Another late night

Why is it on the nights you think you will be in bed before midnight, they are the nights that you find yourself staying awake to help a kid finish up a project or find yourself getting a few extra things done around the house?
tonight for me is one of them nights, my poor *little* ron forgot all about his english homework that was due. now why a teacher would give homework to anyone on a friday night is beyond me but to add to that, lets make it 20 poems due on monday, 13 web finds and 7 hand written, created from the mind of a teenager.
first let me tell his love'ly english teacher that children, specially teenagers really have no clue about poems and will look to mom and dad for assistance. now im all for the helping side of things but i have no idea about poem writing much less any idea of what kind of poems he was supposed to be writing.
thank god for the internet and the folks who have been eager to share in there vast knowledge of poetry and even offering up some examples to give us a hint of an idea.
needless to say about 3 hours later, the work is finally done and he is now getting his binder of poems together to get his grade tomorrow (this counts as a good portion of his grade at that).
i must say though that one of his friends really impressed me with his poem writing abilities.. as he wrote an interesting one.. although im not sure what category it will fall into and im sure his teacher will not be to pleased when she reads it..but i do find the humor in it.. it was very creative and very cute...
however something tells me that it can be found on the internet somewhere, reminds me to much of the old *roses are red, violets are black, why is your front as flat as your back* that i heard back in high school..
anyways this kid wrote *jack and jill went up the hill to have a little fun, stupid jill forgot her pill and now they have a son*
okay maybe my readers wont find the humor but i did *lol*
anyways finally time for me to finish up my last minute stuff and get some sleep.. tomorrow mornings alarm will go off to soon thats for sure!

Beautiful day for a drive...

we spent today driving to the Fossil Museum to let the bigger boys dig in the dirt. Owen stayed the night at mothers house last night and to be honest, would not have been having fun digging in the dirt today with the cold'ness in the air. not that it was overly cold but it was cold enough to have wyatt asking if we could leave not long after we got there, so he and i went and took a break in the van.
the museum itself is still closed but the pile of dirt and rock is always open and full of sharks teeth and other interesting things to find..
i think the favorite part of the trip is the short 20 minute ferry ride that you can take to get there, you can go around but the boys love the ferry ride so we at least try to ride it one way at least. today we rode it to the museum and than on the way back took the long way to enjoy the ride. not that there was a whole lot to see except farm land but it was nice to get out of the house for a bit.
the guys found quite a few sharks teeth and a few bones although im not sure what kind, one looks like part of a backbone and im not sure what the others are, we need to clean them to make sure they arent just rock as well.
so that was for the most part our day.. just a nice long ride and playing in the dirt for a bit.. now things are back to normal.. i got my blog up and all newly decked out *smiles*, the boys are relaxing until its time to get ready for bed, and i think i will toss a load of wash in the washer before Owen gets home in a few hours..
i sure have missed my little guy!

Teens and Technology

one thing i am slowly learning is to much technology in the hands of a 16 year old is crazy! i say this as i sit here listening to his music blaring across the room from his blackberry storm.. ugh sweet child of mine, do you forget they have this awesome invention called *head phones* and does mama need to show you how to use them?
i have to admit, i tend to giggle inside when i hear him blare'n his stereo speakers to the latest music on his radio in his room.. seems like just yesterday i was his age doing the exact same thing. at least i can admit that for the most part he has decent taste in music..
i just cant say that for the particular song he has playing now ~
in other news we got word tonight that the *old one* will me home more often as they are cutting back hours at work, i over heard the old religious one speaking to him on the phone and her blabbing about a job i found on the unemployment website wondering why she even mentioned it to him, after all we had already mentioned the one worth looking into only to be told to *check it out for him* uh dude, we cant do that, thats like asking someone to interview for you and let you know if they got the job!
anyways this other one was only part time, heck for the hour rate if it was full time its something im sure ron would have jumped into looking at himself but its not so uh why even mention it, his hours are being cut and your not happy so yeah a part time job is right what hes looking for? argh.. some i suppose just never think do they?
now lets add to that the wildabeast and his 3 hours of can crushing which he has said he will take all profits from.. dude, WE decided to save all of the cans and WE didnt ask you to go out there and crush them.. so please do not act surprised when you manage to drag your ass out of bed and find them gone..
i swear i dont know who wears on me more.. the religious one or the wildabeast..

i seriously do not get most of the facebook games, i mean seriously.. i dont. i was just log'd in and took a *quiz* but before i could get my *results* i ended up in some kind of zoo game, i have no idea how i ended up there but i did .. and im not sure what i accomplished there but apparently it was something because for some reason i ended up winning a bag of *money* .. now dont ask me because im still clueless on the games there and this one included.. how i got into it, what i did to earn the *money* and all that jazz.. plus im still wondering where my results are from my quiz..

but as i sat here scratching my head and giving my computer screen that sideways look i started to wonder about most of the facebook games.. i just cant seem to get into them.. they just seem odd.. so if anyone can explain how folks get so into these games let me know.. im very interested in learning how ~

html is driving me insane! i have decided since having the opportunity to be online more, i could *spruce* up my blog a big more.. first thing, i added a new header, than i got rid of the top tool bar thingy (blogger search engine), and next i added my own custom signature :)
now i want to change the divider bar things and have the perfect one saved and ready to go (well other than doing a quick transparent on the background but thats no big deal to get done) and i have the line by line instructions to get it done.. however i cant get where to put the code, im close .. looking in the right direction but with no luck on that one specific code that i need.. maybe i need to change out my whole basic template and work it that way..
*ugh* well i will get it figured out one of these days.. maybe for now i will work on custom'izing my font for blogger.. another brain rattler but maybe it wont be to hard when i get into it..
wish me luck.. i think im going to need it *lol*

playing around...

ive been playing with a few things on my blog... removing the search, adding a signature.. now on to the next thing to play with

Feb. 26, 2010

man what a day!

ron woke me up shortly after 3:30am so that i could get in the shower and ready to head out..
we were on the road by 5am and headed on our long trip to virginia beach Va. Owen did great on the long trip, i wasnt so sure how he would do being that he hasnt ever spent that much time at once in a car seat.. i mean all in all its a 9 hour round trip. but he handled it well.. was deff ready to get out of the seat when he got home but he delt with being it in good when he had to be in it.

he slept quite a bit on the way up, which we expected. i mean 5am is not his normal wake-up time so it was a bit early for him.
we got to the house where the van was and were so impressed on how well she was maintained that of course we bought her right there on the spot. once the money was exchanged and the title signed over we headed back towards home.

managed to sneak out of VA without any issues, we had a 1 hour ride to get her plates.. but she had insurance just after we bought her. we got to the nearest NC DMV and got plates and headed on our way... stopped for lunch and than onward home.

owen took a semi decent nap in the car seat after lunch (not what i would consider a good nap but a decent one at least) and than woke up a bit happier..

im sure he was thrilled to get out of his seat when we got back home but man he did not want to leave the new van at all.. what is it with kids and new cars?

currently the bigger boys are outside giving it a good go over and checking it out really well.. i hope they know they wont be camping out in the van tonight *haha*

feb. 25, 2010

i should be sleeping but im not, at least not just yet.. i will pay for it in the morning when the alarm goes off at 3:30am. cant believe ron wants to leave so early but i suppose when you take into consideration the drive to virginia it makes sense. were hoping to be there no later than 10am and than a quick .. okay maybe not so quick.. sneak across the boarder back into NC to get the van registered etc..
funny thing is they have nothing to get you across the boarder when traveling between states with a new vehicle.. no short few day temp tag or anything ~
so we have about an hours drive between the pickup location and the border, better keep our eyes out for the coppers huh?
rons not to worried about it though, most cops will let you off and the ones who are ticket happy that day, well it can be taken care of and written off in court.. so i suppose thats the way we will have to look at it.

im not sure how the boys are going to deal with the fact that they cant go with to pick up the van but we will be gone before they are awake in the morning. im also not sure how wyatt will handle grandma getting him off to school in the morning, we have our routine down pack and he isnt big on routine change.

i think its that fear of routine change that has me wondering how he would do if we moved just a short way up the road and he would have to go to a new elementary school. part of my fear of moving! i know the school is good and very comparable to where he goes now, so his education wont suffer on that side of things, but i also know he is about change..
problem is all of the areas around here are so expensive, leave it to the ones who come down and visit and invest in what they think is a pot of gold to stick such a high price tag on it.. seriously you almost have to laugh when you see some of them, like the weekly rental in our neighborhood for such a high weekly price.. i mean hello this isnt even the island, were mainland...

i think thats what fears me about the uncertainty of our future right now, where we have the time to slowly look may now disappear over night. not that its totally a bad thing because our plans were slowly getting set into motion taking care of what has to be done one step at a time, this new possible development just puts a rush on things if it goes threw..

i dunno.. i guess only the future knows whats in store for us.. we just have to wait it out.

Feb. 25, 2010

if your like me, sometimes it just feels like you have the weight of everyone around you laying straight on your shoulders.. no matter if it directly affects you and yours or not.. you just feel the weight of everything going wrong even in their lives and you look for that one day where you can just sleep due to the mental exhaustion..

where one minute you can look at your life and the direction its heading and see that light at the end of the tunnel.. that the decisions and choices being made in your life and for your family you know in your heart of hearts that the decisions are the best, taking longer than you would hope for the but the end result will be a grander present than what was in the past and you know that your freedom from finances and worries are slowly becoming a thing of the past... and than there is that bump in your road.. and the uncertainty is there again staring you in the face like a rabid dog ready to attack... and you wondering which direction to turn and which way to go.. not wanting to act so quickly you land on the wrong path and stuck knee deep in quick sand.

today life was great, life was good.. life was on that track of greatness.. and yet in the matter of one phone call the uncertainty is back leaving you wondering..
what does the future hold for us?
will our plans have time to play out or will a wrench be tossed into our path?

i suppose like anything else in life, when considering the possibilities of ones future all you can do is wish and hope for the outcome to be what you have dreamed of.. take life one day at a time... live it and love it..

there is no crystal ball to give us our future.. nothing to guide us but our hearts and our minds..

at least we can rest easy knowing that decisions made is best for us in the here and now of today..

i know one thing for sure.. we were meant for greatness and success.. and we are headed on that right path to find it.. we can and will overcome all *bumps* in our way..

feb. 23, 2010

i feel so spoiled today its not funny...
our day started out on the long trip to greenville to look at the van we have been drooling over online for about a month now.. cash in hand and ready to buy! weve been vehicle'less for way to long now so we are more than ready to buy but buying smart is the only way we will go.
needless to say we were ready and prepared to over look a few things, for example the discolored carpet and the wear on the seats, the van after all was 12 years old and you cant expect to find show room quality this many years later. but things we couldnt over look included the patch work on the roof of the van to seal holes and the fact that it wouldnt even run.. so our long trip was a bust *insert sad face here* although our hunt is not over yet, we will continue looking until we find what we are looking for that is decent and in our price range.
once we got home i think all ron and i wanted to do was take a nice long nap, sadly though that wasnt going to happen.. i jumped on the house computer and started searching craigslist once again and ron was flipping pages in the carolina bargin trader.
our search found us a few options but even further away and one even a few more dollars than we really want to spend.
but i think in the end, if its worth it, its worth the money even if its a bit more and we have to do some smart shopping with what we have left.

after homework was done, we decided to run to the store to save from making the trip out tomorrow.. and stopped by verizon to attempt to get my phone fixed. needless to say the error code that has driven me nuts for the past what seems like forever, ended up being what is called the *white light of death* for blackberry storms.. ah lovely!
this meant that we had to get a whole new phone and i cant say i am complaining to much as the cost after mail in rebate is only what an insurance claim would have ran us..
from there we headed to best buy where my ever loving hubby bought me my laptop.. i cant tell you how thrilled i am to be able to jump online and see all these grand things that i havent been able to on my phone and with limited computer time ..
i was only looking at minis (netbooks) but the cost of the netbooks were right around $400 and this laptop was on sale for the same amount! woohoo!!

i hope he doesnt think this means he wont be attacked for the next 7 days because um yeah hes still getting attacked *rofl* its that time of the month for bd'n and hopefully will end in a bfp .. but we have to do the deed and than wait it out and see...

is it weird that i almost feel guilty for having so much bought today? the amount of money spent?

feb. 20, 2010

why is it at night as im trying to fall asleep i think of all of these great things to blog about, at that moment in time when i have no computer, no pen, no paper, and no energy to write it all out if i did have it at hand..
and yet in the mornings when i wake up.. my mind is a blank and i can think of nothing to say on the average day but just updates on kids and pets and husbands...

feb. 19, 2009

now for the updates ~

our tax return should have been mailed today and im super excited! still drooling online over a certain conversion van and *hoping* that it stays put until the check arrives and we have cash in hand.. ah the suspense!

im feeling better, my wyatt is feeling better and my owen seems to be on the mend from his bout with this sickness.. but now my little ron seems to have come down with it.. so im staying full swing in the *nurse mommy* mode until everyone in the house is back to 100%
im also keeping my fingers crossed that ron dont get sick, one because hes a man and well we all know how men can be when they dont feel good (love you babe and you know how i can be a big baby when im sick to *kiss kiss*) plus not to mention the whole baby dancing thing, i mean with that coming around and a sick hubby how would it get done? so keep doing what you do hun to keep from getting this nasty icky cold and stay healthy..

my other question is the great debate of *netbook* vs *laptop* i mean which way to go? the time is coming near when i will find myself faced with the decision and have to decide which way to go..
so while i agree i dont need all that a laptop offers, i rarely use disk drives to begin with and want it for surfing the net and doing my online stuff.. but yet, what if i want to work on somethings like photos.. will the netbook have the space i need to accomplish that?

my top netbook contenders are the HP limited edition white one.. not that its anything over the top special but it is pretty *lol*
also on my list is the sony vaio which is really nice but a bit pricey even for a netbook...

however they are advertising now a laptop Toshiba brand for the same price of a netbook .. which makes it a better deal to go for the full blown laptop dont it? argh! good thing i will have ron there to help me decide which way to go..

i suppose i will figure it out when standing there looking at all the stores have to offer in the price range im willing to spend..

Feb. 19, 2009

Happy 17th anniversary baby! cant believe 17 years have already flown by ~ love you with all my heart ~

Feb. 12, 2010

its the first snow of the season for us... started coming down roughly around 8pm and now we have a nice thin layer on the ground.. im hoping it will stick a bit so that tomorrow Owen can get a feel for it. although i wont be able to keep him out long, unfortunately my little man now has my cold and has the worst boogie nose ever ~
the bigger boys are loving the new snow fall though, little ron running around the back yard like a goober and running out onto the back porch just to have a little fun in the snow.. begging the wildabeast to help fix his bike chain tomorrow so he can go for a bike ride..
wyatt even had to run outside as soon as he heard it was snowing, you would almost think the kids had never seen snow before but we do get a light dusting maybe once a year if we are lucky.. and the kids have a ball.
im sure tonights dreams will be filled with snow ball fights and snow angels dancing in their heads.. i just hope that owen is able to sleep.. poor guy has been having a rough time the last few nights, leaving ron and i almost shift sleeping these days.

hopefully our taxes will be in soon, im keeping as close an eye on *our van* as i can with my phone on the blink now.. and hoping it stays put until we have cash in hand.. here is to wishful thinking!

on the ttc side of things.. the hag was due to show today but is still a no show ~ im not getting my hopes up though with a very positive opk on cd18, i could have just O'd later than normal throwing my cycle off a few days.. sometimes its hard not to hope and dream and wish.. but reality sets in that ttc for us isnt easy.. its an emotional roller coaster thats for sure!
i have only one hpt left in the house and refuse to waste it on a wish.. funny avoiding poas isnt hard right now.. so until i either see the hag or get the urge it will stay safely tucked away unused..
the dream of seeing 2 pretty pink lines seems just that, a dream.. but reality is always there to smack you in the face and well .. i dunno.. im just to the point now where i dont want to see a bfn so im dealing with it.

anyways i suppose thats it for now..
if im not able to blog again before valentines day... i hope you all have the bestest one ever ~
and to my *nephew* joey, have the bestest birthday hun.. cant believe you are going to be a year older.. slow down on growing already!

Feb. 6, 2010

Spent much of this last week not feeling well.. which sucks!
Rons been awesome though, letting me sleep during the day as he chased after Owen as well as even doing the wash for me.. Of course I still won't let him fold.. What can I say he just can't fold right *haha*
Last night I spent about 4 hours sitting at the computer trying to get the online help for turbo tax to understand what the rejection is for my e-filed state taxes..
Its simple really the number money wise on line 37 of form D-400TC is correct but the number of qualifing children should read 3 not the 2 that was shoved in the slot..
Needless to say 4 hours later and 2 agents later I decided that we would just snail mail the danged thing.. Like ron said *the amount of time we have wasted trying to resolve this minor issue we could have walked our state return to Raleigh*
So once Ron wakes up from his nap I will finish filling out the form and get it sent in first thing Monday morning.
On the bright side, were hoping to get our federal return back in the next few weeks.. so we have been looking around online for a conversion van in our price range.. So far we have one were very interested it. So now we just have to hope its all good when we look at it and that its still there when we have cash in hand. Keep your fingers crossed for us *wink*
In other news we got back in contact with clydes breeders.. They were happy to hear how he is doing and to see some pics of him now. Hard to believe its been nearly a year since we made the trip to go get him. I know they were concerned at the kind of home he would go to .. He was in their opinion the most aggressive pup they had in that litter.. He on the other hand is the most laid back lazy pup you will ever meet. Our only regret is not buying his brother too.. We would like to get him a buddy.. But I will admit I'm a. It torn if we should get another bullmastiff, a bigger old english mastiff or a neopolitin (spelling) mastiff .. Decisions decisions .. At least we have time to decide. Huh?
Well I think I will go see if I have all I need to make some amish funnel cakes.. Kids will love the treat if I do..

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