Kind of a boring week.

Okay, this is unusual. I do not have any stories this week. I cannot believe it. I usually can come up with some story about some of the wall things that my kids do but I have absolutely nothing. Well, I guess the week is not over yet I still have tomorrow! I guess this week I can just tell you what I am making for Sunday dinner. I haven't decided between a bbq meatloaf or a bacon cheeseburger meatloaf. Any suggestions? I will probably make some loaded baked potatoes, green beans, corn and rolls. Sometimes we have a big crowd on Sunday; but, if not, the ones who do show up can put the food away. LOL! You have to love family and Sunday dinners.

What was I supposed to do?

Last night my step-son told me that he had left half of his clothes at his mom's house. Now, he came back Sunday and I have told him everyday this week to get his stuff put away. He spent an hour last night trying to find something to wear. Finally just a few minutes before ten he found something that would work. Then he brought me a pair of jeans and asked if I could wash them. I said sure no problem I will try and get them done. I am a night owl. I do stay up sort of late because it is easier to get my cleaning and schoolwork done after everybody goes to bed. Well, I put his pants in the dryer before I went to bed and for some reason they did not get dry. I get to bed around 1, I get woke up at 3 when my husband gets home, I get up at 5:45 to wake the kids up, after that I lay back down until my 2 year old gets up and at 7 they get taken to school. Now, at about 6:30 my step son, who is 18 years old and a senior in high school, comes up and tells me that his pants are not dry. The only thing I can say is and? After school I asked him why he felt the need to wake me up to tell me his pants were wet. He said well you said that you would get them done and I wanted to let you know that you didn't. What exactly was I supposed to do about a pair of wet pants 30 minutes before he had to leave for school that he couldn't do hisself? Yes, he knows how to run the dryer.

A quiet week! Yeah right!

Well, this does not happen very often. There is only one child in my home right now. All the rest are gone on spring break. I am not sure if it is a good thing or not though. When they are here I do get a little help from them. They watch the baby while I do my housework, schoolwork, etc. and without them here it is a challenge to get things done with a 2 year old running around. For example, last night during seminar my son was taking a bath. Now, from where my desk sits I have a great few of the bathroom and I can watch him while listening to the professor. I have become very good at multi-tasking. Anyway I was sitting here for class and he was in the tub. I looked up and asked if he was doing ok and he just looked at me and grinned. I realized after a few minutes that he was being very quiet. i decided to stand up and look in on him. What a sight! My darling, loveable, sweet and innocent two year old boy had pooped in the tub! Not only that but he decided that it would be a good idea to drive his toy truck through it. His daddy said he is just going muddin' but he did not have any mudd so he had to make his own. A quiet week in my house even with just one child is not possible!

The new house.

Well, I am behind on my schoolwork this week because we have been moving. After months and months of searching we found the perfect house. It has 4 bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, a den, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, two covered porches, and a fenced in yard. I absolutely love it. I hate moving though because it makes me realize how much crap I have accumulated. It was a pretty uneventful move. My washer and dryer fell off the trailer. It banged it up a little but nothing that a hammer wouldn't fix. However, a new washer and dryer wouldn't hurt my feelings any. I already got a new stove out of the deal.

A new day?

Well, last week I didn't post a new blog because there was so many overwhelming things that were going on. This week I am making sure to get it done. So here it goes.
I have come to the shocking conclusion that things need to change. I went to some parent teacher conferences yesterday and I was shocked to hear that the few bad grades that my kids receieved were because they didn't turn in homework. So I had to come home and get irrate. I really do not see how they aren't getting it done. I do my homework and they don't have anything else to do. Yes, my kids can be lazy. Time to change things up. I also realized that if I don't lose some weight I could possibly become very sick. I took my blood pressure yesterday and it was a little high but my husband went to the doctor and they put him on medicine for his. So, we now have a wii active. Maybe just maybe I will wake up Monday morning ready to get some exercise. I really hope so. Well, let's see what else? Not much I guess. This week has been uneventful thank goodness. Classes are almost done. I am looking forward to that break for a little bit. I have to say that I am not very happy with myself this go around because my grades have took a turn for the worse. That is my own fault I will be better next time.

Maybe I can get things caught up !

Well this week has been pretty uneventful. We have started looking for a house again. Now my husband just can not find anything that knocks his socks off. We foound a couple before but since they have changed things around so much we are missing out every time. I have had such good luck with school before and for some reason this time I just can't get things together. With all the sick people around me and the house CRAP, and my husband in desperate need of an assistant manager I just can't get a break. Every week since this round of classes have started I have been behind. Hopefully this week will be different. I am already ahead of where I am usually at. YAY ME!!!!
Well, on a different note. I bought myself the WII active. I have heard alot of good things about it. I just wonder if it will actually work for me. My New Year's resolution was to lose about fifty pounds and to help my husband lose more than that. I have a very hard time getting out and about. So my workouts are limited to here at the house. I also really need to start cooking healthier. That is going to be extremely difficult because I strongly believe that butter and sweets shouold be the two main food groups. I am such a huge fan of Mrs. Paula Deen. She is the best cook in the world!!!!! SHe is also a southern lady so that is a bonus. Well, like I said it has been a very uneventful week. I hope everybody is doing well. Time to hit the hay.

Buying A House!!!

Okay so a couple of months ago my husband and I decided to buy a house. Yay!!!! We talk to the mortgage company and tell them this is what we can do and can you help us? They tell us no problem, you can get a loan, start looking. We started looking and found one. So, we turn in everything they ask for, we sign the contracts, and my husband tells me to start packing because we will be moving in thirty days. After about two weeks the phone rings. The mortgage company says sorry we can't help you. But, two weeks ago with these same papers you said you could, what changed? Our debt to income ratio changed. Can someone please tell me how that changed when the pay didn't change and neither did the debt? I sure don't know! So, our poor real estate lady has put up with us looking for a house big enough to fit us all and far enough out of town so my husband can have his country. Oh My GOODNESS!!!! She is such a great lady. She told us about another company. My husband calls him and tells him what happened. This man was totally shocked that it was handled so poorly. We turn all of the SAME paperwork to him. A few days later we get a call. He tells us in three months we can start looking for a house. That by then everything would be where it needed to be for a loan. We ask, "How much?" They tell us our limit and we wait. There is no sense in looking when we have to wait. So, a couple of weeks ago our time was up. Time to start looking again. Now instead of just looking, we actually called the guy and asked first. Just to make sure we weren't waisting our time. Is everything ready to go, can we still get the loan, and how much? We get all the details and call our lady again. We finally found a place. We LOVED it. We couldn't get. This house was in a flood zone and the people selling it would have to lower their price which they have already done. Start looking again! We went out to look at a place and this man calls us and lowers our loan amount another $15,000. You have got to be freaking kidding me! What changed? Again no one knows! Why in the world would you have a job and not know what the crap you are doing? If nothing has changed on end of the paperwork then one would assume that it had to be on the other end right? So if it is your company and you own it then why can't you tell me the problem?