Lifes Like That

On Friday my husband celebrated his 10 year anniversary at his job.  Wow, I can’t believe that it’s been 10 years already.  I can remember the day he went for the interview and how nervous he was.  Well since he’s been there for so long, I’m assuming he has gotten over his nervousness. lol

His boss was pretty great to him on Friday.  They gave him a beautiful gold diamond studded pin for his 10 years of service.  The entire shop took him out to dinner to celebrate this day and his boss gave a very moving speech to him in front of the guys.  Although he has had some problems over the years, he does seem to be content so I guess we can probably expect another 10 years to go by.  And if it goes as quickly as the last 10 it won’t be anytime at  all before he hits the 20 year mark.

Oh…I almost forgot to mention the best part.  He now gets four weeks vacation during the summer.  So that means an extra week of camping for us!

We woke up to a beautiful day outside today so we have decided that it is a perfect day to take the kids fishing.  My husband has a fishing licence, but I don’t have.  I just go for the view and the outing.  My husband and both kids have their own fishing poles so when they get down to the water, they don’t have to worry about sharing poles.  I don’t know how much fish they will catch today as the water is still quit high.  But just the experience of going fishing alone is enough excitement for them.  I wish they would catch something so we could have some fresh fish for once, but I’m not holding my breath.  But you never know.  Either way, it will still be an enjoyable day for all.

So my husband has finally taken the plunge and started handing out his resume. Although he is currently employed, he hasn’t been very happy there for a very long time so he has finally decided it’s time to do something about it. The only problem with this line of thought is that he can’t stand change. So for him to make a big move such as this, he must be really unhappy.

With his line of work he needs to get a full check up from the doctor for pretty much any company that he wants to work for. The last time he was going for a different job, I was amazed at how thorough his check up needed to be. His doctor even suggested that he get a colon cleanse to ensure his over all health. But at this point I don’t think it really matter what he has to go through to change jobs, just as long as he does in fact get a different job.

Yesterday I started to go through all my old pictures so I could start scrap-booking again. Although I have three scrapbooks on the go (one for each kid), I decided to start a new one with old pictures of my family. I have included pictures of my dad’s parents as well as my mom’s. I spent a little over two hours just going through the pictures and wondering what life was like back then. If the pictures of my grandmother are any indication, I’m thinking life wasn’t too much fun back then. In most of her pictures she has a very unhappy look on her face and I’m seriously wondering if that’s because she had to wear a corset. I don’t think I’d have a very good look on my face if I had to dress the way they did back then. Thankfully I was born when I was when jeans were a girls best friend. But these pictures do portray my family so they will be included in the final process.

With the school year slowly coming to an end and summer vacation time just around the corner, I have been thinking about different locations where I would love to take the kids for a nice family vacation. One area where I would love to go would be to the Outer Banks. I have seen pictures of this destination on TV and in magazines and I think it would be an ideal location for any family vacation. It looks so peaceful and serene. But I don’t think a vacation like this is in the cards for us this year. But I really do hope that in future years I will be able to look into this type of vacation a little more closely.

Time sure flies when your having fun now doesn’t it?! It seems like just yesterday it was Christmas and then the new year just arrived with my husband and I both needing to update our life insurance policies. This year we decided to change companies so we needed to get a lot of different life insurance rates and determine which company was best for us.

Because summer is almost here, I’m always thinking along the lines of health and life insurance around this time of year. As a family we do more traveling so there is more of a chance of different things happening. And because of this, I always like to have all our policies up to date.

Since the first day of fishing season was on April 15, my husband went out yesterday and purchased his fishing licence.  Today we will be taking the kids fishing for the first time this season.  They don’t need a licence because their only seven and nine and I don’t need one because I don’t fish, I only go along for the fun.  They are quite excited about this little outing.  Neither one of them have ever caught a fish before, but they sure have fun trying and now that their a little older and have more patience, maybe this will be the year that they catch one.  If not, that’s OK too as they both enjoy the outing anyway.

It’s going to be quite a busy weekend around here and I’m not sure if I’ll be online much.  Tomorrow will be a day for Kara and I to spend the day together and Daniel and his father will be spending the day together as well. 

Kara and I will be walking around the neighborhood getting pledges for her upcoming fiddle-a-thon and then I am planning on taking her out for something to eat.  It’s been a long time since her and I did something that only involved the two of us and I think she will get a major kick out of this.  Daniel and his father will be going to see a car and bike show in town and I’m sure they will be going out for something to eat as well.  On Sunday the whole family will be attending the RV show in a nearby town and then we will be going to my husband’s father’s for supper.

So if you don’t see me around much this weekend, you now know why.

Oh wait.  If I did that, I would have to fire MYSELF and we can’t have that happening now can we?!  Sorry for the rant, but it’s days like today where I get so fed up with my family and the messes they make.  I don’t understand how they can make such a mess when they are either in school or at work.  But they do and I’m the one left to do all the cleaning.  I’m getting so…tired of cleaning!  The only thing I ask of the two younger kids is that they keep their rooms clean.  After walking down the hallway this morning and seeing the rooms in the state they are, I just started seeing red.  But I refuse to clean these areas as well.  And, my big kid (hubby) drives me crazy because he makes messes and just leaves them laying about.  For instance he took apart a little dirt bike the other night that wasn’t working and guess where the bike and pieces now are??  In MY home office.  I wonder how long they will stay there.

So now you know why I should fire “me” or quit.  I’ve just about had it!

We are in the middle of a long weekend and the kids have an even longer weekend than was originally planned as they were home from school on Thursday as well. It’s only Saturday and we still have Sunday and Monday to get through, and I don’t know if I’m going to make it. There has been a lot of fighting this weekend and if it keeps up, I think I’m going to run away to some Branson cabins for a little alone time. Having two young kids at home can sometimes be a little stressful and it’s days like this when I know I would appreciate a little alone time just to save my sanity.