Updates...

Wow!  Has it really been almost three months since I've posted?!  I guess life got in the way like it always does!  Since I've last posted....

• I graduated and recieved my certificate in phlebotomy (blood drawing) -yay me!
• LKS graduated from her program and recieved her degree - yay LKS!
•  We've had 4 visits from family
• My house got really messy (okay, it's always been messy, lol)



Lots more has happened, but I can't think of it all right now.  The kids and I just returned from a LONG, fun, LONG, exciting, did I mention LONG, weekend in Pennsylvania at Blue Knob State Park on Monday.  Me and my kids; Leah, Gene and Sarah; Matthew, Taya, and their kids; Dad and Kay; Gramma Baldwin; and Mom and Tim all went camping together.  Yup, two sets of divorced and remarried parents who hadn't seen eachother in oh.....eight years or so, and my Dad and Kay, and Gramma, had NEVER met Tim.  Considering that fact (yikes!), it was a really fun time and I'm so glad we went.  The kids all got a chance to hang out together, and mommy had a chance to relax and not worry about both boys 24-7.  Yes, there were many awkward moments, but isn't life all about those awkward moments? 

No??  Oh. 

Oh, well....lol!

So now that I have mountains and MOUNTAINS (there literally is a mountain of clothes right now in my laundry room!) of laundry to do, what did I decide to do instead?  fart around on the computer, yeah!  That's a good idea.  Maybe not.  I hear the laundry calling my name.  I think it's actually starting to creep out of the laundry room, slowly so I won't notice of course, and wind itself around my legs.  Ok, laundry, OK!  I'm COMING!  Sheesh, that laundry is impatient.  Alright, blogging can wait, back to real life. 

No fun.  But here's some fun pictures!  And oh yeah, I turned 29 again-hah!

updates

Well, it's been too long....whoopsy. I'm suffering from insomnia tonight, and can't find anything else to do that won't make any noise. I can hear the poor boys in their room coughing off and on. They both have had a cold for almost a month now. I think maybe they keep passing it back and forth, yuck.

So if you look at the new format for my blog, you'll see the lovely picture of our family, that looks like it was taken by a pro...but it wasn't! It was me! (I'm very proud, can't you tell?) I actually convinced Adam to go out to Stoney Creek Park in Goldsboro and take some family pictures! Yay me! Even though I'm sure the $200+ sticker price at the Wal-Mart photo place, which I'm assuming is the cheapest around, helped to convince him too, I'm just going to keep on thinking it was my charming ways (snicker snicker......). Anyway, I've been wanting to take family pics for a long time, and HOW they got done is no matter. So there. :)

What's Going On With Us You Ask? Well, here ya go!

So I can't sleep. Actually I haven't tried that hard :) There are so many more interesting things to do instead of sleep.....scrapbook, clean, you know....fun stuff! I'm really excited about our (well, mine and the kids, Adam has to work) trip next week. Every year Leah (my sister) and I, and our kiddos of course, get together for a "sisters" outing. The past 2 years have been at a KOA in Bristol/Kingsport TN, but this year, we were going to scrap it because of the fact neither one of us has any money. Well, my awesome sister went ahead and made reservations without asking me, and I am SOOO glad she did! This never would have happened if it weren't for her, so, Leah, you rock, I love you so much, you're the best sister in the entire world. Seriously.

We'll be going to a KOA in Harpers Ferry, WV. I don't think I've ever even stopped in WV, except maybe passing through to get gas or take a potty break. It should be really fun.

Adam should be getting his deployment orders anytime now, most of the guys in his shop got theirs this week, and he wasn't included in that group, but he says he expects to get them soon. He is really itching to go and have a new experience, which I can't say I'm happy about or agree with, but I CAN understand. He's the only person in his shop who hasn't deployed, and if it were me, I'd probably feel the same way. I know a lot of his family doesn't understand that, and that's ok, we just all have to be supportive (I guess!).

Anthony will be starting kindergarten in about 3 weeks, and he's getting really excited, he keeps asking, am I going to school TODAY? Ayden will start going to a program called Wee Wings for an hour or two ,two days a week, basically a mobile preschool classroom. He's not quite so excited, so keep your fingers crossed.....

And What Are Your Qualifications for the Job?

Have you ever felt totally unqualified for your job? That is me today, totally unqualified to be a housewife. I have absolutely no motivation to clean the house, do dishes, or laundry. Instead, I just set up 2 big long racetracks in the kids room and we're racing matchbox and hot wheels cars. I mean really, dishes? Laundry? Who wants to do those when your two cute little boys are sitting there making screeching noises and (for the most part) getting along so well?

Oh and by the way, guess what I'm blogging on.....duh duh duh duh......this!



Adam FINALLY got us a laptop, only after YEARS of begging, lol. Anyway, back to the subject at hand.....

What are the qualifications of a housewife? Are there any, or is it just make it up as you go along? Cause that's pretty much what I do! If there are any qualifiactions, someone please let me know. I need to get qualified. Or at least motivated.