Life as I know it.

Bug found his Scooby Doo books this morning and was all excited to have me read them to him, so I explained that those were books for him to read to himself. So after a few initial complaints he decided to give it a try and ended up reading one book while we were at home and 1/2 of another book on the way to school and finished up that book on the way home. He was so proud of himself. Yeah for Bug. We also got Bug's 1st official school pics today (at least we got the proofs back, we won't get the actual pis for about 6 weeks). They turned out very cute.

Today i worked my shift at the JBF sale, normally I like working the Sun shift. We are the ones that get everything separated and ready for people to pick up. Unfortunately the gal that was running it today did a horrible job of explaining what to do and this on top of the fact that somehow all of the new people ended up in one area and all the people who have done this before ended up in another area made for a VERY slow take down day. What should have taken up about an hour and a half was still no where close to being done when I left (at the end of my shift) about 3 hours later. Luckily I have a low consigner #, so I was able to get my stuff and head out a little after 6. Oh well hopefully they will learn for the experience and it will be better at the fall sale. I did get to go to the pre 1/2 price sale last night though and found a ton of great stuff. One of the best things I found are these flash cards for homeschooling. I got 10 different sets, but instead of just showing these

Today I did the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's walk for the cure, with some of my MOMS club friends. It was a nice walk only 3 miles long, on a beautiful trail that we have in town along the river. Unfortunately I had to work that morning so I wasn't able to walk with my friends because I needed to get done so I could get home to take a shower and get to work. It was still a ton of fun though. I just put in my headphones and went for it, I was around the 20th person to finish and got done in about 45 min, not to bad for a walking pace. Our group did pretty good on fundraising, last I checked we had raised around $850.00.

The JBF sale is this weekend, Bug and I went and dropped off our stuff before work today and then headed back over to check out the pre-sale in between clients. In case you don't know what a JBF sale is, it is a HUGE consignment sale event. Locally they hold them at the fair grounds twice a year. It is nice because you can price your own stuff and you get 70% of what it sells for. It is usually a 3 day event. They have a pre-sale for volunteers and consignors. I always work the Sunday shift so that I get to go to the 1st pre-sale (that is the only way to get all the good stuff). Anyways we did pretty good a the pre-sale Bug bought some new Rescue heroes toys, one person was selling a ton of them for really cheap, and we found 2-3 different ones that we hadn't even seen before (which is saying a lot if you have ever seen Bugs collection). I also found 1/2 a dozen pairs of pants for Bug and a couple of shirts. He didn't really need any more shirts but sometimes you just can&#

I took Bug to his soccer practice this evening. I am sure his coach is not thrilled with us, because of different things going on the is only the 2nd practice he has made it to and somewhere along the way they moved practice from 6 to 5 so when we got there at 5:50, practice was almost done instead of just getting started. The up side of that is it was done at 6:25 and we were able to head over to the Cub Scout Pack Party at our local elementary school. So Bug is now officially signed up for Cub Scouts, his meetings will be on Mon. Although I am very excited about this we will be very busy people as he now has school and cubscouts on Mon, swimming lessons and piano on Tue, Soccer Practice on Wed, swimming lessons on Thur, he goes to the babysitter while I work on Fri and has soccer games on Sat and of course Church on Sun. It's a good thing we homeschool and have school done by 11:00 on most days.

So this evening we went to listen to the sales pitch for Worldmark (they used to be known as Trendwest). If you have never heard of this, it is basically a time share that you can buy but instead of buying a certain week(s) at a specific location. With Worldmark you buy points, that you then use at any of there 68 locations, each room is given a point value based on the size of the unit, the day of the week and the time of the year. So for an example if you wanted to stay at the Hawaii location for the week of Christmas (the busiest season of the year) you might use 1200 points a night to stay there. But if you want to stay at the Seattle location in late winter (not a very busy time) you might use up only 400 points a night. Make sense? Also on top of your points they have what's called bonus time. Since obviously their locations aren't filled up 24/7/365, you can rent a room with less than 14 days notice and pay something like .12 per point a night so a 400 a point night woul

After the dentist appt we met up with the MOMS club at the local Drop and Play, where we hung out and chatted while the kiddos played. After that we were supposed to meet my friend Brenda to get 1 month pics of her daughter at Kiddie Kandids, Bug and i grabbed some lunch at Azteca while we waited for them. I ended up getting the scare of my life today. I saw Brenda out front while I was in the restaurant and she looked like she was walking away so I told Bug to run out there and grab her. So he heads out the door and I go up front to pay and he hasn't come back in yet, so I leave my purse at the checkout and go outside to get him and NO BUG. I start yelling around the parking lot. I was afraid that maybe Brenda had headed back to her car to get something and bug hadn't seen her and just continued around the building trying to find her. After a minute or 2 of yelling for him I ran back inside the restaurant and there they were. What a huge relief. I ran over and hugged Bug and t

Bug had his 6 yr dentist appt today. He did really well, no cavities and everything is looking good. He had a bit of a hard time with the Xrays, the assistant ended up having to stand and hold the bit in his mouth while someone else pushed the button. His top left tooth is really loose and has been hurting him lately but they told him to keep working at it. He will probably loose the top 2 and 2 more of his bottom teeth (the ones beside the middle ones) within the next 6 months. The way things are going he will be singing "all I wanth for Chrithmas isth my two front teeth" for the holidays. Every time we tell him that he just doesn't get it.

It's funny how an ordinary day can turn into a monumental one, without a moments notice. I am thrilled to announce that my son officially became a Christian today. I guess I should back up a little though and explain. In our church we believe to become a Christian you have to say a prayer that admits your sins, and accepts God as your Lord and Savior who died on the cross, to take away our sins, was buried and resurrected 3 day later and now sits in heaven with God. (I am sure I am oversimplifying it). You then invite God into your heart and become part of God's family. So I was driving Bug home to get his stuff for his soccer game and out of the blue he says something like "I wish I could be in God's family" and I told him you can make that choice any time you like. And he said "no, because I am not baptized". So I explained to him that we didn't believe in baptism 1st. We believe that you become part of God's family and the baptism is just a s

Last night Bug got to film his part for this independent film he is going to be in. It is a short film so his part will probably be only about a minute or less of the film but we were there from 7 till 9:30 filming that 1 minute. Bug did really well especially with the whole quiet on the set part. He learned that quiet really means quiet. As they had to do take after take because of this small problem or that small noise. I think he had a good time and he is very excited to get a copy of the movie. It is supposed to be entered into some Christian Film Festival down in New Mexico and then they will see where they go with it from there.

Our MOMs club had an apple picking today up at the local farming area. We ended up getting there late (no big surprise there). So as we arrived most everyone else was leaving, my friend Meegan and her 2 of her little ones were still picking so we got to visit with her while we picked. After we finished Bug wanted to look around the farm some and my friend KaylaSue and 2 of her kiddos hung out with us. We went the the corn maze and took some pictures at the little dress up boards with the cutouts in them for peoples heads. Me being the bad mother that I am forgot my camera again, so I will have to have her email me the pics that she got. After the maze we drove over to another farm and had lunch and ice cream and let the kids run around while we visited. It was a very nice fall afternoon not to hot, not to cold.

Bug got his 1st official school pictures taken today. Since he doesn't attend school on Tue, we made a special trip up there just to have them take. I will post them once we get them back.

Bug played in his 1st soccer game today (#21). He missed the 1st 2 practices, we were out of town for one and had a missed communication on the other. But we made it to game time. They lost horribly but they seemed to have a great time anyways. I'm not a big fan of soccer, but I do like how they play it locally for his age group. They only play with 3 members at a time and then switch out either every 5 minutes or at the quarters (10min). The whole game lasts a little over 40 min. They also don't have a goalie which really bums out Bug and time the ball looks like it is heading toward his goal he would run over and try to defend it. I'm sure this sounds good, but there were times he would run right by the open ball in his race to get to his goal. We kept yelling at him "NO, get the ball"! It was fun to watch.

I love the new fall shows so far. I know not that many are back yet, but we are already enjoying One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl. Sometimes they start out and I start thinking I don't know about this season, but only 2 episodes in they have me hooked. Another show that I was totally looking forward to was 90210 and so far so good on that one as well. I really like the way they have linked in the original cast (except Shanon Dougherty, never have liked her). But I think Kelly is fabulous and oove how they brought her baby sister into the show. I can' t wait to find out who Kelly's baby daddy is. Now if you know anything don't spoil it for me.

I have it and it's a good thing too. Also my son can sleep through anything. I know your wondering what the heck is she talking about. Well tonight I locked myself out of the house in my bra and undies. I know your wondering "What was she doing outside in her bra and undies!" It started out innocently enough, I wanted to check the mail Our mailbox is just outside the front door and it takes a key. So I thought no biggie I'll just turn out the front porch light lean out the door and check it. Well I accidentally dropped the key, I almost said Oh well, I'll grab it in the morning, but then thought oh it's dark out I'll just run down the steps and grab them, so I did. No biggie I checked the mail and then went to open the screen door to go back inside and remembered The Screen Door has a broken latch on the outside . Oh Great! So I start ringing the doorbell and yelling for Bug for a good 5 minutes, now the front door is still open and I can see Bug's b

We had a busy day today! 1st we tried to get a little schoolwork done, then Bug and I headed to our church for "Breakaway". This is a time for all the moms to get together once a month. We get to spend some time in prayer, some time talking and getting to know one another a little better and of course spend sometime eating, because when can a big group of women get together and there not be food involved. It was a lot of fun and they have changed the format somewhat this year, so it should be interesting. After Breakaway we headed to the fair and met Blue. Bug had such a blast riding the rides. He is of course now more that big enough for all of the kiddie rides, he even branched out and rode on some of the bigger rides in the afternoon. He was a little nervous at 1st so I told him to ask this girl if he could sit be her. Of course she said yea and you can see him chatting her up in the 1st pic. (If he stays as outgoing as he is now his teen years should be a breeze. ha ha

Today was Bug's 1st day of away school. As I'm sure most of you know we school Bug at home. Which means that even though he is technically a Public school student we have always done all of his schooling at home. Last year we went through WA virtual academy, that way the school provides all of his curriculum (K12) and school supplies and we would just log onto the computer everyday figure out what to do for the day and do it. Then you check it all off when your done and that counts as your attendance. This year we decided to try something new even though we really liked the curriculum from WAVA, unfortunately they didn't provide enough opportunity for Bug to get together with other kids. SO this year we are going with one of our local school districts school-at-home programs. We get to choose the curriculum and then they reimburse us up to a certain dollar amount. Also Bug now goes to school 1 day a week. I really like the school house. It is an old 2 room school house tha

How sad and how quickly it went, August especially. Bug spent 2 weeks at the local campfire camp. Very nerve wracking for me, but he seems to have enjoyed it. He even did his 1st overnight camp trip without mommy and daddy. The 1st week he was there he had 5 of his best buds there with him. So between me and the other mommies we had a pretty good idea of what the kiddos were up to. You know how it is each kid gives a small part of the story to you, so between all of the small parts we each got we had it figured out. The 2nd week he was the only one to go but ended up with one of his friends from the play that he was in last spring there. So that was nice for him. The funniest thing about camp is that everyday he would come home with no socks on, so at the end of camp i had to go buy him all new socks. Anyways my friend Brenda had her baby back on the 23rd. She is a beautiful little girl so tiny and pink. So far she is a very peaceful and quiet baby. She came in to work with her mommy t

For Labor day my church held a big Family Celebration, so we grabbed our bestfriend's boys Ethan and Gavin and headed over. They had a huge BBQ and 4-5 of the big inflatable toys. Here are the pics of Blue and the boys at the batting one. Here is E getting ready to give it a swing. Gavy did really well considering that the ball was practically at head level. Blue always surprises me with how well he can hit a ball. he is not really a sporty guy, but I think he missed his calling when it comes to baseball, he can really hit a ball. Somehow I managed to not get any pics of Bug, but he was there. He kept running with all the other kids through the big obstacle course. Everybody had a blast and was well sugared when we left. Besides the BBQ they had cookines, cupcakes, snowcones and cotton candy. YUM, what a fun day.