A Lazy Sunday

So yesterday was a pretty lazy day around our house. We got up and made waffles for breakfast. I can't believe no one is tired of waffles around here. See, Susan, thank goodness you got me a waffle maker a couple years ago. Who knew I'd get this much use out of it???!!

Anyway, I scrubbed through the Sunday ads and coupons and made a grocery list and headed out shopping. Hannah was in a really good mood and was playing at home with Tony. She still loves to sit in the laundry basket even though she doesn't really fit anymore. She still tries like heck though to get comfy inside with her blanket and pillow. Here she is looking like she really fits, but she's all scrunched up inside under the blanket!

She was napping when I got home and I worked on her quilt for a while. I got it all basted together and started quilting.

Hannah loves to stay in her jammies all day on a lazy day at home and requested to stay in them when I asked if she wanted to get dressed. We decided to finger paint for a while, which was pretty fun.

I got dinner ready and that's when the wind started. I'm so amazed how powerful that hurricane still was as it made it's way through here. We only lost power for about 3 minutes right as we were finishing dinner. I can't believe the Direct TV didn't go out! I gave Hannah a bath and then we read books and she got ready for bed. Tony watched the poor Brown's game with some buddies and I quilted a little more.

It was a good, lazy day despite us all dealing with colds coming.

there goes another one

Week that is! What happens to the days and weeks? It's truly amazing how fast the time goes.

So for the wrap-up:
Last Friday, Tony stayed home with Hannah. They built a fort.


They also went to the playground and the library. Hannah has proven to know more about movies than we do! She knew all about the titles of things we hadn't even heard of....like Mariposa. It's a Barbie video about butterfly fairies. They got a couple others as well.

Hannah went to my mom's on Saturday. I did some things around the house and took a nap. Tony left to go to the Journey concert and I went to play in our first poker tournament of the new season. I had real high hopes for my game that night and just hoped to get good cards. Well, I probably never had better cards and was out within 40 minutes. Seriously, my first hand was Ace/King - I won that. My second hand was pocket Aces - I lost terribly! I just kept getting great hands and actually threw several decent hands away. I got Ace/King again and went all in to get called to a guy who also had Ace/King - so we split. I went out on a full house with 4's over Aces to a guy with 4 ACES! Are you kidding? 4 ACES?? I just got my purse and went home. I can't say I remember ever being the first one out, but I played more aggressively than normal, but could hardly be mad because I had the cards to do it....anyway, there's always next time!! So I went home and finished working on Hannah's quilt. I worked on it until 2 in the morning! Since I don't sleep these days, I just kept going and going.

Sunday, Tony and I went to breakfast. I never complain at a restaurant, but we waited at Bob Evans for over 1/2 hour for an omlette and a turkey sandwich. I was getting really aggitated, so I got up to go find out where our food was. A manager was getting it on a tray and brought it over to us. He didn't bat an eye at the fact I was angry and complaining about how long it took. That annoyed me even more that he didn't even apologize! I meant to call or write a letter this week, but I forgot...maybe I'll do it yet this weekend???

We went out to my mom's after that. I hit the second hand stores for some fall clothes for Hannah. I got a ton of stuff for $75!! I swear that is the way to go for her stuff. I get her some new stuff too, but for every day wear stuff, that's the way to stretch a dollar!

Monday - yeah, not to sure what happened then. I guess it was a typical day. I remember not having a bad day, so that was good!

Tuesday - work again and then I went grocery shopping after dinner. I realized that I can get in and out of Marc's much faster on a Tuesday night vs. a Sunday afternoon. While I was out, Tony and Hannah were playing outside. We could quite possibly have a little Tiger on our hands?? What do you think?


She actually hits the ball quite well, but by the time Tony got the camera, she was starting to get bored of doing it. I finished the top of Hannah's quilt. I have to put it together and start quilting. I ran into a snag because it's bigger than any other I've done before and I wasn't quite sure how to do the backing since I have to piece it to make it big enough. Thanks Maggie for some tips. I hope to get to it this weekend. I'm not posting any pictures since this will be a Christmas gift for Hannah - you can all see it on or after Christmas!!

Wednesday, I was summoned for jury duty, but when I called the night before, it was cancelled. I totally needed a break from work and since I had planned not to go in to work, I decided to stay home. I cleaned the carpets and windows. I did a little running around and took a short nap. It was a nice day off and much needed!

Thursday, same old, same old at work. I made pot roast in the crock pot, so we came right home to dinner - and so good!!! It's a super simple recipie. I get a 1-1/2# chuck roast for us, cut up some carrots, potatoes and onion and put all that in the crock pot (meat on the bottom). Then mix 1/2 cup of water with (1) envelope each of dry brown gravy, italian dressing and ranch dressing and pour it over the top. Cook on low all day and that's it - very delicious, tender meat!!
And today, was finally Friday! Work was actually OK. Tony's got a cold and I'm in for a "fun" weekend of football!!! I just hope OSU doesn't blow the weekend for me. By the time the Browns play, the weekend will be essentially over, so they can't hurt too much. Hopefully they both do well and we can all be happy here at our house! It didn't work when I just suggested lowering the expectations so that a potential loss wouldn't hurt that bad. Evidently, that's unheard of!!!

easy going week

So this week has been pretty good. I think I've had a good chance to regroup a little. Obviously, Monday was the holiday, so no work. Hannah's daycare was closed this week, so Tony and I split the week staying home with her. I was home Tuesday and today, Thursday. She was so good for me. I had a couple of conference calls and she was quiet during those. She played nice and allowed me to get some work done. Today, we ran to the bank and to the office and she was real good there too.

I hadn't taken pictures of her for her "birthday" last August 30th. I still do that every month and at work I keep her monthly pictures on a bulletin board so you can see her grow each month since she was born. It's always a real conversation piece when people come into my office and I'm so, so glad I've done it to see her change and grow!

Here's her picture from this month (taken today).

Then I also have to share this. Hannah has been playing with Roman and Cody this week. She's so used to having someone to play with at daycare and since the dogs are all she's got here this week while I'm busy, she works with what she's got. She's been reading them stories and today I was able to catch her with my camera. It's too cute, although this isn't the greatest video.

And today was my birthday. We had dinner at home and then Hannah brought me a gift and some cards. She helped me open everything and pointed out that she signed her name. She can make an "H" by herself now and is working on "a". She is cute when she does the H - she draws one line and says "up", then another line horizontally and says "up" and then does the line in between and says "H". Pretty cool! Anyway, here we are opening cards and my gift (which was an hour massage - can't wait to use it!!)

Then we finished up the cake from the other day at my dad's. It was more for the formality of singing "happy birthday" and letting Hannah blow out the candles!

Thanks Tony and Hannah! You guys are the best!! I Love You!

Labor Free Labor Day (well, almost)

So today, on Labor Day, I didn't work!!! It's a miracle! As long as you don't consider grocery shopping and cooking work, then I did it!

I did go grocery shopping this morning and then when I got home, I sat outside in the sun for a little bit. I figured I'd better soak up as much as I can since summer is almost over and there won't be too many sunny days while I'm home to enjoy. I then worked on Hannah's quilt for a while. I'm just about done with the blocks. Now I have to put it all together. I guess my goal is to get the top finished and put the batting and backing on and begin quilting it by the end of this month - I should be able to do that!

Yesterday, we headed down to my dad & julia's for the day. We stopped at the outlet mall since it was on the way down. I thought there was a Coach outlet there and I wanted to see about maybe getting a new purse for my birthday. There wasn't a Coach store, so I got Hannah a couple outfits from Carter instead. I don't think I got very good deals, although I'm sure I paid less than I would at Kohl's or somewhere that sells Carters. I've become "el cheapo" when it comes to her clothes and I don't generally spend more than $8.00 on tops or bottoms for her. I'll have to hit the second hand stores when I'm out by my mom's next week!

Anyway, we got to my dads around 1 and I put Hannah down for a nap. We hung around for a while and my dad had planted a lilac tree in memory of my Grandma (she loved the color lilac). We spread her ashes around the tree which also had soil that was brought from the farm where my Grandpa's ashes had been spread many years ago. As my dad spread them, he just said, "together again". Julia then spread what remained of our old dog Barney's ashes so that he could be with his favorite person - Grandma - forever!!! It was nice symbolism and a great way to be able to remember her!

Just as a note - my dad and Julia are going to Las Vegas next week. He saved a small amount of her ashes to spread out there!! Now, we realize that this is considered polluting, but I'm sure any courtroom would understand - she needed to have a little bit of her out there! She loved that place!!!

We ate dinner and then celebrated my birthday with some cake and a few gifts. It was really nice! After dinner, we went outside. Dad tried like heck to get Hannah to go for a ride on a tractor with him. Of course she was afraid of the noise of the tractors, so she didn't want to go. We did get her to sit up there when it was turned off. He even tried to let her pick a green one, or a yellow one, or three other green ones, but she didn't want to go...maybe next summer. Sorry Dad!! I knew how badly you wanted to take her for a ride. I don't know why she's so afraid of stuff???

So instead, we resorted to walking through the cornfield. I guess none of us are quite sure why we did that, but surprisingly, Hannah did pretty good. We walked sort of deep into it and it was all much taller than any of us. It was a little relieving when we finally came back out of it again (brought back memories of my childhood being left in the cornfield!!!) Tony is getting his taste of what life is like outside the city too!! He picked some vegetables in the garden today which I think may have been a first for him!

We got home a little after 9 last night and Hannah when straight to bed and I think I went shortly after that. It was a good day.

It's Official, we have a 2 year old!

OK, not breaking news, I know, but we've now realized that there are no more secrets now that we have a two year old!

Let me explain.....last week, I had to pick Hannah up from daycare and take her back to work with me since I needed to work late. Tony's later hours now don't allow for much flexibility, but since he works just down the street from me, this option now works out well. He comes by and picks her up from my office when he gets off at 6. When I told Hannah that Daddy would be picking her up from my work, she told me that her daddy will take her to get french fries. I asked her what she meant and she proceeded to tell me that her daddy gets a hamburger sandwich and she gets french fries. You see my darling husband is a fast food junkie!! And Hannah SO BUSTED HIM!!! When he pulled in, I asked him to tell me a little about the story that I was told and he just grinned and said he didn't know what I was talking about!


Then the other day at daycare, Val asked me about eating waffles at home. These are Hannah's most favorite thing in the world - she's turning INTO a waffle! Well, Val told me that Hannah told her we have store-bought waffles! Well, we do, but we do make either pancakes or waffles one day per weekend most weekends. Now that I think about it, I think Hannah may have been telling her that we "stir it up" and she thought she was saying "store-bought". You see, that's another one of Hannah's most favorite things to do - help me pour the ingredients into the bowl and stir it up. Now that I thought that one through, I'll have to explain myself!


Val and I were talking about all the things the kids tell her - you wouldn't believe some of the stories!! I now have come to truly realize, we have no more secrets (not that our lives are really THAT exciting anyway!)


Today was relaxing - finally. We made waffles this morning (from scratch) and then Hannah helped me do a little cleaning. We changed her bed and she wanted to do some jumping in it afterwards. I don't usually allow this, but I didn't argue with her today. She was having fun!




And check out her shirt today! Daddy was impressed!



Tony and Hannah played together and watched the OSU game. I finished some cleaning and laundry and then worked on Hannah's quilt. I got quite a bit done. I may finish the blocks this weekend. As I was sewing, Hannah called her daddy down to play music with her. She asked to play her drumsticks and Tony handed them to her. She said, "no, Daddy, you sit on your chair and play the guitar and I'll play my drums" - so they did!



And check out Hannah's fancy shoes she wore during this "concert"!! They are her "glass slippers" because she is pretty sure that she's Cinderella!!