Manderzz is 12!

She got the itouch that she HAD to have!











Manderzz' Birthday is on Valentine's Day and Jr's is on Halloween...those 2 weeks are up there with Thanksgiving and Christmas with the busy-ness factor! Those 2 love parties. Dills....he's already got his gift for his b-day in June (a fancy bike) and may want to take a friend to eat or have a couple over to play games and eat pizza...much more calm.... Blogger isn't letting me put captions...very frustrated...Jr made her Oero ice cream cake at 11:30pm! It was that busy of a day...I let her open gifts @ midnight...
I love that picture of Lynnette texting on 2 phones at the same time...how can she do that?
The girls played Apples to Apples and watched She's the Man, they love that movie! Manderzz got cash and a warm blanket (we LOVE blankets and pillows!) and 2 Hollister hoodies also. She's already ordered more clothes with her birthday cash....AE with a 40% off coupon. Manderzz knows how to shop! Although CB thinks she needs practice in malls...I think online works very well...malls take too much time.

The weekend that her birthday fell on happened to be the busiest weekend EVER here...we didn't even do half of the stuff that was going on. BUT we did go bowling with the girls that slept over and the next day with CB (he posted about that already on his blog) The kids went to the Ice Cream Social that the preschool puts on...I avoided that. All the ice cream you can eat and more toppings than anyone could ever dream of eating is not an event I need to attend! We missed the basketball games that went on for several days, missed a cookie decorating event (we make cookies daily so no big deal) I missed the Chocolate Extravaganza :( We had to have the slumber party that night. Something else was happening on Friday night. I can't be waiting 2 weeks to blog too much happens!
The kids are dressing in togas for spirit week (yes shorts and tops underneath)

University of Manchester...Or Seattle University?

 Sugar showed up this night after 3 weeks outside!

 

Ahhh we're an ad for KIAL, how cute! We all have those Unalaska hats too.

Linda moved :( we miss her!

 All the munchies --I was into flavored nuts that week. Looks like it's the girls section (by the food)

 And the boy section (Bella is cheating) near the beverages in a cooler on the back porch!

 It was "T's" going away party...that guy is so freaking tall!

 T had to arm wrestle my T.

A very very cool Coastie :) And best raquetball player ever in Unalaska!!

(this is actually from 3 days ago...I haven't been able to upload pics. LOVE you AKWISP!)

Hmmm Jr was accepted to Manchester University today! It has been a dream of his to go to school in the U.K. for quite some time. The price is similar to Seattle U after the scholarship they offered is deducted. He's got a lot of thinking and researching to do! He played video games and then went to the PCR to play soccer, that's how we roll....have to avoid for a bit before thinking deeply.

My whole body is sore not terribly, just enough to feel energized! Lots of time in the weight room this week (any other ladies who are available from 8-10am come to the PCR, it's nice and quiet at that time.

Today was very normal things, workout, errands, lunch with my buddy AG --haven't done that in months, walk the dog, supper with the kids...watched some Private Practice and some #1 Ladies Detective Agency too.
Here are a couple pictures from December when I was taking pictures, but too busy to post. Now I have some time, but no new pictures. I can't keep blogging if all I do is workout and do classes, nobody wants to see me sitting next to the phone typing on my laptop!
Tomorrow Dills has 2 basketball games....maybe poor CB will leave his cave and be well enough to come on the healthy side of town!! (Jr did not give you a cold by making you an omelet on Sunday!!)

No Job for Me..This Time!

Classes are going, I am spending more time on the treadmill and bike to complete my reading, I fall asleep after 20 minutes reading at home LOL....
I did apply for a job that stated 10-15 hours a week. It was really going to be much much more than that, sometimes even going into over-time! It was a non-profit, not much pay, all the hours expected, but not in the job description. I decided to say, "thanks for interviewing me, but I am not the person you're looking for" and left it at that.
Whewwww....don't really want to work now, I am enjoying my classes and trying to psych myself up for a couple more semesters of the basic classes that I've been avoiding by taking interesting ones!
The last blog post took three days! So frustrating. A tech came out and "upgraded" our internet...whatever..yet another bill from them and it goes out 5x day --ughhhh frustrated. I am heading to the aquatic center (aka The Pool) to work out for a couple hours while savoring some calculus text reading..but we had a good weekend, 2 soccer games yesterday (forgot my memory card, again!) We had the bonfire on Friday night and a few people over for a spaghetti dinner followed by games.

Thanksgiving..

The youngest kids played the piano together (like 100 years ago??)
AS found T's ginormous flashlight..
We played Apples to Apples...Juno won, if I remember correctly. I got only one card :(
Some of us wrestled.
Others arm wrestled.
AG beat both of us --duhhh.... I'm a treadmill-elliptical sort of gal. I make teens do my heavy lifting or T when he's in town!
Holy cow...we are due for a new video game to entertain us!
They were having some deep conversation about how much line is released when the reel is turned or something ridiculous like that.
We didn't invite the dads to the table.
The spread, I meant to make it all, as I'm the one that is home, but I only had time for half of it. T, Jr and Juno ended up making a couple items each --THANKS GUYS! I was not doing well at about 3pm.
I am going to move on to cookies and more kinds of fudge :) OK maybe after cookies and cream bark (white bark with Oreos --yum!

Our actual Thanksgiving was mellow...we didn't want to crash anyone's dinner here, so sort of snuck to a not-too-fancy restaurant. Ughhh I've been sick ever since! (Or maybe it was the coffee at 5am on an empty stomach on Friday morning)
BUT we had a delicious and fun Thanksgiving with all of our kids and our buddies AG and family (minus MS...we all hope Dyls and MS be OK with being in the same space soon --someday! LMAO...teens!)
I hear it's deep fried turkey @ their house on Christmas and a New Year's Eve party at ours.

T bought some new game (the one that if you buy the REALLY fancy version like Jr's grandmother pre-ordered for him comes with real night-vision goggles!) I'm sure some Modern Warfare 2 parties will be happening this month too. The boat is in town and I HOPE we're done traveling for awhile!!!

Halloween At Home..

I have to break Halloween into two posts...home and the festivities at "Trooper Housing" or "The Apartments" as the housing is referred to.

Pumpkins were carved.... (I missed Dills making his masterpiece complete with "boogers"

Manderzz decorated:

Gifts were opened:

Bella was cute --(always!)

Costumes were worn: (I don't have the "scary jester and the burger King" things were just too busy :(

Trick or Treaters came by:

Plenty of food was eaten:

Apples to Apples was played:

A song was sung (poorly I do have to add)

Cake was enjoyed:

Dad got tired after the 2 hours we spent over at the apartments:

I hear the boys played Xbox until 3 or 4 am.....

I was asleep!