Friday's To Do List

Brittany and I had a day full of errands. She stayed home today, she's not sick just really tired.

To Do List
~Pay bills (Almost done, need to pay one more online)

~Met up with my sister in law and we bought flowers & supplies to make an arrangement for Bob's Uncle's funeral. (Done)

~Buy a big glass vase

~Picked up this picture and the copies for Bob's Aunt. (Done)



~Put the picture in the frame. (Done)

~Make the flower arrangement. I did it the the parking lot of Fred Meyers. So if you saw me, that's what I was doing. (Done)



~Deliver the flower arrangement to the funeral home along with the framed picture. (Done)

~Pick up Bob at work to go out to lunch. He is in the tan jacket. (Done)



~Went out to eat. Brittany is a happy girl if she gets her favorite Napoleon Dynamite tots. (Done)



~Come home and check my email. (Done)

~Clean kitchen and do the dishes. (NOT Done, maybe tomorrow)

~Get family ready for Bob's Uncle's viewing.

~Go to the viewing.

Ok, enough of the list thing. I feel like it is not making any sense and I am using really bad grammar & verb tenses.

Have a good weekend!

Sick!

Yes, that was SICK, but I am sick of the sickness in our house.

Brittany was up every two hours last night like a newborn baby. Today she is sporting a 101' temperature and will not take her coat off. She lives in her coat. It keeps her warm and at 77 lbs & she needs every extra layer. But today, when she needs to take it off, she will not listen.

Hailey stayed home one more day. Her cough is almost gone but threw up yesterday.

Another day, one at a time!

Here is one of my favorite new tv shows...

My Big Redneck
Wedding

We are not rednecks, but the one part I hate about living in the country and that reminded me of this show, is the picture above. Hunting for ELK is sooooooooooooo sick.

That picture was taken in 1991.
The first year I ever saw a dead elk, being a newlywed, Bob talked me into helping him cut it up, wrap the meat, and freeze that elk. It did not last long, I was pregnant with Brittany at the time, and my gag reflex took over. (Thank Goodness &I never ate any of it)



Today, elk, deer or any other wild red meat is not allowed in our extra freezer in the garage. The only meat that is allowed is from Bob sisters cattle and her pigs we buy and have professionally processed. (They own a grade A dairy farm)
Edit: Fish are allowed
If you really want to grossed out click here.....

SICK!

From Whitney's Myspace

I got this forwarded to me by my own Miss Whitney. She is still really worn out from the mono,
but made it to school yesterday. She came home, took a nap tell 7:30pm, did her homework, and went back to bed.

Now, my Miss Hailey has the croup. (coughing that sounds like a dog) She has been home for the last two days.

Next year, for sure, we are all getting our flu shots. I hate getting sick & I am tired of everyone getting sick.

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1. First thing you wash in the shower?
My Hair


2. What color is your favorite hoodie?
Do not have a hoodie

3. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
Yes

4. Do you plan outfits?
no, whatever is clean & that still fits.

5. How are you feeling RIGHT now?
bored & tired

6. Whats the closest thing to you thats red?
The label on my 33oz Dr Pepper

7. Do you say aim or a-i-m?
what is it? American Online Instant Messaging?

8. Tell me about the last dream you remember having?
My 11 year old "started" and did not tell me for days. That is something she would do to.

9. Did you meet anybody new today?
nope

10. What are you craving right now?
my warm bed & sleep


11. Do you floss?
yes

12. What comes to mind when I say cabbage?
cabbage patch dolls

13. When was the last time you talked on im?
Sunday

14. Are you emotional?
A little

15. Would you dance to the taco song?
What?

16. Have you ever counted to 1,000?
yes

17. Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it?
lick it

18. Do you like your hair?
no, it's to thin

19. Do you like yourself?
Mostly

20. Have you ever met a celebrity?
yep.
Lyle from Napoleon Dynamite.

21. Do you like cottage cheese?
NO WAY!


22. What are you listening to right now?
Hailey coughing and Charlie and the Chocolate factory movie that she is watching.

23. How many countries have you visited?
2

24. Are your parents strict?
They use to be

25. Would you go sky diving?
no

26. Would you go out to eat with George W. Bush?
sure, if he paid

27. Would you throw potatoes at him?
no

28. Is there anything sparkly in the room you’re in?
no

29. Have you ever been in a castle?
Cinderla's castle at Disney World

30. Do you rent movies often?
i have netflix.

31. Who sits in behind you in your math class?
I do not have math class

32. Have you made a prank phone call?
Yes, my neighbor and I would always prank call our teachers.

33. Do you own a gun?
Dh dose

34. Can you count backwards from 74?
yes if I try

35. Who are you going to be with tonight?
my family

36. Brown or white eggs?
White


37. Do you own something from Hot Topic?
AH no

38. Ever been on a train?
Yes

39. Ever been in love?
Yes

40. Do you have a cell-phone?
Yes

41. Are you too forgiving?
yes

42. Do you use chap stick?
everyday

43. What is your best friend doing tomorrow?
It's my Sil b-day. I am taking her out to eat.

44. Can you use chop sticks?
no

45. Ever have cream puffs?
yes

46. Have you ever seen The Butterfly Effect?
no

47. What was the last question you asked?
do you want a bowel of cereal?

48. What was the last CD you bought?
??


49. Boys or girls?
both

50. What is your bus number for school?
do not ride the bus??

51. Is your hair curly?
with a perm

52. Last time you cried?
other day

53. Ever walked into a wall?
sure

54. Do looks matter?
yes but no

55. Have you ever bought anything from Pac Sun?
no

56. Have you ever slapped someone?
yes

57. Favorite time of the year?
spring

58. Favorite color?
red


59. Are you sarcastic?
sarcastic

60. Do you have any tattoos?
No

61. The last person you held hands with?
my dd

62. Do you sleep with the TV on?
yes

63. Where was your default picture taken at?
???

64. Do you hate or dislike more than 3 people?
yes

65. Do you like your life right now?
sure

66. How often do you talk on the phone?
a couple times a day

67. What is your favorite animal?
fish

68. What was the most recent thing you bought?
perscriptions

69. Do you have good vision?
no, blind as a bat without contacts

70. Can you hula hoop?
yes

71. Could you ever forgive a cheater?
Depends

72. Do you have a job?
mom

73. Can you handle the truth?
yes

74. What are you wearing?
pj's

75. Have you ever crawled through a window?
yes

The Amazing Digi Scrapping Race

Credits Here

Did you notice the new blinkie on the right??

Jen U has opened up her new digital shop and I am happy to be apart of her design team!


Go check it out! She has tons of yummy elements!
(I used a ton of them in Hailey's layout)

RIP

Bob's uncle died on Friday.

Thankful Thursday

Isn't it nice when you find some pictures that you have forgotten all about?


Just look, you can almost see Whitney's tonsils. (She has been sleeping all day, but seems to feel a little bit better)


I must have been sick when I took these pictures. The moment a virus hits my system, I get dark circles under my eyes.


Isn't that sweet?
Then look down and see Devin sticking his tongue out at me. LOL
(The hideous chair and ottoman are now in the basement. They were an early 1990's purchase)




Camping out in front of the TV & watching a movie are two of my kids favorite things to do.
Can you guess what movie they were watching??

I love my babies & I cannot believe how fast they grow up.

MONO not UNO

I took Whitney back to the DR and she has mononucleosis.

2 more RX's, clorox wipes, hand sanitizer, Lysol disinfectant spray, and pine sol floor cleaner.
Keep Whitney in your prayers.

And she says she has not been kissing anyone!

Digital Scrapbook Freebie (not the mp3)

HERE

and the mp3 song
"I am a Mormon"
Here


Digital Scrapbooking Freebie search engine put up an LDS song I remember from my childhood, not scrapbook element.

Please leave a shout out here on my blog. I fixed it so anyone can leave one!
(No pervs please)

Thanks!

3rd post for the day

Here are a few random things I did not post in the other two entries for the day...

• ~Whitney has Strep throat for the 2nd time this month. Luckily, the DR wrote RX's for everyone of my 5 kids.
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• ~I do not want to wash the huge pile of dirty clothes waiting for me in my laundry room and in the basket in the hall.
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• ~Cleaned & bleached down one of the two bathrooms. I hate cleaning bathrooms more then laundry.
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• ~On Sunday it was ward conference. I got picked to bare my testimony by the stake president. The LUCK!
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• ~I am making a frozen STOUFFER'S family meal for dinner. Lazy, I know.
  
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• ~Brittany starts her adult life skills class today. I am a little nervous.

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• ~Whitney watched 16 Candles for the first time this weekend. I love that show.

And Julie wants to know what is in my purse.

• ~one purple pen
• ~a pencil
  
• ~one cherry chap stick
• ~one DR Pepper chap stick
• ~one ugly Maybelline lipstick
• ~one mauve tinted lip gloss
  
• ~two Sonic breath mints
• ~Whitney's ring
• ~a tampon
  
• ~my dh's truck key on a red heart key chain
• ~6 receipts from everywhere I have been in the last week: Tar-jay, Wal*fart, Sears, WINCO, & Deseret Industries
• ~one DR's note for Whitney's high school attendance office
• ~a dime
• ~dollar store black sunglasses
• ~one bottle of finger nail polish
• ~two "take a number" slips {#G57 & #G67} from the state building.
  
• ~my wallet
• ~& two business cards
  

Why I bought the records

Whitney's room!

Here is how you make it/them.



You will need these things

1. scrapbook paper
2. an old record
3. pen/pencil
4. mod podge
5. scissors
6. sponge brush
7. paper towels
   
8. clear push pins to hang it up
9. something to trace a uniformed circle from. I just happened to use the sand paper & it even has the center hole.

trace the template, whatever you can find to cover up the record label



trace on the wrong side of the scrapbook paper so you do not see the pen marks



ta-da



cut it out



on the line



see the circle?



sponge the mod podge the back of the circle



place it on the record



flip the record over and match up the little circle with the records hole
(they will all be centered this way)



mod podge the front of the paper



wait a minute for it to dry



and another coat of mod podge



then poke the pen or pencil you use to trace the circle threw the center.
hold it up to the light to find it



push the paper all the way through



put a little mod podge on the back of the record



to attach the center tiny pieces of paper



wipe of the extra mod podge (we were out of paper towels)



let it dry



hang it up with a clear push pin



eye ball it to hang them up

or you can be a perfectionist and measure it so they are straight

I eye balled it



Looks good huh?
Whitney, not so much, she has strep throat again.

& this was my inspiration.



from the movie Pretty in Pink.

I wish I owned a record player!

Tons of things are going on! But in the middle of it all, Devin & I went to DI in search of some vynil records. They have tons and tons of them for .50¢ a piece.

Here are some of the best ones I bought....

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My mom liked them.



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Bob likes them.
{Remember he grew up in Idaho and is 6 years older then me}
Ok, I admit it, I do too.



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Oh, Donny & Marie. When my littler sister was born in 1975, I honestly thought my mom named her after MARIE OSMOND. My sisters name is Julie Marie, Marie after my grandmother's middle name.






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I listened to this one in grade school P.E.
{music to motivate us to exercise}
and even remember watching the movie on one of those old projectors. Remember those? And the AV nerdy kids who had permits to run them?



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This song was sung at our wedding reception.


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And several Disney records w/the book albums. My neighbor, the rich kid had all of these.



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Growing up we had this one on a cassette tape.

You can download {I AM A MORMON} mp3 HERE.






(digital freebie is here)

Tar-jay

Whitney and I went on a late night run to

for some retail therapy.

After working for them twice in my life time, spending every dime I made at Tar-jay, I know where all of the
items are hidden and if you find anything ending in a 4 cents or a 8 cents it's a real score. {the lowest marked down price} I love finding good deals and those little red tags.


Other Target clearance info...

Traditional Holiday clearance schedule
50% off day after holiday for three days
75% off fourth day after holiday for three days
90% off seventh day after holiday for 1-2 days.
Other than Christmas this is the schedule used for holiday clearance, including Valentine’s Day, Easter, July 4th, Summer, and Halloween.

Weekly Mark Down Schedule:
-Mon. — Electronics, Kids Clothing and Stationary (Cards, GiftWrap, etc.)
-Tues. — Domestics, Women’s Clothing, Pets and Market (food items)
-Wed. — Men’s Clothing, Toys, Health and Beauty, Lawn & Garden items
-Thur. — House Wares, Lingerie, Shoes, Sporting Goods, Movies, Music, Books, Decor and Luggage
-Fri. — Auto, Cosmetics, Hardware, & Jewelry

I found this comforter set for Desiree's room. $34.98
{it's not on clearance online?}
It matches the paint in her room perfectly. 2 pack of sports bras for Brittany for $3.48.
The only kind she will keep on.
Her past history is here

1 funky lamp missing the shade for $9.48 for Whitney's room.

Lampshade was $12.95, not on sale.

Stay tuned for my cool, crafty project for my teenagers pink retro room.
It involves recycling records, mod podge, & scrapbook paper.

Paint Crazy MOM

credits here

I am really wishing I was in Oregon today. Being able to just jump into the car and got to the beach in less then an hour was always a great thing to do on a Saturday! I have not been there for 3 1/2 years. HO HUM. The snow and lack of color outside is starting to get to me.

Speaking of color....

I moved on and painted Whitney's room Siren Pink.







Bob thinks I am crazy, but for $13 a gallon at Wal*fart, color on the walls makes me happy!

(Desiree's paint color is called Jamaican Dream)

Sorry

I am sorry if you read my blog with blog lines, or google reader. I hit publish post before I proof read and then go back and edit.


Do you read your horoscope??

Look how fitting mine is for today....


I do not want to got the state building.

I am having

an OH Sh_nikes day.

Like an air head, I sent Hailey off to school in her swim suit, not reading the note that was sent home. Around 10am I got a phone call telling me that Hailey had an accident and needed a change of clothes. Crap! The school secretary told me they were just suppose to bring there swim suit and a towel in a bag and leave them at school for next Tuesday. OK, I guess I need to read all of the notes that my kids bring home. Hailey did not make it in time to strip completely, take her swim suit off, to use the potty. HELLO....

Then last night at Wal*fart, I went to pick Brittany's medicine up and I found out that she is not qualified and dose not have Katie Beckett medicaid coverage?? ()@&*(&$ So, first thing this morning I found out that I never filled out one form by Jan. 31. ONE lossy form, and she dose not have Medicaid. SO this afternoon I have to go to the state build, fill out the one form that I forgot about, have an interview, and pray they can retro her medicaid from the 31st of Jan. Stress.

But on a happier note...

The valentines were a hit at school and worth the mad rush to get them finished.
I am a procrastinator, remember?
Whitney was not into handing them out, but I sent them to both grandparents.

Went out to lunch with Bob then shopping. He got a new pair of black leather work boots and I got a new RED wool coat. The best thing about the coat, it actually fits. Long enough in the arms and it's not a man's coat.... (Remember I am 6'2" and never find a women's coat with long arms)

I finished painting Desiree's room. It turned out really nice. I am still searching for the perfect bedding to match. Something with white, brown, and turquoise. I saw some cute bed in a bag sets on www.jcp.com, so I might go over there today after the interview saga.

Have a good weekend!

update- 3 hours in the state building and it will be fixed by next week.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I had a crazy night putting together Valentine's. I made them digital this year.
The twins two school classes are having a combine party today. Between the two of them I had to make 80 cards with 80 treats. UGH Thank goodness for dum dum suckers.











Brittany had her first official seizure at high school, yesterday. I was a wreck when I got the phone call. With only one working car and I did not have it, I started to panic. Bob was on a job sight and did not answer his cell phone on the first try & my mil was not home too. On the third try I got a hold of Bob and he went and picked her up ASAP. The teacher and the 2 aides were frightened by her seizure. Seizures are nothing new for us or Brittany, but at a new school, and new teachers this year, I was really worried. Today she is fine, but is probably getting sick. She was excited to go to school and hand out her Valentine's.

Bob is taking me out for lunch today. We planned on a noon lunch but he hit a huge pot hole and got a flat. He just called at 1:23pm and said the tire is fixed and he's on his way to take me out to lunch!

Have a happy Valentines day!

XOXOXO

It's growing on me.

but I am still not crazy about it.
{Bob says he likes it, but it sure is a differnt color???}

Been Busy

~I found out last week that my youngest sister who lives in Maryland is having a baby girl in June. This will be there second child and first dd.

~We went to the Rexburg temple dedication. We went to the 4th session and Elder Russell M. Nelson conducted. It was wonderful. The one saying, or quote I really remember is from President Bednar.

Much is given, much is required.

~Look at my oldest brother, he has always been up on finding a good adventure.
He is in the Provo, Utah canyon.

~I went to my kids IEP meeting yesterday. I always get so upset about going to them. I feel like a failure having kids who need extra help learning. But it was fine after all and switched blogspot addresses with the resource room teacher. HI Mrs Rogers!

~I survived with out my computer Saturday & Sunday.
My computer was infected with the torjan horse virus.
Not this kind...
But, honestly it was the first thing that came to my mind....
My home teacher fixed it for me!!! He worked for DELL a few years ago and is quite the computer man. Thank you so much Ted & Kelli!!!

~Took all 5 kids to the dentist for their 6 month cleaning. Note to self: Never do that again.
Brittany needs her 3 wisdom teeth pulled and the dentist referred me to an oral surgeon. Devin, Desiree, & Hailey are cavity free. Whitney on the other hand, has 6 cavities, 4 of them are tiny and probably do not need to be filled but, she is getting braces in April.

~Started to fix things up in our house. I bought a shag RED rug and matching pillows for my front room. And went wild and bought 3 gallons of colored paint to finish decorating the twins bedrooms. I started to paint Desiree's room today,
and let me tell you, I HATE IT.
My batteries are dead for my camera or I would take a picture of it.
It is about the color of the torjan wrapper.
Bob is going to kill me........
& I could die for actually painting it that color~

Cell phone camera to the rescue.



& it's self portrait Tuesday.


YUCKY isn't it....

I am off to buy more paint to fix it.

credits here

Today has been one of those days....

First thing this morning, Brittany special ed bus, aka the short bus, got stuck in the snow pile while backing out of our drive way. I did not notice it tell I heard an engine that sounded like it was being revved. I had just turned on my computer, and was to busy to go see what it was.



After I read a few emails, I could still hear the revving of an engine. I walked into the front room to see Brittany's bus stuck and my neighbor across the street trying to dig the bus out.
Dressed in my favorite Old Navy black and red plaid cotton PJ bottoms, and old tee shirt, tennis shoes without socks, and Bob's smelly work coat, I went out to help. A county snow plow was at the end of our dead end street, and by the time I went out there it had pulled up and the driver started to help get the bus out too.



Yes that is me, the wide one in the middle, freezing my pants off.
While all of this was happening, Brittany was laughing on the bus. She was probably wondered what I was doing outside in the snow in my PJ's.
Whitney took these pictures, I told her too, because it is Self Propriate Tuesday. LOL
We tried everything to get it out of the 3ft drift; sand from the snow plow truck, plywood from our garage, shovels, telling the handicapped kids to ROCK back and forth (MOST handicapped kids already rock back and forth naturally) when the bus driver was flooring it(picturing the bus running right into our cement mailbox. It's white in the other picture), and not being so smart we even tried to give it a push. Remember I had no socks on, PJ's, and snow up to my knees. That was it for me, I wimped out and came in and watched another snow plow truck come to the rescue.




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"I was in my ____, and i noticed this ______. my only thought was, "why do i still have this hanging around my house?!?"


Brittany is holding it

I was in my closet, and noticed this purple silk dress I wore to my high school graduation in 1989, and wondered, why do I still have this??? Who knows, maybe because it's silk and probably will never ever buy, wear, or own a silk dress again. Heaven knows it will not fit again.



Whitney tired it on.



It even has a butt ruffle.


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Hailey as a baby.

a new prophet

We, members of the LDS church, have a new prophet.
Thomas S. Monson

(He was my MIL's mission president in the late 1950's)

I made another freebie to share.
Please remember to give credit and a shout out.


time is up

My creative juices have finally began to flow again.


This one is of my Grandma Hemingway taken at BYU in 1939
credits here


This is one of my Dunkin' Kids with his Dad.
I teach the 7-8 years old in Primary. Once they turn 8, we believe they are the age of accountability and should get baptized and become member of our church.
He was the first in the class to get baptized
and this was his present from me,
printed off as an 8x10, & framed, of course.
He like bugs, snakes, and the color red.

Finally Friday

1. It's my Dh's payday!

2. Going out with my sister-in-law to spend some my dh's dinero and have a kid free night.

3. Finished my last digital kit for kbandfriends.com

4. I need to clarify that nothing is wrong with me, my family, or anything else imaginable; I am just stepping down from the designer position and I am not going to create digital kits for $$$ after March 1st.

5. Julie, aka my 6'2" TWIN from another mother, gave me this cool blog award.


I need to give it to 25 Bodacious
Bloggers. I not going to give it to that many, because I am still in my pj's at 4:30 pm and I need to get showered for my night on the town. So here goes, off the top of my head, and my favorites in my linked blogs to the right
....
Zee- the cougar mom that rocks Los Vegas

Dena-Another Rockin' mom of 5

Miss Jenn-Love her digital designs & cute little family

Sherelle-I just love reading her blog, so has dang cute kids and is very crafty. (Lives in Idaho too)

Pioneer Woman- for keepin' it real!

If I named you, tag, your it.

6. Hailey got strep too. She weights 47lbs and is 47" tall. Nobody else has it.

7. Another Vintage Valentine freebie & please give me some love in return!



>>>> Time is up <<<<


8. Have a good weekend!