Movie Night

With my wife at work for the evening I got the kids to work getting the house cleaned up. They did a great job of helping without complaigning so I surprised them with a movie night after we were done. I had to rob a movie from our Christmas movie stash but it can be replaced with another one. The kids were excited to see a new movie and we had a nice night together. Mr. Magorium was pretty funny and we really enjoyed it.

For the love of music

With a busy lifestyle with both myself and my wife working and us trying to balance that with the 4 kids school and activities with them. My son decided he wanted to take guitar lessons but we couldn't find anywhere to fit it into the schedule. Searching we found the Amadeus Home Music School this is an extremly cool alternative for people that are struggling like us with scheduling. They offer lessons in your home at a time that is convient for you, after supper, on the weekends its all possible and you can enjoy learning virtually any instrument you want. There qualified teachers can work with you to find the schedule that will work best for everyone.

Mommy I miss You!

Well after a long afternoon with the kiddies I finally got them all off to bed. Mommy was at work and they are still getting used to her not being around every night at bed time. It's getting better for the most part and we are getting better on working together and building routine. Tonight Blake had a moment of realization that Mom really was gone, the first couple of nights that Carrie worked I would get him out of bed to go and get her, the other kids would be asleep and Jay would watch out for them. Tonight was the first night that Carrie took the van to work so we wouldn't have to go get her. When I was tucking Blake into bed tonight he asked if I would get him up to get Mom and I told him we wouldn't have to tonight he wasn't happy. He said we needed to go walk down and get the van so we could go back and pick her up. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BUDDY. It was dark, bedtime and on top of that raining so an hour walk to get the van wasn't in the cards. I got him settled after a while but he came out with a noose bleed and we had to deal with that get him all changed and back to bed. Well I went up to change over some laundry a few minutes ago and this is what I found at the top of his stairs. He's a cute little fellow, all tucked in bed now it's time for me to turn in for the night. :0) Vacation is over :0( but I did get the molding done in the bathroom.

Go Green, Save Green

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Life under the microscope a Sarah Palin Story

I picked this clip up at methodshop thanks for the laugh. What a rough couple of week's it has been in the Presidential Campaign of McCain/Palin. This video is a skit from SNL but the scary thing is how close it actually was to the interview between Palin and Katie Couric. It's scary to think of what the other vice presidential candidates McCain had to pick from if this was the most capable person his team could come up with. I feel bad for Palin she sure is taking it on the chin from the media through this campaign. McCain shut his campaign down for the week to deal with the economic crisis in the states, humm I'm not so sure if it was that or to slap his team around and come up with a damage control plan. Good Luck.

Looking your best

Wanting to look your best is just a natural part of daily existance and finding the right accessories to go with your wardrobe can be a challange to the pocket book. In today's world of increasing expenses it is important to still feel your best while being budget concious. Using fashion jewelry as an alternative to the real high end jewelry can be a great cost saver and with the quality available from companies like Holsted Jewelers you can look your best and no one will know you are wearing fashion jewelry. Their "Immitation Diamonds" are of such quality you wouldn't know unless they were tested. Their product is not sold in stores and has been growing in demand over the years because of their quality and price. Every item is double checked to ensure the best quality is delivered to your door.

New York, New York

My excited daughter is going on a trip next summer to New York with her mother and the dance school she attends. Now my wife wasn't letting her go all on her own to the big city so she will be going as a chaperone/assistant for the group. Now this type of trip isn't going to be cheap so they will be doing lots of fundraising over the next 6 months or so. They have to have their deposit ready to go for the end of October, $35o each so we will be digging deep to come up with the necessary funds to get their place secured.

The Make Up Gift

Well, as I mentioned I really let my wife down the other night, with no excuses I had to come up with something to seal my apology. I know she was looking for a new camera since summer vacation when her camera got broken(nothing to do with me). She had her eye on a pink sony camera so while we were out shopping this morning I picked one up for her. I know she will enjoy this little pink bundle of joy for years and we will have lot's of great family pictures to share.

Education Online

In today's demanding society in which we are all time-stressed it is becoming even harder to keep up our education levels up to our potential. Once the demands of bills and families come into play it becomes more difficult to just stop everything and focus on our education. The day to day expenses sometimes demand long hours of work and leave little time to think about education. In the last number of years there have been more alternatives for people to increase their education and acquire their university and master degree's using online university services. Capella University is a fully accredited, online university that delivers world class education at your convience. Their curriculm is specifically designed to work for people that need flexibility in their education growth.

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Flying Solo

Well I have survived the first week of my wife being back to work, almost with out any disasters. I have been struggling getting any sleep thanks to the puppy that wants to go out to "P" 2-3 times in the night. Usually once I wake up it takes me a 1/2 hour to 1 hour to get back to sleep so if you do the math I have only been getting about 4 hours of sleep a night for the last few months. It all came to a head Wednesday when I also had to go to work early so I got up at 5 losing another 2 hours of sleep. I worked all day and than traveled the kids around to their activities. By the time I got home it was almost 9 and I put the kids to bed and decided I wasn't going to do anything so I sat on the couch until picking my wife up at 11. Oops I fell asleep and was so exhausted I didn't hear the phone ringing to go get her until 11:36. Needless to say she was pissed and I certainly don't blame her one bit. I was very disappointed in myself for letting her down.