I don't

Jenna  started this new fun thing last week and i wanted to do it and kept forgetting. So when i saw it this morning i figured i would just do it now before mommy brain took over. i will just do genereal this week but i want to theme mine, ext weeek i will do pregnancy.

• i don't like folding laundry, or putting away. but i love sorting and washing
• i don't like fake food (sugar free, diet, fat free etc) they all have funny taste to me.
• i don't require much sleep 5 hours is perfect to me
• i don't stress out about school for my kids. My family used to stress me out when i was young i refuse to do it, if they are trying there best it is good enough for me you don't have to be a straight A student
• i don't like to go out everyday. with 4 kids and being pregnant i try to do all my errands in one swoop plus have you seen the price of diesel!
• i don't like to swim, i mean i like the swimming but to get ready, then swim with the kids hanging on me, then to have to shower and get redressed after seems more of a hassle.
• i don't like the heat, maybe that is why i don't like to swim HA! here it is over a 100 most of the summer  and i am  very content staying indoors
• i don't like to camp either. i used to but with 4 kids and the bathroom situation at campgrounds YUCK!
• i don't like surprises at ALLLLL my nightmare is for someone to throw me a surprise party. i like to  be prepared for things (gifts are not included in that statement i LOVE presents)
• i don't like Johnnie to clean (help occasionally yes) but to actually have him clean seems so weird to me...

Variety

my 2 year old did that yesterday while i cleaned the kitchen! those empty spot are the spaces where i could not find or get back on! ugh... it hurts my fingers to type like this, i did order a new keyboard on eBay hopefully it wont be long.

here is some Friday variety about our week:

• the boys are loving VBS me notsomuch. it is hot and i hate to leave my house when it is hot. but i do it for the peace and quiet i mean cause i love my boys
• my bedroom is having carpet installed today, i am finally going to have a real bedroom!!!
• Johnnie and i have been sleeping in the living room because our "bedroom" which is a converted  garage is REALLY hot! we had a AC vent installed in there but it was formerly the garage and not insulated well. i miss my real bed!
• yesterday i hired my nephew to do some work. he finished painting our bedroom, all the edges and corners. cleaned out all of the trash in that room (saw dust, tools, trash, swept the floors etc) and then painted Liz's bathroom for $60! took the stress off John, made him some summer cash and made me SOOO happy that bathroom is almost done (just to decorate now!)
• John is making our bed for our room so hopefully we will get that done this weekend so i can start decorating and we can sleep in there!
• i have tried to buy as little clothes as possible this pregnancy and  i have purchased 2 shorts and 3 fitted t-shirts. i think when lily is born i will burn the clothes! i  would love to buy one new thing maybe to wear to my baby shower or the 100 others i am getting ready to attend but i am so cheap. wit probably 8-9 weeks left it seems wasteful to me....
• i tested positive for gestational diabetes and now i am being tortured by this crazy diet of counting carbs an no sugar and testing my blood 4 times a day
• this weekend is the championship swim meet my kids are excited. i am excited to get a month off swim!
• i also get to go to a baby shower this weekend for a friend i love baby showers!
• it is going to be 105 tomorrow UGH
• that's it

What Retreat

when i said i was going on a retreat i should have said i would need a retreat after the retreat. although lots of fun there wasn't so much resting lol. there was 11 women in one house and we had lots of laughs and plenty of conversations.

We were able to get our entire mops year planned in one day although we started at 9 am and did not finish until 9:30 at night! this is going to be a fabulous year at our mops group!

Monday my boys were wanting to go to VBS at our church so i went ahead and dragged myself to the church and signed them up, i am glad i did hey have had a great time.

Monday was also David's 7th birthday. i remember the day David was born so vividly it was such a scary day, my placenta abrupted and a few more minutes and he would not have made it and i wasn't looking too hot either. thank God for a awesome thinking doctor and a emergency c-section and we were both alright, that was my longest hospital stay i had to have 2 blood transfusions all is well now and David is a awesome kid. he is my most emotional child he will always let you know how he feels for the most part, and he wears his heart on his sleeve.

Our tradition is to let the kids pick where we are going to dinner on there birthday. David picked this new ice cream place that serves food too. i had the BEST burger ever, John didn't care for it his burger was WAY undercooked GAG but the kids liked it. and David had a fun time. Next week is Johnathan's birthday and then we are having a party for both of them next Thursday they cant wait.

that's it for now.....

Tired

the last few days i have not felt my greatest. I have had a lot of things to do to get ready for our MOPS leaders retreat and it has been pretty hot here (today it was 103). i have been feeling nauseous, dizzy, light headed etc. so today i took a nap and when i woke up i could not even get up i was so dizzy i literally crawled to the couch so i could call my doctors office. Once i called while on hold Liz got me some pretzels and a piece of cheese. The lady on the phone told me she would have the nurse call me right back, which she did. she said i am very anemic (i am always anemic it just gets much worse during pregnancy) anyhow she also mentioned my glucose came back pretty high which is odd because i have never tested high in the past, so that explains my not feeling good. by the time i was getting off the phone i felt much better and she told me to call her in the morning and she may have me seen tomorrow (my reg. appointment is Friday so not too bad)

i have felt this way off and on throughout the last little while, and i just want to say my family rocks! my daughter Liz ALWAYS helps me with Jake and gets whatever i need she is really a blessing and i love her. i was a REALLY bad mom today i was short with my boys, irritable and cranky and they still had a decent attitude. Johnnie is such the biggest help, he helped me with dinner, gave the boys a bath, went swimming with Liz and visited with her and just tries to understand i REALLY am blessed with a awesome husband!  i read this post today and i SO relate! Thank you God that you are so gracious and loving that you allow me start over everyday!

 

this weekend i am going away with my mops leaders for our annual retreat it is going to be a great time! my friend Steffani opened up her beach house for us to go to and i hope to take LOTS of pictures. but before that i have a ton to do!

oh and i did not do a itch to pitch last week cause i was getting things ready for my yard sale so i will be back next week with it

Itch to Pitch ~ week 4

so i decided to finish my kitchen this week which as a BIG job because i went through all the cabinets so beware LOTS of pictures!

here are my kitchen drawers, there was alot of stuff in there:

these drawers are not one on top of each other like this picture i just post them that way

2 of my upper cabinets and my lower ones with all my tupperware and storage stuff and bowls

here is some of the stuff from those 2 bottom cabinets and that wasn't even the yard sale pile!

 

just from the drawers! i have a lot of kitchen stuff that i cant seem to part with, i sold pampered chef for quite a while and accumulated a lot of cool things. plus i just love to cook!

 

 

here are the drawers after i got these organizer things at target for $5 and organized some of them neatly, that middle picture is stuff i don't use everyday so it is a modge podge of things, and the two bottom are by my fridge and i reserved for baking stuff (the last one still looks messy in the pic but it is not it is awkward sized things so it looks funny)

this is pretty much what was left after i got to it!

these are my uppers where my dishes go they are organized enough for my liking so i didn't do them =)

and these were where all the glasses and mess was up above! i got rid of a lot of junk....

Hello!

I feel i haven't posted in quite a while but guess we have just been busy. so here is my favorite type of post... random

the 4th of July was a good day we took the boys to breakfast then hung out at home for the good part of the day. John let me take the BEST nap for like 3+ hours! i have not been sleeping well AT all so it was very welcome. have you ever been so tired and cranky you send yourself to your room? yes that was me that day!

It was kind of odd cause Liz was at a swim meet at the beach and it was our first 4th of July away from her, although she had a great time!

that evening we went to John's sisters for a BBQ and fireworks. the kids loved the fireworks, even Jake who i was afraid would not like it. guess i was wrong

Liz made yummy cupcakes before she left and i made rice krispy treats. have i ever told you how much i love rice krispy treats? LOVE.them.

 

 

 

Jake fell and got a little dirty lol

 

 

 

 

here is everyone getting ready for fireworks and enjoying ice cream floats.

 

 

 

 

In other news i have been busy going through my house looking for stuff to sell in my yard sale this weekend. i decided last week i wanted to have a yard sale, the only bad thing was i had already got rid of like 10 big black trash bags of stuff to the goodwill oh well hopefully i have enough to make a little cash. i told some friends so now there is 4 of us going to participate should be fun no doubt HA!

and lastly i have been busy planning for our MOPS leaders retreat, i cant wait! we are going away for a weekend next weekend and it should be a fabulous time! my friend Stef has a awesome house at the coast and she is letting us all go there for retreat.

so other than purging my house and planning for retreat things have been a little busy! i will get my itch to pitch post up tomorrow i know you will be waiting here for me until i do that i am sure =)

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Itch To Pitch - week 3

last week i won the challenge, i guess my kids and i will be eating some Digiorno pizza. so excited cause that is our favorite kind of frozen pizza!

i thought i already posted this week but i checked and i hadn't hmmm very odd. anywho i have been busy organizing i love this challenge, especially with being pregnant i am full nesting mode, ask my hubby he has been shaking his head at me everyday. too bad that nesting doesn't apply to laundry in my case.

so last week i worked on my pantry. we have lived here just over a year although we didn't have cabinets until the middle of July last summer and my pantry has been cleared and out cleaned a lot since then it is just one of those areas we are constantly in and out of. hopefully this will last longer than usual. my pantry isn't a big walk in one like i dream of, but it is perfect for our kitchen and it is really deep so it will fit a ton of stuff

the befores:

top shelves

 

 

 

 

 

the bottom shelves. sorry the picture is totally not straight

 

 

 

 

 

 

the next 3 pics are just what was inside those 2 cabinets!

up at the very top are some bowls and stuff that i am not ready to part with but that i don't use often enough to justify having them in everyday reach. i actually have to get on a step stool to get these, which i am 5 foot 11 so they are high lol.

 

 

here are some after's:

i tried to keep everything in like categories by how we use them rice and pastas, lunch stuff, cans, baking, trash bags and refillable items ( storage bags, foil etc, that is all behind the crock pot)

one final look:

for more itch to pitch posts go see The Happy Housewife!! adn stayed tuned for next week i am finishing my kitchen.