Updates

Finally a day where I can have a few moments to just relax and blog :). It hasn't been anything to serious about being busy just little things like going to the Laundromat, MOMS Club meetings, grocery shopping, a field trip, family visiting and in between all that schooling the boys and making dinner LOL.

We also went to H&R Block to get our taxes done, since hubby finally got his unemployment W2 in. Everything else came in pretty quickly but that seemed to take it's time. We won't get any money though till the fourth so I am patiently waiting. We are getting a decent amount this year thankfully. We so need it. I plan on getting a new computer since this one is getting super slow even after I wiped it all out. This one will go to the boys (with careful monitoring of course). Then we will get some things done on the Jeep that needs to be done (like struts and maybe an added leaf in the back since it sags a bit) and of course I will be getting next years curriculum with some of it too. I usually get most of it from www.rainbowresource.com .

Also with the money we get back we plan on putting some away for a small vacation. Nothing really big but my mom owns a small house up north further and we plan to spend a few days up there and find little things to do while we are there. It's always a relaxing time when we go there. We haven't been on family vacation (even a small one) in about five years! This is something we really need.

Granted we could just put that in the bank and save but we really do need this time together and it will be well worth it I think :). But the rest of the money will be put back and we will save as much as we can because you never know what can happen. Trust me when I say I know all about that LOL. I hope everyone is doing well! So far we are. God Bless!!!

Been a Little Busy

Yesterday was a pretty good day.  I was originally supposed to have a board meeting (don't I sound so important? LOL NOT) with the other board members of MOMS Club® at our house but because of the weather (we got 5 more inches of snow!) only a couple of them showed up so instead we just had some girl talk while the kids played :). 

It was nice because I got to vent some things out and felt better when I wasn't the only one who felt the way I did about a certain situation.  Nothing horrible just something that has been bothering me.  Well that and I have been PMSing anyway so it was nice to have other women to talk to lol.  No matter how hard he tries my hubby just doesn't understand LOL.  The poor guy :).  LOL.

They got here around 9:30 a.m. and stayed still almost 1 p.m. LOL.  It was really nice to have some friends over.  It's been a while since I just sat and talked with some friends.

Today was a pretty busy day.  Did some schooling early this morning and then off to one of the other moms, that was over here yesterdays, house for a new member breakfast with some newer members of the MOMS Club®.  So again I got to just be with friends and this time I didn't have anything to vent about LOL. Just  a nice time.

After leaving my friends house we were off to get our taxes done.  We were pleasantly surprised about just how much we are getting back.  Much needed but surprised all the same.  I can get everything I wanted for next years curriculum for the boys.  I thought I would have to really tighten the belt on that but I can spend what I normally do.  Not that I am going to spend loads on it but I can spend more than I thought on it anyway.  After we got home from that I finished up school work with the boys.

Tomorrow is the MOMS Club® monthly meeting so after making dinner today I had to get things around for the meeting.  I had to get the sign-up sheets up and printed and get things around to send to the higher-ups (it's an International club). 

Later tomorrow we are going to my brother-in-law and sister-in-laws home.  My sister-in-law just found out she has lupus but the good news is that it's not the systemic lupus which is the bad one but it's the Discoid Lupus Erythematosus which generally just effects the skin. It can turn to the other kind but she will have to go and get tests every so often so they can keep an eye on things but otherwise she is in good health!  So we will be visiting them tomorrow as well.

I am not going to complain on how busy I have been the last few days LOL.  It's been a while since I've had a lot going on so it was all good.  So what have you been up to lately? 

I know, I know I have been MIA again LOL. It's been a busy four day's or so. Thursday we did Create and Play and it was a lot of fun! Kids even got to play in shaving cream LOL.

By the time all was said and done they were both covered in shaving cream LOL. I should have gotten a good picture of that LOL. Oh well I am sure we will have more fun with that another time LOL. The rest of the day just seemed to fly by and I didn't get a chance to blog.

Friday, We got our taxes back so we got a new Jeep! Ok well it's not new but new to us LOL. It's a 1998 not a 97' that I thought it was before LOL. It's really nice. I haven't had a chance to take a pic of it. Hopefully I can soon and show you all LOL. It had a crack in the windshield but that's about all that is wrong with it and we got the replaced today (Monday) So Friday was really busy with running around and getting the Jeep all legal. So again I didn't get a chance to blog.

Saturday, I went grocery shopping and then we went shopping. We got the boy's each a pair of new pants since they some how manage to get holes in their knees in a least two other pairs of pants LOL. Boy's I tell you (at least mine) are rough on pants and socks ugh! I also got some ink for my printer and some Valentines Day cards for the boy's for their Valentines Day party on Wednesday at a homeschool group. Later that night I also went through and ordered the boy's (well mostly Chord since Jarod will just use Chord's stuff from previous years) curriculum for next year. I forgot to get a couple of other things though so I will order the rest after we get what's coming.

Sunday, we went to Church of course and enjoyed the service. Not a lot of people were there though because of the really icy cold weather! Boy was it freezing out! After Church we went to lunch with one of our Pastor's and his family. We went to Tiffany's Pizza. We spent a couple hours just chatting with them. It was a good time. They had a couple of their teenage kids with them. They were really great kids too. The older teenage boy even included the boy's in the conversations and of course they talked about Lego's LOL. After that we came home and stayed in doors because of the cold weather LOL. Day's like that I wish we could just hibernate but then I have said that before LOL.

Today, we didn't do much either even though it wasn't as cold as it was yesterday it was still pretty cold. Harlow woke-up early to get the windshield replaced and then head to work. We did get schooling done though and I got stuff around for tomorrow since it is laundry day! Hubby is going to take us tomorrow though because it's supposed to be really icy tomorrow and he would rather drive us and I would feel better about it too I think. I have to meet a friend of mine there too because I have to return a Science experiment book to her. She has to use it for something she is doing with her daughters preschool or something.

So that is what I have been up to the last four day's. I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Saturday,

Playing Catch-Up

Sorry I know it's been a bit since I blogged last. Thursday was Create and Play for the MOMS Club thing and it went off great!! All the kids loved the snowball fight with the Styrofoam balls. Even a few of the moms (including myself LOL) had loads of fun playing snowball fight.

Friday hubby went to work early so he could get off early. He's been having to work early all this past week. We did some schooling of course and then hubby came home around 2:30 pm and while he took a nap the boy's and I went to the library. The boy's got a few books called Andrew Lost (a series) they love them! After hubby woke-up it was time to go to get our taxes done (hubby made the appointment Thursday). Harlow took us to Bob Evan's afterward. Needless to say the boy's got to bed later than usual but that's ok.

Sat. we didn't do a whole lot. I did do grocery shopping and later hubby took the boy's shopping (like they really need more stuff ugh but anyway LOL). I just stayed home and relaxed a bit. The rest of the day we just spent time together.

Sunday, we went to Church, came home and then we ran to the mall so I could get my hair cut because I really needed it LOL and then we went looking around for TVs. When we get our taxes back we are planning on getting a new TV because our old one is on it's last legs. We are also going to get a new (well new to us) used vehicle. Something we can have a little more room in.

Today was MOMS Club Membership meeting. The boy's decided to stay home with their dad while I went. Which was probably a good thing because Harlow's back has been really bothering him and the boy's helped him out while I was gone. After getting back from the meeting hub's went to the Chiropractor to get his back adjusted. I talked him into staying home from work today because he could hardly move and his job he has to pick up and turn a lot. I don't want him really messing up his back and not be able to move. He seems to be doing better now. He's able to move a little more than he could earlier. Please pray that he feels better soon. Poor guy I felt really bad for him. So how was your weekend?