Slug Bug Harvest Moon Beige w/ a Cream Convertible Top! I looove It!

I have spring fever! I am so sick of the snow, and yet we are headed up to the cabin tomorrow to go snowmobiling! Oh well................................I guess i love/hate the snow! We got another 12" of snow on monday! The girls and I both wanted to cry when we saw it! It probably is going to snow again tomorrow. We still have a good 2' of snow in some places in the yard. I feel as if we might never see the grass again.

I am finally feeling better! How unfair is it that after taking care of all the sick kids for over a month the mom gets sick? I am so tired of hearing coughs, doling out Motrin, washing, cleaning, staying home, etc. Will it ever end? I am just praying that Jeff doen't get sick.

I have such mixed emotions right now. I feel like I am confused about everything. The new house we are wanting to build is going no where. I am so disappointed that it is going to cost so much money! I never in my wildest dreams thought we would ever spend that much on a house! Yet, I feel like we have invested so much emotion, time and money that I hate to see the house not happen. Then, again, we have a perfectly wonderful home. Then I get out the plans we poured over and tweaked for months and get sad that my dream home may never happen. How selfish am I? Why can't I be happy with what I have?

Jeff and I were talking last night about our kids and if we are giving them too much. I worry sometimes that they expect things and are not grateful for what they have. And yet I have this weird mentality that I want our kids to know that I love them so, I like to let them have things and do things. The competition dance teams the girls are on this year are about driving us insane. The teachers have been so mad that Hannah has missed so much dance from being sick. Hannah came home from school crying one day saying that her friend told her that, the teachers were yelling that Hannah has missed so much dance and that they are never going to finish the dances. Oooh I was upset! I wish they would have called me and voiced their concerns instead of telling a bunch of 9 yr olds. Money is another issue. We pay $180.00 a month tuition, then there is competition fees-$200.00 costumes-$282.00-plus new jazz shoes & tights-$100.00-- and then all our hotel and food expenses. OUCH! Jeff wanted to go on a vacation, but there is no way with competition season here .....they can't miss classes or a comp. so, until June we aren't going anywhere. I just don't think we can pull it off any more. How am I going to tell them next year that I don't want them on a team?

Well, I better quit rambling and start getting something accomplished, since I've been sick all week and haven't done anything.

Winter Blues

When will the snow ever go away? We still have 2' on the ground. At least for the last two days it has been over 32. Hannah is sick again! Poor thing! She has been sick off and on for a month. Strep Throat.......Fever......cough........tummy pains.....runny nose:( !!! We are off to the doctor again today!

My exercising is going no where! I feel totally stagnant. I have no get up and go! I wish the sun would come out and play so I could run outside! The treadmill is such a chore! I hate having the time and miles slowly ticking in front of my face.

Tyler is wanting to start his own business of making wood products..............shelves, tables, benches, signs, etc. Scott and I are going in as partners with him. We have listed a few thing on ksl.com without any success. I need to try and make fliers to hang in the grocery stores, but with Hannah being sick, I haven't been out of the house. (Can you say cabin fever?) I have tried talking Jeff into letting me buy a vinyl cutter, but he is not happy about that on top of my share in the "business". I hope we can get things off the ground. I think it will be good for all of us to have something to do together. Debi did tell Tyler that if we are doing this he has to go on a mission. The pics above are what we have listed so far.