Week 5 Sunday 24th to Saturday the 30th

Sunday, we had a wrestling tournament in Fernley Nevada.  Claira was lucky and had a friend ask if she could stay the whole day with them so she did not have to go with.  Dallen took first place.  It was another long long day.  We even had a little brother of one of our team members  get sick in the stands.  Oh that was a memory I will never forget.  I do not deal well with that kind of thing.  It started snowing about 2  but we still had another match and then you have to wait for them to announce the winners in your bracket  so we did not get out of there until almost 4.  So we headed home pretty quickly.

Monday, I worked  it was a long day, with lots of mail.  I came home that afternoon and started to work on cutting out  letters  for some posters. I knew I had a lot to do during the week and of course Dallen had his homework packet to do still ( which is due on Tuesday)  so I got a little stressed.   We got the packet done and I think 2 posters, before the night was through.

Tuesday, I woke up sick as could be.  Thankfully it was a short day, very light mail.  So I was able to come home at a decent time.  I came home and slept and slept.  The kids had achievement days and cub scouts that night.  I sat in the car and talked to Mindy while I waited for them.

Wednesday, I sooo wanted to call in sick but I knew that Teresa was relying on me to be there and there was no way Tabrina could come in so I went in.  I came home and made all my posters. That was a job, but then  I am a little anal  and can not have my name on stuff that has only been done half way decent.

Thursday, I  wanted to stay in bed but I knew that Tabrina was not coming in again so off I went. Teresa knew I felt horrible so she tried to help me and get me out of there as fast as she could.   I came home and started cutting out fleece tie blankets.  I needed to cut out 10 blankets by Sat morning.  I cut out as many as I could because  I still did not have all the fleece I needed in my possession.   We had wrestling that night so I headed out to wrestling.

Friday, Tabrina was finally able to come back to work but I figured it would be a really fast day  since all 3 of us would be working.  Good thing I did because Tabrina was still not feeling well and called the doctor and they told her to go into the emergency room.  So  I stayed and helped Teresa get the mail done.  I came home and cut as much fabric as I could before it was time to get the kids.  ( I picked up the other fabric I needed that morning at the bus stop, from the husband of the lady who had purchased it for me.)   We then headed over to set up  for the Home Arts Extravaganza.  It did not take too long  but of course we thought of a ton of new stuff that we needed for the following morning  so I headed off to Wally World.   Once I got home  I ate and then took  some Nyquil.  It was almost gone so I just took as much as was left in the bottle.... not even enough for a full dose.  I sat on the couch with Dallen for a little bit and all the sudden I felt a little loopy.  Eddie laughed at me and told me I better go to bed cause I was going to fall out in a few minutes.  It was only 7 45   So I went to bed and was out in a few minutes.

Saturday,  Dallen had a wrestling tournament in Carson City.  I was in charge of a county wide 4-H project so there was no way I could take him.  So I sent him with Clay and Kristen Montgomery.  I hate having to do that  but  I can not be in both places at once.  I also know that he is in good hand with Clay and Kristen.  Kristen watched her kids like a hawk  so I know that  she will watch him too.   Dallen did not do too hot at the tournament.  He took 4th out of 5 but  Clay was on the mat with him and he said he tried hard  and almost had one of the matches but lost in the last couple of seconds by 2 points.

Claira and I went to the Home Arts Extravaganza.   I had never been to one before so I really did not know what it was supposed to be.  I think it turned out good though.  We had 40 kids attend, our club had 17 of those 40 kids.   We had centers and the kids were supposed to rotate.  It started out great but then kids came in  during the rotations and messed the whole system up.  They were done about an hour before we planned for them to be done  but it worked out good still.   We did hand molds, ice candles, hershey kisses  rosebuds,  cupcake decorating, valentine foam art, sand art, worm valentine cards, and Table setting.  Then we did tie blankets for community service and had a judging contest.  It was a ton of work  and over in 3 hours.  Kinda like Christmas  but without getting something fun  for yourself.   I am so glad it is over.

Week 4

 Hmmm   week 4 has come and gone.  What did we do that week?   It feels like forever ago.  I am sure we had wrestling   and I am sure I worked like  everyday  but other than that I can not remember what in the world went on.  I guess it was nothing exciting  like ponies in the post office.  Oh well  I have another F for week 4

Blog Book ....

I got my blog  book  and it is so cool.  At this point the only thing I would change would be that my blog title be in a bigger font on the cover.   I think that is because on my actual blog it is not very big either.  it is nice and think  139 pages long.  The  cover is nice and thick.  Good quality pages on the inside.

week #3 - and on time too

We are now home from church and have an hour before our home teacher gets here ( my visiting  teacher just left) so I figure I will  do an entry for this week.  That way I am not a week late again. LOL.

     Monday was a super long day. My boss was sick and so it was just  my co worker (Tabrina) and I. We got all the mail done and then I covered her at the window so she could take a lunch.  So by the time I was done with work it was already 1.  Which in my world means my day is over, and the afternoon of doing things for the kids is just beginning.  I did however get to watch my soap before I had to pick up the kids.  Gotta get my "Days of Our Lives" fix in.

     Tuesday was another long day at work.  My boss was still sick so I covered for Tabrina so she could go to lunch again. At least the mail on Tuesdays is super light.   That night the kids had Boy Scouts and Achievement Girls.  i just stayed at the church  and cleaned out the "Activity" cupboard.  Wow that was exciting. LOL.  There were a lot of things in there that I personally would have just tossed  but since it is not my belongings I just placed them nicely in the cupboard.  I can tell one thing for sure....I do not have to purchase anything for the Halloween party this year  we have a ton of decorations.   I was under the impression that I was not the only one who was in charge of supplying all the paper goods for  the ward  and honestly that was the last thing on my mind so I was not checking the cupboard every week.  I looked in the cupboard  and it is almost empty.   NICE.  Oh well  I can either get the paper goods in town and pay double the price or they are going to have to wait until I have time to get to Reno and shop.  ( Such a brat I am.)

     Wednesday Teresa was still not better.  I had to meet the Dish network guy at the house  at 10 so I took off at 10 and waited for him to come fix the TV.  ( The wind blows it out of wack every time  it is windy)  He came and fixed it and back to work I went to cover Tabrina for her lunch break.  Then I hurried over to the school as soon as she got back to watch the Wrestling Pep Rally.  It turned out really cute.  That night was our monthly 4-H meeting.  That is always exciting.

     Thursday, Teresa was finally back to work.  Just in time too.  I worked at Janesville for 2 hours then drove over to Litchfield  to work there for the rest of the day.  Oh that was SOOO boring!   My head was literally bobbing while I sat there and tried not to fall asleep.  I had 2 customers in the whole 6 hours I was there. I could not do that job everyday.   Then it was another night of wrestling practice.  Eddie went  and helped out that night so I came home and cleaned house.The coaches have started a new program this year.  The boys have to take a test on wrestling moves, show that they know the correct way to do them  and a verbal test too.  It was the first possible night you could take the test so Dallen stayed after and took the test.  He was tested by the coach that is hardest to pass on.  He did fine though, he passed it all on his first try.  So he now has his blue tag and is excited to work on the next level.

     Friday, I worked again. Wow what a surprise. I was off by 10:30 so it was not too bad.  I came home and cleaned  another wow.   I met with the Special Education teacher at the school.  We are going to have Dallen tested to see if he is Dyslexic which we know he is, he has all the signs.  Then we had wrestling practice again. 

     Saturday, I worked again.  WHEN DOES IT END????    The craziest thing happened at work.  A lady came in with her husband and 2 ponies.  Hello  you do not bring ponies into a Post Office!!!   Teresa told them they could not bring them in  and they responded with " well  it does not say ponies on the sign , just dogs"  -  Who in the world thinks it is ok to bring a pony into a post office ???   of course they pooped in the Post Office.   I came home at 11 and Eddie was already home. He took a half day  (ITO)  He soon went to bed cause he is getting a head cold.  You know how boys are when they get sick.  So we just stayed home and cleaned a bit and watched tv  nothing too exciting.

Today, we went to church.  That is always entertaining.  Then my visiting teacher came over.  She is always good to come visit every month.    I am sure the rest of the day will be spend watching tv and getting homework done... Oh how interesting.

Sorry I took  ZERO pictures this week.  I was way too busy to even think about pictures.   I know where the people with the ponies live  maybe I can go take a picture of the ponies.

week #2 .... a week late

For week 2 I definably get an F.   Sunday's are not the best day for me to post during wrestling season. Only 2 and a half more months of wrestling.  since this post is to be about the week of the 4th thru the 10th, let me see if I can remember what happened that week.

    The kids started back to school  on the 4th.  I was happy about that  now maybe I could have some free time.  But no, no free time for me as Eddie took the week off.  It was planned to be my week to  get into a new routine with work and cleaning house and making healthy meals and trying to exercise.  Well  that was a bust!  I will not exercise when Eddie is  home.  I just will not do it.  So I at least tried to eat healthy. Which I think i did pretty good ( at least the  scale agreed with me) .  I bought whole wheat bread and pasta.  I am the only one in the house that will eat it but I think that will eventually change.

    Of course this  week we had wrestling practice in the evenings.  It takes up a good 2 1/2 hours a night for 3 nights a week.  It makes it a little hard to get homework and dinner done at a decent hour.  I have given up on the 8 o'clock bed time.  we are lucky if we make it by 9.  2 of the wrestling coaches came by and delivered  some wood to us ( we won the wood raffle- some people did not like that we won cause we cut most of it.  but hey we bought tickets and Mrs. Amrein was the one who drew the winning ticket so  you know it was not rigged.)  So when they dropped the rest of the wood off, they told Eddie he had to start coming to wrestling practice. They need him to help.

     On Friday night we had a 4-h activity, "Girls Night Out".  It was a lot of fun. It is a great way for all the girls to get to know each other.  We played spoons, had a potluck dinner, made some cards, did some scrapbooking pages for the historian album and ate ice cream sundaes.  I would not recommend having them do the scrapbooking pages again.  Some girls just did not get the concept that  we need to leave space on the pages for writing and some of the pages I just wanted them to do the titles since we did not have pictures to go along with them yet. It turned out to be pretty much a disaster.  So the historians ( Claira and Allie) will be redoing the pages. 

    Sunday was a wrestling tournament in Reno at Damonte Ranch High School.  Dallen took 2nd this week too.  He did really well. He lost his 4th match of the day it was a tough match but he got punched in the nose on accident when the kid tried to cross-face him.  So he had a bloody nose, but he did not give up!  And he did not get pinned!  We thought maybe he would have a black eye or nose after that but it did not even bruise.  So nothing cool to show the girls at school the next day.

1st of 52 weeks

When thinking about what picture to upload  for my first post, I realized I did not take pictures of my own kid at this weeks tournament.  All of my pictures are of other peoples kids and their matches.  Eddie had to work this week so he could not come to the tournament.  So I video'd every match for him.  Leaving me with no photo's to post.  I did take one with my cell phone....   It is of Dallen's knees.  After his last match  his knee was bothering him.  So I checked it out and there was a big ol not on one knee.  So I sent the pic to Eddie.  So that is all the pics I have that I can legally share with the world.  Next week I will have to think a little more about what I take pictures of.


as for wrestling tournament results,  Dallen finished 2nd in his bracket and 3rd over all in his weight.  We could have tried for 2nd and challenged that kid  since we had not wrestled him but after 4 matches Dallen was really tired and we were so done.  We had been up since 4:45 and were ready to get out of the loud and crowded gym.

Blog Book

OK so I am getting my blog  printed from  the cutest blog on the block. com   here  is the link.  I usually do not spell check my blog entries so I quickly  ( well OK it took a while ) went through and did spell check on all my entries.   Today  I am going to set it up to have it printed.  I will share my thoughts on the print quality once I get the book. 

oh yeah  make sure you spell check before you upload your book to the site  ... it will make it easier  if you do it before

Project 52

In the scrap booking world every year people participate in a thing called Project 365. Project 365 is where you take a picture of your life every day and scrap them. I tried doing this last year and it lasted oh 3 weeks. So this year I am going to attempt to do another version of Project 365 called Project 52. The thought behind 52 is that, it is much easier to take a picture of the week rather than one each day. I do not have time to scrap them all so what I plan to do is to Blog my pictures. Hopefully I can do it every Sunday afternoon, and hopefully it will include a picture every week. Since it is only Friday today LOL and since I have yet to take any pictures this week.... my first post will be in 2 days LOL

2009 goals, how did I do.....

In January 2009, I made some scrap booking goals. All the sudden it is already 2010. So how did I do on my goals???

Scrapping Goals for 2009

• 1- Create a wrestling group and upload all pics to wrestling group ~ CREATED ~ Entire Season Uploaded
• 2- Create a Schwab group and upload all pics to Schwab group ~CREATED~ UPLOADED THRU 6-09
• 3- Continue to upload all pics to the Sorenson group ~UPLOADED THRU 6-09
• 4-Get all 2006 and 2007 pictures scrapped and into a book ~Dallen's book I only have to do a 2 page layout of Easter day 2007- Claira's book I need to do the same Easter Day Layout, a 2 page layout of Soccer and a single page from summer ( kinda a filler page so everything flows correctly)
  
• 5-Create a year in review album for MIL for Christmas 2009 DONE!!!!!
  
• 6- Set up to have my blog printed out- found a site that can do this but they are not yet open for printing... ( finally found a different place today and it is easy to upload to and reasonably priced)
  
• 7- Do a wrestling album for Dallen (OH WHOOPS- DID NOT WORK ON THIS ONE)
  
• 8- Do a soccer album for each kid - made one for cClaira's first soccer season already had her 2nd season done - just need to do her 3rd season Dallen well not even started on any season yet
  
• 9- Project 365 (8x8) - OK YEA THIS ONE FIZZLED OUT AFTER 3 WEEKS
  
• 10- Make a Sorenson album ( UMMM..... WELL)

Yea well, does not look like I did too good. Many of them are easy enough to finish up like #s 2, 3, 4 and 6. Dallen's wrestling album is going to be a challenge there is not very much digital wrestling stuff out there. I was able to find one kit and bought that but we are currently in our 3rd season so that is too many seasons to do with one digi kit. Soccer albums should not be too hard to catch up on I bought a kit to do Claira's 3rd season with. For Dallen's I will just put both of his seasons into one book.

So.....

Scrapping Goals for 2010

• 1-Get all 2006 and 2007 pictures scrapped and into a book
• 2-Have my blog printed out
• 3- Get 2008 into an album for both kids
• 4- Do Soccer albums for each kid
• 5- Start a wrestling album for Dallen
• 6- Keep all my photo "groups" up to date ( ie sorenson, schwab, wrestling, 4-h)