This morning we went to the Myriad Gardens annual "Bug Out". It was really fun. Each year they lets kids release 70,000 ladybugs into the crystal bridge. It is their way of controlling bugs that damage the plants without using pesticides. So, the girls got their little cups of ladybugs and we put them on the plants. We had lots of fun except for the fact that we got almost as wet inside the bridge as we did outside in the pouring rain. Can't you just see the joy beaming from dd9's face??? LOL

Sunday afternoon...

We took advantage of it not raining today and went downtown for a little while. I love the gardens and the kids did also. They have never been there before. I think they have planned that we will have a picnic lunch there next weekend if the weather is nice. We had a great time and it was fun for all of us to go.

cycling

Well, I was finally brave enough to go to my first cycling class. It was actually fun and the instructor was super nice. I can still walk for the moment but getting out of bed in the morning should be loads of fun! :)

Tracy Byrd

I got to meet Tracy Byrd a few months ago and just now got dh to email the pics to me. He was very cute and nice. It was fun to meet him!!

I am so glad Blake is still on AI. I thought his song Tues night was AWESOME!!! Bon Jovi was great of course and looking hot as always! :)

Well, dd4 and I locked ourselves out of the house this morning. Luckily my van was unlocked and I have an extra key in it and I had my cell phone in my pocket. DH was almost to Yukon and turned around and met us downtown with a key. So dd4 and I got to walk all around the canal and see the new land run statues. It is so pretty down there. We really love it! I'm gonna take both of the girls after school if it's not raining again.

So, finally planted seeds in the garden yesterday. I planted watermelon, cucumber, yellow squash and zucchini. I just hope some of them grow. I still need to plant my tomato plants. Wish me luck!

UCO

Today dd17, dd4 and I headed to the University for a campus tour. It was nice and very informative. Dd4 did pretty well considering we walked around for about 2 hours. I carried her a few times....when the heck did she get soooo heavy???? Oh well, a little added exercise is always good! I really like the campus and dd17 is pretty excited about it. I'm sure she would rather have one of the apartments on campus instead of a regular dorm room but she's being a good sport about it. The apartments are a few thousand dollars more each year and I think dorm life could be quite fun. I hope she gets a nice, sane roomate. I"m pretty sure that is her biggest worry at this point. We ate lunch in the cafeteria and it was good. Dd17 said that she now totally understood the freshman 15....lol! So, I am very happy that she is getting to have the whole experience of college life. I think she's going to do great and can't wait to see her blow everyone away in her first college theatre performance!!!

Baby

Well, the baby is finally here! I'm sure Julie is thrilled! All I know is that it's a boy....not sure of the size yet. I'm sure I'll talk to her or Corey tomorrow.

to sell or not to sell...

So, we have our house in Texas still. I am thinking hard about whether or not we should try to hang on to the house. My husband wants to more than I do. I'm pretty sure that we could make enough from selling it to pay off basically everything we owe except our current mortgage. This move has not been easy for us financially and we are struggling with debt and trying to keep up with monthly payments. So, I kind of feel crazy for not selling that house and getting ourselves essentially debt free. Gotta figure out how to talk my husband into selling....not sure why we are hanging onto it as it won't really produce free and clear income for another 15-20 years. Make sense???? No, didn't think so.

Bon Jovi

My sister works with a few people who saw Jon Bon Jovi at a restaurant while in Nashville. Let me just say that if I just happened to run into him...there would be no pictures because I would probably be on the floor hyperventilating while he ran out of there!! Anyway, so one girl got her picture taken with him. The other women said that they lost respect for him b/c he grabbed the girls butt as they were taking the picture! Ummmmmm hello?????? First of all, why only one picture? What is wrong with these people? So, I have to say that if I was taking my picture with him and he touched me anywhere, much less my butt, I would faint! I would have to stop and say "could we just take the pic from the back and just keep your hand there"!!!!!! I would have to bring home proof of that or no one would ever believe me.

class

I went to my first class at the Y this morning. It is called body blast and is from 5:40-6:40. So, just in case you wondered if I was gonna be sore.....as I was turning my steering wheel to leave the parking lot...I could already feel the muscles in my arms just from that! If that is any indication I am not looking forward to tomorrow!!!

I really hate feeling betrayed....especially by someone that I love so dearly. It is so hard to be a stepmom and know the right ways to feel. Why in the world does life have to be so complicated and hard???

weekend

Well, after lots of hard work and help from the girls our pool is FINALLY clean. So, there are a few small holes in the liner that I"m gonna try to patch up. I hope that works b/c I don't have the money for a new liner right now. Need to get that done before it rains today AGAIN!!!

Soccer

DD9 had an awesome day today!! Her team won their soccer game this morning.....she scored the first goal and she lost a tooth! She is just thrilled as money from the tooth fairy is her only source of income at this point. :)

Life goals....

So, I found out yesterday that my kids do have life goals! That's so good to know. DD9 wants to be a kindergarten teacher and DD4 wants to be a fashion Bratz. Wow....to be young again!

So, American Idol is still on our must watch list....barely! I was sweating it a little b/c Blake was in the bottom three...which I still can't believe. I had decided that I was totally on strike from the show if he went home...which thankfully he didn't b/c Bon Jovi is gonna be on there and I can't miss that!!!! :) Natalie doesn't like Blake and thinks he looks like Charlie Brown! Ummm yes I said Charlie Brown! Well, I love Charlie Brown too!

My two girls that I hang with all day.

ZZZZZ...

Oh my Gosh.....I am sooooo tired. How in the world do people get up this early every day? I will never understand morning people.

Early wake up call...

Well I did it!! I am so proud of myself! I actually got up at 5am when my alarm went off...got dressed....drove to Nat's house and walked. All of these normal things are quite amazing for me to do at 5am. I am soooo not a morning person but I'm gonna try to change that. Now I just have to change myself to NOT be a night owl. I don't see how I can make morning person and night owl go together. It's so nice to start the day being proud of myself!! :)

Bon Jovi

Ok, so I can finally have my Bon Jovi action figure! What took so long??

Easter

We had a fun Easter! I don't even know how many times I hid eggs for the kids. I think they had more fun hiding them for the adults to find. We had a good afternoon. They were all pleased with their stuff from the Easter bunny! :) I am just so lucky to have my kids...dont' know what I'd do without them.