~Friday Thoughts~

Some random thoughts on this Friday evening...

*I'm full... I just had a Sushi dinner... Dragon Roll, California Roll and Spicy Tuna Roll.  Can you say, Yummo?

*My kids are sick.... again.

*Rowan has some sort of virus.  Fever of around 102 and she says her head hurts... as well as her ears.  My mom, her Yaya, took her to the Drs yesterday... he said there is no ear infection, but that she still has the blue playdoh in her ear!! lol...

*Zachman has an ear infection... but doing so much better.  Amazing how 2 days of antibiotics can change the way someone feels.

*My hubby is tired... tired... tired...

*He worked last night (7pm-6am) and had dog training this morning... came home for an hour and a half nap... then went to lunch and a movie with some buddies.  I'm surprised he is still some what coherent :)

*I'm tired too... but thankfully a 3 hr nap this afternoon with my babies helped :)

*Tomorrow I'm going out with the girls... can I get a Whoop Whoop??

*I can't believe Sunday is the first day of October...

*Christmas is right around the corner... eek!!

*Did I mention that I'm extremely full?? Yeah, I am.

*Zachary had his cardiologist appointment today...

*He is officially OFF of his heart meds...

*Please think of him... wish him that he has no episodes of SVT...

*I'm scared shitless about it!

*Tomorrow, if Ro is up to it... I think we are going to go look at some trailers...

*I hate it that my babies aren't their normal selves right now.

*I'm happy happy that its Friday... and that my hubby is home.

 

Okay, I think that is it...

Have a great weekend everyone.

~Pickles

 

~Pismo Picture Entry~

Here are the pictures I promised that I'd share with you...

From our fantastic trip to Pismo, Ca :)

Hope You Enjoy...

My Girl... She was too into the movie to look right at the camera... But at least she gave me a smile!

The Boy... He had never worn the ear phones before... he had a hard time with them at first... but in the end, he liked them :)

Me and Mr. Grumpy Pants... He was getting frustrated with the drive-thru at Sonic... lol... And get this, we had only been on the road, 10 minutes... haha

The View from our Condo's Balcony... We were two blocks away from the Beach!

Hello Friend...

Zachary's First Real Time with his Toes in the Sand...

Show me your Smile Zachary...

Ain't he Freakin' Cute??

The Girls... Rowan and Her Cousins

My Boy in the Pismo Beach Sunset...

Zman heading towards the water... He didn't like walking in it... but he liked walking to it...

Baby Toes in the Sand...

Rowan and the Sunset...

Cousins Splishing and Splashing...

Swings...

Derek decided to bury Zman in the sand...

He says, "Help Me Mom!!"

View from the Pier at Pismo Beach...

My Hottie of a Husband pulling the kids in the wagon on the Pier... Grrr, baby, Grr... lol!

Zachary loved checking out the view from the Pier...

Once we got home... Derek wanted to play some video games... Well, Zachary decided he like to join him ;)  Aren't they adorable??

 

Okay, there are the pictures that I wanted to share... Of course there were more... but some had the cousins in them, and well, I didn't feel I should share those...

Hope you enjoyed looking at these :)

Hugs,
Jenn

~Back~

we made it back from Pismo safe and sound yesterday afternoon...

if I missed anyone's journals while doing my rounds, my sincerest apologies.

 

I am going to try my hardest to get some pictures up this evening from our trip... but I'm not sure if I'll be able to.... between unpacking, laundry and Ro's gymnastics class, it will be tight :)

 

keep an eye out, okay?

~Away~

I'm in Pismo on our annual family trip!!

 

I'll be back to journals Sunday evening or Monday night :)

 

Hugs to You all.
~Jenn

 

Thanks for catching my mistakes Nae... that is what happens after 2 shots of tequila and a few beers ;)

~Some More Tid-Bits~

I realized that I really liked doing my last entry as a "tid-bit" entry.

I was able to get a lot of things out of my head... but didn't have to go and figure out a way to write it all out to make sense or to flow.

So, I thought I'd do it again...

*I'm still loving my hair... although, because I have so much and it was so processed (due to the high lights) not all of my hair is the same color :(  I have this 'band' of blonde right at the top of my hair. 

*Yeah, I'll be calling my hair gal tomorrow to see when I can get it fixed.

*Did you happen to see the picture on my side-bar?  Its an original from one of my best Jland friends, Nae :)  Thanks girlie!

*My son thinks that I'm his jungle gym... even as I write this entry.

*I got maybe 4 hours of sleep last night...

*And no, it wasn't because I was having some fun :(

*Miss Rowan has croup... she was up a few times last night.  It got so bad at one point that I thought I'd take her to the ER.  Yet, I just ended up sitting with her in the bathroom with the HOT HOT shower running and a humidifier.

*Yaya (my mom) took Ro to the doctors this morning... yes, she does indeed have croup, as well as a full blown ear infection... ugh.

*My fingers are crossed that none of us at the house get any bit of her illness.

*We are due to be in Pismo for our Family Clan get away this weekend!

*I'm so excited about going.  The weather will be in the high 60's, low 70's... That means I'll get to wear my Uggs!!  WOO HOO!

*Derek's dog, his K-9, is Cat Crazy.

*How crazy you ask?

*Saturday afternoon/late evening, he broke through the screen in our dining room, through the blinds, and chased the cat around the house... set off our alarm... and cornered the cat in Ro's bedroom.

*Yeah, no fun.  Thankfully, the cat isn't hurt that badly (he got his paw bloodied a bit).

*Saturday night Derek and I went out for a date... to a county wide SWAT dinner.

*Fun stuff... and let me just say... I'm not tooting my own horn or anything, but my husband is one hot guy ;)

*I just wished I had got a picture to share with you all...

*I've got a major headache... been having them on and off for the last few days... kinda getting tired of them!  (not going to complain much since I know there are others out there that are in a whole lot more pain then me!)

*Its 740pm and I'm thinking about going to bed.

*Yet, I'm kicked out of my bedroom for a while because Derek and Rowan are spending some time together watching a movie.

*That means it is just me and my boy, Zman, hanging out.

*And I think thats all I've got going on... lol.

 

Hope everyone's Monday was great... Enjoy the rest of your week... See ya!

~New Me~

You wanna check out the new me?

I went and did something a little drastic with my hair today...

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Here you go...

And another view...

And one with my and my Bubba... 'Cause he wanted to take a picture with his Mommy...

I'm loving it!!

Have a great weekend my friends...

~Evening Tid-Bits~

So, it is 915pm here... in Central California.

 

And I'm bored...

Laying in my bed with my hubby's lap top... crusing Myspace and AOL J's...

He is off doing some things tonight... I won't go into detail here... for his privacy... but everything is all good... so don't go wondering and thinking things aren't okay :)

 

So, I thought I'd do an entry about things that are running around in my head...

Hope you don't mind....

 

*why do kids (or most of them... shit, maybe its just mine!) never listen the first time?

*it is Sept. 13th and it was 102 here today... can you freakin' believe that?

*bills suck...

*I wish it was already next weekend (the 22nd)... we'll be in Pismo then :)

*my brother and his fiancee set a date for their wedding... I'll officially have another Sister on Jan. 6, 2007.

*diets are hard

*Rowan is turning into a little lady... it breaks my heart...

*it is 920pm and my kids are still awake... someone shoot me.

*my son uses my hair as his "sleep-aid"... it was cute at first... but not its starting to hurt and get a bit annoying... anyone got any advice on what I could switch him to??

*my daughter doesn't listen to me.

*I'm getting my hair done on Friday... I need a new look... thinking about short and dark... anyone have any ideas?

*kids giggles can bring anyone out of a funk

*I miss my husband... I wish he wasn't getting home so late :(

*Saturday night we are having a date though... Can't wait... Just me and him...

*when is Janet Evanovich coming out with her new book? I need something new to read...

*until then, I'm reading Nora Robert's "Morrigan's Cross"... its the first book in a trilogy... pretty good... all about Ireland, witches', vampires... the stuff I love :)

*I wish I had more time with my kids during the day...

*and more energy

*my son takes his medicine like a champ... I don't have to fight him at all...

*they are looking at taking him off of it Sept. 29th... it literally scares the shit out me thinking about it....

*its 930pm and my kids are still awake... where is that gun people!?! (lol... I'm just joking folks)

*my parents are such wonderful people... I don't know what I'd do with out them.

*is it time to leave for Pismo yet?

*did I mention how hot it is here today?? yeah, I think I did

*Starbucks is my friend...

*I feel like I'm moving a thousand miles faster at work after having a Venti Non-Fat Carmel Machiato (or however  you spell it)

*I love my job... and how challenging, frustrating, fun it can be...

*I'm tired... but I don't see sleep anytime soon

*I suppose I should go and get my children to finally get to sleep

*is it Friday yet?

 

Have a great evening/morning (whenever you read this!)...

~Brr??~

Yes.

I said Brr.

 

Brr is right for right now.

I'm sitting next to my open dining room windows and it is a good 58 degree's outside. 

I'm so glad to finally say Brr.

And to finally turn off the damned A/C. 

We actually had ours turned off all day yesterday... thank goodness.

Those Electric bills have been killing us!!

 

Anyways, enough about Brr.

 

Not a whole lot has been going on in the Pickle Jar.

Derek went back to work yesterday (Saturday) but he has today off... thanks to the graces of another officer who was willing to take the day for him.

He really wanted to be home with us...

And to watch the first Sunday of football :)

lol... men.

Whatever works though... its wonderful to have him home...

 

The kids are doing really well.

Zachary is progressing with his potty training- as you can see from the entry below.

He is trying to talk and sometimes surprises us all with new "words"...

It is the funniest thing though... he actually does this weird baby talk.  Yeah, I know... the whole goo-goo... ga-ga... weird talk like that.

Yet, he only does it to his sister!  And boy, does it make him laugh...

 

Rowan is well, Rowan.

She has hit that independent stage and can seriously drive me insane lately.

She has forgotten her manners while at home... she is learning to talk back... and well, she seriously thinks she is 14... not 4.

The last few days have been rough.

I don't know if I'm just easily bothered by it... short patience to say.

Or if it is really that bad... lol

I've had to tell her a few times that I'm the mom, she is the daughter.

 

Luckily though... she is mostly a good girl... and those moments don't happen as much as the good do.

If they did, I think I'd be locking myself up in the looney bin :)

lol... jk, jk.

 

Hmm...

What else.

 

Oh yes.

I'm still on Jenny Craig.

As of yesterday, I'm on my 7th week!!

Can you believe it?

I'm still liking it... but because I have made a few poor food choices in the last weeks, I've only lost those 9lbs.

But this week I turned over a new leaf and have a good to drop 2lbs and to walk 3-4 times.

I've already walked once... so, I've got only 3 more days of walking to meet that part of my goal.

And hopefully with this new leaf turned over, I'll drop those 2lbs and get back on track.

 

Well, speaking of which... its time for me to go eat breakfast.  I'm starving... Today, I'm having a Sunshine Sandwich.  English muffin... turkey ham (how can turkey be ham? I don't know... but its good)... egg with cheese.  SO, its basically a healthy alternative to McDonald's egg mcmuffin :)

 

Toodles Friends.

~Big Ol' Blonde Moment~

So.

Yesterday afternoon, after I got home from picking up Rowan from her Nana's and from work...

Derek and I decide to go check out a local RV place that sells Toy Haulers (weekend warriors... trailers that haul your "toys" like quads in them and you can live in too) and then go to dinner.

So I grab up Zachary... change his diaper (or so I thought), get him dressed and grab Rowan and head out the door.

 

We drive to the town over... a good 10 mins away... only to find that the RV place is closed.  We missed the gates shutting by 10mins :X 

Ugh.

Frustrating.

 

So, we head to the local mexican food place...

It only took us about another 5mins or so to get there...

 

We get there and we chow down on some chips...

The kids enjoy their drinks... to the point where we had to take Zman's sprite away from him :)

And we wait for our food.

 

We finally get our food...

And right when I finished mine (a chicken fijita salad... yummo!) Zachary tries to get out of the high chair and is pulling at his pants... like he usually does when he needs to go pee.

So, I grab him and go to feel his diaper to see if he had already peed or not...

And there is no diaper.

Yeah, did you get that?

 

Zman had been with out a diaper for 30 plus minutes.

 

Um, Hello Jennifer...

You really are blonde, aren't ya?

 

LOL.

So, needless to say... we were very very very lucky that Zman didn't have an accident... and we are very very lucky that he is already starting to potty train or he probably wouldn't have tried to tell me that he needed to go pee!!

Cause after I went and put the diaper on him... we came back to finish up our food and sign the check...

By the time we got back to the car to put him in... his diaper was wet!!

Yeah, I guess someone had to pee :)

~Pictures...~

So.

I haven't done an entry in a few days.

So sue Me :)

 

Nah.

Life has just been pretty busy.

I've been trying to be more active- as in walking... instead of being on the computer all the time...

So that is taking up some time.

 

The kids are great.

Being the biggest monsters you can imagine though today.

I just spent around 15mins trying to dig out Playdoh from Rowan's ear.

Yah.

Crazy girl.

I told her if it all doesn't come out by tomorrow... we'll be making a trip to the doctors.

That should be fun.

Not.

 

Anyways.

I wanted to share some pictures from the last two pool parties that we've been too.

Hope you enjoy them :)

Oh... Here is Rowan and her new hair... The picture is kind of dark... hope you can see it...

Aint she a doll?

And on to the pictures from swimming and what not...

Derek tossing Zman into the air... Can you tell my kids are the Rough-n-Tumble type?
(yes, Lisa. that is new ink on his arm... :) )

Rowan and her famous pose... I swear, HeidiKlum better watch out ;)

These next few pictures were taken yesterday at my In-laws...

We had a BBQ there and had tons of fun.  The kids played in the pool and the adults just lounged... it was very fun!

Zach-attack running around crazy.  The rest of the kids were playing some kind of 'football' game... and he was trying to be in the mix :)

After he had chased the kids around... Derek got into the pool with Rowan... He's giving her some loves :)

Rowan and her older cousins had been doing cheerleading stunts in the pool... This time, they really got her high in the air! She was having a blast!

Caught this smile after they dumped her a good one... lol. 

And of course, Zman had to get in on the swimming... but he did his in the spa.

After a long day of food, sun and fun... it was time for a nap.  I just wish he hadn't picked the dog bed ;)

Well, I hope people will actually be able to view these pictures... since no alerts are going out and all :X

I hope everyone had a great 3 day weekend... I'm off again tomorrow- only because I won't have a babysitter for my babes.

See you later!