Happy day folks. It has been a busy one for us.
First off I love sat morning cartoons. Girls woke up early but it's sat. So I snuggled them in with a blanket on the couch then got them a banana, blueberry bagel, and a glass of milk. Checked my on line TV guide and set them up with a channel that had appropriate cartoons for an hour. I took a shower uninterrupted, did the dishes and had a cup of coffee. This only works on Saturdays. Maybe it's because Eric and i are both home, maybe it's the cartoons, maybe Saturdays are just magical, I don't know.
I also got to watch my baby brother play a hockey game today. He is almost 16 and i love him to death. He plays hockey and travels almost every weekend to play. He's only home to play a few games a year and i try my best to see him when he's home. It was a fun game to watch and they won. GO CHIEFS!! or as Samantha chanted through out the game Go Cheese Go! Go Cheese Go! really cute her clapping and cheering for the cheese.
We ate dinner at probably the best Chinese in Spokane Peking North with my mom and older sister. The girls call it the soup restaurant with Chinese food. They love the egg flower soup there.
Checked out the new WinCo Foods. Their soy milk is more expensive than walmart $1.20 more a gallon. We buy allot of soy milk between 12-14 gallons a month. So sorry WinCo but walmart did not lose a customer today.
Last but not least we watched changeling with Angelina Jolie. It was good. It broke my heart, made me want to cry, then still managed to end with a chance at happy. Gotta love anything that Clint directs.
It is now late and i am tired. Sleep tight and have wonderful dreams.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
domestic bliss
well i made major head way with the laundry but I'm still knee deep. I got the girl's room cleaned up and looking great. Which is a major improvement, it had looked like both of their dressers had thrown up in there. I still need to finish mine & Eric's room, but that should be easily done today. The kitchen was in great shape yesterday afternoon, but that was three meals ago. The girls have picked up their playroom and the living room is actually tidy too.
I want to get all the floors clean but we are stripping, sanding, and chipping at the window wall in the kitchen. So it can wait until after we get the primer up on the wall. Which, fingers crossed will be tonight or tomorrow morning. The timing of the primer all depends on one large patch job. Oh and we have to finish the stripping the windows.
gotta go, my three girls need an activity.
I want to get all the floors clean but we are stripping, sanding, and chipping at the window wall in the kitchen. So it can wait until after we get the primer up on the wall. Which, fingers crossed will be tonight or tomorrow morning. The timing of the primer all depends on one large patch job. Oh and we have to finish the stripping the windows.
gotta go, my three girls need an activity.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
life catching up with me
spending the day in sweats. I need to get caught up on all those wonderfully domestic duties. You know you are behind on the laundry when the dirty clothes pile is taller than you. A sign that you are behind on dishes is serving breakfast cereal in large plastic cups to your kids. They asked for a drink to go with breakfast alas there were no kids cups clean. So i told them that i gave them their cereal in a cup so it would be easier to drink the milk.
Well the drier is buzzing and i still need to tackle those dishes.
stressing out about the dentist really put me behind. Oh well. Full steam ahead captain.
Well the drier is buzzing and i still need to tackle those dishes.
stressing out about the dentist really put me behind. Oh well. Full steam ahead captain.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Samantha's beautiful teeth
Samantha's teeth are wonderful! Yippee!
Of course so were Kaitlyn's when she was three. But now i know what can happen. I have a plan. If there is one thing and only one that i can do it's plan. Plan, organize, motive the troops to complete their assigned to do list, Make excessively detailed to-do lists. These are my specialty.
I can't help but feel empowered if i have a plan.
Relaxing slightly. Knowing that there are many calls to make tomorrow to get a dental discount card and Kaitlyn an appointment. Papers to fill out and mail to apply for dental insurance for both girls. Busy day. But i have a plan.
Of course so were Kaitlyn's when she was three. But now i know what can happen. I have a plan. If there is one thing and only one that i can do it's plan. Plan, organize, motive the troops to complete their assigned to do list, Make excessively detailed to-do lists. These are my specialty.
I can't help but feel empowered if i have a plan.
Relaxing slightly. Knowing that there are many calls to make tomorrow to get a dental discount card and Kaitlyn an appointment. Papers to fill out and mail to apply for dental insurance for both girls. Busy day. But i have a plan.
denist again
Well i am taking Samantha my almost three year old girl to the dentist today. I decided after the news of Kaitlyn's teeth that waiting until after her third birthday for a check up, just might not be soon enough. So i scheduled and they had an opening for today.
She is not quite as excited as Kaitlyn was. She has never been to the dentist before, but she understands how much Kaitlyn enjoys going so she is excited to go too.
On the Kaitlyn teeth front, i have called my old dentist and gotten his recommendation for a pediatric dentist. Also Eric spent much of the evening looking at ways to make this process more affordable. It looks like a dental discount card is going to be the way to go. We can get one as quickly as two days and their cost is made up for with their prices. Several plans he looked at would take 6 plus weeks to get and after you paid the ultra high premiums & deductible you hadn't saved anything, not to mention that pediatric dentistry wasn't generally covered.
on a different note. My best friend Robert stopped by yesterday evening. It was great to see him. He has had a ruff week hanging out at the court house trying to get his parenting plan ironed out. His week started out with hoping to file contempt of court papers. Found out that his baby momma wasn't breaking the rules by keeping his daughter. He has since been changing his very very vague parenting plan that says he gets 50/50. To one that has details defining when his 50/50 is. He showed up yesterday with a pile of papers and Eric and I sent him home several hours later with a stack of papers 4 times as big but all filled out. Daddy's with out their daddy's girl, are just sad sad creatures.
She is not quite as excited as Kaitlyn was. She has never been to the dentist before, but she understands how much Kaitlyn enjoys going so she is excited to go too.
On the Kaitlyn teeth front, i have called my old dentist and gotten his recommendation for a pediatric dentist. Also Eric spent much of the evening looking at ways to make this process more affordable. It looks like a dental discount card is going to be the way to go. We can get one as quickly as two days and their cost is made up for with their prices. Several plans he looked at would take 6 plus weeks to get and after you paid the ultra high premiums & deductible you hadn't saved anything, not to mention that pediatric dentistry wasn't generally covered.
on a different note. My best friend Robert stopped by yesterday evening. It was great to see him. He has had a ruff week hanging out at the court house trying to get his parenting plan ironed out. His week started out with hoping to file contempt of court papers. Found out that his baby momma wasn't breaking the rules by keeping his daughter. He has since been changing his very very vague parenting plan that says he gets 50/50. To one that has details defining when his 50/50 is. He showed up yesterday with a pile of papers and Eric and I sent him home several hours later with a stack of papers 4 times as big but all filled out. Daddy's with out their daddy's girl, are just sad sad creatures.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
the dentist
My Katie bug did so good at the dentist. She held still for her x-rays. She was beyond perfect. I am so amazingly proud of my bug. Not once did they have to ask her to hold still or to open her mouth wider. She was a far better patient than i am at the dentist that's for sure.
Her teeth how ever are in much worse shape than i had feared. I will be making calls to pediatric dentist offices in the morning. Keep your fingers crossed that someone good will accept a new cash patient and have a payment plan.
You would be proud of me though. I kept it together all through the appointment and all while talking with the social worker with how i would pay for all of the treatment. I got out side and got Katie buckled in the car and turned on her TV, then i shut the door and cried in the parking lot for 10 Min's. After that little melt down i pulled myself back together, got in the car and asked Katie what kind of special treat did my brave girl want for being so good. And even now i am smiling so Katie does not worry that anything is wrong. I want to curl up into a ball and cry my eyes out. I am so worried about how i will pay for this. I feel so guilty that i allowed my child to get bad teeth. So many worries colliding into one another. Just a few more hours until bed time. Then i can have a melt down again.
Well i have ice cream to serve to one very brave girl.
Good night all
Her teeth how ever are in much worse shape than i had feared. I will be making calls to pediatric dentist offices in the morning. Keep your fingers crossed that someone good will accept a new cash patient and have a payment plan.
You would be proud of me though. I kept it together all through the appointment and all while talking with the social worker with how i would pay for all of the treatment. I got out side and got Katie buckled in the car and turned on her TV, then i shut the door and cried in the parking lot for 10 Min's. After that little melt down i pulled myself back together, got in the car and asked Katie what kind of special treat did my brave girl want for being so good. And even now i am smiling so Katie does not worry that anything is wrong. I want to curl up into a ball and cry my eyes out. I am so worried about how i will pay for this. I feel so guilty that i allowed my child to get bad teeth. So many worries colliding into one another. Just a few more hours until bed time. Then i can have a melt down again.
Well i have ice cream to serve to one very brave girl.
Good night all
kaitlyn to the dentist
I'm taking my oldest, who is only four years old, Kaitlyn to the dentist today. I wish I wish I wish that i was only taking her in because she was due for a cleaning. I think that they will clean her teeth, but i called and made the appointment because I'm worried she has a cavity. Actually I'm worried she has two cavities.
I am not sure how this could have happened. I am also not sure how she could have gone from great teeth to what looks like a cavity to me (I'm assuming it has to be really bad if it looks like a cavity to me) and i didn't notice till now.
I feel like a crappy mom.
I'll let you know how it goes.
One good thing, Kaitlyn is so happy to go to the dentist!! She thinks that little mirror they use to look at your teeth is the coolest thing ever. She has been bouncing off the walls to go since i told her i made the appointment last Friday.
I am not sure how this could have happened. I am also not sure how she could have gone from great teeth to what looks like a cavity to me (I'm assuming it has to be really bad if it looks like a cavity to me) and i didn't notice till now.
I feel like a crappy mom.
I'll let you know how it goes.
One good thing, Kaitlyn is so happy to go to the dentist!! She thinks that little mirror they use to look at your teeth is the coolest thing ever. She has been bouncing off the walls to go since i told her i made the appointment last Friday.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Our 1908 house
I have been looking online most of the morning at vintage light fixtures and turn of the century bathrooms and kitchens. While not and sometimes while looking at the pictures i have been reading a cute blog about a couple that have been restoring their 1912 bungalow near L.A. After reading many of their posts our house is in much better condition than i thought. We have not run in to the problems that we could have and that they did. Not to say we haven't had our own fun with our house.
I am now unsure if after reading all of this that i am more excited to work on gutting and redoing our kitchen or more nervous because maybe our luck has run out. We have been very lucky with our house. Although it has been neglected in some of it's more than a hundred years it has also had some very loving owners. We bought the house in Feb 2002 after it had been vacant for about a year and a half. Because our house has had loving care and fix it quick years, most of the time we discover gems in our house. Poorly applied drywall, in disrepair, once removed shows beautiful wood trim and a light switch that was walled in. A light switch that was left in the on position and still operates the celing light in the room; a light that currently has a pull string. More than once we started one project and because of certain discoveries while working, when we were done we can cross off two other projects from our list.
Our bathroom has a walled over window in it. It currently is still walled over but the window goes to the backyard and the insulation that was put up against the glass is visible. When we pull down the wall will the two inch trim and crown & base molding still be in place around the window? Will the wall tiles that appear to disappear under the wall still be intact? If our luck holds out, then the answer will be yes to most of that. If the construction style continues from other projects we have undone in the house; the window ledge will have been sawed off so the plywood would fit better but everything else will look just like it did before someone decided to cover up the window. It's the reason that they covered it up that worries us. Was their a leak of some kind and instead of repairing they just covered it up? We will only find out when we pull down this poorly installed and never finished bathroom project.
so your next question maybe is, it's been 7 years since you bought the house, why haven't you pulled it down yet? The answer is a simple one. We worked on our house non stop for a year straight and planned a large wedding. After that year we were married and our house was livable. We decided we would take a breather.
Four years and two kids later we decided that we needed the backyard that we had mostly forgotten about. (We live on a park we never needed the backyard) After 4 months of daily sweat & tears, along with @ 2 tons of discovered concrete, & $900 we had a play area, patio, enclosed pond & garden area, sprinkler system and lots of beautiful green grass. Now we are sitting in our awesome backyard enjoying the fruits of our labor and there is this insulation filled window staring directly at us. We had mostly forgotten about this window. It's easy to do if you never look at the house from outside in the backyard.
And there on our patio table a plan was made to finish the work we had started 4 years earlier. The backyard project got us back on the restore the inside of our house wagon. The writing is hard to read because of the severely beat up knuckles and there is little red spots on the paper (i mentioned the blood, sweat, & tears that went into the backyard) but there in writing a plan was formed to finish the inside of the house.
We are now on year two and items have been crossed off that list. As we steadily if not slowly have started to work on our home after our 4 year breather.
I am now unsure if after reading all of this that i am more excited to work on gutting and redoing our kitchen or more nervous because maybe our luck has run out. We have been very lucky with our house. Although it has been neglected in some of it's more than a hundred years it has also had some very loving owners. We bought the house in Feb 2002 after it had been vacant for about a year and a half. Because our house has had loving care and fix it quick years, most of the time we discover gems in our house. Poorly applied drywall, in disrepair, once removed shows beautiful wood trim and a light switch that was walled in. A light switch that was left in the on position and still operates the celing light in the room; a light that currently has a pull string. More than once we started one project and because of certain discoveries while working, when we were done we can cross off two other projects from our list.
Our bathroom has a walled over window in it. It currently is still walled over but the window goes to the backyard and the insulation that was put up against the glass is visible. When we pull down the wall will the two inch trim and crown & base molding still be in place around the window? Will the wall tiles that appear to disappear under the wall still be intact? If our luck holds out, then the answer will be yes to most of that. If the construction style continues from other projects we have undone in the house; the window ledge will have been sawed off so the plywood would fit better but everything else will look just like it did before someone decided to cover up the window. It's the reason that they covered it up that worries us. Was their a leak of some kind and instead of repairing they just covered it up? We will only find out when we pull down this poorly installed and never finished bathroom project.
so your next question maybe is, it's been 7 years since you bought the house, why haven't you pulled it down yet? The answer is a simple one. We worked on our house non stop for a year straight and planned a large wedding. After that year we were married and our house was livable. We decided we would take a breather.
Four years and two kids later we decided that we needed the backyard that we had mostly forgotten about. (We live on a park we never needed the backyard) After 4 months of daily sweat & tears, along with @ 2 tons of discovered concrete, & $900 we had a play area, patio, enclosed pond & garden area, sprinkler system and lots of beautiful green grass. Now we are sitting in our awesome backyard enjoying the fruits of our labor and there is this insulation filled window staring directly at us. We had mostly forgotten about this window. It's easy to do if you never look at the house from outside in the backyard.
And there on our patio table a plan was made to finish the work we had started 4 years earlier. The backyard project got us back on the restore the inside of our house wagon. The writing is hard to read because of the severely beat up knuckles and there is little red spots on the paper (i mentioned the blood, sweat, & tears that went into the backyard) but there in writing a plan was formed to finish the inside of the house.
We are now on year two and items have been crossed off that list. As we steadily if not slowly have started to work on our home after our 4 year breather.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Finding the thing you have been looking for.
We have been revamping our house, just a make over really. New paint, new furniture, new drapes, sprucing up the old furnace grates, and putting in new switch plates and outlet covers. We have an glorious old home that we love. It's over 100 years old and it has all the charm and character that an old home has. Ten foot ceilings, 4inch trim on the original hard wood floors, gorgeous crown molding, beautiful molding around all of the 6ft tall windows, built-ins like a china hutch and dressers in the bedrooms, anyway we love it. The light fixtures have been giving us a bit of a hard time though. At some point in time someone replaced every light in the house with the home depot "glass dome with brass trim" special. They are ugly, to say the least. We have been looking and looking at habitat for humanity and volunteers of America and browns building supply but nothing has really fit. We are restoring the house to a point in it more glorious days. Needless to say modern is not what we want and nothing from the 60's - 80's fits either.
Today we stopped by habitat and looked not expecting much since we have been looking for almost a year now. And there it was, a 50's style silver chandelier just the right size for our dining room. Then if that wasn't enough to just be beyond awesome, it was only $25. Even the cheap ones we have looked at were $35 and would require that we put more money into them bring the price to closer to $60. Not this one, it's perfect.
Now I just have to wait for Eric to install it. Then our dining room will officially be done.
One light fixture found, six to go.
Today we stopped by habitat and looked not expecting much since we have been looking for almost a year now. And there it was, a 50's style silver chandelier just the right size for our dining room. Then if that wasn't enough to just be beyond awesome, it was only $25. Even the cheap ones we have looked at were $35 and would require that we put more money into them bring the price to closer to $60. Not this one, it's perfect.
Now I just have to wait for Eric to install it. Then our dining room will officially be done.
One light fixture found, six to go.
sleeping in......
well friends it's Saturday. I'm not sure what that means just yet, i guess i will have to wait and see. The darling little girls slept in late this morning and then snuggled and let me snooze for an hour longer. It was deliciously wonderful sleeping in, a pleasure i relish when ever i am allowed it.
Friday, February 20, 2009
what i should be doing
I should be exercising today. i should be on my way to the gym. I am not. I instead have been playing with my Flickr account, checking out stuff on face book, checking my e-mail, and a little bit of mog-jon tiles to pass the time while baby sitting dolls and watching Oliver and company between making breakfast, brushing teeth & hair, having a panic attack that my 4 year old has a cavity, making a few calls to get a dentist appointment since we don't have dental insurance, making lunch, filling cups with drinks, mediating between two three year old's and a four year old, oh yes and reheating my first cup of coffee for the day four times. Ah, i guess the morning has been a little slow.
Off to wash some laundry and do some dishes and set up a game of "Winnie the pooh- go together game".
love all
Off to wash some laundry and do some dishes and set up a game of "Winnie the pooh- go together game".
love all
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