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Saturday, July 28, 2012

July Twenty Eighth

 

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Son1 and fiancé were up bright and early this morning and off to Monterey for the weekend… I was also up bright and early this morning right after they left… and am now having a quiet morning while hubby and the boys are still sleeping… actually I have been up for two hours now… and just now getting to writing a bit in the blog… I admit, I was on Facebook… and sorting through my picture folders on the laptop… son1 and fiancé plan to visit the aquarium, fisherman’s wharf, several restaurants and spend the night…

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We were just at Monterey/Pacific Grove last Sunday… Had a great time with hubby and the boys… we talked and laughed all the way there… had a picnic lunch… it was quite windy, chilly and the tide was in… but we still walked along the shore and climbed on the rocks… saw some sea otters… lots of seagulls and pelicans… on the way home we were pooped from all the walking and sea air, so the boys fell asleep, I finished reading my Debbie Macomber book Summer on Blossom Street and hubby drove of course…

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Monday was a work day… Tuesday and Wednesday I was off for son3 and son1’s birthdays… Thursday and Friday back to work… and now here it is Saturday again already… and another weekend off…

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Son1’s birthday lasagna… instead of buying another cake I thought I would just put some candles in the lasagna and sing happy birthday to son1… and even though the lasagna had been cooling on the counter, I wasn’t thinking the candles would melt before we even lit them… lol… so after removing all the melted wax from dinner we put the one candle on the pan and sang happy birthday… it was son1’s 25th birthday… for his birthday this year we gave him wedding money… they have chosen DiCicco’s Italian restaurant to cater their wedding so we gave money to help with that part of the wedding… and earlier this year hubby designed and created the art work for their wedding invitation… we also had them printed and included the address labels and stamps…

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My boss asked me if I had applied for the position at the other store as they were waiting and hadn’t heard from me… I was like: What???… the last she had told me was that if I was interested let her know and she would show me where to post on the computer and where to take the assessment test as the posting has to be done on the computer as it is a salary position… now since I haven’t asked her yet on how to do that, who is telling the other store that I am applying… besides our store manager has been on vacation and I didn’t want to do anything without informing him first… as I felt I would be going behind his back since he had told the other manager no when he asked if I could apply… and I don’t feel God pulling me in the direction of applying… meaning it hasn’t been nagging at me on whether I should apply or not… hubby and I were thinking of going for a drive this weekend and stopping by the store to get a feel of the place… so I guess the question of applying for the position hasn’t passed yet… hubby did get approved for unemployment again… the third time now, so really time for a job to come along as we are really heading for the end now…

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Maple working on her blog entry this morning…

It’s now 9am and time for the boys to get up… I have lots I want to get done this weekend… playing, yard work, house cleaning… only about two weeks til school starts, need to start getting ready for that… son2 needs to finalize his classes this weekend for college… and he really needs to get in some driving time… he has had his permit since April and I don’t think he has driven since then… he’ll be getting rides and taking the bus to college… I keep telling them even though hubby is home now, eventually he will be back to work and then ‘Dad’ won’t be available for everyone to fit their schedules…

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I’ve started planning for Halloween… found this cool reaper that someone made as a statue out of chicken wire and drywall paste… so we are thinking how to make son2 look like this and still move around of course… thinking of blankets or sheets… don’t like any of the costumes at the stores as they all look like scream movie robes… and then get an old lantern or I saw one like this one at the Spirit Halloween store… also have been thinking of treats for the trick or treaters by going through the Oriental Trading catalog… lots of glow in the dark bouncy balls, glow in the dark skeletons and lizards, pirate bouncy balls and bracelets… 50 to 150 to a package and less then $10 a package…

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Look what son1 found on the way home yesterday… it was sitting in the street in front of someone’s house… we teased him and said did it have a free sign on it, he said no, we said then maybe they put it out for all the neighbor cats to enjoy, lol, and are now looking for their cat tree… all the carpet on the bottom three legs has to come off as the previous cats shredded it mostly off… and then a good vacuuming and spray with Lysol and then Maple will have her own tree, as Indy took over with the other one son1 brought home that a friend game him as they upgraded for their cats… Miss Holly was checking it out saying Thank You, for me since it’s in her garage… she can use it too but she doesn’t like the kittens and doesn’t want to share…

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I just went out to see if Holly was enjoying the cat tree and I found Indy and Maple’s Mum sitting in it… she lives across the street… we have the garage fixed so Holly can come in and out, so of course the neighbor cats all come in to visit and nibble on Holly’s food…

Now it is almost 10am… hubby has been up a half hour or so and has done the dishes… next is make breakfast and decide what we are doing today…

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Happy Journaling…

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Son3’s Birthday: Part 2

 

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Son3 has been asking for a guitar for quite a while now, so I was going to get him a guitar for his birthday…

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But son1 said he would give him one of his older guitars as he had four guitars…

We got son2 an electric keyboard for his birthday this past January…

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Showing son3 how to hold his fingers…

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Son2 standing under a birthday hat decoration…

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Indy…

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Maple…

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Chocolate fudge birthday cake with Halo guys on top… the candles melted one of their antennas…

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While we were singing Happy Birthday, I noticed that son3’s shirt was perfectly lined up with birthday cake… lol… chomp chomp…

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Make a wish…

On Monday son2 took son3 to the movies… they each paid their own ways, son3 spending birthday money… they saw Spiderman and Batman… they loved them both…

Last night son3 ended the night staying up til midnight playing his new DS and son1 was off to another friend’s birthday party…

Today I went to work to make next weeks schedule… and hubby took son2 and son3 to Wal-Mart and GameStop to exchange the batman game that didn’t work and buy a Pokémon game with his money… he’s been playing the Pokémon game ever since… oh, now he is playing batman… hubby is finishing up a picture of pistols for son1 for a tattoo he wants to get this weekend… he and fiancé are going to the coast for the weekend… son1 met fiancé for lunch today and he has been home ever since… he doesn't know what to do with himself as all of his friends are at work… another half hour til the lasagna is done… I was going to put a candle in it so we could sing happy birthday… and then he’ll be going to the gym… I gave him a card with money in it for the wedding and some caramel candies that he opened this morning…

Going to fold the laundry…

Happy Journaling…

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Happy Birthday to Son3

 

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Son3’s 11th Birthday Today…

He requested donuts and presents for breakfast…

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Annoying Orange… check it out on you tube…

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Nerds Candy…

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The Bee Movie…

we’ll be watching this after dinner tonight…

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Too excited… the big present… he has no idea… I splurged a bit and got him something he would love but never ask for…

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He’s in disbelief…

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Still can’t believe it…

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A Nintendo DS handheld system… old enough that games are still available and in cheaper previously used form…

He’s been asking for a Nintendo Xbox like his older brothers but I told him not til he’s 13 as he has his brothers older systems and his own computer games…

So a handheld was a splurge but yet in between getting a new system… and he could use it on long trips now that son2 has his phone to keep him entertained in the car…

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It was a bundle package so games too and a case with accessories…

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What he really wanted for his birthday was the Spore game for the computer… but it’s not really available anymore and when you could find it and once you added the expansion packs it was kinda expensive for one game… So I figured a bit of an upgrade to the Nintendo handheld system and the ability to get the Spore game used and cheaper and him able to spend his own money on more used games would be a better investment of a birthday present…

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He was finally overcome with excitement and fainted…

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Not really but he’s quite the dramatic when hubby is filming…

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Son2 showing him how to use the system… It’s cool cause he can take pictures with it and record himself… He’s always making sound effects and making up songs, so that was a great feature…

He has since played with his new system… Allowed son2 to play with it while he went swimming at the neighbors and then off to visit with another friend and jump on the trampoline… Now we are waiting for son1 to get home from the gym so we can have pizza and cake… Son3 will be having Carl’s Jr, his birthday request… Then son1 is off to another birthday party… He’s now off for the next five days as his 25th birthday is tomorrow…

Happy Journaling…