Happy Birthday ZACHARY!

This day 10 YEARS (OMG I am soooo OLD) ago @ 3:08AM Zachary entered the world :-) With a head full of black hair and so so tiny. We celebrated Zachary's bday this past Sunday with family and friends. Today, I am going to school at lunch time and bringing an ice cream cake for Zachary's class, yummy! Then tonight I guess dinner will be all about Zachary's favorites, then off to soccer practice, then back home to have a little cake just for the 5 of us-well 4 Scott is pulling a double today,uggg! I will try to add some of Zachi's bday pics this weekend and maybe even get Scott to get the summer vacation pics off his camera to add also;)

Other Than Zachi's bday-there is just the same old same old going on right now, so I will not bore you. The only exciting thing is that I made bonus this month for PartyLite:) That is an extra 7% in sales for me, we need it BADLY!! If you are interested in PartyLite-GREAT sales going on this month to start your holiday shopping or just to decorate your home check out my website www.partylite.biz/SamanthaHimes

Well, last week I left off with forgetting my kid. Ahh what a day that was. Well our weekend came and went and we had an eventful weekend as soccer really begins for us!! Saturday as we all wanted to sleep, we had to be up all dressed and out the door and at the soccer field at 9:30 am. It was a beautiful day, finally not so hot and a nice breeze blowing. We sat and watched Zachary play soccer, cheered-he did very well they won 8-0!! Zachary almost scored!!

After his game was over we were off on an hour car ride to Ryan 's game, that the coach insist that they be there 45minutes before the game, WHY??? So we can sit in the nice but hot, when the sun beams on you, weather and get sunburned!!!!!! Facility stunk for being a higher league of soccer, no concession stand for drinks, not the best bathrooms for little ones. My take on having the concession...if we provide the concession and have to put in 10 VOLUNTEER hours per season for any team that plays us or at our fields so they can have concessions then we should get the same treatment in return, other teams and fields should also give back what they receive! I understand every ball club is different and each county has different standards for what they will build and provide for their school and parks etc... but how can a soccer club that requires a large amount of money to be paid for a child to play a higher level of soccer not provide the simplest of things like...water for the players????
SO the game began and ended after 5 grueling goals by the other team to our one! UGGGG Disappointing!! Ryan was disappointed b/c every time he had a run with the ball the coach wanted him to pass it off and then it went no where but to our goalie. Ryan is playing in a position that he has NEVER played, mid defense or defense. He is a forward but the coach has not figured it out yet. We get home about 4pm and then Scott is off to work, Zachary off to a birthday party and the rest of us... trying to sleep off the sun-OUCH!
Ryan had another soccer game this afternoon-phew, I had a PartyLite show booked for today (before I knew Ryan's schedule), so I was off selling the top of the line candles and home decor today, our easy money, 2 hours and I made $100. so far from today's show! Call me when you know when you want to book your home or catalog show-shameless plug! I only have 2 days left in October and 3 in November-GREAT gifts for the holidays!!! Want to become a consultant? Ask me anything you want to know!
Back to the game... I couldn't bear to see another loss like yesterday:-( I guess I should never go to games b/c today they TIED 2-2-HEY, it wasn't a loss!! Maybe next weekend we will WIN:-)
I hear that Scott was frustrated by the end of the game, no not because of the game but because of Madelyn-welcome to my world :-) She hurt her knee before she left for the game and whined and cried about it the ENTIRE time, hahah Scott was sooo embarrassed he said. He packed up and headed to the car and told Zachary to wait for Ryan, LOL!!

Our weekend was packed with soccer and sunburns- (I glow in the dark) and tomorrow is not relaxing either back to our busy school week. Ryan has soccer tomorrow night 6-7:30 and Zachary has curriculum night 6:30-7:30. So the plan...Drop off Ryan, head back towards home b/c our school is like a mile or so from our house and Ryan is a good 20mins from home. Go to curriculum night for a brief bit then head back to get Ryan and back home for showers any left over homework and then to bed! Wouldn't you know of all nights Scott is unavailable to help because he has to work a double.

I am done blabbing off to bed I go, nighty, night!

Crazy week Just won't STOP!!!

This week is only half way over, and with my week it should be over. I do not think I am winning MOM of the YEAR again this year. If you read my "Another Crazy Week" post you knew the week was off to a rough start. Well.... it seems that CRAZY may be the norm for this school year!
Tuesday- I had to be up, showered and out the door as soon as I dropped Ryan to the front of our neighborhood. Didn't I say I required SLEEP in an earlier blog? Yes, even after 3 kids one still a toddler I require SLEEP, and there is none to be had, at least for me. OK so I needed to be in Kannapolis at RCCC ( Rowan Cabarrus Community College) to take a writing test for this job that I want so bad with our school system. Remember I had to take a Career Rediness Test (Work-Keys), they gave me the wrong date and time etc... Anyways the lady called me Monday for me to be there Tues. so here I go 45mins away. Stop and Go traffic on I-85 as always but I do not know any other way to go. I get there do a practice session and take the test. The lady FINALLY has my scores from the Work Keys test I took the week prior and I scored at the highest level :-) I have a Gold Certificate coming :-) YEAHHH FOR ME!!!! I always knew I was smart just have no idea where it has gone at times. So that went off without a hitch. I get home and call the principal with my scores as she requested I do and NOTHING back from her at all. No return call, no letter saying they already hired for that position NOTHING, so what do I do? Try and call her back and talk directly with her? She is never available for calls, she in never in her office. I do not want to bug but I do not want to sit here and think this job is still up for grabs. Then I email the Human Resource person at CCS, like she requested and the response I get form her, "Thanks, but we need the original copy, Are you mailing it"? I wanted to SCREAM. I emailed my scored as soon as I got them and if I had known you were going to request the original copy, I would of stopped on my way home and let you make a copy of my original, UGGGG. I swear someone does not want me to have this job or maybe any job! With this human resource lady,once I finish what she says I have to do I let her know it is done and then all of a sudden there is something I am lacking or they needed yesterday or whatever. She is not very open when I ask her where I stand now with being "Highly Qualified", what I need to do to be qualified. I just want to reach out and slap her. After that the rest of the day was ok I guess.
Wed. yep today, here is my mom award...I had to be up, dresses and out of the house by 7:05 this morning- I was up ontime and moving. I took Zachary with me to school b/c I had to substitute today for a 5th grade class, just the morning. I had to leave Ryan and hope that Scott woke and had him to the bus stop by 7:35. Oh he did have him there.... at 7:25, 10minutes early-the kids for the elemenatry bus had not even been picked up yet. Scott just dropped him and came back home, UGGGG I don't leave him there unless there are other kids there waiting and not until 7:35. So he had to wait like 20 minutes this morning for the bus-I felt bad b/c that was double what I have him do.
So I am back home by 11am, greeted by Madelyn, still in her pj's and hair way out of control, sitting at the table having BREAKFAST! "Daddy didn't bring me to play school"! I had to remind her again that when I go to work ALL THE TIME then she will go to playschool-uggggg!
The day goes on as always and I noticed that Zachary wasn't home at his normal time, I go to pick up the phone to see if his bus had called in with any problems and as I started to dial there he was walking home just about in our yard.
By now I have a killer headache and stomach ache out of the blue with sweats. GREAT now I am coming down with something. So I take some Tylenol and lay down as Madelyn is watching TV- good day for it, and coloring, playing cars etc...now I am falling asleep a little bit after my 4th trip to the bathroom, UGGGGG, but kind of awake hearing all that is going on noticing the time and thinking Ryan should be home soon- 10minutes later, wondering why Ryan isn't home and another 10minutes thinking he has never been this late this school year and another 10minutes, I JUMP UP and say OHHH *&^%!!! I am suppose to pick up Ryan from his Beta Club meeting--- 17 MINUTES AGO!!!!! Zachary, grab Madelyn-who had now fallen asleep on the couch. Grabbed the keys and out the door, I made it to his school in record time;-) He had since called me 4 times and Scott at work, who proceeded to call and leave me over dramatic messages, making me feel even better about my lack there of Mom role this week. I apologized up and down to Ryan, got home Ryan grabbed a snack, I called Scott, Ryan got ready for soccer practice and right back out the door to 1 & 1/2 hours of soccer practice. So dinner- Subway in the car on the way home, baths-who cares tonight, Ryan homework and study quick, everyone to bed before Daddy comes home and makes his comments about kids being up late and being cranky the next day yadda yadda, as if he could do it any better or would even try!! OK AMY- I thought you said it my week could only get better??????
Now the stress has gotten to me, just by typing this up and I have to go to bed-Night!

Another crazy week...

So last week was as crazy as the first week but we are all settling and getting use to getting up early due to school starting. Then, lastnight I couldn't sleep,uggggg, I hate those nights b/c I kept looking at the clock and it was 1am, 2am, finally I fell asleep and here comes Madelyn about 4:30-uggg I have to be up in 2 hours. Needless to say the alarm clock goes off at 6:30 am and what did I do... turned it off like I always do and then all of a sudden I hear someone else come into my room I wake and it is Zachary, I look at the clock and it is 7:15, AHHHHHHHH! We have to catch the bus in 7mins!! Good thing he got up when his alarm clock went off and is pretty self sufficient, he is ready to go. Although as I am walking down stairs Ryan is coming upstairs NO SHOWER, NOT DRESSED and his bus will be here in about 20mins, again...AHHHHH!! So I speed Zachi to the front of the development, wait on the bus and back I come to get Ryan and bring him to the front. What makes me mad about Ryan is that I said everyone up when the alarm clock goes off. Ryan's excuse-Zachary didn't wake me up-THEY ARE IN THE SAME DAMN ROOM!! So needless to say I am knocking on the bathroom door giving Ryan a countdown to departure- because we literally have to FLY to the front this a.m. for all the extra minutes Ryan is needing. Yes partially my fault I over slept, however, Ryan doens't like to do what is asked of him lately,UGGGG, which is why he didn't get up with to start with! Plus if a 9 year old can get up and get moving the 12 year old should be doing that also, right?
OK that is my Monday I am hoping for a better start Tues-Friday:-)

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OK Amy- I have put some pics on. Now tell me how you got your pictures to scroll through like a slide show???