I wish I were on vacation already.

I wish I were on vacation already! I am soo tired and I have been easily angered a lot lately. Part of it has to do with Caleb going into a non listnening phase, part of it has to do with the internet not working all the time so I have to limp along when I need to go fast! Part of it has to do with the fact that APPARENTLY I cannot budget very well because we just got charged an overdraft fee again. I had a Huge one last month and now another one this month. We cannot afford those right now. It reeally was no ones fault a check got put in the mail I had set aside till we had the funds for it. And some one saw the stamp and I guess put it in the mail. It might have even been me that put it there. Anyway I have been easily angered and snappy at almost everybody. I need some me time. Maybe I will do some sewing by myself for a while maybe work on my beach cover suit. I usually go shopping and get some small stuff but that is not in the cards right now.

We are supposed to be paying off our cards with a home equity loan soon so that our credit will have a chance to improve before we buy our next house, but we cannot apply till the outside of the house is painted and the weather is NOT cooperating. It has been raining all day and is supposed to rain the rest of the week. We have to go on vacation in the next 2-3 weeks! How are we going to get it done and finished in time. I am tired of this.

So many worries but anyway Caleb's party went over Very well. Everybody loved my little apple bites,

and my cat skeletons.

And the cake was ingenious. I had made two little sheet cakes and eric put a train track with a real moving train all around it.

We couldn't find a very small train so we had to settle for this one. But I think it was still cool. And we even got some little kids who weren't part of the birthday party looking and playing with it. Decorating the bikes was way fun except for the wind. We had to hold on to everything and we couldn't put it on the table becasue it would have blown away. But they loved the name tags, and the bells and they just went to town with the streamers. And they tried to put on the noise makers and there were a few who made it ut not that many. That was okay it was too windy to really hear them anyway. And then the bike race obstacle course was very popular and Everybody just loved going around and around. They even tried to pass each other a few times. We had a few accidents and we always told them get up, shake it off and keep going! It was soo cute to see these little kids shake it off and then keep on going. Then we directed them to the jungle gym obstacle coure and they did that one a few rounds and then they all got a medal for finishing. Then they played on the tire swing until Caleb said he was hungry and so we called the troops over and we all had cake and gatorade and vegetables. It was soooo windy that day unfortunately that we had to hold on to our plates with one hand and our forks with the other and we still had a few spills and accidents it was so windy! And I tasted the gatorade YUK!!! I'm sure the kids loved it but me I hate gatorade! Why did I think it would taste any different if I made it myself! But then they got to play a little more until all the kids had to go. We had so much fun on the bikes we just took the presents home and opened them there. I think they had more fun on their bikes then they would have opening the presents. And not as many kids showed up as I thought would so we have LOTS of goody bags left over. Now I did not know what to do with them besides save them for next year but I already have two years of saved goody bags and I can't find them so why would this year be any different? But then Eric the genius said use them for trick or treating! that is an excellent idea!!!!! I never have to worry again about buying too much goody bag stuff and wasting money that way!!!!

I feel so much better looking at all the birthday pictures. I like looking at old family pictures. It makes me feel happy and it definitely makes me laugh!