Hmmmm

I was sitting her this morning sick BTW :( and thinking man I wish I could get this , get that, go shopping here... ya know blah blah blah. I am always telling myself and my kids especially to be so grateful for all that we have god has blessed us so much and we are all so very lucky. So why do I always find myself thinking I want more and more. We are in no way shape or form living with little by any means. I mean we own a beutiful brand new house, nice cars, nice furniture, big flatscreen, xbox, two of them! We have a wii, internet,laptop, iphones, I mean come on! We have so many things luxury items I cant count! I guess I see other people who seem to buy what they want and have just such nice things and I think man why cant we be like that. Our house is so cute nicely decroated, but I see other houses sometimes and I think wow how beautiful if I only had the money to decorate my place like this! Why cant we go on yearly lavish vacations? I just gotta say we are not thoes people with all the money to spend and not worry or budget and thats not what lfe is about anyway. I am not afraid though to be honest and say I strugggle with it sometimes. I will get mad because I vant go do GAP and buy all my kids clothes I can only get some there because they are pricey so I go to Old Navy ect. Just dumb I know it and I am trying to work through it. Christmas is a struggle for us to come up with all that extra money for everyones gifts I just wish we had it ready to go and could just buy whats needed. I would def say we are middle class some would say upper middle class. I do struggle with going back to work soon too. I am in school I will be an RN within 3 years money will be no issue by then. I do wonder though if in about 6 months I should get a part time job just so its not so hard on my husband. It would be at night when the hubby is home of course. Its just really crazy how expensive California living is my husabnd makes by himself about what a 2 working family would make and its a struggle! I dont know do others feel like this or am I just being a whiner, or do you find yourself always wanting more and more??

Fun stuff and not so fun stuff

Lets start with the fun stuff.My Dominic started preschool this morn! He did so well no tears he was all smiles! I was almost positive he would cry. He was super excited and even hugged his teacher! I was so happy he was happy made it alot easier on me too! I cant beleive my lil guy is already 3 and in school. Its so sad how fast your kids grow before you know it they are all getting so big and becoming little poeple with their own ideas and opinions. Well this weekend we did alot of shopping for the kids. They needed alot of winter clothes so we got alot done. There are just a few more things we gotta get but nothing big. My husband got an iphone this weekend for his bday and i fell in love with it! So what did he do he got me one of course! I love it and I was due for an upgrade on a phone anyway so really its just the media package that is extra every month. Its so neat though I am OBsessed! On the sadder side out cat died yesterday. This is very weird how it happened to... she was outside and we heard a loud thump like someone hit the house on the front porch. My husband looked at said its the cat I dont know what she did. So I thought that was strange I got up and looked she was laying on the porch and I dident see she was breathing. I walked out and she was not breathing. I looked like she was just laying there but she was gone. She was still warm and must have just died. I have no idea what happened she was just fine a bit ago she ate her big bowl of food and all. She had no marks on her like she was hit or anything and after she was laying thre for a few minutes
(i am standing there in shock looking at her) she starts to bleed out of her nose. I just am shocked as to what happened. I put her in a bucket and covered it and put her in the garbage can until I find this morning where I can take her to dispose of her body. Its just so sad... the kids do not know I will just tell them she ran away I guess. I cant bear to tell them she died:(

"Can I take my packpack"

Thats what my son asked because he is going to preschool!!!!! After 5 month of searching I finally found a preschool that is not only great but affordable! It is a private Catholic school about 8 minutes up the highway. It has private school all the way up to 8th grade so it is a long established school. We are not catholic, but it is a preschool based for all religions. They are so young so what they teach religion wise is nothing more than bible stories, prayer time, and general discussion of why god loves us and why we love him. This is fine with me because I prefer him to go to a religious school, and these are acceptable teachings for whatever religion that believes in god right!. Adriana went a religious preschool and did awsome and learned alot of general facts about the bible. The class room is huge and packed with tons of cool stuff for them to do and the pkayground is really neat too! He will be going Mon, Wed, and Fri. from 8-11:15. His teacher seems like such a warm person and has been teaching for 30 years. My good friend here in town is starting her lil one too so I am gunna drop them off and she will pick them up so its gunna work out perfect! I am so excited for him he is such a big boy now and now he is going to preschool CRAZY! I am just happy I found a place that fits us and we can afford. He starts Monday so I will be posting pics!

Costumes are so expensive!

I am trying to be better with money so when I put the kids costumes in out online cart it kinda sucks that the total is 90 bucks! Gosh it just seems like alot of money for costumes they will wear for a few hours. I have 3 kids so ya i know its not gunna be super cheap, but nearly a 100 bucks ouch!. They are all being superheros so nothing spectacular. I think I am gunna maybe try and shop around at a few discount stores. I just dont want to end up like last year crazy searching through a flood of people for dang costumes! We will see what I come up with isnt that a bit pricey?

What a crazy day in the valley..

Today I had a ton of running around to do and the valley was getting pounded by a storm! I am a California girl we hardly ever get really bad Storms which actually irratates me! I LOVE this weather actually I have lived here all my life so I guess its one of thoes things you want what you dont have. i really want freezing weather with storms, but some people would kill for California weather! Anyways i will say it was a little difficult to do all my shopping with Dominic in this weather. My suv was gettin pounded it was crazy! I had a doc apt. in town so i dident wanna go to town twice so I just did all my shopping today I went to a handful of places I was so pooped when I got home. Then Dominic did not wanna take a nap because he fell asleep in the car for a bit so I am soooooooo tired today. I was on a roll now I am tired...LOL. I cleaned my huse spotless yesterday now my fridge is stocked , and I even made a pot on homemade chicken noodle soup today! I feel like the rest of the week is gunna be a low key one! The girls got their progress reports today Adri is doing great, but Storm is struggling. So I am getting with her teacher to come up with a plan for me to do with her to get her ahead and where she needs to be.It seems she has struggled since she started school so if she isnt at where she needs to be by the end of the year I am going to consider home schooling her. I am my childs advocate so if the public school system isnt giving her the education she needs then I will step in and do my best to do so.Well I am gunna clean up a bit and watch 90210...LOL. Its mommy alone time soon!

Friday Friday!

I LOVE Fridays! They are the best because within hours the hubs will be home all weekend, kids have no school, and we can all hang together:) My mom is comin tonight to stay over till Sat. She comes about once a month to stay because she thinks we live so so far..LOL. We live about an hour from her! Its fun to have her over though the kids love it too so its always a good time. Last weekend our plans to get all the stuff we have lagged on around the house was altered we had my newborn neice all weekend because her parents were moving. I said I would keep her to help them out. So nothing but the swingset got done! This weekend we are gunna try and get some more stuff done. My husband might work a side job with his electrician buddy which sucks because he works on Sat., but good because he makes good money and really he is not gone too long. Oh and Friday is family movie night the kids always look forward to that and my husband brings home popcorn from his work for them (they have a machine at his job for all the customers) I laugh when I think all the electrician guys goin in there leaving with their little bags of popcorn..LOL! Have a great weekend all!

Spoiled...I try not to be

I seriously have a bad case of the spoiled brat! I have been basicaly spoiled my whole life by everyone around me. My mom, grandma,my dad (especially that man has never spanked me or done anytype of physical punishment my WHOLE life!) If I wanted something I got it from one parent or the other. My mom and dad have been split up since I was 2 so I basically got 2 of everything which made my spolied bratness even worse. I wasent a bad kid or bratty in a behavior way just a I want what I want way...LOL. Well now to this day I still struggle with it! My poor husband bears the burden now!I just have a hard time with the fact that we dont always have the money for things I want.My dad and husband will even laugh at me together because my dad will tell myhusband "She doesnt need that"....then my husband will say " I tell her hey you raised her"..LOL. My husband will always get me what I want because thats the kind of man he is. I just feel like a brat I wish I dident feel the need to get all the stuff I "think" I need to have. I have to have MAC makeup, get my nails done, go to the hair salon every 2 months or so 80 bucks a pop if Im lucky these are just mainatanence fees! I am obsessed with household decor all that stuff I just feel the need that I have to have things that I really dont. Money that should be saved I always spend. I will se something I want knowing I should skip it and save the money , but I cant fight the urge.I am the same way with my kids I over buy toys, movies, just I simply overbuy. You should see our garage they have 2-3 bikes each, a ton of sports stuff, water table, wagon, lots of stuff. I just wish I was a better money manager and would lose the whole spoiled thing. My husband always tells me you are so spoiled and I know he is not saying that in a fun haha way he is serious and I feel bad that I put that pressure on him. For instance we are looking for a smaller vehicle. I now drive a Envoy XL. Its really big and its just me and my lil man most of the days and we dont have big bulky car seats anymore so I suggested we get an economy car. So my spoiled ass ended up at the LEXUS dealer. Lets just put it this way if the dealership would have came up with a slightly better percentage rate my hubby would have bought me the lexus. He instead told me lets wait till December when they are wanting to get the 09's out so its a better deal. Come on I LOVE that car, but its really expensive and my husband would never chose to get a car at that price he just is doing it because he knows I want it. I should be much more frugal and get a car that fits out family better and is cheaper. I am workin on it here so stay tuned...LOL. On the plus side I took my nails off atleast until Nov. the start of the holidays:) I am not doing my hair as often and just trying to stay home so I am not tempted. I am really trying I dont wanna stress my hubby out he is the best guy ever and he does not need extra stress. I stay home with my kids, go to college, we have nice stuff, he just bought our family a brand new beutiful house I need to realize some people would kill for my life so the need to keep buying stuff when it is not even neccesary! I am not terrible or anything I mean we are not talking I but lavish things by any means Im talking 20 picture at Kohls, 25 jeans, starbucks,ect. but it all adds up. Especially with Xmas comin I need to cut back that alone scares me!

Nothing exciting to talk about here...good thing or bad thing hmm?

So this week has been pretty uneventful nothing exciting to tak about. I did however decorate this weekend for Halloween I will post pics later that was fun. We basically started from scratch with Halloween decor we dident really have anything so we got a few things this year to start:) Saturday my MIL wanted to take my Dominic for the week she doesent work and enjoys having them over I said well I will probally get him wednesday and my hubby is on his way to get him...LOL. I was sad because we would call him every eve to say hi and he would cry and say he wanted to come home so what is a mama to do I cant have my baby cryin:( I did however have a good time relaxing during the day with nobody here, but ya know what I noticed..I am a useless bum if I have no kids around.Seriously I just wanna lay in bed and do NOTHING when I should be doing stuff that is much easier to get done with no rugrats around. No..I dont I choose to be the definition of lazy and do nothing so neddless to say my kiddos give me drive and especially my lil man he keeps me on my toes! So heres to a chaotic and "normal " rest of the week!

Some of my FAVY quotes

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude. Ralph Marston

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
Albert Einstein

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
Mother Teresa

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Robert Frost


Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.
James C. Dobson

Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times.
Rita Rudner


A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.
Frank Howard Clark


In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln

Weekend plans n such

This weekend me and the hubby will be getting all the little things we have put off since moving here done. We are gunna paint an accent wall in our room, we wanna paint 2 walls in Adri's room so thats the major stuff. Then Ramon has to put together the wooden swingset we got the kids thats takes forever to set up. We got shade blinds we need to install in our room and several odd and end stuff, I will be starting to decorate for Halloween also....EXCITED! Next weekend if its not too cold I think we are gunna do a camping trip just me the hubs and the kids. I am looking forward to it should be exciting..well thats all kinda boring...