Crazy Mommy...

Do you ever have a day where you feel like you can't do anything right? I have been having one of those years... A year ago my only responsibilities seemed to be getting Lucas to pre-school a couple of times a week and getting myself to work once a week. Well, since then I have added getting my son off to kindergarten everyday and picking him up on time every day (yeah, I know- sounds simple right...but I have missed picking him up a couple of times because I was lost in work and my computer reminder didn't go off and the school had to call me). Which leads to another one, working from home, which has been wonderful; but I will get so lost in what I am doing that I have forgotten to do several things with the kids that needed to be done- like picking up Lucas from school- or taking Abby to dance. Yet another thing I added- Abby's dance, which I swear she has only been to half of the time because I keep forgetting to get her there- my latest mistake has been that yesterday they were supposed to get their class pictures taken together- her class is usually on Wednesdays, and when I first read over her paper I was focused on the fact that I had to purchase her another outfit so that she would coordinate for the picture and assumed that photos were happening during class, since the top of the sheet said "Tuesday and Wednesday April 28 ad 29th. Well, when we got to the store at 4:00 yesterday to get her the outfit for the photos, I read the paper again and saw that her photo was scheduled for 3:30 yesterday. I was so upset at myself that I started crying- thankfully I have a sweet little girl that forgave me when I apologized for my mistake, but I bet she will ask me in a couple of weeks when all of the other girls have their cute pictures where her's is and why she doesn't have one...
Also, I have added Lucas doing karate- I haven't missed this yet becuase I have to meet Shawn in Orem to have him take Lucas the rest of the way to Karate in Alpine- but that is because Shawn skypes me a reminder to go- I have been late, though.
Added to all of this, I was asked to be Lucas's Room Mom, which when they asked me at the beginning of the year if I could do it, I said yes because my life wasn't as complicated; since then I have added two more part time jobs- the work from home one and working at Curves. I just feel like I started juggling a couple of balls- and was making that work, when all of the sudden I was tossed a knife and a torch and three other balls to work in it as well. But I am not catching them well at all. I still feel so bad about Abby's pictures...and she was supposed to turn in a check last week for her costume, but I was doing training for work in Salt Lake City and I forgot to give Shawn the check to take to her class- so, most likely, she won't get the costume she needs for her recital. I am the worst Dance Mom ever! I wonder often how my mother did it with 5 kids to juggle; I can't handle my two.
Oh yeah, I forgot to add that I do a joy school for Abby's pre-school; something that I haven't totally screwed up on yet, but it is another stress in my life and I am not that good at it...
I am just venting here- I am sure most of you who actually come to my blog won't even read this, but I am just feeling so bad, particularly about all of my mistakes with Abby's Dance, that I can't sleep and I needed a place to vent. Thanks for listening if you read the whole thing, if not, don't worry, I am not offended.
Christi

Girls will be Girls...

So, today, Abby was over playing at a neighbor's house- there is a little girl there who is 5. Well, I went to check up on Abby, since she had been there for a while and I didn't want the other mom to feel like I was having her babysit (although, I was able to get some work done while she was gone!); so I went to check up on her and the other mom and I visted for a bit- no biggie, right? Well, as I was walking home, Heidi (the mother of the girl, Jessica) called for me to come back. Apparently, she went to check on the girls after I left- they were playing in their non-fenced in- facing a busy street backyard in the sand box. Well, apparently the girls saw on Curious George how if you add water to dirt, it makes mud- so they did this, but thinking that thier mommies would be angry about muddy pants, they decided to take off their pants AND underwear (don't forget- this is facing a busy street...).
So, we each got our respective girl dressed and as I was walking Abby home and telling her how she isn't allowed to take off her pants and underwear at people's houses, I decided to go one further and ask her if they pee'd in the sand box- "No, Mommy, I went pee in the mud...." Oh, Joy- yes, this is the mud that not only was all over their hands and feet, but also, weirdly, around her mouth....
So, I took her home and gave her a thorough bath and talking to- hopefully she won't do this again...

We're buying a HOUSE!!!

K, so this is the house- it is in a neighborhood in Traverse Mountain at the north end of Lehi (the same exit as Thanksgiving Point)- the downside for me is that it is a cookie cutter neighborhood- they all look the same; but we loved the inside so much, we were willing to overlook this- the other downside- we will be living on a hill...)
This is what it looks like when you walk through the front door...
The stairs are so beautiful; we practically bought the house just for them!
The kitchen is HUGE and it has granite countertops- BONUS!!
This is the pantry- and Lucas is holding open the door to the basement...
This is the half bath that is on the main floor...
This is a shot from the corner of the master bedroom (on the main floor)- Lucas is in the bathroom and there is a sliding door to the back yard here...
Nice, huge master bath- again granite countertops!!!
This is the jetted tub and shower- sorry it is fuzzy, I didn't realize that it was when I took this picture, but you get the idea!
Nice, big walk-in closet!
This is the entry to the backyard from the master bedroom- yes, I know it is a small backyard...
We need to do some work back here...eventually!
This is the view of the living room from the upstairs balcony- Shawn just keeps envisioning Christmas morning...
Laundry room upstairs..
Kids bathroom upstairs- nice and big- the toilet is in it's own room and there is a large linnen closet here as well!
Lucas's room- one of the one's that faces the street...
Abby's room- she wanted a picture with her window- her's is the other room that faces the street...
The third bedroom upstairs: kids play room/future baby's room/ guest room
What the upstairs closets look like
The stairs to the basement
From the bottom of the stairs
Huge future family room
Another view of the future family room- the photo didn't turn out great, so I didn't post it, but behind where I was stading to take this picture is a huge storage room...
Future 1 or 2 bedrooms
future hallway and bathroom.

Well, as you can see, there is a lot of work for us to do, over time, with this house...but we are super excited about it...I am still shocked that we can even afford it! We signed contract papers today and we will close on June 1st- then we will be official home owners! YAY!

No, I'm not dead- YET!

Just wanted to write something up on here- it is strange, I feel like I don't have anything much to write, but at the same time we are going through some major life changes! Last week we went and met with a financial guy who told us about what we could expect to afford for a home. Then someone tells us about this new thing that the State is offering to people ($6000) for first time home buyers who buy a NEW home (only for the first 1600 people); so we decided to start looking at new homes...well, then we started looking at used homes too and basically our lives have been crazy going around looking at houses and I haven't slept well in over a week! To make a really long story short- we have found some that we love, but they might be out of our price range, so we are going to put together an offer and see what happens. Basically, they aren't new (there goes the $6000), but they are only slightly used (bank foreclosures) and are AWESOME- frankly, I will be shocked if one of our offers are accepted because these seem too good to be true (they probably are). The homes are up in northern Lehi- so the commute time for Shawn will be about the same. If we don't get them, though, we intend to keep looking. We decided that the brand new home thing was fun, but when you consider the cost of putting in a yard and fence, a slightly used one is a better deal and there are a lot of desperate people out there selling their homes and bank repos, etc....so there is my update for you! Hope you are all doing well! I will let you know when we have things finalized- and put up a ton of photos (I don't dare even take a picture now because if we don't get it, whenever we see the photos we will be depressed!)

Lucas stories...

Last week I finally got my peas planted- should have done it a week or two prior, but that is life- anyhow- Lucas asked me what I had just done. So, I told him and he said, "Good job, Mom, I'm proud of you!"

Just a minute ago, Lucas was making his own sandwich and I let the dog out saying, "here you go, Mutt." Lucas repeated me and informed me that he would be repeating everything I said, "except the bad words, I won't say those..."
This bothered me a bit- I don't swear even when the kids aren't around, so I said, "What bad words do I say?"
"You go to your room and go to time out!"