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I haven't felt like posting on here too much lately because I've been sad and grumpy. I've been sick for 5 days now and feel like crap. My car overheated on me yesterday and I don't know what's wrong with the dumb piece of junk. I don't want to move AT ALL!!! But with Ken not getting the job, we don't know what will happen. I do not want to take my kids out of their school and I LOVE my job. We are so happy here. So blah blah I'm sure everyone really wants to hear my whining. Sorry.

Work has been going pretty well... our Bootcamp activity on Saturday went awesomely (which I'm sure is not a word...lol). The kids all had a lot of fun. This coming Saturday is our Princess Party. It'll be really cute. We have a storyteller coming in, a formal tea party with an etiquette lesson and lots of princessy activities.

Here's Caleb working hard on his camo plane for "aviation training".

This is such an UNflattering picture... blah.

Nina and her boyfriend, who she named Ty. He lives in her room now...LOL.

Camoed Lyssie Lou.

Caleb waiting to get in the big army truck.

I should get to see a Ken a bit over the next couple of weeks. He'll be at Camp Williams, so hopefully he'll have an evening or two that I can go pick him up.

No Job

Well... Ken didn't get the job. We're aren't sure what to do now. I was so certain he'd get it. Our family needs it so badly. We're all really sad now.

I Hate Waiting!

I contacted the HR person for the job in Salt Lake we're waiting to hear back from. She said the decision would be made by Friday (yesterday) and we'd hear from them early next week. I can't stand waiting. We are hoping and praying Ken gets this job. It would be a really wonderful thing for our family. I'm so nervous and hate this waiting!!!

I worked aallll day today. It was good though. We had a great turn-out for Kid Time and I had a lot of fun working tonight. I work with some fun people. The kids are gone until tomorrow, so I might as well get extra hours. I also managed to squeeze in stopping at a yard sale this morning and found some fun stuff. So even though it's late and I should be in bed and my feet are killing me it was a good day.

Mindless Fall TV

I'm not a tv watcher. I don't watch the news, I don't keep up on anything current. The tv is just never on at my house.

But, the fall season has started and this year I have now gone from 1 hour of tv a week (Supernatural) to 3 (Supernatural, 90210 & Privileged). I haven't watched 3 shows at a time for years. Not since The OC, Everwood and Supernatural were all on together. I love losing myself in mindless tv for a bit each week. It's a nice break. Three hours of tv is a lot each week for me, but I know most people watch that in a day, so I don't feel too bad. Plus I work out while I watch and run into the kitchen to get chores done during the commercials.

Supernatural was AWESOME tonight. I loved it. And I have to say, I felt quite happy to find out that Dylan is the father of Kellie's little boy on 90210 after they led us on the first couple of episodes :) I watched 90210 for the whole 10 years it was on. If they hadn't of brought back the old characters, I probably wouldn't be watching it, but how can I resist? It's like my long lost friends are back for a visit. ha ha ha I'm lame, I know!

Happenings of the Week :)

I spent all day at work yesterday and today at a service fair at UVU trying to get volunteers for my Kid Time program. It was pretty boring. I did spend the whole time people watching though and man, there are a lot of weird people out there. It made me glad I don't go to school and I'm thinking I didn't miss much :) Most of the kids there looked like kids. It could've been a high school. It was very interesting.

My little drama class is going well. The kids are having a lot of fun and I'm really enjoying working with them. I've already got a couple of kids signed up for October's session, so that's good.

Ken is coming for a visit next week. It'll be good to see him.

Tomorrow is my day off (yeah!). I've gotta get caught up on lots of stuff. I have to type up a list of all the karaoke songs I have for the school carnival this weekend, go to the post office, clean my house and blah blah blah. So wait... I said it was a day off right? Never mind... It's just a day I don't go IN TO work :)

The kids are all doing really well in school so far. They're liking it a lot. They were sad I wouldn't pay for school pics AGAIN this year, but they're pricey and I feel like it's an unnecessary expense. We always end up with a million we don't need and they're basically like mug shots... lol. I'd rather take cute pics myself.

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Happy Birthday to Ken!!!

Ha Ha Ken ... you are old!!!

Saturday is a special day,

It's the day we get ready for Sunday!

This was the song going through my head as I fought the crowds and stood in the long line tonight at Walmart. I need to stop running to Walmart on Saturday nights. Even at midnight it's crazy. What's up with these crazy Mormons? ;)

We had a really fun Kid Time activity today. We didn't have a ton of kids, but the people that did come bought punch cards, so they'll be back, which is really nice. My activity day class came and volunteered. They seemed to really enjoy it, although Nina didn't think it was as fun to volunteer when there was so many helpers. Caleb and Alyssa helped also this week, they ran the fish pond game. A little boy asked Caleb if he could fish again and Caleb told him, "no, you can only do it once". The little boy asked him why and Caleb's response was, "I don't know, but you just can't." It was funny. You could see that Caleb didn't think it was very fair either, but he enforced the rules. What a cutie patudie!

Speaking of Caleb, he's had the same nightmare two nights in a row now. He dreams he's in a haunted house with no doors, so he's trapped and can't get out. He wakes up totally upset and scared. It's really sad. He fell asleep on the couch tonight and the girls were cracking up because he was drooling and the drool spot was bigger than his head. They thought it was super funny.

I didn't sell anything at the farmer's market today. There was crafty stuff from three other people at our booth too and things just didn't sell. I guess people were only buying produce today. I think I'll still do a booth at the Beehive Bazaar in December. It's a different clientele than the farmer's market.



I LOVE Halloween! I'm starting to plan out my work party and my Kid Time party. My kids want to have some friends over for a little shindig too, but we'll see.

Have a fabulouso day everyone!!!

Crafty

I'm gonna try and sell some crafts at the farmers market in Provo on Saturday to see if anyone is interested in them. If they do well I want to do a booth at a craft fair in December in Provo. Everyone wish me luck :)

Goodies Giveaway at the American Homemaker

I'm hosting a giveaway on my other blog. Go check it out!

Teaching a Class

Last night at 10pm I was thinkin' to myself. I should go to bed. I haven't been to bed at a decent time forever. My house was a disaster from a craft project we were working on for FHE but I figured Oh Well. I need sleep. Then I got a text from my manager Ben asking if I was ready for class tomorrow. Yikes!

I had planned an outline for a preschool-age drama class at work, but I didn't know anyone had signed up. So I hadn't done anything else for it. Last night and this morning I had to whip together enough drama activities to fill 45 minutes with four-year-olds.

The class went great and it was a lot of fun, but I think next week I'll plan a bit ahead of time.

Also.... does anyone wanna guess what odd item I found in my couch cushion? Anyone? Anyone at all. Click here for the answer!

Attack of the Giant Receipt

I went to Robert's Craft tonight and picked up one little item. Look at the gigantic receipt!!! It's totally ridiculous! Seriously. What a waste of paper. You can see... it's almost as long as my couch cushion! And fyi: starting next week you'll actually have to take in your 40% off coupons to get the discount :(

Flour Girls Dough Boys in A.F.

For all of you that live in Utah County, if you haven't tried Flour Girls Dough Boys bakery in American Fork, you MUST try it :) It's by the dollar theater. I've been there three times now and it is fantastic. I've tried several things and they are so yummy. Their lunches are good and their desserts are to DIE for. They're desserts are really inexpensive and giant-sized. They're a lot cheaper than a restaurant and better. Everything is made completely from scratch there. They're like the only place to do that. They have awesome giant cream puffs for $2. I suggest those the first time you go (it's hard to decide because everything looks so good). I also buy their whole wheat rolls. They're $4 a dozen and are really hearty and filling. So... now that I sound like a commercial... Have a nice day everyone!

Voting

So... I've never voted before. I've been registered before, but never actually done it. This year Ken is making sure I vote. I'm curious, What did you all think about the speech Sarah Palin gave last night? I thought she was fabulous. I love that she is a real person, a real mom with values and problems just like the rest of us. I think she would be a wonderful person to have in the white house.

Carson City Today

Here I am at the Nevada State Museum in the ghost town section.

Ken is such a goof-ball!

Aaahhhh....

Caleb is such a dork. He was making scared faces in every picture.

Here they are down in the mine under the museum. It was really cool, but I got VERY claustrophobic.

This morning we went to the State of Nevada museum. It was pretty cool. We didn't have a lot of time to play around today, because we had to head out of town. Plus Ken ended up working last night and all morning on the phone and running in to his office, because it's hurricane season and he does emergency management/communications stuff. He even had to ditch us at the museum for a while while he ran to work. It's frustrating, but obviously there's nothing we can do about it. A group of guys from his office headed to Louisiana today, but he doesn't have to go yet. Maybe soon. He had to help them to get all ready and go.

The ride home seemed very long since it was day-time this time and the kids were all awake. Ken had some cordage type items that worked for my DVD player, so Nina watch Gilligan's Island the whole way home. (I bought the first season on DVD for $15 at Best Buy.) I had to pay $4.69 a gallon for gas in Elko, I about died. I was tempted to just drive to the next town to gas up, but I knew Ken would kill me. I can't even believe that gas is so high. Other than that, the ride home was uneventful.