Rising cost of getting by

We have always made it through.... never really ahd to worry too much about moola... but with gas prices rising ona daily basis adn the gas tank taking more nad moer of our pay check and makingthe cost of everything go up i find myself getting more nad more worried about making ends meet... so this summer i am making an effort to walk more, drive less.. i am gonna spend more time making things from scratch instead of boxed or take out.. although i do cook alot... i use some semi prepared foods.. well they are jstu getting too exspensive..t oday i am making cinnamon rolls cuase i wanted some but i canmake twice as much at half the cost.... that is if i dont kill the yeast... it is a new thing for me... i have never used yeast except to toss in my bread machine... lol...Living in hawaii is a blessing it is the most beautiful place tha ti have seen in the world... and ihave seen a few places...BUT it is VERY VERY exspensive....... adn that concerns me... kids want to go and do things liek water parks and such but with mola tight we have to be very careful.... iwish there was a way to make the oil companies see how mean and greedy they are.. ohhh oil prices are so high... ohhhh wha waa waa.. but we have RECORD profits this month... but we arent gouging prices... ahem any how stepping off my soap box to go check on the dough!

my baby boy

i ahve been having these a lot lately with jake and keara... msotly jacob though... he asked to get his hair cut a coupel weeks ago of course AFTER the wedding but whatever.... but since he got it cut he is looking so grown up nto to mention more like his daddy....he has thinned out by like15lbs and grown about 3 inches since we got here... He is so handsome... I dropped him off at school today adn they are having their 5th grade end of year dance..so they didnt have to wear their uniforms he has jeans on wiht a tshirt adn a plaid button up shirt.. he looked so handsome... and when i dropped him off... as he was walkign in 2 little girls got out of a car... look at jake and whispered at each other and giggled... (yes THAT giggle) sighs... i am not ready for this... i knwo that he is handsome... i woudl ahve dated him... lol but he is my baby... iw ant the little guy that wore thsoe cute overalls... and loved to cuddle up on couch with his momma and his ktity cat blankie... and who thought the sun and moon rose with his momma.. i knwo that it is my job to raise mychildren to be responisble, lovign caring, productive adults...but no one warned me that it woudl hurt to watch them grow up and away from me... just wanna hug him to me and never let him go...b ut i knwo that isnt realistic... dern hormones....i guess the saying that children are little pieces of your heart wandering around outside your body is true! growin pains...

So What did you do today?

This is one of my favorite (or most hated)questions... you ask the kids that whenthey get in the car after school and you get a whole mirad of answers from "i don't know" or "stuff" to a whole lsit of things that happened along with who hit who or stole what or pinched who..always makes me giggle to listen to their answers... then there is the hated part of it.. when someone walks in and looks aroudn and says what did you do today? now my hubby the wise man he is hasnt said that to me with out completely joking.... cause he knows that a painful death would follow... but i have heard other say it to people and it makes the little hairs on theback of my neck stand up and the claws come out.... so i thought one day (when i was feeling liek i havent dont anything and i am a lazy cuss) to make a list of everythign that i did on a normal monday... so as i went about my duties i had a little clipboard in hand...my list amazed me...
got up showered, got dressed
grabbed laudnry basket out of my room adn headed down hallway, waking each kid on the way down teh hallway..pickign up whatever was on teh floor on the way headed down stairs started a load of laundry, then i went to make the kids lunches... calling upstairs to wake the kids again adn remind hubby to get up! then finish thelunches.. make sure all the back packs are loaded adn ready to go ... get kids downstairs, breakfast in them hairs brushed... kids all ready tell man i love him adn pack them all in car... take them adn neighbors kid to school! drop them off head back to house...switch laundry as i come in door.. grab frozen meat for dinner out of the freezer drop it in the sink. check the dish washer unload clean dishes, load soem dirty ones in there... head to the down stairs bathroom , wipe counters, sqwish potty clean mirror.., head to craft room pick up all stuff ont eh floor including all the snack wrappers those rotten kids of mien left there... head into living room, straighten up, fold blankets.. make sure floor is clean.. vacumm craft adn living room.... head back to kitchen... clean off counters wash them down scrub stove... clear off table, pledge it... get broom sweep entire down stairs...g et otu floor cleaner... clean all the floors down stairs... switch laundry, fold dry load...head upstairs.. check cat box...c lean it out.... head ot kids bathroom.. pick up all dirty clothes, rehang towels...wipe counters with lysol..clean toilet, scrub out tub...wipe mirrors... then to kearas room... change sheets, remake bed.. pick up her toys...put away clothes she hadnt finished putting away.... , head to jakes room ... what a mess... skip for moment head to lilys room , pick up toys, puther clothes away..change sheets.... put her bookcase back together as she had books everywhere..... head to my room ... clean my bathroom.. wipe counters, mirrors, get clean towels... cahgne my sheets now that my hubby is out of it... make bed.. put any clothes away that we havent yet... wipe mirror dust dresser... head back to jakes room with trash bag... change sheets, pick up all his skattered clothes.. decide which are clean adn which are dirty put clean away... clear his floor.... get vaccumm.. vacumm upstaris all kids rooms and my room and the room with cat box... then ehad downstairs for a break to check email.. adn its only9:30am.... finish email the went to work on the laundry in earnest... finsihed that up adn it stime to get hte kids... ge thtem start dinner... get them all fed adn showered and tucked in bed adn then i clean up after dinner... reload that dishwashe adn start it... the plop on couch .. adn wonder why i am so tired...
THAT IS WHAT I DID IN ONE DAY!!!

godmother has spoken

Hehehe always wanted to say that and now i can! My neighbors here have asked me to be there little girsl godmother... she is the most adorable little thing that took to me like on day 2~ so i am excited... kids are liek magnets to me... kind of liek animals.. stray kids and animals always seem to land in my lap...but iw ill take Maddie any day!
other than that bestowal all is normal here...kids are almsot out of school iam a cleaning machine i am obsessed with it here... nto sure why.. but i cant stand it.. so whatever its a good work out.. Jake is all settled with his meds.. which is a process that i am very glad we have settled in on.He is so active out here.. its great loves to ride his bike and skateboard!.. Keara is turning into a beautiful young woman.. she jsut got a hair cut..we layered it to make it a little lighter and easier to take car eof for her... adn it makes her look so beautiful!
Lily is her bossy little self... she is gonna be a mean girl i swear... she is pretty and thin and WILL get her way.. and if she doesnt like you WOW you know it! but seh is still my baby...
Jaum is doign well except for tryign to break himself... he was running for work and twisted his ankle and torn some tendons or ligaments or those musclie things.... adn he has a kankle now! sighs.. poor guy... at least he isnt on the boat and is at least in an office where he can sit when he has too...and thats it....for us now

life

Soemtimes i wonder if life ever slows down jsut when i think its gonan be a relaxing week hahah yeah ummm life has other ideas.... life i thought after wedding is over iwill be able to relax then the kids have end of school stuff and i have to run to do this then jaum hurt his foot... adn my hosu eis demanding lots of time... and and and... guess i jsut need to get used to the chaos that is my life... if i embrace it mayeb it will be the normal.... trick myself into thinking that... the kids dont even have extra activities right now... and its still nuts... hard to belive i have been in hawaii already for 6 montsh... wow andnow jakes birthday is sneaking up ...a ck.... breaths!

general update adn rant

been a while since i posted about life... all thefmaily is gone now... trying to get everything back to normal..house back to normal clean... yesterday i was gonna be doen finally adn i hear a crash... the shelves i had in my garage came crashign down.... so i had to go get new ones the ones i bought were junk so had to tak ethem back and get new ones.... then spend the rest ofthe day organizing the garage.. oh adn it was about 85 with no wind... i sweated so much thought i was gonna disappear.. but the garage looks great.... and i got rid of a lot more junk.... adn all the cardboard we were collecting to recycle... but nothing got done inside... so today i have to finsih all that up.... but arugh seems like i spend my entire day, week, life cleaning something or another... but i know that is what moms do... just makes me tired..... ona brighter note we got the proofs for our wedding pictures...adn they turned out so pretty just what i always dreamed of! yeah....

Renewing Vows

It was wonderful to have my children and mom and dad there with me... on the beach with a gentle breeze blowing...to tell the man i love how much i have loved him and that i will continue to love him for all time..After several years of trials that would have made lots of other running for court.. We have triumphed..we made it through and hae recommitted ourselves to each other. I had the wedding ceremony that i was robbed of i now have pictures to keep and cherish, i had my dad whom i almost lost walk me down the isle to my husband.. it was a dream come true..
content is the feeling that i get..my children there with us to see the love we have for eachother... so happy that myhusband did so much to help me have my dream... that day every little girl dreams of....