Funny People

Yesterday when my hubby and I were driving from Ohio to New York we noticed something very cute and funny. This van in front of us had a rack on the back that was loaded down with about 8 plastic storage totes. Hubby and I, being the travelers that we are were talking about what a good idea that is. If you could of only seen my van when we drove from Florida to Ohio back in November for our 2 month stay. 3 boys, 2 dogs, 1 cat, 1 hamster, and all the things we would need for 2 months. Imagine all of that in the car for 16 straight hours! So we thought this little rack idea with the totes was the smartest little idea. As we got closer to the van with the totes we noticed they were tied down with bungee cords and duck tape. And to top it off there was something written on the duck tape..."Redneck Luggage Carrier"! I love it! I just love that someone took the time A) to think of that and B) to write it on there, knowing someone would get a laugh out of it. It worked!

And the journey begins...

Well, the hubby and I are in Rochester, NY to look at houses. We looked at one today and will look at more tomorrow. The home today was very nice. It was on 5 acres...of grass! We want some land but 5 acres of grass to cut sounds like and looks like A LOT OF WORK! So we will see what tomorrow brings. There is one house that I cannot wait to see. Looking at houses in a new town, new state even is difficult and exciting at the same time.

The boys are at my cousins and having a blast.

I figured I would try to catch up a bit on my blogging. I really want to get more into it. I need to figure out twitter. I signed up for it but have not used it yet. The bloggy world is exciting!

Okay back to learning! More later, wish me luck in finding a house!

Where has the time gone?

I can't believe it has been a month almost since my last post. Time flies when you're having fun. I cant believe how busy we have been. We are still hanging in Ohio for the holidays. I cannot express how excited I am that my boys get to have a Christmas here. They are so excited.

Okay well I will post more later. I am working on learning more about blogging...its so overwhelming.

So nice to be home.

Well we made it home to Ohio. We packed up kids, dogs,cat, hamster and a few months worth of things we need so that we can spend the holidays with friends and family. We drove 16 hours straight through. We only stopped to get gas and pee. We drove through the night and the boys did so great. I was so nervous about how they would do. I packed an entire tote of toys and books, a bag full of snacks and you know they didnt play with anything or ask for snacks. They slept through the night and then watched movies the rest of the way without a peep. It was so nice and went way easier then I thought it ever would.

We have been here a few days now and it is so nice to be "home". The boys are having a blast and it feels like Christmas already. Its so nice to have the cold weather. Today we went to Melanies and took a walk to the park. It was a lot of fun. they played in the leaves and had a blast.

So far so good. Now we just wait and see where and when we actually have to move ourselves. For now though I will just enjoy being here. The fact the we are able to be here for the holidays with everyone we love means so much.

Okay my eyes are closing as i type...more later!

SuperMOM???

So this happened last week and I can't believe I forgot to post about it. On Thursday the day before Halloween I was going a mile a minute trying to get things done. I had to cut up strawberries for Ryan's class party on Friday and make sugar cookies for Cameron's class. I did this all during the day because that night I was going to a stamping party with my friend Trish. So as I am making the food I call the boys school and talk to the director about the parties.I ask her if the boys still needed to bring a lunch since they were having a party, she informed me they did not. So I finish everything I needed to get done and the babysitter comes over and I head to my party. That night I got home about midnight I open the fridge to get a drink and there in front of my eyes is a half eaten bowl of strawberries that I needed to feed 18 kids in the morning! AHHH!!!! I totally forgot to tell the babysitter to eat anything EXCEPT the Strawberries! So totally my fault! Thank God for Trish she saved the day and picked some up for me that night!
Then the next day is Friday, Halloween, day of the parties. I feel like supermom going to school. I have my boys dressed in their costumes, strawberries, cookies, and even treat bags I made for each child in both their classrooms. We do the drop off then Zachary and I return home to our normal routine. 11:15 runs around and I the phone rings, its the school...PANIC!
C-Hello
D(director of school)-Hello is this Ryan and Cameron's mom?
C-Yes it is, is everything okay?
D-Well, Cameron's class was just sitting down to eat lunch and I believe you forgot to bring his.
C-(In my mind I am thinking, ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME???)-I called and spoke with you directly yesterday and you said they did not need a lunch because they were having a party.
D-OHHH yes I am so sorry it was a miscommunication and I was misinformed. What would you like to do about it?
C-(in my mind,WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ABOUT IT???) Well I guess I will have to bring them a lunch now won't I?
D-Again I apologize
C-Its okay no problem(ARE YOU GONNA PAY FOR MY GAS TO DRIVE BACK UP THERE, SINCE THIS IS YOUR FAULT???)
D-Bye
C-Bye

This just goes to show you that as much as you prepare and think you are doing good, something or someone always messes it up! But we just have to keep on trying!!!

More Later!

Heading Home

Well, if it couldn't get any crazier around here...it just did. While my hubby is in NY working, I am packing up the kids, the pets and all our things and going to Ohio for the holidays. Yes it is the craziest thing I have ever done! It will save us money from flying back and forth twice for thanksgiving and Christmas and we can see my hubby every weekend. We are so excited about that! The problem is packing up your whole life to live somewhere else for a few months. On top of that we are leaving this weekend ...in 2 days! OMG!!!

Update on Zachary and his paci. Cutting the nipple off totally worked. Now when I ask him if he wants his paci he says, "No it's disgusting Mommy". I LOVE it! Everyone that calls talks to him on the phone asks him the same thing just to hear him say it....its so darn cute!

Okay I am off to pack! More Later!

Halloween

Here are my boys ready for Trick or Treating! Cameron is the yellow Transformer (Bumblebee). Zachary is in the middle dressed like Diego. Ryan is the red transformer (Optimus Prime). They had a blast!

Day One=Single Mom

Okay well here I am day one of being single. We took my husband to the airport this morning and he is in New York for a while. Overall the day went well. I had a lot of fun with the boys.

As sad as it was seeing my husband go off to work, I am so glad that he has a job. The last 4 months have truly been a struggle. I am glad to say that we survived it and we are moving forward in the right direction. We are so excited about that.

The boys are so excited to be moving to New York. They cannot wait! I can't wait for them. I just want us to be settled and in a place that we really love. And especially all of us be together again!

Okay I gotta run. Ryan is up...ugh!

The Test

I am sitting here listening to the lovely sound of my 2 year old Zachary cry. I am trying to take away his pacifier. We just put him to bed and I cut the nipple off the paci. So I gave the halfsie paci to him and ran out of the room as quick as I could.

And I am proud to say that he cried for a full 20 minutes and then quiet. So we will see. The next test comes tomorrow at nap time.

Next we are on to potty training! Fun Fun!

Counting down the days:-(

Well today is Tuesday and I am pretty sure my hubby will be leaving by this weekend. We are counting down the days until I am a single Mommy of 3 under 5. OMG! We may not see Daddy again until Thanksgiving! Its going to be so hard. But again its getting us closer to home and that is so exciting. So we are trying to squeeze as much as we can in these last few days before he leaves. Its especially hard since he has been here everyday for 4 months.

Being out of work that long has been hard and we have done pretty well I think keeping up with our bills and such. However this week has been a little more difficult. I know its only a few days til that ends and we feel like we can breathe again but waiting has been horrendous.

As I learn more about the blogging world I am sure it will be very helpful when I am here by myself. It will be good therapy when I put the kids to bed and need to vent. Should be interesting.

One story before I go. So we had this cat Jackson for the last 7 years. Well to make a long story short we had to take him to adoption center because he was ruining our house. This happened a month ago. Now we have 2 Dogs Jasmine and Bailey and 1 cat Jovi. So last night Cameron says to me, "Mommy where is Jackson the cat?" I freeze because I thought that since a month has past and not a word has been said from any of the kids that I was home free. NOT the case. I answer and say that unfortunately Jackson could not live with us anymore. He says "Does he live with someone else?" And I say "Yes". Cameron then gives me the guilt trip and says "But Jackson was Jovi's friend"...and we left it at that. I just could not believe that after one month he finally thought about Jackson. He seemed satisfied with my answers but I am sure that will not be the end of it. I hate it when I am caught off guard like that and I have no words. Hopefully it gets better and easier the more it happens. Who knows!?!?

Okay More Later!

Okay back to the craziness!

So it was just one year ago that we moved here to Orlando. Now we will be moving to New York. We are pretty excited. My husband lost his job in June and it has been a long hard 4 1/2 months. Finally we got good news and got a great job with a great company. As much as we would of liked to go home to Ohio, New York is 12 hours closer to home then Florida. I know that we can drive home for the weekend to visit and I am very happy about that.

The next few months will be just as hard as it has been the last 4 months. Selling the house, finding a new place to live, not to mention that we will be apart for a while. I just can't wait for the feeling that we are settled. We have not had that in a year.

Okay its almost 1 am and I need to go to bed. More Later!

Moving to New York!

Well we will be moving to New York. Someday not really sure when we will moving yet again. I will post again later about it but right now my kids are screaming and the hubby is hungry. Off to cook dinner! Boy ours lives are SO crazy!

FINALLY I can breathe (oh wait i am still sick and cant breathe...darn it!)

Okay so finally today we found out the my hubby got the job!!! Whoo hoo! However they still are not sure where we will be living. Either Ohio or New York. Well it beats Florida! (Sorry to anyone that loves Florida) Anyways we will find out more info next week. So stay tuned for that because our lives our totally about to change...again.

So today I watching watching a movie on a cable channel and my kids were in the living room playing. So during the commercials a preview comes on for the show The Girls Next Door ( which i totally watch). Anyway Kendra one of Hefs girlfriends is wearing a tank top with some pretty good cleavage showing and she grabs her boobs and kisses them both. My oldest who is 4 almost 5....thinks this is the funniest thing ever. I am trying to hide my face because I can feel him turning to look at my reaction. I try to avoid the situation- I look up down anywhere I but look at his eyes. Why because even though i should be like Son girls dont really do that and thats not proper....I know that if I look at his eyes I will bust out laughing. This was like the first really awkward moment I have had with him. So even though what feels like 5 min is really five seconds our eyes finally meet and he says Mommy she just kissed her boobs and i said Yes Ryan she did. I had no words I was holding in laughter....I am the worst Mom!

Okay off to bed. Been sick for a week and my ears are filled with fluid(according to dr.) and I feeling like I am swimming and i cant hear and it is so ANNOYING!!!

Enough Waiting

I cannot take it a second longer! So my husband is still waiting to hear about that job. We should find out sometime this week. The waiting is making me lose my mind. And to top it off we are so close to selling the house. Or at least we think we are. Still once again waiting on that. I mean can our lives be any crazier. I cant wait for the days that we can settle down. I cant wait to feel like we belong somewhere again. With our friends and family all around us. Hopefully this week we will get all the news we have been hoping for and and put this long battle behind us. Pray for us!!!

Enough Already

Well it is now September 15th and still no job. It has been pretty rough. My hubby just went for an interview for a job back home in Ohio. We are praying that he gets it. That way we can A-have a job and B-get back home. Now we just wait and see. Hopefully good things will come to us soon- we need it. Okay I'll be back soon.

The Unknown

Well things have definitely gotten crazy around here. My Hubby lost his job on friday. This is the job the he has had for about 2 years. The first year we lived in Cleveland and he worked in Michigan which was crazy but so fine. Then the company merged two areas together and if my husband wanted to keep his job we had to transfer to Orlando. So that's what we did. We have been here for about a year and the same exact thing happened- company merged and my husband obviously only being here for 9 months lost his job. So now we are excited partly about this because he hated the job anyway because he was always having to travel. So know he looks for a new one hopefully one in Ohio. We desperately want to go back. So now our life is full of the unknown but so exciting at the same time. My husband is awesome so I know we will make it. Its just the unknown right now that sucks. So I wait til we get a job and we will see where it lands us. Pray for Ohio!!!

Why does this even bother me?

So my oldest had school pictures a couple weeks ago. It was the first time he was doing such a task without me. This freaks me out. My control - taken away. Who was gonna be there to make sure he smiles? I paid an arm and a leg for these f-ing pictures so he better be smiling. Who is gonna make sure to comb his hair so he doesnt look like he just got out of bed? I like to be in control of these situations. Its hard to give that up. So I get the pics back the other day and Ryan could not of done a more perfect job. He smiled, and his hair looked great. There was only one problem. ME! Well really not my fault more the photographers fault but still. So normally when you see a school picture it is just a head shot of the child with a nice plain neutral background. Not this time...he is sitting in a chair with his nice red polo I put on him that morning. Guess what color the chair is...RED!!! I mean seriously why did it have to be red? He blends in so much and all you see is his pale white smiling face. Why does this even bother me?

New to Blogging

Hey there anyone who is reading this. I am new to blogging and looking for any advice. I am not sure how this whole thing works. Like how do I find other blogs to read? How do i personalize my blog? Thanks to anyone who can help!