7/16/07

My mom came to visit. After MY birthday, is Jerry’s and my anniversary, which is June 30th… then July 6th is Jerry’s birthday, July 10th, Shabree’s birthday (and actually, my mom’s birthday is July 9th, and Jerry’s brother is July 4th, and my SIL is July 1st so we have a SLEW of celebrations from the end of June til mid-July)  So I haven’t gotten TOO much done this week on the computer.  Well, I’ve been downloading digital scrapbook stuff like NO tomorrow, this is my latest obsession, and I’m SOOOO excited, my mom bought me a wide format printer!!!!  Well, she ordered it today on Epson.com.  And I managed to get a refurbished 1800, which is an 8 color printer, for about 350 dollars, tax and all!  THAT is a GREAT price, considering they are typically about 550 dollars.  So I am SUPER MEGA excited… and did I mention it’s WIDE FORMAT?????  What does that mean, you ask?  It means I can print 13 inches wide… which means I can print my own 12×12 layouts in STUNNING color!  I had to surrender my 100 dollar birthday check, lol…but I thought it was worth it ;).  My mom is really the best.  Of course, I DON’T ask her for much, truthfully I don’t!  But like I told her today, when she offered to pay for breakfast for everyone… "I’m NOT going to turn you down, mom.  I like to be treated just like the next person.  If you ever get to where you can’t afford it, just don’t offer to pay."  That is word for word what I told her.  LOL.  Well, it’s true.  I know she can mostly afford it, and I really don’t believe in asking for things from her.  I won’t turn her down if she offers, but I hate asking.     Earlier this year, I did get a loan from her, that was HARD.  And really, it didn’t help all that much, because I still had to pay her back, and we never really did have the money to do that.  Well, now we’re living off my Apple stock (which I sold for 100 dollars a share, right, now it’s up to 108!!!!  I feel like I sold too soon!  Not that it could be helped!)

Anyway, I TRY not to ask.

Oh what else?  Mom leaves tomorrow, and I’ve got to put  a bunch of swaps that were SUPPOSED to go out last week into the mail.  I’m never going to be allowed to hostess in that group again, I just know it.  It doesn’t matter… I’m pretty much DONE with swaps.  I’m SO burnt out, and I just don’t feel like doing them anymore.  I might change my mind later, after I’ve used a bunch of them and need to replenish (lol) but for now, I have SO many, it’s hard to see that happening.   I never have time for it… Samantha is THIS close to walking (oh, wish I was on the mac, could upload one of the photos I have of her standing up on her own two feet… not quite walking, but oh so close!)  My baby girl is going to be an official toddler here soon.  And I’ll bet it happens in the next couple of weeks, making her about 10 months… Shabree was 10 months and some when she started walking.   I’m just REALLY not going to be able to take my eyes off her for a minute when she starts walking…though at least she won’t be QUITE so close to the floor, lol.  When they start walking that early though, they’re still really short, and it can be hard to hold their hand when they walk without putting their arms up in the air and perhaps teaching them to balance that way, which is NOT what you want to do, seriously.

I’ve got to get to bed, or I’m going to be suffering tomorrow, as I’m sure I’ll want to get up early enough to see mom off.  She’s supposed to be leaving early in the morning.  I’m downloading digi scrap freebies on the mac, which in itself can be kind of addicting… I’ve done a FEW digi layouts.  They’re on http://www.twopeasinabucket.com and my user name is Shabree (go figure.  Most scrapping places I’m galtscrapper, but I signed up with twopeas before I got my galtscrapper email address which I used for all my scrapping yahoo groups, and before long, it took over my life, and I don’t even really USE the email address I had before galtscrapper.)

Oh man…where does the time GO?  It’s 1:40 a.m.   I’ve GOT to go to bed.  One LAST thing though… Shabree got morning kindergarten.  I’m really disappointed.  I requested afternoon kindergarten, and I thought, great, I’ll take Shabree to school at 11, then come home, put Sammi to bed, and enjoy a couple of hours to myself, quiet and kid-free, and the older girls will make sure she makes it home ok.  HA HA, no way.  So the girls will take her to school, but then, I’m gonna want to sleep in.  There’s no way I’m going to get any time to myself.  What a bummer.  I’m giving some serious thought to going to bed earlier, getting me and the baby up at 6:45 or 7, that way she can go down for a nap around 8:30 and then I’ll get my time to myself.  It just would have worked out better the other way around.  Oh well.

Well, it’s 1:45, and I’m getting hungry, so I’d really better head off to bed now, and get this posted.  IF I remember, I’ll post on the mac tomorrow and get those pictures uploaded and you can see Sammi standing.  SO cool :).