The Story of Us....

It's finished.

Please head on over to our new blog. I am so done with Typepad.

http://jadelesliecollins.blogspot.com/

I hope you all continue to read. This blog will be open for another couple of weeks due to the fact I still need to send all of my archives over to Word Press.

Please excuse me.

You will have to excuse my absence on The Story of Us. You see, I have been dealing with a potential break up for the past week or so. I have been pondering the situation of this two year relationship and  trying to figure out what is going to be the best choice for myself.

It's been a hard decision, but I have finally made one.......

Typepad, it's been fun, but I am DONE! If you don't already know, I am not a girl of change. If it's not broke, then darnit, don't fix it! I am struggling adding pictures, creating links. When I backspace, my cursor doesn't move in sync with my fingers. I am so over you!

Sincerely, Leslie A. Collins

As for all of my readers, I am in the process of starting a new blog with blogger. It might be a few days before I post the new blog, but I will. Please keep on a readin'. :)

Jade's home.

Thank God. I am so happy he finally graced us with his presence @ 2 am last night. He took an earlier flight out. If he would have stuck with the old flight, he wouldn't have been home until 10 or 11 this morning.

Not much planned today and tomorrow. Just relaxing and hanging out. Enjoying our gorgeous weather.

Have a great Memorial Weekend.

Missing this little lady.

Let's just say it was a "washed out Wednesday" yesterday. I woke up with yet another migraine. I spent all day in bed. Peggy {my MIL} came over and picked Reyna up, took her to lunch and to a friends house to play. I am going to meet Peggy at 2:30 to pick her up. I cannot wait to see her. I have been missing her like crazy. I think it's worse when I don't feel well. So, I did make an appt. with my neurologist for next week. I am throwing the idea around to be put on preventitive. This has gotta stop.

I am still ticked at Typepad for "changing their ways." Now, I can't type until my picture loads. There is a screen that pops up and won't go away until it's loaded. Also, I have noticed if I need to backspace, it pauses and takes a second. I don't know, but I might be ending my two year relationship with Typepad if I don't start to see the positive in this new change. I guess I would make a blurb book and start over. We shall see though.

On a better-not-so-whiney note, my Grandma Feister is home from Florida. I can't wait to see her. Today, also happens to be her birthday. Happy Birthday, Grandma.

Oh, I posted this picture to show you all how much Reyna adores her kitty. She snuggles with it every night. When she born, my Aunt Gail bought her a gorgeous Pottery Barn blanket. I decided since it was so cute, I would use that one most and she would probably get attached to it. A few months later, I bought her a thumbie blanket from Pottery Barn. It's like a mini version of the big blanket that she had. So, here I was choosing Reyna's security items for her. Well, she does sleep with the big blanket from my Aunt Gail. We use it to cover her up. Reyna has chosen what she considers to be her items of security: suckey, a receiving blanket that matches the decor of her room and her big pink kitty. She will now ask for them. If I have given her a suckey, she will ask for blankey. It's too cute. And the thumby blanket? Sitting in a drawer for the past several months. What a waste of 20 bucks.

Baby Alert.

Congrats to The Barczak family. Hudson was born early this afternoon. I am going to let her post details, but he was a healthy baby boy. Nicole asked me a few weeks ago if I would be there to take pictures. I felt very honored she asked so, I was able to be there for his birth today. Nicole & Hudson are both doing well. :)

Ps....anyone know what's up with Typepad? They have gotten all fancy schmancy on me and I can't create a link. The little paper clip sign isn't highlighted. What the heck is going on?!

And now, pictures from the weekend.

 

I love this picture of my dad and Reyna. They were both smiling at something. It is definitely scrapbook material.

Poor Kristin. Reyna got a hold of her brush and Kristin let Reyna attempt to "brush" her hair. More like tangle it up. Sorry Kristin. :)

A LOT of randomness

• It's Monday and I would give anything to go back to bed and sleep for a few more hours. I couldn't fall asleep last night, Reyna woke up at 3 and then 6. I finally got out of bed around 7:15. Did I mention I am on my second cup of coffee this fine Monday morning?!
• Reyna & I had a great weekend. My cousin, Kristin, came to visit Saturday-Sunday. She arrived around noon on Saturday. We picked up Wendy's and headed to my parents. Nana & Papa were kind enough to keep Reyna while Kristin and I went shopping for a little while. Afterwards, we had a delish dinner, headed back to my house, put Reyna to bed and scrapped. I only finished one page, but oh well. It was still fun. Sunday, we woke up, headed out for breakfast (I told myself I wasn't cooking all week.:)). We came home, laid Reyna down and scrapped some more. Kristin bought me a copy of The Ultimate Book of Kid Concoctions. It is a really neat book. If you are a mommy, teacher or whatever, I would definitely look into it. She also brought Reyna Touch and Feel Kitty and Tumble Bumble. Both of which Reyna adores right now. Kristin is so good to Reyna. She is lucky to have her as her God Mother. :)
• Jade left Friday night. He had to be in London, Canada at 5 am for a 7 am flight. From there, they flew into Calgary, then took a 10-12 hour car ride to their destination. I guess it was about 700 more to get another connecting flight from Calgary to Edminton and they said forget it. It has been weird without him here. Reyna has been walking around asking for him. I keep telling her he will be home soon, but I know she has no clue what I mean.
• I might be heading up north this weekend (to Ludington) but it's not for definite. I talked to Jade's mom last night about going up and I am not sure she wants to wait until Saturday morning to leave. I cannot take off Thursday or Friday from work and she mentioned she might want to leave during the week. So, I am not sure what's going on yet.
• What else? Hmm..Oh, Friday. Yeah, that's a whole other post. I was going to post on Friday, but by the end of my long day, I said forget it. You see, Reyna & I were supposed to head over to Jessica's house to visit. They just moved into a new home about 5 minutes down the road. Reyna was in quite the mood when she woke up. Plus, she was getting into everything. She learned how to press down the button on the water cool and let water run all over the kitchen floor. But, when she woke up, her left eye was watering. It wouldn't stop. I figured something was bothering her in the air. Did I mention she would not sleep? Okay, so we get to Jessicas and she is cranky. We take the kiddos for a walk and by that point, I decided to call the doc. I took her in and she has an eye infection. Great. Drops in her eyes for 6 days 4 times a day. How fun does that sound? So, I felt terrible by this point. I am sure her eyes were bothering her all day and I didn't do anything about it until the late afternoon. So, I was starting to feel bad. Needless to say, she is feeling better. She just hates it when I put the drops into her eyes. She closes them shut the minute she spots the drops.
• Last night, I went to my mom and dad's for dinner. My Aunt Sherry & Uncle Mike were there, too. My mom made quesadillas and they were to die for.

So, here I am. Monday morning and exhausted. I don't hear Reyna. I think she fell asleep. That doesn't sound like such a bad idea right now. :) )

Another one.

Reyna loves to watch Wheel of Fortune. Okay...mommy likes Wheel of Fortune. I know. Huge nerd. But, whenever I have it on, Reyna laughs, claps and actually watches it.

Something must have been funny.

Gran....this one's for you. The lighting is horrible, but I couldn't resist sharing this. She has been laughing like crazy lately.

Wednesday has turned into Friday.

I am happy to announce that my work week has come to an end today. I worked extra hours Tuesday and I worked today (which I normally don't) so, I get to take the rest of the week off. Yay!

So, have you ever realized how hard it is to compromise with someone?

Jade & I have been throwing the idea out about moving for a while now. I have mixed feelings on this. Part of me wants to move, get into a different house yada yada. The other part of me is trying to not let me forget how I dislike change and that we have done so much to this house that I would hate to leave it in someone elses hands. I mean if we moved would they take care of my pond? Would they leave my plush and pretty new carpet stain free? These are the things I think about. I would feel compelled to dig up my jap. maple because I know that I take care of it or the three trees we have planted in honor of loved ones who have passed? Reyna was brought to this house for the first time. So, I do want more space, but I also want to hold onto this house at the same time.

Jade & I never house hunted. We live in a house that his grandparents built. When his grandma went into a home, Jade decided to purchase the house. We have a great size yard, the house is 2000 square feet. I would like to change a few things, but other than that, I am pretty happy.

Here's the dilemma.....

Jade is about as country as they come. Me? I would be happy in a good sized house with a backyard big enough to play in, somewhere close and convenient to town. I don't want to live way out like we do now. Well, Jade found a house. It's not out in the middle of nowhere but, it's not in a neighborhood. I would prefer to live in a neighborhood. The house is nearby my parents and very close to his. We would have the conveneince of our family being closeby. The house is on 10 acres, has a pool, a big pole barn for all of his crap, finished walk out basement, four bedrooms. He is completely sold. I'm not.

Part of me is saying, "yep it's time to move." The other part is saying, "why would you get rid of your tiny mortgage and assume a lot more land and work to go along with it." Am I being crazy? I have told Jade that we have trouble finding time to take care of the lawn we have. How are we going to find time to take care of ten acres? Where is Reyna supposed to ride her bike, make friends, set up a lemonade stand?

I am definitely not wanting Jade to move downtown, (or as he would say a pile of concrete) but I definitely want to come to some sort of compromise. I am not sure where to start. Maybe we'll just stay right where we are for a while.