AMANDA'S AMUSINGS

school

2010-08-09T20:29:00.000-07:00

well it has been a really long time again,i really love reading blogs and i like to write on mine but never really have much to say. school starts in a week and i am very nervous i always made good grades in high school but this is diff rent. i know that after next week i will more then likely never find the time to blog! i have to go one day this week and get a shot for one of my classes and that really sucks, but at least it is only one! i will be going to school 4 days a week so it wont be that bad I'm just really worried about my anatomy and physiology class i hear is a real had class and biology was never my favorite class. I'm off to finish reading some of the blogs i follow bye for now!

jacob turns 4

2010-07-14T08:15:00.000-07:00

Well it has been awhile again. we had jacobs 4th birthday party it was hot but he had a blast! I cant believe that he is already 4, it seems like just yesterday he was a little baby! Here are a pictures of the party.

ok so i planned on putting up a few more pictures then that but i cant figure it out or its messed up one.

What I Want!

2010-06-23T19:06:00.000-07:00

There are so many things i want right now and i know that everyone has things they would like to have! well for starters i want to go to a family party this weekend but i planned my sons 4Th birthday party that same day, it really bothers me that i wont be able to go because some of my family from up north that i don't get to see all that often mainly my little sisters will be attending. They will only be 4 hours from me instead of 12 and i cant see them it really sucks! Second i want to move i don't really care for the house we are living right now we could use one more bedroom but we cant afford it right now so that's also out of my reach. Third is not so bad i want to put my niece Emma in a pageant she is so cute and loves to do her make-up and dress up i think she would love to do them plus how cute would that be!! so on to things i don't want. I had to take a placement test for school and did ok i made a 95 in reading,87 in writing and a 83 in math so i don't have to take any extra classes thank goodness. I will fill you in on how the birthday party goes this weekend and maybe even some pics!

where have i been?

2010-06-11T15:51:00.000-07:00

We know it has been ages since my last post sorry, I feel like i have been a busy women lately. i have decided to go back to school in august so getting that all set up has been a little time consuming. My son will start preschool in august as well he is excited and i hope that he will do good. I cant believe that he will be turning 4 in just a few days time flies! Well in the time that i was last on my husband has gotten a new hobby he bought his first ,second and third motorcycle! I plan on trying to blog more often as long as i can find the time even if its when the kids are asleep!

Working Mom

2009-09-14T18:39:00.000-07:00

Well i did it i got a job I'm working back at the sock plant that i did before i had my son! i have only work one day so far and it was all the same as before! The worst part of all of it is getting p at 5am i am not a morning person! I also have 3 things put up for Christmas I'm on my way!

Im Back

2009-09-06T20:23:00.000-07:00

I know its been awhile and i am sorry but i haven't had much luck with the computers in my home the last few weeks, first my desk top was zapped in a thunder and lighting storm thanks to me not having it on a surge protector then i had to put my laptop in the computer shop a few days later cause it had a drink spilt in it. But now the lap top is up and running again and i can tell you all about my life again cause i know that you have missed it so much!!
Well as i write this i am babysitting for my friend (who lives across the street) she works 24 hour shifts so i will be here until the morning and my husband is off from work so i was thinking that he would come over and sit with me when all the kids finally went to bed so i wouldn't be so bored well its around 11:30 and he still isn't here so i guess he isn't coming which kind of pisses me off but i will get over it.
In the last few weeks i have decided that i really need to go back to work! Yeah i know not the best time to be looking for a job. I haven't worked in so long a little over 3 years, i worked at a factory that makes socks before i had my son but was put out of work in my 28th week of pregnancy by my doctor and good choice cause Jacob decided to come just 4 weeks later! I never went back cause he was so small and i couldn't imagine leaving him so soon and then i just became use to being with him all the time so i didn't want a job. I don't want a job now either but i really do need to get one to help my husband out with the bills and so we can have some extra money! But i know that finding a job is gonna be hard!
I am such a freak about Christmas that i plan on starting my shopping in the next few weeks i know im nuts but if you think about it its only a little over 3 months away you better start soon too!!!

Fair

2009-08-23T16:06:00.000-07:00

Time for another boring post! Brace yourself for all this excitement that i am about to share with you! This week we went to the local fair twice this fair is like 6 games, some food stands, 3 kiddie rides and about 5 big rides not the biggest but I'm sure not the smallest. Jacob was so happy with this fair he would have stayed all night long with or with out me. The first night that we went he went down the huge slide that they have and then the second night he wanted to go down again and o we waited in line and got up to the guy and he said he was to short to go down, this made Jacob upset so he was crying i told him he went down the night before but he still didn't let him! This normally wouldn't bother me i know they have rules but it was the same man both nights the same man let him go and then said he was too little the next night so i was a little mad that he couldn't stick to a height! I also ran across some really good deals at my dollar general store thanks to a blog post at All Things Frugal For You And Me she wrote about 70% off toys well when i got o my store the select toys where 90% off i was so excited! i spent a total of $3.36 and i got

the board game clue-$1.50

a baby doll high-chair-0.80

a hand held hockey game-0.50

a kids cooking apron-0.15

2 velvet coloring door hangers-0.20(0.10 each)

i was very happy with these deals that i went around to some of the other local dollar stores to see if they had any other toys but i was out of luck i didn't find any other toys!

TO CLEAN OR NOT TO CLEAN!

2009-08-15T15:57:00.000-07:00

Let me start with i should really be cleaning my house right now but instead i am sitting on my couch! Sometimes i just don't feel like doing the cleaning and cooking! I like to have a lazy day now and then and today was one of those day for me.
I started it off taking Damien to his grandpas to spend a few nights before school gets started back. He like to go there and visit with his brother and sister then when he comes home he talks so fast about everything that they did cause he is so excited i have to actually tell him to slow down so that i can understand him. Its nice to see him so happy about little things though! Then when i got home i filled the little pool up so that Jacob and Emma could swim and play in the water cause it was so hot today. i sprayed Brittney with the water hose and then she paid me back by spraying me and i took a few steps back and stepped on a stupid bee so i had a burning feeling on my big toe for a little bit. Then after playing outside for a little bit we came in to eat supper ( i got away with left overs cause we had so much ham and macaroni left form last night). And here i am now i plan on giving baths and then cleaning even though i really don't want to. And i have a rented movie "I Love You Man" that i am gonna watch so i can forget about having it and get some late fees i have late fees every time i go to rent movies, i wonder if they give me other peoples too! While i watch the movie Brittney and i plan on doing some scrap booking my favorite thing ever i have done any in a while so it will be nice to get some done i always have to wait for Jacob to sleep to do any cause he tries to steal all my stuff and by then i am ready for bed too! So those are my plans for the night i hope they happen for the sake of my house anyway lol!

POPCORN

2009-08-13T15:06:00.000-07:00

So Jacob decided that he wanted to have some microwave popcorn after supper which is fine cause he ate his hot dog. So we are making the popcorn and he is all happy, I put the popcorn in a bowl and we go to the couch. He is eating his popcorn and so happy because i let him have the big bowl full he normally just gets a small bowl full, he never gets all the popcorn. While he is eating his popcorn it smells so good i decide to have a little of it myself. Little did i know i wasn't having any i got a small handful and heard " Mom stop it" i said no i will not stop and then i hear "spit it out" well now all i could do was laugh what a greedy little thing so i let him eat his popcorn i know he will never finish it all. I just cant figure out where he got being greedy from i always share with him and when i say always i mean everything that i have he thinks it is his job to test it for me! After a few minutes i look over and what do i see the whole bowl is dump out in the floor! then he proceeds to eat the popcorn off the floor like he is a dog barking too! That is his new thing he loves to act like a dog he even likes to play fetch he brings us things to throw so that he can bring them back in his mouth! He is a strange little boy sometimes , but we still love him! He is also so proud of himself cause he can blow up a balloon, he just lets it fly away cause he don't understand it has to be tied!

Baby Jacob!!

2009-08-07T16:22:00.000-07:00

Well today was a good day i went shopping for some new clothes that i was desperately in need of. I got 3 pair of pants and 2 shirts for $49 not to bad but Brittney my sister she got a pair of pants and a shirt for $6 so i cant say i got the best the deal of the day. Since i last blogged we had a birthday a party for my niece Emma at the park the kids all had fun. the park had a sprinkler system. i also won another blog giveaway which i am so happy about. i have been very addicted to reading blogs since i started i am always looking for new ones to read and i get online sometimes 2 times a day to read the ones already follow! my sister also found 2 pictures of of my baby Jacob when he was still in the NICU which are the only ones i have since all the other newborn pictures we had got gone when Jon got a new phone!so i am gonna share my pictures of the precious baby!

nothing much to say

2009-07-29T16:23:00.000-07:00

so i have been away for a while again but sometimes i feel like i dont have very much to say that would intrest anyone. so i havent been blogging or following blogs for very long but so far i have won 2 giveaways and that is so awsome! So i have a peice of crap car and wont be able to drive it to RI next week so we have to push that trip back till the winter when i feel safe with my hubby with us! I also have decide tyo try and safe money the best i can. I have started to clip coupons something i havent ever done.

Brownies in Bed

2009-07-08T08:17:00.000-07:00

So I know that its been a while and I'm sorry! I guess i should jump right in and start with Jacob. He hated the fireworks all he wanted to do was cover his ears, poor thing. Emma on the other hand loved them she would point to everyone of them and make sure that everyone else there seen them too! I went to check on Jacob tonight he was suppose to be in bed going to sleep. When i open the door guess what i see, Jacob sitting in bed with a little Debbie cake brownie he ad snuck up and out of bed to the kitchen and got himself a brownie! How can you be mad at that! Well Damien pissed me off today last year we bought him a bike for right around $300 what a waste all he does is kick it and throw it when he gets mad cause he fell off or had a crash, which seems to be all the time. I told him today i was getting rid of it even though I'm not really going to. But i sure would like to sometimes. Thanks to the fact that I live less then mile from a huge chicken farm i have a rat in my house it scares me to think i will come across him. Jon has seen it and told me its not a mouse its a rat he said it was huge! I am terrified of a mouse never mind a rat.

Poor Manny

2009-06-28T20:02:00.000-07:00

Today is another one of those days that my post might put you to sleep, I'm sure it will do the same to me. Jacob has been a ball of fire today at one point he came in the living room and was acting like the hulk knocking things over growling at the same time. He is crazy some times. I also over heard a conversation that he was having with his new Handy Manny toy that made me laugh he said Manny you want a spanking and then it happened i heard Manny get the spanking of a life time. Just thinking of this is making me laugh!! I am happy to say that i am half way to saving all the money i need for gas to get to RI! Anyone that feels the need to help send the the other half anytime before i leave lol. On a sad note i cant seem to find my camera and it is driving me nuts I'm so afraid that someone picked it up and left with it! I got a email from Teresa today bragging about being by the pool relaxing at the beach, a few bad names i would like to call her come to mind lol!

The Power of a Band-Aid

2009-06-27T18:42:00.000-07:00

Well where to start yard sale today sucked again but i can say i made more then yesterday with a whole $15. I think i am done with yard sales for ever i am not a good sales person i guess. Emma found my lost dollar so I also got that back, Jacob had put it in the bucket on the back of the tricycle lol!! Then Jacob scratched his foot and HAD to have a band-aid and would not stop crying saying i need a band-aid until he got one, of course my mom didn't have any so i had to go to the store and get some, there went the lost dollar! Who likes free stuff well if you do just head on over to--
http://ashleysallowance.blogspot.com/
she is doing a giveaway of all kinds of goodies!

Meet Amanda

2009-06-11T11:30:00.001-07:00

Well where to start? That's what i have been debating for a day now, asking friends and family what should i write, what would you write. So with the advice that i received here's a little bit about me and my life. I'm 25, i stay at home taking care of my son i love that i stay at home i cant imagine leaving him to work but i have to soon (even though i really hate to ) my husband wants some help with the bills. I have been married to Jon for 3 years now, he is a really good husband but I'm sure if you read this daily then there will be many times he gets on my nerves no one is perfect. I have a son , Jacob he my favorite part of my life! He will be 3 on June 19. My nephew Damien, also lives with us, we have been caring for him for a few years now he can be a handful at times but but we make it work. He will be 16 on July 31. I love to scrapbook i guess you could say its my hobby.I also love the beach even though i live about 4-5 hours away from one! Well that's the little bit you get about me for now!