so 11 mos later......

My new years resolution ( I know it's early get over it)...to set myself calendar reminders to update at least monthly....every two months at the most.


Family update time:

Andy started Kindergarten and after a month of having daily communication with his teacher (we love you Mrs. Sam) about his little ....quirks, we are down to incident reports only and thank god those are getting few and far between. He loves playing with his friends at school and being on the "big kid" side at daycare. He did phenomenal at soccer and was one of the best players on his team. He relishes his role as puppetmaster of the Kanik 5.

Joey loves 2nd grade. He continues to excel with numbers and has maintained his blatant disregard for english & writing. Joey also had a blast playing soccer. His team went undefeated the first half of the season and then 2-3 in the second half after being moved up to division 1.

*Side note* the kids of Fair Oaks must be getting coached by former MLS stars. They are spiking their water too....if you live in Fair Oaks you should have your water tested for HGH.

Haley is loving Junior High. She is making lots of new friends and is growing into the attitude driven diva we all knew she could be. (Aimee - HA HA HA HA HA HA HA - just wait!) I have heard these junior high years are the worst it gets, please god let it be true! She still loves singing and writing.

Paul has been kicking ass and taking names at work and because of that was given a promotion. I am super proud of him and know he will rock it! He continues to deny his aging and still plays flag football and softball 6 months out of the year. He coached Andy's U6 soccer team and after the first couple practices realized it is like hearding cats...

And now for numero uno ME! I also got a promotion of sorts, I moved from file intake to processing at Genworth. I love my new position and all the challenges it brings me. Other than chauferring to various sporting endevors for everyone I haven't been up to a whole lot. I am still doing PTC for Oakview although I am no longer on the board (heh heh dodged that bullet this year) I also joined our schools site council. I am trying to go to the gym as much as possible and now that we don't have soccer three times a week that should be alot easier.

thats the news for now. another post coming soon about our trip to Seattle to see Paul's family for thanksgiving and the two 13 hour car rides that were necessary for said trip....

No I didn't forget..

Ok lets be honest I guess I sorta did forget but hey life happens! So since we last ended our tale....
Andy has adjusted to Pre-school (thank the lord) and now we get to traverse the oh so rocky path of him becoming a "non-napper" *collective scream* yes, it's harder than one thinks! he's been at it for two weeks and like any addict is still having withdrawls. He'll have the occasional shaking fit where he's screaming "why, why why" and "just let me sleep" or maybe thats just how I am interpreting his screaming fits....
Joey is loving first grade. He loves having 2 extra recesses and buying hot lunch in the cafeteria. Paul's child through and through. He made it through his second year of soccer and learned some new skills and lots of patience. He is the reigning wall ball champ in the house and dares anyone to try and beat him. He likes to brag how he has major skills but I think it is more proximity to the ground and general agile-ness that is his real secret weapon!
Haley is loving 6th grade and we love her teacher. He for all he is worth is teaching the kids organization...which of course they do fantastic at school but not so much at home. She had a friend from school (who's mom is a friend of mine) move in right next door. That has been awesome although we have seen a significant rise in sleepovers both here and there usually with no less than three girls at a time...good think we keep Vodka and red wine on hand at all times!
Paul changed positions at work and is loving being the support person for the sales team (a.k.a the dark side). It's very challenging and lately has been given more responsibility...*cough* Don't blow it....we had a great x-mas. He and I got to take a week off after christmas to just hang..which is all we did because Paul was sick the entire time...but it gave me time to read 4 books and play on the computer alot..my farm has never looked so good :0)
I have been working, working, working. I love my job and the people I work with. I also have been given extra things to do and love being so busy that the days fly by. I have also been having semi-regular girls nights with the aforementioned neighbor and another mom friend. We all have girls the same age and it is nice to know I'm not the only one who loses my mind when my daughter tries to go out in 30 degree weather in a tank top! UGH stupid trend...I am slowly coming to grips that I will be 30 this year..and seriously toying with the idea of a tattoo to commemorate the occasion...I have a little time to decide.

That is the news for now..I will really try and get on here more often than once every six months I swear!!

Holy long time no post Batman

WOW! I can't believe it has been so long since i have posted anything on here. Well ok I honestly don't think i can update on every single thing that has happened since last August so here are some highlights...

Joey started Kindergarten

Joey started (and by now has completed) Kindergarten. He loved it and rocked it like we knew he would! He had two great teachers and he is looking very much forward to starting first grade and being able to eat lunch at school in the cafeteria!

Paul lost 44 pounds and won the Biggest Loser contest at his office.

We joined the gym and he kicked butt and took names! We had already started in the direction of eating better but this really kicked it into high gear. We still get fast food every now and then...we are human...but he has not had a soda since Jan. I am super proud of him.

We had some very good friends move to Texas

Why you ask....good question....Our friends the Cole's moved to Texas for a new job for Nicole, better schools, better economy..blah, blah, blah. We helped them pack, we cried our goodbyes..(none harder than saying goodbye to Devin) and we sent them on their way. Now we wait patiently for them to come to their senses and move back...or just come back to visit.

I got hired by said company and have full time job that pays enough for daycare!!!

I got a job at the same company Paul works for (Genworth Financial) and I love it! I am doing file intake. It is completely repetitive and redundant but I like it because I can throw my headphones on and listen to my favorite morning show and then my music and blow through my day! The boys are in daycare/preschool ...Andy all day and Joey after school. It took Joey about 5 min to love it and Andy took about 5 weeks...but he loves it now and can't wait to get to school and see his girlfriend Ava (who is adorable!). Haley was going to the before school program at her school but as soon as summer hit we got her out of there and have found various friends to farm her out to during the week..she has also stayed home by herself but that just elicits phone calls to mommy and daddy at work from her saying "she's bored" ...yet when i tell her the list of chores she could do with all her free time she magically has something to do :0)

Paul and I got to take 2 kid free vacations

All within a 3 week period...so we fully understand if my mom goes into hiding for a month! The first one was a quick jaunt to L.A. with Our friends Todd, his g-friend, Victor and Sondra to see the Dodgers play the Yankees...we got to see Dodger stadium...which neither of us had seen yet...despite both of us living in CA all our lives. We stayed at a really nice house close to the water...we could see it and smell it but never actually put our feet in... We had fun trying some Food Network recommended restaurants and found out that Dodger fans suck worse than Oakland A's fans...a feat we had tough impossible until then....

Next up is the trip to Seattle for Paul's cousin Carls big 3-0...I am actually typing this blog in our room at Paul's mom's house waiting for him to get home from a midnight showing of Predator...I know...but at least it was changed to a guys only night instead of a big all inclusive group outing...thank you Aunt Gwen!! We plan to do as much touristy stuff as we can since we are sans bambinos. On the list is Pike's Place, Space Needle, EMP, Seattle Duck Tour, Cinebarre Movie theater, Mariners game (to watch the Yankees stomp them!) and whatever else we think we can cram in!

So that's the news for now! I will try and get on here more often...hopefully reading Kate's great posts will inspire me again as they have done tonight. *thought while reading hers* "hey I have one of those....."

Totally 90's

ok so here in crap-ramento we have new radio station. it is called 106.5 the buzz and it is all 90's! I love 90's music and I was talking with a friend who was like "ehh I'm not a big fan" so that got me wondering why I am. I realized my formative years and damn near every big moment in my life happened in the 90's. I started the decade in 5th grade at a new (public) school! It was a total shock to my system suddenly there were cute boys and annoying boys, catty girls and nice girls. It totally turned my world upside down! This was the era of "baby got back" "ice ice baby" and Garth Brooks' hey day! Then was Junior High and making new friends because I went to junior high across town. It was for my first best friend, my first kiss, my first love and my first broken heart. It is when I started watching Days of our Lives and becoming enraptured at the sheer stupidity of showing a possessed human being! I endured the heartbreak of my best friend moving 3,000 miles away. I was listening to rap and hip hop from TLC, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog but I also was introduced to Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden and STP. I took my first cross country trip and spent the summer with my best friend wearing out our "dookie" tape. Then came High school and going to school with 5 people I knew from junior high and us trying to relate to one another through music because we didn't have anything else in common but didn't have those wings yet to find new people. High school dances and slow dancing to Selena's "I could fall in love" and thinking you could. Taking my second cross country trip and spending the summer with a boy I thought I loved more than anything only to have him break my heart from 3,000 miles away. Then I met Paul my first real boyfriend who took me on my first date and with who I shared the rest of my "firsts" with. We had special songs and special movies with special songs. He introduced me to Metallica and Rob Zombie and I tortured him and made him listen to Toby Keith and Brooks and Dunn . We got Pregnant and he sang "everything I do(I do it for you)" to my belly. We had a baby, I graduated and we got married and danced to "In your Eyes" (not a song from the 90's I know but I didn' discover it until then so i lump it into the 90's). By the end of the decade I had become a high school graduate, a mommy and a wife. I think this is why I have such an eclectic taste in music. I hear a song and it takes me back and I can remember where I was, the smells, the sounds and the very moment I was in and there were so many songs and so many moments that have such powerful memories for me. I LOVE 90's music because it's all had a part in making me, me!

But I'm only 28....

Yes, this is about the most dreaded thing for a woman...aside from a lack of chocolate within a 5ft radius....no I speak....no I dare not speak it's name so I'll whisper *whispering* .......gray hair. OK maybe I will yell.. GRAY HAIR!!!! WTF! I know we all get one or two here and there and contemplate the ol "if you pluck it 6 more come to it's funeral" before saying eff it and plucking the sonofabitch! I look like I should be in a Clairol commercial as the before! I knew this day was coming, I mean my mom was completely gray by the time she was 30ish....but I'm 20 *bleeping*8 ! In preparation for this day I have been trying to be good about not coloring my hair because I knew that for the next 20 years I will be killing it slowly (yeah yeah I know hair is already dead but you get my drift). I am just so depressed and more because I have to either stick to a single color and do it myself or squirrel money away (sorry honey but it's just a fact of life) to get my hair done professionally.....Maybe I should just shave my head????

the theme of the evening

so it seems this blog has veered in a direction other than the one it was intended for...therefore it shall no longer be for Kanik 5 updates but for my own sanity!

Hair today .....gone tomorrow!

Ok so I made a HUGE mistake! i went to a new haircutting place. I just needed some of my dead weight cut off, nothing fancy. So I went to what I'll refer to now on as "the chop shop" (I know, I know not very original). I went here because I didn't need anything fancy, just some trimming and some layering and Paul had *gasp* a coupon.Normally I don't do coupon taking places but in this lovely economy of ours I just had to bite the bullet and do it. Well when I got there I got a girl who took all of 10 min, yes 10 min to cut my hair. If any of you don't know my hair situation, I have tons! So it surely should have taken longer than 10 min! She blows through my hair shows it to me in the mirror and for all accounts it looks fine. I get home and take a shower to get those evil tiny hairs off of me. I get out grab the gel slap some in, look up and I have......old lady hair. I have a total shaped hair helmet thing going on! Usually my hair looks like a christmas tree(not exactly but you get my drift!) smaller flips on top progressivly getting bigger as you go down. Now I have something that is the same shape as my face.....round. Which I will tell you those two things should not match! I swear it aged me at least 10 years which 10 years ago might have been ok since that's when I would have been trying to sneek into clubs.....ok so maybe not...but you get the idea! Now I will either have to leave my hair in a ponytail for 4 weeks or have my mom try and fix it.......hmmmmmm. Ok, so the moral of the story I guess is you get what you pay for..... :(