Here’s a video of Ella dancing. She’s been doing this really hilarious face and we caught it on video!! I wish I did this with Jayden. I know we have some video of him, but sadly I don’t even know where the tapes are. Hopefully when I start going through the boxes in the garage I’ll stumble upon them.
My beautiful baby girl, you dance better than J Lo, baby ~ you go, girl!
Here’s a video of Ella dancing. She’s been doing this really hilarious face and we caught it on video!! I wish I did this with Jayden. I know we have some video of him, but sadly I don’t even know where the tapes are. Hopefully when I start going through the boxes in the garage I’ll stumble upon them.
My beautiful baby girl, you dance better than J Lo, baby ~ you go, girl!
I’m actually getting pretty serious about this trip to Las Vegas. I’ve almost got the entire trip planned. I’ve never been to the Grand Canyon, and that is a MUST do on my list. They have a Pirates of the Caribbean show that Jayden would go CRAZY over.
The only downfall to the whole trip is the heat, but there’s a Wet N’ Wild right on the strip. Jayden’s never been on a water slide before…. he’s going to LOVE IT!!!
I thought about driving, but let’s face it. I don’t want to take that long of a trip with Ella – the trip coming home from Sacramento on Easter took us 2 hours longer than usual. So I think if we go through with this trip we’ll fly and rent a car. There’s so many car rental companies, but I found one that has some awesome specials! Advantage Rent A Car is a lot cheaper than the company I used (I don’t even remember what the name of the place was) when Ella had to be admitted into the hospital in Portland. They would have saved me a lot of money! If you’re planning on a trip or need a car rental, make sure you check out Advantage Rent A Car and see if they’re in your area.
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On Friday we bought a little aquarium kit for Jayden. He wants a pet. I’m just not a pet kind of person. We’ve had some pretty interesting episodes with pets, and it just doesn’t work in this house. Here’s a little background on our pets…..
Molly was our kitty. She was a tuxedo cat and we found her at the bottom of our stairs at our apartment building. I fell in love with her, so we ended up keeping her. Little did I know that I was inviting the spawn of Satan into our home. This little ball of fur kitty made her way into our home and then into our hearts. Then she turned. I was scared to death of her, and I would have to shut my door at night to keep her out of my room. It brought her great pleasure in attacking my face while I slept. Jayden still has scratch marks on his arm from her.
There is one image that will forever be embedded in my mind. Jayden was only 2, actually probably even younger. He got ahold of Molly’s tail and took off running. He was doing laps around the couch and Molly was flying behind him. I started to chase him to save the poor little demon, but I couldn’t stop laughing and Jayden probably got a good 10 laps around the couch in. We ended up giving Molly to an old friend of mine, and Molly ended up in the pound.
My friend had told me that Molly was pregnant when the pound picked her up, and a couple weeks after that we went to the pound to see if we could find a puppy. We walked past the cats and there was Molly and her litter. There was no mistaking that it was her, she still had the same evil eyes staring into my soul.
Then we got Baxter. Baxter was a beagle and was such a sweet, friendly dog. I really did love that boy! One day I was in the shower and when I came out into the living room Jayden was watching cartoons and Baxter was nowhere to be found. I finally asked Jayden and he told me, “Baxter wanted to buy a pie, so I let him out to go to the store.” We never saw Baxter again.
Jayden doesn’t have a very good track record with pets, so hopefully we can’t do any wrong in going with fish. There’s not much he can do to them, right?
It’s the stake conference at church today and we’re not going. I really did want to go, but I really didn’t want to make Jayden sit through that for 2 hours. Not to mention, 1 hour of Sacrament meeting with Ella is hard enough, 2 hours is unthinkable. I am sad though that I’m missing out on all of the great talks they’ll be having today.
Lately, I’ve been struggling with this whole hormone issue that I’m having. I’ve lost all patience and I know that it’s effecting my family. Yesterday I freaked out on Gino for the mere fact that he didn’t get Jayden’s new fish aquarium ready the prior day so that we could go get the fish. Then I freaked out because Ella was whining and I needed a break. He chose to go and get the fish aquarium ready instead of take Ella and that made me even more mad. That is psychotic. I’m flipping over the stupidest things and I just want to feel normal again. This was all on his lunch break, which he should have been able to come home and relax, instead he had to deal with his hormonal wife. I did end up taking Gaba Ease as soon as he left and it was like a reformation…. you’d think I was bipolar.
I’m on day 2 of taking my progesterone, and I think I might feel a little bit different today. Gino’s been playing GTA4 all morning, and I’m not feeling the normal fury that I do feel when he plays. So, we just might be having some progress here.
I don’t want to get irritated with everyone the way I have been. I want the patience that my family deserves, and I hope that we all see a difference in me soon. If these progesterone pills don’t change the way I’ve been, then I’m probably going to have to make the decision to take out the Mirena IUD. I’d hate to do that, because at this point I don’t want to be prone to having any more kids. I’m not very good at taking other forms of birth control, and an oops baby just wouldn’t work.
I think today I might need to do some major scripture reading and prayer. Going to church always makes me feel so much better, but since we don’t have that today I need to do some personal scripture study. That probably means that the BOM blog will be updated today.
When I first turned 18 my mailbox was flooded with credit card offers. I did what I probably shouldn’t have done and applied for every offer sent to me. Gino lost his job when our son was 1 week old. It was the worst situation that ever could have happened, but it did. Thankfully, I was approved for every offer I applied for and we basically lived off of credit cards for 3 months. Not to mention, we also had done some shopping before he lost his job. We were in a mess! I ended up doing the most irresponsible thing and letting it all go. A couple years later I went back and paid most of it all off, but now I can’t get approved for ANYTHING. I actually was considering going into my bank and starting up a secured credit card where I put down $300.00 and use that as a credit card just so I could start building up my credit.
Living with bad credit is hard. It makes it so that you can’t live the life that you should be able to. We all need to own a home at one point or another. That isn’t an option for us right now. I haven’t even ordered a copy of my credit report, because I’ve been scared. I don’t know where to start. We can now afford our life, but we have this demon hanging over our heads, and I don’t like it!
I just received an opportunity to talk about a website on my blog and when I went to review the site I was actually pretty excited. It’s called Bad Credit Offers They offer bad credit loans and they offer bad credit credit cards. I think that this might be the perfect way to start. It’s better than just sitting on a bunch of bad credit, right? Baby steps… this is step 1.
Yesterday was an In-service day at Jayden’s school so that means NO SCHOOL! I wanted to do something special with him so we out to lunch together and talked about what fun project we could do together. We decided to surprise Daddy at work and went to go and buy some planting stuff. Jayden had given me some flowers for Mother’s Day and I thought it would be fun to repot them. So off to Home Depot we went. The store that I think almost everyone can get lost in and leave with an empty bank account. Target’s a little like that as well – might even be a little worse for me.
So, we ended up buying a new hose w/a sprayer on it, some cute little Terracotta pots with turtles on them. We planted tomatoes & strawberries in those. I kill plants. I’ve never had a green thumb, but I really want to try here. I want to have a garden and be like all the other Mormons out there! One of the plants that I killed, which is also one my husband tried so hard to keep alive, was planted in a pretty little pot. So we ripped the plant out and planted the flowers that Jayden gave me for Mother’s Day. He loved it! Gino got home in time to help us with our project, so it became a family project…. nothing’s better than that!
Yesterday it reached 100 degrees where I live. 100 FRICKEN DEGREES in May! It’s completely baffling me and I feel like I’m switching from Winter to Summer….. where is Spring? I’m not ready for swimming pools and beaches….. or am I????
This weather has me thinking about this summer vacations, and thinking of summer vacations has me thinking about how I haven’t gone on one in FOREVER. The last time I actually got a vacation was in June 2005. See what having kids does to you? I jumped on a plane, left the husband and kid at home, and went to go and watch my aunt get married. Let me just tell you, Vegas after you’re 21 and you’re not being an active Mormon is INSANE! I don’t think I’ve ever experienced anything like that in my life.
One of my aunt’s friends was a VIP manager of an after hours club in one of the casinos and got us in. You take an elevator down and we got set up in the VIP area and had Fillet Mignon, chocolate covered strawberries, endless drinks and anything that we wanted on the house. We got there at around 2am and it wasn’t really even packed – at 4am that’s when the party in there started. They’re not kidding when they say the freaks come out at night. We actually left the club at 6am! When we came out of the elevator there was a line out the door and wrapped around the building just to get in there. I felt like crap that next day, and now when I think about how much I miss the club scene I try my hardest to think about how I felt that horrible day!
The weekend was so hectic that we didn’t get to experience any of the fun things that Vegas has to offer. You know, all the things that don’t include alcohol and slots. My mom spent the majority of her time down in the casinos playing black jack, counting cards like she was supposed to be in the movie 21 or something. So, I’m thinking that I just might have to make a family trip out of Vegas this time. Trusted Tours & Attractions has a ton of sightseeing tours on their website. CLICK HERE to go and see what Las Vegas has to offer on their site. I’ve already found so many things that Jayden would LOVE! Las Vegas isn’t the only city on their site. They have things to offer for New York, and who doesn’t love Atlanta? Things to do in Atlanta
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I got you thinking about vacations, didn’t I? I’d love to hear from others on where they’re going on their vacations this year.
Jay has crushed my dreams of going to try out for American Idol next year. I’m always singing to him. Even if I’m telling him to brush his teeth – I somehow will fen dangle a song about it. Yesterday I was singing to him telling him his sandwich was ready and here’s how it all busted down……………
Me (Singing Loudly) Jaaaaayyyyyyden, come eat your sandwich ~ oh Jaaaaayyyyyden it’s ready!
Jayden: OMG, Dad! That is the most terrible noise I’ve ever heard.
Gino: Extreme laughter, because I know that they share an opinion on this matter.
Oh well, Ella still enjoys it.