* That's Life *

2008-11-17T08:40:00.003-05:00

Well homeschooling Alec has been interesting. He is doing well and I am astonished how quickly I have been going through his books. I knew he was a bright child but lord at this rate he will be teaching me in a year. His only weakness seems to be capitalization. That drives me a little nuts but eventually I am sure he will correct his own mistakes. Mackenzie has been doing well in school and the only problem there is that Alec no longer attends and she wants to be home with him. So not going to happen, she is to stubborn and teaching her would be a nightmare.

I just recently learned my cousin and his family just relocated from Winston-Salem to the Waxhaw, Weddington area. I am ecstatic about having family in the area. They have 4 children 2 boys and 2 girls I can't wait to get together this week.

So Rodney is no longer on the H.O.A. in our community. He was received a letter in the mail saying he had been voted off due to not attending the meeting in July. Which he said that date was not good for him because he had to fly up to Massachusetts for a court hearing. But the real reason he was kicked off was due to the fence on our property is "encroaching on common area" We are trying to get the fence company to move the fence seeing how they put it up in the wrong spot even though they had the plot and new they were not on our property line. That fight is just ridiculous. Not to mention a former board member gave a verbal go ahead to the fence company just so he could get a $50.00 restaurant gift card for the referral and then didn't get it and stirred up so much shit. Can you say ASSHOLE!!!!! Well I think I have vented enough today back to work.

2008-06-27T15:45:00.003-04:00

Well It's my Anniversary today!!! But technically we were already married by this date. We really got married in December of 1997, We had to marry a few months early because his ex cancelled their kids insurance and left the kids without any so we went to city hall and got married so the kids could be on my insurance. So we have the pleasure of celebrating twice a year. We don't do much in December usually just a "Happy Anniversary" and maybe a card or something, We sometimes forget that one. We usually do something on our June Anniversary. That's the more sentimental one.
I don't feel like going out tonight, I haven't been feeling well. So we are going to stay in and go out once I feel better. My kids were so sweet they each made us cards and that means so much!!!!! They are the best. I am planning Mackenzie's 5th Birthday Party and trying to decide which theme: Luau, Carnival, Circus, Alice in Wonderland.
Anyone want to weigh in? let me know either here or by email.

OMG!!! It's been a long time.

2008-06-19T11:44:00.002-04:00

Well let's see. Alec graduated from 3rd grade with A honors, and he received the Writing award. I am so proud of him...

Mackenzie has learned how to swim without floaties.. She can swim from one end of the pool to the other. They have grown so much. Alec is almost as tall as me. We are 5 inches apart. We have been in the pool daily to beat the heat, though the pool temp is 90 degrees. When we aren't in the pool we remain indoors.

I was hoping to go up to Mass in July for my sisters wedding but that won't be possible. But, it will be nice to have my niece here for a week when my sister is on her honeymoon.

Girls game night was a blast! I haven't laughed that hard in long time.

2008-01-15T16:41:00.000-05:00

Well nothing new or exciting has happened.. no surprise there lol..... I haven't updated this in long time.. I must sound like a broken record... old saying that needs to be updated lets try I sound like a scratched cd... life is pretty boring same thing everyday get up get my son to school kiss my husband and my daughter off to work come home make dinner clean up bath time somewhere in between homework and bedtime story I may have a chance to get online... occasionally I get a chance to hang out with some new friends.. speaking of which if you girls read this we need a moms day real soon..... Can't wait to go back up north, not that I miss it up there but it will be nice to finally get a babysitter and go out...

I know it's been forever

2007-12-04T19:14:00.000-05:00

I know I haven't posted in a long time... Things have been so nuts lately... Going back to work has taken so much of my time that I just try to spend my free moments with my family.... but while the kids take their baths and showers I sit here on the floor with the laptop. and type away.... So much has time has passed I'm sorry that I haven't updated this. Let's see Alec made honor roll again, Mackenzie is just as crabby as ever... I swear if I didn't know better I would think she was a 16 year old stuck in a 4 year old body. LOL!!!!!! Its going to be interesting when she starts Kindergarten. She's going to want to teach the class...

We finally took our Christmas pictures so those will go out in about a week I hope... and I finally started my Christmas shopping... Thank Goodness for the Internet!!!!!

The Princess

2007-10-07T10:37:00.000-04:00

Mackenzie playing in her new Princess costume she received in the mail from her grandmother... A girl can never have enough princess gowns..

2007-10-05T21:27:00.000-04:00

Mackenzie loved the marine exhibits the best. She wanted to stay at this tank the whole day. She is truly a water baby...

2007-10-05T21:20:00.000-04:00

Rodney and the kids at the dinosaur exhibit. They are robotic plastic replica's. As you can see Alec looks so enthused.

Discovery Place

2007-10-05T21:09:00.000-04:00

This afternoon our family took a trip to Discovery Place to check out the Human Body Movie and exhibit. The kids had a great time but I think the most fun for them was the gift shop!! because that is the only thing they wanted to check out.. so before we left we entered into parents hell and spent an insane amount of time and money on something I could have gotten at Dollar General.. LOL But I did enjoy the day... the traffic coming home was a different story...

The Morning Mess

2007-10-05T10:31:00.000-04:00

Let's see, This morning I awoke to the wonderful sound of a freight train, yet again!!! There isn't any better way to wake up!!! I got my paper had my coffee and decided to have some hard boiled eggs yummy. I put them on the stove and then had a mental lapse and decided to read my email... you may know what happened next. I hear a loud noise coming from Rodney and it went something like this "What the heck is burning, it stinks like eggs" Geez-us "Liza, you burned the eggs!" They are stuck to the pot!! yup, my days of multi-tasking must be coming to an end... How will I ever function again???