Just Roll with it......

What a week it has been!  First I must apologize....it was ME who fell off the blogging map.  Sometimes I just get blogging block.  It is the craziest thing!  I ALWAYS have something to say (Heather can vouch for this) but there are times where I can not think of a single thing to blog about.

Heather told me today "You worry too much, just blog about what you have been doing".  Well that is simple enough because I have been doing plenty!

Since we are heading to Disneyland I have been preparing in true princess style.  Princess Cinderella style that is :). 

Cinderella-Do the dishes, scrub the floors, take out the trash, clean the clothes, make the beds......the list goes on and on and on.  

We have been so busy getting everything ready for our trip, that we haven't had time to plan it!  We are leaving tomorrow and have still not sat down and laid out a budget, went over a map together or even began to THINK of an itinerary.  

That is when I truly wonder how I am a product of my parents.....my parents that have their bags packed, their itinerary planned and their car cleaned out two weeks before they leave!  

I remember our trip to Hawaii back when I was five.  My mom had all of our suitcases packed and sitting in our rooms at least a week before our trip.  I even threatened to run away one day figuring it would be perfect because I already had a suitcase packed and ready to go (I was a little dramatic at times :). 

Oh well....I am sure that gene is in there somewhere, I just have yet to find it.  For now I am just going to roll with it and continue to remind myself that in two days I will be sitting on the beach!  

While I spent my week feeling like Cinderella (pre-Princess) I get to start my morning off with a pedicure and a facial....now that is proper princess vacation preparation! 

What are your weekend plans?  

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New House Update

We are basically insane!  Yep, I said it.  I know you were thinking it, and I'll confirm.  It's how we roll around here.

Along with having a baby and preparing our house to put on the market, we are tackling the FULL renovation of our new house at the same time.  Again, let me say "THANK GOODNESS FOR MY PARENTS!!"  My mom is a Godsend.  Period.  My Stepdad helped to get things ready at our "old" house and my dad has been working on our new house.  Poor guy is working muscles he hasn't used in decades....doing demolition for us.

Do you remember me telling you that our new house was not only in need of a serious makeover, but that it was dirty, too?  I took some pictures to show you how I am using my elbow grease.  Below are some shutters in the downstairs kitchen.  I don't think they have been cleaned since they were installed.  I don't think any of the shutters have been cleaned since they were installed (say 15 years ago?).  Look at the difference between the two.  I cleaned the one on the left.  Next to it, the one on the right looks grey!  There must have been 20 layers of dust and grime built up on them.  Eeeeew.

Left side cleaned.  Right side is crying, "Please, oh please don't forget about me!"

I've also taken some photos to show you how things are looking mid-demo. 

Here's the upstairs kitchen before:

And, this is what it looks like today:

BEFORE:

More BEFORE

TODAY:

My dad took out all of the kitchen by himself.  We now only have to take out the plaster and flooring and we can start moving plumbing and electrical.  Hubby's favorite....riiiight.  He hates plumbing.

Here's one of the bathrooms BEFORE:

And, TODAY:

Second bathroom BEFORE:

TODAY:

M's Bedroom BEFORE:

TODAY:

Downstairs Family Room BEFORE:

TODAY:

My dad has done all of the demo that you see.  We still have quite a ways to go, but I'm feeling so happy with how much he has done! 

We put our old house on the market this Friday.  So, hopefully, we can start devoting MUCH more time at the new house starting this weekend!  Hubby keeps telling me that he just knows that our house is going to sell really quick and we'll have to move over to the construction site.  I'd actually be okay with that myself.  I know, I say that now, right?  We DO have a functioning kitchen in the basement and it would mean that our old house sold.  For me, that would be a relief!  We shall see....

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What a week!!

Love this picture!

Where to start?  Not sure :).  It has been a HELL of a week!  After this week I realized a few things: 

1. I am not built for manual labor

2. I will never take on the trade of Roofer

3. I am SO glad a tree hit MY roof

4. Family+hard work+A LOT of kids+Heat are NOT a good combination

5. You can not rely on the "roofing" diet to prep you for a vacation!

Friday and Saturday operation re-roof begun!  We had everyone I mean EVERYONE in the family over for two solid days straight.  That means 9 adults, 3 tweens, 2 kids, 1 preschooler and 2 toddlers all at one house aka construction zone with a few hours off to sleep.  It was a NIGHTMARE!  

The tweens were texting EACH OTHER and complaining about helping.

The toddlers were running around a yard with rusty nails and ripped up shingles EVERYWHERE!

The ragged women were chasing the toddlers around the yard trying to keep them from STEPPING on the rusty nails and EATING the torn up shingles.

The men were on the roof from sun up to sun down leaving them with sore EVERYTHING, blisters, cuts, bruises, one stepped on rusty nail and opinions of who ended up doing most the work :).  

The middle kids....well they had the "three's a crowd" factor going on.  My little Indiana usually being the crowd.  So there was a lot of crying, whining and scowling going on in that group.

What a weekend right?  

I did manage to get some fun pictures of the adventure.  

 Tea party time

 Actually a GOOD moment with the three girls!

 My Brother in the Attic :)

"B's" in the tire swing.

In the end we survived.  No children were injured, unfortunately the adults were not spared but we got the roof done!  It was nothing short of miraculous.

Unfortunately the sheer exhaustion set in yesterday for the hubby so Mothers Day was a little anticlimactic but it was still a good one.  

How was your weekend?  I hope all you mothers out there got spoiled! 

Running in circles?

Oh Heather, he is so adorable and I swear twice the size as when I last saw him!  They grow SO fast!  You will look back and laugh at all of this....one day :).  

This week has been NUTS!!  Maybe not as nuts as Heather's, I do have to give her that ;).

This is what I have been doing all week: 

 Pulling Shingles.....

 And More Shingles.....

 They're everywhere! 

The big re-roof project will complete on Saturday in a full out family fest.  Good times!

Oh, did I mention that I think that I left my brain up there?  Each day I go up I swear a little more falls out :) (Hence the title).

Yesterday I decided amidst the chaos to head down to Provo to get a copy of my birth certificate and a new Social Security card....(both lost) so I can get my drivers license renewed.

I have been carrying around a temporary for going on five months now (Did I mention they only will give me six months to get it renewed?  :)  Yes this IS how I roll.

Before my big trip to Cali I have been trying to tackle my "Don't Want to do List" and these docs were on it. 

While at the Health Department I thought I might as well get ALL my kids birth certificates.  Again, YES this is how I roll :).  Eighty dollars later I have one of my "Not Want's To's" crossed off!-CHECK

Off to the Social Security office......which is closed :(.

I am getting a little stressed about getting my card back BEFORE my temporary expires so I went back again today....so happy to have one more thing crossed off the dang list-CHECK....and forgot my brand new birth certificate :(-UNCHECK

Round and round we go!

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  Roofing, Roofing, Not want to do list, birth certificates

  Roofing, Roofing, Not want to do list, birth certificates

 Roofing, Roofing, Not want to do list, birth certificates