Monthly Archives: May 2008

May 10

Its Cleaning Time

Today I’m getting the house ready for company tomorrow. I’ll be serving a “Thanks For Moms” Mother’s Day dinner. We are having Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Stuffing, Chocolate Pie, and Homemade Apricot Pie, kinda like Thanksgiving in May 🙂 I’m going to get a jump start on the pies today, and spend the rest of the day cleaning up around the house. Here is the plan for today:

  • Clean Both Bathrooms
  • Bring Trash Cans to the Yard, and empty all Trash Cans around the house
  • Put away 5 loads of laundry
  • Wash all of the dishes hanging out in the kitchen
  • Make Both Pies
  • Clean the Dining Room
  • Wrap the Mother’s Day Gifts

The weather looks like it is going to be extra rainy today, so I hope to get all of the chores accomplished. We’ll see how it goes, I’m having way too much fun playing on my new laptop 😉

May 9

All I can say is WOW :)

My hubby took Thade out this afternoon to pick up my Mother’s Day gift. Thade has been looking forward to the outing with Dad, and had already told me about 50 times what I was getting . So much for the secret shopping trip 😉 I stayed home with Dylan while the boys made a run to Walgreens. When Thade came home, he ran to the door, with the biggest smile, and proudly got out all of the presents. He got me Kinoki, and Starbucks Caffe Mocha Truffles. I was so happy with the sweet gifts from my boys 🙂

James mentioned that Thade wanted to go to Sonic for a drink, I thought cool, we’ll wait until 2:00 p.m., and get the half-off happy hour drinks. James watched Dylan and Thade and I headed off to Sonic. When I came home James and Dylan were waiting at the door. Dylan was waving, and James had a huge smile on his face. We went inside and James said to put the drinks down, he had a surprise for me, and it was in the dining room.

I had no idea what was going to happen next… He said that he had my actual Mother’s Day gift waiting for me, and I was a bit puzzled. I walked into the dining room and looked on the table, and there I saw a brand new laptop. I burst into tears, it is just too amazing. I still can’t believe that he got me a new laptop, I’ve been babying mine along for over a year 😉 It is just the most incredible gift.

I am so thankful for my amazing hubby, and my precious boys. They make everyday so special, and they really surprised me this Mother’s Day.

May 9

A Little Reminder

We visited the Post Office today. I needed to mail a package and buy some stamps. At checkout I was reminded that the price of stamps is going up on Monday. I went on ahead and purchased the $.42 cent stamps, and called it good.

This weekend is also the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. We went through the pantry and found a few items to donate, Thade had fun helping out too.

Don’t forget to pick up those One Cent Stamps this weekend 😉

May 9

No Rest for this Weary Gal

I had one full month of Dylan finally sleeping though the night, and once again teething has reared its grumpy head. The Teething Tyrant was up until 5:00 a.m. last night, and Thade was wide awake at 7:00 a.m., needless to say I’m one tired Momma. I guess I should add a full night’s sleep on my Mother’s Day wish list 😉

May 7

Rain, Rain, and More Rain

It is day #2 of the non-stop down-pour, and I don’t think that the rain is going to let up anytime too soon. Both of the boy’s are a little on the grumpy side today, Dylan was up last night until 4:30 a.m. (me too) with teething troubles, and Thade popped up at 7:30 a.m. with a stuffy nose and cough. I think it is just allergies, but I’m really hoping that he doesn’t have another cold. He has used 2 boxes of tissues since yesterday! Time to make another run to the store.

I’ve been busy doing laundry, and baking tasty treats in the kitchen. I whipped up a batch of Homemade Peanut Butter Cookies while James was home for lunch. Some cookies had Hershey Kisses, some were without, both were delicious. I’ve also been working on some baby food alternatives to serve Dylan, we are saying good-bye to the jars this week, and so far he isn’t too pleased with the new menu.

I made him Applesauce with Oatmeal at breakfast, he tried a bite or two and quickly turned his head away. When lunchtime came around I made mini-pasta shells with peas and corn, once again he wasn’t a fan, but he did have a fun time smashing peas into his hair. I’ll be steaming up some Sweet Potatoes tomorrow, we’ll see how it goes 😉