Thoughts...

I am thinking... that Kayley will enjoy her first counseling appointment this Saturday. She's dealing with a lot. I'm thankful my counselor also sees kids.

I am wearing… my work clothes, as usual. I love dressing up these days.

I am remembering… a time when Kayley was a baby and I blogged about wondering if Kayley would be friends with Brianna and Ashley for a long time. I'm so glad she still has those two as her friends. And I'm glad to have their mommas as my friends, too!

I am going… shopping for an Easter dress!

I am hoping… for a nice, happy Easter with my family.

On my mind… so many things. That's what my venting blog is for!

Noticing that… now that I've been working money isn't really an issue anymore. It's so nice.

Pondering these words… "You don't need to do anything. Just be still and know that I am God."

From the kitchen… I'm pretty sure I'm starving myself to death. I think I had a total of 800 calories yesterday. I woke up so hungry.

Around the house… I love the way my house looks these days. It's nice to have pictures on the walls and some decorative pieces here and there.

One of my favorite things... pedicures.

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful that Easter is coming up. I'm very excited to have my first Easter at Calvary Chapel. I think it's at the same place Kim got married. I'm planning on wearing a dress, believe it or not!

I'm thankful that Andrew at work randomly demonstrated the "bend and snap" from Legally Blonde yesterday. It made my day.

I'm thankful that next week I will have a night with no kids. My mom will be taking them down to the OC to see Joanna on Thursday, coming back Friday. What will I do with myself??

I'm thankful for the text I got from my mom yesterday morning at 7:10 waking me up. We usually leave the house at 7:40. I'm also thankful that I managed to get myself and both kids ready and fed in 30 minutes. I started work the first week in January and that was the first time I turned my alarm off and went back to sleep.

I'm thankful for my awesome friends Rachel and Becca who celebrated their birthday on Tuesday!

I'm thankful for God's grace that allows me to screw things up royally and have a clean slate the next day.

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday

I was looking through pictures and found some random ones of friends and Kayley. I think the last one of Kayley is stinkin' cute!

Ten On Tuesday

1. I know I talk about this all the time but it's just exciting to me: I lost another two pounds! Seven to go and I'll have lost 40 pounds altogether!

2. My parents celebrated their 30th anniversary yesterday!

3. Here's another little ditty I wrote a long time ago:

So on my way home from kims house, I almost died. Let me explain. I'm on the freeway, minding my own business, weaving in an out of traffic going 95 like I usually do. I stumble upon a dinky little toyota and I slow down behind him. The next thing I know there's a wretched piece of cardboard kickin it on my windsheild. Needless to say, my vision is blocked and i'm swerving all over the road, going under big rigs and over mini coopers. I thought we were doomed. But then a second later I see kiki roll down the window, climb out to the roof and remove it. I could see! Thank the good lord for daughters who take the initiative. At that moment I realized that although conceived outside of wedlock and born amongst turmoil and chaos, she turned out alright. God bless america.

4. You should try the dark chocolate blended from the coffee bean. Unless, of course, you live in Alabama or Missouri where you are stuck with Starbucks and their sad excuse for a frap.

5. I shouldn't be online. There's work to be done!

6. I just tried to pick something up off the floor and started typing on the typewriter with my head. Oh boy.

7. Here are a couple links for the jewelry I got. I can't paste the pictures so this will have to do.

http://www.liasophia.com/sites/partygirlchas/productcatalog?page=productgroup&productGroupId=51&showCrumbs=true

http://www.liasophia.com/sites/partygirlchas/productcatalog?page=productdetail&sku=1032N3201&showCrumbs=true

http://www.liasophia.com/sites/partygirlchas/productcatalog?page=productdetail&sku=1032N2001&showCrumbs=true

8. Today will have to be an eight on Tuesday because I can't think of another darn thing to write about.

Not Me! Monday

The kids and I were playing outside yesterday and Kayley thought she had stepped on a piece of glass. It turned out that the hard chunk of something I scraped off her foot with my fingernail was definitely not a piece of poo from the grass in front of our house. Yuck.

My jewelry party closed today. I definitely did not get $642 worth of jewelry for $100! I believe that's about 12 pieces! What kind of business gives away that much in free stuff? Amazing. I will post a picture when I get them in. The excitement is overwhelming!

I dropped Kayley off at school today and she didn't cry or get upset at all when I left. I was so not relieved that she let me go without a fight.

I'm telling you, there should be a video camera at my work all the time. Today some man came in and played with the door for a minute to figure out why it rattled and told me it needed to be fixed. He was completely serious. He also came out of his meeting with a broken fingernail and asked me for a nail file. Then he asked again a few minutes later, then again minutes later. It was clear he has some form of OCD. Naturally, after he left I definitely did not make fun of him by reenacting his bizarre entrance.

I did not write this on my Xanga on October 22nd, 2004 when Kayley was 9 months old:

Yesterday sucked. It was so bad. Luckily though, I'm feeling much better today. I decided to venture out into the world of Ventura this morning. As I'm cruising on Victoria I see in the corner of my eye the beloved Kmart. What kind of person would I be if I didn't stop on in and buy something? So I set off with my bargain shopper hat on, putting aside the feeling of trashiness that was overwhelming me. I took care of business as usual, popping things in the basket as I went along, gasping and groping sale items as if I would never set foot in a bargain store again. It was like some kinda holiday. I gave my money to this nice young man who kept smiling at me funny. And all the while I gave him these weird looks back like "why the hell are you smiling at me." Then I took a closer look....his face was really crooked like that! Feeling a little sheepishly meek, I sunk down into the cart as kiki pushed me back to the car. We arrived but the stupid beep beep wouldn't unlock the car, and we all know that if you unlock it with the key the alarm goes off. So kiki and I traded places. She hopped back in the cart while I tried my best to troubleshoot. Finally all I could do was look like a poor lost innocent soul as my alarm sounded with great strength, not subsiding. But wait! Then an old man with a cigarette hangin from his mouth tried to help. He did nothing really but bang my beep beep on the side of the cart and stared at kiki with love in his eyes. I managed to get the alarm to stop while convincing the old perv that he was lots of help. Practically purple from embarrassment I raced as fast as my wheels could take me from the parking lot of that wretched place. I think in the future I'll stick to the 99cent store or big lots. They're safer and much more classy.

Haha. What a weirdo.

I have also been looking over my other posts. Some of them are not completely inappropriate. There are entries from when Tyler first started working for Infinity Electric and when I had Cole. It's kind of a fun trip down memory lane. I'm so glad I'm older. My life is completely different now but I wouldn't go back to being 21 for anything.

Sunday!

The kids and I had a really great day today. We went to church, played outside, took a rest and then went to see Tyler's side of the family! Justin, Taryn and Noah are in town for the weekend and we all got together for fun at the pool and tacos afterward.

It should be no surprise what the Batten boys were up to with Cole:

Here are some pictures from our day:

Uncle Corey and Zoe

Kayley and Noah

Cousins!

The Batten boys

I assure you, this will be the last picture you'll see of this kid sticking his tongue out. Mommy is laying the smack down!

So cute!

My pretty Kayley girl

Tired and worn out!

Thankful Thursday

1. I'm thankful for my closest friends who will always be there no matter the circumstances.

2. I'm thankful for Cole, even though he doesn't ever let me take pictures of him that aren't silly!

3. I'm thankful that Kayley is such a smarty pants. I have a list next to my bed of things to work on for myself. Today she started to read the list to me. I took it down:) I also love that she loves sushi even though I don't!

4. I'm thankful for a car to drive with no car payment!

5. I'm thankful for Whodidly cupcakes, that have now become a birthday tradition at work, thanks to my love of cake and butter cream frosting!

6. I'm thankful for my mom for taking such great care of my kiddos while I work.

7. I'm thankful for a house that is safe, comfortable and centrally located in Ventura (seriously, if you live on the east end the miles add up!)

8. I'm thankful for Target, Kohls and Ross for their great deals.

9. I'm thankful that God gives me hope for my future.

10. I'm thankful that tomorrow is Friday!