Hurry Up Monday and GET HERE.....

My baby girl Emma. I miss her so much, but I stay positive because I am CERTAIN that she will be back with us after Monday. I go to Court that day to get her back and also hopefully my van. I do worry about what condition she will be in when I get her back...Keep fingers and toes crossed for us that she (and my van) come home to me safely on MONDAY!!!!

Beautifully,

Liz

Someday, he may care...then I will be in trouble

Yes, it's true. My bug a boo baby boy is pretty much potty trained...He tells me when he needs to go and is able to wait until we get upstairs....Only the very occasional accident.

Lucky for me, all he cared about was getting his picture taken and wasn't as concerned about the fact that he was sitting on the toliet.

That makes number 82 off my list complete!!!

Beautifully,

Liz

KINECT.....Time to get up and MOVING!!

So, one of my goals was to buy a Kinect and to start using it at least 3x a week....remember? Well, I didn't buy it, Michael bought it for us...but in the process he bought me 3 games for it....Dance Paradise, Dance Central and the Zumba Fitness!! I've tried both the dance ones...love them!  Zumba I know is going to kick my ass, but I will do it....Just giving him a turn to play. He bought himself that new GIG game. Kinda like Rockband, but the guitar is actually realistic. Actual strings and can be plugged into an amp and all that.

The kids really are enjoying the game too....

Kiddos had their first day of school today. Mike had kind of a rough start this morning. Little emotional and overwhelming, but in the end, they both had a good day and started making some new friends....but, they only had a half day today because of the snow. Dismissed at 12:30.

We went and picked Jason up from Daddy's. So, we are all back together...I love when we are all here. Our house is always filled with so much laughter.

Beautifully,

Liz

Ahhhh....The Smell of Two Stroke In The Morning!!

This is Lil J. One of my newly acquired toys. We've only spent a limited time together though because he is simply too far away for me to ride everyday like I want to....for now anyway.  Him and I have always gotten along though....that is, until today. You see, we had a minor disagreement and well....he won. I didn't want to take that steep hill quite as fast as he thought I should and so, he thought it would be funny to get stuck, turn sideways and proceed to throw me off of him. Unlucky for him, but lucky for me, he isn't very heavy so I decided to throw him back around so I could get him unstuck. He was a bit testy the rest of the day for me.... *Sigh* Of course, as soon as Michael got on him to see what his issue was, he was suddenly on his best behavior. Such is life I guess.....

I expect to have a quiet rest of the weekend. Jason is gone to Daddy's and well.....there just isn't much to do up this way so.....

Kiddos start school on Monday....Wish them luck!

Beautifully,

Liz

Getting Back on Track with This

So, I know it's been a while.....did you all give up on me again? I wouldn't have blamed you! But, here I am, back at it! I had A LOT going on and in reality, still do. Some of you may know....I got married! Sort of a spur of the moment thing, but we are very happy! We recently moved to an adorable little house in a nice quiet town...Milo. Far away from the drama of my old life. I really am enjoying it here. I even have an old friend here that use to work at Orono Commons with me....so I'm not completely removed from everyone I know! Hahaa!

We are still getting settled in, adjusting things, but it is going very well. The kids start at their new school on Monday and Jason and I get to start spending plenty of quality time together! But....won't be being lazy! Mama has plenty of educational stuff for us to be doing! Even though he won't be in daycare anymore, we still have to work on his pre-school skills!

So, our family and lives are pretty much back to normal, but we are still missing one thing. My puppy Emma. I still don't have her back as I am being forced to take people to court to get her back. But, in a little over a week, hopefully, she will be back home with us where she belongs!! Keep your fingers crossed for us!!

Beautifully,

Liz

Life Changes So Quickly Sometimes...

Life can change so quickly sometimes. One minute you think you are happy and the next minute something happens that puts things in perspective for you. You can either ignore it or take a chance on it and try to find something that makes you TRULY HAPPY. Not just content.

Last night, I took a chance and I think, even though my stomach is in knots right now, that this will be for the better. One of my items on my list was to identify 100 things that make me HAPPY. And while building this list of things that make me happy, I couldn't honestly put this one person on it. So, I took my chance.

While I can see how much hurt it is causing, I need to do what is best for my children and ME. I know I will get through this because I have amazing family and friends.

All ready fell behind...

I guess not really because I didn't commit to writing on my blog EVERYDAY. I just said I would keep on it! So, this is me keeping up on it.

Yesterday was back to school and everyday life for the kids and I. Daycare, homework and basketball practice were all on the agenda.

It wasn't something on my list, but last night I began crocheting a scarf. I got about half way done with it and like how it is turning out so far. I wont' post a picture though until it's done!

I had the day off from work today thank goodness. It's quite tiring when you are the only CNA on the unit for 12 patients. Even the ones that are mostly independent still ring when they need something and sometimes it gets to be too much. But, I do love my job and all my patients, so I do what I need to do....

The registration on the van ran out last Friday (oops), so I had to take care of that. And of course, it couldn't all be done at City Hall because of that nasty SR-22 on my license, so I had to go to Bangor for that. But, it's all legal now....

As for my list, in progress now are:

#3 Drink more water
#19 Save a Dollar a Day
#29 Read the Bible Everyday
#31 Donate Things We don't need
#37 Start a Blog and keep up on it
#39 Quit Smoking
#42 Read Ten Classic Novels
#62 Crochet Dishcloths
#69 30 Consecutive Days with no fast food
#82 Potty Train Jason

While I haven't officially quit smoking yet, I am attempting to make the last pack and a half I have here in the house be the last of the cigarettes I smoke. I wasn't able to get in to see my doctor today though to try and get some sort of stop smoking aid, but....I am going to attempt to do so on my next weekday off which is next Thursday. I figured it out that at almost a pack a day (not all are smoked by me, quite often a few get bummed off me from work) and almost $7 a pack, I'm spending $200 a month on this nasty habit and that just seems like a great big waste to me....

As for #69, I began that one on Sunday. The only time I really eat fast food is at work for lunch. The problem with that is...I work five days a week! My meal is usually $6 a day, times five is $30 a week! So, there is another $120 a month on something not so great for me. I have been bringing leftovers to work the past couple of days.

That's where I'm at with my list....where are you with yours???