I love Saturdays!!

Today was such a great day I'm kind of sad it's almost over. Jason went in to work for a few hours today, while he was gone Jonathan, Savannah and I cleaned the house and did some laundry. There is more laundry to do tomorrow, but the house looks awesome! When Jason got home we took Savannah to her friends house to stay over and me and my boys headed out for a fun day. We went to the theater and bought tickets for The Super Hero Movie, then we went and cleaned out the car, got ice cream, did some Target shopping, went to Petco, then finally back to the movie theater!

While we were at marble slab I dropped ice cream on my shirt. So we went down to Target to buy me a new shirt. I don't need it yet, but I went ahead and bought a maternity shirt. Who could pass up an orange V neck Maternity shirt?? Not I! Besides it was 2 dollars cheaper than the regular orange V-neck! We also picked up some stuff for the baby. I'll post pics on the baby's blog. Too cute!!

Now, the movie.... It's rated PG-13. We decided to let Jonathan go see it anyway. Bad choice!! It was full of raunchy jokes and language! Jason and I were laughing when we weren't looking at each other in horror! It wasn't OK for a 9 year old. Some of it was really bad!! We seem to have made it out unscathed, Jonathan hasn't asked any questions about what he heard, although he did quote a not so appropriate snail part of the film. I pray no long term damage was done.

After the movie we went and did a mega grocery shop at Wal-Mart. I know it sounds strange, but I love, love, love, grocery shopping!! I suppose it's because I love cooking. So here I sit in my super clean house, stocked with lots of yummy food, snuggling with my husband. What a life!

SO...

I suppose it wasn't a good idea to announce on April Fools Day. No one knew if I was serious and I got swamped with e-mails! YES! It's true. We are going to have a baby. According to my Grammie we have to have another one too b/c we can't have an uneven amount of children. Yes, it was planned! No surprises here. It was a little bit of a surprise b/c the first 3 tests said negative, so we thought it was a no go, but then the 4th and 5th tests were positive. The sonogram showcasing our bean confirmed it. The baby is due November 18th!!

Surprise!

The Flu: Type B

That is what my bubba has! He was sent home on Wednesday with a fever and hasn't been able to shake it. Today we took him to Care Now b/c if it was something little it should have run it's course by now. Well, he tested positive for the flu. I'm pretty surprised. No one in the family has had it. He probably picked it up from school or daycare. He can't go back to school until Friday! So we'll probably keep him home all week just to be sure he's rested and healed. He's going to go stir crazy by Tuesday I'm sure!! Pray for a speedy recovery!!

Shopping

We went today and got the kiddos some spring and summer stuff. Savannah picked out 3 outfits that are adorable!! She really has great taste for a 6 year old. She also got 2 pairs of shoes. One pair of sandals and one pair of pink jeweled fipflops. She needs a swimsuit too, but the only 1 piece ones in her size were still inappropriate for her age. The hunt is still on! Jonathan found 2 pairs of shorts he liked. I'm not hot on them, but I have to let him be his own person! He also picked out 2 pairs of shoes. One pair of sandals and one pair of black flips.

After Marshall's we headed over to Target. They had all their Easter stuff 75% off. BUT I refrained! We picked up the stuff we needed for dinner and that's it!! I'm getting pretty good at this sticking to a budget stuff!! I have to make a grocery list and go shopping tomorrow. I feel like crap still. I can't breathe out of my nose at all. I feel good when I'm a hot steam filled shower or bath, but out here in the real non steamy world life is sucking!

Sick Again!

That's right folks. Fever, chills, body aches, exhaustion, runny nose, cough. It's back! BLAH

So glad today is over!!

Wheew! What a day! I had a a doctors appt and while there the school nurse calls and says that Jonathan has a fever of 102. Crap, I'm downtown at the doctors, I can't be there for at least 45 mins! Agh! So I get out of the doctors and hightailed it to the school. I get there right when the bell is ringing! Bad mom. I get him, we get out to the car, I open my planner to get the keys. Where are my keys?? On they're on the seat in the locked car!! Crap! An hour and 79 bucks later I'm back in my car and heading to pick Savannah up from daycare. Wheew!!

In awesome news, Jonathan received his TAKS test results today, he received a commended performance for 35 out of 36 correct!!! WOW!! I told him if he received a 97% or higher he could pick a DS game of his choice. He got a 97% on the money!! So this weekend he will get to pick out a new game!! I'm SSOOOOO proud of him!!

boring

not much going on

work sucks

i'm tired

i can't wait for saturday afternoon

the gift cards came and we are going shopping!

hard to believe it's the end of march already

time is flying

pretty soon it will be july

can i get a woo-hoo??

yipee!

Before and After

I'm working on it

The pictures have been taken, however before they could be downloaded to the computer the batteries died! I know right. Totally bites. I need to buy more for Easter tomorrow, if I remember.

The weekend so far has been nice and relaxing. Last night Jason and I watched 'We Own the Night'. It was okay. The first first scene was a jaw dropper and totally not at all needed. Hollywood has to sell sex though :(

Today I woke up not feeling well, so Jason ran and got donuts for breakfast. , After breakfast we went and ran errands. Wal-mart, Dollar Tree, PetCo our normal Saturday thing. The kids received money for Easter from Nana and it was burning a hole in their pocket!!

Tonight we are going to color eggs. I wanted to make Easter Story Cookies with the kids but I forgot walnuts at Wally World.

Tomorrow is Church and Laundry....lots of it!!!

7 Random Facts

*I use 3 paper towels to dry my hands after each washing. I have to, I've tried 2 or 4 and it's not the same.

*I do not believe in women's lib. Working woman?? No way. I'm perfectly content staying home taking care of my family, cooking cleaning, ect. Jason has promised it will happen again...now I just need to be patient.

*I'd love to have a perfect fitting bra

*I'm obsessed with blogging and bloggers.

*I have a secret

*I cut all my hair off tonight. And dyed it black.

*I hope everyone does this too. I love random facts.

Happy Tuesday!!

Where's my peeps? No one's commenting(not that they've been exciting posts), no one's updating....what's the deal people???

It's almost April, I can't believe it. 2008 is flying. My mommas birthday is next week, and I'm creating and extra special gift for her!! She is gonna love it!! Since she reads my blog, I can't share, but it's super cool!!

Jason took the kids to see Spiderwick Chronicles today. Some parts scared Savannah, but over all the kids liked it. Now they want to see Horton hears a who. Why can't we have some good kids movies? Ones that the parents want to see too!! Jason talked about taking the kids to the zoo this week, but I'm not sure that is going to be possible with all the rain.

Hope ya'll are enjoying your Spring Break too!!!

Waiting

Savannah is so excited to get the GC's. She is a shop-a-holic. She has asked me every day for the past 3 days to check the mail to see if they have come. She has already made her list of new clothes she "needs". Dresses, swimsuits, a "few" sandals!! You'd think the girl had no clothes!!

Work is blah. It's a means to an end. That's all. If I wasn't leaving in 3 months and 26 days I'd be so miserable. Now I can just let it roll off my back.

The closer it comes to move the slower time seems to go. I feel like a child waiting for Christmas. I can't wait to go home, start a new life. I always enjoyed moving when we were in the military and this is like the ultimate PCS. It's a sign of great times to come.

So Tired!

I'm exhausted!! I cleaned the kids room. I mean cleaned! We dumped out and went through every drawer, basket, box that was in there. We spent 3 hours going through toys, papers, games, books.... It was crazy. Four bags of trash later their room looks awesome! I even pulled all the clothes out of the closet and sorted out winter and summer clothes so I will know what they need when the Marshall's GC's arrive. I can't wait to go shopping!! I'm still wading through laundry too. I may leave some for Jason to do this week though :)

There's no place like home!!

No place at all. Which is why we've decided to move back home. We will be driving our loaded U-haul out of Texas the morning of July 13th. Jason actually brought up the idea of moving last August. We had just moved into our apartment, the kids had started new schools, he had started a new job.... We just knew it wasn't the right time. We've been planning since then to make this move as smooth as possible. And now(well, July!) is the right time. We'll have all of our loose ends wrapped up and on our way to a whole new chapter of the Hallock Family Chronicles. The kids are so excited!! They can't wait to be closer to family. We've lived away for to long, it's time to go home. The kids are going to Grammie's over memorial day weekend and will be there until we arrive in Kansas in mid-July. This will give us an opportunity to pack in an organized manner and save big bucks on daycare. We will live with my Grammie and Grampy until we get on our own. Hopefully it will be no more than a few months. We want to have Thanksgiving at our house this year :0) Jason and I have already been scoping out for jobs and houses. Derby is a great town, and the suburb of a large city. It'll give us the small town feel with everything we need close by.

http://www.derbyks.com/

Wanna know a secret??

Everyone has been asking me about the countdown on the side. What's the secret?? When are you going to tell us?? Well, the time has come to announce the secret!!! Are you excited??? I bet you are!! Tune in tomorrow so you can find out!!

A Great Day :0)

This is me and my $200 "check" I won last week. I specifically asked the photographer to take my pic so I could post it. Hehehe.

I can't wait to get these gift cards. I have lots to buy!!

a LIttLE BiT Of RaNDOMneSs

***I'M FEELING BETTER, NOSE IS A LITTLE TENDER, BUT I'M NOT COMPLAINING. ON SATURDAY I WAS PREPARED TO MEET MY MAKER, SO TODAY IS BETTER

***THE KIDS ARE GETTING SUPER ANTSY TO GO TO GRAMMIES. JONATHAN CHECKS THE BLOG DAILY TO SEE THE COUNTDOWN, AND I'VE ALREADY HAD TO SEND SAVANNAH BACK TO HER ROOM TO UNPACK TWICE!!

***HAD MY ANNUAL REVIEW AT WORK TODAY. IT WAS BETTER THAN I WAS EXPECTING, BUT NOT AS GOOD AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. OH WELL. WOO-SAH!

***COOK CHILDREN? WE WERE IN THE SHOPPING CENTER WHERE THERE IS A COOK CHILDREN'S PEDIATRIC CLINIC. WOULDN'T YOU KNOW THE LIGHTS IN THE WORD PEDIATRIC ARE BURNT OUT, ALL YOU CAN READ IS COOK CHILDREN'S. SO MY SWEET BABY SAYS, WITH EYES FULL OF TERROR, "MOMMA, DO THEY REALLY COOK CHILDREN THERE?" I WANTED TO SAY YES, JUST TO BE PLAYFUL, BUT HER EYES TOLD ME THIS WAS NO LAUGHING MATTER. SO I HAD TO TELL HER THE TRUTH, NO CHILDREN ARE COOKED THERE.

***THE KIDS BROUGHT HOME THEIR REPORT CARDS AND OF COURSE THEY ARE SUPER SMART. JONATHAN'S LOWEST GRADE WAS AN 84, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS OVER A 90. HE EVEN BROUGHT UP HIS HANDWRITING FROM AN "N" TO AN "S". THAT'S A HUGE DEAL. I TRULY THINK SAVANNAH WRITES BETTER THAN HIM. HE JUST DOESN'T CARE AND GOES TO FAST. SAVANNAH WAS "DEVELOPED" IN ALL HER SKILLS AND RECEIVED AN "E" IN ALL CATEGORIES EXCEPT FOR...FOLLOWS DIRECTIONS IN CLASS AND REMAINS QUITE AT APPROPRIATE TIMES....HA. COLOR ME SURPRISED!!!

***I HAVE DONE SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T KNOW IF OR WHEN I WOULD BE ABLE TO DO. IT'S BEEN 2 WEEKS AND I'M STILL GOING STRONG, SO I HAVE FAITH IT WILL BE OK. I'M LIKE A JUNKIE, WAITING FOR THE URGE TO COME FOR THE FIX, BUT NOTHING YET. PRAISE GOD! THIS WAS ONE OF MY NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS AND I'M SO HAPPY TO BE ON MY WAY TO BEING CLEAN:)

***4 MONTHS, 2 DAYS....NUFF SAID!!


***WE HAVE AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM AT WORK, WITH AUCTIONS AND ALL THIS FUN STUFF. LAST WEEK I BID AND WON, BASICALLY 200 BUCKS. YOU HAVE TO REDEEM IT IN GIFT CARDS, WHICH IS FINE WITH ME. I ORDERED A $50 RED LOBSTER GC, AND 3 $50 MARSHALL'S GC. PLUS I STILL HAVE MY $25 MOVIE GC FROM VALENTINES DAY, SO WHEN MY OTHERS ARRIVE WE WILL HAVE A HUGE HALLOCK FAMILY FUN DAY!! THE KIDS NEED SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHES, AND I NEED A LOBSTER TAIL!!! HEHEHEHE :0)

AND THEY ACT LIKE THEY DON'T LOVE EACH OTHER!!

Last Night was Bad!!

I feel 75% better, except for my throat and ear. I woke up about 3 a.m. just sobbing, b/c of the pain in my ear. I'm so dehydrated b/c it hurts so bad to swallow. I only drink when my mouth is cotton. Since my nose is stuffed and I have to sleep with my mouth open to breath, that's about every hour. I swish just enough water around to relieve the cotton feeling then hold my ear and grimace in pain while I swallow. When I woke up last night it was the worst it's ever been. I broke down and took some leftover tylenol with codine and had Jason put some homeopathic ear drops in. Then proceeded to lay there and cry. It was horrible. I woke up this morning feeling better, not great, but better. As long as I don't swallow the pain is bearable. I kinda wish the ear drum would just rupture already. Once that happens the pain will subside.

Be sure to check out the other site. I did some scrappy pages last night, and hope to do more today :0)

We have a new baby!!

This is our new Baby Ball Python, well Jason's anyway.... He is about a month old , and weighs 75 grams, it's actually very pretty, for a snake.