12 posts tagged “update”

Well, I have been awfully busy and I am really missing VOX right now.

Well, I got a consulting gig in late December. Something that was only going to be like 3 days turned into something that's going to be like 3 months with a possibility of extensions. OY MY VEY! I haven't really worked in 3 years so it's weird! I go to meetings and community forums, I have to get dressed in clothes that are kinda nice. It's kinda cool so far but I miss my kids when I'm gone.

What else, been busy with the kids and their karate and dance classes, play dates and the twins club newsletter plus my book club. I'm doing too much!

So I miss y'all...

 I know what I'm doing. I'm going to Kaiser. Then I'm going to write. I have time because my MIL will be here to care for the kids. YAY!

Today wasn't much. I went to workout which was nice. And then I went to Target and Safeway. Then I went to take a birthday present over to my friend's house. It was a good night. We took a walk around our circle. I got LOTS of exercise today.

Yes, nothing has changed. :)

So today was a good day. I went and bought my Christmas cards at Hallmark because it was open house and I got a free gift and what not. I love buying greeting cards.

Did a little bit of writing for nanowrimo but not nearly enough to put me where I'm suppose to be. I hope to finish but I'm not sure I will. Oh well, that's how it goes...

Went to the ILs house today. My MIL made chicken today and it was so good. I love her chicken. Came home late but I know that the time change is going to mess with the kids sleep schedule so I should be asleep already but I'm not. Why do I like to punish myself so...

I noticed that I hadn't written a real entry for a while now. So here is what's happening...

Last week they totaled our van so on Saturday the husb went out and bought a new van. He bought a 2008 Toyota Sienna. It's nice and looks just like our other van so I'm happy. We took the godforsaken rental back. I'm just not the SUV type after having a minivan for the last 3 years.

Lemme see, oh I saw my good friends Glenn and Caryn last Friday! They were here for Vegas for Caryn's 20th reunion. I hadn't seen them in 2 years since they came and took my kats to Vegas to retire. The kats retired, not Glenn and Caryn. SO anyway, they look good and happy! It was so nice to hug them again.

Then yesterday I saw my other good friend C and B. We had gyros and went shopping at Giggle in Walnut Creek. My kid sister was with me. It was so much fun. I like seeing my friends. I miss hanging out and lunching and chatting and what not.

Today was uneventful though. We just went to Fry's to buy an iPod audio cable. Wanna know how much of a big genius I am? Lemme tell you, I went to Radio Snatch and they wanted 13 dollars for the thing. Then I went to the Apple store and they wanted 20 bucks for it. Then yesterday we went to the Fry's website and we found it. FOR 3 SMACKERS! I bought it. I felt like I should have bought like 3 or 4...

I'm ready for dinner now. It's late and we haven't had any food yet. Soup it is.

There has been so much going on lately I haven't had the time to blog it all. There were QotD's and Vox Hunts i wanted to do but didn't have a chance to do. Oy...

SO, last Monday my kid sister arrived in the bay area. We hung out and then we started getting everything ready for the kiddos birthday party. I had so much shopping to do that we just barely had enough time to put it all together. Saturday was the party and it went off without a hitch! It was a great party. Everyone had fun and we even had a pinata which was obliterated within seconds. A good time was had by all.

Sunday we went to Target in Dublin to spend the kids gift cards. We had fun there too. The kids were able to pick up some cool things. It was great. Then on the way home my minivan was rear-ended as we were stopped behind a car that was stopped for a squirrel. Yes, an effin' squirrel. The SUV behind me stopped, the car behind her did not. He hit her and pushed her into me. There was still a huge impact. It was awful. My babies (not babies anymore) were fine, shaken up a bit but not hurt, my sister and I got some rowdy headaches and neck aches but we were otherwise unscathed. The van looked awful. We took it to the shop on Monday and we have been working with the dang insurance companies to find out if we were entitled to a rental. We just found out that we are so we will be picking it up today.

It has been a crazy few days. I am ready your entries just haven't had time to comment...

that all my entries lately have been question of the day or vox hunt. I need some real content!

Not much going on. The usual... we wake up, we eat, we play, we learn something, we go for a walk, we take a nap, lunch, max and ruby, play some more, etc... That's how our days roll. It's fairly uncomplicated. ha!

The kids have been enjoying their classes. They are taking a gymnastics class and a dance class. Kate LOVES her dance class. The teacher told me that she's ready for the next step which is a basic ballet and tap class. She is going to need tap shoes. How cute will that be? In the Fall the kids are going to take Karate. That is going to be even cuter! I can't wait. I'm so excited that they are going to be really active. It's a good thing.

Their birthday is coming up and I have been planning their little party. It's going to be at the ILs house in P-Town. My sister will be coming back to the bay for fun and helping. That's a good thing and then I think that we are going to go to San Antonio. It will be a good thing. I can't wait. We are also thinking about going to Disney Land during the fall as well.

Wow! See there's a lot going on but not earth shattering... But that's a good thing.

Today is a good day. I haven't really been doing too too much lately. I also haven't been writing int he VOXer and for that I am sorry. I should blog more but things just have been coming up.

I'm in the process of cleaning my office. There is so much stuff that is not office related it's not even funny. I have been working on it off and on for about a week. There isn't really much I can do with the twinkles around though.

I have been having weird dreams lately too. Airplane crashes, my high school burning down, me sitting next to Andy Gibb in my new adult class (hubba hubba) and then my aunt's ex-girlfriend's son singing a song to my dead father about how he loved and missed him and that he was his cousin. HUH?!

The kids finished up their gymnastics class yesterday but I enrolled them for the 2nd class. They like gymnastics. Now dance class is a totally different thing!. Kate LOVES dance class and Jake HATES dance class. He loves to dance at home so one would think...  i dunno...

I missed my neighborhood yesterday. The outage was terrible.

Yeh, I'm lame and used that line. You betcha!

So things have been pretty good. We didn't do too much today. We just kinda hung out at home then took the kids to an Animal Planet Expo in San Ramon. It was not very toddler friendly. They were pretty much too small for everything. Then we just took them to a small park to get them exercised and tired out.

Yesterday was a day that we spent at the ILs. Good night. We had Indian food. Do you know how long I have been craving chicken tikka masala? A long time.

I finished reading the book club book already. It was pretty good finally! It took me about 100 pages in to really get into the book. I think I was distracted while reading it. It was This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M Homes. Good stuff. I also started a new book today. Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen. So far so good.

Anything else, no I don't think so. That's pretty much all.

It's been a long week. Since the excitement of the kids getting and sleeping in their own beds has subsided, there have been other exciting things I've been doing...

On Monday I enlisted my MIL to come over and take of the kids while I went to go see Angela Davis speak at CSU Hayward (East Bay). SHE WAS AWESOME! She is an amazing woman and I even got her to sign my books and take a picture with me! YAY!!

My husb was off on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday we took the kids and the kid sister to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It was INCREDIBLE! I couldn't believe how awesome it was. The kids LOVED it! They loved looking at all the fish and seeing all the otters and what not. It was great. Then we went to a beach in Pacific Grove and walked on the rocks for a bit. It was incredibly beautiful! OH we also saw 2 whales breeching and spouting! It was so fun. Got home and the kids were fast asleep!

Wednesday we went to the Oakland Zoo. It was a perfect day to go to the zoo. I guess the rain earlier in the day scared people away. It was almost empty! We saw all of the animals and the kids LOVED it. The lion was actually out and putting on a show for us! It was so fun.

Yesterday my beautiful friend xelyn came over and we made chicken tikka masala and ate naan and hummus and laughed like we were in high school again! We shared our guilty pleasures of who we LOVED back in the day... Billy Squire, Paul Young, New Edition, Menudo, etc. We are not going to say who loved who though, we don't roll like that!

Today I went to the mall to buy the kids shoes. Ahhh, the exciting life of a stay at home mom.... :)

I'm finally getting around to feeling better after a couple of days of plain yuckiness... Oy my vey. I had the worst upset stomach and it wasn't so much that I was puking, it was that feeling of wanting to puke but not quite getting to, so it was like I had a rock in my stomach. Feeling better though.

It's been nice and cool here in Danville. I'm really loving fall seems to be making her appearance. The coastal fog has come in the last couple of days too and it's been slightly overcast and cool. I love cooler weather.

I think my mom will be coming in November which will be a good thing.

More later...