Alot has happend

Alot has happend since I last blogged. We are finally cleaning and remodeling the new house before we move in. We have some of the floor laid out. We had to pull up the carpet and bleach the walls. We also had to pull all the blinds down. THe house was sooooo bad the kids are not allowed in the house till the floor is laid down and one more bleaching of the walls is complete. I cant believe how some people have lived. We got the house because my sister had it and she moved to NC and had rented it out but we had 3+ acres of land that is in our family. I didnt want to lose that because my kids could have that when they get older and we move on. We want to start gardening and we want to get some chickens and start our own little plot of land that will take care of us for awhile. I am a vegetarian so the chickens would be for eggs only and they would be cage free they would be able to roam where ever they wanted to in their little plot of yard. We are really excited but we have to get this house done first.

Another thing that has happend is after 12 years I made contact with my Father. We have talked and it was civil even thought in the past there was alot of hurt feelings floating in the air. I really feel that God has had me grow up and in order to do that I have to forgive the one person on earth that had hurt me so much for so long. I will be turning 29 this Thursday and it is time for me to get on with my life. I am really excited about how this will form my life from know on. I called him first but he has called me two times since then and this last time he actually wished me a happy birthday and told me he loved me. I havent heard that come from him in 12 years. He has never seen my boys and really wants to see them. However I will stay a little cautious to see if he actually follows through I am remaining a little cautious from past expeirience. (I still have alot of growing still to do and with Gods help maybe.... no I am sure I will grow up).

My boys are growing like weeds. We just got new pants for peanut just 3 weeks ago which is the 5th time this year we have had to get new pants for him. of course some of that is because well ..... he is a boy and anyone that has boys knows that they are hard on everything. Monkey is getting bigger too he had to get new pants too because of the same reason but he is growing at a slower rate. It is ok he will be like me short but we short people have our positives as well.

Again back to the house..... I am going to be really excited when I can finally hang out my laundry. Some may give me a look like why the heck in this day in age with Dryers would you want to put out laundry. Well anyone that knows me at all knows that I am pretty green. I love the smell of sun dried laundry and not to mention that electric is so high anyway. The windows will be open and limited air conditionin will be used. I am all for letting the kids play outside and not watching as much t.v. ! As a matter of fact T.V. will be off limits for all day until it gets dark or it is raining hard outside. One child hood memory that I have is running barefoot in the grass in a light warm rain. I hated being in the house in the summer. My dh works at night but he is off during the day so we will spend alot of time hiking and fishing he will be fishing I will be enjoying a good book watching the kids fish with Daddy. (they are not vegetarians so what they do is ok but we dont eat the fish it is strictly catch and release for the boys Daddy is a different story if he cleans it cooks it he can eat it.) Anyway that is my blog for today. I will try to blog more this week but tomorrow will be a busy day as will Tuesday as we will be putting in the floor and painting the walls of the living room and the boys room hopefully I will have pics of that Wednesday to post our progress for everyone.

Enjoy the rest of your sunday afternoon me and the boys are going to enjoy the breeze of the afternoon in the hamock without shoes. (yep we are pretty much a barefoot family)