It's been busy but not much to report

I'm still working on getting a camera it's been a hard choice.  I've been to a couple of stores and so far there is nothing that I am comfortable with.  I am getting to the dangerous point of buying the next camera that I see.  Why?  Well because I have been doing so many things and I really wish to have a picture of it all!!  Like the day I saw my first coyote, when Pumpkin smashed his finger in the car door, when Pumpkin got his glasses, and many other moments that are zooming by me without being recorded ahhh!  Ok I've just almost talked myself into that first camera I see thing!  Tomorrow I will be going to town and definitely shopping around for one because Mr. A's birthday is on Saturday!  We are have a pirate themed party and he's so excited.  Sadly there probably won't be any of his friends there they have all but one said that they couldn't come so we'll see.  Whether or not anyone comes we will have a great time.  I bought the boys some swords, eye patches, handkerchiefs for their heads, compasses, and shhh it's a secret but I got Mr A a treasure chest :)  He will get to paint it himself it's the size of a basket ball so it's lightweight I figure he can put all his little treasures in it (boys always have some sort of treasure).

Have I told you yet about Pumpkins glasses? In case I didn't he got glasses for his lazy eye.  Apparently it's drifting because his eyes are so bad off and one is so much worse than the other that it was just turning off so that he could focus on seeing out of his better eye.  The glasses now take that strain off of him.  He may still have to go in for therapy we will know in about three months. 

I got my wedding ring fixed yeay!  One of my diamonds had fallen out so I took it in and got it repaired it was making me crazy to not be wearing it.  I'm very happy!

I still do not have a new car :( and I don't think that I will be getting one anytime soon.  They are to much money when it comes down to it.  I have seriously been considering fixing my old one...It will cost a lot of money to but at least it will go slower than just handing it all over at once right?  I know my logic doesn't make much sense but there ya go.

We went to the Celtic Faire out here.  It was so much fun.  We watched to jousting, did some shopping, a lot of walking, Mr A got to throw some axes at a giant piece of wood, we watched jugglers who also ate fire, and were pretty funny.  It really was a lot of fun and I can't wait to go again next year although I hope to volunteer next year because I love to be behind the scenes there.

I built my square foot gardens today yeay.  Ok ok so I messed up and they are not the right measurements shoot me but with hubby's help I think they turned out great especially for my first project since the ehhem clock/table thingy lol.  I am not a build it yourself person but I am working on it slowly.  I can't wait to show pics ahh camera!  We covered the bottome with chicken wire to keep out the gophers and on top of that is weed cloth then the dirt and plants and the grid must not forget the grid the book says.  Hubby says the grid is a stupid add on but I think that it makes it all look uniform and separates out what we put in there nicely so I'm happy with it.  We haven't had time yet to build the lids to keep out the rabbits and cats and any thing else that would love to nibble on our plants and seeds so we wrapped the outside in chicken wire and stapled the bottom to the boxes.  In a few days we will have the time we need to make the lids.

Well that's all I can think of right now.  I hope you are all having a good week :)

Noelle

Laundry

Monkeys birthday party is on Saturday so I have been busy working in the yard trying to get things under control.  Since my parents moving in to this house last year there have been a series of rose bushes that have remained untouched so I am trying to get them under control.  I am working on a post about what I have been thinking about while pruning them but so far the words don't seem to be coming out right.  I'll get it up here if I can get it to sound right.  So other wise I still have a ton of work to do.  The spring seemed to be coming when all of the sudden the weather has taken on a turn for the worse meaning that we have a garden growing like mad and now bad weather to not work on it.  The horses do not like the weather they usually are out grazing but now they are hiding out in their little barn like little babies lol.  I hope that the weather gets better soon. 

I have not been going on my walk the last time I went was on Saturday and before that I can't remember.  I hope I get back into it soon my schedule is just so messed up since I had the cold and I have not been able to get myself back on track. 

I finally folded the mountains of laundry that were accumulating.  Did I mention that I hate folding laundry?  I don't mind washing it at all.  In fact I rather enjoy washing it but asking me to fold it is incredibly irritating.  I wish we could just shove the laundry in the drawers or rather buckets which we are using right now, and forget about them.  There is the part of me though that almost OCD organizes our clothing.  I separate the laundry out by short sleeves, long sleeves, sweaters, pants, shorts, and outfits are also organized. There are shorts and short sleeves, pants with short sleeves, pants with long sleeves, and so on.  So it's really just a battle with myself.  I have really enjoyed the part of my accidental minimalism were I have been getting rid of the clothing that I don't really like.  I keep some things because someone gave it to me, the kids, or my hubby and I am now just getting rid of it.  Yeay less laundry!  I can't wait to get into my storage and began to throw things away and donate them.  There are so many things that I realize I do not need.  Well there really isn't much more going on I will let you all know how the birthday party went I hope your having a great week.

Birthday Party Prep and Rock Stars

Monkeys birthday party is on Saturday the 19th so today while grocery shopping I got all the party supplies.  My friends children are on very strict diets so I spent a lot of time reading labels and trying to figure out what would be safe for them.  The only things I have left to get are drinks, presents, goodie bags, and stuff to make the cardboar armor and foam swords.  Phew.  I could not find the drinks that would fit the bill for the strict diet so I'm going to have to do some more looking...or maybe just let her know that I couldn't find any and maybe she will want to bring her own.  At any rate I am so excited for the party!!  My little boy is going to be four!  They grow up so fast.  I am glad that I homeschool the boys and can get to know them so well.  It would be so much harder with them gone all the time and with time flying by I feel so blessed to have them around me.  What if God hadn't seen me as fit for them?  Well I am so glad that he did and I am trying so hard to fit the bill.

There hasn't been to much else going on here.  We are loving the calendar time board that I made.  I also made them each a binder with some sheets that match the board so that they can fill theirs in along with me and even Monkey gets into it and does a great job.  I am as into it as they are!  Their first memory verse is Psalms 17:8 Keep me as the apple of your eye. They both have it pretty much down.  Mr. A's goes a little farther with 'keep me as the apple of your eye.  Hide me in the shadow of your wings.' Look at my last post for the link up to the websites where I got all the information for these and look at 1+1+1=1 for the reason I am now calling my sons litte rock stars I think you'll love it as much as I do.  Don't forget to check out her faith beliefs to make sure you agree with them and follow her it's a great resource!

I hope you guys have all had a great week!