Sooo I got tired of the Facebook...

Three days into Thanksgiving break 

I reached the end of the internet...

decided you guys probably did the same

 so maybe I should write again.

Blogging will give me something to do

(other than pinterest fail crafts 

with the kids

and making fattening food 

for the hunk of a hubby)

and you will have something to read.

Win. Win.

So it has been a while.

Last post was August 10, 2014....

really nothing much has changed.

The 

Psycho

(oops I mean cycle) 

continues.

Although we did graduate a kid!! 

woo hoo VICTORY

I decided to paint again, 

and stay home again, 

and paint some more.

We got a dog.  

My new BFF.

Oscar.

I love him because he is loyal.

He stays up late with me

and follows me to the bathroom.

He puts his foot under mine 

when I am cooking...

then yipes as if he is being abused.

We got him thanks to the

Future Farmers of America Club.

They put on a "petting zoo" event

for the elementary school.

Which is actually a code for

"bring all your adorable puppies

to relocate to families 

with vulnerable parents

that are unprepared for the 

barrage of heart tugging

picture texts of youngest

children holding previously

mentioned dogs."

Sort of like when they have 

cute puppies for sale at the edge 

of the Walmart parking lot.

Only imagine your car stalled as you 

were driving by,

and the people just put the puppy

in your window and ran away.

Confused?

We were too. 

But when it was all said 

and done, 

we were 

proud/dazed pet owners.

He is great really though.

Except for a few things 

like dog flatulence,

but really. 

He is great.

Oscar's presence has created

a new mantra for my life.

"Kids and Dogs"

It fits any situation for me.

Pretty much covers all things.

ie.

The vacuum has been recently utilized

but suddenly there appears:

8 Barbies

7896 legos

2 candy wrappers

a pair of underwear

and the remains of a soccer ball

on the dining room floor.

I say with a martyred sigh...

"kids and dogs

kids

and

dogs"

There needs to be a delivery

to choir practice,

someone needs a pair of socks,

the kitchen is on fire,

and the dog needs out to poop...

"kids and dogs

kids

and 

dogs"

See how that works.

Now its midnight.

I have typed out a little update

and when the morning comes

there will be a sweet 

six o'clock

pitter patter of my babies

and 

a sloppy kiss from the mutt

and I will (joyfully)

awake and (with a smile) murmur

"...kids

    and

dogs...

..kids

   and

dogs..."

 

a new leaf 🍃

---

Let's pretend it isn't midnight....

 And let's just get started by saying 

"HELLO!!! SUMMER VACATION!!"

Which was obviously named such by the principal

YES I AM TALKING TO YOU MRS. HEINZ...

since the school is now SUPER quiet 

and the rest of the world

(as in mothers everywhere) 

have just entered the 

NON.VACATION.ZONE!!!!

My day, in fact, 

went something like this:

• Get up waaay too late

• Throw the babies in a quick bath

(Since school got out a week ago 

   and they may or may not have been 

        hosed off since...)

• Load the littles in the vinivan for VBS 

(Pronounced "Baby-S" by sweet little Elsa)

• Gripe at the big kids for primping and sleeping instead of cleaning up after me and the littles

• Carry Elsa around on my hip for 3 hours while herding 17 kindergarteners around the church PTL.

• Rush home and shove cheese tortillas in their little mouths

• Realize I am late for a meeting that I had sent myself a reminder but unfortunately disregarded 
• as I had misspelled the anacronym to remember it by
• 
  
•  
• Rush to meeting

• Rush home

• Rush to paint job

• Rush home
•  (all the extra bullets stand for other stuff...
• like vacuuming
• and brushing my teeth
• and checking facebook 89 times
• just use your imagination)
• 
  
• Rush to Baby-S Program 
• (sorry it is just so cute)

• Rush home
• 
  
• Decide I am gonna need to get organized 
• so I go online in search 
• of a daaaaling printable menu plan
• 
  
• Spend 4 hours looking for one but nothing suits my fancy
• 
  
• 
  
• Spend 4 hours drawing one myself
• 
  
• Realize I spelled Menu wrong 
• (so what I was real tired)
• 
  
• Spend 4 hours editing it on the computer
• 
  
• Decide in order to validate my horrendous time management skills, I should write a blog and share it with you.
• 
  
• So Happy Summer "vacation" 
• to you my friends

May your Menues be

ever beautiful

as you spend your life savings

feeding the children...

xoxoxoxoxo

WaTcH tHiS

 

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The place I call home. AKA Freakshow

 

I was gonna go to the city today...

Not the real city city but the

close bigger than hometown city

Ya know with a WalMart.

But there was ice on the road

So I stayed home and instead of painting...

I painted.

My buddy who strangely escapes

her reality by doing fun stuff

like painting under other people's

grungy sinks

Came and helped.

Thank The Lord.

And others had to occupy themselves

Until starvation threatened

And Dad went on a candy run

to the grocery store.

So now it is bedtime

And I am too tired

to get them ready for bed

And when I looked down I was strangely

Holding 7 forks in my hand

Then Miss Elsa brushed my hair

Really roughly and told me that

I look like a snowmobile.

And then there was this:

And then there was this:

And if that doesn't give you

A little peek into this here

Freakshow I dunno what to say.

So here is the before and afta of

My forever perfectly perfect

Kitchen cupboards:

And of course I shoved all

the dirty dishes off to the side

For the after shot.

Thank you and goodnight.

 

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OH Hey There!!

It has only been a month

(or 5)

since I have spent any time on this here bloggy because:

1. The masses in my midst have monopolized every waking second of my life

until recently when they

congruently developed extraordinary selective hearing skills

therefore forcing me once again into the

position of vocalizing

into the vast cyber universe

as my only option for personal validation.

2. Last fall I applied for a class

to develop a business plan.

The opportunity was sponsored through the local community college (NJC) and funded by the El Pomar Foundation.

And woooo hooooo I got selected!

The businesses participating in the program received 6 college credits,

training to develop a business plan,

a chance to win some $$,

and a handy-dandy-notebook...

(translate--> IPAD!!)

3. My addiction to facebook and instagram became all encompassing and I have only began to come to terms with the issue.

And that, my friends is what I have been doing for the past 5 months...

Oh and painting...

Oh and trying to get the IPAD away from the little mongrels that hog it all day until the battery is dead...

Oh and picking up a toy here and there and tossing some clothes in the washer on occasion...

 

PS. I ended up loving the class and WINNING the $$$ and am so excited that my business is taking off like crazy and I am getting paid to color paint on people's walls!!

So now I am back to the bloggity

using this fancy keyboard

I inherited from my big sista

that makes a perfect little clickity clack.

It wasn't suited to her gargantuan hubby's fingers. (see below)

Oh if I only had long secretary-like fingernails to add to the joy...

So here are some pics to catch u up...

or if you would rather,

I could just keep rambling??!!?

Ok... a bit of both!

 

Elsa is doing great!! After a few different attempts to fix the growing pressure in her right eye, the doctors put in a tube shunt. This allows the extra fluid in her eye to drain off. Bonus...no more eye drops (for now)! Her vision continues to grow and has far exceeded what the original prognosis entailed. She is SASSY and SWEET and has her own bubbly perspective on life. We are trying to patch her left eye an hour a day to strengthen the muscles in her right one. And it is a little easier now that we have developed some negotiating skills. She wears the patch as long as: she is chewing bubble gum, playing the IPAD, and I am constantly watching her for the ripping off intervention. We are far from perfect, but doing better.

Josi is keeping busy. She is just finishing up her 8th Grade basketball season, perfecting eye-rolling and has strangely disappeared into her room, appearing only to request food or a car ride.

Levi is anxiously waiting his 16th Birthday next month. I'm not suggesting that our house is chaotic or anything but for some reason he seems really eager to be able to just drive away. On his own. By himself.

Milo has been loving preschool and uses bathroom words whenever he doesn't think I am listening. He has started to learn to read and write which is one of the most amazing things to watch in your kid. I love translating his vowel-anemic words like TRNSFRMRS and SBRTTHTGR.

Big Larry and I are just trying to be adults.

OK not really, but the fight against senility is futile so we just roll with it.

Hope today finds you with sunshine in your soul and a smile across your mug.

XoXoXo,

Holly

 

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Been Painting

Whew. 

Summer? Over.

And where did it go?

Most of my days were spent 

with a brush in my hand 

and paint in my hair!

It has been a whirlwind, 

with lots of green frog tape 

and tons of friends in the making.

My sidekick Sara 

got suckered into the madness 

and we have been loving 

brightening up walls.

Here is a "summer-ization" 

of a few of the things 

we have been up too!!

To keep up on our projects, 

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