Sometimes...

There are things in the universe that does work in your favor.

Let me explain.

I had been kinda stressing about how I'm going to work our budget and have spending money for Disneyland....

I had come to the conclusion that things were going to be SUPER tight until we got home from there... Not a big deal.  But it was just something that had been weighing on my mind.

 

So, yesterday afternoon, I go and check my mail.  I hadn't checked it all week long... 'cause I hate checking it.  Because nothing good comes in the mail, right?

Well, yesterday, all that changed!

 

I got a notice from my mortgage company stating that our mortgage was going down (YAY!!) and as I open up the rest of the paper work, I notice there is a check attached!!

A Check!!

Oh my god. 

I couldn't have been happier!!

The check is a very nice amount... Let me tell you...

And I couldn't be happier because now I don't have to worry about taking more money out of our pockets... I still have to take a bit, but not as much as I planned!!

Ah, sometimes, the universe does work for you...

:)

Only 18 more days!!

Proud

Okay, so I'm a pretty Proud of my Big Boy today...

 

This morning, while getting Zachary dressed, he refused to wear his Pull-Ups.  I know, why be proud of that?  Well, he refused because he wanted to wear his big boy "Cars" Undies.

He kept saying "Undies" over and over...

He was so insistant that I couldn't say No.  Now, I don't normally let him wear his Big Boy Undies when we go out and do errands for a long period of time... only at home or just something quick... like a car ride to my parents or something.

Well, today, we were going to my parents house and then to their neighbors for a birthday party...

 

Anyways, to make a long story a bit shorter than it would have been...

Zach has been wearing Big Boy Undies all day long with out an Accident!!!

I'm so proud of him...

He has told someone (be it me or my parents) when he had to go to the bathroom all day today.

He even napped in his Big Boy Undies for over an hour with out having an accident...

Then, while we went to Target, he told me he had to go Pee and Stinkies!  I was so proud of him that I bought him some new Big Boy Undies, just like his Daddy.  Boxer Briefs... they are the cutest thing!! (if little boy undies can be cute... lol)

I know, this might not be exciting to some people, but to me it is... It means that Diapers will no longer have to be bought and my Son is getting to be a Big Boy!!

Okay, so I just had to share that...

You can return to your regularly scheduled programs now... haha

Getting Excited!!

Only 24 more days until we leave for Disneyland...

 

May 6th can't come quick enough... Although, I wish we had a little more time to save up some more money.  Shoot, we haven't saved any yet... lol.

Derek is working MAJOR OT in the next few weeks so we have some extra money to spend down there... in fact, I think I might have to use one of my whole checks as spending money... lol

Guess I should have planned more when it came to getting our tax returns back... lol

 

Anyways...

Enough about money worries!!

 

Disneyland is coming fast...

And I don't know who is more excited... Rowan or Me?  Every day we take a paper off the paper chain that we made to count down...

Or I just simply remind her of how many days...

She and I have also talked over many times of what we will be doing when we get there... where we will be having breakfast and who we are going to see and what rides we will go on...

haha

 

Ahhh... 24 days will go back so fast!!!

I can't wait ;)

I'm Leaving... On a Jet Plane...

Okay, so I'm not leaving on a jet plane.  Rather our Chevy Tahoe...

 

But in about an hour, the kids, hubby and I will be on our way to beautiful Pismo Beach California.

 

I promise to have fun and take plenty of pictures :)

 

Have a great week... See you Friday afternoon!!

 

xoxo,
~Jenn

So Excited!!

Okay, I know ya'll are probably getting pretty tired about me saying how excited I am to be going and do this and going and doing that...

Well, get over it 'cause I have one more new thing to be excited about... lol ;)

 

Today, I got an email from the HP Pavillion (it is an arena in San Jose) ticket master saying that there was a pre-sale of tickets for "Disney High School Musical: The Ice Tour".

I don't know about any one else... but my daughter loves that movie!  She has a CD with the songs... can watch the movie five times in a row (YES! She has done it!)...

I know the Ice Tour won't have the same people as the movie, but I know she'll enjoy the music and the skating...

So yes, I went online and bought tickets... We are in the VIP section, in the 6th row!!!  I'm so flippin' stoked!  I got tickets for Rowan, Derek and myself... Little Man Zach wouldn't appreciate it like Rowan would... Plus, sometimes, it is nice to do things with just one of them at a time!!

So, now I have a new countdown... lol... October 27th!!  Yeah, it is a ways away, but I know it will be fun!!

This Time Next Week....

I'll be in beautiful Pismo Beach, in a trailer on the Oceano Dunes...

Oh man...

I can't stinkin' wait!!

Until then, I'll be a busy bee with all I have to do!!

Thankfully, I'm sure the week will fly by....

Ah, Pismo, I'll see you in 7 days :)

::sigh::

I don't know what is up with me the last few days, but I'm just not feeling like myself.

I'm hesitant to say that I'm "Down in the Dumps" when sometimes I can be happier than hell, but it just seems like I just have been "sighing" a bit more than usual lately... lol

I really think that I have so much going on in my head... between our two trips, money and making sure we have enough for EVERYTHING, the kids, the house, and anything else that you can think of... I'm a bit overwhelmed.

Thankfully the kiddos are my (mostly) saving grace lately.  Zachary is blooming more and more every day.  He is coming up with new words and doing new things that make me smile daily!

The other night, Rowan and I came home from her gymnastics class and shopping and he was waiting at our storm/screen door, sitting on a stool, watching for us.  He ran outside and said, "Mommy, YAY!!" and came running up to give me a hug.  My heart just melted... and melted even more when he said, "RoRo, YAY!!".  haha.  I guess he loves his sissy too :)

Then later that night, Derek had pushed in our big bean bag (it is a huge bean bag from LoveSac) and Zach goes, "Yay! Bean Bag!" and runs and jumps onto it.  Then he proceeds to tell me - in his baby voice and words - "Dada Push. Push".  But his "Push" sound more like, um, "Puss".  LMAO!  So it sounded like he was saying, "Dada Puss" instead of "Dada Push".  haha.

And of course my Rowan is becoming such a little lady.  She is excelling by leaps and bounds in gymnastics.  It makes me so proud to watch her.

She is getting ready for kindergarten too.  We have enrolled her in the local elementary and they put on a program for their incoming kindergardners, to get them ready for school.  It is a really good program, every Thursday for 6 weeks.

The only thing I'm having a problem with her lately is her attitude.  She thinks she is going on 15 instead of being 5... ugh.  It's a bit rough... but I'm sure we'll get back to normal soon enough :)

 

We have 10 more days of being home and then we'll be leaving for our Pismo trip.  Next week is going to go by quickly between getting everything ready for our trip, work, Zach's 2 year check up and getting the kids' hair cuts.

I've been checking the weather every day through weather.com to see what we should be expecting weather wise down there.  So far, it looks good.  I just hope it doesn't rain... and if it does, I hope it doesn't last too long!!

I can't wait though.  I think I need a break from reality.  Ha!  Being in a trailer on the beach, 100 yards away from the ocean, with my kids and husband, a good book and the sun... Oh, I can't wait!!

Yet, secretly (guess not so secretly if I'm telling you all) I'm really wanting it to be May... I can't wait to go to Disneyland and see my kids there!!!

Okay, enough rambling... I know I need to get my butt going ::sigh::  Have a great day, ya'll.