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The official move

nobody@vox.com(Nyn's blog) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:16:25 -0700

Just an update.... I have moved to Blogger. I have been posting in both places for a while now so it will just be easier for me if you all would just check the one place. Here is the address.

http://nynsblog.blogspot.com/

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No More Writer's Block

nobody@vox.com(Nyn's blog) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:24:32 -0700

It was brought to my attention that I haven't actually posted since Mother's Day. After checking my calender I realize that is almost a month ago. So I guess I have a lot to catch up on.... or maybe I will just skip it and start with what has been on my mind of late.

The problem is there has been so much on my mind it is hard to pull one thought out and put it down. I have finished my college semester and the girls are finally done with school for the summer. I am very much bragging in saying that we all, including me, got straight A's. I will pause here while you applaud our awesomeness..................................
Thank you.

Summer has officially started and so have our visits to the pool as well our planning and carrying out of the yearly pilgrimage to Utah. The almost 24 hour drive is about to commence. I will pause again while you all groan on our behalf............................... But truly the drive isn't terrible and it is good for our families to see us.

It really hasn't seemed necissary to mention that we have listed our house for sale. Mainly because if we sell we will just be moving in our area. Shae still has his same job, we are just looking to relocate to a better school district. If the house doesn't sell, we will make do. But the process of getting the house ready, especially before we leave for vacation has been a bit or an ordeal which has included dealing with a horrible man, the painter. He is horrible for many reasons, not only that he has done a bad job, but because he has been awful to me due to the fact that I am FEMALE. Yes, he and Shae seem to do fine. Sadly though because he is here during the day, he has me to deal with. Neither one of us are happy, and I will be reporting him to the BBB.

Also I may be having a mid life crisis. But because I am not yet in my midlife I am just saying an early 30's crisis, or rebellion or whatever you want to call it. I went and bought my first bikini this summer. I have NEVER owned or worn one. I don't know what possessed me to do it, but it is done, and because I was so happy about it, I went and pierced my belly button as well. I have always wanted too, so I did it. I figure now, I will most likely go to Hell, but I was already planning on it. I mean I bought my hand basket a long time ago. It was just a matter of assuring my spot there. Hee hee. (For anyone who is wondering, yes, Shae approves and thinks it is hot and yes, he is very supportive, not that it would have changed what I did much if he wasn't)

The kids are ever growing and getting smarter and always the loves of my life. Yesterday while the beautician was washing my hair Adelle was standing right at the sink. The beautician commented about what a good helper Adelle was, and I affirmed that yes, she is a wonderful helper and such a good cuddler as well. Adelle said "That is why we are Best Friends." My heart melted. My five year old thinks of me as her best friend. My heart soars that I am so loved.

Elise and Cora love me too, but a little less obviously. They are so dedicated and hard working. Both of them had their piano recital, the last one with our current piano teacher. She is leaving us and going off to college. How dare she? And they have the most amazing discussions with each other. I marvel at the ideas they have and how much they think about.

Shae is....well I'll just say it HOT!! I have always thought my husband was a good looking handsome man, but over the last year he has been working out. He has lost 35 pounds and has been lifting wieghts. He looks amazing. He is of couse still the loving and supporting man he always was and now he is all musclely and cut. I really like when he takes his shirt off ;). But maybe that is Too Much Information.

So for today that is about all. I have had writers block for about a month. But I am hoping that I will get back into the swing of things and post more blogs. I am going on vacation soon, but maybe I will find inspiration to write about while I am gone. Watch out all you out there in Utah, I will be watching, and writing Hee hee hee!

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Mother's Day 2009

nobody@vox.com(Nyn's blog) — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:49:43 -0700

I can't say that I am the most successful mother ever, because the wonderful morning and lavish spoiling I recieved isn't because I taught them to do that. I guess my kids feel the need to avoid a year of misery, because we all know I would complain until next mother's day if they hadn't treated me like a queen.

I awoke this morning to the smell of french toast. I was then escorted out to the dining table in an eye mask where I was seated at my beautiful table setting. My sweet girls had worked making french toast and even cleaning the kitchen after wards. Over the years my breakfast has become more involved. We have gone from cold cereal and toast to eggs and french toast. I haven't been the best at teaching my girls to cook but then can sure bake some good treats.

Shae got a ring for me that are three silver bands intertwined with the three girls names on them. I am so excited that Shae got this. I told him a few months back that I would love this ring and he remembered and got it for me.

I had a day full of relaxing and enjoying being spoiled. Thanks Shae, Elise Cora and Adelle. Love You!!

On one down note, I feel like a bit of a jerk about my own mothers and mother-in-laws presents. I purchased and sent their gifts back on April 30th and when we talked to our mothers today they hadn't received their gifts. I can't do anything about tracking them down today, but I felt bad they didn't get what we sent to them. At least we called to say we loved them and tell them thank you for being our mothers.

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The Melody Lingers On

nobody@vox.com(Nyn's blog) — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:06:52 -0700

The last few months of my life have been dedicated to doing another Lindenwood production called "The Melody Lingers On". We had our shows this past Friday and Saturday.So here are some pictures to commemorate my time there.

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The Melody Lingers On

nobody@vox.com(Nyn's blog) — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:06:52 -0700

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Our new baby boy - kitten

nobody@vox.com(Nyn's blog) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:17:48 -0700

We added a new family member this past Saturday. After a drawing from the hat, Adelle's name of Shoeshine was chosen for our little kitten. He is black with green eyes and about eight weeks old. We are loving him and we are pretty sure he loves us!!

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Happy Easter

nobody@vox.com(Nyn's blog) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:13:34 -0700

It was a fabulous day!! It was Easter and we spent time as a family, ate and relaxed!! The morning started with the girls finding the eggs and baskets. Then a breakfast of cinnamin rolls (yum!). After spending the better part of the day relaxing and then cooking lunch we finally ate at 3pm. I was very proud of myself. It has been a while since I have had to make a full holiday meal. We have spent almost all of our holiday's at Grandma's house over the years. I have basically been the "assistant" in the kitchen. So on my own I managed to make ham, homemade scalloped potatoes (a huge accomplishment for me, because they weren't out of a box), green bean caserole, hard boiled eggs, and biscuits. After our tummy's were full and the kitchen was clean we did my favorite Easter activity, the "Resurection Eggs". These are twelve plastic eggs filled with things about Christ's last days and resurection. It is always a good activity for the kids to understand the holiday and why we celebrate it. I want so much for them to remember the importance of being like Jesus - kind, loving and good. I hope that today was a good reminder of that. I know it was good for me.

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For Kirsty, about the eggs

nobody@vox.com(Nyn's blog) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:24:20 -0700

Kirsty, my friend at Momedy, found here http://momedy.blogspot.com/, has been a huge supporter of my blog entries, as well as my sister in law Aimee found here, http://aimeeroo.com/ . So, I managed to think of something to share today and will try harder to post more often than not at all.

Today I decided was time to stuff the Easter eggs. I first had to figure out how to get into the attic where said eggs are put away until needed. Our garage is in complete disarray because of the supposed bathroom we are having put in. This entails the attic ladder no longer being in place so I had to locate a ladder to use to climb up there. Once in the attic I found the eggs, but then managed to hit my head on the beams. They are low and it is pretty dark up there. I got the eggs down without falling off the ladder and took them with me to my rehearsal tonight to have college students help fill. We made quick work of filling 120 eggs a job that would usually take me about an hour and a half. I was so pleased to have this job done. I then went into the basement where I hid the prefilled baskets I had purchased last year on sale 85% off. I normally never buy prefilled baskets because the prices are so ridiculous that I know I could fill baskets for so much less and have much more in them. This not being the case at 85% off I got them, hid them and then waited to get them out until now. I did forget however that I had also bought pre-filled eggs with candy that would last through to this year. Also on insane sale at about 25 cents a bag for 20 filled eggs per bag. I realized I had purchased 120 eggs. So now I have a total of almost 250 eggs all of which I will most certainly not use. But the fact that I climbed into the attic, bumped my head and filled all those eggs to find that I didn't need to was a bit well, upsetting, but not to the point of angering, just bothersome. We have so many eggs now, that I am trying to figure out how to rid myself of all these candy filled eggs. My thought is give some to Adelle's school for their party, some to the church activity, and some to the neighbors having a hunt. That should take the eggs back down to a manageable number. I mean the first 120 were going to help with all that so everyone gets extra eggs this year. Hooray for me being prepared and getting good sales, now I just need to remember when I do, to avoid this situation next year.

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To Write or Not to Write

nobody@vox.com(Nyn's blog) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:14:53 -0700

As all of my loyal readers have noticed, my writing on my blog has become practically non existant. I have no good excuse because as we all know there are people a lot more and a lot less busy than me that some how manage to put out daily blogs about their life happenings. I have found that I run into writers/life block. I know I would like to take some time to sit and put something down, but I don't know what it should be. Then if I do decide what it is I may not want it to be something the entire world would read. (my private thoughts and meanderings). I worry that sometimes what I really want to say will hurt peoples feelings or make them upset, or sometimes what I say will just bore people out of their own brains (like right now). I think this is therefore my official hiatus from writing blogs for now. The best place to find me is FaceBook and that is just for a one sentence update every few days. Thanks for your reading and support, maybe one of these days I will take this hobby up again....maybe.

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Fun with celbrity collages. I know I am a dork !

nobody@vox.com(Nyn's blog) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:47:12 -0700

Fun with celbrity collages. I know I am a dork !

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