Today I have started going through mine, my husband’s and my two kids dressers.  I have decided to take out all the clothes that don’t fit us any more and for my husband and I, I have been discarding everything that we haven’t worn in well over a year. I’ve got quite the mess going on right now in my hallway as that is where I’ve been throwing everything, but I’m sure the end result will pay off. Not only will we all have more room in our dressers, but I now have more much needed fabric to finish making the two kid’s quilts. I use all their old clothes to make them each a crazy quilt and I think that I now finally have enough material to finish what I started so long ago.

I am just so excited and nervous.  We have an appointment today at our bank for 2:00.  We are going to see if we can get a pre-approved mortgage to see if we qualify for a mortgage for a new home.  As this is our first mortgage, I am a little nervous.  I’m sure we will pre-qualify for something, but it’s making me quite nervous wondering just how much they will lend us.  This particular number will determine what type of house we will be able to buy and in approximately what location we should start looking at.  So even though I’m quite nervous, I’m also quite excited as this is the first time we will be going through this experience and I’m not quite sure what to expect.

Everyone knows that Coca Cola is one of the best soft drinks on the market. They now have come out with a new product called Coke zero that is rumored to be one of the hottest selling products on the market today. The main reason for this is because of the real taste but zero sugar. Right now Coke has a large advertising campaign going on called Life as it should be and they want you to become a part of it. All you need to do is go to their site, make your own mini movie and submit it to their site. Who knows, your movie may just be rated the highest among all the participants.

As you all know I’ve been doing some mini reviews for some of my friends over at blog catalogue. Well one person’s blog that I reviewed and thoroughly enjoyed was Charlotte’s blog. Charlotte is a free lance writer and on her blog, she shares all her tips and advice to her success. Well, she appreciated my efforts so much that she dedicated an award to me. She awarded me the “thoughtful blogger award”. I honestly didn’t do these reviews to receive any compensation back, but it sure was a great feeling to know that at least one blogger appreciated all my hard work. Thank you so much Charlotte. You’ll never know in a million years how happy and appreciative I am for this!

If you knew my son you would know exactly why I am so pleased with this.  When he started kindergarten, he went to school in size 3 pants.  Yes, he was the smallest person in the school and he now has developed the nick name “little Daniel”.  If any teacher or student is talking about him and say “little Daniel” everyone knows exactly who their talking about.  Last year in grade 1 he headed off to school in size 4 pants.  This year he will be stepping out the door in size 5 pants and size 6 shirt.  This is why I am so happy.  He is 7 and is finally starting to sprout.

I love him dearly and wouldn’t care if he were a size 3 for the rest of his life, but his size is starting to bother him so this is why I am excited for him.  He was so happy that we finally had to buy him new clothes.  Not because his other ones were worn out, but because he outgrew them.  I haven’t been able to say that in awhile.

I can’t believe that the summer vacation season is almost over.  It seems like just yesterday the kids were getting out of school and looking forward to a long summer break.  I have to say that we had an awesome summer.  It was probably one of the best summers in a very long time and I can’t believe that it’s almost over.  The summer flew right by and with two small kids at home I honestly thought that it would drag on forever.  But, now it’s time to go back to school and get back into a routine.  The kids are looking forward to going back and in one weeks time they will both be sitting back in classes.  I enjoyed spending a lot of time with them this summer, but like the kids I am looking forward to them going back.

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On Friday my mother-in-law was placed in palliative care.  We were a little concerned about taking the kids to see her in this type of condition, but they miss her so much that we thought we would give it a try and see how they reacted.  They did really good and now I am glad that we did decide to take them.  I’ve got to tell you that it was probably one of the funniest visits we ever had with her.  She had a lot of pain medication in her so she really wasn’t herself, but she was really funny.  Every time I tried to talk to her she just kept smiling at me.  She didn’t say anything, just smiled.  And, she was throwing her stuffed animal at my youngest son.  He couldn’t for the life of him figure out how this dog was getting out of her bed and hitting him.  She is extremely weak, but she was trying in the only way she could to play with the kids.  They had a good visit and we will be taking them in again to see her.  I really think it helps them and her to spend this time together.

I’ve been tagged! This is fun and my good friend lupideloop was the one doing the tagging.

Three names you go by?
1. Kim
2. mom
3. kdarrell

Three physical things you like about yourself
1. Eyes
2. Smile
3. My slimness

Three physical things you don’t like about yourself
1. Feet
2. Grey hair
3. Weight

Three parts of your heritage
1. Scottish
2. Irish
3. Human

Three things you can’t stand?
1. Cheaters
2. Liers
3. My ex-husband

Three things that scare you?
1. False teeth
2. Dying
3. My kids LOL

Three of your favorite shows?
1. Ghost Whisperer
2. Law and Order SVU
3. Law and Order CI

Three of your favorites Japanese Anime?
1. Not a fan of Anime
2. see point 1
3. Have no clue what this is??

Three of your favorite current songs?
1. ??
2. ??
3. ??

Three movies you can watch over and over again?
1. It’s a Wonderful Life
2. Dirty Dancing
3. Dirty Dancing LOL

Three movies you would like to watch?
1. Mon’a Lisa’s smile
2. Norbert
3. Gisha Girls

Three of your everyday essentials?
1. COFFEE
2. Car (always on the go)
3. Laptop

Three things you’re wearing now?
1. Pajama bottoms
2. Sweat shirt
3. Hair pony

Three things you want in a relationship?
1. Love
2. Respect
3. Companionship

Three physical things about the opposite gender that appeals to you?
1. Eyes
2. hands
3. bottom (sh….)

Three bad habits?
1. Smoking
2. Too much time on the Internet
3. Not speaking up for myself

Three of your favorites hobbies?
1. Reading
2. Quilting
3. Scrapbooking

Three careers you’re currently considering pursuing?
1. Real estate
2. Para-legal
3. Unemployment (yeah! My favorite one)

Three place you want to go on vacation?
1. Cruise
2. Nashville
3. Disneyland

Three kids name you like?
1. Daniel
2. Kara
3. Joshua

Three things you want to do before you die?
1. Buy a new house
2. Buy my dream car
3. Meet my favorite country star in person

Three things you’re stereotypically a girl?
1. I’m so….not a girl (I am, but I really wish I wasn’t LOL)
2. Long hair
3. Cooking (can’t cook either)

Initial of three crushes? (Hint; none of the listed is Malaysian… hahaha..)
1. Current–C
2. S.
3. R.

Here ya go folks and Carrie and Tammy you’ve been tagged!

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