Yes... here is my story and I am sticking to it!

3 weeks of focus on myself is really nice! Thankfully it is about all I can handle. lol!
@ WW on the 20th I lost 6.2 pounds!!! I am on my way. Okay... signing off now!

olympics in our future... I mean... she has the EARS!!!

Okay... really I love it when I get the opportunity to remember one of those conversations with my children that just tickles you for days and days :)
Tonight... we were watching the olympics... of course... :) and I mentioned how Abigail has the perfect swimmers body - you know... she is super long and strong broad shoulders and really... I think she looks like a mini Michael Phelps!
Anyway... as I am saying she has a perfect body for swimming she turns to her father and I and says, "You know... I do have swimmers ears!"
You do? Through the giggling... who told you so... :)
"The doctor!"
SO... watch out world... my daughter at the age of 7 has swimmers ears :) yes... I know... I should get it checked out and possibly start on some drops.
I LOVE YOU A!

Have I told you that I...

More of the washer saga... have I told you that I have a husband obsessed with excel? okay... well here are my instructions on how to operate the washer. I have avoided it like the plague, but Jeremy is on backs this week and therefore I am forced to operate it myself. Check em out... anyone up for some laundry time???

my husband is AMAZING (did you hear that? eh JERM?)

he may irritate me on consistent basis, but he is pretty nifty :)

here's why:

our washer DIED!

now... I am obsessive... I like to have things washed and washed and WASHED! I cannot be without a washer.

However, a new washer is NOT in the budget (yes Dave Ramsey... we neglected to keep our emergency fund in tact) and therefore our options were to try and rent a washer OR use the laundromat for approximately the next two months. Now do not get me wrong... I actually do not mind the laundromat at all... you will learn, I am very COMMUNAL. BUT also I am lazy... and going to the laundromat every time I want something washed would make me insane.

SO... Jeremy got to work... we have known it was on its last leg for MONTHS and MONTHS now... laundry day usually went as follows - BONG BONG BONG BONG then JJEERREEMMYY!!! then a dashing Jeremy (yes he is handsome, but I was meaning the dashing like running) into the laundry room to readjust the items inside. Now you might say... just start making sure it is balanced to begin with, but you see... it always became unbalanced because the bands around the drum were worn :( it was free to hit all four sides with each rotation - resulting in BONG BONG BONG BONG! It did not matter how balanced we had the items in the washer... the bands were extremely loose causing the drum to spin freely in the washer hitting the sides. this has caused damage on the entire unit. it seems the motor is FINE, but the controls were not working.

We are in need of an entire washer/dryer set (we have had this since we married 8 years ago). BUT we want a front loading set and we do not currently have the budget for it. UNFORTUNATELY this means we had to figure something else out. we looked at several options, but Jeremy decided to get to work...

He has rigged our machine to work :) for $11...

It is going to require us to be the 'timers'... going in and switching from one cycle to the next, but honestly... the other current option was handwashing :)

check out his contraption!

washer

so... first I must say I have an amazing husband... the fact he has the ability to come up with this solution is just spectacular, but I am writing because it is SUPER laughable!!!

our washer DIED!

for the past year or so... laundry time has gone like this... start the wash... everything goes nicely... then all of a sudden BONG BONG BONG BONG ... then JEERREEMMYY... and a mad dash into the laundry room to save the poor thing from spinning out of control.

it did not matter how balanced we had the items in the washer... the bands were extremely loose causing the drum to spin freely in the washer hitting the sides. this has caused damage on the entire unit. it seems the motor is FINE, but the controls were not working.

we are in need of an entire washer/dryer set (we have had this since we married 8 years ago). BUT we want a front loading set and we do not currently have the budget for it. UNFORTUNATELY this means we had to figure something else out. we looked at several options, but Jeremy decided to get to work...

he has rigged our machine to work :) for $11...

it is going to require us to be the 'timers'... going in and switching from one cycle to the next, but honestly... the other current option was handwashing :)

check out his contraption!

another change...

ok :) here is their new room color... we are not completely done with everything in there, but hopefully soon... This one shows how desperately we will need to change the fan... it does not quite 'feel' like it fits in with the new room personality!!!

I am a mother to a BIG girl!

She is growing up super quickly. We made a change... she thought it was 'boring' before...

what do you think now?