Garage Gymnastics

My last couple of posts have been really down - and my life continues to be a rollercoaster, but for now it seems to be leveling off. So I thought I'd try and boost my blog by posting an embarressing story of myself

Last week at work, Jaime & I were cleaning up the driveway after the kids had been playing (putting bikes, cars, water table, etc away). And I for some reason needed to get something in the other garage stall. Instead of being a normal person and walking around the stuff in my way - I decided to take a short cut.

I climbed on top of the ottoman (they have new couches and the old ottoman & chair are still in the garage) not realizing it was on wheels! Yep...you get the picture, I immediatly went sliding across the garage floor, eventually crashing into the freezer, baby pool & garbage cans.

Jaime wasn't much help since she couldn't stop laughing - but instead of a gold medal for my performance I got a nice gash and a big bruise! Someone has to be the klutz!

Comments:
Erin: Yikes! Sounds bad.

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EXAUSTION

am absolutly exhausted - both physically and mentally. I've been in bed ready to sleep since about 6:30pm. I could fall asleep at anytime, but don't want to go to bed to early for fear of waking up to early!

Went back to Camano today to spend the day. They had a small family get-together so it was nice to see Molly and her kiddos, plus Alec's parents & Auntie Kate...not to mention Julia & Alec plus the kids! We had beautiful weather - you gotta love September in the Northwest! We hung out outside and had a nice visit!

Tonight we celebrated Kelly's birthday and she got her birthday dinner - fried chicken & cowboy potatos - yuck - oh well I was hungry and scarfed my dinner down anyway!

Next Sunday is MacKenzie's birthday party and I hope things have calmed down by then and we can start to move on with the future! It is hard to have things in your life that you have no control over.

Back to work tomorrow...first time in over a week, rumor has it Jack has been a pain in the butt, so hopefully tomorrow he decides to be happy! But on the bright side, Sophie has school, the weather is gonna be nice and tomorrow night is Girls Night Out!!

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Feeling Crappy....

I've had an emotional week with a lot of crazy stuff going on that I have no control over. I was feeling pretty good today until I got in a fight with my friend and then just exploded. Unleashing all my frusteration, anger, annoyances, etc. that I had on her (and yes I had a lot directed at her!). I feel better now that I have 'let go' (except for the fact my head is pounding ). But it's still hard that I have no control over what is going on. I wish we could just fast forward a few weeks and move on. Living in 'limbo world' sucks. I just want everyone to be happy again, and for everything to be normal. Is that so much to ask.....???

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LIFE...HOW UNFAIR

I have a lot to say - and yet don't want to say it. Life just seems so unfair lately. Why do bad thing happen to good people? I never once have questioned God, or my faith that he exists - and I still don't...but this week its been hard to see why He is challenging us. Why does He want us to go through this stuff again? I know there's a reason, and in the end something good will come out of it...but right now it's just really hard to believe that could possibly be true.

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Lee's: Done, Done, DONE!

Yahoooooooo I am done with the Lee's! I am actually sitting in my own bed right at this moment

We actually made it to church EARLY, yes EARLY with 5 kids and me to get going and to Carnation on time and we arrived EARLY! But apparently not early enough since we still had to sit in the first row of the pews! Sydney requested french pigtails - so I spent a good 15minutes french braiding her super long hair. While sitting in Sacrament Meeting I look over and see her pulling them out

After church, we have some family drama going on so on the drive home I had a bazillion people trying to get a hold of me (don't worry it's nothing bad- I just cant talk about it at the moment) so I was on the phone for awhile. Kennedy actually made dinner all by herself and she's only 10! We then ate dinner, cleaned up and played on the trampoline until Scott & Cari got home about 7:30pm.

I'm taking a few days off of work to head up to Camano. So I'll be writing from their next I'm sure! I'm just happy to say I SURVIVED!!

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Lee's: Day 3 - DONE!

Yay, it's officially SUNDAY and I will be done in less then 12hours I am ready to be off this morning the girls have been arguing/fighting like crazy and are driving me crazy!! Since I know you all LOVE reading about my crazy-long weekend babysitting, I'll continue ...

Yesterday: Three of the girls had soccer games, starting with Sydney. Sydney got home about 11:15 and when she got home I loaded her and Elli into the Suburban and we went to my house, the bank and then Pickle Time for lunch. By the time we got home Ross headed out to go hang out with his friends and we had about an hour until Sydney's birthday party.

About 10minutes to 2 we headed out to drop Syd off. I had been told my Cari (their mom) that Syd knew where Renee lived in Millers Homestead, so I didn't grab the address. We enter the neighborhood and I ask Sydney where the house is and she tells me "i don't know"....great just great . I thought i had memorized the house address (turns out I didn't) and we drove down and immediatly saw a HUGE bouncy house. I figured that has to be Renee's party. I jump out and ask a lady standing around and she goes "no this is for the neighborhood block party" and had no idea who Renee was Okay so we head back to their house to get the address - got it - headed back to Miller's Homestead...Take 2. We drive right to Renee's house this time Get Sydney out of the car and head up to the door. Knock...and then find out that the party is NEXT Saturday! How embarressing, at least I could blame it on the parents!

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Since I now had to entertain Sydney & Elliott, I invited Brandi & Maddie over to play in the backyard, jump on the trampoline and climb on the swingset. The three girls had a lot of fun playing together. Madison keep saying "you are my best friend" to the girls! It was nice to have Brandi come over so it wasn't just me !

For dinner we went into Redmond and to Red Robin, Erin met us there for more adult conversation. I sugared all the kids up (guess I forgot I had them all night ) they even got ice cream - see I can be nice The kids all were really good at the resteraunt, I was impressed!

When we got home, we watched movies/tv until bedtime! I had all the kids in bed by 9:30pm on a SATURDAY!!

This Morning: Has been the worst yet...all 4 of the girls have fought/argued/yelled at eachother all morning. They are driving me nuts! Reagan is the worst instiagter of the girls. I'm just happy this didn't start until today, otherwise it could have been a longer weekend then it was!

Kennedy, Reagan & Ross made pancakes for breakfast. In about 45minutes we need to start getting ready for church. All 5 kids need showers/bath's this morning in addition to getting dressed. I can hardly get myself ready on time, let alone me plus 5! So we'll see how it goes!!

Tonight when I get home (YAY!) I'll give you the final report of the weekend!! Until then....

Lee's: Day 2 - DONE!

have now successfully finished 2 days with the Lee's ... only today & tomorrow to go!!! Yahoooooo!!

Last Night: We went and rented a couple of movies - the big kids rented The Corpse Bride (it was rated PG - and they SWORE they had seen it before, so I agreed!) and Syd & Elli rented Barbie Fairytopia. We went home and ordered pizza from Dominos (i don't cook ) then everyone watched their movies. I got to watch the Barbie movie (lucky me!) with the little girls and the big kids watched their movie in the playroom. After the movies were over (about 9:30pm all the kids went to bed. So it wasn't bad at all!

Suburban... So I get to use their Suburban this weekend to cart the kids around and last night was the first time I'd driven it. OMG the brakes are horrible and the steering wheel did this odd shaking. Kinda strange...their Suburban isn't nearly as nice as Kim's Navigator or Julia's Yukon!

This Morning: We didn't start on the greatest foot this morning. I woke up to Elli telling me that someone had locked her's & Syd's bedroom door (who has a lock on a 5 & 2yo's door ). I then spent the next 10minutes trying to get Sydney to wake up and unlock the door. The lock on their door is one that requires a real key to open it - so a bow or bobby pin wouldn't pop the lock .

By the time Sydney got up we were running behind. She had 20minutes to eat breakfast and get ready to go to soccer before her ride arrived at 8:45am. We actually were able to be early - so that was a relief! She should be home about 11:15a, Reagan leaves for soccer at 11a and Kennedy at 12a. Guess this is the life of a soccer mom!

This afternoon brings - hanging around for the soccer kids to return, take Syd to a birthday party and try to entertain Elliott! Ugh......someone save me!! But I think we're gonna go to Red Robin for dinner, so that will be nice!! I'll be back tomorrow to post again!!

Comments:
Erin: Sounds fun! Now you are ready for 5 kids of your own ;)

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Lee's: Day 1 - DONE!

I survived my first evening & morning with the Lee kids! Let's see what happened....

Last Night: I got to there house at about 6pm, Sydney & Kennedy were still at soccer so I just had 3 of the kids. Over the next hour the last 2 kids got home. We had dinner, made lunches for today and did homework. After we got all that accomplished I went out with the girls and we jumped on the trampoline and played 'poisen ball' Sydney & Elliott went to bed at 8pm and Ross, Kennedy & Reagan went to bed at 9pm. By about 9:15 I was 'done' for the day!

This Morning: I woke up when Ross was getting ready for the bus, he got himself up and out the door all by myself - so that was nice! I got up about 7:45am to get the girls moving. Reagan & Kennedy had to practice the piano, then got them ready to go. They were out the door to catch the bus about 8:40am. I then just had the little girls to get ready to go! Got them up, dressed, fed and then we sat around watching Dora & The Wonder Pets until their rides arrived about 9:15am!! I then headed the the chiropractor and am now at work!!

Tonight is "Movie Night", so we'll go rent movies, watch them and then hopefully they will go to bed after that!! Tomorrow we have SOCCER, SOCCER & SOCCER, plus a birthday party I'll keep you updated ....

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ALL CLEAN!

I spent 2 hours at one of my favorite places the LAUNDRYMAT but am happy to announce that ALL MY LAUNDRY IS CLEAN!!

I absolutely LOATHE doing laundry - actually I don't mind doing it, I hate folding & putting it away! My normal method of laundry is to go shopping when I run low of clean clothes, but the only problem with that (other then the fact I spend way to much money on clothes as it is) i have WAY TO MUCH. Tonight I could hardly get my drawers to shut after putting my clean clothes away Luckily in a few days my drawers will begin to empty as I wear clothes and soon I'll once again have my 3 large laundry baskets filled to the brim with dirty clothes and will venture back to the laundrymat!

You may ask "does she not have a washer & dryer at home" - well the answer to that is, of course I do, but I let my clothes go so long and pile up that by the time I have ran out of clothes it will take me forever to do it all at home. So I just drag it down to the laundrymat and spend my $15 to get it all cleaned.

In other news...I start tomorrow night my 4 days with the Lee kids (Ross (12), Kennedy (10), Reagan (8), Sydney (5) and Elliott (2). Sounds pretty easy, but I'll keep you posted on how it really goes ....

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Birthdays, BBQ, Babies & Brides

Okay, once again I type up my long blog - and hit submit...internet crashes....my blog is gone....grrrrr, I have the worst luck when it comes to this So let's start all over....
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WOW! What a busy weekend, this Labor Day Weekend was!! I feel like I've been on the go since I got off work on Friday night!! The '4 B's' were some of the highlights and big news this past weekend.

Birthdays: Aiden & Connor celebrated their 4th birthday on Saturday and had their Monster Truck Birthday Bash on Sunday! Alex & I came up on Saturday to help Julia get ready for the party! The "girls" got Aiden & Connor a battery powered Jeep for their gift, so Alex & myself spent several hours Saturday afternoon trying to assemble it, with the help of the boys & MacKenzie ! Sunday morning we all got up early and finished the final preperations for the party. Alex & I blew up 85 balloons with helium (I know that's a lot - but in the end we actually wished we had a few more ), hung streamers, balloons, signs & banners around the downstairs & outside area. Julia rented a bouncy house for everyone to play in so that (along with the Jeep) was a big hit with the kids! Julia made another fantastic cupcake cake with Monster Trucks jumping over 2 cars - it was amazing, that girl can sure bake a cake...not to mention throw a birthday party! It should be interesting to see how she tops it with Kenzie's 1st Birthday next month!

BBQ: With today being Labor Day, we had a family BBQ at our house. Leslie & Grace (along with the dogs ) came up yesterday for a few days, so they were here with us too. The weather finally got nice in the late afternoon, so we were able to be outside. We spent most of it watching madison play soccer, play on the climber, chase the dogs & give and receive kisses from them too . Brandi & I also played 4 games of INGENIOUS, and I won 2 of them. After dinner we also played a game of DECOX and that game I came in 2nd of 7 people! Fun Labor Day!

Babies: My cousin Kylee had her son tonight, Payson James Rowe was born around 5:15 this evening. He weighed 7lbs, 15oz and was 19" long! We also found out that Brandon and his wife LouAnne are expecting their second daughter in early December!

Brides: My cousin Jessica (yes there was a lot of Flemmer Family news this evening ) announced that she is engaged and is getting married in January.

Other Random - Non-B's : I have a few extra things to note, but they didn't fit into my title of B's!
- Riverview Schools go back tomorrow - that means SOPHIE IS GONE
- Bellevue Schools are STRIKING - poor poor Brandi
- Thursday - Sunday I am watching the Lee's 5 kids When I agreed several months ago, I never thought it would come, but here it is!

Have a great SHORT week this week!!

Comments:
Erin: Connect your laptop to your wifi phone!! You will not lose anything that way. You have a great phone with wifi. USE IT!

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