Cleaning

Son3's new buzz cut for the summer...


I have many projects I was hoping to accomplish this summer... But with having to work full time, keeping the boys entertained and son1 moving in; the summer is half over already... This is the Art Room... I need to organize all the school supplies and craft projects... See those two trunks under the table; that is all my cards, letters and mementos from my childhood that I have been wanting to look through... Some day...


Son3's room definitely needed some deep cleaning this summer... These are the before pictures...










And these are the after pictures... I spent one afternoon last week; removing all the movies, books, school papers, food and cups, getting all the toys together in one place and vacuuming, dusting, washing bedding and general cleaning...




Now I just need to label the drawers and sort all the toys back into the drawers...


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Pets

We've had this cat play thing for a while, not that any cats ever played in it... until Son1's dogs moved in and Pistol was sleeping in and Holly said, 'No, that's mine'....


She hasn't played in it since though and Pistol has since ripped the heart toys off and pulled out all the stuffing...


This was Pistol's first morning... He had found an almost empty bag of soil to play with during the night... Son1 and the dogs and WeeMan the hamster have been moved in almost two weeks now... However Son1 is off on a road trip with his dad across country... His dad drives big rigs... So we are now dog sitting for a couple of weeks... Pistol has also found the automatic sprinkler wires and chewed through those, hubby has since fixed them and put a box over the system... He dug up a few of my pots with seeds, so plants have been moved to the front yard and the yard has been doggy proofed of any other dangers... He did get hold of a pool ring and chewed on that, lol...


We bought him his own pool so he could keep cool this summer... It's already 95 today at 11am...


This is Danny... He's three years old and is an inside dog... He is terrified of Holly and spends most of his day behind the couch.. so Holly spends most of her day either outside or in my room.... Right now he is sitting under me hoping I drop a Cheeto...


We got Pistol a big bone so he would be busy chewing on something other than my backyard...


He's three months old today...


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Color Carnival

To Play Visit Martha...













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Color Carnival

To Play Visit Martha....




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Monterey Day3 Tuesday 6/16

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Monterey Monday 6/15

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Color Carnival

To Play Visit Martha...

New locater sign toppers at the zoo...

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Haircut and a test....

I know a lot of you are not able to see my blog and of course are not going to see this, lol, but neither can I... So I am seeing if it will still post an entry... I have my blog linked to facebook so I can go there and see my entry if it posted....

Son1 came over on Monday and was on his way to get a haircut so he took son2 with him....

So here is his before shot....

And here is son2's after shot...

He looks so much older... or actually his 15 years now....

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Colorful Carnival

To Play Visit Martha...

Newstands along the beach in Monterey...

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Monterey Sunday 6/14

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Happy Father's Day!

Hubby and the boys skipping rocks in the ocean...
While the pizzas are cooking hubby has gone off to get gas in the car for his first day of working a Monday... I went back to work today, was a very fast day, worked 6am-2pm... Took my time setting up the ad, went to lunch, opened all the women's boxes so we can count all women's shoes tomorrow and then supervisor came in at noon and talked to me for two hours getting all her thoughts out from the week I was gone.... Then I was home getting the boys to finish their father's day cards that son2 was supposed to do while I was at work and then hubby got to open his presents.... He got two new shirts, Best of Star Trek DVDs, Animated Star Trek DVD's, Hogfather DVD and some engine oil for the yard edger and such... Now the Hawaiian pizzas are cooking and then I'm gonna put in some brownies to bake... Hubby hasn't decided what his movie choice of the night is...
This week we watched Bride Wars, Marley and Me, The Librarian Return to Solomon's Mines and Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull...
I got son3 a hula hoop, he wanted one at the end of school... so I thought sure, I could use it too and get a bit of exercise... I have forgotten how to hula hoop... It goes around twice and falls to the ground... Son3 took a couple of practices and can do it with no problem... Son2 said he could never hula hoop and yet he puts it on and it goes up and down and round and round... I can't seem to get the beat or have no waist line to hold it up... I'll keep trying...
Son2 has homework for the summer... He is taking accelerated English next year and so has a packet he picked up at the end of the school year that is due on the first day of English class... He has two articles to read and a poem and answer the questions and write an essay to answer a sample question given that is like if someone wrote into a newspaper or magazine for advise... I asked him to please not wait til the last week of summer...
And I want son3 to at least get through the first grade practice book I got him to keep in the school habit while he is on summer break...
Hubby is back and picking a movie and I am off to slice up the pizza... The brownies are already in the oven...
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Pool's Up...

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Vacation Week

Here it is second to the last day of my vacation... I'm exhausted, lol.... Included are a few pictures from our first day in Monterey... I still have about two hundred pictures to edit and then I can start making sideshows to share... I'll also do separate entries of our adventures in Monterey... this entry is just to catch up on the week in general... We were in Monterey from Sunday night through Tuesday afternoon... So this entry starts about an hour from home on Tuesday...



Since son2's cell phone is only available in our area he lost service while we were gone... til about an hour from home it kicks back in again... and so did the texting from his friends and the 'mom, my friends want to know'... so before we even got home son2 already had plans for the next day.... We got home about 5:30 and had barely finished unloading the car and ordering a pizza and son1 called wanting to stop by after work to bring some things from the apartment.... He ended up staying til after 11pm... Did he miss us... lol... I was pooped...



On Tuesday son1 called to say work said not to come in that they had not paid the electric bill... He had told us the night before that the owner was moving out of state and starting another business... ??... He also said that he only had a job for another week or so as he was the last one hired and they were downsizing... they also have closed the sales department and are only doing online sales and the service side where son1 works is not taking any more orders... I'm not thinking any of them are having a job for much longer... So he wanted to know if son2 could help him finish moving the apartment to storage but son2 already had plans with his friends... So son1 dropped by to borrow some gas money... He also hasn't got paid yet and I'm wondering if they have money to pay the associates if they can't pay the electric... he keeps saying he is getting paid today... I just hope they pay him out and let him go if they are going to so he can collect unemployment... He already has had a couple of friends tell him they will give him recommendations at their jobs... So son1 found a friend to help him move, son2 was off with his friends for the afternoon and hubby, son3 and I were off to get Internet for the laptop, Warlmart and the movies to see UP... By 5pm hubby was picking up son2 and some deli chicken and we watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button while I was on the laptop at Facebook....



Thursday we were all getting a bit tired and testy, grumpy even... We still haven't finished putting everything away from the trip and I am still catching up on laundry... Plus I've had a cold all week and hubby is still getting over his after almost three weeks now.... So we got a slow start to Thursday as I was nagging a bit... We finally got to the zoo about 11:30ish... Where everyone else was also a bit grumpy... crying kids everywhere... even the animals were snapping at each other, lol... and they were out of soft serve cones so no ice cream treat.... plus son2 was bugging me the whole time if we going to see Star Trek... ummmm you chose to go with your friends on movie day... and son3 was just whiny as he has many blisters from his new sandals he wore on the trip.... By 2pm we were on our way home and son2 had moved on as his friends were calling for him again... actually different friends... anyway I sent him off to adjust his attitude with his friends and told him if we weren't home we went to see Star Trek.... a cool feature I have on the laptop since it is Cricket service same as son2's phone we can text each other, so after about an hour after he left he text me to see if we had gone to the movies but I didn't get onto the laptop til another hour after that, lol.... make him wonder... There was a message for hubby from his work, schedule changes again... They are changing the store hours to fit the area... they also switched every one's days off around... hubby can't complain as he has had Sunday and Monday off since he started at Kinkos 11yrs ago... So now he will be having Friday and Saturday off... He'll still open during the week and between him and son2 will pick up son3... the down side is we will both work on Sunday now, I get off between 10am and 2pm, he won't be off til 6pm... the upside is we will all finally have a day off together again: Saturday, assuming my job hasn't changed my schedule while I was on vacation... We had leftover deli chicken for dinner and watched a couple of Buffys... Son2 got home about 8pm, I was watching Bride Wars in my room, so he went on the internet, son3 was watching Garfield in his room and hubby was disassembling computers and rearranging the computer room as he is moving one of the computer into son2's room...



And now here it is Friday and hubby is back to work and I have been on the laptop all morning... Working on Monterey pictures, reading all my email, catching up on facebook and now blogging... But I have showered and dressed... and had hot chocolate and then a cola as it is 95 degrees already today heading for 102 although of course I am in the air conditioning... The boys got up about an hour ago... son2 is liking being able to go online now that I have the laptop, freeing up the other computer... Son3 is getting dressed and watching Sesame Street and complaining that nothing is on, however he can't keep his eyes off Sesame Street... Chocolate Chip muffins for breakfast... speaking of chocolate we finished off the last of my bday cake last night... it must have been really good for us to finish the whole thing cause usually we ended up throwing the last of cakes away... Son2 has to clean his room today per hubby so he can move the computer in after work... I want son2 to help me set up the pool today for son3... I also need to clean this house badly but never seem to get to it, too many distractions... At least get to the laundry and dishes... and I bought some Kaboom toilet cleaners that hook in the tank that I want to try... Still need to watch Marley and Me with son2... Pay the bills and balance the checkbook... finish up the bday/anniversary cards for the month...and make lasagna for dinner... Tomorrow we have to make father's day cards and wrap the presents... Then next weekend is hubby's bday... always a party around here... lol...

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