Explosive thoughts

I have had a headache for about a week now and the thought of trying to think of something to write was just too much. I eventually get to the point where I can't think of anything, but I have been popping pills on a schedule for the last few days and I think I have it back under control.
Right now I am just biding my time until it is time to take Joseph to the bus stop. We somehow got ahead of schedule today.
Now everyone is gone and I feel like I have already done a days work. I am always tired by the time I get Todd out by 7:20 and Hannah (with her friend Sandy) by 8:10 and then Joseph at 8:30. Now I can stand here and look at the clothes that need to be folded and the dishes that need to be done.
We put up all of our Halloween decorations last night for family home evening. (Yes I know that it was Tuesday, some weeks are just like that) The kids had a blast running around the yard in the dark throwing the pieces of dirt that are left because we had the lawn aerated. Halloween is one of my least favorite holidays. I hate trying to help the kids figure out what they want to be and then try to convince them to use the costumes that we already have. I hate the cheapo costumes from the store because in order to make them look good you have to have some kind of mask which doesn't end up being worn. I do love to take the little kids around when they are just learning to say trick or treat and they get soooo excited when they get a piece of candy in their pumpkin. I usually take ziploc baggies with me because their pumpkins eventually get too heavy for them to carry and I can empty some the contents into the baggies so that they can still walk with their pumpkin. Seth keeps telling everyone that you have to wait until it is dark and then it will be Halloween time. He cracks me up all of the time
On a totally different note. We are going camping this coming weekend. It almost didn't happen because unkown to me people really do keep camping this late into the season. I thought that we were going to be the only weird ones. We finally did find a place in Pennslyvania that had spots open. It is a state park and looks very nice, but I guess we will see when we get there.
Well I am going to take my tired self to the shower and then it is off to play group.

WII Fit

If you want to have someboday make rude noises and make obnoxious comments about the way you look, just purchase wii fit. My personal favorite has been. "OOOOOOOhhhhh obsese" and "Do you have trouble walking? Do you trip a lot?" Just thought that I would share.

Oblivion

I had a great blog entry and it went into blog oblivion when I tried to post it. Oh well. Just in case you were waiting with bated breath as to whether or not we went to stake conference. We did and it was only horrible the second half.
I am now trying to plan enrichment meeting for November. We are having our nice holiday meeting. I need to figure out what we can feed everyone that is nice, but not too expensive or boring. I think we are going to do Chicken cordon BLEEEEEUUUUUUUU and garlic red potatoes. We are then going to have a music power point presentation of all of the things that we have to be thankful for. I think it will be a nice evening. I want to send out personal invitations, but I am still trying to think of a creative idea that won't cost a lot of money, or take forever to make.
I have a hundred things swirling around in my head this morning. First is that I am sooooo excited for everyone to come for Christmas. I am already gearing up to make some kind of menu and figure out sleeping arrangements etc. The second thing is planning our upcoming camping trip. We are going camping over Columbus Day weekend. Since our kids don't have school that Monday, Steve is going to take the day off so that we can go for an extended weekend. It will be nice just to be together with our family and not have other things to worry about for a few days.
Lastly, I started teaching piano last week. I have two students. I am looking for at least two more so that we can at least have a few things purchased for Christmas.
I know this entry was all over the place, but that is me sometimes. At least now that I have written some of it down it can get out of my head a little bit.

The Big Dilemma

We have stake conference this weekend. So the dilemma is.....To go or not to go? You know that you should go, but you also know that the bulk of the time you are going to be trying to keep kids from making too much noise. Then you are taking them in and out because each one of them has to go to the bathroom and then get a drink. Of course we are not there early enough to get into the chapel so we are always in the gym with the metal chairs. (The metal chairs always make for good drums). By the end you are not sure if you remember a single word that was said and you are ready to give your children to the next passing circus. (which is coming to Sterling at the beginning of October) It is a good thing that Steve is soooo much better than I am because otherwise I would wait until all my kids were in college before I went to another stake conference. Now you all know my true evil nature.

Becoming a Blogger

As you can tell I have been experimenting with my blog. I have been having fun figuring out how to do different things. I still haven't quite figured out where to find pictures to add to my postings (other then the ones on our computer) I will get it one of these days.
We had a good weekend. Steve and I were able to go to the temple on Saturday morning. The temple presidency is coming to the end of their calling and they wanted to speak to as many patrons of DC temple as possible so they are inviting different stakes on different weekends. It was a neat meeting and it is always amazing to be part of a large gathering of saints especially since our branch is so small.
After we were done with that we took the kids to an indoor mini-golf place. It was a lot of fun and Seth almost hit two different holes in one. I beat everyone!!! (Do a little dance!!)
Steve is in Denver this week. Though I never like for him to be gone, it is really nice at dinner time. We are having french toast tonight, grilled cheese tomorrow, and maybe cereal on Wednesday.
Another update on my clown posting. Once again there is an activity planned that assumes that we like to make fools of ourselves. We are combining with the YW and having a back to school nite. The women are supposed to bring pictures of themselves in high school (which is fun), but then the activities are making up a cheer like we were cheerleaders and doing other goofy games. Definitely not up my alley. I will smile and nod and pretend that I am having the time of my life, because that is what you do in these situations. Now that I am the enrichment leader I can steer the activities away from goofiness and have things that are fun without having to act like a retard.

Clown People

So why is it when you attend anything associated with having a baby we suddenly believe we must regress and become children again. Do we really think that we must be entertained by having retarded games and such? Are we having a baby or becoming a baby? I vow that the next baby shower that I am involved with will have only shameless gorging on food and absolutely NO games of any kind.
On that same note. Why do we think that when we combine with our daughters/sons for an activity we can not have a dignified fun activity. We must once again have activities that prove that we are indeed retarded. (like I need more proof of that) I suppose that I don't speak for everyone because these type of events are still going on so somebody must be having enough fun for them to continue.
I know I know. Bah humbug.
TOO BAD!!

What a weekend

Labor Day Weekend. It seems like it was about a week long. It was divided into so many different parts that I have a hard time wrapping my head around all of them. It started out normal enough. Saturday we worked in the yard to get in ready for fall and winter. I love plants and I love watching them grow and bloom. Steve bought me a new rose bush because they were on clearance for only 3 bucks. (Normally around $20). So that day went normal.
Sunday I got called into the principals office.....no I mean branch president's office and they asked me to be the new 2nd counselor in the Relief Society. I am actually really excited. I have been in primary for over 3 years and I was kind of looking for a change. People kept coming up and congratulating me on my new calling which is kind of weird considering that I wasn't running for office. I understand that there isn't really a word for when someone gets a new calling that is kind of exciting. Maybe I will have to make one up one of these days.
The major catastrophe happened on Monday. When we went out to clean out the garage and found three tiny kittens hiding behind our stack of pavers. All of you who know me know how much I just LOVE animals of all kinds but especially cats. They were extremely cute and Hannah of course immediately fell in love with them. We caught them all and put them in a box with a blanket and some water and then started calling around to see what to do with them. We found out the animal control does not take cats and the shelter here was full. So now what.... Hannah's suggestion of just keeping them was not the solution. We decided we were just going to have to let them go (which wasn't ideal but....) Hannah just about fell apart. To make a long stressful story short our neighbors decided that they would take them and keep them in their unfinished basement until we could find homes for them. Hannah stayed with the Kitties until it was time for bed. There were many tears shed and I was called mean on several occasions, but it was resolved. They made it through the night last night and of course my neighbors kids have now claimed at least one of the cats as their own. Hannah will be going over there after school to further take care of them. The question is How did I get an animal lover as My child?
TTFN