Movie Night

Every so often the kids and I will have a "movie night". After dinner we all get in our jammies, bring down our pillows and blankets and camp out on the family room floor. The kids get to pick out whatever movie they want and get to stay up late until the movie ends. Of course they insist on all the lights being turned off and having popcorn. I usually throw in a few treats too, just to make sure they get in their sugar high and a few extra cavities! It isn't much, but they really love it and it's been a fun little tradition. So, since Sam is off school tomorrow, I let the kids have a movie night tonight. It's fun to see how excited they get about something so simple. They looked forward to it all day - not to mention it was a good bribing tool for them to behave! By the time the movie was over they weren't really paying much attention, they were wrestling with each other, popcorn was all over the floor, and they were having a great time! And that is how it usually goes in our house. Nothing ever turns out the perfect way I plan it. I've realized that having expectations of how you want things to work is pretty pointless. Nothing is going to be perfect, or exactly the way you want it - so just enjoy it for what it is and enjoy the ride. I just have to keep telling myself that!!

Ok, now for those of you who have been anxiously awaiting pictures of our new and improved house - and I know you are just sooo anxious - I finally broke down and took pictures tonight with my old camera since we still haven't downloaded the software from my new one. I know, I know it's not really that hard, but hey, we have been pretty busy lately. In any case, here are the pictures of our downstairs bathroom. We, ok Mike, finished painting the upstairs and I'm still working on getting our bedroom put back together, so those pictures will come soon - hopefully by Sunday. As for the rest of the house. We will just cross our fingers on that one. Mike just started school again on Tuesday, so we will see how quickly our next project gets done. Wish us luck!

Now please keep in mind, it is just a bathroom, so don't expect anything too spectacular! :)

And one just so you can see my cool little rug.

Happy 2009!

Happy New Year Everyone! We hope this New Year finds everyone happy, healthy, and excited for a new beginning! Resolutions anyone?? Yes, of course I have my own as well, but I think I better keep them to myself for now - but if I am successful, I will be sure to let you hear all about it! :)

So yes, it's only taken me about a week into the New Year to get updated, but hopefully I'm not the only one who feels like I'm playing catch up right now. It seems I just haven't quite gotten back on track since the holidays. In my defense, Mike and I have been working on a few home improvement projects lately that have take up a bit of our time. Yeah, one resolution we are actually working on!! We do have a completed bathroom to show for our efforts and are currently working on our bedroom. Baby steps all the way! We decided to take things one room at a time, completely reworking that whole room, then moving on. At least that way I will have a few rooms in the house that actually look nice. Right now I can honestly say that my favorite room in the house is my downstairs bathroom. Pathetic, I know, but it's a start!

As for New Years news, well, as many of you probably notice, no pictures for this blog - shocking I know, but I did get my new camera for Christmas (that I have been playing with a lot) and just haven't gotten around to downloading the software onto the computer yet. So, once I do, you will be bombarded with photos! For instance, the one of the kids banging pans on New Years Eve - and a second later coming back inside because they decided it was too cold. Yep - they got to stay up all night until it was New Years and then decided they were too tired and cold to really celebrate. Oh well, there's always next year I guess. So, in a nutshell, our New Years celebration was pretty uneventful - some games, a movie, a toast, a few bangs on the pots and pans, and then bed time! I can't even say I got to sleep in the next morning - nope they were all in my room and ready to go by 6:30 am! Don't you just love those childhood internal clocks!

And life continues as normal!