The oddly normal life of Clorie

 Its a new year, time to start new years resolutions that no one normally keeps, yet each year we think of more things about ourselves we want to change, or things we want to do and set out, with the new year to do them... This year will be no different.  This year I would like to do the following:  Get down to my goal weight (lose about 30 pounds)  not drink ANY diet coke all year  Keep up with the 365 self portrait group I joined on flickr  quit saying the F word  To just be more thankful for what I have  So will I do it? Here's to hoping! :)  Good luck everyone with whatever changes you hope to make, but remember, you do not need the new year to start, if you fall off, just get back on, tomorrow is just as good of a start as today! Cheers, and lets make 2010 our best year ever!!!!

 Telling Time. So much fun. Kids always want to know what time it is. How long until bed, when will dinner be done, when do I get a turn on the computer??? For Christmas Bailey got his sisters, and himself, each a new watch. This, so far has been quite the hit by all but Destiny... who has her phone to tell her the time I suppose.  Anyway when setting the watches I went by the clock on my stove. I set Bailey's and then Hannah's. So they are, I suppose a good 30-60 seconds off from each other, and from the stoves clock.  "its 3:05" Bailey stated yesterday afternoon. "No, its 3:04." Hannah corrected him. Looking at the oven clock Bailey said again "No, its 3:05" Of course they agree to DISAGREE for life so this was not right. Hannah has to be right and so does Bailey... "Fine then." Bailey says "Ask Father Time!!!".  With the most serious look Hannah says "Well what if his clock is off too?"  Does anybody really

 As if I needed something else to take up my time right. Yeah. So my BFF started scrapbooking and she's all excited about her first page... Then my Daughter got a TON of scrapbooking stuff for Christmas from Santa and her dad... and well I DO love photography and well, scrapbooking is done with PICTURES.... So Promise has shared a book with me.... I started today my first page. A page of our family faces. And so its titled "FAMILY FACES" So its not the greatest, or most creative, but its got me started. Now I want to get more stuff and scrapbook my heart out!!! This could be bad :OP~~

 And then the kids decide to make the ginger bread houses their uncle bought them. (thanks again, btw, uncle john) tee hee. All this attention to detail, getting the roof up, walls straight, frosting opened, candies stuck on.... What did they do when it was finished???? Took a picture and then broke it apart, and ATE it! Oh and of course left the mess for me to clean up. What fun.  So the weekend is over. I am both happy and sad. Sad because I feel like I am still needing to catch up on the sleep lost Christmas eve... Happy because I can make some MONEY again at work, and that is never a bad thing! The weekend seemed to last forever, and also flew by before I realized it. Christmas is over. Wow.  Our tree is down, our trash is full, our toys have all been played with, and our ham has just been used in leftovers... Its almost a new year. 2010. Crazy.

 Well its come and gone. Santa made his way in, and was thankful that this year we had a chimney to come down instead of having to come through the door. Made him feel more "santa like".  The kids awoke at 3am looking to see Santas goodies he might have left... Oh boy. That made for an early day for mom... I think I am still needing to catch up!!! We even got a white Christmas this year!!!  I feel very blessed to have the family I have, and the friends that I have. This has been a very good year, and I am sad to see it almost at an end, but I am also happy to have this new start. A new year is always a nice new start, time to make resolutions you won't (or might) keep.  So Merry Christmas to all my friends, family and to everyone!!!

 My dearest mother found this "darling" hat the other day and HAD to buy it for me. It is an elf hat, with a jingle bell on top. Whats more? When you push this magical button the bell part of the hat goes back and forth (like a dog tail wagging) and it sings a song about how "WE ARE SANTA'S ELVES" and oh yes, it also lights up. Yes siree.  So my dearest mother seen this hat and apparently KNEW I would love to have it. Don't get me wrong, its cute, but oh my. I wore it to work today and I was the life of the party, they were all laughing WITH me right???  So after work, I wanted to join the land of crazy folks and make a last ditch run to the store... Well this elf hat, had been on my head for the last 4 hours, and my hair underneath was worse, and more embarrassing than the hat. So into Sam's Club for just a few last minuet tid bits I went... Elf hat on my head.  I got a few funny looks, many smiles (yay Christmas spirit!) It was a great time. S

So I am a waitress. For those who might be unaware. I have been a waitress, most of my working life now. I am good at it and most the time I love it, so its what I do.    Now when you are a waitress nine times out of ten you do not know the people you are waiting on names. So you say "Sir, would you like a refill on your drink?" "Ma'am, can I take your plate?" "How is everything going today ladies?" Ect ect. Generall names that could apply to pretty much anyone. Right?  Lately my new thing has been calling parents that come in with a child "mom, and dad" "Ok dad and what do you want on your pizza today?" ect ect. Seemed to have worked out okay and I do not feel like such a broken record. Plus I often get the "DONT CALL ME MA'AM it makes me feel old" so its like what DO I call you???  Yesterday a group of men came in, in hunting attire. Four of them, then a few moments later, a man and his daughter came and joine

 Wow. December has flown by. This year has flown by. As have the last seven. My baby, turned seven yesterday. She promised me when she was little, that she would stay that way. I am very disappointed in her for fibbing. What can you do. Time keeps on ticking and there is nothing you can do to stop that. Its a wonderfully sad thing. Some days I long for a house to myself with no pitter patter (if that is what you want to call it) and other times when they are away I ache for them to be home and making some noise so badly and wonder how my life will go on without that same pitter patter that drives me insane.  Not only did my baby grow up overnight some how, but this is the month of Christmas! Santa is coming in just four more short days!!! How exciting. Of course the older two girls no longer believe, but the little ones do and the wonder and excitement is so cool. We went to see Santa the other day. He was spot on with the boy. Telling him he was proud of how good he was doing in

Today my boys had to get up at 3am and leave for Little Rock Children's Hospital.  Bailey had the surgery to remove the port that was put in just over 5 years ago for his chemo and blood work and IV fluids. He has done so well, been in remission for 5 years this new years eve!!! So we no longer need the port in place! Today is a very big day. Nearly as big as when he ate his last chemo pill!!!  That little boy has come a long way. Such a long way. Faced so many scary things, and never seemed to let it affect who he is and who he will be. Now that his port is gone, there is NOTHING about him that is any different from any other child out there!  He's such a big boy and he is truly my biggest hero. I love my boo and cannot wait to have him and daddy back home from Children's safe and sound, and get the first "portless" hug from my boy in 5 years!  Of course, because he is a boy, he wanted to save it. So there it is. The thing that allowed him many dose

 The Rogers Christmas parade was tonight. A few years ago we went, and nearly froze to death and I have not been with the kids since then, but this year, well my favorite boyscout was on a float, so we "had" to watch :) Why is it the parade seems to fall on the coldest day of the year? Can't they have it in JUNE or something?   So were watching the parade, when I look behind me, and there, sitting against a light post, is a young couple. Not watching the parade, but kissing. Majorly kissing. Like they were the only 2 people at the parade kissing. Destiny yelled out "GET A ROOM"  which was very very funny. They stopped and kept it to just cuddling at that point.  Suddenly I was reminiscing. I remember those days. When making out, kissing, touching and being as close as possible as much as possible was so awesome. So awesome. I remember my best friend getting SO mad at me because I was always making out with my boyfriend and NOT paying attention to her. I reme

   I was wondering around flickr and noticed someone adding a texture (and sharing textures) I wanted to see if I could figure out how to do a texture. GUESS WHAT??? I did! I taught myself (with the help of online tutorials) how to apply textures (which are LAYERS) onto my photos!  I have not had much time to play, go figure but here is one that I have done just playing around....  A picture I took of a pear :) My dinner actually :OP  A  free texture I found to use online  And said pear with texture added :)  I know it might not "GO" with that photo, but like I said I was just playing. I am SO looking forward to playing some more. Its pretty cool!!!

 I wanted to blog this month with what I was thankful for. Then I go and get busy and don't blog. Figures.  So i will just name a few things I am thankful for in one blog, to make up for days missed.  I am so very thankful that my son has fought leukemia and has won.  I am thankful for the seldom moments when all of my kids get along.  I am thankful for bedtime.  I am thankful for my friends, my family and my husbands family, they are always there for us.  I am thankful for my home, and for the fact that I was able to even BUY a home!  I am thankful for tax time when we get to catch up on all the bills we owe!  I am thankful for my camera, and the time to take photographs and memories of the kids  I am thankful that I am someone my kids can look up to, and love.  So there is much more but that is what comes to mind this sleepy evening. Kids are in bed, and its just so quiet in the house. I am thankful for the quiet.

 Today as many are. I am thankful for our Veteran's, past present and future. I can not even begin to imagine what they go through day to day. Away from home, away from family and friends, hearing guns and seeing horrible things... I don't want to be there, and I know for a fact I could not make the sacrifices needed to do it. So I am thankful, so very thankful for those that have, and do, and will. Thank you!  So of course, I had to do a little something special for my very own vet. My hubby. I love him. I am thankful for him. So very thankful. Even though he drives me ABSOLUTELY nuts a lot of the time, and even though 50% of the time I wonder if I have a husband, or a 5th child... I Love him and I could not do what I do without him in my life.  I love that on Sundays, he reads me the funny part of the comics, and the cool police reports. I love that he clips coupons and talks about how "WERE" Going to save money at the grocery store.  I love that he tells me

 That was our dinner tonight. Well it was the "little kids" dinner. Destiny and I are both normal enough that we enjoy or spaghetti, NOT in a shell.  My kids like to watch I carly and on Icarly her brother makes a dish called spaghetti tacos. Tim worked this evening so I found it my special chance to make spaghetti and not hear him complain about it... I had some taco shells in the cabinet so I put it in them. Silly right? But hey, the kids ate it! I did not take a picture of my adventure with dinner. So I googled "Spaghetti taco's" in images and found this moms blog  All credit on the photo goes to her. Mine looked similar. I put noodles in, topped with sauce instead of premixing though.  Ok I must admit I did try a bite, and it was not so bad. I prefer my spaghetti on its own, but this taco idea is not half bad!  So tonight, since I remembered to blog, I am thankful for creativity. For the ability to try new things and be adventurous. I am thankful fo

 So the study time has been an adjustment, but I must admit, its not as much time as I thought it was. It does not seem to take much out of the day at all. I think maybe the kids realize that as well. I had much less fighting over today's time. Of course we did not go to the library today as we have Monday and Tuesday. Promise had an orthodontist appointment and so we were pressed for time.  I had started dinner before I ever got the kids, so that was ready to go and even EARLY in time for Awana's Even though it was a busy day I seemed to get everything done, keep the whole house fairly happy and feel happy myself. Life was good today.  Got a trampoline off Craigslist. I love that site! Anyway we go pick it up Saturday, hopefully, after taking it apart we can figure out how to get it back together!!! The kids cannot wait, me either. I could use the giggles. I cannot jump on a trampoline without giggling.  Oh and another plus, Promise had math today, fractions even and I

 Someone posted on facebook something they were thankful for and then said to do that every day. Make your status something that your thankful for.  So today. Today went okay. Kids complained about study time. No. Not the kids. Just Destiny, but she complained enough to equal all four doing so. I dealt with it, trying to not be irritated by it. Study time is study time and were going to do just that. Once she gets that, it will go better.  Well then came tonight. I was on the computer when she told me she had to study for her math quiz. There was something she didn't understand. Well go figure, I did not understand either. So I got online learned how, again, and then helped her! I think she gets it now. Will she remember it tomorrow for the quiz? I hope so. Either way this was an improvement, and it felt good to see. She also showed me a paper she did, that she got a B on and she seemed to be "proud". Im not going to push it though, its not even been a full week of th

This is what I do on weekends. We got a trampoline and then every kid I know came to stay the night... Okay not every kid I know, and Destiny left and is staying the night out, so its just about as stressful as having just my own four home. Trampoline is fun and you could not have asked for a better day than today was!!!!

 Oh boy. So yesterday was a day. I had parent conferences with Destiny's teachers in the morning. Not just the homeroom teacher, but EVERY. CORE. TEACHER. She has, and also one of the school counselors. We started off with them telling me how Destiny is all about the social aspect of school. She comes in to class ready to chit chat and be seen and heard. Funny how she's become this social butterfly. I remember in kindergarten when I was thinking of switching schools, my biggest problem with doing so was that she had JUST made friends and i would be taking that away from her. Or in preschool when she would not even PLAY with other children for at least 3 months. The first month she did nothing but cry and for the next 2, she stuck close by the teachers, until finally she made a friend, and learned to spell the friends name, before her own.  Back then she was so willing to learn. I could get her a workbook and she would finish it within that day. Front to back. Where did things

 It only really throws you for a loop when you learn it from your six year old :OP  At story time last night the story we read the person sneezed. AHHH AHHH KERCHOOOOOOO!!!!  "That's an Onomatopoeia!" Hannah exclaimed. I just looked at her. Okay so I have heard the word before, but I did not remember what it was, and frankly I was not convinced she was correct. She was! Onomatopoeia . Sure enough!  She also informed me on our walk around the block that we were not on a Road, it was just a street. How did she know, I of course asked. "Because there is not a yellow line in the middle of it... You still have to stay on the right side though mama."  Thank you for sharing your wisdom with me Hannah. Your a bright, Beautiful, smart, stunning young lady. Not a baby anymore, but still my baby no matter what. I love watching you grow into an amazing girl, and I love that you teach me things, I never learned in my own 29 years. You, are an awesome child. :)

 Here is Hannah's answer for her school work:  I love it. Simply love it. This one is going in her box of stuff to keep for her :)  Cook with your kids. They enjoy it. It teaches them things they need to learn, and then since they helped you can make them help with dishes too!!!  Seriously though, I think it really makes an impact on your kids, for them to be in the kitchen!

 Today before bed, the kids got a nighttime snack. Destiny was late getting to hers, and was looking in the fridge and in the cupboards explaining that we "have no food". Hannah told her "We have food, we have Cheese its, Chips, animal crackers... Chocolate rocks...."  WHAT? Chocolate ROCKS? Where?  She pointed to a big jar of Cocoa baked ALMONDS we have. I have given them to them in their lunches, and they are pretty crunchy. I guess she thought they were ROCKS! Good stuff. Sometimes they are so funny!!!

 Oh wow. How life passes by so quickly. In just a blink of an eye kids grow. I found an old archive photo C.D. with pictures of my kids. I spent a good day going through the photos and just being in awe. How much I have changed, my husband, where we have lived, how we lived, mostly though, I was in awe over my kids.  At one point in time they KISSED each other!!! Loved each other, and would even pose and let me dress them up!!! That is no more! HA! Even my best friends kids I seen pictures of and its just like WOW. Its only been a few short years, and yet the kids used to be BABIES and now they are teens, tweens, in school, snotty and all that. No more babies.  I found out that my friends daughter, is now doing "grown up" things. Its her life, she's 16 (going on 24 right) and she thinks she knows it all, I remember being there, and I remember getting pregnant and not finishing school too. I knew the risks involved, I took the risks. It was my problem and although thi

 Nursing. When I had my first child, I did not give it much of a try. It hurt, and I quit. Then it hurt even more!!! By time I matured some and got to my third child I gave it a much better go. I nursed Bailey for the first 6 weeks of his life, and then I went back to work, and daddy would feed him a bottle RIGHT Before mommy got home, he also slept through the night and so I was only nursing 1 or 2 times a day and I just stopped doing it.  Hannah though, my last. My baby. I wanted her to stay a baby forever. I also stayed home for the first 4 months of her life. I also read up quite a bit on why nursing was beneficial and I worked harder at it. I even got a breast infection and still nursed! In fact my baby girl was nursed until she was almost 2. Which meant I was an EXTENDED nurser, by today's standards.  I nursed in public, when she had to be fed. I normally used a blanket, I am very shy, or my breasts are anyway. Sometimes being discreet is not so easy, especially when yo

 Today was one of those days. I have a lot of those days. Maybe they are all those days. I am not sure. I was having withdrawals from diet coke, not because I am going off of it... Just because I was too lazy to go and get myself one to have. Sad that I can quit all bad things so easily, smoking (yes I smoked once for a while) biting my nails... but diet coke, I just cannot quit. No I can, I just choose not to. I have quit before, but its hard, and I am not a very pleasent person to be around in the meantime.  So who's the egg head? Destiny. I was doing something, so I asked her if she could start some eggs on to boil for me. She was full of questions, like what size pan should I use, where are the pans at?? (where are the pans at!!??) It kind of annoyed me, remember diet coke w/d's... "I need you to get a pan, put 5 or 6 eggs in it and fill it with water, your going to need to have enough water to COVER the eggs, so I would suggest a sauce pan."  Some time goes b

 It is So cold here right now. Were in ARKANSAS people. I remember many a Halloween walking around in SHORTS! C'mon!!! What is going on! As I type this (at 2am) its 45degrees outside... That is just over 10 degrees above FREEZING!!!! That is NOT October in Arkansas weather! NO NO NO.  I had prided myself on the fact that for that last month I did not turn on my a/c ONCE. The month prior to that, it was only on when I had to run the oven. So what did I have to do today? I had to turn on the HEAT!  YES THE HEAT! I hate the smell of the heat the first time you turn it on... and remember, this home was EMPTY for at least a year before we moved into it, so it was that smell x10 Ick. Anyway I turned it on, and it works, so that is a big plus :) Its an old furnace. It warmed the house up and then I turned it back off! LOL. Well not off, but down to 60, so it will not get colder than that, in the house. That should work, for now. Soon we will get a fire going in the fire place. Need some

 When they are sleeping!! I went into the girl's bedroom this morning to put something away, and Hannah looked so sweet, and tiny, curled up all tucked in in her big bed... I kissed her and was tempted to just wake her up and squish her... But I know what happens when they are awake :OP  Today has been a productive day thus far. I got up, took the kitteh to the vet to get his "man hood" removed from him. We do not need anymore unwanted kittens in this world and I feel like a very responsible pet owner to have him done, and all of our other pets as well. Enough tooting of my own horn though.  After that I had to take Promise to the orthodontist, she got her separators put in, to make room for the soon to be placed expander. Woot! She did really well. I guess they had to make molds of her teeth and that was "yucky" because the rubbery stuff tasted bad :OP  So after that I rushed to work (but did not speed) and did my stuff there, the soda machine was out, so

 Well after yesterday Bailey was "bored" all day and talking about how our house is not as "fun" as the apartments were... He found a buddy. They live right behind us, our fences join us. Yesterday they finally talked, and it was so cute, they sat there for about 3 hours each on a chair on their side of the fence, just talking.  Today Bailey was invited to come over and play in his backyard! They played soccer, they played on the swing set, Bailey brought over his 2 wheeled skate board thingy... He was over there for at least 2 hours playing! It was nice. He had a good time. Then it started to rain and his friend had to go in, so he came home.  There is also a girl over there that is Promises age. So now only Hannah is lacking. She has a buddy across the street, but they are pretty strict with her, and she has homework all the time and not a lot of time to play I guess. She does not come over much and when we go there, she cannot come out to play.  The kids ar

 Wow. Just starting October and I have already started filling in the calender with apts and things. Sheesh!  Today was Promise's ortho consultation, again. She has lost 2 baby teeth and her big teeth are being HARMED By the way they set in her mouth so braces are needed sooner, not later. Go figure of the 26 points needed for Arkids to pay, she has 22. Apparently OVERBITES get the most points and that, is the only thing Promise does not have.  Yes its going to be a lot of money and I was REALLY hoping that we could pay of Destiny's before having to start paying on Promises, but I cannot, simply cannot let her teeth be ruined, and I can see self esteem problems in her already, she sometimes tries to hide her smile, and I hate that. I cannot wait, simply cannot WAIT to see her smile all straightened out! I am excited! OH and I also get to torture her with TURNS OF THE EXPANDER HAHAHAHAH. :)  So the day before Halloween, "hallows' eve" she will have them put o

  Over the weekend, Destiny stayed with a friend. A friend who had NOT went to school Friday. Says it was because she "missed the bus" I was unaware that friend missed school until Destiny had already left and was at her house.  So anyway Saturday evening she called me to come and get her, her friend was now sick. After she got home her friend let her know she'd been to the doctor, and been told she has the flu. Oh GOODIE! So of course within moments Destiny feels sick. I feel its the power of suggestion, or the power of a Monday off school. So I ignore it to some extent.  So Sunday she's complaining of being tired, well she stayed up all night with her buddy! She also has a headache, but she wants to go to a BBQ at a friends (family friends) so we all go. She seemed okay there, a bit tired, but I figured that, was because of the headache.  Today she woke up and ate breakfast, got dressed, took her temp, and some ibup. for a headache, and I sent her off to schoo

 The kids were told yesterday that Monday was school picture day. So as they come up to me in the car line after school they are telling me about it, Bailey tosses his backpack in the van and exclaims " I am not having my picture taken." I told him, he "had" to have it done. It was for the year book. He argued with me for a little while then got into his seat and as he buckled up he said "Fine, but I am not dressing up, and looking all handsome and stuff." I told him that would be okay, he could just dress like normal, but he might still be handsome anyway...  Took the girls to Awana's and then took Destiny shopping for clothes. I can say one thing, the girl does now where to get a deal, and she is thrifty too! She gets that from her mama, I think. I have fun with her, when its just her and I together. She is a real person then, funny, cute un-irritating. I laughed, and we had fun, I wonder why it can' t be like that at home, she says she does

 I did. I quit today. Quit being a mom. Okay so it was only for 3 min. I think I might have made somewhat of a point though. I am TIRED of it. Constant arguing, the kids cannot, simply CAN NOT say anything nice to each other ever. Its just craziness. I've said it before, but I will say it again, I did not have siblings so this is new to me, this hatred you can have for someone you should love. Its nuts.  This afternoon stressed me out with a call from Destiny from school. She did not feel good, but I made her stay in school. The nurse said she did not have fever so she could stay, so I made her stay. Mean mom.  I had to stop by the "BOYSCOUT" store to get my boy his little outfit for his first pack meeting tonight! $80 dollars later, I have a shirt, hat, belt, hankerchief, and book to show for it. Heh. He better enjoy being a scout!  I stopped by wal-mart after that, to get a stove top grill/griddle and also the stuff to make a roast, so that I

Of meatballs! Great movie. Super cute. I highly suggest going to see it. With our without the kids :oP The place we went was only 4.00 but was not 3D I have never seen a 3D movie so you do not miss what you do not miss! It was cute, cute story line and nothing super sad like on "UP".  So obviously we went to the movies today. It was a full day. Cats went to the vet. One of our cats, has ear problems which might require surgery at some point... Not good. Another needs fixed next month, so hopefully the other does not also need surgery. EEEEEEEEEEEP. Just the apt. today was enough moolah! I feel bad that I did not realize his ear was hurting him. Bad cat mama I am :O(  After the movies we ate dinner. I posted my dinner on my other blog, if you want to check it out. I am now blogging while Hannah makes me all kinds of pretend food. She's so silly. Earlier she got out my old laptop and "sent me emails" about the movie. We discussed our favorite, and least favori

Musical Children  Today Bailey got a coffee can, and he put dried beans in it, and he taped it closed. This was his instrument. Hannah followed suit with a smaller, but just as effective cookie container, minus cookies of course. So they are in the living room banging and shaking the cans. "Thank you Ladies and Gentelmans" Hannah said at one point. "Hannah, follow the rythym I make" Said Bailey. So cute. Sometimes they are just so cute. Loud. Cute though, none the less.  I colored with Hannah this afternoon. I had promised her that I would. Coloring, now that is fun. It really is. I could color all day, but whenever I go to start, I can never think of anything TO color. Funny how that works.  I made 2 of my 4 dishes for my "food networkers" tonight. I will not post about it here, you will have to check out my other blo g to find out how they went. I can say the ingredients were hard to find, again. What is UP with the crazy stuff these girls pick to

 If so that would explain things. The kids were hellions today. Well Destiny was gone until 5, but at 5 she made up for being gone by calling everyone names and telling Promise how bad her hair looked today. Nice. They just wore me down and let me say I have honestly never been so relieved to find its bedtime. It was just a rough day. Tomorrow is Monday and for that, I am thankful.  This week I am getting on track and staying on track. I have my routine planned out, I will NOT go back to bed after the kids leave. I will do some things around the house and I will work out. I will also return that darn DVD to the library and stop paying 1$ a day for it!!!  My dumb wisdom teeth are trying to grow in again, and I do NOT feel smarter because of it. It sucks. I need to get them yanked. I have the money, I should make the apt. but everyone knows that is just NOT a fun way to spend money!!! I don't wanna!  So that is it for my weekend. Monday is here in an hour and I am ready for it!

    This weekend my hope is to get the house all situated, cleaned organized and ready for the week. Plan my meals, prep them if possible so that I do not feel rushed moment when I realize OH the kids have Awana or OH the hamburger is still frozen....      In that routine I also want, no need, to add in a time, a set time to workout. I feel fat. Not fluffy. FAT. Yesterday I seen someone I had not seen in a while and although I she did not say it, I could see in her face that she noticed I had changed, not just the hair cut.... That I was FAT. :o/ It sucks. It seems like it goes SO slow to lose weight and I get unmotivated before I even start. I need to stop that. JUST DO IT. Right? Right!      So far today I got the kitchen done, and the dinning room. I changed where the table is, and I think I like it. Once I get the living room cleaned up and organize the books and such I will get laundry started and work on routines and a budget of sorts for this month. I need to start doing tha

 For some reason you just really do not want to go back to work! Or school!  This weekend turned out to be really nice. The kids had friends over Saturday. I was NOT a taxi all weekend long, the friends SLEPT IN on Sunday for me... Ahhhh.  We went to my Father and Mother in laws house for Labor Day on Sunday. I always love going there. The kids also enjoy it. Takes them at least a couple hours before they decide they are bored. We ate a nice dinner and then searched for crickets and worms and went fishing in the neighbors pond. We did not catch anything, which made Bailey mad (lol) but it was nice anyway. The kids got to ride in the BACK of the TRUCK! You would have thought we just took them to the fair! On the way back the dogs tried to beat us and the kids just hooted and hollered!!! It was great!  Destiny picked Bills brain about Democracy for this report she has to do. If she is a winner, she gets a WEEK LONG trip to DC! She has been working really really hard on this. I hope

 It was time to upgrade, and so I did. I really loved my "old phone" really did. This is the same brand, but like the reviews say, this is a CAMERA with a phone in it! ;) Just what I need. Don't get me wrong I ADORE My Nikon D40 but the girl is BIG and its hard to just carry everywhere. Sometimes your just out and about and want to snap a pic, and sure cellphone pictures are okay and all, but THIS ONE has a flash, and 8.1mp! WOOT!  It also still has the features I loved about my "old phone" It has the music player, and even a place to put Ebooks. It is also a Sony Ericsson which I have had a very good service relationship with! So I am happy. Look out world of Clorie posting pictures... I am armed and DANGEROUS!

My kids know this rule. For the most part. Sundays Mama sleeps in. Get yourself cereal, be quiet and get along... Then I go and do something foolish, like allow 3 of 4 kids to have a friend over, which makes SEVEN kids in one house. One of which, apparently did NOT know the sleep in Sunday rule, even in the SLIGHTEST :o/ Of course when one kid wakes up, or at least this kid wakes up. ALL the kids are up. This did, help my ease of getting them all in bed this evening, but even so! ACK! The weekend went well. We spent time together at the park. All but Destiny of course, who has her own life now. I took some pictures I really liked. I am too lazy to post them here. If you want to see them you can go here. www.flickr.com/clorissasue Anyway that is all I have for now. I started a new blog, you can see it here . It will be for cooking, and recipes and such. This one will be kept for kids and life and bitching :) Just what I needed. Something more to do :)

I call this part `1, because I am certain, over time, there will be many more parts. (thanks to Alisa for the super cute title idea) A bit of background in case you are unaware. I am a waitress, at a local pizza place. I am not saying that I am the most fantastic waitress ever, but for the last 10 or so years, I have waited tables, and for the past 6 I have done so at this pizza place. People ask for me, I get Christmas bonuses from certain regulars, and well, I do a damn good job. I am not saying that I do it all, but I try to go above and beyond in my job. When it comes to setting up the salad bar, I make sure things are how I would eat them, I try to clean up my messes (although I AM Very messy) and I try to be a team player. Its just better that way right? You would think so. I leave my personal life at the door and act happy and pleasent no matter how irritated or sad or mad I might be. Let me also say that my assistant boss, has been there less time than me. She started out a

I am so excited! Tomorrow night, I am having my mother and father in law over for dinner. To repay them (somewhat)for all the help with us getting, and fixing up our new house. I am not sure we could have done it without them. They were there from the loan process, giving advice, looking at the houses we liked best before we paid for an inspection, helping us by fronting money for a fridge so we did not have to live out of a cooler for 8 weeks. I know I have mentioned before how awesome they are, but its worth mentioning it again. So for dinner I am making "Roast Picante" glazed carrots, and Hot Crash Potatoes . I hope that it is good. I am a bit nervous as I don't normally invite people over and cook for them. Only my family who just complains, and picks :OP I just hope everyone can behave while we have company and I can get (and keep) the house clean before they come! This weekend is a pretty busy one. What with them coming over, Tim working in the evenings leaving me a

My new name. Today was a nice day. I did not clean the house, even though its Sunday (the day I clean house) The kids got along, fairly well, for my kids. We had a birthday party go to and Tim worked nights, so a bit of a change in pace. My Aunt decided we should HIKE during the party. I was wearing flip-flops. This marks the second time I have been "hiking" and the second time I have worn the wrong footwear to do so. Fun. I fell on the way out, luckily NOT down the steep hollers we were nearby. I had Bailey on my back, and slammed down on my knee. I look like a 5 year old with the skinned up knee. Luckily though, I am counting the hike as my workout for the day. Especially since I lugged around an 80 pound 8 year old for 7 min. of the hike. It counts! When I went to leave the birthday party, like mother hen I was gathering up my "chicks" one, two, three..... Where is four? Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaailey !!!! No answer. Bathrooms, no bailey. Creek, no bailey. WHERE

Oh? Its me! Yep. There comes a time in parenting when you get to your last straw. You cannot just clock out , go on break, take a sick day... Nope. You have to stick with it and do your best. Sometimes doing your best, does not happen and instead you just go a bit insane. We were on our way to the Drive-In yesterday. A treat, something nice, and rewarding. Promise had a friend with her even. She is going through that phase (God please let it be a short phase) Where everything and I mean EVERYTHING, becomes and argument. Its blue, "No, its LIGHT blue". I work all day "You work PART OF THE DAY not ALL day". It does not matter, what you say, she will find the flip side of it and she cannot just hold it in, she has to bring up her side of it. EVERY. SINGLE.TIME. Let me just say it gets old. REALLY old. So were in the van, on our way to the drive-in and she is FIGHTING with me about more dumb shit. Things that don't matter, but she has to put her 2 cents in and