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We've been getting lots and lots of rain this spring which is very good with our water shortage... and the roses are loving it except they have bloomed so well that they are too heavy with blooms and then the water too... So today I had to do some major trimming all around but mostly to this one... above is the before shot....


After shot... and we are expecting more rain again in the coming week...


More than enough blooms to fill vases for in the house... two for the dining room table and one in the family room...



Son2 is back to cleaning his room today... well in between his brothers distracting him and making hubby and I lemonade while we were working in the yard and now as he was looking for the tape measure he has been distracted by the cartoons that son3 is watching...

can you see hubby through the window mowing the yard...


the sorting continues...


cleaning out books for son3 to read... Danny saw a Wishbone book that he liked...




and then he decided to rearrange the furniture... the rest of it is in the hallway....
To be continued....

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I think I figured out what my rut was... the dining room table... Upon getting a laptop you think that you are going to carry it everywhere you go... Not true... it's still big and not easily used on your lap as it's hard to type and gets quite warm... Occasionally I would use it in bed while watching TV or on the sofa while watching TV but usually it would be on the dining room table... In the middle of everyone... and every time we ate I would have to move it and all my paperwork on to the floor...
Plus I would be in the middle of the family chaos with the TV going in the family room, the dirty dishes in the sink behind me, everyone calling Mom cause I was just right there... So I realized while thinking at work on Friday that I needed a quiet place to get my creativeness flowing again where I could write and think...
The family computer that I used to blog on is on my big roll top desk in the front room where son1 now sleeps and has his computer sitting on the roll top next to the family computer...


So I got the idea to clear off the craft table in the Art room...


Ta Da! My new work table for blogging, bill paying and all Mom online game playing.... It's only been two days and I already notice a difference of calm... I also don't have the laptop tempting me on the dining room table now while I am trying to clean the house...


And my dining room table looks like this....


Hubby's corner of the Art room to the right of my work space... He says he has to clean his corner now... plus he had spread out to the craft table and now has to organize the items I cleared off back into his corner...


Son3's corner of the Art room where he battles the Empire against the dark side or defends his kingdom on his knight games or plays Zoo Tycoon....


Still have to organize this part of the Art room that contains all the school and art supplies...


Son2's computer corner in his room... See son2's chicken hat, he won that during Chicken week at school... It was Time Machine Day to dress for any era and he chose the 50's by wearing rolled up jeans, jean jacket and white t-shirt... I missed getting a picture of him that day... he says no one really knows where chicken week came from... they wanted to have a week to do something and someone mentioned they honor the chicken so they did... he goes to an Agriculture school so that may be why....


Son2 decided he wanted to clean his room yesterday... actually it was clean but he wanted to clean out stuff and condense and make room for new stuff...


Of course son3 was checking to see if he would get handed down anything good...


However today it still looks like this and he slept in the family room last night... he got overwhelmed and played with some things he forgot he had... we know it can't be done in one day but he hasn't gone back since... I've been telling him for the past three hours that at least his bed needs to be cleared for bedtime tonight... he emptied out the closet, that is where everything came from...


And there was son3's half of the dining room table that we use for homework time... I downsized what we needed...


And the homework corner is more manageable now... Son3 still needs to read some story books today for AR reading for school this week....

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April Fifteenth...

Watching Bones... Hubby should be back any minute, he had to go to a meeting at work... Boys have been back to school a week already and two weeks since Easter... Taxes were due today...
Still haven't taken any vacation days from work... the supervisor did bring it up so guess she approves of the one day at a time... still lots of boxes coming in at work and visitor still hasn't shown yet...
Holly is sitting on my chest... Hard to type this way and her fur is shedding all up my nose... and she's stinky...
I am so unorganized lately... getting lots done at work but not at home... was good and cut back on facebook but having trouble with a blogging routine... I think it's since I switched to the laptop... and son1's room is where the main computer is... I don't have a quiet place where I can blog... I am usually on the laptop in the dining room... I'm just feeling blah and I don't like it...
Son3 is here now talking my ear off... and now son2 is here too... don't know where son1 is... he's had four days off of work... still only working fifteen hours... he was applying for the school district but it was a night shift in a not very nice part of town... son2 has been looking for a job for the summer, but 16 year olds are much more limited these days... most jobs require 18 yr olds... Our water park had a job fair for four hundred jobs with three thousand people showing up...
Fringe is on now, but I'm taping it for hubby, so I'm watching Supernatural...


Son1's new car he got this week... traded the Mustang for a Jeep... hopefully this is the one he will keep for a while... he's already driven it through the mud and the snow... we had a lot of rain the other day causing all the mud and snow... supposed to see more rain at the beginning of next week... it's been unseasonably cool still too... still wearing light jackets in the morning...
tomorrow's my early day to go into work... set the ad, men's display report, stock the men's hanging sandals, finish locating the women's stockroom, lunch, open boxes...
Hubby's home now...
Movie's we have to watch: Law Abiding Citizen, Pandorum, and Ninja Assassin...
Gonna go finish watching Supernatural and then sleeping time to get up at 4:30am for work...
Hopefully I'll get my creativeness flowing again and be a better blogger...
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Easter at the Zoo...

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Easter Egg Hunt

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Easter Morning...

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Coloring Eggs and A Scavenger Hunt...

Slideshow of Coloring Easter Eggs and son3 sent son2 and I on a Scavenger Hunt... He gave us the clues and we guessed where the Easter pictures were hidden in the house but the pictures are of him showing us we were right...

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April Third

Last night the Chinese food was so good... and son2 fixed us ice cream... the one above was his and the one below was mine... son3 had just chocolate syrup on his... hubby was going to have mint chocolate chip but he forgot and then it was too late... I missed the end of Men Who Stare at Goats and went to bed early with my headache...
Today I am good though... Hubby made breakfast of scrambled eggs, spam and waffles... I ran the dishwasher twice and just have a few pans to finish washing... I washed all the rugs and towels and did three loads of clothes... I am hanging up the pants and shirts as I am tired of hearing the squeaking dryer... I used to hang up the clothes anyway so good way to save some electricity... I made brownies and a chocolate bundt cake... Cleaned the boys bathroom... and the ham has been in the oven all afternoon and smells so good.... I filled the hummingbird feeder... and hubby mowed the lawn, scooped the poop, raked the leaves and hosed off the patio... We picked up the van... major tune up, brakes, rotors, radiator, water pump and free oil change and 10% discount... $1345.00... Now we are coloring Easter eggs and eating jelly beans... leftover Chinese food for dinner... Smallville was a fun one last night... still have Ghost Whisperer to watch... Don't know what we will watch tonight... It is very windy here today... supposed to rain by tomorrow night... I had apple vinegar this morning and no stuffy or runny nose all day... I also have not had any urge to snack... just had some pizza rolls that hubby heated up and that's all I've had since breakfast... well and the jelly beans... but usually I'm munching through a bag of tortilla chips... son1 is at work today and then probably off to girlfriend's... I'm off to supervise the coloring of the eggs and finish washing the pans....

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April Second

Well I didn't get my vacation... I'm not really mad though... maybe disappointed... for some reason I wasn't really looking forward to it... maybe cause I kinda had a feeling something was up each time I asked the supervisor if she approved my vacation and she didn't answer me... I checked the computer at work this morning and I was on the schedule... so when supervisor came in I said 'so you couldn't approve my vacation'... she said 'no and it's been eating at me all week'... I said 'so the three times I asked you, you couldn't have told me then'.... seems we may have an audit next week, the same auditor that was supposed to come the last three weeks... so we have to relabel the stockroom and relocate the shoes... and we had a lot of shoes come in this week... I can understand that... plus they have never really declined any of my past vacations... I'm just wondering if the supervisor was going to say anything before I left work today if I hadn't have asked... although when I was leaving work she was saying that the auditor probably wouldn't come next week and there weren't too many shoes in receiving... I wonder if she was waiting for me to ask about my vacation, but I didn't say anything... just that I have five weeks of vacation and four personal days to take in the next seven months before the Christmas season hits... I just feel bad for son2 and son3 cause we weren't able to do anything on their Spring break...


So I've been off work since 11:30 this morning and I have got nothing done... except eat lunch and snack on chips... and take some pictures in the backyard and hang out on the computer... son1 came home from work and left again with friend A to buy horse feed and chicken feed... girlfriend is supposed to come over after she gets off work... I have talked to hubby as today is his day off... The van is still at the car place... hopefully it will be done tomorrow as they are closed Sunday and we need both cars for Monday... they had to replace all four breaks and rotor... they did a tune up... they used the parts we had bought to fix the oil leak... and they have to replace the radiator and water pump... eventually we need shocks in the back too but not now.... $1450.00!!! but we are getting a 10% discount and top priority to get done by tomorrow since we have gone there for many years and they know hubby by name... I tell hubby it's good he has a car guy... and then the Saturn still needs it's brakes checked too... and I need a dishwasher... and the dryer is squeaking away at the moment... I have spent my tax return like three times already and I haven't even got it yet...



I have a headache... I am off the weekend though including Easter... son1 has Easter off too... don't know what his plans are yet though... he was invited to his Dad's family out of town... don't know what girlfriend is doing... Hubby boiled the eggs today to color tomorrow... Tomorrow I'll make a cake and get the baskets all ready... Hubby wants to do some yard work in the backyard... I want to get a few things done on my list that I was saving for vacation... And then on Easter if it doesn't rain we may go to the zoo...
Hubby has gone to pick up Chinese food... We have Supernatural from last night to watch and Men Who Stare at Goats with George Clooney and Ewan McGregor... and we have ice cream and strawberries....
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Hubby is back with the Chinese Food!!
Happy Good Friday Everyone!!
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March Thirty First...

I was off today... Hubby was at work... the boys were all home... son3 is watching movies and playing computer games... son2 has gone off to hang with friends... son1 is off at the zoo with girlfriend... hubby is home from work and off to the grocery store again... it is almost time for dinner and I have gotten nothing done today... well the washer, dryer and dishwasher are running, but that's about it... it rained this morning but now just puffy white clouds and blue skies...


Tomorrow is April already... I hardly got anything done in March... with the time change and now this cold I have had for over a week, I have just not had the energy... and me a host of The Motivation Station with no motivation, the shame of it... I have big plans! I have no oomph.... I go to work, eat, hang on the computer, watch TV, go to bed... I think I am in a rut... I am on vacation next week... I will recharge... Sunday is Easter... We have the ham, the Easter Bunny goodies, hubby doesn't have to work after all, although they haven't told the person who is working that they are working so hubby isn't out of the loop yet... Our store is open so don't know if son1 has to work... I'll be on vacation although supervisor hasn't actually said I got vacation but she doesn't say no when I ask her, just to make sure the new guy knows what to do, so I think that means I am on vacation... The thing is I don't see the new guy this week....


Last week I was out three days with this head cold... actually it started with the Saturn acting funny on the way to work so I came back home and called out but then got sick as the day went on... By Monday night I had a fever so called out Tuesday, son2 missed school too due to an upset tummy, son1 was off... which was all good cause son3 had early day and we didn't even know til he walked in the door and we all wanted to know why and how he got home, lol... Wednesday was my regular day off to recover and Thursday I was back to work... Hubby had to leave work to pick up son3 for early day again but went back later for a training class... Now here it is a whole week later and I am still sick with a stuffy nose... son2 has it now too and son3 started it...


Hubby took the Saturn in last Friday to get smogged and it passed so guess it was just a fluke cause it knew I was gonna be sick that day... Meanwhile we still have to take it in to get the brakes checked as they are squealing... The van is going in this Friday for the water leak, oil leak, intake valve hissing and it has squealing brakes too... As soon as the cars are running good again I want to start going on some day trips on Saturdays... I'm thinking depending on what we end up doing for Easter maybe we will go to the zoo and see what the animals got from the Easter Bunny... We need to color eggs on Saturday and hubby always plans a big plastic Easter egg hunt but forgets to think of a treat to put in the eggs so that is one reason he is off at stores right now...



Son1 is still trying to sell his Mustang, has lots of interested parties but no one wants to agree on anything close to his asking price... and he is working on getting a job in addition to the one he has as he is still getting little hours, although it is part time... he is used to working full time... he was off Sunday through Wednesday this week... He is always busy though going here or there with friends and girlfriend or hanging with his brothers...

The above graphics were colored by hubby and the boys and scanned into the computer... I also used the templates to make Easter cards and colored those myself...

Tomorrow is back to work to finish stocking the men's shoes and then Friday is a short day just to set the ad... Then I should be off for eight days! with the boys of course so no quiet time... hubby is back from the store... I did watch Castle the other night but I fell asleep, lol... but I taped it so finished it Tuesday night... son2 is now reading the book Heat Wave by Richard Castle... I washed all his bedding today and have his bedroom window open airing out his room... hubby found some Easter grass for the baskets... 78cents each... Walmart wanted $1.50 each... I remember when they were a quarter... I was going to just shred colored paper in the shredder...

OK off to put the groceries away... leftover deli chicken for dinner... I think if I just get back in the habit of blogging, then I'll find my oomph again... Be sure to visit me tomorrow at The Motivation Station, it's my day to host...

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March Twenty Ninth...

It is 8:30pm and I am still waiting for Castle to start... still another ninety minutes...
The boys are on Spring Break for two weeks!!
Easter Bunny is coming soon....
Rules of Engagement is on...
and then I'll load the dishwasher...
and then just a half hour til Castle comes on...


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