Catch up

SO I know I know it has been like a year or two since I've written anything. That's because Adam got me an Iphone and I have a FB & twitter app so if you really want to keep up that's the way to do it.

Way to many things have been hapening here it would take a novel to introduce you to the last three months of our lives. So I'm just going to share Disney and if you want to know the rest you'll come ask me. :)

I spent my 29th birthday in Disney- oh my! NEVER will I have another birthday as great as that one. I celebrated for 9 days straight with my family (well Adam's) but it was a blast. Birthday cake for breakfast, lunch, & Dinner + my "Ordered" desserts. Too much fun...here are some pics from our 11 person party...and YES we wear matching shirts to keep up with everyone.

















I jumped a 100 block hopscotch...and really jumped not skipped...Nano got a great shot, but Adam recorded the entire persuit on film...was so much fun!

July 4th

Summer has been in full force at the Holsted House. July 4th weekend we had friends over for a game night, even the kids had their own game night.



It's great to have friends and our kids can go along with us and play too...they even enjoyed throwing watermelon rines at each other from the MASSIVE Watermelon we picked up on the side of the road (grown by the Puritans in some A city ?)



The next week was just crazy. I hurt myself Tuesday night and have been in pain since. I have pulled a rib head out of place, sounds crazy, I know I've never heard of such a thing. But a few more chiropractic adjustments and I'll be back to normal. I was off work Wednesday b/c I could barely breathe without the pain, went to the Dr's office and to pay sales tax. :) WOOOH!

Friday night 07/10 We rush to Wal Mart at 10pm after we packed the car up and realized we didn't have a life jacket that fit all the boys. (Dylan has grown out of his already) They didn't have anything, dropped off my stuff to DoDo's for her garage sale (Made $60- hello entry fee). I stayed up until 2am, I couldn't sleep, the pain in my shoulder was intense, I woke up at 6:30 and was wide eyed...Off to Lake Hamilton for PCA work day. We get off to a slow start, everyone in the house slept until 9, they ate honeybuns and I turned around and Dylan sat at the bar, tears down his face. He was so sad, why? Because he didn't get a honeybun. I told him to ask me for one, and he finally got the strength dried his eyes and said, "do you have another honeybun for me?", Why yes D, yes I do, Oh tears were gone and we were out the door. Then we went to Academy Sports we got out of the car and here come the tears again, what this time? Dylan forgot to put on shoes, so he walks into the store barefoot, we buy him some $5 watersocks, get the other Life Jacket, picked up Jacob's sliding shorts for this soccer season and went to check out...Well Adam forgot his wallet, I had mine and ran out to the car to get it. I told Adam, "you can't drive an hour and a half with no license!". So we go back to the house, potty again, Leaving for Hamilton Take 2.

Off we went for a fun filled day with Adam's office. Great people, food, and everyone had a blast. I didn't b/c I hurt the majority of the time, looking back on it I should've stayed home in bed until I could move again. Oh well! We hit up Krispy Kreme around 10:30pm boys asleep in the car.


Sunday morning Kobie got up for his 9th birthday with a surprise of Krispy Kreme raspberry donuts (gross- but he loves them) he was very excited. We missed church b/c we finally all slept until 9am (with DoDo calling 3 times, we finally said, we are sleeping will call you when we get up). Adam shoved a pillow under my back like a wedge and I slept like a baby (thanks to AP's suggestion of pillow under the arm (for front rib pain) this worked great! We lazed around caught up on all the cake

CAKE BOSS - YOU MUST watch this show at least once. It's great reality (per Adam Holsted- who hates everything reality based)

We went out to Nano & Papaw Cycle's camp site for Kobie's bday dinner party and had fun with sassy Lauren there to try and boss the boys around (it didn't work too well).

It was a great few weeks...in a few more weeks I'll be up and running, literally, the marathon build-up starts in August. Here I come.

Stress

Stress is the root of ALL Evil. My job has been in the process of fiscal year end, which to most sounds easy, but we are talking BILLIONS of dollars. So It's not so easy. I was chosen to work on this spreadsheet of all incoming invoices so we can keep up with everything...This goes from me to Gerald, To Carol, To Elouise, To Brenda, To Jerry Berry...it is working itself up the ladder. Am I getting anything other than my paycheck, NO! (I am grateful for the paycheck don't get me wrong) but there are people who have been in my posistion for over 4 years they could do what I'm doing, yet I was chosen, I'm not really sure why...is it because of their lazyness or because of my awesome excel skills (ask someone if you don't know me). I don't really know. But I am completly stressed out...gaining a few more grey hairs (it's all good). I'm trying to grasp the procedures and constant changes, I'm making it.

On top of all my work related stress EVERYTHING has hit this month, my first house payment, my first car payment, Jacob's classic soccer dues, Sales tax for the new car, The day care bill, My auto insurance (Every 6 mo.), I've just been hit hard when it comes to the pocketbooks, and YES I am thankful I had the money to pay everything I've had to pay, but NO I'm not happy when I do it. It's emotionally draining and stressful. Then add in some more stress with this team manager job (which Adam is doing). Possibly a new board posistion (it's all BIG GIRL STUFF- and I don't want to grow up sometimes).

Last week Craig preached on money and it was probably the best message I could've heard at the time but I don't know HOW I can apply it other than not being upset when I spend $ because; I am a hoarder, I budget, I'm fiscally smart, I've got the money to pay "issues" when things happen, but I'm not liking the having to pay it. I need an attitude adjustment. AND I want my kids and husband to be along with me on this journey and to not make me feel like the bad guy, everytime they ask for something and I deny it. I also need to scrape in some me time into the schedule, my working out helps (believe me) and I have decided to start training again for the LR 1/2 marathon which starts in August - Race in March. I decided I will treat myself to a day off (NO KIDS) massage, lunch with friends, and relaxation. Will see how that goes, but it's a MONTH away. I always feel guilty for spending money on me, when Adam and the kids spend money on them all the time, it's just hard for me too.


The added stress of a certain baby in the mix brought up tons of emotions I didn't think I still had, and I'm not really sure what to do with these feelings other than compress them in a tiny ball and shove them down deep. I tried to get them out with Adam and it just didn't help considering the fact that I reminded him of him being absent for two of our the three kids births...and the two absences were by my doing, it was just leading to a place of disagreement I didn't want to go to, so I dropped it, Plus I was very mean and it wasn't nice to continue. Until today at lunch with my mommy...Mammy to the rescue, Thank God for her! I just let it out and feel much much better. Time to start fresh since I got the junk out of me.


Exhausted, Happy, Proud, Sad... I need those of you who pray to please pray for peace, wisdom, & discernment...I need to figure things out. Much love and My tears are dry now!