Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Growing Up!

It is really hitting me that my babies really aren't babies anymore!

My sweet little 7 year old just lost his 4th tooth!! He looks like a Jack-O-Latern!

He begs me daily for electronics that I don't even own. Can you said Ipod touch or Iphone??? I told him when he has someone to call then we will think about a phone (actually he will probably get one when he goes to middle school but don't tell him!)

My sweet little 4 year old is almost 5!! We will be registering him for kindergarten next month! YIKES! His birthday is in 2 months. Everyday his vocabulary grows to sound more grown up like an elementary school kid and less like a preschooler. Sigh...

Like I said they are growing up!

Monday, March 08, 2010

Money UGH!

I really think it is supposed to grow on trees... Insurance is nice. The surgery for Logan will cost $69.16 but.... here is the kicker there is a facilities fee of $452.40!!! SERIOUSLY! Is that even legal??? So Logan's surgery will cost us $521.56 and it has to be paid in full 2 days before the surgery. So here we go putting more debt on the credit card bill. UGH....

Monday, March 01, 2010

I found this from A Charity Mom's Blog...

Instructions:
Copy the list, bold the ones you've done (with explanations if needed), share with friends.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (My parents took us when we were younger).
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (Just took the boys in 2008 now they are begging for World!!)
8. Climbed a mountain (Nothing record breaking but I have climbed a few!)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (Some say I have talent!)
11. Bungee jumped (Something that may never get bolded)
12. Visited Paris (This is a beautiful city)
13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm (I live in TX. 'Nuff said)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (Singing counts here)
15. Adopted a child (Another one that may never get crossed off, unless you count a dog as a child!)
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (Only seen her from afar)
18. Grown your own vegetables (A couple of pumpkins and tomatoes!)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (We didn't go in the Louvre)
20. Slept on an overnight train (Yep I have slept in one in the US and one overseas.)
21. Had a pillow fight (Who hasn't?)
22. Hitch hiked (Too risky!)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort (Doesn't snow enough here)
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping (Uh no thank you!)
27. Run a Marathon (I always say that running is against my religion!)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (My grandparents took us on a tour of Europe when I was in college a gondola ride in Venice was part of it!!)
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run (On the field of an elementary school!)
32. Been on a cruise (My honeymoon!)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person (Maybe someday)
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (Yes I have been to Czechoslovakia!
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (Pig Latin and Spanish!)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (Are we ever?)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David (YES!)
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (I really hope to someday!)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (Don'r really remember the ride!)
47. Had your portrait painted (stealing her response--if those caricatures count)
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (Just saw it)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (Snorkled in Hawaii)
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (Helping my hubby right now)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving (Another one that I will probably never complete)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (In Austria, very sad!)
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter (I hope to one day)
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (I have a few)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial ( I LOVE Washington DC!)
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (Hope to never fulfill this one!)
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person (Came here after Disneyland as a kid, not nearly as exciting!)
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (Bought a 2002 Dodge Ram when we found out we were pg with Logan, that was 8 years ago!!)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House (As press and shook hands with Pres Clinton at the time)
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (Have met a few famous folks)
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo (Christian fish on my big left toe)
94. Had a baby (2 beautiful boys!)
95. Seen the Alamo in person (too many times to count)
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee