The Little Fish Learning to Swim....

I finally got a couple of videos to upload :\ Blogger was being a booger LOL

Just ignore the "Silver Sneakers" water aerobics in the foreground *snicker*
Enjoy!!

Fall Time Busy-ness

Why do I feel like my cleaning mode is stuck in Spring and not in Fall? I swear I have been a busy bee this past week tying up loose ends around here, organizing and just cleaning in general. Things I didn't do in the Spring because......oh yeah I had a baby LOL

I mowed the lawn for, I hope, the last time this season. I don't mind at ALL. Especially since I have a snazzy new riding lawn mower. Just pop on the iPod and it's some nice "me" time. How lame is that? LOL But it's so nice to just be alone with my music that I never get to listen to now that I have a toddler and a tween.....you moms know what I mean.

The hall closet got sorted and organized. So I had shoved boxes from the move in there and it was a jumbled mess. Out of sight out of mind right? Well now that the temperature is cooling and we are opening the closet to get jackets more often, it's not so out of sight LOL I even picked up one of those neat 3 drawer plastic things to put hats, gloves and the like in. I figured that I can wheel it into the laundry room (it's by the garage door entry that we use) for fall/winter use and then when we don't need those things anymore I can just wheel it back to the closet. Just another attempt for me to be Martha organized *snort*

I FINALLY hung the address plate on the house. I have a legitimate excuse as to why it has taken me 10 months to do so.......the mason had to re-do the mortar on our brick and so it made no sense for me to hang it and then take it down, with ruined screws after putting them in mortar, and then find new screws to re-hang it. But alas it is up and looks nice, so I'm happy!

OH and I hung up these word art deals I got. They are from a place called Uppercase Living. They are like rub on transfers that go on your walls. Very cool! I swear I've had these in the back of a closet for MONTHS. But they are up and look so cute:

My kitchen & entryway also got a nice scrub on the tail end of that day's cleaning frenzy. I have to admit I rarely mop the entry because to be honest no one uses that entry LOL. At most it just needs a dusting or I run the vacuum over the floor hehe.

Then I wrapped up the week & weekend with a delicious ham dinner last night. Ham, sweet potatoes & fresh green beans DELISH!

So there you have it.......that's what I've been up to! Roman started swimming lessons today and I hope to get the kids in their Halloween costumes for some pictures, so look for those on here soon!

Hope you are all enjoying the fall! I'm off to upload some video of Roman swimming!

Has anyone else noticed......

OK.....I have to preface this post with a lil disclaimer. I am by no means an angel. Those of you who know me can attest to the fact that on occasion, if the situation warrants, I can throw around some bad language. I have gotten better over the years since having children and have traded common swear words for "G" rated words like "gosh darn it" and "shoot" or "darn" and "heck".......Foul language is a vice for many of us, and we all really know we shouldn't use it. But sometimes it's fun to cut loose and cuss like a sailor when your having a good time with friends LOL

So that brings me to my post.

I took the kids with me to Wal-mart this evening to grocery shop. I didn't need too much, just some staples and things to make dinner the next few days. Also some stuff for Halloween....yes I am a procrastinator LOL

While walking the aisles there at good ol Wally-World I can tell you that I overheard more than a few people swearing like a sailor. And no, they weren't "kids".....they were ADULTS....many of whom had children with them. And we aren't talking words like "shit" or "damn".....I'm talking the ultimate.....the "F" bomb. What the heck? We were in the Halloween aisle and there were two women with a couple of young kids in their cart talking about treat bags and the like. Dropped a few "F" bombs and were laughing. You should have seen the look of horror on Kailey's face. Funny that at 12 years old she has the social knowledge that these are not words that should be used in a public place for anyone to hear. I mean come on? Is it that hard to put a filter on your mouth while you are in public? Really? We all know that the prices of things are high and the economy stinks, but must you verbalize this with profanity in Wal-mart in front of your kids......in front of MY kids for that matter!

These are the kind of people who end up on Maury Povich with teens who do as they please and the parents just don't understand why they act the way they do.....hmmmm.....what a mystery!

I hope I don't offend anyone with this post. I just had to get it off my chest. This isn't the first time we have encountered people like this, and I'm sure it won't be the last. I'm just glad that I can put a filter on my mouth and that my kids know that these words aren't appropriate. Even though I'm sure one day they will have a curse word pass their lips.....I just pray I have taught them well enough that they don't do it in the Halloween aisle at Wal-mart LOL

We Are The Champions!

I have to post about my sweet girl to share with everyone that her and her soccer team had a playoff game and championship game last weekend.....

Saturday the girls played the 3rd place team (they were the 2nd place team) to determine who would play for the championship on Sunday afternoon. All of their biggest fans (ie: parents LOL) were SO excited for them and were hoping they would do well. You see, the girls got off to a rocky start at the beginning of the season......they didn't win a game until the mid point of the season! Then they rocked it out to come in 2nd! You can't tell I'm proud, can you? LOL

So Saturday's game was AWESOME! The girls did SO well! They were all very worried because they were playing these games on the stadium field, which is turf. So the ball reacts totally different than when it is on actual grass. It's faster and bounces higher.......but they did a great job. It was a nail biter and the game ended at 1-1! So they went into overtime, 10 minutes of play....no score......another overtime, 10 more minutes.....no score! Now they had a shoot out. Each team chose 5 girls to take a shot at the goal. Just one girl against the goalie. Our girls came out on top winning the shoot out 2-1! They were going to play for the championship!

Sunday the girls were super nervous. The team they were playing a team that they had tied, lost and beat during the regular season. So it was really a toss up. I have to say that they were pretty evenly matched. It was just going to come down to who could score and who could play some great defense........

So......take the last of my paragraph from Saturday and place it here! LOL! AGAIN they girls played excellent and ended the game 1-1....went into double overtime and then a shoot out!

They WON the shoot out 2-1!!!

I am SO proud of all these girls.....and especially one FABULOUS defense player :D

Kailey is like a brick wall! She did so well! Of course maybe I am a tinnny bit biased!!......NAHHHHHHHH!

Congrats to those 7th & 8th grade girls from our school.....you guys did FANTASTIC! And now I can't wait for basketball to start!