Im very close to buying new couches.. We have two love seats right now and that is just not enough for a family of five. I really kinda sort of want an L shaped sectional, but Im not positive it will fit in the room. How does a person tell that anyway? measurements I suppose.
i want microfiber too. Leather is OUT because with our Smokey Dog, we would be paying for leather sofa repair beofre we had the furniture paid off!
I kinda want to get something where the seats recline. and Definitely something that is comfortable to sleep on!
Im still a few months away, We are going on vacation in April, and i want to have fun with that before saving up for a couch!
Saturday, February 25, 2012
16.70
I picked up my tips today, 16.70. I love getting tips, I loce checking to see if I have gotten a good coin - something rare or odd. Like the silver eagles, those are a great coin.
I think its super when the mint offers special coins. The bratlings have a few speciality coin collections - they don't give a hoot about them yet, but they will some day :D
i didn't care about coins either. I still don't really, but every once and a while, like today when I got my tips, I remember that maybe, just maybe there is a treasure in my pocket!!!
I think its super when the mint offers special coins. The bratlings have a few speciality coin collections - they don't give a hoot about them yet, but they will some day :D
i didn't care about coins either. I still don't really, but every once and a while, like today when I got my tips, I remember that maybe, just maybe there is a treasure in my pocket!!!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
my child is adorable
Logan got a drum set for christmas, and he is just the cutest thing ever! the other day micah brought out his drum set, its like the sd7pk electronic drum set, but a little different. In any case, Micah brought out his drums, and Logan started dragging out his drum set! It.Was.So.Cute! OMG Just look at him!
The firce concentration on his face is so adorable! He was watching micah hit and was trying to hit the same pad as his daddy. I LOVED it. It was super loud, but it was too cute to stop!
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Bargain!
I went shopping tonight with my BFF. We hit quite a few stores, and bought nothing that wasn't on sale! I got a mid thigh wool coat for 20 bucks, and a bunch of shirts regular 20$ for 2.99$ which pleased me.
We also bought stuff like seaweed body cream and a tonne of flavoured lip balms, just because! I Was going to buy some yoga pants, but I put them back because bras were on sale and I finally found a comfortable bra. Because it was comfortable - and I have been searching fro more than a year for one that fits nice, I bought the same bra in four colours, and even when a bra is on sale, they are still pricey things, so the pants had to stay. Next time, there is always a next time!
I am super pumped about the coat though, not just because of the price, but because I have been looking for one like it all winter. I *may* have put on *cough* a bit of weight, and my current coat *might* be tight in the shoulders and the buttons *might* not quite button up...so yeah, pumped about the coat :D
We also bought stuff like seaweed body cream and a tonne of flavoured lip balms, just because! I Was going to buy some yoga pants, but I put them back because bras were on sale and I finally found a comfortable bra. Because it was comfortable - and I have been searching fro more than a year for one that fits nice, I bought the same bra in four colours, and even when a bra is on sale, they are still pricey things, so the pants had to stay. Next time, there is always a next time!
I am super pumped about the coat though, not just because of the price, but because I have been looking for one like it all winter. I *may* have put on *cough* a bit of weight, and my current coat *might* be tight in the shoulders and the buttons *might* not quite button up...so yeah, pumped about the coat :D
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
What do you think...
Of my new header? its my two youngest messing around on the iPad (1). the feather is his moustache, if you were wondering.
I hate the couch they are sitting on, its uber heavy, and I never fail to hurt my back when I am moving it to clean under it. I wish it was on casters. Then again, if it were on casters, I can just see Smokey (the bog one) jumping onto the cough and the couch zooming across the room, knocking everything in it's path over.
Oh well.
it's minus 46 right now. yeah. seriously. Its gross outside. I asked my neighbour to drive me to work because if I drive myself to work, my car will be frozen before the end of my shift, and then I will be screwed. This way I can get a ride to work, and Hubs will pick em up and everybody wins.
as for the cold, I just keep reminding myself that there are only six weeks left. I can survive six weeks....right?
I hate the couch they are sitting on, its uber heavy, and I never fail to hurt my back when I am moving it to clean under it. I wish it was on casters. Then again, if it were on casters, I can just see Smokey (the bog one) jumping onto the cough and the couch zooming across the room, knocking everything in it's path over.
Oh well.
it's minus 46 right now. yeah. seriously. Its gross outside. I asked my neighbour to drive me to work because if I drive myself to work, my car will be frozen before the end of my shift, and then I will be screwed. This way I can get a ride to work, and Hubs will pick em up and everybody wins.
as for the cold, I just keep reminding myself that there are only six weeks left. I can survive six weeks....right?
Christmas is officially over
One would think that this late in January everyone would just assume that of course Christmas is over, what are you insane? Christmas? No way! It's January, but then, if you thought that, you would be wrong - at least in our house!
You see, the boys all got gift cards to various stores. The youngest two were easy to deal with. The littlest one bought games and stuffed animals and a nerf gun and was happy, and the middle guy spent exactly half of his gift card amounts on toys, then requested we purchase the rest of the gift cards from him so that he could save that money for our trip to Edmonton.
Smart kid, huh?
But our oldest was hard. Dude, its not like we were looking for gifts for girls, because believe me, girls are SUPER hard to shop for, no! we were looking for something a 12 year old could spend his money on, and be satisfied, but each time he went to the store he came home with gift cards unspent, until finally, this weekend, when he hit the mall with his daddy and spent his money.
....And so I say, now, on January 17th, Christmas is FINALLY done!
You see, the boys all got gift cards to various stores. The youngest two were easy to deal with. The littlest one bought games and stuffed animals and a nerf gun and was happy, and the middle guy spent exactly half of his gift card amounts on toys, then requested we purchase the rest of the gift cards from him so that he could save that money for our trip to Edmonton.
Smart kid, huh?
But our oldest was hard. Dude, its not like we were looking for gifts for girls, because believe me, girls are SUPER hard to shop for, no! we were looking for something a 12 year old could spend his money on, and be satisfied, but each time he went to the store he came home with gift cards unspent, until finally, this weekend, when he hit the mall with his daddy and spent his money.
....And so I say, now, on January 17th, Christmas is FINALLY done!
Knock Knock?
long time since my last post - so much has happened - Christmas (new desktop) My boy got two stripes in Kempo at his term grading, and my job was sold from one owner to another. I'm still working, with the new owners - who are great, but I am working a sight more hours, and as such, I'm often exhausted by ten PM.
I work Monday and Wednesday for 6.5 hours in the day, then I work Thursday for 7 hours in the evening, so really, Compared to what a regular person works, I'm hardly scratching the surface, but for me, its been a real challenge!
As for my depression, I am happy to report that I am doing good, more than good in fact, I am doing great!
In fact just this Saturday I went to my bosses house to attend a "passion party" with my neighbour and co-worker, and I had fun. actual fun. I didnt sit off to the side worried and anxious and feeling like a sore thumb, I felt good. It was awesome!'
I also managed to drive through rush hour traffic with my boy, to a place I;d never been, and not once did I have an anxiety attack! I dunno if I want to hug my doctor who gives me the pills, or the wonderful girls on facebook who supported me and pushed me until I went to the doctors. Probably both LOL
I work Monday and Wednesday for 6.5 hours in the day, then I work Thursday for 7 hours in the evening, so really, Compared to what a regular person works, I'm hardly scratching the surface, but for me, its been a real challenge!
As for my depression, I am happy to report that I am doing good, more than good in fact, I am doing great!
In fact just this Saturday I went to my bosses house to attend a "passion party" with my neighbour and co-worker, and I had fun. actual fun. I didnt sit off to the side worried and anxious and feeling like a sore thumb, I felt good. It was awesome!'
I also managed to drive through rush hour traffic with my boy, to a place I;d never been, and not once did I have an anxiety attack! I dunno if I want to hug my doctor who gives me the pills, or the wonderful girls on facebook who supported me and pushed me until I went to the doctors. Probably both LOL
Monday, November 28, 2011
Candy Canes!
Oh I wish I had a set of tiny paint brushes to play with in the nail polish, this was hard and messy to do, and took FOREVER to dry! Plus, the lines are all squiggly! It looks cute from kinda far away, but up close, trust me, they aren't a pretty site!
When I originally took out the red polish, I had planned on painting lady bugs on my nails, but them my bratling walked past me with a candy cane sticking out of his mouth and I put away the black and got out the white!
Sometimes inspiration doesn;t need to hit me round the head with an industrial rubber hose, eh?
I really want to try and make Christmas trees, but first I need to pick up some tiny brushes. no way I can do it with the bottle brush!
When I originally took out the red polish, I had planned on painting lady bugs on my nails, but them my bratling walked past me with a candy cane sticking out of his mouth and I put away the black and got out the white!
Sometimes inspiration doesn;t need to hit me round the head with an industrial rubber hose, eh?
I really want to try and make Christmas trees, but first I need to pick up some tiny brushes. no way I can do it with the bottle brush!
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Growth
Something interesting has happened in the last six months. Our family has grown, not in number, but in size.
Before, all three boys fit comfortably on the love seat, with room in between each, for wiggling. Now, they are crammed into that seat like salty sardines, and it ends with one of them laying on the floor.
....And the floor sucks, to tell the truth, no carpet, just wood, so it's not soft at all!
It is time for new furniture in casa del bulepaintred.
Now, I cant ask you for suggestions, i'd end up knowing everything about cheap furniture stores in los angeles, but not have a clue where to go close to home, but what you can help me with is materials.
We have two dogs, one who sheds a LOT. We have one person (me) who hates leather(too hot!) and we have kids,m so nothing light colored.
So is there something that isn't the above, but is still good? Comfortable? Affordable?good option?
Before, all three boys fit comfortably on the love seat, with room in between each, for wiggling. Now, they are crammed into that seat like salty sardines, and it ends with one of them laying on the floor.
....And the floor sucks, to tell the truth, no carpet, just wood, so it's not soft at all!
It is time for new furniture in casa del bulepaintred.
Now, I cant ask you for suggestions, i'd end up knowing everything about cheap furniture stores in los angeles, but not have a clue where to go close to home, but what you can help me with is materials.
We have two dogs, one who sheds a LOT. We have one person (me) who hates leather(too hot!) and we have kids,m so nothing light colored.
So is there something that isn't the above, but is still good? Comfortable? Affordable?good option?
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Stocking Stuffers
I was very pleasantly surprised the other day when Logan came up to me and explained that he wanted me to buy him a certain book. See, his teacher had read the class the first book in the Dinosaur Cove series, and then she had helped him check the second one out of the library, but the library did not have the third book, and he really wanted to keep reading the series.
This was shocking because it has been a damn hard struggle to get Logan reading, he absolutely hates reading our nightly books. I mean, he has been getting better, he no longer fights and argues when I call him down to read his nightly reading books, but to have him ask me specifically for a book, it was a very very nice thing to hear. Obviously I bought the third book for him, as well as the fourth, I took advantage of my scholastic coupons too! I plan on, if he reads the third and fourth, on buying him the rest of the series. I will do just about anything I can to foster a love of reading in him. I love that my two oldest love curling up with a goof book, and I'd love to have the whole team reading!
This was shocking because it has been a damn hard struggle to get Logan reading, he absolutely hates reading our nightly books. I mean, he has been getting better, he no longer fights and argues when I call him down to read his nightly reading books, but to have him ask me specifically for a book, it was a very very nice thing to hear. Obviously I bought the third book for him, as well as the fourth, I took advantage of my scholastic coupons too! I plan on, if he reads the third and fourth, on buying him the rest of the series. I will do just about anything I can to foster a love of reading in him. I love that my two oldest love curling up with a goof book, and I'd love to have the whole team reading!
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