House full of boys....

As some of you know, I have three sons. I recently added to the mix my two nephews and am now totaling 5 sons ;). Life is certainly crazy and hectic. Three of them are in middle school, two in seventh grade and one in eighth. One is in a first/second grade mix and the youngest is in preschool for half a day. I had to rearrange the bedrooms right in the middle of remodeling the house. We were re-doing the kitchen, bathroom, and floors through out. But we are right on the cusp of being totally complete. It is so exciting.

Right now I am planning a Halloween party for the teen agers. I have been working on home made invitations since last night and its slow going. But I should have them finished by the end of the week... I hope. Halloween is my favorite holiday, but I pretty much suck at throwing a party. So I am a little nervous. My plan is to have plenty of food and drink and music. Hopefully the rest will take care of itself.

Wish me luck.

Birthday and other stuff

Well my birthday was August 13.... a month ago now and I am just getting back on here to blog again. I turned 29, so therefore 29 I shall stay! I went to the spa for the day. Got a massage, facial, and mani/pedi. James and I went to dinner and then bought me an outfit and some jewelry. When I came home everyone we know was downstairs waiting to wish me a happy birthday. We had cake and presents and visited and then James and I went to a club with some friends. It was a very nice and very eventful day.

Its a strange, strange feeling....

I am all alone. My husband and youngest went to Georgia for a few days and I am all alone in this big house. I have a lot of work to do, and that familiar feeling of "why do today what you can put off until tomorrow". I hope it doesnt last long. I want to do a deep clean so I can enjoy the house while everyone is gone and its not getting messy faster than I can keep up.

Long time no blog...

Wow, its been just forever since I have blogged. So much has changed and its so great to be able to look back in the past with the help of this blog and the photos I added to it. It would take me forever to talk about all the things that have happened. To sum up the big stuff, in December I was in a terrible car accident. Our car was hit by a drunk driver and my neck was broken in two places. Two of my ribs were cracked, one of my lungs was punctured and collapsed and my carotid artery was torn and I developed an aneurysm that I had corrected with a stent. WOW, that's a mouthful, right? Amazingly, I am doing just fine now. Well, I do have some issues, but for the most part Im good as new. I mean I can walk and talk and ride a four wheeler and even my horses! We did finally get to move to upstate NY again, and it has been really great. Our home is so beautiful! We have a large home on 3.29 acres of land with a stream and foot bridge in the back yard. Its a lot bigger than our cute little two bedroom cottage by the marsh in Georgia. Its a lot more responsibility in so many ways.... all the land, all the house lol, all the home ownership crud to deal with.

Its taking a lot longer to get organized and all settled in than I would have ever thought. But what a huge move! I get really stressed out about things not getting completed as soon as I'd like. I am getting impatient. The horse fence isnt up yet and I would really like to bring the horses home. James is working on his garage and paint booth and all his "manly man" stuff and I am left to deal with the rest of it and lets face it, I am not the most organized person in the world.

There are a lot of big changes that you just cant mentally prepare yourself for. Just one of those things you have to jump in head first and deal with. I'm not graceful at all. I'm stumbling and stepping all over peoples toes. Ug.

Well, off to clean the kitchen, and make dinner. Hopefully I can get some things done on my list. Hopefully.

Contemplative...

I'm moving to Upstate New York, again. I'm not as depressed about it as I thought I'd be. Since I will be gaining so much, its almost hard to focus on what will be lost. There are good friends, and special things that I know I will miss. But, mostly I have a sense of contentment that I almost cant explain. Life is strange lately. Things I thought I knew, they've changed and taken on a new purpose. Its this time of year I guess, that calm cool moment before the craziness of the holidays, the excitement of spring, and the heat of the summer all over again. I wish I could live in this little moment of quiet peace a little longer. But, it always falls away to the rush of reality. The nostalgia, my own rebirth, the newness of life, it all seems to happen for me during the fall. And then, in a blink, its over. What if I could freeze time......

Just a little update...

I have been way out of the loop in blogging lately! With the holidays, it was just impossible to find enough time! And lately I have been feeling terrible uninspired by anything at all. While I typically might consume my time pondering the importance of existence... I have begun to realize, thats probably just my lame way of getting out of doing the dishes, among other things. Still haven't finished my cabinet project if you can even believe that!! Starting to hate myself for even beginning it. My husband took the sander to work for a few weeks and forgot to bring it back for a while, and since then, I really just lost interest in my whole project! Sometimes I wonder if I have ADD.

Myspace makes the world go around!

Its funny, three years ago I didn't even know what a myspace was. My friend, Maya, was living as my roommate at the time. She got my page started and I barely even logged for the first year. I don't know when it started, but gradually I began reconnecting with old friends and high school buddies! Now, I have nearly found every person that I "lost" after moving around this country hundreds of times over the last 20 years.

Recently I reconnected with an old friend from my senior year in high school... way to make a girl feel old, it had been ten years since I had spoken with her! How does the time fly that way? Kids, cars, jobs, school, husbands, bills... next thing you know ...BAM... you're not 17 anymore! Kinda makes me giggle, looking back on what a little shit I was as a teenager! Well, I was still the me I am today... only then it was amplified by 100. Bossy and completely unaware of myself and Lord knows who's toes I was stepping all over. Man I was, heck I am, still such an airhead!

Its just strange where you "end up" or think you do, since you never know what tomorrow holds or who will look you up on myspace next!