September 21, 2008

Here are some wedding pictures..... I obviously couldn't post all of them, but the website where you can see all of them is http://www.eileens.photoreflect.com/...

I do have to say other than when Ryan was born, this had to be the best day of my life. I felt so beautiful and so loved. I have never felt like that before. I have never felt pressured to be married and not that I didn't want to be married, but I didn't feel that it was that big of a deal. Well, after being married, I have changed my mind. I think it makes a big impact on your relationship. You make promises and vows to each other that you never did before. I can't think of anyone else that I would wanted to be married to more than Mike. I hope that we grow old and grumpy together.

My cookie project

I could tell that at about 7:30, Ryan was getting pretty bored. So, I whipped out some cookies that I bought at the grocery store to see him I could occupy him for a while.

So, I baked the cookies then I whipped out the frosting and the sprinkles and me and Ryan went to it. He caught on pretty well, until he actually tried the frosting and sprinkles, then I kind of lost him. He spend more time eating and less time decorating.

So, even thought Ryan had frosting in his hair & all over his clothes and then he tracked it accross the carpet, he had fun. I think we were very successful. The cookies were YUMMY!!

My domestic project

So, we were given a couch a few years ago by some friends when we lived in Florida. They bought new couches and gave us their old ones, which was great because at the time we didn't have any. They were in okay condition when we got them but after being in storage for over a year, they got pretty banged up. Stains that I have no idea where tehy came from and since we have taken them out a month ago, they now have juice, ketchup and other mysterious stains. I was telling my mom that I wanted to get them cleaned and she suggested that I do it myself. So, I decided to take on the task. This included taking off the covers, washing them & doing some stain removing. Then my mom let me borrow her bissell "little green machine" to wash the arms and stuff that I obviously couldn't put in the washing machine.

Here are the before pictures....

Okay, here are the after pictures. I tried to take pictures the same pictures as the before ones...

I have to say that I am very proud of myself. I was really surprised w/the results. I don't think that it looks like the same couch. I've been feeling very domestic lately and this was my latest project.

Why are we always looking to money to solve our problems?

Why is this country so obsessed with money?

I swear, sometimes I feel like people in this Country are so concerened with money. The more money you have the better off that you are. For some reason your material possesions determine your status. I know that not everyone is like that, but I find myself striving for more money. I don't understand why this is exactly. I'm not about having the best car, clothes, jewelry etc etc. Somehow I find myself getting sucked into material crap. The other day I was upset and bitching (to myself) that I didn't have money for this, or for that (nothing specifically) and I had to catch myself. I found myself being envious of people with money. I thought "life would be so much simpler if I had unlimited money, if I never had to worry about money again". Then after thinking about it, I realized that that is not necessarily true. Money can buy material things, it can make you look better but it CANNOT solve your problems. At the end of the day MONEY CANNOT MAKE YOU HAPPIER.

I had to sit back and think of the things that made me happy and after I made my list I realized that money was not one of those things. Money couldn't buy me anything to make me happier either. Believe me, if I had more money, I would not be complaining. I just want to be able to give my son things that he wants without having to constantly look at my back account to determine if we have to money to buy it. Things are better for us then they were a year ago. Even though our progress may be slow, it is progress.

I have all of the things that make me happy, so why do I find myself wanting more? I guess that sometimes we all loose prospective on what is important and life and we have to remind ourselves of that. I'm sure every other human being in this world has the same concerns that I do. I don't need to be rich or drive a fancy car, but I want to be able to continue to provide for my family.

Sunglasses

I don't really have anything to post...

just some cute pictures of Ryan, in his sunglasses

Sunday mornings

Waking up by a little hand touching yours

Watching Cartoons

Drinking fresh brewed coffee

Eating bacon & eggs and drinking orange juice

It's the simple things in life that I cherish the most.....

I hope there are many more sunday mornings like this one

Shoe Fetish????

Ryan has a new obession...

SHOES.......

Yes, even my shoes.....

It's to the point where I have to hide the shoes. If I try to take them away from him or if he can't get them on, he has a fit. Then he goes running around with shoes that are too big for him and falls. It just turns into a big ordeal. I am sure that soon he will move on from shoes and have a new obession.....or who know, maybe he will have a shoe fetish for the rest of his life.

Adjusting

So, we moved out of my in-laws house about 3 weeks ago. It has been taking some getting used to. I have never lived in an apartment before, so I wasn't prepared for some of the cons that go with it. I think we are finally starting to settle down and make this apartment "our" apartment.

I think Ryan had the hardest time with the change. He is used to a backyard and a house to play in. He has his own room, with all of his toys and he wouldn't go in there very much. He would go and get his toys and bring them into the living room or into our room. So, I have been making an effort to bring him in there as much as possible. Instead of folding laudry in my room, I do it in his. I lay on his bed and just hang out while he plays. I showed him where all of his toys are and made them easily accesible to him. I always make sure there is enough light in there so he can play and at night I read stories to him on his bed. He has had no problem sleeping in there, but he didn't really feel that comfortable in there, I could tell.

So I was cleaning today and I went in his room and this is what I found.

It makes me feel like he is finaling starting to get used to it here. I just have to keep encouraging him into playing in his room. When he gets in trouble, I haven't been sending him to his room, because I dont want him to think of it as a place where he goes when he is bad.

The US of A

1. As we all know the US of A is known for allowing people to speak their mind and be who they are. That is the beauty of living in the country. You have the right to be with who you want to, practice any religion you want to and state your opinions. The thing I have a problem with is when people speak their mind but don't allow others to speak theirs.

Of course, one of the most controversial propostions was proposition 8. I read on the internet that more money was spent on this proposition than any other proposition (besides the abortion one WAAAYY back when) in history. I voted yesterday for what I BELIEVED in and what my OPINION was. Even though there are people who didn't vote the same way I did, I still respect their opinion. I was on MYSPACE (waa waa waa) today and one of my "friends" posted a bulletin like this "F*CK ALL THE RELIGIOUS WHITE TRASH REDNECKS WHO VOTED YES ON PROP 8". Now, I am not going to state how I voted (that is between me and only me) but I respect people and their opinions. Even though I may not agree with the way that people voted, I dont bash them and make assumptions that are not true. I found her comment really disturbing. It made me want to delete her from my friends list ( he he he) and not because I was offended but because I didn't want to be friends with someone who was so close-minded.

One of things that we need to learn in this country is tolerance. Tolerance for each other. There is no need to bash someone because they have a different point of view than you. That is one of the things that makes this a GREAT country, that we have many different people with many different points of view.