Lots of things are on my mind lately, lots of things are happening lately, and none of it I want to talk about right now. Some of it is stressful and some of it is really, really good. I’m hoping I’ll be in the mood to blog more about life again soon. I’m just kind of “bleh” when it comes to blogging right now. I don’t know why. I’ll get out of it though.

So I’m up to number 10 in the series of books I’ve been reading. Number 14 just came out in hardback and I’ll probably have to wait a year to read it until it comes out in paperback. I really love hardbacks but not for novels. I have to have novels in paperback so that I can take them with me in my purse everywhere. I just bought 13 at WalMart today. I’m going to need something to read while I wait for 14. I’m thinking about Sue Grafton, but I’m not sure yet. We’ll see.

Okay, so there’s my boring blog post for the day. I feel so boring lately in terms of blogging. Bleh.

Sorry I haven’t updated all week! It’s been kind of hectic around here lately.

Preston got sick the end of last week, and then I got it the beginning of this week, so I slept all day Monday. Some yuckie stomach bug or something. But anyway, now the girls both have it, plus they are teething, so they are both needing lots of extra attention.

Plus, I’ve been spending time with my mom since I’ve been apart from her for so long. I will admit, it’s a bit tense having my family staying here right now. My parents are okay but my sister and I are basically exact opposites and we butt heads on a lot of things it feels like. I don’t know. So, I think she’s pissed off at me 90% of the time. Oh well though, not much I can do about it. We just see life from two very different view points I guess. It doesn’t seem fair to go too much into it on here.

Ashton will be with us all next week which will be nice. I wish we could afford to take her somewhere fun since this is the only summer time her mother will allow with us. But, we just don’t have the money to take a big trip somewhere this time. Hopefully next summer will be better for us, if we even get to have her at all next summer. Who knows. I don’t think Ashton will mind though. She doesn’t really care what we do as long as she’s with us. She had a lot of fun last time she was here playing with my sisters 5 year and 2 year old sons. Now they miss her and ask where she is all the time, so they were excited to find out that she’ll be here for an entire week.

Anyway, that’s really all that’s been going on. I can’t even believe it’s Thursday already. The days go by so fast with this many people in the house! I don’t think it will last too long though, my dad and sister and her boyfriend have been looking for jobs and I’m sure they will find some soon because there are a lot around here. On the topic of jobs, here’s a good site for Atlanta jobs if you are in that area.

Well, I think I’m going to go relax with the hubby before he has to leave to have dinner with Ashton. Normally I would go but the girls are sick so I don’t want to make them be out all evening.

I think I mentioned before how my parents are moving down here, and my dad was here for about a month by himself looking for a job. Well, Thursday my mom and sister and her boyfriend and two kids got here. So everyone is saying at our house until they get a place of their own. It’s a full house but it’s going extremely smooth so far. It’s a huge thing for my parents and sister to move all the way down here from WA state, so I’m glad we have a large enough house to help them out in the transition phase.
It’s SO NICE having my mom and sister around again. I’ve really missed being around them and my nephews. They are 5 and 2 - quite a handful and a lot different than what I’m used to with my two girls and Ashton, but they are just awesome.
I think it’s going to be a really good thing for them to all be down here. Where they were living up in WA it’s a great little town but there are not a lot of jobs. Around here there are tons of jobs to be had and the houses are so much cheaper. My parents had a very small house up in WA and for the price they are selling it for, they can get three times the house down here!
So anyway, needless to say I’ve been quite busy the last few days. I think come Monday things will switch to work mode and it will be a lot less hectic. I have a review post I need to get done for a necklace I received last week. It’s absolutely gorgeous, so look out for that. I like when I can do reviews of great products that are hand made by other women (and men) instead of a random diet pill review or something.
Anyway, I think I hear the girls waking up from their nap so I think that means we’re going to get ready to take the kids to the park. With 5 kids in the house right now you gotta keep them busy!

Okay, so sometimes I talk funny. I think what got me was the very last question. Yes, I pronounce “bag” in a way that makes it rhyme with “vague”. I do it with all my “ag” words and Preston loves to tease me about it!

Preston and I are looking for a freelance illustrator who can help us with an upcoming project. This person would have to be highly skilled in Adobe Illustrator, creative, and easy to work with. Please contact me: sarah AT alittlelessordinary.com if you are interested in some work.