Lighting and Carpet and Knobs---OH MY!

HAPPY 4th BD JAKE!!!

Wow! Has it really been 18 days since my last post??? And since my Naughty Puppy has reared his cute little face??? Say it ain't so?!!

Well, nothing really new...except March is a pretty busy month with my birthday (WORST day I can remember having in a very long time! I KNOW! AND it ended with me spilling ICE COLD WATER all down my pants while sitting in the car! Um, yea, it was ugly ya'll! U-G-L-Y!) and Jake's birthday :) I guess I should've blogged about that huh? Still building this house :( Painters chose a satin finish on some of the walls instead of flat...so THAT was interesting :( All was rectified and I brought a peace offering of Miniature Cadbury eggs to my painters. Yea, if you've never tried them...seriously, run right out, right now and buy 4 packages...cause you'll be sad if you only buy one :) They are not the ones that are filled with that filling...they are just chocolate...and they are just soooo good :) I know this is such a lame post...but really it's just a lot of Star Wars and finalizing house decisions around here right now. I'm just ready to move. I know it will be here all too soon...and I'll be stressed about that too...

Oh! This is pretty awesome...well it is to me anyway....Brian and I have COMMITTED to having dinner AS A FAMILY...EVERY NIGHT (as much as possible anyways!) at 6:00!!!! This is a HUGE deal for us, as he generally doesn't get home until a little later and I am usually the one sitting down with the boys :( This has really been on our minds lately and we both feel very strongly how important a family meal is. Soooo, we are one for one right now :) YAY! So, will you tell me...what time do you eat dinner???? And how do you handle snacks up until that time?? Yesterday worked out really well....but I know I'm gonna hit a wall. So, all my smart, bloggy friends...can you help a girl out??!!

NAUGHTY PUPPY....take THREE!!!!!!!!!

( Sorry, no flash....but if you look closely...it's Naughty Puppy...in a different bathroom today!)

Yep! This bloggin' stuff is really easy when you have a puppy around to give you allllll kinds of things each day to comment about!!

So, you might say, "Staci...why not just keep your bathroom door closed?? Maybe THIS would keep him from getting to the paper, yes?" And I would say to you, "yes, I do try to remember to do that....I do have two little people that forget to close the door behind them...it's hard enough to get them to put down the seat, which, in this picture...as you can see, someone did not." But, today...I DID close the bathroom door behind me....only Mac was left in the bathroom :( Hmmm, I wish I could've seen his little face delighting in the fact that I closed him in the room he relishes being in :) So, maybe this post should be titled..."Naughty Mommy"???? Okay, well, I can't wait to see what this dog has in store for us tomorrow :)

NAUGHTY PUPPY STRIKES AGAIN :(

OKKKKKAAAY then...so, I managed to get locked out of our V-A-N today....BY MAC!!!! Luckily, Brian was on his way home and was meeting me at the new house...I had left my cell phone with Connor (who was at home playing Webkinz. Before you go all DHS on me...our new house is RIGHT around the corner and I was going to be gone for 10 minutes tops! I knowwww things can still happen, but don't think horribly of me!) So, anyway, Brian thought it was super funny and decided to grab the camera and "take a picture...for your blog!" Thanks Babe! So, just a reminder to everyone out there...don't leave your car running for a millisecond and unlock your gate...you COULD get locked out :( Oh Mac, how I love ya!

NAUGHTY PUPPY :(

Well, I had just sat down to do a little surfing for some hardware for the new house...had gotten Jake all set up for some Star Wars Wii time (I know, horrible Mom)...and then, I knew it was tooooo quiet and noooo movement around. I knew EXACTLY where that naughty puppy was. He had just seen me put a new roll of toilet paper on the holder. He can't resist :) Ah well, it's easy clean up and that face...HOW could I be mad at that face????? I'm reminded...he needs a bath :( And THIS is once again...why I do not have hardware picked out yet!