It finally arrived!!!

The furniture finally came!! Courtney was a little disappointed that it wasn't here when she got home from school but got over that once everything came.

It was SOOOO nice not to have to put any of it together like we have previously with her last set and with CJ's bed. I actually got to watch the Rooms To Go guys do the work - what a relief!

Jason and I both think..."Wow...our little girl is growing up!" And the truth is, she is. Time has flown by so quickly and she deserves this set! She's been through all these allergy shots that just seem to get worse and worse as we go but she's a trooper.

So, without further ado...the furniture.... (you can click on the picture to make it bigger) And yes, these pictures were taken before any cleaning of mirrors were done...LOL

First Day of School

Wow...summer went by so quickly this year. I can't believe my little girl is now in the 3rd grade!! She started school this morning and was so excited. One of her best friend's is in her class :o)

I did forgot this morning to give her lunch money so CJ and I already went to the school to drop that off and pick up her student medication form so that she can get her Albuterol inhaler while at school before P.E.

Courtney is also excited about today because her new furniture arrives this afternoon. I'll take pictures and update this later but I can't wait for it to arrive.

Of course today CJ is sad that no one but Mommy is here. He forgets what it is like but he'll be fine once this week is done and he gets back into routine.

Talking routine, we'll have to get a new one this year as Brownies has switched meetings days and with all the MOMS club activities I do...we'll be busy that we'll have to find time to stay home and relax...LOL

Oops - it's been a while again!

I've been really busy so I haven't been blogging. I'll try to catch up as much as I can but I'm sure I'll leave something out...LOL

Courtney is now into Webkinz - she currently as 12! The Webkinz world online is pretty cool. She goes on the computer every day. She was so excited when I found all sorts of 'recipes' for her for her pets :o)

CJ got a new Xbox game - a Nascar one from Uncle James. We had an unexpected trip to Texas - we went for a few days since Uncle James works for Kia. They did our 60000 mile warranty service and a few added extras :o) Thanks to Marti and James for everything!!!

Courtney starts school this Thursday. She already knows her teacher which is nice from friends that have had her. Open House is tomorrow night so I will get to meet her. Courtney is thrilled to have Mrs. Simpson and also her best friend Ashley in her class. Both Ashley's parents and Jason and I have warned each girl individually about talking in class...LOL

As far as this weekend....it was suppose to be a relaxing Saturday since Jason had off from work. It turned into a HUGE project. We did our twice a year cleaning of Courtney's closet. We had just walked out of her closet and into the hall when all of a sudden - BOOM! Half her closet shelf that was up - was now broken and stuff went flying!!

So, Jason and I spent the rest of the day, cleaning, going to Lowe's and refiguring a closet for Courtney. It's a 10' closet so we wanted something that would work well for her plus the area we use for storage.

This is the final look now of her closet - we both really like it and so does Courtney :o) There seems to be a little more room now that we can work with. Even I have some of my warmer clothes in it hanging nicely on the far left size. (You can click on the picture to see it bigger.)

Jason and I also decided it was time to get Courtney a nice bedroom set. We went to Rooms to Go and found a really nice white bedroom set. It will be delivered on Thursday. Another thing Courtney is just lovin'!!! She had no idea but is very pleased with what we chose. She can't wait to get it all in and start off the school year with a desk too :o) Ah...the little things that bring her a smile. It's well worth it.

Not sure if I ever mentioned that CJ is in a new twin bed himself. Both Jason and I wished we thought about getting Courtney bedroom furniture before getting his new bed but oh well! He loves it since it has a bookcase at the top and 3 drawers underneath. Very simple and will be replaced at some point as we weren't willing to spend a lot of $$ on it right now since he is almost 4. We purchased it from WalMart so we know it will last at least 2 years (at least we are hoping...LOL)

Well, that's it for now. It's off to a meeting and then more cleaning :0)

An Addiction....

Addictions are never fun but this one is just so fun to watch.....

Thanks to his Aunt Mati, CJ is addicted to playing CARS on X-box!! Every morning he can't wait to start playing. He always ask (which is good) and LOVES to play.

When Josh was here, he helped get all different cars and open different parts of the game. Well....Jason tried to start it for him one night last week and really oopsed!! He lost everything. So now the kids are in the process of gaining everything back.

Thanks Aunt Marti and Josh!!! ;o)

Maybe this will help with potty training - unlock games ONLY if he tries...LOL

We have had rain!!!

We have been in a drought (stage 3) here and thankfully have had rain for the last 2 days and looks as though we'll have some more today (hopefully later on today).

On Thursday, I went for my follow-up with the surgeon and got clearance to drive!!! That was huge! I still have to take it easy for the next couple of weeks but slowly can get back into doing things. He stated everything looked great and I was good to go :-)

Now it's so quiet here. No more visitors...Marti and Josh left and now Jason's parents have left. It's gonna be different for awhile but we'll get back into the swing of things. Even Jason gave me a hard time Friday night about dinner....we had dinner while Marti was here and same with his parents and wanted to know what was for dinner - I suggested Logan's...and that is what we had.

Oh for some more funny news....Jason isn't liking Suzi very much right now...LOL It's all because she gave mom her camera to use on their vacation and teach her afterwards. It's a Nikon D40 - guess who played with it? ME!! It's a great camera and you can do so much more than my current one. Suzi might be making Jason spend more money that he really doesn't want to spend. It can do monochrome pictures, trim, overlays and all sorts of things. It was really great playing with it. Which, by the way, I still have the instruction book. I will have to get that in the mail soon.

That's it for now! Going to see a movie today as long as the rain stays away for a bit longer. Everyone knows that movie theaters and malls are crowded when it rains...LOL

Lots of things have happened since my last blog entry

Wow...where to begin? Let's start on our flight to Texas. CJ was so excited to be on the plane. He switched a few times on which seat he wanted with Courtney but finally decided on the window seat :-) While in the airport waiting, we stopped in a little shop and found him a small Southwest airplane - he was estatic!!! He played with that the whole time waiting.

We arrived in Texas after a bumpy flight. Thank goodness for medication..LOL Both Marti and Misti were there to pick us up and help with the luggage since I wasn't allowed to lift anything including CJ!

We went to the Great American Scrapbook Convention on Saturday and boy did we walk!!! Marti ended up buying a large cart so we could put CJ in it since no strollers were allowed (even though we saw a few there). Courtney got bored but was really good during the whole time.

I bought a Slip N Slide for the kids and they enjoyed every minute of it. They stated that after 2 days, they broke it but we are unsure. Both CJ and Courtney were upset when they realized they didn't get to go swimming in the cool thing Aunt Marti bought while we were visiting.

Also while we were there, there was another addition to the Shafer household. His name is Norton and he is so cute and skinny compared to Storme...LOL He fits well into the family and I believe Josh considers Norton his :-)

That wraps up our trip to Texas for now. I will post later about my surgery which I'm still recovering from and not overdoing it and the fact the Marti and Josh came to help take care of me during that time. I must say CJ is so sad that Josh is gone - he is CJ's best buddy!!!

Today is the day.....FINALLY!!!

I know longer have to hear 'I want to go to June', 'I want to go to Texas' anymore since we are leaving late this afternoon :-) The kids are excited and so am I. Everything is almost packed and ready.

Some interesting news from me....I will be having hernia repair surgery on Tuesday June 26th. Not looking forward to it but it has to be repaired according to both the Dr. and Surgeon. Thankfully Jason will be able to take 2 days off to help.

And another update, I did not make the design team but that is prefectly ok. It's the first one I have ever tried for. I'm not giving up though.

Well, I guess I should make sure everything is taken care of before we leave and I'll post when I get back :-)