Football Friday

I'm hoping this will become a regular thing for me. Since I am having problems with my computer and can't upload pictures for Sky Watch Friday I am going to post about the local high school football game.

Tonight's game was a good one. I was hoping that Savie would go with me but she fell asleep not long after we got home. Oh well I was just going to have to get over the whole thing and walk down there by myself. (The field is only 6 blocks down the street from my house). I changed my pants and got ready to go. Had to make sure that i had a flashlight because there are javelina's and stuff out there. Plus a couple of the street lights are out on some of these streets so who knows what's out there after dark. It was a nice walk down there. As usual I missed the first quarter, I did the same thing last year. When I arrived at the field it was 18-7 Bisbee. Great start, much better than last weeks game against our rivals, Doulgas, where we lost 35-0. After trying very hard to keep the academy out of the endzone we went into the half 24-14 Bisbee. At the start of the 3rd quarter we where down by 3 pts. There were a couple of turnovers that were just badly handled on our part. They used the same play like 5 times in a row, a miss direct with the same players. I hope they work on that next week at practice.
We were looking a little sloppy during the 4th quarter but pulled it out to win 48-28. Like I said, a much better game then last week.

One of the things I love about this town is that so many people know other people and not just enough to say hi but really know them. I don't have any kids in school yet I go to the football games and some of the other fundraising stuff they may have. My thinking is this, if I want the school to be better then it is now when my child goes I need to start helping make it that way now, not when she's in school. Start early and maybe all the problems yo hear about the school will be taken care of by the time your child gets to that age/point.

So what did you do on your Friday? (there might also be Football Monday and Football Sunday, just be warned)

Tackle It Tuesday #18

Today's tackle is something I should have been doing every month. I save every receipt that I get. Since I do the books for his business, that's a lot of receipts, and since I shop to much there are a lot of receipts. Anyways I have a box on the dresser where they are suppose to go and then at the end of the month I'm suppose to file them away. Well for the past 5 months, yes I said 5 months, I haven't done it. I have just let them pile up. Mostly because I just don't have the time. I should have just left Savie at school and come home to do it but in the summer the bedroom is the hottest place in the entire house and turning on the fan in there only makes the papers blow around so it's kinda hard to do it that way.

But yesterday was the day. Hubby was home and could keep Savie busy while I did the receipts. It took me about 4 hours to get most of them put away. I finally did it. Now it's just a matter of remembering to do this every month.

What about you? What are you tackling this week?

Calling all AA mommies

I need a little help. I have been trying to do different things with Savie's hair and I am just not getting. I have no imagination. I did find a couple of really cute sites like this one and this one, but those are all things that I can't do on her hair. Not just because she's so much younger than most of these ladies daughters but because most of the time I don't have the time to do most of them. I need some help finding other moms who do hair. Any suggestions?

Heads Or Tails #5

This weeks H O T is a list of three things and mine will be short and sweet.

3 Things I like to do in my free time, when I have it.


1> Read~ I am a book-olhic. I love to read and have reading withdrawls when I haven't read anything, a book, magizne, anything in a couple of days


2> Crochet~which I am just now getting back to. I took a big break from it but that is going to stop.


3> play with my daughter and my dog~in that order, lol.

A liitle labor day fun

I love doing meme's and since I can do this one I'm going to.

How long were your labors?

One child and it was 3 hours of real labor

How did you know you were in labor?

My dogs told me. Seriously my water didn't brake and the only reference I had was 10x worse then cramps and I have never had cramps in my life, I had no clue until my contractions were less then 5 minutes apart.

Where did you deliver?

At a hospital

Drugs?

I'm told I did have some but my daughter came so fast that I didn't really feel much. Other than the nurse tapping on my hand where an IV was.

C-section?

Nope

Who delivered?

A great midwife. She was really willing to work with me before having to call a doctor in at all. I really wish I could have given her a really big hug. I love her.

If you want to play head over to Shannon's blog and play.

Let's try this again

I didn't get the post I wanted up yesterday so let's try this again, shall we?

This week at school has been really easy. There have been a few incidents but that's what happens when you have a bunch of 3 and 4 yr olds. There have been a few storms this week but nothing major, hubby went to the mountains so that means that we had a "girls night" and made pizza. I have to remember to put that on my list of things to make this winter. It was a lot easier than I was thinking it would be.

Sat was the usual time at the Farmer's Market. For some reason she was just not having a good day. Even though we saw friends that we see at school and other places, she didn't want to play with them. She was very clingy, especially for her. After that we went to the store to get our movies and some more cheese. I don't think I had enough. But I ended up giving an acquaintance and her son a ride. I worry about her. She has such a hard time making the connection to what she is suppose to be doing with him. And I don't just mean "first time mom" stuff, I mean her brain is fried. Her upbringing didn't prepare her for what she needs to be doing with a child but that's another post.

Today was Brewery Gulch Days. Usually there are one or two things for the kids to do, even though it's a fundraiser for our Boys and Girls club. But this years was much better. There was a great little carnival with a jumpy castle, there were games, and easy ones at that. Savie came away with a lot of stuff. And again she was clingy. I don't know what is going on with her. Maybe tomorrow will be better since we don't have school and it will be just the two of us.

How was your weekend?

my only talk of politics

With all the political talk around I thought I should do this one.

Your Political Profile:

Overall: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal Personal Responsibility: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal Fiscal Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal Defense and Crime: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?

Slow down Sat.

Well it's been a week or so since Ihave done a slow down. But I need to it's beena hectic week. School has been great even though we may lose 2 girls because the church down the street is starting it's preschool next week.

oops, my peace and quiet has been taken away. They are both up now, I'll be back later.

Shh don't tell anyone

It's 6:30am and I am awake and enjoying a cup of coffee......... alone. The first time in a long while that I have been alone at home. Shhh! Don't tell my family.

Works For Me Wednesday

For the past week, since Savie and I are sick, I have been letting her stay up (yes I know not a good reason to stay up late) but late for her is 9pm. Usually when we go to school she is ready to fall asleep about an hour after we get home. But I have come up with something that is bound to get her to go to bed.

There are a couple of shows that I record, mostly from PBS or TLC, and that's what we watch at night. If she has been up after hubby goes to bed (which is rare) she gets to watch 2 shows and then it;s off to bed. What i do is put on one new one and then one that we have already seen so she won't want to watch it and want to go to bed. The past couple of times that I have done this she has been wanting to go to bed without me.

I know, not the best way to get my daughter to go to bed but her, it works for me, lol.

Heads Or Tails #4

This weeks H O T is talk. There are a couple of times when I was worried about my daughter and "talking".

I remember when I was waiting for my daughter, who is now almost 4, to talk. She was always a babbling little thing, making nosies and 'talking" to herself but I wanted a 'real" word. You know, I wanted to her "momma" or "dada" those were the words I was hoping to hear. I think she was just over a year old.

Now that she is talking, and doing a lot of it, now other people are saying that there is something wrong with the way she talks. Yes she is a little hard to understand sometimes but what kid at this age is completely understandable? I know that if you take the time to listen to her talk, you can understand her. It's just a matter of having the patience to listen. I know that in a couple of years from now I will be asking her to talk to me and then want her to stop talking all together, lol. But for now I am going to enjoy the talks that we have, especially the silly ones.

Back to the grind

It's Monday again and it's back to school for us. I was a little surprised at how many kids came to school to with runny noses (only 2) but the parents know the rule about runny noses. Once it turns green they are not allowed at school. Today there were 2 with runny noses and one that was getting over dysentery(whatever that is). My question is this, why would you let them come to school when you think they may be sick? One of them I know is just not mentally there as a parent, she just doesn't get it when it comes to taking care of her kid but the other one I think she was just hoping that it wouldn't get worse. The one with dy was up and down all day until early afternoon when we finally just had to call them to get her. She finally fell asleep but was hot and clammy and uncomfortable. I hope she feels better. Myself on the other hand I have to go take some Emergen-C in hopes that I don't get sick again.

The Start of school means.......

It's the start of school and that means the start of football season. Tonight we, Savie and I, went to a soap fundraiser scrimmage for the football team. Savie was so excieted about the game, she has aske me several times today if "we go to football game, now?" It was just to cute. We went, a little late as usual, but we made it none the less. Next week is "The Pick" a long standing game between us and Douglas. This year it is in Douglas so I will be taking a trip to DOuglas for the game. I missed it last year because I was working but that is not the case this year. So be prepared for some football talk this year. I hope that i don't bore anyone wiht it but it's fun for me.

How do I stack up?

I think this is pretty fair, lol.

What's Your Discipline Style? Logical Legislator You believe that the punishment ought to fit the crime. Logical consequences teach children that they are responsible for their actions, and that every action evokes a reaction. If your child doesn't do her homework, then TV time will have to be used to complete it. Just make sure you use careful judgment in deciding on logical consequences. Forbidding your child to come home after she misses curfew might seem somehow "logical," but it wouldn't be morally responsible. Take the quiz: What's Your Discipline Style? More Quizzes from FamilyEducation.com

What are you?

A slow day for me

I picked up my car today!!!!! I was so happy (can you see me jumping for joy? lol) I was finally able to take that yucky car back, not that it was really bad or anything but it's a car not an SUV. So since I was in town I thought I might as well hit CVS and stock up on Kleenex since it was on sale for $.88 a box. I don't CVS very often, mainly because it's usually stuff I don't need or buy (ie makeup, baby products) but I think I did pretty good.

8 Puffs Basic Kleenex @ $1.69 each= $13.42
on sale for $.88 = $7.02 Savings $6.48
CVS toothbrush 1@ 2/$3.00 = $1.50
receipt coupon = $1.50 Savings $1.99
Puffs Kleenex = $2.29

Total amount paid $10.06 amount saved $8.47

Not bad, huh?


So I don't know if I have mention this or not but Savie is learning to spell words. We do it at school and she has really gotten into watching WordWorld. It's a good show, I like it and it works. Well while we were out I wasn't paying a lot of attention to what Savie was doing while she was in the shopping cart. If you've ever seen the show you know about "build a word" well she was sitting in the cart and saying letters but I wasn't listening until I saw what she was doing. It was so cute. I told her she didn't have the right letters to make a "pool" for her puppy so we needed to find them in the store. We found the letters (she picked letters off of clothes hanging on the rack, lol) and "built a word" in the shopping cart. It was so cute I wish I had video of it. But then about 15 minutes later she got me really good. Busted my lip and made me bleed. It went from a great moment to a bad one. Oh well at least the swelling has gone down. So what did you do today?

I'm sick......

again and I want to say that it's just my allergies going craz but i think it's just a cold. So Savie and I are home from school until Monday when we are both feeling better. My throat is sore, my nose is stufferd up and I am tired and you know what I am doing at 11:30 at night?? Sneaking into the fridge for watermelon. Weird, huh?



So since I am home and will be able to get on the computer do you know what else I am doing? Going thru my blogreader. I had 122 posts to read this morning and right now I am down to 75. And I have barely posted myself!!!!! Well let me go toe bed so I can be somewhat ok tomorrow.

13 Thursday

I haven't done these in awhile but having a rental car has given me some good fodder for my blog, lol

13 Things I don't like about my rental car

1. It's not my car
2. It's a car and not an SUV
3. It's sits to low to the ground
4. I can't see out the back windows or sides for that matter, and there are a lot of blind spots
5. It has daytime running lights which is just weird to me
6. Savie can open the doors, inside and out
7. I way the doors are the passenger door looks open to me
8. I have no trunk space
9. Halley can't fit in it
10. It's not my SUV
11. It's black, not a great thing for the desert
12. I have to unlock the driver's to unlock the whole car
13. It's not my car

Can you tell that I miss my car?

Sunday Scribblings #20

This weeks prompt is Observation. This is what I have observed all day.

• Savie waking me up to get her something to drink (even though daddy was in the living room with her)
• Savie falling back to sleep
  
• Savie coughing on the couch
• The turtle trying to escape down the hall
• taking the turtle swimming
• Savie throwing up on the couch
• Seeing her trying to get comfortable on the couch

This has just been a hard day for her, my poor baby is sick (again) but at least it's on the weekend and I don't have to worry about trying to get out of work and getting her from school.

ABC Wednesday

It's Wednesday so let's work on our ABC's. This weeks letter is D....

Dis for.......dog, my baby, Halley. Sorry for the graphic pictures.






(yes they are both asleep)


Well that is all I can come up with mainly because it's late and I had forgotten about it, but head over to the new ABC Wedesnday blog and see what other things people have come up with.

Works For Me Wednesday

Water. Yes I know it's the end of summer and we are all thinking about going back t school but what is working for me right now is water. You know you use it when it gets down ti the bottom of the bottle of soap/shampoo/laundry soap/etc. I don't know why I never used it before but this is common practice at school. The bottle that the kids used it watered down, not a whole lot but enough to make a big bottle of Ivory soap last a long time. So what am I doing at home about it?? I have added a lot of water, not to much, to my hand soap in the bathroom and the kitchen. It's also cut down on how much water we use to wash our hands.


Normally I would add a link to Shannon's blog but WFMW is on vacation and this is just for me.

Wordless Wednesday #16

Rainbow before the storm

I AM SO PROUD OF HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry to yell but I am so proud of Savie.

Last night was our fashion show. I don't think I mentioned it all this week. Deb, the tie dye lady, and a couple of other people were having a fashion show last night to benefit the local animal shelter. It was great. We each had 3 outfits to wear and I think there were 9 of us all together, with 3 of them couples. We had a pretty simple thing to do, walk out show the clothes, then walk down the stairs, walk around the room, and then back up. We had 2 rehearsal where Savie was very clingy and not wanting to walk down the stairs even though it was only us there. I was really hoping that she would be ok for the show and not crabby, but there is also the fact that we did it at 6pm after being in school all day. I made sure she got a nap even though it wasn't as long a nap as I wanted, but she really needed it since the show was at night, 7pm to be exact.

But she did so great. We had her new teddy bear and BeBe with us, I put ribbons in her hair to match her outfits and we had so much fun. She did a great job, she walked out, stood, down the stairs, and around the room. She even used the flash light to show her purse and bracelet off. I can't wait for the pictures. I just wish that hubby had been there to see the whole thing but SAM was there and she liked it. The people that were there, I think there were about 20 of them, said that she did such a great job for her first time and her age.I can't wait for next year. Maybe I should have let her be in the pageant this year, lol.


As soon as I have pictures I will be posting them so please, check back for them ok?

School is here

So school as officially started, actually it started on the 6th for us here.I have been looking around for lunch bags and bottles or Savie to take. I was over at THF and saw some really cute bags. I have a couple of bags already but once I pick a different bag and bottle, they old ones will go to the thrift store. I don't have yard sales so that is what I will have to do with them. I have also been looking for water bottles for her since she still chews on things and the two water bottles she has now have been chewed on so bad that they don't seal like the should. I am leaning towards a SIGG bottle but everyone is out of them since there was such a big rush on them.

For myself, I am working 3 days a week and still need to sign up for my classes. I have just been so not aware of what is going on that I am behind on this. I have a few things to do now that school is back in session, what about you? When does school start for your kids? Are you ready?

I miss him

Now this is something that I don't say very often but I miss hubby. I love when he goes out of town, the house is a little cleaner, things are left where I left them, don't have to turn lights off after him, lol. But at night is when I miss him. Not because I want to cuddle with him or anything or the conversations that we have but because it makes me feel safer having him here. My neighborhood is a little out there, my neighbors are close but they don't seem to hear anything (maybe it's because they have their music up so loud all the time) so they don't really make me feel safe. This neighborhood is just so quiet but it also has a high illegal group coming thru here. And after the whole thing with Halley I really don't want to be outside or have anything to do with the outdoors after dark.

And I'm not the only one. Savie has been very clingy today. Usually she is ok but today was just hard. I was suppose to have only one kid, N, after noon today but there was a change in plans and I have 2 which made my afternoon a little hard and Savie was just tired. There were a lot of tears this afternoon and I will be very happy when daddy gets here tomorrow. I just might have him come get her from school (after he takes a shower). I can't wait.

Oh and I also needed him to kill the big scorpion that was in the bathroom.

Wordless Wednesday #15

What is wrong with this picture?

Heads Or Tails#3

or H O T as some of the others call it. I like this weeks prompt, Manners, it's a good thought.

I don't think that a lot people think about the manner in how they say things. Yes in the media we see all manners of things, good and bad, but it is not just that. It's how we see ourselves and how we treat other people. We need to stop for a minute and think about what we are doing, not just on the big scale f things but also on the small scale. How are we treating our neighbors? The older couple that lives 3 door down? the stray cat that shows up every now and then? Have we taught our kids to be nice? To treat people with respect?

Thinking about taking the time in how we treat being, using our manners, this is something that I feel is very important, regardless of the age. My husband, at the age of almost 60, doesn't think at all about trying to get around me without saying "Excuse me"? I tell the kids all the time at school "to use their manners" to say "excuse me" before walking in front of people, reaching in front of people, etc.

It's also about the manner in how you carry yourself. Are you confident? Are you brave? Myself personally I am not. Yes I am confident, that I have raised my daughter to be a good person (but that struggle is only beginning), that my husband loves me, that I will find something fulfilling in my life.

Sunday Scribblings

This weeks prompt is "Do I have to?"

Something I hear a lot of at home and at work.
"Do I have to pick up those toys?" (even though they took them out)
"Do I have to sit at the table to eat?"

Some of my other favorites are
Do I have to wash dishes tonight? Do I have to feed Halley? Do I have to get gas today? Do I have to pay that bill right now?

I wish I had more but that's all I have tonight. My mind is a little off since I have a major storm blowing in right now.

Slow down Sat

I did this the other week but I am going to try and do this every week. I need to do this every week. I need to take the time to slow down, sit down, and think about what I've been doing. It's hard to do since I work all week but, for my own sanity, I need to do this.

This has been a good week. Savie and I took Halley in on Monday to see about her drains and stitches. She got all 8 of her drains out then. I know she is feeling better, she was happy about going to the vet's office, lol. (She is such a love of a dog, have I said that already?) Then I took her back on Friday to find out about her stitches and they only took the ones in her butt out and said that she is looking really good, all things considered. She still has her E-collar on and the stitches in her head but that should only be for another week. I am hoping, for her, that everything comes out next week. I am sooo ready for her to get this collar off because she is smacking the heck out of us!!!

Today was the Farmer's Market, as usual. I guess Savie got up a little to early this morning because by the time we were close to being done at the market she was cranky. But we got lots of good stuff at the market. Since hubby will be gone for a couple of days next week. I know that I will need to get some food for him so I was hoping that I could get it at the Market but since he's not leaving until Tuesday I can't get a lot of stuff for him but he did ask for some corn and that's what we got. A dozen, fresh, organic, no pesticides corn. I would take a picture but I have them in the fridge already, lol.

I need to go to the store, I've been putting it off all week, but I need to do it. I have a list of stuff I need to buy. That is my plan for the rest of the day now that little bits is awake. Have a great weekend everyone!!!!

Tackle It Tuesday #15

Well I didn't plan on having a tackle for today but I do. Like I said before I was re-ended while my car was still in the driveway (rolling my eyes). Well I never got around to calling in the claim, I've never had to do one before so I had no idea what was in store for me. I had to call 4 different numbers to finally get thru to make my claim. Since I have never had to do this before I didn't know what was needing of me but is it normal for them to ask you to "verify the age of the driver?" I have never heard that before and thought it was something that they should have but that's ok. Since I was coming home at lunch anyways today I knew I was going to call and get that taken care of and I did. It was one of the longest 16 minutes on the phone. LOL

What about you? What are you tackling?

Heads Or Tails #2

This weeks prompt for H O T, that I am finally able to remember to do, is Doctors.


Normally I am not a big fan of going to the Dr. and try to do as much as possible on my own. I try to go the herbal route whenever possible. But this whole thing with Halley has made me love the Dr. eve if it is a vet, lol.

A jumble of a day

Well today was a bit of a jumble. Halley got her stitches out, or so I thought. She had a 9:20am appt to get her drainage tubes out. She is such a great dog, she has been in such a good morning that she was waiting at the door from the time I woke up early (at 5:30am) and washed dishes, made coffee, and got dressed. By the time I got Savie up it was only 7.

I thought I was going to take her to school and then spend the morning with Halley but Savie wanted to stay with me so off to town we went. Savie was a trooper. Halley was really good at the vets office and got all of her tubes out but still has her E-collar on. Now she has a regular collar on instead of her harness, I hope that feels better to her, and I spent most of the afternoon at school. I need to go to bed. I am off.

Sunday Scribblings #18

This week's prompt is Solace and after the week I've had I need to find solace in something. To be funny I would say I found solace in a bottle of tequila but I don't think anyone would find that funny (right?). But I did take a couple of shots at home after I got Halley home. But the thing that has given me solace thru this whole thing was knowing that Halley is a strong dog. That she is ok, and will be ok, and that the car is only metal. I have to take comfort in the fact that even though she is as beat up as she is (did you look at the pictures? very messy) she is still in good moods. Even when we were at the vets office waiting to be seen, she wanted people to pet her. Yesterday I took her for a walk, even though it's hard for her to get out the door, she wanted to go. She wanted to go longer than I thought she should have. She has such a great heart that it gives me comfort that she wanted to be here, that she fought to stay and not leave me so soon.

Sky Watch Friday #13

My days have been a little hectic but this is a shot I got the other day just minutes before a storm blew it's way in. Pretty nice huh?






To see more, or to join, head over to the new blog just for the Sky watching!!!!

It was going to happen....

i knew this would happen sooner or later. Halley was attacked by javelina's two nights ago.

***WARNING***
***GRAPHIC PICTURES AND DETAILS***

The other night there was a big storm and I wanted to get some pictures of it. (I did and they are cool) and then we came back in. After the storm, about 3 hrs later, hubby let Halley out to go potty but didn't close the gate. I walked out a minute or so after her and was looking around. I turned around to say something to hubby thru the window when I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. I turned around in time to see Halley lunge for something around the bend of the road. I yelled for her to come back but she didn't and then I saw it. A javelina. I yelled two more times, yelled for hubby, and then yelled again for Halley. Another one came out of the bushes on the other side of the street and I turned to yell again. By the time hubby came running out of the house to help I saw at least 4 of them surrounding Halley. I screamed and ran. Hubby finally got her away from them and I grabbed her by her collar and pulled her inside.

When I pulled her into the house and saw it, it was bad. She had major bites and a big puncture wound in her neck. It took 30 minutes to get the bleeding to stop. I had to go to a friends house to get more gauze. I parked outside my gate because I just wanted to get home. I called to a after hours vet but never got an answer, and then I had to call a vet in Tucson (which is 2 hrs away!!!!) I wasn't getting an answer or help and Halley was not looking good. We finally got he bleeding stopped and I wrapped her neck. That was the good thing, the bad thing. Savie woke up during the fight outside. It's about 9:30p at this point and so now she is awake, scared, and not happy. I can't comfort her because I'm worried about Halley, hubby is working on her to.

I spent the night on the couch next to her bed checking on her. It was a long night. When hubby finally got up the next morning I took a shower and got Savie up for school. I packed a lunch, got her dressed, got myself some coffee and started to wash dishes when.......BANG!!!!!!!!! My neighbor from down the street ran into my car.

Yes that's what I said, ran into the back of my car. I wasn't parked out in the road. Several cars had already driven by my car and didn't hit me. It was just not the way I wanted my day to start. So now not only do I have to take my dog to the vet to get put back together but now I have to take my car in to be looked at.


I got Halley in and they looked at her, gave me an estimate of at least $700. I left her at the vets drove down the street to get my car looked at and that was about $1,700.00 but I still haven't called my insurance company to tell them about it. I figured my dog was a little more important then my car.

In the link the first one is the storm and then pictures of Halley.

What a day

Last night was a bad night. I am still in shock but will update later on when I have had a chance to relax and think.


Last night Halley was attacked by javelina and then this morning my car was rear ended. I spent all of last night sleeping on the couch, checking on her and trying to get some sleep. I am not in a good place.

I can run errends by myself?

right? I don't have to take my daughter with me everywhere I go, do I?

Apparently I can't.


I had a couple of errands to run this morning and asked Savie if she wanted to go with me or if she wanted to go to school and I wold come back. She choose school. Fine by me. That means that I can go have a muffin at HDM and read my book before going to the bank. But that was not to be the case. When I got the bank, not my usual branch, after the teller talked me up abut what I needed today she asked me where Savie was (that's one). I told her that she was in school (pre-school) and went across the street tot he coffee shop to get my breakfast (even though I wouldn't be able to read my book now). The lady at the counter asked where my daughter was.

"She's so cute, we haven't seen her in awhile." (that's two)

Since I still needed to go to the bank I went to the one I usually go to. Long story short I got asked4 different times "where's your daughter?"

I guess maybe I can't run around town by myself anymore, lol.

Updates

It dawn on me that today is the 21st and I haven't done an update in awhile. Let's see over at THF it's just about water conservation which goes great with the Quickie challenge. My plants are just loving me right now. I have watered the 4 pots that I have and they are doing great. I should take a picture of the rose tree that I've been watering like crazy. When I bought it there was only one bloom on it and that was it. Since I have been putting the shower water in the pot (did I meantion that?) I've gotten so many blooms off of it. I think I have 6 blooms going right now with at least 4 more to open in the next day or so. I love it.

My water bill hasn't gone down that much but it's a start, right? What about you, how are you doing on the challenges so far?

Sunday Scribblings #17

It's Sunday and time for me to do some thinking. This week's prompt is ghosts, do you believe?

No not in the X-files kind of way but in the "life after death" kind of way. That would be. I believe there are ghosts/spirits out there and in my house and at the library and the local park ghosts are everywhere. I have no problem with them. For the most part I think they are mis-understood. I think there are plenty of them out there that had great lives, happy ones, and something happened to them.

I remember when I was in junior high or maybe even in elementary school, that a friend and I used an Ouija board to see if there were ghosts in the house that she lived in. Long story short, there was and we saw proof of it in an unsettling way. This is not the kind of ghost that I am happy with. I like the ones that move things around in the house when no one is there. You know, the ones that turn the light on in the bathroom when you know you turned it off, or put the milk back in the fridge when you left it on the counter. These are the kind of ghosts that I like. I acknowledge their presences, say thank you for putting something away for me, that kind of thing.

What about you? Do you believe? Are they out there for you? Watching over you

Please return to your seat

I haven't flown in a long time, mainly because I can't afford it, but ti's stories like this that make me not want to fly. What is wrong with these people? Have you ever watched that show Airline? I've seen a couple of them and that doesn't make me feel sorry for them or anything. Some of them are funny. What would you have done?

Works For Me Wednesday #11

The past couple of weeks, well really months, I have been working and most days it's great. The kids are a lot of fun and they are learning things, playing with things, it's an adventure. I have learned a lot about myself and just how much patience I have ( a lot). But everyone needs a break from that right? And Savie needs some "mommy time" where it is just the two of us doing stuff, like it used to be before we started going to school. So for the past couple of weeks we have taken off Wednesdays to go the movies. When we go back to school on Thursday and finish out the week we are both in a little better mindset, having that break from all the kids and noise and stuff. It has helped with my mindset to. Thank goodness when school starts again in a couple of weeks (Aug. 6th to be exact) that I will only be there 3 days a week.

So for the summer that is what is working for me? How about you? What is working for you?

Wordless Wednesday

the cat is in charge

Tackle It Tuesday #15

Well I finished my tackle that I started last week. Remember I said I was crocheting a belt? Well I finially finished it but will have to wait until tomorrow to see if it works (and take a picture). Poor baby fell asleep not long after we got home so there was no trying it on her.

What about you? How are you tackling things? Head over to 5 minutes for Mom and see some more.

Family Ties

We all have family in some way shape or form. Whether it's your parents/his parents/aunt/uncles down the street, next door, or across the country we all have family somewhere. We have a real life family and an online family. There are plenty of people that I would consider my sisters like Michele, Anna, and Claudia. My new sisters Ana and The Goddess . And then of course there is the quirky one. You know, the one that you always have great stories about like the time she went to prom with her dress on backwards, went on a first date in a see-thru shirt, or failed her driving test because she backed over something. (I don't know of anyone that this actually happened to, it just sounded funny to me.) Kristen is my quirky sister.

I don't remember how I found her but I love her stories, they're great. This is by far my favorite post. (Warning, stop drinking/eating before you head over there) Did you read it? Were you laughing? This is why I call her my quirky sister. I have had a few moments, nothing like this yet, but I think I am still due for some. Poke around her place, you will always find something funny. I have to head back over a grab a button from her, she is so much fun. Don't forget to bookmark her.

Slow down Sunday

After reading Grace's post about sleeping husband's and sick kids I got sick yesterday.I mean really sick. Savie and I went down to the Farmer's Market even though I wasn't feeling great but I knew Savie wanted to go. When we got home I took a shower (hot, humid, muggy day plus we walked to the Market and back) and laid down. I shouldn't have done that because I was down for the day. Or rather up and down. My stomach was not at it's best. I really just wanted to sleep but Savie was determined to "play golf" since hubby's new golf clubs were still in the living room. I woke up at least once to her playing and there was a welt on the side of her face about the size of the handle. What did I do?

Rolled over onto the couch and went back to sleep. (Kristen would be so proud)

I tried calling hubby several times because I wanted to know where he was mostly because it was storming pretty good here, lots of thunder, some lightening and then the power went out. Twice. I finally gave up on trying to get any sleep in the living room and moved us to the bedroom in hopes that not only would I get some sleep but it would make it easier for Halley to snuggle up with me (the thunder was scaring her) and Savie to take a nap. It worked. We were in bed for a 20 minutes before she started crying for daddy. But she did go to sleep

But today I was feeling a bit better and after going to the baseball game and taking another nap we went shopping and ended up in the rain.



After this long post I thought I would leave you with a song. Don't forget to turn your sound on.

Oh in case you can't understand her the words are
rain, rain, rain, rain
beautiful rain (repeated 3 times)
oh it's coming down (repeated 3 times)

Sky Watch Friday #12

After a week of rain on and off and a power outage this is what greeted me when I left the house yesterday.

I love that you can see the clouds/fog rolling in over the mountains. I like that look, it's shots like this that make me wish I had a little better camera to really get shots like this. Don't forget to head over to Tom's blog to see some more shots.

It started out good

I was all set to start my post for WFMW and WW but then the power went out. Twice.

Thankfully Savie was asleep and didn't wake up at all but I wanted to call and check on K to make sure she was ok over there and ended up being on the phone for a good 15 minutes with her telling me the same thing she told me 2 hours ago. (I really need to stop calling her) Hubby decided to go to bed (not much else yo can do right?)when she woke up. But thank goodness the power came back on after another 20 minutes and I got to at least put this post up. Guess I will have to do WFMW and WW tomorrow when I have time to upload pictures.

Tackle It Tuesday

This is one that I have been putting off for a long time. Savie is so tall that most of her pants keep falling down. I am consistently telling her to pull her pants up, which I am sure she is sick of her by now. She is already 3 ft tall so most of the 3T clothes that should fit don't because the pants make her look like she is wearing high waters. The first couple of times it was funny to see but after awhile it was just annoying. So my fix for the problem?

Buying a belt.

Or rather make a belt.

I spent most of the day, at school, trying to make a belt, to fit her. It has to be pink (her new favorite color) and of course long enough. I've gotten about 3 rows done and hope to get it finished tonight if I get it done I will post pictures so check back tonight.

What about you? What are you tackling this week?

UGGGGHHHH!!!!!!

I'm a little offended. Not by anything online but by what a "friend" has implied of me. Now I understand that she has worked hard to be able to take care of these puppies and of course she is very attached to them but to call me and tell me that she thinks one of them may have Parvo and that I may be the one to bring it to her house is just a little rude. (if you don't know what I'm talking about read this post and then this one)

Now I can't fully understand how she would feel about the puppies dying or getting this sick since I have never had any contact with Parvo until now. And after last summer I really don't know what to make of it, it's a horrible thing. I saw the puppies after they died, I mean I help feed them!!! But she even said it herself some of them were just to young to begin with.

Now here is my problem. I got a call from her on my answering machine saying, as nicely as she could put it, that one of the puppies was sick and that it might be Parvo. He's acting that way, not eating, etc. That the dogs that I petted that smelled really bad might of had it and that is why you never go to a pound/shelter etc and then come to a house where there are puppies under a year. That even though I washed my hands that it might have come into her house on my shoes.

Now here is where I have a problem. Yes, I touched dogs that were really smelly, while I was at the dump. A place I go to at least one a week for recyclables. And have been there at least 6 more times since I ran into those dogs. Who by the way, have not had a bath all year (according to the owners) and walked over 10 miles thru who knows what, over 2 months ago. Now I don't know how long it takes for a dog to show signs of Parvo once it's been exposed but I was under the impression that it was faster that that.

As much as she wants to tell me not to do this or I should give Halley that she doesn't listen when I tell her not to give Savie something. She treats her dogs, all 9 of them, like kids and doesn't want me to spoil them or give them something bad but when I tell her not to give Savie candy/chocolate/pasta salad she ignores it. I don't know what else to say to her.

Friday was a perfect example. Savie is still sick and on antibiotics so I don't want to give her complex food and upset her stomach. We only went to the parade because she asked for it and then I had to go to the store so we stopped at her place to give her some stuff. While there she kept insisting that Savie take home a plate. I told her no, several times, that she is sick and I don't want complex food in her right now. "Oh well give it to hubby, he might like it." Hubby doesn't want anything from her let alone a plate of food that he can't chew. It's sitting in my fridge and will get tossed out. Even after that she came outside and gave her a chocolate bar.

So let's have a recap. I may be responsible for a puppy being sick but it's ok to ignore what I saw about giving my daughter stuff.

I want

one of these!!!

Types of rabbits: Types of rabbits: Argente

I miss having rabbits and can't wait until we move so I an get one again. Aren't they cute?

Sky Watch Friday

Sorry I haven't been around lately but I have been a little scattered brain lately. This is a beautiful shot I took last week (I think) of the moon coming up over the mountain behind my house.



head over to Tom's blog for some more great shots.

Happy 4th to all

Happy 4th of July everyone!!!!!!!!!

We started our 4th off not in the best of spirits. Savie got sick last night, started with a temp of 100.5 so we took a cold shower and then tried again about an hour after that and it was up, like to 101.4. Yes I said 101.4. That means we are going to the ER. I wish I didn't have to but at that high of a temp, especially when it's taken under the arm, that means we are going to the ER. If it had been earlier int he day we just would have gone to the Dr. but it was almost 6:30 when we left. We sat in the ER for maybe an hour and a half. There was only 2 other people there and one was a little girl(12) who was throwing up (poor girl). When they finally came out to see us they took her temp and it was up to 104.2(I think), waited another 20-30 minutes and then we went back to a bed. They did all the usual, took her vitals and her temp again. not changed. They gave me some Tylenol to give her (not happy about that) and then took a throat culture to see if she Strep Throat (that came back negative by the way). But a long story short (to late huh? lol) she may have some kind of infection, but it is not a cold/flu, maybe the start of an ear infection. Jeez this sounds familiar. Well this time we get meds to take for 10 days (amoxicilln). OS that was my night (and early morning).

Today were what she wanted. I didn't want to try to get her up early to go across town to see the coaster races so we just kinda slept in. My plan was to go to the coaster races, come back to watch the parade and then hang out at home until the fireworks. This is basically what we did, except for the coaster race part. We drove down and saw the parade and then came home. Tried to get Savie take some more of her meds but she was feeling just fine she said. The fireworks were pretty good this year. There were a couple of ones that were pretty nice but it was even better that we didn't have to drive anywhere. But on the down side I am itchy all over and have to go take a shower. Hope you all had a great fourth!!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Cat in the....box???

Tackel It Tuesday

My tackle was one that I have been putting off for weeks. We live in a copper mining town so I expect the water to be a little weird. It only stands to reason, right? Well growing up in CA I was used to the shower head getting clogged and having to clean it or change it but I have noticed that it takes a lot less time here. I have bought several different things to clean it that are suppose to clean lime and the like. (I am not going to name names) but none of them have really worked. I even tried soaking it in baking soda and vinegar. Nothing works. I finally broke down the other night and did the only thing I know that works.


A toothpick.
Yes that's right i said a toothpick. I have to sit down and go hole by hole and clean each and every one of the heads out with a toothpick to get it even close to spraying like a normal shower.

That was my tackle, what about you?

July is here!!!!!

Yeah it's July!!!! I should have posted this yesterday but things are just a little hectic this week. Monday we overslept and we were late for school. We have finally started to get our rain like we should be getting in the monsoon season. It's put a damper on my walking to school everyday but that is ok. With the temperature being in the 90's most of the day and then trying to keep up with the kids I am still losing weight. (I have dropped a pant size!) But I also need to wrap up one green challenge and update on another.

Ok over at THF there was the BYOB challenge. This was a great one and one that I thought I could do. Like I said before I started out really good. I still have to go check the bag under the sink where I keep my plastic bags but I think my count is really low, for me, I think I ended up with 8 of them. The last time I bought some fruits and veggies I skipped the plastic bag for them and had the bagger just put them all in my net bag. The bagger did look at me a little funny but once he put the first few things in he was fine with it. Plus I was reading on another blog about how your going to wash the fruits and veggies anyways so why does it matter if it's going to be on the conveyor belt. (I wish I could find the blog now but I will look for it). I want to get a metal basket for my fruits and veggies which I think would be great for the Farmer's Market anyways, maybe I will look into this one. I would really like to have something like a basket so i have less bags to use, they would also be good when I go to the FM and buy honey and other stuff in jars.


The second challenge, which is going on for 2 more months, is the quickie 5 minute challenge. This has been a little hard for me. I love taking a shower but have been doing it. I even have my daughter down to a short shower. I was at another blog and it was talking about how to get extra water for plants and the like. I have been doing this and I am curious to see how it effected my water bill. I just wish I could get hubby to shower with the pot so I can water plants and turn the water off when he brushes his teeth. I've gone in a couple of times and he's looked at he like I turned the lights off on him, lol. It will take awhile to get him on board with the sink business but I think I am just out of luck on the shower thing.

But he did bring up a valid point. With all the stuff that we use in the shower, body wash and oils, that it can't be good for the plants. But I old him that the body wash that Savie and I use are organic and harmless so it's no worse then the water that comes out of the sink, besides if the soap was harmful then the spot where the water drains in the side yard wouldn't have plants year round.


So here's a quick re-cap of the challenges.
The BYOB challenge: good results, very few bags, but more then I would have liked.
Quickie challenge: so far so good and hopefully good for my water bill.

Sunday Scribblings #117

This weeks prompt is VISION. I can talk a lot about vision. There is the vision to see the future and not in the whole psychic way (although I know nothing about that). I mean the vision to see what you want. The vision that I have is that we, as a society, will be better and make our world a happier place. But I know that is not going to happen in my lifetime. I want my daughter to have a vision of what she wants to be, be it a SAHM or a CEO of a mega company or the president of the USA. She can be anything she wants to be. I think my vision of her is that of a sweet, loving child that is a joy to be with.
With all of the above references to my child another important vision, especially here in AZ, is vision on the road. After my scare last week I am trying to pay a little more attention to the weather report when I am out during monsoon season. My visibility was completely shot. I could barely see the BP that was in the middle of the road maybe a good 50 yards behind me.


I guess I can't talk a lot about vision, lol.

Green reading

Ok I am a pale, light green person and I am on the lookout for green books. I came across this book twice at the Walden Bookstore, "Growing up Green" by Deirdre Imus. Now being the African American mother that I am I was offended and hurt and the whole gambit of feelings. Now I think I want to read the book, haven't really looked into it, but I don't think I want it because of her. True it's not that she said anything or did anything but she's married to him. So I need a little help her ladies, do I go ahead and get the book? Or do I find something else?

Wordless Wednesday

"Sitting pretty"

De-skunking

If you've read my tackle post you understand the title so you kinda know what I am talking about.


Halley, my wonderful, loving, 8yr dog loves to play, and sleep, and do what most dogs do. But her true love? That would be catching skunks. I mean she's done it 7 times now so I think that is her newest game. Why else would she get sprayed 7 times. But you might be asking yourself, how do you get the smell out of your dog at 11pm at night when all the stores are closed? Well let me tell you, this is what you do.

1. stop your dog from coming in the house
2. yell for husband to help you
   
3. not get an answer from #2
4. drag dog to the car to get the leash so we can keep her in one place (be sure not the let said dog get into car)
   
5. run into the kitchen and dig for the de-skunking recipe
6. un-hook dog and drag into the bathroom because dog knows that they smell and hates to take baths
7. mix the de-skunking soap and proceed to bath dog
   
8. repeat step #7
9. call hubby again to help you so you can run to the washer to grab some towels
10. wait 10 minute for hubby to get to you
11. run to get towels
12. drag dog out and put her outside (in the rain) to dry off

Not only did I tackle a pretty big thing but what worked for me having hubby around, even if it took awhile to help me, having a de-skunking recipe, and a leash close by. (If you want the de-skunking thing let me know)

What works for you?

Not what I planned

This is not what I planned for my tackled. I had planned to show you that I shampooed another carpet in my house (you can read about the other carpet I cleaned here). I did the bedroom mainly because I wanted something small to do since I was washing clothes as well that day but Halley must have thought that I needed something else to do. Something bigger and messier and smellier to do.

So she killed a skunk. Again.

It's a good thing that I found a really good recipe for getting rid of the smell otherwise she would still be sleeping outside. SO I spent a good 30 minutes giving her a bath hosing her down and getting getting myself all dirty in the process. Now that she is cleaned I have to clean the bathroom, change the shower curtains, and throw everything in the wash. So I guess instead of tackling the carpet I tackled my dog, lol!!!!!!!!

So what have you tackled this week?

Let me update for a minute

I know that my post the other day may have scared a few of you (the three that read it, lol) so I thought I better explain myself.

Yesterday there was a heat advisory for the county so I knew that being outside was a not a good thing. We went to the Farmer's Market, as usual, and showed off my new skirt (which i will show at a later date). I had plans to go to Douglas laer on in the day to hang out with friends and then do some shopping. I was trying to miss the worst of the heat but still get there but it didn't happen. I finally got around topacking up the car and heading out. And as always I spent a lot of time inside Wally world before we left. And this is what I came out to.




Now yes, this is a big parking lot but usually you can see those buildings over there without a problem. It's about a 35 mile drive to Douglas thru nothing so it wasn't until I was about 5 miles away from Douglas that I started to get worried. The sand was getting harder to see thru and there were few other cars on the road. Another 3 miles I hit a wall, not litteraly but it felt like it. I hit a wall of sand that made me hit the brakes ( I was really hoping that there wasn't anyone behind me). I tried to drive a little bit more but then I passed a few more cars and a Border Patorl vehicle and called it quits. I was freaked out. The only way I can think to describe it is a white out but with sand. I called hubby to let him know what was going on, and to get some moral support. I was almost crying but trying to hold it together for Savie. We sat there on the side of the road, with the blinkers on and the fans on because it was still like 96 outside. We saat there for at least 30 minutes and at one point Savie even said she was scared. (That broke my heart. I didn't want her to be scared. It's bad enough that we had the incident back in Nov.) I told her that I wouldn't let anything happen to her.

After awhile the cars tht I was sitting with starting ot move and instead of sitting alone I followed them. I didn't want to be there by myself even though I was about 2 car lengths away from the BP. On the drive home this is what I drove thru




I was just glad to be home.

It's offically summer here!!!!

I think every child should have a Smores and this was her first, lol. Did she have fun or what?!?!?

Sunday Scribblings

Happy endings, we all want them right? Cinderella, Snow White, Ariel, and the rest of the princesses got ones. Even a real life princess had one for awhile. But I think we make our own happy endings. It's a question of what you want. Do you want more money? A bigger house? More kids? Myself just want to be happy. Yes it would be nice to have a bigger house, newer car, more money but for what? When I die I can't take it with me so why do I need to get all of this?


My happy ending would be in knowing that my daughter and my friends know how I feel about them. That they were loved by me and will be remembered.

(I know this is a short post but I have had a weird weekend but head over here and look around)

It finally happened

A dust storm. I finally got caught in a dust storm. Now all that is left is to be caught in a flash flood.

Challenges, challenges......and the heat to

Ok so I've said it before I am trying to be green and doing my part to be good to the earth. I am also doing two challenges. I know I've talked about one all lot, the BYOB challenge, but I don't think I've mentioned the other one just yet. It's almost over and I haven't said a word about it. It's a quickie of a challenge to, a 5 minute shower. Is that possible?

Yes it is. I have been trying it for the better part of the month and most days I do take a 5 minute shower. The day that I hurt my back I took an 8 minute shower and that's because my back was hurting me and I wasn't moving as fast as I normally do. It's a little harder to get Savie, my daughter to do it but it's getting easier. Hubby is not on board with this one and still walks out of the bedroom to take his clothes off. I just don't get it. But with the heat the way it is it's easier to get her in and out without a lot of water being used.

On that note, the National Weather Service has given the monsoon an official start and end day. It's a good thing and a bad thing. It's great that we have a date to start and we know what to expect after that day. The monsoon is a big deal around here since there are a lot of washes and draws, dry creek beds and the like, and there are also flash floods. We live near a wash and last year I heard a flash flood coming down in before I ran out to see what the noise was.It's quite a site to see that much water just coming at you.

Every year there are several people who think they can cross the wash/draw and get stuck or washed away. Last year we saw on the news that a family of 3 got stuck in a wash, a mother/father/child, where the child who was about 2 or 3 yr was washed away, just ripped out of the mother arms and the body still hasn't been found. It's sad. And it's not just family's or people there are also military personal who have lost their lives because of flash floods. But I need to change the subject and talk about happier things.

Because of the heat I finally broke down and bought Savie and pool for the backyard. Now before you think that I was just being a bad mommy by not putting one in wait until you see the pictures of the backyard. I had a hard time trying to decide where to put this. There wont be a lot of posts from me this summer because our house gets to be about 99 during the day and our swamp cooler doesn't blow as well as I would like it to. But I am hoping that once I get some curtains up there will be a change in the temp in here. I am hope, lol. Well I hope that everyone has a great day and I will post/talk to you later.

Today was going to be a good day. I had planned on taking a break from preschool and go to the movies. I thought it was about time for that big event in her life. I think this is about the age that I took my niece to her first. Plus the movie was only $1, yes you read that right $1. I was in love with that. All summer long on Wednes. I was really looking forward to this. We go there late (this time it was hubby's fault) so we rushed to get our tickets and find seats. Happy Feet started and I think about 15 minutes into the movie when it happened. The filmed burned.

I thought we were past the stage of having film reels in the theater but I guess I am wrong. We waited for a good 20 minutes to see if they would get it fixed but it turns out that this was the second time that this has happened. So we left. And got a rain check and we left. We went to the playgroup area and let the kids play for awhile, then we had lunch and went our separate ways. The cost of movies today:

Movie: $2 (refunded)
popcorn: $5.75
Lunch: $8.29
The time spent with friends: priceless
(yes, very MasterCard like I know)

Well I am hoping that next week when we go that things will work out for us but it was a good first time.

She was a perfect child

I know I know, there is no such thing as a perfect child but I like to think that Savie was a really good child. She listened really well, talked a lot, loved to play with anyone, willing to talk to just about anyone but things have changed. And not for the better.

Since we have been going to preschool she has become a sassy little thing. She tells me 'no' a lot more, has temper tantrums and has just picked up some really bad habits. There is one boy there who is the picture of an only child. He is used to getting what he wants when he wants it and when that doesn't happen he throws a fit. Now myself personally I am going to ignore that kind of behavior. My theory is the more attention you pay to it the bigger it gets (you know the squeaky wheel and all that). He wants the chair that someone is already sitting in, on the swing that someone is already on,etc and when he doesn't get it right that second he huffs, crosses his arms and then throws himself on the floor crying. Savie has started doing this and I am not having that. It's one thing for the parent to treat their kid that way but when they go to school they can't do that.
Am I wrong for thinking this? I can't tell the parent this because I think I already offended one parent by telling them to drop their kid off and go instead of dragging it out for a good 20 minutes and the kid ends up crying. I just don't know how to say it without offended them. But there is no way to say that without offending them, right?

BYOB Update

It's been 3 weeks since the start of the BYOB challenge and I was doing sooooo good until I got a package from my friend Anna. (Thanks Anna) I love the package I got from her, it was so cute but there were plastic bags in there!!!!!! What are you doing to me Anna?!?!? LOL. She must have been reading THF about getting rid of plastic bags that's why they were in there. So now my count is up to 5 plastic bags. I was doing so good and only had the one bag before today. But on the upside I have to mail a couple of packages out and will be using these plastic bags for padding.

So how are you doing on the challenge?

Tackle it TUESDAY #11

I really wish that I had remembered to take so pictures before I did this. I had a very old house with very old carpet. It really needs to be cleaned, or better yet replaced. I would but for this house it's just not worth it. But I'm getting off the subject. The carpet was cleaned when we moved into the house about 4 yrs ago and since then I've shampooed the carpet about 3 times. I just don't want to go thru the hassle of renting one or trying to find a friend that I can borrow one from. It's just a living room and bedroom that have carpet. Well a couple of weeks ago I bought a stick rug to clean the carpet. I didn't think it would since there was no hot water or anything to run through. i did a small section where Halley my dog sleeps just to test it out and see how well it would work. It worked great. I had to change the height adjustment on my vacuum when I did the area!!!! The only downside was that it took a whole small can, I was hoping that it wouldn't take a lot off cans to do the whole living room but at this rate I think it will take about 6 cans to get everything including moving everything around.


Well that's my tackle how about you? What did you tackle this week?

*****edited to add the link for the rug stick*****

I need to share something

So like I said in a previous post I am trying to be green. I buy breads, veggies, etc at my Farmer's Market when it's opened, I shop at my local Co-op and I use environmental cleaners. I recycle what I can (our dump doesn't do much) and use re-usable bags. I try to be green. I walk when possible, consolidate shopping trips when I go into town, I drive with cruise control when I do go to town, turn off my car when I am at the ATM, drive-up window, getting the paper. I try to be green.


Well I hurt my back the other day and not just a I pulled a muscle hurt I mean a I can't bend over to tie my shoes hurt. I was in bad shape but there was nothing I could do about it. I was just stuck. I am not a pill taking person, I don't like taking pills and avoid it whenever I can so taking a couple of Aleve's was not the answer for me. I couldn't get comfortable anywhere. Sitting down was ok but only for a few minutes, I couldn't cross my legs because I couldn't lift my leg up that high. I couldn't stand for long, I would get shooting pain up one leg. But it's only on one side. I know if I told K she would spin it so it had something to do with her so I didn't say anything to her, not even to borrow her heating pads (even though I don't think I would use any of them since the animals have been birthed on them). Well since I had bought this sample set at my Farmer's Market last year and had been using the facial wash(which I am so in love with, it's the thrid item on the page.) I thought I might as well try the Muscle Soother Spray (scroll down it's the third item on the page). I wasn't sure it would do anything to help me but it was worth a try, right?

OMG!!!!!!!!!!! This felt sooooooooooooo good. A good 10 minutes after I sprayed it on my back I was felling warm, then a little warmer, then hot. I mean hot. It started out as having a heating pad on my back while I was getting ready for school and everything but then it got really hot. Like someone turned the heating pad on high. But it felt good I was glad for the heat. I sprayed myself a couple more times during the day when I started to feel more pain then I was comfortable with. I am in love with this stuff. I am sorry to keep going on about this but I was in a lot of pain and want to share my joy with the world.

It's been 2 days since I hurt myself and my back still hurts but not as bad as when it happened. I feel a lot better.

Is it really that bad?

That my daughter licked the spatula after making our own colored sugar?? Does it sounds as bad as I think it does? Maybe I should tell the whole story.

It's hot so of course we want Popsicles and ice cream and watermelons. So being the green person that I am trying to be, I wanted to make my own. I found some good ones here and thought they were a good start so I decided to try my own recipe. It was a simple one of yogurt, fruit, vanilla extract, and water. I let Savie have one after lunch and it was a bomb. She barely ate half of one and when I tasted it I could see why, they were pretty bland and yucky. So then I thought "Well the glitter pops sounded kinda good, I want to try that." But there was a catch to the whole thing. I don't have any colored sugar in the house, just cane sugar. But then I found found this and thought it was the perfect quick project for Savie and I. I was hoping that she would make pink and something else. I knew she would want to make pink that is the color of the year. Everything is pink, the cup, the the clothes, the shoes, etc.

In all fairness I had planned on letting her make whatever color she wanted, make it as light or dark as she wanted. But that was not to be, she made it dark. It was getting pretty dark, almost blood red but I finally talked her into letting me add more sugar to help it lighten up. Got the red done and then started in on the second color. And from that you get this.





























Do you know what she is doing? Can you guess what my sweet little girl is doing? She's licking the spatula. The sugar covered spatula!!!!!!!! A green sugar covered spatula!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tell me things are not as bad as I think they are.

Wordless Wednesday #11

Yummy, sugar!!!!!!



For more head over here.

It's a green, green world

I love a good challenge. I love green sites like this one and this one. I've done the paper towel challenge and did pretty well if I do say so myself. I used a roll and a half for the month which I think is pretty good for 3 people and have started using napkins for meals.

I love reading Tree Hugging Family, they have some great stuff. Cleaning supplies, crafts, and stuff like that. This months challenge is BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag) and I am doing pretty good at this one. A better start then last months challenge. I have at least 12 reusable bags in my car. Let's me break it down for you count wise.

1. 8 Walmart bags
2. 4 small bags
3. 2 produce bags
4. 3 coupon.com bags

I'm sorry how many is that? Is that more than 12? LOL. I have plenty of bags so this is an easy challenge. How about you guys? Can you cut down on your use of plastic bags? There are some really good articles about what happens with them when they are used. I mean we all know about how they look flying thru the air during a wind storm or just a windy day, think about what they look to sea animals, and how long it takes for them to breakdown. Just some interesting reading, head over to THF for some reading.

Sunday Scribblings #114

Nights, there are so many different things about the nights that people do. There were 1001 Arabian nights, the endless nights of zombie, sleepless nights with a new baby, bad nights when your kids are away, myself personally I like staying up at night to relax. Yes I may of had a long day but staying up is my chance to spend some me time. It may seem selfish to not go to bed at the same time as my husband but I prefer it. He snores and I don't want to have to listen to him get comfortable and shift around while I am trying to do the same thing. It's kinda nice to be up that late and not have to share the TV with anyone.

Most nights I am alone with just Halley to keep me company, watching TV maybe reading a book, maybe working on my crochet projects. I really need to get back in the habit of working on my projects since I should have finished my nieces blanket months ago, seeing as how it was her graduation present and she graduated last week, lol. Tonight is one of those nights when I am not alone, Savie is asleep on the couch and so is hubby. Every night is a new thing. Some nights it's a peaceful thing and some nights I see a parade of animals, javelina, deer, foxes, and coyotes. What do you do at night?

What a night

That's all I can say. Last night I was hoping that since I had worked all week and still had to go back and clean today that we could have a relaxing night. And for the most part it was. I cooked dinner for us, a simple thing of pasta, and then tried to wash dishes and clean the house some. It worked. Savie and I had dinner, hubby fell asleep as soon as dinner was ready of course, and then Savie fell asleep. Yeah!!! or so I thought. Savie woke me up around 2am to tell me she had to go potty so we went, and then five minutes later she threw up on me. I was really awake now, wide awake. I put Savie in the shower and re-dressed her and got back in the bed. We woke up a couple more times to make repeat trips to the bathroom but no more puking thank goodness. I was hoping that things would be a little better this morning but that was not the case. So here is the count

puked on
4 times (including the 2:30 wake up call)
change of clothes
2
change of clothes for Savie
3



I am doing this now that she is asleep again, I am hoping that when she gets up I can get her to eat some applesauce and toast, simple things to help settle her tummy not like the cheese and sandwich meat that hubby gave her, lol. Here's hoping that things get better.

ABC Wednesday

It's Wednesday and I am finally able to get some pictures loaded onto my computer. Today's letter is T and here is the tunnel that greets you and is the only way into town. Sometimes during the monsoon this tunnel is closed because of the waterfall that is coming down on both sides. Please forgive the shots since i was taking them while driving ( I held the camera out the window just so you know).

This is mule pass tunnel. I don't know a lot about the tunnel even though I have lived here for 4 yrs so forgive me if this is short.





















































To see some more T shots head over here.

"When does school start?"

That is the question I will be hearing so, in my own head of course. Savie is not in school officially so she doesn't get bored just yet. But I have a couple of things planned for us to do when we run out of the normal things to do. So far on my list

1. Go to the pool
   (we have a great pool in the next town that is like going to the beach)
2. Go to movies in the park on sat night
3. farmer's market on sat morning
4. concert in the park on Thursday nights

I think that pretty much covers our whole week so we shouldn't get bored. We will be at school everyday so we will be busy. How about you? What are you plans for the summer?

Sunday Scribblings #113

I think this might be becoming a habit for me on my Sunday Scribblings.

Curves
There are many curves in the world
the curve of your hand a child's face
the way your hand curves together
your child and you

the curve of their face
when they look up at you
smiling and laughing
it makes your own face curve
into a beautiful curve of your own

as your child sleeps
you are amazed by the curves you see
the curve of their face
of their shoulders as they rise and fall
the curve they have moved themselves into
all the little
and sometimes big
curves that you love