A Busy Day~UPDATED

Today marked the six month anniversary of the children's last teeth cleaning.  That meant we were headed off to the dentist bright and early this morning.


By bright and early, I mean their appointment was at 10:30 am.  Yes, for me that is early!  :-)  They all received great reviews!  Good brush-ers all around!

T met us at the dentist and then he had to race home to meet the electrical inspector.  The children and I stopped to pick up some lunch (what is it about the dentist that makes one hungry) and then headed home as well.


We were able to eat together and then it was "back to school" for the day.  The children are attempting to get things caught up even as I type this.  


Did I mention that it is the 9th week of the 3rd quarter?  Yes, sir, it is.  Which means, I really should be working on school paperwork, reports and report cards.  Instead, here I sit writing this post.


After all, I am already a day late with our word of the week.  Here is this week's word.  


OLIGOPSONY \_'ä-l-'gäp-s-nē\ n : 


a market situation in which each of a few buyers exerts a disproportionate influence on the market


You girls are hilarious!  I loved reading your comments!  Thanks for playing!




I'll be waiting to see what you have to say. Have a great Wednesday.


After all, the week is half over!


Oh yes, we passed the inspection.  Only a few things to do for the FINAL inspection and then we can move into our new room!  Woo-hoo!

You Know...

There are teenagers in the house when your mail looks like this.

This was only one day!

In Review

Sunday - In getting ready for church last week, I chose a dress that I hadn't worn in a long time.  As I was getting ready (the dress was across my bed) I started crying.  I hadn't worn that dress since my Grandma's funeral.  I really thought it wouldn't bother me, but I just couldn't wear it.  Silly me.

Then, once we arrived at church, I went into the ladies room and slipped on the slippery floor.  Landed on my knee and ankle and poked my heel into a sensitive part of my antomy.  :-)  Thankfully, other than being a little sore and embarassed, there were no lasting efffects.

Monday - Spent the day at home, taking it easy.  I didn't even have to take the teens to work.  T came home and picked up Ty and Beth had the day off.

Tuesday -  A repeat of Monday, except I did take Beth to work.  When T came home from work.  We started working on some of out "to do list".  We made a list of the supplies needed, headed out to grab  Papa John's for dinner and then picked up Beth after work.  We went to Lowe's, bought the needed items and returned home.

We live in a house that is more than 100 years old.  So, needless to say, no little job is ever a LITTLE job.  We ended up spending quite a bit of time fixing a leaky faucet.  Oh, why did I want the water to stop leaking?

Wednesday -  Bad, bad day.  We won't even talk about it!

Thursday - BAD, BAD, BAD day!  Nope, you do not want to know!  The only thing I did was take Ty to work.

Friday - A better day.  T took me to lunch. I ran some errands, did a little shopping and got an adjustment,  it was a much better day.

Today we (T) worked around the house and the children spent the day building snow forts.  We also tried to get our act together to outfit our new closet.  Talk about a trial.  By the end of the day, we are happy with what we found, we just need to make a few returns and tweak it a bit.

Thank you for listening to me.  I feel so much better now.  Enjoy the rest of the weekend. 

I, myself, am staying away from slippery bathroom floors at church :-D tomorrow!

What Do These Have in Common?

The 2010 Winter Olypmics, Burn Notice, Demesne and NCIS: Los Angeles...

Do you have any ideas?  What are you thinking? 

They are all how I spent Monday night. 

First, the children and I watched the Olympics.  We cracked some jokes about the luge-rs and the track.  Picture Beth trying to walk up the track.  If you knew her, you would be laughing.  Laughing really hard!  She can trip over the lines in linoleum. lol
Trust me, it is totally true and she would agree!

Then we sent the children off to bed and got down to some serious tv watching. 

I heart Michael Westin (Burn Notice) and G Callen (NCIS)!

Finally, while I was enjoying the "bad" boys, I figured  I would get our word of the week
ready. 

Aren't you proud?  I am going to be on time!  Woo-Hoo!  YAY! For me and you!

Just kidding.  Maybe.

Here is the word of the week.  I can't wait to hear from you!


DEMESNE: \di-'mān\ n 


1: legal possession of land as one’s own
2 a: the land attached to a mansion
   b: estate *c: region or territory
3: realm or domain


Congratulations, momma!  You did it again! 


 I really liked your guess about the men of Monday night tv!
That made me smile! 
(and if you knew the week I have had, I will take some lightness anywhere I can get it)

February 5

Ty's birthday fell on a Friday and he

decided he would take a day off

from school. Boy, did we need a day off!

We started the day off right! Grandma came and

we went to McDonald's for breakfast. Woo-hoo!

After breakfast, we jumped on the big road and

headed west to a western wear store.  

(My children love western clothes)

While we were there, Ty was able to acquire something

he had been wanting ever since he was out West

this past summer.

Please ignore the ugly love-seat in the background!

Uncle Brent has a coat like this one, and

once Ty tried it on, he was hooked!

Once Dad got home from work, we were able

to finish the day with more presents.

1. The birthday boy-officially 17!

2. A Wal-mart gift card

3. Getting excited about #4

4. Lego combine

It was a really fun day!  Thanks for having a

birthday, Ty! 

I love you!

Ty's 17th Party

On the Saturday that we celebrated Lys and her birthday, we also celebrated Ty's birthday.

These are some of his pictures.

Just what every boy needs. A John Deere calendar

with a J.D. tractor.

Ty had been learning how to weld.  His grandpas

know how, and this was the year of welding supplies.

                                      

Don't worry, I didn't know what it was either. It is

a chipping hammer.  It is to use while welding. It

actually is a cute little thingy. :-)

And just what every 17 year old boy wants needs.

                                      

He did have more presents, but I wouldn't want to

bore you with them.  Plus, he moves really fast

and lot of the pictures are a blur!

I found this picture, in which he is sitting still

                                  

 Plus, I gave you a little help. :-)

And here is a picture of his birthday cake.

Yup, homemade by Dad!  Dad you ROCK!

I will have to do a whole different post about the cake.

But, I will leave you with this shot.

This post is quite long.  I will have to do another one for his actual birthday.

Thanks for hanging in there!

*Updated~Technical Issues Resolved

Well, not really.

But I thought it would be a nice way to introduce this week's word.  There really were not "actual" technical issues last week.  Just some timing issues and needing some gumption on the part of the blog writer. Ha, ha!

Here is this week's word.

NOETIC: \nō-'e-tik\ adj: 


of, relating to, or based on the intellect

I am just not being very good at getting back into the routine.  There I said it.  Ugh!  And I like, wait, NO, I LOVE routine!  I just don't know what it wrong with me.

I hope y'all are having a great week.  For the third time in as many weeks, we are not getting snow.  I am a little concerned.  What will it be like once it decides to start snowing here?!

Jonah

Please visit  Jonah's blog and read all about him.  He is one special little boy and he will soon be turning 1!

He has a nasty disease called EB.  Some of their friends are going to be having an auction to raise money to support finding a cure.

Click on the cute little button on the right, and you can read all about it!  Who knows, you might find something you would want to bid on.

Almost an Adult (hhmmm, right!)

On this day, seventeen years ago, this little boy changed my life!  

Not everything was a change for the better, but

90% of it was.

Nothing grows you up quite like having a baby!

I wish I could say I was ready for all that this little

man would bring into my life. But who can ever

say that?

Ty is truly a gift from God.  He is our little miracle boy.

Happy 17th Birthday, Ty!

We love you so much and appreciate the

young man you have become.

We pray that God will lead you as to your future plans

and that you will seek His will for your life.

Another Teenager is in the House

Thursday was the day we spent celebrating Lys.  We did school in the morning, which is always hard when you are so excited.  We then went to her birthday lunch, she choose Chuck E. Cheese.  The children love to play the games!  I have no pictures from C.E.C., Beth took plenty on her camera, though! After lunch we ordered her "cake" from Mrs. Fields and ran errands to get ready for the party.  We ended the day at home with dinner, a snack and some presents.

From Luc, an apron.  Beth received some chef aprons for Christmas, and Lys wanted one. We found this one and we thought it was more along Lys's taste :-)

From Ty, she received some pig earrings!  In case you didn't know, Lys collects pigs and these are the perfect addition to her collection.  And yes, they are sporting little tiaras!

We bought her this necklace.  We want her to always remember how precious she is. Not only to us but also to God.  I didn't get a very good picture of it, but I grabbed these from the web.

It has these words on each side of the pendent.  Cherished, Created, Chosen, Celebrated.  Lys is all these things and more.

On Saturday, we partied with family!  Here are just a few pictures of the gifts.

  

A snowman that lights up with swirling glitter inside.

Yes, I know what you are thinking.  But those things

are expensive.  Thanks, Grandma!

And finally some really retro new sneakers!  She had been eye-ing

these since November!

Lys received lots of fun things. She will be shopping in the near future, as she now has a Kohl's card, a Barnes and Noble card and a Sacred Melody (local Christian bookstore) card. 

I will leave you with this.

She looks happy doesn't she!

Her 13 candles!

Lys figured out that Happy Birthday was just the right amount of letters! 

                               

Please Stand By...

The word of the week is experiencing technical difficulties.

Please Stand By.

Thank you.

Just a little FYI.

I did update last week's word post, we had 2 winners!

 YAY!  The first winners of 2010!

Birthday party post coming soon!