Sunday, a day of rest and...

Stress!

Yesterday I didn't post anything because I was trying to relax. This worked part of the morning until I realized I could go to some yard sales and get winter clothes for Kaleigh and Ryan. This triggered a chain reaction, that lead to doing something else and that lead to something else and it was non-stop all day.

We decided to ditch our salesman at Henna and go with Kyle at Covert and start over. He can get any car we want on his lot for only $200 extra dollars so we are going to see if he can get the car we want from Henna.

Today I mowed the backyard. I know, I said I couldn't do it because of the antibiotics BUT it was cloudy and cool this morning so I mowed. Now that's done and I don't have to worry about it for a couple weeks.

Ryan is about to leave to go do some youth activities at the church down the street. While he's gone, Kaleigh and I will go out and play probably.

I'll be posting some video and pictures probably tomorrow.

I'll write more later

No favorite time today!

That's right, Kaleigh refused to nap today which in a way isn't really a bad thing. No nap means an early bedtime.

I'm still waiting on mom to call the salesman about the new car, she's dragging her feet though.

I got all caught up on Grey's Anatomy. I had missed the last two episodes.

Ryan will be home in 40 mins so I need to get things finished up. I'll write more later.

My favorite...

My favorite time of the day is almost over. Kaleigh will be awake from her nap soon, the rooms that I have cleaned will be destroyed and soon Ryan will be home. Here is some proof why nap time is not just the most amazing time in a stay at home mom's life but also why nap time is magical!

Let me update you all on the car situation. I heard from Craig at Henna today, he was some how able to get our monthly payments below $200. I still don't believe this quote includes TT&L but hey it's progress.

So before Kaleigh took her nap, she decided to put on all my clothes. No seriously. At one point she had 2 of my shirts on and she topped it off by wearing Ryan's boxers that I had neatly folded and put on the bed for him. Needless to say I couldn't move fast enough to find the camera. By the time I located the camera, this is what I walked in to see...

And then it hits me, I now know why I feel like I can't keep up with laundry. Kaleigh does this "dress up" thing every day. Sometimes she uses clean clothes that are freshly folded and sometimes she pulls stuff out of the dirty clothes basket. That's where the problem is. In my hast to clean up after Kaleigh, everything goes in the dirty clothes because by that time I have no clue what was clean, mainly because laundry is the one thing I do constantly.

Nap time is also wonderful for the cats. The boys (Baby Kahn and Derby) sleep and play during this time. Derby has learned to "fetch" his little ball toy and bring it to me. He must be part dog.

Baby Kahn is busy doing what he does best.

Oh I wanted to show everyone what the kids will be for Halloween too.

So there you have it, Spiderman and the Spider Princess! How cute is that??

I think the dishwasher is done and according to the clock, it's time to move clothes from the washer to the dryer. I still have a few things to do and then I need to start dinner so it's ready when mom gets home.

See ya at 4pm!

My hair is washed...

and I'm almost finished getting ready to go to the store and get some groceries.

Things have remained fairly calm. Ryan and Kaleigh used a brown paper bag and a piece of paper to make me a "fish bowl". It's cute, I'll take a picture and share it tonight.

Ryan's fish that he got for his birthday, Betta Betta St. Clair, went to fishy heaven about a week ago. I suppose this is part of the healing process.

Kaleigh's still not feeling good. She still has a runny nose and she lost all the color in her face. I hate to see her get sick again but like I said before, it's just that time of year.

We are looking for a ride for Ryan tomorrow morning. The headlights on the car don't work and we have to leave here by 7:25 to get him to school on time. Because of the cloudy sky and the fog, it's too dark at that time to get him to school. Hopefully we can find a ride and HOPEFULLY this car drama will be over soon. I keep crossing my fingers that I'll wake up in the morning and look in the driveway and see a brand new car with a big red bow on it (you know like in the commericals) but each morning I'm slapped in the face with reality.

I'll write more tonight, I have to finish trying to look "presentable". Apparently there is a dress code that all the women in this town live by when it comes to going grocery shopping between 4pm and 6pm. Sure I could have gone this morning when the elderly shop at our HEB but I still wasn't feeling that great and because Ryan was sick I couldn't have gone anyway.

Shocking revelations and unusual children

I have come to the conclusion that these two kids can't hear me when I tell them something. 80% of the time they don't even acknowledge me and then the other 20% of the time they stop, look at me and then continue with what they were doing.

Right now they are fighting in the living room about who gets to be Underdog.

Kaleigh has had a runny nose most of the day and that always makes life more exciting.

I've come to another shocking conclusion, purchasing a car will be the most difficult thing you do in your life. Forget raising kids, forget school, forget everything. This car buying business is a giant game and you have to play to win or you get screwed.

We started looking for new cars 2 years ago, yes you read that right 2 YEARS ago. In the last month we've really started working seriously with dealers.

The wonderful part about all this is that my dad used to sell cars so when I called him last night, he gave me some amazing advice. He told me what a salesperson would say in every possible scenerio and I ended the conversation feeling very confident so we'll see how it goes.

Right now I'm playing the "the ball is your court" game with Henna Chevrolet. I sent them a "firm" email last night that stated the monthly quote they sent us did NOT reflect the final monthly payment amount because I was fully aware that they hadn't factored in TT&L and I told them that if they could not fax my mom a copy of their work on the monthly quote and the original invoice on the car, not the invoice PER car but the invoice on the volume of that model that they had on hand then we could not go any further with the purchase and that I appreciated their help. I only heard one thing from Craig at Henna and it was "I'm sending your request to the finance office" and that was at 9am this morning. It is now 2pm.

So I did not go grocery shopping last night and I'm kicking myself right now. I have no pain killers left but the good thing is that the pain isn't too bad at the moment. I'm working on the grocery list right now. Well I should say "trying" to work on the grocery list. Ryan and Kaleigh were just playing in the hallway and Ryan decided to drag Kaleigh to the other end and he ran her head into the wall.

I will write more later.