Yahoo! It's Friday

I'm so happy that it is Friday! I really don't know why, but I am. Could it be that I don't have to get up at 6:15am to make sure that my 15 year old actually gets up for school and makes it to the bus tomorrow or for that matter for the next 12 days! Yep, they start their Easter Break tomorrow. I think I need this vacation more than them sometimes, lol.

We are looking forward to leaving for Vegas in 3 days! I just can't wait. The weather there has been perfect, so my sister, son, and father have called to tell me at least 3 times a day for the last week or so. They will do anything to rub it in to me. I have to say, that it has been pretty nice here for the last 5 days! Lots of sunshine, low humidity and for the first 3 days we even had temps up to and over 60. The last 2 days have been sunny, but very windy and a lot colder. It will be nice to get into some 80-90's sunshine.

Yesterday I took a few pictures of the flowers that are Springing up in the flower bed by my porch. As you may have read in a previous post, I'm not into gardening. Do not like it. I love the flowers when they bloom, but could really care less if I had flowers in the yard to be honest. So dh wanted flowers so I told him to go and plant bulbs that way he could have flowers in the spring. I wasn't get that job of planting and taking care of it. So here are the some of the colors that popping up in my front yard.

I noticed that the tulips are coming up and should be fully open in about a week. So dh was very excited to see his flowers blooming.

Yesterday, I was able to get a little nap since I really didn't get to sleep. Which I didn't get to sleep last night either due to dh's snoring and lifting the roof off the house! I was up the entire night. He was pretty bad last night. I can usually get him to stop if I rub his shoulder and then he turns over. But for some reason last night he just kept turning back on his back!ugh... exhausted again. I'm not going to go back to sleep this morning after the kids leave for school. I'm going to try to get to the track and walk and go for my tan. I also cleaned up this house a little. It sure needs a good spring cleaning! I might have to get someone in to help this year. I was even able to actually color my hair yesterday! yeah for me. No more grays (at least for the next 3 weeks, lol). Took one photo of the end result (Warning: NO MAKE UP!).

Yes, I know, Pretty scary!

2peas challenge for today: What is one book you would recommend for someone who is new to scrapbooking or looking for new/useful information? I don't really know and I'm hoping that the rest of the gal and guys at 2peas can recommend some good books for me. Always looking to better myself. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Woke up with a......

TOOTHACHE! OMG. I've been up since about 4 am but kept tossing and turning all night long. It seems to have subsided now and I hope it goes away. Yes, I'm one of those people, I hate dentists. So, again today, I will be exhausted. I think a nap is in order for me, lol.

I was on this morning and was checking out some blogs and checked in on "Its Not Easy Being Green" blog. She really inspired me by posting some new technics she found on a few other blogs. I'm so excited about trying out these two new technics. One is Cling wrap Crinkle technic-Scrapbook-Trends » Studio DaphNat: Clingwrap Crinkle Technique The other one is a masking tape technic- *e*: art journal challenge - week 11 this one looks a little easier, but we will see. I'm now looking forward to getting downstairs and trying to be a little creative.

Yesterday, I went for my walk and then my friend for breakfast. We just sat and talked for about 2 hours. Playing catch up. We haven't seen each other in about 3 weeks, but we do talk to each other at least once a week. You may ask what the heck did you talk about for 2 hours? Well, we both have Seniors in High School. What else could take 2 hours to talk about? Who's going to the prom? Who is going to go to the Wrestling Awards Picnic? You know the important stuff, lol.

Today, I plan on going for my walk, getting a tan. I also want to color my hair today (I'll try to take before and after photos) and then who knows what. Getting ready to pack for our trip, we leave on Monday. I guess I really should make dinner tonight, hmmmmm.. what to make? Not sure, but I will think of something.

2 peas challenge today: Would you say your more of an online shopper or have to see things in person frist? I would have to say that I have to see it first. Thats just the way I am.

Hump Day

Its Wednesday! I've got a few plans for today. I'm going to get the heck out of here and go for my walk in a little while and then I'm meeting one of my friends for breakfast. You might say that it just doesn't seem like I should even bother to walk today, but you know you still need to eat. I'm eating a little lighter and being more careful about what I'm eating again. I truly want to lose at least 15 lbs by June and it can be done with a little determination and sticking to my plans. I'm sure I will just have an egg omelet, maybe some homefries (just have to have some), coffee, and water. Not too bad.

Yesterday, I had sooooo many plans and really didn't do any of them. I did however get to do my walk in the morning. Then I went to tan. I then came home had breakfast and coffee, when dh asks me to help him seed the back yard! ugh... So being a nice wife (ok, yesterday was rare, lol) I helped him for almost 2 hours out there. It was a beautiful day so why not. Then he gets a call to go out east which is about a 40 mile drive and he wants me to go with him (another, ugh and because I was being a nice wife) so I go along for the ride. That took us about 2 hours. So yes, nothing I really wanted to get done got done yesterday.

Today, I another beautiful day. The weather is suppose to be warm, about 63. I do want to do something outside so I will probably wash my car (which I wanted to do yesterday) and then maybe read a book outside while its nice out. The cold weather is supposed to creep back in here tomorrow so I'm going to take full advantage of the warm sunshine today. The only other thing I really want to get done today is get the suitcases out and air them out and start to get them packed for our trip. I really can't wait to get away. I also want to take some photos today. Not sure of what, but I did notice that some of my flowers have already bloomed. So maybe I will shoot some of those.
Hope everyone has a terrific day.

I'm Exhausted

Yes, I am! This weekend was spent in a school gym again. NO ds DJ did not wrestle, we went to watch some of the other boys from team wrestle. I've got to tell you, I'm wiped out! It was 6 hrs on Saturday and 10 hours on Sunday! I think I'm crazy, but I just love the sport and can't get away from it.

The boys and I are really getting excitied about leaving for Las Vegas in 6 days! There again I will be in a gym for 4 full days! DJ and his friend Romeo (Rich) will be wrestling the 4 days. This, I'm sure will be very exciting. We have never done this tournament and I hear there is a lot of tough competition out there. I just hope that they place 1-4. That right there is a big accomplishment.

I'm also looking forward to some down time with the rest of my family that live out there especially my oldest ds Jonathon who I haven't seen since August! This is a 2 fold trip in a way. Wrestling and vacation all in one. Hopefully the weather there will continue to be nice while I'm there.

Other than the wrestling this weekend, I pretty much did nothing else! God I'm lazy, this poor house needs a CLEAN SWEEP! Sometimes I wish I would apply for that show and let them just come in and get it done. I just seem to hoard everything and can't decide to keep or throw so I keep. Its a terrible illness. Can that be considered an illness? oh well, life goes on.

2peas challenge:What is something you love to do on nice sunny days? Well, I think that this has been asked once before and my answer to this burning question is..... I really love to go and just sit out in my back yard. Letting the sun hit my face and body and just relax. Otherwise, we will take the boat out and have some fun on the water.
Ok.. I'm done here for today. Hope everyone has a Terrific Tuesday!

Not going well...

it has been 1 month (4 wks) since my last Remicaid infusion and yes... as you may have guessed I won't be able to get my infusion today! This insurance company has done nothing but aggravate me and the doctors now! It is starting to get a little out of hand now. I'm at a loss as to what to do now. My doctors office said that I should call them again and tell them that I'm getting a lawyer now to handle this situation and see what happens. I've been fighting for them to pay bills since September! And the best part is that the insurance company gave my doctor authorization for the treatment! So it looks like no treatment until the doctor gets paid. Which I completely understand since the treatments come to about $5,500 each month. Thats a lot!

Yesterday I was just very depressed about the whole thing and well... ended up doing much of nothing put run around without my head which made me feel like I was getting nothing done at all. I really hate that feeling. I just felt empty. I hope today will be a better day.

Here are some photos of my baby (Lacey). I walked outside the backdoor to see if she was ready to come in and this is where I found her!

On top of dh's construction pile! I couldn't believe that she was up there. I called for dh to come out and see where are little princess had perched herself. She is so funny. She was not coming down from there either. She was enjoying the wonderful rays of Spring and was not ready to come down.She even started to pose for me, lol. She really is so adorable.

After all the photo taking, which went on for about 20 mins or more. She finally came on down off her perch. This is where we found out how she got up there in the first place. Apparently, one of the saw horse's fell down and everything that was on top of it angled down giving Lacey the perfect ramp to get up there. This girl finds everything. She is something else, I'm telling you.

2peas challenge: Today is the 2nd day of spring, officially, What have you done, so far to officially welcome in the new season???? To be honest with you I really have not done a thing! I go tanning regularly, but as for something for spring, I haven't done 1 single thing yet. I know that this weekend I will have to go through all my clothes, that is because we are going to Vegas on the 2nd and we don't need all these winter clothes there. My son said that its been around 90 during the day. So looking forward to that. So nothing spring like to report yet here. Hope everyone has a Terrific Thursday.

Not going well...

it has been 1 month (4 wks) since my last Remicaid infusion and yes... as you may have guessed I won't be able to get my infusion today! This insurance company has done nothing but aggravate me and the doctors now! It is starting to get a little out of hand now. I'm at a loss as to what to do now. My doctors office said that I should call them again and tell them that I'm getting a lawyer now to handle this situation and see what happens. I've been fighting for them to pay bills since September! And the best part is that the insurance company gave my doctor authorization for the treatment! So it looks like no treatment until the doctor gets paid. Which I completely understand since the treatments come to about $5,500 each month. Thats a lot!

Yesterday I was just very depressed about the whole thing and well... ended up doing much of nothing put run around without my head which made me feel like I was getting nothing done at all. I really hate that feeling. I just felt empty. I hope today will be a better day.

Here are some photos of my baby (Lacey). I walked outside the backdoor to see if she was ready to come in and this is where I found her!

On top of dh's construction pile! I couldn't believe that she was up there. I called for dh to come out and see where are little princess had perched herself. She is so funny. She was not coming down from there either. She was enjoying the wonderful rays of Spring and was not ready to come down.She even started to pose for me, lol. She really is so adorable.

After all the photo taking, which went on for about 20 mins or more. She finally came on down off her perch. This is where we found out how she got up there in the first place. Apparently, one of the saw horse's fell down and everything that was on top of it angled down giving Lacey the perfect ramp to get up there. This girl finds everything. She is something else, I'm telling you.

2peas challenge: Today is the 2nd day of spring, officially, What have you done, so far to officially welcome in the new season???? To be honest with you I really have not done a thing! I go tanning regularly, but as for something for spring, I haven't done 1 single thing yet. I know that this weekend I will have to go through all my clothes, that is because we are going to Vegas on the 2nd and we don't need all these winter clothes there. My son said that its been around 90 during the day. So looking forward to that. So nothing spring like to report yet here. Hope everyone has a Terrific Thursday.

Is Spring here?

I'm not sure. Here it is only about 40 degrees and really doesn't feel like spring yet. The weather people are claiming that we are suppose to get a warm front coming in tomorrow. I sure hope that it does.

Yesterday I visited Bonnie Rose's blog and she had a link to one of her friends (Kari) blogs. She is having a Spring Tea Party over there today. It just sounds wonderful. I know that if I were to actually attend a tea party I would bring Blueberry Muffins. I just love making them and eating them. lol

I'm posting later than normal today due to too much of life's little ups and downs today. Too much to list of what I did today. And I still feel like nothing was done! I hate when that happens. Something always pops up and stops you from doing what you need to get done and then you get that feeling that you did nothing the entire day.

Well that is it for me today.. going to check on dh to make sure he is ok outside fixing his truck.

Nothing New

to report here today. Yesterday I was able to get a few things done, which was nice. Like 4 loads of laundry, cleaned the bathroom, vaccuum the floors, sweep the other floors, you know the endless list of cleaning. Today will probably be another one of those days.

I didn't tell you that this weekend the kids and I went to see the movie Wild Hogs! OMG, it was so funny, (since we are all bikers in this house, it hit home a little). We could not stop laughing. It is pretty funny to see that 4 men all in the 40's or better are going to take a road trip on bikes. Not only that, but they have really no destination planned out. And that William H. Macy can be very funny. I never knew that he could be. He usually plays very serious roles. I just might have to go and see it again!

Today, there really isn't much going on. I'm just starting to get things ready for our trip to Vegas in less than 2 weeks. I hope the weather stays like it is for me. I could really use some 90 degree weather to warm me up. We are going to be there for 9 days in total. Of course, 4 of the 9 will be spent in the Sports Complex, DJ is wrestling in the Nationals Tournament there. I can't wait. I hope that he does well. He has been looking forward to this tournament for years. We were supposed to go last year, but he got severely injured a week before the tournament and could not wrestle. That is when he had the total knee injury and everything got ripped out. ACL, MCL, and the miniscus. Total knee reconstruction! So he is staying low until after this tournament. No live wrestling until we hit Vegas!

2 peas challenge for today: Blog about your fave snack food.. .what is it, that you absolutely love snacking on, good for u or not?? blog about it! ~~~ Well, I think I may have said this before, but I'm not sure it is considered a snack food. I can always eat ICE CREAM! I just love it and it has to be CHOCOLATE! but if you are talking about you know.. munchie snacks... Then I have to say it would be pretzels. I try not to eat them, but I love them. Now if you want to say what is your fave candy! OH boy it would have to be Plain M & M's! This is my favorite since I was very little. I just love it when they melt in your mouth, lol.

Ok, I guess I better get my moving here. Hope everyone has a Terrific Tuesday!

Finally

....I've been able to get something done that is scrapbook related! Yahoo!!! I'm pretty excited that I was actually able to get anything done. It kind of gave me the itch to get my butt back in gear and work on some stuff. I have well over 500 photos of wrestling that I should organize and get some of them in a scrapbook. This is one of my plans for the next week and a half.

The other is getting this house a little more organized and get ready for sunny Las Vegas! Yes,,, its that time again! I'm off to Vegas for 10 wonderful days. Ok, 4 of the days will be spent in the Sports Complex because DJ is going to be wrestling. I can't wait and just keep crossing my fingers that he will do well and not injury his knee or any other body part during this tournament! We are staying for Easter again this year also. It is nice to have Easter with my parents, my oldest son and sisters. This is the one holiday that we are able to do this since Christmas is spent in the gym wrestling.

This Circle Journal book that I just worked on is an odd size book and I really didn't know what to do in it. It has a pretty simple theme "Summertime" so choosing photos was not the problem. It was the size and fitting everything in it. The page size was like 3 3/4" x 8 1/2" not a lot of scrapping room, (well for me). So I decided to make extra room for my 2 pages allowed by using hinges on the sides of the pages to make "barn doors" to my 2 pages, giving me extra room. I think they came pretty good for the first time using hinges also on a project.

The first photo is of my "barn doors" as I like to call to them. You can see the hinges at the top and the bottom.

Once you open up the 2 red doors this is what you have inside! Oh well... I tried. It is very simple and to the point. The top page says "Summer Loves"... Boating.... Oceans. The 2nd one has ... Swimming.... Tubing.... Beaches. The 3rd says... Sunsets..... Sunshine and Family. The last one just tells a little bit about the summers and what we do in the summer here on Long Island.

So this Saturday was St. Pattys Day! and it is my anniversary! Its been a long 25 years that is for sure. I can't believe that I put up with his crap for this long, lol. We really didn't do much. Just went for dinner and came home. But it was nice.

That was pretty much the extent of my weekend. I did much of nothing but get this journal ready for the mail.

2peas challenge: Blog about 10 songs on your current playlist. What are they? What are your 10 pieces of music that u like to listen to, right now? Blog about it!

Well, I know that this might be a little bit hard to believe, but I do not have a MP3 or ipod or anything like that. I still use a cd walkman when needed. Some of my favorite songs (which mostly consist of Oldies)that I did burn to a cd are:

1. Brown Eyed Girl 2. This Used to be my playground (Madonna) 3. When I'm 64 (Beatles) 4. Sweet Home Alabama 5. The boys are back in town 6. Who's Crying Now 7. American Pie 8. Good Vibrations (Beach Boys) 9. Painted Desert (Joshua Kadison) 10. He ain't Heavy, He's my Brother 11. Under the Bridge (Red Hot Chili Peppers) 12. Stand by me 13. Don't stop Believing (Journey) 14. Butterfly Kisses 15. In the arms of an angel

I know they are pretty old.. well most of them, but I love listening to them. Ok.. thats it for me this morning. Hope everyone has a Terrific Day.

I'm Back!

and its about time! I can't believe that I was sick for over a week! That damn stomach virus is vicious. It hit me strong on the 2nd day and then lingered in me for 3 days and then hit me again. I never had anything like that. I'm just glad that it is over now. I think everyone in the house has had it and I've been disinfecting everything! I won't have anymore of that in here. ugh.

Yesterday, it was pretty nice here. The temps got up to about 63 and I was feeling pretty good so I went and did a mile and 1/4 walk in the morning. I tried to keep myself very busy yesterday, my first day of really going out and doing anything. After my walk I went for a tan, did grocery shopping, paid some bills, went to the mall to finally get a bra fitting (this is important). My body is changing and nothing feels right (I just hate when gravity starts to take over). After all that I really needed a nap. So I took an hour to nap and boy that was nice.

Since I've been stuck in the house and I finally received a Circle Journal to work on I was happy to get myself doing something scrapbook related after my long drought. I went to work on it immediately and I'm pretty much done with it. I just need to pick up some hinges and presto done. I will post the photos of it tomorrow. I think it is pretty simple, but nice.

Today, I'm going to try to walk again this morning and get my but over to Joanns or Michaels to get those hinges. I also need frames for DJ's posters before he ruins them. Since I'm going there I should just get them and get it done. I wonder if I will be able to put his medal in the one frame??? Should I see about getting a shadow box instead? This is a pretty big frame that I need. Any suggestions???

Ohhhhh, quick note to all that visited here last week. I took out the leaf in the dining table and it is pretty much cleaned off! When I get a chance to take a photo I will.

Boy, its good to be back! I'm out of here for now. Going to check out everyones blog that I've been missing for the last week. Enjoy your Thursday.

Nothing is getting done.

I don't see anything getting done here today. ds Joseph has been sick since Sunday night and dh has been sick since last night, ugh! Then to top it all off... I think I'm starting to get sick now, it started about 3am this morning. I think mine is different from theirs, then have major cold symptoms. Mine is feeling more like stomach virus! This is just what I needed right now. I think my great-nephew must've still been a carrier, lol. Plus, he really wasn't completely well (I think). Everytime he ate something he said his belly hurt. But then about 15 mins later was playing and was fine. So I think he still had it lingering in him. Now I'm the choosen one to get it I guess.

I came up and laid on the couch about 6:30am to make sure DJ got up for school and then I passed out until about 8:30 when my daughter said "Bye, Mom, see you later". Then I fell back to sleep until about 10:30! I never do that unless I'm sick. Figures,,,,, the sun is at least shining. Its cold out ,but sunny for a change. My whole body is pretty achy, not sure if it is because I'm not feeling well or from being stationary. When you have all these different arthritis' and muscle diseases you will get very achy when you stop moving around. So I decided to try to move around and get on here for a little bit. Just making me nauseous!

As you may have guessed, I still have not done anything to my diningtable! This is going to be the death of me. I did however take some photos of it right now! You won't believe your eyes. We can't even eat of this thing, I swear. Hopefully, I will get to it before the end of the week. I really need to. Well here it is, gasp!

Isn't it a disgrace! I just can't believe that I keep letting it get like this. What the hell is wrong with me. It is really the dumping ground for everything! As you can see. Oh well... hopefully this week will be productive as long as I don't get really sick!

2 peas challenge: It's almost spring.. what are you gonna be planting in your garden/containter gardens, this spring? I, unfortunately, do not like gardening! I know this may shock some of you, but I really hate it. I have tulips, iris' and daffodils that have been in the ground forever that come up every year. That is just fine with me. My husband likes to have flowers all the time, but you guessed it, doesn't really want to do anything with it either. Every year he is like, are you planting anything? and every year I tell him the same thing NO! I'm not going to change. lol

Laceys New Hair Cut.

I hope everyone had a great weekend. Mine was just OK. Nothing exciting happened here, except that Lacey got a hair cut! This is big excitement here. She only gets a major cut about twice a year. She really needed it. My baby has allergies and her eyes run and no matter what we do lately it seems to stick and get clumped in her massive hair right under her eyes. So now she is very irritated and raw right in that area. Now its all cleaned up and the meds can get right in there and heal it nice.

Here she is sitting on top of the loveseat looking out the window..ugh... as you can see, we are still in need of the window sills in that window. The garage was more important for DH.

Here is Lacey looking around. In this photo you can really see her boo-boo. Makes me sad to see her having a sore. She is sad in this photo because I kept trying to get a good shot of her and she kept moving. Its almost like she is saying "Alright already Mom! Leave me alone!" Just gotta love her.

Nothing is planned for today except trying to get this house cleaned up a little. As usual... That freakin' dining table is a disaster again! Today I'm taking photos (hopefully,lol) of that thing. You won't believe your eyes.

Gotta get out of here for now. Hope everyone has a great day.

Raining Cats and Dogs!

Yes it is pouring out! It is like the heavens have opened a damn up there and it is just coming down. I knew we were going to get some rain, but didn't realize it was going to be this much. No relief is site either! good gosh. Sometimes, especially when it rains like this, I wish it would snow instead. I know it sounds crazy, but I do.
I should've known that it was going be really bad today, my back ,neck, and legs have been killing me since yesterday morning. That is a sign of bad weather.
Well, today, I going to be babysitting my 4 year old great-nephew! He is a handful, but adorable. I felt bad, no one else could watch him today. My neice was in the hospital with his 1 year old sister all night she was sick (dehydrated more like it) and was not going to be there for him today. His dad does not live here anymore and my nieces mother could not watch him either. So they called me. What was I going to say? NO? He is a little devil most of the time so this will be interesting for the entire day. Shoot he will be here in 10 mins! Lucky me, lol. I will have to try to take some photos of him today. He is a little cutie.
Other than that, nothing else for today. DJ is home, he has a drs appt this morning, so no school for him today, but now he has only been up for 15 mins and he is already up my butt for me to make him french toast. Where the heck did these kids come from! I haven't even had my first cup of coffee yet! What makes him think he gets french toast before I get coffee. ugh! Wish me Luck with these two today, lol.
2peas challenge: Fave comfort food?? what's yours? blog about it.-- Mine has to be Ice Cream! I could eat it all day long if I need to! Favorite flavor is Edys - Double Fudge Brownie. Just love it!

Here we go again

I've decided to start my diet again! Yes, again. Well, back in December when I had the surgery and everything I stopped my exercising like the dr. said to and I of course started eating all the garbage again. Its now time to get myself back together. I don't do this for anyone but me so you would think it would be easy. Nahhhh... not in the least.

Heres the thing... When the weather was nice (well at least warm) I would walk the track 2 miles everyday. Now that it is cold out I really can't because of my arthritis. If it is about 45 degrees out I can probably do it all bundled up. And of course now I wouldn't be walking 2 miles right off the bat, maybe a mile the 1st day and then work my way back up. I also would do a ton of sit ups! 200 usually a day. To be honest with you... the only thing they really helped with was my lower back. For the last 2 weeks my lower back has been killing not to mention my neck. So I really need to get my butt exercising. It is crying for me to do it (I think).

I'm also not going to eat all the junk! I filled up on it yesterday! Today will be sensible meals. I try to do a mostly low carb diet and it works well for me. I really didn't gain much weight since December about 5 lbs, but everything is flabby again and hanging over. You know what I mean. I hate that. I just hope that it is nice out so I can get to the track today. I'm not going to over do it! I don't want to be in so much pain tomorrow that I can't do anything. I've learned that along time ago. I just want to get started. Nice and slow.

2peas challenge for today: Are you a pet person? If so, what is your ideal pet?? What would you just love to have one day??? if you don't have it already? I am!!! I just love my baby! She is a 5 year old Lhasa Apso. Thats a dog, lol. We have had here since she is 2 1/2 months old. Her name is Lacey, well that is what we call her but her registered name is Heavenly Lacey Angel! she is Black with white patch under her neck and white paws. She is the love of this house. Lacey is so tender and loving you can't help yourself from loving her back. This is a photo of Lacey with my niece.

Here is another photo of Lacey with my sister-in-laws dog Sparky. This one was taken on ds DJ's birthday. She thinks she is a person most of the time. Hope everyone has a terrific day!