There have been so many times lately that I've thought about blogging, but thinking about it and actually sitting down to do it are two totally different things. While we were in Texas for Christmas my sweet daughter accidentally spilled water on my MacBook so I've been mainly been using my phone for everything since. Phones aren't ideal for blogging especially when you're like me and really can't even stand to send text messages. Most of what I type ends up being autocorrected into something way different than what it was supposed to be!!
So this year my New Years Resolution was the finish every list that I make. Brent makes fun of me because I make a list for everything. Every morning when I wake up, I make a list of things that I want to accomplish that day. As of yesterday I've already failed my resolution! I think sometimes I put too much on my daily lists because I usually accomplish a lot, but never all of it. I don't know why I like to make lists, I normally don't actually stick to them. Like today, one of my tasks was to clean out Blake's closet and dresser drawers and then tomorrow I was going to do Ava's. After I finished Blake's I decided to just go ahead and do Ava's. They have really organized rooms right now, but I have an incomplete list!!
Earlier I took the kids to the beach. Yesterday afternoon after Brent woke up (he worked a 31 hour shift the day/night/part of the morning before) we told the kids that we would find something fun to do. With Brent's schedule right now we don't see a whole lot of him. He goes to work around 5:30 in the morning one day then gets home the next morning or afternoon, sleeps a few hours, spends the rest of the day with us then starts it over the next day. So anyway, we were going to take the kids to the beach, but Ava fell asleep in the car. Instead of waking her up we decided she needed to rest so we ran a few errands and then went home. When she realized we were home, it was dark and we didn't do anything "fun" her heart was broken. So today we woke up, had breakfast, worked on my "list" then went to the beach. Ava insisted on wearing her swimsuit under her clothes. She really wanted to just wear her swimsuit, but since we had errands to run afterwards that wasn't a good idea! I was really surprised by how many people were at the beach. It's early January and there were lots of cars in the parking lot! I guess maybe I'm used to going during the week while other people are at work and school, but we're normally one of three or four cars in the parking lot. I could tell who the tourist were because they were IN the water! Ava and I walked close enough for a wave to hit our feet and it was FREEZING! We had a lot of fun until I noticed that the kids were starting to get red and I didn't even consider taking sunscreen with us. Who thinks of taking sunscreen to the beach in January? Not me! I love living here! Pretty much every day I thank God for giving us the opportunity to live in such an awesome place.I'm sad that we only have 2.5 years left before we have to move again!
Gracie is SO whiny today! She seems very anxious about something. She whines to go outside, but when I open the door for her she changes her mind. I think she's getting ready to have puppies, I just hope it happens while Brent's home. I can't see myself handling that situation very well! I'm kind of concerned about what kind of puppies she might have. I was thinking full blooded lab, but her belly isn't as big as I imagined it would be. She's definitely MUCH bigger though... so big that she gets stuck underneath our bed!! She used to go under there to take a nap away from the kids, but last time she attempted it I had to pull her out! She's having a hard time jumping onto the bed too! I don't know what I'm going to do with puppies. What if I'm picky about who takes them and we end up with ten dogs? Ava thinks we should keep one to be "her" dog since Gracie is her daddy's dog. I really don't want to go through the house training/chewing stage again so she's probably going to end up disappointed!
I have a lot more I could blog about, but this dog is demanding my undivided attention!! Goodnight!
