Next on the LIST!

There will be no week in insta-pics. I know I am sorry. I have been so busy that the picture taking in my house has been non existent.

The car sold! Thank goodness. Brian and I are so relieved. I was really nervous. What would we have done. I guess now we don't have to think about that. Moving on right.

Next on the LIST. Continue to get completely moved out of our current house into the new one. I feel like I have been working non-stop to pack but there is still so much. As I predicted I am packing all by myself. Anessa did her room and bathroom. But otherwise it is all me. Brian is taking care of his garage. But I would have never volunteered for that anyways. He has been working hard too don't get me wrong. He is trucking load after load from one house to another. Thank goodness we are only moving down the road. When he drops off the load, the routine has been that I unpack it.

Grammy is back from her vacation. YAY!!!! Man are we happy to have her back. It is such a relief to know that Averie will be PROPERLY watched. She keeps her super active during the week. We have noticed that because of the lack of activity she is wanting to go to bed later. Like last night, 10 o'clock. I was miserable.

So.....where too now. Moving, packing, repeat. I guess that is the only plan. Oh that's not true. To add insult to injury, I suggested that we invite our families over for Labor Day to BBQ. I know I am a masochist. They have done so much for us and since it is a three day weekend. I wanted to thank them all for all their help before Softball season started and we have no weekends. Ugh Softball. Is it that time already. I have got to get it together.

In closing. It is my Best Friend and her Husbands ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. I love them both and hope that they have a great trip. He has made her more adventurous, and that makes for some great pictures and stories.{side note; technically it is not their anniversary until Monday, but who knows how busy I will be this weekend.}

Wordless Wednesday {tempting fate} wk12

I am posting twice today because there is lots to say, and it is Wordless Wednesday. Here I am sitting in Brian's car after cleaning it for about an hour. Hoping that it all pays off in the end {fingers crossed}. You can't really see the car but trust me I am in it. *smiles*

Linking up with Jenni from the blog, the paper mama, and parenting by dummies.

Crazy week? CRAZY LIFE!

I mentioned in a previous post that I was moving. Well, I still am. We are still chugging along with the packing and moving, packing and moving. Man, I will be excited when that is not a routine I am in anymore. I am so tired of packing and moving. This is the reason that I have been blog absent. Not that a whole mass of people read my blog and miss me. But it is something I said I would do and I continue to. This is just a tough time and I have to stay focused.

Speaking of staying focused. Today is the day. Brian sold his car on eBay last week and the guy is coming to pick it up today. We are so nervous. We are in a tight spot and really need this guy to come through. Brian said that he is not confident, but for the sake of both of us I hope he is wrong. We both feel like we have hit rock bottom, and this car selling would push us in the right direction, all the moving stress is not helpful for the situation either. I asked B yesterday, "Is there something we are supposed to learn from all this?" He had no idea. There has to be a reason why we are facing all these struggles. Don't get me wrong this year is by far better than last, but it still is throwing us handfuls of trials. We are good people, I know, I know that does not have anything to do with it. I just feel like we are doing everything that way that it should be done. What more can we change.

I am not a very religious person and neither is B, but I can honestly say that yesterday I tried to pray. Not for everything to be perfect and work out in our favor. I prayed because I need a reason, I need help to get through this. I don't want to sound like a hypocrite, it was very hard for me to even consider praying. I honestly think I did not do a very good job. I am always being told from other believer's that he hears all prayers. So maybe.... Brian even said himself, "Maybe I need to rethink this God thing." I know it sounds trite but there has got to be something out there trying to teach us something. We cant seem to figure it out on our own. I was raised in a Baptist church, and I never caught on to the all the talk about religion. Maybe my faith could be restored with some sort of sign. A sign that tells me I am not alone in all this, that there is a plan and I will someday know what all these struggles are supposed to teach me.

Well. Until then I guess I will persevere and try and figure it out on my own. If Brian does not sell his car today. I don't know what we are going to do, but I do know that living the way we are is not good for anyone. Something HAS to change.

I  know that this is a heavy post. Well heavy for me at least. This is something that we have been struggling with for the last two years and things seem to be improving but at a turtles pace. I do have a couple of moving photos that I can share. They will put some smiles on some faces, including mine.

Week in Insta-pics {randomness}

This week, month, year has been so busy and hectic. This week in particular has been hard. We are packing, moving, painting, and cleaning. I am responsible for most of it. Which is fine. I want everything packed a certain way, so I make it tough on myself that way. Well here is a REALLY random week in insta-pics.

Busy Bee is right

Everything has been so crazy, and busy that I can hardly find time to blog let alone take a shower. We are moving in exactly....well now. We have to be out of our current house by September 1st, and we are behind in the packing and the moving. Nothing is over there, but maybe a bottle of windex. It is hard to find the time to move the boxes that are packed. Nessa has practice Tuesday's and Thursdays. Grammy is on vacation until the 30th of this month. I volunteered to be on the Softball Board at Nessa's High school. What was I thinking when I volunteered for that. I  must have been intoxicated or just plain crazy. Luckily there is a bright side to being a board member. I love the people. Anessa's High school coach is amazing. So there is little time to even think about packing up our life and moving it to another house.

This is the plan. I have scheduled out what rooms to pack on what days. This is the only way I can think of to keep myself on track.
8/22 - Linen closet, and Guest Bathroom
8/23 - Averie's closet, and my closet
8/24 - My bathroom, and living room
8/25 - Play room, and dining room
8/26 - Hall closet, and laundry room
8/27 - Kitchen. {this is going to be a toughie}

There it is all planned out. We painted the whole house over the course of 4 days. Sore is an understatement. We were in agony. I had no idea that painting was going to wear us out like it did. We hurt in places that we did not even know there was muscle. I have pictures of the new colors that I will post. OOH!!! Exciting news, the carpet is being replaced on Friday. Which means that in addition to the hundreds of cleaning supplies that I am bringing over this weekend. I have to pack up the vacuum. I would not care normally, but I have to do it all on my own. Brian and Anessa are leaving for San Jose on Friday for a prospect camp. Even though she has already verballed to San Jose State, the coach still wants her to work out so he can she how she has grown. Great timing right. Never seems to fail that when they need to be home, they are gone. Sometimes I just want to scream.


In addition to all of this. I am keeping track of my meals. So expect to see posts on what I eat daily. I am taking some tips from an Registered Dietitian that works for Self Magazine. I love reading her blog, "Eat Like Me." It is very helpful. So, the plan is to track that on here. I think it will help me stay healthy through all the changes that are happening.

Averie Update. She has a follow up for her ears today. Hopefully everything looks good. She has been unusually grumpy lately, and I don't know if it is teething. {I don't feel anything}. Or her ears, or maybe she is just being testy. I really don't know. Other than that she is in great health. Very happy, most of the time *smiles*

 Not pictured is a KX energy drink, two slices of Round Table pepperoni pizza, and a bowl of Honey smacks with 2% milk.

Week in Insta-pics {long week...long weekend}

This week has been long but short. It feels like it has gone very slow, but I can't believe it is Friday. Brian has poker tonight, and I am just going to relax with Averie. I think it is best to relax before the wake of painting hits me. I am actually looking forward to painting. Strange right? I think it is going to be fun. Going to take lots of photos. I will also make time this weekend to post on our Mini-vacation to Santa Cruz. I have been so busy, that putting loading the pictures off is really easy. This is a short one. I am short on everything these days, especially time and patience.

Wordless Wednesday, The House! WK11

The new house that we are renting is a daunting task. It needs so much work. This weekend will be full of lots of painting fun! I say that sarcastically of course. We have to paint the whole house in 2 days, and I am a big ball of stress. The owner is having new carpet installed after we have completed our painting extravaganza, so it is important that we finish this weekend. After the painting is done we, I mean I have to clean. Cleaning is beyond necessary prior to moving in. I will not feel good about the house until I know I have gone through and cleaned every nook and crany. The previous renter was rough on the house to say the least. Thank goodness that the owner is changing out the carpet. I am a neat freak, so walking into a mess was not what I had in mind. So not only do I have to pack up the current house, and clean it, I have to move everything and clean the new house. I guess we got lucky in the respect that he is letting us move in a few weeks early. We lucked out there. Okay, enough of the complaining. It is just all very overwhelming.

So much for a Wordless Wednesday, this is a wordy Wednesday. I guess the pictures tell the rest of the story. No one likes moving. YUCK!

 I feel like my content lately has been so scattered. I have to figure out a way to make it seem valuable. What a weird thing to say, but it's how I feel.

Linking up with The Paper Mama, parenting for dummies.

Stairway to Stardom

I am going to get a little ahead of myself, but I am going to talk about what happened on Sunday. I will have to post on my Mini-vacation when I get the pictures loaded. I cannot have a vacation post with out pictures! No way!

Stairway to Stardom is a competition that he participates in every summer. It places talent in bands, and then all the bands perform after 4 weeks of practicing, writing, and laying down music. My brother Jeremy's band is called, In the Presence of Aryes. I love watching him perform, and this program is great for young artists. His band performed 3 original songs. Below is their third song and the best one in my opinion.

I do have one confession. I was very tired at the end of this competition. I mean listening to 14 bands perform was exhausting. My Mom, Dad, and Grandpa all went and we had a good time, but were ready for a nap once it ended. The best part of the whole day, was that Jeremy had a great time, and did an amazing job. He has a great stage presence.

Side note: I have become fed up with my families eating habits, and am now on a mission to put us all in a better state of physical and mental health. Averie and I are going to take walks at night when it cools down, with or without Daddy, and eat healthier. It is not hard to do. It just takes some planning. Which is not always easy for me to do with an 18 month old. I will figure it out and welcome any suggestions. I know I set some goals at the beginning of my blogging life, and have not kept to some of them. I am rebooting though, and need to feel better about life. So we are starting again. I think I am going to find a way to keep a journal of all the meals through the week. I think a reflection on what we have eaten weekly would be a good way for me to stay my course.

Missing in Action - Weekend Wrap-up

Sorry for going MIA for a few days. It has been crazy lately. I am going to sum up the weekend very quickly for everyone. Averie, Averie, being tired, Averie. That is about the jist of my weekend.

Brian worked all weekend long, so Averie and I hung out around the house pretty much for the whole weekend. I did venture out to take the oldest to the batting cages, and we even hit a garage sale.

This was the best  garage sale ever. The actual garage sale was over by the time we got there, but they had marked everything that was left over free. There happened to be an IKEA loft bed on the lawn. Marked FREE!!!! Can you believe that.

Here it is... Can you believe it. I still can't.

I felt super lucky. Anessa has been looking at a bed like this for about a month. Now it is done and it was FREE!

I missed Friday's week in Insta-pics so here it is a weekend late. The one that says, "nice asses." That is from my wedding 2 years ago. I was packing for out move at the end of the month, and found it at the back of our guest book. I have no idea what possessed me to look in the back of the book, but I did and that is what I found. The Hair ties are a gift from Averie's Nana and Great Grandpa. They are so sweet. I do think that we need to see them more. I am thinking that a small party is in the future, after we move of course. That way everyone knows where we live, and we can see everyone. I think that would be nice.

My Gym wih Grammy

My little girl loves My Gym. She was a little grumpy this time, but I think that is because Mommy was there.

She likes all of the activities. the bars, the trampoline, the ball pit, and the zip line. She is so strong. People stopped and asked how old she was. She was doing pull ups on the bars. I love my little boo boo.