Show Off :P I don't think I have enough vapor in my breath or something.
Doesn't work with a fork Mason :P
A fun and slightly zany look at the life we call "normal"
July 30, 2009
A lunch out at the Horseshoe.
We hadn't gone out to eat in a long time, and I decided it was time to see if the Horseshoe was as good at it used to be here in Benson. Unfortunately, it's not even close (They put BBQ pork in my chimichanga because they ran out of Green Chili Pork). But we had a fun time waiting for the food. The kids were bored so I jokingly told them to stick a spoon on their nose. Now, I have NEVER been able to do this and thought it would keep them busy for a while. Little did I know that all four of my kids and husband could do it immediately. My 4 year old Taylor doing it caught me off guard I laughed so hard watching them all do it. So much for good manners!
Show Off :P I don't think I have enough vapor in my breath or something.
Doesn't work with a fork Mason :P
Show Off :P I don't think I have enough vapor in my breath or something.Doesn't work with a fork Mason :P
Farmer's Market
We started a booth the Farmer's Market June 27th. We did it two times until I didn't have anything to sell, but I will continue when I have more eggs and produce. The opening Farmer's Market had a St. David fire Department BBQ and Cotton Candy . I only got a couple of pictures, since I was too busy selling corn like it was Pillows at Macy's the day after thanksgiving. Crazy!
Katrina next to my table.
Mason after the water hose down from the fire department and blue cotton candy.
Katrina next to my table. 
Mason after the water hose down from the fire department and blue cotton candy.
The Cove
We went to The Cove almost a month ago, but I wanted to post pictures! The Cove is an indoor water park that the city of Sierra Vista built. I just read in the newspaper that Thatcher is going to make one like it, and is talking to Sierra Vista about how to go about it.
Katrina after the day of play. I was proud she went down the water slides! (Dark, small, and fast)
The Wave pool with Mason after it's closed. The bridge in the middle came up so they have a lap pool. During the day it has waves start every ten minutes, and kids hold on to intertubes for dear life.
July 14, 2009
The Joys of Independent Children
Mason LOVES Nintendo. I mean, he could eat sleep and breath the thing. We have an original NES with Super Mario Brothers and no other games, and the kid can find all the warps and make it to level 8 (He hasn't beat it quite yet). Of course Dad is helping him find all the little tricks.
Anyhow, I needed his help to get under the girl's sink, so I mentioned that Mario and Luigi are PLUMBERS! Would he like to be a plumber with me? Of course he jumped right in after that (when I asked for his help earlier it was "Eh, Maybe later").
Our sinks don't have those little stoppers in them that keep stuff from going down the drain, and Taylor enjoys seeing what fits down the sink! Every so often I have to go under the sink and unscrew the plastic fittings, drain it out and clean out the crud. I figured it was time to get Mason in on the deal, so I showed him how to do the left sink. Being a boy, he thought disgusting crud coming out of the pipe was AWESOME! I let him do the right sink (after loosening it for him) and we drained out marbles, toothbrushes, and whatever else the kids found fit. Great job! I have working sinks again and Mason learned a new skill. I was really proud of myself.
Until today when I used MY sink and the water just ran out the bottom onto the floor. WHAT? Yes, Mason dropped his bouncy ball in the sink, so instead of telling me, he unscrewed the bottom and tried to get it out! He couldn't get it out, but didn't bother screwing it back together. Now, how many 6 year olds try their own plumbing? You have to give him props for trying. Unfortunately, it was really stuck, and took a vaccuum from the top. And then I made him promise never to do plumbing without me or dad there again, and I screwed it on a little tighter this time :)
Anyhow, I needed his help to get under the girl's sink, so I mentioned that Mario and Luigi are PLUMBERS! Would he like to be a plumber with me? Of course he jumped right in after that (when I asked for his help earlier it was "Eh, Maybe later").
Our sinks don't have those little stoppers in them that keep stuff from going down the drain, and Taylor enjoys seeing what fits down the sink! Every so often I have to go under the sink and unscrew the plastic fittings, drain it out and clean out the crud. I figured it was time to get Mason in on the deal, so I showed him how to do the left sink. Being a boy, he thought disgusting crud coming out of the pipe was AWESOME! I let him do the right sink (after loosening it for him) and we drained out marbles, toothbrushes, and whatever else the kids found fit. Great job! I have working sinks again and Mason learned a new skill. I was really proud of myself.
Until today when I used MY sink and the water just ran out the bottom onto the floor. WHAT? Yes, Mason dropped his bouncy ball in the sink, so instead of telling me, he unscrewed the bottom and tried to get it out! He couldn't get it out, but didn't bother screwing it back together. Now, how many 6 year olds try their own plumbing? You have to give him props for trying. Unfortunately, it was really stuck, and took a vaccuum from the top. And then I made him promise never to do plumbing without me or dad there again, and I screwed it on a little tighter this time :)
June 19, 2009
After All These Years....
I'm still a clutz. Spaz. I can trip on flat surfaces. I make Bella from Twilight look Graceful. It was worse when I was younger, I admit. I have had sprained ankles yearly since I was 13. But Sunday, it was really REALLY bad.
I got up and went to get out the door, I put on my heels (Mistake #1). I went to get coloring books and crayons off the book shelf, caught the heel on the carpet, wobbled, so the other foot came down and wobbled, and I fell against the bookshelf and then fell against the wall. Knocked the breath out of me, and I have a bruise on the back of my arm the size of a baseball. Mark helped me up, and realizing it was going to be a rough day, quickly changed to flats. I got to church, and tripped out the door of the van on my skirt.
During church they talked about the importance of a journal and keeping records for your posterity and I thought about writing the fall of the morning down. Little did I know I would have more to add to it.
When we got home, it was time to do chores outside. I tripped over the garden hose, and fell into the awning, hitting the top of my head on the railroad tie. As I recovered from that I fell backwards over the garden tools and fell on my behind.
I decided to come in and make lunch. While doing that cut myself with a knife and Mark told me to quit while I was ahead. I decided to go sit down at the kitchen table and let him take over lunch but as I was walking over to the bench Taylor pushed it into me and rammed my knee with it.
I was looking for old family pictures in the closet to hang in our newly re-remodeled front room, and found some in the hall closet. As I got one picture out, the frame and back seperated, and the glass fell out and shattered on the floor. Very nearly missing my foot. I gathered up the pieces, throw them away and pulled out another picture. I told Mark to stay back, he'll catch my clutzy, but he didn't believe me. He took the picture from me, and sure enough, the glass snapped in his hand with NO pressure of anykind. We started putting it into the trash can, and a piece fell out and landed on the inside of my shoe, cutting the top of my foot.
Later that day, as we were discussing my being a super trouble magnet, we found the curtain rod brackets we were looking everywhere for. We decided it was most likely best I NOT be on a ladder, I decided to at least carry it over to Mark. I carefully released the side braces, and slowly lifted it towards me. SLAM, the opposite side of the ladder slammed toward me and one step hit me squarely in the forehead.
I really, REALLY was careful the rest of the day. The only other strange thing was we took a basket of flowers down from our top "loft" shelf (dust bunny shelf for decorating). We tried it in different places around the room, didn't like it, so I tried to place, and then throw it back up to the shelf. As I threw it up there, it turns sideways and a steak knife comes out and hits me in the chest on the way down. Thank GOODNESS it was dull. And how did a steak knife end up in a basket of flowers that has sat up on a shelf for two years?? Good question.
Now, they say the purpose of a journal is to "direct and convince all to come unto Christ". I'm not exactly sure how that story will, except that it is only through him that I am still alive with my innate ability to be in the middle of one accident or another. Those who don't know about the Falling Out of the Truck Story (while driving), or the Almost Got Kidnapped at the Public Swimming Pool Story, those will have to wait.
I got up and went to get out the door, I put on my heels (Mistake #1). I went to get coloring books and crayons off the book shelf, caught the heel on the carpet, wobbled, so the other foot came down and wobbled, and I fell against the bookshelf and then fell against the wall. Knocked the breath out of me, and I have a bruise on the back of my arm the size of a baseball. Mark helped me up, and realizing it was going to be a rough day, quickly changed to flats. I got to church, and tripped out the door of the van on my skirt.
During church they talked about the importance of a journal and keeping records for your posterity and I thought about writing the fall of the morning down. Little did I know I would have more to add to it.
When we got home, it was time to do chores outside. I tripped over the garden hose, and fell into the awning, hitting the top of my head on the railroad tie. As I recovered from that I fell backwards over the garden tools and fell on my behind.
I decided to come in and make lunch. While doing that cut myself with a knife and Mark told me to quit while I was ahead. I decided to go sit down at the kitchen table and let him take over lunch but as I was walking over to the bench Taylor pushed it into me and rammed my knee with it.
I was looking for old family pictures in the closet to hang in our newly re-remodeled front room, and found some in the hall closet. As I got one picture out, the frame and back seperated, and the glass fell out and shattered on the floor. Very nearly missing my foot. I gathered up the pieces, throw them away and pulled out another picture. I told Mark to stay back, he'll catch my clutzy, but he didn't believe me. He took the picture from me, and sure enough, the glass snapped in his hand with NO pressure of anykind. We started putting it into the trash can, and a piece fell out and landed on the inside of my shoe, cutting the top of my foot.
Later that day, as we were discussing my being a super trouble magnet, we found the curtain rod brackets we were looking everywhere for. We decided it was most likely best I NOT be on a ladder, I decided to at least carry it over to Mark. I carefully released the side braces, and slowly lifted it towards me. SLAM, the opposite side of the ladder slammed toward me and one step hit me squarely in the forehead.
I really, REALLY was careful the rest of the day. The only other strange thing was we took a basket of flowers down from our top "loft" shelf (dust bunny shelf for decorating). We tried it in different places around the room, didn't like it, so I tried to place, and then throw it back up to the shelf. As I threw it up there, it turns sideways and a steak knife comes out and hits me in the chest on the way down. Thank GOODNESS it was dull. And how did a steak knife end up in a basket of flowers that has sat up on a shelf for two years?? Good question.
Now, they say the purpose of a journal is to "direct and convince all to come unto Christ". I'm not exactly sure how that story will, except that it is only through him that I am still alive with my innate ability to be in the middle of one accident or another. Those who don't know about the Falling Out of the Truck Story (while driving), or the Almost Got Kidnapped at the Public Swimming Pool Story, those will have to wait.
May 18, 2009
Pistacho Ice Cream
Sounds good, huh! We used to make it with Grandma Sanders in the summer time, using Pistacho pudding mix, cream, milk, and sugar. No cooking eggs, just quick easy mix! I loved it. I think I will make some on Memorial Day.
But actually, that's the color I painted my family room today! I purged all the furniture out, cleaned out years worth of stuff, and since I was moving my Front Room furniture up there, I figured I better paint before I move the couch in, or I won't do it.
My artist children over the past 4 plus years we have lived here, have created graffiti over most of the hallway and behind the couches. Let's say Crayons and Markers are BANNED. So it took two coats of KILZ Premiere and two coats of Pistacho Ice Cream in Satin Finish. I'll post pictures when I get the furniture arranged (over the spot of paint when the can tipped), and pictures on the wall!
But actually, that's the color I painted my family room today! I purged all the furniture out, cleaned out years worth of stuff, and since I was moving my Front Room furniture up there, I figured I better paint before I move the couch in, or I won't do it.
My artist children over the past 4 plus years we have lived here, have created graffiti over most of the hallway and behind the couches. Let's say Crayons and Markers are BANNED. So it took two coats of KILZ Premiere and two coats of Pistacho Ice Cream in Satin Finish. I'll post pictures when I get the furniture arranged (over the spot of paint when the can tipped), and pictures on the wall!
May 17, 2009
Birthdays!
I am a horrible mother, Mason had his birthday on the 4th, and he celebrated at school, and at his T-ball game, and we picniked at the park waiting for Katrina's practice to get over, and we didn't even get a picture. Happy Birthday Mason!
Taylor had his birthday last Friday, and since it wasn't a game day I had more of a chance to relax. I hadn't made a "fancy" birthday cake for a number of years now, so I made Taylor a Lightning McQueen cake. I am no pro, my cakes aren't pretty, but the kids like them. Especially with the heat and the cooler not working downstairs, the frosting was melting everywhere. But here are the results of his cake!
Birthday boy with a dirty face from licking icing all day. Notice Ferrarri in his hand? We found one about 8 months ago that we are keeping as a collectors piece (it has the wrong package with that car) and he saw it and has been digging in our closets since Roswell. We got him this one and he hasn't let go of it in 4 days. Yup he's obsessed.
Yes, I realize it says 05 not 95. I changed it in honor of his birthday year, 2005. Only I left 95 on the front light! Ha.
Taylor had his birthday last Friday, and since it wasn't a game day I had more of a chance to relax. I hadn't made a "fancy" birthday cake for a number of years now, so I made Taylor a Lightning McQueen cake. I am no pro, my cakes aren't pretty, but the kids like them. Especially with the heat and the cooler not working downstairs, the frosting was melting everywhere. But here are the results of his cake!
Birthday boy with a dirty face from licking icing all day. Notice Ferrarri in his hand? We found one about 8 months ago that we are keeping as a collectors piece (it has the wrong package with that car) and he saw it and has been digging in our closets since Roswell. We got him this one and he hasn't let go of it in 4 days. Yup he's obsessed.
Yes, I realize it says 05 not 95. I changed it in honor of his birthday year, 2005. Only I left 95 on the front light! Ha.
Little League Season
It is very tiresome and busysome to keep up with three kids on three different teams. For six weeks straight we have been living 4 afternoons a week at the baseball field, two nights until 7, and 2 nights until 9. And it always changes which nights are late, so we have been juggling poultry, 4-H, school spring programs, and baseball, and haven't had a chance to post all the great pictures. Here is a sampling.
Here's opening day of Kat
And Carlie's first day
And Mason's
You have to blow them up big to even see them, but hey, I don't have a zoom lens. All of them have really been improving in baseball, Mason has been playing Catcher and now Pitcher for his T-ball team. He really hates when he can't go after a ball across the field, he still tried. Caroline hasn't had as much of a chance to expand, since she is playing on a coach pitch team that has super athletic boys. I think she will really get to show her stuff next year in Softball. Katrina has been doing wonderful in softball, considering she hadn't played the game before. It's really difficult for her to jump in when these other girls have been playing since 4. She loves the camaraderie among the girls, and her team wins almost every game.
I love watching them play and I'm glad they are in sports, I just wish it didn't have to be all of them all at once! I guess I should wait until Katrina and Caroline will both be in high school and Taylor and Mason will both be in Junior High to complain?
Here's opening day of Kat
And Carlie's first day
And Mason's
You have to blow them up big to even see them, but hey, I don't have a zoom lens. All of them have really been improving in baseball, Mason has been playing Catcher and now Pitcher for his T-ball team. He really hates when he can't go after a ball across the field, he still tried. Caroline hasn't had as much of a chance to expand, since she is playing on a coach pitch team that has super athletic boys. I think she will really get to show her stuff next year in Softball. Katrina has been doing wonderful in softball, considering she hadn't played the game before. It's really difficult for her to jump in when these other girls have been playing since 4. She loves the camaraderie among the girls, and her team wins almost every game.
I love watching them play and I'm glad they are in sports, I just wish it didn't have to be all of them all at once! I guess I should wait until Katrina and Caroline will both be in high school and Taylor and Mason will both be in Junior High to complain?
April 23, 2009
Somethings Fowl.....
I am in the middle of my second incubator hatch. These are my full sized ones from John Mosley. I have 8 hatched out right now, with a few more pipped.
I also purchased some Black Australorps from the Maricopa County Fair.
If you didn't know how tall I was you might think this is a small chicken, but no, it's not. Sorry for the picture quality from a phone picture. But the great thing about this guy is how gentle he is.
We named him Tarzan after his crow bounced all around the farm and we heard it clear as a bell across the field. His Gals are names Jane and Cheetah. I am very excited to start in with some full sized birds. Wish us luck!
I also purchased some Black Australorps from the Maricopa County Fair.
If you didn't know how tall I was you might think this is a small chicken, but no, it's not. Sorry for the picture quality from a phone picture. But the great thing about this guy is how gentle he is.
We named him Tarzan after his crow bounced all around the farm and we heard it clear as a bell across the field. His Gals are names Jane and Cheetah. I am very excited to start in with some full sized birds. Wish us luck!
April 3, 2009
Where have the years gone?
Have you ever had one of those moments when you go WHOA, the last X amount of years just flew! I just had one of those. I'm looking a Taylor, with his newly washed hair, and wondering when he went so BLONDE! "He" used my shampoo today instead of his usual, and I think it took off an extra layer of dirt and grime and it's pretty light. I also am looking at him realizing next month he will be 4. FOUR! How can my baby be four? It was just last year we were having Katrina's 4th Birthday Party at the park in Sahuarita! I was PREGNANT with Taylor when we moved to Saint David, and it was 4 years ago on April 1st I had my first accident with the van. Yea. I have NO clue what happened to the last four years. I don't recall sometimes, so I'm going to write a time line.
THIS IS MORE FOR ME THAN ANYTHING, BUT FEEL FREE TO READ!
Jan 5- 2005 Purchase Fixer-Upper Home in Saint David
Jan 10- Mark falls down stairs and we break handrail, realize those dangerous steps are going to kill us all, so we tear them out and rebuild them.
Jan 25- Mark cuts through tendon in thumb, needs surgery.
Feb 15- Mark gets surgery, starts physical therapy.
March 31- Caroline breaks arm
April 1 - I'm in an accident with the van with the girls (taking Caroline back to the hospital to put her cast back on after she takes it off). The first of 6 weeks of preterm labor start.
April-May False labor runs, Doctors discover the "Amazing Cervix" that transforms from a 6 to completely closed. Yea, I'm famous, the doctor stopped me the other day and reminded me of it.
May 15th - Taylor BORN and flown to the nICU in Tucson, we spend 15 days in the nICU and finally come home with him on oxygen.
June 1-July 31 Multiple doctors appointments for oxygen/home bound baby and mom.
Aug 15 First day of 1st grade for Katrina, preschool for Caroline. Mason completely bored with boring baby brother and without Caroline to keep him company.
Aug 29-Hurricane Katrina hits, my little girl gets a bit of a complex from the news keeping saying Katrina causes so much damage.
September 2005-We put in application for a home remodel loan since it is obvious we have a lot of work to put into the home.
November 30- Close on Loan, Get first draw.
December 15- Set forms to pour concrete for our front room addition. It doesn't look big enough, so I have them go out two more feet. I didn't realize we already set it out two more feet, so we changed from 12x20 to 16x30 Yea It was the first of many mistakes.
January 2006 We go to get lumber, it is SKY high because of construction boom and investors who bought futures knowing everyone was going to have to "rebuild" after Hurricane Katrina. Our budget for lumber was 7,000, the lumber cost 17,000. The second of many mistakes.
March 2006- We find out the original structure of the house isn't going to support the the addition, we have to expand the top story to be supported by new foundation. Master Bedroom now 20x25 instead of 15x15. I now also have a Loft and Laundry Room upstairs because I can't use them in the master bedroom.
May-Aug 2006 Over budget, and short on time constraints, can't find any contractors, we get flooded with monsoon season. Waterfall in the den was a pretty sight though.
Aug. 2006- Feb. 2007 We work slowly and steady fixing the monstrous mess. I learn how to hang sheet rock and tape and texture, Mark learns about plumbing, electrical, flooring and everything else that we should use contractors for but can't afford.
November 2006 - I start taking Real Estate Classes.
January 2007- I become a Realtor® and start my business up. I change companies twice and end up with RealEstate.com Realtors. I get my first contracts, and the market is heading south. Home prices start dropping, and bank regulations start changing for loans. 5 contracts, only 1 goes through. It's a bad year to start real estate, but I love helping people.
Aug 2007- Caroline starts Kindergarten, she has a wonderful teacher who points out that she is inattentive type AD/HD even though quiet. Katrina still struggles with hyperactive/inattention in class. We talk about diagnosing Katrina and Caroline with AD/HD, but stop because we feel they are too young to have the "label" and we are against medication.
September 2007- I start work with Foxy Findings a Gemstone bead Ebay store. It's an incredibly boring job, but pays a few bills. They hand out free beads all the time, and I take them, not knowing what I'll do with them.
October 2007 - We head to California for Baby Bekah's blessing. It's our first family vacation in 3-5 years, we have a blast.
October 2007 - A week after being back to work, I am fired from Foxy Findings. I am thankful that my ad/hd and inability to pay attention saved me from this very boring job.
November 2007-Mark is told to Volunteer or be forced to go to Artesia, NM to be an instructor in Driving. We realize God knows everyone has a limit and knew we reached ours! We were so happy to get out of here for a while.
December 2007-We head to Roswell, NM and meet a great ward and lots of new people.
January 2008 - My VT companion is an artist, draws pencil sketches and makes jewelry for fun. Teaches me wire wrapping and stringing. Finally all the beads I was given from Foxy Findings can be used!
February 2008 - I find out Brooke White makes the Top 24 on American Idol and I become "slightly" obsessed with the season and become an even bigger fan of Brooke than I was before she was on American Idol.
March 2008 - I find out about the Songwriters competition and actually sit down and write out lyrics to a song. I create a melody and Voila...I'm a "songwriter"
March-May 2008 I find out how much I miss music in my life and write 3 or 4 more songs.
June 2008 Realize how hard it will ever be to get a song publish and keep the songs for my own entertainment, but don't seriously use my time on writing music. We will see if I come back to this later.
July 2008 - I'm introduced to Mary Kay Makeup and I really love the stuff. I become a consultant basically to get a discount on my own makeup, and realize I like being a consultant and it feels the void left when I had to leave real estate in Arizona.
August 2008 - Mason heads to kindergarten. We finally decide its ok to diagnose him with AD/HD after he runs under the buses and is uncontrollable at school and we get him the help he needs. We start getting the girls diagnosed also after we see 180 degree turnaround with Mason.
Halloween 2008 - The fun is up, it's back to Saint David. I realize how much I miss our little farm and our fixer upper house and come back happy and refreshed, ready to take on the house again.
November 15 - Our neighbors that rented our trailer abandon everything, chickens included. We save the poor malnourished things and start living the farm life again.
Thanksgiving 2008 - We attend the Tucson Poultry and Pigeon Show and come home with new stock. We figured since we're feeding 7 chickens we might as well feed 20.
January 2009 - We attend the Gila Valley Poultry Show, come home with a bunch of first place ribbons, and some new silkies :)
January 31 - I take continuing Ed classes for Real Estate, my license is up to date but inactive until I decide the market and I will get along.
March 1st- Purchased an incubator, hatching out babies left and right, got some egg layers at the feed store and some ducks, and 48 eggs from John Mosley to raise Buff Orpingtons and Silver Laced Wyandottes. I will have almost 100 chickens and 10 ducks when these all hatch out.
March 26 - Attended Career Conference with Mary Kay where the goal was set for 100 facials in the next 90 days. Please, anyone? Let me do a facial on you? I need to reach their goal to get the pretty ribbon :)
April - Heading to Roswell to pick up some Sebastopol Geese, Making pens, cleaning up the renter's abandoned property, and getting the house back under control!
Ok, so maybe I remember the major details, but it still feels like its only been a couple of months. I guess only 48 months :) At least I didn't bore you all with the Dr. appointments, sick kids, IEP meetings, etc. that filled in all the other minutes and hours of the days.
Coming Soon: Pictures of Opening Ceremonies for Little League Season and Katrina's first game tomorrow!
THIS IS MORE FOR ME THAN ANYTHING, BUT FEEL FREE TO READ!
Jan 5- 2005 Purchase Fixer-Upper Home in Saint David
Jan 10- Mark falls down stairs and we break handrail, realize those dangerous steps are going to kill us all, so we tear them out and rebuild them.
Jan 25- Mark cuts through tendon in thumb, needs surgery.
Feb 15- Mark gets surgery, starts physical therapy.
March 31- Caroline breaks arm
April 1 - I'm in an accident with the van with the girls (taking Caroline back to the hospital to put her cast back on after she takes it off). The first of 6 weeks of preterm labor start.
April-May False labor runs, Doctors discover the "Amazing Cervix" that transforms from a 6 to completely closed. Yea, I'm famous, the doctor stopped me the other day and reminded me of it.
May 15th - Taylor BORN and flown to the nICU in Tucson, we spend 15 days in the nICU and finally come home with him on oxygen.
June 1-July 31 Multiple doctors appointments for oxygen/home bound baby and mom.
Aug 15 First day of 1st grade for Katrina, preschool for Caroline. Mason completely bored with boring baby brother and without Caroline to keep him company.
Aug 29-Hurricane Katrina hits, my little girl gets a bit of a complex from the news keeping saying Katrina causes so much damage.
September 2005-We put in application for a home remodel loan since it is obvious we have a lot of work to put into the home.
November 30- Close on Loan, Get first draw.
December 15- Set forms to pour concrete for our front room addition. It doesn't look big enough, so I have them go out two more feet. I didn't realize we already set it out two more feet, so we changed from 12x20 to 16x30 Yea It was the first of many mistakes.
January 2006 We go to get lumber, it is SKY high because of construction boom and investors who bought futures knowing everyone was going to have to "rebuild" after Hurricane Katrina. Our budget for lumber was 7,000, the lumber cost 17,000. The second of many mistakes.
March 2006- We find out the original structure of the house isn't going to support the the addition, we have to expand the top story to be supported by new foundation. Master Bedroom now 20x25 instead of 15x15. I now also have a Loft and Laundry Room upstairs because I can't use them in the master bedroom.
May-Aug 2006 Over budget, and short on time constraints, can't find any contractors, we get flooded with monsoon season. Waterfall in the den was a pretty sight though.
Aug. 2006- Feb. 2007 We work slowly and steady fixing the monstrous mess. I learn how to hang sheet rock and tape and texture, Mark learns about plumbing, electrical, flooring and everything else that we should use contractors for but can't afford.
November 2006 - I start taking Real Estate Classes.
January 2007- I become a Realtor® and start my business up. I change companies twice and end up with RealEstate.com Realtors. I get my first contracts, and the market is heading south. Home prices start dropping, and bank regulations start changing for loans. 5 contracts, only 1 goes through. It's a bad year to start real estate, but I love helping people.
Aug 2007- Caroline starts Kindergarten, she has a wonderful teacher who points out that she is inattentive type AD/HD even though quiet. Katrina still struggles with hyperactive/inattention in class. We talk about diagnosing Katrina and Caroline with AD/HD, but stop because we feel they are too young to have the "label" and we are against medication.
September 2007- I start work with Foxy Findings a Gemstone bead Ebay store. It's an incredibly boring job, but pays a few bills. They hand out free beads all the time, and I take them, not knowing what I'll do with them.
October 2007 - We head to California for Baby Bekah's blessing. It's our first family vacation in 3-5 years, we have a blast.
October 2007 - A week after being back to work, I am fired from Foxy Findings. I am thankful that my ad/hd and inability to pay attention saved me from this very boring job.
November 2007-Mark is told to Volunteer or be forced to go to Artesia, NM to be an instructor in Driving. We realize God knows everyone has a limit and knew we reached ours! We were so happy to get out of here for a while.
December 2007-We head to Roswell, NM and meet a great ward and lots of new people.
January 2008 - My VT companion is an artist, draws pencil sketches and makes jewelry for fun. Teaches me wire wrapping and stringing. Finally all the beads I was given from Foxy Findings can be used!
February 2008 - I find out Brooke White makes the Top 24 on American Idol and I become "slightly" obsessed with the season and become an even bigger fan of Brooke than I was before she was on American Idol.
March 2008 - I find out about the Songwriters competition and actually sit down and write out lyrics to a song. I create a melody and Voila...I'm a "songwriter"
March-May 2008 I find out how much I miss music in my life and write 3 or 4 more songs.
June 2008 Realize how hard it will ever be to get a song publish and keep the songs for my own entertainment, but don't seriously use my time on writing music. We will see if I come back to this later.
July 2008 - I'm introduced to Mary Kay Makeup and I really love the stuff. I become a consultant basically to get a discount on my own makeup, and realize I like being a consultant and it feels the void left when I had to leave real estate in Arizona.
August 2008 - Mason heads to kindergarten. We finally decide its ok to diagnose him with AD/HD after he runs under the buses and is uncontrollable at school and we get him the help he needs. We start getting the girls diagnosed also after we see 180 degree turnaround with Mason.
Halloween 2008 - The fun is up, it's back to Saint David. I realize how much I miss our little farm and our fixer upper house and come back happy and refreshed, ready to take on the house again.
November 15 - Our neighbors that rented our trailer abandon everything, chickens included. We save the poor malnourished things and start living the farm life again.
Thanksgiving 2008 - We attend the Tucson Poultry and Pigeon Show and come home with new stock. We figured since we're feeding 7 chickens we might as well feed 20.
January 2009 - We attend the Gila Valley Poultry Show, come home with a bunch of first place ribbons, and some new silkies :)
January 31 - I take continuing Ed classes for Real Estate, my license is up to date but inactive until I decide the market and I will get along.
March 1st- Purchased an incubator, hatching out babies left and right, got some egg layers at the feed store and some ducks, and 48 eggs from John Mosley to raise Buff Orpingtons and Silver Laced Wyandottes. I will have almost 100 chickens and 10 ducks when these all hatch out.
March 26 - Attended Career Conference with Mary Kay where the goal was set for 100 facials in the next 90 days. Please, anyone? Let me do a facial on you? I need to reach their goal to get the pretty ribbon :)
April - Heading to Roswell to pick up some Sebastopol Geese, Making pens, cleaning up the renter's abandoned property, and getting the house back under control!
Ok, so maybe I remember the major details, but it still feels like its only been a couple of months. I guess only 48 months :) At least I didn't bore you all with the Dr. appointments, sick kids, IEP meetings, etc. that filled in all the other minutes and hours of the days.
Coming Soon: Pictures of Opening Ceremonies for Little League Season and Katrina's first game tomorrow!
March 17, 2009
Our Crazy Life
Last week we signed up for Baseball Season. Only we have three kids three different ages. So we have Kat in Softball, Carlie in Coach Pitch and Mase in T-ball. We will be having games Monday thru Thurs. at 5:00 and two of those days we will have games at 6:30. What was I thinking?
We have eggs in the incubator, 20 of them set to hatch this FRIDAY! And somewhere between 10-20 will hatch the following Saturday. I have to be here to turn the eggs in the morning, afternoon, and night, and the tempurature keeps fluctuating evertime I add water or a storm moves in. It takes a lot of supervision, and constant attention. It's worse than a newborn. We also have 28 pullet chicks for our egg business in a brooder. Again, What was I thinking?
I just finished up my second class for my degree. Only 28 to go! In some ways Online classes are great because even when I procrastinate I get the class done (after missing out on Girls Night Out to finish my final *pout* ) but it is SO hard to pay attention to it, when you are just reading textbooks and doing a few online discussions. I miss college in a classroom. But I'm determined to finish this one, I need a degree under my belt, even if it's not my dream job (which I think would be Occupational Therapy if I had all the money and time I wanted). I accepted the scholarship, but again, what was I thinking!
I have been doing a few classes and parties for Mary Kay. I really enjoy doing it, I just wish I could give the stuff away for free. I am such a cheapskate every time I ask myself, would I pay full price for this? Most of the items I would but there are a few I would feel horrible selling even (Like the 7.50 Lip Balm ???) But it is my business, and the only business I have right now. I don't have enough eggs or chickens or even veggies from my garden to sell. That will be this summer. I just wonder what I was thinking when I thought "Oh! Let's do sales for income."
I think I was thinking I'm superwoman. Also, I feel better about myself when I keep busy. When I have nothing to do and sit home I get really depressed and stressed. This is much easier! I know something is going to break, but I seem to be holding my own against the odds. Just don't come visit, the house will still be under construction for a long foreseeable future!
We have eggs in the incubator, 20 of them set to hatch this FRIDAY! And somewhere between 10-20 will hatch the following Saturday. I have to be here to turn the eggs in the morning, afternoon, and night, and the tempurature keeps fluctuating evertime I add water or a storm moves in. It takes a lot of supervision, and constant attention. It's worse than a newborn. We also have 28 pullet chicks for our egg business in a brooder. Again, What was I thinking?
I just finished up my second class for my degree. Only 28 to go! In some ways Online classes are great because even when I procrastinate I get the class done (after missing out on Girls Night Out to finish my final *pout* ) but it is SO hard to pay attention to it, when you are just reading textbooks and doing a few online discussions. I miss college in a classroom. But I'm determined to finish this one, I need a degree under my belt, even if it's not my dream job (which I think would be Occupational Therapy if I had all the money and time I wanted). I accepted the scholarship, but again, what was I thinking!
I have been doing a few classes and parties for Mary Kay. I really enjoy doing it, I just wish I could give the stuff away for free. I am such a cheapskate every time I ask myself, would I pay full price for this? Most of the items I would but there are a few I would feel horrible selling even (Like the 7.50 Lip Balm ???) But it is my business, and the only business I have right now. I don't have enough eggs or chickens or even veggies from my garden to sell. That will be this summer. I just wonder what I was thinking when I thought "Oh! Let's do sales for income."
I think I was thinking I'm superwoman. Also, I feel better about myself when I keep busy. When I have nothing to do and sit home I get really depressed and stressed. This is much easier! I know something is going to break, but I seem to be holding my own against the odds. Just don't come visit, the house will still be under construction for a long foreseeable future!
February 27, 2009
Busy Month!
I didn't want all of February to go by without any post, but just realized this is pretty much my last chance! We have been super busy this month getting ready for SPRING! (Note the new garden layout in celebration, I LOVE the early spring).
We have finally installed the gas line, got it approved through county and Southwest Gas, and have HEAT! Just in time for the 90 degree tempuratures this week, of course! I know we will have another cold snap before the end of winter, so I will be ready this time.
We have been pruning, and trimming, and pruning, and we still have half the trees to go. Our yard is in such sad shape from being gone last year, it will take three years to catch up with the watering and trimming. We have been planting seeds in our little greenhouses for our garden. My flowers are all sprouted, and some tomatoes. The peppers aren't there yet. We have been busy clearing an area for a garden and almost have that ready. We burned down the old chicken coops and that will be our garden area. The soil is so good, most likely since there was 20 years of chicken manure there.
We have been busy coming up with NEW chicken coop plans, and collecting eggs. We now get about 4 a day for eating, and we have 2 a day we are getting ready to incubate. I also found out our call ducks have a hidden nest in the back, and two eggs! I am not touching that, I'm going to let nature do that one, apparently call ducks are the hardest to hatch out.
We have a new puppy, Sunnie Rose. Actually, her real name is Sunlight Falling on Rose Petals*. She's was a flower before this host*. It is obvious because she has reflective baby blue eyes*.
I had a rough month with a back spasm (seriously that term is way too weak for how bad that felt), I hated being immobile when I had all the garden, animals, kids, and yard to attend to. But I just that to watch out how I lift things while trying to be Superwoman.
Mark camps out again next week. We will see what other trouble we can get into!
*If you have not read Stephenie Meyer's "The Host" this will not make sense. Go read it, I loved it, I think I liked it more than the Twilight saga.
We have finally installed the gas line, got it approved through county and Southwest Gas, and have HEAT! Just in time for the 90 degree tempuratures this week, of course! I know we will have another cold snap before the end of winter, so I will be ready this time.
We have been pruning, and trimming, and pruning, and we still have half the trees to go. Our yard is in such sad shape from being gone last year, it will take three years to catch up with the watering and trimming. We have been planting seeds in our little greenhouses for our garden. My flowers are all sprouted, and some tomatoes. The peppers aren't there yet. We have been busy clearing an area for a garden and almost have that ready. We burned down the old chicken coops and that will be our garden area. The soil is so good, most likely since there was 20 years of chicken manure there.
We have been busy coming up with NEW chicken coop plans, and collecting eggs. We now get about 4 a day for eating, and we have 2 a day we are getting ready to incubate. I also found out our call ducks have a hidden nest in the back, and two eggs! I am not touching that, I'm going to let nature do that one, apparently call ducks are the hardest to hatch out.
We have a new puppy, Sunnie Rose. Actually, her real name is Sunlight Falling on Rose Petals*. She's was a flower before this host*. It is obvious because she has reflective baby blue eyes*.
I had a rough month with a back spasm (seriously that term is way too weak for how bad that felt), I hated being immobile when I had all the garden, animals, kids, and yard to attend to. But I just that to watch out how I lift things while trying to be Superwoman.
Mark camps out again next week. We will see what other trouble we can get into!
*If you have not read Stephenie Meyer's "The Host" this will not make sense. Go read it, I loved it, I think I liked it more than the Twilight saga.
January 31, 2009
25 Things About Me
I did this for Facebook, but I know some of my readers don't have access to that.
So it is supposed to be 25 Random Things, Facts, or Goals about you. Here they are!
1. I am caught between the ultimate procrastinator and the overachiever. When I procrastinate, I do it to the exact last second. If I choose not to procrastinate, I over work and obsess about it till it is perfect. There is no happy medium.
2. I was considered strange when I was a Junior High Tweeny. I never had a crush on a movie star, boy band, or other unattainable celebrity. I was against any notion of a boyfriend and even gave a few people hard times for going steady even if they weren't "dating" before they were sixteen.
3. I think I was considered strange for more reasons than that, but I don't know the actual reasons why. I thought I was pretty likable, yet I never really fit in. I finally decided that is because of the next reason.
4. I can relate to anyone, pretty much anywhere. I never had a certain clique in high school because I wanted to do it all, and be involved with everything. I hung out with the cowboys/girls in Safford, the business geeks at FBLA, the 4-H group, the band and music geeks, the athletes during track and I loved to be a loner and read for hours at a time. Talk about a walking contradiction.
5. I used to get very upset and ticked off if someone couldn't remember my name. I made it a priority to retain names and faces (business sense kicking in) and was thoroughly ticked off if someone couldn't remember my name later the same day they met me. It's not like there are hundreds of LEXA's running around! (I have let this go, realizing that because it is unusual it is easy to mix it up with more common names).
6. I learned to speed read in 5th grade and would zoom through 2 or 3 books a day through junior high and high school. I am not so happy I have this skill now because I can't stop, and books that have high contextual information such as Lord of the Rings or Twilight I miss a lot of details.
7. I can read at a high vocabulary level, but I almost never can pronounce them right because I haven't heard the words out loud. I have embarrassed myself trying to say them out loud with words such as superfluous, faux pas, and other "high-falutin" language found in Stephenie Meyer books.
8. I make friends easier most times with men than women. Most likely because I was raised with four brothers, each being very unique and having a different personality than the other. Thankfully my husband understands this part of me and knows when I chat on the phone or online with one of my guy friends it is just that. FRIENDS.
9. My husband and I are about as close as someone could be to the term "Soul Mates" My great-grandfather baptized his great-grandfather and talked him into moving to Arizona from Alabama. Our mother's families were neighbors and great friends for three generations. We both went to the same dances, activities, parties, etc. for years (from the time I was 12). We all knew the same people, and I was his Uncle's student in school. We now remember smiling at each other at the Conoco in Duncan and Jerry's at Safford, but never met until the time was perfect in both our lives. Yes, It was meant to be :)
10. I have always had this fear of some tragic ending to either my life or someone I am close to. Perhaps it is a little bit of Anne Shirley coming through, but I just knew I was going to die a strange and crazy death in my teens. Now that I am older, I feel the same way that something crazy is going to take me, my husband or other family. It is irrational, but I still can't shake the feeling.
11. People laugh at me when I say my favorite food is Cucumbers.
12. I love to garden, plant trees, design landscapes, and work in the dirt. I loved our new home in Sahuarita because it was an open slate, nothing there but the canvas ready to plant all sorts of trees and flowers with. I had a dream the other night I went back and they let everything die, and I cried.
13. I get overly ambitious. Really overly ambitious. This one got me in trouble. We bought the home in Saint David, and not only had to take over a dying orchard, I decided we needed a remodel too. Now neither one is doing great, and I have learned my lesson to stop shoving a whole elephant in my mouth at once.
14. My husband's career has changed my outlook. I used to be very naive and trusting to anyone, now I am a little more cautious with where I go, what information I share, and who I trust.
15. Music is still my therapy, but I let my skill level go for to many years, and I hate feeling like I can't sing as well as I used to, or play my violin or piano like I could. I have been working on changing that and singing along and out loud as often as I could the past year and it has encouraged my kids to start singing. I am still not going to be singing in public for a very long time, but it helps me out.
16. I long to travel the world, and wanted to live outside the country and help people in third world countries. This one is not really going to happen (see 14) but I realize we have a lot of the same problems here in America and would be happy to travel and live outside of the Southwest at some point in my life.
17. I live vicariously through my friends.
18. I am known as a meddler. I feel I can fix anyone and everyone's problems if they would follow my advice. Most of my friends understand I only do this because I love them and try to help. Others think it is my arrogance.
19. I loved and still love to visit with senior citizens. I would visit all the grandma's around Duncan, help them out with work they had to do, and listen to their stories. My best friend for many years was Ruth Bagnall (75 to my 10) who lived across the street in Duncan, who never married but loved animals. We shared a birthday and a name.
20. I love to read encyclopedias, especially old ones where the facts are wrong now because of new discoveries.
21. I only like a chick flick if the story is well built, and there is a little bit of action to it.
22. One of the things that caught my attention about my husband was that he had watched "The Music Man" and loved old movies and musicals without having to be a music or theater geek. A cowboy who loved old musicals. Yea, you can be jealous girls.
23. I still think of myself as Country and a Cowgirl, though I don't wear boots or ride horses. I think it's the pioneer state of mind.
24. It sort of shocks me when I find women who can't pick up items over 25 pounds. It also shocks me when I find people who don't know how to sew on buttons. I guess I am a snob like that, but I don't mean to be rude.
25. I am an eternal optimistic. I get discouraged easy, but even in the "depths of despair" I feel like there is still hope for sometimes a hopeless situation.
So it is supposed to be 25 Random Things, Facts, or Goals about you. Here they are!
1. I am caught between the ultimate procrastinator and the overachiever. When I procrastinate, I do it to the exact last second. If I choose not to procrastinate, I over work and obsess about it till it is perfect. There is no happy medium.
2. I was considered strange when I was a Junior High Tweeny. I never had a crush on a movie star, boy band, or other unattainable celebrity. I was against any notion of a boyfriend and even gave a few people hard times for going steady even if they weren't "dating" before they were sixteen.
3. I think I was considered strange for more reasons than that, but I don't know the actual reasons why. I thought I was pretty likable, yet I never really fit in. I finally decided that is because of the next reason.
4. I can relate to anyone, pretty much anywhere. I never had a certain clique in high school because I wanted to do it all, and be involved with everything. I hung out with the cowboys/girls in Safford, the business geeks at FBLA, the 4-H group, the band and music geeks, the athletes during track and I loved to be a loner and read for hours at a time. Talk about a walking contradiction.
5. I used to get very upset and ticked off if someone couldn't remember my name. I made it a priority to retain names and faces (business sense kicking in) and was thoroughly ticked off if someone couldn't remember my name later the same day they met me. It's not like there are hundreds of LEXA's running around! (I have let this go, realizing that because it is unusual it is easy to mix it up with more common names).
6. I learned to speed read in 5th grade and would zoom through 2 or 3 books a day through junior high and high school. I am not so happy I have this skill now because I can't stop, and books that have high contextual information such as Lord of the Rings or Twilight I miss a lot of details.
7. I can read at a high vocabulary level, but I almost never can pronounce them right because I haven't heard the words out loud. I have embarrassed myself trying to say them out loud with words such as superfluous, faux pas, and other "high-falutin" language found in Stephenie Meyer books.
8. I make friends easier most times with men than women. Most likely because I was raised with four brothers, each being very unique and having a different personality than the other. Thankfully my husband understands this part of me and knows when I chat on the phone or online with one of my guy friends it is just that. FRIENDS.
9. My husband and I are about as close as someone could be to the term "Soul Mates" My great-grandfather baptized his great-grandfather and talked him into moving to Arizona from Alabama. Our mother's families were neighbors and great friends for three generations. We both went to the same dances, activities, parties, etc. for years (from the time I was 12). We all knew the same people, and I was his Uncle's student in school. We now remember smiling at each other at the Conoco in Duncan and Jerry's at Safford, but never met until the time was perfect in both our lives. Yes, It was meant to be :)
10. I have always had this fear of some tragic ending to either my life or someone I am close to. Perhaps it is a little bit of Anne Shirley coming through, but I just knew I was going to die a strange and crazy death in my teens. Now that I am older, I feel the same way that something crazy is going to take me, my husband or other family. It is irrational, but I still can't shake the feeling.
11. People laugh at me when I say my favorite food is Cucumbers.
12. I love to garden, plant trees, design landscapes, and work in the dirt. I loved our new home in Sahuarita because it was an open slate, nothing there but the canvas ready to plant all sorts of trees and flowers with. I had a dream the other night I went back and they let everything die, and I cried.
13. I get overly ambitious. Really overly ambitious. This one got me in trouble. We bought the home in Saint David, and not only had to take over a dying orchard, I decided we needed a remodel too. Now neither one is doing great, and I have learned my lesson to stop shoving a whole elephant in my mouth at once.
14. My husband's career has changed my outlook. I used to be very naive and trusting to anyone, now I am a little more cautious with where I go, what information I share, and who I trust.
15. Music is still my therapy, but I let my skill level go for to many years, and I hate feeling like I can't sing as well as I used to, or play my violin or piano like I could. I have been working on changing that and singing along and out loud as often as I could the past year and it has encouraged my kids to start singing. I am still not going to be singing in public for a very long time, but it helps me out.
16. I long to travel the world, and wanted to live outside the country and help people in third world countries. This one is not really going to happen (see 14) but I realize we have a lot of the same problems here in America and would be happy to travel and live outside of the Southwest at some point in my life.
17. I live vicariously through my friends.
18. I am known as a meddler. I feel I can fix anyone and everyone's problems if they would follow my advice. Most of my friends understand I only do this because I love them and try to help. Others think it is my arrogance.
19. I loved and still love to visit with senior citizens. I would visit all the grandma's around Duncan, help them out with work they had to do, and listen to their stories. My best friend for many years was Ruth Bagnall (75 to my 10) who lived across the street in Duncan, who never married but loved animals. We shared a birthday and a name.
20. I love to read encyclopedias, especially old ones where the facts are wrong now because of new discoveries.
21. I only like a chick flick if the story is well built, and there is a little bit of action to it.
22. One of the things that caught my attention about my husband was that he had watched "The Music Man" and loved old movies and musicals without having to be a music or theater geek. A cowboy who loved old musicals. Yea, you can be jealous girls.
23. I still think of myself as Country and a Cowgirl, though I don't wear boots or ride horses. I think it's the pioneer state of mind.
24. It sort of shocks me when I find women who can't pick up items over 25 pounds. It also shocks me when I find people who don't know how to sew on buttons. I guess I am a snob like that, but I don't mean to be rude.
25. I am an eternal optimistic. I get discouraged easy, but even in the "depths of despair" I feel like there is still hope for sometimes a hopeless situation.
January 21, 2009
Soooo...
I go through spurts, where I can think of a hundred things to write, and then I go for a few weeks that I can't think of anything.
So here is all the happenings that are so boring they don't deserve their own posts, but posting them will keep me positive and motivated:
The gas line is installed. Mark dug the trench by hand, and it is installed and held pressure. Wow, I might have heat before spring...
The front room lights work, switches and all. I might take a picture of this one. The chandelier was a .99 ebay auction we picked up in phoenix 3 years ago. It was wrought iron, with an arm broken and had sat out on a porch for a couple of years, after playing with it for a half a day my dad got it all together in working order, and we got it installed. It is really beautiful. The two light switches was a different matter altogether. That took 6 hours, as some crazy help we had (one transient or another) totally screwed up the wiring. The ceiling fans are beautiful. Need to find the blades for the other one though :P
The nook has tape and texture and an oak cubby/shelf in place. If only my kids would get used to actually hanging their stuff up there I might have better luck. Oh well, good habits take time I guess.
I have been working on getting kids help at school, and Taylor into preschool. Tomorrow we have more school meetings. Those take up more time than I realize.
Kids are signed up for 4-H. I am setting up to be a leader, but you now need to do fingerprints/background checks/etc. Wow, who knew?
I finally finished "The Host" and actually found I like it a tad bit more than the Twilight series. I hope Stephenie Meyer continues the series.
I finished my first college class, with a perfect score. Now I'm getting in the swing of things, being a student again, I think I can finish these classes a little faster and cut down the amount of time it takes to get that blasted degree.
Mark leaves for a week to camp out with work. I might have a ton to post then....
So here is all the happenings that are so boring they don't deserve their own posts, but posting them will keep me positive and motivated:
The gas line is installed. Mark dug the trench by hand, and it is installed and held pressure. Wow, I might have heat before spring...
The front room lights work, switches and all. I might take a picture of this one. The chandelier was a .99 ebay auction we picked up in phoenix 3 years ago. It was wrought iron, with an arm broken and had sat out on a porch for a couple of years, after playing with it for a half a day my dad got it all together in working order, and we got it installed. It is really beautiful. The two light switches was a different matter altogether. That took 6 hours, as some crazy help we had (one transient or another) totally screwed up the wiring. The ceiling fans are beautiful. Need to find the blades for the other one though :P
The nook has tape and texture and an oak cubby/shelf in place. If only my kids would get used to actually hanging their stuff up there I might have better luck. Oh well, good habits take time I guess.
I have been working on getting kids help at school, and Taylor into preschool. Tomorrow we have more school meetings. Those take up more time than I realize.
Kids are signed up for 4-H. I am setting up to be a leader, but you now need to do fingerprints/background checks/etc. Wow, who knew?
I finally finished "The Host" and actually found I like it a tad bit more than the Twilight series. I hope Stephenie Meyer continues the series.
I finished my first college class, with a perfect score. Now I'm getting in the swing of things, being a student again, I think I can finish these classes a little faster and cut down the amount of time it takes to get that blasted degree.
Mark leaves for a week to camp out with work. I might have a ton to post then....
January 6, 2009
What do you call a business with no real direction?
I would call that a hobby myself. :) But actually I am looking for someone to help us finally think up some names for our businesses. The business is whatever I happen to be doing at the time. We really need a farm name I decided, but have no idea where to start on that one. I also wanted some name for when I make jewelry, or sell makeup, or doing odd jobs that I have been doing of late (websites, data entry, etc.) The reason being that I am tired of using my full name, because lets face it, Google Lexa Montierth, and EVERY SINGLE LISTING is me.
So here's my list of possibilities, most of which won't work. I take after my dad sometimes naming things (Anyone remember Nacho Mama's?) so if some of these sound corny, forgive me.
L-N-M Op. (For Lexa 'n Mark Operations :P)
Huny's Hive (Yea, people won't get why I spelled it that way)
I'm stearing clear of Montierth Farms. No one can pronounce it right.
Come on folks, seriously I have been thinking these things over for a year now. Help a girl out?
So here's my list of possibilities, most of which won't work. I take after my dad sometimes naming things (Anyone remember Nacho Mama's?) so if some of these sound corny, forgive me.
L-N-M Op. (For Lexa 'n Mark Operations :P)
Huny's Hive (Yea, people won't get why I spelled it that way)
I'm stearing clear of Montierth Farms. No one can pronounce it right.
Come on folks, seriously I have been thinking these things over for a year now. Help a girl out?
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