Half Way

Yesterday marked the end of the second card marking at school, which means Anna is half way done with Kindergarten. How can that be? How can she be that close to summer vacation and first grade? FIRST GRADE!!!!! YIKES!!! That's for big kids and she's getting closer every minute and it scares the crapola out of me! And it makes me feel old too,LOL!! Not to mention it's a lot harder to blame your fat butt on "baby weight" when that "baby" is in 1st grade!

Anyway she seems to be doing great and loving school. She is reading books, drawing great pictures and maturing by leaps and bounds. It's pretty cool to sit down and have her read her school books to me and write me things in her journal. Of course she usually writes about how great her Dad is ( roll eyes here )LOL! I mean I know how great I am, but damnit I want her to put it in writing to make it official! I don't think that's too much to ask, do you?

She's also discovered the Powerpuff Girls and is OBSESSED! Wants to watch all the videos, draws tons of pics about them and has informed me that she wants to be Bubbles for Halloween. Bubbles is her fave Powerpuff Girl. When asked why she told me " because she has laser eyes, Mom and thunder power". I think I'd like laser eyes too, great for melting snow.

And speaking of snow, this past weekend we got another gazillion inches and it totally sucks! I HATE it and the minute I hit the lotto I am so gone. So hopefully I either hit the lotto or get laser eyes soon because I cannot take much more of this cold snowy crap before I snap!

Do you hear that?

Of course not, it's SILENCE! Randy took Anna up north and I sit here in complete silence enjoying my latte and playing on the computer. So wonderful! Of course then the mom in me sneaks up and feels guilty for enjoying them being gone, but hey everyone needs a break and time alone. So hopefully when they return tomorrow I will be feeling recharged and ready to take on the next challenge!

I do plan to do a few things though. My mom is coming by in a bit and we are braving the snow, yes it's snowing yet again, and go to Penzey's for spices and Plum Market for some healthy grocery shopping. I really hope to find a good Jerk Chicken spice. I love jerk chicken but it's hard to find just the right spice combo.

After that I plan to sort out all the old toys and find spots for some of the new stuff that doesn't have a place yet. And if I have time I want to rearrange some stuff.

And of course I'll have to do my daily dose of shoveling the freakin' snow! I am so sick of snow, but at least for this storm I am at the low end of the snow totals and not the worst of it like usual!

Take care everyone and enjoy your weekend!

Back to Normal

I use the word normal loosely of course,LOL!! But we are back to our regular schedule and it is so nice. Anna was really missing school and dance and both started back up yesterday. She really missed her friends and couldn't wait to start to dancing again, it's all she talked about all day!

I was happy to see that the stores have returned to normal and even made a return at Best Buy in record time. No more crazy lines or crazy parking lots. Even the gas stations were less crowded than they have been in the last few weeks.

I was also happy that I didn't need to come up with any new activities to entertain Anna. I was running out of ideas and she was definitely getting cabin fever. We still ahve a bit of cabin fever to due to the really cold temps and the every other day snow fall, but not as bad as the last week.

Today is also Randy's birthday. Anna said he was turning 16 and he said that sounded good to him,lol! So in honor of his big day I am making a dessert I actually hate-peach cobbler. But he loves it and I never make it since I hate it and well it's probably best I not have any anyways! We also may venture out to the new Sonic Drive In for dinner. And of course we are expecting more snow, wonderful.

Hope everyone is staying warm and has wonderful night!!

Two Thousand Nine

2009!! Can you believe it's already here? Guess this means it's time for New Year's resoultions. I usually don't make any, but this year I have some things I definitely want to accomplish and I am pretty sure I can or at the very least make some good progress. So here are a few of the major ones:

De-clutter everything!! We just have too much stuff and we don't need most of it. I plan to have a big garage sale this spring!

Give up the crack, I mean Pepsi. This will be the hardest by far.

Eat healthier and hopefully in the process lose lots of weight!

Exercise more and hopefully lose lots of weight!

My theme for the year is Simplify! I just need to get back to the basics and I am sure that will help improve all aspects of our lives.

I wish all of you great success with your resolutions whatever they may be and if you see me drinking a Pepsi please KICK MY ASS, LOL!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!