Saturday cookout

Mason still has his tooth. It is so loose and yet it is really stuck in there. He is so proud though to be the first with a loose tooth. The other two are handling it really well. I'm sure they will get jealous when the tooth fairy comes though. So what is reasonable these days for the tooth fairy to leave?

Tonight we went to a cookout with some of Greg's workmates. The house we went to had a gorgeous back yard and it was landscaped beautifully. They had a little waterfall set up with a few fish in it. The kids got to feed the fish, which was a real treat for them. The owners pulled some toys out and the kids played with this gun playing "freeze" tag. It humored me because they would pretend to shoot and say I got you and that person wouldn't argue they would just freeze.

Oh and another big hit there was the foosball table.

My batteries bailed on me, so I didn't get many pictures there. I did get a few though.

Loooooose tooooth

I'm so tired. Why is it so hard to get up from this chair and go to bed? I'm falling asleep as I type you would think it would be easy.

I just wanted to say that we are really excited around here. Mason has a loose tooth.

He was so cute. On our way to the Y, he said, "Hey I think I might have a loose tooth." I turned around to him wiggling it. I was really tickled that he said, "I think I might", when it was really moving. He is so excited and wants to tell EVERYBODY!

Today I took Ashley to the dentist and asked if he felt any loose teeth. This was BEFORE Mason's announcement. And the dentist said, "No they won't be loose for another 2 years." I was a little confused and I guess he could see that on my face and said, "They don't usually lose their teeth until they are around 6 years old." I looked at him and said, "She'll be 6 next month." She is tiny. I guess he thought she was 4. Anyway, he told me the first teeth to come out are usually at the bottom. So when Mason made his announcement I knew it was loose by him just pointing to it and before he even he even wiggled it. (Right place, right time)

Alrighty, Must sleep! I'm sure I'll get some pictures soon!

SISiversary happenings

Well hello everyone!


I'm so glad I don't have to be anywhere today. I need this day to relax and try to get back to normal (whatever normal is).



SISiversary was so wonderful!!!!


So you won't get scared by the ugly layouts below...I'll put these layouts first. These are layouts I completed or started at the convention. I'm looking at them now and thinking I need to journal on them.





I got there Friday night and there were 12 make-n-takes. We had a schedule of which table to go to. Then on Saturday you could sit with anyone you wanted.





The make-n-takes were cute and fun. It was mainly fun to meet all the people that I have been chatting with online and putting a face with the name.





They had karaoke on Friday night and I would have sung, but they didn't have any songs that I knew. A lot of it was country. They had a big book of songs, but somehow that got lost before the event- too bad.





Saturday was so fun. They had classes that you could sign up to go to, but I hadn't signed up for any of them. But in the main ballroom where everyone was scrapping, they had challenges every hour. I did all of the challenges. I don't know if I can remember them all but here are some of the challenges I created:


This one we had to scrapbook a layout with the title of an 80's music song.


This one we were given a bag of stuff and this bright yellow paper. We needed to use everything they gave us and we could only use 3 items of our own. Yes- I realize it is REALLY UGLY! But I still had fun.



This is a round robin we did. I just love round robins!




We also did a challenge where the person scrapbooking is blindfolded and you tell the other person what to do and you don't have much time to complete it. I don't have a picture of that.

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This challenge was called Bossy Scrapbooker. You had to scrapbook everything she said. So the first rule was to use cardstock, then something round, something from the person beside you, a two word title, something turquoise and a hand cut star.

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Then they had a challenge where the first 4 people to sing a song and entertain them for at least 30 seconds would get a prize. Guess what? I won this one. The first person got up there and sang row row row your boat. Then I got up there and sang Patsy Clines, "Crazy". I got a standing ovation (well from one table at least). I was such on a high after that! I went back to scrapbook and about 10 minutes later, one of the girls got up and said, "we have a request, we want Chelle to come back up and sing another song." Hello? This only happens in dreams right? Oh my goodness, so I grabbed a couple of girls and we sang "I've got chills" from Grease. If I had known words to songs I could have sung and sung. But I have a really bad time remembering song lyrics.

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Then the last challenge was to create something with clouds on it. I made this ugly little pillow. (That is supposed to be a cloud LOL)

I'm sure there is much more- Oh yes there is, but I'll scrapbook about Sunday in another post.

Have a wonderful day and sweet dreams!

Still sleepy

I'm still pretty tired from my WONDERFUL weekend.

I'll have to blog about it on Wednesday.

But just a little bit...They made me feel like a STAR!

SISiversary this WEEKEND

The hair looks a little bit better today. Thank goodness I haven't had any more meltdowns from Ashley.

Here's the latest layout that I have completed.

I am excited, I get to go to SISiversary this weekend. It is a scrapbooking event that starts tonight.

I told Greg that I would get home late. That it ended at 1:00AM and then starts again 8:00AM tomorrow. Greg told me to call up a friend and see if I can spend the night in that area.

(Kind of late notice huh?- Um...hello friend...I was just wondering if I could sleep on your couch tonight...and um I would be getting in around 1:30AM...that wouldn't keep you up or anything would it?) LOL! ~ Greg even volunteered to call one of my friends. ~ He is such a NICE husband.

I know all my girlfriends are laughing and I know my husband is reading this and saying, "What? I want you to be safe."

Anyway, I'll see what I can do!

Talk to you probably Monday!

It's a HAIRY situation

You can be the judge. So do you think that my haircut looks like the pictures I brought in?
Back view:





I'm thinking it's time to change hairdressers. Yes, it is similar, but she cut it way shorter on the sides. It looks like she even layered it on one of the sides.






Side view:

front view:

I think it is only OK, it will grow out. But my daughter had a complete meltdown tonight and told me she wanted her Mommy back. She said she was really sorry, but she wanted my hair back the way it was. She cried herself to sleep tonight. Earlier in the day she told me I look like Gramma. Yes my hair does look a lot like my Mom's now. I think I look much older with this cut. My Mom asked me to ask her how she should have her hair. Her response: Like my hair the way it used to be.

So anyone know a good hairdresser in the Nashville area?

The haircut I want

Tomorrow I'm getting my haircut.
This is what I want:

But everytime I go to get it cut, my hairdresser does it the same way, no matter how I tell her I want it. This time she has no excuse. I have a front, side and back picture to show what I want. If she doesn't get it right this time then I need to find someone else to cut my hair.

This picture is of Brandi, who works at the YMCA. I've asked her where she gets hers cut and she says a friend cuts her hair and only comes into town every now and then. So no luck going to her hairdresser.

Oh- I plan on only getting the cut. Even though I love the blond, that is too much $$$ to keep it up.

Wish me luck. I'll post pictures tomorrow night.

June 10th

I'm VERY tired and the kids are still up watching a movie with their Daddy. I would go to bed, but the best TV is in our room, so that's where they are watching it.

Yesterday, I taught the kids how to play UNO. They love it. We played one game that took at least 1 1/2 hours and Aussie won the game. He was so pleased with himself, especially since the box says it is for 7 years old and up. You should have heard them all giggling! Mason really has that competiveness. He was beside me so he was so excited when he could make me pick up cards.

We went to see Surf's Up at the movie theatre today. You got to love the free movies in the summer deal! It was a really cute movie and the kids enjoyed it.

My tummy is still not up to par. I didn't call the doctor yesterday because I was feeling good most of the day and thought it might just be a bug. I'm still not sure whether to call or not.

Oh good the movie is over- time for bed!

side effects

Hmmmmm....I wonder if my new medicine is causing me to not feel well. I've had at least 4 of the side effects listed below. For now I'm just going to watch it and hope that my body gets used to the medicine. If it continues I'll definitely call my doctor.

Levothyroxine
All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor, side effects. Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMON side effects persist or become bothersome when using Levothyroxine:
Anxiety; diarrhea; flushing; mood swings; muscle weakness; partial, temporary hair loss; sleeplessness; stomach cramps; tiredness; vomiting.

anxiety attack

Hello again!

Yesterday- I had some sort of aniety attack. I'm not exactly sure what it was, but I didn't feel right all day. It hit a peek when VBS let out. If one of my kids just touched my arm, I felt tension travel up my back into my shoulders and neck. I've only had something like this 3-4 other times. I just wanted to cry for no reason. I called the doctor to see if I could take some medicine. I didn't know if it would interfere with the new thyroid medicine I'm on. Thankfully, I could and I actually had it with me. So I took one. It helped quite a bit but not enough. I got home around 5:30 last night. Greg got home shortly after that and he took care of everything and I went to bed.

I did get one layout done yesterday.

Here are a couple of pictures I took as we were leaving VBS yesterday.

Fun at the Y

Wow! These long days are starting to take a toll on me! Day 4 of VBS and I got 2 layouts done. Whoooopeeee! I had a LOT of fun making this one. It's so different from others that I make. I just enjoyed freely putting papers and flowers down just anywhere.
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Then off to the YMCA! What fun!! They love this froggy slide. Aussie likes to go down by himself. And Ashley and Mason like us to catch them.
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So we left at 8:30 this morning and didn't get home until 8:00 this evening. I'm ready for bed! Here are a few more pool pictures.

WE LOVE the YMCA!

I LOVE this picture!

Tomorrow won't be AS busy, but still another busy day!

Day 3 of VBS

...and another layout done. WoooHooo!

The kids are really enjoying VBS even though in the morning they say, "I don't wanna go." Today, Aussie admitted once we got there that they actually DO like VBS but they miss me.

They have these riding toys there to play on and the kids just love them. After VBS we played with Gabriel, Dalton and Braxton on the playground for a few minutes, since they are not in the same class and don't get to see each other. Oh by the way Renee- Yes, Page is in my kids class. Aussie talks about her everyday. I was going to get a picture of her when I went to pick them up today, but she was already going out the door when I got there.

After VBS, my kids went to Gabriel's house to play for a little bit. (which turned out to be maybe a little longer than Doris wanted---SORRY!) Anyway, the kids had so much fun! They ended up making a "Science" concoction which they called Dead Bug Soup. The giggling was so cute to hear! Doris scored some really cute pictures. I don't know if she will post them.

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And then we went to the Y for swim lessons. Tonight was much more organized than yesterday. Mason still refuses to put his face in the water.

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Then we played in the pool after swim lessons till 7:00 and Aussie actually cried when we had to leave. That has been one area in the past that we have been lucky with. When we say we have to go and give them so many more minutes to play, they usually go pretty easily. So this was a bit of a surprise when he acted like that. I don't think he would have ever thought about dinner and would have played until they shut the pool down. He is a little water bug!

VBS

Another productive day while the kids were at VBS today. I got this layout done.


The kids really like VBS. Today they made sun visors. Yesterday they painted shirts. They get to wear the shirts tomorrow.

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Then the kids had swimming lessons in the evening. They were so excited they couldn't stand still. Aussie was all over the place. Ashley listened intently and Mason was a little scared to get his face in the water. Then we went to Chick-Fil-A for our $.99 meals. (Don't you think that there should be a cent sign on a keyboard?)

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As I was cuddling with Austin tonight, he asked what is a period. OH no I thought, he must have heard me say something (being my cycle time). Of course I'm thinking all these things in my head and trying to answer. I started out saying... "Weeeelll it could mean a couple of things. He said, "Tell me all of what you know." I said, "It could mean what you put at the end of a sentence." He said, "yes it's a full stop at the end of a sentence." I said, "That's right." Then I got smart and said, "Where did you hear the word so I can tell you the meaning.?" I just knew he was going to say he heard it from me. But he said, "It was on Between the Lions". PHEW!!!!

OK- phew the barking has stopped and I think I can actually go to sleep now!

Today I actually got to scrapbook a little bit. Here is the layout I did.

OK- goodnight!

freakin' dogs!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!

It's nights like these where I wish I had enough guts to call the police on my neighbors STUPID dogs!!!! I HATE THEM!!!

My head is hurting tonight and the dogs are barking non-stop!

I don't understand why some people own animals and leave them tied up or in a small fenced in area day and night. Why even own a pet if you are going to do that? I like dogs (preferably small indoor dogs). But those dogs next door really are making me go pysch0!!

What's bad is that my next door neighbors are friends. They are very sweet people. I don't talk to them often, but I'm tempted to call them tonight and tell them to get their dogs inside. And yet I want to keep peace and not upset anyone! UGH! What do I do?