Sick Day Tuesday

So the girls and I have not been feeling great. Alexis stayed at home yesterday and then today Anabelle wasn't feeling really well either, so then of course Riley wasn't feeling well. So we all stayed home and have spent our day on the couch watching tv, doing homework, and just relaxing.

They really look like they feel bad.

This one on the other hand I think he is feeling fine.

I am including Alexis' poem that she had to write for class. When I first saw the assignment I thought we will have fun with this and it won't be that hard... Two hours later this is what we came up with. We wanted a theme so we finally decided science since it is Alexis' favorite subject. The poems are called Alphabet Alliteration Poems.
First word has to be an adjective, second a noun, and third a verb, and they all have to start with the same letter for each letter of the alphabet.

Silly Science Sentences
by Alexis Lamar

Active air answers
Bubbly bacteria boils
Curious computers caclulate
Dramatic dinosaurs discover
Evil electricity explodes
Freaky fossils fade
Grumpy galaxies guard
Humorous humans hammer
Icy inventors identify
Jumpy joints join
Kind knowledge kills
Lumpy life lasts
Mindful magnets matter
Noisy nature needs
Outgoing oceans overflow
Painful planets punch
Quiet quark questions
Raging robots race
Shy space scares
Tasteful time teases
Understanding universe unites
Vicious volcanoes vandalize
Wonderful water whirls
X-rated x-ray xeroxes
Youthful year yodels
Zany zones zigzag

And can't forget Anabelle's creativity today. Anabelle loves to take pictures. There are hundreds on her camera and I never know what to do with them. So some of the ones she took today I made it to a simple collage so I could share her hobby.

Can you tell what her favorite thing to take pictures of is. Poor dog has been forced to pose all day long, that or teased with a toy so she would try to climb the walls or do any other trick Anabelle thought would be fun to take a picture of.

Should I be offended?

I wait tables at my families restaurant a couple days a week. Make decent tips for the most part. This is defiantly the most unusual. This came from a group of ladies who looked to be successful middle age women.

So the check was $29 and the tip ended up being $5.50. So it comes out to be a 19% tip. Was the change still an insult? Be truthful!

The house...

before we moved in!

The kids loving the new place!!!


Are the a great looking group of kids or what?!


The living room...


The office...


The dinning room...


The kitchen...
It has a dishwasher which is probably my favorite part of the house. After 5 years of washing dishes by hand I am loving it!!!


The laundry room...


The downstairs bathroom...
Oh and the second bathroom is another big plus.


The stairs...
The picture of the duck was from the previous owners. Still haven't taken it down. LOL


The upstairs bathroom...
Love the big mirror and all the drawers!



The kids room...


The cubby holes....
All the bedrooms have one of these. The kids have build a great little hideout in theirs!


My bedroom...
and one of my favorite rooms in the house. It looks over down town Saluda! I love being able to wake up and look out at the town I love!


The third bedroom...
Right now Kara is in this room but it will eventually be Riley's room.


Hopefully I will post pictures with the place all put together in the next month but right now I still have lots of decorating to do!

A year later...

Well it has been exactly a year since I wrote my last blog entry. There have been lots of change in my life and I think this would be a good time to start writing again. I have been preaching to myself about the chance for a new beginning for a couple months now. While many of these changes have caused much more heartache then I ever expected to have to endure in a lifetime, they are also giving me the chance to start over.

The exciting changes begin with a chance to start over with a new home. We left the negativity and clutter of the old house and moved to a new place in the heart of the town a love. My bedroom even looks over the town so that when I awake in the morning and am feeling lonely I can look out and remember all the people in this town that love me and are looking out for me. The kids love being in town, close to their friends, a walk away from the park and school, and closer to family. So although it was a little more of a financial burden it has caused a lot more positive changes then I ever thought it could!

As far as those I am surrounding myself with, my new motto is "Never make someone a priority, when they only make you an option". I have felt betrayed by a lot of those that I considered to be good friends and have decided to let this too go. New beginnings, new friends! I am going to surround myself with those that will be there for me like I am for them. I would not have made it through this with out a couple people who have stayed true and really been there for me. I could not have survived without Jamie. She has come to my rescue more then once and listened every time I needed a friend.
Then the ladies at 3ML! Although many of them I have never met I would have been lost without their kind words and their wisdom. Whether I am a military wife or not I know that I can always count on them. Also my extended family at the restaurant has been so wonderful through this all. Lots of thank yous go out to all these people.

A change that I am still a little reluctant to talk about is a new friend in my life. Don't want to ruin anything by making to big deal about it but he is a great guy and whatever it becomes we will at least be great friends.

Some quotes that help defined some of these changes:
"Whenever God Closes One Door He Always Opens Another, Even Though Sometimes It's Hell in the Hallway."
"I will not live the life that someone else thinks that I should live!" ~ My own personal quote
"Never make someone a priority, when they only make you an option."
"Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has yet to come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering."