to pack or not to pack

in a quandry as to wether or not i start to pack now. I don't want to pack too soon and then have to go on the hunt to find stuff but then i also don't want to wait too long........If anyone watches the newshour..sunday night Mike McCardle did a spot which was about my nephew Jackson and his attempts at shooting hoops--so very cute.
that's all for now, off to ponder.....

it's official

It is official! we have now sold our place and bought a new house. All the subjects on both places have now been removed. We take possesion on the 28th of Feb and they take possession of ours on March 14th so we have a few weeks to rip out the ugly carpet etc.

ok so is it sold or not?

apparently when you buy or sell a house certain criteria need to be met....why does it take so damn long to get it all figured out??!! hopefully by tomorrow it will all be done and I can start dealing with the fact that I have to pack all this stuff!! I am quite enjoying my finished house though...and after 3 yrs of waiting it got finished in 1 week!! it has also-amazingly-stayed clean!
Here is a layout I did of matthew snowboarding that I love.....
enjoy your weekend everyone!

woohoo!

1st open house---offers----sold!

almost.......

almost done that is! We have been working so hard all week trying to finish up the house before the open house on SUNDAY! I now refer to my hand as the claw as it is swollen and so very sore from all the painting. The new carpet looks so good! The tiling is all finished and grouted. We went the extra step and also put laminate in the basement-looks great also. Today i am going around and doing all the touch ups with paint. This afternoon all of the baseboard should be finished and then it is just a matter of hanging the towel holders etc and cleaning cleaning cleaning. I am pissed i couldn't get tomorrow off and i went about it through the proper channels-shift trade no luck so then asked for vacation......denied! Apparently I now have to do what everyone else does and call in sick next time i need a day off.
Hope everyone has a great weekend, cross your fingers for us that we have a great open house and sell this puppy!!

i hate taupe!!!!

so i have spent the last 5 days painting....our bathroom, bedroom, mainfloor and all the trim work. my hands are killing me!!! we had to paint the bathroom a taupe color to hide the ugly pinkish tiles, how boring is that!!
saturday i took a break and went to a fantastic class with Ali edwards, got some great ideas. Small world-ended up knowing so many of the people there. Also managed to start no finish two great mini albums.
worked last night so not really feeling like picking up that paintbrush but duty calls---wish me luck.

Jenn

somewhat exciting news......

Did I peak anyones interest yet?
There is this cute cape cod house in our neighborhood which went up for sale, somehow I talked Darren into looking at it and then..........we put an offer in.....which was accepted!! now all we need to do is sell this place which means work, work, work to finish all the unfinished reno things. eeeeeeek!
The house is great on the outside, great location across street from friends, next door to one of Taryn's best friends. Backs onto park......sounds perfect! One tiny issue.....inside is hideous! Brown mottled shag hideous, blue toilet, turquoise tub hideous, ugly white cabinets with brown inlay pattern hideous so there will be a bunch of things we need to do before we even move in meaning rip out that carpet(they had cats so since Darren is deathly allergic no argument there. It also needs a new kitchen so we will have to do it at the same time as the floor to get a good flow......
Wish us luck as we still need to close and sell here before it is 100% official.

Happy New Year!

I hope that everyone had a great christmas and is starting the new year off right. We had a fantastic time up at Big White. The kids loved skiing and snowboarding and now that is all they want to do. When i get organized i will post some pictures. I had to work Jan 1 and today so New Years for me meant bed at 10:30, how sad is that? It used to be that I didn't go out till 10:30 now in bed by 10:30....yikes!
My new years resolutions are the same as every other year........get organized, lose weight......
For those that scrapbook i have some exciting news....well i think so at least. I am going to be a guest designer for Lovebug scrapbooking(an online store).
Bye for now!

merry christmas

so we leave tomorrow up to big white so i will be without computer for 7 days so i would like to wish everyone a HAPPY and Safe Christmas and cross your fingers we survive without breaking any major bones.... above are pics of the kids during their christmas concert ...matthew is really concentrating hard....the bottom 2 are before we left the house.

that's it till the new year!!

I finished my last shift now until january 1st!! woohoo, what a tiring 2 nights i just worked. We are overflowing....literally there was not a bed to be had this morning. Now I need to focus on getting my butt in gear for Christmas and Big White.
Not much else going on around here....darren, the kids and I went out friday night for my birthday....ugh I hate being old! other than that and work not so much going on. The kids of course have there christmas concert this week at school and then the pancake breakfast with santa Thursday morning which means i need to be there around 6:00 to help set up and assume my responsibilities as whip cream girl. If I don't talk to you before Christmas I hope everyone has a Happy, Healthy and Safe CHRISTMAS and nothing but good wishes for the NEW YEAR.

Oh by the way...check out how much my monsters have grown...the pic is the kids in 2004 Boxing day the 2nd 2005 Boxing day
Merry Christmas !

15 days till christmas!!

so it would appear I have been very neglectful with respect to this blog but I really don't have an excuse other than life happens......
The snow has all melted so soccer was back on today for Taryn....
Trying to figure out what we need to take up to Big White, what to get the kids for christmas, what to get Darren???? have pretty much finished with Mom and Dad, helen, troy & kids etc.
The next couple of weeks tend to be busy with school events etc. Am dissappointed to hear that Taryn's class is doing the same song that the grade one's did last year...even the same costumes. Apparently there are a few teachers who do the same thing every year....how hard is it to pick a new song?? Matthew however will be playing the "ultra glockenspiel" what ever that may be for his songs class.......
Bye for now.

snow snow snow and more snow

the snow here is crazy....well for here it is anyway... the kids are loving it! But now the meltdown begins...2 trees in our complex came down last night....I really need to get my butt in gear and start the christmas countdown.....still not sure what to do about decorating??? Really need to figure out what to take to Big white also........way too much to do!!

here is a funny I borrowed from a friend

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!
1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.

2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children.

3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.

4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.

5. The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own.

6. We childproofed our homes, but they are still getting in._________________


hahahaha

too much christmas cheer!!

well we had our work christmas party last night and had a blast.....set up was easy this year, good thing since only 3 of us were there....food was awsome, band was great, bartender a little too great, overall a fantastic eve.....and now i am paying for it...my only saving grace is that my wonderful mother took the kids last night and then kept them and took them to the ice capades-ooops sorry i mean disney on ice......off the try and eat something enjoy your weekend it is cold here-slight snow.......

it's raining it's pouring.......

Rain rain and more rain!! uuuck! so unfortunately the class i was going to take was cancelled so now i will be working tomorrow......was feeling guilty about calling in sick anyway......not too happy though that i short shifted myself, silly me worked last night(thursday) and now am working a day on saturday and then 2 nights......Hopefully the rain will stop long enough to play soccer on sunday.
Found this interesting web site with quizzes that tell you things....apparently if i was single i date like i am 35yrs old, woo hoo younger than i am. Here is the website,http://www.quizgalaxy.com/quiz.php?id=144 there are some funny things there.....here is my obituary
Imploringly while trying to recant, jenn
died with a smirk on her face.
jenn will be terribly missed by darth vader.

anyhow have a great weekend--try not to drown.

back and the busy season begins!

tuesday Suzanne and I went to the outlet mall near seattle....fun but apparently my calves are too big for most dress boots!! I did manage to purchase 2 of the cutest purses though and some smelly stuff from the gap.we were staying the night so after checking in we went to the casino for the buffett dinner....not the best, then i lost some money on the slots...a whole 6$, hold me back!! I did however have a great sleep, i quite like a big bed all to myself with no snoring or kids waking me up....wednesday we decided to drive to the "Supermall"-not so super. then up to Bellis fair on our way home. The problem being we were in the storm of the century, the power kept going out in the mall every 8 minutes or so which meant darkness then having to wait for the tills to reboot....it was not meant to be. we had dinner then drove home throught the power outages and raging winds. this actually is quite comical since our origional plan was to go to Tofino for a few nights and watch the storms....people bailed so shopping was our next option.
i am working tonight and then the weekend but am managing to take in an Allie Edwards class so that is cool. Next week is the christmas party for work so i really need to find something to wear!!! then the christmas push is on to get presents, skis etc organized before we leave for Big white. Have a great weekend, think of me in the cold windy rain on sunday for Taryn's soccer game.

here are some layouts i did.... i can never get a good shot of Jackson- he is in the scowling phase when i take his pic -so that is why there are never layouts of him...i will work on it!

Jenn

neglectful....

Sorry I have been neglecting my blog but there really hasn't been anything too exciting to talk about. I had my stint as a guest designer for scrapbooking store. went ok, I am always my worst judge.....
Nothing new with the kids........rain rain go away........
went to the airport today to drop my dad off-apparently a trip to england to watch some soccer is part of his retirement plan.
went to the Dixie Chicks last night....great show...very funny slagging bush.

that's it for now.

sugar coma!!

so last night was a very cold Halloween!! trick or treat! I ate way too many coffee crisps now my tummy hurts, oh well. I have to work tonight so this is a quick entry, sorry for being bad. Hopefully i will get my break at the same time dancing with the stars reveals who gets voted off!
here are some pics of the kids, Taryn was a pirate girl and Matthew a vampire!

yuck

I haven't really written lately, been too busy with the harvest fest stuff....but now it is over !! I feel yucky today though, snotty, headache, just plain yuck so I plan on laying on the couch all day!
TV sucked last night -- all repeats! thank god Jerry springer finally left dancing with the stars, it was becoming painful.
this weekend is soccer, soccer pics and Taryn has a costume bday party. I need to finish her costume...she is being a pirate girl, Matthew is a vampire....again, oh well easy. We are suppose to go to a party saturday night but I have no idea what to be?????
Enjoy your weekend!!

pro-d day again

well...here we are again at yet another pro-d day. why is it my kids always pick this day to be the most horrible?? I was a bad mom today and completely lost it.....i hurt my throat i yelled so loud, but now all is quiet......so i guess it worked.
went to the pumpkin patch in the rain this week, not so bad, the kids actually behaved fairly well. Didn't really get any good pics though, I took Darren's camera and it is just not the same as mine. oh well
Off to a scrapbook thing on saturday with carrie and then working o sunday.
Enjoy your weekend!

hi

hi, this week is all about the harvest festival--trying to get games together and do some posters etc. Yet again I have got myself into the doing too much cycle.
The other night we made a list of everything that needs to be done around the house......all that it needs is money......oh well.
Hoping to make some changes in the near future, will keep you posted on that but don't want to say too much......

enjoy your week!!