Birthday Surprises!

One more year to the big 30 and its not as bad as what I thought it would be, but give me about 11 months and that could change! Perhaps the best birthday news I received was that my little house has power, which is a huge thing considering it wasn't supposed to be in until the end of October. All that is left is to get a drain field dug, a propane tank up, the well hooked up, the skirting put up and a porch built - all in all its moving a long great! I'm so excited to be getting closer to a place of my own.

Getting Dressed Up

I used to love putting on makeup and wearing nice clothes, but it seemed after kids that kinda went out the window. Between spit-up and 4 am wakeup calls; there seemed little point, but I have realized how important it is to actually take care of myself. Not that its a daily thing, but its good to do all that especially when you aren't feeling particular nice.
(I had some fun with the photo)

Update

I finally got this thing a little figured out - Wohoo! So I thought I'd give a little update on all of us. Alexus loves kindergarten and I love all of the great program her school offers and the small student to teacher ratio. She is learning to swim and ride horses and she love it. Tyse is like Jekyl and Hyde recently. The terrible two's are here and I'm not sure if they are ever going away! He does miss his sister while she is in school but he enjoys daycare and playing while I'm working.

Work. . . The never ending saga. Working at the yards is great but we are heading into fall run and kicked it off with the biggest sale this yards has ever seen - 5154 head of cattle. It was an extremely long day. My photography business is starting to pick with senior pictures and I'm also doing type-setting and graphics work through it as well. Needless to say its a little busy.

Our house is coming along, slowly but surly. While it on site, we still have no power, no drain field for the septic system, and no propane tank. This springtime project has turned into a fall/winter one. We are hoping by Halloween to be in, but I'm not holding my breath. Anyway, I gotta corral some children and head home for the day!

Finally

I'm finally getting this thing figured out! After countless minutes on a computer that wouldn't let me into the content portion and screaming children we have conquered! Life for us has finally settled into a small routine (after two years) and we are doing well. The kids and I seem to be busier than ever but we are taking it one day at a time and trying to stay sane in the process. I'm still trying to figure out how to post on other blogs, like ChickChat, so bare with as my eldering age is finally catching up to me!