Thursday Thirteen #7

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13 things about Fall I am looking forward to!

1. Kids are back in school ~ yay!!
2. Cooler weather ~ and no humidity!
3. Fall color tours ~ love the colors
4. Leaf piles to jump in (yep I still like doing this)
5. Pumpkin pie ~ with lots of cool whip
6. Wagon rides to go get apples
7. Apple cider ~ after our wagon ride
8. Football games ~ cause the guys will be occupied so I can have some “me” time
9. Homemade apple sauce ~ Mmmmmmm
10. Sweaters ~ time to get them ready
11. Fall TV shows ~ so ready for this!
12. Hot chocolate ~ I am thinking I need some right now, I am sooo cold~
13. Thanksgiving ~ and all the yummy food!

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Name change, and why I chose it.

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I changed the name of my blog. My original ~ Jodi’s thoughts and ramblings ~ was just boring. I wanted something cool and catchy. I enlisted my SIL and friend Kellie to help me come up with something. So far I really like Mama Jodi’s World. I got the nickname Mama Jodi from the girls over at MMC. Not only am I a mom to 2 wonderful boys, but I am also a “mom” to all of the daycare kiddos I have had over the years.

Now I want to come up with a cute banner with a cute pic of my kitty ~ to go along with my background. Got to have Kel work on something for me! *hint hint* Kel, are ya reading???

Yesterday’s playdate went really well. We had 11 kids and 5 adults here at my house. The girls definately out numbered the boys this time ~ by 14-2! This is not something my house is used to ~ LOL. With all those kids here, we didn’t have one fight! So nice! I took lots of pics, but this one is my absolute favorite! This is my friend Robyn’s baby. He is just about 6 weeks old. My niece was holding him and got him to smile and I was right there to capture it on film! He has changed so much from the last time I saw him (2 weeks ago).

Well that’s it for now, got to get the boys up and get things done around here. Have a great Wednesday all!

Wordless Wednesday

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Wordless Wednesday

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Tackle it Tuesday

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Today I revisted my kitchen. I haven’t been in the mood to do much around the house, and after I made bake ziti for dinner last night, I just didn’t feel like cleaning up, and as much as I hate to have dishes left over night (especially pasta sauce dishes) I just didn’t care. So I dove in and got it done this morning. Have to finish picking up the rest of the house as our park playdate is being moved to my house due to the rain.

Before ~ messy kitchen

After ~ clean kitchen

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Hope you all have a great Tuesday. I am off to go finish getting ready for the playdate.

Menu Plan Monday

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Ok got my menu made for the week. Org Junkie has done such a great job organizing this so please check out her blog and visit other people who do this too. She has also made this new, cute banner as well. You never know, you just might want to change your menu, or add it for the next week. ENJOY!!!!

Monday ~ Baked Ziti and garlic bread

Tuesday ~ Burritos

Wednesday ~ leftovers

Thursday ~ homemade pizza

Friday ~ BBQ’s and peaches

not sure for Sat/Sun

Moods, feelings, frustrations

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I haven’t felt like doing a thing today (or for the last few days). The only thing I accomplished today was getting the groceries. I am a little miffed at my husband. He has made plans for us for after church tomorrow, and I just don’t want to do them. He won’t make the effort of getting involved with any small groups with our church, but he sees no problem with going to things at a co-workers church’s small group. Don’t get me wrong I like this couple, but I just feel it isn’t right that we do this, when we don’t make the effort of getting involved at our own church.

He also wants to go the this drag race in Indiana next weekend. I don’t really want to go. It will be a waste of money, and with the gas prices, I feel we should distibute the $$ elsewhere. So when I voiced my concern, he gets all pissy with me, and hasn’t really talked with me much today. So hence my moodiness. I feel like I am walking on eggshells around him.

My stress level is all over the place as well. Things are turning around like I thought they would with the 3 weeks that I had no income coming in at the end of June and July. I thought I would have us back on track by now, but things are still spirialing downward still. He keeps looking at houses, which is ok, but ones that I know we can’t afford and in areas I don’t want to move to. For the main reason that I will loose my daycare, and starting over in a new area will be lots of work. Then he procastinates with our house, but still wants to get it on the market and sold this year… um, hello. You need to get moving then. Did he do much today, no. He was going to go to work for a bit this morning, but decided last night not to, so he could work on the house. Hmph, he didn’t even get up until almost noon. Must be nice, just once I would love to sleep in!

He was suppose to get my cable hooked up so we could switch over our internet provider, but he keeps putting it off. I have all the stuff, just need for him to drill a hole for me. Heck, I am just about ready to move the desk into the livingroom where I know I can hook up the net. If I could manage the drill I might just do it myself, but I don’t know if I can do it.

Then the kicker… I took Trent up to get a movie at the video store. I get hit with a late charge… my hubby forgot to bring back movies last week for 3 days, but didn’t mention it to me… 3 movies, 3 days late… I just want to go to bed and stay there until Monday morning when the kiddos start showing up!

That’s it for tonight, I am going to bed. Hopefully tomorrow morning I will be in a better mood.

Saturday Photo Hunt

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Photo Theme: Blue ~ Join the blogroll ~ Visit participants.

This was taken on our vacation last Christmas in Florida. We watched the storm roll in off the Gulf Coast.

Friday Feast #108

Posted by: Jodi  :  Category: Friday Feast

Appetizer -If you could have a free subscription to a magazine, which one would you like to have? Simple Scrapbooks

Soup - Describe your living room (furnishings, colors, etc.). My living room is a “blue” living room. From the carpet, to the walls, to the furniture to the curtains. It is a very soothing room. Heck even my playpen is blue! I just noticed that, LOL. I have semi-decluttered it from all the knick knacks I used to have. I have lots of candles now instead.

Salad - What does the shape of a circle make you think of? The union of marriage, no beginning, no ending.

Main Course - Name 3 things in your life that you consider to be absolute necessities. 3 things ~ computer, cell phone and music

Dessert - What was the last really funny movie you watched? RV with Robyn Williams

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Things are a changin…

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Well we are changing our internet provider and will be getting rid of the landline phone. In the process of this we will be saving around $50-60 a month. I am a little nervous about this. Are we making the right decision to get rid of the phone. Will we like this new ISP? Hopefully we won’t go over in our minutes on the cells, thankfully we have free nights and weekends! AND we have this “in” calling feature, so I can talk to some of my friends who also have the same cell service for fee all day long!! Yay! We also switched trash services as well to cut back on expenses.

My inlaws are moving, I am excited for them, and sad all at the same time. My MIL isn’t very happy about moving, and while I see her point, I think she will love being out in a “country” setting. I am going to talk my FIL into planting a bigger garden next year and tell him I will help maintain it. We have been looking at houses in that same area, so maybe we could have the garden ourselves. Just have to find the right house/price range.

School starts in just under 2 weeks. Our routine will change yet again. We will be back to having a busy, busy, BUSY morning with all of us getting ready at the same time! I will have to stay up when the lovely kitty wakes me up at that ungodly hour of 4:30 am. I will be back to going out 3 times a day for school runs. I will like having only 1 child for at least 3 hours a day.

I am considering signing up with Lia Sophia to sell jewelry. I went to a party last week and liked what I saw. But have to look at all the pros/cons of this, with people out there that make their own jewelry, will I be able to sell? I am still an Herbalife distributor. They have a new program that I am studying up on to get this business going again. Loved the way I felt when I was faithfully taking the products.

Oh so many changes, but all for the good! Have a great day all!!

Thursday Thirteen #6

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Fall shows

I am so ready for the fall lineups to start. Reruns are getting on my nerves. So this is my list. I see that some shows overlap or are on at the same time, so my VCR will be getting a work-out yet again.

1. ER ~ I am dying to know what happened with Abby
2. Survivor
3. Amazing Race
4. Law & Order-SVU
5. Biggest Loser
6. Dancing with the Stars
7. Wife Swap
8. The Bachelor
9. The Apprentice
10. Crossing Jordan
11. Trading Spouses
12. Super Nanny
13. Nanny 911

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