Insomnia...

This my third night in a row where I can't sleep. So, tonight (this morning) I made some coffee at 330am and sorted all my garage sale stuff in the dining room. It's so peaceful in this house at 330am! The only downfall will be me falling asleep during the day. I think I'm going to try a Tylenol PM tonight.
On another note, Caleb started football tonight. He seems to like it. I think it's a bit much for an 11 year old to practice 4 nights a week - maybe if he was getting paid I could see it =). But, it will definitely keep him active.
Maddie has gymnastics tonight - I'll try to remember my camera, so I can get a picture of her on here.
Sweat dreams, Julie

Week in review...

Since Wednesday, this week has flown by. We did a major shopping day on Wednesday. Thursday was a stay at home and clean day. We put up our new kitchen table, it looks good. Friday night I worked. Saturday I did a few things around the house and had lunch with my friend Terri (no kids allowed). Saturday night we stayed home - it was the first Saturday night in awhile that we haven't been busy.

Today Caleb took a dirt bike riding class at the Honda Education Center. He had fun and was tired and sweaty afterwards. It was fun to watch. I'm not sure what the next step is in his dirt biking career, but I think Santa better start saving up!

We are still working on getting our garage sale ready - it's like a marathon sale. Maybe we'll just have it continuously for a year and see how much money we make!

Also, I finished a book called "The Book Thief". It was slow getting into, but I couldn't put it down towards the end. It is about a German girl during Nazi Germany - that's all I'll give away. It is a good read.

Hope all is well and good night....

Noelle and I went to the park last night in our neighborhood to return some tadpoles to the pond that Hannah and Caleb brought home. Noelle kept calling them "tattletoles" - it made me chuckle!

I'm picking Hannah up today from "Camp Karinne" - her friend from Englewood that she stays with for days at a time!! It's her getaway from our "dreadful" house!

We may go to the pool today - the weather has been iffy. And we'll continue to prepare for our garage sale - I'll probably have the kids for sale by the weekend!!!

Happy Wednesday!

Monday,monday....

We (as in the kids and I - envision lots of yelling on my part) spent the day cleaning and trying to get ready for a garage sale this Sat. What a pain! We did take a break and go to the library, where we ran into Aunt Becky! She looked good and said she was feeling great. She gave me her email address, so I will torture her with my blog too!

We also got new bedroom furniture (our FIRST complete bedroom set - I feel so grown up!) So, everything in our old dressers is either piled on the bed or on the floor or God knows where. It's a mess. But, I do love the furniture. I'm thinking our room should be put back together by Christmas!

All is well and the kids are in bed. It's Miller time!

Hmmmmm...

Trying to post pics - it's midnight and I'm not sure if my brain is functioning, but I'll give it try.

Okay, wow - it worked. This photo is a self portrait of Hannah.

Now that I have that down. I'll add some of our vacation photos!

Good night for now.

I'm experimenting...

not with drugs, but with blogging! I hope to post our daily activities and photos - as mundane as they may be! Time seems to be going so fast, that I thought it would be nice to actually remember the things I did 2 weeks or so ago.
Bear with me! More to come....