Saturday, June 27, 2009

The misadventures of Mooch

Jack has this amazing gift, he can get into trouble quicker than you can say, “Mooch, stop!” It’s true, I’ve tried it. For the record I found him with the bowl on his head.

Last Saturday our little fiend decided that it would be a fun thing to pull on the iron cord after it had recently been on. We thought he was safely in the other room when he managed to sneak in and unfortunately pull the iron down right on top of his own hand. So if you’re not into seeing 2nd degree burns don’t look at the next picture.















We’ve had him wrapped up like a little mummy this last week. Anytime we go outside or feed him, I’ve had to wrap a plastic baggy around it so we don’t get dirt or food in the wounds. He's healing up well and finally acting like himself again.

This lovely morning, while Chad and I were pretending the kids weren’t awake, Mooch managed to pull the box of chocolate milk mix off the table. He then proceeded to dump it out in piles across the carpet. It wasn’t until he left a lovely chocolate handprint on the side of the bed that we noticed his face and hands were covered.


Also Mooch has started to sort of say “cheese” and smiles for the camera instead of trying to grab it all the time! OH yeah Mooch sort of speaks. He’s got “more” down and can say “Momma” and “Daddy” but never to the right parent. We’ll get it eventually.

Oh how I love boys!

Monday, June 1, 2009

sticky and muddy

Here are a few pictures from doing yard work and eating ice cream/dirt.


Trey is obviously happy with having just eaten a chocolate ice cream cone.

I've decided that Jack will not be wearing a lot of clothes this summer. I'm pretty sure the summer uniform will be a diaper and a pair of sandals. Every time he goes outside is ridiculous and he usually ends up like the picture below.




Saturday, May 16, 2009

My Boys

My boys are crazy! They are totally loving having a yard to play in and I'm totally loving a yard to play with. Grandpa is amazing with the things he knows about gardening be it flowers, veggies, or weeds. It has been fun to be outside digging holes, planting plants, trimming roses, and weeding with him.
Here are a few pictures of our boys' adventures. I just want to say that in most of these pictures it was only about 60 degrees outside, if that. Mooch is in fact wearing a sweatshirt in one of them because it was a bit chilly and yet I just can't keep him away from the hose. So like I said, my boys are crazy.
If you can't tell Mooch has "planted" his foot in one of the holes we dug to plant lilies.
Mooch now thinks it's cool to have mud for shoes.
It's like boot camp at our house all the time. We even make the boys do push ups in the mud.

How can you not love this kid?


I'm sure I'll have plenty of pictures similar to this throughout the summer. Lets just hope its warm enough to put swimsuits on for some of them.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Oh the joys of SPAM

So this was an actual SPAM e-mail that I got today.
I love it!

Dear,
I come through the internet (very accessible for Communication) seek assistance from you.Miss Corine, a young heir to my late father who was a personality known for his dedication to his youth. I want to recieve what I had when I asking you to help me recieve this amount from his bank.I have all the documents that I entrusted to my pastor.Incidentally, I inform you that that sum is $ 6.5 million dollars.Thanks and God Bless.
Best regards
Cher,

First of all I love that it is addressed to just "dear". No "Dear Friend," no "Dear Sucker who may possibly send me money," just "Dear". My next favorite part is that she has to explain what the internet is. Because anyone reading e-mails really wouldn't know that its "very accessible for Communication". I also love that at no point in time do they actually ask me for anything. I'm pretty sure the gyst of the scam is that they've been cut out of good old Dad's will and need money in order to get the "Incindental" 6.5 Million. And will then share some of it with "dear" me. Frankly, I'm half tempted to send "Dear" some money so she can invest in English lessons or even pay for a decent translator.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Starving Students

Guess what!?! Chad's in Reno again for the week. He's there to get some tools and possibly a truck from PacWest. But I’m going to cross my fingers on that one until it’s actually in the driveway. We finally got on unemployment so here in a week we'll have a nice little debit card from the state of NV.

Now we just need to sell the Forester get on food stamps and possibly Medicaid and we may just make it. If we can get on glorious welfare for a bit, then the world will be slightly less stressful. Let us be honest, it’s not like I’m not going to pay it all back in taxes once we’re gainfully employed again.

Now I just have to get over the feeling that we’ve taken 2 GIANT steps backwards. Financially we’re a little better off than when we were in college because we actually have some savings. But I can’t help but feel like a starving college student again, except now I have 2 children instead of just one! Chad’s even thinking about taking the GMAT and trying to get into Grad school for his MBA. So maybe we really will be starving college students again!

But we're settling in a bit. Its still sort of weird living in Grandpa M's basement. Because it's Grandpa's basement. But I'm so grateful that we don't have to worry about rent right now. Its a huge blessing to us and I know we're helping him out as well. Its been nice to be able to just walk upstairs and talk with him. Hearing Grandpa's stories has always been one of my favorite things and now I get to do it often. But after being away for so long it nice to be close to my family again. We even got to go just hang out at my parents house for a few hours and then come home.

So we're trying to make the best of everything. Because yet again the only thing I really have control over is my attitude. But we're doing fine and both Chad and I know that everything is going to work out for the best. Thank goodness for knowing that Heavenly Father has a plan for us!

Monday, March 2, 2009

Game Over

Well we've been informed that the company Chad's working for is calling it quits. So now we've been blessed with the opportunity to move on. Chad will be working until Friday and then after that will be home a lot more. After a whole year of praying that Chad would be home more, my prayers have finally been answered!

Seriously though. . . If anyone knows of any jobs in construction managment or Mechanical Engineering please feel free to let me know. I'm willing to move just about anywhere. Good thing we kept all those boxes from moving to California 2 months ago since we're renting from Chad's boss! Wahoo!

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Ignorance is not bliss, it's annoying!

OK so I'm going to vent. I'm all for forwarding funny e-mails and the occasional inspirational e-mail. But there is a particular e-mail thats just starting to bug me because I've gotten it so much lately. It goes a little something like this. . .

"Please read this important message! RE: Removal of Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyer, Charles Stanley, David Jeremiah and other pastors from the air waves. This includes "The Spoken Word" with the Tabernacle Choir. An organization has been granted a Federal Hearing on the same subject by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington , D.C. Their petition, Number 2493, would ultimately pave the way to stop the reading of the gospel of our Lord and Savior, on the airwaves of America."

Blah blah blah sign our petition on the internet and we can put a stop to this. Blah Blah Blah. If you're a good Christian you'll forward this to everyone you know. Blah BLah Blah.

I'm sure this started with good intentions. But this whole e-mail is a hoax.
here's the link that explains the origins of this hoax: http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/fcc.asp

And even if it were true would signing a petition ON THE INTERNET really be a valid and effective way to stop something that big? YES and Bill Gates is really going to send me money.

People all you have to do is take 10 seconds and google something like this and you too will know that its UTTER CRAP! If you've sent me something like this, know that I do love you, a lot. But please, oh please, I urge you to at least research something before you forward to everyone in your contact list.

There I've vented! I feel better now.