what's going on with you?

hello there blog friends. how are you? what have you been up to? we've been doing good here. i'm trying to think of what all has been going on. last week the officer was off and he didn't run any funeral escorts so we got to hang out with him. he took the kids to the monster truck rally. the officer and my son had gone with papa last year. my daughter made the officer promise to take her along on the next time they were in town. so the officer, my son, my daughter, the officer's friend and his son all went to the monster truck rally.

the kids wearing their ear protection as ear muffs.

the officer said after about 20 minutes the kids were bored. my son was excited to see "grave digger" because he remembered him from the last rally.

gravedigger

the officer said this picture of our son summed up the amount of excitement the kids had.
during the intermission, guys who rode dirtbikes and bicycles came out and did tricks. the kids loved that! here's their finale.



we also went to incredible pizza. it wasn't quite like the last time we went. however my son did win 100 tickets at one game. a total of 150 tickets got him a samurai sword, a missile launcher, and a blue squishy dinosaur. my daughter got a pink ninja, a kazoo & whistle (which have both been a lot of fun!), and a squishy pink lizard. it's probably the one time we will go there this year.

it was nice to be able to hang out with the officer.

i have been cleaning house for someone. why is it more fun to clean someone else's house than it is to clean yours? i can spend 3 hours cleaning someone else's house and it doesn't bother me, but i'm not always as chipper cleaning my own house. i guess i don't have to be around to see it get dirty again with in the hour. i get to see the result of all the work and leave with that picture in my mind. in my own house, it's not too long before i step on a lego or trip over a shoe. oh well, at least i find cleaning relaxing.

i'm thinking about starting another blog. a blog about couponing and the deals i find so i can help other find them too. not sure yet. don't actually have a lot of time to do that. i've made up the name and started the blog, but haven't made it public or even posted anything for that matter. i have blogged several times about some of my shopping trips but decided to not do it any more on this blog. this blog is dedicated to my family and trying to write down the memories of our lives. so we'll see.

i laughed at my daughter the other day. she bumped her head on the wall and exclaimed, " i almost slapped my brain out of my head!" she tapped her head and said, "there i put it back." where does she get this stuff?

can't say i blame her..

my daughter isn't feeling the best. her tummy hurts. she doesn't want to eat. she just wants to lay around and rest. can't say i blame her.

she wanted to take a shower to warm up. i turned on the shower and the bathroom heater for her.

i was going to back and forth from the kitchen to the bathroom trying to organize all the stuff in my linen closet while she was in the shower. when she was finished in the shower, i told her to wrap up in the towel to warm up by the heater and when she was dry and warm i would help her get dressed. i was going to give her about 5 minutes by the heater.

however, after just a couple of minutes by the heater, all curled up in her towel, i found her like this.

fast asleep. can't say i blame her.... it was cozy.

on the island this week

oh blog friends - it's been a crazy week! it's been a very good week though. even though i have posted a couple of times in the past couple of weeks it seems as if i haven't been on here at all.

these are the adventures on the island this past week:

well i already posted that we got up early tuesday morning to go eat free grand slams at denny's. that was a lot of fun to do with the kids. the officer didn't really think i was going to make up it and around to get there by 6 a.m., but i did.

for wednesday the officer had arranged for the kids to go to grandma and papa's for the day and to stay the night. we had the whole day to spend together. it was really nice. we ate lunch at the olive garden and went shopping - just the leisurely shopping - not the "kids stop running up the aisles, please put that back, no we don't need that." it was nice - did i say that already? well it was!

thursday the officer went to work and then after work went to grandma's for dinner and picked up the kids. this left me by myself the whole day - which was great. i put on a coupon seminar thursday night for about 7 people. i used the day to run those final errands and to finish cleaning the house.

the coupon seminar was a lot of fun! i think the girls had fun too. there was a lot of information to cover and it as 10 p.m. by the time we were done. i think they walked away knowing more than when they came - everyone was armed with a door prize (i really enjoy winning door prizes so i had to have some to give away!).

friday we had a open-house homeschool group meeting. a local weatherman, rick mitchell, came and spoke about the weather and safety precautions. after the homeschool meeting, we headed back up to grandma's because we had family in visiting. we played with cousins and had fun.

today we headed to swim lessons and the officer and i have a valentine's dinner to go to tonight. looking forward to another date night with the officer. i think two date nights (even if we are with other people) in one week might be unprecedented.

i am putting on another coupon seminar next week so i hope it goes as well as the first one did. we have gymnastics, cub scout meetings, taekwon do, coupon seminars, babysitting (which my kids LOVE!), tax appointments, house cleaning (mine and another) monster truck rallys, and some little way of trying to find michael buble tickets going on next week too. oh yes we also have school we have to try to make up from being super busy this week. at least i get a date with the officer tonight.

i'm not complaining - we are so blessed!!!!

we were there

yep - we were there. we were there at the denny's free grand slam giveaway. we were there by 6 a.m. and the place was already bustling!

we told the kids we were going to eat breakfast out in the morning. we have eaten breakfast out before - at cracker barrel - at 9 a.m - not at denny's at 6 a.m.

the officer set his alarm for 5 a.m. he's used to that - it's what time he gets up for work. i set my alarm for 5 a.m. also. i am NOT used to it. the last time i was up that early was probably black friday shopping! of course i didn't get up until 5:30 a.m. this morning but we did get out of the house by 5:45 a.m. so we were doing good. this did require me taking a shower last night and me pushing the shoes on each of my kids.

my daughter popped up right out of bed, but was groggy. within 10 minutes she was awake and smiling. she is like the officer. my son, on the other hand, was up, but he is like me. he's not a morning person. he prefers to not have anyone talk to him until he's really awake.

we got to denny's at 6 a.m. and the place was already busy! lots of college kid aged kids (did i really just not lump myself into that group???? i know i don't belong in that group anymore - i'm getting old!) started to arrive after we got there.


the officer and kids got hot chocolates. the kids got their junior grand slams (three mini pancakes, eggs, and piece of bacon and sausage each) and we got ours. it was pretty good.

still don't think he's quite awake yet.

by the time we were leaving, there was a line waiting to be seated. we left at 6:45 a.m. and were back to the house in time for the beginning of curious george.

the officer said he was really surprised i was able to get up and in a relatively good mood. i said i think i am only able to be up that early once a year. i didn't know if i would have it in me to wake up that early for black friday shopping this year. who am i kidding - i'll make it. :)

have a great day. oh yeah the denny's free grand slam giveaway goes until 2 p.m. so you still have time!