Monday, September 15, 2008

getting ready now...

i am finally getting ready for my trip to paris! i bought a new suitcase today because kevin took our only big rolling one. i've begun to make lists, etc. it is weird to pack without kevin here--he is such a big help to me when i am packing! :)

i also wrote a letter to my family telling them who we chose as guardians if something should happen to us. we have been so bad because we haven't done a will or formal guardianship papers yet. but you can bet your bottom dollar we will be doing it once we get back. this has been a wake-up call for me. i know chances are that we will be just fine, but flying over an ocean makes me nervous!!

otherwise, i have been grading like crazy and trying to get work done so that i don't worry about it while in france!

on a more scrap-related note, little dreamer designs is having a sale, and i have a little paypal, so i am going shopping! :)

have a great night!

Sunday, September 14, 2008

an inside, quiet day...

we are having an inside afternoon today. cater was so tired in church that we left early, and he cried after we left and told me he was soooo tired. he hasn't complained that i have confined him to the house, which is how i knew he needs some rest. so, we are having in inside, quiet day watching national treasure 2

yesterday actually turned into an okay day.  i got a lot accomplished--i vacuumed the house, swept the kitchen, cleaned the kitchen, washed sheets & towels, and picked up a lot of clutter.  the kids were pretty good, too, in spite of how grumpy i was from lack of sleep.  

then last night they went to church for parent's night out, and i had a mani/pedi/brow wax & ate at panera.  it was nice to have some time alone, and it helped me to get excited about my trip! :)

kevin sent a picture of his sightseeing yesterday.   here he is, riding a camel to the pyramids:




i cried when i saw it at first because i was jealous, but then i realized i am being a spoiled brat--seriously, listen to me complaining because i just get to go to paris. please, i need to get over myself!! kevin says egypt is a strange place--he has a whole new understanding of "third world" now...i hope to get there someday to see for myself. but i am glad he i okay, and i cannot wait to meet him in paris!

Saturday, September 13, 2008

it is gonna be a great day...

yep, it sure is. it is 6:25am. the baby woke up at 4:30am, and he sleeps in our room, so there was no putting him back and going back to sleep. he is still awake. and to make matters worse, he woke up his sister at 5:30am. so, here i sit, so tired i can barely type, with two very hyper awake children. and this is a disaster for the rest of day. my kids do not handle lack of sleep well. heck, i am not handling it very well lately either...

and kevin is in cairo, egypt on business. i am trying so hard not to cry about it. not because i miss him, which i do, but because egypt is the one place in the world i have always wanted to go, and i couldn't go. basically, because it is a muslim country, women really aren't safe going out without a male relative/escort. he is only getting one sightseeing day and then is working the rest of the time. and so it wasn't worth the money for the trip if all i would do is sit in the hotel. it just sucks. there is a 7 hour time difference, which means that as i sit here with two babies awake wayyy too early on a saturday morning, kevin is out sightseeing. the thing is this: he cares nothing about seeing any of it. nothing. i am so jealous i almost can't stand it...he travels a lot and i am used to feeling sad that i can't be with him. but it really does bother me that he gets to travel the country and the world and have all of these experiences without me. he eats lovely food and sees amazing things. and i stay here and cart children around while he travels to place like hawaii and egypt. sigh...

i know i should be so excited that i am meeting him in paris in 5 days, and i am. i have never been overseas, and i know it will be so much fun! but between paris and egypt, i'd have chosen egypt every time.... and tomorrow when he is working, i'll be excited about my trip to paris. today i am just sad...

on a different note, i actually scrapped a page:



i don't love it or anything, it is purely functional scrapping, and it was good to know i hadn't forgotten how! :)

i need to go and get breakfast for these little munchkins...

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

back at it again...

and so much has changed since i last blogged.

i got pregnant, unexpectedly. i had given up entirely, it seems, but when i had given up is when it happened. it is when it always happens for me--i give infertiles a bad name! :) but in april, i gave birth to a very beautiful, healthy little boy. he is 4 1/2 months old now, and our family is complete. i feel a peace about it that i never ever thought i'd feel.

i haven't scrapped in ages, either. i was sick the whole 9 months i was pregnant, and i quit all of my CTs. i have done only a couple of pages since he was born, but i am ready, i think to go back to it...

i checked DST for the first time in ages, and i was featured in the August 2008 edition of the newsletter. amazing to me that i am still getting picked up for publishing after all this time! :)

otherwise, i am going to try to start writing again and scrapping, in my spare time (whenever that is!)!