OK I don't have a calendar; I knew it was August- but the 6Th already, really! The past week of no blogging I am sure at least my mom would like a new post (love you). NO Picture this is so unlike me and I will find some time later to fix this but for now I will just tell about the week.
I feel happy lately, really happy, weird I know, not tired pessimistic and grumpy. Now that’s exaggerating I am a happy person but I just feel super energized and happier now. At first I thought it was the affects of the Oreo truffles I made and ate all by myself within a day (the recipe uses a whole package of Oreo's) but that was last weekend. Or it could be the fact that we are settled, the past year or two really has been difficult from pregnancy and premature baby stress and Travis's job loss and the money stress, living like gypsies for a while and on and on. I feel like a new person and I like it. Honestly I think this new found optimism is from moving, which is always a good chance to reinvent yourself and try harder. Being more active in church really striving to live they way I know is right makes a big difference in attitude too. But you don't have to move or wait for New Year's to make changes, it's a daily choice. With that said Satan is really trying to crush my new can do attitude. For example I had to get a new drivers license, my Utah one expired right before the move and I didn't know. Getting a new drivers license in Texas requires a written test a road test, your car needs to be registered in this state first and hours of waiting in lines, I had to wait in line outside the building at 7:30 in the morning for them to open at 8 because I tried going last week at about 8 stood in line for 2 hours just to do the written test and by then all the spots for the road tests was filled for the day. So this past Monday just to do the road test I was at the DMV from 7:30 to 3 can you believe that-when people complain about the DMV this is what they are talking about, also they only accept cash or check and no you cannot make an apt to avoid the line. I might post the picture on my driver’s license later-just for a laugh I was talking so my mouth is open, wow great picture.
Another "exciting" first experience I had was a run in with FIRE ants. Now I have had my share of mosquito bites-they itch so bad you want to rip the affected appendage off and throw it across the room...well fire ant bites put things into perspective. First the bite stings, when it happens you look down and see that your feet are covered in angry ants so you dance around brushing off the ants till you get away from the mound. Then when the shock wares off you can start to make a guess at how many bites you got, the stinging pain does not stop, it feels itchy too. A few hours later the pustules show up and you can count them to see if you were right with your guess. Now I only had 18 across my toes I had guessed more so I guess that means I am a winner in that game. Your skin is itchy and tight, tender and painful. The kids step on my feet a lot and wearing shoes hurt too, so for my road test I put on thick socks and sneakers and did ok, and that was one week from getting the bites. Now a few more days later the puss has gone away and they don't hurt anymore but the "scars" from what I have read, will last a month. I am so glad it was me and not the kids! I was talking to someone at church Sunday and her grandchild had a horrible experience with fire ants a few years ago and was hospitalized she was just a little one year old, poor baby.
I have had a lot of good things going on too. I am potty training Ryker and that is going very well. When I am serious about getting one of my kids potty trained I put them in under ware and no more diapers ever again I do put him in a pull up for bed (and I will use a diaper at night if I don't have any pull ups I just attach the tabs and pull em up so that it doesn't seem like a diaper). Canon potty trained extremely fast and easy, I thought Ryker would have trouble and it would take forever, but yesterday was the one week mark and he kept his under ware dry all day and would tell me every time he needed to go potty. So far today is the same...I hope this keeps up. Since we are potty training hard core we are staying home and I am really enjoying the change the boys are behaving better and I feel less stressed. Travis is so busy at work it's crazy. I am so proud of how fast he has learned his job. He is only 2 months in (with no previous sales experience) and on their national leader board for his mad selling skills. He thinks it’s less impressive than I do because it only compares him to other stores that have the same volume- um silly that still counts if you compare your store that sells $10,000 in a day to one that does $2000 that's not really a comparison of skill of course your number would be higher, so ya it counts for something babe! His big boss was in his store checking to see if he was ready for the operational manager training that they are putting together a list for. Travis's store manager said he needs to be on the list, now that's a good complement. We will see what happens.
Guess who filled his potty chart up.
He is getting so big, love you Ryker.
Fun dinosaur slide in the gift shop.
The boys used these water guns to make the targets spin and move.
Look out Canon there's a dinosaur behind you!
