These days my 4 year old sleeps in, leaving me the mornings alone with my little one (almost 2). Things haven’t always been this way. My 4 year old use to always be the first awake. Since she was my first born child, I’ve always had plenty of time with her alone. Especially since she defies sleep at night too. But for the past year, I have really enjoyed her sleeping in a little and finally giving me some one on one time with the little one- who has never really had too much one on one attention… She is soooo sweet and cuddly. She throws her arms out big and says Hug, to get the biggest hugs. And boy does she sqeeze tight. Sometimes we just sit around while she climbs all over me in her cuddly litte way. FOR NOW, I will enjoy this… but the new baby will be here shortly, only a month or so away. And then everything will change again. And this sweet time that I so cherish with my little angel, will be gone again. I will only be left with the feeling of sweet nostalgia. Bittersweet is the feeling, knowing that with the sweet birth of my next little one, I will lose the alone time with this little one.

Okay, okay,

Well I have put off making this kit long enough, I better get started on it quick! I love the colors, but just have had my plate so full… No, not with designing, I wish!! With trying to get my house in some sort of order after the caos my husband has caused by buying a pool table for it. (I blame him because he’s not here to stick up for himself, hahaha) Anyway, it’s a great pool table (8ft) traditional style solid wood with claw feet, got a great deal on it for only 300. I think leveling it and refelting it will cost almost as much as buying it. We are turning our front room into a game room. He brought the pool table home the other night and the house has been in turmoil ever since, furniture everywhere, kids play area toys spread all over, yikes!! I can’t just sit at my computer and design with the house looking like that – so the re-organization has begun, blech! Ha ha ha…. I complain, but the game room has come together quite nicely (at least that is done). Only thing now is – what do we do with this extra stuff. I know a yard sale is one idea, but some of these things we need to keep for the kids, like books, we read childrens books EVERY morning… so I have to find a spot for the book shelves again! Anyway, this is the dilemna I am facing now… guess that’s not too bad – life is good!

Now go quick to DigitalArts-Cafe to find out what you get when you collect them all!

In this day and age, we are so busy. Too busy to do all the research we should before we vaccinate. Are vaccines the cause of Autism? Are we poisoning our children?? We trust that the government knows what is best for our children, we follow like good little sheeple… I am just as guilty. When it was time to vaccinate my first daughter, I questioned as many probably do. I looked for information about it. I asked our family doctor. Everything told me that it was safe, even my family doctor who truly believes it is safe. Although my heart tells me this is not so. Well we vaccinated our first daughter, but we did so very slowly. We took her in many times and broke up the shots as much as possible. She is okay, thankfully, but the guilt I feel for doing it blindly is huge.

We have not vaccinated our second daughter. It is time to consider her for vaccinations. I don’t know what to do, like many of you. In searching for some sort of information I did find this website and video which are SUPER informative. If you are considering vaccinating, I hope you will take the time to watch this video!  http://stay-healthy-enjoy-life.blogspot.com/2008/10/vaccine-overload.html This video is so full of information, it has more info in it than I could find anywhere else.

Well I am totally stoked. It’s not really new, but it’s new for me… As many of you know, I am pregnant. My little Santa Fe, Hyundai SUV has been a great truck to have. It seats 5 total, 3 in the back and then 2 in the front. But the third spot in the back is only big enough for a smurf. So, naturally we must have a larger vehicle to fit the 3rd car seat. So we have room for the whole family. I am totally excited because I think we have gotten a sweet deal. We filed our taxes and with the money we were able to buy this van… So what did we get?? A 2001 Pontiac gmc Montana with 69,000 miles on it, mechanical sliding door, rear air etc. It feels extended in the far back seats because there is actually some leg room. The price?? $3900 dollars. Isn’t that great.

This van, when it was new, must have been well over 20 thousand dollars, I’m sure! We do have to put some new tires on it soon, breaks and it is due now for an oil change. The carpet in the trunk area is beyond repair (battery acid maybe?) so we are putting a bed liner back there rather than recarpeting it. The only other thing that it needs is a window button for the passenger door and a detailed cleaning. Other than that everything seams really great. It didn’t come with keyless entry but we are able to get that online for about 30 bucks along with an extra key. 

So that was my day today, bought the truck, got the 10 day permit, got it smogged, went to the Pontiac store to see about the things it needed, back to dmv to get it registered, stopped by to see Jason for lunch, my dad put on the plates for me, filled her up, and we went home. It felt like quite a long day, so it feels really great to be home and relaxing. Well, there’s my little update, oh, by the way, my 4 year old was soooo excited to be in a van, it was sooo cute, she just raved about it. “Isn’t this nice Mommy”  “This van is great, do you like it too Mommy” “Can we take our van tomorrow too Mommy” She’s so cute! 🙂

P.S. Those of you following my digital designs… I know you’ve been waiting for something new!! I have some brushes I will be releasing soon… Will get to it this week! Also, you have to check out DAC’s Easter Fun kit, I’ll blog more about that soon! I have posted a challenge on my blog for you, I hope you will participate…and finally I will be starting a wordart challenge for DAC very soon! Hopefully this week 🙂 More to come…