computer problems

Life 365 | Week 42

Monday, October 11, 2010

It is Red Ribbon Week at the kids’ school this week and today was HAT DAY. The kids loved being able to wear their baseball caps to school and I think they looked adorable!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Crazy Hair Day today. JJ and Beth have really loved having these special days this week – it has been really fun for them!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Joey has worked really long hours this week and its been fun to have “picnics” in the van, as we take him dinner. The kids and I have drove the long way to Joey’s work and enjoyed our little drives with conversation and dinner!

Thursday, October 14, 2010

More computer problems. I finally got my fan fixed this week and its so nice to have it back and running well!

Friday, October 15, 2010

What characters! The kids loved having Pajama Day at school and loved coming home to wrap themselves up in their blankets. I love it when they play so well together!

Saturday, October 16, 2010

We got our annual family photos today. They didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped and it wasn’t a very good experience, but we did get a couple of decent photos – plus it was free!

Sunday, October 17, 2010

A little Colts football with some chips ‘n dip make for a wonderful Sunday evening!

Life 365 | Week 37

Monday, September 6, 2010

We headed into Ogden and spent the afternoon at the Toad’s Fun Zone, playing arcade games, laser tag, and miniature golf! The kids really enjoyed it!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

We headed home this morning. We all felt a little sad leaving our “vacation home” and getting back to reality. We spent the day just hanging out at home, unpacking and getting ready for the week.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

The kids went back to school today. Joey took the kids to Beth’s soccer game, while I headed to the Back to School Night. I was shocked at all of the papers that I got! Beth’s schooling is so different than JJ’s and we will have a lot to do with homework, etc. So I made a calendar and started planning the month with all that is going on and planning groceries/menu.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

My computer started acting up today. I know the fan is going, so I took it into Simply Mac. I spent the day playing on Joey’s computer and catching up on my Facebook games. 🙂

Friday, September 10, 2010

Comfort food is always good and we made a quick dinner tonight with Rice-a-roni, Stovetop stuffing, and broccoli! I got my computer back today – basically, the fan problem stopped so I’m going to have to wait until it completely dies and just try to make it last. 🙁

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Another Soccer game today! It was so hot, but Beth made her first goal and it was really fun to see her so excited about it!

Sunday, September 12, 2010

The NFL Football season has begun! Unfortunately our Colts lost today, so we were pretty sad.

Life 365 | Week 2

Monday, January 4, 2010

Time to get back to reality. The kids went back to school today and then we started doing cleaning/organizing of their rooms. We cleared out some shelves and spots for their new toys!

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

My computer has been really sluggish lately – so I wiped the hard drive clean and started reinstalling everything and backing everything up. I almost had it ready when my internal hard drive completely died on me. So we took it to Simply Mac to have a new hard drive installed. The good news is that my original 250gb hd is going to be replaced with a internal 500gb hard drive – so I’m going to have space! It will be great. My great hubby also purchased me a 1TB Time Capsule – so I will have a great backup system now when I get my computer back….

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

We did some major grocery shopping today at Costco/Walmart. It was really time to replenish our food storage. After picking up Beth from school I started cleaning out my food closet and Beth made her a little house with all the food. It was too cute!

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Just another day of organizing and relaxing. I love to see the kids all cuddled up with their Daddy at the end of the day!

Friday, January 8, 2010

I still don’t have my computer back. Simply Mac apparently had a lot of other repairs to do before they get to mine – so I’ve been using Joey’s little notebook to browse the internet – answer emails – and play. I can’t do much else and its really frustrating, but at least Facebook has kept me from going insane without my computer!

Saturday, January 9, 2010

We finally got around to putting away our Christmas Decorations today. The kids and I were pretty sad, but it was just time. The rest of the day we just hung out together as a family at home.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

It has been so much fun to watch the kids enjoy the Wii. They have been doing A LOT of bowling and its been fun to see their little moves – JJ’s jumps and Beth’s leg crossing when they “throw” the bowling ball. So much fun!

And here is my weekly layout:

I used my Daydream BelieverZ & Digital 365 Kits to create this layout!

Project 365 | Week 39

Monday, September 21, 2009

I am grateful today for this wonderful preschool that Beth goes to and really enjoys. I love that it is within walking distance and I love that Beth gets to dance, karate, and singing in addition to academics.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

We were amazed by the sunset today – it was in such wonderful colors and the gradient from yellow to purple was astounding!

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Thanks to one of my dearest internet friends, Georgia – I was able to get my computer fixed. I expected that it wouldn’t be done until at least Friday, but was surprised today when Joey brought it home to me! I missed my computer so much – I have been completely lost without it.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Sometimes life can just be prickly. We have had quite an awful month – with financial woes, our van dying on us, my computer problems, and then today I went happily off to play Volleyball and came home in tears.

I had been playing for about 3 hours and then when I went up to spike a ball, somehow my feet went one way and my body went another – and it hurt badly. I couldn’t put any pressure on my ankle and was just embarrased as the men and women all stopped to try and help me. On the way to my car (with the help of some wonderful people), I got dizzy and the voices faded and I passed out for the first time in my life. I woke after a couple of minutes and a woman drove my car and me home with another woman driving behind us to take the other woman back to the church. These are people I just met and was so embarrassed about everything and was really in pain. I was so glad to see my house and have Joey take care of me. He helped me into the house and took care of me as I cried and tried to get myself under control. Joey listened to me cry, gave me ibuprofen and some sleeping pills and I finally after several hours drifted off to sleep, still in pain.

So life can just pile on the trials sometimes, but I’m trying to see the beauty in it. Just like weeds can have some really pretty flowers, I know that this trial is supposed to teach me something – there is something of worth in it – I just have to figure it out. At least it will give me some computer time and some down time – maybe that’s what I need.

Friday, September 25, 2009

What a day. Of course, I was still in pain and felt guilty because Joey had to take care of everything for me – including getting the kids off to school and taking care of my every whim. We decided we should go to the doctor and make sure the ankle was not broken. Thank goodness it wasn’t but we found it is probably a second-degree sprain and I got a brace. Joey missed a meeting and other work stuff today because of me, but thank goodness my Mom and brother came up today, so that he could go play D&D and do his podcast. Mom and Lane got here about 6 and they brought me some crutches so I could get around better. We went out to dinner at Iggy’s with Cody and Becki and of course as I am still getting used to the crutches, I fell on the curb and hurt my ankle again. So it wasn’t the most enjoyable time, but it was nice to get out and visit with family for a little bit. It was great to have Grandma help me put the kids to bed and everything.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

So another awful night and I just couldn’t get mobile enough to go watch Lane run in his Cross Country Race at UVU. I pretty much slept the day away. Mom and Lane left to go back home and Joey took care of the kids. I finally got up and hopped my way into the living room so I could be near my family. The kids enjoyed playing with some new watercolor paints and I finished up my grab bag – thank goodness my computer is back.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Sundays at our house mean church and Football. Well today, because of my immobility I wasn’t able to go and because I am usually the one to get everyone up and ready to go – no one went to church today. I stayed in bed for the first half of the day, thanks to another unrestful night. And then we spent the rest of the day watching football together and the kids playing nearby. Our Colts won today handily and it was fun to see them play better than last week!

Joey had this nice experience this morning while I was still sleeping: This morning, as I was sitting on the couch watching football, Beth came and climbed into my lap – this surprised me, as she doesn’t normally show any interest in watching football with me. I asked her “Do you like football?” and she said “No, I don’t like football as a movie, I just wanted to spend time with my Daddy.”

Project 365 | Week 38

Monday, September 14, 2009

I had my laptop open on the desk and I was doing dishes. I knew I had left a water cup in the bedroom, so I went and got it and on my way through the living room, I tripped over Joey’s desk chair and the leftover water from the cup went directly into my laptop’s computer! I couldn’t believe my bad luck, I tried to dry it out and it worked for a little while with an external keyboard, but then it just wouldn’t work. I’m so sad because we just don’t have the money to fix it right now.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Chili for dinner and smiles all around. Beth had a Pajama day and stayed in her pjs all day and I didn’t know until after I took these photos that she matched her brother’s shirt!

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

I’m really glad that I am able to walk Beth to school. I’m getting some much needed exercise and Beth really loves it because we have that time for just the two of us. We have been talking about lots of things together and she loves that when I go to pick her up I have her favorite ham and cheese sandwich waiting that she gets to eat on the way home!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Thursday nights are now volleyball for me and I’m loving it. I’m really out of shape and I can’t move the way I could in high school, but it’s still a lot of fun. I’m so grateful for a husband who will come and put the kids to bed so I can do this!

Friday, September 18, 2009

Today was JJ’s school’s Fall Festival. We went for about an hour and the kids got to ride some ponies, ride the swings, and their favorite – shoot off some paper rockets!

Saturday, September 19, 2009

The kids each earned a special activity through their chore chart this week, so JJ got to go with Dad to have pizza and play at Chuck E. Cheese and Beth and I went to a great park that had these fun fountains that she got to wade in!

Sunday, September 20, 2009

We baked brownies in ice cream cones and then topped it with ice cream and sprinkles for dessert. So yummy!