47 Days

WHOOOSH!  That is how fast this week, and today, went by!  I didn't feel like I had a chance to stop too much this week, but I am sure glad I was able to sit down each night and write a few happy moments.  Even if life is passing by too quickly, I will have the good memories written down here to cherish! 

Today was another fun day working at the range and going over paperwork.  I truly believe in another life I would have made someone VERY happy by being their secretary!  I LOVE doing paperwork and I really enjoy filing and stamping and stapling lol....glad that college degree is working for me!  It was fun being in the large room and having Connor there today watching TV while we worked.  He is so full of joy and fun to have as my little co-worker.  He sits there, watches TV, and eats...boy is his life rough!  Then after a while I had to pick Joel up from school and he came and got to play with a shot-gun (UN loaded of course) but still...he is growing up, and not sure how much longer I can keep him from his first .22....oh boy!

Tonight David and I got to go out alone and eat at a restaurant I have been waiting for 10 more pounds to lose...well, the 10 more pounds are gone and I rewarded myself with some amazing king crab legs and shrimp....all healthy food and really wonderful.  We met up with David's parents (for the first time in 4 years) and had a nice evening chatting and enjoying the wonderful food.  It was nice to be with David and he was so sweet...he cracked every one of my crab legs for me so I wouldn't have to make a feeble attempt at doing it myself.  Such a sweet husband! 

One funny thing happened today.  Our cleaning people came and cleaned the house (because you REALLY don't want to see me try and scrub with a broken arm do you?)  and after they left, I couldn't find the Bran Muffins I made yesterday morning!  They were in a storage bag on the stove and I am pretty sure they thought it was trash and threw it out LOL.  I promised David I would go to the store and get some buttermilk in the morning to make some more.  Funny little moment...gonna have to put them away next time!  Well, time for bed.  Another very busy day tomorrow, but it should be fun decorating for Halloween and making more muffins!  Have a wonderful weekend everyone and see you tomorrow on the Sunshiny blog!

Day 46

What a beautiful day it was today!  I woke up so tired and worn down from everything going on this week, then I took Joel to school and did a nice hour walk with Connor.  That sky today was amazing!  It reminded me of the clouds on the opening scene of the Simpsons lol.  The sky was so blue and there were scattered BIG puffy white clouds all around.  The weather was nice and cool and it made for a great walk!  Connor and I even found a new park in our community!  There are so many great parks to discover!  I am not sure if I can ever FIND that park again, but I look forward to trying on our next walk! 

Another happy moment for me today was that I got to take a nap!  I have pretty much depleted all of my back up energy this week with my INSANE schedule and it all caught up to me today at 2 PM.  So I headed to my big fluffy pillow, put my head on it, and didn't get up for a couple of hours....thank you Connor for taking such a good nap and reading quietly in your crib and thank you Joel for watching your Disney movie downstairs so mommy could re-energize! 

Last happy moment of my day was giving Joel a goodnight kiss and singing him a goodnight song.  I try to always sing him a song when he asks for it.  There are those nights when I JUST want him to get in bed and go to sleep, but I try to keep it in perspective that he isn't always going to be asking me for goodnight songs someday, and then I will WISH I could sing for him!  So it was nice to snuggle down and have a peaceful, cute, moment with him! 

Well, have a great Thursday!  I am so excited one of my favorite TV shows starts back up tonight!  Psych....it is SO funny and who doesn't need a good laugh these days?  Looking forward to snuggling down with David and watching it sometime this weekend.  Happy thought for you all....tomorrow is FRIDAY!

Day 45

Well, I made it through the day today...happy moment is being done at last!  It was a nice day today.  I accomplished many wonderful things today and feel better about upcoming events next week!  So here are some happy moments from the busy busy day 45 :-)

1. Getting to take a break in between my work today to hang out with the kiddos. Connor and I snuggled down on the couch and watched a Baby Einstein.  It was nice to kiss the top of his head and have tickle time.
2. I got to meet a lot of parents at Joel's back to school nite tonight.  There is even a couple of parents who had kids that Joel went to school with last year at Pre-school!  What fun!  AND, for all of my efforts of sitting in a ridiculously small chair for an hour, we got an AMAZING chewy cookie...worth it!  
3. And now I am headed down to enjoy some almond chamomile tea and watch some of my DVR shows while sitting on my clean couch in my soft PJs from Gap Body....AAAAAAH I can already feel the comfort!  

I am grateful that during these rainy days, I haven't experienced ONE massive RA flare up!  It is truly a miracle that I am so thankful for!  I have mini flares, but having been off of my chemo meds to try and heal my bone and having cold, rainy weather, SHOULD have triggered a flare big enough to land me in bed for days.  I am still walking around and go go going....and with that VERY happy moment of the week, I bid you all a good night!

Day 44

Today was not as busy as I thought it would be....happy moment to have some SPARE time on my hands today!  I got some extra tickles, bubble blowing, hugs, and game playing in that way!  ALWAYS nice when I can be a mommy instead of a chauffeur or event planner lol.  

Today we got our carpets cleaned...yea!  It has been forever since we wanted this done, but...well...we had other things, like surgeries and stuff, to worry about.  It is nice to have clean floors again.  One funny note, the cats were not too happy about having to walk on wet carpet.  For an HOUR after the cleaning guy left, Aladdin (our black kitty) walked all over meowing like crazy "why would you put WATER on MY carpet...oh great, now it's on my paw!  I SAID there is WATER on my PAAAAAAAW!" It was a fun time for me to watch, sorry Aladdin! 

With some other spare time (and a 30% off EVERYTHING coupon) I hopped over to Kohl's when David came home for some retail therapy.  I actually ended up buying clothes for David, for Joel, for Connor, a rain jacket for myself, and a deep fryer.  Yep, you read that last one right!  Here is the thing, we watch a lot of Food Network around these parts, and you CAN'T keep watching those shows like Paula Deen, or Down Home With the Neelys without BUYING a deep fryer to try out the recipes.  I realize that in some parts of this great country when you get married, you get to put a deep fryer on your registry list.  Well, we didn't do that here in California, so now we are FINALLY the proud owners of one!  Can't wait to try out deep fried hard boiled eggs....or not!  I came home happy and had to laugh as David asked "wait, didn't you go to buy YOURSELF a pair of shoes?" yeah well, couldn't find a pair of shoes, but I DID find so many other things there!  Happy moment!

Well I am headed offline now.  Just because today wasn't as busy as I thought doesn't mean I get off that easily tomorrow!  My day begins at 7 and doesn't quit until 7 PM when I finally walk home from Back to School Night.  I DO look forward to finally meeting all of the other parents I see half awake as we all drop off our kids in our sweats lol.  Have a great night all!  Happy moment wishes to you...gonna dream of what to put in my deep fryer for its inaugural FRY hee hee

Day 43 Busy ME!

I don't remember the last time I had this many things to do in one day!  Any my kids aren't even in sports or music yet!  True, 2x per week of speech therapy for one and 2x per week of OT for the other is pretty much our sport right now but my goodness!  I feel like I can't breath!  I looked at my schedule this week and had to give something that was a WANT and not a NEED up.  I feel bad, but there will be no happy memory of a baby shower for me this week....it is just TOO much being gone every single night from my sweet family! 

Thankfully tonight we did family home evening and played "Choose the Right or Choose the Wrong"  otherwise known as Chutes and Ladders in most homes lol but when teaching a gospel centered message on making good choices and climbing to Heaven with each good choice...well...you get the idea!  It is SO funny to hear Joel yell when someone goes down the ladder "oh my goodness you chose the WRONG Mommy!"  I hope he never actually has to say that to me in real life!  I hope I can live my life and be a good example to him always...how I love that sweet, FUNNY, little boy! 

So that is my happy moment for the day, FINALLY getting to spend some much needed time with my whole little family at the dinner table, eating my homemade beef and cheese enchiladas, and playing a children's game with a twist.  Gonna get some sleep now because at 8 AM the carpet cleaners are coming to clean my carpets and my couches that my little two year old with his CRAZY sticky fingers has dirtied!  Happy Monday...today is Monday right? :-)

Day 42

Another wonderful day of General Conference today!  Some of the talks were truly answers to many prayers I have had lately....now whether I actually go and DO the things I know I should now...well that gets hard sometimes doesn't it?  I am sure going to try though!  I so want to be a better person.  I want to be happy and friendly to everyone around me at all times.....it just gets a little tricky when you are consistently friendly to consistently mean people.....eventually you would rather bang your head against a brick wall then TRY anymore...but that isn't exactly what Christ's teachings tell you to do! LOL  So say a little prayer for me my blog readers that I might be able to try and succeed!  I have already had such wonderful success with one such person this past year...what a happy moment it was for me when, after trying and trying and trying to be nice to this person (who I often referred to my husband as the "ice queen") she FINALLY asked me how I was doing...it made me so happy to hear those words come out of her mouth!  I used to think "well, I broke my arm maybe she will wonder how that is going" nope...then Daisy died, but she hates animals so it was no surprise when there was no hint of sympathy when I would tell Daisy's story in front of her.  Then I had my cancer scare and had to get my tonsils out, nothing.  So I just kept it about HER and asked about HER each time I saw her.  I grew to not feel so hurt or sad that she didn't SEEM to care about what I had been through in months past (because honestly that was selfish of me anyways).  And so finally one day after asking her many questions and really getting to know HER better, I finally got "and how are you doing?"  it was a great happy moment for me and hopefully a good teaching moment for someone else who reads this.

But back to General Conference, so wonderful and Joel was able to sit and listen each time President Monson talked.  It was so nice to be in one place as a family all weekend and have the boys playing so lovingly together each day.  Of course there were moments where Mommy and Daddy had to play referee, but not that many and it made today that much sweeter!
SPEAKING of sweeter those cinnamon rolls were AMAZING today! So delicious and a perfect pair with conference!  When the first speaker of the morning was over, we took a couple of plates to our neighbors.  It has become a nice tradition to share our rolls with our neighbors AND this way they too know when General Conference is for our church!  Maybe some day they will want to turn it on and watch with mouths full of sugary, buttery, goodness.  What a happy thought that is!  So today was full of happy memories and learning many happy things.  I am grateful for my Savior, Jesus Christ.  I am so grateful I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and that I can share my joy with others.  It is a wonderful thing to KNOW of a place where you can find peace and happiness in this world.  Have a happy week all!

Day 41

Today has been such a pleasant one!  We spent the majority of today at home, in front of our television, enjoying the talks from our church leaders in Salt Lake City.  Such wonderful inspiring messages!  I got up this morning and made my bran muffins from scratch, and then there was a knock at the door.  My wonderful visiting teacher (we each have two women who visit us from our congregation once a month to give us a spiritual message and usually a treat!) she had a pink box of doughnuts wrapped with a white bow, and some really neat packets for each one of us to follow along during conference.  Joel and Connor were MORE than happy to partake of both bran muffin and doughnuts lol.  Sometimes little ones are not very inspired to watch, but Joel sat for the entire two hours during the first session listening, watching, and coloring in what color tie the Prophet and his Apostles had on lol...it was great!  He actually listened to the talks and sang along with the songs the choir on the TV were singing!  Such happy family moments! 

Then, in between the first and second session, I hit up the mall for a sale at my all time favorite store.  As a lot of you know, I have been dropping the pounds like crazy this summer (emotional and physical trauma is apparently THE diet to go on for me!)  so I was able to buy multiple pairs of SKINNY jeans!  AH! SUCH a happy moment to fit my body into those suckers!  It was a dance around the dressing room kinda day.  AND I was able to share that happy moment with the gal who works at my favorite store (her name is Carole and her son is getting married in 3 days....how many of you can say YOU know the name of the sales lady at your favorite store?  It PAYS to be nice people!) So home I went for the next session with my bag of goodies and a smile on my face. 
David went to the Priesthood session (the meeting for men where they listen to the Prophet teach them to be better husbands...I love that session!) While he was gone I took the kiddos to dinner at TOGO's, Joel's all time favorite sandwich place, and we picnicked in the park across the street.  After about an hour of running around all over the place, we came home and waited for Daddy to help me put the kiddos to bed.  THEN it was time to make the cinnamon rolls!  (These rolls take a night and a morning to make because it takes a total of about 3.5 hours for them to be totally done, so we do the first portion at night, stick em in the fridge, and cook them in the morning!)  They look gooey and sugary already!  It is such a happy moment to make those with David.  We make them for each General Conference, and on Christmas Eve while we are playing SANTA...because that is how long it usually takes to put together the kid's toys lol.  It is a happy moment I love to share with David and something I think we both really enjoy.  I look forward to the happy moment tomorrow of biting INTO the warm cinnamon roll as well!  Hope I haven't made you all too hungry!  Have a happy Saturday night and I will keep you posted on how it all turns out tomorrow!