I was helping Isabelle brush her teeth last night and she commented on the fact that another tooth was REALLY loose.
I check it. I wiggle it. It moves.....a lot. So I get a napkin and pull.......
The tooth fairy came to visit last night....again.
The good news is her teeth are growing in fast. Which means someday in the near future she'll be able to eat an apple again.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
YEAH!!!
When I was in my teens and 20's and VERY naive about life, I swore, I mean SWORE, I would NEVER, NOT EVER drive a mini-van. And I stayed true to that through one child and no dog. Then came child number two and during that pregnancy I started thinking about how crowded it would be in an Accord for both girls. How one would have to be on the outside seat of the car while one was in the middle. And we got a big dog. Enter the little thought that came worming its way into my mind: I wish I had a mini-van.
Yes, I was a mini-van convert! I freely admit that! Do I sometimes feel (as I was told in FaceBook the other day) that I'm no longer "cool or hip" because I drive a van? Yes, but those thoughts are few and far between because to me it is a badge of honor.
I have carried and birthed 2 wonderful children. They are driven around safely and comfortably in my van. They've spilled everything in there from Cheerios to Chicken Nuggets and haven't trashed it yet.
I am able to load my 110 pound labbie into my van and take him where ever we go. And now I have a 60 pound bundle of energy that can bounce around in the back without disturbing those of us waaaaay up front. Try doing that in an Accord. I've tried, it doesn't work.
My van has taken us all over the state of Georgia, to Auburn, Disney, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida and Tennessee multiple times each with both kids and every accoutrement known to man and still had room to spread out.
We can fit all 4 of our family and my parents and my sister in there with ease and have done so many, many times.
I have heated seats for those 3:00am rides home from work when I'm frozen from head to toe; and yes that place in between. I have XM radio and DVD for long trips. In other words, my van is my rolling home away from home AND I LOVE IT!!! And it has now been ransomed from the car hospital. I never thought I'd be so happy to slide onto any leather seat, adjust the seat to my height and then pause for a moment to enjoy being "home" again. Apparently my kids feel the same way. As they climbed into the van, from one side I heard "Thank goodness" and from the other I heard "We've missed you".
So maybe I'm not "cool or hip" anymore because I drive a van, but I am happy and that, my friends, is what is important.
Yes, I was a mini-van convert! I freely admit that! Do I sometimes feel (as I was told in FaceBook the other day) that I'm no longer "cool or hip" because I drive a van? Yes, but those thoughts are few and far between because to me it is a badge of honor.
I have carried and birthed 2 wonderful children. They are driven around safely and comfortably in my van. They've spilled everything in there from Cheerios to Chicken Nuggets and haven't trashed it yet.
I am able to load my 110 pound labbie into my van and take him where ever we go. And now I have a 60 pound bundle of energy that can bounce around in the back without disturbing those of us waaaaay up front. Try doing that in an Accord. I've tried, it doesn't work.
My van has taken us all over the state of Georgia, to Auburn, Disney, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida and Tennessee multiple times each with both kids and every accoutrement known to man and still had room to spread out.
We can fit all 4 of our family and my parents and my sister in there with ease and have done so many, many times.
I have heated seats for those 3:00am rides home from work when I'm frozen from head to toe; and yes that place in between. I have XM radio and DVD for long trips. In other words, my van is my rolling home away from home AND I LOVE IT!!! And it has now been ransomed from the car hospital. I never thought I'd be so happy to slide onto any leather seat, adjust the seat to my height and then pause for a moment to enjoy being "home" again. Apparently my kids feel the same way. As they climbed into the van, from one side I heard "Thank goodness" and from the other I heard "We've missed you".
So maybe I'm not "cool or hip" anymore because I drive a van, but I am happy and that, my friends, is what is important.
Mixed Emotions
My car is finally ready.
I feel icky.
I think I'll crawl back into the bed for awhile.
Then I'll get my car.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Things I did not love about today
1) Having to get up super early to go to a 7:30 meeting
2) Having to wake my children up super early to go to said meeting. Especially when the oldest goes "I'm not getting up; I'm not going to school today; I'm tired and I don't feel like it." Yeah, I feel ya kid; now get up!
3) Trying to catch the new dog who had jumped the fence again....in the rain.....when I need to be leaving to get to the school. Did I mention the rain?
4) My van still not being ready with no finish date in sight.
5) Having to come in to work when I would much rather be home with my family.
6) Trying to order food and the place, that I had been thinking about for hours, that has the sandwich, that I had been thinking about for hours, had already stopped delivering for the night. Ah man, I hate having to go for second choice!!!
The things I loved about today that make all those things easier to bear?
1) Hugging my children when they just get out of bed and they hug me as if they haven't seen me in weeks and have missed me the entire time.
2) Laughing and talking with friends at a school pep rally and on the phone.
3) Talking to my husband on the phone and hearing in his voice that he would rather I not have to go to work tonight too; and not just because he wants help with the girls!
4) Feeling young and sporty driving he Accord!
Yeah, its all good!
2) Having to wake my children up super early to go to said meeting. Especially when the oldest goes "I'm not getting up; I'm not going to school today; I'm tired and I don't feel like it." Yeah, I feel ya kid; now get up!
3) Trying to catch the new dog who had jumped the fence again....in the rain.....when I need to be leaving to get to the school. Did I mention the rain?
4) My van still not being ready with no finish date in sight.
5) Having to come in to work when I would much rather be home with my family.
6) Trying to order food and the place, that I had been thinking about for hours, that has the sandwich, that I had been thinking about for hours, had already stopped delivering for the night. Ah man, I hate having to go for second choice!!!
The things I loved about today that make all those things easier to bear?
1) Hugging my children when they just get out of bed and they hug me as if they haven't seen me in weeks and have missed me the entire time.
2) Laughing and talking with friends at a school pep rally and on the phone.
3) Talking to my husband on the phone and hearing in his voice that he would rather I not have to go to work tonight too; and not just because he wants help with the girls!
4) Feeling young and sporty driving he Accord!
Yeah, its all good!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
How cool
How cool is it when you realize that your 5 year old understands there is a little bit deeper meaning to life? This is a picture that Belle drew and then turns to me and says "This is why we recycle and try to be good people."
Man, I love that kid!!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
I miss my van!!!
We took the van on Monday to have "deer damage" fixed. They told us it would be ready by Friday. I thought I'd be able to handle living out of a smaller car. I mean until we got the van I drove the Accord daily and loved it! Not so anymore! Its too small, the kids have to climb over each other to get out/into the car at school, the kids are too tall to have the front seats pushed back to normal level without enduring tons of kicking, it doesn't have heated seats (and in this weather, my bum is bumming!!), I can't haul the dogs around and the XM doesn't always work. Those are just a few reasons I want my van back. So Friday was the light at the end of the tunnel, right? Wrong! Andy got the call today that there was more damage unearthed when they started taking the car apart (dumb deer) and it won't be ready until NEXT WEDNESDAY!
**GASP**
Yeah, those deer have a lot to answer for.
**GASP**
Yeah, those deer have a lot to answer for.
A rant....if you will
Alright, frankly I don't care if you're an Obama fan or not (I'll keep my opinion to myself) but I have a HUGE complaint. So bear with me while I step up onto my soap box.
Here goes:
I paid for my daughter to have a hot lunch yesterday. She is quite a picky eater so everyday we have to go over the menu to see if it will be something she will want to eat. Yesterday was chicken sandwiches, a personal fave of hers. So I pay the money. Then her school decides that EVERYBODY will eat lunch in their classroom so that they can watch the inauguration speech AND that instead of giving our children nice hot lunches they will give them sack lunches. Which my child will not eat because it is a turkey sandwich. So instead of a nice hot chicken sandwich (WHICH I PAID FOR) my child ate an apple. Yes, that's it, an apple. A pretty expensive apple when you think about. Which, as you can tell, I have.
Other than that, I have nothing to say about the day. I'm done.
Here goes:
I paid for my daughter to have a hot lunch yesterday. She is quite a picky eater so everyday we have to go over the menu to see if it will be something she will want to eat. Yesterday was chicken sandwiches, a personal fave of hers. So I pay the money. Then her school decides that EVERYBODY will eat lunch in their classroom so that they can watch the inauguration speech AND that instead of giving our children nice hot lunches they will give them sack lunches. Which my child will not eat because it is a turkey sandwich. So instead of a nice hot chicken sandwich (WHICH I PAID FOR) my child ate an apple. Yes, that's it, an apple. A pretty expensive apple when you think about. Which, as you can tell, I have.
Other than that, I have nothing to say about the day. I'm done.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Dumb Deer
So I was driving home from work last night. It was about 1:45 in the morning and I was assaulted by a herd of deer!! Okay, so it sounds funny now but let me tell you last night it was anything but! A herd of 5-6 deer came busting out of the woods at the side of the road. As I tried to slam on the brakes one dashed in front of me. A second one plowed into my car at the front driver's wheel well. A third plowed into my driver's side door. The rest ran behind my car.
The one that hit my driver's side door bounced off the car, jumped up and ran off with the rest of the herd.
The one that hit the wheel well bounced off and was rolling around on the side of the road. I was convinced I was going to have to call 911 to come put down this deer. About that time the deer staggers up and stumbles around a bit. Shakes his head like a football player who was hit helmet to helmet. And runs off after the rest of the herd. Dumb hit and run deer.
Of course I'm totally freaked out and called Andy. What I didn't realize until I got home is that I couldn't open my driver's side door and the front quarter panel was shoved up against the tire (hence the scrubbing noise that I heard on the way home...hmmmm). My wonderful husband came out and freed me from my car and was able to pull the quarter panel out from the wheel so that I can still drive it. Now its on to car repairs.
The deer herds have taunted me for years on my way home in the middle of the night. They've even run in front of me on the highway where we've played a scary game of chicken, but nothing like last night. In case I didn't say it before: DUMB DEER!!!
The one that hit my driver's side door bounced off the car, jumped up and ran off with the rest of the herd.
The one that hit the wheel well bounced off and was rolling around on the side of the road. I was convinced I was going to have to call 911 to come put down this deer. About that time the deer staggers up and stumbles around a bit. Shakes his head like a football player who was hit helmet to helmet. And runs off after the rest of the herd. Dumb hit and run deer.
Of course I'm totally freaked out and called Andy. What I didn't realize until I got home is that I couldn't open my driver's side door and the front quarter panel was shoved up against the tire (hence the scrubbing noise that I heard on the way home...hmmmm). My wonderful husband came out and freed me from my car and was able to pull the quarter panel out from the wheel so that I can still drive it. Now its on to car repairs.
The deer herds have taunted me for years on my way home in the middle of the night. They've even run in front of me on the highway where we've played a scary game of chicken, but nothing like last night. In case I didn't say it before: DUMB DEER!!!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Things get back to Normal
Well, its official: the holidays are over. I know this because my children have moved on to looking forward to their birthdays and the tree is finally down and packed away.
It is with bittersweet emotions that I reclaim the space of floor which has housed our Christmas tree since the weekend before Thanksgiving and the table where the manger has sat for the same amount of time. It's amazing how much that can really drive it home that the holidays are over. *sigh*
November pics are up on Our Wiggs Family Website on Shutterfly. See the link to the side!
It is with bittersweet emotions that I reclaim the space of floor which has housed our Christmas tree since the weekend before Thanksgiving and the table where the manger has sat for the same amount of time. It's amazing how much that can really drive it home that the holidays are over. *sigh*
November pics are up on Our Wiggs Family Website on Shutterfly. See the link to the side!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Updated pics!
I've updated our Shutterfly picture site! I was so far behind that I just now uploaded all of our October pics! You can get to them by the link on the bottom right hand side of my blog. I'll try to get November up soon. Could December's pics be far behind!?!? If it won't let you in, leave me a note in the comments and I'll see what I can do to fix it. Enjoy!!
Yoga
That's all I have to say. Okay, its really not all I have to say but it is a great place to start.
We've kicked back in with the Tony Horton 10 Minute Trainer DVDs. The past few days have been all about cardio which is nice. But today was yoga and I love the way I feel after yoga! Now that's all I have to say!
We've kicked back in with the Tony Horton 10 Minute Trainer DVDs. The past few days have been all about cardio which is nice. But today was yoga and I love the way I feel after yoga! Now that's all I have to say!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Diet and Exercise
So the resolutions have started and believe it or not, so far, I have stuck with them! I have started the diet again and have kicked the exercise program into gear. I'm not going to mention my starting weight here because that is just crazy! However, I'm down 3 pounds people!!
I'm doing my 365 days of pics. No real exciting ones as of yet, but its all about keeping the discipline of doing it. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to post each day but we'll see. Of course it does still count when I took pics on New Year's Day and the card wasn't in my camera, right?!!? Yes, I did that!! I'm not gonna lie. Very embarrassing but true. I got a new digital photo frame for Christmas and had put my card in there to enjoy all my Christmas pics and there it stayed when I went to my parents to do New Year's and a late Hanukkah. So those are all mental pics.
As to the scrapping, I've been working on cleaning up my scrap room so I could get in there and scrap. Does that count? With all the "holiday projects" the girls have had, and all the scrap supply borrowing they did, my room is in shambles. So clean up and then scrap, scrap, scrap.
As to the barn resolution? Give me some sun people!! It's been raining so much here that I'm convinced God is trying to resolve the drought this winter. I'm okay with that because it will be wonderful when the summer gets here and we actually have a lake in the back. But, its made it hard to get up to the barn. I'm hoping that now that the girls are back in school we may have at least one or two days of sunshine so I can get up there. I'm gonna keep that one too!!
Hope you all are sticking to your resolutions too!
I'm doing my 365 days of pics. No real exciting ones as of yet, but its all about keeping the discipline of doing it. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to post each day but we'll see. Of course it does still count when I took pics on New Year's Day and the card wasn't in my camera, right?!!? Yes, I did that!! I'm not gonna lie. Very embarrassing but true. I got a new digital photo frame for Christmas and had put my card in there to enjoy all my Christmas pics and there it stayed when I went to my parents to do New Year's and a late Hanukkah. So those are all mental pics.
As to the scrapping, I've been working on cleaning up my scrap room so I could get in there and scrap. Does that count? With all the "holiday projects" the girls have had, and all the scrap supply borrowing they did, my room is in shambles. So clean up and then scrap, scrap, scrap.
As to the barn resolution? Give me some sun people!! It's been raining so much here that I'm convinced God is trying to resolve the drought this winter. I'm okay with that because it will be wonderful when the summer gets here and we actually have a lake in the back. But, its made it hard to get up to the barn. I'm hoping that now that the girls are back in school we may have at least one or two days of sunshine so I can get up there. I'm gonna keep that one too!!
Hope you all are sticking to your resolutions too!
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