ramblings

I have a lot on my mind.

We had a great day today as a family.

Both boys had soccer games today and both teams won.

Tyler had a race today and did well, finished 2nd.

His great aunt and uncle came and brought their grandchildren.

All the kids played well together.

We really should get together more with Eric's cousin's family so the kids can play.

Reed drove the flat cart on the race track after all the races were over.

It was super exciting for me to watch him, but he was so nervous.

My family is all in bed sleeping at this moment and I am enjoying the peace and quiet and just the clicking of the keys.

I have caught up on my google reader list.

I am caught up with friends on FB.

I really should get off this computer and maybe catch up on some DVRed shows.

I have been praying a lot for one of my co-workers.

I hope she is doing better after her surgery on Thursday and that it wasn't cancer like they told her they were 99% certain before surgery.

Another co-worker and I are taking her dinner tomorrow and I hope it gives me peace of mind.

I am not liking all the pain killers I have heard she is taking.

Need to get papers graded tomorrow, house cleaned, and laundry done.

I am writing it here that I am going for a walk in the morning. By writing it I hope I will actually do it!

Goodnight world...hope to catch back up with you more often.

sleeping

There is nothing like having a child who is a sleep walker. We have had many incidents in the past, but the latest just happen a few minutes ago. He starts talking in his sleep, calls for me, asks for my hlep. So I help him get out of his bed. Ask him if he needs to go the bathroom. "Yes." Let him walk he turns into the play room and I startle him and assist him with where the bathroom is. Goes, turns around walks out and goes back into the play room to find his bed. I wait and watch to see what he does. He asks for my help. Turn him around and take him to his bed, tell him to climb the ladder. Sits in bed like he is going to fall out, not a good idea because he is on the top bunk. Help him lay down cover him up, closes eyes and continues sleeping.

I will ask him about this incident tomorrow morning and he will look at me like I am crazy.

Not quite sure where this comes from???? I have been told that my dad's sister is a sleep walker. I talk in my sleep but no one has told me that I sleep walk and I haven't seen dh sleep walk either.

emtr motorsports

How exciting!!! Eric created a blog to keep track of our family's racing life. Wanna be a follower? Check it out at emtr motorsports.

not knowing

I hate not knowing. I am scared. Tomorrow I will have an answer and know. I can deal with what ever the outcome is and be strong. Deal with whatever may be...

beauty

We have been having an unusual winter here in South FL. Today was no exception. Currently we are under a sever thunderstorm watch until 8 p.m. today. I left the house to go pick up my oldest from school and it was raining so hard then when we are getting ready to pull back in the driveway about 15 minutes later my youngest shouted "A RAINBOW!" It sure is/was beautiful!

When we wake up tomorrow morning it will be in the high 30's low 40's. I have been living here for almost 12 years and have never experienced a winter like this year.

Don't get me wrong though I am enjoying the cooler weather and before I know it I will be complaining about the heat.

playroom stats

This past summer while vacationing in MD at my parents house Mom and I walked to a yard sale up the street from her house. I saw this cute desk and chair set for $10. I walked away because how in the heck was I going to get it back to FL on the airplane, NOT going to happen. Then I had an idea. My 19 year old nephew goes to college in FL about 20 minutes from me, he is driving back down and can bring it with him. I got in my mom's car and drove to the yard sale with $10 cash in hand to purchase that desk and chair set. Well 19 year old nephew didn't bring it, I forgot he is 19 and had his things to bring down and my desk and chair didn't matter. So if you read my earlier post from today I posted about going to Clermont, FL. This little desk and chair is why we went. Friend's of my parents were camping there, so the family made a 3 hour trek to go pick up the desk and chair. Sure it now cost me more then $10 because we had to pay gas, buy food, and make other road trip stops. But I love it and it looks great in the play room! That is all that matters right? :)

Friday when I went to pick up Reed from daycare the director offered me this shelf for FREE and I snatched it up. I have been asked in the past if I wanted other items and have always turned them down. Well this time I was ready for it. Good-bye toy box hello shelving unit that is much more organized and the kids can now see what toys they do have! YEAH!!! At a later time I will have to go through the basket on the third shelf on the right. It stores too many happy meal toys for my liking, but I just couldn't part with all of them today. Some did go in the big blue bin that went to the curb today.

Randomly floating around in the toy box was quite a few bouncy balls won at a local restaurant arcade machine. While talking to my friend on the phone I was telling her about the bouncy balls and she said just pitch them. I couldn't do that so I got a vase and started filling it up. I think it will make a nice accent to the room. What do you think? Should I display them or pitch them? The kids can still play with them if they want.

Next on the playroom agenda is to get things hung on the wall. Oldest son has been designing his own t-shirt creations on paper. I think I am going to have him create them on canvas and hang on the walls of the playroom.

Orange Pickin'

Yesterday we took a little road trip to Clermont, FL (more info to come about why we were there later).
We looked up things to do while we were there and found a U-pick oranges place. I was super excited about going there. This past summer while in MD we tried to go pick our own cherries but were too late and they were done for the day.

There was an abundance of orange trees all over the place but I wanted navel oranges so we seeked out those trees.
Trying to find the perfect pickin' place.

Reed, the pirate, takes his orange.

Our, or should I say my oranges since I am the only one that will eat them!