My 100th Post

I have to say that I am actually pretty impressed with myself for getting to 100 posts. Thanks to my sister-in-laws (Emily & Lara) for getting me going on the blog thing. I've been having lots of fun even though I don't update as much as I would like. Once our new business gets running and this musical is behind us then I should have a little more time on my hands. It's been very busy around here.

So, you're wondering what's up with this picture? Well, this is what I got to deal with when Camille woke up from her nap. This kid has a bladder like none-other. She went down for her nap with a clean diaper on and when she woke up, the diaper was so full that it drenched her outfit up to the armpits. I just had to take a picture of it...... because I blog! Thanks for letting me share. Can you feel my pain? Who has time to change squirmy kids' outfits multiple times a day??? And do the laundry that results for oversoaked diapers?? I need to clone myself then I would get everything done.

Camille in the Snow

Trip to the Snow

This weekend we were up in Yosemite, which is only 45 minutes away from our home. The mountains received several feet of snow during the past week so we were excited to let the kids experience some of the white stuff. (Fresno does not get snow!)

Our Logo

Thanks to my awesome sister, we have an official logo. Didn't she do a great job? If you need a logo or know someone who does, give Cyndi a call.

Purely Intense

This has been quite a week. Over the weekend Troy & our incredible friend, Ben, moved everything into our new office. It's official. We're paying rent. The next year will be tight but it's nothing we haven't experienced before. So now onto all the details - hiring someone for the front desk and a nurse practitioner, getting the computer system up and running, purchasing the remainder of the medical equipment, getting decorations on the wall. So many things to do that it's just about overwhelming at times. Troy & I have nightly pow-wows with the yellow pad skething out the next day's gameplan. It's exciting and scary all wrapped into a tight wad.

This Wednesday night was our first group rehearsal for the upcoming musical. I can't believe how nervous I was. Now there's definitely no going back. In 36 days we will be performing. So much to do - more details. But the youth are absolutely incredible. Their enthusiasm humbles me. And I can't believe the teamwork I feel. One young man even brought me a diet pepsi! Can you believe that? He remembered my addiction from youth conference last summer. HA! (I'm such a great example)

Then we got to deal with Allyson's first migraine headache. I'm so sad for her. Seems like 9 years old is the trigger point for our little family. At least we know how to help her through it. Natalie's got a cold and it looks like we're all sharing the germs. But how can I complain when I just got news this morning that Troy's cousin lost her 10 year old son to cancer yesterday. I didn't know him but I can't stop tearing up when I think about it. Here's his story. http://ezrasherman.blogspot.com/2009/02/monday-february-2-2009.html They took him to urgent care on Monday only to realize he had a rare form of leukemia and 5 days later he was gone. Here come the tears again.

I think the next few months are going to continue with very full days and unending to-do lists. I honestly do feel like a juggler, a poor juggler with no talent who is likely to get hit on the head with a few of the balls at any minute. So I've managed to escape a little by reading the Twilight series. Think about the HOURS I have wasted in my escaping. I can't believe how addicting these books are. Just finished #3 and I'm so glad it's the weekend so I can start #4. This is absurd - and so much fun.

Guess it's time to jump in the shower and then call the computer guys, contact the insurance companies for preauthorization, pay a few more bills, package scrapbooking packs for our customers, run to both banks and the post office, pick up kindergarten carpool, return the wireless router to Best Buy - and that's just before noon. Whew! Maybe I can sneak in a few minutes with a book while Camille naps. I'm helpless.

Michelle Needs...........

This is hillarious. Another friend let me onto this little experiment. Type your name and the word "needs" into your favorite search engine and see the results. Here were mine.

1. Michelle needs your help (Actually THIS Michelle is probably beyond help)
2. Michelle needs constant proof of love (Don't think this one is talking about me)
3. Michelle needs 2 pee (why would someone put this on the internet?)
4. Michelle needs Colorado to vote (I guess Obama is going to flood my name for a while)
5. Michelle needs to be more careful (sounds like a horror movie trailer)
6. Michelle needs a new hairstylist (my sisters would've agreed to this a few years ago)
7. Michelle needs a family that will be patient, consistent, kind, loving (already got that)
8. Michelle needs to go poop in different languages (What? the description goes on to say that you can learn how to say the phrase "Michelle needs to go poop" in 10 different languages!)
9. Michelle needs friends. (Maybe she needs friends because she keeps talking about her bodily functions)

We're Back

After 5 days of playing with my sisters, I have returned to reality. We had a blast and wore ourselves out. What did we do? We were up at the crack of dawn (7:00am) and at IHOP by 8:30 for breakfast. The show floor doors opened at 9:00 and we were there with our little rolling totes. For the next 8.5 hours we walked from booth to booth investigating, studying, deciding on different papers and embellishments all for SCRAPBOOKING!

There were hundreds of booths to visit and we hit them all at least once. We did this for 4 and a half days.When the show floor was closed we went back to our hotel room and scoured each and every catalogue, marking the items we liked with our color coded post-it notes. Then we started making the decisions. We put together 12 packs of coodinating scrapbooking items making sure our prices fit into our formula.On the last day we placed all of our orders. Whew!

It was intense but the three of us make a great team. I don't think we ever stopped talking or laughing. Here are some photos.