New Car

I said good-bye to my Saturn on Monday and the 97K miles I put on her from the time I got her at mile 7.  I was sad to see her go, I had her for 6 years.  We have now upgraded to a newer, bigger car.  Clint never really fit into the Saturn, even when I bought it in 2003.  Our new car, 2009 Mazda5, is really sweet!  I think my favorite aspect of the car so far is the fact that it still drives like a compact car.  I do not get the feeling that I'm driving a boat.  We sold Clint's Dodge Intrepid this time last year because it felt like I was driving a boat, that and it had over 100K miles on it.

Here's a picture of it outside the house:

Of course, it's not all shiny and clean now because we've driven it and it rained the other day, but it still is clean on the inside.  I'm making it my top agenda right now to take out everything when we get out of the car. Inside of the car must stay clean now!  

Yesterday was the first day I got to have the car all to myself.  Clint had to have it Tuesday and Wednesday because of Jury Duty and a death in the family.  I am itching to take it out on the highway, but haven't been able too.  I have to go into Lee's Summit this weekend, so I'll get to try it then! 

Here's a picture of the roomy inside: 

It's nice because Dade can sit behind the driver and still have plenty of room regardless of who is driving. That's a plus, because we were constantly having to move his car-seat around in the Saturn. Dade wasn't too sure about the car when we were leaving the dealership on Monday.  I guess he thought we were leaving him with strangers, since we put him in the car first.  Once Clint and I got into the car though, he was fine.  He can see all the "beep-beeps" as we drive along. 

I'm thankful that I now have a car that is going to start every morning when I leave to go to work.  No more getting ready 20 minutes early in case it doesn't want to start. 

That's one less stress I have now in my life!  Now if I could just remove a few more!

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Week Ending

As my week of Spring Break comes to an end, I'm finding it harder and harder to want to go back to work.  It's weeks like these, where I get to spend ALL my time with Dader that I want to be a stay-at-home mom.  I think about all of the things I've missed out on working 10+ hour days 5 days a week, and then the occasional Saturday School.  He's growing soo fast these days, and learning so much, that it makes me sad to know that I haven't been there for a lot of his firsts.  Yes, I got to be there when he started crawling, walking, running, and all the major milestones.  But I haven't been there for the little ones.  I'm thankful that Clint has been there through the whole way though.  He's gotten the chance to be the one that does witness the firsts, and I'm glad that it was him, and not a daycare worker, or a nanny. 

That's the benefit I see, of having an income where one person can stay at home and take care of the child and not have to pawn them off on some childcare professional.  I'm thankful that Clint has a career that can allow this sort of thing.  His career has suffered since having a kid, he can't work as many hours on the computer as he could before, and his product amount has slowed quite a bit, but man if he isn't one of the best fathers that I know.  He's there for Dade's bumps, bruises, and falls (and there have been loads!), as Dade gets older, it becoming easier for Clint to get work done, but I wish we could switch the roles, so he can do more of the things that he loves.

Being away this week with Dade, has given him the chance to be "single" again, and I know that he's gotten loads down.  I also know that the stuff that's he is working on right now is some of the BEST stuff he's written.  I know that you get better as you go, but the ideas that he has coming out of his brain right now, and making it very streamlined, and easy to run is simple brilliant.  I can't wait for the world to know the Clint Krause material that I've seen in the last year.  It's simply going to blow people's minds off their head!   I've also noticed how much my life is incomplete without Clint around.  Yeah, I can make it through the day alone with Dade (and still have energy at the end of the day), but not having that special someone to say goodnight to, or eat dinner with, or simply watch a movie with at the end of the day kinda sucks!  In our 10 years together I can safely say that my love for him has only grown.  Sure he can drive me crazy (because his minds it always running in game mode), but it makes for a fun and interesting life!

Here's to my WONDERFUL week with my son!  And my AMAZING husband! 

Drawn to Life

I just spent the last hour playing Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter on the Wii.  It's a fun little platform game that has you drawing various pieces of the world that have been stolen.  For example, I had to draw a bridge for the town in order to cross a giant cliff.  There are aspects of it that are difficult (at least for me), but for the most part, it's a lot of fun.  One of my biggest grips about it has to do with the looks of the main character.  You are hand drawn (either by yourself, or you can use a template), and placed into this cute little world.  I'd much rather be this cute little creature instead of a cartoon drawn hero, but that's the whole premise of the game.  If you can draw ( I can't), this would be an awesome game for you, because you can customize the different pieces of the world that are missing.  If you can't draw (like me) they were kind enough to include templates to use for all the missing pieces.   I still really like it for playing the first 2 levels.

I'm now sitting here getting ready to watch The Lost Boys for my Vampire Lit course.  It's the last film I need to watch, and then it's time to finish up my homework.  

Dade's been in bed for a little over an hour and a half or so, and it went rather well.  I was worried because Clint usually puts him to bed, and the routine of everything worked out so nicely.  But he gave me no fits or anything of the sorts.  He told me good-night, gave me a kiss, and rolled over and went to sleep.

I'm going to turn in somewhat early because I'll have Aidy tomorrow with Dade and I'm sure that I will be exhausted by the end of the day.  I already miss Clint and he's only been gone for a few hours, I'm sure come tomorrow night and Tuesday I'll really miss him.  Who knows though, I could be wrong, I might not miss him at all, once I get used to being alone! 

Alright, I'm off to watch this movie!

Much Needed

I'm housing sitting for my parents this week, while they are on their cruise. I'm so jealous right now, because they are on a plane to sunny Miami, and here I am in Knob Noster where is cold, rainy, and dreary!  At least I get a solid week with my Dader!!  He's growing up so fast that it's mind boggling.  I wish that I could just get inside his head to see what he's thinking. Everyday he's learning so much.  His vocabulary seems to really be taking off.  I'm thankful for that, because it's nice to be able to carry on conversations with him finally.

So, while my parents are on their cruise, Dade and I are going to be hanging out at my parent's house taking care of Ceasar and the house in general.  I'm super excited though, because my parent's have been building their animated movie collection, and they have some Disney movies that I have yet to watch.  Clint's not a big fan of sitting down and watching animated movies, so I will get my fill while I'm down here.

I'm also on Spring break from graduate school as well.  I start my next class on the 22nd.  It was supposed to be a class on Shakespeare and Film, however, the class didn't take (meaning not enough people signed up for it), so I'm taking a Stress Management Class instead.  I'm going to miss my Vampire Lit course, it was awesome reading all the different vampire books in the genre (even the ones I didn't much care for), because it opened my eyes, to a new genre within a genre.

I'm going to be watching Aidy, my nephew, Monday with Dade.  The boys play really well together, it will be a great day for pictures I'm sure.  If the sun is out, we might try to go to the park, but that's not likely.

I'm going to be tired tomorrow night that's for sure!!!

S to the O to the R to the E

Sore is good. That's what I keep telling myself. 

No Pain, No Gain!!!

Sore means my body is working the lazy out!!!

Night 2 of new workout, and I'm still sore, but it's worth it!


That being said, hot showers are my friend!