house cleaning habbits

ok so i know im not the most perfect house keeper but i can say at least that i have formed some great habbits having michelle as a friend. i get up in the morning and clean up my area and put the bed away and clean up the kids room but my cousin on the other hand is a clean freak. her house gets just a couple of things out of place and she acts like world is going to end. her husband is even worse. sometimes i think i would much rather be living with michelle. at least she understands that kids are not the most cleanest things in the world and just handles the situation in stride. I love you michelle. On the other hand my cousins husband freaks out when the boys dont make the bed right when they wake up or when they mess up the room while playing. Now dont get me wrong i am very greatful for them letting us stay here whilw we get situatedand i understand that people have their quarks but dang lighten up on the kids already. thats why they are kids. they need to have fun.

anyway i am going to go for now. blog at you later.

the smallest parade ever

ok so it is almost halloween and the small town we are in is having a parade. we thought it would be long and the kids would be tired and worn out by the end and go right to bed. The parade was suppose to start aty 630 but didnt start until five min later whoich was fine. I thought it would at least be half an hour to an hour long but it was littrally 15 mins. it consisted of two bands a float and a bunch of kids dressed up. dont get me wrong it was cute but very small. the kids had fun running around and they got a little bit of candy. Anyway they are in bed now and i am headed that way so......

thats all for now. blog at you later.

a nice day

well we had a great day today. the kids played outside for most of the day after being cooped up in trhe house all day yestersay. it rained so much that the creek next to the house became a river. it was crazy. anyway we all got a nice dose of sunshine. it was nice.

thatsall for tonight. blog at you later.

Getting all caught up

ok so let me get you all caaught up on our crazy lives lately.
As you know our kitchen caught on fire causing us to have to leave. Then we stayed with my good friend michelle for a little over a week. While we were ther we found a really nice house that was only 50 dollars more a month but it turns out that she wanted 1800 dollars up front and we did not have it so we decided to try and move down close to my father-in-law and dale would stay in tennessee and work a little longer and save some money. I was not happy about it but figured it was for the best and said fine. As we were headed down to north carolina we were talking to my father-in-law on the phone and he proceded to tell me that the only way he would help is if i got a job. He doesnt seem to understand that me getting a job is taking away from my children and im not willing to do that. Dont get me wrong i understand that there r woman out there that choose to work or have to work due to their situation but i dont have to so i choose not to. Anyway due to that we decided to go to my cousins house instead.
So here we are for now and we are praying hard that Dale finds us a big enough house very soon.
Meamwhile I got the kids enrolled in school and thay are both doing very well. Djs class does this thing where the go to school in the morning and do their math work and then theu spend the rest of the day outside learing about nature and things. the school feels that being outside helps the kids be able to absorb their lessons better. personally i think its a great idea. Anything that helps dj like school and learn at the same time is a great thing.
elyssa has a male teacher for the first time and he is really sweet. elyssa ofcourse made a ton of friends her first day and is already teachers pet. I love how she just jumps right in like she has been there all her life.
Anyway i am going to get off here now because i am doing this from my phone and it is killing my hands.

so thats ll for now. Blog at you latet.

Kitchen Fire

ok so yesterday was an eventful day. It started out like any other Sunday. Elyssa and Dale were not feeling well so they stayed home but DJ and I went to church like usual. We got home and I had a really bad migraine so I took some meds and went to bed to try and sleep it off. Dale being the great husband that he is was making dinner for the kids and while it was cooking in the oven they were watching a movie in the living room. All of the sudden Dale heard a pop pop pop from the kitchen so he got up to see what it was. He saw smoke so he pulled out the stove and the outlet behind the stove was on fire. He got the kids out and came to wake me up. He came running in the room saying to get up cause the house was on fire. At first I thought he was just playing with me but then he started yelling more urgently so I finally got up and ran out of the room as I got to the kitchen Dale was there trying to put the wall out with dry towels that were now on fire themselves. I yelled at him to put them down and get out of the house. When we got out the neighbors had already called 911 and another neighbor had brought over a fire extinguisher. The put out most of the outside fire on the wall but it had moved up the wall into the attic. We all got out and the fire dept. finally got there. They had to tear down the wall between the kitchen and bathroom and sprayed water in the attic to kill the fire that was smoldering in the insulation. Then the landlord showed up to assess the damage and then left. Meanwhile I was trying to call everyone I knew to find a place for us to stay for the night at least. I couldn't get anyone and was starting to get upset. Finally I got in touch with Rosemary and she said she would call around also to find a place for us. After all was said and done we finally got in touch with Michelle and she said we could stay with her.

Then this morning we woke up at 7 to a phone call from the landlord saying that we needed to move all of our stuff out of the house while they replaced the carpet and ceiling and did all the rewiring and rebuilt the kitchen and bathroom. He said it would take a minimum of 6 weeks to get everything done. Meanwhile we still have not found a place to stay until then. I have my real estate lady looking for something to hold us temporarily as well as Michelle's real estate lady looking. So that is the spot we are in now. I will post pictures of the damage whenever I can. Plus I still have to post about our field trip on Friday. Until then I will try and keep u updated on our progress.

That's all for now. Blog at you later.

Off to Diana's

today was a fun day. I woke up this morning at 5:30 and could not go back to sleep. I don't know why. Anyway I was up and dressed with my daily chores done before 8:00 and was headed over to Michelle's by 9:30. When I got there there where no cars in her driveway which is weird because she has four cars. Anyway as I started slowly up her driveway I tried to call her but her phone went strait to voice mail. At first I couldn't figure out what was going on because she had just texted me and told me to come over like 5 mins before so at first I thought she was pulling a prank on me, then I thought well maybe she was in the garage but she wasn't. As I drove to the top of her driveway I could finally see her in the back yard. She was trying to jump the Yukon with the small car they have. When I got down to where she was the trailer that holds the four wheelers was still hooked up to the Yukon, and she was trying to straiten it out so that she could unhook it. Finally she got it strait but then couldn't get the lift to go all the way to the ground so she had to go and get blocks. Anyway to make a long story short she finally got it unhooked and we headed out at about 10:15. We went over to Diana's to do some more organizing and get in a lesson on the Klick-N-Kut. Well we did all the organizing but didn't have time to get to the lesson because Michelle had to get home in time for the younger kids to get home from school. We didn't and they were only home alone for about 15 min but they stayed inside and everything was fine when we got there. She took then for ice cream for being good. Anyway I got home and talked with Dale and the kids and now I am making dinner and blogging at the same time. Yahhh me I'm talented. Not. Anyway I need to go because I have to get to bed early because DJ and I are going on a field trip tomorrow. I can't wait.

Well that's all for now. Blog at you later.

Helpping out a friend

I guess you could say today was fine. I didn't do much out of the ordinary and spent most of the day talking to my friend Melissa who is finally leaving and divorcing her husband. Not that I think anyone should opt out of a marriage just because they are bored or unhappy for unrealistic reasons but hers has been bad from the beginning. She tried to leave several times before but could never stay gone and now she has finally hit her wall or at least this is what she is saying. We shall see how this all plays out. I can't sympathize with her because I myself have never been in the position that she is in having never been divorced myself but I empathize with her. I have seen several of my friends as well as my parents and a brother of mine go through it. I wish her all the best and hope that she can finally get out and stay out this time. Anyway like I said I spent most of the day talking with her making sure this is really what she wants to do. Then I had to get ready for Activity days for which I was not teaching but needed to be there because we have 17 active girls in our class. Now we are home and I am headed to bed. I have a big day tomorrow with Michelle and Diana. I tell you more tomorrow.

That's all for now. Blog at you later.

Another Tuesday

So nothing interesting happened today as usual. Its Tuesday and dale always works his double shift so I was home alone all day. I worked on some Christmas gifts that I am making and tried to work on cards also. I will very happy when I get a car of my own and can get a part time job so that I am not stuck in the house all day alone. Anyway that's all for now

Blog at you later

Easy going

So today was a pretty easy going day. I got up and did my normal house chores then I finished putting everything away in the living room and rearranging my craft stuff. It looks much better. After all that was done it was lunch time so I ate and then headed over to Michelle's house to do some card making with her. Once I got there we got to talking and hanging out and decided not to do anything today so we just stayed in her room and watched a couple of movies. I left at about 4:00 and headed home. Then I made dinner talked with Dale and the kid and watched a movie as a family. Now Dale is at work the kids are in bed and I am headed that way. Like I said and easy going day.

Well I guess it's short and sweet tonight. Blog at you later.

Deep cleaning Again

Ok so this time it wasn't the kids rooms that needed the deep cleaning it was the living room and our bedroom. You know its not like I don't clean but some how the clutter seems to just appear out of now where. I hate when that happens. But I guess it took us thinking that we were going to have to move to put us in gear for the clean. We took all day and cleaned up the living room throwing away about 5 bags of trash and donating about two boxes of stuff then we went into our room and did the same thing only this time we only threw away two bags of trash and got rid of about half a box of stuff to donate. Plus we rearranged our room and while it doesn't make the room look any bigger it is a good change. I guess with all the changes that we are going through right now this is a good thing. I love when you can really get into cleaning and truly feel better after it is all done. I know traditionally you are suppose to do this in the spring as my son lovingly pointed out but I really don't care when it gets done as long as it gets done. Anyway I am tired and headed to bed so.....

That's all for today. Blog at you later.