i was wanting to update the blog today. but i feel like i have nothing to blog about. no layouts that i can share … at least, not right now. i have a few photos … but they're on the external harddrive already and i'm too lazy to hook it up today. i have a few deep, meaningful posts i've been wanting to do … but not feeling like typing up a big thing right now. so how about some randomness?!?!
- i love that the girls are back in school … just like being back on a schedule of sorts. but i do miss having them around during the day. the little ones miss them too. they have come to terms with the fact that i'm back to being their sole entertainment for the entire day … and also the only one here to take care of their every need. not sure how we all feel about this. lol! but i do put on quite a show each day for them … i do not dissapoint!
- soccer is back. the girls both started practices a few weeks ago. and we already have our first games this weekend … earlier than most years. this is the 6th year for both of them. alyssa is on under-12's … her team is "the heartbreakers". sarah is on under-10's … and her team is "the soccer chicks". both of them are red this year … so at least they match. lol! they practice on the same nights … but not the same fields. so we split up … joe takes one and i take the other. and they don't start till 6:00 … which is actually nice, because i don't have to pack up any daycare kids this time!
- the girls also start awana's at the church this week. awana's only goes up to the 6th grade. so alyssa is really too old now. but they do have a LIT program … which is "leaders in training". there were only 5 girls chosen from the 7th grade to participate … and alyssa was one of them! so she'll be in there … helping out the adult leaders and working with the kids in the classrooms. so proud of her!
- totally random … but the girls havn't been swimming in almost 2 weeks now. that is crazy! but my parents are on vacation … so i guess the girls just don't think we can go use the pool. which we totally can if we want. one time, we took the girls over to swim … and alyssa got so worried that people would think we were breaking in. lol! which makes no sense … because the neighbors know us … and because we have a key!
- insert big pause here … like a 5 minute pause … trying to think of more random stuff!
- i have all of 8 emails in my inbox right now. nothing that i havn't read … just things i need to save. but this worries me … because i always have about 20 in there. lol! i should just rest assured that i am productive and caught up. but i also worry that maybe i deleted some that i shouldn't have. lol! i know … i worry too much.
- this weekend … i threw away about 400 crayons and markers. seriously! i couldn't take it anymore. we had crayons and markers all over this house … drawers, pencil boxes, pouches, you name it. most are broken, dried up, and old. and really … why would we possibly need 8 of each color?!?! so i tossed them all … without any hesitation … without any guilt. i have 2 pencil boxes in this house right now … each with a 24-count box of crayons and a handful of markers. that is really all we need … no one colors that much around here!
- i also purged a ton more stuff. went through every nook and cranny of sarah's room … she's known for stashing things in places they don't belong. and we tossed so much stuff. i even made joe clean out his 2 little drawers he has in the kitchen. the dude had cheese packets from the pizza joint in his drawer … we don't even use that cheese. lol! receipts from back in 96' … and little scraps of papers that said "milk" or "bread" on them. lol!
- i've been scrapped a ton lately. feels good … have loved what i've been coming up with. i started this one layout for a certain project … and then didn't like it as much as i thought i would. so i decided it would be for a different project instead. but then i actually printed some photos for it tonight (yes, i designed an entire layout without any photos … that's how i roll sometimes!). as soon as i put the photos on … it totally "popped" … and now i'm thinking it's perfect for the original project. lol! i know you have no idea what i'm talking about … just go with me here! anyways .. i'll share what i can … as soon as i can.
and that is going to be it. because it's just about 10:00pm … and i told myself i would shut down the computer at 10:00! the season premiere of "the hills" was on tonight … and i can't wait to watch. one of my guilty reality-show pleasures! and then i'll make up for it by watching a truely awesome, touching show … "army wives". it makes me cry every single week.
Laura Vegas 
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