My fish bowl that I call life, is crowded and dirty!

Wow what a week. Do you ever feel like you live in a fish bowl that is dirty and crowded with crazy fish that keep spitting on you? That would describe my week.

It just seems that I have something going everyday but yet I get to Friday and look back and think... "Did I get anything done?" Why is it that I have such a hard time, seeing a stack of clean dishes, a group of happy primary girls with plates full of cupcakes, kids bathed and fed, (and still alive to tell another tale I might add), churches decorated for family parties, 35 middle of the night hours worked, church lessons prepared and taught, and so on and so forth as accomplishments? I still feel like nothing ever gets done. It just always feels like I am swimming in circles in this dirty little fish bowl with my kids throwing stuff on me, and at me all the time. Do this do that blah, blah ,blah.

On a much happier note I did get my flooring picked out for the house and it was oh so painless. The sales girl was so helpful to me in my indecisive ways. I am so happy with my findings that I am simply giddy with excitement! And here is my latest picture of the state of the house. Notice Jesse and the kids in the window-less window areas. Just had to note that I am not the only excited one here. ;)

We do finally now have the windows in the holes. Yea, a novel idea keeping the snow out of the house instead of in. This week we even have all the plumbers, electricians, and HVAC guys there working hard. :) WOO HOO our 4 way is next Friday.

The best $850 bucks I ever spent!!! It only cost me $850 more to have my bonus room (space above the garage) lifted 2 feet. Look at how nice it made this space. Now, that is a room fit for some family parties! I love it and we have now decided to finish it. I did however bargain with Jesse that I will give up my porch railing (that I wasn't sure I even wanted) in exchange for finishing this FABULOUS party room. :) Now that was worth it, right?

The well drillers still have a broken rig and we are STILL waiting for them to get it fixed and come drill our well. So we have a 1/2 finished house and still have no water. So that means the poor cows are still waiting patiently everyday for someone (usually my poor dad) to haul water over from my mom and dads house for them. See how they line up at the fence waiting? Poor things! But that is a whole other story.

Just because I haven't posted a picture of the back of the house. Complete with the Honey Bucket (port a potty) that Samantha just can't get over and that Garyn thinks is so cool because it is a bathroom outside . HA! HA! He is a crack up I tell ya!

And here is Jesse draining Lake Jensen from the front yard. We got a lot of snow/moisture and of course if puddled right in front of the house. I love my little swamp land! My own personal Navoo. :) Here is a picture of Lake Jensen so you can see that it is really a lake!

And lastly, Samantha at our Primary Party decorating cupcakes. Mantha is the best part of having this calling: Getting to teach these 12 amazing little girls is great, but getting to connect with my one and only daughter in a fun, social, and spiritual way through our activities and lessons is priceless and makes every hour of my volunteer time worth it. I actually look forward to planning and holding your weekday activities. It makes my Wednesdays so sweet. Even if it is sometimes a hectic mess. :) But with me, who would expect anything less? LOL Mess, is my middle name, after all.

Friday Funny (a few days late)

I know I am a few days late but I have to post these 2 hilarious things that Garyn said this week. He is 4 and says the cutest things that just catch me off guard sometimes. I want to always remember how cute and fun he is!

#1 So he is playing and being silly he calls Will a "pee pee head" I said in a funny mom voice "Hey, Garyn don't call him that, he isn't a pee head" and so his response......

"I know, he can't really pee on his head, because his weenier can't stretch that far." Now realize he says this all in such a matter of fact way that I thought I was going to die trying to keep in all my laughing. What a silly boy!

#2 He had already been home from preschool for about an hour and he comes into the kitchen where I am working and casually asks "Well, did you want me to get a certificate and a treat?"

I am like "Huh?"
So he says "Well, DID you want me to get a certificate and a treat?"
So I say "Sure hunny I want you to get a certificate and a treat."
Garyn says "Well too bad, I can't, because you didn't teach me my phone number."

Now the funny part of this is that I didn't even know they were learning phone numbers at school and the really funny it that he says it like you would say "oh, I guess we are out of crackers." he talks like he is just talking not like he is mad about missing out on something. He is so dang funny. Needless to say, we now know the phone number and have earned the certificate and the treat! LOL Thanks Miss Lindy! You made his week. :)

I will try to post a picture later.

Cold stinking day, but my windows arrived! & Pioneer Thankfulness!

The kids and a cousin IN the framed fireplace. I told them not to make a habit of hanging out in the fireplace or they might get burned up. LOL It was so stinking cold they probably wished there really was a fireplace already.
And we have a roof! Jesse can sleep in peace tonight and stop tearing his skin off his hands stressing out about the possibility of it snowing in the house. Sweet Dreams Baby!
They joy of my day, WINDOWS! Seeing as how most of the house is windows I was thrilled to see them arrive today. I did however think that the ones for the front of the house had grids in them.... hum, guess I better be checking that one out.

This was such a cold day today! I was way tired because I am a sucker and can never say "NO" so I ended up staying on late to work and didn't get to bed until 4 am. I love my job! I still can't believe I get to work at home and actually get paid to play online when it is dead. It's a cool gig! Anyway since I was tired and it was so cold (heaters are broken) I just wanted to stay in bed all day. But I didn't :) I got up and actually got some stuff done including 2 batches of laundry. WOO HOO for me. I drove by the house on my way to take Garyn to preschool and the framers were there putting on the rest of my roof. I wanted to drive back over later but it was just too cold. So instead I had a nap. Then when Jesse got home he honked in the drive way and put me in his warm car and drove me over to see how far they had gotten. I was excited to see the progress on the roof and bonus room, but can you imagine my surprise when I walked into the garage and saw this pile up of windows? It made trumping out into the cold with 4 kids worth every cold breath!

It has come to this , a good day is getting windows piled up in the garage. I look forward to all the days and years ahead looking out these windows and watching my kids and someday grand kids playing in the yard, watching my baby girl drive off on her 1st date, pacing the floor looking out these same windows waiting for them to come home from dates and eventually for family dinners and holidays, and all that life will bring both happy and sad. I will for the rest of my life be looking out these same windows at the spectacular view around me and marveling the blessings that I have all because more than 150 years ago my great great great great grandmother packed up everything she had into a wagon and walked thousands of miles to bring her family to a place this beautiful to raise her family where they could worship god in peace and then their families, and so on, and so forth, so that I can now raise my family 7 generations later in this very place! Thank you Caroline! and Grandma! and especially Mom too! Because of you, I finally have a place to call my home! I hope the Lord will give me the strength and help I need to raise my children with as much Faith as they.

1st Blog Post

New to blogging. Thanks a lot Crystal, Missy and Janet! You just knew that I needed a new hobby didn't you? Actually, I really do need to do this. I need to keep a record of my thoughts and feelings. I am truly the epitome of a walking tornado. My friends tease me all the time about being the poster child for ADHD and this is a great way for me to organize my thoughts on a daily basis. I just hope that you can get past my bad grammor and spelling. (Shush, Crystal!) So really, thanks for the inspiration and for being such great friends. I hope that I can use this as my own personal journal and as a place to refer to for my scrapbook pages. I really want my kids to have the story not just the pictures.