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I woke up this morning and I swear I feel like I'm in high school again. My face has about 10 zits and I have no idea where they all came from!

I think I might need to look at www.bestnightcreams.net and hook up with some of their creams!

Not only do I need something for the acne but since I'm aging I also realize that I'm getting smile lines around my eyes and I know it's just a matter of time before my whole face starts sagging!

Poor mama!

Mama needs some help!

Just a few weeks ago I noticed that 2 of my 10 stocks weren't doing so hot. In fact I almost died when I realized that I lost $2,000 in one day of a very bad stock market.

Now I'm looking to diversify my portfolio and invest in things that are more solid and have a positive history.

Gold bullion has always been a strong metal. In fact, I think it's time to buy gold bullion when I get my retirement match from work.

United States Gold Bureau is one of the biggest and most trusted distributors of the precious metal. They have been around for years and have a great reputation in the field of precious metals.

This is just the thing I was looking for.

God knows, I can't take too many more of those days where I lose $2,000!

A little exercise...

goes a long way!

That's why having a pull up bar in the new bathroom really isn't a bad idea. It would be out of the way of other household stuff and the kids really aren't spending much time in our bathroom/bedroom anyway!

Not to mention, we could probably do a handful of chinups each morning before we start our day. Not only would it work our arms but it would also help with starting our morning metabolism!

Potty girl.

Emmy is doing so good with the potty. In fact, she has been going once a day in the potty for the past week or so. The other night she stayed up late with us since she kept keeping Graem awake and at 10pm she said she had to go to the potty.

She sat there and nothing. Then both of us had to go to the potty and since one bathroom is down we moved her off the potty. Within 4 seconds she had peed on the floor.

Darn.

Mad reader...

Shawna's been a crazy reader lately! Over the past week she's finished off two books and as you know...those can get expensive!

Even with the Kindle and the pretty good discount for electronic books it can be a $20/week habit!

I guess it's better than buying the trashy magazines and recyling them at the end of the week or a carton of cigarettes. Really, there can be worse habits than reading?!?!

Not much longer...

and we'll be with family in Victoria! I'm really excited to travel and to see my brother and everyone.

Plus, just time away from work with the kids and Shawna....YAY!

Alex and Dom are also getting married so it was just meant to be that the weekends coincided and that we'd be on that part of the world during their special time.

Can't wait...the countdown begins!

This weekend..

we're pretty jammed packed already.

Shawna has to work Saturday til about 1pm. She will start at 9am and then hopefully get back in time.

Then L's going to come over and watch the kids and we're heading to the theatre and lunch with the Jasons! It should be a nice getaway and much needed.

The next on our list...

After we finish doing the outside of the house, the bathroom, and the basement...we're moving on to our master bedroom.

I would love to get some matouk linens and comforters. We purchased a comforter from them a few years ago and it not only looked good but wore very nicely too.

I think we're going to go with a nice light brown for the bedroom and I'd like to get a light creme/blue ensemble.

This will more than likely turn into a winter project when we have more time and money!

Is it Friday, yet?

Seroiusly it's been a friggin' long week. I'm exhausted. I feel like I work all of the time and it's not like we are even coming out ahead!

We still have to touch up the outside of the house this weekend and I still have an unfinished bathroom.

Damn...when can we have enough money where we can just hire these shit jobs out?

Gold please.

One thing that never loses it’s value is us silver coins! Even when our stocks are floundering you can always look to gold coins, and precious metals to maintain their value.

US Gold Bureau offers silver, gold, and other precious metals for delivery or they will make arrangements to have your metals stored privately and securely at a bank or depository.

I didn’t realize this but US Gold Bureau is an industry leader. They sell gold in two forms: coin or ingot. The world demand now exceeds the supply demand for gold - which makes it a pretty smart investment.

Especially with the economy doing so poorly and people losing all of their investments with the stock market!

The house to-do.

Outside:

Mailbox
2nd coat of paint
Mulch beds
Take down trampoline and bring inside outside toys
Extend deck
Cut down 3 trees

Inside:

Finish bathroom
Paint bedroom
Replace doors
Paint dining room
Knock down wall in kitchen
Paint kitchen
Re-floor kitchen
Paint garage entry way
Refloor garage entry way
Paint playroom and closet
Refloor playroom and closet

Now if we just had a third wife/husband that could do this on the side we'd be in good shape.

Bug strips.

SO I bought these bug strips in hopes that I would be able to catch all of the mosquitos are making me crazy.

I put one in the living room and one in the dining room.

Wouldn't you know it that the fattest mosquito just landed on one....

And just flew right away.

Damn.

Any good advise out there?

Mama needs some help!

Just a few weeks ago I noticed that 2 of my 10 stocks weren't doing so hot. In fact I almost died when I realized that I lost $2,000 in one day of a very bad stock market.

Now I'm looking to diversify my portfolio and invest in things that are more solid and have a positive history.

Gold bullion has always been a strong metal. In fact, I think it's time to buy gold bullion when I get my retirement match from work.

US Gold Bureau is one of the biggest and most trusted distributors of the precious metal. They have been around for years and have a great reputation in the field of precious metals.

This is just the thing I was looking for.

God knows, I can't take too many more of those days where I lose $2,000!

Monday again?

This morning I woke up early and went into work. I have so much on my plate right now and the only way I can stay ahead is putting in extra hours before and after work.

Of course, there's still the balancing act and it's pretty hard trying to figure out how to get everyone's needs met.

Including my own!

So tired.

This weekend we nailed out painting the house.

Yes, the whole house. Our friends came over and helped us do it and without them it would have been numerous fights and I'm guessing we probably wouldn't have even finished the front!

The house looks incredible and totally like a new house. It's amazing what a few coats of paint can accomplish!

Rain, rain, go away!

It rained all weekend. IN fact, that's all I remember is rain! It stopped long enough for us to have wine club Saturday but continued to rain through the night and into Sunday.

Maybe I can blame my demotivation on the rain...

To say the least...the bathroom is still unfinished and I am uninspired.

Next weekend we're having a painting party at 2pm and I'd love to be able to get the first coat up on the house!

Sorry second child.

The other night I was looking at photos of Graem and we were so good about capturing each month of her life!

My friend uses slide shows to capture her kid's growth each month and actually emails the link out to friends and family.

It's nice .. pictures, music, and even video!

I'm going to try and make a real effort to document this time because I know too well that it goes by so fast!

What did we do?

We moved back in March and since we've been here they busted up a druggie house down the road and a neighbor's car got stolen!

We're now in the market for good deadbolt locks that we can put on our back door and even our deck door!

Who would have known that you move into little town Ithaca and all hell breaks loose.

Maybe we should have stayed out in the country after alL!

Almost done?

We really don't have that much to do on the bathroom and I'm hoping in the next week or so that we'll be able to finish it up.

The tile work looks pretty good. Shawna gave up on using the little damn spacers and you can kind of tell.

We will probably start painting tonight and they do fixtures and radiant heating tomorrow.

I can't wait for this to be done!

A little PHilly Phun.

THis weekend we went to PHilly to visit Shawna's friends. I was like the dad and took the kids while the girls giggled and drank too much!

It was fun though. We spent most of the time in the pool and it was nice to be away from Ithaca!

The girls are getting so big and they're a lot of fun right now.

Of course, now it's Monday and I'm back at work.

When on when will I have another vacation?!