Monday, September 24, 2012
Wacky Wednesday
Last Wednesday was a HORRIBLE day! It didn't start out bad, work wasn't even bad, but from 2:45 on it was bad. First off, we've been struggling with Garrett and lunches, not that he doesn't want to eat, but I keep packing him a lunch and then he buys it. Well, on this particular day, I had packed him exactly what he wanted and told him not to buy his lunch, when I picked him up, he had bought lunch, so he paid $2.35 plus the money wasted on what I packed and had to throw away. Matt and Garrett went for a bike ride, and I went to pick up Payton, when I got home, I didn't notice that Garrett's bike was sticking out a bit and I ran right over it! My tire instantly deflated. I'll admit I overreacted, I flew into the house in a rage and started screaming, Garrett went to lay in his bed and Payton went in her room and started reading (I felt bad for her, she had no idea what was going on, but instinct kicked in and she decided to hide out and read). While putting the donut on my car, Matt discovered it was almost flat, so while I headed to the office to attend my class, he took the kids for air and to get Garrett a haircut (pictures were Thursday). I thought well, the day can't get much worse. Just as class finished up, Matt called, Payton had thrown up all over herself. So, yes, the day got even worse! We had to hose off the seat, she got a quick bath, I could barely hold her she smelled so bad. I felt bad, all she wanted was a hug and she stunk so bad! But, the good news is, we think she just got car sick, she showed no other symptoms and slept fine and was fine the next day. I am hoping not to revisit this day for a long, long time!!!
Soccer
Garrett decided he wanted to play soccer, so I asked around and somehow got hooked up with College Station Soccer Association. The nice thing is his games are at Veteran's park, which is about 2 minutes from the house, the bad thing is his practices are at Southwood Community Park, about 2 minutes from work. So, every other Thursday, I fly out of work, drive across town to get both kids only to drive about 2 minutes from where I work. But, that's what it's all about when you have kids, right?!?! Yes, next year I will sign him up for a Bryan league, mainly because no one from his school is playing in the CS league, I hadn't thought about that!
He really seems to like it though. I'm not sure he 100% understood what a soccer game was, but his first practice was Thursday and after about 10 seconds of being shy, he was off and running and had quickly made friends (PS - I'm so glad my kids aren't too shy!). Practice was pretty uneventful, keeping Payton off the practice field was a bit rough, but she had fun just running around and Garrett definitely learned some new "skills".
His first game was Saturday, the uniforms didn't come in until Saturday morning, so we had to go early to get him changed, and it was HOT. I ended up getting sunburned watching, Payton was melting down, so her and Matt left at half time. The kids playing had fun, but went through so much water, a mom had to run and buy the team more! The good thing is they only play for about 5 minutes at a time, then every 15 minute they get a bit of a team break, add in the shoe lace and "injury" timeouts and they rest a lot, lol! They do not keep score, but I'm pretty sure the final score was 5-4 in favor of Garrett's team. The kids really seemed to have fun, some of them got better as the game went on. Only one of our players has played before so it's a pretty inexperienced team.
It's a bit lower key the tee ball, only one practice a week and one game a week and the season lasts 6 weeks, I believe. I'm just glad Garrett is trying something new and if he enjoys it, then that's all the really matters!
He really seems to like it though. I'm not sure he 100% understood what a soccer game was, but his first practice was Thursday and after about 10 seconds of being shy, he was off and running and had quickly made friends (PS - I'm so glad my kids aren't too shy!). Practice was pretty uneventful, keeping Payton off the practice field was a bit rough, but she had fun just running around and Garrett definitely learned some new "skills".
His first game was Saturday, the uniforms didn't come in until Saturday morning, so we had to go early to get him changed, and it was HOT. I ended up getting sunburned watching, Payton was melting down, so her and Matt left at half time. The kids playing had fun, but went through so much water, a mom had to run and buy the team more! The good thing is they only play for about 5 minutes at a time, then every 15 minute they get a bit of a team break, add in the shoe lace and "injury" timeouts and they rest a lot, lol! They do not keep score, but I'm pretty sure the final score was 5-4 in favor of Garrett's team. The kids really seemed to have fun, some of them got better as the game went on. Only one of our players has played before so it's a pretty inexperienced team.
It's a bit lower key the tee ball, only one practice a week and one game a week and the season lasts 6 weeks, I believe. I'm just glad Garrett is trying something new and if he enjoys it, then that's all the really matters!
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Mary Kay
Ever since I revisited my New Year's resolution post I've been thinking I need to try a bit harder to do things for me. So, I ordered a Scentsy, such a small thing, but I can not tell you how happy it makes me to come home and click that on and have my house smell nice! It truly is the little things that make me happy, lol.
I also decided to host a Mary Kay party. I hosted one many years ago, when Heather was selling it, and it really was fun and I learned a lot. The others who came seemed to enjoy the party as well. One of the mom's from Garrett tee ball team was a MK rep, so I bought some things I was desperate for, and it took almost 3 months, but I finally hosted a party last Thursday. I decided to do it at 3pm, I knew that would limit who could come, but that meant the kids wouldn't be home and Matt wouldn't have to make himself busy. I invited quite a few people, a few people ordered things even though they couldn't attend the party. The ones who ended up coming were mostly work friends and my friend, Stefani. I knew 2 people were very interested in buying things, but to me, the cool thing was going to be learning some new tricks. I forget that MK is first and foremost a skin care company, the makeup comes second. The only thing she told me that I really had no idea about was that it is very important to use products from the same line. So, face wash, moisturizer, etc should be all the same line. I thought, sure, whatever, well, ever since Thursday I've been using MK products twice a day, to wash my face, an acne treatment, a day/night solution, an eye cream and a moisturizer and I'm not lying my face feels AMAZING! It is so soft, my acne has completely cleared up and my skin is just glowing. I realize MK is expensive and for that reason is not for everyone, but you use such a tiny bit of each product that it lasts a really long time. So, to add to my resolution, I am going to paint my nails once a week and I'm going to make a tremendous effort to wash my face twice a day.
I also decided to host a Mary Kay party. I hosted one many years ago, when Heather was selling it, and it really was fun and I learned a lot. The others who came seemed to enjoy the party as well. One of the mom's from Garrett tee ball team was a MK rep, so I bought some things I was desperate for, and it took almost 3 months, but I finally hosted a party last Thursday. I decided to do it at 3pm, I knew that would limit who could come, but that meant the kids wouldn't be home and Matt wouldn't have to make himself busy. I invited quite a few people, a few people ordered things even though they couldn't attend the party. The ones who ended up coming were mostly work friends and my friend, Stefani. I knew 2 people were very interested in buying things, but to me, the cool thing was going to be learning some new tricks. I forget that MK is first and foremost a skin care company, the makeup comes second. The only thing she told me that I really had no idea about was that it is very important to use products from the same line. So, face wash, moisturizer, etc should be all the same line. I thought, sure, whatever, well, ever since Thursday I've been using MK products twice a day, to wash my face, an acne treatment, a day/night solution, an eye cream and a moisturizer and I'm not lying my face feels AMAZING! It is so soft, my acne has completely cleared up and my skin is just glowing. I realize MK is expensive and for that reason is not for everyone, but you use such a tiny bit of each product that it lasts a really long time. So, to add to my resolution, I am going to paint my nails once a week and I'm going to make a tremendous effort to wash my face twice a day.
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