DST, Gas Prices, and the election

Nope, not going to tie these in together...although I am sure I could find a way! These are just something I was thinking about this morning and since you are reading MY blog, thats what you are gonna hear about!
Saturday was Daylight Savings Time. Normally, I would love getting an extra hour to sleep but with toddlers DST means mass chaos. The boys absolutely could not stay up past 6:30 last night. They were being holy terrors. We put them down, against our better judgment, and they fell right to sleep. Welllll about 5:19 this morning, I feel a small tap on my cheek. I turn over to see Connor with a sippy in hand and his walking bow legged. I asked him what was up, and he said he wanted milk and that his butt hurt. Apparently, he had a stinky diaper sometime in the night.

I was too tired to get up. I had been up late the night before cleaning, and I didnt go to sleep till 2am...this means I was running on 3 hours when Connor came in. I woke up Daniel (who went to bed at 11pm) and told him to deal with Connor. Daniel changed his diaper, filled his sippy (as well as Evan's sippy) and got them both a baggie of cereal. He then placed them both back in their room and told them it was far too early to get up.

That worked...for about an hour. I refused to get them up before 7:30, so I let them play in their room. Thank goodness they love to play with each other.

Ok, now on to gas prices. I really cannot believe our gas prices are still falling. I thought for sure we would be blasting back up to $3 or more anytime now. The last I checked, the cheapest here is $1.91. I honestly cant believe that I see a DOLLAR when looking at gas prices. It is insane. I dont know when it will start going back up, but this is great for now. I am going to enjoy it.

Last but oh so definitely not least...the election is tomorrow!! I am excited, nervous, and scared to death. I cant wait to vote for my very first time. What a huge election to exercise my right too! I wish there was a better candidate, because at this point, I am voting for the lesser of two evils. I dont believe in anything that Obama stands for and I am vehemently against his stance on abortions. I do not necessarily agree with McCain on everything either...but at least he is conservative on some issues.

Also, I cant believe how many people are giving stuff away if you vote! Starbucks, Krispy Kreme, Ben & Jerry's to name a few. Now of course we dont have a Krispy Kreme or a Ben & Jerry's shop around here so I dont get to partake on the fun. I could get a tall coffee from Starbucks, but...yuck. I just think its funny that America needs food incentives to go vote. :)

Thats it from me for today. If you are in America, above the age of 18 and are registered to vote... GO VOTE!!!!!!!!!! (but only once please)

Halloween- New Plans

The boys are sick, so we werent able to partake in the normal Halloween festivities tonight. I felt horrible that they had to miss out! Daniel went ot the store, grabbed a huge bag of candy and brought it home for some sick style trick or treating. The boys got to wear their costumes and went room to room where either Daniel or I would be standing waiting for them. They would yell out their "Twick ow tweat!" and we would give them both a piece of candy. They had a blast and it was so fun watching them run to the next place. We are about to go watch Monsters, Inc. in honor of Halloween. It still has turned out to be a great day!

Earlier in the day, I had to go upstairs and check on the boys while they were supposed to be napping cause Evan was crying. Evan was fine and when I went in Connor had lined up all his toys along side the wall. When he saw me he got a huge smile and goes, " look at my pumpkin patch momma!" I don't know where he heard that from cause we haven't gone to one, but it made me laugh! He comes up with the most random goofy things.

Things are going great at Daniel's job. The man they were working for was so happy with Daniel and his dad's work that he gave them more to do on the current house, and might have another place for them to work on when they are done. Its great because Daniel is making double what he was at his old job. Sometimes, you really just have to give it up to God! We actually have room to breathe with our finances now! It is so great to have the extra income in time for Christmas too. Every week I purchase a few more gifts for Christmas. We are getting close to being done!

I am SO excited for Christmas this year! The boys are going to have so much fun.

Halloween!!

Halloween is tomorrow! Yay!

Yesterday the boys and I made some cookies for the grandparents. Connor and Evan helped me bake, ice, and sprinkle the cookies. I was told they were good...I hope they were!

I dressed the boys in their Halloween costumes (Thing 1 and Thing 2) and we set off to deliver said cookies. First stop was grandpa at the school. My boys were so proud to walk in there with their cookies and paintings they had made for him. In his office, he had candy and they each got a piece, so they were very happy. We talked with Grandpa for a bit then said good-bye to go visit some of my old teachers.

We could barely get a few feet down the hall before being stopped by people admiring their costumes. I grew up going to that school, so I know most of the teachers there. The teachers just couldnt believe how big my kids were, how close they were in age, how much Evan looked like me, and how curly Connor's hair is. They havent seen Daniel so I informed him that Connor's hair is 100% from his daddy and that they are spitting images of each other.

We made it to see a couple of my old teachers, and they all gave my boys candy. I am pretty sure Connor and Evan think the school is the best place ever now.

Next stop was Grandma's house! On the way there, Connor was babbling on about something. Suddenly, he stopped and lets out this content sigh and goes, "Momma I so happy".

"Why are you so happy baby?" I asked.

"I so happy cause we go to see Grandma!"

He is SUCH a Grandma's boy! Anyway, the boys played at Grandma's for a bit and Evan got to share one of Grandma's cookies. Well...share as in have one all to himself. He didnt actually eat the cookie. He licked all the icing off, then handed the cookie to me and goes "I done". *Sigh*

Next on the cookie rounds was Daddy and Grandpa G. First, we had to stop and get lunch to take to Daddy. Connor demanded apple juice, to which Evan agreed. We stopped and got McDonalds, and I got them both hamburger happy meals with apple juice. I guess because I said apple juice, the lady taking our order thought we wanted apple slices instead of fries too. Connor nearly had a melt down when I didnt pull out any fries for him.

Oh well...apples are healthier anyway. We went and gave the cookies to daddy, had lunch with him, and headed home for nap time. Thankfully the boys were exhausted by this point (woke up very early that morning for some reason) so they went right to sleep. They were in bed till daddy came home from work!

All in all, it was a very good day. Cant wait to do it with Christmas cookies!! :)

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1.99!!

I know I JUST made a post, but I forgot about this. This is AMAZING!! Gas here is $1.99!!!!!!!! Yes thats a lot of exclamation points, and it deserves every single one. I never thought it would get back below $2. Of course OPEC is a greedy little company, and we will see that price rise, but for now I will stay in gas price bliss.

DVR!

I know I mentioned this briefly in my other post, but it deserves another mention. I LOVE my DVR!! Gone are the days of missing your shows because you forgot they were on, or you werent home, or they moved to a special night. The DVR will find your show and record it so you can watch it on your own time! Husband have a big game on tv he wants to watch while you are dying to catch the newest hospital drama? No biggie! Record one while you watch the other! I'm pretty sure some marriages have been saved with this little gadget.

Another thing I LOVE about the DVR is that I can pause, rewind and fast forward live tv. Fantastic! Anytime we think we heard something or something odd, we can rewind and watch it again! Someone at the door? Push pause! This is just the greatest feature.

If you dont have a DVR...get one! It will quickly become indispensable for you!

Bubbles!

I woke up this morning to the sound of Evan yelling "BUBBLES!" in my ear. I turned over and looked at him. He had my iphone and had opened the bubble application. All the application does is make bubbles when you drag your finger across the screen, and then you can pop the bubbles by touching them again. So simple. So entertaining. My kids cant get enough of this app. It makes me laugh though...how can my two toddlers know how to use touch screen technology?!? We have come SO far with technology these days. Touch screen phones, DVRs (couldnt live without it!!), cars that can run off electricity. It makes me wonder just how far it will go in my kids life. I know they will see and own things I could have never dreamed possible.