It's been a while....

since I've been on here, but guess what...I'M BACK! :) That was an extremely long break from blogging and I've missed it a lot! I basically took the summer off, but am going to TRY to put a little more "E" into my blog! :) So, for tonight, since it's after 11 p.m., I will just let you in on some of the "big" events going on and some stuff that happened over the summer! :)

First of all, my girls are G.R.O.W.I.N.G. like weeds! I can't believe how big they are getting! Emersyn is already standing by herself and fixin' to start walking! Here's a few pics of them! Aren't they adorable in their matching outfits! I made them for Natali's first day of preschool! :)

We had a great summer, but Natali started school in mid-September. She is still deciding whether she likes it. I already know that I don't. I am missing her like crazy and have been BEGGING Steven to let me home school. We'll see...
Here's a pic of her first day...and her on the bus! Doesn't she look so grown up?

So...I've been wanting to read the Dave Ramsey book, Total Money Makeover, for a while now but I just never got around to it. Well, I just started it a few days ago and am almost done. It's just INSANE thinking that I could be debt free in just a year. Wouldn't it be nice to NOT have a car payment. Or better yet, NOT have a credit card payment! (I HATE HATE HATE credit cards, but used it to fix Natali's teeth, again, in August, so now I have almost $2k on it!!! UGH!) Anyways, I have TOTAL faith that we can get everything paid off rather quickly, especially if we put all of Steven's extra income towards it. However, we have decided to go ahead and still buy Christmas this year, but cut WAAAAY back! I am really excited and have even agreed on some trades over at DiaperSwappers. I am getting a necklace/bracelet set for my Sister-in-law in exchange for an appliqued tee. Also in talks to have orange/black and white tie-dye shirts made for Steven's sister and her family, the Dukes of Hazard lovers! :) And, am hoping to trade for a few sets of bath crayons for all the small kiddos in the family! So, so far, nothing spent on Christmas! Hopefully I can trade enough to keep my Christmas costs down! Dave Ramsey would be proud! LOL (Probably not, actually...he'd say NO GIFTS, but that's okay!)

Natali had surgery on her teeth in August and there was the nicest lady in the waiting room w/ us. She was in the recovery room w/ her husband when Natali came out and Natali was really upset, bawling and trying to rip her IV's out. Well, the lady went and bought her a Webkinz from the hospital gift shop and told her that if she's scared, just hug the Panda. Well, that made Natali 100% better! She quit crying and got to go home really quickly. Now, we are all OBSESSED w/ playing on the webkinz website! It is so stinkin' fun! Me, Steven, Natali, my little brother, and my mom are ALWAYS on it! Natali has the coolest stuff and always has so much KinzKash b/c we're all addicted! My mom even went and bought my little brother a Webkinz, so it won't kick him off when we log on at the same time! LOL (And, he's 15 and now has a stuffed animal! LOL)

Oh yeah, can you believe the hype over the presidential election. It's a scary one, that's for sure! I'm sure most people know I am not a fan of Obama's. At all. Anyways, I found these the other day online and thought they were hilarious! There were some even better ones, but they were kind of...vulgar. LOL The second one pretty much sums up my views of the election.

Guess what...I am gonna try to start sewing more now that Natali's in school. We'll see how that goes. I am still adjusting to her being gone, but hopefully Tuesday, I'll be ready to "get my sew on!" LOL

Well, if you're still reading, you either REALLY missed me or are just super bored! :) Either way, all I have left to say is "Good night!"