Happy Birthday to Me!

it was last sunday. i turned 36. that looks so weird typed out. i am 36 years old....so i don't feel as light on my feet anymore, parts of me jiggle when i walk and quake when i run, but i feel good and i am thankful to be healthy and to have made it to 36. i had a pretty good day. went to church, went to costco, picked up my sitter for the boys, took the three older kids to a birthday party at chuck e cheese. jay and i went to the cheesecake factory for cheesecake, went back to cec to pick up the kids, came home to find my bil and sil waiting with a bouquet of flowers and an icecream cake from coldstone! i got (2) $20.00 and one $10.00 gift certificates to starbucks, the princess bride special edition dvd, and a new computer!!! i don't have it yet :( it's still being built...life is good.
what's up with starbucks?? it's the tazo tea!!! i love it! my favorites are the lemon iced tea, and the giant peach, mmmmm! i still occasionally get my fru fru frapp, but lately, it's all about the tea!

my dr. called me today, he's so nice, i like that he takes the time to call me himself and he talks to me like he's a friend i haven't seen in a while-
dr: is lisa home?
me: this is she...
dr: heyyyy! howya doin'? feeling ok?
me: er, yeah, i'm feeling fine...
dr: that's great! so listen, i got your test results back and i am going to increase the dosage on your medication- the test looks great, you are fine, but the norm is a 5 and you are a 17.
me: oh. ok...
dr: you were at 75, so, it's come down quite a bit
me: really? wow!
dr: yeah, so i'll call in a new prescription for you right now, just tell me where you want to pick it up
me: oh! great! the shoppe is fine...
dr: ok, then lisa. you be sure to call me if you have any questions or concerns alright?
me: sure thing, thanks for the call
dr: no problem at all. bye now!
click.
so that's my thyroid update.

i can't believe he's already nine months!! 

did you think you were having a bad day????? 

Back Home

we made it home safe and sound from my inlaws. jay and i drove separate cars, which made the trip interesting becuz it was a race to see who could get to our destination first. on the way there i was 45 mins ahead, and i beat him home by 2 mins!!! it was fun, but i don't want to do it again...
so my meeting with dianne never happened. we totally forgot about sunday being father's day! there will be other opportunities to get together i'm sure, but i was just so bummed, ya know?

the kid's curriculums arrived last week and they couldn't wait to get started on their work...just like their dad- always gotta be doing something, unlike me, they don't know how to just kick back and do NOTHING!!! well, i'm not ready to jump back into schoolwork, that's for sure!

i was in michael's craft store over the weekend, and it was just the coolest thing to see the memory makers magazine and think to myself, "hey, my work is in that magazine. something I made!" good thing the magazine has a plastic covering on it, or else i would have been tempted to show the cashier!!! i know it's not cool to brag, but it's just the greatest feeling, and i'm kinda proud of myself!!! just between us- i keep a 6x6 album of my layouts with me in my car, just in case i find someone i can show it to!!! i had it with me when i went to the doctors office for my thyroid issue. he was so nice about it! lol btw, i don't have cancer. when he had my blood tested a couple of months ago, the results showed that i had a high amount of protein in my blood, so he had me go back and test again not telling me that he was testing me to see if i had myeloma http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk/Cancertype/Myeloma/General/Whatismyeloma
(sorry, i couldn't shorten that) those results didn't tell him what caused the high protein level, but it did tell him that i don't have multiple myeloma. very thankful for that!

So Excited

i am going to visit dianne on sunday!!!! i am going to church with her and then we'll do lunch!
i can't wait to see her again! this is only my second time visiting her but i feel like i've known her for sooo long! it's probably because i know the person she is from the boards and she is just as kind IRL, it's like meeting catching up with a friend you haven't seen in a while ya know? anyways, camryn is just as excited to see kaitlyn too, trying to see what toys she can bring...

Thankful For Target

i love that place, but i get into so much trouble when i shop there! we went in today to get jay's father's day present. since we were in the electronics section in the back of the store and i had done all of my shopping already, the clerk let me check out from there. i spent $300. as we headed to the front to leave, don't you know i spent another $30 before i got to the front door?!!
i can never seem to just go in there, get what i need to get and get out...but i love that place!!!

I Am The Worst Mommy in the World

we just got back from the doctors. i went there to get the baby's shots and ended up at the ear,nose, and throat dr. because deacon had something stuck up his nose...

1 MONTH EARLIER...
deacon comes to me crying, "nose! nose!" and he was not breathing right so i assumed he inhaled something...well he started gagging and coughing and coughed up a bead. so he stuck a bead up his nose, but it came out and i thought it was over. for a time after that, he would freak out whenever i came near him with a tissue to wipe his running nose. after a week or two, that passed. i thought he just hated getting his nose wiped- how dense can i be? well apparently very because when his nose started to drain a yellow mucus only from one nostril over several days, i thought maybe he had allergies...

since i was taking carter in for shots i thought i might as well ask about deacon's allergy also. well, the dr. checked his nose and said he thought he could see something. he got his tools and tried to reach it, but it was too deep so he sent us to an e.n.t. we get to the e.n.t. and he sees it too and tries to get it out with his tools. long story short, after a couple failed attempts he finally pulls out a black gasket of sorts. the dr. cleaned it and gave it to me. to me, it looked like the outside of a hotwheels car wheel! amazing!!! he had that thing up his nose probably this whole time! did i take a photo of it to scrap about it? no. i'm too repulsed and embarrassed. poor kid...

published layout 

Bored Kids, Published Mom

another filled weekend has gone by, no rest for the weary deary!!!!
for the first time since i've been homeschooling we finished in a summer month. i thought that was cool that the kids would actually have a break during the summer. they are bored!!!
they keep asking me when their new curriculum is coming so they can do schoolwork...
drew was soooo excited when the ups man stopped in front of our house, he was sure it was his new curriculum, but it wasn't. it was a box for me, from memory makers magazine! now some of you may know that i was having problems with getting that layout published, with the model release form and the mom of the kid in the photo and with us living on totally opposite sides of u.s. i finally gave up hope of getting that layout published. looking at the box, i refused to let myself get excited. so i'm thinking, since they were once considering publishing the layout, maybe they just forgot to remove me from the list of people to get the freebies, i opened the box, and there was paper, fiber, stickers, a puncher, etc...and then....there it was, a magazine at the bottom of the box. still not able to get excited, i just figured they just send a complimentary copy with the scrapbook freebies. so i open it and turn to the page where they have a map of the u.s. with the names of the published...and my name was there!!!! ok-just a little excited now. i start flippin' through the pages looking for the layout and smack dab on page 28 is the layout! I AM PUBLISHED!!!!!!! my very first published layout!!!!!!!
when i was done freaking out my kids i called jay to tell him and he was just as surprised as i was! i was just so certain that the layout would not be in this magazine. it's not a great layout, in fact i was just starting out when i did it. but i think one of the reasons i submitted it is because it was simple and it looked like a paper layout. when i first got the call, i informed them that the layout was digital and they were really surprised by that- i was surprised they didn't know cuz, when i submitted i stated that i used psp to create it.
so, today i am very thankful to have a layout in print...maybe drew will get his school work tomorrow?

what a fun morning we had today! we went to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts for a guided tour! well, as much of a tour you can get looking through the 30ft wide glass panel. we got fee doughnuts so that was pretty cool! the kids had a blast! today i am thankful for the opportunity to be able to stay with my kids and watch them do fun things! i feel like i need to add something insightful to this, but i am really tired tonight and wanted to post this before midnight! tomorrow will officially be our last day of school and i meet with the kid's teacher and i am not prepared so i will be up for at least another hour... 

my baby is now 9 months, everytime i hold him now i just squeeze him tight. since he is my last i am savoring every bit of his babyhood... 

pure imagination 

look at what my sweet friend dianne did for me!! i love them both!....which one to hang in their room? hmmmm..... 

Hooray!

SBB is back baby!!!! that is what i am mostly thankful for today! since it was down i was so busy doing other things that i did not scrap a single page. since i think i associate sbb with scrapping and take a lot of inspiration from there, i probably wouldn't scrap at all without it!
i am not doing so well at logging in here everyday, but i am trying... i am taking a break right now from the laundry, but when i'm done here, devyn wants to play a game of trouble! that's fun, but she wants to play everyday several times a day, back to back!
just listening to camryn practice on the piano. she is so good, it makes me smile when i hear her play. ok, my five minute break is over! time to get into trouble!!!

i think i caused some confusion. my birthday isn't until the 26. we had an early celebration since a few of my friends will be out of town then...
today i am thankful for costco! i had some more layouts printed and they look awesome!! i have never had a problem with their printing, it only takes an hour, and the price is right- i always walk out of there with a smile on my face. i don't need to shop there, my prints are worth the membership alone. i am just that pleased.

I Got Me Some Cool Friends

i was taken out again ( that's twice this week) by my friends, very sweet and we had a great time!! it was a birthday dinner for little ol' me! we talked loudly and laughed about everything from babies throwing up to having sex in the middle of the afternoon (wasn't me ;)! i had a little glass of wine, and i do mean little, and had the giggles. i don't normally drink so it doesn't take much to tip me over! but now, i am very relaxed and falling asleep at the computer so i will just say that today, i am thankful for my friends and birthdays! even though i am turning 36. i must scrap about that...

Lisa and Marta goin' out in the "STANG" 

Not Very Good At This

i think of this blog often, but i never seem to get around to actually posting!! lots of times i think, oh, i'll just post about what is going on in my life right now and how i feel about things...
if i did that, all it would be is me complaining about this thing or another, so i am going to follow along in the footsteps of someone i admire. her name is shawn. some of us scrappers know her as auntiepea. well, anyway, she had an excellent idea of telling us about something she is thankful for each day and i want to give it a shot. i think i need to try, anyway. so here goes...
i actually want to mention two things today. last night i hired a baby sitter and went out with my dear friend Marta. i needed a break so she came over in her new racy car and took me out. i just have to say this one thing- i LOVE her new car- well actually it's her husband's. he's a stunt man and he's off doing a movie so while the cat's away.....it's a 2005 mustang. i love the new style and was not at all surprised to see that the inside looks just as smooth as the outside! we had a great time. marta is always a joy to be around and i just love her to death.
jay is on his way home from his business trip and i am soooooooo thankful for that!! the kids and i have been running around trying to pick up the house so it will look decent for him when he comes home. he likes coming home to a clean semi-peaceful house, it helps him to relax and he's not yelling at the kids to pick up after themselves...this way everybody is happier!
ok. i think that's it for now, thanks for checking in on me!

Finally the Weekend...

this is the first saturday in about 6 months where we are all home and have no sporting event to go to! it has been a nice morning so far, i made pancakes for breakfast, and we all took time out to just be with each other on the family room floor, just rolling, laying around, and playing. so nice.

not so good news- jay's dad (just had open heart surgery) has to have another angiogram. we are wondering how this is possible so soon after having a quadruple by-pass. we are not sure what is going to happen nex,t but God knows and He is in control...

i went to Bible Study last night. we just started a new book, "Becoming A Woman Who Pleases God" and though i think it is a great personal read, i think the chapters are too long for a study...we will see, i will just press on and do what i can. we discussed how i could get more studying done, maybe make the boys take an nap so i can read. the boys don't nap at the same times. maybe i should set that up, but the thing is that lately, everytime i pick up a book to read i start to fall asleep! oh well, i will do what i can!

carter is better, he has been fever free since yesterday. he pulled himself up to a standing position this morning for the first official time! he still is not crawling around on all fours, he just drags his body across the floor! my others all mastered crawling, sitting to crawling position and vice versa before pulling themselves up. he on the other hand is skipping a few steps! he still won't eat baby food and i'm not going to press it. he is totally ready, he just doesn't like it. he will eat a banana, fruit or veggie puffs, and cheerios or any other table food i give him. so different from the others!

well, i need to finish the wedding album i'm working on, so i guess i better get to it!

Time For Some Privacy

you'd think the bathroom would be the one place where i could go and be alone- so not true!!
my kids just walk right in like they are walking into a livingroom. heaven forbid the phone should ring while i am in the bathroom. the caller would receive an earfull of toilet flushing, and a little bit of yelling...