Okay this will be short b/c I have stuff to do… but today is my B day… I’m officially the same age as Grandma Sullivan! I think I’ll be like her and keep this age my new AGE. Yeah! So crazy news…
I was offered a job from another staffing company… and it’s a bigger position and I accepted it. I had been in dealings with the company I worked with in Lafayette but the salary they were offering was really horrible and honestly I didn’t think I could afford to live on it… so this position kind of hit all of a sudden (even though it’s been in the making for several months) so I accepted and STARTED on Wednesday. This is my second day and I’m making my way through it. I’m a little overwhelmed to say the least… but we have a plan and I’m working through it… I hope that once I get my internal staff is hired I’ll feel MUCH MUCH MUCH better then how I feel right now… b/c right now I have a LOT resting on my shoulders and I’m ready to share the responsibility with others.
Soooooo I’m back at work Helen has agreed to watch the girls during the day so that has been wonderful I really appreciate it! I think it will be good for them and hopefully in Fall I’ll get Lehna set up for preschool and I’ll take and drop off… or try at least…
My big birthday plans… I don’t think I have any… isn’t that sad I was able to get a very awesome massage and my favorite author has a new book out so I got that from the kiddos and Tait. Tait talked about going out to dinner and I don’t know if that is happening or not… it’s hard to say…
The massage will be fab to use in the next couple of weeks before we get CRAZY at work. It sounds like between September and January I’m going to be SWAMPED… it will be awesome bonus time… but… scary… we’ll see what happens…
But that is what’s happening now… crazy times lie ahead… so hold onto your butts everyone b/c it’s going to be crazy!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
The winds have changed
Okay this will be short b/c I have stuff to do… but today is my B day… I’m officially the same age as Grandma Sullivan! I think I’ll be like her and keep this age my new AGE. Yeah! So crazy news…
I was offered a job from another staffing company… and it’s a bigger position and I accepted it. I had been in dealings with the company I worked with in Lafayette but the salary they were offering was really horrible and honestly I didn’t think I could afford to live on it… so this position kind of hit all of a sudden (even though it’s been in the making for several months) so I accepted and STARTED on Wednesday. This is my second day and I’m making my way through it. I’m a little overwhelmed to say the least… but we have a plan and I’m working through it… I hope that once I get my internal staff is hired I’ll feel MUCH MUCH MUCH better then how I feel right now… b/c right now I have a LOT resting on my shoulders and I’m ready to share the responsibility with others.
Soooooo I’m back at work Helen has agreed to watch the girls during the day so that has been wonderful I really appreciate it! I think it will be good for them and hopefully in Fall I’ll get Lehna set up for preschool and I’ll take and drop off… or try at least…
My big birthday plans… I don’t think I have any… isn’t that sad I was able to get a very awesome massage and my favorite author has a new book out so I got that from the kiddos and Tait. Tait talked about going out to dinner and I don’t know if that is happening or not… it’s hard to say…
The massage will be fab to use in the next couple of weeks before we get CRAZY at work. It sounds like between September and January I’m going to be SWAMPED… it will be awesome bonus time… but… scary… we’ll see what happens…
But that is what’s happening now… crazy times lie ahead… so hold onto your butts everyone b/c it’s going to be crazy!
I was offered a job from another staffing company… and it’s a bigger position and I accepted it. I had been in dealings with the company I worked with in Lafayette but the salary they were offering was really horrible and honestly I didn’t think I could afford to live on it… so this position kind of hit all of a sudden (even though it’s been in the making for several months) so I accepted and STARTED on Wednesday. This is my second day and I’m making my way through it. I’m a little overwhelmed to say the least… but we have a plan and I’m working through it… I hope that once I get my internal staff is hired I’ll feel MUCH MUCH MUCH better then how I feel right now… b/c right now I have a LOT resting on my shoulders and I’m ready to share the responsibility with others.
Soooooo I’m back at work Helen has agreed to watch the girls during the day so that has been wonderful I really appreciate it! I think it will be good for them and hopefully in Fall I’ll get Lehna set up for preschool and I’ll take and drop off… or try at least…
My big birthday plans… I don’t think I have any… isn’t that sad I was able to get a very awesome massage and my favorite author has a new book out so I got that from the kiddos and Tait. Tait talked about going out to dinner and I don’t know if that is happening or not… it’s hard to say…
The massage will be fab to use in the next couple of weeks before we get CRAZY at work. It sounds like between September and January I’m going to be SWAMPED… it will be awesome bonus time… but… scary… we’ll see what happens…
But that is what’s happening now… crazy times lie ahead… so hold onto your butts everyone b/c it’s going to be crazy!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Update in Mid-June
Isn't that crazy that it's mid June already! Mercy this year is flying by it's totally crazy. Well we had a pretty busy weekend so I wanted to blog about it.
We had guests! Marcus and Jackie came up to get the Dryer that we aren't using right now and there's was lost in the flood. That's the reason they came up but I cooked up a storm and invited Terry and Mom down for some much needed grandparent - grand kiddo time. I think that they really enjoyed seeing the kids.
I made a ham. It was pretty tasty I have to say myself there is just a little bit b/c we have been eating on it all weekend. And then the standard Mac N Cheese and Potato bake it was very tasty. I spend a lot of the morning in the kitchen on Saturday b/c I was asked to make 4 dozen cookies for Sunday so I had to whip those out on Saturday morning then make more for everyone to enjoy. So it was a good time.
Jackie took the her kiddos to the same place I got the girls' pictures taken and she got some REALLY cute shots of the kids. I saw them posted on Facebook this morning they aren't up on her blog yet... but I'm sure they will come.
It was nice having everyone over for lunch. M & J just came for the day and Mom and Terry went home after lunch but it was a lot of fun. So thanks for coming over! I hope you had a good time. I tired my best to convince them to spend the night... but they didn't :( But they are coming up the end of August so they will spend the night then... and I know the girls will LOVE spending time with them again.
On Sunday after church we had promised the girls we would take them to the beach if they were good at church and Lehna just about lost her beach trip but she put her good Lehna on and was MUCH better. So we headed to the beach. It was soooooo much fun. We brought a bunch of sand toys and buckets and stuff like that and I played in the sand I had a GREAT time... LOL Lehna and Tait pretty much stayed in the water, and Maya went back in forth between us it was fun. By the time we left Maya & Lehna were SOAKING wet and sandy from HEAD TO TOE... it was horrible... since Tait and I failed to bring... oh Towels OR another change of clothes... so we had water in water bottles and we rinsed them off and stripped Maya down to a new diaper and Lehna down to Tait's tee shirt and panties and headed home. I think next time I'll put the kids in the BATHING suits and bring towels (more water) and another change of clothes... b/c that was quite the adventure... once we got home it was straight into the shower... and they were COVERED in sand... it was a good time though at least I think they had a good time. They have already asked to go back and as long as the weather stays nice we will go again and again.
I love the temps in Wisconsin it is seriously 70 degrees it's WONDERFUL you know too cold to swim but warm enough to just enjoy the sun... it's fabulous... Indiana has been in the mid 80s so I'm glad that I'm not having to endure that... LOL f
I have been making lots of friends here and I'm really loving that. I was invited to chocolate party... that was fun... and I'm making lots of friends so I'm so excited about that. Oh and another cool thing is our house goes on the market THIS week! so hopefully it will be bought and that will be ONE less monkey on our back... I hope... we have been praying so hopefully it will all work out.
Okay that's all I got... I don't think we have many plans for this weekend... just enjoying the kiddos, feeding the missionaries, and relaxing... I love that.
We had guests! Marcus and Jackie came up to get the Dryer that we aren't using right now and there's was lost in the flood. That's the reason they came up but I cooked up a storm and invited Terry and Mom down for some much needed grandparent - grand kiddo time. I think that they really enjoyed seeing the kids.
I made a ham. It was pretty tasty I have to say myself there is just a little bit b/c we have been eating on it all weekend. And then the standard Mac N Cheese and Potato bake it was very tasty. I spend a lot of the morning in the kitchen on Saturday b/c I was asked to make 4 dozen cookies for Sunday so I had to whip those out on Saturday morning then make more for everyone to enjoy. So it was a good time.
Jackie took the her kiddos to the same place I got the girls' pictures taken and she got some REALLY cute shots of the kids. I saw them posted on Facebook this morning they aren't up on her blog yet... but I'm sure they will come.
It was nice having everyone over for lunch. M & J just came for the day and Mom and Terry went home after lunch but it was a lot of fun. So thanks for coming over! I hope you had a good time. I tired my best to convince them to spend the night... but they didn't :( But they are coming up the end of August so they will spend the night then... and I know the girls will LOVE spending time with them again.
On Sunday after church we had promised the girls we would take them to the beach if they were good at church and Lehna just about lost her beach trip but she put her good Lehna on and was MUCH better. So we headed to the beach. It was soooooo much fun. We brought a bunch of sand toys and buckets and stuff like that and I played in the sand I had a GREAT time... LOL Lehna and Tait pretty much stayed in the water, and Maya went back in forth between us it was fun. By the time we left Maya & Lehna were SOAKING wet and sandy from HEAD TO TOE... it was horrible... since Tait and I failed to bring... oh Towels OR another change of clothes... so we had water in water bottles and we rinsed them off and stripped Maya down to a new diaper and Lehna down to Tait's tee shirt and panties and headed home. I think next time I'll put the kids in the BATHING suits and bring towels (more water) and another change of clothes... b/c that was quite the adventure... once we got home it was straight into the shower... and they were COVERED in sand... it was a good time though at least I think they had a good time. They have already asked to go back and as long as the weather stays nice we will go again and again.
I love the temps in Wisconsin it is seriously 70 degrees it's WONDERFUL you know too cold to swim but warm enough to just enjoy the sun... it's fabulous... Indiana has been in the mid 80s so I'm glad that I'm not having to endure that... LOL f
I have been making lots of friends here and I'm really loving that. I was invited to chocolate party... that was fun... and I'm making lots of friends so I'm so excited about that. Oh and another cool thing is our house goes on the market THIS week! so hopefully it will be bought and that will be ONE less monkey on our back... I hope... we have been praying so hopefully it will all work out.
Okay that's all I got... I don't think we have many plans for this weekend... just enjoying the kiddos, feeding the missionaries, and relaxing... I love that.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Pictures of Girls
So last week when Tanna and her children here she took them to get there picture taken so I thought it would be nice to get the girls taken since it's been awhile... so I went and bought them simlair outfits at Marshalls and scheduled their appointments. Here are the pictures from it... they turned out really cute so that was good.
They smiled pretty well and I was pleased with the way they turned out. I'm posting them here and on facebook so enjoy. There is more on Facebook... just so you know... It's easier to format them on facebook then blogger...
Lehna
Maya
Maya & Lehna
Big Smile from Maya
Lehna in the big white chair
So You are like totally spoiled this week... two posts and pictures in ONE WEEK... sometimes I just amaze myself... LOL
They smiled pretty well and I was pleased with the way they turned out. I'm posting them here and on facebook so enjoy. There is more on Facebook... just so you know... It's easier to format them on facebook then blogger...
Lehna
Maya
Maya & Lehna
Big Smile from Maya
Lehna in the big white chair
So You are like totally spoiled this week... two posts and pictures in ONE WEEK... sometimes I just amaze myself... LOL
Monday, June 08, 2009
A quick Pause Check and I can tell you I AM ALIVE.
I know I know I have been seriously lacking in attention to my blog. I think the major reason for this is… well laziness and secondly… hum… laziness. I know I know you can only do laziness for so long… and today I have decided to kick my lazy butt into shape.
I am still holding steady at my weight loss which is incredibly disappointing… that means that I will hit my year mark in two months and my total loss is only 35 lbs.… which is good but seriously I was hoping it would be closer to 70 lbs.… I think the little 3-month “break” this year didn’t help my cause. But I am back on the train. Tait and I have been walking every morning for an hour and when I get up I usually go down and do palates or ii fit for a little bit. But still the plateau is still there. I think my diet needs some work again. B/c that has been kind of bad… so that’s where it’s all coming from… (sigh) oh well at least I didn’t gain all the weight back… that’s something… right? I know I know I’m searching for victories.
So some news… News News News who’s got the news… oh okay. I did accept a job it doesn’t start until July so I’m enjoying my last month with the kiddos. Helen has agreed to watch the girls for the first 3 months and then after that they will go to daycare. I told Lehna when we moved that she wouldn’t have to go to school until I got a job then once I told her I got a job she has a look of HORROR on her face and asks very shyly “does that mean I have to go back to school?” and I told her that she doesn’t have to go for 3 months… I told her not until Turkey day… so she was happy about that. And I think it will be good for her… to get back into school and whatever daycare we sign her up in will hopefully have preschool to get her ready for kindergarten… it’s so sad to think that our kiddos are almost school age. It seems like they were babies just months ago…
We have settled into our homestead for now. We have been doing so much with our kiddos it’s really been a ton of fun. It’s amazing how much more there is to do here and how much we have been getting around. We have gone to visit Mom and Terry twice so far and we are planning a BIG trip with everyone at the end of the July which I CAN’T wait for it will be SOOOOO much fun.
We had some guests over last week. Tanna and her children, plus Camryan came for a 4-day visit. Tanna just had a baby two weeks ago and wanted to come up to visit us. She had a little BOY by the way. I was on pins and needles to find out what she was going to have… but a little boy. His name is Courtlen Brooks he’s a cutie pie and is really super long. But just a really sweet baby, he’s not too demanding so far anyways. The girls LOVED having everyone here and it was nice having the house busy.
News on church front I don’t remember if I blogged about this yet or not… but Tait and I were called as scout leaders in the cub scouts… we are called “den leaders” technically but it’s an interesting calling to say the least. At least both Tait and I get to work together and plan and get to interact with the kiddos… it’s crazy for me b/c I’m used to girls so having the boys is really different. They are a handful to say the least very active… we have the 8 & 9 year old group and I have to say that there is a MAJOR difference in behavior and ability between 8 & 9 that I have noticed so far it’s truly amazing… who would have thought a year would be so different… so we are doing our cub scout thing.
So we are pasted the settling in stage and now getting into our weekly routines. I really have enjoyed staying home with the girls. The job search has been going and I think I’ll like the position that I have accepted it’s a company I worked in in Lafayette so at least I know what the company does. So who knows we’ll give it a whirl and see what happens.
Well that’s life right now… we do something fun every weekend…? This past weekend we went to see up in the Movie Theater it was an incredibly SWEET movie… not what I expected but sweet. I cried… LOL I know silly but I did. The girls enjoyed the movie too… Maya fell asleep halfway through… but Lehna enjoyed it. Then we went to Chuckie Cheese Lehna didn’t mind going b/c the Mouse went away and she convince herself that the mouse was “trapped” and couldn’t get her… I tired to explain to her that the “mouse” she was seeing was just the electronic moving mouse but she didn’t understand and she relaxed after she thought he was trapped so I didn’t push the envelope any b/c I didn’t want to have to sit and have her cry the entire time.
But anyways that’s life right now… I totally wish I could get pictures off my camera b/c it would be a lot more enjoyable… but oh well…
I am still holding steady at my weight loss which is incredibly disappointing… that means that I will hit my year mark in two months and my total loss is only 35 lbs.… which is good but seriously I was hoping it would be closer to 70 lbs.… I think the little 3-month “break” this year didn’t help my cause. But I am back on the train. Tait and I have been walking every morning for an hour and when I get up I usually go down and do palates or ii fit for a little bit. But still the plateau is still there. I think my diet needs some work again. B/c that has been kind of bad… so that’s where it’s all coming from… (sigh) oh well at least I didn’t gain all the weight back… that’s something… right? I know I know I’m searching for victories.
So some news… News News News who’s got the news… oh okay. I did accept a job it doesn’t start until July so I’m enjoying my last month with the kiddos. Helen has agreed to watch the girls for the first 3 months and then after that they will go to daycare. I told Lehna when we moved that she wouldn’t have to go to school until I got a job then once I told her I got a job she has a look of HORROR on her face and asks very shyly “does that mean I have to go back to school?” and I told her that she doesn’t have to go for 3 months… I told her not until Turkey day… so she was happy about that. And I think it will be good for her… to get back into school and whatever daycare we sign her up in will hopefully have preschool to get her ready for kindergarten… it’s so sad to think that our kiddos are almost school age. It seems like they were babies just months ago…
We have settled into our homestead for now. We have been doing so much with our kiddos it’s really been a ton of fun. It’s amazing how much more there is to do here and how much we have been getting around. We have gone to visit Mom and Terry twice so far and we are planning a BIG trip with everyone at the end of the July which I CAN’T wait for it will be SOOOOO much fun.
We had some guests over last week. Tanna and her children, plus Camryan came for a 4-day visit. Tanna just had a baby two weeks ago and wanted to come up to visit us. She had a little BOY by the way. I was on pins and needles to find out what she was going to have… but a little boy. His name is Courtlen Brooks he’s a cutie pie and is really super long. But just a really sweet baby, he’s not too demanding so far anyways. The girls LOVED having everyone here and it was nice having the house busy.
News on church front I don’t remember if I blogged about this yet or not… but Tait and I were called as scout leaders in the cub scouts… we are called “den leaders” technically but it’s an interesting calling to say the least. At least both Tait and I get to work together and plan and get to interact with the kiddos… it’s crazy for me b/c I’m used to girls so having the boys is really different. They are a handful to say the least very active… we have the 8 & 9 year old group and I have to say that there is a MAJOR difference in behavior and ability between 8 & 9 that I have noticed so far it’s truly amazing… who would have thought a year would be so different… so we are doing our cub scout thing.
So we are pasted the settling in stage and now getting into our weekly routines. I really have enjoyed staying home with the girls. The job search has been going and I think I’ll like the position that I have accepted it’s a company I worked in in Lafayette so at least I know what the company does. So who knows we’ll give it a whirl and see what happens.
Well that’s life right now… we do something fun every weekend…? This past weekend we went to see up in the Movie Theater it was an incredibly SWEET movie… not what I expected but sweet. I cried… LOL I know silly but I did. The girls enjoyed the movie too… Maya fell asleep halfway through… but Lehna enjoyed it. Then we went to Chuckie Cheese Lehna didn’t mind going b/c the Mouse went away and she convince herself that the mouse was “trapped” and couldn’t get her… I tired to explain to her that the “mouse” she was seeing was just the electronic moving mouse but she didn’t understand and she relaxed after she thought he was trapped so I didn’t push the envelope any b/c I didn’t want to have to sit and have her cry the entire time.
But anyways that’s life right now… I totally wish I could get pictures off my camera b/c it would be a lot more enjoyable… but oh well…