Well Christmas pretty much snuck right up on me this year. I guess it was the big Thanksgiving that threw me off. I was sick for about a week after and couldn't get off the couch. Stomach troubles! I am finally feeling a little better, stomach isn't 100% though.
I just put up my Christmas tree yesterday, we went to the Mogollon rim and cut a beautiful white fir down. We saw a little teeny bit of snow. I haven't done the Christmas decorating that I normally do though, no lights outside yet, not holly and ivy strewn about the house, not even a twinkle light anywhere but on the tree. I guess that is what happens with 4 kids!
I have been busy with those kids, of course, Roman spent all weekend with terrible hives and I never did figure out what caused them, then Mattie is either Happy Mattie or Very Mad Mattie, and that can take up some time. I made two batches of cookies on Friday and we took them on our tree trip and they were all over the back of the truck when we got there, the container busted! So I haven't made any more, I was pretty mad! I made my own tamales today, Red chili pork tamales. I haven't tasted them yet, so...
There was about 50 people at my house on Thanksgiving. Pretty good day. It rained, but everyone was still able to go out and enjoy the animals, and some even played a round of "Buddy in the middle".I had my sister and her family stay for the whole week of Thanksgiving as well. We had a really nice time with them. My brother in-law made a door for our shed and really helped get that thing going. Now I just have to get my husband to finish it. My nephew Owen had a blast here, I think he burned every tumble weed on our property (supervised of course) and was driving around in Romans jeep a lot. Cliah and Ella were up in Cliahs room doing girly things the whole time. All the girls go to go see Saltimbanco, a Cirque de soleil show, it was really amazing! Would definately recommend it!
Other than all that, haven't been up to much..
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Okay I made it... and I am here
Thankfully it was only 1 migraine. I made it through the three birthdays, I made it through the stores opening, I made it here. (although I still don't have a sign up on the building :-0)
So I have four glorious days off! Hallelujah! Jason is off hunting, he just left and I don't know when he will be back, hopefully by Sunday, but his tag is for a week, so it could be longer. Hopefully not too long, it is really hard being here with all the kids alone.
I am going to spend the weekend cleaning out the office/guest room, and maybe mowing our front acre, if someone will loan me a ride on mower. There is a huge oak desk I want to get out of there, but it weighs about 150lbs, and so I am either going to throw it out the window and break it, or try somehow to get it down the stairs. Should be interesting. My sister and her family are going to be staying with us for Thanksgiving, so I am really trying to get their living area nice for their visit. I am so excited that they are going to stay with us, because they usually stay with my parents, but finally we have room for them and it's going to be so fun. Mary (my sister) was such an awesome hostess when we visited them at their Moser bay house, I mean she baked cookies like every day, and when I was sick the last two days, she made me wonderful thermos's of tea and brought them to our little cabin and let me take a nap. It was absolutely wonderful! Except for the bear that almost ate us in our little cabin.
For Cliahs birthday I did a room makeover. I love doing those. I got her a new queen size bed, and Grandma Holloway got her a new comforter set. It is pink with brown and white stripes. So I painted one wall of her room the same color pink, then I made a brown and pink stripe border on the same wall. I got her a few new things also, like a rope ladder that goes up to her loft and a new mirror and a few other things. I will post pictures later.
About every two years, she requests a room makeover for her birthday, which is fine with me, because I absolutely love doing it. Her room came out really nice. She had her two friends from school sleep over, Jill and Kayla, they are the only girls in her grade. She has a total of 7 kids in her grade. It's a really small school.
On another note she just started ADHD medication. I have been resisting it for years, but I feel like I have no other choice. She has been to the phsychologist, the neurologist, and all the teachers and experts agree. She has a serious attention problem. I just pray that this medication works, because I feel like it is my last hope at getting Cliah better.
Mayleen had her first birthday on October 4th. She is such a smart baby, she tries to say some of her abc song and can say "taint chew" (thank you) "uh-oh", "mom", "gamma" (Grandma). She is trying to catch up to Mattie who is only a year and a half older. Both Mattie and May are such sweet girls. I cannot believe that I have three daughters!
Mattie is such a little talker. I just can't believe some of the things she says to me and things she says to other kids as well. She has a friend Madeline who is 2 also, but 4 months younger, and Mattie is on the floor with her trying to teach her how to do a puzzle. You cannot even understand Madeline when she talks, and Mattie is there saying, "No, turn it around". I think being a middle child has helped her progress quicker. I just cut her hair in a bob and it is soo cute. She has such thin blonde hair, when it was long it was always tangled and Mattied. Sorry.
Roman of course is completely going nuts because Halloween is for sale in every store. Poor guy, he doesn't even know why he loves Halloween so much, and it is all because of the Wizard of Oz. He watched it when he was two and was bewitched by the Wicked Witch of the West. When he was 3 he wanted to dress like a witch and play like he was the WWOTW (wicked witch of the west). I thought there was no harm, that is until Halloween came around and he wanted to be guess what for Halloween? That's right a wicked witch. So we went to Mt. Vernon with Roman dressed like a witch, and he loved it! Oh, everyone thought that he was the cutest little witch ever! So that is how Halloween became such a fascinating holiday for little Roman. He is going as a werewolf this year, I said absolutely no more dressing like witches. Although, whenever I cannot find my broom, I know who has it.
So that is it. I am updated, I just need to post some pictures and I will post pictures later, as my camera is currently on it's way to Flagstaff Unit 5B south to take pictures of a dead cow elk (hopefully).
Love,
Colleen
So I have four glorious days off! Hallelujah! Jason is off hunting, he just left and I don't know when he will be back, hopefully by Sunday, but his tag is for a week, so it could be longer. Hopefully not too long, it is really hard being here with all the kids alone.
I am going to spend the weekend cleaning out the office/guest room, and maybe mowing our front acre, if someone will loan me a ride on mower. There is a huge oak desk I want to get out of there, but it weighs about 150lbs, and so I am either going to throw it out the window and break it, or try somehow to get it down the stairs. Should be interesting. My sister and her family are going to be staying with us for Thanksgiving, so I am really trying to get their living area nice for their visit. I am so excited that they are going to stay with us, because they usually stay with my parents, but finally we have room for them and it's going to be so fun. Mary (my sister) was such an awesome hostess when we visited them at their Moser bay house, I mean she baked cookies like every day, and when I was sick the last two days, she made me wonderful thermos's of tea and brought them to our little cabin and let me take a nap. It was absolutely wonderful! Except for the bear that almost ate us in our little cabin.
For Cliahs birthday I did a room makeover. I love doing those. I got her a new queen size bed, and Grandma Holloway got her a new comforter set. It is pink with brown and white stripes. So I painted one wall of her room the same color pink, then I made a brown and pink stripe border on the same wall. I got her a few new things also, like a rope ladder that goes up to her loft and a new mirror and a few other things. I will post pictures later.
About every two years, she requests a room makeover for her birthday, which is fine with me, because I absolutely love doing it. Her room came out really nice. She had her two friends from school sleep over, Jill and Kayla, they are the only girls in her grade. She has a total of 7 kids in her grade. It's a really small school.
On another note she just started ADHD medication. I have been resisting it for years, but I feel like I have no other choice. She has been to the phsychologist, the neurologist, and all the teachers and experts agree. She has a serious attention problem. I just pray that this medication works, because I feel like it is my last hope at getting Cliah better.
Mayleen had her first birthday on October 4th. She is such a smart baby, she tries to say some of her abc song and can say "taint chew" (thank you) "uh-oh", "mom", "gamma" (Grandma). She is trying to catch up to Mattie who is only a year and a half older. Both Mattie and May are such sweet girls. I cannot believe that I have three daughters!
Mattie is such a little talker. I just can't believe some of the things she says to me and things she says to other kids as well. She has a friend Madeline who is 2 also, but 4 months younger, and Mattie is on the floor with her trying to teach her how to do a puzzle. You cannot even understand Madeline when she talks, and Mattie is there saying, "No, turn it around". I think being a middle child has helped her progress quicker. I just cut her hair in a bob and it is soo cute. She has such thin blonde hair, when it was long it was always tangled and Mattied. Sorry.
Roman of course is completely going nuts because Halloween is for sale in every store. Poor guy, he doesn't even know why he loves Halloween so much, and it is all because of the Wizard of Oz. He watched it when he was two and was bewitched by the Wicked Witch of the West. When he was 3 he wanted to dress like a witch and play like he was the WWOTW (wicked witch of the west). I thought there was no harm, that is until Halloween came around and he wanted to be guess what for Halloween? That's right a wicked witch. So we went to Mt. Vernon with Roman dressed like a witch, and he loved it! Oh, everyone thought that he was the cutest little witch ever! So that is how Halloween became such a fascinating holiday for little Roman. He is going as a werewolf this year, I said absolutely no more dressing like witches. Although, whenever I cannot find my broom, I know who has it.
So that is it. I am updated, I just need to post some pictures and I will post pictures later, as my camera is currently on it's way to Flagstaff Unit 5B south to take pictures of a dead cow elk (hopefully).
Love,
Colleen
Friday, September 12, 2008
How Much Can I Take?
Stress that is? I had my first migraine the day before yesterday - whoo hoo!
We are trying to get this store open and everything is standing in our way, money, suppliers, deadlines, too much to do, and not enough help... How do people do it? I want to just give up!
Plus, I have my 11 year old who is really stuggling in 5th grade, and my 6 year old, he's fine, but since Halloween is approaching he is getting to be quite nuts, and then the 2 year old, and the 11 month old. So, why am I stressed?
Well at least nobody is sick and I may winde up in the nuthouse before too much longer, because frankly, I don't know how much more I can do..
My 11 year old will be 12 in three weeks and my 11 month olds birthday is in three weeks, plus we have the Holidays and the animals, and the car problems, what am I doing????
So, I am going to go do something I can at least control, I am going to re-arrange my bedroom...
Later
We are trying to get this store open and everything is standing in our way, money, suppliers, deadlines, too much to do, and not enough help... How do people do it? I want to just give up!
Plus, I have my 11 year old who is really stuggling in 5th grade, and my 6 year old, he's fine, but since Halloween is approaching he is getting to be quite nuts, and then the 2 year old, and the 11 month old. So, why am I stressed?
Well at least nobody is sick and I may winde up in the nuthouse before too much longer, because frankly, I don't know how much more I can do..
My 11 year old will be 12 in three weeks and my 11 month olds birthday is in three weeks, plus we have the Holidays and the animals, and the car problems, what am I doing????
So, I am going to go do something I can at least control, I am going to re-arrange my bedroom...
Later
Monday, August 25, 2008
It has been a while!
Buttercup
I know nobody like a boring blog, so I decided I had better update mine, since it has been well over a year, in fact almost two! Holy Cow!
Our Country House
So let's cover some bases, shortly after my last entry we moved to Poquito Valley, also known as Prescott Valley, AZ (North). In the country, to a country house with a country mouse (seriously - they live in my garage :-(-), and a country cow "Buttercup" (Who else?), two country pigs (which now reside tastefully in my stand up freezer- mmmm) ,about 22 country hens and three country roosters. We live in a beautiful country house with a big roomy porch and a lovely grass lawn in back. I hope I can live here forever!
It has been an adventerous year and 7 months. I had another baby Mayleen Laura in October of 2007, right here in my country bedroom! Mattie is now 2 and a big handful, Roman is now in Kindergarten and Cliah is in Mid-High. We have traveled the Globe (the US Globe) visiting dreamy Ketchikan, Alaska traveling to luxurious Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts and even losing 2 year old Mattie in the Bronx, New York. It has been a wonderful year and a half! We have lost no loved ones (thankfully) and have had no major illnesses in our family, and yet we don't realize how blessed we are!!!!
Mayleen Laura
Our business has been keeping us very busy! We have a showroom/warehouse and are just about ready to move into the old Quality Bumper place and have an even bigger showroom and warehouse. Our business has given me many sleepless nights, but we are still here and proud of it!I will try to keep this more updated, I have learned how to post via email. One day I would like to print my blog, as it is somewhat personal and something I hope to never lose!
Happy Mothers Day!!
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