Summer blues

Summer sucks in Arizona!!! The kids being home all day has been quite a shock to the system. I'm so used to having most of them out of my hair, that this has been a rough week. HAHA too bad for me that its only MONDAY!! GAH! They are SO bored, and driving me crazy and making it impossible to get anything done. I'm having flashbacks to the years when they were all underfoot as toddlers and preschoolers and I'd look back at my day and realize I had acomplished nothing. None of the big kids have any friends in town except Sadie, they all want me to take them all these places like the music store to play on the guitars (which I'm sure the employees LOVE) or go to Circle K to get a treat, or go swimming, etc etc. They want to do all these things every DAY. The whining and fighting and making messes is unbearable!! Its not helping that my life is turned upside down, my house is a mess with clutter that is stuff that has been "packed" and it is suffocating me!! And even worse, its making me very unmotivated. Oh man, get me outta here!! Mark and I are both at the end of our ropes!! I had to call him today at work to make sure it wasn't "Take your 4 boys to work day", and unfortunately, it wasn't. I realize that every family in America right now is experiencing this, but it dosen't make it any easier. My dad offered to take the 3 big kids to Thatcher early for the weekend (thurs. night) and I may have to take him up on it. Sorry mom!! LOL

I'm not making this up.....

SO we go today to see Cade play in this show, right?? We sit down, the house lights go down, and a man and woman appear. The man speaks a few lines. The woman starts singing. The man speaks again. Then the woman sings again. Marks head jerks in my direction:

(M): Is this a MUSICAL???!!
(J): Um, yeah, its called '1856 the MUSICAL'
(M): Well I didn't think there would actually be SINGing, I thought they called it that just for fun or something.

He's hopeless. I give up. Its like the time he truly was proud of himself when he was trying to eat healthy, because he carefully chose chicken wings for lunch. Because its chicken, which is healthy, right?? Ay yiyi. At least I have my very own personal comedian to entertain me all day long. Sheesh.


Today I got brave (and as a favor to my neice in Panama) and I went to the Old Navy sale, with 50% off a bunch of stuff and flip flops for $1. I overheard from my checkout girl that 200 people were in line before the doors opened. I got there about an hour after that, so you can imagine the mayhem. It literally was like the day after Thanksgiving or something. And most people were just buying flip flops!!! There was a limit of 5 pair so people were recruiting their kids and handing them cash in line behind them and getting like 15-20 pairs. What are they doing with all of those flip flops?? Wierd! I just got my 5 pairs because I was alone, and I didn't feel like digging thorugh all of the boxes of rubber. I waited in the checkout line for about 45 minutes. It wasn't too big of a deal because I was by myself and I did get some cute school clothes for the kids. I didn't pay more than 6 dollars for anything. But seriously, there must have been 200 poeple in line to check out. Ca-rayzee!

House update!!

Wellllllll..........I just got the call.........The bank ACCEPTED OUR OFFER!!!! They will take 200K!!! Yes I'm a dork that everyone knows how much we are paying for our house which I know is totally tacky but I don't care!! When he called and I realized it was Travis(our awesome realtor!) on the phone at 5 pm on a friday...It was like I was in the twilight zone for a second...the moment of truth. Oh it was a scary moment. I almost started crying when he told me. So now we can get the contract signed tonight (Travis is bringing it over) and Heather will get it into the system this weekend so monday we should be ready to roll. Talk about a "WHEW" moment!!!

Can I just give a shout out to our dear friends Scott and Casey......They went through the temple this week and today were sealed with their darling kiddos. We got to be front and center with them through this whole journey since before their baptism, and it has been such a fabulous experience. My point is (besides that we love them and are so happy for them!) is that the timing of getting to experience it all with them this week has really been a bright spot that got me through all of this ridiculous house stuff. On one hand I had one of the most difficult things to deal with with this house, and on the other hand one of the best positive, bright things with our friends, and I will gladly admit that the bright spot overtook the whole mess and got me through it. Life is so crazy sometimes!!!!

Now tomorrow I get to go watch my darling kiddo Cade sing and play the mandolin on stage in 1856 the musical and I can't wait! I wish everyone knew how talented he is, he is improving all the time and is already off the chain!! Also, we are taking some non-member friends, I think they will really like it. If you possibly can go see it, it is an excellent show. Its in the Ikeda Theater in the Mesa Arts Center. Have a great weekend!

SYTYCD

How much am I loving SoYouThinkYouCanDance this year??? Wow they just really blew me away last night. If they had had a show like this when I was about 12 years old.....my life would have been completely changed!! I have loved every week so far. Before last night my favorite was No Air, but now my new favorite is Bleeding Love. Those 2 (Chelsea H and Mark)arent my faves to win it, but as a couple and with the off the hook choreography they have been lucky enough to get, they totally stole the night. Napoleon and Tabitha are the BOMB! Actually their stuff reminds me a little of the one that Ivan and Allison did to Sexy Love in season 2. That was one of my favorites and they are doing more of that style that I love. Anyway, while I was watching Bleeding Love last night I seriously think I forgot to breathe, they acted it so well besides dancing it so amazing. YAY!!

May favorites to win it all??? DEFinetly Will, that guy is insane. I can totally see why Debbie Allen stepped aside to let him do the show, although I think someone that good with those kind of connections should be working already anyway. My favorite from the very beginning since auditions has been Joshua. He auditioned as a breaker, but when when he did his vegas ticket dance he did this amazing turn-extension thing and I was like....WHA?? This guy is going to be awesome! He and Katee have been really killing it every week too. Also, I'm loving Twitch. He and Carrington are adorable and he's another breaker that does everything else too. I don't really have a favorite girl this year. So far the guys are way better.

Going home tonight: Comfort and Chris, for sure.

House update

Mabye I should call it a downdate.....boo. Well, I don't know. The latest in the stomachache saga is as follows: The appraiser screwed up. He put it in at the original offer, instead of actually looking though the contract.(hello?? what ever happened to actually APPRAISING THE HOUSE, not just putting down the number....but whatever!) It was supposed to be 215,000. He appraised it for 200,000. Major oops. The problem is that is not easy to just change it, he would have to admit wrongdoing, which of course he won't. So we have to go back to the bank and beg them to just sell it to us for 200,000. Plus pay our closing costs. We do have a couple of things going for us......the market sucks, so the bank would be pretty dumb to turn away any buyer, especially one they know would go through. And a couple of houses in the area did appraise for 200-205K, they were just a little bit smaller and not as nice. And if they turn us down they wont be able to get more than 200 from anyone else, because that is what it is in the FHA system as what it is worth. So we do have a shot, and it would save us some money. We just have to hope they take it. I think they'd take 200, but its the closing costs I'm worried about, because if they won't, we're screwed. Anyway, that is the latest.

Worst case scenario, if the wheels fall off of this whole thing, we will just start over and find a different house. We just have to have faith that we will be where the Lord wants us to be. It is totally out of our hands at this point. My stomach still hurts though.

Well never mind then

I guess I didn't figure out youtube. I can see it on mine but nobody else can, so whats the point??

Guess what I will be doing for the next 3 days?? Deep cleaning. waaaa hoooo. I'm not sure I even have 3 whole days worth to do, especially if I enlist the troops. At least we will be inside where it is not a thousand degrees. I'm mainly only dreading cleaning out the 2 fridges and freezers. Bleh.

My little guys, Wyatt and Dayton are home. My MIL took them to a family reunion campout and they had the time of their lives. Poor little Deets (dayton) was so worn out he fell asleep twice in the car yesterday and was the first one out last night, and still sleeping. Awwww. I really appreciate my MIL taking them, it was SO nice of her. Cade will be coming home tonight some time. It will be wierd having everyone back.

Nothing new on the home loan front, I got an early e-mail saying shes working on it and will break all the rules to get it done. We shall wait and see. Its not even 9 am yet on monday, so its not like something should have hapened yet anyway. We went to the new ward kind of incognito yesterday, it was..different. We just went to sacrament and slipped out. Seems like we may be the old-timers, and I hear it has a high Mt. View Toro alumni. TONS of babies and toddlers. I'm sure it will be great, but Cooper ward is just SO comfy. Its a good thing I enjoy change or it could be pretty tough. I'm sure it will be great. If not, we'll just make it great. My stomach did a flip when I saw that the realtor sign was down. It made it seem like they were serious about selling us the house. They took the lock box so now I can't go in and clean like I planned. BOO! Why didn't I swipe the extra key when I had the chance?? I just didn't realize. Double boo!!

So, today I'm feeling cautiously optimistic, rested and ready to get some things accomplished.

Lets move onto something much more FUN ok??

I finally figured out you tube, here is something fun I did back when I used to have a life.......

Sick!!!!

I am so sick right now!! We are still not signed. The appraiser screwed up and put the wrong price on it so the documents got drawn up wrong and everything has to be re done. As of now our contract is up and we are 3 days over, at a cost of $150 a day. If it goes on much longer there is a possibility that the bank could just get peeved and cancel the whole thing. It is now 1 pm on friday and I have no news. Once we DO finally sign, its at least a 3 day window (at least !) to fund, so if we by some miracle sign monday it would be a friday close. and that would put us over a thousand dollars.

Needless to say, I have had a stomach ache the size of the Grand Canyon, and I've had it day in and day out since we got back from Missourri 2 weeks ago. I can barely sleep, and eating is so unpleasant, it just goes right through me. It just keeps getting worse. One really stupid part is that my kids have been GONE on trips and things all week and I have been KIDLESS and have wasted al this time, now I'm going to have to move and paint with 5 bored kids under my feet. If it even happens. I really really am trying to stay positive, but this is way beyond ridiculous!

So theres a fricken update.

House!!

I neeed some good vibes, bloggers!! We are still waiting for 1 paper from the seller so we can draw docs..............positive energy.....positive energy..........

EDIT:

Well all of your positive energy helped because they got the stupid paper and we should be signing tomorrow. I would say something totally snarky here but I am being POSITIVE with my thoughts and energy. :D I'm even taking the question marks down off of the blog title. Hows that for positive??

Happy Father's Day!

Im lucky enough to have an awesome dad and also be married to an awesome dad!! Both of them love their children and families more than anything and are so loyal and loving.

My dad has Cade in Utah right now doing a musical about pioneers. He has gone to great lengths and expense for his passion and love of music and has willingly shared his talents with his children and grandchildren. My dad certainly has his quirks, but I love him and he is a great man. I love being his daughter!




Mark is also a great dad. He is always teaching them how to be, and about his heritage. His is such a strong person, I tell him all th time that e
s really a machine. He just does what needs to be done with a smile. I love him!

The poor girls guide to new furniture

You know how you just get sick of looking at your same stupid furniture after about a decade?? Especially when it is lame-o oak or has been trashed by your kids, and you've moved a bajillion times and just don't want to put old stuff in a new place? Heres your solution......Get out your spray cans......and paint it all one color. I chose black. 2 weeks ago I loaded everything into my garage and started spraying. Now instead of a bunch of random crappy furniture there is at least some sort of coordination. One great tool that I used was this little spray can nozzle that fits over the top of the cans and makes it a comfy trigger sprayer instead of having to push down on that little button and give yourself a hand cramp by your 3rd can. It was totally worth the 3 dollars. My armoire turned out awesome, I got some sweet crystal-like knobs for the doors that will look really good. I did the boys bunk beds, 2 side tables, 2 picture frames, Sadie's metal twin bed, and some metal candleholder thingys. The Armoire took me about 1 1/2 hour one day, and the rest of the stuff took me about 3 hours.






I still have to finish up the one bunk bed, I ran out of paint. For about 30 dollars in paint and about 4 hours of my time I will have 12 freshened up pieces to use in the new house. Which we are still waiting on papers for. I have a lump the size of a softball in my stomach.

ANYway........

Just be aware that if you are wearing flip-flops while spray painting, eventually your feet will become completely blackened from the overspray. You might have to go get a pedicure afterwards. :D

Hey peeps We're back from Missourri!

We had such a fun trip!! We ended up driving straight through.....20 HOURS!! I know, we are crazy kids. Well, more like impatient. :D We drove home straight through too. We did lots of fun things, and relaxed too. We saw some great Church History sites, including Adam-ondi-ahman, and Liberty. For some reason I didn't get the pictures I sent myself by e-mail so I'll get Jen to resend them. We relaxed by the pool, I got a massage where my SIL works, we took the kids to a movie, all sorts of stuff. It was great rainy stormy weather most nights which was fun and I soaked up all the moisture I could before coming home to the dry oven. The kids had a great time. They rode the go-cart over their 5 acres pretty much nonstop all week. The dads took the boys to a KC Cheifs autograph signing and open practice on Saturday. They loved it! The only mishap was Cade running the go-cart full speed straight into a tree and knocking out a bottom tooth and jacking up his face a little. I'm sure he had a mild concussion, poor guy. But I guess he learned his lesson not to be reckless on a motorized toy. The only things we missed doing were Jen and I eating at Panera Bread (I'm really bummed, but we kept forgetting and then we were out of time!) and it was rainy pretty much every night so I don't think the kids really got to catch fireflys. O well, that just means there are fun things to do next time we go! :D It really was a great trip, the kids had fun and so did the adults!!

And now......back to reality. Unpacking, packing and paper work are on the schedule today.

Oh and we got Jenns blog up and running, so be sure to say hi over there. Hopefully she'll keep us updated!! :D

EDIT: Have I ever mentioned that buying a house SUCKS?????? I want to rip all my hair out and then curl up in a ball in the dark until these papers are signed. If I was a drinker, this would be a good night to get wasted. Seriously. Its going to happen, but not before I have an ulcer the size of a volleyball. Mark and I both wasted our entire first day back on the phone, faxing, e-mailing and phone calling. I started this morning at 7 am with checking and printing e-mails, and it's not over yet at 4 pm. BLURG!!!