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We had a great time with Julie Ann today! The kids played in the park (a very nice park btw, we will be going there regularly!) and we had a nice time talking. Dawson was in a lovely mood thankfully. He didn't cry all day, not even in the car!! Matthew is a cutie was tons of hair. Much more than Megan even has and his smile is heavenly. JA and I had a lot to talk about and it was just a nice morning. There was one baby (found out she was paid to take care of him) that was left in a stroller the whole time, even when he was crying. :( One other mom told me that her 3 1/2 month old was on oatmeal and apple sauce because he was just hungry all the time. I wanted to scream..."THEN FEED HIM!" People.

We rested at my parents house and I watered my mom's flowers and then we went after some Dr. Bronners and I treated myself to some Organics Orange and Chocolate Mint lip balm. We had dinner at my IL's house and now we're waiting on Daddy to come home. Megan wants to go to the park with him. :)

Its gonna be a good day! I can feel it!

The kids both slept until almost 8!!!! Dawson has been doing this lately. THankfully he has changed his schedule but it has been a little difficult getting used to him being up later at night. Its worth it though. I'm enjoying a strawberry/canteloupe/applejuice/yogurt smoothing while I wake up and at 10:00 I am meeting Julie Ann at a park in Hickory. We're gonna have a picnic lunch and let the kids play for a bit this morning. This day can't go bad! :)

I just got an email from my sister. My nephew Jonathan is in Tai kwon Do and had a tourny recently. Helga says, "In his age division (8-9 year olds), Jonathan won the gold for poomse, and silver for sparring !:) He was very happy! " YAY Jonathan!!! :D

Josh has been working out every day except for Sunday for the past 2 weeks. I commented that I could tell he had lost some weight by looking at his face. So this morning he decided to step back on the scale and low and behold, he has lost 8 lbs! He has also cut out a lot of meat since I don't cook it and hes doing very well avoiding sweets. I am really happy for him. He thought he was going to have to go back on that horrid Adkins diet and since I no longer touch meat, he was gonna be out of luck or have to make his own dinners. Anyway, I'm really proud of him. He has a long way to go, but I know he can get it off.

Today my veggie garden is getting tilled!! Woop Woop! I hope these patiently waiting seedlings can tolerate the transplant. If not, I'll just go buy some seedlings...can't really afford to, but it will turn out cheaper in the long run to grow veggies than it will to buy produce at the store.

I read something really disturbing at Yaaps last night and instead of commenting there (in that mom's vent) I'll just take it here. WTF is wrong with men who think that when they come home, they should be in paradise because they slaved all day at their job. Do men really think that our work at home is fun and games? I know that Josh went through short periods of frustration with the state of our home right after both kids were born but he dealt with it. I mean, he wasn't any more helpful though. After Dawson was born, he changed jobs and started coming home much later than before. He would come home, eat, throw his clothes everywhere and completely destroy the kitchen. If he noticed that I hadn't gotten around to cleaning the kitchen after making dinner, he didn't do a thing about it. He would spend a few min with Megan (if she was even awake) and then crash on the couch. Once I was able to do more during the day, I made sure he knew that I didn't appreciate this and he too snapped out of the funk. Changing jobs helped and I am pretty sure that depression over finances was a big trigger for both of us. He is not insensitive on a daily basis thankfully. When things got really tough financially, I told him I wished that I could go to work but that there was no way I would leave Dawson so young and he said he would never dream of me going to work and that I was doing exactly what I should be doing. Oh well, I just had thoughts and her vent wasn't the appropriate place for them. Some men suck and some men are just immature. Hopefully that dh will grow up eventually. I didn't really get anything for mother's day either, but he was my slave for the day and I worked him hard. :D

He was given a ticket to go to The Winston this Saturday night. He has turned down chances in the past but I told him to go ahead this year. Next year by gosh, I am going with him. I have wanted to go to this race under the lights for many years as well. Of course it will depend on my ability to leave Dawson, but he will be almost 2 so I am hopeful. If not, I'll wait until the year after. He got a $10 gift certificate for a steak rest. in Hickory and I am gonna go out to eat on Sat. Of course salad is all I'll be able to eat, but it will be a meal out nevertheless. lol

inspired by Corrie
I in no way have had to pare down as much as Corrie but we have done quite a bit of simplifying in the past year.

Got rid of extended cable and kept only the basics so we didn't go nuts (yes we are tvheads)
Started cooking from scratch and recently quit buying meat
When we bought meat, most of it was the stuff that had to be sold immediatly
I shop at the salvage twice a week and buy most of our cheese, yogurt, milk and about 1/2 our produce there.
Most of the produce will start coming from the farmers market now until I start getting something from our veggie plants
I sew something if I want a new outfit I buy fabric from a discount store or use what I have if possible. For holidays I ask for clothing or shoes if I need something
I have bought 1 new outfit since Dawson was born...last week because I had a gift certificate
We very rarely eat out. I can think of 3 times since D was born and one of those times my parents paid
My daddy plays the poker machines at the gas station and shares his winnings with us. I get most of my gas from store tickets he wins
I buy juice but no soft drinks (unfortunatly for Josh)
Dog food comes in bulk from sam's club and I share some of my parent's bulk stuff when they buy too much
I have no insurance right now (life or health) Josh pays $6 a week for his health and we don't have dental right now unfortunatly. I really need to have something done about my TMJ but its waited this long, it will wait longer.
We pared down Josh's life insurance (its still pretty good though)
I will be getting some hand me down (lol) flowers out of my Grandma's, Mom's and a friends garden.

Ah, I'm sure there is more, but I'm too sleepy to think of it...I'll have to come back to it in the morning.

I caught an episode of Trading Spaces during lunch yesterday. WTF was she thinking...you don't dye someones bedroom carpet ORANGE!!! THe whole design sucked. Hilde is obviously WAY more interested in getting her wild designs on tv than she is in making a home owner happy. That bedroom looked like some sort of 70's love nest. I liked the curtain but that was ALL and the white on white was boring, throw in the red/orange color and they would have pissed off homeowners. Throw in orange carpet and Josh would hit the roof! It looked truly horrible and I just can't figure out why they let Hilde stay on that show.

We planted Dawson's placenta today under a beautiful rose bush. THe petals are ivory with magenta tips. We also planted a lilac bush for Megan and something that climbs in front of the patio. Dawson called me "muh-muh" for the first time today. He was fabulous all day. Josh tilled a bunch on the front (north) and west side of the house and also pulled up 2 bushes. THere is one more to come up but it will wait for another day. At the end of the month, I'm going with my mom to get some flowers from my grandma's garden and one of Josh's best friends has some to dig up for us. I can't wait to fill in these spots! I have a snap dragon, some wave petunias, a daisy, and some other small flowers that I don't know the names of right now. I also have some yellow bells but they were there before. There was one rose bush already there that is over 30 years old and beautiful and now the new one.

Corrie, I'll email you tomorrow. I dont' think I can take this on until after we move, but I want more information on the 3rd shift babysitting.

Rhonda, my auctions have disappeared. All I can tell you is that they were nwt osh kosh and carters clothes. I was asking (imo) really good prices and offered buy it now at a higher price. None of those auctions got bids. I sold an almost new diaper bag for $6 (opening bid) and a 6m outfit (nwt) that had matching socks for $8 (0pening bid as well). I got frustrated that I had to pay to put up those auctions and basically broke even. I think I'll just try them at the consignment shop. It took SO long for me to get them done. If you have any thoughts for me though, I would love to hear them. I've posted auctions before and always made more than I expected on them (not clothing) so it really irritated me since clothing is all I have bought off ebay in the past.