It's true..I am GROSS also

So Fred has this completely tattered pair of old shoes. They are probably 6 years old and they are so beaten up and truly need to be hucked. I have been telling Fred for years now that they need to go. About 4 years ago one of our dogs completely chewed the heel off. So these are like skater style shoes but they have no heels so they are like slip ins. Fred keeps them around because he claims they are great work shoes because he doesn't care if they get wrecked they are already so bad. As work shoes I have seen his shoe come off a couple of times- once his shoe came off and he fell flat on his bottom. So I have been threatening to do things like rub a dirty diaper on them. So today after I tripped on them AGAIN I decided that was it. I picked them up and I was taking them to the garbage we have in the yard. I thought to myself He is going to try and stop me, what could I do to make him not want to where them ever again. So I walked into the kitchen where Fred was and I got his attention so he could watch me. I then Spit in each shoe. Truthfully I have no idea what prompted me to do this - It was all I could think of at that moment. Kind of sick I know and really not lady like. But in the End it worked I guess. Fred certainly was grossed out and then the shoes went to the garbage.

GROSS

So Samantha does some pretty gross stuff. Yesterday was Samantha's first exposure to drinking out of a plastic bottle. I let her have the last bit of my water. She had been eating popcorn and wanted water. I give her the water bottle and watch as she figures out how to use it. She of course put the whole bottle opening in her mouth, right down to the neck of the bottle. She takes a swig. When the bottle comes out there is so muh popcorn in it- looks gross. Samantha thought this was great. When she took her next drink she was delighted when she got some popcorn and chewed and swalloed it.

The next thing we coaught her doing that we found pretty gross was at supper. We had pepperoni pizza. Samantha like to take it apart and eat it it like that. Pepperoni first. So she was happily eating her pizza and Fred and I were talking and then Fred noticed Samantha putting the pepperoni between her toes! She must have liked the feel of it or something. Fred of course told her to stop and went to grab the meat from her but she popped it in her mouth too fast. Yuck! She had pretty dirty feet casue it had been a couple of days since the last bath and we had been in a playground wearing only crocs. YUCK. Kids are certainly entertaining!

Just the Ticket!

So as many know I have been quite worked up for sometime about the reality of having to go back to work. For a while I was obsessing over it. I would wake up at night to feed Nate and then instead of returning to bed I would stay up late and scour the Internet in hopes of finding something I could do from home.

I found there were a lot of adds offering at home opportunities but was finding that they were all scams. I had a form email that I sent to numerous different adds and when the reply came they virtually all had some price attached to them.

Just for pure curiosity I paid the fee once. I found one that was only $10 and they would sent training materials so I figured I could lose 10 bucks- I will give it a try to see what it was.

I kid you not- I received a email --- so called training materials. The email gave me a sample add- the same one I responded to and told me too place that add in as many free sites as I could find and just watch the money roll in. Then just forward this same email to the people who sign up. That is the work from home. What a crock. I can't believe people can live with themselves.

After replying to probably 25 adds and all of them requiring payment, I stumbled across something very different. At home data entry/bookkeeping. I emailed back and forth a couple of time before talking to them directly. After talking for a hour and half we then met for coffee to discuss more.

The idea is the company looks after acquiring clients in need of bookkeeping services and they figure out all the specifics of the job. They set up time frames and such and they also set up a spreadsheet that meets the clients needs. The company then bring the paperwork- receipts and such as well as the spreadsheet to me and I go to town entering everything.

So I did my first project in the beginning of July. It started off really slow and I was doubting it would work. However August has been a different story altogether. Because the Company itself is just getting going- it took a bit to create the databases and process and stuff. They have been getting more and more clients weekly, and my workload has become steady. I am very limited as to what I can make while on Maternity leave so the slow start up has been perfect for me. I really feel like I may not have to go back to work. I think I could make what I need to make to keep up with our bills. What a answer to prayer!

I actually really enjoy the work itself. Date sorting receipts and entering data and I feel like the money is good for the work being done. A fair rate. The Company is ran by a Father/daughter team, and they are both fantastic! The dad is the spreadsheet whiz along with numerous years as a business leader. The daughter is brains behind the bookkeeping side of things. I have interacted with both of them and I have no complaints. They really have a passion for what they are doing and they really have a high value of family and they really focus on that in there business planning. They have great deadlines that are easily attainable even with 2 small children at home. The arrange to drop off work or pick it up in the evening when the kids are in bed. This truly feels like the perfect fit for my life.

Samantha

Scrolling through my Posts I realize there has been a lot of Nathan lately. I in no way meant to leave Samantha out. This week I have got to spend some awesome time with Sammie. On Tuesday we went to Callaway park with my Sister and her boys as well as my friend Crystal and her son Justin. Samantha and the boys had a great time. It is so fun to watch Samantha discover new things. This was her first time on a ride. She doesn't get really excited right away but rather she just takes it in. She checks out what is going on around her and gages others reactions. Then she realizes she likes it and has a great old time.



One night Just Sammie and I went to Costco. Normally we all go together so this was a new. I realized how much Samantha can talk. She can carry on a whole conversation. She sometimes has some miss pronunciations that are pretty cute. She says "Take it off" and I kid you not it sounds like "kick your ass" We even have a video of this but I have no idea how to post it. After going through the till Samantha and I shared a ice cream. She is such a cutie!

9 Months

Our Beautiful Baby boy is now 9 months old. Time is going way to fast. Nathan is crwaling like mad. He is a fast little guy so our lives have become a lot busier. The last two days he has also figured out how to pull himself up on furniture. Juest lastnight we pulled himself up on the couched and shimmied sideways. Fred and I are curious to see if he walks at 10 months like Samantha did.

Nate still has the most beuatiful smile but he makes you work for it a little more these days. He has developed this funny almost scowl that I haven't been able to catch on camera yet. We it looks really close to the one with Dirt on his face in the picture below.

Nathan is eating really well but will not take a bottle at all. He has even started eating cheerios. Since he has a mouthfull of teeth already(7 with more on way) I think he is ready for more texture besides baby goop.

Nathan and Samantha are both so happy and so fun to be with. They light up our lives. It is hard to fathom that we didn't even know them 2.5 years ago. We knew we would love our Children no matter what but we had no idea how much. We are so blessed.