Until I got my ipad, I was only on Facebook once a month or so. I have since downloaded the Facebook app on my ipad, so I do get on Facebook every couple of days. I have decided to go back to only looking at it every month as it is to depressing.
Facebook can be very useful when keeping up with acquaintances or learning what is going on with our cousins' families. However, when I log on and everyone is bragging how they have lost x pounds in the last few weeks, or how many miles they have ran training for their marathon, it depresses me. Knowing that I need to lose weight, and trying by starting to make the bare minimum changes. Or reading about how a majority of people I know are taking trips to Hawaii, Jamaica, Cancun and I have currently have no vacation plans.
Maybe I am just backwards, but seeing all the posts on Facebook depresses me and it chips away on my self-esteem. For my own good, I am not going to be a frequent visitor on Facebook any longer.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Friday, May 2, 2014
A truer fortune never spoken
Last week I brought home Chinese food for Bruce and I, and went to McDonald's to get food for the boys. We ate our food, and Justin asked if he could have a fortune cookie. I told him sure, he picked one, opened it up and asked me to read him his fortune. It said:
'You will be hungry in one hour'
I know that everyone jokes that when you eat Chinese that you are hungry again in an hour, but truer words have never been spoken. That is the perfect fortune for one of my boys.
'You will be hungry in one hour'
I know that everyone jokes that when you eat Chinese that you are hungry again in an hour, but truer words have never been spoken. That is the perfect fortune for one of my boys.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
End of the school year
I have to say that I am glad that school has ended so I don't have the nightly struggles with homework. On the other hand I do not like when they come home with their entire desk in their backpack. That is just a bunch of junk that needs to be sorted thru. Yuck!
Groups of three
You know the old wives tale, "All things come in groups of three?" It may actually be all deaths come in groups of three, but I am modifying it to suit my purpose. I had three not-so-good things happen today, that if they all happened days apart, it wouldn't be so bad. However, all three things happened in the space of 12 hours.
First off, I had just gotten out of the shower and was in my room in my bra and underwear with my towel turban when the doorbell rang at 5:30. Bruce and I go investigate and we are alerted by a lady who was taking an early morning walk that our trash can was on fire. Luckily we were able to put the fire out, but apparently a passerby saw the flames and called it in. So within 10 minutes we had a dozen volunteer firemen in our driveway. There was the grass truck, about six personal vehicles and people walking/running to our house on foot.
At lunch time I opened up my personal e-mail and see a e-mail from a girl that I had briefly talked with about babysitting for the boys for the summer. She sent me a note asking when I wanted her to start. Apparently she never received my e-mail stating that I did not need her. I explain that I already have someone, and I apologize all over myself. She was planning on this job for the summer, and now she doesn't have it. I feel soooo bad about that.
Lastly (or at least so far), as I was getting ready to leave work tonight, my part-time parts runner came in to tell me that he was quitting. Apparently he got another part-time job opportunity that was to good to pass up. I can't say I blame him. Now we have to look for someone that can be very flexible with his hours and can run parts & compressors at a moments notice. Any one know of anyone that can fit the bill?
Individually, none of these three events are anything that would overly concern me. Put them all together, and my spirits are kind of low tonight.
First off, I had just gotten out of the shower and was in my room in my bra and underwear with my towel turban when the doorbell rang at 5:30. Bruce and I go investigate and we are alerted by a lady who was taking an early morning walk that our trash can was on fire. Luckily we were able to put the fire out, but apparently a passerby saw the flames and called it in. So within 10 minutes we had a dozen volunteer firemen in our driveway. There was the grass truck, about six personal vehicles and people walking/running to our house on foot.
At lunch time I opened up my personal e-mail and see a e-mail from a girl that I had briefly talked with about babysitting for the boys for the summer. She sent me a note asking when I wanted her to start. Apparently she never received my e-mail stating that I did not need her. I explain that I already have someone, and I apologize all over myself. She was planning on this job for the summer, and now she doesn't have it. I feel soooo bad about that.
Lastly (or at least so far), as I was getting ready to leave work tonight, my part-time parts runner came in to tell me that he was quitting. Apparently he got another part-time job opportunity that was to good to pass up. I can't say I blame him. Now we have to look for someone that can be very flexible with his hours and can run parts & compressors at a moments notice. Any one know of anyone that can fit the bill?
Individually, none of these three events are anything that would overly concern me. Put them all together, and my spirits are kind of low tonight.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
First Communion
Nathan made his First Communion this past Sunday. Everything went really well, and we had a party at our house afterwards with the godparents & grandparents. I should post some pictures, but I am lucky that I even remembered to take pictures!
I did disappoint me oldest niece though. Her Mom asked if she thought that we would have a homemade cake or store bought. My niece insisted that we would have homemade as "Lisa always makes her cakes!" I did decide to just buy one for two reasons. I didn't think that I would have time, and I wasn't sure how to decorate the cake. Is a tractor shaped cake appropriate for a sacrament like this?
Nathan had received a necklace with a cross on it from his godfather & family and has already misplaced it. We went to my niece and nephew's t-ball game last night, and had taken the necklace off and had it hanging off his arm. I told him that he has to quit taking it off, so I held it for the remainder of the game and then hung it on my gear shifter when we got back to the van. He brought it into the house and now it has disappeared. If I find it first, it may stay gone for a while just to teach him a lesson.
I did disappoint me oldest niece though. Her Mom asked if she thought that we would have a homemade cake or store bought. My niece insisted that we would have homemade as "Lisa always makes her cakes!" I did decide to just buy one for two reasons. I didn't think that I would have time, and I wasn't sure how to decorate the cake. Is a tractor shaped cake appropriate for a sacrament like this?
Nathan had received a necklace with a cross on it from his godfather & family and has already misplaced it. We went to my niece and nephew's t-ball game last night, and had taken the necklace off and had it hanging off his arm. I told him that he has to quit taking it off, so I held it for the remainder of the game and then hung it on my gear shifter when we got back to the van. He brought it into the house and now it has disappeared. If I find it first, it may stay gone for a while just to teach him a lesson.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Basketball hoop
Nathan must be playing basketball during recess at school, because he has taken to asking us for a basketball hoop. Because our driveway is so narrow, we were not sure where we could put one. Luckily for us, a former neighbor of ours had a stand-alone basketball hoop that they were no longer using. He delivered it to us this past Saturday.
Of course Bruce and I argued about where to put it, but the important thing is that Nathan got his basketball hoop. He has been out there shooting hoops everyday - and using the incorrect form. I tried to show him the correct way to shoot, but apparently I know nothing since I am his Mom.
I expect his little brothers will get some use out of it some day when they develop a little more upper body strength.
Of course Bruce and I argued about where to put it, but the important thing is that Nathan got his basketball hoop. He has been out there shooting hoops everyday - and using the incorrect form. I tried to show him the correct way to shoot, but apparently I know nothing since I am his Mom.
I expect his little brothers will get some use out of it some day when they develop a little more upper body strength.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Tooth Fairy
Sunday morning while I was trying to sleep in, Darren comes running into my bedroom and has to show me that he lost his first tooth. I told him that was great and that I would look later.
After I got up, and before I woke Justin up, I looked at his tooth and the gap in his mouth. I asked Darren to show me the tooth again. I looked in his mouth again. I pulled him over to Bruce and asked Bruce if it looked like he was missing two teeth.
Apparently he did lose two teeth, and either lost one or swallowed it. He lost the two teeth that most babies get first - the bottom front. He is pretty cute with those missing teeth.
After I got up, and before I woke Justin up, I looked at his tooth and the gap in his mouth. I asked Darren to show me the tooth again. I looked in his mouth again. I pulled him over to Bruce and asked Bruce if it looked like he was missing two teeth.
Apparently he did lose two teeth, and either lost one or swallowed it. He lost the two teeth that most babies get first - the bottom front. He is pretty cute with those missing teeth.
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