A photographic journal perhaps?

We recently purchased a Cannon Rebel XTi and a Tameron SP AF aspherical 28-75mm 1:2.8 lense. I am thinking that if I take some pictures of what we do each day or every other day and post them that I might be more likely to keep up with this journal thing. I may need to set up another photobucket account just to store them on. Here are a couple test shots I took today of my kids.

Late night ramblings

I was sitting here reading through some old online diary posts of my SIL and thinking I should take up blogging again. I rememberd that I had an account here but I did not realise it had been almost three years since I created it! I truly am the ultimate procrastinator.

Many things have changed since then. My husband found a job he liked though it didn't pay well. He stayed there for a year or so before he found another one he liked that pays very well. We had another baby last summer, she is 13 months now and adorable as can be. We moved back in march of this year to a larger home that's in much better shape despite it's age. Our previous home was built in 1939 and this one was built in 1910. It's a beautiful home and I love it. The sale of our other home allowed us to pay off our van so that our only current debt is this house. We were also able to buy a nice laptop and router so I can go anywhere on our property I want, besides our desktop was having serious problems.

So our children are now 5 1/2, 3 1/2 and 13 months. They are quite the adventure! My babe started to walk at 10 months and she is great at it now, she also likes to climb. I left a heavy duty glass jar with lid on the floor and she climbed up on it to get the fork from the food I was making and again later to get a bottle of water. My oldest is kindergarten age now and we are homeschooling so If I keep up at this writing thing you are sure to hear about that. My middle chld is for the most part a shy and compliant little girl but when she does make up her mind about something there is no changing it. They all have their challanges, their strengths and weaknesses, their actions that make laugh or really frustrate me. I think if they teach me anything in life it will be paitence and the ability to slow down and enjoy each day and moment for what it is.

I suppose this short entry is a good start and that I should be cuddled up in bed with my family. Goodnight for now.

On the road again...

Or rather, writing in a blog again. I had a blog for several years at open diary. I let it go for a while and it got deleted. I'd forgotten now nice it was to sit and write my thoughts out. I have two little children and I keep thinking that I should be writing down things about them in a journal of some sort but I am the worlds biggest procrastinator. So here I am with a blog once aagin. I don't know that I will write in it that much due to lack of time but I will try. I am writing this for me, to remember the events of my life, and to record the childhood of my little ones. I am writing this so that the little things of today are not forgotten tomorrow.

Tomorrow my contractor will be back to install more windows. We had seven put in on friday and we have ten still to go. It may take two more days to finish up as they also have to do some trim work on the outside. It is a great feeling to have nice looking wondows that are not falling apart and do not have to be propped open.

You see, we (My husband and I) bought this house from my parents back in June. I've lived here since I was 11 years old. It is an old house and needs a lot of work. We need to replace both doors, the heater, the sewer line from the outside of the house to where it connects to the city and we need to do some re-wiring. We also need to replant the yard, do some painting and put in a new fence. It is going to take a long time to accomplish all that.

Funds are low with my husband out of a job. We are only able to accomplish the windows because of a loan and some savings that we have. We allready had a contract for it when my husband was fired so we went ahead with it. He is off looking for work and doing some temp work through an agency. When he finds a new job and things get back to normal then we will make plans for more improvments around here.

Even with finite funds life is good. We have food storage and we have been doing some canning. We have enough money to keep current with our bills for several months.

My babies are asleep and I am enjoying a little me time at my computer. My daughter Emma is getting her first two teeth, she is nine months. Other than making her a bit restless, she is still her happy self. She smiles and laughs a lot. She gets around by rolling and scooting but no crawling. She does not have the physical drive my son has. He started moving at a young age and at 32 months he hardly ever seems to stop.

My husband just came up from playing video games. He wants me to come to bed. I can't argue as I am pretty tired.