wrap up...

it's been busy around here....i know same ole, same ole. We're getting ready for school it starts next week. You know orientations, haircuts, dentist appointments all that good stuff. here's Hector's after pic:

girl totally didn't listen to me. oh well I'm thinking he's good for the year. he looks skinnier and taller poor kid.




























after orientation hector told me he would let me know monday if he was going to school. poor kid i had to break it to him and let him know it wasn't optional anymore.

 

 

we also visited the ER. he swore he was dying, mom was right he wasn't but what do i know (i've just been a mom for 18 years).

 

 

jesse had a 80's day in band. he won...

poor kid all the batteries fell out when they called him out. he was embarrassed with all kids screaming "fish". i told him that's what won it for him. he left a memorable impression.

 

 

 

on top of all this i have to deal with a little diva aka princess. this kid is going to be the death of me.

 

 

still being healthy...

 

 

look no buns...

 

jesse killed his first snake. he was scared and thought i was going do it. i told him" he had to do it, one day you will be a dad and have to know how".

 

 

i also had a water leak. so in all that's my crazy week. wish me luck this weekend!!

teenagers room reveal...

i'm sure your expecting some beautiful or cool room reveal but that's not the case up in here. this weekend i decided it was time to fix up the teenagers room. i even have a board on pinterest for their room. all these ideas in my head and on the board. first we had to declutter and clean the room. i shit you not it took us a little over seven hours (teenage boys work at a much slower rate and want many breaks). here's a little before:

here's the crap we took out of their room. at the end we had four bags to donate, one bag for the HMIC(clothes that doesn't fit the boys but maybe dad wants), 4 bags of trash and a mountain of dirty laundry.

oh and we also found two lost kids.

my ideas for the room were one black wall, chevron walls, drapes, a rug, a bed, pillows, matching bedding and rearranging furniture. instead what i got was a whole lot of nothing no cooperation. my ideas got shot down by everyone. the HMIC said " you can paint the room just not black". (like really like you know what the end result will be...men.) don't get me wrong if i feel like it i will veto his thoughts on the paint. as far as the teenagers go one said "really mom your gonna move the nightstand where am i going to put my laptop" and "i don't like the saying on the print i don't agree with it"(who says you have to agree as long as it looks cool). the other teenager said "mom this is our room so stop telling us how to decorate" and "i like my posters why should i move them"(can't these men in my life just go with the flow and know it will look awesome when i'm done). here's there room in all it's glory or lack of:

 

as you can see i pretty much left it alone. the old drapes were just pushed to one side and never looked right so i pulled them down. as far as the posters i let them be (for now). maybe one day i will come in here and change it up when they're not home paint it. at the end of the day it's not my room and i want them to express themselves or lack of expressing.

this weekend we did alittle bit of swimming. we went out to the creek/park to celebrate my auntie's 49 birthday. i hope i'm just as beautiful as she is when i'm that age. the creek brings back so many memories. i guess that would be one of the good things about moving back home. my kiddos will get to make there own memories in the same places i grew up.

isn't it pretty?

hector enjoys it the most he didn't want to leave. for being my most sensitive kid the fishes didn't even bother/scare him.

he really wants to take swimming lessons. maybe next year when we become a two parent household again. all though maybe i should teach him the way i was taught. on second thought maybe not i don't think you can thrown kids in and hope they make it out anymore. they might call it abuse now back then it was called swimming lessons.

after that it was off to the pool for a birthday party. i remember saying the kids never get invite to birthday parties. lately we've been invited to one every weekend. sometimes i want to complain and say another one but then i remember what i used to say. i'm glad to see my kiddos having a social life.

better check to see what we have planned for this weekend.

shopping...

this has to be the best way to shop. i really hate shopping and even more with teenagers that don't really want to look. thanks to the internet this year's school clothes shopping has been a breeze.

now that's what I'm talking about. only problem is one certain teenager likes this kind of shopping too. i think it's time for him to stop finding deals and coupons.

hope your almost done with your school shopping...

Happenings...

here's the latest happenings in my neck of the woods. a little bit of everything and nothing really getting done. we added a new member to all the chaos (like i have time for something else). i mentioned to my mom's friend when her dog had puppies that maybe i might want one. i left it like that and never again said a word. fast forward to one saturday afternoon, a knock on the door, my mom's friend and two puppies. by then it was to late the littles were picking out their dog. so meet Mr Puppy the newest family member. i know such an original name. the little diva picked it and we went with it.



i've been wanting a bright colored door maybe it's all the pinterest. this weekend i slapped some paint samples on the door. still don't know what color maybe neither. this week i sent the HMIC the picture after all i figured it was his man cave door. he texts back "WTH". to which i replied " I want a bright door so instead of the front door I thought the the guest house door would work". then he quickly agreed. huh i guess he didn't like that idea.

this weekend i did a little spay painting. trying to finish my room before fall. but by the look of things  i don't think so. they were dark brown now they're white.

in other news i still hate my kitchen. i say it so much i think my sister is sick of hearing it. maybe it's not the clutter just the ugly kitchen that doesn't help the way i feel. either way i felt like i had to much clutter and wanted it gone. sometimes I get overwhelmed with all the clutter and then i get anxious. well that's what happened this weekend. i took all the crap off the cabinets put it in bags and now it sits by the back door.

i added the "EAT" which probably won't stay there. oh and the plans for my kitchen went out the window. the HMIC's truck broke down and there went the small remodel money. i guess it wasn't meant to be. no more plates and crap on the cabinets. aahhhh i can breathe a little.

other than that nothing else is going on besides life.