Decor Fun

I promised the kiddo's months ago that we could decorate their bedrooms. It is slow, and ongoing. They may think it is fun, but a career in interior decorating is not in my future. I have now come to realize there needs to be more on the walls besides fresh paint, fingerprints, and/or Elizabeth's impromptu wall art. My idea was to take some goofy/fun pics of the kids and put them in frames. I have picked a few of my favorites. The kids loved this little project!
My friend Jenny keeps asking me to take pictures of the rooms and post them. I will, once I feel like they actaully look like I tried. They are no where near that yet. For now, I will just say the girls room is pink, and not becuase I like pink, I don't. I just caved to their incessant pleas for pink. It isn't as bad as I thought. We are going for a dinosaur theme in the boys room, so the walls are "dino" green, I love it! With all the awesome fossils we have collected with grandpa it is looking pretty good. Thanks Grandpa R for all the fossil hunting adventures!

Kt Tagged Me

A. Rules of the Game are listed at the beginning of the tag.

B. Each player answers about themselves

C. At the end of the post, the player tags 5 others and leaves a message on their blog letting them know they have been tagged and to read your blog for directions.

1. What was I doing ten years ago?

I was enjoying my first year of marriage and working as an office manager for a dentist. Ten years ago last weekend Jacob and I would have just come home from my families annual ski trip.

2. 5 things on my to do list.

• Paint, paint, paint.
• Redo kitchen
• Get blood work done (this is a reoccurring item)
• Establish budget for summer road trip
• Finish decor for kids rooms!

3. Snacks I enjoy!

Popcorn and ice cream.

4. 3 Bad Habits.

• Sleeping in!
• Eating when I'm bored.
• Impatience

5. What would I do if I were instantly a billionare!

• Take the kids to Disney World!
• Buy a house that doesn't need to be fixed, and fixed, and fixed. Then get a maid!

6. 6 Places I have lived.

• I have only lived in 5, here they are.
• Tacoma
• Pocatello
• Provo
• Cincinnati
• Pittsburgh

Did ya notice the 3 "P"s?!

7. 5 jobs I have had.

• Dental assistant
• Dental office Manager
• Dance teacher
• Mom
• Household Executive

8. 5 things most people dont know about me.

• Once I start a book I usually can't put it down. This usually means everything around me falls apart.
• I would love to own and run my own business.
• I sleep 10-11 hours a night. This should drop now that my thryoid meds are stable.
• I love to cook, I just hate deciding what to cook.
• Cancer isn't the most difficult thing I've been through.

Now its your turn Heather, Melissa, Kristen, Tamra, and Alisa, you've been tagged!

A Little of Everything

I wish we had lots of fun exciting news, but we don't. Oh wait, I did paint the kids bedrooms that I promised I would do months ago,.....before I got sick. The rooms look great, but maybe I wasn't quite ready for a project of that magnitude. My thinking, " just paint all 11 doors and the trim since you have everything out, it won't take long". In reality, it took three days, one of which I stayed up until 4am. Brilliant, one coat of primer and 2 coats of paint later we no longer have ugly dark brown stain on the main floor of the house! It took me 2 days to recover.

We are pretty much back into a routine, it is nice. The three big kids are back in swimming lessons and loving it. Reid and Lexi are doing great in the piano lessons and school. Kurt is excited to start preschool next year, we'll see what he thinks once he actually goes. I think he finds all his one-on-one with Mommy not as cool as he once did.

It is February and I really am looking forward to some warmer weather. I have never been so cold in my life. Apparently it isn't uncommon to have trouble regulating body temperature while trying to regulate Synthroid dosing. Since they will only up my dose every 30 days, I think this will take a while. I just never thought I would see the day when I would be wearing socks to bed with 4 or 5 blankets piled on top of me.

I did have a CT scan a few weeks ago and was told I am in the "all clear" until November. That is great news and we are looking forward to fewer doctor appointments. Now I only have to go in every month. Yeah!!

Our neighbor took this picture of us on Christmas Sunday. This was just 3 days after I got out of isolation, we had plenty to smile about!

The kids in their Christmas jammies, I just love their "deer in the headlights" expressions, don't you?

Reid had his first Pinewood Derby this year! He took third in our pack and so then got to go to regionals and this is the big day. He was really excited and in true Robison fashion we all went without Jacob. It was a great experience, it would have been better if I had gotten a sitter for the other kids, we were there for about 3 hours.

Kurt says he is a snowman, I love this!

The Fall of a Plan-aholic

Well here goes nothing. I log on to check email and here I am falling into the blog trap. If this means I get to ramble aimlessly without worrying whether anyone is listening or not, then I'm game. So here goes......

Todays FAQ: How aaaarrre you doing? I know their sincere, but I just dont want to answer that one anymore. I am fine, and even if I weren't I wouldn't change the answer. If you know me you can tell when I'm not fine.
Question of the day: Are you faking it? This one made me smile. No, I can't act, if I look okay, then I am.
Moment of the Day: Watching 3 year old K play Uno for the first time. He would shout "It Matches!" every time he had a mate to the discard. Then he would pull it out and play it. Who cares who's turn it is. I also learned he knows his colors and numbers pretty well. SO cute!
Confession of the Day: I am not ready for the Holidays. When Dr. B told me I had till Thanksgiving to get out and Christmas shop I was stunned to the point of shopping paralysis. I haven't bought one thing. I have three days left...fabulous, I dont even know what to get for the kids.

Well, here is to my 3 days of being able to get out and shop. I have always been an early shopper, and the one year I am not ready in October is the year I needed to be. So much for the plan-aholic. Go ahead and laugh. Just think of poor J trying to pull this together. That ought to be interesting, maybe I'll let him.................nope, I'm to much of a control freak. Looks like on-line is the way to go.