100 days of awesomeness

Before I begin...let me share with you my blog total history:
2008-35 posts
2009-29 posts
2010-42 posts
2011-48 posts
2012-33 posts
2013-7 posts  WHAT?  FAIL!!

I will try to be better.  No promises people.

So, my bestest girlfriend challenged me to do "100 days of happiness".  She knows that sometimes I get a little negative, so the goal is to share pictures of things that make me happy and keep me positive.  Here are the first 9 days.

Day 1: On New Years Eve, Lauren wrote her FULL name on a paper and stuck it on her cup.  Little brother copies big sister and attempted to write his FULL name too.  He sounded it out.  Seriously, I was almost near tears.

Day 2.  My cat Oreo.  This cat makes me so happy.  I couldn't imagine my life without a cat.  She loves to snuggle and play and is pretty mellow.  She puts up with a lot of torture.  She always kind of looks "stuck up" and "snobby" though.

 Day 3.  Discover Card.  Both the Card and the Employer.  SOO much good in my life has come from there.

Day 4.  Lauren took a Mini-Cheer clinic from the High School she is going to attend.  We also got to enjoy a bit of the boys' basketball game.  It was much more enjoyable than I thought it was gonna be.

Day 5.  A collection of Utah pictures stolen from friends.  I LOVE living in Utah.  I LOVE the mountains.  It really is such a beautiful place, my forever home. 

Day 6.  I love to read....even though I don't get a lot of time to read.  Mainly because I screw around on my phone way too much.  I have a serious Candy Crush addiction, sigh.

Day 7.  Best candy EVER.  Especially the yummy white ones!!

 Day 8.  During our "Christmas Break Cleaning Cleanse", I found my old camera...and threw it away, not before I got the last set of pics developed...I had no idea what I would find.  I found out that my kids have gotten way too big, way too fast.

Day 9.  I found out that Lauren needed glasses, I was just SURE she was being overdramatic.  She insisted  otherwise.  We made her wear fake glasses for a week to show her that it really wasn't all that much fun.  I also told her that if she didn't need glasses, I would make her pay for her exam.  Guess who was wrong?  ME!  I guess I was just hoping that she wouldn't get my bad eyes along with my bad teeth.  Nope.  She has 80/20 vision...a negative 1.  I am a negative 4.  I can't wait to see her face when she can see the world, I remember the day I got my glasses and a whole new world was unveiled to me.  Lookin' on the bright side, right?

Well, there ya go..first post of 2014.

A day in the life...

It's the everyday things that make up the majority of our lives..right?

Well..I better write this stuff down before life passes me by and I forget.

This is a typical day, at this moment in my life.

4:45 a.m. alarm goes off. and on. and off. and on. Who gets up this early by choice? Yuck.

5:00 a.m. Out of bed. DON'T talk to me for an hour, it is better that way. Time to get dressed, get ready, pack my breakfast and lunch (protein shake and fruits and veggies).

5:45 a.m. Leave for work. I love living so close!

Work from 6amish-3ish. I love my job right now. My day flies by. Never a dull moment. I spend most of my day listening to calls, helping my team have the best calls they can. We are problem solvers and I love the crazy unexplainable situations we encounter all day. I rarely leave my area...lunch is my fruits and veggies. My daily treat is getting a Diet Dr. Pepper out of the bottle from the breakroom.  Ocassionally I will sit in the breakroom, maybe send a text or two..and if I am lucky, I can catch up on Facebook.

3:00 p.m. Leave for home. If it is raining or snowing, I pick up the kids. If it isn't...I meet them at home.  I have found that having them walk home gets some of their energy out and they are less likely to fight.

3:45-4:15 p.m.  Get the kids a quick snack. Get them to get as much homework as possible.

4:15-7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Get kids in car, with homework, pick up Lauren's friend Shelby and we are off to dance. Grab a quick bite to eat on the way home. I am glad to be able to take them to dance, thankful also for my hour of freetime while they are dancing. I peek in on them dancing, but also do things like make calls, balance my checkbook, read, catch up on things.

4:15-5:30 p.m. Wednesday/Thursday/Fridays. Pick some chores to get done. Do dishes. Make sure homework completed and in backpacks. Start dinner. Matt is home between 5:30-6. I love to have dinner waiting for him. I love eating together as a family. Jamie always reminds us to say prayers and thanks me for dinner, what a sweetie.

7:00-9:00 p.m. Clean up dinner.  Make sure kids get their baths, sit on the couch and snuggle with the hubs, watch a bit of TV, play on Facebook and my other games.

9:00 p.m. Bath time (ideally). Blow dry my hair.  TRY to get to bed. Make sure the kids get to bed...hugs and kisses.

10:00 p.m. Be in bed...do a bit of reading.

10:30 p.m. I should be asleep and ready to do it all again. It is a bit of a crazy/boring life, but it is my crazy/boring life, and I love it.

P.S. First blog post from my phone!! Booyeah!!

Christmas Pictures 2013

Almost everyone I know is on FB...here are the pics for those that aren't:
PS. I have become a bad blogger...I will try to be better.