So, as of tomorrow I've been married eight years to the man standing next to me in this picture. Its really rather hard to believe its been eight years but then again, our little one is six. Time flies when you are having fun and yes, even though the ride thus far has been fun I have to say that we've been through a lot in eight years times. Not to mention, this is the longest relationship I've ever had..the relationship before this one lasted three years.

We've been broke, kinda broke, moved(numerous times), one or both or all three of us have been sick..Just last year we had the flu run through the house..Yeah, that was a fun month...NOT! We also made it through me being sick just after my c-section mostly on our own with a little bit of help from our daughters god father, we've lived through the little one having strep throat and her being diagonsed with ashtma(she hasn't had an attack in a little over a year by the way), the hubby having pnuomia, and me having an ear infection. I can't even begin to scratch the surface on everything we've been through in eight years but its a whole lot. Some of is is just BS drama and other stuff is people generally getting sick and all of us being miserable. I even took a tumble down the stairs at one point and hurt my foot...yeah, that was fun! I was basically outta comission for a few days because I couldn't walk.. That was odd for me really, because I'm not used to being the one getting hurt. We've also seen people in our life come and go..some people we've stood by and other people well, we've had our issues with..a few people we still have our issues with but we still stand strong.

"People who are meant to be together...will find a way"..this comes a show that the hubby and I love called "Once upon a time" and it does hold true..We had a crush on each other for years before were even 'offical' or even went on a date. We found a way to be together and even after we got together and people tried to butt into our business too much....we moved..and found a way to get our private time and our space without people butting in.

Not everyday is happy...somedays I want to hurt my husband but at the end of the day..I put up with his crap and he puts up with mine. Sometimes one of us is stubborn and not listening and it takes a bit to wake the person up but so be it..no relationship is perfect... no relationship ever is perfect because we all have our own flaws and quirks that can sometimes get on our partners nerves...but those minutes of hating each other just means that we care. If we don't care about the people in our lives then why do we allow them to drive us crazy? If someone drives you crazy...both good and bad..well, that just means you love 'em. I have a few single friends who seem to think it's easy and simple to keep things going...well, its not..its complicated..sometimes you mesh, sometimes you don't see eye to eye, sometimes you end up at each others throats just because life is too stressful..but hey, at least you still have passion in your hearts enough to fight with each other..

In short, Even though he drives me crazy on certain days..I can't picture my life without him..even his annoying habits I couldn't go through a day without...and I'm pretty certain he can say the same..nothings perfect but I'm glad I've got him. If only everyone could understand that nothing is ever perfect...maybe more people could find their prince charmings. It may not be the standard 'happily ever after' but it's my 'happily ever after'..thats all that matters.

So, last night my husband was exhausted and went to bed early. I ended up watching "Castle" then I stumbled onto this marathon on Lifetime(Yes, I know) called "Dance Moms" seeing as how I spent most of my childhood and teen years in a dance studio I figured I'd watch to see what it was all about. Mind you, I was watching last night and the entire time I kept thinking 'this is staged..It HAS to be staged'. The owner of the studio Abbey Lane is called a 'Dance coach'...She's about 300 pounds and she basically watches over the girls while they work with a choreographer who actually comes up with the dances and teaches them the dances while the owner kinda just sits in the back of the studio and yells. In all the years I spent in a studio this never happened...The owner was always, always dancing herself teaching and choreographing herself and not hiring on 'help' to do the manual labor of the dancing. Also, the owner..Abbey was always dressed up and looking nice and manning the front. In one episode the owner goes to a compeition wearing a fur coat..SERIOUSLY! Again, in all my years dancing the owner of the studio would never dress fancy because well, they are more concerned with their girls and actually dancing themselves so of course, they don't dress fancy or try to look 'nice' with expensive jewlery 24/7.

Now, the show mostly focuses around the Mothers of these young girls..aka the stage mom's. I was shaking my head at these mom's behavor especially around their kids. Mind you, these girls are in the junior division of dancing which is about roughly 6 to 12 years old..I knew the compeitions were real because well, some of the stuff they were going to I was actually familiar with and knew they were for real dance compeitions. Anyways, in one episode the owner says that all the moms are in charge of the costumes for 'this weeks numbers' which well, every girl got a solo. The lesson the teacher was trying to teach was that you don't have to be in a fancy outfit to be on stage. Most of these moms sucked it up and took the assigment..well, after some complaining and whining. This one mom didn't follow directions then she all pissy when the owner told her that her daughter couldn't wear that on the floor to perform..So yeah, the mom throws a fit complete with swearing infront of the kids and everything..storms off then tells her daughter that she can't perform because of the costume issue..Urgh! I mean serioulsy..half of these moms are unbelievable in general. They want to pay off the owner so that their daughters can be better solo's and whanot..which yeah, seriously..why not let your daughters talent speak for itself? You can't fake dancing talent and mind you, these girls are really talented for their age. Anyways, the other thing I found as odd was that the owner had them work up this chart in order to get their solo's for the week. It never worked that way in any studio I was in! Let alone the fact that they were changing up routines once a week too..Again, that never happened in any studio I was in..In short, there was a lot about the show that left me thinking 'this has to be stage but the compeitions for sure are real'. It was just strange that they interviewed the parents who are complaining abou the other parents and the other girls getting more attention and yadda, yadda, yadda, insert vain problems here and then they cut to the little girls who are so innocent and just want to dance and have fun getting along with each other(the kids of the parents). Again..leading me to think it had to be staged and scripted.

Oh well, I eventually had to turn off this train wreck even though I didn't want to. I was enjoying watching the dancing and hearing the young girls discuss their love of dance and desire to dance but I was turned off by the stage mom's..Anyways, I woke up this morning and started doing some digging and I found out that the studio is infact..REAL! The owner Abby is REAL and was infact, once a dancer herself. I even found the studio website complete with class list and how to apply to get into the company. I then dug deeper and found out if there was anything online to where it was staged and scripted...It had to be after all. Well, I was disgusted to learn that from what I found online there was no scripting and these are real people and a real studio. I also found out that this show is a hot topic among dance teachers and parents of dancers..obviously! The owner/coach is very, very harsh on the kids which again, never happened in any studio I was in. Her training methods are under fire by the dance community which it should be. Young kids should not be treated and taught that way..Yes, certain parts they showed were really real about the dance world..Its not just about how you move and dance its also about how you look, carry yourself and your mannerisms...the way these girls parents were acting would well..cost these young girls jobs. In one episode one girl does lose a position at another studio because of her mothers mouth. Yes, the dance world is compeitive but at the leve these young girls are at they shouldn't be having the 'tough love' of the industry just yet..they are still young and not even in high school. I would never send my daughter to a school that worked under such a negitive manner of teacher. You can learn discipline without having someone yelling at you and being told 'if you mess this up then you owe me!'. One article I read this morning was interesting because it was basically stating that no one ever follows around the 'good' stage parent because well, they are boring after all and kind of sit quietly while their child is in classes..

All in all after watching this show I am just thankful that I did get sent to good dance schools where it was a great enviroment to learn..Yes, for a while I did want to be a dance teacher but seriously, I wouldn't have been one of these dance teachers that is hard on their students and constantly coming down onto them..Even over last summer when I was trying to teach my oldest ballet I was in no way like the owner of this studio..People who can't teach children with patience shouldn't be teachers..I'm sure I may get sucked into this show again but for now thats my two cents..

 I realize it's been an extended amount of time since I even wrote a blog so I figured that I should at least write something down...

  So far, this month has been okay..it could be going a lot better but its not too bad for the most part. The most drama we've had in this house as of the past week is our dishwasher being broken. It was working fine then one night it just stopped draining and the water wasn't getting hot anymore. We tried and tried to get it to do something for an entire day and when nothing worked we kinda gave up. The only issue now is that we aren't sure if its a plumbing issue or a problem with the actually dishwashing unit. We think there's a possibly that the compression unit has finally gone sour. When the last techs were out here installing the dishwasher they said that the compression until would go sour very soon since it was about as old as the house. So, yeah..for right now its up in the air on if the issue is going to be handled by Sears or by the plumber. Right now, we are waiting for a call back from Sears..and well, when the hubby called the plumbing company at 10pm on a Saturday night(yes, the service is 24 hours a day) the woman who answered sounded half asleep or drunk or high..so, we're not even sure if the advice from the lady is even liable..so, we may have to call them back and ask again when its not a weekend night.

At any rate, seeing as how the dishwasher broke..The hubby took it upon himself to clean up the kitchen on Saturday night while I slept. I was rather confused when I walked downstairs that morning and saw that the kitchen was neat and tidy and everything had its place. Of course, this was kind of confusing to me because I didn't know where everything was and I hadn't had any coffee yet but well, I ended up being able to locate what I needed..Of course, as Sunday went by and I cooked and baked we kind of went through the kitchen and tried to figure out what was accidently tossed out...As it turns out quite a bit ended up being thrown out in the cleaning process but as of today most of the stuff has been replaced.

In other news, the hubby is working on his next book. He has added another short story to the book at the last minute as of Saturday so he's working on putting the finishing touches on the book before it gets sent to production..and no, its not going to be a kids book this time around. Its going to be under his other name and obviously its going to be a collection of short stories plus his play. Once this one is done or well, while this book is getting finished he's going to work on finishing the second kids book then he'll probably take an extended break of sorts..

Speaking of breaks we are suppose to be going to Vegas in March for a little weekend vacation. We do plan on renewing our vows with Elvis too complete with us wearing silly costumes. I already got my Princess Leia costume in the mail which I still have to try on..The little one is getting a Wonder red costume in the mail soon as well..it'll be up to her if she wants to go as Wonder red or Puss in boots...Regardless, I think we are still on for the Vegas trip even though nothing has been booked just yet..

In even more news, the hubby's birthday is coming up within this week and he told me not to get him anything then of course at the last minute aka last night he decided that he did want a little something for his birthday. I did order him a little something and it'll be here before his birthday since I ordered the stuff via Amazon prime. Other then that, it works out rather well because on his birthday "Puss in boots" comes out and the little one will have her Wonder red outfit. Of course, the little ones big plans is to dress up like Wonder red and watch "Puss in boots" while singing Happy birthday to the hubby...go figure but at least she has big plans for his birthday.

At any rate, thats my ranting for now..Yes, I know its been long overdo..Until I update again...Hasta!

I’d like to take a moment and post a challenge to theFacebook community at large. Well, that is if you are over the age of 15 years of age. I’ve seen a lot of things on the Facebook community that just shouldn’t be going on.  We are adults after all and we should use the social network responsibly. Please, take a moment to read through what I call the Facebook sins and make the choice to not commit them and once you make the choice to not commit them pass the word on to your friends as well! Let’s stop of the madness on Facebook.

Point 1: Please do not repost any status that has to do with a cause unless you’ve actually researched the tiny paragraph that you are about to post. I’m not saying don’t support a cause..Go for it support a cause but posting one tiny paragraph isn’t going to change things especially when let’s say you post something about ‘its breast cancer awareness month’ in July when everyone knows that happens in October.  Be educated about what you post! We are adults after all and didn’t we learn in school to question and look things up when we aren’t sure about it. So before you repost something please, at least make sure that whatever awareness week or month you are trying to draw attention to is actually relevant and didn’t actually take place months and months ago or insome cases hasn’t even happened yet on that calendar year. If you aren’t educated then you really are just being rude to those people who are actually putting forth time and money to a cause. In fact, instead of posting thesestatuses about certain causes why not just find a cause and actually donate to it. The people who are really out there trying to make a different don’t post these copy and paste status messages once and be done with it they try to educate year round. I challenge you to find a cause, learn about it, donate to it and really put forth leg work and only try to educate about THAT one cause all year round.

Point 2: Promise to double check your own news stories that you are posting. The best example of this I have is the Jon Bon Jovi death hoax that happened in December. This story was easily proven false if you just dug a little deeper. Seriously, if you looked at the original story link it was written by a blogger which is not a real news source. Dig deeper and seriously, this is the internet and yes, there’s a ton of information at your fingertips but that doesn’t mean you should believe everything you read just because it’s on the internet and its dressed up all pretty to look like news. I would like to challenge you to use that education you’ve got and research things before you post them.If this would be done by more people certain rumors wouldn’t get spread around like wild fire on the social network.

Point 3: Speaking of rumors..We should all promise to not repost rumors as status messages. No, Facebook or whatever social site you are currently using isn’t going to start charging because someone said they would.Yes, this is the oldest social network scam ever!! You get bored and start a rumor and watch people panic. This point works well with point 2 because, if you do in fact check up on your stories you’d realize very quickly that what you are reading or hearing other people talk about is in fact just that…a rumor!

Point 4: Lets all promise not to go click happy on links. Please, use your adult mind and look at the link. A lot of these things areagain false or a scam or even worse a virus! Do you really think that your favorite store is going to give out 500 dollar gift cards to everyone on Facebook who registers? Think about it..How many people are on Facebook and howmany people could possibly register and how much money would that company have to be prepared to shell out..Let’s be realistic and think before you click. I’ve even seen certain links that do state in very tiny print that they have nothing to do with the actual store in question you just have to know how to read the fine print.

Point 5: Let’s all promise to at least try to use full and complete sentences I do understand that sometimes it just works better to use an internet abbreviation once in a while but let’s not try to make a complete sentence using internet shorthand.  It doesn’t make you look smart or even cute when you have an entire sentence written out that half the people can’t understand. Instead of saying U please, just simply spell out you. Its two extra letters to type out and it shouldn’t be that big of a deal. If you don’t take the time to actually put thought in your status and actually type all the words out properly then why should I take the time to comment?

Those are MY five important points that we as adults should commit to not do on Facebook…What are your points? Feel free to add to my list…If you agree then pass on the word, share this blog and let’s get a movement going to stop some of the annoyances on Facebook. Stand up and don’t be Sheep people!Don’t just mindless do things just because..

 So, this week has been very boring because its been another week without a car. Yes, our friends car went back to the shop and long story short, the part didn't come in until Tuesday then due to an alarm system hang up the car took a little longer to get done then planned. It was literally mid-week when we got the call saying it was done then the hubby asked if they fixed the cars starting problem which they hadn't so he had them fix the starter issue just so that he wouldn't have to deal with the starter issue when we were barrowing his car..Yeah, that ended up costing another day of repairs and well, on Thursday the hubby didn't feel like going to pick it up..so, he picked it up today on Friday..All in all though we have managed pretty well without a car. We've also been just getting by because of the grocery delievery that we've been using..

 Basically, its been a rather boring week..plus the hubby still has a pulled muscle in his chest from when he had to use the cane. He's spent most of the week sleeping on the couch..Well, okay there was a few days here and there where he did try to come to bed but that didn't pan out too well. In short, we're all getting a bit stir crazy and we're all ready to get out of the house. We have a list a mile long of stuff to get done and this is getting pretty insane and out of control. We also have some of the hubby's books that need to get sent out to people as well..Needless to say we're all pretty happy with the fact that we're going to be exchanging cars back tomorrow..Yay! Oh well, the working plan for tomorrow is that we are going to use our friends car to go out to Target..Yes, the hubby hates driving that car but we do have chores to take care of at Target..Seriously, I'm sick of rewritting the list of things that we just can't get through grocery delievery.

Oh and in other news, we did find the title for the blue brick and it was able to be taken away today at the mechanic for a while we thought the title would never be found but at the last minute it was infact found and we were able to wash our hands of that car. We know now what type of play car we want to get and fix up..now its just a matter of saving up some money(after all these car issues) and purchasing another one that has only been living in Arizona within the valley so we can insure that we don't get a snow damaged car.

At any rate, thats my ranting for today..hopefully, next week will be more exciting..

 So..this week has been a bit maddening. Yes, our car got fixed but long story short, our friend who parked his car in our driveway while he was out of town ended up with a broken down car as well..This ended up turning into a week and a half adventure of how exactly we should fix the car issue. Mind you, he has to get to work and school so eventually after going through all of the options we decided that we'd help him pay for the repairs and while we wait for his car to get done(it should be done by Tuesday) we would lend him our car which is FINALLY legal and passed the emissions test. Sure, we have a list a mile long of things to do since the start of the year but hey, whats a few more days without a car. As it stands now we should be able to pick up his car by tomorrow.

On top of those two cars we ended up sending the blue stealth into the shop too just to get it checked out. The original estimate of work needing to be done was a 'doable' thing but after today when we heard how much damage the engine took while sitting out in the snow and weather in Illinois basically the car would cost WAY out of budget so now we have decided to junk it. The only problem with the junk it idea is that we lost the title..of course, we lost the title! We always lose track of the title so now..we want to junk it but we may have to pay for it to be towed back just so that we can junk it the second we find the title.

Anyways, Logan is on vacation from his work for now because well, its been a long couple of weeks. This morning he got an email from his publisher and his book has gotten "The gold seal of literary excellence". This is a big deal seeing as how only ten authors who work with the publishing company have gotten this seal. In short, it looks like his dream of being picked up by a REAL publisher should be happening shortly. He's been working on the second book in the series off and on for a couple of weeks now..it should be done before his birthday. Now that this honor has come about it's really a sure thing that he will get a publisher who wants to pay him for his third book..yay!

At any rate, thats my ranting for today...until I update again....Hasta!

 In typical tradition we HAVE to have something go wrong right before the new year hits. Some of the times its someone catching the flu(one year that happened), or Logan gets a horrible toothache and he spends the holiday in pain, or well..last year- we had a pet issue..aka all the fishes started to go kick the bucket and Logan had to make a quick trip to the pet shop while Gavii was in nap once we did an emergency tank cleaning. To continue on though this year has been no different at all. The day after Christmas the hubby was going to go and take care of the cars emissions test and then drop it off at an auto shop of some sort because it was pretty clear that something was wrong with it. The goal was to get it to start one last time, get it to pass the test and then get it fixed up once and for all. Clearly, that didn't pan out too well..the hubby went outside to start the car and of course it didn't start. This changed the entire plan for the day and as it turns out its changed the entire plans for the rest of the week.

Basically, once the car wouldn't start the hubby had to call our one friend and ask for a ride down to CVS to pick up a few odds and ends. I should have done a Safeway order incase this happened but seriously, we figured the car would start at least one more time...we were wrong. Thankfully, our friend didn't have to work until the afternoon and he was free to drive the hubby around the corner and hang out for a bit. Once all was said and done I had to look up some mechanics and long story short, I scored. I happened to find the mechanic that was located literally right next door to the emission testing place. Once we had the car towed off and the hubby talked to them he found out that they would fix the car and handle the emission test for us which was a great thing because that was a chore that the hubby really didn't want to deal with anyways.. Now, originally this was suppose to be done within a day but well, this whole emissions test is throwing the car off. They had to replace the battery and yadda, yadda, yadda and basically the car won't pass the test they have in the shop. After two or three days of them driving around the car and trying to figure out what the cars deal is they found it..today! Of course, it'll cost us an extra 400 dollars but it'll ensure that the car can pass the emissions test. After today, the car should be set and ready...we hope. The second it passes the test the mechanic is going to call us and give us the code for the stickers so we can order them ASAP. Yes, the other bad part here is that our plates expire the second we ring in the new year. The car should be fixed very, very soon because well, we're all getting a little ansy. It's one thing when your staying home by choice but its another thing when your forced to stay in the house because there's no other choice. Oh, the other maddening thing about this is that when the car broke down we had three cars on our property and long story short, none of them would start.

In other end of the year madness- the hubby made an appointment to replace the water heater. We agreed this upgrade had to happen soon so the hubby made an appointment. It was suppose to be set for January 9th BUT now thats cancelled until further notice. Apperently, everything that everyone wants to get to is within my closet and everyone keeps wanting to go in there which is where my clothes are and I'm very protective of my clothes. Anyways, I've had to order a wicker dresser for the bedroom so that I can move and rearrange a lot of the more expensive clothes into the wicker dresser. Mind you, I've been slowly rearranging and moving stuff into drawers just to make room but now, I'm kind of being forced into cleaning and arranging my clothes just so that I don't have to move stuff around everytime we have an a/c until check up or a heating check up. So....the wicker drawer I ordered will be here after the new year and the hubby has already agreed to put it together for me..so the second thats set up and things are rearranged we should be all good to go and I'll have a bit more room in my closet just in general..at least, thats my hope.

Also, we have so much leftover ham its insane. Apperently, a 10 pound ham is WAY too much for us. We had ham three days in a row for dinner and after a while we just had to take a break and order out for something other then ham but I do want to toss in that Christmas dinner was really yummy and we both did a good job working together to make the ham. We also ended up chopping up veggies and putting them in the bottom of the ham pan and the veggies were really wonderful because they were soaked in pineapple juice and everything else we covered the ham with..

Other then that the hubby's publisher is being really rather pushy as of late. The hubby has taken more then a few days off because well, as he puts it they are sucking the fun outta it and they keep not realizing or remembering that he's doing the job of more then one person. Giving someone two days to finish up 22 pages of text and artwork is a little bit insane especially when its just him working on it and there is no other artist doing the work plus him trying to do the publicity..Well, I've been trying to help out where I can. Anyways, as it stands his second book should be done by mid-week next week just in time for his week off...yay! Right now, he's just working on some simple drawings and scanning stuff in to submit to them.

At any rate, our New Years eve is going to be rather boring..The hubby plans on doing some drawings that day..we will hopefully have the car back by then and then well, on New years day our one friend gets back from Illinois so once he gets picked up from the airport I think he'll be hanging out here for a little while before he heads back to his house.

Oh well- thats my ranting for today..its been a rather eventful week but hopefully by the new year the car will be fixed and ready because we have a list a mile long of stuff that we need to get done and well, can't get done without a car. I always tend to forget how much the stuff piles up...This isn't the first year that we've had a 'to do list' for the start of the new year and this year the list is pretty extensive..Oh well, its not like everything has to be done all at the same time.

Anyways, thats my ranting...Until I update again...Hasta!

 So, this year we didn't really have a chance to do Christmas cards..with Logan's book being published so close to the end of the year we really didn't have the time to send anything out. Since we didn't have the time to send anything out I figured I'd take the chance to do the year in review on the blog since I know a lot of family and friends read it anyways..

This year has been kind of busy but kind of not. In March we celebrated seven years together and at the same point in time we had to say goodbye to our beloved fat cat William. He got very sick and he had to be taken to the emergency vet clinic..this is the same vet that saved Freak's life when he got really sick one year. As it turns out though he couldn't be saved and it was a very sad day for all in the house. We've explained death to Gavii but she clearly still misses him from time to time. 

Over the summer, our oldest daughter came out this way for two months. We had a pretty good trip overall. She got to go to the zoo(very, very early of course), she also got to see a monsoon. The last few times she's been out the big storms have hit after she went to bed at night. This year she got to see a storm up close and person. Also, over the summer one of our long time friends ended up moving out this way to go to school. He's become a fixture in the house overall..He's been over every Saturday since he started coming over in July. We also ended up purchasing a 'play' car in June. Yes, we haven't been able to do much with it but we do plan on fixing it up and making it look all pretty..Also, while our oldest daughter was out visiting the hubby ended up breaking the backdoor which is glass. It was a complete accident but glass got all over the place. It was a very long night but the following day the backdoor was fixed up and even insured this time!

This year I've also taken up baking and cooking. It was a slow process to start with but I'm getting better and even the hubby says I'm a natural. I've gone from simple breads into muffins, meatloaves, cheesecakes, coffee cakes and even caserolles..Needless to say I've been learning and learning quickly. Last year, when the hubby got sick I quickly realized that I really didn't know how to toss together quick food other then grilled cheese so I started the project on my own and it's going really well and now I can basically cook alone without the hubby watching over and keeping an eye on what I'm doing.

Also, this year we made the choice to pull the little one out of school for the year. She tested badly and they put her into a class that was well below her. We've had her home for about seven months and we've quickly seen exactly as we thought..she CAN do a lot of what they said she couldn't do when she tested into kindergarden. We did start her a year early then expected too so she really wasn't on the top of her game and well, we were tearing her in between two different programs too for a while which was putting a lot of stress on her and she was getting sick a lot too due to being around different kids and whatnot..She did just celebrate her sixth birthday so now we are looking into schools and options for the new year and looking at getting her tested into a school at some point within the new year..

Obviously, The hubby has been published! It only took three years after all..I'm glad he finally did find someone to publish him..for a while he just kind of gave up the project and put it down figuring there was no hope. Yes, the publishing company is pushy but well, he isn't stuck with them forever so it's only a matter of time until he gets cut free and another company comes along and wants to pick him up. We've been going above and beyond what the publisher is suggesting for 'word of mouth'..so hopefully, things will keep going and the wheels will keep turning.

In this new year, we're excited to get the little one tested into a good school..We MAY give the public school one last try but we are still very iffy on that. We also want to do a few home improvement projects like add an island with an oven installed in it and maybe add some storage here and there within the kitchen.

 I know many of you have already heard that my husband's first childrens book is now on the shelf and available online. It's been a long two weeks while we waited for the book to go live and well, it's only taken him three years to finally get the book published. Yes, he wrote the book when the little one in the house was three and now she's six. Who knew that her first sentence would end up coming together into a book that would eventually end up getting published.

This will be the first of many books too- Logan is already working on the second one and the third one already has a rough draft. If all pans out well he should be able to take a much deserved long break once the third book is pushed out..Well, he's also trying to plan out at least a weeks break in January as well..

Anyways, for those of you who don't have the link to buy the book I figured I'd take the chance to post it on here as well seeing as how I know I have people subscribed to my blog that aren't on my FB account..so here's the link so you can get your own copy of the book: http://www.amazon.com/TOBEY-Zebra-Adventures-Yellow-Car/dp/1466906650/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324582664&sr=8-1

Well, thats been the big news in this house as of late. We got our copy in the mail yesterday and the little one was happy to hear the book again last night.

 So, yesterday was my little one's sixth birthday..Yep, she is now six now and can no longer count her age on one hand. We had a ton of fun idea's planned for her birthday but we ended up just hanging out at home and having a pretty low key day. Of course, none of her presents even showed up until that afternoon so we were kind of cutting it close on the gift end to say the least. So, that morning she of course wanted to open something but there was one gift under the tree which could have been for her birthday or Christmas but well, she decided she wanted it for her birthday. She opened it up and she was very happy with her stuffed dinosaur pillow pet. She got her normal breakfast and her normal smoothie then I made her some lobster aka monster ravoli for her lunch. After lunch the hubby gave her his gift which was a set of water colored paints, some brushes and some paper. She loved the gift! She got to painting and within an hour she had gone through the entire booklet of paper that the hubby had handed her. She also had me put three of her paintings upstairs in her room and then the hubby held on to one for himself so that we can frame it. Once she was done painting I took her upstairs and I hoped that her gifts would show up while she was up there..

Thankfully, her gifts did happen to show up while she was upstairs in her quiet playtime. I was able to sort the stuff out and wrap some for her birthday and then wrap the rest for Christmas. This year I didn't even show the hubby what I was picking up for her so he pretty much really happy with what I got..sure, it took a bit longer then normal to show up because they got backed up thanks to Black Friday madness online but oh well..it worked out for the best. So yeah, all in all her stuff wrapped but I still have to wrap the hubby's gifts..urgh! Of course, since we got rather distracted with the gifts we forgot to bake the cake.

Anyways, once Gavii was out of her quiet playtime the hubby was already working on dinner. She of course wanted to open up her presents but we told her that she had to wait until after dinner. So, she happily ate dinner and then we opened up some presents. She was very happy with the gifts that she got and infact, she ended up digging up a gift she got from last Christmas which she calls her walkie talkie. Once dinner was done she ended up tossing a bit of a fit because there was no cake but since she liked her gifts it really ended up not being that big of a deal. So..she didn't get her baja pizza for dinner last night but she can get it tonight..it's no big deal. Besides, I had no idea that the hubby was going to end up cooking. All in all she had a really good day and a whole lot of fun.

In other news, the hubby's book is in post production now and it should already be available for ordering but I haven't been sent a link yet..Hopefully soon someone will send me a link..I already checked on amazon.com today and it wasn't there but well, anytime within the next two weeks it should be there so I'm just gonna keep checking up on it until I see it there.

So yeah- I got the hubby's gifts at least in the house even if they aren't wrapped just yet..We also just got our ham this week too. We went a little overboard and got a 10 pound ham just so that we'll have leftovers. The little one really does enjoy ham in her eggs and we can put it in soup and whatnot as well..I'm still working on the trimmings though. I want baked yams for myself and the little one..maybe another green bean casserolle and then I'm thinking about making the pumpkin cheesecake again or maybe some coffee/cheesecake brownies..I haven't decided yet..Oh and the hubby ordered us some alligator..yes, you heard me right..alligator. He's going to make some pasta with some alligator on it and then deep fry some alligator dogs that he picked out as well. Long story short, we were suppose to go to the resturant locally that serves alligator for my birthday a few years ago. We never did get to go because the little one came down with strep throat..so the next best thing is to get the meat delievered and have the hubby cook it up which ever way he wants too. Of course, we are torn on when we should cook it..He's saying Christmas eve but typically Christmas eve dinner for us is Chinese food. I'm thinking we should do it for New Years just after the ham..I mean why not start out the year trying a new food? It sounds like a good plan to me at least.

As for tomorrow, it's going to be a slightly busy day. We have a grocery delievery coming because we need a whole lotta stuff and the hubby slept in today so we didn't get a chance to get outta the house. Our friend is also coming over for the last time on Saturday..at least for a few weeks because he's leaving for Illinois next week for the holiday's. The HOA has their annual meeting this Saturday which of course, with the hubby still trying to maintain his VP status he feels like we should go and make an apperence there at least..Once thats over the two boys have to take a look at the car because of course, our car has been acting kind of strange as of late. It's just having a hard time starting..Part of me thinks its due to the cold and us not going out too much but there could be another reason there. I know the car is due for a tune up shortly and yeah, we have to get it emission tested before the end of the year and we still have to get the title back which again is a trip to the MVD...hooray!

Anyways, hopefully we can at least get out to the Science Muesum or even the mall before the holidays hit and hopefully the car issues will get all fixed up and squared away soon as well..We've tried to get the stickers to expire NOT around the holidays but it's really just impossible since Arizona won't let you go and get your emissions done months in advance. The earliest they let you go and get tested I think is like a month out..which yeah, would still put the stickers expiring around the holidays..

At any rate, thats my ranting for today..Until I update again...Hasta!