A Wee Bit Of Me Wednesdays

{one} what time do you normally wake up?
I wake up a lot through the night, Evan still isn't fully sleeping through the nights, and then I have part time job doing the newspapers for the Standard so my alarm goes off at 3:45 we leave around 4:15 get back around 5:20ish then back to sleep until 7:20....yeah, it sucks trust me...Thankfully we only have to do it until the end of the month!

{two} do you have a go-to song for karaoke?
No...I don't sing in public, I would not put people through that torture

{three} if you could only see black and white except for one color, what color would you choose to see?
Purple!!!

{four} what color best matches your personality?
Yellow & Blue

{five} if you could choose one meal to cook better than anyone else, what would it be?
Thanksgiving dinner! Everyone always talks about certain people's awesome Thanksgiving dinner's I want to be able to say I am the bomb at that dinner.

{six} how many keys do you have on your key ring?
3 One for my car, one for the house & one for my locker at my other part time job, Dominos. Yup I currently have 1 full time job and 2 part time jobs, days I work all three jobs SUCK!

{seven} do you give your pets birthday/christmas gifts?
Nope

{eight} when your plate has different foods on it, do you mix or not?
It all depends ON the food wether they can mix together or not. For an example, peas and mashed potatoes can touch and are OK to mix but hashbrowns with Ketchup and pancakes with syrup CAN NOT touch, infact they can't even be on the same plate together Ewwwwwwwww gag....

{nine} if you could hire someone to do one thing for you all the time, what would it be?
Do my Laundry!?! But then again I would end up feeling guilty and not have them do it anymore...I'm odd like that

{ten} when flying, do you prefer the window or aisle seat?
Window!!!

Wordless Wednesday

I am one LUCKY Mom

Meet Apollo

Meet Apollo & Alyssa. I work with Alyssa, she is Awesome....this is her dog Apollo. He is part Great Dane & Mastiff....yeah he's going to be a HUGE dog. In the first picture was him taken the end of August the next 2 pictures is his paw next to my hand the first the end of August the 2nd one was taken today. Oh MY! He JUST turned 5 months old. The last picture is Alyssa & Apollo taken today...He weighs 80 pounds at 5 months old! He is the sweetest dog, he gives you tiny kisses when you know he could easily cover your face with slober! I love him! He's got such a great personality! From what Alyssa says he is about to go through another grow spurt, I will take more pictures of him in a few months! I miss not having a dog. I miss Molly, even though she did drive me insane....

Parent Teacher Conference For Avery

We learned a lot at Avery's most recent parent teacher conference. He wasn't there because my Mom and Terry took him and Toby out for Ice Cream. While we were there we discovered a few things. First we discovered that by the end of the year the kids are supposed to know 107 words by sight. Avery already knows 95 of them, NOW....yeah he's awesome I know. She says that when he starts to read he is a different person. He can read so smoothly. AWESOME. He's getting a Barnes and Noble gift card for Christmas from my parents, he's going to LOVE it.

She said that he is great with Math as well...she said that he is working on 2 part instructions. Part 1 he is good with put more than 1 step instructions he tends to get lost....we have been working with him on that at home so that's nothing new I am just glad she is working with him on it as well. He also is working on the ability to tie his shoes. He can't seem to get it down. It drives me insane. Richard has been his teacher cause I am pretty sure my hair would be pulled out by now if it was me teaching him.

She told us that he has "people" we looked at her with a confused look on our faces, People? She said when she notices that his shoes are untied he will notify one of his "people" and they will come and tie them for him. Seriously kid? Oh dear....he told us later that night that Manuel ties them the best....I tried so hard NOT to laugh....

The next thing his teacher showed us was his handwriting. It has gotten so much better. She had him write a letter about what his plans were for Halloween. He wrote that he was going to go trick or treating with his family and his step family and that he was going to be a swat man. She doesn't know our family, so she didn't think anything was wrong with the letter.......Richard and I did....so we had her repeat the letter, yup we were right it did say going trick or treating with his family and step family...Hummmm who is this said step family? We explained to his teacher he doesn't have a step family. She started to laugh, he doesn't was her response....nope! So when we got home we asked Avery who is step family is. He said it was Ty and Drew, that is my friend Lisa's kids. We were going trick or treating with them at my work. So I joked around with Lisa and emailed her that and asked, So is Bryan (her husband and my co worker) my ex or is Richard your ex? More so do I need to start sending you child support for your and Richard's children or does Bryan need to start sending child support for our children! It made me laugh..still does...ahh Avery!

Three Letter Word......

VTO...Voluntary Time Off. It's a three letter word that I love/hate. I love when the offer VTO, I can leave early get away from the place I spend WAY to much time at and hate spending so much time at. I miss working from home more than anyone realizes. It was the best of both worlds. I got to spend time with my awesome kids and I got to work. I loved it. I miss it, but because other people in the company thought it was OK to NOT work when they were "working" from home, they took the project away. Great, so I get punished for others not doing their job. NOT FAIR. Whatever. So when they offer VTO here (only for a short time, once Tax Season fully hits it's OT for me) I have SUCH a hard time not taking it. I hate being here, period. I hate being away from my babies. I want to be with them, not stuck at stupid place that is next to impossible to move up in the company. Bryan? Enough said.....Lisa will understand what I mean, basically her awesome hubby is stuck in support and shouldn't be because it's next to impossible to get out of here! I want to be home with my babies, I don't want to be here....I feel trapped...like a caged animal most days so when the offer the sweet VTO words it takes everything I have to not take it and when I do I can't get out of the parking lot fast enough. It's not like I am getting off at noon, it's only an hour early but 1 hour more with my babies is time I will take any day. When you take VTO that also means you get to leave early without pay. Sigh....what's the price of my freedom? It's so hard being here when I could quit and just be a bum and leech off the state, but I refuse to do so. So instead I stay working, and having someone else "raise" my kids. I hate it. VTO I hate/love you.

FYI: I like to keep as many pictures possible of my family reminding me why I am here...for them...& I need to badly upate the pictures too! & yes that is the Hulk on the top of my cell, I like him, and if you notice at the bottom of my monitor that's a Alice in Wonderland doll and I also have a grimice from Mcdonalds and a My Little Pony, I am a kid at heart....

I Love My Kids.........

It was Sunday morning a tad bit past 7 am and all three boys were awake, fed & dressed. I figured it would be a good time to get some pictures in! Toby was awesome for the first few pictures of him and Avery then I suggested to add in Evan and that's when the fun stopped for Toby he refused to look at the camera. So I got a picture of just Evan and Avery and Toby was totally ok with it...lil brat....

Wee Bit Of Me Wednesday

{one} do you collect anything? if so, what and how long have you been collecting?
I use to collect keychains and I have a decent collection but I haven't gotten a new one in a while, lately the only I have been collecting is calories, blah...but that will change starting January! Just you watch!

{two} what is one cleaning tip that you swear by?
Love your cat, but hate their cat box? I found that the more expensive litter usually works the best. I found the cheaper it is the more you can smell it, I also put baking soda in it and I clean it out every day. Now if you still don't feel that's enough I put a glad automatic machine above mine it goes off every 18 minutes, it really does make a difference.

{three} who would you call for bail money?
My parents, they would be pissed I am sure but I know they would come get me

{four} what is one thing you miss about being a kid?
The ability to have more energy to know what to do with & not dealing with that awesome vistor each month & Bra's!

{five} name a few of your guilty pleasures.
Red Bulls, Some people like coffee mine is Red Bulls, yes they taste like smarties that are on crack, but that's how I roll....deal! & Gum...I have like 5 different types of gum at my work desk alone...sad I know!

{six} how early do you start your holiday shopping?
I am making it a goal next year to buy 1 gift per family memeber each month, because so far I haven't even started at all! It's hard, Richard's birthday is November 30th and Toby's is December 13th!

{seven} what is a family tradition that you would like to pass on to your significant other/children?
Cinnamon rolls for Breakfast on Christmas day & the night before opening 1 gift that are Pj's. oh and home made cinnamon rolls too!

{eight} what do you consider your greatest achievement?
I honestly don't know I have never done anything awesome, I am boring like that

{nine} what do you do to pamper yourself?
I love to get my nails done but I can't while I work at Dominos & I love my toesies done but right now I just don't have the extra money to do it either, sucky bills....

{ten} if you were to start your own restaurant, what would it be called?
This is a tough one, I would think Mary's Cafe would be awesome....

Wordless Wednesday

I am missing summer already!!

Hair!

Avery had a TON of hair when he was born and he didn't lose it either, by the time he was 2 he probably had at least 5 haircuts. Toby on the other hand hasn't been so lucky with his ability to grow hair. He will be 3 in a month and he has had 2 haircuts total! I can tell Evan has more hair than Toby did at his age. I was taking a picture of Evan & Toby in the shopping cart heading into walmart, and when I saw the picture it showed that Evan's hair it quite darker than Toby's hair. I didn't realize this until then. Richard thinks that he will have red hair, to match his personality but I am not convinced yet.

Random Monday

We went up to the farm on Sunday, it's about an hour and a half drive, the kids were less than pleased because we had to take the Jetta and it's MUCH smaller than the Van. The Jetta was making a funny noise one morning when we went to do the paper route, so we were taking it up to visit with the family and to have his Dad check out the car. Comes to find out it was the Starter, JOY...it's not like we dumped 800 in this dang car less than 3 months ago....I am at work...I look at the window and see this (see picture below) SNOW!?!? Ugh.....STUPID snow! Tomorrow's paper route is going to truly SUCK!