redoing our house
Mood:  sharp
Now Playing: Sirius 50's

So I went to Home Depot and had a really nice shade of pink mixed up for Giannas room. I also bought white paint for the furniture. I want to wash the curtains and paint tomorrow...I need to find her a toddler bed I like and move on to Jimmys room. Then comes the wonderful job of painting the rest of the house...makes me cringe.

 We cooked out and got lawn work done. The garden looks so good. I cant wait for green tomatoes to fry!!!

 I took my niece and kids to visit Manz and her adorable little puppy and to Pizza Hut for lunch. I baked a cake and now Im ready to pass the hell out. I have to dry Jims clothes and Im off to bed for sure. I have so much to do this week. I have so much shit to sell on ebay and just get rid of. We need to get to Ikea to buy the diningroom set and pay off our bills for the month and I will be set. By August we will be smooth sailing. The house will be painted inside and out, and we will be financially stable again. Holy credit card and utility bills!! lol  Is nothing affordable anymore.

  Guess Im off to ice my cake and snooze!!

Gosh Im exhausted
Mood:  spacey
Now Playing: Hairspray

 I cleaned and did tons of yardwork today. I cut back all of my rosebushes today b/c some of them were growing out of control and I was too busy last summer with moving in here and having Gia that I didnt do good yard work. So I trimmed tons and pruned our two flower trees and yanked all of the weeds along our fence. Jimmy lost a tooth so now I have to stay awake to play tooth fairy and I want to sleep

  We have another grad party this saturday and going to Triple B on sunday to pick strawberries and play. I love Trible B. I ended up shopping at thrift stores yesterday so I had to stay in today and get things done. Gia turns 1 tomorrow and we're going to grams to have a little family party there and her party will be July 5th here. Im hoping to catch a movie with Jim or something thursdy...me and Krista were going to take the kids to OhioPyle on Friday but I think we are going to do swimming instead. So Ill be happy when the weekend is over and we get to sleep in monday...I love sleeping in!!!

 I have all of these super cute pics of jimmy swimming and playing on his slip and slide I have to download and going to watch Hairspray...then hopefully to sleep

Off to go shopping
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Silence
Here I am...waiting to get into the shower, but Jimmys in there...taking his good old time. Im always last b/c I bath the kids first. im trying to get to the South Side to meet Krista so we could shop and I will of course be late. I ran around all weekend and figured Id hang out at home today but I changed my mind. I found a new dining room set I really like at Ikea! Guess the beginning of July I will go get it. The table seats 8-10 which we could really use. My house really needs painted too so it will give me things to do during these maternity days. We put in all new flooring last year so I guess we will start with the new furniture this year. I seen a couple really cute things at Pottery Barn Kids for Gias bed. I bought her quilt there and spent alot on it so I didnt buy their matching sheets. Now I went back for them and they no longer make the quilt, not even a year later. So i guess this time I will buy the whole set. And use her bday money for her new bed and canopy. Then we will get Jimmys for his bday next month. i have to figure out how to fit all of these bulky taddler toys in a room with a newborn and all of her things. Well I guess I have to go yell at my kid to get him moving. Chat later

Moving the attic
Mood:  hungry
Now Playing: Dishwasher

 At one point, when I was working everyday, I moved myself into one of the bedrooms in the attic. I have tons of clothes, purses, shoes, etc, plus it was easier to get ready in the morning. Now I want to turn that bedroom into a playroom and the other side into a study. So i figured Id move it all back down into our room and ive been doing little bits everyday but it sucks. My goal is to finish it by the end of this month completely, cleaned and all. I guess ill get rid of some of my clothes on ebay since by the time I will be wearing them again I will want new. I have all of these really cool marketing from my store that I kept when we were done with them Ive been meaning to hang up. plus I want to build a food website of some sort. I love cooking and sharing recipes, I always want to try something new. I get bored so easy.

 I want everyone to start cleaning up after themselves more so I have more personal time. I wipe down the bathroom everyday and make all of the beds. i dont like untidy bedrooms and I have to straighten up the living floor and kitchen daily as well, along with cooking dinner etc. I dont know how my grandmother had this spotless house, starched and ironed the bedsheets, cooked homemade meals, and did it all in a dress and heels??? Plus had time for family. I think i underestimate the unpregnant me. I got way more done with way more energy!

  So we've been bickering over baby names and, as usual, cant agree and one. Jim says Brianna...yuck. I really liked Sophia, or Kiera.  OHHH and the baby moved around like crazy last night and we got to feel her!! I almost forgot. Oh well back to the attic

I feel motivated to accomplish shit today
Mood:  energetic
Now Playing: Sirius Punk

I slept so late today. Im relieved my house is clean so I can get other things done Ive been putting off. Like planning my weekend! Im trying to go to the MF and to dinner at the Melting Pot. We have a graduation party almost every saturday for over a month   I want to go to Ohio Pile next week with my friend and her kids and the zoo hopefully next week as well. I freakin love summer! I have to plan Gias first bday. I need to get her pictures taken and buy the cupcake cake mold. Im going to bake a bunch of cupcakes inside of icecream cones as well and buy all princess decorations and banners. Im so excited for her!!

 

My House
Mood:  caffeinated
Now Playing: Total fantastic silence

Little tired so Im going to ramble off my thoughts and go to sleep...

 I get so busy during the day i dont get to clean my house as good as I would like to. Every morning we wake up and make the beds and straigten our bedrooms and I do the usual cleaning...loading the dishwasher, bathing the kids and feeding them, etc. But tonight I couldnt stand it anymore so I stayed up and wiped down the walls and floors real fast. We installed Pergo flooring and it needs swept and cleaned daily or it looks like hell. Its beautiful flooring, just requires lots of upkeep. I wiped down the entire kitchen, cabinets and all. Dusted everything, washed all of the clothes etc and there is still so much that needs done.

 We have 4 fuctioning floors in our home. The basement has a full gameroom, kitchen, bathroom, cool cellar, tool area, and laundry area. The main floor has a big kitchen, huge dining room, living room, and sun porch, 3 bedrooms and bath upstairs and the attic has 2 additional refinished bedrooms as well, with nice flooring and walls. The house has all cedar lined walk in closets and every single piece of woodwork on all 4 floors match, all window seals are white marble and all cabinets match as well. I mean the house is a total dream. I have a very large fenced in yard with this wonderful garden that the original owners brought in fertilized soil for, so everything you plant grows fast and plentiful. They loved roses so there must be about 8 or more rose bushes in our yard. Big lamp posts and bird bathes...its crazy how much detail was put into this place. We have a thermostat on every floor that controls the heat and air. So Im by no means complaining, Im the luckiest girl in the world, its just hard to keep it clean with 2 small children, a husband and being pregnant and tired! And everythig needs disinfected when you have small babies.  Speaking of which...my son ended up with a viral infection, sinus drainage and a bad ear infection. Hes on antibiotics and hes so sick. This child NEVER gets sick. Years ago when I had other kids in my house every weekend they got him sick constantly b/c they were sick all of the time, now hes so healthy. So when something like this happens even my husband is shocked. Its awlful to see your kids sick, you feel so helpless. Thank god the baby dont have it.

 I was running the sweeper today and she gets real freaked out by it, so im rushing like crazy so she would stop crying. I turn around to wrap up the cord and see her crawling past me! She jumped right out of her crib and ended up with a brushburn and bump on her head. Its lowered as far as we could so I guess its time to set her toddler bed up and gate in the door. Shes such a little gymnist.

 Welp Im exhausted so off to bed, chat again soon

dragging myself through the day
Mood:  rushed
Now Playing: Foodnetwork

 So we went to have the ultrasound yesterday and it turns out we are having another girl. I really wanted another boy but we do have all of the girl stuff out and here due to Gia being 1 so its easier. We went to the park and had a little picnic and picked the kids up and came home. I wanted to stay longer but Jim promised his friend he would help him move a fridge and of course it had to be yesterday. Another day Jim ran around instead of being here. (Our biggest argument) Anyway I woke up today so exhausted. And the house was really messy so i had all of this stuff to do but Im glad to say Im at least half way through it. i must have washed 6 loads of laundry, bathed Gia and cut Jimmys hair. baked muffins and scrubbed up the kitchen. Just got to sweep and wipe up my floors, make dinner and shower myself and I can relax. i wanted to do garden work but it thunderstormed so guess it will wait until tomorrow. No big since Jim is off work.

  Why is the Prgressive commercials so freakin annoying? I cant stand that stupid girl...Errr

 Oh well guess I better get stuff done so we can sit down and watch a movie tonight

Today Im pissed at all
Mood:  irritated
Now Playing: dishwasher

I woke up cranky as all hell. First is the fact that my husbands never here, not for the last week much anyhow. When he is here hes doing things like redoing the pantry or cleaning the shed. I know I shouldnt complain but Ive been planning movie night for a month now and Im pissed. Then our aunts dog dies so he helped dig a grave for it, which had more involved b/c of tree stumps and whatever. So it took a while...hes just never here. And when he is it seems like we have guests. Ends up in cookouts and picnics, again it is really nice to entertain, we have a big house with air conditioning and a nice fenced in yard for children. But it gets old.  So our daughter is teething and cries non stop these days and when Im already cranky it makes me crazy. Our son is hyperactive which is ultra annoying on top of a crying, whining Gianna. So now that I got all of that out...

  Tomorrow i find out what we are having and how many. Im huge so they thought maybe twins.  Im going to meet my husband there and we are going to try for dinner since our children will be with family. maybe ill pack a picnic or something. My last appt was made for 3:15 and they got me in at 6:00. Judging by the other pregnant womens complaints, this happens often. So hopefully Ill get out for dinner.

 Today Im feeling the strong need to scrub my house, nesting I suppose. I cant get enough of the smell of Pine Sol (again) and Clorox. So I scrub everyday to the point where my hands are peeling now. But I sleep better b/c its clean and smells nice. We do manage to have a big sit down dinner 5-6 times a weeks with the 4 of us. I think thats really important. Well Gia is naping, thats golden so Im off to scrub

I love the nice weather
Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: cartoons

Holy hot days lately! I put just about everything in the garden so far. So excited, the cost of produce is crazy and unaffordable. So is everything else but at least you can grow fruit and veggies.

 I visited my gram today and helped her clean, now I exhausted and dont want to clean my own house. Guess the kids are going to go swimming and Im going to take a nap.

 Gia is still not walking yet but Im working on taking her off of bottles. She was pretty good at grams today since she usually sceams, she let her hold her for a little while and rock her. We just signed Jimmy into cyber school. im so excited for that. They give him his own laptop, printer/scanner with ink refills, headsets, books, assignments, cyber teacher, and he still has the option to have pictures taken, fieldtrips, etc. Which is so nice b/c we spent tons of money homeschooling and private schooling Jimmy and Im unhappy. So I pray this works, I have a good feeling about it. I cant wait for soccer season to start!!!

 Well gonna pull some weeds and nap! Chat soon 

Thank God for central air
Mood:  cool
Now Playing: quiet

So Gia is sleeping, still not walking yet though. Jimmy spends his days swimming, thoroughly enjoying his summer vacation. I spend my days doing everything else. yesterday I gardened all day, but I really love outside. We dug out the dead hedges to make room for the new, cleaned the shed and cut the grass. I planted alot in the garden yesterday too! I cant wait for fresh vegetables!

 But I hate when it rains. It makes the plants almost double insize but it traps me and the kids in the house. I hope it comes and passes quickly. Maybe Ill get to drive my new car that sits in front of the house, go shop or something. Boring