Back to School Babies!!!!

My babies headed back to school today!  In some ways I was ready b/c the endless fighting this summer has almost sent me over the edge but then it hit me that my baby boy was heading in to kindergarten.  My husband laughed at me as I had a "Mama Meltdown" last night b/c I told him that after you drop your kid off for kindergarten, it is all downhill from there.  Before I know it, he will be getting married:(  He did great this morning and had no issues heading in to his new classroom.  He went to pre-k at this school last year so starting kindergarten was no big deal.  His biggest worry is that he has heard you have to "study" a lot in kindergarten and he isn't really in the mood for that (his words)! What a character I have on my hands!!

My precious little lady headed off to the 4th grade today!  I'm not sure how this happened.  Just yesterday she was making that nervous ride to kindergarten and now look at her:(  She wouldn't let me walk her to her class even though I begged and pleaded.  Once we hit the doors of the school, she took off.  I had to call her back to tell me bye....she did but not without an eye roll.  Then I went a little down her hall to yell "Have a good day" to her.  She stopped, turned around and said "Mom, your on my hall....GO"!  When that happened, I was suddenly sadder about her than I was Tegan starting Kindergarten.  I mean, in a lot of ways she doesn't need me anymore.  I am clinging tight to the things that she does still need me for but I know that those moments are getting few and far between these days! 

I know I have to let these little ones grow up.  Some days I am excited and happy about all the new things they get to do b/c they are getting older but other days I am sad b/c I know that soon enough they will be flying the nest and I will have to patiently sit back and wait for grandbabies.

ENOUGH ALREADY MOM!!!

On a totally different note, I am very excited about my business and hoping that I can fill all this quiet time around the house with lots of working and actually getting all these ideas out of my head an in to reality!  Make sure to visit Cohen Lane to support me as I step up my game a little....I hope:)



C.R.A.Z.Y.T.O.W.N

So I feel like I have been in crazy town for a few weeks now.  Wow the exhaustion!!!!  It started with wood floors, trim and painting that seemed to never end.  There was wallpaper in the living room and kitchen that I just got tired of peeling off and slapped some kilz and paint right on top of it.  I think it turned out pretty darn good.  I did sponge painting in the kitchen area and I LOVE how it turned out.  Now I wish I would have done that in the living room.  Then came the bedrooms.  Holy crap don't ever try to paint old wood paneling all by yourself.  I started in Ry's room which then took me two ENTIRE days, one whole can of kilz and 2 gallons of paint.  That wood paneling was just soaking the paint right up and I kept slowly going over the edge.  After three full days, we finally got Ry's room and our room painted but that still left Teg's room.  Well when the boy said that he wanted his walls brown, I said DONE and left the wood paneling!!!  Even though I already bought the paint, who cares....I couldn't paint another panel wall. 
We were a little stupid b/c we scheduled our phones and satellite to be transferred and decided we would officially start moving that day but what we didn't do was check the weather and see that for the entire time that we would be moving the temps in Georgia would be around 108 or higher.  It was so hot and miserable.  I woke up sick the first morning of our move but rallied myself several hours later and pushed through.  The heat and moving on top of a nauseous stomach is not a good combo. 
This move taught me something.  I (and my daughter) am boarder line hoarder.  Not the nasty trash kind but there was stuff crammed in every single corner.  I even found a few boxes that were packed way back in the closets from when we moved in there 8 years ago...pretty sure if we haven't used it in 8 years, we don't need it.  I don't know if it was the heat or my nauseous stomach but I just wanted to throw everything away.  After six days of sorting, moving and trashing stuff in triple digit heat....we finally got moved!
I am still unpacking and putting stuff away.  Trying to get settled and hoping that this uneasy feeling (which I didn't expect to have) will soon go away:(
Huge shout out to our dear friends Larkin and Tyson who came over numerous times to save the day.  She helped me paint the living room, move and helped keep the kids while Tyson helped lay floors and trim and helped move too. 
I would like to say that I never hope to move again but more on that later!!!