Holy hotness!!!!

OMG...today was so hot....well, I guess technically it was yesteray since it is past midnight. Anyway, according to my car, it got to 95! Whoa!!!! It was just too hot to do anything so we spent most of the day hanging around the house until I had to pick up Risa and go look at a computer desk at 3. Took Braden to see it (like the desk...will be getting it later this week!) and decided to go to Mass on the way home since we didn't have all 3 kids. It was a great Mass since Mom and Dad held Braden until Communion. Then, went home, went to get cheap pizza...discovered I don't like Little Caesar's anymore...then took the kids to Fuzzy's. That was awesome on such a hot day! Definitely a necessity! By the time we got back, it was bedtime...got the kids to bed and have enjoyed some freedom to work in my scraproom for the second night in a row. Last night I went through all the new papers I have purchased in the past few months (2 stacks plus a bit) and sorted out some papers I know I don't want. Plus, did a bit of straightening as well as getting some stuff from Madison from preschool the past 2 years in order in drawers. Have more to do with that, but took care of most stuff that was in the room. I hope to finish the rest of her preschool stuff in the next couple of days. Tonight, I took a couple of hours and went through all the miscellaneous pictures I had in the scraproom and dated them. Still have to file them and look around the house for more, but at least it was a good start. Got a whole shoebox full of them done. Yippee!!! I am really getting motivated to organize that room so I can start doing more scrapping. I desperately want to get some shelves in there, but financially, that is going to have to wait. Oh well, there is a ton I can do in the meantime.

Well, it is really late and I have just done 2 blogs which is more than I have done ever. I need to relax, talk to Risa so she doesn't get bored and maybe work some more....also sounds like Braden is waking up for the 3rd time. Back to reality.....

Wow! What a day! I am having a very bad Mom day! I don't have any patience today and am not sure why. I think maybe I am just so overtired that I am just losing it. After secluding myself inside all day with the kids, at about 5pm, I finally decided to venture out of the house. Marrisa and I took the kids to Damon's for dinner and then to Meijers to get some stuff for Marrisa. Everything was great until just before we left Meijers and Braden started to scream. He screamed the entire way home! I had to drop of Marrisa at home before I could go home and the poor baby screamed the whole way. I felt like such a terrible mother and decided as I was speeding home that from now on, my kids will come first! I really don't care if it is inconvenient for other people....I am the protector for my kids and they HAVE to come first. Luckily when I got home, Trav was willing to put both the kids to bed as I was feeding Braden. So, at least I got some relief from my frustration and can sit a relax a bit tonight.

The day had some fun parts to it, though. I totally loved watching Trav play and dance with the kids to XM radio on the television. It was so sweet to see him interacting with them like that. He also cleaned the living room and it looks beautiful. I hope that I can get him motivated to keep cleaning. He did talk about E-baying some stuff so I hope he is serious and will help me declutter. I am so tired of this house being a mess. It is so hard to keep it neat when there is just so much stuff!

I am still working on Ashton's 2nd Birthday pages. It is so hard to decide on a title. I have to finish these so I can get them posted for the challenge. The end of the month is in two days so I have to get it done. I plan on trying to get at least the journaling figured out after I do this blog. I love scrapping, but it takes me so long to complete my pages. I am such a perfectionist!

Speaking of scrapping, I decided to become a Leaving Prints representative tonight. I contacted a lady from one of my mailing lists and told her I wanted to sign up under her. I am totally geeked as I will get not only the LP discount, but also the discount to my uplines store. I hope that I can use all of this and also make a bit of money from this. A little extra income..at least enough to cover my hobby expenses...would be wonderful!

Well, I will sign off for now. Oh, I have to just jot down a few words that the kids say that I think are so cute...

Ashton - when asked who he is says "Ashton Jon Pilpatrick!" He also says Wiwwy Wonka instead of Willy Wonka. He also sometimes refers to his penis as his tail...not sure where that came from, but he has done it a few times.
Madison - used to say skabetty instead of spaghetti and hossable instead of hospital....Oh, too cute...tonight when I said Madison is my little girl, she looked at me in all seriousness and said, "Mommy, please don't call me little girl. I am not little; I am big!" It totally cracked me up! She is such a 13 year old in a 4 year old body!