My Life as Mama Jodi » Holidays

Oops ~

Jodi — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:57:07 +0000

I forgot to do my “weekend in review” post. The holiday through me off. We had a busy weekend. Spent time with friends, and family. With the 4th being on a Sunday, they made the 5th the “actual holiday”, so John had the day off, but I had already made plans to go to a parade with some friends, then after wards some fun at the pool. I thought he was going to be at his dads for the day, but he ended up staying at home and worked on the guitars. Trent called to see if dad (John) was coming over to help and then bring him home, so off he went to his dads, and I went for ice cream and to see the fireworks with Robyn and the boys.

After all of the holiday get togethers I am now in need of finding the best diet supplements, as I know I gained back all of what I have lot thus far. Have to do some research to see if I can indeed go back to taking some of the products I was taking before, as I really liked taking them.

I am now ready for the weeks to get back to normal, and now that I have some time off, I will be getting back into exercising!

Happy 4th of July!

Jodi — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 10:00:13 +0000

I hope you and yours have a wonderful 4th of July!

Is it too early?

Jodi — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:36:20 +0000

Is it too early to start looking for adult costumes for Halloween? I would like to go to a Halloween party this year if I can convince my hubby to go with me. If not him, then maybe my mom friends and I could plan our own party. I think maybe the moms party would be more fun. We could have a themed party, but what theme? The wheels are turning. This will be fun! So be on the look out for some fun Halloween pictures come this October!!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Jodi — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:19:20 +0000

Happy Valentine’s Day

Jodi — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:31:18 +0000

Hope you are having a great day with the one you love!

2010

Jodi — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:35:29 +0000

So many things are going to be happening this year. We are hoping to sell our house. John still wants to put in a new kitchen counter, that may happen. The city is doing some work on the sewer system in our area. Our corner has a “tentative” ticket on it, this has caused the gas and phone companies to come out and stake out our yard with lots of little flags.

Trent will be turning 15, and that means he will start drivers training. This means I need to start checking out auto insurance quotes. I am hoping that our insurance company will offer a great discount like they did back when Christopher starting driving.

Job changes are in the works, and hopefully I will be able to be a 100% full time stay at home mom! If this happens, I am hoping that the “guilty feelings” don’t set in, with me being home and not working and leaving all the financial stress on my hubby.

Happy 2010!

Jodi — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:00:51 +0000

2009 coming to an end

Jodi — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:11:27 +0000

WoW! This year has flown on by! Many changes, some good, some bad, but we are thankful that we both still have jobs. Work was done on the house and cars. New furniture for the living room, new flooring in the kitchen and lots of work done on Christopher’s car, hopefully he won’t have to look into mechanical breakdown insurance.

Trent graduated from the 8th grade in Spring and started his first year of high school this fall. That in itself was big, but not as big as the change of going to a whole new school district and making all new friends. He is adjusting well.

I met two of my bloggy friends over the summer and had a great time with them. Took a couple road trips, one to Chicago with a few friends, and then to Ohio with Robyn, after finding out her brother inlaw had to have open heart surgery.

We had a long summer of the unknown with my father inlaw. We still have no real answers to why he was so sick, and may never know. He is still slowly recovering, but we are thankful he is still with us.

A year in pictures:
January ~ my hubby

February ~ Trent and his drums

March ~ sunset on an Amish farm

April ~ Trent’s surgery

May ~ Dinner with and old friend

June ~ Tiger game with two of my best friends, Robyn and Erica

July ~ Bloggy friends meet ~ Tina, Karen and I

August ~ My hubby cutting down the over grown tree branches in our backyard

September ~ My kitty

October ~ Went to pumpkin patch with the kids

November ~ My boys

December ~ Christmas with family

I am ready to see what 2010 has in store for us. Good-bye 2009, Hello 2010!

Christmas Day

Jodi — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:38:05 +0000

What a day! I am glad things are winding down. Trent was up around 6ish, he keeps trying to say he was up at 5. I know he wasn’t as I got up at 5:20 to feed the cat. I finally went downstairs around 8, got the coffee started, browsed the net for a bit, then started to hear the other two waking up. Presents were all unwrapped by 9. I made breakfast for the guys, of scrambled eggs, sausage, toast, orange slices and orange juice. Showers were taken, bags were packed, and off we went to grandma’s house.

Dinner was good, ham sandwiches, tater salad, macaroni salad, and beans. Clean up, then presents. I love, Love, LOVE my gift from my MIL… my Edward blanket, pillow and bag! My SIL gave me a pic of a garden that she took in New York, that I said would look really cool in black and white. She also made my MIL cry with the gift she gave to both her and Gramps. She drew a picture of their cat (who is dieing). Another drawing she did was of my hubby with his guitar (I still need to take a pic of it).

We were then blessed with my FIL playing the according (I give him a hard time about not liking it). It was so good to hear him play, as he has not had he strength/energy to play since he got so sick this past April. None of us thought we would ever hear him play again.

I am ready for bed, and am so glad I am on vacation until next year!

Merry Christmas

Jodi — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:24:57 +0000

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