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Got the kids up at 6:30am this morning… which they both whined about. Next week they will get their wake-up call at 6am! I’ve got to get them back on track for getting up and ready in time for the bus. Once school starts again I am going to head back to the office 2 days a week, Tuesday and Thursday, woohoo! Still working out some daycare bugs on that plan.

Still no luck finding a house. Oh well… looks like we’ll be stuck here for another year. The owner REALLY needs to fix some stuff around here. It was so hot yesterday and last night that I was actually considering checking into a hotel with the babies just for the AC.

Well it’s time for some lunch then back to work! Happy Monday all!

Current Mood: Busy & Hey there!

New pictures!

Current Mood: Tired & Yeah! Yippee!

The offer I had put in on that house in Weston finally came back accepted.  Sadly, there were too many (extensive) repairs required.  Since I am financing with a VA loan which requires all the repairs to be done before close it isn’t going to happen.  The bank wants to close on the 31st and at least part of the foundation needs to be replaced as well as all the walls patched and painted, all the carpets replaced, a firewall put between the house and garage & numerous other repairs.  Anyway, I guess I’m glad the VA requires an inspection since the rushed nature of the offer meant I couldn’t have an inspection contingency.  So… even though I really liked that house; there was a bedroom for everyone, an office, and a sewing room- plus a newly renovated kitchen and a fenced in backyard- it was not to be.

I walked thru another house earlier tonight.  Much older and a 2-story instead of the split-ranch that I’d been looking at.  It has enough room and it’s $10G cheaper.  It’s also walking distance from Jose’s work.  I made a 2nd appointment to walk through it with Jose on Sunday morning when he get’s back from the Army.  It doesn’t need any repairs, the entire place has been updated and remodeled for sale.  There are only 2 things I really don’t like… I would have to put all the kids’ bedrooms upstairs and the stairs are steep and narrow.  So… I definitely need to think about it.

I also e-mailed my realtor asking about a couple other listings I saw in the paper.  I would really like to find something and be in it before the end of August but it’s looking less and less likely.  So if anyone reading this has some good house mojo to send my way, please do!

Current Mood: Aaarrggghhh!!!!! & Noooooooo & Sad

This morning the twinnies and I ventured out with the stroller and walked the 4.3 miles to the Farmer’s Market.  (Well, technically, I walked while they slept or googoo’d.)  I took me about 2 hours.  I want to point out that there is a marked lack of sidewalks in the Rib Mountain area which made that part of the journey more timely and difficult.  I did have ‘Uncle’ Rob pick us up and drive us home because it was looking like rain and honestly I don’t think I would have made the return trip, at least not in a timely manner. 

After we got home we just sat upstairs watching TV and eating.  Alex was visiting with us for a few hours but he kept himself occupied with the DS.  Both babies played in their bouncers and their swings for a bit (my living room looks like a daycare center) and I read a few magazine articles.  All in all the afternoon was quiet and uneventful.

As I was playing with my little gigglers today (they both coo and make little noises now) I was thinking that I wonder what it will be like when they both start talking… then I thought to myself – twice as many people sassin’ me! Oh boy! 

Now the babies are tucked in bed and have both zonked out for the night.  Guess all that fresh air wore them out.  Me too! 

Tomorrow we will make our way north to Minoqua to pick up the big kids from camping.  Then a few hours of relaxation and we’ll be back to bed and waking up to another work week.  Next weekend we have a family reunion in Prentice and Jose’s family visiting so we will be busy!

Goodnight all… it’s bedtime for babies and for mommies!

Current Mood: Ellie & Luv U! & Marcus & Sleeping

Imagine that you had the power to imprint in the minds of every child born today one phrase, one piece of permanent wisdom. What would you tell them?

A personal motto? A snippet of philosophy? A message of hope? A lesson you had to learn the hard way? Would it be a rule or a suggestion? A statement or a question? If you could only have your words surface on each birthday, would they be different? What would you say?

Expand on your message. Where did it come from? Why is it so important that the next generation should hear it?

—Diarist.Net Spark

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“I will question everything and respect all life in the Universe without exception. I will make my choices based on my own evaluation of the data provided and the consequences or outcomes to be had. I will not give in to the propaganda and pressure of those around me. I will respect others and their beliefs and decisions. I will strive to be accepting of all around me and to learn about that which I don’t understand.”

This is the thought that I wish would pop into my children’s heads everytime they face a decision – large or small. It aggravates me when my children come home and talk about the kids in their schools using stereotypical names, etc. I hear myself preaching to them about how everyone is different and that’s okay; how everyone has a right to believe or to be whatever or whoever they want. I’m always trying to undo the prejudices done throughout the day at school. My pre-teen daughter especially gets me going. She can’t be friends with so-and-so because of this or that or cause her friends don’t like him/her. I try desperately to teach my children not to buy into that kind of thing and to give everyone equal time because everyone is valuable and while they won’t end up being friends with everyone this way they may find a few very good friends that they otherwise might not have discovered. I try to make them understand what it would be like if they were the ones being teased or neglected. I try to make them think and decide on their own whether what they are basing their ideas on is really true. It seems to be an uphill battle. But, I believe that if I’m vigilant they will get it eventually. So, maybe I’ll scoot two more respectful, thoughtful liberals out into the world and if they pass that down the line etc. at some point we’ll all come together with love and understanding. I may not live to see that day but I can still work towards it. Wouldn’t it be something if years from now words like tolerance and racism and bigotry were erased from the language because they just went out of style and usage??

Score 3:4

Current Mood: Writing

It doesn’t seem possible that a month has gone by since my Grandma took leave of this realm. My chest still gets tight and the lump forms in the back of my throat just thinking of it… the tears begin to well up in my eyes. But I haven’t talked to her or seen her… and prior to her hospitalization I had been with her every weekened or very nearly for years.

I lived with her as a child and one of many fond memories of life on the farm is getting my hair washed. She would lay me on the bathroom counter… later I would crawl up there myself. Then put my ratty little head in the sink. She always used this citrusy shampoo which I’m sure they don’t make anymore. I loved feeling her fingers in my hair.
A few years ago I was getting my hair washed at a salon… not quite the same experience. But… to my suprise the shampoo smelled just like the stuff Grandma had used. I immediately bought the largest bottle they had.

Now, every morning when I wash my hair I remember my Grandma and I smile. It’s a small, sweet memory and I cherish it now more than ever.

I haven’t been back up to the farm since the funeral and I know that at some point I’ll have to return. I can’t imagine going home without her there. Since the ground was still frozen last month we’ll have to bury her once it thaws. I suppose we’ll all go back to the farm afterwards. I guess the reality of it all will hit hard then.

I miss her every day but I know she’s watching over me.

Current Mood: Sad