giddy up!

This happened VERY fast! that hat was only on her head for a
milli-second! But I just LOVE her expression...
that's my girl!

 

I *heart* the Fall

isn't it the best when it gets so nice and cool outside that you actually NEED a sweater on? or wanting blankets on in bed? I just love it! :D
{Kim I know you are cringing}

Shannon I hope you are having a better day, I know you sure made me feel better yesterday and if I can help you out today... maybe we can hook up on YM.

I had to fast and then have blood drawn today. Not much seven, 5mL tubes. But after feeling like I was STARVING... that seemed like a lot. And before coffee too! betchya didn't know I could function without java eh? ;)

So I have to go back this afternoon... fun. NOT!

We went and seen the house last night. Our impressions were: me-loads of possibilities Steve-loads of work to be done. Sounds about right... right? ;) We both agreed on a couple things, 1. being that the bathroom needed to be redone. It's incredibly small and I could see tons of ideas to make it bigger -he disagreed and said it just needed a bit of tweeking to fit a tub in there. Basement definitely needs to be drywalled or something... and 1 bedroom will have to be downstairs. No big deal really. I think we really could make something of this place, keep praying that *IF* it's for us, it'll happen! ;)

so today I'm working on a special one of a kind bear, for an order. I can see it's completion in the VERY near future... I hope his new owner 'digs' him as much as I do! ;)

Hope you all have a great friday!!!

so here's the deal

I mentioned previously that we heard *thru' the grapevine* that we're going to be moving (spring '07). I know my husband VERY well, and I know that he takes a LONG time to think things over and if we don't get on the ball, we'll be living in a tent in the ditch somewhere! SO... I decided to find out what our mortgage options are and start looking for places that are in our range. -there aren't many out there- I have found one that is {perfect} for us... I told him about it, showed him the online pictures etc. and let him think it over. When I asked him if he wanted to make an appt. to see it he didn't answer me. So the next day, I asked again and reworded "IF I make an appt. will you go and see it with me?" -I did get a reply, but it was a simple "yah", well, that's better than nothing, so I made an appt. and we're going to see the inside this evening! :) I just pray that if it's meant to be, that it'll happen.

Dawson is unbearable today. I honestly don't know if school is doing him any 'GOOD' -I love the day that I have alone with Ally...but man he's BAD -you remember the BAD kid in school... well I have that kid at HOME! I betchya he's good at school. {Bugger!} I swear he hates me :P

Tomorrow I have to go and have some tests to determine whether I'm "normal" and I'm sure you are well aware that, THAT is not possible ...har har...

I need calgone... ANYONE? ANYONE? or maybe a huge ass cup of coffee/chocolate something and a vacation, and a million bucks. (Just 1mil would be enough) HONEST!

crazy day

I just want to SCREAM!

I can't explain now but ya, I need to SCREAM! :|

THANK YOU SHANNON!!!

OMG! I am in awe, of all the work you've done for my blog!!! and I love EVERY single bit of it!! :D {{{HUGS}}}

I love you woman! :D

Well...

what do ya think??? ain't I stylin'???

thank you Shannon I just LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE my banner :D and thanks for fixin' me all up ;) man I suck :P

anyway, so I have some fun news!!! I just really hope / pray that this is God's plan. I made an appt. to go and have a look at a place on Thursday evening. If you don't mind some prayers our way would be SERIOUSLY appreciated ;) It's a perfect little place... it has a lot of new upgrades and there is still plenty of room for interior upgrading, woohooo!! :D

So if it is HIS will, I just want Steve to accept the fact.

selling myself ....

Guess the newest news is that we're currently going to attempt to stay ahead of the game. We haven't heard *from the horses mouth* yet, but we know it's coming... We're looking into what our options are for buying a house. We aren't sure if it's even possible at this point, but we'll never know if we don't try!

I'm also going to look into something to try and make some money. {Kim... can you email me that address for the lady that is looking for typers?} I'm going to see about the cafe in town too, I noticed they had a flyer in the window looking for help...I'm not sure I can do that but -I'm DESPARATE!

Anyone looking for handmade artist bears??? I can have them in your hands by Christmas -INCREDIBLY unique gift ideas!!!!

...Money~the root of ALL evil!

*figures*

would it just so happen that we got word that we'll be looking to move out of this place.... and I JUST said earlier how great it is living here.

I'm feeling stressed out already! :(

100's of ducks!!

I love living 'on the lake'. There's nothing more peaceful, I hope we can live out here for ever :) There have got to be WELL over 300 ducks, we think they might be the common merganser.

I have SO many crafty things that I want to do... I'm working away on a bear right now. I also need to get my top cut out to sew for the wedding -I can't believe it's only 2 weeks away!!

And I want to tidy/organize the sun room SO BADLY!!! I look at all my scrap/stamping supplies and want to cry {not really} I just don't seem to have the time, space, drive that I need to create right now. Hopefully once the room is clean I'll feel more like indulging.

Ally has a NASTY snottyhead cold, thankfully she's still in good spirits, but I wish I could magically make it go away.

Steve's emptying out the pool, and we have a birthday/wedding get together later at bil's... I think Steve is fretting as he and Jon are master of ceremonies. Neither of them are public speakers, I think they're going to have to have a few drinks ;)

I can't believe how warm it is out today. Yesterday I woke up to 8*C today it was 17*C. I'm hoping that Steve will be able to take a couple days off so we can have a little family excursion. I just LOVE the fall :)

before I forget

It seems like I forget stuff as fast as it enters my head! So I want to blog before I forget... AGAIN!

I was thinking the other day, I wonder how many mothers would choose their husband or children to love more. I know it's a zany thing to think of but, well... HELLO??? did ya forget who's blog this is?? ;) So, of course I know it's a "different" kind of love, but if you had to make a statement? I honestly love my kiddo's to the moon and back, but my hubby surely is my soul mate :)
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The other day my friend {Kim} mentioned this movie called "Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants". I had heard of it a while back, but never seen it. Low and behold, guess what was on this morning? what a fun 'chick flick'.
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I fell into an idea slump with scrap/stamping so I pulled out some fabric last night and started working on a bear :) It's rockin' and I polked myself thrice, but only bled once :P Pretty since I haven't worked on bears for a while.
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I'm SO glad it's friday, I need to clean more, but my excuse is that I need some totes to put stuff in. I'm definitely having a yard sale in the spring! I can't believe all the SHTUFF we have, it's insane!
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HAPPY FRIDAY!! :D

I'm a cleaning fool!

Well, I have been cleaning up!! Of course I don't WANT to be cleaning, there are a million and a half other things I would enjoy WAY more, but realistically what is a greater feeling to have your house spotless!?~ I can say without guilt -that the 3 second rule- is safe {today anyway!}

I got out a bucket and scrubbed the kitchen floor on my hands and knees! I HATE being on my knees ... I avoid it at ALL cost! just have to clear off the table, and wash the dishes.
I also did the livingroom... dusted, vacuumed and rearranged some furniture.

Ally is interested in books today, I sat down to read one to her but she'd rather "do it herself"

OMG!!! and the best news yet!!! she is saying "MMMMMMMMMMMMOMM" :D

just as the sky is blue

I hate mornings when they start out like today
I had FULL plans/intentions on attending a ladies bible study group known as -coffee break- With today being Dawson's day off school, he seems to think he rules the roost around here and I was in NO mood to argue and enforce {blah blah I know it's my fault- WHATever!}

Needless to say we are staying home. I do not plan to however give in to him like this again. If he happens try to pull this crap on me again...I'm going to drag him out in his pj's.

anyway, so today I am going to attempt to tidy the house...it's an ongoing battle around here and I just always seem to be on the losing side.

I'm just about done a little something that I've been working on, it's looking pretty cool :)

*yawn*

still Tuesday?

man this day sure is going by slow!

I got a really crappy email today, hopefully sorted some stuff out ?
I hate it when one thing can drag you down so much -it sucks!

I got lifted up to the SKY in the afternoon tho!!! I got a parcel in the mail. I GOT MY ATG today!!! WHOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! :D {it's a scrapbookers dream machine} adhesive transfer gun = aka -double sided sticky tape!

I also got a bunch of goodies to boot!!! Shannon I love you, YOU ROCK! I can't wait to use that Santa collage stamp, it's SO AWESOME!!! thank you SO much!!! :D

k, well, I have to try and do something while I'm kidless for a bit ;)

Insomnia one night....

I am one sleep deprived unit! I could be and am going to be going back to bed... I just have to wait for Ally to fall back to sleep first. Dawson was really good getting ready this morning, somedays I wish he had school everyday... but only b/c it's a great way to get into a routine. Yesterday he was scrambling around at the last minute, but this morning we had time to "waste". I was thinking back this morning and remembering the mornings that I would be ready to RIP OFF HEADS. I hate mornings... especially when there are happy cheery people bugging me. I just want to be invisible for the first oh... hour? ;)

Anyway, today Ally and I are going to just stay home, or at least near home. I really want to get some cleaning and tidying and all that crap done. I have some projects that I want to work on and I'm planning to get to the post office before Daws is due home.

I think it's time to go back to bed now ...

shopping, ideas and more!!

Whew! I just got home from shopping... had a fun day. Kim and I went out without kids!!! -ok, Ally is still a *baby* in our opinion. I was out the door and at her house likely before Dawson even got to school! anxious? me? YES! :D

Anyway, we went to walmart, I bought some more cd holders for my unmounted stamps, couple of shirts, shampoo and other junk. So then we went to Michael's I scored LARGE! I got 2 grapevine wreaths for the price of one, we looked over pretty much everything but didn't buy much of anything... I'm really hoping that we get together more often to do cards/scrapbooking/crafting in general. OH! I got 2 new books today each for a screaming great deal!

-Donna Downey -decorative journals "uncharted territory" $12
-the JOY of Scrapbooking (more like a layout idea book) $15

I'm sweating my legs off right now, I need to go change into some shorts.

thanks for the day Kim, next time we need to {orgetfay the udgetbay}

from HERO to ZERO

yup that's how my day went yesterday. Started out I was ON TOP OF THE WORLD~!!

My dad took Dawson for the weekend, so I got to have an extra 40 winks Saturday morning, then I got to go out without the kids to go SHOPPING!!! I even had some "beer money" to spend. I was SO excited... I met my mom in Brantford. I found the converse that I want to get, but they were $110 so I decided to settle for them for Christmas ;) {although nobody knows this yet} I did find a pair of brown chucks on sale for $40 so I bought them :D
Then we went to a scrapbook store that I hadn't been to in a while, it was LOADED with new/good stuff!!!! I looked all over from top to bottom -quickly- then decided that I really need to use or sell a lot of the stuff that I have before buying more ~did I just say that???? yup, it's true. So I spent a whopping $6 bucks :(
Anyway, then we went to a fabric store and I found the exact fabric that I want to have the dress made with for bil's wedding. Actually I'm going to do a skirt/top that looks like a dress ;) We went to a second store and I found the skirt already made and my size!!! wooohoooo, so now I just have to get the fabric and make the top. While we were in that store I started to feel a bit lightheaded and really faint feeling. I just figured I needed a sugar boost. I got a bottle of juice and a couple bottles of water and I was just feeling worse and worse. We parted and I headed for home. I had the "peddle to the metal" and was thinking the entire time what I would say if pulled over for speeding. I felt like a SACK OF CRAP! I just got worse and worse. I had to go to mil's to pick up Ally and when I got there I sat down to nurse her and I just ached something HORRID. I felt like I had the flu, from head to toe and every muscle inbetween just felt like I was hit by a bus. I started to get the chills so I wrapped up in a blanket and had a cup of tea and a dish of homemade chicken soup -with dumplings- that I couldn't even finish. After taking a couple ibuprofen I rested and then decided that I had to get Ally home b/c she doesn't sleep anywhere but her crib. I don't remember driving home, but obviously we made it.
I woke up several times during the night, I was sweating like crazy. But the chills went away and I wasn't feeling dizzy / lightheaded any more. It occured to me at 7am this morning that I might have mastitis. Although I'm not certain, I think it may be a breast infection. I read that rest is best, of course along with nursing to drain the possible plugged up duct.
I was SO disappointed as I had high hopes for the evening. Steve had his brother's stag night to go to and I had a 'scrapbooking date' with Shannon... Needless to say I did NOTHING. Not to mention the fact that my dumbass hubby decided to meander in the door at around 9-9:30 this morning still drunk and not slept a wink. sigh... so long for Ally's birthday party today.

so... I'm up to resting today. That and scrapbooking :P

stuff

k, i'm in a STUFF kinda mood... so DEAL with it!


Stuff that is buggin me RIGHT now is that our kids are ~after much battle~ finally in bed and sound asleep and Steve is watching a movie that is vibrating the walls! I hate it that he expects us to respect him but he seems to forget that it should be a 2 way street.


I'm annoyed that I am in a creative rut, I can't seem to get my ass into being creative in my scrapbooking. I just want to hoard all my supplies and it's sickening to see how much stuff I have, that I rarely use. I want to have a room that is all MINE! a room that I can go and leave life at the door. I mean, come on do you know ANYONE that brings there work home, wakes up during the night to tend to their "job" ...quite literally eats, sleeps, breathes their job? Don't get me wrong I LOVE our kids... but a nice relaxing break from them would benefit my human being I'm positive!


I hate the loud unexpected STUPID sounds that happen on movies that make you JUMP and startle you it makes me MAD!

Something that I think makes other people annoyed with me, is my ability to change subjects in the wink of an eye and totally forget my thoughts, half way thru...what was I saying? ;)

I was reading Cindy's blog and it got me to thinking about what my "song" would be if I could pick a song that I feel sums it up for me...

Artist: Paisley Brad When I Get Where I'm Going
(Feat. Dolly Parton)

When I get where I'm going
On the far side of the sky
The first thing that I'm gonna do
Is spread my wings and fly

I'm gonna land beside a lion
And run my fingers through his mane
Or I might find out what it's like
To ride a drop of rain

(Chorus:)
Yeah when I get where I'm going
There'll be only happy tears
I will shed the sins and struggles
I have carried all these years
And I'll leave my heart wide open
I will love and have no fear
Yeah when I get where I'm going
Don't cry for me down here

I'm gonna walk with my grand daddy
And he'll match me step for step
And I'll tell him how I missed him
Every minute since he left
Then I'll hug his neck

(Chorus)

So much pain and so much darkness
In this world we stumble through
All these questions I can't answer
So much work to do

But when I get where I'm going
And I see my maker's face
I'll stand forever in the light
Of his amazing grace
Yeah when I get where I'm going
There'll be only happy tears
Hallelujah
I will love and have no fear
When I get where I'm going
Yeah when I get where I'm going

thankfully tomorrow is FRIDAY!

I actually don't know what it is that I like about fridays... I've heard people say that it should always feel like friday to stay at home moms. HA! that's a good one eh? ;)

I think Steve ACTUALLY wants my attention... of ALL things on tv, he put my favorite movie on... anyone want to guess which one? ;)

my baby is ONE!

wooweee... my baby girl is a year old!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLY!!!

1 down ...1 to go!

yup, we did it! We survived Dawson's first day of school. I can't say that we had a relaxing day, as there were MANY things to do to prepare for our next milestone that's tomorrow -Ally will be a year old!!!! We still have to pick up a few things, bake the cake, wrap stuff oh and go to the market as Dawson I'm sure will want his little sister to have flowers for her special day ;) ~he's SO considerate.

ugh...phone.

it was a good call ;) ~grandma~

anyway, where was I? the kids are both still up, they are WAY WAY overtired and testing one anothers every bit of paitience.

I'm feeling "that way" which totally blows goats... haven't felt "that way" in a long long time. SUCKS!

well, I guess if I don't put the kids to bed they'll never get there... sigh...

milestone week

This week we'll be 'celebrating' 2 milestones with our children. Dawson starts his first day of junior kindergarten tomorrow... much to our disagreement with how the government runs the public education in our province, Steve and I decided that jk will give me and Ally the time that we need to bond without Dawson stealing ALL of the attention. It's been a rough road to make the decision to put him into school, but like Steve says... "we can take him out as easily as we put him in". So far his teacher seems really INTO her job. She seems like a very caring person. I just hope that Dawson has a positive experience.

Ally will be taking the other milestone on Wednesday -she will be turning a year old! I still can't believe that an ENTIRE year has passed!!! She is such a little cutie. I just LOVE her personality, she is VERY different than Dawson was. I want to make a list of the things she does, I haven't kept a very good record of her. I always said I would try to keep them equal... but it's amazing how much time 2 children require.
We're going to have cake & ice cream after supper, and then have an afternoon "party" next sunday for her.

So today I have a list a mile and a half long of things to do, places to go, and people to see. I highly doubt I'll get a single thing done. Dawson went to bed WAY too late last night and woke up too early -can you say CRANKY? and I'm tired and could just sleep the day away if I could.

had a good day :)

Well, they've been far and few between, I hate to "jinx" myself as the day isn't exactly over yet. But so far it's been going pretty good. We met up with friends and had a picnic and fed the geese and ducks for a while. The kids ran around like crazy and got rid of some energy. MAN! what I wouldn't give to even have an OUNCE of their energy. I know you've said it, read it and heard it a million times... if I bottled it I could sell it and be rich.

So hmm... what's new? nothing really. I just like to babble :D it's fun to *think* that people reading my blog are ACTUALLY interested in the stupid things I have to write about.

OH!! Last night, hold onto your hats... I SCRAPBOOKED!!! a single page 12x12 layout that took me actually about 2 days to complete. It would actually be a fun thing to do as a challenge. The only things I used was less than 1 sheet of 8-1/2 x 11 cardstock (for mounting purposes), 1 sheet of patterned paper, rub-ons and hand written journaling -with a pen!

only 2 more sleeps until my baby boy has his first day of school!!!

getting ready for FALL

I thought I'd update my blog template to coincide with the change in our temperatures. It's finally starting to stay cooler!! yah ~did ya know I HATE summer? the only good thing about it is swimming *which you can do indoors -not get sunburnt or eaten by buys!* and gardening.. which I plan to enjoy year round SOMEDAY via a greenhouse ;)

anyway, ya... I'm just rambling. Our budgie is conversing with the sparrows outside, it's pretty interesting to listen to for about 5 minutes. Oh, and the budgie that is out there among the sparrows also chimes in periodically.

We were planning to go to a 60th wedding anniversary party today -the kids and I, but I've been feeling pretty low and headachey I just dreaded driving and dealing with the kids without Steve. He's cutting down a tree. So we're just staying put today. Not to mention Ally is whiney as heck, and still not feeling great.

I have been slowly picking up stuff around here, I think I'm actually making headway!! ~truly amazing!

I was tricked!

Yup, tricked I tell ya!

Tricked into thinking I was on the upside of this round...

I had a slight high today -I got to go GROCERY SHOPPING!!! excting eh? that's not the best part... I got to do it withOUT the kids!!!! I got to run all over town in and out of stores so that I could snap up all the stuff that was on sale... woohooo!

Today Dawson met with his teacher so she could judge his capabilities, and test his knowledge level. It was kinda fun to be in the "background" and listen to what he knows. He's a real little chatterbox!! I think this next adventure {public school} is going to be rather interesting. I can't wait to see our family settle into somewhat of a routine. We desparately need one.

I'm pretty tired tonight. I think I have figured a little something about Ally. She has a *bedtime window opportunity* and let me tell you, you CERTAINLY do NOT want to miss it. If I start getting her ready for bed around 7pm and she is IN bed by 7:30 I have noticed that she will be asleep -on her own- by 8pm. HOWEVER... if you miss the chance, she picks up a second wind, and turns into a crazy night owl. She fights every second of it to stay awake. Tonight I missed the window and she was up until nearly 10:30... guess that'll teach me to eat supper late, and hot!

I have a bunch of running around to do tomorrow. Ally isn't exactly feeling 100% either :( she was up barfing last night ... and I have been feeling pretty stressed, tired and well, just bleh.
Steve's planning to be cutting down a tree tomorrow. He has been doing AWESOME with working away on woodcutting. We have I think probably 2 cords? hopefully we'll end up with more than we need rather than running out this year. We noticed a significant increase in the gas bill when we weren't using the stove last year.

ok, well, I'm rambling... you know what that means.
g'night ;)

it can ONLY get better!

I have no idea what has gotten into Ally. I do believe she is fighting something. She's just not herself ~ mother's intuition! ;) She didn't go to sleep and it was very obvious that she was beyond tired, until after 10 pm last night and it was nearly 11pm the night before. Needless to say I'm exhausted! Dawson also hasn't been making it to bed in a timely manner, mainly due to the time I've been rocking, and caring for Allykins... I hope she gets herself back on track and QUICK! Dawson has his interview with the teacher tomorrow. I look forward to it... probably as much as he does. His first morning of actually going to school sure will be an interesting challenge... I might have to beg and barter with Steve to either stay home or go in a bit late ;) I'll probably have to invest in a kleenex stock ... ok, maybe not! :P but I sure will miss him, I hope and pray that he will get the stimulation that he needs and that he is ready for this stage in his life.

I've been trying to organize our house a bit, with letting it slip ONE day last week it's gone to hell in a handbasket! :( I think I'll do what I can over the weekend to get it straightened up again.

It's a gorgeous day outside, I may go work on the sign at our church building... AFTER I have a nap! ;)

EDITED TO ADD:
ahhh... well, I had a nap! I probably could have slept for a couple more days ;) but that is just asking for a miracle. I should really clean up our house it's UPSIDE DOWN! but I'm going to wait for the ol' dh to get home.

Dawson is out and Ally is being babysat by the bird. I need to start feeling less guilty about wanting to do things that *I* actually want to do.

I'm tired!

I missed blogging the yesterday and I don't plan to say much right now either...

I was at my mom's house with the kids (need I say more?)

*yawn*

a GOOD monday

the only kind of monday that is GOOD is when it's a holiday!

we haven't done much this weekend but it sure feels like the time has escaped us. Steve's chopping wood. I baked a cake, did the dishes = a few days worth, tidied and vacuumed -why does being a grown up require so much responsibility?

It finally a gorgeous day, the temperature is just right altho' a bit cooler would be welcomed ;)

it's getting cloudy from the north, I wonder if it's going to pass or stop?

The budgie is doing good. Steve and I have both been taking the time to handle her for short bits, we don't want to overwhelm her and thankfully she's not been biting us.

maybe I'll go create something...

what do I do with myself?

well, yesterdays "castrophe" wasn't near as bad as I thought it was going to be. The one thing I was most worried about was how upset Steve was going to be with me for being impulsive. As it turns out there is a plan in EVERYTHING that happens. My inlaws took the cockatiel, and so we have the budgie. We had them both in the cage together here and seemed to be getting along alright... so that was kinda good too. I'm very relieved that it all worked out.

So onto my next bit of excitement!!!! :D

shhh... what do you hear?
Dawson yelling at me? ...no.
Ally screaming for me to rescue her? ....no.
The television? ...no

this is what you hear: raindrops on the roof, wind blowing gentle waves, geese 'honking', and that is IT! this is as close to silence as I get!!!! Steve took the kiddo's to his parents, and I was nearly BEGGING him to just leave them there and come back home. We really need to have some quality time as a couple. I really feel like we're JUST parents these days, it sucks! Don't get me wrong I LOVE OUR KIDS!!! but we were together a LONG time before the kids and it's so bizarre that, that relationship got lost after the kiddo's were born. I miss our time... I NEED *US* time as badly as I need *ME* time.

So I'm here and I can do WHATEVER I want... first thing I can think of is SLEEP!
and of course I want to scrapbook my brains out, not to mention the house sure needs tidying and vacuuming {bleh!}

Happy SATURDAY!!

ugh.... why me?!

Why of all traits that my parents could have passed along, why did they have to make me be so impulsive?! I HATE myself right now! :|

I keep *thinking* that I want a parrot... but the kind I want is WAY out of my price range. So today I went somewhere that I am officially NOT going to ANY MORE! the exotic sale auction I came home with 2 birds... ugh... WHAT WAS I THINKING??????
~apparently I wasn't thinking AT ALL!

I can't even touch the one! he's like pyscho or something. I sometimes wish that I lived without access to money. I think I'd be happy to have Steve hand over $x and that's what I can do with whatever I want.

I need to get rid of at LEAST one of these birds ASAP!

wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......

is it Friday yet??

yah!!! not only is it FRIDAY but it's SEPTEMBER!! I have some mixed emotions about it being Sept. I'm happy that *imo* summer is over!!!! but I'm sad that Ally will be turning a year old ALREADY!!?! eeek!!! I'm and I'm happy and sad at the same that Dawson is going to be in school soon. I look forward to napping during Ally's nap time!! ahh.... but I'm also sad that my little boy will be under the influence of many things that are beyond my knowledge. Especially what he'll be learning from other kids. I feel that he is VERY prepared for the school-learning aspect, but I'm not so sure that he's ready to "fend for himself" on the playground. He knows that the knowledge that he has about God is the truth. I do fear that he is so young / tender that he will be unsure of responding to people when they test his knowledge. Kids can be so cruel. I just wish that everybody would just agree to disagree sometimes, or of course better yet, all have the same values/morals.
I am still looking at the home/worldly educating for the future, but we'll just see how things go... I think jr. kindergarten is more or less the opportunity for Ally and I to spend some time together so she can feel that she is important too. Dawson has a tendancey to interupt ...A LOT! ~wonder where he gets it from?

I plan to attempt to be creative today, I don't know if it will ACTUALLY happen tho'. Oh, and I *might* take the kids to the sale barn a little later, we need some new laying hens.

We still haven't been able to capture the budgie that's been at large... I just like to even SEE him to make sure he's alive. Jane has been feeding him -along with all the other feathered friends. I think the budgie thinks he's a sparrow now.

I can't believe I've been awake for over an hour and I had to make my own coffee today. Tisk!
Steve has been in a course this week and part of next at work... so of course he hasn't been getting up until it's too late to make coffee. All I look forward to when I wake up is my coffee *yawn*