The Big Yard Sale!

Every year on post they do a post-wide yard sale and this May is it. Ive been thinking about what I want to put in and what I need to put in , and I think we have quite a bit we could sell, mostly clothes and toys but there are a few other things I am putting in. I'm just hoping for no rain . lol My problem is everytime I think I could sell something , I think man I could give this to so and so , they might need one of these. Anyone else have that problem? At any rate, I'm going to have to hold back and just sell things.

Lets hope these arent signs of things to come...

My day to take the LPN placement test had arrived, I made a special effort to get to bed early that night and eat breakfast the next morning. I got the boys off to school and dropped off Wyatt at daycare super early for him. I headed to the college and went straight to admissions to pay the 45.00$ fee for the test ( highway robbery) When i went to the testing room, the lady told me that the tests wasnt scheduled until 2pm that day! Now if its one thing thats always bothered me its people telling me one thing then forgetting it. I have an exceptional memory wich is sometimes a curse, and it really upsets me when people insist they didnt say or do something when I know they did. anyway after a few moments of telling her who I spoke with and what time I was told and all the details of my visit, she gave in and let me take the test. Which turned out to be a 2hr test. The reading and writing went smooth then came the math... some of it wasnt too bad but the fractions threw me for a loop and then came the worst , chemistry, now ive never taken chem since high school so I was guessing at this point lol. I ended up with a 74% wich I have no idea of telling weather thats good or bad , but im thinking its not great... So the next day I go to turn in the packet for the LPN program wich is due May 1st. I get there and almost wet myself, after running to the bathroom I reached for the tp and sliced my finger bad on the metal box thing, blood was everywhere... I tried my best not to get any on my packet papers, I finally made it to the room for the turn in but it was locked and no one was answering the door. ( why make something due in a room where someone isnt going to be there most of the day?) So i ended up leaving my papers with a secretary in the advisors office , least she gave me a reciept for it. Why is it everyone is so crabby there , everytime I come in to ask a question they practically give me the hand as if to say , I cant believe your asking me that.... so at this rate I just hope I havent pissed anyone off who I might need to get into this school, I will find out in late June

Never leave a panic stricken mother to explain things...

The other day, we had a severe thunderstorm warning and Tornado warning as well as a high wind advisory. At 10pm the power went out and we were all in total darkness... I kept hearing a funny buzzing noise from outside (which later turned out to be the power lines laying on the road..) Then I hear the tornado sirens go off. My 8yr old comes running in going whats that? He never goes to sleep on time.. The loud thunder and torrential down pouring rain woke up the 4yr old as all this was going on I was searching for candles for light. My husband was checking the weather on his wireless laptop and it was saying there was a tornado spotted on post where we live!! and we were to take cover immediately. We hurried to gather the kids up and rush to my closet (its the biggest and no windows or glass near by. I had to wake up Antonio as he was passed out cold. As we all huddled in the closet, 3 kids, 2 adults, 2 dogs..lol and just a candle to see by the kids were worried. I am deathly afraid of storms and tornado's myself which didn't help. They asked all sorts of stuff like .. Could we die?, Why are we in the closet?, How long do we need to stay here? If we have to leave for the school shelter what happens to our pets? I usually answer with truth since I don't like lying to my boys about anything. I told them, yes if the tornado does hit our house we might not make it. and no we couldn't take the dogs with us , they would have to stay behind. Later after power was restored the next morning I realized that I probably just instilled the same fear of storms I have in my children, but then is that really a bad thing to be afraid of something that can potentially kill you? At any rate, I'm glad the event is over and after this event I have decided to put some emergency supplies in the closet (like a flashlight) lol for next time.

run of the house...

Since today was the last day of spring break , I let the boys have one last sleep over. I knew they would be rowdy as all of them usually are but they were out of control.... within a few minutes of them arriving they managed to disassemble a toy and turn it into swords, breaking 3 of the pieces to it... then they decided to go to the neighbors and bounce on their trampoline for a while, only to come back 10 min later saying they asked them to leave for fighting... so they played video games and talked loudly all night even though I repeatedly told them to go to sleep and keep the noise down... They also decided it was time to eat at 1am apparently and proceeded to raid my cabinets and wastefully use food that was supposed to last until the 15th. Now for most homes kids eating food is fine.. but in our home its only allowed at sleep overs and only at dinner and breakfast, since we are very tight with our cash we cant allow eating frenzies to take place like this or we don't eat for a day... needless to say they used all my eggs, half a loaf of bread, and didn't clean up after themselves. I woke up to the sound of my stove being turned on and my 9 yr old cooking breakfast for his friend, yet another rule broken, no cooking unsupervised... I have since told the boys when their friends leave at noon, they will be staying in and cleaning up their messes and their bathroom. And NO more sleepovers!! I'm steaming the way my kids and their friends behaved... I don't remember ever being that bad, but maybe its because I'm a girl. at any rate, I'm not cleaning it!

The Annual Easter Egg Hunt

Well I thought for sure the big easter day hunt at the general's house would be cancelled by all the really bad weather we were having that week , but wouldn't you know , it cleared up and was a gorgeous day! The kids had a blast getting eggs and playing on the free inflatables and free candy, we discovered that Wyatt, our 4 year old is a natural at frisby throwing. and we all played frisby on the lawn for a good hour. They gave away tons of door prizes ranging from dvd players with movies to singing elmo, ipods and more. The kids are enjoying spring break this week too , having sleepovers is always the best. lol Meantime , I've been cleaning and getting my packet ready for the LPN submittion on May 1st. My parents have decided to come down this July for the 4th celebration so I'm really looking forward to it!