repairs

  My brother has a 3 bedroom 2 bath rancher style home in an older neighborhood here in Post Falls. The inside is updated with stainless steel appliances, granite counters and new tile. The whole house has hardwood flooring and the bedrooms have new carpet. The backyard on the other hand is well.... it needs some tlc. There was  a big pond in the corner of the yard and my brother knew he would not keep up on the maintenance so he decided to fill it in. Well he got halfway there and never finished. The fence is falling apart and the grass is pretty dead. Also, the owners before Matt decided to put this neat brick for a patio off the deck, well it is growing moss and weeds between the brick and it looks trashy. I know it is not my job to help him fix up his house but as long as Im living here I want it to look nice. I dont mind helping at all, I like planting flowers and cleaning up the yard, it wil be good bonding for my brother and I too I think. As long as his snatch of a girlfriend isnt around to tell him what to do. She is the type that will sit on the deck with a glass of ice tea and bark orders. Gosh she repulses me. Either way Im going to have lots of projects to do before I have a bunch of people over for little man's birthday in June. This house has so much potential to be beautiful, it just needs some serious TLC!

weekends

    Caleb and I have so much fun on the weekends. I really enjoy being able to spend two days, in a row, with my little man. I finally decided it was time to get my snow tires taken off on Saturday, apparently so did everyone else in Post Falls. After sitting in the waiting area for about 30 min, I asked the lady at the front how long it was going to take. She told me about an hour and a half to two hours. That is when I called my dad to pick me and Caleb up. Although Caleb was being very good, I could only bribe him with popcorn for so long. After I got my car back I thought it would be a good idea to head into Coeur d Alene to clean my car. There is a place in town called Squeekys. Its the cheapest place to vacuum and wash your car. And the vacuum has no timer on it so you can take your time. Caleb was so funny trying to help. He wiped down the dash while I vacuumed. Seems dumb but he was so cute helping clean my car. After cleaning the car I decided to hit up the mall to get little man some new shoes. I found some sweet Nike's at JC Penneys for him and was totally shocked when the lady told me he was in a size 12. When I told her how old he was she was just as shocked as I was. She had the look of, Wow your kid is a giant! I have a feeling he is going to be taller than me sooner than I thought. After the mall Caleb and I came home and watched Despicable Me and Megamind. Both hilarious by the way. Caleb has watched Megamind three times since we got it on Friday. Today was cleaning day and once we got ready for the day my mom picked us up and we went around town to get some things for my dads 50th birthday party. We got some really neat things at the 50% off card shop and lots of over the hill items.
    So now im sad another weekend has came and went. I enjoy my weekends with my little man and I cant wait to have summers with him too!

HGTV

      So my latest vice is watching HGTV. Im really a little obsessed with it. I love seeing all the beautiful homes and I love thinking about what I want in a home someday. My favorite show is property virgins. Although I hate that they only look at three houses. When I buy a house Im sure I will look at dozens of homes. The main thing I want in my home is a fireplace and a nice kitchen. I love to cook and entertain so a large kitchen is a must. I love that I have cable now but I see how I could get addicted to TV. I have already watched 2 episodes of property virgins, 1 episode of my first place and one of selling New York. I need to get a life.
     On a totally different note. Im very excited to help my mom plan my dads 50th birthday party and my sister and her family are going to make it up here for it. I think it will be a great surprise and my dad is going to love having all 4 of his kids and 5 grand kids here for this special milestone in his life. My mom is working on the deck for the backyard as a birthday present. At there house they have a half court basketball court and a nice patio but there is a lattice fence that blocks the patio from the basketball court. We are going to break down the fence and extend the patio. I think my dad is going to love it and be very surprised.
    Also, I realized that we have a break for the 4th of July from the summer program! Woop woop! I decided Im going to spend a week with my sister in Bend Oregon. Im super excited and cant wait to focus only on school and my son! No work from the beginning of June till the end of August! Well I feel like an old lady but its 10pm and Im ready for bed!

White House Grill

I have been feeling to grateful lately. So today I went to the White House Grill with two of my best friends and all our kids. Oh and my one friend brought her hubby. We love the White House. Even though it is not very kid friendly, we dont care because the food is amazing! My friend Katie is moving to North Carolina soon so we are trying to hang out as much as possible before she leaves. Her hubby is in Afghanistan and he is stationed in North Carolina but Katie didnt want to be over there for a year with out him and no family to help with the new baby. So she decided to come home for a year. Im so happy her hubby is getting out in a couple months but Im really going to miss her. We have been friends since 8th grade and have never lost touch. It is going to be hard to say good-bye again. Im grateful for great friends for sure!

Im also really grateful that my baby boy is happy and healthy. My cousin, who is 11 now, had Leukemia when she was three and she barely survived. Im so grateful that she is better now but she is just recently having more health issues and has to come to Spokane from Lewiston tomorrow for some tests. Im praying everything will be fine. Im so grateful that my baby is healthy and I dont know how my aunt and uncle manage emotionally. The are so strong and I know their faith is what keeps then sane in these hard times.

Also, on the 17th of March it was the 5th anniversary of my grandpa's passing. This time every year is very hard for my family but we all realize he is in a better place and isnt suffering any longer. Im so grateful for my family and I feel blessed that Caleb is healthy. Although my family has experienced some tragedy, it had brought us closer together. There are no words to say how blessed I am.

back to the grind

Why is it we wish our life away? We realize we have one life to live and we should all make it the best we can and be the best people we can be right? So why is it that I catch myself saying "I wish time would speed up so I can be done with school". OMG! Im totally wishing my life to go faster than it already is. I should be telling father time to slow his roll. That was a my random thought for the day LOL.

Well my spring break was nice. I caught up on unpacking and cleaning. I spend time with friends rather that blowing them off for homework so that was nice. Although I still had to work, the week flew by. I have now realized that I should have gotten ahead on assignments(which was to original plan) because I have a few BIG projects due that have not even been started yet. Awesome! Oh well the relaxing week was worth it and now I will just have to do double time on the homework. Everyone deserves a break once in a while. I actually went out with friends without little man this weekend too. Amazing I know. I went bowling friday night and it was a blast. My bowling skills are a little below par but it was fun none the less. Well I think going to bed early would be a wise choice for someone who is more than likely going to be up till midnight doing homework the rest of the semester. So on that note, good night!

Getting caught up

Finally! The laundry is done, house is clean, bills are paid and most important....... no homework for a week!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank goodness! Im should be using this week to rest my little brain but instead, Im going to get ahead on some assignments so I can work on my research paper for my Anthropology class. Which I hate by the way. Well, this is a short blog because Im absolutely exhausted!

All moved in!!!!!!!!!

Well it took a very loving dad and a wonderful little brother, but I am finally moved into my brothers house :) It literally took all weekend to get my stuff to my brothers and over to storage. I have been slacking on my blog because for some reason my computer wont work. I cannot get on the internet, which is weird because he has wireless. So needless to say I will be coming to my parents house quite often. Caleb's room is adorable and my dad bought an extra rod for his closet to hang up all his clothes. I shouldnt be able to go shopping lol. My room is a lot smaller than what I had at the apartment but if just gave me extra motivation to get rid of stuff I dont need. Also, the kitchen is great! My mom and I spent two hours cleaning and organizing. It looks great. I feel a little bat that Matt's house is not a bachelor pad anymore but Im helping him so he can suck it up! Well I better get home, little man was sick all weekend while we were moving so I need to get him to bed. Hopefully my brother figures out the internet thing while we are on spring break!

sick baby :(

Coughing, fever, soar throat, and runny nose. Some smart man invented NyQuil for us adults because we act like babies when we are sick. I asked the pharmacist what I can give little man and he said that he cannot recommend anything for children under the age of six. That the best thing for a fever is Tylenol or Motrin. So because some stupid parents cant seem to use common sense when they are giving there children medicine, my little man gets nothing to help him sleep. I feel so helpless as a mom when my baby is sick. I would rather be sick everyday of the year than have my baby be sick for even one day. I made him a doctors appointment for Friday because my mom is off work and she can take him in. Gosh I hate when he is sick!  

Its been a while

Wow! I have not blogged in days! Weird LOL. Well I have been super busy lately with homework and packing. I have way more crap than I thought I did. So I have been really trying to focus on my school work and not so much about how busy and drama filled my life is. I have been thinking a lot about the future for Caleb. I have been thinking about where I want Caleb to start Kindergarten, where I eventually want to teach and where I eventually want Caleb and I to start our new life after I graduate. All these things have really been bugging me. I like to be prepared and have a plan. I guess my main concern it that Caleb is happy and well taken care of.

Well I almost have everything packed. I got the storage unit and will be putting almost everything in Friday after work. I want to get everything out of here so I can clean this place on Sunday. I really want to get my deposit back but my parents said to not get my hopes up. Apartments are sticklers when it comes to giving money back.

Oh on a totally other note, Caleb was so cute this morning. I waited till the last minute so get Caleb up for school because he looked so precious and peaceful. So at ten minutes to eight, I said; baby, it time to get up. He didnt move. Then I decided to take his blanket off him and try to pick him up. Before I could pick him up he says; "Mom stop! Im still tired! When I told him he had to get up he said I told you I will stay at home and you can go to work! Even with his little attitude I cant get upset because it is so cute! Just thought I would share that. Oh and Im super proud of him! He can count to 30 in English now and just learned to count to 10 in Spanish! I think this is pretty good considering he is only three!

All I do is complain

Seriously if this semester doesnt end soon I think Im going to really have a breakdown. I cant seem to manage my time at all. Im turning assignments in late, I totally bombed my Anthropology Exam and I even studied for it! I think it is the way the questions were stated. Seriously just because we are in college doesnt mean we have unusually large vocabulary. I had no idea what the questions were talking about. I hate essay questions! I cant fail, I have loans and grants and I refuse to work at Empire vending my whole life! Oh and moving is so stressful! I hate it! Did you know when you move out of an apartment you have to call Avista and cancel the electricity or they can keep charging you till the new tenants call and take over the address?! WTF! And I have to cancel my internet and take to equipment back to Time Warner cable and I still have to do a change of address and get the storage unit. Ugh..... I want to give up so bad it makes me sick and Im not the type to quit. And this summer program thing is stressing me out too. I dont know if I will be getting financial aid for it. If I dont I might as well drop out and move to Oregon, live with my sister and finish school there. Oh and when I picked Caleb up from daycare I saw that his glasses were all bent to shit. I was planning on going straight home and starting homework and laundry but I had to make another lovely trip to walmart's optical center to get Caleb new frames for his glasses. Needless to say we didnt get home till 7 and I still had to feed my baby, give him a bath, read him a book, say prayers and tuck him into bed. Finally at 9:15pm I started my homework. And my friends and family wonder why Im so grumpy all the time. Ok Im really done complaining. Im going to bed only to wake up to do more homework. AWESOME!

too much on my plate!

I took 5 classes last semester and I feel like I handled that better than Im handling 4 this semester. Im so stressed out about getting into the summer program. I talked to the financial aid department today. I asked them if my summer program is paid for by my financial aid. I explained to them that I have a student loan and a Pell grant. She didnt know anything, then they transferred me to my adviser who knew less than nothing. Flippin awesome! All I want is to make sure I will be in the program and that I can afford it. I will be devastated if I get in and cant afford the program. Oh and I have a SS-350 test to take by friday and I have no idea how to study for it. I know what I should know but I have a hard time with essay questions. Ugh..... not a good week. I just want it to be friday so I can sleep in on Sat, stay in my pj's all day and get caught up. Oh and to top it off I have to start packing!!!!!!!!!! Ok I think its time for a freak out!