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Halloween 09

Happy Halloween! So after a few outfit changes, the girls finally decided on these halloween costumes. :) (I am way too cheap to pay for Halloween costumes. I am more of a look around the house and see what you can multi task :) - so these are grandma bought last year and a hand me down from Brooke/Brinley Thanks! :)

Mia had a Blast. She would run up to the houses and say Trick or treat :) They both did pretty good at saying thank you. Kaylee would always say "Happy Halloween" as we left, but rarely did anyone understand her :(. We only went around a block and a half - and so not every house. Kaylee was already telling me that she wanted to go home after about house number 8. :)

MY JILA!

A friends blog reminded me of this fun story, but it was more than a year ago. :) We were in the van and Mia kept asking "Mom, I want My jila!" I am like your what? She kept repeating herself again and again. ;) (UNLIKE KAYLEE WHO WILL REPEAT HERSELF 10 TIMES AND NEVER GET MAD - SERIOUSLY) Mia got more angry with me each time. After about 8 tries of trying to figure out what she wanted, I gave up. She kept mumbling/yelling in the back, I tried to ignore her. Then I looked at the only thing I hadn't asked her about, and held up her back pack. "YEAH! MY JILA! MY JILA!" Although I was happy to figure out the drama, I was angry that she stinkin' hadn't just said BACKPACK because she knew that word. Come to find out she had been watching DORA, and they teach her spanish. So I had to sit down and watch a few episodes with her so I could avoid any future problems. (IT WAS TORTURE! ) Stinking educational shows teaching the kids things that their parents don't know. Sick and WRONG I am telling you - SICk and Wrong! (Oh, yes Muchila is backpack in spanish. hence MY JILA?)

Happy Pre-Halloween!

My girls had some friends over, had fun playing dress up. Here are some pictures. :)

And here are some videos for your viewing enjoyment. Kaylee has a surprise for you at the end. :) I am such a proud mama!

There are two more videos to come. But I need to edit first> :)

Happy Halloween >:-)

Arguing with Idiots

So I was went looking for this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5vr1V9D8oA

Found it, and was SHOCKED by the stupid people commenting on it. Maybe it is because I am a math major, I can over look spelling, but not math mistakes! :) Anyways, watch the video - there's more that goes in to WHO will actually benifit (sp?) from the Health Care proposals. (Big Drug Companies, AARP, SEIU . . . ) I am ok with health care reform, just not for GOVERNMENT controlled heath care. Can you say SOCIALISM? Anyways, let me explain the math, just to be clear. 10% of americans men die of prostate cancer (actually if diagnosed with in the last 5 years it is close to 0%) (Health care has improved that much for us - not for UK - no change in last 5 years) Anyways, if 10% survival rate increases by 604% - the word BY means to multiply in math. Meaning that 60.4% die in UK. And his statistics are correct. I Googled Both US & UK prostate cancer statistics and read. (just a page each) Here are the highlights:

FOR THE US:

"About 1 man in 6 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. "

If you were diagnosed with in the last 5 years survival rate is nearly 100%

Diagnosed with in the last 10 years it's 91%

FOR THE UK:

"Around 7 in 10 newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients now survive beyond five years. In the 1970s it was only 3 in 10."

"Prostate cancer death rates have not changed significantly in the last ten years, unlike incidence."

So what that means is #1 Glenn Beck's numbers are correct #2 The US has gotten better at treating Prostate cancer - the UK by the last line above (from it's own website) has not. (At least they have since 1970) :)

Not to put the UK down - but just to show WE DON'T WANT GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE.

Your wallet can't afford it (unless you are a government dependent lazy bumb anyaways)

Your Health can't afford it either.

The longer version (it is long) is

http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/31795/?ck=1 (you can really watch the last 10 min. but all of it is good. :) esp the end.

I hesitated not posting until Wed just so you all could get a good laugh at my post yesterday. :) Check em all out if you haven't. Well, cause I am smart and funny !:) lol

Shopping Diet

I tried a new diet today. I call it the shopping diet.

This super mean friend of mine (if I call her that anymore) let me know that there was such thing as a pumkin spice kiss? and candy corn kisses? I didn't even know they existed. But, while at walmart for a small errand, I crossed by them. I picked up a back of carmel apple kisses (i think it was) and felt joy. I actually got a small high from the thought of trying

one. Then by the next isle I came to my senses, picked up a different flavor, then put them all back. (I am embarrassed to admit that I have Halloween candy in my freezer from 2 years ago. It is part of my "year supply" I would hate to go with out - and don't worry I won't give it out to your kids this year. :)

Anywho I think that I should try this "shopping diet" more often. I got the joy of finding a great thing, then by putting it back, I got a high of "choosing the right" ;) or exercising self control. I might exercise it a lot more :) Just put random things in my cart and then put them back to make myself feel like I have SUCH control.

Of course

, various clearance items did make it into my cart. :) I love having my Christmas shopping done by Oct. With out fail. :)

I should probably write a book about "The Shopping Diet". Oh yeah. I have a great Idea for a reality series too. "Wife Whisper" I teach women how to budget. :) But since right now I am a mommy, it

will take time to get those things going. . . Just incase you get any ideas, I have sent my attorney $ to secure a patient. ;)

My White Trash Budget Decor

So I told my sister that I would post pictures of my most recent projects so here we go. :)

This is a Square Wreath I bought at Good will for $1. It was a bit scary at first, but I painted some of the styrofoam "berries" that had lost their coating with fingernail polish (thanks Lisa) and it looks good from a distance. If you get close, like when you are opening the door to come in, it may appear as though a dog chewed on a few. :) But hey. The "Harvest" was made to hang from a hook, but my Wreath needed something, so this little $2 item I painted in 5 min worked nicely. The ribbon was 50 YARDS for 4 bucks So I put this whole wreath done at $3.08 Not bad. :)

Next on the Right we have my dollar store scarecrows from two years ago. They normally adorn my door, but had to move over for the new wreath. I decided to put them up like scare crows are supposed to be. Problem: No stick high enough to keep them from being watered - so I put an old broken swiffer handle with a old broken broom handle. Attaching together with rolled up hard plastic and good old duck tape. Impressive because The poles were the same size and wouldn't fit inside each other. So for $2 and some brain power, cute enough. But that was all ruined when my sister called them poll dancing gay scarecrows. NOT COOL. :)

Here on the left is a cute little candle holder I found at ross. I thought 6 candles was over kill. So I recycled and old hydranga arrangement and quite like the finished product. The candles are kid smart, because they are LED battery powered - but-flicker-but-dipped-in-wax-too-look-real candles. Since I had a coupon with those, this was a little more than the first two, but a total of about $16.

I have a super cute new one I am going to work on once I put my garage back together. :) I stole the idea from Kelli and LOVE LOVE it. Will have to post sometime. :)

So all this has got me wanting to post my other Money savin' creations. :) You may not be as impressed with me as I am - but that's ok. I get inspired looking at other peo

ples decor blogs. Maybe I can inspire someone on a budget. :)

Found this on the side of the road for free. Painted it black. Love it. Stores a ton and was less than $50. Most of the money was spent on the hard ware - and I haven't even put the bottom handles on yet. :)

Below is my Daughters Room. I read this saying and fell in love with it. Of course I would have done vinyl had I had my great price lady I do now. But the hand written turned out ok. Boards I stole from my father in law. Hand cut her

name out of

foam :)

Speaking of Foam. That is what I put on top of the curtains I made for her room. Cheap for sure! :) I glued material on 1/2 of them too.

Next up is Kaylee's room. :) Not much to show off. I did her crib set, only cost 20 to make which was nice. :) But I love this wall set because I stole it from a vinyl party but they wanted some $50 bucks for just vinyl that stuck to the wall. I got to do it 3-D and cheap style for about $22. Maybe less, it has been a while. :) And her name I am just impressed cause I painted it all on my own. Cost $3

Lastly are my flowers. I copied this from my friend Deanna. Little out of season now, but I love the fresh colors. It was my spring piece. Little spendy for me, but I was committed. :) So I think about $15 for this one.

So there you have it. My recycle me and cheap decor. :) The curtains behind my flowers were only $15 a panel. :) Just a side note. :)

Sticky feet

This morning (and of course the result of many discouraging days of cleaning my floor) after stepping in a sticky mess on my floor - apple juice dripping from cups I am sure. I have come to the realization I could save a lot of time and be a happier mom if I just feed them in the dish washer. I mean I could hose them off, contain the mess and rarely have to mop the floor. (It needs it every day but I simply REFUSE!) I would be a happier mom. I think that I will talk to my hubby about picking up a second dishwasher. Of course I think he will just suggest newspaper. :)

What NOT to do

A friends blog reminded me of a time when I was hanging pictures and heard a scream - looked down and saw Mia crying and a nail hanging out of the light socket. :) Although she was only 2, I am pretty sure she won't do that again ! :) Funny thing, in my panic, all that I could think about was to give her milk. I mean, it helps with a burned tongue right? :)

She shortly after got her very own tool box with plastic BIG size nails for Christmas. :)

"Learning Out Loud"

I am just emotional lately. Which I hate, cause I hate emotional nut jobs like I feel like I am. :) But I was thinking the other day about a lot of "junk" that has been thrown my way. I am ok with it really. But then Kaylee got sick last night. Nothing serious, just a fever/cold. But I am still bitter about the miscarriage and so I started thinking, what if I lost her? or Mia really. I honestly have always thought I was super strong. With a super strong testimony. But I don't know, if I lost one of my little girls, how strong I could really be. I think I would have a hard time believing that God cared. I don't think I could ever deny His existence, but in that situation, I think I would try. Ironically, I know that the gospel and the Love of God would be what I would need to get through something like that. But I would be so angry.

You know I get these little lessons from God all the time, about how I shouldn't judge. (I always roll my eyes at peoples cell phones that go off in church etc. Then MINE DID in a beautiful baptism. I WAS MORTIFIED. It was an honest mistake, I am 31 and haven't even had my cell phone a year yet. I forget that I even have one. I forget it at home a lot. I forgot. I learned to quit judging.) I used to always think if you got pregnant as a teenager - duh, you would give the baby up for adoption. No brainer. Then I had a baby of my own, and I read an article in the Ensign about how hard it was even just for the Grandfather of the baby - to let the baby go. I realized what an amazingly UNselfish thing it is for those little sweet teenage girls to cary a sweet baby for 9 months, go through all the humiliation of being a pregnant teen, and then let someone else have that part of them. I used to think that people were crazy when they blamed God for things and when they stopped believing. I have learned. I need to stop judging people. I can see how easy it could be to blame God or be angry with Him if you lost a child. I know that it is wrong. But I can see it. I need to not judge and just love. I am having a hard time feeling like God doesn't hate me right now. I know it isn't true. But it is a lot easier to blame. It helps to put the blame somewhere else instead of continually asking or wondering why. Faith really is a funny thing. It doesn't always grow like a flower from a seed. There are times it is simply cut down by a lawn mower of life. And you have to decide, am I going to grow again? Do I have the faith to become what I was. - maybe stronger. Lawn mowers are good for the grass. they just hurt.

I feel bad, because my life has always been what I called easy and happy. And it is still wonderful. I have many many blessings to count. I couldn't ask for a better husband or girls. Same for my friends and family. So I feel bad "complaining". I don't like to think of it as complaining. I would like to think of it as "learning out loud". I am learning a lesson right now. out loud.