Tuesday, April 23, 2013

People are dumb

I could list a hundred examples, but I think we all know its true.

I don't understand why some people feel the need to be "brutally" honest, but in reality, they seem to be doing it just to be a fucking bitch.

So over the stupid mom drama and everything that goes along with message boards. It makes me sad and question why I even bother. And makes me ashamed that some people act the way they do.

On that note, here's a cute picture. She's not dumb. She's awesome ;)

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Game-time review

Tried out a new place today. The kids and I drove to lake Oswego and met Tom plus the inlaws for dinner. We went to Game Time.

Just in case I have any local readers, here is a quick review.

Fun place to go with kids. A little confusing when you first get there (FYI it's open seating, so just find a table), but the food was good. Service was about slow, but we'd definitely try it out again!

Join the VIP club if you am on going--they email a good coupon that's expires a week out. We were there for almost 3 hours between dinner and 2 rounds of bowling. Kids are already begging to return.

Lots of tvs with sporting events, a full bar, sandwiches and pizzas, bowling and video games. Fun!





Saturday, April 20, 2013

Shutterfly give away

I happen to love shutterfly, and a site I turn to for free codes is having a big give away.  Check it out!  Good luck!




Thursday, April 18, 2013

So soft

Baby cheeks

Thursday Thoughts

Thursday Thoughts


  • Not too much going on around here, except for baseball, basketball x2, girl scouts, and boy scouts.  That's all.
  • I waited until the last minute to file our taxes, and now I want the refund ASAP.  Can't remember why I waited so long. Hmm.
  • The weather is finally changing to more nice days and fewer not nice days (knock on wood) but it's still freaking FREEZING sitting through a 2+ hour baseball game at 6pm.  It's windy as all get out, and Annalise has little ice cube hands.
  • It feels like Friday.  Hate it when I'm off by a day.
  • Jury duty on Monday.  Wonder if I'll actually get called in?  Either way it kind of sucks, beacuse I block my schedule at work.  If I don't get called in, I still have to come to work, and then I'll have nothing to do.
  • Earth day is on Monday, so we're going to do some street cleaning on Saturday.  It happens to be right during a baseball game, but I'll somehow make it work.
  • Last weekend I tried some new recipes.  This weekend I think I'm sticking with more classics.  I do want to try some variations though.  I'll be sure to link pinterest recipes I use.
  • First the bombing, then the fertilizer plant explosion.  The funny thing is, the bombing will get and got MUCH more press, but which was more deadly and which was actually more likely?  It's like car accidents vs. plane crashes....
  • I think Tom and I are going out this weekend.  I should probably try to find a babysitter.  We'll have to go to our favorite bar, but I think we're going to try a new resturant.
Feel free to post your own Thursday thoughts, just link back to Jen @ Ramblings of a Suburban Mom!

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Hmm

Didn't get even close to everything finished that was on my list. I did start a new book, Freedom by Jonathan Franzen, but no one ever lets me read around here :-/

Did get lots of laundry done, as wells some spring cleaning in the kitchen, but I did not purge the cupboards.

Sweet potato tot things I made were not great...but the hash made out of the leftovers was good!

Not ready for the week to begin, so I'm going to read for a bit before bed.





Friday, April 12, 2013

iPhone dump



Some of last week



Just hanging out


Watching Jake play baseball in the wind



Birthday party for a friend.  Annalise stayed home sick, but the big kids had fun!


Blurry mustache



Stache AND unibrow


Self portrait



High fashion for baseball.  Cold and Windy once again



Hanging on my lap.  Ignore the neon yellow stain on the carpet.  Damn neon silly putty/flubber shit.



Self explanatory 


Killian and Annalise each playing some music



Annalise waiting in the cupboard at her dr appointment

Almost the middle of April

Once again, time is just flying on by.

This weekend we only have 1 baseball game tomorrow.  That's it.  Next Saturday I'm fucked.  Tom works, Jake has a baseball game, Clara and Jake both have basketball games, and I'm organizing a road clean up session.  WTF--stupid me.

This weekend I plan on cleaning the kitchen to include organizing the dishes and pots and pans cupboards and drawers.  I plan on baking at least 1 loaf of bread, probably zucchini bread (Clara's favorite).  Not sure what I'll be cooking.  The last few things I've made were meh, so I'm not feeling really motivated :(  I have a chicken thighs.  Probably going to BBQ them.  Super exciting.

Annalise had her 15 month appointment today.  She is 31" long, 21lbs 4oz, and doing really well.  She had 2 shots (we are doing an odd shot schedule so she never has to have more than 2), and didn't cry for either.  And managed to peel her bandaids off shortly after they were placed.  She likes coming to visit me at work, and when we go visit everyone, I hear 100 times "She is such a doll/she looks exactly like you/holy crap she's 15 months already!"  Crazy ;-)  She still isn't talking much, but she's starting to imitate conversations more so I have a feeling actual words will commence soon!

My sister brought my nephew up to visit yesterday.  So fun to see Annalise and Killian playing together--they are 8 weeks apart.  Killian is a big fan of patting Annalise's head and hugging her.  They fall over a lot.  Luckily they're only an hour away so we see them fairly regularly :)  This was from the end of January.  I haven't uploaded pics from yesterday--the camera is in the car (please don't steal it!) and it just started pouring.  Not going out right now...

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Friday, April 5, 2013

Friday night

I can't sleep. Seems like almost every night I have trouble sleeping. Annalise wakes me up, but it's near impossible for me to lay down and fall asleep in s reasonable amount of time (less than 30 minutes in my opinion). It sucks.

Don't want to self-medicate, so I've been taking melatonin 3-5 days a week. Boo. And nights like tonight I think I missed the window" of sleepiness.

Tomorrow Tom will be at work, having has a baseball game, all of us have a birthday party to attend in the afternoon. But that's it for the day. Looking forward to some downtime!

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Thursday Thoughts

Thursday Thoughts
Linking up from Jennifer's blog
  • Still trying to adjust to Tom's new schedule.  Not so fun only having 1 day off with him, and last week didn't even get that due to my picking up an extra shift at the hospital.
  • Baseball season is in full swing now.  Practice and games 4 days a week.  The shitty part?  Games are scheduled every Monday and Saturday, which are both days Tom works.  So guess who misses the majority of the games?  And guess who has to wrangle the baby on her own so she doesn't really get to WATCH the games? Yeah.  Kinda sucky.
  • Last night was our last Financial Peace University class.  It was the "Jesus Class"...Tom didn't attend, as we weren't told ahead of time that the nursery would be closed, so when we showed up, poor Annalise would have had to sit through the class.  Totally not going to happen.  She sits for like 3.5 seconds at a time.
  • Going on the above--we now need to sit down and figure out the basics...most important to me is what is the earliest possible date that I could retire? Ha.
  • I've been trying to find new recipes to try out.  Even though I'm cooking almost every night, it's the same things with slight variations.  Totally yummy and usually weight watcher friendly,  BUT kinda boring.
  • The baby sitter starts watching another baby today.  I'm a little sad...Now Annalise is going to have to share her attention, but Annalise loves this other baby (for now ;-)) so I hope it's okay? Plus the big kids are exited to have the baby there before and after school.
  • I have a list of things I want to create.  I'm going to try to do ONE a week.  Maybe on Sunday nights/Monday mornings I'll share what I did?
  • I haven't been reading as much as I planned on.  Only 2 books so far this year.  So much for 1 per week.  I'm almost done with #3 and I already started #4.  Maybe I'll change my goal to 24 books for the year? That seems totally doable.
  • I tried to reset my phone last night.  After finally getting the new pictures to transfer and DELETE from my phone, it updated and reset everything EXCEPT it didn't delete the other 2300 pictures.  It did delete all of my apps.  I can't manually delete that many pictures, then I have to look at them and ooooh and aaaahhh over them, and want to save them.  It never works.  Hopefully will have it fixed by tonight.
  • That is all for today.  Not many deep thoughts at 8am, I'm TIRED.