Mickey Mouse has passed away....

Yep - you read that right...Mickey Mouse is gone!!

Where do I begin to explain...let's start from this morning.

1. Woke up and Jason decided to take Courtney to school since he had the day off. We decided to paint the kitchen since our last 'ant invasion' and the spray was on the wall. You can't clean flat paint. It got to the point we both couldn't stand it.
2. As he was beginning to leave, I told him that I would empty out the top of the china cabinet so we could move it forward to paint.
3. He left with Courtney as I sat in the kitchen closest to the sink and dishwasher (back towards that). CJ was in the family room playing with his cars.
4. All of a sudden....I saw a flash of something in the corner of my eye and I looked!!
5. OMG..there is a mouse in my house!! It ran in between (or underneath) the dishwasher and side cabinet. I SCREAMED!!
6. I ran out of the kitchen and to the front door (since it's glass and Jason and Courtney could see me as they were going down the driveway. I asked through the glass if he had his phone with him (Imagine me in the doorway putting the universal sign of phone to my ear).
7. He called me right away. By that time, CJ and I were both on my bed watching the entrance to the kitchen to make sure NOTHING came out. Jason just giggled and said that the mouse probably wouldn't come back out.
8. Jason returned and no more mouse. So he fed CJ breakfast and made himself breakfast (also went next to the dishwasher and nothing). I finally made it back into the kitchen and sat facing that famous area.
9. Yep...you guessed it....the mouse made his appearance AGAIN! This time - all 3 of us screamed!!! It was a fast little guy and went back into the same area.
10. I decided I would go to Lowe's and get something and Jason could stay home and be the 'mouse watcher' to make sure it stayed there.
11. While I was gone, Jason stated that he made his appearance quite often. He even tried to get out of the kitchen but thankfully CJ scared him back in!
12. We (I should say Jason because I wouldn't go near that area) put out the sticky traps because we tried the normal traps and it went off twice without getting mine or Jason's fingers!
13. Within minutes...Mickey Mouse past one sticky pad and went to the next. He then was stuck! He tried so hard to get out and I'm watching it a bit from the laundry room! No way was I going to be anywhere CLOSE to that area in case he got loose!
14. Jason couldn't take it anymore and he took another sticky trap and put it on top of him. Then proceeded to put the 2 traps and Mickey in a plastic bag. Our friend suggested throwing him over the 10 foot drop across the street - so there is where Mickey is...caught in between 2 sticky traps in a tied plastic bag thrown over a 10 foot cliff!
15. RIP Mickey Mouse!!

After all that excitement....we did paint the kitchen and it does look really nice. Finally finished up this afternoon and know that painting other rooms won't be far behind because this flat paint stinks!!

I sure hope I never have to deal with Minnie Mouse this week either! We still have traps out just in case and are going to put some in the garage and such. They are still building around us and clearing fields so I wouldn't be surprised if we don't. Just next time, I'm leaving while the traps are out and then Jason can deal with them when he gets home and can let me know when it's safe to come home...LOL

Another performance for Courtney...

Courtney has been chosen to take part in "NIGHT OF THE ARTS"!!

Moody Elementary School's Third Grade will present "Night of the Arts" on Tuesday, January 29th. It includes a tour of the Third Grade wing and a presentation of students' artwork. After the tour, everyone will go to the cafeteria for several examples of performance art and the night will conclude with awards be given. Courtney will be jump roping!! She is so excited. She does a few tricks (which I didn't even know she knew)! I believe one is called the 'cross-over' but what it is exactly - I don't know. I was never a huge jump roper. I hope to get some good pictures but not sure if that will happen. We'll wait and see.

We signed her up for Spring softball yesterday. Currently, Jason is signed up to be the assistant coach for her team. They actually have a softball camp on Feb. 9th and she can't wait. CJ is going to wait another season to play so we can work with him on a few things. He can't wait to start going to the ball park.

That's about all going on here.

Yesterday's snow pictures!

The back deck (at least a small section but all of it was covered).

The trampoline

Courtney, CJ, Lauren and Hannah just getting to the deck :o)

Here are pictures from Courtney's party....

Wait and see....

They are predicting 1-4 inches of snow - yes SNOW - for us here in Alabama. They are also predicting more snow south of us in AL - 4-6 inches! I'll believe it when I see it!

With all the snow advisories - Courtney and CJ are thrilled that they can possibly go sledding down our hill, make snow angels AND have snowflakes hit their tongue (at least CJ is excited about this one!). I knew we bought this house for a reason...LOL IF it does snow, I have my camera batteries charged and ready. It's suppose to start after midnight and continue until noonish. No ice is predicted which is a good thing. Jason doesn't work tomorrow which is a huge bonus since no one here in AL really know how to handle the snow.

Oh, I finally downloaded pictures and will post them soon - I promise :o)

A small request from Courtney...
If you read our blog, would you mind posting a comment? I always ask my
mom if people are reading and she always tells me she doesn't know. I would
like to see how many people read. Thank you. Love ya!

So, if you could please comment once in a while to make her stop asking me - I would greatly appreciate it!

Oohh baby, it's cold outside!!

You'll never guess what happened here yesterday - we had sleet and some SNOWFLAKES!! Yes, snowflakes here in AL!! Of course, I believe we got more here at the house since we are on the 'mountain'...LOL Both kids enjoyed it though CJ enjoyed it from inside :o) Courtney loved it and stated that 'I wish we were back in PA for the snow - I miss it!'. A girl after my own heart - I miss the snow too!!

I can remember everytime it snowed in PA - I would call Misti and brag. Since she's been in Texas - she can call me and brag. So, what did I do yesterday? Called her to brag...LOL Unfortunately, it didn't stick and there are no pictures but it looks as though this weekend we could have some again - Friday night into Saturday morning. We are keeping our fingers crossed here for some!

I haven't downloaded pictures from Courtney's party yet (sorry) but let me say, the girls had a WONDERFUL time!! My friend Rhonda helped me with the spa night and actually was disappointed that she wasn't staying the night too. But we reassured the girls she'd be back early in the morning! They went to sleep after midnight and were up by 7am. I was exhausted by the time 5pm came around. I even went to bed by 8 and didn't wake up until about 9am on Sunday. All in all - the party was a success and Courtney can't wait to have another one.

If you have girls that love to have sleepovers, I must recommend the American Girl "Snooze-a-palooza!: More Than 100 Slumber Party Ideas" book (Thanks Mom R!!). Courtney received one for Christmas and that gave us the spa ideas. All the natural spa recipes were very impressive and you could actually feel and see the differences on the girls. Courtney would have liked for me to give each attendee one but considering they are $10 each, that would have been a little too much since I already bought goodie items.

Talking about the goodie items - LOVE LOVE LOVE the dollar section at Target. I got each girl a manicure set, pedicure set, lip glosses, nail polishes, an eye cover and a bath loofa all in that section! Thank goodness for this section :o)

I promise I will download the pictures soon and post some especially of the birthday cake. OMG - it was HUGE!!! It ended up being bigger than I ordered since she couldn't get it to cut right into the megaphone in the size I wanted. We made sure we gave huge pieces to everyone as they left too just so we didn't have that much left here.

9 years ago today...

I sit here and still can't believe that my baby girl is NINE today!!! This morning we gave her 2 gifts for her birthday - the WebKinz Love Frog and the Lil' Kinz Koala that she has been wanting! She was so excited.

Courtney's is having a 'Spa and Slumber party' this Friday with 3 girl friends and then a regular party (High School Musical theme of course!) from 2-4 on Saturday with the rest of the girls she wanted. I'm thinking I'm totally crazy for having 3 girls spend the night with Courtney but having 8 total - would be INSANE!!! So this is how we compromised!!

I ordered her a cake today - it'll be a megaphone with EHS (East High in High School Musical). She can't wait to see it.

We are taking her to dinner tonight @ Santa Fe and she has invited one of her best friends Lauren and her family (which is like Courtney's second family here). I have to remember to take my camera and get pictures!

Oh the weather outside is....

FREEZIN' COLD!! Here's what the weather looks like for the rest of the week:

Today - Breezy, with a north wind between 15 and 20 mph - Hi 34°F
Tonight - Clear - Lo 15°F - North wind around 5 mph
Thursday - Sunny - Hi 41°F - Northeast wind around 5 mph
Thursday Night - Mostly Clear - Lo 22°F - Calm wind
Friday - Sunny - Hi 51°F - Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph
Friday Night - Mostly Clear -Lo 28°F

You know we are at a higher elevation here at the house so it'll always be colder and more windier than what it states. Our friends came here last night and it was 38° traveling here but as they got close to us it turned to 36° and then on her temperature in the car when they reach the top of our driveway - it just read "Ice". It that helps tell you how high are driveway steep is :o)

I'm excited - Courtney and I made her invitations last night (she helped pick the picture and I created them in Paint Shop Pro). I just need to get some colored ink so I can print them and then cut them for her. She is excited about her party - it's a WebKinz one :o) She is still wanting some to sleep over but I'm debating about that - more than one girl is a lot..LOL

Like I posted before - I made some resolutions this year and today is the second day of them. So far, so good :o) I am wanting to do a schedule for myself but haven't had a chance to sit down and do it so hopefully today.

I hope everyone has a new year full of health and happiness :o)

Happy New Year!!

I can't believe it's already 2008!! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We did even though I had 2 sick.


I just know that 2008 will be full of surprises and everything. I even made some resolutions for the new year which I NEVER do! I'm hoping to keep them or at least be close to what they are. I will not get disappointed if I do go off them since this is my first year doing them.


As I sit here and type, I still can't believe my baby girl will be turning 9 in 7 days!! Talk about time flying! Courtney wants a WebKinz birthday party so we are having that on the 12th here at the house. Which reminds me, I need to start making those invitations so she can take them to school on the 7th when she returns.

The kids made out for Christmas. Both got Nintendo DS Lite's, DS games, and an iPod shuffle (Courtney's is pink and CJ's is blue). I still need to purchase some songs on iTunes for Courtney - she is patiently waiting. I figure CJ can have the same songs as her so we'll be all good.

I know this entry seems to go back and forth so I promise to do a better entry next time :o) Hopefully next time, I won't have a headache!