a week later!!!

well, here i am a whole week later!!! a lot has been going on but i have had no time to write about it!! had to babysit another child...10 year old... invincible, know everything, can do anything 10 year old.....are they all like that?? cause i am really in for it if they are!! anyway, been trying to keep peace between the "only child" and my three. can you say definate conflict? we pulled through. and next week we are back to our routine..."the norm"

baby girl has started hackin her head off!! dr. twice this week. coughed so hard and violent she broke blood vessels in her little face! they just appeared as little red dots (which her father said was the mumps!?).WHATEVER! anyway, she is fine.

the boys decided to go campin in the 200 degree heat w/ my folks! can you say heat stroke? mama said all they wanted to do was ride bikes! we are goin up w/ girl baby in a bit and hopefully they will lpossibly want to come home!? doubtful. i did get a picture from mom that pretty much told me they had had enough of the heat and went riding........to see uncle justin at work......they love his jobs!! can you tell??? they want to be just like him when they grow up! tata for now!

haircuts and cavities.....

thursday my baby girl got her first "big girl" haircut! she even got to sit in the "big girl" chair to get her hair washed.

our "hair girl" lori always says the word "hottie", so now rivers calls herself a "hottie"!

well, i guess if you're like me and always "expect the worst and hope for the best" things always seem to be less stressful.?

i didn't cry at the salon when she got her first "big girl haircut", although i did have to keep looking away. she loved it! she flipped that hair and bounced it all around. she is a mess!!

after we left the salon, we took jake to the dentist..the dreadded dentist!! no one said anything about shots or needles or anything that could cause chaos ( we already have enough of that!!). from the way ben did when he got a cavity filled and got "the shot", i figured jake would never even know he had gotton one either! the dentist we go to is soooo great with kids! they have a way of "hiding" and "explaining" that kids usually don't have a clue about what's goin on! now if only i could find a dentist like that for me! jake did great! even after it was over and i asked him if he knew he got a shot, he didn't even believe me! things couldn't have gone any better and we were in and out in 30 minutes or less!!!! for a filling! see, "expect the worst and hope for the best!!!"

the day turned out to be pretty great and i'm starting to get excited about the beach next month. we are gonna have so much fun with the kids! i've been checking in to going to shell island. the water is beautiful and you can swim with the dolphins. i really believe the kids would love it and i know for sure their mom would...and probably dad, too!

yesterday we went to the pool around 11 and stayed out there til, well, hmmmm. too long!!! the kids were in and out so it wasn't so bad on them, but i stayed out pretty much the whole time. we came home around 3:30!! ouch! literally! even with no clothes, i look like i am wearing a white bathing suit! i got burnt, and i don't burn!!! my kids look like blonde headed mexicans! they tan so prettily! i wish i could take a naked picture of them from the back just so you could see how tan they are......but then i'd get locked up for postin pix of naked kids on the internet! they are so precious! well, today has been a warm one already so maybe if the sun doesn't shine so brightly i'll go back to the pool. maybe i'll just sun my legs. my back is what got it yesterday. well, toodles for now!

i just had to add this picture in.

ben loves cows like he loveS fishing and airplanes. everytime we drive by a field w/ lots of cows standing by the fence, ben will yell "HEY BEN'S FRIENDS!!"

this was a small letterbox! it had a donald duck stamp in it!
and the one below was in the park and it was placed by "steel magnolia"
we got eat up by misquitos so we had to be quick and sneaky!!

well, the day didn't go completely as planned. it started off the same; got berries picked, got them delivered, headed to tifton with picnic in tow and then things started to change a little. i had a dull headache since i got up and it only got worse.

i couldn't catch up w/ my friend to go swim (she has three kids, too, not sure why we couldn't hook up?? haha)

so the kids and i went to look for letterboxes. we found two. this time i gave the clues to jake and ben and let them look for them. they were both really easy to find. one was under the stairwell at a motel and the other in a thick bush beside a magnolia tree in the park. i'm ready to look for some more and we're also ready to make one of my own!!! i already have a great spot for it!! looking for them when we go to the beach is gonna be lots of fun, too.

before we went on our little hunting adventure we stopped by the dollar tree (gotta love that store!!) we got new coloing books for the babes (and me too, they absolutely love it when you do something as simple as color with them) ((ben asked me today if when he dies one day, can he take his color crayons and books with him!!! how sweet is that??)) anyway, they also got some stamp kits that included a stamp book, ink pad, stickers, and like 8 cute little stamps!!! for only $1!! went to get back in the car and i cracked rivers in the face w/ the corner of the door and she let out a scream! not an i'm pi$$** scream...she was injured!!! i felt so bad cause i knew when it happened that it hurt and now she has a bruise on her face. i'm a child abruiser!! loved her and said the word "park" and we were good to go!

i got cute pictures of our little adventures today and i hope some of you will check this letterboxing out. i can't believe we never heard of it til now! well, ttyl!! we'll have some interesting stuff to talk about tomorrow...first haircut for the queen, dentist appt. for the BIG baby (jake), and a few errands. should be fun! as long as no headache presents itself. think i'll just take myself to the emergency room and tell them to admit me!

also......

i also noticed this: obviously last nite when MAP got the boys out of the tub,
he couldn't find BOTH sets of scooby doo pj's... and who says they can't
SHARE!!!!
actually i wanna say jake may have had on the whole thing when he went to bed last nite...soooo i'm not sure how this happened!!!
anyway, we are off to sell a few blueberries and then we are headed to tifton to visit some friends and play at the pool! oh, and PICNIC of course!!! i'm gonna take my good camera so i'll post some good pictures when i get back!!! have a good day everyone!!

7:30 wednesday morn!?

why in the world am i up at 7:30 on a wednesday morning during summer vacation you ask?

well, take a look at the picture and you'll see just one of the cutest reasons

i don't mind having to roll out of bed that early!!! SERIOUSLY, can it get a whole lot cuter than this???

and then of course you'll notice the two other little heads popped out from under the covers over there! they are still fast and hard asleep!!

beginners cake class and letterboxing!!

i am back from my "beginners cake decorating class" and i must say, it truely is for beginners! i think i am wasting my money! oh well, maybe i can learn to make a pretty rose? although the way the instructor talked, with all the humidity down here, the roses in the summertime are gonna look like they need a good watering!!! we decorated iced cookies she had brought from the bakery and she had icing made up already! yummy!!!! she really needs to give me the recipe before i beat her down! anyway, doesn't matter. i was sure to take pictures of my last few cake projects ( i was curious as to know how much she might charge for them) and she didn't act too impressed but again...who cares! maybe next week will be funner! ? is that a word? funner? whatever!

okay on to the next topic...letterboxing.... anyone ever heard of it?? i haven't until tonight... it's too much to explain so go to http://www.letterboxing.org/ and read up on it yourself. it's really cool and a good way to spend some fun outdoor time with your kids! or your honey! my honey wasn't too interested til he actually saw me pull the box from its hiding spot (which was a very good one i might add!!) it was at the very back of a shady part (and i don't mean "hey the sun is out but we are under a big bushy tree" shady. i mean "hey, is that a drug deal goin down over there?" shady!!) part of a cemetary.he thought i had gone completely crazy and of course i decided to go off on this wild adventure as close to dusk as you could possibly get! PTL we all made it home safely and the boys are ready for their next hunt. we may try to do this in some of the towns on the way down to the beach next month. there are a lot of boxes hidden between here and there. and where we are gonna be. be sure and take a look at my picture. the boys are in the process of putting our "first letterbox find" back in its hiding spot. let me know if any of you are in to this and what you think about it!! toodles for now!

monday! monday! whatever!

well well, it is monday already!

i have had somewhat of a productive day already considering my monthly friend is here again ALREADY!! i curse it ! curse it i say!

FYI to alllll the women out there....after you are done having babies, DO NOT i repeat DO NOT have your tubes tied!!! i would rather have another baby than go through what i am right now!!! anyway, on to better topics...

i rolled out this morning and decided to high tail it to the blueberry patch before it got too hot. i already had some promised out to the ladies at the local bank and i didn't have enough picked to go around. i've got to get back out there...but as i said above, i have other problems.....anyway, there'll be plenty out there tomorrow and i'll be on 'em!!

i think in the future this will be a good way for the kids to make some spending money during the summer. you can pick gallons on top of gallons in no time and then when you go to town, all you have to do is just show them to people and they snatch them up! the super w is sellin them for almost $3 for 1/2 a pint!!!!! that is just highway robbery if you ask me! talk about price gauging! it would cost around $35 to buy as much as i sell for $15!! wrong i say!!

so after me and the three chillins delivered the berries, we were off to sign me up for my cake class tonite!!! i am really excited! i got to glance at the list of names and there were like 15 people signed up!!! okay ladies, there ain't enough room in this town for us to all be tryin to sell cakes!!! i'm just lettin ya know now, ya better "bring it"! you can take one look at me and see i don't cook ANYTHING that's not good!!!

i love love love to cook!!! that's all i know how to do...well, except that and have babies!!! and ya can't make money havin' babies! i also can "do flowers". i worked in flower shops all my working life up until i had jake p. and that was 7 years ago, although i did help out here and there in one shop til the owners got tired of me having to attend to my children. i.e. when i had to take them to the dr. didn't have a sitter, stuff like that. they didn't have kids so they were no where near understanding what it was like. the way i see it, i was doing them a favor, because you can't just grab someone off the street and them be capable of what i am. i know, i know, sound a little conceited do i? well, when you know you're good, why not say it! I AM GOOD AT FLORAL DESIGNING AND COOKING AND I KNOW IT!!! there!

hopefully soon i will be good at decorating cakes. i hope to learn to make beautiful wedding, birthday, and specialty cakes...at home of course whilst i am homeschooling my kids! maybe one of them will pick up the baking gene ! ya know, most of the cooks, chefs and cake decorators on tv ARE men! and they are married to and have kids w/ beautiful women! my new favorite tv show is cake boss! it's awesome! i also like duff, but he puts a little too much hardware into his stuff.

well, guess i should go and get ready for my class...it starts at 4:30 and i have to prepare MAP for the 3 hours he is gonna be alone w/ the babes!!! i should have some interesting things to tell about after i get home..... maybe i'll let him get on here and write!

toodles for now!

good for you food

don't you just love it when your kids eat good food? and isn't it even better when you don't have to hog tie them to get them to eat it?? tonite when we cam in from the the blueberry patch, it was after dark! the kids were filthy thanks to the recent rains that saturated the garden out back and i still had to find something for dinner! GREAT! i bought a variety of fresh fruit last week at the super w and it was still in the fridge so i decided i would try it! on them! for dinner!? WHAT? MAP got them in the tub and scrubbed...and scrubbed...and scrubbed a little more and after about the 3rd bar of soap they were sparkley clean and smelled like blue raspberries! while he had them in the tub, i had peeled and chopped bartlett pears, skint the nectarines and made them bite size, and halved the grapes. along w/ this i added sliced ham, ritz crackers, and to throw them off, i split a small bag of fruit gummies amongst the three of them. as you can see in the pictures, dinner was a hit!!! i love my babies and they are the best kids i could EVER ask for!!! time to get them to bed! PS. to make you all a little more jealous....they actually LIKE going to bed!! toodles!

the olden days

do any of you wish you could live in the olden days? when things seemed to be much more simple and less chaotic? when the pace of life was much slower? and of course things were made better?
i am very eclectic and when you walk into my house you see it for sure! my sofa no longer matches my love seat because i found a slipcover at the thrift store that i absolutely adore, and none of the wood pieces of furniture are the same color. i have docorative things sitting here and there that don't have anything in common... except that i like each and every one of them!
i love going to yard sales (but it's not that often 'cause of the wee ones taggin along and thinking they have to bring home all that they can get in the vehicle) to look for the rare finds that only special people with a "vision" can appreciate.
my mom and dad went yard salin' yesterday, and for beginners, they found some pretty good stuff. my mom found a neat little iron end table and she got me a beach umbrella w/ a sand anchor ( i had actually mentioned that i need to get some of these for when we go to the beach next month). she also got 2 white barstools that i am gonna chop the legs halfway off of to put at my kids new art/ school table (i homeschool my chillins', but that is another post so we won't go there right now)..well, it's new to us , but actually an old short antique table. it's also white and distressed looking and i think it's absolutely the perfect table. sometimes when i look at my antique stuff i wonder what it was used for or where it was at in its owners home, when they got it brand new. anyway, i just started pondering this morning.
hey, good news ! the sun is out!!! wow! although, it was raining earlier. oh, well. toodles for now. and PS. tell me about your favorite pieces of antique furniture and where it's at and what it's used for! i love to hear from other people with a "vision".

clothes pins

holy crap!! i swear, when i say that things just ARE NOT made the way the used to be, i go all the way down to clothes pins!!!!!! i just got in from "trying" to hang a few things on the line and i do believe i sprung, popped, broke more pins than was needed to hang the few articles of clothing i had!!! i wanted to scream!!! i did cut my electric bill in half last month by cutting down on the dryer and having a timer on the water heater! take that irwin emc! anyway, just minutes before the sun came back out (for like the 10th time today) you can look at the picture that i posted to see what i saw on my front porch trying to slip up to grandma's house!! she dressed herself...in pool attire minus the shoes! she is too cute!

the weather down here

• ms. scahlet, i do think i see sun out theya!!
• this has been the weirdest year of weather i have EVER seen in my whole 32 years of walking this great earth!!!
• i say i hope it stays sunny so i can work on my and the kiddies tanning so we don't get so burned when we go to the beach next month, but it sure gets mighty hot out there in the south georgia sun! and the humidity ......well, it's like trying to breath through a plastic bag wrapped in duct tape!!! the air is very thick!!!
• i hear people from out west talk about 110* temps and they say it's "dry heat"? not sure about that...but i bet that is one heck of a sunburn!!!

i am sitting here looking out the window at my poor little butterbean patch that seems to have been planted in the wetlands. it wasn't that way when it was planted, but then of course the great floods came! now they are a lime green, yellowy green, not the right color green for butterbeans....i believe they should be a nice dark green color. oh, well.. the blueberries are are beautiful shade of pinks, purples, blues and some are still green!!

i am really needin to get out to the pool , but the queen hasn't awoken from her nap yet, and heaven knows you do not wake that one before she has waken herself!!! the rest of your day is shot!!! oh, well, the boys are at moms so i have quiet time...??? not quiet sure what to do with that. so here i am . honey (aka ~ MAP, short for michael alan perry) should be home very soon. he was lucky enough to get to work today being that his hours were cut from 65 a week to a depressing 35! now he has like 43 ...yay! never thought i would be so excited about him actually getting 43 hours in a week! not really sure what we are gonna do if it keeps up this wasy. i don't know what any of the country is ginna do if workplaces keep closing their doors... as long as our leaders keep sending jobs to countries that will do the work cheaper, we are in somewhat of a bind. these people need to understand that it is not all about the money. we are gonna be like the very poverty stricken countries we see on tv if things keeps progressing like they are! i will not worry, wel will survive..... i have never had tons of money, so i can get along w/out it, but those who have always had it, are the ones it will hit hard.........although they seem to think that they can take the easy way out by killing themselves! they seriously need to "get God"! he will not put upon us more than we can handle. sometimes i forget this, but there are so many out there that have never gotten it.

well, i'll go for now. be back later i'm sure...the day is still young!!

i'mmmmm baaaaccccckkkkkk!!!

well here i am again!!! where have i been??? i have three kids and my husbands hours have been cut at work and i have been trying to find myself odd jobs to make some extra money! i have started making cakes (of all kinds) and i have started picking my blueberries and selling them.... oh, and helping my mom with some of the houses she cleans. all while being a stay at home mom?
i am signed up for a beginners cake decorating class at the local college starting monday nite and i am rather excited. that means 3 hours of quiet time for me! oh my! whatever will i do with myself??? hopefully this will help me out on my little cake making endeavour. anyway, i have added pictures of my latest work. maybe this time i can keep up w/ the blogging world. so many interesting things happen in my life that i would like to share...and should share. some have been funny, some pittiful, many mind boggeling but what else could it be when you have three kids under the age of 7!!