Okay at the request of my mother I am posting a new post... She reminded me for the millionth time that I had not written anything new since August and if I was going to have a blog then I should probably do just that..BLOG...
We are currently in Montana for 2 weeks. Although I thought I was coming for fun and family it has turned into a business trip for both Aaron and I. He is working his job and also has 3 or 4 book signings for his recently released "Dream On" part 2 of the WJA series. I have 4 Scentsy parties and 2 craft fairs and if that wasn't enough it's the end of the month...My team is pushing me towards Superstar consultant! YEAH!
I must not look that busy though...already my dad enlisted me to work with him yesterday and most likely tomorrow too. Although I kinda feel like the grunt man. My dad and my brother get to sit on their behinds all day on the rider lawn mowers while I get to do all the trimming and run the blower...haha That's what you get when you haven't done "manual labor" in 7 years... So it's good to get a work-out and fresh air and even a little money.
The kids of course are having a grand time getting to play all day at grandma's. Soleil talks constantly about what she will do "when I turn 16" (shudder) Kale insists on turning any object into some sort of gun or weapon and runs around "shooting" everything and Klayton...my sweet baby just got his first 2 teeth and he is just a happy nice baby almost all the time.
So I do have a valid reason for not blogging constantly and I doubt it will get any easier... Family and work just keep getting busier, but I will try to do better...someday...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Oh! My! Where did it go?
Summer I mean... Seems I was just wishing it would come and now it's almost September! BUSY BUSY AUGUST! Aaron came back with a van load of kids for summer camp...so 2 weekends with a house full of my kids and a bunch of teenagers! Eating my food, making a mess....anyways =)
Then went to Scentsy convention in Salt Lake..."woot, woot" so fun! Over $250 in FREE stuff which who wouldn't want that! Had a most interesting embarrassing moment on the morning we were leaving. RAN...and I DO mean RAN...down to the first floor because someone was in the shower in our room and I had to GO NOW! We are talking no bra, hair a mess...went down BARELY made it....did my thing and said a quick prayer that I would not see anyone I knew on the way back up. So I even waited and was looking in the mirror that points down the hall before making a beeline for the elevators. All clear I stepped forward and in from outside steps my director's husband....who she calls McHottie (and for a very good reason!) Needless to say I almost died right there and then had to ride up 9 floors with him and THEN after making myself look like a person we all ate breakfast together as a team. Oh the agony...haha anyways it was embarrassing.
Then Aaron was home for 10 days which was just plain wonderful, but all good things must come to an end and he went back to Montana =(
So now just finishing up the month of August which family and business wise has been fantastic in every way! Even got a date night on Saturday...
Had quite an interesting Sunday school lesson. Was supposed to be on respecting your husband and his need to conquer and then turned into a 20 minute admonishment to have sex OFTEN... I mean he made us yell it! LOL... I'd say 6 out of 8 days is often wouldn't you so I giggled, turned a little red and asked Mr. Thomas if he wouldn't mind sending out a daily reminder e-mail to the class... hahaha At least I got a laugh even if Aaron wanted to bury me under the chair.
Klayton is currently on a nursing strike which is just plain no fun at all! He will nurse really well very early in the morning, again around noon and then from there until bed-time...a sip every few hours...he is cranky as all get out and so therefore I am as well! UGH! I try forcing him, bottle, other food...NOPE! Will not do it...I have been letting him have some water to keep him from dying...UGH! Let it end! Ok...SO that catches you up to present...sorry I've been so lazy for the 3 people that even read my blog...hahaha
Then went to Scentsy convention in Salt Lake..."woot, woot" so fun! Over $250 in FREE stuff which who wouldn't want that! Had a most interesting embarrassing moment on the morning we were leaving. RAN...and I DO mean RAN...down to the first floor because someone was in the shower in our room and I had to GO NOW! We are talking no bra, hair a mess...went down BARELY made it....did my thing and said a quick prayer that I would not see anyone I knew on the way back up. So I even waited and was looking in the mirror that points down the hall before making a beeline for the elevators. All clear I stepped forward and in from outside steps my director's husband....who she calls McHottie (and for a very good reason!) Needless to say I almost died right there and then had to ride up 9 floors with him and THEN after making myself look like a person we all ate breakfast together as a team. Oh the agony...haha anyways it was embarrassing.
Then Aaron was home for 10 days which was just plain wonderful, but all good things must come to an end and he went back to Montana =(
So now just finishing up the month of August which family and business wise has been fantastic in every way! Even got a date night on Saturday...
Had quite an interesting Sunday school lesson. Was supposed to be on respecting your husband and his need to conquer and then turned into a 20 minute admonishment to have sex OFTEN... I mean he made us yell it! LOL... I'd say 6 out of 8 days is often wouldn't you so I giggled, turned a little red and asked Mr. Thomas if he wouldn't mind sending out a daily reminder e-mail to the class... hahaha At least I got a laugh even if Aaron wanted to bury me under the chair.
Klayton is currently on a nursing strike which is just plain no fun at all! He will nurse really well very early in the morning, again around noon and then from there until bed-time...a sip every few hours...he is cranky as all get out and so therefore I am as well! UGH! I try forcing him, bottle, other food...NOPE! Will not do it...I have been letting him have some water to keep him from dying...UGH! Let it end! Ok...SO that catches you up to present...sorry I've been so lazy for the 3 people that even read my blog...hahaha
Thursday, August 6, 2009
August SCENTSY Clearance!
So it's that time...twice a year when Scentsy reveals what they are discontinuing... so here is the list... it's all 10% off and FREE shipping to the Boise or Missoula area...
You can call me...because I just love to chat with you anyways... or go to my web site to actually view the products. I am always looking for more fantastic people to join my team so if you know anyone, you tell them about it and they sign up YOU get $25 cash or $30 in FREE products... $99 to sign up and August is AWESOME because they get a TON of extra stuff!
Did I mention Scentsy convention is in just 6 days! WAHOO! I'll tell you all about it when I get home!
www.scentsy.com/karissa
GONE FOREVER after this month!
Discontinued Warmers
Bombay (DSW-BBAY)
Brownstone (DSW-BSTN)
Classic Chocolate (DSW-SCHO)
Dandy Plug-in Black (PSW-DBLK)
Dandy Plug-in Brown (PSW-DBRN)
Dandy Plug-in White (PSW-DWTE)
Dragonfly (DSW-DFLY)
Jakarta (DSW-JAKA)
Luminous (DSW-LUMI)
Patina (DSW-PATI)
Pressed Penny (DSW-PPEN)
Punched Tin (DSW-PTIN)
Raised Dot Black (DSW-DOTB)
Raised Dot Mocha (DSW-DOTM)
Raised Dot Turquoise (DSW-DOTT)
Retro Chic (DSW-RETR)
Shabby Chic (DSW-SHCH)
Weave Plug-in Black (PSW-WBLK)
Weave Plug-in Brown (PSW-WBRN)
Weave Plug-in White (PSW-WWTE)
Discontuned Scents
Blueberry Cheesecake (BBC)
Cashmere (CAS)
Eucalyptus (EUC)
Exotic Vanilla (EXV)
Falling Leaves (FAL)
Fresh Cut Cantaloupe (FCC)
Grapefruit Blossom (GFB)
Grapefruit Pomegranate (GFP)
Havana Cabana (HVC)
Hearth & Home (SOTM) (HNH)
Herb Garden (HBG)
Irish Cream (IRC)
Juicy Peach (JCP)
Leather (LEA) (Bars and Bricks)
Lemon Lavender (LMV)
Lots of Lavender (LOL)
Luxe Vanilla (LUX)
Meadow Pear (MDP)
Mediterranean Spa (MTS)
Mulberry Bush (MBB)
Mysterious (MYS)
Nutmeg & Orange Zest (NOZ)
Pomegranate Orange (PGO)
Red Delicious (RED)
Sandalwood & Cranberries (SWC)
Sangria (SNG)
Sheer Saffron (SOTM) (SHE)
Silk (SLK)
Spiced Orange Harvest (SOH)
Spruceberry (SPR)
Strawberry Sweetie (SBS)
Sweet Indulgence (SWI)
Sugar (SGR)
Sweet Tea Magnolia (SWT)
Tarocco Mint (SOTM) (TRM)
Tea Blossom (TEA)
Toasted Apple Butter (TAB)
Tuscan Garden (TUS)
Verbena Berry (VBY)
Wasabi Ginger (WSG)
Watermelon Patch (WMP)
You can call me...because I just love to chat with you anyways... or go to my web site to actually view the products. I am always looking for more fantastic people to join my team so if you know anyone, you tell them about it and they sign up YOU get $25 cash or $30 in FREE products... $99 to sign up and August is AWESOME because they get a TON of extra stuff!
Did I mention Scentsy convention is in just 6 days! WAHOO! I'll tell you all about it when I get home!
www.scentsy.com/karissa
GONE FOREVER after this month!
Discontinued Warmers
Bombay (DSW-BBAY)
Brownstone (DSW-BSTN)
Classic Chocolate (DSW-SCHO)
Dandy Plug-in Black (PSW-DBLK)
Dandy Plug-in Brown (PSW-DBRN)
Dandy Plug-in White (PSW-DWTE)
Dragonfly (DSW-DFLY)
Jakarta (DSW-JAKA)
Luminous (DSW-LUMI)
Patina (DSW-PATI)
Pressed Penny (DSW-PPEN)
Punched Tin (DSW-PTIN)
Raised Dot Black (DSW-DOTB)
Raised Dot Mocha (DSW-DOTM)
Raised Dot Turquoise (DSW-DOTT)
Retro Chic (DSW-RETR)
Shabby Chic (DSW-SHCH)
Weave Plug-in Black (PSW-WBLK)
Weave Plug-in Brown (PSW-WBRN)
Weave Plug-in White (PSW-WWTE)
Discontuned Scents
Blueberry Cheesecake (BBC)
Cashmere (CAS)
Eucalyptus (EUC)
Exotic Vanilla (EXV)
Falling Leaves (FAL)
Fresh Cut Cantaloupe (FCC)
Grapefruit Blossom (GFB)
Grapefruit Pomegranate (GFP)
Havana Cabana (HVC)
Hearth & Home (SOTM) (HNH)
Herb Garden (HBG)
Irish Cream (IRC)
Juicy Peach (JCP)
Leather (LEA) (Bars and Bricks)
Lemon Lavender (LMV)
Lots of Lavender (LOL)
Luxe Vanilla (LUX)
Meadow Pear (MDP)
Mediterranean Spa (MTS)
Mulberry Bush (MBB)
Mysterious (MYS)
Nutmeg & Orange Zest (NOZ)
Pomegranate Orange (PGO)
Red Delicious (RED)
Sandalwood & Cranberries (SWC)
Sangria (SNG)
Sheer Saffron (SOTM) (SHE)
Silk (SLK)
Spiced Orange Harvest (SOH)
Spruceberry (SPR)
Strawberry Sweetie (SBS)
Sweet Indulgence (SWI)
Sugar (SGR)
Sweet Tea Magnolia (SWT)
Tarocco Mint (SOTM) (TRM)
Tea Blossom (TEA)
Toasted Apple Butter (TAB)
Tuscan Garden (TUS)
Verbena Berry (VBY)
Wasabi Ginger (WSG)
Watermelon Patch (WMP)
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Where is my camera anyways? (and other random thoughts)
So yesterday was a really crazy, fun day...Maybe not by others standards or opinions of what fun is, but I am weird and I thought it was great.
Started the day off bright and early for a Saturday anyways. Got up at 6:45 threw on whatever matched and being pulling stuff onto our driveway for my BIG garage sale. By 7:30 a.m. my friend Sarah and her husband Jon had arrived, we had set everything up, signs were up and we were ready for the (we hoped) crowds of people.
...and come they did! Originally we were only going to have the sale until 1 p.m. but ended up going until 2p.m. Steady all day and at times CRAZY BUSY! All in all we raked in almost $800! I sold $375 in Scentsy alone at the garage sale. I will be doing that again for sure! $25 for an add = $775 profit! I think that's pretty darn good!
By the time we packed it all in which was only 1 or 2 big items and 2 boxes of small stuff...I was hot and tired. Took a quick shower and changed into my pj's for what ended up being the rest of the day!
After naps I filled up our turtle sand-box (which ironically has no sand in it) up with water and let the kids go crazy with the water and hose in the back yard. Kale's diaper must have weighed at least 15 pounds after all that and so like any weird mom I let him run around in the nude for a bit. I took a pic with my phone of this whole scene, but not sure how to go about getting it off and Aaron said it's too blurry anyways.
So you will just have to imagine a 4 year old girl running around in her most favorite pink and brown swim suit brandishing the hose at her brother whenever he tries to get near with his naked little butt showing of his tan lines from previous swim days where he of course was not nakie. All this while running and laughing and just generally having a blast until their mom ruined it all by calling "bath time"
But then again bath time means more water and consequently more water all over my bathroom...oh, well they are only little once and my floor got a much needed mopping in the process. Then snacks and and all kids were tucked in bed by 7:45p.m.!
So what did I do? The usual: check facebook, read blogs and the best part a HUGE bubble bath while watching "Monster-In-Law" and eating popcorn and occasionly texting...
And that my friends was a fabulous day to me.
Started the day off bright and early for a Saturday anyways. Got up at 6:45 threw on whatever matched and being pulling stuff onto our driveway for my BIG garage sale. By 7:30 a.m. my friend Sarah and her husband Jon had arrived, we had set everything up, signs were up and we were ready for the (we hoped) crowds of people.
...and come they did! Originally we were only going to have the sale until 1 p.m. but ended up going until 2p.m. Steady all day and at times CRAZY BUSY! All in all we raked in almost $800! I sold $375 in Scentsy alone at the garage sale. I will be doing that again for sure! $25 for an add = $775 profit! I think that's pretty darn good!
By the time we packed it all in which was only 1 or 2 big items and 2 boxes of small stuff...I was hot and tired. Took a quick shower and changed into my pj's for what ended up being the rest of the day!
After naps I filled up our turtle sand-box (which ironically has no sand in it) up with water and let the kids go crazy with the water and hose in the back yard. Kale's diaper must have weighed at least 15 pounds after all that and so like any weird mom I let him run around in the nude for a bit. I took a pic with my phone of this whole scene, but not sure how to go about getting it off and Aaron said it's too blurry anyways.
So you will just have to imagine a 4 year old girl running around in her most favorite pink and brown swim suit brandishing the hose at her brother whenever he tries to get near with his naked little butt showing of his tan lines from previous swim days where he of course was not nakie. All this while running and laughing and just generally having a blast until their mom ruined it all by calling "bath time"
But then again bath time means more water and consequently more water all over my bathroom...oh, well they are only little once and my floor got a much needed mopping in the process. Then snacks and and all kids were tucked in bed by 7:45p.m.!
So what did I do? The usual: check facebook, read blogs and the best part a HUGE bubble bath while watching "Monster-In-Law" and eating popcorn and occasionly texting...
And that my friends was a fabulous day to me.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Couponing
So I have heard for a year or so now about these CRAZY women...who clip millions of coupons, carry binders and get their groceries for pretty much free...Well...Thanks to my mother and a local lady who has a web site: www.athriftymom.com I am now one too...
I haven't exactly mastered it yet...I was just nervous asking for another ad at Albertson's today so I could do my 3 transactions all with double coupons. So I did and I didn't mess up and I got: 2 gallons of milk for 50 cents each, 2-32oz. containers of yogurt for 79 cents each and 8-8oz. bags of shredded cheese for 50 cents each! WAHOO!
Let the savings and obviously freezing begin...
I haven't exactly mastered it yet...I was just nervous asking for another ad at Albertson's today so I could do my 3 transactions all with double coupons. So I did and I didn't mess up and I got: 2 gallons of milk for 50 cents each, 2-32oz. containers of yogurt for 79 cents each and 8-8oz. bags of shredded cheese for 50 cents each! WAHOO!
Let the savings and obviously freezing begin...
Monday, July 20, 2009
Random Pictures of the Kids
Soleil at a park in Missoula...Kale in the car (pretty sure Soleil took that) and Klayton on the changing table...all of these places make my kids happy...no idea why.
Sometimes we all just need a good cry!
This post really has nothing much to do with Klayton...but this picture represents my feelings over the last few days...
So ever since Thursday night when I found out my dear friend Amber (and her family) are moving back to Minnesota, I have been 2 seconds from tears and have cried many times... I am sure she felt bad since she had only known for a couple of hours, but really ONE WEEK? That's all I get to adjust to this news? So as she is telling me I burst into tears right in the middle of Gymboree and proceeded to burst into tears several more times that evening.
Then Aaron gets home at 1 a.m. Friday morning and of course I am still up facebooking and then creating this blog. He knows immediately that something is wrong. We crawl into bed and I blubber like a baby about how much I am going to miss her and how shall my life go on. He tries to comfort me the best he can, but I sob and sob.
I do pretty well until Sunday the day Aaron always has to leave to go back to work in Montana (UGH!) Someone at church asks me how I am doing and poor un-suspecting woman sees me burst into tears again and cry about how Aaron is leaving. Of course Sunday afternoon just gets worse when he REALLY does leave...so I cry myself to sleep for a nap. Today is not much better...I realize he has to have a job, but WHY WHY WHY ... It has been more than 8 months and I honestly don't know how much longer I can make it... SO I am waiting and praying and seeking the Lord's guidance. Can I just have an answer Lord...I want/need/crave to be with my husband and weekend visitation rights just aren't cutting it.
I said all this to vent and YES I know it could be worse...he could be overseas in the war and for this I am thankful that he is here, he is safe...I just want him HOME...
Friday, July 17, 2009
Kids!
Do every just look at your kids and wonder "what are they thinking?" Take for instance this lovely shot of Soleil. She seems to think it is great fun to grab the camera when mommy is busy and take pictures of anything and everything. This includes about a million self-portrait shots including pics of her tonsils, ear, foot and any other part of her face she can get it close to. I have also found in looking through her photo "art" some rather interesting pictures of my butt, stomach and other non-flattering angles. Stay tuned for more of her work soon.
Kale always thinking up trouble and doing as boys do, getting into trouble and getting dirty...and learning new words "NO!" is what he shouts most often. One thing is for sure he is one determined little boy. He is for sure giving us a run for our money!
Klayton...sweet and laid back. The perfect baby to have as a surprise if you weren't planning another. Sleeps through the night, has since he was 2 months. I mean 8 - 9 or even 10 a.m.! How blessed am I? When we are sitting just the two of us on the little couch in his room...nursing and snuggling...it just doesn't get any better or more peaceful than that...of course until Kale bursts in...
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