It's been a while...  

Posted by Julie

I know it's been a while since I've posted.


WE'VE MOVED!

In fact, we are still moving. Tomorrow we will finally finish and not a moment too soon! At least when you move from state to state, you do it all at once and when you are done with the old house, your done, and don't have to keep going back. I feel like I'm mentally so far beyond it, I don't want to keep going back to the old place. But it is almost done. Yippee!

In the mean time, I am really enjoying the new place. I am really grateful for my hubby for being inspired when I didn't even want to look at this place. He's so smart :) But don't tell him I said that! LOL

One of the things I love the most is having a yard!! It is so nice to let N finally go outside to play and not have to chase him out of the road and stress all the time. I plan on doing some pix or video of the whole place soon, but for now, enjoy this video of D giving N a bike ride around the back yard.

video

Quality, bonding time between brothers! In fact, we have pretty much had non stop backyard football games since the day after we moved in. I think the yard is getting more use then the rest of the house. Of course, the nice weather is to blame for that. Too bad it won't last.

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Happy Birthday Big C!!  

Posted by Julie


Today is Big C's 11th Birthday!
I can't believe she is so big now! I have a tendency to still see her as a little girl, but I know I have to stop doing that. She has grown up so much, and I am beginning to see the young woman she is becoming.

Saturday we celebrated with a family birthday party for her, her cousin, and aunt (who also had birthdays last week). She made out like a bandit and got over $100 in gift certificates to Wal-Mart! So, being the cool mom that I am, instead of going right to school today, we went shopping :) She got several stuffed animals and toys that she has been wanting and a few posters to hang on her wall. She really didn't want to go to school... of course... and tried like heck to convince me to let her come home and "pack her bedroom" for our move this week (interpretation: play with all the cool new stuff!). I guess I'm just not that cool of a mom.


Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

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State Bound  

Posted by Julie


Saturday night was awesome for D and the South Marching Band! The Wildcats got 3 trophies at competition and also qualified for state! They received trophies for 1st in Class, Best Music, and Grand Champions. This is very significant since they have only been to state once before in the last 10 years. This is also the most trophies they have gotten at any competition in the last 20 years!

Here is a pix of them doing there thing. Can you tell which one is D? LOL
GOOD JOB WILDCATS!!

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The Lost Symbol  

Posted by Julie


I have read quite a few (if not all) of Dan Brown's novels. I just finished his latest "The Lost Symbol." Unlike the last few novels, Brown depicts The Freemasons as a wise victim rather than evil incarnate like the Catholic Church, which was a nice change of pace. But while this book is readable, it was still predictable and lacked the luster of his previous works. I would consider this a good way to bide your time between "The Da Vinci Code" and whatever he does next. It's not hard to put down, but not hard to pick up either.

I am now reading something very surprising for me. "My Life In France" by Julia Child. Yes, me! The total non-cook (is that a word?) is reading a Julia Child book. I am reading it because someone actually gave me a copy and invited me to a book club. So what the heck! So far it's not too bad. I'll go into greater detail when I am finished.

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The 10 Day Give  

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I'm participating in the "10 Day Give" at Foyble.com. It makes me feel good to do an act of service for someone every day and read what other are doing to. It is amazing to see how little things really make a difference.

It's only Day 3, but so far our family has made dinner for several people, put money in expired parking meters, helped restore a pioneer cemetery, and help re-roof a house!

Check it out at Foyble.com. Join and participate, not just in the "10 Day Give" but to make a long term difference in your community (wherever you are).

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Is Pepsi trying to tell us something?  

Posted by Julie

Just a quick thought while in the grocery store.



Maybe Pepsi is trying to politically align itself, or capitalize (pun intended) on Obama's presidency, or maybe no one has told them the election is over yet. Not sure which, but either way, I really hate this logo and find it seriously annoying.

Is it just me?

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Taking the "Bus"  

Posted by Julie

Can you guess the image:

That would be Chris actually having to use and ice scraper
to get the frost off the "Bus"
(our 15 passenger van).


Frost + No Working Fan in Minivan =
Taking the "Bus" till the sun finally comes out and melts the windshield.


I hate cold weather!!

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Foyble  

Posted by Julie

Ever wanted to do something good but didn't know what?
Ever wondered the effects of service that you've done?

I read about this in the W'ville paper. Totally awesome idea! I joined and want to encourage others. Check out the YouTube video, then go to the website: www.foyble.com.

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A Little Change  

Posted by Julie

FYI: For the safety and well being of my children, and for my sense of security, I have decided to make a little change to my blog. I am going to try to be more "stealthy" in hiding my kids names and identities. So, you will notice that in future posts I have little nicknames picked out. Trust me, they won't be hard to figure out. I am also planning to methodically go back and change all previous posts over time.

So, bear with me as I make this transition. And if anyone sees a discrepancy in my postings, please feel free to bring it to my attention.

Thanks!

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Swine Flu  

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I think the swine flu epidemic is getting a little outta hand!

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Ancient Egyptian Paragon  

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Paragon Night for the girls school was this week. Both of their classes were studying Ancient Egypt the last 5 weeks so their presentations revolved around that. Little C's class sang about mammoths and Big C's "Walked Like An Egyptian." LOL

Big C and her cave drawing

Didn't know Little C could swim that well

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Down on the Farm  

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(Big C and one of the kitties)

Yesterday we went to see some old friends at their farm about an hour north of us. They have been working on this old farmhouse and land for... well, far longer then the 17 years I've known them. I haven't seen the place in the last 8 or 9 years so it was interesting to see.
(Little C getting ready to feed the chickens)

These two are experts on self sufficiency and self-reliance, so they have animals (chickens, cows... black angus, yummy), a generator house, a 220,000 gallon water storage system built underground, gardens, concrete "safe room" with 8" thick EMP proof walls, a shooting range, indoor movie theater (primitive but cool), and much more on their 84 acres.

(S chucking in some corn)

I wish I had got pix of it all but there was SO much to take in I simply forgot. I did remember to get pix of the kids feeding the chickens at least. It was funny cuz she bought these chickens thinking they would get 1 or 2 roosters and 18 or so hens and instead got just the opposite. When I asked her what she thought about it she just said, "Oh well, they'll all taste good on my dinner table!" LOL

(N's victory dance after tossing some corn to the chickens)

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He won't be working at the car wash...yeah  

Posted by Julie

N has a love hate relationship with the car wash. If I even go near the end of town where the car wash I frequent is located, he begs me not to go there :(


Once he's there... well he still doesn't like it too much, but going often is such a necessity right now as we are still living in a construction zone on our street.

It is nice that this car wash does displays pretty pix of fish inside that he likes to look at. He also likes the concept of the car getting a "bath." Sometimes these aren't enough, so we just let him hide :)
Oh no! Not here again!


Are we gonna see the fishies?


Quick! Hide Me!

Sometimes a towel will do.

Is it over yet?

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