Bad Week

This week has been extremely bad for me and my family. We have heard some terrible news and have had some emotional moments. I wish I could do my GIST list everyday this week, but it was really hard. I am sorry to all my (3) readers. I tried to reach deep down and just really had a hard time. I am hoping this is all behind me and I can have a full week of things that light my life. Again I am sorry.

Book Club

My girlfriends: Nicole, Amanda and I try to get together every Tuesday for just a couple hours to catch up and get out of the house for a couple of hours. Last night we talked about starting a book club. We all love to read and always end up talking about the books we are each reading, so why not?
I have put a list together of 5 books that I think we would all be interested in. We are meeting at Borders next Tuesday and deciding as a group which one we are going to read, then on Tuesdays we are going to met and go over the book or chapters we have read. (already have questions printed for each book)
If you are interested in joining us (or know anyone) let me know. It is going to be so much fun.

GIST 26

1. Getting the house cleaned by 10:00 am

2. Helping my mom with a few more little projects regarding the attic

3. Seeing my girls play with their cousin. They love each other so much

4. A early dinner all together

5. Getting together for coffee and dessert with my good friends: Nicole and Amanada

GIST 25

1. The

2. Day

3. Finally

4. Being

5. Over

GIST 24

1. Getting done with attic project clean out

2. Starting re-organizing attic project

3. Chinese food for dinner

4. My mom keeping the girls for the night

5. Big Love

GIST 23

1. John cooking me a wonderful Saturday morning breakfast

2. Seeing Lenon for a little bit, he is so darn cute

3. Helping my mom clean out her attic

4. Renting a dumpster for the project

5. Being so tired that my husband understood that I just crash at my moms

GIST 20, 21 & 22

(20)
1. A quiet day answering phones
2. My new coat
3. Going out to dinner with Jordan, a friend and her mother
4. Olive Garden salad and breadsticks
5. Going to bed by nine

(21)
1. Getting the sink fixed
2. Getting my candle holder hung
3. A clean house
4. Just hanging out with Reese
5. Mom taking Reese for the night so I have one less stop in the morning

(22)
1. A nice talk with a friend
2. Lunch with my mom and Reese
3. Hearing Jordan had a great surprise at school today
4. Taking all Jordan's friends from Southview with me to pick her up from school
5. Family night at Southview High School basketball game

GIST 19

1. Pink Lemonade

2. Cleaning out old files in desk drawer

3. My paper shredder

4. Going to the library with the girls (every Tuesday)

5. Teaching Carly how to use the Paint program on the computer - she had a blast

GIST 18

1. A day with all the girls home

2. Cleaning the house (and at 8:00 pm it is still clean)

3. Seeing the little ones dance practice

4. Adult converstation for 2 hours

5. Quiet night of not doing much

GIST 17

1. Seeing Carly have such great manners at a friends at a birthday party.

2. A talk with my brother in Brazil. ( love Skype )

3. My crock pot

4. Reese making everyone laugh by her goofiness at dinner

5. All of us going to the Walleye hockey game

GIST 16

1. Saturday morning breakfast made by husband with love

2. A trip to the mall by myself (well, I actually took the older girls, but walked around by myself )

3. Carly and Reese both taken naps, and getting a little quiet time

4. Dinner with my mom

5. A Reese's Peanutbutter Heart in my jewelry box ( I am so loved )

GIST 15

1. The temperature being 40 degrees

2. Carly adding and subtracting (figuring it out in her head)

3. Having Morgan (Jordan's friend) stay with us for the weekend

4. Having time to read. (another good book I am into)

5. A uneventful day (we just need those some days)

GIST 14

1. A day with my mom and Reese

2. Hugs, Kisses and tons of "I love You" from Reese

3. Beef Stew (smell throughout the house)

4. Movie Night with the family

5. Going to bed at 10:00 p.m.

GIST 13

1. The sunshine

2. Easy day at work

3. Getting Jordan's tentative schedule for sophomore year

4. Having a real heart to heart with Jordan about school

5. Modern Family - this show is too funny

GIST 12

1. It not being so cold today - not a cold person!

2. The girls seeing both grandmas today and having them really enjoying themselves

3. Getting the grocery shopping done early and in record time (not a fav of mine)

4. The new NDA Crew coach - AWESOME, it is going to be an amazing season

5. Having dinner with two really great friends

GIST 11

1. Sleeping in a little longer this morning

2. Finishing another good book and starting one that will take me longer then 2 days. I need a challenge

3. Watching the girls dance

4. JoJo's Pizza - 1/2 off Mondays

5. Playing games with the girls

GIST 10

1. Lunch with the family

2. Knowing that I have a really great group of friends

3. The house smelling like a fire

4. A quiet night

5. Having the week schedule complete

GIST 9

1. Getting my eyebrows done. (there were looking really bad)

2. Taking Carly to her first gymnastics birthday party and hearing she wants to now do gymnastics

3. A afternoon drink with a close family member just to talk

4. It being cold so I can just curl up on the couch, be a bum and not worry about it (because it is cold of course - no one wants to do anything when it is so cold)

5. Jordan for telling me she loves me every time I get a text or phone call. Makes me always smile

GIST 8

Yesterday was suppose to be a good day, but ended very badly. I am wishing I would have done my list before we left for the night on our "date" but just didn't get to it. I am listing my 5 GIST for day 8, but it was a rough day so bare that in mind.

1. A very easy morning working

2. Lunch with a great friend

3. A couple hours to myself

4. The Meyer family for taking care of Jordan

5. Nicole and Buster for being true friends. (lifesavors)

GIST 7

1. Getting the basement back in (some-what) order

2. Dinner with the family (want it to be a everyday thing, but doesn't always work out)

3. Watching the family play in the snow (while I make dinner)

4. The smell of clean babies (not really babies anymore)

5. When looking in the rearview mirror seeing Reese smiling for no real reason. She always has a smile on her face, and I love that about her.

GIST 6

1. Hearing we have an extension of 6 months on our COBRA Health insurance.

2. Having another extension on my unemployment benefits

3. A email regarding a possible job offering at a dental office (just applying for it yesterday)

4. Husband giving me compliments all day about how "good" I looked today. Really made me feel "hot"

5. Husband getting my van serviced: oil change, new brakes, and having the driver seat-warmer fixed. Love knowing that all the driving I do, that my car is taken care of.

In need of a new book to read

Today I officially finished reading "My sister's keeper" and let me start off by saying that Steff was right, I cried at the end of the book. What a very emotional ride Jodi Picoult takes you on through this book. Just when you think you know what is going to happen the totally opposite happens. I am very glad I read this book and highly recommend it, but make sure there are boxes (yes boxes) of tissues near by. I was at work for my husband and had a hard time answering the phone
So I am now done with all the books I had on my 2009 reading list and am in need of a new list. I need some recommendations. So please help a girl out and send me some suggestions. I love reading and need some good ones to move onto.

Ones I have already read are:

- My sister's keeper
- The Time Travelers Wife
- The Lost Symbol
- (all) Sookie Stackhouse stories
- Twilight (all four books)
- The Mermaid Chair
- Secret Life of Bee's

GIST 5

I started reading "My Sister's Keeper" yesterday and today I worked in my husband's office, so I got half way through it and have come to realize that my GIST list is manly based on my emotions after reading all day. (and I recommend it to anyone who has yet to read it, very powering story line for the little things we might miss by paying attention to only one person at a time)

1. Three very healthy girls

2. Jordan - for making me a women when I was still a kid myself. She grow me up and made me realize it is not about me anymore.

3. Carly - giving me something to laugh about daily. She is our talker and always has something going on, the words and stories she tells are amazing.

4. Reese - my baby! She being the last of my breeding has taught me that true love exists in all of them. She is truly my lover.

5. That all my girls were meant to be. They were all gifted to me for no other reason then love.

I have the three most amazing children, and I am so blessed they were given to me and I am guiding them through the path of life. I may make mistakes (but we all do) but they will become strong, powerful women because that is what they have made me.

GIST 4

1. Getting all the bathrooms cleaned

2. Back to normal schedule

3. Jordan shoveling the driveway again in the afternoon

4. Girls nap time.

5. Starting a new book - "my sister's keeper"

GIST 3

1. All Christmas items being put away.

2. My Dyson. - the reason my floors are clean everyday

3. Husband for helping clean this morning

4. My girls having such a great and special bond with my mom

5. Sunday night. - nice and relaxing before another busy week starts

GIST 2

1. Husband making a wonderful dinner for just the two of us.

2. Movie date with husband.

3. My mom for taking the girls so John and I could have a date night.

4. My Car Starter.

5. Getting all the laundry done and put away.

GIST 1

1. A New Year! 2009 was eventful but rough so I am ready for this New Year.

2. Spending the day with my mom and all three of the girls.

3. Hanging out with some great friends last night.

4. Sleeping in: the girls normally wake us up early but they were great this morning and hung out in their room while John and I slept a little bit longer. So nice that they can entertain themselves.

5. Our new Toy Story Mania Wii game. Carly and I play it together and just have a blast. She is so much better than I am.