~ N U T S ~ :-)

• Work is nuts - always cash to post, g/l reconciliations and adjustments but I am thankful I have a job.
• Home is nuts - always cleaning to do, laundry and organizing but I am thankful for a nice home and a roof over my head.
• Kids are nuts - always running around taking either Brandon or Gabby to and from practices, arguing over eating their food, doing chores, homework, etc. but I am thankful for them because they are my life and without them I would be lost.
• Hubby is nuts - always picking up my slack, helping around the house, cutting grass, working and helping me organize and I am so thankful for him. He is the best hubby a person could possibly have. I love him a ton!!!
• I am nuts - always doing homework, going to school, going to work, playing with the kids, spending time with the hubby but I wouldn't have it any other way. This is my life - as crazy as it is - it is mine!

***Don't cry over the choices you have made in the past or what will happen in the future. Live for today because you might not get a tomorrow!!***

Nic~

Oh my....so much has happened!!!

My BF April (so, I totally do not know how to link her blog here like she does with me...) has been posting about us and our new house. I haven't been updating this blog, due to time constaints. So I am updating for you April!!! Love ya!!

Wow - we have been busy!

Since I last posted:

1. We put a contract on a house, which was accepted.


2. The kids finished school and started summer break.


3. We had a Memorial Day Party at our old house - our last one there (tear...). That was our 4th and final one. I guess we can assume the tradition here. Not sure how that will work though.


4. I have had 3 more classes at school with 2 of them at the same time.


5. We packed (ok, so not really me - it was more like my poor hubby and kids) our whole entire house. With 3 kids - that is kind of rediculous!


6. Gabby has played a ton of softball games....ugh...it has been HOT!


7. We moved into the new house - 2 days of moving!


8. We had Brandon's family b/day party at the new house - one week after we moved.


9. We celebrated the 4th of July.
   

So, I am thinking about all that has happened and it occurs to me that my "baby" turned 14. That means only 2 months until he goes to High School, 1 year before he is able to start learning how to drive, 2 years before he can get a driver's license, 4 years and he graduates and goes off to college. That seems so bizarre by any stretch, because I feel like it isn't even possible. He is taller than me now, he is turning into a young man with manners and he is really handsome, if I say so myself!

When I think back over the years, back to when it was just the 2 of us (before Dave came into our lives). I remember some fun times and some scary times for me. Dom and I lived together to help each other out. Her and Scott were going through a divorce, Brett (the sperm donor) and I were on bad terms, I didn't have a stable job or a stable environment for him. But we all stuck together and made it. My dad was here back then and my beloved Grandma June. I miss them so.

Happy 14th Birthday Brandon!

Not Me Monday

We have had a crazy couple of weeks! Time sure does fly around the Tucker house.... Here is my "not me" version of the past couple of weeks! Enjoy!

• We didn't have the Annual Memorial Day BBQ today and not invite half of the family! I didn't want to do the annual BBQ but my hubby and his family wanted to .... so I relented and said the BBQ was a "go" but forgot to relay it onto other members of the family. DUH!
• Our washer didn't call it craps this past week and we didn't go and buy a new washer and dryer today. Yikes! That was a ton of money...gone, just like that! Oh well, we will have a new washer and dryer on Saturday. So now, I won't have to wear dirty clothes next week. Thank goodness it is a B I G washer and dryer capacity so we can get going on all of the clothes that will be piled up.
• We haven't been looking for a new house for the past couple of weeks and NO - I AM NOT crazy yet! Oy! If we could just take a couple of the houses and transplant them in the Fox School District with a level nice yard - then that would be ideal!
• We are not looking for the most ideal house on a budget (LOL). We don't want a 4 br house, or 3 br with a walk out finished basement. Level yard, nice open floor plan, nice deck off of the back. You know - we are not looking for the Unicorn at all!
• Gabs is NOT practically having daily meltdowns over the fact that she may have to go to a different elementary school next year. I finally didn't just yell at her tonight telling her to just chill out - that we hadn't even made any final decisions yet as she was yet (wait for it) having another crying session!
• Brandon hasn't been demanding we only buy a house in the Fox High School area. He hasn't also basically said he wouldn't move if we did find a house in another school district. So, I guess he will just live with the new family that moves into our old house since he is not willing to move. That should be interesting! He does cut grass, cleans the bathrooms, can cook macaroni, vacuums and can mop and sweep the kitchen floor....they may take him afterall! LOL
• So, in a nutshell, we are totally NOT limiting ourselves at all! Nope - we have so much room on where we can move it is not even funny. :-)
• I didn't let my 3 year old wear shorts and cowboy boots out in public 4 times this past week. I also didn't let him wear cut off jean shorts, a faded t-shirt with his fishies peeling off and his snow boots to school, either. He isn't a very determined child - and he doesn't have his daddy's fashion stigma, uh, I mean style....
• Dave and I had our anniversary this past week and we didn't get rid of the kids for a night! We also didn't wake up at the crack of dawn to go garage sale-ing. I did not get super excited over buying a pair of 'nine west' jeans for $1 and they were brand new with tags!! Can someone give me a "whoot whoot" ?? That was my deal of the year so far!

Well, that is all on my "not me" soapbox! I hope everyone has had a great week!