UUGGHHHHH!

I got the Monday morning blues.......

Losing control

For the past 4 days I felt like I have no control over my life. I know that sounds pretty severe but let me explain....

I have been working full time since June 19th. I have always worked, however, since April 2004 until June 2008 I have worked in the Painting/Construction Field. I am not trying to say that was not a real industry or a real job, but I was able to pretty much set the rules of my schedule being the Office Manager. I was able to come in late, leave early, take time off whenever I wanted, work from home, go shopping during the day, you know get my other stuff done while working and get paid for it.

I am now working for a great company that is family owned and the people are wonderful but it is a "real" job. No more goofing around.

So here is why I was feeling out of control. I work all day, I come home to a house that is not so clean, I drive the sitter home, pick Mary Jo up at gymnastics, go home try to clean up a bit while making dinner, get the boys ready for football, start laundry, go to football, come home clean up dinner, do more laundry, go to bed and start all over again. I am stressed out to say the least.

I had a R E V E L A T I O N yesterday. I am not GOD although at times, I think I am.


To start off I am going to organize my children. That will eliminate some stress and cleaning. I will start with the boys room. They have so much stuff it is unreal. We (me, mike & marty) are going to get things looking good and keep them that way. I am going to make them P.O.R (proud of their room). This way they will see how good it feels to be clean and neat & hopefully they will want to stay that way.

As for Mary Jo, I am just going to make her more responsible for her stuff. She is a great kid. When asked she does laundry, the dishes and vacuums. I really cant ask her to do anymore at the age of 9 but her room is her room. I am going to ask her to go through her stuff and see what she does not want anymore and maybe we can sell it. Garage sale or eBay. I'm not sure yet.


I will post some before pics tonight and hopefully in a week or so everyone will be done with their rooms and I will post after pics. You may even get some during pics.

A whole lotta nothin'

I know I have not been here in a while so you would think I have tons to write about... Don't get me wrong my life has been chaos since I last wrote but I have a horrible case of writers block.

The block party came and went. It was alot of fun and once again my house rocked the raffle. My uncle Hoppie won the 50/50 $115.00 not too shabby. Alot of my guests won the gift cards and other items that were available.

My niece Jenny and new nephew Chris wed on July 26th which also happened to be my dad's 78th birthday.

As soon as I get organized, I will post pictures.

Day camp is over and we are getting ready for the big school year. September 2, 2008 is back to school day for CPS.

That's all for now, I just wanted to check in and show myself that I can still write a little bit even when I don't think I can.

See you tomorrow....

GOD BLESS AMERICA

The Catch All

Did you ever have one of those rooms in the house that is a catch all for everything? Mine is my office. I can not believe I let it get so bad. I have tried to clean it on several occasions without success.

My office is down the hall off the kitchen, no door to hide the mess. Calling it a mess is an understatement. Marty can not stand the fact that I just trow everything in this room and call it a day. I do have to say that every now and then I do try to riffle through some papers and get rid of stuff but then I get distracted and stop.

I have made myself a promise to have this room clean by the 2008 Annual Block Party which is in 24 days.

I guess if I have not used it within the last 3 months and it does not have anything to do with the kids school, I am going to toss the stuff out in the trash.

Wish me luck.

Sharon's 60 today

Today is the sixtieth birthday of my second mother, Sharon Moritz.

Sharon was always the cool mom when we were growing up because she was the youngest of the mom's. There are so many memories I have but the one that stand out the most is, I always remember being at Toni & Jess' house and Sharon would be getting ready to go out and she would be sitting in front of the mirror putting on make-up and I would always say to Jessica, your mom is so pretty. To this day Sharon is still a beautiful person.

Sharon has always been an important part of my life... she is the mom of my best friends. She always busted us in out little white lies but never really got mad at us.

She has now become the grandmother of my kids. My kids really do love Grandma Sharon as do Marty & I.

We are very happy to have her be a part of our lives.

We love you Sharon.

JESSICA

41 years ago today my best friend JESSICA was born!

Yipee she is older than me again but not for long.

I have known Jess for a lllooooonnngggg time now. She has been a very big part of my life. Jessica is one of those friends that you don't have to talk to every day to still be best friend and she is a great best friend to say the least.

We went to grammar school together then high school and it was cool. We had some fights but still remained best friends.

We went to prom together. Rented a limo and then went to my parents camper the next day.



We took pictures together even back then...



Then we graduated....





So I just previewed my post and realized that I scanned the pictures wrong but you get the jist of it.

Jessica, you are a true friend who will be there til the end not matter what I need, I can call you for advice, for a soothing conversation, for a reality check and you are always there. We have had a whole bunch of good times over the years. Camping with my Mom and Dad. Boating with Mark Farley. Hanging at the park, climbing the goal posts, hanging in the gym with Scott Humpheries.

Sitting in your window and yelling at the sno cone man, "dirty ice, dirty ice".

Babysitting for all those different people. You had our own little babysitting club going on.

I am blessed to have you as a friend and my kids are blessed to have you be a part of their lives.

I would not be the same person if I did not meet you 30 years ago. Thank you for all the joy you have brought to me and my family and I hope some day I can return the favor to you.

I love you like a sister because that's what you are to me.


Happy Birthday Best Friend!

Love,
Dee