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Off to a good start.

Posted by Carey on Fri, 01/16/2009 - 4:46pm

Well, I'm happy to say I'm Almost finished going through every last closet and cabinet in my house! My house then needs a deep cleaning throughout but it does my mind good just getting rid of "stuff."

So, I'm off to a good start this year with purging, excersizing 4 times already this week, taking more time out to read...things are good.

We got a good report on my Mom's surgery yesterday so we are thrilled with that! On the road to recovery.

We absolutely LOVED visiting with our newest little cousin(feels more like a niece) last night, Analise Ivy. As you can see, she is incredibly adorable with the cutest little face! A Doll!

I'm a very blessed girl and looking forward to the long weekend with the fam! We are so going to enjoy our nice weather here and not take it for granted!

peace and love

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Purging

Posted by Carey on Sat, 01/10/2009 - 6:23pm

Well, I am feeling pretty well in this first month of the new year. Since we got home from KY, I've been going through toy boxes, closets, kitchen cabinets...everything and ridding our house of unwanted and unused "stuff." Ya know kitchen dishes and gadgets that I've never used, cheapo toys that are missing parts or are never played with... It's amazing how fast and how much one can accumulate. Because I feel I clean out closets and drawers on a regular basis! But this being a fresh new year (good excuse), I'm not quitting until I have every closet, drawer, container... looked through and revamped! It feels SO GOOD!

The only dilemma is I would really like to have a yard sale and make a little cash but holding onto this stuff in the garage (which is in desperate need of gutting out all the junk) would drive me NUTS! The other option is goodwill. More than likely the latter will happen.

I have a long list of things to get done or accomplish this year and I want to make this a year of ACTION. All of us have things we want to do but getting from the thinking about it, to the doing it sometimes takes planning and figuring out where to start. I don't want to let this year slip away and not have a substantial amount of things crossed off my list.

So, with that said I wish everyone pro-activeness this year in what ever area you desire to focus on in your life. It is extremely gratifying when you set goals, lay out a plan and later can look back at what you accomplished. Fulfilling.

Happy New Year 2009!

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Christmas Songs - Colson's versions

Posted by Carey on Thu, 12/11/2008 - 12:24am

Colson is LOVING the whole Christmas scene even more this year and he's quickly developing a love for LOTS of Christmas songs. And you know how you heard songs when you were a kid, sang them for years only to find out when you got older that you've been singing Totally wrong words in the song?

He's actually picking the words and tunes up really well overall but here's a few of his fav's that get a little mixed up...

"Santa Baby, you're the one!" (How Santa Baby and Rubber Ducky got mixed up I'll never know)

"It's getting to be like Christmas..."

"I still want a hula-poo!"

"Frosty the Snowman...with a corncob head..."

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a great day!

Posted by Carey on Fri, 11/28/2008 - 1:01am

Love this birthday gift! My sweet guys got this for me today! I've been wanting it for like 2 years now but was totally surprised to see this sweet piece of jewelry all wrapped up just for me! My good friend Christy actually sells this jewelry imported from Egypt. Excellent quality and great style. Check her out here.
I also got some cash from my parents and my in-laws and we all know how awesome it is to get money for a gift! Thanks to both sets of parents!:) love you
It's been a great Thanksgiving/Birthday. Enjoyed a relaxing day with family eating lots of yummy food.(especially my homemade pumpkin cake with cream cheese icing.) I'm not bragging or anything it's just the best pumpkin cake in the world!! A great family recipe I got from my mama.:)
So now we're just chilling at home. Colson' watching the "Credibles" aka "The Incredibles." We'll see how long it takes him to get the crap scared out of him! He's a pretty sensitive guy but he's growing out of it with his love for dinosaurs.
Well, I hope everyone is blessed on this Happy Thanksgiving Day!
Here's just a few things (in random order) I'm thankful for at the moment:
new hardwood flooring
lower gas prices
my birthday gifts
my adorable boys
Orca's leg is healed and he's back outside most of the time
mild California winter
my family helping me clothe my kiddos while I'm in KY since I'm limited on luggage with the new fees
black friday sales
my sweet hubby
trader joe's stuffing that tastes somewhat close to my mom's homemade stuffing
seeing Trecia and meeting her man Keith
spending time with family

Life List

this list will be continuously updated. the point of it is to put my thoughts, dreams, aspirations... on "paper" to always be a reminder to me to keep dreaming, keep checking things off my list, set new goals, set and reset priorities... to live to the fullest. so, I am making a list of things I want to do, see, accomplish and change in my life time. some are external, some internal. above all, I want to thoroughly enjoy where I'm at in every stage of life. it's simply just too short.

(these are in random order)

~travel! travel! travel! - Australia, Italy, France, Costa Rica...

~do New York in the summer and in Dec. for the Holidays

~develop a new depth of patience with myself, my hubby and my kiddos

~visit San Diego - beaches, Wild Animal Park, Zoo & Sea World

~go to Memphis and do the whole Elvis shabang and of course the Pottery Barn outlet

~lose weight and incorporate exercise into 3 to 5 days a week

~join a pilates or yoga class

~have a messy art room totally devoted to creating things

~take art, photography, sewing, jewelry making - lessons

~do a road trip

~take a vacation with one or more other families

~stay in a cabin in Yosemite

~see Harry Connick Jr, Bill Cosby, Cold Play and U2 in concert

~finish at least my AA degree

~own my own home and make it my family's cozy little refuge

~stay at this hotel

~make adorable pj's for my boys every christmas

~swim with dophins

~be 100% debt free

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it's the holiday seasaon (holiday season)...

Posted by Carey on Sat, 11/15/2008 - 7:56pm

I'm so ready for the holidays! yummy food, family, friends, shopping, holiday tunes, decorations, watching someones face as they open presents... what's not to love?

so, I've decided this year that we have a good excuse to put the tree up early! The boys and I will be flying to KY for Christmas in early Dec. so if we wait until Thanksgiving night (as is our tradition) we will have barely any time to thoroughly enjoy it! Makes sense right? I always want to put up the tree early but never let myself because I don't want to downplay Thanksgiving or rush the holiday season all-together. Anyway, this year is the exception.

with that said, the house of bob is having a christmas party tonight! music, cookies, hot chocolate... the works!

so, happy holidays everybody! i hope your season is bright with smiles, love, hugs and goodtimes!!

off to make gingerbread cookies!

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my new wedding band

Posted by Carey on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 8:28pm

off with the old. well, it's actually been off for awhile. since my
pregnancy with aven to be exact. swelling, weight gain, etc. and it's
yellow gold, which I've never been a big fan of but our band was given
to us from a sweet missionary lady, Sis. Mitchell. This was touching
and special so we went with a yellow gold engagement ring also. It's a
simple, classic set that I will never part with but I've been wanting
something new for long time now.

I thought with our 10 year anniversary
coming up we could both get new sets but with lack of extra cash and
not really seeing anything "to die for," that's not happening.

so, i've grown tired of looks and assumptions with not wearing any band
on the left hand and have decided to get something a little
unconventional and more to my liking. :) The above pictured ring is the
winner. I can't wait for it to get here!

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Blurbs from the boys...

Colson and Aven are always saying hilarious things. I want to remember as much of their quirky little sayings as I can...time goes by so fast. So, I love sharing their little funnies. Kid's really do say the darnedest things! Enjoy!

*Colson- Flexing muscles, "Look how strong I am!" Aven- Flexing muscles, "Look how strong I am!" Colson- "I can kill a lion with my hands!" Aven, "I could kill a SLUG with my shoe!" 8/2010

* Aven always refers to the past as "last morning...!" 8/27/10

* Carey- "Did you have your pictures made at school today?" Colson- "Oh yeah, I got to wear this dress and a hat... I looked-ed adorable!" - 3/23/10

* while eating lunch, out of the blue (and very big boy like) Aven says, "Mommy, what's on your mind?" 3/19/10

* "Mommy, are you a people?" - Aven 2/2010

* "ahind"(behind) - Colson -- "bfront" (in front) - Aven ages 4 & 2

* "I know about our family...Aven is the fussy one, I'm always really hungry every day, Mommy forgets things and Daddy, you're the busiest one!" - Colson 1/9/10

* Colson received a treat bag at preschool today from Riley. After pulling every item out and wowing over each one he says, "Riley is the cutest girl in the whole world, I've ever seen!" Then tonight when he showed Bob all of the goodies and Bob asked who they were from Colson said, "Riley, she LIKES me! She's FANCY!" (with a little draw) :) - 10/29/09

* "just for kidding mommy..." - Aven 10/2009

* "I won the WipeOut Champion...Woo!" - Aven 8/16/09

* "Mommy, are there going to be beds in Heaven?" - Colson 8/16/09

* "I sink I did it!" "I sink I fixed it!" - Looking at a pic of termites Aven says, "I sink its a milwapede Janinie!" - Aven 7/27/09

* (A conversation between Colson & Aven in the van while Aven is munching on some cereal.) Aven to Colson "You like raisins?" Colson-very short, "No." Aven-"You like cereal?" Colson-very moody, "No." Aven-"You like Jesus?" Colson-hesitating, almost saying "No" without thinking says, "Yes but don't talk to me right now." 7/2009

* "What in the woy-uld? Huh?!" -Aven 7/2009

* the boys arguing back and forth "I'm the fastest." "I'm the fastest first!" "No, I'm the fastest first!" 6/20/09

* while listening to some Louie Armstrong, Colson said..."He sounds like cookie monster!" 6/24/09

* "Oh no...Aven's on the loose!" - Colson 6/23/09

* "You guys are driving me nuts!" colson 6/20/09 (As Bob and I are trying to talk in the van...Colson thinks he must be able to dominate all conversations. :) )

* "What's going on in here?!" - aven 6/21/09

* "Strawsberrys" - Aven

* "Okie, Dokie Doo Doo" Instead of Okie Dokie Dukie - Aven 5/2009

* "It be fun!" - Aven 5/31/09 (as we're riding the "family" bike in Morro Bay)

* As he points to words..."What it says?" - Aven

* (Mommy)-"What animal does bacon come from?" (Colson)-"A pig." Mommy-What animal does pork come from?" (Colson)-"A porcupine."

* "I've got the cleanest bootie in the world!" - Colson

* "Daddy, you made a bad choice." After Bob told Colson to do something Colson wasn't very keen on doing.

* "This is bootie wipeout at second thirty!" (As Colson uses our couch for part of his Wipeout course. He LOVES this show.) He also calls John Anderson and John Hansen - John Anerson and John Handsome

* "Hey! What's going up?" (instead of "what's going on?") -Colson

* "I have everystuff I need." -Colson 2008

* Colson not wanting to go to sleep, came out of his room, put his little chair in the hallway, sat down... I said, "What's going on?" he replied, "I think there's a booby trap in my bedroom."

* When I asked Colson if his belly was hurting he said, "No, my feelings aren't feeling good."

* "You're not an adult, you're a cutie-pie!" * "Mommy, this will feel you better." (colson)

* "I want to take a bubble tub." (Colson)

* "Yesternight" (colson)

* "Can you do me a favorite?" (Colson)

* Aven has a terrible runny nose and when he sneezed it of course was hanging. I hurriedly went for a tissue and before I could get it he had swiped it with his hand. As I was grossing out saying, "No Aven not with your hand!" Colson watching everything said, "Yeah, I just use my tongue!"