* Pik- Nik Day*

*Brotha and his shoes* ( no he doesnt know i took that!- i found some Apple bottom jeans on some girl too.. but how do you ask someone if you can take a pic of their butt?! all i could think of was that song :" Apple bottom jeans, boots with the FURRRRRR")
*on the ride*
*After some good ol' chocolate ice cream*
*Before T storm*
* During T storm*

Today was luke's company picnic. I woke up feeling exhausted because last night i had a migrain starting at 745 last night and still had a touch of it in the morning. Migrains DRAIN you-- i took more pills for it and got everyone ready. It was about a 30 min drive and the place reminded me or a place in Black Butte or Bend- there were rides there, food and a DJ. Now remember, we are in GEORGIA-- that means, the music is gonna kick compared to Or and it did.. felt like i was in a club. Let me just tell you the first thing i noticed was how WELL DRESSED everyone was. you go to the OR. company picnic and you have all the people that dont take showers and just dress like they dont care. The people here look like they took HOURS and their kids are dressed to a T! Bright colors.. wow ! my kind of thing! See attatched shoe picture. Shoes out here are so colorful, you would think they just painted them in art class. !!

It was fun until the Thunder storm hit.. it rains in Or, but i think the rain drops here are 10 x as big!! see the before and after picture i attatched.. CRAZY!

I've come to the conclusion my Newest perfume is OFF! bug spray.. that has come a long ways! we got the unscented kind.. smelled yummy actually, like fruity! i can live with that! i've gotten at least 2 bug bites a day living here! Yesterday at the pool, a black i think it was a flying ant flew into the top of Quins ear above the ear canal and got stuck. i tried to quick get it out and i think it bit or stung her because she just SCREAMED!!! poor little thing!

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Luke told me the F-U-N-N-I-E-S-T dang story ever this morning. Apparently he went to Chick-fi-la for dinner. ( by the way what is the big stink about this place? luke says the food Sucks) Anyways, this lady walks up to Luke and shakes his hand. She's at least 80, coke bottle glasses and he cant figure out if she's all there, but shakes her hand anyways, and says hi. She shakes it again and luke realizes she IS ALL THERE and that her husband is standing in line ready to order. She looks at luke and says : "thats my husband right there and he's a huge pain in the A**!" luke said he just wanted to die laughing as the old man muttered something under her breath. At least the sista told it how it was- shoot they've been married forever, she's gotta vent to someone how she feels, HA

* *In the South * *

When you travel, its always fun to see whats different that you dont have at home. Well, being in the south, i've seen lots of that in the grocery stores and wanted to share What those things are..

* frozen dog treats in the ice cream section- Who would have known that Fido needs a little
treat too?!

* Casserole cheese- so you know how you can buy shredded cheese and it will say: " pizza cheese, mozzarella cheese, mild chedder, etc etc? i go to use the cheese that luke bought at the store and it says casserole cheese........... SERIOUSLY?!!! F-U-N-N-Y!!!!

* Nilla Wafers below the bananas- Banana pudding apparently is a staple of the south, along with the mac 'n cheese that's considered a vegetable here ;0)

* Fried sliced deli meat- yes.. you read that right.. Freakin sick i tell you. i go to the meat section to buy lunch meat and i see that and about toss my cookies. The sound of that, all i can think of is grissle and goo.. nasty.

* Grits in 3 cheese flavors- you know how there is instant packs of oatmeal with like 3 or 4 different flavors? well, folks out here you can get a box o' grits like that with 3 different cheese flavors!! Double Double Y-u-C-k!!

* and of course the STAPLE of the south, sweet Tea- just like we can get any jones soda, or fuze, or a juice, you can get sweet tea in a bottle, ( and at the Mcdonalds)i like my tea unsweetened, but thought i would give it an ol' try.. ZING.. that junk puts kool-aid to shame.. Never again with i sip another sip of that nasty junk.

Stay posted for more southern food novelties...

I was in the Wal*mart shopping yesterday and behold i turn the corner and see the MULLET man.. i looked at him and had to turn the corner. This, my friends is what i think my dad invisions EVERYONE to be like in the south. The dude had a mullet that looked like it was permed.. ha ha... oh mercy.. every day is an adventure!!! I promise there are normal people out here !!

This little Piggie

Today Quin was taught how to say "Diaper." Her little way of saying it is : "Bi-per".. close... That's her big news of the day!!
Sissy went to vacation Bible School today and while she was there i painted Quins toes for the first time. Gave her something to distract her wandering ADD mind and it worked! she kept staring at them.. Thank goodnes for out the door polish that dries those puppies in minutes, or we would have polish all over our house ;)I took a cute picture of Lexi, quin and my toes.. it was amusing to me, so just play along!! i did this post because Miss Marrianne was so shocked months ago that i had not painted quins toes yet.. they just wiggled around too much -- so, Marr this ones for you!

last 3 wks in pics

wow.. this made it all real
Fishing in SC
Jewel and her cousin Charlie
Last night with Grandma

Meet Maxx

This is the newest member of our family!! Last week when Grandma with with us, we came home to find this frog.. he's about the size of an adult fist. Well,,,, he comes back every other night! Lexi gets so excited every night she looks for him. So, she wanted to share him with you-today she came up with her 6 yr old master plan to get a jar for him to put in her room.. ah... no, sister.. but thanks for tryin -

**ANTZ!!!!!**

Mercy.. so miss Jewel had to do her hourly potty.. i do the usual and take her out, but ALWAYS

look at my feet cause ya'll know out here there are lots o' bugs- i look down and see the ground MOVING-- i look closer and see a LINE 5 feet long at least and 2 inches wide of ants.. can i get away from these suckers?! first they take over my car and now they are outside of my home?!

i quick run back in the house and get my handy dandy Raid Ant spray .. and hold that can like a can o hairspray.. BAM!!! those suckers are all D-E-A-D....

As for the ants in my car.. luke took it to the car wash and vacuumed those little suckers up, and washed the car.. did you know that out here in the wash they clean your car with it has a bug spray in the wash?! HA ha..

** Not that any of you care,,,, but i was a little nervous finding a good hair person out here.. i found this cute lady at church that had hair that rocked so she gave me the name of the guy that does it.only 15 min from my house. hopefully he will hold a candle to my Cleme i Salem that did my hair. **

Cars are here... BUT....

so the cars were suppose to be here yesterday according to their dispatcher, but

i knew by 6 last night that wasnt happening.. bright and early at 9 am they were here.

i was so excited.. 15 days without my car.. man....

i go to get in my car and notice a few ants in the back.. and a few more.. and some more..

could this be happening? yes.. it could - because everything that could have gone wrong has..

somehow.. i swear there is an ant farm in my car!!!! i bought the ant spray and traps and put one in the front and in the back of my car.. those little suckers are SOOOOOOOO going to die..

and as for the wreckers who moved them.. did they leave my windows open or just park my car out in a field in the middle of an ant pile?

FOR THE LOVE OF PETE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anotha day

so.. call me ghetto but i've been using someone elses wireless and couldnt get on all day to post-- serves me right for stealing wireless, but i've paid for it for years.. so whatever.

Last night was our first thunder storm--- wow!! the sky was beautiful.. looked like a strobe light show over and over forever with lightning.. the thunder was absolutely amazing- LOUD- thought the girls may wake up but apparently they were exhausted and didnt budge.

I woke up this morning not feeling too well.. i dont know if it was because my mom wasnt here and i had no help from her for the first time in a month. !!! gosh.. what a help it is to have a sidekick with you all the time. Now i've figured out why all those hollywood peeps have like 10 kids.. each kid has a nanny.. and if i had a nanny, i too would have more than 2 kids. But for now, i'm already a nut case with 2 kids.. i need to be the best mommy i can be.

Yesterday i posted that tweedle dee and tweedle dumb came and put my glass cabinet together and did it WRONG so everythang came a crashin down.. well he calls me this morning to set up a time to come and fix it. You could tell he was super excited to come back because i answer his call and he professionally .. i say that sarcastically , says :" Hey Kat, its Ryan, WASSSSSUUUPP!!" oh good lord..

So i have the maintenance guys come to put in a light bulb in the girls room and fix things around here.. apparently the cleaning crew and maintnence crew was on vacation before we moved in.. again.. i say that sarcastically speaking. i then had the roach guy come and spray .. and then tweedle dee and dumb with their side kick Red Neck Sr. Lexi answers the door saying.. "hi, Ryan, your new name is glass breaker".. CLASSIC!! i love my kid!!

I had the roach talk with Lexi.. no no no.. not the roaches you smoke.. the bug talk. i calmly told her they are harmless, but huge ugly and black and we dont leave food out or they will come and visit.

I have 4 boxes left to unpack and i'm just now getting to our bedroom- after days of being here, i FINALLY found my silverware-- i had one box to unpack in the kitchen and it took me days to do it.. WHY? because packer mover guy packed my freaking NESQUICK in the TOP of the box and didnt tape it... so the ENTIRE container of NESQUICK spilled throughout the whole box into everything!!!!i had to wash every dish in the box... UH!

Cars still arent here.. kinda getting worried.. i'm sure the peeps of the transport company are just joy riding in them.. pickin chicks up in the pilot ;)

UNPACKING..

AS I'VE BEEN UNPACKING TODAY, I'VE REALIZED HOW MUCH MONEY I REALLY DID SPEND AT CORKY'S DAUGHTER AND SPENCERS ALLEY- MY GOODNESS, COULD I HAVE ANY MORE DECORATIONS?!! .. AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE BOXES OF VASES.. WHERE IN THE HECK DID I COME UP WITH OVER 20 VASES?!

I GOT LOST TODAY LOOKING FOR A WAL*MART- I SPENT 30 MIN GOING IN CIRCLES ON THE FREEWAY AND ROADS LOOKING FOR IT. .. I GOT SIDE TRACKED AND FOUND A TARGET.. THEY HAVE COOLER STUFF ANYWAYS. I THINK NOW I'M DEFINATELY IN THE MARKET FOR A GPS.

THE GUYS THAT PLUGGED IN MY WASHER AND DRYER TODAY CAME- AND AFTER THEY INSTALL THEM, LEXI SAYS:" WELL I'M GLAD YOU GOT THAT WORKING, NOW MY MOM CAN WASH HER UNDERWEAR, CAUSE SHE REALLY NEEDS TO DO THAT." WHERE DID SHE COME UP WITH THAT?! THE TWO GUYS ( THAT WERE COMPLETE REDNECKS, TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY SHOOT SQUIRRELS, DEER, TURKEY.. ETC ETC FOR FUN.. SO GROSS).. THEY REALLY ENJOYED THAT COMMENT.
THEY ALSO PUT TOGETHER THIS SWEET GLASS CABINET I HAVE.. SO.. I JUST PUT AWAY DISHES ETC IN IT.. ALL ORGANIZED AND SUPER CUTE.. AND C...R...A...S...h.THEY ... PUT IT TOGETHER WRONG AND I JUST ENDED UP WITH 3 SHELVES CRASHING TO THE BOTTOM AND THANKFULLY ONLY ONE DISH BROKEN. IDIOTS.. TWO BLONDE WOMEN COULD HAVE PUT THAT BACK TOGETHER BETTER THAN YOU. I'M CALLING THEM TOMORROW AND THEY ARE GOING TO COME BACK AND PUT IT TOGETHER RIGHT.
LETS TALK ABOUT THE COUCHES-- YOU KNOW HOW THERE ARE LEGS ON THE COUCHES? WELL, APPARENTLY WHEN YOU MOVE, THEY TAKE THE LEGS OFF. THERE ARE THESE WASHER THINGS THAT HELP HOLD OURS ON. THE MOVERS LOST HALF BACK IN OREGON, SO WHEN THEY GOT HERE, THEY COULD NOT SCREW THEM ON. MY COUCH IS LITERALLY SITTING ON THE GROUND.. SO SO SO PO DUNK TRASHY, I FEEL LIKE ALL I NEED IS MY TV REMOTE, AND FRIED CHICKEN. AS FOR THE OTHER LEGS ON OUR BIG COUCH AND CHASE LOUNGE, THE MOVER FIGURED HE WOULD RIG IT IN HIS OWN SPECIAL WAY BY PUTTING SARAN WRAP AROUND THE SCREW TO HELP HOLD IT. IS HE SERIOUS?DOES HE THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE OK WITH HAVEING THEM LEFT LIKE THAT?!THEN HE TOOK THE NETTING OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE COUCH TRYING TO FIND THE WASHERS, AND THEN SAYS THAT WE.. DID YOU CATCH THAT.. WE NEED TO BUY A STAPLE GUN AND STAPLE IT BACK OR THE ROACHES WILL CLIMB INTO THE BOTTOM, LAY THEIR EGGS IN IT!! sickKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK..

OH.. AND MOST PEOPLE WOULD VAcuum THEIR GLASS UP THAT SHATTERED.. I WOULD IF I HAD A VACUUM THAT WASNT 2.5 HOURS AWAY IN A STORAGE UNIT.. GUESS I'M IN THE MARKET FOR THE LATEST DYSON NOW TOO..

ALL FOR NOW.. MY PAIN IS YOUR GAIN..

PEACE...............

The storm is calming down..

For the past two days we went to South Carolina to visit some family friends.. i'm just dyin here that i still cant attatch pictures because what fun is a post without picture proof? SC was fun and relaxing.. we saw 3 different colors of geikos, and 3 different kinds of frogs.. one the size of my FIST! nothing too scary, nor do i ever hope i see the larger reptile of the south.. we call them SNAILS.. the other word freaks me out.
Today, my mom was suppose to leave. She's been such a blessing and Enormous help. Her plane was supose to take off around 2. But before this all went down, we received our apartment keys today-- No house buying until the Or house sells.. pray that it does fast, because i'm so over apartment living now that i have a family and have owned my own house. !! we literally have 40 min before we're suppose to be a the airport and i'm seeing the apt for the first time and did i mention the movers WERE ON THEIR WAY WITH OUR STUFF after dropping over half in a storage unit 2 1/2 hours away!! i walk in as lexi says: "mommy, i really like it but dad doesnt he says it really stinks" i open the door and it smells worse than a dive bar!!! i start freakin -- again. notice i freak out alot?!!! i dont smoke, i hate smoke and i get migrains from it.. we dart over to the manager office and long story short we get the apt directly opposite .. we do a 30 sec walk thru and i'm good with it. i look on the floor and see that our large, black Roaches have already made a walk thru as well.. but theyre on their backs... poison must have gotten to them---
so... we start driving to the airport and i get this little idea... i'm not ready for my mom to leave yet.. she's been my life saver and helped me stay calmer than i would be.. we re- booked her flight and she's now leaving on tuesday.. YEAH!
We'll be unpacking tomorrow.. being a germ a phob.. i've already made my 50 dolla trip to wal*mart and bought some bleach.. bleach wipes and all the goods to de - germ my new place. the toilets, floors, floor boards and even the trim around the door jams have been cleaned-- Being a germ a phob i do not appreciate living in someone elses germs.. EH!

i promise.. pictures soon to come.. sorry posts are so dang boring..

already got lost here!!

so.. i decided to drop luke off since he works til midnight.. i wanted the car to find the shops around .. you know a girls gotta find her shopping !! so i go to pick him up and i GET LOST on the freeway so bad i was in tim buck two.. complete darkness.. no exits.. nothing.. freak freak freak out.. i finally get off at an exit, and all there is is a gas station and waffle house.. i decide to not get out its not safe. finally found a way to get back on the freeway and get to luke's work.. its scary at midnight.. ooooh man talk about gettin the shakes..

Finally HOME!!

Oh my goodness, you guys.. we finAlly made it and all i cant say is we totally did need a camera crew to follow our trip. everything that could have gone wrong did and since we just arrived here, we dont have pictures yet, but man are they all good. .. but before i get to the crazy details of my trip i just wanted to wish my little muffin a :

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY ! Miss Quincey turned one today and although we wish we had all of our friends and family to visit with us and party, we did make a special outing with luke, lex, my mom and i .. we thought that since lex always celebrates at Red Robin we should start a new place for Quin tin tin for her birthdays.. so Macaroni Grill it was and it was DELICIOUS!

After our meal, the server brought this HUGE piece of cake smothered in hot fudge made from scratch with a candle on top and this man serenaded her in italian .. she slapped both arms on the table and her mouth literally dropped as she STARED the whole time he sang. it was precious.. Pictures and a video clip to come...

Ok.. back to the trip of a freakin lifetime.. .

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO,.,.,.. we were scheduled to leave at 11am . we get to the airport around 10 and find out that due to horrible weather conditions our flight has been cancelled. now.. before i go any further keep in mind that it was me, my mother ( without her i could not have made it), quin, lex , the dog in a carrier, 3 large suitcases, a stroller, a port a crib a carry on bag AND 2 car seats!! i had everything balanced on the stroller while my mom held the baby and lex.. so we stand in a 2 hour line to be told that they can redirect us, however we may not be able to leave until WEDNESDAY!? was she serious? i told her i have no house, cars, anything and that we needed to leave today.. she says she can get us on a 3 pm flight so we take those tickets and are told that they will put us up in a hotel room. sounds luxurious.. (OR NOT!!) then i find out that the travel agent for luke's company didnt reserve a spot for the dog.. here is when i started to lose it.. so i buy another 100.00 ticket for the dog and we including my dad and sister decide to go have a nice lunch at stanfords while waiting... we get there and the dog starts barking ... i get a little nervous since were in a restraunt! i take quin to go change her and come back to find my dad has left and is at the food court with my dog.. that leaves my mom sister and lex at the restraunt. my mom leaves and comes back to my sister having an asthma attack. so my sis leaves rest. to go find my dad. he runs to the car to get her purse with her inhaler in it and runs back inside the airport. my sister combs thru her purse, puts it down and gets this panicked look on her face and says: "its on my nightstand!!!" she had left her inhaler at HOME!! meanwhile i figured out that we've checked all bags and i only have 4 diapers to get us thru the night and tomorrow and panic. my dad goes and buys 6 more diapers for 12 bucks ( thanks dad) and were good. We get thru security and then to our gate to find out that our flight now takes off at 6!!! we finally get on our plane and the baby has a dang BLOWOUT! my kid is one and hasnt blown out since she was a newborn so do you think i would have a change of clothes?! so she was white trash the rest of the night and wore a diaper and shirt.
We make it to Atlanta.... i forgot to tell you i called luke before we left and had him book us a holtel room, not trusting the ticket agent.. thank goodness i did because when we got off the plane there was a line AT LEAST 3 hours long for hotel rooms.. and did i mention all the rooms by then were sold out!! its now 2 in the morning and we are exhausted! we call and call for a hotel shuttle and there is no answer.. we decide to get a taxi.. another 3 hour line!! i freak out, cal luke and use a few choice phrases.. i'm scared, tired and just so mad... He gets thru to hotel and says a shuttle is on its way.
we get to the shuttle get in our room and are finally in bed by 330 AM! next morning we get back to the airport to get home.. we wait in line ( no shower, make up, etc because all of our bags were taken on another airplane!) so were in line for hour and a half and this lady takes us to another line where she drops us off and leaves us!! the new line people tell us the line is closed and that we need to go to another line and wait for another few hours. once again, i flip out because i'm not missing the next flight! someone helps us, we get thru security and go thru the trams to get to our gate.. we finally made it home and here we are.. safe.. and that's all that matters really but all the funny things along the way that made me crazy!!
mom and i slept on the bed... i felt like we needed one good night of rest since we'd been so overloaded with luggage.. and there is no way i could have ever done it on my own! a 6 hour flight turned into a two day ordeal...