So many of you may know that I Jessica am 1 of 4 children in my family. It has been a crazy busy month for any of the current/previous Studer Children. All of us have moved in the very same month! My sister is the oldest and she and her husband just purchased there very first home in Arizona and closed on it this month, I am the second oldest and we are moving into a larger town home with back yard for Ellie near Fort Eusts, VA, I then have 2 brothers. The next in line moved to California to do his internship for sound engineering and then last but not least my youngest brother left for the Marines early this month.
Our wonderful mother has been super busy helping every one (even us, via facetime entertaining Kaiya). She helped my sister pack and watch her kids while the movers moved things, she helped my brother get everything to Cali and find him a place to live and the youngest she said farewell to with high spirits that he will succeed in his dream of a military career. Its crazy to think that not even 8 years ago we were all still living with one another or close to each other and now we are spread out everywhere.
Its been a very fun month learning about each one of our new adventures and we cant wait to create many more and see where the future takes us.... Maybe a few less moves.
*Jessica*
Friday, August 30, 2013
Friday, August 16, 2013
New Things to Come
Things have been going great lately. We put the decision to buy a home in Virginia on hold and have found a new townhouse, that is a little bigger then our current one with a fenced back yard and only 1 person next to us to rent. We are super excited to be moving in 2 weeks and cant wait to start this new "rental" year off in a new home and a place for Kaiya and Ellie to play.
Cody was recently promoted (which was over due) and he has some up coming field training and other events.
We are so excited to be taking our first family trip to Arizona over the holiday season. We cant wait to see all of our friends and family and then jet back home for the new year to come.
We will certainly post pictures of our adventures.
Have a blessed weekend,
The Schlotfelds
Cody was recently promoted (which was over due) and he has some up coming field training and other events.
We are so excited to be taking our first family trip to Arizona over the holiday season. We cant wait to see all of our friends and family and then jet back home for the new year to come.
We will certainly post pictures of our adventures.
Have a blessed weekend,
The Schlotfelds
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Family Visits
We were truly blessed this month with a wonderful 2 week visit from Cody's mom. We had so many fun things to do on the list not all of them were done. However, we do hope that she had a fun and relaxing trip out here.
Among some of the days laying around the house we did get out to Virginia Beach, Fireworks, Swimming, Mariners Museum, and the Norfolk Zoo. Kaiya loved every spoiled minute of having her Grammy here with us. We are just not getting back into a regular schedule and cant wait for the next visit.
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Among some of the days laying around the house we did get out to Virginia Beach, Fireworks, Swimming, Mariners Museum, and the Norfolk Zoo. Kaiya loved every spoiled minute of having her Grammy here with us. We are just not getting back into a regular schedule and cant wait for the next visit.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
3 Week Re-Cap!
We have had a lot going on the past few weeks, here is the re-cap for you.
Jessica had surgery early in June to remove some Ovarian Cysts and Endometriosis scaring, she is doing well and is cleared to go back to all normal activities and will monitored closely every couple of months to make certain nothing returns. She also turned 25 during part of her recovery and got to spend some down time at home in bed while her mom came to visit and help out. Cody celebrated fathers day with a nice dinner with friends and a few new movies and video games (which he enjoys playing). Kaiya has done really good with her potty training, she hasnt had many accidents and we couldnt be more proud of her, she is excelling and learning in school every day and amazes us with the funny things she likes to say. Kaiya is at the repeat stage of her life so anything and everything we say she likes to say too.... its a HUGE reality check as to what we say. Since Kaiya has been doing well with everything she recently got a new big girl bike. She LOVES it! Hopefully in about 6 months we can take off the training wheels and she can be a big girl. Its time that Cody and Jessica get bikes again, you have to run to keep up with Kaiya.
We will be moving soon (our lease is up the first of September) we have been looking for homes to rent or even the option of purchasing if this is where we will be for the next 10 years. So far anything we like is WAY over our budget, the down side to living in a "Historical" area. Hopefully when the time comes to sign a lease for something we will be able to find what we like and wont have to move for a few years, unless we decide to purchase a home.
We have a few exciting weeks ahead of us, Grandma Kera is coming into town for almost 2 weeks. Cody and Kaiya will both be home most of time with her, Jessica doesnt have any vacation time left to be able to take off of work. We have scoped out some fun things for them to be able to go and do during the day and it helps that we have a pool at the complex. Kaiya LOVES the water.
We hope that everyone has a wonderful blessed day!
The Schlotfelds
Jessica had surgery early in June to remove some Ovarian Cysts and Endometriosis scaring, she is doing well and is cleared to go back to all normal activities and will monitored closely every couple of months to make certain nothing returns. She also turned 25 during part of her recovery and got to spend some down time at home in bed while her mom came to visit and help out. Cody celebrated fathers day with a nice dinner with friends and a few new movies and video games (which he enjoys playing). Kaiya has done really good with her potty training, she hasnt had many accidents and we couldnt be more proud of her, she is excelling and learning in school every day and amazes us with the funny things she likes to say. Kaiya is at the repeat stage of her life so anything and everything we say she likes to say too.... its a HUGE reality check as to what we say. Since Kaiya has been doing well with everything she recently got a new big girl bike. She LOVES it! Hopefully in about 6 months we can take off the training wheels and she can be a big girl. Its time that Cody and Jessica get bikes again, you have to run to keep up with Kaiya.
We will be moving soon (our lease is up the first of September) we have been looking for homes to rent or even the option of purchasing if this is where we will be for the next 10 years. So far anything we like is WAY over our budget, the down side to living in a "Historical" area. Hopefully when the time comes to sign a lease for something we will be able to find what we like and wont have to move for a few years, unless we decide to purchase a home.
We have a few exciting weeks ahead of us, Grandma Kera is coming into town for almost 2 weeks. Cody and Kaiya will both be home most of time with her, Jessica doesnt have any vacation time left to be able to take off of work. We have scoped out some fun things for them to be able to go and do during the day and it helps that we have a pool at the complex. Kaiya LOVES the water.
We hope that everyone has a wonderful blessed day!
The Schlotfelds
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Military Medical
It fascinating to me that people believe that Military Medical Insurance is sooo great. Well do they know that it can take up to 4 weeks to get an appointment... Say what! Yes people 4 weeks, and if its something that is specialized you can forget about getting that taken care of under 6 weeks.
It is truly sad that people who are on food stamps, WIC and the state given medical can see better doctors and get appointments within hours.
Not to mention if you have a small child who even so scrapes themselves and have to get looked at they send you directly to the ER. Yes a scrape, something that needs no stitches just a little note saying its okay for you kid to go back to school, all because they don't do "la-serrations". Is this a joke you are saying? That answer would be NO!....
Yes it has some benefits of you don't pay for it and you get all prescriptions free (if they carry them) and the pharmacy on which ever instillation you are located on. Other then that its truly horrible. You have cold and insensitive doctors who think you are crazy or that you "have" to vaccinate your child because they say so, well I'm sorry that you aren't a parent but as one I choose not too.
Forget about them being "reliable" to do surgeries. They will tell you one thing and do a completely different thing and make you wait all damn day for a surgery that was supposed to be first thing in the morning. Isnt it lovely to be a military spouse forget about your spouses possibly deploying or the fact that if they do deploy they may never come home or be able to meet their kids... So along with all the turmoil and sacrafice that they provide its a HUGE EFF YOU in the face when they straight up lie to you about every little thing.....
So all of you who are for the Negro of a president who thinks the "Healthcare Reform" is so great it will be like military insurance.. you keep on thinking that because its not great at all!
Friday, May 24, 2013
Getting out of Debt
So this post is yes about our family and financials but also a little bit about how I plan on us getting out debt and some of the knowledge I have learned from my previous experience with lots of debt.
So most of you know that Cody is military- so that covers 100% of all of our bills. I have broken down a budget on what we spend on our every day things, bills that remain relatively the same and then I took our max on the floating bills and inflated them a little so we have some wiggle room. The only thing that I didnt put in our bills under his pay would be the child care expenses and extra gas (since I work these are the bills that my money goes towards, if I didnt work they wouldnt exist). I, Jessica, also work full time and make a pretty good salary, that pays for child care, car expenses and other fun things that we get to do.
Luckily we have been pretty good with our money (some financial set backs before we got married but we took care of them with a hit to my credit). When Cody was in training we lived with family so we could save money there, I also put away as much as I could so that we had money to move and get settled with. The military will pay to move you, however you have to pay all the money upfront and they will reimburse you at a rate... so depending on how frugal you are you can end up making some money for it. All of the "extra" saved money that we had after being paid off we splurged a little but we made certain we had a savings account for emergency money.
Once I started working the budget got a little more loose, however more money was being put away/paying off debt. Our financial statement is that if we dont have the money for it, we dont buy it. We have 3 credit cards, one with the military and 2 with our bank. However only one of them currently holds a balance. We will not allow our selves to put anything on them that we can not pay off if we have to. Our savings account has grown and is looking pretty good, we are half way to our goal, not too shabby. I want us to have at least 3 months of living expenses, how we currently live, in our savings... so roughly $10,000.00. Now some may think that's a lot of money, when you have rent and food and all your bills it goes very quickly when no money is coming into the house.
The only "large" debt we have is Cody's car payment. So now that we are down to 1 credit card balance around $300.00- easily payable, we can start to make double payments on the car.
For the longest time I thought that having a running balance on a credit was good, I could show that I could make the minimum payment every month and I would be fine. The problem with thinking this way is that you get another card and say oh well I can pay the minimum on this one too.... Then the interest charges occur, what some done understand that you get charged interest on the card which makes the balance go up, you next interest fee goes off of the current balance... now you are paying interest charges for the previous interest charge. Something so little can take so long to pay off due to interest and minimum payments. The best thing to do is to pay what you can over the minimum payment, if you pay an extra 5.00 on your minimum that will go towards the interest that you owe. If you can pay off the card/loan at the end of every month so that you dont pay any interest.
Our new found philosophy about living with in our means, means that we have more money to spend. No we arent making anymore money then we were but we are always cutting the bills out that we dont need and in return we have more money. Its easy and simple, yes credit cards and loans are easy to fall on when you are stuck in hard times. However they shouldn't always be there for your every day needs.
I broke our budget down onto a spread sheet. I has on it what bills are paid which paychecks and what will be remaining. That way when payday comes around I immediately go and pay all of the bills for that check, mark them off on the spread sheet and what is left over is what we have to spend for our every day needs. If we want something that we can not afford that paycheck we save it and say next paycheck we should have more left over and wait until we have enough (with out taking from savings) and make the wanted purchase.
Now that our family is living with less debt we feel a lot more free to splurge on the things we want over having no money left over in the end... It was hard at first to tighten down the budget and stop spending on the cards no connected to our bank account. However if you want to it is possible.
Thanks!
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
I know it has been a little while since we have posted.... Here is an update:
Cody is doing well, he is currently on gate guard duty (which sucks for Jessica) and he has been working a lot on his car lately. He is replacing old parts and parts that he wants to have perform better. He will hopefully be getting ranked up sooner then later, hello more money, he still currently have 3 years left on his Army contract and then who knows where we will end up.
Jessica is holding everything together with the extra hours Cody is working plus her work. She has to have surgery June 5th due to some cysts that have formed on her ovaries and will pretty much on bed rest for the better part of a week. Thank goodness for friends and family coming to help out during that time.
Kaiya is fully potty trained. She does wear a diaper at night so we dont have to wash sheets every/every other night. She is still doing good in school, Jessica and Cody and wanting to switch her to a different center due to some incidents that have happened recently. She is still the vibrant typical 2.5 year old who thinks she knows everything.... We have a feeling that this will not end anytime soon.
Ellie is relaxing around the house as always. Barking at every known sound ever made.
That is our little family,
Blessings and love,
The Schlotfelds
Cody is doing well, he is currently on gate guard duty (which sucks for Jessica) and he has been working a lot on his car lately. He is replacing old parts and parts that he wants to have perform better. He will hopefully be getting ranked up sooner then later, hello more money, he still currently have 3 years left on his Army contract and then who knows where we will end up.
Jessica is holding everything together with the extra hours Cody is working plus her work. She has to have surgery June 5th due to some cysts that have formed on her ovaries and will pretty much on bed rest for the better part of a week. Thank goodness for friends and family coming to help out during that time.
Kaiya is fully potty trained. She does wear a diaper at night so we dont have to wash sheets every/every other night. She is still doing good in school, Jessica and Cody and wanting to switch her to a different center due to some incidents that have happened recently. She is still the vibrant typical 2.5 year old who thinks she knows everything.... We have a feeling that this will not end anytime soon.
Ellie is relaxing around the house as always. Barking at every known sound ever made.
That is our little family,
Blessings and love,
The Schlotfelds
Monday, May 13, 2013
Wonderful Weekend
We are all so blessed in many ways. This weekend was just another way of showing how hard work and dedication pays off.
On Saturday, I (Jessica) got to go shopping. Since we had to go to the Mall an hour away to pick up my ring from repair and we also had some left over money from the wedding, so Cody decided it was time to "update" my fashion-less wardrobe.... Holy Moly has anyone over the age of 25 seen the latest fashion trends to buy? I am pretty sure it is the exact same fashion from 10-12 years ago.... Only if I was a teen again... Anyways, it was fun to get to spend the day with Cody and Kaiya going from store to store and getting what I wanted/needed and picking up Panda Express for lunch (no we dont have one close to us so we get it occasionally).... We also bought Cody some new shoes and Kaiya few things from the Childrens Place.
On Mothers Day we got to spend the day just hanging around the house, going out to lunch and being a family. It was nice, we took Kaiya for a bike ride and walked the neighborhood a few times and truly enjoyed each others company... As we were walking and talking I couldnt help but feel truly blessed. We all know at times we dont have it easy and that relationships, parenthood and work can at times be stressful, I realized that all the hard work and effort that we put into our daily lives does pay off eventually... It may take some time but it is truly worth it in the end.
I am a blessed mother of 1 child and 1 dog and I couldnt be happier with the way my life has turned out.
Love, Peace and Happiness
Jessica
On Saturday, I (Jessica) got to go shopping. Since we had to go to the Mall an hour away to pick up my ring from repair and we also had some left over money from the wedding, so Cody decided it was time to "update" my fashion-less wardrobe.... Holy Moly has anyone over the age of 25 seen the latest fashion trends to buy? I am pretty sure it is the exact same fashion from 10-12 years ago.... Only if I was a teen again... Anyways, it was fun to get to spend the day with Cody and Kaiya going from store to store and getting what I wanted/needed and picking up Panda Express for lunch (no we dont have one close to us so we get it occasionally).... We also bought Cody some new shoes and Kaiya few things from the Childrens Place.
On Mothers Day we got to spend the day just hanging around the house, going out to lunch and being a family. It was nice, we took Kaiya for a bike ride and walked the neighborhood a few times and truly enjoyed each others company... As we were walking and talking I couldnt help but feel truly blessed. We all know at times we dont have it easy and that relationships, parenthood and work can at times be stressful, I realized that all the hard work and effort that we put into our daily lives does pay off eventually... It may take some time but it is truly worth it in the end.
I am a blessed mother of 1 child and 1 dog and I couldnt be happier with the way my life has turned out.
Love, Peace and Happiness
Jessica
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Early Mothers Day Surprise!!!!
So as I am in the Kitchen making one of our favorite weekly dinners (cheeseburger macaroni) in walks Cody. He comes straight into the Kitchen and hands me a plastic bag from the PX (post exchange). So I ask him "what is this", he replies "your mothers day gift"... Yes I got it early. So I begin to open it up and and I automatically see one of my most favorite things.....
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Yes he picked it out all by himself, as I pulled the large bag out of the plastic bag I knew it was coach. I kept saying "how did you do this with out me knowing" he replied "don't worry about it and keep going their is more". So I opened the large bag to find the matching wrist let wallet inside, I said "you shouldn't have" he said "keep going there is more on the side pocket". I open the side pocket to find a tanning gift card.
I couldn't have been more surprised last night that he took the time and effort to pick this gift out for me. All along I thought he had a late formation and would be home soon, part of that was true, his formation ran late but he also went and picked out my mothers day gift and gave it to me early. He knew he wouldn't be able to hide it in the house and he didn't want to keep it in his car. I don't care what day it was given to me on, it is still amazing and special. I am one lucky wife and mother.
Happy Early Mothers Day to all Current and Future Mothers!
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The Wedding
Most of you know that my amazingly best friend of 10 years got married this past weekend. I couldnt be more happy that she found such an amazing guy. Here's the story....
Lindsay and I met 10 years ago at a church camp (surprisingly neither one of us still go to church... all that often) anyways.... We have never lived in the same state, yes this is true. The phone and internet have been our constant contact with one another and the occasional hey I am coming to visit.
10 years later I found myself giving the Matron of Honor speech at her wedding, I truly winged it since I left my thought/typed out speech at the hotel. I couldnt believe that my best friend was married, as am I. It didnt seem that long ago we were at camp hanging out late at night, texting on our cell phones and having friends sneak into our room at night with pizza... These memories I would cherish for the rest of my life.
The wedding was amazing, she looked stunning. I was shocked to find out that I would be the one to get her dressed in her amazingly fitted and stunning gown and to have the privilege to see her first in it, to take pictures all teary eyed with her and seeing the wonderful women she has grown up to be. I will always have that with me as long as I live. No amount of rain that we encountered or freezing cold wind could stop us from having a good time, and the awkward noise Cody made and he blubbered out his vows to Lindsay. Lindsay and Cody's family welcomed me with open arms and embraced me as one of their own family members for the weekend. My parents came into town to help me with Kaiya at the wedding and I couldnt have been more blessed since she was totally out of her element and my own husband could not attend with me.
I am truly great full that Lindsay and Cody have found each other and that they have a love and passion for one another that is undeniable.... Cheers and toast to them for a happy life they will live together... I love you both so much.
Lindsay and I met 10 years ago at a church camp (surprisingly neither one of us still go to church... all that often) anyways.... We have never lived in the same state, yes this is true. The phone and internet have been our constant contact with one another and the occasional hey I am coming to visit.
10 years later I found myself giving the Matron of Honor speech at her wedding, I truly winged it since I left my thought/typed out speech at the hotel. I couldnt believe that my best friend was married, as am I. It didnt seem that long ago we were at camp hanging out late at night, texting on our cell phones and having friends sneak into our room at night with pizza... These memories I would cherish for the rest of my life.
The wedding was amazing, she looked stunning. I was shocked to find out that I would be the one to get her dressed in her amazingly fitted and stunning gown and to have the privilege to see her first in it, to take pictures all teary eyed with her and seeing the wonderful women she has grown up to be. I will always have that with me as long as I live. No amount of rain that we encountered or freezing cold wind could stop us from having a good time, and the awkward noise Cody made and he blubbered out his vows to Lindsay. Lindsay and Cody's family welcomed me with open arms and embraced me as one of their own family members for the weekend. My parents came into town to help me with Kaiya at the wedding and I couldnt have been more blessed since she was totally out of her element and my own husband could not attend with me.
I am truly great full that Lindsay and Cody have found each other and that they have a love and passion for one another that is undeniable.... Cheers and toast to them for a happy life they will live together... I love you both so much.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Niece No.2 and Nany No. 2?
Yesterday was a wonderful day for my family, we welcomed another little girl into our family. My sister had her 2nd daughter around 8am. She is healthy and happy and she couldnt be more blessed.
I am proud to say that I am an auntie and a mommy, but this leaves me wondering if what I say I want is what I really want.
I have been going back and forth of whether or not to have another child. Kaiya is 2 and if we were to have another she would be 3 by the time the baby is born. We have finally gotten Kaiya potty trained to the point where it is diapers only at night and she is a total mommies girl. How do I go from one loving (terrible) 2 year old to 2 under the age of 3, work full time and everything else that I do.
I started off saying I never wanted kids, then I met my husband and what was meant to be was meant to be and we have 1, I rack my brain at the fact how rough that pregnancy was one me and the time that was spent in bed with morning sickness and everything else... Do I really have what it takes to have another one?
Only time will tell, for now, I will bask in me Auntie sense and see what life brings me.
I am proud to say that I am an auntie and a mommy, but this leaves me wondering if what I say I want is what I really want.
I have been going back and forth of whether or not to have another child. Kaiya is 2 and if we were to have another she would be 3 by the time the baby is born. We have finally gotten Kaiya potty trained to the point where it is diapers only at night and she is a total mommies girl. How do I go from one loving (terrible) 2 year old to 2 under the age of 3, work full time and everything else that I do.
I started off saying I never wanted kids, then I met my husband and what was meant to be was meant to be and we have 1, I rack my brain at the fact how rough that pregnancy was one me and the time that was spent in bed with morning sickness and everything else... Do I really have what it takes to have another one?
Only time will tell, for now, I will bask in me Auntie sense and see what life brings me.
Friday, April 19, 2013
Birthdays
Today is Cody's 23rd birthday. I cant beleive it, we were talking last night and he stated that when I say that I sound like his mom.Not that its a bad thing, we love you Kera.
I met Cody when he was 19 almost 20. The first thing I said when he told me how old he was was "thats my brothers age". Now we can laugh at it but before it was shock to me. I love my husband but to my surprise I didnt know that that day would have changed my life. I am 2 years older then him and at times it can be a challenge, but that is what I signed up for.
I can only hope that he has a wonderful and amazing birthday and I love him dearly. I cant wait to spend 23 more birthdays with him and hopefully many many more.
Yay for getting older!
Jessica
I met Cody when he was 19 almost 20. The first thing I said when he told me how old he was was "thats my brothers age". Now we can laugh at it but before it was shock to me. I love my husband but to my surprise I didnt know that that day would have changed my life. I am 2 years older then him and at times it can be a challenge, but that is what I signed up for.
I can only hope that he has a wonderful and amazing birthday and I love him dearly. I cant wait to spend 23 more birthdays with him and hopefully many many more.
Yay for getting older!
Jessica
Monday, April 15, 2013
Frustrations at Work
As I sit here and read over my e-mails at work, I have this one person who works for one of our clients and who just so happened to work where I work now, I cant help but wonder how people get off talking to others the way she does.... Well let me back up here and start from the beginning..
So I started working as a temp last July at a survey company (I absolutely love my job), it was only supposed to be for 4-6 weeks, that turned in to 8 weeks and upon me being here for 3 weeks I was asked if I would perhaps like to stay on full time if it could be arranged. I went home and thought upon it and talked with my husband on it and decided that if the offer was right I would love to stay and we could do so many more things with the dual income.... Well the girl who I was temping for made it clear that I was just a temp and so on so forth, so did the girl who I could absolutely do with out on a daily basis. Well 10 weeks later the girl decided she could "finally" come back to work. The arrangement I had made was that once she took the settlement offer to leave that I would come back... It took roughly 8 business days for this to be worked out.... Well lord and behold both girls are friends, go figure.
The first girl who used to work here hired the new girl who, well lets just say didn't tell the truth about her being pregnant and what not to the owner, was working for not even 6 full months before she took maternity leave and in I came as a temp. Which is was I fully intended on being until I was approached with an offer I couldn't have refused.
Ever since the day her friend left it has been a nightmare... everything has turned from being her fault to somehow being mine and she is trying to deliberately get me in trouble with my boss and lets just say she has a very terse tongue that is going to ultimately get her into trouble. I have received e-mails monthly about my inadequacy of doing my job and being unprofessional to reply to her demeaning e-mails. Well after the first 10 of them our boss's had a sit down and it didn't end well for her. She had a un-paid day off to think about her attitude and could return with an apology and to not let it happen again... Well the apology e-mail was more of a blame it on her boyfriend and her "personal" issues... Blah Blah Blah...
Here we go into round 2 of the countless demeaning e-mails and now slamming other people we do business for and using her knowledge gained in our office to slam our customers and make her company seem so much better... well with attitudes like that, your company made a HUGE mistake in hiring you (personally saying). If I ever dared to talk to a client/customer the way she talks to just me, I would be fired no questions asked. I don't know what I have done besides take her friends job, which was given to me, I did not make the decision to let someone go I was simply doing my job and apparently it was better then the job she had been doing, apparently that has made her blood boil so bad but I am over it. I want to write her the most horrible e-mail and send everything to her boss and say look what she is saying and how she is saying it. I am ready to take a personal day at work and go home and de-frustrate before I call over and have a little talk myself with her boss and out her for all her B.S... Not to mention countless times I have saved her so called "ass" with thing she forgot or ordered doubly.
As some point I can understand that you may feel like you have "domain" over such a positions or company but if you no longer work there and have no intentions on returning why do you care and put so much effort into making someone look bad when they have done nothing wrong? I have had talks with my boss over this and he handled it the first time and I am certain he will handle it again. I don't want to get people fired or in trouble but when you work for a company and you are nobody important there then you shouldn't be doing this, you make that company look horrible and you just are plain ugly your self.
A word to the wise, the welfare line will get one person longer in the near future and it wont be me.
So I started working as a temp last July at a survey company (I absolutely love my job), it was only supposed to be for 4-6 weeks, that turned in to 8 weeks and upon me being here for 3 weeks I was asked if I would perhaps like to stay on full time if it could be arranged. I went home and thought upon it and talked with my husband on it and decided that if the offer was right I would love to stay and we could do so many more things with the dual income.... Well the girl who I was temping for made it clear that I was just a temp and so on so forth, so did the girl who I could absolutely do with out on a daily basis. Well 10 weeks later the girl decided she could "finally" come back to work. The arrangement I had made was that once she took the settlement offer to leave that I would come back... It took roughly 8 business days for this to be worked out.... Well lord and behold both girls are friends, go figure.
The first girl who used to work here hired the new girl who, well lets just say didn't tell the truth about her being pregnant and what not to the owner, was working for not even 6 full months before she took maternity leave and in I came as a temp. Which is was I fully intended on being until I was approached with an offer I couldn't have refused.
Ever since the day her friend left it has been a nightmare... everything has turned from being her fault to somehow being mine and she is trying to deliberately get me in trouble with my boss and lets just say she has a very terse tongue that is going to ultimately get her into trouble. I have received e-mails monthly about my inadequacy of doing my job and being unprofessional to reply to her demeaning e-mails. Well after the first 10 of them our boss's had a sit down and it didn't end well for her. She had a un-paid day off to think about her attitude and could return with an apology and to not let it happen again... Well the apology e-mail was more of a blame it on her boyfriend and her "personal" issues... Blah Blah Blah...
Here we go into round 2 of the countless demeaning e-mails and now slamming other people we do business for and using her knowledge gained in our office to slam our customers and make her company seem so much better... well with attitudes like that, your company made a HUGE mistake in hiring you (personally saying). If I ever dared to talk to a client/customer the way she talks to just me, I would be fired no questions asked. I don't know what I have done besides take her friends job, which was given to me, I did not make the decision to let someone go I was simply doing my job and apparently it was better then the job she had been doing, apparently that has made her blood boil so bad but I am over it. I want to write her the most horrible e-mail and send everything to her boss and say look what she is saying and how she is saying it. I am ready to take a personal day at work and go home and de-frustrate before I call over and have a little talk myself with her boss and out her for all her B.S... Not to mention countless times I have saved her so called "ass" with thing she forgot or ordered doubly.
As some point I can understand that you may feel like you have "domain" over such a positions or company but if you no longer work there and have no intentions on returning why do you care and put so much effort into making someone look bad when they have done nothing wrong? I have had talks with my boss over this and he handled it the first time and I am certain he will handle it again. I don't want to get people fired or in trouble but when you work for a company and you are nobody important there then you shouldn't be doing this, you make that company look horrible and you just are plain ugly your self.
A word to the wise, the welfare line will get one person longer in the near future and it wont be me.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Quotes
Today has to be one of those days where I was meant to be at home sick, its 78 degrees outside and I am stuck in an office dealing with not so nice "customers"... All I have to say is if the company was not happy with my work ethic or me, then I wouldnt have replaced someone who was already here...
Today I think I am going to post some of my favorite quotes- most of which a customer we work with has under their signature block on their e-mail. Its always nice to see them.
Enjoy
“Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
Thomas Aquinas
Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
William Congreve If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
Thomas Fuller
If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.
P. J. O'Rourke
Who so loves believes the impossible.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.” –Andrew Vachss
“When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.” – Chris Colfer
Today I think I am going to post some of my favorite quotes- most of which a customer we work with has under their signature block on their e-mail. Its always nice to see them.
Enjoy
“Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
Thomas Aquinas
Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
William Congreve If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
Thomas Fuller
If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.
P. J. O'Rourke
Who so loves believes the impossible.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.” –Andrew Vachss
“When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.” – Chris Colfer
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Easter Fun
I truly love the holidays, big or small, they are all each fun and unique in their own way. Even if its the special foods that we make on those certain holidays or in this case the Easter Egg Hunt. This year Kaiya will actually be old enough to understand how to find the eggs and that each one will have a special surprise just for her. I am thrilled to spend those special moments with my wonderful child (even though she a brat 90% of the time).
I have racked my brain for weeks on how to make our own special Easter traditions and what to put in her Easter basket. I have come up with the wonderful combination of the things that she loves and only a little candy.... I have an Easter basket surprise I would love to do but I am too scared that Ellie (the dog) will eat the "rabbit droppings" before Kaiya can follow them to her basket and left over carrots from the bunny.
Kaiya has been especially spoiled this Easter, she has gotten "early" Easter gifts from all of our extended family, between shopping spree's and boxes full of goodies she is a happy little girl. Though this makes it more difficult for us to pick and chose what to get her we know what she has gotten and what she would like more/want of.
Dinner will be amazing, even though our "original" plans have been changed we wont let that damper our moods. I cant wait to make our yummy food and spend a full day with my family. I am truly blessed between the life that I have chosen and the decision that I have made. Work is amazing and I am truly blessed to have found such a wonderful company to work for, I will be here until they close there doors or until we are no longer in Virginia. My wonderful/crazy husband, we have our ups and downs but love can defeat all odds. Last but not least Kaiya and Ellie, my two wonderful, crazy kids that both drive me crazy, but I couldn't live with out them.
As a child I never really thought how much work it is for the "fantasy characters" that surround the holidays. Now as a mom I see that it is difficult and the traditions they she will remember for ever and they will be the same each year. I have to say that I do not do the very exact same things that my parents did for us or the Cody's parents did for him, but we try and combine all of our traditions and change/make new ones for our special family.
Happy Easter to all and I hope the Easter Bunny brings lots of spring to you!
I have racked my brain for weeks on how to make our own special Easter traditions and what to put in her Easter basket. I have come up with the wonderful combination of the things that she loves and only a little candy.... I have an Easter basket surprise I would love to do but I am too scared that Ellie (the dog) will eat the "rabbit droppings" before Kaiya can follow them to her basket and left over carrots from the bunny.
Kaiya has been especially spoiled this Easter, she has gotten "early" Easter gifts from all of our extended family, between shopping spree's and boxes full of goodies she is a happy little girl. Though this makes it more difficult for us to pick and chose what to get her we know what she has gotten and what she would like more/want of.
Dinner will be amazing, even though our "original" plans have been changed we wont let that damper our moods. I cant wait to make our yummy food and spend a full day with my family. I am truly blessed between the life that I have chosen and the decision that I have made. Work is amazing and I am truly blessed to have found such a wonderful company to work for, I will be here until they close there doors or until we are no longer in Virginia. My wonderful/crazy husband, we have our ups and downs but love can defeat all odds. Last but not least Kaiya and Ellie, my two wonderful, crazy kids that both drive me crazy, but I couldn't live with out them.
As a child I never really thought how much work it is for the "fantasy characters" that surround the holidays. Now as a mom I see that it is difficult and the traditions they she will remember for ever and they will be the same each year. I have to say that I do not do the very exact same things that my parents did for us or the Cody's parents did for him, but we try and combine all of our traditions and change/make new ones for our special family.
Happy Easter to all and I hope the Easter Bunny brings lots of spring to you!
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Friends at a Distance
How close is too close for friends? We have been asking our selves that the past few days, its not that we don't enjoy friends and having people over, but is living 3 buildings down too close?
Here is the situation:
We have some good friends that are going to be moving literally right next door. Now we like to hang out with them and have family dinners and what not, however we still like to keep our friends at a safe distance. We do not like it when people expectantly drop in or come over for every little thing or when they fight. Now we have known them for almost a year (a long time for military people) and they have had their ups and downs and we have our own opinions on everything. The issue at hand is that we have what they don't so when they want to say use the computer and internet they ask to come over, well in tow is the WHOLE family including kids, one is the same age as Kaiya and then they have an infant. Well when they come over its fine and dandy for the first 2 hours but when we get into hours 4 and 5 and the kids are getting at each other, my house is turned upside down and I am fully irritated and cleaned out of juice and food and my trash is full, lets just say that is enough for me.Not to mention that they only have 1 vehicle and the husbands both work at the same place in the same unit and everything, so "ideally" for them carpooling would be great so she can have the car and do what ever. "Ideally" for us, that isnt going to be happening. We have our own life outside of friends and I am not wasting more money on things that other people need to do, go and take care of because they wanted to "carpool".
Now our issue is how do explain/tell them that we are great full for them to be our friends, yet we would still like the distance that we had when they lived 25 mins away. We have gone over various scenarios and all of them sound totally selfish and rude and these are the people who will take it that way and feel like we hate them and abandoned them in their time of need (which we totally havent, and we have been more then supportive financially and friendly in their "times" of need).
I know it sounds a little like we dont like them, we do, we just like our space and distance from them... Now the question comes as to what do we do and how do we do it with out being extremely rude.
Here is the situation:
We have some good friends that are going to be moving literally right next door. Now we like to hang out with them and have family dinners and what not, however we still like to keep our friends at a safe distance. We do not like it when people expectantly drop in or come over for every little thing or when they fight. Now we have known them for almost a year (a long time for military people) and they have had their ups and downs and we have our own opinions on everything. The issue at hand is that we have what they don't so when they want to say use the computer and internet they ask to come over, well in tow is the WHOLE family including kids, one is the same age as Kaiya and then they have an infant. Well when they come over its fine and dandy for the first 2 hours but when we get into hours 4 and 5 and the kids are getting at each other, my house is turned upside down and I am fully irritated and cleaned out of juice and food and my trash is full, lets just say that is enough for me.Not to mention that they only have 1 vehicle and the husbands both work at the same place in the same unit and everything, so "ideally" for them carpooling would be great so she can have the car and do what ever. "Ideally" for us, that isnt going to be happening. We have our own life outside of friends and I am not wasting more money on things that other people need to do, go and take care of because they wanted to "carpool".
Now our issue is how do explain/tell them that we are great full for them to be our friends, yet we would still like the distance that we had when they lived 25 mins away. We have gone over various scenarios and all of them sound totally selfish and rude and these are the people who will take it that way and feel like we hate them and abandoned them in their time of need (which we totally havent, and we have been more then supportive financially and friendly in their "times" of need).
I know it sounds a little like we dont like them, we do, we just like our space and distance from them... Now the question comes as to what do we do and how do we do it with out being extremely rude.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Anniversary
Today marks 2 years that Cody and I have been married... sometimes it feels more like 10. However that being said we had a wonderful anniversary date on Saturday night. We are truly great full for our friends coming over and watching Kaiya.
We started off at the gun range, it is a good thing we were getting along that day, then we headed over the local Mexican Restaurant it was time for some overfilling good food and tequila filled margarita's. I dont drink often but when I do it will most certainly be a margarita on the rocks with sugar on the rim. One pushed me over the edge, Cody likes his with salt on the rim and he being the bigger drinker between us was perfectly fine.
We had a great time and it was a joy to celebrate 2 long years together and hopefully we can make it another 2 years.
Happy Anniversary my love!
We started off at the gun range, it is a good thing we were getting along that day, then we headed over the local Mexican Restaurant it was time for some overfilling good food and tequila filled margarita's. I dont drink often but when I do it will most certainly be a margarita on the rocks with sugar on the rim. One pushed me over the edge, Cody likes his with salt on the rim and he being the bigger drinker between us was perfectly fine.
We had a great time and it was a joy to celebrate 2 long years together and hopefully we can make it another 2 years.
Happy Anniversary my love!
Thursday, February 28, 2013
The two weeks we have had
It has been an amazing, emotional and long two weeks. Lets start off my stating that it is never easy to be married or have children. Here is a short breakdown of what we have done/been through: We finally filed our taxes and got everything figured out (we hired a tax consultant to do them since we live in Virginia and our residency is in Arizona... so on so forth) we are semi-pleased with the refunds that we will be getting back. All I have to say is that we are thankful for having a child and getting the tax breaks that we get.
Our next big thing is still working on potty training, Kaiya really got the hang of it these past couple of weeks. She is still in a diaper at night but she is in panties all day at school and most of the weekend, unless we go out some where for a while, she loves being a big girl and it shows. This was an emotional let go for me, I am losing my baby and gaining a little girl. It is all very exciting and she is growing up way too fast. However I still do not want anymore children. She is wild enough for me.
My mom came in town for a week (Wednesday to Wednesday). I was truly blessed to get some quality sleep, even though her and Kaiya both got sick. We had tons of fun, we went shopping, got our nails done, went to the Virginia Aquarium, out to eat a few times and watched a lot of girly movies when it rained for 3 days straight. I really needed that break and time with my mom, I am sad that we wont get to see her until she comes out next which will be this fall or if we can make it back there sometime this summer. Kaiya loved having her andma in town but it makes us miss all of our family and friends back in Arizona, Nebraska and everywhere else that they may be.
Cody spent most of last week and weekend getting ready to go to the field for a week and helping his friend fix his car. By the time Sunday rolled around he was truly exhausted and was ready for a true weekend, but like true military fashion he had to wake up at 1am on Monday morning to go to the field for a week. Luckily they pretty much got everything fixed on his friends car so we can spend some quality time when he gets home this weekend. I feel like it has pretty much been 2 full weeks since we have actually spent more then 3 hours awake together.
I have been busy as well, just the normal every day wife, mother and daughter stuff. I was blessed to be able to take 2 days off of work to spend with my mom and daughter and then a full weekend of rain, grocery shopping and laundry. Now its the middle/end of the week and I have more laundry and cleaning to be done but it will all be worth it when I get a weekend to relax and do the things that need to get done.
Well this pretty much sums up our lives, boring but crazy and we love every minute of it, in retrospect that is.
Have a blessed rest of the week!
Our next big thing is still working on potty training, Kaiya really got the hang of it these past couple of weeks. She is still in a diaper at night but she is in panties all day at school and most of the weekend, unless we go out some where for a while, she loves being a big girl and it shows. This was an emotional let go for me, I am losing my baby and gaining a little girl. It is all very exciting and she is growing up way too fast. However I still do not want anymore children. She is wild enough for me.
My mom came in town for a week (Wednesday to Wednesday). I was truly blessed to get some quality sleep, even though her and Kaiya both got sick. We had tons of fun, we went shopping, got our nails done, went to the Virginia Aquarium, out to eat a few times and watched a lot of girly movies when it rained for 3 days straight. I really needed that break and time with my mom, I am sad that we wont get to see her until she comes out next which will be this fall or if we can make it back there sometime this summer. Kaiya loved having her andma in town but it makes us miss all of our family and friends back in Arizona, Nebraska and everywhere else that they may be.
Cody spent most of last week and weekend getting ready to go to the field for a week and helping his friend fix his car. By the time Sunday rolled around he was truly exhausted and was ready for a true weekend, but like true military fashion he had to wake up at 1am on Monday morning to go to the field for a week. Luckily they pretty much got everything fixed on his friends car so we can spend some quality time when he gets home this weekend. I feel like it has pretty much been 2 full weeks since we have actually spent more then 3 hours awake together.
I have been busy as well, just the normal every day wife, mother and daughter stuff. I was blessed to be able to take 2 days off of work to spend with my mom and daughter and then a full weekend of rain, grocery shopping and laundry. Now its the middle/end of the week and I have more laundry and cleaning to be done but it will all be worth it when I get a weekend to relax and do the things that need to get done.
Well this pretty much sums up our lives, boring but crazy and we love every minute of it, in retrospect that is.
Have a blessed rest of the week!
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Valentines Day
Today is one of those love it or hate it kind of holidays... I mean you cant win either way, if you dont have a valentine then you are always bitter about the holiday and wished you had one... Then once you do have one and you have been together for a while or married it is one of those holidays in which they have to buy you something.
I want to make today more about a valentines day for Kaiya. My dad always brought my sister and I a rose or a gift to school for us. It was something so special that I have always remembered and been appreciative about. I am hoping that Kaiya finds the innocent kind of love in the holiday that most kids find, I am sure school has something planned that is heart themed. She is also so proud of her projects that she makes. I love seeing her so enthusiastic about coloring and that she did it all by herself..
Anyways. I truly hope everyone has a wonderful valentines day whether you have a valentine or not. It is truly just another day.
I want to make today more about a valentines day for Kaiya. My dad always brought my sister and I a rose or a gift to school for us. It was something so special that I have always remembered and been appreciative about. I am hoping that Kaiya finds the innocent kind of love in the holiday that most kids find, I am sure school has something planned that is heart themed. She is also so proud of her projects that she makes. I love seeing her so enthusiastic about coloring and that she did it all by herself..
Anyways. I truly hope everyone has a wonderful valentines day whether you have a valentine or not. It is truly just another day.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Past Few Weeks
Its about time for another post... These past few weeks have been nothing short of a hard time... First is was lack of sleep due to Kaiya waking up at 3:30am every morning and not going back to bed until 5am (what is the point is going to sleep for 30 mins before work), to potty training and cleaning up throw up.
We will start with the first one, we went from sleeping through the night and waking up at 6:45am to waking up at 3:30am... What for? Who knows. I know that I am tired of getting up so early and not being able to go back to sleep... Even when she goes to bed later she is still waking up that early. Any ideas on how to stop it? We have tried letting her cry herself to sleep (that only results in no one sleeping and the cops knocking on the door at 4am), we have tried to lay with her but that is what she wants and expects it every time. so we are now open to suggestion.
Potty training, you would think that this would be exciting and something that is easily done... NOT! well not for us that is, she wants to do it, she has taken her diaper off, thrown it away and sat on the potty. However she doesnt always remember to go and if we remind her she thinks its a game and runs and sits on it and gets up to only later pee on my carpet 5 mins later. I have learned to have handy clean towels and vinegar water to clean up my floors. My only wish is that daycare would step up during the week and have her go on the big potty. They will only ask them if they need to and if they say no they dont make them, they will just change their diapers and let them be on their merry way. I only wish I was home with her for a full week to help her with this task.
Puke, this has been something that I HATE doing. I really dont think anyone likes to clean up someone else puke... Well the first day it wasn't even my own child we had a small play date and from the first 5 mins of them coming over i had vomit all over my carpet to only 2 hours later a full washer of towels and a few of Kaiyas outfits gone did they finally settle down to leave. Lord and behold the next night Kaiya to start puking up. So there went a few more loads of laundry and a quick trip to the ER to get some Zofran for the nausea and on our way home at 11pm to get some sleep. I can tell you this that I am hoping that she learns to know when she will puke in the future so I dont have to scrub my carpet and wash every blanket and towel in my house.
These are just the few big things that have happened these past few weeks, others include Kaiya's fresh black eye from falling on the window seal and taxes not going to what we planned....
Sometimes in life you have to sit back, breath and laugh at your life and carry on...
Have a wonderful Tuesday!
We will start with the first one, we went from sleeping through the night and waking up at 6:45am to waking up at 3:30am... What for? Who knows. I know that I am tired of getting up so early and not being able to go back to sleep... Even when she goes to bed later she is still waking up that early. Any ideas on how to stop it? We have tried letting her cry herself to sleep (that only results in no one sleeping and the cops knocking on the door at 4am), we have tried to lay with her but that is what she wants and expects it every time. so we are now open to suggestion.
Potty training, you would think that this would be exciting and something that is easily done... NOT! well not for us that is, she wants to do it, she has taken her diaper off, thrown it away and sat on the potty. However she doesnt always remember to go and if we remind her she thinks its a game and runs and sits on it and gets up to only later pee on my carpet 5 mins later. I have learned to have handy clean towels and vinegar water to clean up my floors. My only wish is that daycare would step up during the week and have her go on the big potty. They will only ask them if they need to and if they say no they dont make them, they will just change their diapers and let them be on their merry way. I only wish I was home with her for a full week to help her with this task.
Puke, this has been something that I HATE doing. I really dont think anyone likes to clean up someone else puke... Well the first day it wasn't even my own child we had a small play date and from the first 5 mins of them coming over i had vomit all over my carpet to only 2 hours later a full washer of towels and a few of Kaiyas outfits gone did they finally settle down to leave. Lord and behold the next night Kaiya to start puking up. So there went a few more loads of laundry and a quick trip to the ER to get some Zofran for the nausea and on our way home at 11pm to get some sleep. I can tell you this that I am hoping that she learns to know when she will puke in the future so I dont have to scrub my carpet and wash every blanket and towel in my house.
These are just the few big things that have happened these past few weeks, others include Kaiya's fresh black eye from falling on the window seal and taxes not going to what we planned....
Sometimes in life you have to sit back, breath and laugh at your life and carry on...
Have a wonderful Tuesday!
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Potty Training
So to every 2 year old, potty training is a momentous time in their life.... for the parents it is extra laundry, less diapers and a lot more being aware of what time it is and when they went last.
This past 3 day weekend was one of those hair pulling exciting and frustrating weekends. Kaiya wanted to be naked all weekend (despite the 30 degree weather). She kept pulling her pants around her ankles taking off her diaper and yelling potty potty potty and running to the bathroom. To her this is exciting to us parents it is exciting and a lot of work. She never did once go in the potty but yet in her diaper I imagine right before she realized she had to potty. So countless diapers later and hours of wrestling with her to keep some clothes on we are hoping that potty training will go better.
When I dropped her off at school today, they said that we are going to start working on a potty schedule and that they will call us in and sit us down to discuss the schedule. We will need to keep the same one at home and at school making bathrooms easily accessible so we have little to no accidents. Also always have at school at least 5 outfits, 7 pairs of panties and 2 pairs of school appropriate shoes.. Now this isnt that big of a deal except for the fact that Kaiya's shoe size is an odd one and we have to spend 30.00 a pair. I am not one to throw money away or to let my kid run around in cheap shoes....
I never believed my parents when they said kids are expensive you wait and see... Well now I see, diapers and wipes to tons of clothes, panties and shoes. I wonder how we stay afloat sometimes...
Any potty training tips would be appreciated! I am losing my mind with chasing her down after she has already gone.
YAY for the POTTY
This past 3 day weekend was one of those hair pulling exciting and frustrating weekends. Kaiya wanted to be naked all weekend (despite the 30 degree weather). She kept pulling her pants around her ankles taking off her diaper and yelling potty potty potty and running to the bathroom. To her this is exciting to us parents it is exciting and a lot of work. She never did once go in the potty but yet in her diaper I imagine right before she realized she had to potty. So countless diapers later and hours of wrestling with her to keep some clothes on we are hoping that potty training will go better.
When I dropped her off at school today, they said that we are going to start working on a potty schedule and that they will call us in and sit us down to discuss the schedule. We will need to keep the same one at home and at school making bathrooms easily accessible so we have little to no accidents. Also always have at school at least 5 outfits, 7 pairs of panties and 2 pairs of school appropriate shoes.. Now this isnt that big of a deal except for the fact that Kaiya's shoe size is an odd one and we have to spend 30.00 a pair. I am not one to throw money away or to let my kid run around in cheap shoes....
I never believed my parents when they said kids are expensive you wait and see... Well now I see, diapers and wipes to tons of clothes, panties and shoes. I wonder how we stay afloat sometimes...
Any potty training tips would be appreciated! I am losing my mind with chasing her down after she has already gone.
YAY for the POTTY
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Kids
As a mother I have learned that kids can be a major blessing but at the same time they can be a lot of work. I am super blessed to have a very spirited, opinionated, loving and emotional child. She will go from being happy one minute to flopping on the ground in a fit the next.
Kaiya has been trying to be a mommy herself, one of her favorite things to do is to put her diapers on her baby dolls (even though her baby dolls have their own diapers). When the diaper wont fit correctly she comes and asks for help by throwing the baby in your face and holding the diaper, however once you get the diaper on the doll she takes it right off and wants it put back on them. I guess she will make a good babysitter one day.
She also loves cars and her kitchen, tom boy and girly girl all in one. We recently purchased her a basketball hoop for her birthday and she enjoys dunking the ball in it. We also just recently rearranged her room so that her bed is in the middle of her room and is only on one wall, we are hoping she will learn to sleep in it and not against the wall (she does have the mesh rails on it to keep her from falling off).
We cannot believe how fast she is growing and learning and accomplishing to be independent and at the same time dependent on us for different things. We are proud parents even when she is driving us crazy!
Our close friends here in Virginia just welcomed a new baby boy into there family last night, we are praying for a very fast recovery for mom and baby and hope to see them soon.
Kaiya has been trying to be a mommy herself, one of her favorite things to do is to put her diapers on her baby dolls (even though her baby dolls have their own diapers). When the diaper wont fit correctly she comes and asks for help by throwing the baby in your face and holding the diaper, however once you get the diaper on the doll she takes it right off and wants it put back on them. I guess she will make a good babysitter one day.
She also loves cars and her kitchen, tom boy and girly girl all in one. We recently purchased her a basketball hoop for her birthday and she enjoys dunking the ball in it. We also just recently rearranged her room so that her bed is in the middle of her room and is only on one wall, we are hoping she will learn to sleep in it and not against the wall (she does have the mesh rails on it to keep her from falling off).
We cannot believe how fast she is growing and learning and accomplishing to be independent and at the same time dependent on us for different things. We are proud parents even when she is driving us crazy!
Our close friends here in Virginia just welcomed a new baby boy into there family last night, we are praying for a very fast recovery for mom and baby and hope to see them soon.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
In with the New and Out with the Old
It was a bitter sweet day yesterday, we had to settle on a horrible amount for the Integra (of course insurance companies don't care about what you have paid to put in the car or what you paid for it) and now it is time to pay off some of the debt inquired to fix the new car and get moving with our lives. We received in the parts to fix the turbo in the Legacy so now hopefully this weekend that will be taken care of and running well.
I have a strange feeling that this weekend I will be doing some much needed cleaning. It is time to flush our house of the excess and unnecessary things and move forward with a fresh start. I have been wanting to get rid of so much and it seems like we bring a lot in and only take out a little every time we do this. Hopefully this weekend will be different.
With Kaiya getting older and "hopefully" putting on some weight we will be able to get her out of her 12-18 month clothing and into some size 2! I know she is growing because most of her regular t-shirts have now become belly button showing shirts. Thank goodness for the CDC, they are helping her to not be so picky and she actually eats there. Its a huge shock to us.
So for our family this weekend will hopefully be a fresh start to a new beginning and a new year.
Have a blessed day!
I have a strange feeling that this weekend I will be doing some much needed cleaning. It is time to flush our house of the excess and unnecessary things and move forward with a fresh start. I have been wanting to get rid of so much and it seems like we bring a lot in and only take out a little every time we do this. Hopefully this weekend will be different.
With Kaiya getting older and "hopefully" putting on some weight we will be able to get her out of her 12-18 month clothing and into some size 2! I know she is growing because most of her regular t-shirts have now become belly button showing shirts. Thank goodness for the CDC, they are helping her to not be so picky and she actually eats there. Its a huge shock to us.
So for our family this weekend will hopefully be a fresh start to a new beginning and a new year.
Have a blessed day!
Monday, January 7, 2013
Internet Bashing
One of the things that I find untolerable when is people feel the need to put someone on blast on a public site (aka facebook, myspace) is there anything more unclassy then someone bringing all their "online" friends into their issues... Its pure childish behavior... Not only do you look like an idiot but you make them look like one too. Save your own personal feelings, drama, emotions and BS for some place else... Its called cyber bullying and its not ok.
So many kids in this world kill them selves because of these people. It is almost always the same type of person who is doing the bullying, the person with no self respect, confidence, class and no happiness. These people feel the need to put others down for fun and to get a rise out of them or to make people feel like crap.
If you wonder as to why this world is evil and cruel its because of the things we let others get away with. Not everyone is a bad person and some people do care about others. If you dont ever trust people and let them in whole heartily and move forward with honesty, dignity and respect, you will never get anywhere in life. I am so blessed with a wonderful family, husband and child and I am scared to see what the world will do to destroy my daughter when she is growing up and going through school. Hopefully if one person sees this and reads it and decides to make a change the rest of the world can too.
So many kids in this world kill them selves because of these people. It is almost always the same type of person who is doing the bullying, the person with no self respect, confidence, class and no happiness. These people feel the need to put others down for fun and to get a rise out of them or to make people feel like crap.
If you wonder as to why this world is evil and cruel its because of the things we let others get away with. Not everyone is a bad person and some people do care about others. If you dont ever trust people and let them in whole heartily and move forward with honesty, dignity and respect, you will never get anywhere in life. I am so blessed with a wonderful family, husband and child and I am scared to see what the world will do to destroy my daughter when she is growing up and going through school. Hopefully if one person sees this and reads it and decides to make a change the rest of the world can too.
Catch Up
What a long week and weekend this has been, time to play so catch up...
Nothing significant happened between Christmas and New Years. Kaiya celebrated her 2nd Birthday last Friday. She was so excited to blow out her candles and eat her Ice Cream cake. She got to celebrate her birthday with one of our friends who shares the same birthday with him. We had 2 cakes, one with 23 and the other with 2. She looks so tiny behind her cake. She was on a super sugar high since we went from
school to our friends and didnt eat dinner until after cake. Its ok though everyone deserves to have fun on their birthday.
Saturday we opened her gifts and she loved her trike and basketball hoop. She was a ball of fun watching ride away and play with her hoop (dunking it every time), we cleaned the house top to bottom and took our friends out for drinks and dinner for a fun night out... (which didnt end so fun, but we all arent adults yet)
Sunday was just a day to relax, grocery shop and get the laundry done. In the midst of our wonderful relaxing day there is always that one person who has to drag you into all of their personal drama.. But never the less. It still ended in a wonderful night of a full week of our daughter not having her binkie and a good nights sleep... well until 4:30am when you daughter wakes up screaming from a nightmare.
Have a wonderful day world!
Nothing significant happened between Christmas and New Years. Kaiya celebrated her 2nd Birthday last Friday. She was so excited to blow out her candles and eat her Ice Cream cake. She got to celebrate her birthday with one of our friends who shares the same birthday with him. We had 2 cakes, one with 23 and the other with 2. She looks so tiny behind her cake. She was on a super sugar high since we went from
Saturday we opened her gifts and she loved her trike and basketball hoop. She was a ball of fun watching ride away and play with her hoop (dunking it every time), we cleaned the house top to bottom and took our friends out for drinks and dinner for a fun night out... (which didnt end so fun, but we all arent adults yet)
Sunday was just a day to relax, grocery shop and get the laundry done. In the midst of our wonderful relaxing day there is always that one person who has to drag you into all of their personal drama.. But never the less. It still ended in a wonderful night of a full week of our daughter not having her binkie and a good nights sleep... well until 4:30am when you daughter wakes up screaming from a nightmare.
Have a wonderful day world!
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