If you love something, set it free.

You know that old saying, "If you love something set it free. If it comes back it's yours. If it doesn't, it never was." That is about as good of saying as I can come up with for the issues I have been having with someone. Thing is, I'm not the one who set said someone free, although I wish I would have been. I chose not to be the free-er only to avoid confrontation and arguements and trust me, it really was my best option in this situation. Thing is, you would think I would be upset and really I am not. Life has been so much more relaxing. So drama free. So much less stressful. Thing is, I don't know if I care if said person comes back. I've decided I 'm sick of people who bring nothing but drama to the relationship. I'm sick of people who do nothing but brag about what they have. I think I have grown and have come to realize that material things just don't matter. Well, okay, they kinda do sometimes but I have different goals in my view. I have different priorities. I think I have grown in the past year. I used to always want things RIGHT NOW but I'm starting to see that good things come to those who wait. I'm starting to see what is important and it's not the big dream house or the expensive vacations or the nice, loaded with every option car. Sure, those things would be nice to have but the world will not crumble if I don't have them. One day I will have them (thinking positively). It's only a matter of time but right now I'm thankful for what I have in my possession. I guess I have gotten to the point where I am weeding people out. I've also gotten to the point where I'm not going to sweat the small stuff. I'm over it! I'm moving on and really I think that makes me a grown up....or something.

Look what came in the mail Friday.....

We left for State Wrestles Friday right when the kids got out of school. Before we left I was so excited to find this sitting by my door....

MY SUPERBOWL GEAR!!! YAY! It was my early Valentines present to myself. I've been anxiously awaiting for this all to arrive so I'm glad it finally got here. Trent loves his hat and wore that with a pullover he already had up to State. The excitement will never wear off. Not for at least another 6 months or so. I still wish I was back in PA for the celebration. It would've been nice to be there for it. Plus, it was just another excuse to get back there and visit. I love that state and how could I not. It is where my life began.

State Wrestles was okay. I really don't get into it and pretty much stare blankly at the mats. My brother in law was beat out early :o( so there was really no one I personally knew wrestling. Delta did take State so that's cool! Early Saturday morning I had taken the kids to the lobby to get breakfast. Trent wore his Superbowl hat down. There was a guy who said, "How can you let your son wear a Pittsburgh hat?" I replied with, "Uh, I'm from there!" He kinda just said, "Oh." He then went onto to say he's a Cowboys fan and said something else and I said, "Yeah, look who won the Superbowl though." It's so funny how people can just say random comments. It was all in good fun I'm sure but geesh, why say that in front of a kid. I'm proud my kids are Steelers fans. Then later that night we were eating dinner and a guy walks in and sees Dalan's shirt and says, "Steelers? You guys!" I just laughed. It's kinda funny how people hate on them and then you can run into people who are fans and will have a conversation with you like they've known you for years.

Anyway, hope you all had a great Valentines Day. I personally am over it and don't care too much for the holiday. I don't need a holiday to remind me to tell the people in my life that I love them.

So, to end this.....GO STEELERS! I can't wait for football season to start again.

When I get my hands on you.....

I love animals...most animals. I could do without the snakes, mice and the rats of the world. And those are just a few of the animals I can do without. Anyway, there is a certain groundhog who lives in the beautiful state of Pennsylvania who I really need to have a discussion with. Not that he will be able to understand but I will make him understand. I don't know how the whole thing works as far as if he sees his shadow or doesn't but all I know is there are at least 5 more weeks of winter and looking out my window right now, I'm starting to think that groundhog is right. It is snowing. Normally from my house I can see "town" but today I can't. I mean come on! Give me a break already. I bought three, yes three new swimsuits and all I want is for it to get warm already so I can show them off. I hear all this talk about global warming and right now, I'm thinking it's a bunch of BS. On top of the snow and me not liking it or liking to be cold, I have to go grocery shopping today. It can't be put off. So, again, I will be going out and freezing my butt off just so the family can eat. Hardly seems worth it.

Oh my hail!!! 02/08/09

Two posts in one day. Yeah, I guess I'm behind.

Sunday as we were leaving Dalan's grandparents house after dinner (read below post), it was raining. Not hard but not lightly either. As I walked out into it I said, "Well, at least it's not snowing." An hour or so later, below is what started POURING out of the sky.....














So much for seeing the brighter side of things.

Happy Birthday To You Times Three

What a weekend! I can't believe the things I get myself into but they usually work out great and the kids are happy and that is all that matters.

Kaela begged and begged to have a birthday sleepover which I tried to talk her out of only because I thought she was a little young and parents may not allow their kids to go to a sleepover. Especially at someones house who they have never met. I'm not the most social person in the world and I pretty much keep to myself. It makes it so that I don't get involved in the drama/gossip here. Anyway, turns out I was wrong. We had 8 girls, one of them being Kaela and two of them were my nieces. So, all last week I cleaned and got ready for this party. It started on Friday, February 6th at 5:00 PM. One of her friends wanted to come early and I said that would be fine. She showed up at 3:30 PM. The next guest arrived at about 4:30 PM and they kept coming until around 5:30 PM. We fed the girls pizza, ice cream and cake and then Kaela opened her gifts. After that they went downstairs to watch a movie. After the movie they played Littlest Pet Shop, played the Wii and played ping pong. Most of the girls were ready for bed around 11:00 PM. A few of the girls were up playing extreme, crazy dress up. They FINALLY decided to go to bed around....ya know, I have no idea what time it was. At 4:30 AM one of her friends came in to tell me she threw up. Great! Now, a normal person without kids would freak out. I got up out of bed like I do any other morning. It was like this was routine for me. I went downstairs, grabbed the blankets and pillow, tossed them in the wash, went back downstairs to check and clean anything off the carpet, back upstairs, grabbed a bucket and took in downstairs in case she had to throw up again. I figured we would wait it out to see if she felt better in the morning. She didn't so I called her parents and they came and got her at around 9:00 AM. I thought she may have eaten too much but she had a fever, a headache and was dizzy. I made the girls waffles and tiny cinnamon rolls for breakfast and then they went back to play again. At around 10:30 AM I had them make their own visors and then they played some more. One parent was here right at noon to pick up her daughter. The last was picked up at 12:30 AM. The basement was a disaster. It looked like a tornado had gone through there. The girls all had fun and they loved their gift bags. They each got a Littlest Pet Shop, an LPS cup, LPS bracelet and LPS notebook.

Sunday...dinner at Dalan's grandparents and more cake and ice cream...ugh! I was so sick of cake by this time. We were celebrating three birthdays that were all during this week.

Monday...I had my sister and her family and my parents over for dinner. This was Kaela's actual birthday. We were sick of cake, so I made her a chocolate chip cookie. I put the batter in a cake pan and voila! We had Oven Fried Chicken, Buttered Egg Noodles and Broccoli. My mom brought over a Trifle. Then here we go again with the singing of Happy Birthday and presents. I seriously felt like I was in that movie Groundhog Day. SIGH!

To sum it up, Kaela had a pretty good birthday...over and over again..this year. She got a new Littlest Pet Shop playset, a couple Wii games and a few DS games. She is quite the spoiled Brat!

Slow Down!

Okay, I have to complain about a serious issue here. I honestly just can't stand it anymore. Everyday when I go to pick up my kids it amazes me at how fast people drive in the SCHOOL PARKING LOT. There is one person who does this all the time. She is not my favorite person in the world and she shall remain nameless. Everytime I see her I just wonder how many times she has been hit with the stupid stick. How many signs does she need to see before she actually will slow down? I would think the hundreds of children walking out of the school and crossing the street would be enough but nope. I suppose some people just lack common sense. Sadly, those people should not be allowed to leave their home. The school parking lot is not a race track. I don't know what her damn hurry is anyway. It's not like her kids are going to up and walk off because mommy is ALWAYS a little late. Pretty sure they will be there when mommy gets there but whatever. So, for the safety of all the kids, SLOW DOWN!!! Is it really worth it to get there a few seconds faster and hit a child and possibly kill them while doing it? Yeah, I don't think so either.

Is it really February?

I can't believe it is already February. I don't know why this comes as a surprise because I knew the Superbowl was on the 1st. I must stop here and shout a loud "GO STEELERS!" We are so happy they have another Superbowl ring. Anyway, whenever I realize what the date is I think, "How did that happen?" Time is flying by. Kaela is going to be 8 on the 9th. I have no clue when she went from seconds old to almost 8. It's amazing how quickly time goes by. I say it all the time. I almost wonder what I am doing with my time to make it go by so fast. I don't feel like I'm doing anything special. Just the same old thing. Whenever the kids birthdays come around I get this weird feeling that I just haven't spent enough time with them. I'm a stay at home mom. I couldn't possibly spend anymore time with them than I do now. I try so hard to look back and remember when they were little and it's hard. That's so long ago. I just got all my Christmas stuff put away a week ago. Sad, I know. In about 10 months, it will feel like I got it put away just in time to pull it out again. I'm really just looking forward to summer. I've already shopped for swimsuits and I'm ready to go. I'm taking the kids swimsuit shopping in a week and a half. Seasons are nice but I'm sick of the cold. I'm ready for some warm weather.

Anyway, yet another boring blog. Looking out the window is deceiving today. You would think it was nice and warm out there but it is not. Then again, for some people, it might be swimsuit weather. For me, I can take off one of the three layers I have been wearing. Only about 3 1/2 more months of school left. Another thing I am counting down.