Conferences

We had conferences last night for Austin and they went really well. Apparently he is at the top of his class and there are no concerns. He seems to love math, reading, and social studies or at least he does well in those subjects. She showed us his last two math tests and he got 100% on them. The lesson was different types of graphs and how to read them. She even showed us a trick question she threw in there to try to stump the kids and he got it right. That’s my boy!

Ryan’s conferences would probably go much different. They’ll be telling us that he’s the class clown, he’s good at gym, and he likes girls a little too much. He’s a smart kid, but he likes to try to fool you by giving you the wrong information because he thinks it’s funny. He also thinks it’s funny to show off his naked butt. That’s Ryan for you…

Girls Go To College To Get More Knowledge. Boys go to...

So, we found out that we are having another boy. Now I have the itch to go out and go shopping to get all of the stuff that Jacob needs. Yes, that’s his name. Jacob.

I think the first thing I’m going to buy is this Moses Basket from Target. I can’t wait for it to get here. It’s the cutest thing ever.



We have so much to get since I didn’t really save anything from the boys. Oh well, the stuff would have been outdated 4 years later anyways.

Life In General

Not much new is going on with me.

We went to the pumpkin patch in Dundee the other day and took the kids through the corn maze and bought a couple of pumpkins and some corn stalks to decorate the posts on the porch. It looks really cute. Here’s a pic…



I’m having a MK/Cookie Lee/Tastefully Simple open house at my house tomorrow night. I’m kind of nervous about that and hope that some people actually show up.

Saturday is Sweetest Day. Jason and I will have been together for 2 years. Wow, how time flies when you’re having fun. I don’t know that we are doing anything special, but we’ll have to think of something.

We tried to install the blinds in Austin’s bedroom last night and one of the screws broke and is sticking about a quarter of an inch out of the wall and until we figure out how to get that out of there, we can’t install the blind. How the heck does a screw break? Maybe I had the torque up too high on the drill? I don’t know, but either way it pissed me off. I ended up going downstairs and falling asleep watching tv at about 8:30 or so. Jason woke me up sometime after 9 and I went back upstairs and went to bed. I’ve been so freaking tired lately. I know that taking my prenatal vitamin will help, but every time I take them I feel sick. I just need to make sure that I’m getting enough to eat. I still haven’t gained any weight. None, zero, zip, zilch…

Ugh.

I'm hungry

I really hate when I go to the kitchen at work to get my Lean Cuisine and find that it’s missing!!

Seriously, who has the balls to eat someone else’s lunch?

Stuff

I've been having fun sewing and stuff lately. I've decided to make these cute little burp cloths and sell them on eBay.
I'm waiting to see how well they do, but I plan on making them for boys, girls and then gender neutral. If I can find some collegiate flannel, I'd like to make them out of that because I think they would do quite well. I'm off to the fabric store after my doctor's appointment today, so I'll have to check it out.

Let's help the Red Cross and the hurricane victims

I've decided to do a Hurricane Katrina fundraiser to help those in need. I'm seriously not trying to promote my business or anything, but I'm dying to help. I don't have the resources right now to just send a donation down there, so I was thinking that any orders placed on my website from now until Monday, September 5th, I'll donate my entire profit to the Red Cross. That would be 50% of all my sales.

If you would like to help, long on to my website and place an order. http://www.marykay.com/cmwelch

I'll keep you updated on the total amount that I send! Thanks for helping.

Mary Kay

So, I'm a Mary Kay consultant! I'm hoping I do well with this since it seems like it will be pretty profitable and a lot of fun. We had our first meeting last night and I got to meet a lot of the consultants. They were all really friendly and had lots of advice to give.

I have a website too...http://www.marykay.com/cmwelch

If you feel like it, fill out the profile thingy and I'll send you the new catalogs when they come out.

Mr. Charles Taylor

I got me a pair of new sneaks today.

Announcing my new Chuck Taylors...

What's Happening

Jason is the proud owner of a brand spanking new iBook and because of that Austin is the proud owner of a brand spanking new iPod Mini. It's green incase you were wondering.

Before you wonder what the heck we are doing buying a 7 year old an iPod, I just want you to know it was free AND it's not allowed to leave our sight. He's proud of it.

We close on our house on Monday. I can't believe that we are finally moving in!

I am officially a Mary Kay lady and NO, I will not be driving a pink caddy anytime soon or anytime ever.

I'm still pregnant and I am starting to feel the baby move. It's such a cool feeling. Camie brought me 3 pairs of maternity pants that she bought on eBay for herself. She bought the wrong size so she gave them to me instead. I don't think I'll have to buy any new pants for a while. I do need to get a couple of skirts for the MK thing, but that can wait for now.

Ok, goodnight, toodles and all that...

Austin is a music nerd

Austin is turning into a music nerd. He has pretty decent taste although he is in love with Beverly Hills by Weezer. We introduced him to the Blue and the Green album and he likes those, so maybe there's hope yet. He's really into Green Day too, which is ok. I love their older stuff and a couple of he songs on the new album. So kill me. He and Jason are sitting at the computer trying to make a mix cd, but they can't find a Green Day song that is decent without a cuss word. I'm not so much worried about Austin hearing that, but he wants to give a copy to his cousin.

The mix (disc one):

Expo '86 - Death Cab For Cutie
Emily Kane - Art Brut
My Little Brother - Art Brut
Take the Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Bethoven
July, July - The Decemberists
16 Military Wives - The Decemberists
The Engine Driver- The Decemberists
Robot - The Futureheads
Running Out of Time - Hot Hot Heat
Goodnight, Goodnight - Hot Hot Heat
You Owe Me An IOU - Hot Hot Heat
Float On - Modest Mouse
Cut Your Hair - Pavement
To Be Young - Ryan Adams
Let It Ride - Ryan Adams
In The Meantime - Spacehog
Last Night - The Strokes
I'm A Wheel - Wilco
The Late Greats - Wilco
Hotel Yorba - The White Stripes
My Doorbell - The White Stripes
Since You Stole My Heart - Saturday Looks Good To Me
Beverly Hills - Weezer

They are still working on disc two. Details to follow...

Car for sale

Well, the Mustang is officially up for sale. We listed it on Autotrader.com for $17,000.00. It would be soooo nice if it sold quickly.

In other news I've decided that I'm going to start selling Mary Kay. I use the stuff all the time and it's expensive, so if I sell it, I get a discount...makes sense if you think about it. I'm going to have a website too. I figure that if I can make a few hundred extra a month I will have enough to tide me over when I'm on maternity leave. Plus, it might be fun.

I have another doctors appointment tomorrow and should have another ultrasound. I swear I have been feeling the baby move since yesterday. I'm only 10.5 weeks so it seems awfully early, but I know that feeling.

I'm back

I’ve been told my more than one person that I need to start up a blog again. We’ll here it is.

I got sick of the old one because I had been going through some health issues and it seemed like all I did was whine about it and it got really mundane. If you were wondering what was wrong, I had the influenza virus from January-May. Yay, 5 months of the flu!

So now here I am, expecting a baby in March and getting ready to move into a new house.

I’ll keep you updated…I promise.