Working woman again

As of today I now have a job again! I am an Avon Representative! So let me know if you need any of our product!! My Aunt has been the Avon seller for the longest time and decided she didn't want to do it anymore, so I am taking over. I am realizing though that I really need to get out and get some clients if I want to be able to MAKE any amount of money. Right now I have my family and friends, but I can't depend on them all of the time. I have my first sales meeting this Wednesday, so that should be fun.

3-25-06

Last night we went to the movies and saw Failure to Launch with Matthew McCaunahey and Sarah Jessica Parker. It was a very cute movie. We went with another couple and of course both men thought it was a "chick flick". I suppose it was, but as much as they would hate to admit it.....they liked it as much as me and my friend. I definitely reccomend it. After the movie we had dinner. It was really nice!

The Mr. Potato Head Glasses

I think at age two Dylan is already wishing he wore glasses. It's the funniest thing.....When he got up from his nap this afternoon he decided he wanted to read a book while I was online for a few. So he went and got a book and the bag that has his Mr. Potato Head in it. He needed me to open the bag (it's a ziplock) so he brought it to me. He dug through the bad to find the Mr. Potato Head glasses. Most of us know how tiny those are right? Well, he sat down on the floor next to my chair and I looked down at him and he has the glasses on his face. They are too small to fit like a normal pair of glasses where they sit on the bridge of your nose, so he hooked them onto his cheeks, and the part that you're SUPPOSED to look through were at his mouth. It's the funniest thing!

Winter is back

We went from 70 degrees on Monday to 35 degrees today. Winter is back. We are supposed to get 1-3 inches of snow starting tomorrow afternoon. Can't say that I'm surprised. Hopefully my Tulips don't freez to death. I will be very bummed! Not very much has been going on here.

Robin's Back!

I was so excited today to see my first Robin of the year. Now I really know that Spring is about here. It was a really nice day today. Got to 56 degrees and for most of the afternoon it was sunny! My tulips are starting to come up in my flower beds too. I hoe it's not too early. This is the first year of having anything like that in my flower beds. Dylan was happy to be able to ride his bike today for a little bit. Hopefully tomorrow will be an even better day. They are saying it will get to 65, but there is a chance of rain. Hopefully it holds off until the evening. We don't really have anything planned for tomorrow except going to Sears to see if I can find a new quilt for our bed. Our is falling apart, and we have some gift cards from Christmas to spend. I wanted to wait until they got the new spring lines out. I hope we can find one to match the green paint in our room.

Spring on it's way?

I was watching the news this morning and the weather forecaster says that it may reach 60 degrees here on Saturday! Could Spring be here two weeks early? That would be wonderful. It is supposed to rain sometime during the day, but who cares! I just want to open my windows and get some fresh air in this house! What I'm NOT looking forward to in the mud and dirt getting tracked into the house. Since the garage was built the yard is in a terrible state. We'll probably have to put some sod down once the weather does change for good. Can't wait to let Dylan get outside and ride his Jeep that Santa Claus brought for him! Plus I'm looking forward to seeing how many of my tulip bulbs come up that I planted in the Fall. They are my favorite flower! Hopefully the squirrels didn't dig them all up and eat them! I will be VERY upset if they did!

3-2-06

Today was my lovely yearly visit to the gynecologist. That's always fun right? Actually I don't dread it as much as most people. I love my doctor. She makes me feel really comfortable. Looks like I'm healthy, so that's good. Of course except for my weight, which I am currently trying to decrease. I did lose ten pounds over the past year! Whoo-hoo! We had a nasty freezing rain storm last night. The main roads were pretty much clear, but the side roads are terrible. Dylan stayed with Grandpa while I went to the doctor, and when I went to pull in their driveway I slid right past the driveway. LOL Oops.

2-21-06

For the past threes days and well into the night we have been working hard on our basement putting a third bedroom in. We wanted to get in by today because we had our house appraised today. I went downstairs with the lady and I asked her about the room being a third bedroom. She says it don't count as a third bedroom. My heart bounced clear down to my feet I think. I said it don't? She says no, but they give credit for it as a finished part of the basment. What a bummer! She said even places that have a kitchen and bar kind of area in a basment don't count as a second kitchen. That's crazy I think!

My Dad is home from the hospital. He came home Sunday. He was getting so tired of staring at the four walls of the hospital room! So he's doing good!

2-16-06

My Dad wound up in the hospital again on Monday. He just wasn't acting right when I was there on Monday. To make a long story short it ends up that he has an infection caused from his open sore on his heel that he got when he was bed ridden for so long. It still hasn't healed all the way. Today they were mentioning that he may go home, but it wasn't for sure. He says he's ready! LOL Other then that there really hasn't been a whole lot going on.

Diaper Dilemma

It started on Sunday during Dylan's nap. He learned how to take off his diaper. When I went to get him from his nap he had his socks, pants and diaper off, and had peed all over his bed. I thought great. Well, on Tuesday morning he did it again while I was putting some clothes in the washer downstairs. I'm not sure if he just likes being naked or what. LOL Well, the third time it happened was Tuesday afternoon, only this time it was much worse. I was upstairs putting clothes away and I could smell that he had pooped all the way upstairs. As I was heading downstairs I was thinking oh no!! Well, I was right. He had taken his poopy diaper off. He had it all over his clothes, under his finger nails, on his face. It was so sick!!! So needless to say I had to give him a bath before I could put him down for his afternoon nap. I friend of mine says that it's a sign to start potty training when they do that, but I'm not so sure. I try to put Dylan on the potty and he's terrified. So any advice you have will be nice!

2-6-06

Well, Friday night went pretty good even though it was Superbowl weekend! My friend Melissa had made us a reservation at an Italian place in Detroit called Roma Cafe. The food was awesome. When she had talked to them on the phone Thursday they told her that they would shuttle us to and from the concert also! BUT when we got there and talked to the driver of the shuttle he said he wasn't working that late and that he could only drive us TO the concert and we'd be on our own on the way back. He had told us that there would be TONS of cabs on this one side of Joe Louis Arena. So we said OK, that will work. Well, the concert was really good. Kid Rock went non-stop for almost three hours! The only time he stopped was to get a drink and wipe himself off. Then he was back at it again. So it was good! During the concert though, there were four guys behind us and one was so drunk that he lost hi balance and fell head first into Alton's seat. Of course we were standing, but he still about knocked Alton into the row in front of us! He was begging Alton not to hit him! LOL So we and his buddies helped get him back into his row. Then we all started cracking up! It was funny. So the concert gets done and we are trying to get outside. It was like a herd of cattle. I thought for sure there was going to be a stampede. I don't know if everyone was trying to get out the same door or what, but it was crazy. Finally we get out. And we start looking for the "tons of cabs" that the driver had told us about. There was not even one cab in sight!!! Ya, there were tons of limos and busses to pick people up that had previously arranged it, but not one cab. So we just start following the crowd. There were a bunch of people looking for a cab. We come to the end of the road we were walking on so we asked a police officer where we might find a cab. He directs us up a sort of side street to another road. I was getting a little freaked out. Wondering around Detroit at midnight is not good. So we walk and walk....No cabs anywhere. Then we come to a casino that our friends are familiar with. They said let's go there and they will get us a cab. So we head that way, and almost when we're there here comes a cab. Thank God he stopped and he took us back to get our car! The ride into he cab was interesting too. I thought the side of the car where I was sitting was going to fall off! LOL It was making some pretty weird sounds. Almost like the tire was going to fall off. So we made it to get the car and then made it home in one piece! I felt bad for my parents who were babysitting. We didn't get home until like 1:30 am and then they had to get up early to take my brother to work. I never dreamed we'd be out so late! I don't think we'll go to another concert at Joe Louis!

The Big Concert

Yes, we are crazy!!! We are going to go to Detroit tomorrow night to see Kidd Rock at Joe Louis Arena. I'm beginning to wonder if we are sane. Superbowl weekend and we are going to go to Detroit. LOL My friend got the tickets a month ago. Little did we know it was Superbowl weekend! HOPEFULLY everything will go smoothly. We do know that they have reserved three big parking lots just for the concert, so parking shouldn't be an issue. Then we have to get on a shuttle to take us to the Joe. Yes, it ought to be interesting! Wish us luck!

Weekend news

The news from the weekend is that there really isn't any. LOL I did have a girls night out on Friday, so that was nice. We went to a restaurant that had just been remodeled so we went to see the updates. It sure looks different. For those who live by me I'm talking about the old Orion House on M-24. It's now called Christi's Bar and Grill. The food was excellent! They have a much bigger menu now....Much more variety. They do still have their famous pizzas and bread sticks. We pretty much went there too just for the bread sticks. Then they come with a really good garlic dip! YUM!!! I want some now! Nothing really went on Saturday. Alton had to work. Sunday we went to Best Buy so that Alton could spend a couple gift certificates they he'd gotten for Christmas and his birthday. He got a Rolling Stones CD and a Dr. Dre CD. Yes, he listens to a WIDE variety of music. LOL I know those are one extreme to the next right? LOL

Today Dylan has discovered flushing toilet paper in the toilet. Before he would just flush the toilet and slam the lid down. Today while I was reading my email he decided to go in there and unload half of a role of TP and put it in the toilet. Then when he saw me coming he hurried up and flushed it! I thought for sure the thing would be plugged, but it all went down. Alton would have had a fit! LOL The last thing he wants to do when he gets home is more plumbing! But I guess some things just can't be helped right?

Ebay

Have you ever tried to win an auction on Ebay before? I have been trying to buy an item for two weeks now and keep getting outbid at the last minute! It is so frustrating!! Sometimes I wonder if the thing is rigged! LOL

Our Weekend

We had a really nice weekend. Saturday night Alton and I got away for a few hours. My Mom babysat for us and we went to Greektown in Detroit for dinner. We went to a place called The Parthenon. Greek of course. It was a neat place, but I don't think I would go back. They server an appetizer that is goat cheese and they light it on fire when they bring it to your table. I don't know how the waitstaff hold on to it while they light it! We were like five tables away from when they lit one and we could feel the heat from it! How do they have it right in their hand? LOL I ordered a Gyro sandwich, but I was so worried about telling the waiter no tomato that I forgot to tell him I wanted chicken instead of the traditional lamb. So I got lamb. First time I've ever ate that. It was ok as long as I didn't think about what I was eating. LOL After we ate we went across the street to the casino. I didn't gamble at all, but Alton played a couple slot machines. She won $18 on one and then cashed out. Big spenders huh? LOL

Sunday we had a nice day of going to the grocery store and then just hanging out at home doing pretty much nothing. We haven't had one of those days in forever! It was nice.

The weather

I have never seen so much rain during the Winter as I have this 05-06 year. It's been close to 50 degrees for the past two days too! You would think it was maybe late March early April here! We have no snow what so ever except maybe a pile here or there from the plows. It's been yucky and muddy for so long now. I almost would rather see the snow covering the ground! What is going on? LOL

2 years old!

Yesterday Dylan officially turned 2 years old! Where does the time go? He growing up sooooooo quick! Since we already had his birthday party we took him to McDonald's for a M & M McFlurry. We brought it home and put a candle in it and let him blow it out. He was very happy!

A good weekend

We celebrated Dylan's birthday this weekend. I had the family over for cake and ice cream on Saturday. His real day is Wednesday though. It was nice. I'm thinking maybe Chucky Cheese for next year. LOL I don't know though...We'll have to see if he ever gets on the mechanical pony at Meijer's first. I've tried to put him on it periodically and he is terrified of it. Then Sunday we got some stuff done around the house. I got a really nice wooden filing cabinet for Christmas, so I transferred all of the stuff from my rickety metal one. Got to burn quite a bit of old stuff..Like old tax documents, check stubs. That stuff sure does pile up quick. Then we got Dylan's new toy box in the house. It's been sitting in the garage since Christmas. It's so much better then his old one. This one has a lid so you can't see the mess anymore. Plus we got a few other repairs done to the house that have needed to be done for a while, but have been put on the back burner. Other then that it was pretty relaxing!

Crazy week

This first week of January has turned out to be a bad start to the new year! I have two Aunts in the hospital, my Dad hasn't been feeling so good, and yesterday my brother was on his way home from work and he was hit by a drunk driver and totaled his truck! What else is going to happen to this family this week? Thank goodness my brother made it without a scratch. It's just a bummer about his truck! I just hope that they will pay it off for him and he can find soemthing lese that he can afford!

Happy New Year all!

Can you believe that it's January 2006 already? I can't. In just ten days Dylan will be two whole years old! Hard to believe! Our New Year's Eve was pretty tame. We went to some friends of ours. Decided to spend the night so that we weren't putting Dylan and us in danger by driving home at 1am with all the drunks on the road. Needless to say we didn't get to bed until almost 2 am to begin with and then Dylan woke up and wouldn't go back to sleep. He did not want to sleep in a pack and play I guess. I kept laying him back down and winding up his musical bear, but it didn't work. And OF COURSE Alton is sleeping like a baby through all of this! So finally I woke him up and told him lets go home, but he didn't want to do that. So Alton put Dylan in bed with us. He fussed around and wanted to play. About daybreak he finally decided to fall asleep. So we did get a couple hours if Z's in. What a mess. Never again! So we got up and came home just long enough to unload the car and then we were off again. We went to Alton's parents house for lunch to celebrate Alton's Dad's birthday. Came home after that and tried to get Dylan to take a nap. You would think after being up most of the night he would be dead tired. NOT! He wailed for about a half hour until I gave in and got him up. I am praying he don't do that when we put him down for the night. We had a little burst of energy so we took down the Christmas tree. I'm glad that's done. Tomorrow I will get the rest of the decorations down. I still have lights in the windows and a few other things. Shouldn't take too long. Then the house will be back to normal. I can't wait.