Our Happily Ever After

12/17/07

Happy Birthdays!!!

First, Happy Birthday to my dear cousin Mike and Mrs. Bergman. We have the wonderful pleasure of celebrating our birthdays TOGETHER!!! What an awesome day.

AND, DRUM ROLL PLEASE..........

My wonderful daughter CHRISTIE who turns 13 tomorrow. We almost shared birthdays, but no luck!!! Hope your day shines as brightly as you do.

12/7/07

My best friend closed her eyes last night,
As her head was in my hand.
The doctors said she was in pain,
And it was hard for her to stand.

The thoughts that scurried through my head,
As I cradled her in my arms;
Were of her younger puppy years,
And Oh…..her many charms.

Today, there was no gentle nudge
With an intense “I love you gaze”,
Only a heart that’s filled with tears
Remembering our joy filled days.

But an Angel just appeared to me,
And he said, “You should cry no more,
GOD also loves our canine friends,
He’s installed a ‘doggy-door’”!!

Good Night, Jillie!!

12/3/07

One comes down...Another goes up!!

The beloved shade tree in our neighbor's yard was brought down this weekend by over a 1/2 inch of ice. I never realized just how nice it was until it was in my yard.

So, even in the pouring, freezing rain, Ron and I helped clean up the mess. After all, it's free fire wood, and we found out that our new neighbor Michelle (not to be confused with "old neighbor" Michelle is expecting - CONGRATULATIONS!!!

And so with all of that work put aside, we decided to put up a tree after all the work of taking down the broken one. Our wonderful Christmas tree. All 12 feet of it. We had no choice but to put in on a table. New puppies force you to do things you don't necessarily want to do. But, we love it and are excited to have Christmas at our house this year to share it with everyone.

11/27/07

Interruptions!!

I came across this cartoon and have to say, THIS IS EVERY MOM'S LIFE!! I don't care how big or little your kids are, this happens to every mom. If it doesn't happen at your home, please let me know how you did it!

11/12/07

Cleaning WILL kill me one day!

This weekend I took on the task of SCRUBBING the house. I don't just mean the weekly dusting and cleaning, I mean standing on a 6 foot ladder, on the top rung that you are not supposed to stand on, with a 4 foot duster and removed all of the cobwebs and dusties from the cathedral ceiling. All while on the 2nd landing of the stairs. I even went as far as dusting and scrubbing the blinds, window sills and windows themselves that are at the top of the stairs of our 20' cathedral ceilings.

Now, if that weren't enough, I also pulled that ladder downstairs and stood (not at the top, but almost) and with that duster, removed the 6 months worth of build up on the ceiling fan, yes, the one located at 20 feet up as well. However, my wonderful daughter Christie helped by standing at the top of the balcony and telling to me where I was missing on the top of the fan blads.

I took down the curtains for washing, installed new blinds, even dusted behind the entertainment center. Now, you may ask yourself "how long has it been since this girl dusted?" But let me assure you, I dust WEEKLY. Scrub toilets every other day and vacuum 4 times a week. But recently Ashley (6) has been having major difficulty with her asthma and the doctor recommended doing a complete overhaul of the house. Well, I don't take that lightly. It only took me 5 1/2 hours to clean the first floor, ceiling, windows and 2 bathrooms. We are supposed to have Thanksgiving dinner at our house and will be leaving for a Florida vacation (just hubby and I) at 4 AM Thursday morning and not return until Monday at around 11:30 PM. So, I still have about 2 full days to complete the cleaning (4 bedrooms, 1 kitchen, 2 more bathrooms and the basement) all before Thursday at 3:00.

I know what your thinking, she can do it! But, I also have parent/teacher conferences at 2 schools, grocery shopping for the dinner, eye doctor appointments for all 4 kids and 2 dogs to the groomer. Thank goodness for paid time off at work. So, with the carpet cleaners coming in on Tuesday afternoon, I think I should be able to get it ALL done by 2:35 on Thursday! What do you think?

11/5/07

And the construction continues

We worked very hard last year to get our basement completed. We got it done to a point, so now we continue to really get it the way we want it. It still needs a little work, but we are getting there.