted. Hasn't really had problems but now it barely sucks. There is no way we can live without a vacuum. Three kids and two dogs make it pretty much impossible. So today we took the plunge. It could have been a bigger plunge. . .enter craigslist.org. I found a brand new Dyson on craigslist yesterday. 1/2 the price and brand new in the box. We contacted the guy and arranged to pick it up today. I really was trying not to get too excited. Really. The more I thought about it the more I wondered if this was one of those too good to be true things. Who would buy a Dyson, keep it in the box for two months and then sell it? Why didn't they use it? Did they drop it down a flight of stairs and then decide to sell it? Really. What was the deal? Anyways, we met the guy at a restaurant to make the exchange in the parking lot. . .weird and very questionable it know. There was now way for us to try it or anything. . .I did write down the guy's licence plate just in case. Turns out he drove a super fancy BMW and his wife decided she wanted the newer model that was just released. We made the exchange, plunked it in the truck and headed home to test the thing out. . .I've never tried one of these monsters before. . .haven't even pushed one, but I did read reviews and my dear Swedish brother in law claims they are the best. So we put it to the test. Just so you know the last time I vacuumed was a week ago and I just swiffered the hardwood floors yesterday, so it wasn't like its been months or anything. Here is what the beast got up. . .

There was two canisters full of. . .stuff. Hair, fuzz, dirt, dust. It was unbelievable. I seriously cannot believe it. The carpet totally looks refreshed. I'm sold. I love it. It is truly amazing. I want to take it to every one's house I know and see if their floors are as bad. I would have said my old vacuum was ok. Like sometimes it would miss the bigger things and I would have to run it over an area a few times. . .but I didn't even know it was missing all this dirt. So here is the beauty.