i am here

i am here. i am just going about my days. doing all the things a mommy of three children and two dogs does. yes, thats right--we now have 2 doggies. alex showed up home with a puppy. i wanna say that he, (his name is henry higgins williams by the way), is taking every calm moment in our lives and turning it to havoc. i will be straight and say i did not want this dog. nor did i agree to him. as a matterafact--i said NO, more than once. but alex figured he deserved him...needed him more than anything. he has obsessed over this dog for months, even while in Iraq. he sent me countless emails about him. he even photoshopped a picture of one into a pic i sent him of the kids. yes, the man is that crazy over dogs. i spent a week hating both of them, i assure you. but alex knows i am a sucker if not a lady with a big heart. and so i am falling for henry more each day. cmon though, most all pups are cute...so i lose the battle there. and he named him henry. our special name reserved for my st bernard that we cannot get yet. so...i am adapting to life with henry. he is about 9 1/2 weeks old...tiny and growing and all over the place...he knows how to sit and "go potty" outside. although he loves going potty inside as well. i dont have my photos of him yet on the computer, but when i do i will show some pictures of him. oh--he is a staffordshire bull terrier--hence my reservation in wanting him....he will be the buff little terror--i mean terrier--next to our sweet bassett buster.

the kids are successfully getting up and ready for school each day. only a few major/minor meltdowns so far. :) homework has been better, the kids know they must do homework in order to do anything else like play with neighbors or watch tv etc...and they for the most part, LIKE to do school work, so no problems there.

i am slowly working on some stampin' up! stuff. getting things in places i can use easily. alex moved me back down to the basement. its cold and a bit dark--but i have a lot of space and its good to create with all your supplies in one place. i am usually just getting a few minutes here and there to make a single card, or put stuff together for future projects. i am working a halloween treat box right now.

alex is busy back to work--very different here than in wa, but things are well for him now too.

its time to get some little kiddos up--ones about to leave and 2 more to get up and ready to go, i'm headed to return library books today and then the post office--i know SO exciting huh?

xoxo