THE JUBILEE JAGUARS WON THE GAME...

Today after school Jay's basketball team got ready for their second game. They were all given their uniforms which were well worth the money and the boys were so proud to be wearing them. The Jaguars started off strong and took the lead right away but towards the end they tired themselves out and the game wasn't going there way. I had to leave at that point to get Trinity to dance but the smile on Jay's face when I got home immediately told me that they won the game. Sure enough I was right! What a great game :0)

LOOKING FOR A BOOK TO READ?

I don't have any time to read with having four children around all the time but I know there are people out there that can enjoy some time reading. Matt Carson has a new book published called On a Hill They Call Capital. I will ahve to leave it up to you to decide whether this book is fiction or is there a revolution coming? This book is availble through a Book Website for you to purchase and enjoy.

WEIGHT LOSS RESULTS

Ok so some (most) of us didn't have a great week with our weigh in but it's nothing we can't handle. With a little extra hard work and determination we will all see good results next week!

Here are this weeks results:

1. Jenn gained o.4 lb for a total of 12.2 lbs
2. Petula lost 1 lb for a total of 14 lbs
3. Matt gained 1 lb for a total of 11 lbs
4. Carrie gained 1 lb for a total of 5 lbs

If you would like to participate in our quest to lose weight then click here and leave me your name, weight loss goal and every tuesday just leave me a comment with your weekly progress!

(Jenn, Petula and Matt let me know if I made a mistake with your results...thanks)

I CAN DO THIS....

With today being one of my busiest days of the week I am going to try to get some house cleaning done. Can I do it? I sure hope so! The house is a mess and the cleaning needs done and that is just what I am going to attempt to do...first the beds need to be made, the rooms cleaned, sweeping and vacumming (can't forget that), oh dusting...long over due. Laundry is started and almost finished and Jay can unload the dishwasher when he gets home from school. I will take any little bit of help. Ok so while I am doing all this I still have to run to the computer to look for job opps what else is new there. I have until 2:00 to get this all done and it's already 11:00am. I will be impressed with myself if I can get the cleaning done...did I mention my house is pretty big GRRR! Time to get started.....

FURNISHING THE LIVING ROOM

Now that our Living room renovations are almost finished it is now time to start thinking about getting new living room furniture. I think that for the shape and size of this room , looking into sofa sectionals with a bed might be a good choice. Furniture From Home is a great website where quality meets convenience and that has made things easier for us in finding the right furniture from sofas, dining room furniture to bedroom furniture and so much more. Not only is it time for a new sofa and other living room furniture but I think a sofa with a pull out bed will make sleeping arrangements so much better when having family stay over. It will be sure to let us get a good night sleep.

MORE AND MORE RAIN...

Our winter has been filled with lots of rain and has made things here really wet. We woke up to a snowstorm yesterday morning and by afternoon we were getting rain which quickly turned to heavy rain. This continued into the night and I lay in bed hearing the winds pick up I knew we were in for a good storm. The power flickered on and off throughout the night until 6:00am it went out and didn't come back on...a few minutes later all I hear from down the hallway was a little voice saying" hey, hey, turn on the hall light." That was Blake our 3 year old, he hates having the light off. Once Blake was tucked into our bed I then realized that without power the pump in the basement to drain anywater wasn't working and ran downstairs. OMG water and lots of it. Our basement was flooded with at least an inch or two of water. thankfully it's unfinished and only used for storage of things not to important. I got the kids off to school and when I returned home the power was back on and the water in the basement quickly drained and is now drying out. What a day! Thankfully it happened today and not tomorrow when hubby is off. It would have messed up my day to go shopping and have lunch out :0)

CAN COLD WATER CLEAN DISHES?

This is for all the germ conscious folks that worry about using cold water to clean.

John went to visit his 90 year old grandfather in a very secluded, rural area of West Virginia. After spending a great evening chatting the night Away, John's grandfather prepared breakfast of bacon, eggs and toast. However, John noticed a film like substance on his plate, and questioned his grandfather asking,

"Are these plates clean?"

His grandfather replied, "They're as clean as cold water can get em. Just you go ahead and finish your meal, Sonny!"

For lunch the old man made hamburgers. Again, John was concerned about the plates as his appeared to have tiny specks around the edge that looked like dried egg and asked,

"Are you sure these plates are clean?"

Without looking up the old man said, "I told you before, Sonny, those dishes are as clean as cold water can get them. Now don't you fret, I don't want to hear another word about it!"

Later that afternoon, John was on his way to a nearby town and as he was leaving, his grandfather's dog started to growl, and wouldn't let him pass. John yelled and said,

"Grandfather, your dog won't let me get to my car".

Without diverting his attention from the football game he was watching on TV, the old man shouted.

"COLDWATER, GO LAY DOWN NOW, YAH HERE ME !!!"

Meet Coldwater...............

A FULL DAY OF FUN!

Saturday morning I got up early and got the boys ready for their youth group ski trip. My husband made them pancakes for breakfast and I gathered up all their gear and snacks for the day. The weather was quite cold with windchill of -20 degree but we headed to the ski hills anyway. The kids were excited to be going and it was Jay and his friend Matthew first time skiing. They had a great day skiing and after lessons were off to the bigger hill where we spent the day. Jay caught on quick and Matthew struggled with being able to control his speed....yep a few crashed but somehow he managed not to get injured. I also survived the day and had the time of my life with the youth and would love to go back again soon. I tell you though my legs muscles are sore and I can barely move today and I think Jay is feeling it as well. We left the ski hill around 4:00pm which got me home just in time to get ready for our Valentine's Gala! With minutes to spare our sitter arrived and we were quickly out the door. The Gala was amazing! I am so glad that we decided to go and to be able to talk with adults for the evening was so nice. The dinner was fabulous with stuffed chicken breast, garlic baby potatoes and veggies followed by a buffet dessert. When we arrived we had the option to purchase a prize balloon each for $10 (every balloon won a prize from $10 up in value) It came time to redeem our prize as they called us up in groups of ten. Matt won $10 Tim Horton's gift certificates (being #9) and I won a 19" flat screen TV with DVD (being #64). It definitely was worth the night out. What a great Valentine's gift this night turned out to be. The dance afterward was nice with the live band but after having such a long day I was ready to return home! The kids were still up with the sitter and they to had a fun evening. Today is going to be a day to relax and the fact that I can hardly move will make it all that much easier to do so LOL

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PASS IT TO THE FRONT MEME

I got this tag from Juliana.

Here are the rules:

* First copy and paste it.
* Do not remove any content.
* Just add One word related to your blogs.
* If you don't like the concept Pls! say no?
* Our main goal is we are going to circulate our number of friends.
* The more people join the "pass it to the front" the more links we generate.
* Lastly write only one word "short" for your blogs...
* Keep it simple and short, I know some of you have more than one blogs.
* The color is only black, gray, or white plssss avoid using any color okies.

Let me show you:1.-Filipina, 2.-Darling allen, 3.-Abroad, 4.-Halfway, 5.-life, 6.-culture, 7.-interracial, 8.-pinaystories , 9.-pinaysinglelooking, 10.-health, 11.-Miscellaneous, 12. Children 13. postcards 14. photography 15. Family

I am going to pass this on to Jenn, Tammy, Jocelyn, Anna, Petula and Matt...

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PASSING ALONG MORE VALENTINE'S GREETINGS!

Anne gave me this cute Valentine's Greeting today and I want to pass this along to some of my good blogging friends. Here you go Jenn, Tammy, Kim, Misty, Petula, Jocely and Matt. This is for you!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

A Valentine Greeting to all my blogging friends!

If you are here visiting then consider these hugs and kisses for you!

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And what did I get for Valentine's Day....Lots of hugs and kisses from the kids along with many great poems and cards that they made in school :0).......

......and here we are celebrating this wonderful day set aside for LOVE and my husband has to work late tonight :0( So last night he came home from work with roses and a card that he couldn't wait for me to open and in it was a peice of paper with a letter. OMG...it is the most perfect gift I could ever want...hubby bought me my very own....are you ready for this? LAPTOP and it's pink! I was shocked! He said that in reward for my recent nomination for babe blog of the month, he thought I deserved to have my own computer! It should be here in a couple of weeks. I am so excited!

SCHOOL PROJECTS...

This week I am going crazy with all the school projects the kids are coming home with. Jay my oldest who is in the 6th grade had a science project on Mercury that was due today and tomorrow he as a french project on Polar Bear due (only 2 days notice...eeeks). Kohl (firtst year of school) had a bit of notice to get his done and of course I put it off to long so now it will be rushed. It's on the 100 day of school! So I came up with a great idea and to do something different I am getting together 100 pictures of him from birth until now and printing them off and he will glue them onto a project board. To make things harder I am editing the photos through picnik.com then I will burn them onto a CD slideshow for his class presentation to make it easier for his class to see. Wow I think I got myself in over my head. This project is due on Monday...then Trinity (secong grade) comes home and tells me that her class is also doing the 100 days of school project and she wants me to do pictures of her...Sorry sweetie that just isn't going to happen. I'm only half way there with her brothers. Once this week is over I am hoping things will slow down. It's a lot of hard work but it will be great when finished.

As I sit here typing this up I noticed that the snow has starting once again and we are in for a messy night then turning to heavy rain by morning. The house is getting cold and I still have to go pick up hubby from work in an hour. Maybe with any luck schools will be closed tomorrow...fingers crossed! Trinity has her long dance class tomorrow night and Jay has his first basketball game and Matt has to work so I will have to figure out how to get them back and forth and coordinate times. I'm tired just thinking of tomorrow. Friday night brings another dance class and off early Saturday morning for a day of down hill skiing with Jay and the youth group only to rush home by supper time to get ready for the Valentine's Gala with hubby and somehow get things organized for the sitter! Boy when this week is finished I will need a vacation! LOL I can only wish :0)

WEIGH IN TUESDAY

WEIGH IN TUESDAY

Here we are at another week weigh in and we have all lost weight this week! Yay, way to go everyone who participates! One of the things I love about doing this together with good friends is the motivation and the support that we offer one another. Doing this will help us reach our own personal weight loss goals.

I know that if it wasn't for the motivation I am getting from Jenn, Petula and Matt I wouldn't be making progress achieving my goal.

Here are this weeks results:

1. Jenn lost 2.6 lbs for a total of 11.8 lbs

2. Petula lost 1 lb for a total of 13 lbs

3. Matt lost 1 lb for a total of 12 lbs

4. Carrie lost 1 lb for a total of 6 lbs

If you would like to participate in our quest to lose weight then click here and leave me your name, weight loss goal and every tuesday just leave me a comment with your weekly progress!

INSTALLING NEW WINDOWS

With our recent home renovations we are starting to get estimates done for windows installation in our home. Withour house being 80 years old it is in need of new windows and doors and hopefully if all goes as planned we will have window intalled in the early part of spring.

I AM FLATTERED!

How often do you sit at your computer only to find that you've made the list of blog babes for the month. At first I felt a bit uncomfortable but after showing this to my husband I then realized that Yes I am worth it! I am proud to be nominated for one of Maddog's blog babes of the month but just remember I am married and a mother of four amazing children that own my heart and the only one who will be dipping into my honeypot will by my husband!

BLOG OF THE MONTH AWARD

Anne gave me this blog of the month award and I am posting it with pride. This puppy reminds me of my FIL's dog named Bel! Thank you so much Anne, I really really appreciate it :0)

One of the best parts about receiving these great awards is passing it along to other deserving blogs. So if you are here visiting me then consider this award for you. There are too many wonderful blogs out there mention , so this one is for you!

WEIGHT LOSS PROGRESS

Here we are already Tuesday and it is wiegh in day! How much did I lost this week you are probably wondering? I won't know this until later on today because my digital scale isn't working. I stip on the scale and it keeps showing me error. Could I have done that bad with my diet this week that the scale won't show me my weight? No this isn't the case, I have been pretty good this weeka dn the scale is over 5 years old and is used pretty much everyday. So I will be heading out shortly to purchase a new bathroom scale. I am looking for a digital scale that is in an affordabel rpice range andone that not only show me my weight bu my body fat percentage as well. I am hoping to find the line of Escali scales which are both affordabel and fashionable.

GETTING A 3 YEAR OLD TO EAT...

I know I have posted about this issue quite a while ago about my little boy not wanting to eat anything. I was always worried that he was getting the proper nutrition in his diet with what he would actually eat. Since we moved here in July Blake would not eat chicken, meat or fish and anything else was just hit and miss with what he liked. This became very stressful and worried my quite a bit because he is nothing but skin and bones but doctors kept reassuring me that he will eat when he hungry. Last week Blake decided that he wanted to start sitting in the booster seat in the van instead of his baby car seat but unfortunately for him he was still under the weight requirement to be put in a booster seat and I kept telling him that if he started to eat like a big boy he would get bigger like his brother and would be able to start sitting in it. A couple of days later he started eating chicken nuggets. It was a slow process but one bite at a time and now he's loving chicken. He commented after his first bite of chicken and said "MMM chicken is actually tasty"! As long as he has range salad dressing to dip it into he's happy and then the other day her tried a hotdog cut up into little pieces then came back and asked for another and yesterday attempted bacon. I am happy to say that Blake is putting on weight and is now at the right weight requirement to be moved into his big boy booster seat. So we both won in the end. He got to be in his booster seat and my little string bean is eating!

STUDENT INSURANCE RATES

I have a few more years left before I will have to worry about looking into getting insurance for my son to drive the car but never the less we are all looking to find cheap insurance rates to save us money. Getting your first car can be an exciting time for anyone but one thing that makes it harder for new drivers is the cost of getting car insurance. As you get older and have more experience driving your rates should drop to save you money but for student drivers it comes with higher insurance rates. You can get quick, easy and cheap car insurance with the help from Costulessinsurance.com. They are student specialists in car insurance helping you to see how much you can save!

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It's time to save so get your free quote from geico and lets see how much you can save. With my sister turning 16 next week and looking to get her drivers license I know this will be something my parents will be looking into and I still have some time ahead of me before I will be looking for good, cheap car insurance for my son.

OUR BIGGEST SNOW STORM YET...

YAY! A SNOW DAY!

Ok so if I'm going to have to deal with the cold winter months then bring me at least one good snow storm! This morning that is what we woke up to. LOTS of snow! The kids are home from school today and Matt is trying to get the driveway cleared out so that he can head off to work. It's not a good day for the kids to be outside playing with the high winds but hopefully this afternoon I can get them out to enjoy the snow.

I'm not sure how much blog hoppping I will get done again today with the kids but I will try my best to visit you all :0)

MORTGAGES CAN BE OVERWHELMING

I find getting a home exciting but the process of getting a mortgage is very overwhelming for me so I leave that part up to my husband to deal with. There is so much information on mortgages to follow and understand and that is just the beginning. There are first time buyer mortgages, commercial mortgages and bad credit mortgages to just name a few. So now I'm hearing talk from my parents about getting a Remortgage...a what, remortgage on their home? What's up with that? I told you I get confused with this stuff. So I am happy to say that I learned a bit more about the mortgage business and apparently this is a change in the terms or lender of a current mortgage. Ok so what's up? Home improvements! Remortgaging can also be a way of raising immediate cash for home imporvement projects so that is the route my parents are taking. I might not be a pro with banking an mortgages but I'm learning a bit more everyday and feeling less intimidated when the subject comes up.

CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS IS?

THIS IS THE CENTRAL PRISON IN AUSTRIA

( I guess if I ever break the law, I'd better do it in Austria! Homeless people should have it so good!)

Never mind the homeless - the low income people should have it this good