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Did you? Did you see my new countdown widget?

Tina! You are correct! Jamaica... here we come (or, you know... we will...anyway).

Brant and I are going to Jamaica in October. Missing nearly a week of school/work/kiddos. We are going to celebrate (and photograph - OH EM GEEEE!) our good friends' wedding there. Sabrina and Dwain are getting married on 10-10-10. Cool, huh? Just one small snag. Sorta. He hasn't officially asked her. Like, with a ring and stuff. But, the date is set. The rooms & airfare are booked. The dress is purchased. Photographer on call. ... but, if you know Sabrina... that works, too.

We BOTH have our passports, now. It only took a little over 2 weeks! SO EXCITED!!!

Bunk beds!

I went to Target on Friday morning to keep from drowning in the rain & to get out of the house. The clearance end caps are my favorite places to browse there. I found (without knowing that we'd need it so soon) a cute animal print, twin size comforter & sheet set for Owen for $15! I was going to save it for Christmas - or after potty training - since he *was* in his toddler bed/convertible crib.

This weekend we stumbled upon a bunk bed deal at a garage sale. We weren't even garage sale-ing... Brant & I left our house in two vehicles, both headed to my dad's for breakfast, both going different directions. He called me saying I had to see this amazing deal at a garage sale. Soooo, I turned the car around and obeyed... I was amazed! These folks had a REAL WOOD bunk bed set, already disassembled on a trailer, in near-mint condition for $350 (mattresses, hardware, & delivery included)!!!!! She says her son is an only child and took good care of it. In fact, he had only been using the dresser part of the set for the last several years. The mattresses & beds had been in storage. As it turns out the son was a former student of mine! WOW! Anywho. So, we haggle about the price for about 2 seconds (fully prepared to pay asking price). We ended up paying only $285! We get the set, the guy drives it to our house & he, Brant, and my former student unload all the pieces onto our front porch.

We quickly cleaned out the boys' room (see dumped drawers onto the convertible crib) and reassembled our find in the boys' room. I washed that coincidentally awesome sheet set for Owen & voila! (please excuse the quality of this photo - taken with my mobile...because the good camera was in the car & I didn't want to go "all.the.way" outside to get it. hehehe!)

Cute, no? & a great deal to boot! Now, I just need to get their letters & other stuff back up on the walls. (oh yeah...and organize the clothes that I just dumped out onto Owen's convertible crib...that too.)

Yes, they have both been sleeping in their respective beds. Owen can climb up the ladder, but not down by himself... the rungs are too far apart for his short legs.

No guesses?

I'm shocked no one has tried to guess where we are headed in October.  Here was the last clue. Really? No one wants to give it a stab?

On another note - this one IS related - I got my passport in less than 10 business days... Brant still didn't get his.  I'm getting worried... sorta... we are supposed to wait 6-8 weeks. But, geez! Mine was here so fast!

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SEE?

Anniversary gift

My hubby did good! See what he got me for out anniversary? Purty!

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Jackpot!

Included in our goodies from this mornings workshop:
2 Post-it Easel Pads
40 (Yes! 40!) Composition books
3 Erasable highlighters
3 Packages of pencil lead
2 12-count boxes of postscript mechanical pencils
1 supplies zipper pouch
1 Spinworx rotating desk organizer ... AND ...
1 ROLLING TEACHER CART!

I feel blessed to get these supplies. It will help out so much this fall. These are things (most of them) that I had on my list for ME to purchase. The rest was bonus! Woot!

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Bad move on my part...

I had a half day workshop that I really wanted to go to today. Why? Because I've been before & I knew this was one that was funded by a grant...and we always get school supplies. And we did! That post will be next... Anywho...Brant is working nights, for now. I though...PERFECT! He'll be off work in time to keep the boys & I'll be finished in time to let him go to sleep by noon. No worries!

Yah, right! I came home by 11:15 & found Caleb watching tv in his underroos (about a foot away from the TV, I might add). Owen was passed out on my bedroom floor, sans diaper. 

And where was daddy? Passed out in bed. YIKES! Good thing our house is so kid-proof...but, now it'll be next to impossible to get Owen to take a nap. Oh well. Wonder if the kids ate anything? Yes. Yes they did... I feed them before I left this morning. Good thing, huh? hehehe!

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Cut ups...

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KITTY!!

Owen reminds me of "Boo" from Monsters Inc. so much! Here, he is escaping getting a new diaper by getting (and giving) love to Adagio. She seems to have come out of her typical Siamese cattitude of, "I hate everyone." & "This here is mine." Anywho...these two cuties spent lovee time on the stairs for about 10 minutes. CUTE!

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It's located somewheres in...

 

any guesses which place?