Pampered, Refreshed and Mother's Day

Ok, so I am not the most pampered girly girl. I'm trying to be better about it. Those that know me best know that I like jeans and t-shirts and always dress very casual. (I am slowly trying to break that habit, but it's hard). Don't laugh, but I just redeemed a gift certificate today that I got for Mother's Day LAST YEAR. Yep, I am a total slacker, but I feel like I can't find the time sometimes. I know it's not a good enough excuse, but today I vow to get better at treating myself more often. I went to a local day spa and had a great experience with a mani and pedi. The girl that did it was super nice, very soft spoken and very gentle. I'm not much for someone messing with my toenails as they are uber sensitive, but I felt comfortable with the tech and she worked with me. I have this thing with toenails. It's a long story and those I work with know that very well. I've been like that since I was very young. I would recommend this place to others even though I can't figure out if the receptionist was just snooty or if she was just busy. I can definitely see myself splurging to go there for special treats. As I am typing I keep looking at the purdy pink toenail polish...
Mother's Day was pretty uneventful this year. I made my hubby go to some stores with me as we haven't had much time to do things with the kids being super busy with sports and activities. I didn't drag him to girly stores or anything. He should feel blessed as I love going to Lowe's. We then went to the grocery store and a drugstore so that I can try and start battling the blinding white skin I seemed to have inherited from the irish side of my family. It gets pretty embarrassing at times. We then went over to the in-laws for dinner to get together with everyone. It was very pleasant. I honestly can't say I got any gifts from my family. Yeah, they can be kind of slack, but it's not all about the material things. All of them except the grumpy teenager wished me a happy mother's day so that was good enough. Then last night the hubby surprised me with this fabulous little laptop that I mentioned I thought would be handy to have to take with me for work and whatever. It's so light and cute and something that's all mine! It doesn't have the same GB and all that other stuff, but it suits my purposes just fine. Now I don't have to steal the grumpy girls' laptop. Hey, maybe she'll be happy about that, huh? One can only hope...

Hot, Tired, and Annoyed

It is pretty humid and hot today. Not sure of the temp, but it just feels sticky hot to me and I normally don't complain about it. We decided to move a bunch of stuff today as we only have a few weeks left before we have to be out of our rental. At least there was a nice breeze going, but it was sticky hot. It didn't help that I am completely exhausted by now from the heat but also from the fact that a certain teen of mine had her sibling's cell phone when she was not supposed to last night. Said teen decided to text and what not on the phone while her friend was here earlier in the evening. (All this because I have custody of her cell for the moment.) Anyhoo, she decided to be, let's say, not smart, and leave the phone open when she went to bed. The phone somehow decided to dial my hubby's cell phone at 130 AM. Are you freaking kidding me?? So the hubby gets up and starts ranting and flipping lights off and on, etc. After almost 45 minutes the phone mysteriously re-appears and I'm all awake and ranting by now. So, we both didn't fall back asleep til almost 4AM. Nice...Then somehow I went to the house with three kids and came back with five. How did that happen?? I did however, get to play with cutie pie nieces for awhile. They can always put a smile on your face with their funny expressions...

I need to be extremely careful these days...

What in the world is happening to my family?? First, the youngest scrapes his entire leg outside. Then the husband decides the slice three of his fingers at work, one of them probably needed stitches. His response? "I just super-glued it together." Nice... Then the oldest steps on a tape dispenser that holds packing tape and slices her foot, not once, but also sliced the second foot since she decides not to move it the first time. There are only two of us left that have escaped injury thus far. Will our luck continue?

This is straight from a 15 year old honor student...

Do I even need to say anything else???

The weekend...

It's Sunday here and I should be more productive today as we're hoping to move a good chunk of our things next weekend. I just can't get motivated to do it today. I worked yesterday and when I work an extra day I am usually pretty drained, but I must get some things done. I've already done three loads of laundry, I just need to fold them. I've cleaned one of our bathrooms, washed and cleaned the kitchen, too. I guess I'll take a break as I can't do much with four boys yelling and screaming/laughing as they're playing video games. The rain is keeping them inside so it's kind of hard getting into the groove of cleaning. I'll get some stuff done as moving is a motivation.
We've finally got all of the painting done in the living room and the dining room. I even broke down and painted our bedroom which I swore I would not do. I just couldn't take the color anymore. However, I refuse to paint the awful paneling we have in two of the other rooms-Lord knows I was tempted to start but I restrained myself. Hopefully we'll get the counters in the kitchen done soon as it looks pretty nasty in there. Maybe next weekend-it should be a pretty easy project. One can only hope...