Laura Vegas

not sure what that that title is supposed to mean … i just know that coming up with a title every time i post is my least favorite part. some totally random things:

• spent 2 1/2 hours today doing paperwork for taxes. i would have gone longer … but that was how long naptime ended up going. i have my appointment on wednesday night … and i really hadn’t gone through anything up until today. i had cleaned out all the files from last year and put them neatly in an expandable file folder thing … which by the way, i expanded it to 4 inches of paper. but today i itemized receipts, tallied up expenses, added up utilites, sorted out 1099’s, counted meals, added up my working hours, all that good stuff. luckily, i am fast with paperwork and crazy with the calculator.
• made a trip to the bank today. you would not believe how many compliments i get about nikolas … after all, he is a cutie. but rest assured … i always make sure to tell people that he’s not mine … that i cannot claim his cuteness. lol!
• the weather here has been so nice. the girls have been in the backyard playing hockey on their rollerblades the past few nights after dinner. hard to believe that it’s daylight savings time this weekend. then we’ll have all that extra sunlight hours. which i like … and don’t like all at the same time. i really don’t like the idea of losing an hour this weekend though. i always feel like i’m running behind on something … so i can’t afford to lose an hour.
• tonight i was making my famous "london broil with steak sauce gravy" … so good! i’m big on the london broil … because it’s easy, it tastes good, and it’s fairy cheap. i make it at least once a week … and it always turns out great. but my brother has been on me about never using a meat thermometer … he says i should always cook with one and that’s how i’ll know the meat is done. i have to say … i have never seen rachael ray use one … so why should i? he got me a digital one a long time ago … so i took the thing out tonight and used it. that meat seemed to be in there for days … so i finally took it out 15 degrees before it claimed to be "done" (which for us is medium rare). so overcooked!!! lol! it was still good once you slathered it with the steak sauce gravy … but still.
• joe ended up with 4 games to umpire this week. which is great … it’s good money and he’s good at it. but that leaves me to get sarah to practice 2 days this week. we’re packing up the daycare kids and going on a ride … all the way across town. note to self … pack snacks and use the bathroom before heading out. an hour and a half is a loooooong time to sit when you have to go potty. lol!
• shoot … just remembered that sarah was supposed to work on her animal report tonight. argh! the thing is due next week … and she hasn’t started. just like her mother i tell you! lol! i thought we were done with the animal report … but apparently this is a rainforest animal this time. darn school reports.
• alyssa is totally done with her country report. she gave her presentation at school today … one of the first ones. kind of good to get it out of the way and not have to worry about it all week.
• we have a little over 2 weeks and the girls all go off-track … with a month off. i swear they just went on-track. lol! they must have moved everyone up a little. because i knew we had april off … but they actually get out like march 19th … which is not april.
• my inbox says i have "1 new email" right now … and there is nothing there. bugging the heck out of me. that little red "1" is sitting there teasing me … making me think i have mail. so not funny. i cleaned my inbox out … i only have 17 emails in there right now. my "sent" folder had over 600 (from 2 months)… am i supposed to clean that out? i actually do … and i empty my "trash" folder all the time. i know it does it on it’s own every now and then … but i like to keep it maintained. lol!

thanks for everyone’s nice comments on my last layouts. i appreciate them all! i probably won’t have any new layouts to share until the end of the week. still have to finish the tax stuff tomorrow. and tuesday and wednesday are my busier daycare days. but thursday … that will be a good day. unless the tax appointment on wednesday night is bad news … then i may be curled up somewhere in a corner. lol!