The 6 Greers

LOAD 2/12 Day 12

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:08:00 +0000

Today’s prompt was “History repeats itself”

I took the idea from a conversation that Hubby and I had about CJ and her hoarding tendencies and how JD was just like that at her age.

LOAD 2/12 Day 11

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:36:00 +0000

Today’s prompt is “School days”. I’ve had these photos of Syd and her school routine since last May. What better time to use them.

LOAD 2/12 Day 10

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:18:00 +0000

Today’s prompt is “Favorite memory”. I scrapped the first thing that came to mind!

Journaling reads:

In 1995, we were newly married and remodeling our very first house. Rich was building a wall in our bedroom to create a closet. He wedged a block of wood at the top between two studs and then bent down to pound the bottom on the stud into alignment. You can imagine what happened next right?
The block of wood from above fell on his head and I burst into laughter. It was very comical to me; it reminded me of something that Wiley Coyote would have done. Rich was not pleased with me for finding it this funny as he was already frustrated by the project but I could not stop laughing.
To this day I cannot think of this incident and not chuckle. I will say he was not injured, as least not physically. He can laugh about it now as well but he was upset with me for laughing for quite some time.

365/40 Acclimating

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:06:00 +0000

Home Depot called this evening and let us know our special order came in. No sooner did Hubby hang the phone up and I was ready to go.

We got enough to do the main bath and Hubby’s tiny bath {both were carpeted}. Right now they are acclimating and plans are to start the install Sunday.

LOAD 2/12 Day 9

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:06:00 +0000

Today’s prompt was “Home Sweet Home”

I went SIMPLE today I gathered pictures of all the houses or apartments we have live from the internet or my digital files and made them look like old polaroids.

365/39 Me too

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:02:00 +0000

Hubby and Syd have a little thing they do; he lifts her up high and she swipes the ceiling with her hand. She loves it and will ask to do it over and over again. Tonight CJ wanted in the this action and before you know it Hubby was asking for mercy.

LOAD 2/12 Day 8

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:50:00 +0000

Today’s prompt “I miss…” The first thing I thought of was Coke Zero so I went with it.

365/38 Presto chango

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:41:00 +0000

Saturday, while sitting in the van waiting for Hubby to come out of Home Depot I heard a loud popping sound. I looked up to see the windshield cracking right in front of my eyes. It started in the center and went in both directions.

I called the insurance company Monday morning and they had someone out here today to replace the glass, with no deductible. We used the “Guys in the little red truck.” Now that is a memorable jingle. {Don’t deny it, you heard the jingle in your head too.}

LOAD 2/12 Day 7

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:01:00 +0000

Today’s prompt was “I always thought”. I went back and forth on this topic and I finally found the photo that I took of myself that I use for my profile pics. In the photo I’m a few years shy of 40 but I will be 40 this year and used it to express my feeling about this upcoming milestone.

Journaling reads:

When I was a teenager I thought people that were my mom’s age were OLD, I’m talking 30ish.
Ugh, their taste in music, activities and idea of fun was way too boring. I mean come on, all they ever did was go to work, worry about what I was doing and tell me how life was going be.
But people that were older than my mom, say people in their 40’s, were ancient. I could never image myself that old! That is until 40 crept up on me and suddenly I really don’t feel that old.
Really, I feel just like myself, a bit wiser, a bit thicker in places, but still just me.
What was I thinking? 40 is NOT old, it is beautiful! I would not give anything to be a teenager again!

365/37 The little red ball

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:22:00 +0000

This is what simple family fun looks like in our house. For lack of better entertainment, all 4 kids (and Dad, at times) sat in the living room, playing catch with a rubber ball. It was mostly for the benefit of CJ and Super Syd but the big kids had to participate as well so that the ball didn’t end up getting thrown all over the house. Syd has a pretty strong arm, but not a good aim quite yet

LOAD 2/12 Day 6

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:46:00 +0000

Today’s prompt was “little girls dreams” I didn’t feel any connection to this prompt so I went with a story that was laying on my scrapbook table waiting for me.

Journaling reads:

Syd, You are a mommy's girl through and through. Because you so often seek me out to help you and play with you I get a warm fuzzy feeling in my heart when you and your dad have q-time together. I know that he absolutely loves it too. Mom

365/36 Super Bowl Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:21:00 +0000

We spent the evening watching the Super bowl at our friends’ house. Our kids and their kids get along well and they had a great time playing together. Syd loves this track and played with it nearly the whole time we watched the game/commercials.

We got home so late, 10 pm, that bed time was a breeze for everyone but JD {he slept late this morning and was not tired}.

Good food, good friends, and good football, a hard combination to beat

LOAD 2/12 Day 5

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:28:00 +0000

Today’s prompt was “the more they stay the same” I think I missed the mark but this page took on a life of its own. I started with one design in mind but the story took me in another way so I went with it. I took the journaling from a blog post on 3/1/2011.

365/35 a bit stressed

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:25:00 +0000

Today we got up early to get to 1770 and help our plumber friend install toilets, faucets and repair a few things.

The toilets were a breeze once we figured out the dual flush setting. The bath faucets were another matter, the master bath faucet refused to come off. Hubby tried many things the last of which cracked the sink. He was a bit frustrated about this new problem but the faucet remained on the cracked sink and Hubby had to purchase a new sink. Now the master bath has a new toilet, faucet and sink, all shiny.

After the morning at 1770 we came home and I had to get my LOAD page done and we needed to prepare to get our taxes done. My priorities were the layout and Hubby was the tax stuff, that is until Hubby could not locate what was needed, and things got stressful for all involved. In the end, missing paper work will have me burning the phone line Monday morning and Hubby has provided me with a checklist for this year tax folder. {may this never happen again}

LOAD 2/12 Day 4

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:44:00 +0000

Todays prompt was “The more things change” I had this page in the making waiting for a crop so it came together fairly quickly.

365/34 Cardboard houses

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:46:00 +0000

We drove up to G-town this evening to drop off the new toilets. Our plumber friend is installing them tomorrow morning. The girls were loving the boxes after we unpacked the dual flush beauties.

I have to say I still amazed every time an empty box entertains them for so long.

LOAD2/12 DAY 3

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:31:00 +0000

Todays prompt was “Who I am Today” I decided to make mine about JD and how much he had changed this last year.

This LO took me all day to do. I was a kids taxi most of the day but I think it helped because I had plenty of time to move things around and get them just so. This is one of my favorites so far.

LOAD 2/12 Day 2

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:40:00 +0000

Today’s prompt was “your favorite Photo”. I have a small stack of favorites that I have been just waiting for the perfect idea to strike. Not sure if I have done this one justice or not {this is not my favorite LO but the photo is a favorite}

365/32 A bed for 3?

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:36:00 +0000

In the last almost 5 years I can count on one hand the times we have slept all night with just the two of us in bed. Most nights we start out alone but by 3 am we have at least one of the girls smack in the middle of our bed.

This last week Syd has decided that she was going to start out the night in our bed. Not sure why but try as I might she refused to go to bed in her own room. She was obviously very tired. She would fall asleep in my arms after I retrieved her screaming from her crib only to wake as I placed her back in her crib. We did this dance a couple times before I just gave in and let her come to bed with us.

Hubby does not mind this at all. I think he would have a family bed and let the both girls sleep with us every night if I would let him. I understand why, they are only this little for a very short time and they will out grow this need but I just like my space when I sleep. I am with them nearly all day and just need to be “alone” when I can to recharge. But Syd has a stronger will than I most days and I have given up the fight just so I can get some sleep.

LOAD 2/12 Day 1

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:34:00 +0000

And here we go, the first LOAD of the this year starts today. Today's prompt was “You got good taste.” I did not think I would go with the prompt but while I was flipping through some pictures I found this one of Hubby with his biggest grin, eating his favorite snack from DQ.

365/31 Kindergarten bound

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:27:00 +0000

It is official, CJ will be an all day kindergartener come September. We had some concerns about whether we should send her to a Young fives program instead of Kindergarten {Actually Hubby was more on the fence than I}.

In our county young fives is only in private schools unlike our old county which provided it free to the public. I was not eager to shell out more money for private school for another year.

After the informational meeting tonight we talked with one of the the kindergarten teachers and she thinks that waiting the extra year will not help her. Might as well get her in there and start learning. If she needs to she could always repeat kindergarten.

Our biggest concern is that Syd seems to know more alphabet than CJ. We don’t want CJ to be behind the majority of her class. But the teacher assured us that she gets kids that don’t know their alphabet to kids that can read on day one and everything in between. “We are here to teach so let us teach her.”

365/30 Setting the table

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:38:00 +0000

While I made dinner tonight Syd decided she should set the table for me. The only thing she could reach was the silverware.

Guess what came home in Syd’s backpack today from school… a pamphlet on Norovirus and how to prevent getting it. A little late for us, but I did learn that you are contagious for up to 3 WEEKS! Yikes this is awful.

365/29 Norovirus casualty

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:29:00 +0000

I have disliked the carpet in the main bath since we moved in. The carpet was glued to the tiled floor beneath which prevented me from tearing it up long ago. {Deciding exactly what we are going to do with the bathroom will be greatly impacted by how and when we are going to insult the outer wall.}

Let’s just say that thanks to the Norovirus keeping the carpet was next to impossible. For now we are leaving the gluey tile until the flooring we want comes in {Home Depot special order}

365/28 Mr. Buff (someday, maybe)

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:18:00 +0000

JD is trying to make it look easy while exercising. He hasn’t been running as much the last couple of weeks so I guess he’s been redirecting that energy into working out. Unfortunately, it was almost 10:00 pm on a Sunday night, not quite the best time to start a workout.

In this picture, he’s doing a stomach crunch while holding a 8 pound weight in his lap, just to make it that much harder.

He was supposed to hold that pose for 2:00 but he didn’t quite last 30 seconds. Youthful exuberance

At least it’s a constructive activity, go JD!

365/27 The new DQ day

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:17:00 +0000

DQ if 27 years old this year and every month on the 27th small Blizzards are $1.27. Hubby is addicted so we do not miss this event, even when some us are recovering from illness. MJ and myself are taking it easy still. The ice cream may have been a mistake for us but is was tasty the first couple bites.