The Colemans

Grown Up Lady!

2009-04-02T21:01:00.000-07:00

In 58 minutes I will be THE ideal age! In my head anyway. You know the age you think you will "feel" like a grown up? Dream Guy? Check! Family? Check! House? Check! Career? Check! Check! A little more career than I bargained for and a little less children but I'm not finished yet, I hope, and I'm not one of those women (HA! I just called MYSELF that! Oh, I am SO 27!) who wants to be DONE by the time they're 30! Heck no! Not even close...Bucky is a little, okay a LOT, closer than I, actually!
Mandi will tell you I am funny when I'm sleepy, or at least I think I am! But, I think I'm getting too old to stay up this late when my girl has school tomorrow so I can't entertain you for long! However, I wanted to tell you that I truly HOPE that this will be my last blog without pictures! THAT may not be entirely true but this better be the last time I have the excuse of not having a CAMERA! Don't you all (all six of you?) agree with me? Thanks! Now I would tell you to email Bucky and bug him to get me one BUT, he doesn't check his email....SO, if you want to call and remind him, his number is 886-4141! HA! He would be very grateful for your help! Trust me! ;) Good Night!
P.S. I don't FEEL like a grown up and am pretty sure I never will! *sigh* It's quite nice!
P.P.S. Read Junie B. Jones to your kids if you don't already or to yourself if you don't have kids and you've never read them! HILARIOUS! I have to stop readign to wipe my tears. She. Cracks. Me. UP! Seriously, Good Night!

Taco Pie? Or something?

2009-03-10T16:47:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I really like to cook, but nothing hard or with crazy ingredients that you can't get at the Marshall Wal-Mart. I like to eat more, actually I might not even like to cook that much, I just get so excited about eating that it makes it worth it! I feel like I make the SAME five things all the time and I get less and less excited about cooking because I never make anything new.....it's not THAT bad because I only cook for my poor family about once a week.
Monday-Bucky works late.....kid food....hot dogs, mac and cheese, etc...this doesn't count
Wednesday-I work late...Bucky usually feeds the kids breakfast...unless it's grillin' weather
Thursday-Dance!....my kids, the Sherman girls and I treat ourselves to one of the fine dining establishments in Carollton..McDonald's, Sonic, or Subway!
Friday-I was raised believing that you are supposed to go out to eat on Fridays! Golden Corral here we come! Just Kidding! I'll talk about that in another post!
Saturday-We're usually busy

That leaves Tuesday and Sunday! So, really it takes me like a month to make my same borring meals. BUT, tonight I made up a delicious kid friendly dinner. By the way, Bucky is working late ...again...AND I COOKED! I started looking on www.kraft.com for something different and easy ....I was missing something for everything I wanted to make so...I got creative..
You will need:
crescent rolls
1lb. turkey burger
1can mild ro-tel
1can tomato sauce
like 2 oz cream cheese
shredded colby jack
-Preheat oven to 400
-Brown meat and add rest of stuff, oh and I threw in some green onion and seaseoned the meat with a little cumin, chili powder and, of course, seasoning salt and garlic salt. I put that on everything!
-grease 9" pie pan, line with unrolled, crescent rolls, seal seams
-Fill with mixture, top with shredded cheese, bake for 18-20 min
Well more like 16 minutes..I couldn't wait!

Averi cleaned her plate (Never happens!) and Will said "Nummy!" the whole time he ate! I think they approved and I liked it too! Poor Bucky missed out!

5 to 15

2009-03-09T06:31:00.000-07:00

"Talk to the booty 'cause the hand's off duty!!"-Thank you Hannah Montana's grandma for that great quote! My 5 YEAR OLD is very lucky she was not being told to do something OR getting in trouble when she busted this little saying out..TO HER MOTHER! Okay, it was hilarious and totally unexpected BUT, she probably shouldn't say that to me. While we're on the subject of Averi, not only is she mouthy beyond her years....she is a CLEPTO!!! Not even 24 hours after her "outburst" of her new fave quote, she took MY CELL PHONE to her friends house! WITHOUT ASKING! Yep, she stole my cell phone! She did get busted for that! I wouldn't have been so mad if I hadn't searched for it forever before it occurred to me that the little stinker had to have taken it!
Averi and I had been playing Horse-opoly for quite a while when Carleigh, our neighbor, and her dad stopped by to see if Averi could come up and play.......My mom called while they were here...I let here go...laid my phone next to me on the floor and......GONE! I changed a diaper, checked my email, loaded the dishwasher and decided to go out to my mom's to borrow the movie, Australia. (not a good choice) I thought Averi might like to go with me, SO, the search began..............
Me: Where's my phone????
Bucky: It's not right beside you?
Me: NOOOOOOO?
Bucky: You just had it...
Me: I KNOW! And now it's gone! Will you help me look so I can go get the movie?
Bucky: (very enthusiastic) yep!
So we're searching the house (with Will's help) and it hit me
Me:OH! MY! GOSH! Averi took my phone!
Bucky: no she didn't! don't blame her because you lost your phone
Me: She has it!
Bucky: No way!
So I took his phone, calling my phone, and went to Carleigh's...guess what I found? Two little giggle boxes hiding in Carleigh's room with a nice, new white Palm Centro! Can you believe her?

Girl Scouts Rock!

2009-02-25T08:39:00.000-08:00

Guess what my whole family had for breakfast? Thin Mints! Yep! Thin Mints! Are you craving them yet? How about those yummy Carmel Delights? Peanut Butter sandwich and a glass of milk? OR Lemonades? My personal favorite! I ordered ALL of these but, back to the Lemonades. I LOVE shortbread, and Nancy's lemon cake! This is a perfect combination of both! They are so light and summery feeling and I don't feel guilty when I eat them because, hello? They are in the shape of a fruit!

For those of you who don't know about Nancy's lemon cake it is the best cake EVER! Mandi is my BFF and Nancy is my second Mom! (Mandi's Mom, thanks for sharing, Mandi! and Julie and Amy!) Anyway, I have gotten the privilege to eat dinner at Nancy's at least once a year since the sixth grade!........Mandi's BIRTHDAY! Which is coming up! She's older than me by the way! ;) Okay, let's be serious, I ate there every chance I got and still do!

I am off to share more t-shirt designs with the girls at High Maintenance, make some people beautiful and then I'm joining Curve's. .........There I said it, now maybe I'll go.....right after I finish this box of cookies!

T-shirts

2009-02-24T12:39:00.000-08:00

The camera is MIA so...we're moving on! I will share my "bag" with you soon, but I have a small confession, I changed bags! Sorry, I am revamping for Spring.

I don't know if you've heard but High Maintenance has some great things going on! We now have a great Nail Tech, Mindy Schenk, from Carrolton, Mo! Amanda Neuman, our amazing Esthetician, who has been on maternity leave is back full time! And Estela Villatoro, now works with us, as a stylist! Estela moved home (Marshall) from Springfield, Mo where she worked in a well known Aveda salon, to get her Esthetician license in addition to her cosmetology license! Do you know what that means? We are FULL SERVICE!!! That's right! Any service you would like to receive on your hair, skin OR nails, WE can do it! In the same day at the same place! Watch out Marshall! For those of you that don't already know, there hasn't been a place like that in town before now! So, to add to the excitement, we decided to get t shirts for Spring! That's where I would appreciate YOUR help! I started designing some on Uberprints.com..and the possibilities are ENDLESS! And, of course when you have five women trying to decide on one style..umm...Please vote for your fav!

**Okay I tried to do a polldaddy but I can't upload pics from Uberprints so we'll have to do it this way**

1.Bright pink with yellow High Maintenance, diagonal in front in "punk" font
2. Kelly green with High Maintenance straight across the front, yellow in "space" font (smooth skinny lines with no corners) and the phone number on the back
3. White t with "I *heart* my hair"on front (think I *heart* NY, black writing, red heart)and High Maintenance and the phone number on back

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think. Any other suggestions would be great also! Thanks!

Bag Tag!

2009-02-22T07:54:00.000-08:00

DUDE! The inside of my purse is like a trash can! Kari tagged me and she's gonna be SO grossed out! I can not believe that I am going to share with the public what is at the bottom of my HUGE bag. What can I say? I'm busy and my children and I like snacks! Anyway, Bucky keeps leaving the camera at work...you know, the "family" camera? the reason I don't "need" one? Because "WE" have one? That should also explain the lack of posts for the past couple of weeks. Sorry! I'll go get it from him tomorrow and share my CUTE goldish, silverish BIG Bag....and...whatever lurks below the zipper......

Ice Ice Baby!

2009-02-04T09:13:00.000-08:00

Check out Averi's moves! She got 'em from her mama!!

Sorry about having to watch it sideways! :)

P.S. Kaiyln Wise is on her left. She's got some pretty awesome moves too!

Your gonna Pee your Pants!

2009-01-30T08:04:00.000-08:00

Okay, for the sake of laughter, I will share this deep, dark secret of mine. Since my pregnancy with Will, I have had this ugly redish, bruiseish, what may possibly be a varicose vein, someday, on my leg. Yuck! I know, sorry! But it's almost behind my knee so it could be worse. Anyway, when I'm on my feet a lot (haha) it hurts and swells and you get the idea! I guess I complain about it more than I thought. Or it could be that my five year old is just that observant....She got a rug burn on her calf the other night and, of course, was devastated! She came sprinting into the room screaming, "Mom, MOM! Look at this!"

Me: What is it?

Her: THIS!!!!

(She showed the rug burn)

Me: It looks like a ru....

Her: (interupting me) OOOOHHHHH MAN! Surely I'm not PREGNANT!

NEED vs. WANT

2009-01-29T11:45:00.000-08:00

I NEED a camera!! I was using the camera on my iphone (which wasn't doing my kids justice) but I traded it! That's right, much to Kathy's dismay....It was a little overrated for my needs SO, I now have a white Palm Centro that I am in L-O-V-E with. It has lime green buttons and that could be the coolest part! Anyway, I need help....I want the camera to take the photo WHEN I push the button NOT five or more seconds later. I don't care if it fits in my purse. I'm not that "techy" so it has to be pretty self explanatory and I don't have a million dollars to spend on one! Any suggestions? Wait, I have been through three Kodak easyshares (lost one, broke one and returned one) and one Sony cybershot (loved it but it broke easily). So, aside from those, any suggestions? That is definitely a need! How can I have an entertaining blog without good pictures?
I tried to check some out on ebay and all I could think about was boots! I REALLY want a new pair of boots. A fun pair that I won't ride in but will wear to work. Sooo, I couldn't help myself! I searched! After looking at hundreds of pairs I got a little bored and decided to check some blogs that I regularly check and guess what..........I clicked over to Haute Cowgirl and Holly had posted three different pair of boots that she found on ebay! It's a sign!

Girls Day

2009-01-25T18:02:00.000-08:00

Averi and I enjoyed a much needed "girls day" earlier this week! We did a little shopping and a little hard work on our best mutual friend, Vita Blue. She is sassy, just like us, and likes to look cute, just like us! None of the three of us were impressed with her appearance due to those yucky cock-a-burs. SO, Averi got the tough job of feeding the princess carrots and I combed and combed and pricked my fingers and found my gloves and combed some more! A short two hours later...see above photo...."not a total Betty but a vast improvement"-Clueless...After that we took advantage of "Mom's day off" and visited High Maintenance for a massage! Backs only though! We had other very important things to get to! (See bottom photo) We had time for one last stop before we headed to pick up the wild brother and get home to shower before Daddy got home. He claims to be allergic to horses. Averi and I like to call it fear but either way he insists we shower immediately upon entering the "homestead"!

Happy Birthday Meg!

2009-01-20T06:36:00.000-08:00

Happy Happy Birthday Maegan!!!

"Meg" is my FUN LOVING, very care free, really good friend, fellow stylist who has been with me since the day High Maintenance opened!!!

One of my favorite stories Maegan tells is about the day I went to her school to introduce myself and tell them about the salon opening. She says I "came in there dressed like a city girl, thinkin' I was somethin'"! THAT cracks me up! Anyway, I guess she was talking about me the whole time saying how no one 's going to call me, well not her, for sure! .....She was the first to call! She claims she just did that so no one would get her job! We met at Mazzio's for her interview, she did a model, I hired her and I've loved her ever since! Since then we have outgrown our first location, eaten a lot of Mexican food, (not to mention Chinese and pizza), went on a cruise, had children, done A LOT of awesome hair and among other things, laughed our butts off! Thanks Maegan! I hope you have the best birthday ever and you know if you would have worked to day I WOULD have made you cupcakes!

YUMMY!

2009-01-18T18:55:00.000-08:00

I have one thing to say, "Ahhhhh!" I LOVE Sundays!! Lots of people don't because they have to go back to work on Monday. Even those people get to enjoy this Sunday with me because most people are off tomorrow. Sundays, for me, usually mean... a happy heart form taking the fam to church, a clean house, full belly, and nothing mandatory that I have to do except maybe bathe some rugrats!
I made dinner for Bucky's parents tonight.....it was possibly the best meal I have ever made in my life! (They liked it too!) It was, are you ready for this? Crab and Parmesan Crusted Grouper!! I know! I can't believe it either! I am NOT a fish fan! I didn't eat it at all until I became a Coleman and my bossy father-in-law insisted that I would LOVE it they way HE fried it! I swear everyone that thinks they can fry fish thinks that! Anyway, I eat it when he cooks it. Needless to say I have never even wanted to try to cook fish in my own home and especially not to try and serve to anyone! However, I will be glad to have a shrimp or crawfish boil anytime and volunteer my house to stink for a month to get to eat that!
SO, the in-laws went to their place in Corpus to go deep sea fishing and it has sort of became a ritual that when they get home (usually with fresh shrimp) they share their "catch" and I cook it! This time it was grouper! What the?!?!? So, I did a little "homework" (haha, has anyone been watching The Bachelor?) and made dinner! Bucky's mom said, "Oh this is excellent! I would order this in a restaurant!" SCORE! I ate it too, and liked it! Don't worry I had ribs in the crock pot because I was sure the kids and I were not going to like it. It was very yummy! It had red, yellow and jalapeno peppers, mozzarella and Parmesan cheese and lots more I can't remember at the moment. I made sauteed whole green beans with portabellos and red onion and garlic bread. Are you hungry yet? This is probably the first and last time I will blog about food. I really like to cook but I like to eat even more so...if that means cooking first then so be it! I'm not one of those super moms that thinks ahead with great crock pot recipes. If you are and would like to share I'll cut your hair or something! ;) Just wanted to share my successful meal!

Luck of the Draw!

2009-01-17T21:11:00.000-08:00

I WON THIS TANK AND I LOVE IT! THANK YOU HAUTECOWGIRL.COM!!!

"The '72"

2009-01-16T19:36:00.000-08:00

Isn't it beautiful? THIS, my friends, is what my husband spends most of his precious time doing! I sometimes give him a hard time when we have scheduling conflicts because I have "real people waiting on me"! He quickly reminds me that on the other side of that gigantic garage door there is a "real person" waiting on one of these prize possessions and most likely thinks IT is more important than any hair do or nail polish color. THAT is only a matter of opinion! BUT, It's funny how when we get busy we think that our obligations are more important than anyone elses. I am very thankful for my rewarding career and patient clients.....and for Bucky's patient customers who sometimes are forced to be more patient than mine! :)

Free Necklace!

2009-01-16T16:27:00.000-08:00

Hi all! There is a super cute necklace on http://hollylane.blogspot.com She's giving it away and to enter all you have to do is comment on her blog before midnight tonight! You'll want to keep checking it, she's really funny! Happy Friday!

Thank you Kathy for the face lift! You're the best!

Two Minutes!

2009-01-15T18:06:00.000-08:00

Ahhhh! 8:13PM! Grey's Anatomy is being TVo'd, Bucky is putting Will to bed and I have two minutes to myself to blog! I have thought of lots of things I want to blog about and have attempted to a few times today....but...no such luck! I did get some cute, crummy, pictures on my phone of my little darlings. Averi is waiting patiently and staring at me and tapping so...told ya! Two minutes! I promise to NOT bore you to death with my next post and there will be pictures! By the way this counts as NOT falling off the blog slacker wagon! Nite!

2009-01-07T18:25:00.000-08:00

SO, Does no one read my blog? Not care about my horse? OR Just to lazy to comment?......Just Wondering......

Yankee Doodle!

2009-01-03T21:03:00.000-08:00

Just kidding! It's just Yankee! Averi gets mad when I call him that! I know I should wait until I have a picture of him with his "official" owner for his debut on the blog but I can't wait anymore! Actually I am just SO excited to have finally taken and transferred some pictures that I had to share! Averi went to the movies with my mom today and Will and I got our boots on and helped Papa pull cockaburs (is that how you spell that?) out of the pasture. They really mess up Vita Blue's hair! But don't worry we didn't do all that work without a little horse cuddlin'! Will actually likes him a lot! In the first pic he is trying to kiss him! He's such a lover! HA! And a stinker! AND, I guess I have to admit the kids aren't the ONLY ones who have fallen in love with the skinny, wormy, little thing! He has came a VERY long way since the night we brought him home and besides, he's cute! Speaking of bony ponies, you should check out this website. www.bonyponyranch.com It's not redneck, I promise! It's a no-profit ranch in Malibu that helps underprivileged kids. It's pretty neat and lots of celebrities go! What a great idea! You think Marshall needs one of those?.....?....?

Shiny!

2008-12-25T19:28:00.000-08:00

Ladies and gentleman I am blogging from my brand new, so pretty I am scared to touch it, very own laptop! I guess my awesome husband was actually listening to my whining about our computer being crappy and he must have felt sorry for me because he got me a new one! THANK YOU BUCKY!!! It is very shiny and fast and has lots of memory. Do you know what this means? It will actually let me download pictures!!! Yes, it has that much memory!! I don't really have that much time tonight but I plan to get this thing figured out tomorrow so stay posted! I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas! We really enjoyed our day together and we get to spend the whole day together tomorrow too! No where we have to be, just hang out! Right after some much needed sleep! Night!

FUN-KY!

2008-12-19T07:36:00.000-08:00

HI!!!! SO sorry I fell of the wagon again! Still no pictures but I thought I'd share an update on our busy life. We have all been funky lately! I am home sick today. WHAT? I did not have that scheduled! Will started throwing up at Lois's ( his babysitter which we are SO blessed to have!) on Tuesday. Wednesday it was the other end so I sent him to my moms. Wednesdays are my late night so Bucky usually picks them up but he couldn't stop throwing up long enough to get home from work so....thank goodness they were at mom's. I picked them up when I got off. Will was feeling much better........Averi puked all over me in the night! Yuck! She felt fine when she got up Thursday morning. Or so she said. She had a baking date planned with my grandma so she went and about 11:00 am......MY TURN!!! THANK GOD I was off yesterday!!! I was so sick! If this tells you anything, I called Bucky home from work, had him bring soup and Sprite and take over with the kiddos! I called all my clients about 8:30 last night to let them know I probably wouldn't be there today. I fell awful, I never call in and it's so busy right now I don't know where everyone is going to fit before Christmas!! Anyway, I think I'm over throwing up but then again I'm scared to eat. Now it's just all the achy, weak crap from not keeping anything in. Aren't you guys glad I blogged? :)
Tomorrow we are headed to Buffalo to have Christmas with my dad. We had planned to go down Sunday morning BUT, has anyone ever heard of Maple Street Grill? It's a locally owned restaurant in Buffalo and I LOVE IT! If we go Saturday night we can eat there! Done! I made this executive decision on Wednesday while I was on the phone with my dad. I was SO worried yesterday that I wouldn't feel like eating that on Saturday. I think I'll be fine! As a matter of fact I already know what I'm going to order...Black jack steak with a baked potato and salad! YUMMY! I love food!
Happy Birthday Amber!!! I hope you feel better and get your steak and sushi for your birthday!

2008-11-22T16:43:00.000-08:00

Of coarse everyone thinks their kids are great but I think I might have the sweetest little girl ever. I am getting them ready to go get an old fashion photo taken...that, for the record, is NOT my style and my mom insisted on it AND I am 99% sure I won't purchase.....Anyway, I got my butt kicked at work today and am super tired. Will is tugging on my shirt as we speak because he can not handle me sitting, (anywhere) especially at the computer! I got online to check my email and my regular blogs. Congrats Alysen!!!! I thought I might sneak in five minutes of peace. Averi is bouncing off the walls because she gets to pick her own outfit for the pics! HA! She says she is picking something like Kathy would pick....Little does she know.....it is NOT going to be "her fashion!" That makes me laugh out loud!!!! So, I sat sown at the computer and nicely ask her to please calm down for just a few minutes so I can read something. She said yes mam and stood there starring at me for about 30 seconds until she started climbing up my chair and put her head next to mine, never saying a word.......I let her sit there for a few minutes and finally started to ask her what she was doing. She stopped me and said, "SHHH! I can tell your thinking about something and I want to hear it!" :)

Name change

2008-11-13T17:49:00.000-08:00

Brownie's name has been changed to Yankee. Averi made the official change today when she brought her friend Zoe to meet him.......That's all I have for today....gotta watch my shows. And I'm reading The Shack and can't put it down. It is really good and very thought provoking. Exercise your brain...READ! I guess you are. I wonder if blogs count? Enjoy your evening!

Brownie

2008-11-11T11:25:00.001-08:00

Hi! Hope everyone is enjoying the cold, wet, Fall weather! I just made Bucky lunch and put Will down for a nap. After we ate, Bucky was walking out the door and my mom called. All I could hear was her yelling, "Averi talk to your mom and tell her the horses are out, all of them!" So I grabbed Bucky and asked him to stay here and told him I'd be right back. I headed to Mom's in a panic. As I turned on her road she called again and said I don't see yours but mine is in the yard. Me: Did you catch him? Mom: No Me: Did you look in the pasture for mine? Mom: No but you don't have to come Terry is on his way. Me: I'm on the road I'll be right there........I pulled in, her horse looked at me and never moved. I ran into the pasture calling for Vita and Fuente and the two darling fatties were standing there eating grass, oblivious to the fact that the gate had been WIDE open all morning! I LOVE them! So, a little drama but no physical exertion! I caught Sonny for mom and Terry fixed the gate. Only a 20 minute delay in Bucky's strict work schedule! Thank goodness he was home for that one! :)
I keep forgetting to tell you we got a little but feisty surprise over the weekend! ANOTHER HORSE! Sigh.....the kids and I went to the horse sale on Friday night. No we are/were not in the market for another horse but there isn't a lot to do around here and it can be entertaining if you like that sort of thing. Most of my friends would rather pull their own teeth (Kathy!) but the other of my friends sometimes go too and then it's even more fun. By the way the horse market stinks so I like to see how good of a horse you "could" get for the money "if" you were buying......at a horse sale that is so that statement alone sort of contradicts itself...Anyway. sweet, skinny, wormy, little "Brownie" has a new home. He's a stud (for now) and he's Averi's! Thanks Mom!

Moose Meat

2008-11-10T06:46:00.000-08:00

Hi! Sorry I'm a cruddy blogger again. Blame it on my husband. Just kidding! He gets points this week because he just went with me and the kids to see Kathy and her kids. Don't get me wrong, he LOVES Kathy. He does not love "car rides in go karts when your sitting on top of loud kids!" See, I have yet to see my "new car" and am STILL driving the "cat car" so, we borrowed my mom's to take to Iowa. It's little but we only spent $24 on gas! Kathy had dinner ready on Sat. when we got there and that made it all worth it for Bucky. BEEF! Ah, yummy, juicy red meat! I love it!
Now let me explain, Bucky brought home moose from Canada......yeah, moose, that we're supposed to EAT. And that means....cook.....and I don't know how to COOK MOOSE! Nor do I care to ever learn....Anyway, the first couple of times Bucky grilled some and I tried it and I have to say it was not that bad. The very first time I tried it I sorta let myself think it was good. That idea was clouded by the fact that we have the equivalent to three beefs in moose meat and it was free (sort of). Since I've known Bucky I have been conned into trying several random animals that he or his dad OR MOM has shot. I don't like them. In my opinion that SHOULD get you off the hook for EVER being expected to eat them again, but, oh no! It's the exact same conversation every time we eat at Bucky's parents'. "Try it, try it again! You'll like it this time." And guess what? I never stinkin' like "it".
By the way, I'm never rude about it. I just quietly fix my plate and eat and hope that Frank doesn't zero in on what I do or don't have on my plate. Ha! This is funny. If I ever do slide by without him calling me out. The next time we eat there he tells me exactly what I ate last time and that he knew I liked it only because I didn't know what it was. Yeah right! I call that manners, NOT ignorance!
So, that should help you better understand my appreciation for a great big steak! I'm off to the grocery store.........Mandi, I named this blog entry just for you!

Puke!

2008-11-03T06:18:00.000-08:00

Morning! Hope everyone is adjusting well to the time change! Will woke up at 5 on Sunday morning! What? Last night Averi kept crying about her stomach hurting. We thought she just ate too much Halloween candy........She went to bed about 8:45 and at 1am she was throwing up. Poor baby! SO, I was up with her around 6 and guess what, Will slept until 8! Of coarse Bucky was in bed with him and he said he goes back to sleep because he sings to him. I guess I need a better singing voice! I sing to him! It just doesn't work that well for me!
I am super excited about Christmas this year. I'm usually a Scrooge until about the week before but I think I would put my tree up today if I had time! Not sure why the change of heart but I CAN NOT WAIT to shop and decorate and cook and eat. By the way as I type this Averi is yelling, "I want that! Momma, look! I want that!" At EVERY commercial! The last one was that make your own Build-a-bear kit. She says it every single time there is a girl toy on TV. It's pretty funny, actually! I can remember doing that. I guess she will be easy to shop for this year. Not sure what the little wild man will get. My mom thinks he "needs" a riding toy because he LOVES to ride in Averi's Barbie Jeep. I think he would like it but I'm not sure he could make it go yet. And I think it would be much more fun to give him something like that when he's big enough to ask for it. Sounds much more exciting to me.....Surely there is a happy medium on the market that I haven't seen yet. Any ideas? Have a good day!

No more single mom!!!

2008-10-22T04:54:00.000-07:00

GOOOOOOOOD Morning! I made it one last night being a big girl! We FINALLY got to talk to Bucky yesterday!!!! Yea!!!! He called about 1:30 pm. You're not going to believe this but....I missed it! But he called right back! They were checking out and heading home so we're looking for him around lunch time today! He is going to pick the kids up when he gets here. That works perfectly because it's my late night and he usually picks them up on Wednesdays but we weren't sure he'd be here yet. I'm so glad I have my mom to help out but today, I'm tired, and so thankful I don't have to think about having to arrange other pick-up plans. Averi was so excited after talking to Bucky last night that she COULD NOT go to sleep! We ordered pizza, took baths and watched Flicka. I didn't think she would make it through it.....but.....she did! She made it through Flicka, 90210, that I DVR'd and watched at 9 and the 10 o'clock news and then she got in trouble and I had to make her think I was starring at her and make her keep her eyes closed. I'm such a mean mom, huh? Much to my dismay, she came skipping upstairs before the alarm even went off. First words, "When's my DAAAA-DY gonna be here?" Geez! Not soon enough! Did you get the part about I was already upstairs before the alarm went off? That's because Will was up before six! I would tell you the real time but I couldn't see for the first hour. We DO NOT get up that early! He must be pretty excited to see his daddy too!

I decided to have the house phone turned off because we use our cell phones for everything anyway. Bucky has some issues with how much money we spend "just to talk" . If you know him then you know HE'S not a big fan of talking I, however, AM! So, I want a new cell phone, BAD! and I want to be able to access my email and schedule appointments on it...That means we would have to upgrade our plan. Here's my dilemma, I cut the home At&t bill in half by canceling the phone and keeping the Internet. I'm wondering how bad I need Internet at home if I have it on my (hopefully) phone.....Anyone have any good advice on that? I need a plan to approach him with! :)

Stalker

2008-10-20T13:01:00.000-07:00

Good Afternoon! I just used my spy skills and found a phone number to the outpost where Bucky is hunting. I called inquiring about a seven day hunt and asked if at the end of the hunt they fly out in the morning or evening. I have had my phone in my pocket most of the day (except the two times Kathy called and I missed it!) because I keep thinking Bucky is going to call. I am driving myself crazy trying to calculate WHEN they will be here so I got creative. :) The man on the phone asked where I was calling from and I spilled my guts! I told him actually I have family hunting there now and I was just wondering when they would fly out. He was SO awesome! He introduced himself, Kevin, asked my name, asked if Frank was my dad....ummm...no...I explained that Bucky is my husband. He went on to tell me that they had to wait a day to fly out so they will be hunting an extra day (thank goodness I called, I would have been a nervous wreck!) and will be out my noon tomorrow to start their 24 hour road trip! He told me that 3 out of 4 Moose tags were filled, Reve got the biggest one and no one got a bear yet, maybe tonight.....Such a nice guy! AND he didn't even care that I'm stalker! :)

Feet Stink!

2008-10-19T10:33:00.000-07:00

Hi! Fuente has an abscess....a yucky infection in his foot from stepping on something on the trail ride....sharp rock , maybe? Anyway, what that really means is MORE WORK!!!! I have to stall him.....I don't have a stall.....and soak his hoof in warm water and Epsom salt twice a day, clean out the hole in his hoof with a syringe dry it all off and put a boot on it.... Did I mention that his back leg ways more than me? It's quite fun trying to do that by myself! BUT thank God for good friends and uncles that love you! My friend Giela is letting me use one of her stalls....the nice big one for the mammas and babies! Thank you Giela! And thank you Uncle Clark for being at my service at the perfect time! He happened to call me as the vet was checking Fuente out and said he would just come out to my moms in a few minutes. He got there about the time Vance (the vet) was telling me that in order for this abscess to heal properly he would need to be stalled ASAP! Nice! (I don't have a trailer either but if you know anyone that wants to sell one cheap contact Bucky Coleman! I know they don't cost as much as two week trips to Canada! ) So, my super nice uncle Clark hopped in the truck, went to get his trailer and gave us a ride to Giela's. SOOOO nice of him! I know he had better things to do on a Friday night than taxi my (pain in the butt, that I love so much) horse and I all over the county!
Averi had tons of fun at her Aunt Amber's. Amber said she never even got sad at bedtime! (Sniff) My little girl has successfully accomplished her first "slumber party", after several failed attempts at friends and neighbors! When I picked her up from Amber they had been to the mall! The pet store, play land , lunch, Libby Lu and the Cookie Factory to be exact! She came home with a new Hannah Montana dress up dress...hot pink and sparkly, a dance bag and she and Kolby got matching Hannah t-shirts! Thanks Aunt Amber! She's in love! She actually has the dress on now and is sure she is wearing it to my moms Pampered Chef party we are going to later! I really want to have another baby but man, I'm not sure there's room in our house for two princesses! The whole time I was pregnant with Will, Bucky said,"What if it's a girl? " I laughed at him but, seriously? She says boys are too wild and she REALLY wants a baby sister but......not sure she would like her so much once she got here!
On that note CONGRATULATIONS AMANDA AND MATT!!! WELCOME BARRON LEE RASSE,10-17-08 7:08 PM, 8 1/2 LBS, 19 in. SO perfect! Name, hair, skin, love him! THAT'S why I have baby fever! :)

.....bored!.....

2008-10-17T11:11:00.000-07:00

I feel like I'm in the twilight zone......Isn't it time for Bucky to come home yet? Now, I KNOW me being as busy as I am has very little to do with Bucky. (He's pretty self-sufficient!) But, I seem to have had way more free time since he's been gone.....wierd......Like today, I'm off early....that NEVER happens! My laundry it still done! What? I'm sure some of my free time has to do with having "kid food" for dinner and eating off paper plates. Try it! It totally cuts kitchen time in half! Last night we had dinner and baths finished in time to watch Grey's and E.R. and I didn't even have to rewind it! Not sure that has ever happened. I think maybe when he's home I subconsciously wait to do things because I think he's going to do them........and wait.....and No, I'm kidding! I sometimes get that Momzilla thing and think that it's not right unless I do it myself so it's really not his fault. I always tell him "I've got it!" and he believes me! :) What a lucky guy! Sorry if you're tired of hearing about Bucky. I guess I really miss him when I have a free second and I try to blog if I get time so....you guessed it! You get to hear me whine! But only for about 5 more days!
On a more exciting note, Averi is going to spend the night with her cousin Kolby tonight. Kolby is 3 and has a friend with Down Syndrome. Tomorrow they are going to do the buddy walk at Arrowhead to help support. I signed us all up to go but I didn't realize my dates overlapped and I have a wedding to do tomorrow so I'm meeting Amber in Higginsville so Averi won't have to miss out on the fun. Just her Momma! This will be the first time she has stayed the night with anyone but my mom! I hope she doesn't give them a hard time. They live in Independence so there will be no going to get her at 3am! Saturday, when I'm finished with the wedding hair, I'll meet Amber again to pick her up and she has a birthday/costume/hayride party to go to. My little social butterfly is going to be exhausted! She had been having some meltdowns at night and crying for her daddy. :( (drama!) So I thought if I just keep her busy until she passes out....Oh, by the way, she is going to be a "sparkle fairy". Have you ever seen one of those? ME NEITHER! So when I pick her up in an hour or so we are headed to Wal-Mart so she can get everything she thinks she needs to make herself a sparkle fairy. It should be fun! Thank goodness Will isn't old enough to get a say in what he is! I think he's going to be a dog, because he's in L-O-V-E with dogs and talks about them constantly or a monster because he can say "RRRRAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!" and thinks it's hilarious! But, I haven't found either costume yet so, we'll see! Hope everyone is having a great day! I'm off to meet the vet. Fuente has a sore foot from the trail ride......

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

2008-10-15T07:16:00.000-07:00

Hey! I thought I'd catch you up on another couple of busy weeks. Friday, Bucky left for Canada and I left on a "Chick Trail Ride" to Panther Creek. It was really nice and beautiful country! On the way down, we stopped at a neat store and I bought some much needed tack and NEW BOOTS! I love them! We rode through hundreds of Texas Longhorns. It was so neat. We slept in, rode for a while, had some lunch, rode some more, ate more, hung out around the camp fire and laughed all night! Very relaxing and much needed! Bucky got to Kenora (sp.) on Saturday night. That's a day earlier then they were supposed to arrive. They are being flown into the woods on one of those boat/planes and dropped off at the cabin. They will be checked on every other day! And, did I mention there are no land line phones that far out and of course no cell phone towers? I sure hope they are careful! It doesn't sound very safe to me but I'm not a big hunter. Especially not BEAR!
I have to brag on myself a little....I am being quite brave this time! Usually, I chicken out all together and stay at my mom's or something but not this time! I have been staying home and I actually am enjoying it! I'm getting a lot done and having fun being home with the kiddos. Yesterday I was really thinking I would love to be a stay at home mom......until about bedtime. Then I was asking myself why I didn't get these kids out of the house for a while today? They were getting a little stir crazy. We aren't used to being home much before baths and bedtime. No one knew what to think of being home the entire day. My strategy is to come home well before sunset so I don't think about it getting dark and I don't have time to get scared before I fall asleep! Tonight I'm going to dinner with my friends for Becca's birthday. That will be fun, hope they don't mind if I leave before dark! Just Kidding! Averi is at school and I went ahead and took Will to the sitter because it was pouring outside and I didn't want to get him out twice. He seems to do better about staying earlier in the morning anyway. I'm not sure what to do with all this alone time so I think I'm going to mop the floor and get in the shower....ALONE! Have a great day!

2008-10-14T12:36:00.000-07:00

Happy 2nd Anniversary Mandi and Andy!!!

2008-10-05T12:42:00.000-07:00

Sorry about the sideways pics. I couldn't edit them because it said the file was damaged...Whatever...My computer is always telling me crap that I don't understand...At least I got them on here! :) Congrats Colby and Kyle! We made it through the super busy wedding weekend and had a great time! We were not late for anything! We didn't forget anything! The kids were angels, except for a little dispute with Averi about "her fashion". Oh, thanks for the help with the dress thing! Linsey let me borrow a couple and that was a BIG stress reliever. We stopped in Columbia and shopped a little on the way but there would have been no way I could have found something in that short time with both of my little helpers! We had Bucky drop us off at the mall while he went downtown to pick up his tux. We agreed on a time to meet and.......i left my phone in the car.......and I didn't wear a watch......so, we were like an hour late to meet him. Oops! He was a little late too. He had to wait for a parade! Ha! I thought it was a little funny that I was even more late then that but needless to say he was not amused! Averi and Will looked super cute for the wedding. Averi got her first updo and thought she was hot stuff! By the end of the night Will was passed out on my shoulder, she was requesting "Miley" and Bucky had to drag her off the dance floor! We all had so much fun! Did I mention that everything was BEAUTIFUL?!?!

I need a dress!

2008-09-21T16:39:00.000-07:00

Hey! Hope everyone had a good week! We have had a busy but good one. We bought a rental house! Not sure what we got ourselves into but we'll hope for the best! Averi has a sinus infection and an ear infection but is taking her medicine like a champ! She even has nose spray and so far she likes it....she says it tickles...the little weirdo! I won't take that stuff! Will is getting eight teeth! Eight! At the same time! Bucky has spent the entire day trying to fix whatever it is that is causing our basement to get wet. I sure hope he figures it out soon! I made an appointment with Dry Basement and am secretly hoping he'll just have them do it. They guarantee it for life. Sounds like a no brainer to me but I'm sure it will be WAY more expensive than all of his ideas.
Anyway our friends Jeff and Erica got married yesterday and it was SO beautiful. I hadn't been to a reception at Marshall's new civic center. It was so nice! I'm really excited that we have a new place for events like that. Next weekend our friends Kyle and Colby are getting married in Hermann. I'm so excited for them! On that note, I need a dress ASAP! I never shop online but really do not have time to get to the city to find something. If you know of any cool places online please let me know. Bucky does have to go to Columbia to get his tux one day before Fri. but I'm super busy at work and probably can't go with him. Maybe I should just ask him to go pick something! Ha! No telling what he would come home with! He is a great shopper, especially when it comes to shoes and jewelry...but...not sure about a dress......Have a great night!

4 down, 1 to go!

2008-09-14T17:04:00.000-07:00

**Averi's "hula skirt" is a little small but no one seemed to notice, not even her!**

Well, we made it through our super busy weekend! It was lots of fun. Averi and her friends had a great time. She had a Luau. They ate lunch, played "hot coconut", opened presents and THEN had dance party in our living room. They were cracking us up. Mandi's shower was.....well....the few snacks I got to inhale were good and I heard lots of laughter so I think she had fun. See, Will was having a REALLY hard time during the shower. We hung out in the spare bedroom while he screamed and I tried to get him to go to sleep. Averi was in the "behave like your mom's gone" mode, thank goodness. She got to see all the sweet baby things Mandi got. I'm really sorry I had to miss that but I think I would have been more sorry for everyone else if they had to listen to my screaming boy any longer. She waited to open the gift we got her until we could finally exit the bedroom. That was really nice of her and I was super excited about it so, thanks Mandi!

We went to a birthday party at the YMCA for Averi's friend from school and she had a great time playing on the slides. For favors, she gave treat bags tied to those plastic sparkly batons! I thought that was SUCH a cute idea. I think the boy's were tied to rolled up comic books. How creative! After that we had Aubrey's 8TH (holy cow, she should not be that old!) birthday party! It was really fun too! The girls had another dance party. I LOVE to watch them break it down. Averi also informed me of three more things that she is expecting to get on her "real birthday" tomorrow at her "family party". Nice! I'm finished shopping to say the least and we don't have a Toys R Us! Oh, to be five! I can't believe she is so big! We were in Wal-Mart the other night shopping for my mom a birthday gift and I seriously had to pull myself together! I wanted to just sit down in isle seven a bawl. She had on little cotton shorts, a sweatshirt with her t-shirt hanging out the bottom, flip-flops and her hair was on a messy bun. She looked like a mini teenager. When it's just us two she always wants to pretend I'm not the mom. Usually, she wants us to be "sisters and we're teenagers and our mom let us come here all by ourselves!" That makes it even worse! I usually play along but not that day! I was like, "NO! I'm your mom and your my little girl now let's shop for your Nana!" That same night she stayed the night with my mom and I was super sad that she was going. I kept saying, Are you sure you want to sleep there? I'll come get you." And she told me if I didn't want her to go just say no. Okay, I'll quit blubbering about my baby (big) girl!

I am super excited that we got to hang out with Kathy, Otey, Cooper and Grady over the past two weeks! They are so much fum! We went to their camper one afternoon and I'm not kidding that thing was rockin'! Our kids have lots of fun together. It helps that they have (excellent) laid back parents! For example, they were jumping on Coopers bed, flipping the mattress over and wrestling! Otey WAS napping until we showed up! Sorry Otey! But thanks for sharing your superfun kiddos! Okay, gonna get ready for another big day tomorrow! Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Here I go again!

2008-09-09T15:44:00.000-07:00

You can thank Kathy for my posting again! All she has to do is threaten to kick me off her super cool blog list! Gets me everytime! Since I last blogged I gave up on the so called"easy" task of uploading pictures on here. I am working on it. Just tried to do a cool one one from our last session with Kathy and it wouldn't let me so, guess what...she gets to do it for me. And just to let you know she is shooting half of MO this weekend so it could be a while. So sorry I am so computer illiterate! I have had major issues with my camera, other people cameras that I thought would work with my USB cord and those cameras software that won't download to my computer because my hard drive is full! HUH? I have NO clue how to fix that. Those of you that are cracking up at my ignorance, feel free to email me with directions and I would LOVE to put some pictures on here! Seriously, how boring is a post with no pics? Wait, post? How about a WHOLE blog without pictures?B-O-R-R-I-N-G! I am just wondering how long it will take for people to actually start checking this again. If you do you should leave me a comment. It just might motivate me to blog more than once every six months. I'm headed to dinner with a friend tonight, work late tomorrow night, dance Thurs, MVC Rodeo Fri, Averi 5th B-day Luau Sat, Mandi shower Sat evening, wedding shower and Aub's 8th B-day party on Sun SO! 'Till next week! :)

New Blog!

2008-06-27T08:20:00.000-07:00

I figured no more than I blog, why not go the free route? I am blogging in fear of being deleted from the "link list" on Kathy's blog! I really do love the idea of a blog but I think I like reading other people's more than I like to blog myself. Selfish, I know! It's not that I don't "like" to blog, I do! I crack myself up! It just takes me a lot longer to type than read.

Can you believe my BABY is going to be ONE on Sunday? I can't! I used to roll my eyes at those goofy moms that said things like, "It seems like yesterday....."! But I feel like I just had him! I know he's bigger with longer hair and he won't hardly hold still long enough to rock but.....he's still a baby! You hear that, 100 people that have been to High Maintenance and said, "He's not even a baby anymore!"? Yes he is, darn it! Until Kathy has her baby and Mandi has her baby HE and KENNEDY are the babies! Wait! Congratulations Kristen and Pat on your beautiful baby girl, Ava! She's THE baby now but we don't live in the same town. :)

I hope blogspot is easy to post pictures! I can't wait to share ones of the birthday party. It's a construction theme! Happy Friday!