Bringing up Browns

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Stretch it out

- - - - So our camera hasn't been working correctly for months now....many, many, many months. Some how the batteries only last a day. IF that. So it's incredibly frustrating. I want to take pics but don't want to buy batteries for everyday. We tried rechargeable, but they wouldn't even last a few shots. So I get what I get and I don't throw a fit. Jb has been looking on ebay the last few days because he's been doing a few side jobs (and is tired of hearing me whine ha ha) so hopefully I will be behind the lens again soon... - - - -


I got a 'kid concoction' book from the library last week. I originally got it for a paint recipe I saw while skimming the pages. I was looking thru it yesterday and spotted this simple FUN recipe. [i tried to take pics of the kids making it, but alas...see explanation above] So we made it at noon and at 7pm the kids (and i) were still stretching and playing with it. Addictive.

FUNNY PUTTY
2 T White glue
3 drops food coloring
1T Liquid starch
1. pour glue in a small bowl and mix in the food coloring
2. pour liquid starch in a separate bowl and then drizzle the colored glue over it slowly
3. let sit for 5 minutes (the glue will absorb some of the starch)
4. stir with your finger for a few seconds and then start squishing and kneading the SLOPPY concoction until it becomes a rubber texture.
5. Have fun! store in a plastic egg or plastic bag




These were the only pics I could get before the camera died. Ugh. Try it out! Let me know what you think!!!
~also, speaking of stretching...I went to the church workout group yesterday and did more pushups that I have EVER, and my tricepts are sooooooooo sore today. It hurts to bend my elbow all the way lol sheesh

Thursday, March 18, 2010

the news....

So I usually don't forward e-mails on...but I got this lucky-make-a-wish email at just the right weak moment. . . . .

Jb applied on-line for a job in February with the post office. A job in Reno. Renee' called and let him know he wasn't on her list of people to interview. He also got a call saying that he wasn't eligible to work for the post office, because he didn't sign up for Selective Services between the ages of 18-25. Whatever, it's a government job. So we stopped thinking about it. Then, about a week later he got an e-mail from the main post office in Salt Lake City, saying they had the same position open and invited him to an introductory meeting. He drove down on Feb 22, and filled out some more paperwork and consented to a backround check along with 50 other people. Another e-mail a week later confirmed an interview for March 9 at 11am. I started talking to my boss about a possible transfer to one of the new WinCo's opening up in May in Ogden, Roy and Orem. [Job openings are always posted on the breakroom door for all the stores. All positions are available for the new stores, but I'd need to turn in my application of interest by March 17]. So he has the interview. They mention that if there are positions that come available in the next 12 months, they will pull from these people that got interviews instead of accepting more apps. He wasn't feeling very confident, and the date for my transfer application was closing in.
- - Tuesday, March 16. We still hadn't heard anything from the post office..... and then I got the e-mail. "Make a wish and send to 15 people and it will come true in 1 day" Wicked. Exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks to those who played along. My wish....please let us hear about the job, please let us hear about the job, please let us hear about the job.
- - - Wednesday, March 17th. I get to work at 6am as usual. Snagged an application and stashed it in my locker to be filled out if i get a txt from Jb saying he got the job. I do my thing and my boss shows up at 8:30. Within 15 mins of being there, she is telling me that Mr. W(her boss) called yesterday and said his Variety Manager for the Orem store fell threw and he needs a new one NOW. He asked her to ask me if I was interested. Balls. They have been trying to get me to do the MIT(Manager In Training) program since last year. So it's normally a 6 month to a year program, which in this case would be ONE MONTH since the store opens May 3rd and I'd need to be down there for the set in mid April. Really?? Was I really being offered this job??? Not was I was wishing for yesterday....


I took my break and called Jb. We talked about how little of a pay raise it is for the amount of stress it would be. We would still both need to work, and if he didn't get the post office job...then there wasn't a real reason to go to Utah. I went back down and told my boss, and then made the phone call to Mr. W and explained how grateful I was that he thought of me, but right now with my kids still so little, the schedule wouldn't work.

Be careful what I wish for, right?.......
So I get home late Wednesday night from a dinner with work friends, and we talk about it. I tell him about the wish e-mail, and how I was wanting an answer for HIS job... not one for ME hahaha. He says "Oh, this answer?" and pulls up an e-mail from 3:50pm that afternoon..... " After a review of the applications and interviews, you were not selected for this job posting." So......there it is.



And here we will stay....although Fairbanks Alaska e-mailed with an open position as well..... ;)

and one more thing....

I'M GOING TO
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND!!!!!!
yes....August 31st.....wicked awesome ;)

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Hooray for preschool field trips!

Ab has got to go on some cool field trips thru preschool...and in turn, we get to tag along ;) Krispy Kreme(Sept), Corn Maize(Oct), Fire house, Rafiki(Nov), Primos(Feb), and this month was The Discovery Center of Idaho!! This "Mom! that's a simple machine!!" was in the first room, and everyone keep going back to it. Miss Ab in action



"Lots of me!!!!"


There was a little play area for the kids to be Veterinarians looking at animal x-rays and examining the paitents



Then D found the bubbles and it was all over. He was pretty nice about taking turns... :)



There was a room with a green wall, and the kids got to be in front with a scene behind them...like the weather man. It had a couple green sheets, so I wrapped each kid up and they looked like a floating head. pretty funny. Also the dark room with the 'camera' in it, reflecting a scene from outside. Ab was afraid to be in there in the dark, and D was nervous too...he was covering his ears the whole time.

D sat down here for a minute...

It was a great time! There is a park across the bridge. I think next time we will pack up the picnic basket and play after.

Instant Fan

D woke up first this morning, came in a snuggled with me, and then went out to the living room to start a movie from the sounds of it. [Backtrack a few hours to 3 am, when he came in the room. Jb was sleeping on the door side where i usually sleep because the alarm is there, and D realized it wasnt me. I sat up and and asked if he needed to go potty. He said no. I said lets go back to bed bubba, and he said "Moooom! I suggle you! I suggle you!" Well, ok then. When you put it that way :)] So I get up and help D with putting Spiderman in the player. We sit on the couch, and then we hear Ab. D says "Abby? Cwying?" So I go in and snuggle in her bed... she loves it.
Me: Hi :)
Ab: Hi mama......is the hockey game today????
Me: *laughing* no sweetie, it's not until monday. Today is Thursday, so thats Friday, Saturday.......
This past monday we went to a local league hockey team game at the Bank of America center. A friend from work plays, and its free to get in so we went to see what its all about. The kids loved watching them skate around...but more they loved running around the empty stadium, sitting in every seat and running up and down the stairs. It was a good time, and ever since Ab has been asking to go back lol