Updates

Well I have finally made a real committment to lose weight... I went and bought a workout dvd and I am starting tomorrow morning. Trevor and I are going to get up early and start this journey. I am excited to get this going. We have also decided to commit to going to the gym 3 days a week until we are comfortable going more.

Our Trip: Well we are not going to TN in March but we have decided we will still do something when the kids are on Spring Break. We are trying to find a new indoor waterpark that we can go too. We found one in Burlington and one in Okoboji that look fun. We will see which one we decide. On another note, Trevor took 2nd overall in the Maintenance Mania so he could possibly be going to Las Vegas for Nationals in June. That would be so awesome.

Bryce's 2nd Hockey game was tonight and he played so good. His team won 5 to 3. He assisted in making a goal and did quite a few blocks. I am so proud of him. I have attached some photos. Bryce is number 6 and his best friend Austin Shaffer is number 7.

Everything!!

Well I just feel like writing today so here I go. The past couple of weeks have been extremely busy and tiring. I have been working with detectives so we could solve the case on the Molotov Cocktails that were thrown at the office. Now that they have arrested 1 person and are looking for the other 2, I can actually focus on other issues at work. I am excited that I will be going to the 2011 Education Conference in June which is being held in Las Vegas. YAY. There is 6 of us girls going from Conlin Properties and then there are a couple of other people that I know that are going too. It should be a fun time for all of us.

Now onto family... Bryce is getting bored with basketball because he hasn't had too many games. So he asked me if he could play Roller Hockey. Of course I want both of my kids participating in sports so they stay active so I reluctantly agreed. He actually started this past Sunday @ Skate West which was fun too watch. He really likes it which is good too. He plays goalie this Sunday so I am excited to watch him play.

Lexi then breaks it to me this past week that she wants to QUIT band. This really surprised me because Lexi doesn't quit anything. So when I asked her why? She said because she is BORED. I can totally see that because Lexi needs to be challenged at all times or she does get bored. So with that being said, I signed her up for a traveling softball league this past weekend and they are actually going to start practicing indoors in February. How exciting!!

I save the BEST for last. HEHE.... Trevor and I are going to Bristol, TN in March for our 14 year anniversary. It is going to be so much fun because we are traveling without the kids plus Brea and Mark are joining us on this trip. I can't wait. I can't believe we have been married 14 years. It has been a long bumpy journey but I am looking forward to continuing this journey and beginning new chapters of our lives. I mean the kids are growing up so fast so soon they will be off to college. OMG. I can't even believe that Bryce is a teenager and into girls now. So we have been talking for the past year about renewing our vows in 2012 since it will be 15 years and at dinner last Saturday Brea and Mark had a great idea; why not renew our vows while on a cruise or vacation? So my plan is to book a cruise in 2012 and have some family and friends join us.

That's all I have for now!!

Staying Positive

Well another week has gone by in 2011 and I have nothing negative to say about it. I had a very busy week at work but there were such great rewards at the end of the week. I ended my week with enjoying some martini's at Gino's with friends. I then went Saturday morning and changed my hair color to dark chocolate with blonde highlights and then I enjoyed the night with the family watching a Des Moines Buccaneers Hockey game. I ended my weekend at an Iowa Energy Basketball game with Trevor, my brother, Jenny and Dan and then we took the kiddos to dinner at On The Border. WOW. What a long week and weekend. I really did enjoy every last minute of it though.

I don't have much more but I am looking forward to another busy busy week at work, another great week with the family and then I will enjoy my weekend catching up with a friend and then watching Bryce's first Hockey game...

New Beginnings!!

Well I had a wonderful weekend.. I haven't said that in a long time so it feels amazing to be so happy. I spent saturday with my close friend Heather. We started the day out by dropping off Bryce and Austin at the skating rink. We then went to lunch and shopped for a little bit at the mall. We picked the boys up around 6 or so and then met up with Trevor and Lexi and headed to the Monster Trucks at the Wells Fargo Arena. I explain this because Heather and I haven't spent anytime together in a long time. It was so nice to spend the day with my friend. I made a New Year's Resolution to stay in contact with my friends so I feel like I have started this year out just right. Now I just need to continue to stay in contact with all my friends this year and hopefully I will continue to feel amazing.

So I signed Bryce up to play roller hockey today. He is so excited to start playing and of course I am really nervous. I am nervous when he plays the full contact sports because he could get hurt. I know deep down that it is part of being a boy and part of playing sports but worrying is part of being a mother. So sometimes I think to myself that boys are so hard to raise but then I have the same worries with Alexis. She tells me tonight that she wants to play softball but she wants to play soccer too. My first thought is well they both have balls that could hit your face or you could slide and break something. I know I shouldn't use a friend's experience but how can you not think about a little girl getting her jaw broke by playing softball? I mean that's a huge deal!! So I guess I will just bite my nails and keep my mouth shut while both Bryce and Alexis play their sports this year.

Toast to a wonderful 2011!!!

1st week of 2011!!!

WOW.... That's all I can say for the very first Monday of 2011. I got to work at 8AM as usual to find out that someone tried to start the leasing office on fire. So all morning I got to work with detectives and go through the security camera footage to see what happened. A day like today makes you wonder why you are in the profession that you are. I really like the Oh Yeah feeling like let's take these idiots down but then once everything settles down, you really think man someone could have got hurt. Now it is up to the detectives to figure out who and why!!

So I was reading another blog yesterday and she talked about whining, annoying, irritating and pet peeves. I thought about myself when reading this blog and thought OMG it is not just me that has all these little irritations/pet peeves like men pissing on the toilet seats instead of lifting it, (it even happens at work, WTF) people whining about things they can change, (change your problem and it will go away). Before I go any further let me clear a few things up. Yes, I am aware that I have whined before and will do so again. Yes, I am aware that makes me a hypocrite. Show me a person that isn’t, in some way, a hypocrite. Also – there is a difference between whining and crying, whining and venting, and whining and confiding. So when your venting or confiding in someone and you feel like you just received a lecture from your mom when all you wanted to do was get it off your chest, they are probably a hypocrite. So many people feel like they are right all the time and will confide in you and possibly even vent about the same person or same thing but when you want too they make you feel like the bad person. So I say confide in and vent to someone that will understand so you don't feel worse. I think children are the biggest whiners. They are always I want this, but why, please can I get this, can I have this, but it wasn't my fault. Will this generation or the future generations ever take responsibility for their actions? If I did half of what some kids do today I would have had a belt across my bottom. Sometimes when I am in the store I just want to take the kids from their parents and beat them. I mean come on people, you are in public. Keep your children under control or keep them locked up at your own home.

So now onto something I really want to do. I was watching Income Property on HGTV on Sunday and they renovated this kitchen. All they did was sand, stain and put new hardware on these cabinets and it looked like they spent thousands on new cabinets. I really want to fix up my kitchen but I know that won't happen for awhile. Trevor's list just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I mean he still has to replace all the brick mold on the garage, (which has been sitting in the garage since summer) we have to finish the 4th bedroom off of the family room, we need to finish the laundry room and now I want to add kitchen. Holy crap I may have a normal house in 10 years. LOL

As you can tell I am really loving this blog thing. I will post again soon..