finally...

I am now in marketing full time. No more accounting !!! I am so excited. Hmmm, so it has been a few days since I have updated, but not a lot has happened.

I cleaned out the kids closets this weekend. Whoa, every time I do that it is a huge reality check. So, I tried on Rae's stuff from last winter. The size 4 pants will work for fall, but I don't think they will last much past that. I have like 5 pairs of 4 Slim and although they are REALLY cute on her, she really has to suck in to button them. So, those are goners. Anyway, I am taking 2 bags of clothes to Once Upon a Child in hopes that they will take about 1/8 of the clothes ( those people are SOOOO picky !! ). The rest I will put on craigslist. I do not have time to bother with ebay.
Anyway, so she has one drawer that is full of shorts sleeve shirts. We ran out of room so we had ot hang the rest. She has another drawer that is full of shorts. Then we have a shelf that is full of 4 stacks of pants, a shelf that is full of pajamas, a shelf that is full of long sleeve shirts, a drawer that is full of panties and bathing suits, and a shelf that is full of sweat shirts... ummm, this is without me fall shopping at all. Plus, we have one side of her closet that is full of dresses and the other side is full of "outfits" of some sort.
Ryan's isn't much better. Those children are swimming in clothes. However, I will still have to buy Rae and Ryan fall/winter clothes b/c they are quickly outgrowing last years.

So, I got their closets clean and organized along with their dressers. Plus, I got about 3/4 of all my laundry done and PUT AWAY !! That is a major accomplishment with me !! I hate putting away clothes and we have a habit of living out of laundry baskets, but I did it !! Plus, I scrubbed my kitchen from top to bottom, mopped all my floors ( except for my bathroom ), that will be Tuesday's venture !!

We bought the movie "Bridge to Tarebithia" for the kids. That movie is soooo good. I cried in it, just like I did when I took the kids to see it at the movies.

I took the kids swimming a few times this weekend. Truthfully, there wasn't much else to do. Sorry I haven't taken any recent pictures. Maybe in the next few days :)

My MLB crush is retiring...

You heard right. I am in lust with Craig Biggio. After Sep 30th I will no longer be able to watch him play :( Ryan idolizes him and well, I think he is amazingly talented and really hot. I guess he has paid his dues to the Astros and it is time for him to enjoy some family time. WHATEVER !! With this being said, I am SUPER excited to go to the Astros game tonight. We are going with the GHBA ( Greater Houston Builder Association ) . There is nothing better than sitting on the sidelines of a baseball game, drinking a bud light and munching on some stale nachos. I keep hearing that David Beckham is suppose to make soccer huge in America.... oh huh.. I'll believe it when I see it. Personally I think America is way too obsessed with baseball and football to give soccer a chance. Ryan plays soccer, but it bores the hell out of me. We let him play b/c he loves it, but I don't get butterflies in my stomach as we drive up to the soccer field. I do with baseball !! Oh Monday I will finally be out of accounting for good. I will be back in the marketing game full time. We have a new sales and marketing director who is an absolute riot. I created the collateral piece for our new realtor program. I am excited that I will be seeing some of my photography and layout work in print. It will be published in some realtor magazines and such. It is this picture

Here is the maketing piece I created from it... pretty cool huh? I am excited that I did all the work myself. I came up with the concept and created this !! I love being in marketing...I really do !!

Well, off to start my day and finish this week in accounting. I need to read perezhilton.com after this so I can get my daily fix of the crazy-ass celebrity whack jobs. Seriously...what happened to the cute little red head in The Parent Trap? What is it with rehab these days? I remember when I was about 16 and Drew Barrymore went to rehab. She went quietly, came out clean and sober and has made an amazing career for herself. What happened to those good ole days when rehab was truly rehab and not some publicity stunt for these spoiled brats? Oh and who else is waiting to see what Brittney will do next? THat is a girl who I would love to sit down and talk with just to see what wacked out things comes out of her mouth. How much of a trainwreck can you really be?

A lot ot say...

Okay, so last night I go to jump in the shower about 9:00. I wash my face, get undressed and ugh... sometimes I really hate what stares back at me in the mirror. Don't we all at times? So, I get in the shower and I start thinking that instead of disliking what I see that maybe I should look at it in a different light. So I want that super tight flat stomach right? Well, I would probably have one had I not had my two kids and we all know I wouldn't change that in for the world. I would love to have nice perky C cups, and I could afford to get those if I didn't have to pay 1000K a month in childcare. Would I change that? I wish I could change the high childcare part, but I know it is a part of how we run our family. I would love to have super tight non- cellulite legs, but I know that I am 28 years old and it comes with the territory in my family. The little stretch marks on the side of my hips... well those are my battle wounds from my pregnancies. That reminds me that I once had life inside of me and that I nourished and protected my innocent children until they were strong enough to make it in this world.

I am still not 100% happpy with my body and if anybody knows me they know I never will be. Some people have alcohol addictions, gambling addictions, etc... and I forever will have food and body issues. I have learned to deal with them through the years, but I don't know if I will ever have a "normal" relationship with food. I eat healthy, stay active and give myself a treat now and then and I do this because I know I have to. I know that all it would take is one huge step backwards and I would go spiraling back into old way. My life is so crazy hectic that I would love to have that control over my life, but I know for myself, friends, family, husband and mainly my kids that I cannot and will not ever do that.

That is why I think it is a harder for me to love my body. I love my inner self. I really do. I think that I have amazing compassion for people and for life in general. I have a short fuse and I still throw a tantrum here and there, but generally I am a great person. I hold all my friends on pedestals. I love my husband dearly. I hold my family so close to my heart and would do anything for my parents, sisters, nieces, nephews, etc... I would die for my kids. Those two beings are my world. Without them I don't know if I could love myself. I think it took those two souls to finally complete mine. But like I said, I love the person that I am. I am forgiving when I have been mad. I think I give great advice and I will just listen when that is all I need to do. I think I have a sense of humor that has evolved over the years and I just love the feeling of a good deep belly laugh !! I will continue to work on loving the outer self. To all my friends and family who read this blog, thank you for helping me accomplish and work towards that goal !!

Hang Over From Hell...

I feel like death !! I know I joked about last night being a drunken debauchery, but it was so much more than I thought it would be. We went to Red River with some of our closest friends and had a blast!! I was very upset come 2 a.m ( because I wasn't ready for the bar to close LOL ), so we brought the party home. We went to bed at ( are you ready for this??? )..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5:30 in the morning !! I woke up at 9:30 this morning and have been struggling ever since. I think I am going to fall over soon. I would explain everything that happened last night, but that it between us and the people who were there !! However, here are some pictures from last night !! Here is who went : Me, Chris, Dennis, Ashley and Josh, Ashley and her friend Stacey I believe, Lacie, Todd, Tim, ( and a few others I think ). The pictures are all mixed up and out of order. Sorry !




This hat rotated among us girls !!
Lacie and her tongue !!
This was us driving home from the bar. Yes, we had a designated driver.
Oops !! We were showing our "surpised " faces !! Sash, you need a tan girl !!
Why must drunk people insist on sticking their tongues out?
This was probably around 4:00 a.m or so !! Still drinking !!
New friends.. Lacie meet Kort.
Get that damn thing away from me !!

We think we are sexy after 5 shots and 10 drinks !!
BFFE Love !!
Why oh why did I do this??? Wine at 3:00 a.m? Not a good idea !!
Rock on !!!
This was around 5:00 in the morning or so. I can't believe we were still going !

Lacie and Dennis chilling with the booze.
Dennis getting love from the girls !!
This was the empty glasses from the "Last Call" order
Yep, we are some sexy bitches.....

Hmmmm, more "sexy bitches !"

My BFFE. I love you Sash !!
What was I doing here??

AWWW !! Aren't we cute??

This picture was taken towards the beginning of the night.
I love my girls !!
Again, at the beginning of the night when we were all sober.

Shortest, to tallest !!!

Anyway, that was our night. It is 7:00 right now and I plan on going to sleep in the next 2 hrs. I need to recover !!

A Quickie....

Ewwww people !! Get your mind out of the gutters !! I meant a quick post. Okay, my boss will be here any minute so I have to make this quick. My eye is not any better today :( Well, I shouldn't say that. It doesn't throb anymore. It is just really red. What am I going to do tomorrow night?? I mean, if it doesn't clear up then the doctor won't give me contacts. Plus, I do not want to wear glasses to a bar !! That is an accident waiting to happen.

Oh, I will have some cool news to post on my blog next week. I won't post it now b/c there could be repercussions of posting this news before it has actually happened. So, for now just be on the look-out for it !!

I am sooooo ready for tomorrow night. I am going to go get Chri's b-day present today at lunch. Yes, I am getting him that stupid reel. That is what makes him happy so I guess I will get it. For my b-day he got me a new charm bracelet ( loved these as a little girl, but it means so much more when you build one as an adult !! ) , a photography backpack ( boring to him I am sure !! ), and gift certificates to my favorite stores. I will be the good wife and return the favor !! LOL

I will post more later. The boss lady just walked in !!

Finally....

I can finally get to the computer !! Okay, so here has been the run down of my day...

1. Wake up and realize that my left eye is matted shut and won't open... WONDERFUL !! So, I get up, look in the mirror and realize that I have a massive eye infection. The only good point is that it is not pink eye. You see, I am really bad about sleeping in my contacts so it is no surprise that I got this infection. Here is the kicker. I cannot find my old glasses and I have NO contacts left. I can't take the contact out of my eye b/c then I will be blind as a bat. Therefore I go to work and leave it in.

2. I get to work and start getting prepared to train the new lady. ( the one going into accounting to replace me ). My eye is throbbing by this point. She comes in and I realize that these next few days are going to be HORRIBLE. I am not good at training people. I just assume that they should know things. Okay... if you have been doing accounts payable for the past 15 years ( this lady has supposedly ) then you should know the difference between a cost code and a general ledger. I won't go into details, but this lady has a long road in front on her.

3. At 9:30 I leave work and head to memorial city mall so that I can get my eyes examined and hopefully get some new contacts or glasses.

4. At 11:00 I am STILL sitting at Eye Masters waiting to be seen. GRRRRRRRRR !!! When the doctor finally examined my eyes he lectured me about my eyes and said that he is not going to fit me with contacts until Friday. That is great, but how was I going to see?? Sooo off to pick out frames I go !!!

5. At 1:00 I get my glasses and head back to work. Lets add this up... I have lost 3.5 hrs of work time ( did I mention I was supposed to be training the "lady without a clue "? ).

6. I get back to work at 1:30 and start the training process again. The sales/marketing director makes it well known that I will be in marketing full time starting Monday. ( This is fine with me b/c I am sooo sick of accounting !! ) The controller wasn't too happy about it so I had to play mediator between these two "adults ".

7. At 5:00 I finally called it quits and headed out.

8 . 6:00, I get home and find out the cats are out of food and they are yelling at me !! I am not kidding. All three cats sit on the tile floor and meow at the tops of their kitty lungs.

9. 8:00, the kids are upstairs and ready for bed, however I am tooooo tired to get up there. Chris is sleeping on the couch right now. Guess someone is about to get woken up so he can put the kids to bed !!

By the way, my new glasses are really cute. I think they fit my personality. When I have on make-up and everything I will take a picture ( not today that is for sure !! ) I am sure I have bored you to tears, but hell, it is my blog. If you don't like it then don't read it !! HA !!

Good night. Time to shower up and get to sleep !!

Nighty Night !!

crap crap crap...

Excuse the language, but I am seriously freaking out here !! Chris's b-day is on Friday and I have no clue what to give him. Okay, so he was given we some hints, but come on people, how fun is it to buy a saltwater fishing reel? I am sure I will end up giving in and getting him one ( however, he is NOT getting the 280.00 one that he has his eye on !! ) Why do men like such "manly" stuff? Girls/women are SOOOO much easier to shop for. Buy them a purse, spa gift certificate, or some jewelry and they are happy as a lark. If only things were that simple with men.

There is a big group of us going out on Friday night. I am thinking Big Texas or something like that. Wherever we go we are sure to have a night of fun. Even though we are getting up there in age ( ack, quickly approaching 3o !! ) , I am happy to say that I can drink most 22 and 23 year olds under the table. ( However, this is not open for betting or discussion come Friday night. I am merely making a point here !! ) I am hoping that I can get my hands on a regular point and shoot camera for that night. I REFUSE to bring my good one.

Okay, back to the b-day thing.
Here is Chris's wish list
1. Saltwater fishing reel ( BORING !!! )
2. Waders ( those horrendous pants/suspender thingies that men wear while duck hunting or fly fishing !! )
3. A new tackle box ( Again boring, but no matter what I get I will get the WRONG one !!)

Here is what he truly "needs"

1. A lawn service to come pull all the weeds in the flower garden, b/c we are never home, nor do we want to do it ourselves
2. A 300$ gift certificate to HOme Depot so he can finish the "shed" ( aka, the open doghouse with a roof right now ) that he started back in January !!
3. A cleaning crew to come in and clean the house and do all the laundry ( whoops, that is for me, but he will benefit from it too right?? )

Anyway, any ideas are appreciated. I have run out of them all.

Random thought by Jill...

So as everyone knows Ryan plays baseball ( duh I know !! ) Anyway, the Storm ( the team he has always been on in the past ) and the Cubs ( the team that he sometimes subs for, tried out for their select team, goes to their practices, etc.. ) have to play eachother during the summer season. The game has been rained out twice already and there is a 50% chance of rain today. ( game is tonight) I have a feeling this game wasn't meant to be. We are tired of all this rain cancelling game after game after game. If it is raining this much now, I wonder what the winter will be like?? Am I the only one looking forward to jeans and sweaters ? It reminds me of Christmas time, my FAVORITE time of year. The funny thing is that I HATE to decorate the house. I want the tree to put itself up. I hate wrapping presents, etc.. etc.. However, I LOVE the time of year. I think I need to add a ticker to my blog... X amount of days until Christmas. What do you think?
So, what do your kids want for x-mas this year? I am boycotting small toys !! The kids ONLY play with their electronic things and Webkinz. ( Oh Shelly, I gave the kids the husky ( to Rae) and the raccoon ( to Ry) yesterday !! ) . That being said, here is our tentative list
Ryan-
1. Either a wii or a Game Boy DX ( he IS NOT getting both ) and games for whichever
2. A Hitting net for baseball ( a certain style that we do not have right now )
3. A custom Craig Biggio framed layout for his room
4. Baseball hats and more baseball hats ( we are doing one wall that is full of wooded pegs and we are trying to fill it up w/ as many different team hats as possible !! )
5. Puzzles- Ryan is into the big big puzzles now
6. Skateboard

Reagan-
1. T.V. for her room. We have been blowing this off for two years now. Her and Ryan fight over what they are going to watch all the time. Therefore, it is time to get her one.
2. Game for her leapster. She loves her leapster, so she definitely needs some more games.
3. "MAYBE" a new bike. Her other one is getting too small. She has had it since she turned 3 and she is quickly getting too tall for it.
4. A few odds and ends. Like we said no small toys.

We normally go overboaard for x-mas and that is not going to happen this year. I am going to start shopping NOW for x-mas so that I am done come December.

Wow, I really got off topic huh? Tonight is Chris's softball night. That place is fun, but the kids get all cracked out on candy and it is nearly close to impossible to get them to sleep. ( That and we don't get home until after 10:30 ). Oh, you know how I mentioned Kody being there last week? Well, Rae asked me if he was going to be there this week. So, I explained that he was going to be with his Mommy this week, and NO she wouldn't be there with Kody. Okay, so Ryan starts asking me about Kody's brother and telling me he misses playing with him. I explained that he had to live with his Mommy and that Mr. Dennis doesn't bring him b/c he isn't Christian's real Daddy. Oh My, I ended up having an hour long conversation with a six year old about divorce, what happens in divorce, etc.. etc... I think Ryan was royally confused, but what else was I going to tell him? If I give them simple answers ( i.e. NO and YES ) they just give me the , " Hey, you idiot look " and keep asking "why" until they are thoroughly satisfied. Of course I kept it on a six year old level and left out any talks of fighting and other mature matter. I just explained that they decided to live in different houses and that Kody has to take turns living at the houses. Where is Dr.Phil when you need him?

Anyway, my boss is about to walk in and I have a full day ahead of me. I hope everyone has a great day !!

I guess it's not Friday yet...

I think Monday's are the most dreaded thing of the working population. When I was a stay at home mom I loved Mondays !! That meant Chris went back to work and the kids and I could get back to our nomal schedule. How I miss the good ole' days. No wonder I drink more now than I used to, which brings me to my little story I forgot to share from yesterday.

Okay, so when Chris was at the grocery store I get a call. Okay, actually he called me no less than seven times while he was at the store. How can a grown man ( who is quite capable of making grown up decisions ) who has a LIST still manage to call seven times and ask questions about grocery shopping? Shoot, when I go grocery shopping I leave the kids with DH, take my list and SLOWLY stroll up and down the aisles. Sometimes I leave my phone at home intentionally so that I don't get phonecalls. Anyway, back to the point... So I am sitting there on the couch and my phone rings. It is Chris. He proceeds to ask me, " What kind of wine do you drink" , so I tell him which kind I prefer. I am not going to divulge the "brand " of wine I drink, but lets just call it cheap !! I have tried the expensive stuff and I will stick to my cheap wine. Why you might ask? Because if I drink the expensive stuff all I can drink is one glass. If I have more than that I will get a little toasty. Well, if you have ever witnessed bedtime in my family you will know it takes Rae more than one glass of wine to fall asleep. The bedtime process with her is at least a two glass process. Hence, the cheap wine !! Crap, I am off subject again. Anyhoo, so Chris calls and asks me this question. I ask him why are you asking me? He proceeds to tell me that he noticed that I was almost out of all my wine and that he has to "take care " of his wifey and keep her stocked up on wine. Okay, so he will buy me booze, but doesn't get anything else at the grocery store I will eat. I think he might have ulterior motives !! What do you think? I had to go BACK to the store last night to get some of "my" snacks for the week. Then I made a grilled chicken salad for dinner and proceeded to drink my two glasses of wine while Rae screamed at the top of her lungs in her bedroom that she was "NEVER GOING TO SLEEP EVER !!! " and that her "EYES AREN'T TIRED" and she " WILL NOT SHUT THEM !! " ( those are her exact words ). Now you can see why I drink and Chris keeps me stocked !!

I was right...

Chris came home from the grocery store with some of the most random stuff. Okay, he got four little containers of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. That is fine, but why does he need so much? Plus, I won't eat that !! Plus he got a 1/2 gallon of Regular Blue Bell Mint Chocolate Chip. AGain, it is full fat and I won't eat it !! He got regular syrup instead of sugar-free. He got regular cheese instead of 2%. He got RED juice boxes, ummmmm.... guess he forgot that his daughter is allergic to the red dye in those !! He got NOTHING for me to snack on. Special K bars, granola bars, baked Lays...NOTHING !!!

So, today's lesson is that no matter how much I detest going to the grocery store, I need to go anyway b/c Chris sucks at doing it. Plus he spent about 80.00 more than what I usually spend? I am still waiting to see the receipt so I can figure out what he got !!

Nope, I refuse to...

Go to the grocery store that is !! I refuse to. Everybody and their mother goes to the grocery store on Sunday and I just can't deal with going. So, I made a list and sent Chris. Who knows what he will come home with? I sent him to HEB so he would hopefully stay in the budget.

All of Ryan's games got rained out so we are "chillin" today. I can't even do laundry yet b/c I am out of detergent.

Okay, so we went to the beach Friday night and stayed there all day yesterday. We had a blast. Resa and I were hoping for sun and got overcast. I guess it is better than rain. It did keep the kind from getting burned.

Here are the pictures from the beach.

Anyway, after we got back we said our goodbye's to Chris's brother. He was here for a couple of weeks. The kids LOVE him and he was over at our house quite a bit this time !! Chris and I decided that we wanted some mexican food, so we made call ahead reservations and went to Gringo's.

Okay, well I need to finish this post up. Like I said, Chris is at the grocery store and wanted me to sort laundry while he was gone. Ummm, I haven't quite started that yet, so it is time to get hustling.

The kids looked thrilled don't they??