A little nervous...

I'm a little nervous about tomorrow. First, we have Patch's first speech therapy class. I'm nervous about him behaving well and not disrupting the class and him saying something that makes me look like a terrible teacher ;-) Like the time he told Ms. Chanda in our nature class that I once told him that if he ever saw a snake to run away as fast as he can. Umm, what?? Lord knows what I'll be accused of when he's in a class I'm not around at! So, yes, I'm worried about putting him in public school even for one specialized class and what influences he'll get from the other kids or the teacher that I won't know that I should be correcting!

Then, I get to go to an ob/gyn that hasn't made a great impression on me during my first visit. I was referred to her for an abnormal pap and I expected to get the 2nd procedure done the day I met her. Then the scheduling person tried to schedule it out four months from that day. Don't tell me I might have a problem and then make me wait four months!!! I corrected that the next morning and she scheduled it for tomorrow (a week and a half later?) So, that's tomorrow and then I have to wait how long to get those results? I can tell you I won't wait four months for that either!! LOL

So, tomorrow will be over before I know it, right? Think positive thoughts for me, please!

BzzAgent & Makeup!

I know some of you know that I'm a BzzAgent. It's a really great concept where manufactures or sales agents anyhow ask us to try out a product and then tell our friends about it. We just hope it's something good to say about the product. ;-) If you'd like to find out more, check out the BzzAgent site here: http://www.bzzagent.com/

I haven't done a lot as a BzzAgent lately but they offered me a chance to try out some makeup and I know you're all thinking... Wendy? Makeup? This does not compute! But, I have on occassion worn makeup. Every once in a while, I think I should wear it more often but it's something I'm not very good at. (Just don't tell those people who still think I'm perfect - a certain 8yo and 11yo that are all near and dear to our hearts.)

So, anyhow, I received my samples today from L'Oreal - because I'm worth it!

The eye shadow looks pretty cool, one fell swoop and I have three colors on my eye. The mascara on the other hand looks a little scary. What's with the round ball on the bottom end?? I never saw such a fat mascara container before. A two step process sounds like twice as much clumping and getting black stuff all over my face - very dangerous in my thought process... But, I will try them on later and maybe give you a before and after shot and let you know what I think.

In the meantime, check out this video of our silly puppy. She WILL get this red dot some day! I have faith in her ;-)

Rental house is DONE!

Well, except for the appliances but there's no big rush right now. But, it's soooo nice to have all that painting, painting and more painting behind us!

We didn't have to do too much work outside this time. (It needs work but later, much later hopefully!)

 There was soooo much junk left on the property, included a truck (broken) muffler left under the house. We made two large trips to the dump - one shortly after we started work and the 2nd one, this weekend. The muffler ran the entire length of my van.

Both bathroom sinks needed to be reseated as they were popping out of the counter and that led to plumbing work below.

The entire inside needed to be painted, we stuck with white throughout the house. One of the renters had left thousands of pin holes in the walls. Dart board or push pins, we're not sure but they're gone now.

This tub was disgusting! But, I finally got it mostly clean.

 In addition to the sink in this bathroom, we had to replace the light fixture.

 The wood floors took a beating from the renters too. I don't know what they kept dragging across the floors and along the walls but this looks better too.

 The sub floor needed to be replaced in the laundry room. It seems like they had a freezer that leaked? Anyhow, we couldn't have a mushy floor so the guys worked hard to tear up what was there and replace a lot of wood below and then covering the entire laundry room and kitchen floor with new linoleum.

 The kitchen was just nasty, dirty. And, they not only ran off with the stove but left a broken dishwasher too. Thanks, renter people!

 They did replace the counters near the stove though. We had to finish them so they'd be easier to clean up after the next renters though.

We couldn't have done all this work without the help of some friends. Thank you Pat & Jan for putting in so many hours in helping us get this ready. It's a good thing I married such a handy guy and we have such handy friends :)

We listed the house on craigslist and had two people interested within the first two hours. When we were working on Saturday, a couple stopped by and fell in love. I think we'll have renters as of April 1st - they put a deposit down anyhow.

Cross your fingers for us!!

Weekend fun!

We've enjoyed another fun weekend around here. This school year we've been going to some Nature Classes held at the Clemson Extension, Carolina Children's Garden. If nothing else, the boys have picked up on taking care of their environment. We usually take trash bags to pick up trash when we're out doors. Yesterday, we joined one of their programs based on the Great Backyard Bird Count.  They had some expert birders who walked over the gardens with us and we counted the birds we saw. Among them were two (male & female) cardinals, a flock of goldfinches, a white throated sparrow, a few vultures and some robins. The boys played a game against some girls where they tried to guess which bird the volunteer was describing on this chart.

It was a beautiful day to be outside. I love seeing the Carolina blue skies again.

 The boys and some of their friends :)

 Our friends, Pat & Jan joined us for some birding. It's too bad the sun was shining in the wrong direction for this bench. :(

Today we decided to head back to Pooh Park for some geocaching. It wasn't quite as pretty today but we still had fun. We tried to do a three part cache but somebody ran off with clue two. Luckily, we brought along some pretty smart people and we were able to find the cache anyhow.

We only saw five birds today. Three of these guys and two Canadian Geese. The park was so quiet today compared to yesterday.

We even too Hermione with us and she was pretty good. Not that there were many people to bark at anyhow. But, it proves that we might be able to take her out in public again.

 This morning, I spied a sign of spring in my garden. My poor skinny rose bush is starting to grow again! :)

I hope we have a long spring ahead of us before it gets too hot again around here!

Silly boy

I love how Patch will come into a room and makes an announcement. 'Ryan is looking in the same place we found this toy to look for another toy. I don't think he's going to find it!' Then he high-tails it out of the room.

Gotta love him!

I'd post the pictures I took of him on the day he put his jeans on backwards but he asked me not too. Doesn't mean I'm not collecting them in an album to show to any future girlfriends! :D

Happy Valentine's Day!

Or are you one of those that just believes that it's a holiday created by Hallmark and not worth celebrating? My theory is that you should embrace a day to tell your loved ones just how much they mean to you. Even if you tell them every day.

We enjoy attending Nature Classes with Miss Chanda a couple times a month and after this week's class, we had a party for Valentine's Day. Miss Chanda was happy to be included and said she hasn't received so many Valentine's for a lot of years.

This is our awesome group of kids:

(It took a while to get them all in one shot! LOL)

They traded Valentine's Day cards and ate (and we moms ate and ate and ate. ;-) There were a lot of great treats shared!) and then the kids played Nerf, climbed trees, played in the sandbox and ran around having lots of fun.

So, anyhow, Valentine's Day is Monday and I hope you do something fun to say 'I love you' to your favorite Valentine!

Forts and kids stuff

Last weekend was time for fort building...

They camped out in the living room all weekend and we sad to take the forts down on Sunday. They get along so well sometimes, they get into a fight and somebody loses a tooth...

We've been enjoying working at the rental house and having kids in the neighborhood that they can play with. I wish we had some nice kids that lived nearby that they could play with. We probably just need to schedule more play dates with our homeschool friends. :)

Now he has matching holes in his mouth. The tooth was very loose anyhow but he was not happy about the way it came out :(