Summer Plans

I have some Big summer plans! It's not the beach. . . . or some crazy fun amusement park. . . . or the Grand Canyon . . . or any vacation at all actually. So what is it you ask? My house is going to get organized! I know you're probably confused right about now, but those are some BIG plans. You see, I never can do a quick, good job at cleaning my house b/c every time I go to put something away I notice that the closet or drawer or container I go to put "it" away in is disorganized or a mess. So then I start trying to organize it. I get so distracted and before you know it . . . an hour and a half later. . . I've got a bigger mess than I started with and my house. . . .NOT cleaned or picked up. Call it OCD . . . ADD. . . or what ever b/c I'm sure I've got something. It's bad ya'll. First, I'm going to make a daily schedule and stick to it. I'll post it here as soon as I finish it. I'll have things that I'll do as soon as I wake up and before I go to bed. There will be no if ands about it. The tasks will be 15 minutes or less. Who can't work at something for 15 minutes. I'm also going to do something I do for my students in my class that have a hard time staying focused. . . set a timer. After the timer is up I have to stop and do the next task. I don't think this will be a problem but I'm curious to find out. LOL I'll also have a "to-do" list. I'll have 2 times in the day that will be dedicated to knocking out something on that list. I will only allow myself to work for 30 minutes on these tasks. Some might only take 5 minutes. . . others might not be finished in the 30 minutes. It'll be hard to stop if the task isn't finished, but that's part of my frustration is spending hours on something and the day is gone. Plus I have two little ones who need me too. So, . . . again . . . I really don't know how all this is going to play out. But we'll all know soon enough. I also have "fly-lady" on my side.

My husband is taking off today so we can have some family fun so this schedule will begin tomorrow. I'm going to keep you up to date with my journey and I'm excited that you are following it. Please feel free to comment with anything that you're thinking. I love comments.

Mother's Day

J.J tried to get some quick pics of me and the kids like we do every Mother's Day and like every Mother's Day . . . the kids didn't want to cooporate. :) He did manage to get 2 or 3 good ones out of . . . oh. . . 45 pictures. LOL

Princess Party

Elaina has been so excited about her 4th birthday for literally 6 months now. She said she wanted a princess party (again) so that's what I did. . . again.

ladies and men consignment sale

One of my friends has started her own consignment business. It is a twice a year event and the first one is April 8th-10th. She will be selling clothing for women and men, accessories, and small household decorating items. If you live near Knoxville and would like to either consign some of your old items or just shop click on the link below.
http://flipflopconsignment.blogspot.com/

I Live for Spring Weather!

I absolutely love spring! We went straight to the park after church a couple weeks ago and had a blast. The pictures really show how much the kids enjoyed it. Elaina is such a hoot. She wanted to wear a dress but right as we are going out the door she throws a big fit. Neither J.J nor myself could understand what the fuss was all about. She finally calmed down enough to tell us, "It's not nice for my friends to see my underwear!!. . . I want my shorts on under my dress, so that will be nice." I tried not to giggle, b/c she was serious. Oh my little tomboy princess. Here we are at the park. Jack loved it when we chased him through the grass and pushed him in the swing. Elaina still likes going in the toddler swing so we can push her "to the sky."

Is Fishy Going to Make it?

After putting Elaina to bed I told hubby I was going to run to CVS really quick. When I came home he wasn't sitting on the couch and I didn't see him. Then I hear him coming down the stairs, and he has Elaina's bath towel in his hand. I find this a little odd since she was in bed when I left, so my first thought was she got sick or something. Hubby gave me this look and said I think she just killed her fish. I said "WHAT! . . . What Happened?" Well. . . these are now my hubby's words, "she wanted to feed her fish and I told her that I already did. . . .she got mad and said she wanted to feed her fish. . . I told her sorry and that she could do it tomorrow. . . . then went down stairs. . . . a few minutes later I think I hear her so I go up there to check on her" (we have always had this rule ever since she went to a big girl bed that she wasn't allowed out of her bed during bedtime unless she asked permission. . . you see we have heard horror stories about things that happen to the house, the kids, etc when you think they are asleep and all is well when really they are up doing something crazy sneaky. She has only broke this rule 3 times in 1 and a half years, so she's done very well if you ask me) anyways . . . back to my husband's words. . . "When I went in there I saw her kissing her hand and saying 'I love you fishy' . . . I thought. . . . . . surely not". . .

but there was poor fishy being squeezed by our daughter. I just put my hand over my mouth in shock and giggled and was a little mad at the same time. I just can't believe she would first get out of bed. . . then feed her fishy HALF the jar of food, and THEN take him out of the tank to love on in her BED! . . . Oh wait. . . this is Elaina I'm talking about. . . . yes I can believe it, but poor fishy. She is just sitting at the bottom of the tank. . . breathing. . . .but probably her last breaths. It's sad. I wonder if she's suffering? She swims around every now and then but in a slanted way. Maybe Elaina broke one of the fish's bones. Elaina was so upset though. I also feel sorry for her too. She kept telling me, "I don't want fishy to die momma". . . then she would cry out really hard. . . "Did I kill fishy momma?" I just tried to be as gentle as possible and say I think fishy isn't going to make it. Fish are supposed to stay in water sweetie or they'll die and people aren't supposed to hold them b/c they are very fragile. She said "oh. . . . I'm sorry I disobedient momma. . . I'll obey" Oh I just wanted to cry for her. She was truly hurt by knowing she hurt fishy. She has always been the child that has to learn things the hard way, so maybe she'll learn from this. I just hope it doesn't traumatize her for life. Yikes!

This was taken the day we got the fish.

My Husband is Wonderful!

My husband decided today, on his own, to clean out my car. . . it might have been that he was disgusted with the mess, the warm weather made him want to be outside . . . whatever the reason I know he did it b/c he loves me. . . even my slobbyness. For the ones of you that have followed my blog for a while might remember the annual car cleaning post a while back. Well he did such a good job with putting everything back right when he walked it that I didn't even get a chance to see what all was in there. He is so good. I would have just brought in all the bags of junk and they would have sat there for at least a week. I'm such a slob!. . . . no really . . . I am.

I'm about to go check it out. I'm so excited!!