What A Week....

I' m going to have to say that I have been a little disengaged this week......We have a lot going on and I have been dealing with a few loose ends and ruffled feathers.  The boys are ready to start school, and all the extra cirriculars are set up. I'm thinking about letting Jack join a gymnastics class though in the fall. We are going "school clothes shopping" with Mo tomorrow. We are all counting down the 19 days till school is in session. The boys seem to enjoy their time away as much as I do. Curt lost his phone on Saturday, and has been in panic mode ever since.  Everyday he comes home and frantically searches the entire house and cars. I don't think that it's going to magically appear, but he's torn my house apart 3 times now!  My car was already a mess, but now all my trash is unorganized. The boys couldn't even get in with the seats being all cock-eyed. It's been less than thrilling. We did however develope 10 rolls of film we found. It was great to look back and see all the good times and memories. There was even one roll from before Wil was even a blink in our eye! Talk about old.  I am amazed at how different the boys are. It was fun to look at. Well I'm off back to the nitty gritty. I'll blog more after our meeting on sat, followed by parents night(day) out!

What a big boy!

Jack got a big boy bike for his birthday. It was a gift from his mo and poppy. He wasn't quite tall enough to get on it, so I figured he'd wait awhile. NO WAY! At first he wasn't sure how to peddle, but he soon figured out how hard to push and he was off. That is until he decided to peddle backwards. Which this bike is not equipped with. It came to an immediate stop and threw him..... Before you freak out..... He wasn't hurt he just stayed off the bike for a bit them climbed right back on. It was hella funny though. Almost as funny as him running in to the side of the fridge that time!!!!lol....Well now he's got it down pat. He'll run ya over if your not careful. He gets goin pretty fast. Man they grow up fast. Here he is on his BIG bike.

BREAKING THE RULES...

Let me just lay this out there first!  I HATE LAUNDRY! Being a stay at home mom I tend to do alot of it. So to curb my frustration of the never ending laundry cycle, I made a rule in the house that "if you pull a load of laundry out of the dryer, you are to fold and put it away. Then switch the remaining laundry around." My family (minus the 2 little ones) has found many ways around this...Austin will put his laundry in the washer and then never switch it. He then leaves to go home, and doesn't take his clothes with him. Therfore he never had to take the time to fold and or put any of it away. Meaning he has time to do those things that he deems important in his life....Curt is about 50/50 on the idea. He'll fold,put up, and switch if he doesn't have anything else to do or if company is coming. Otherwise he leaves them and washes a load of the things he needs. Scrubs,socks, man panties, or something he wants for the next day.  Needless to say I still do most of the laundry(with jack and wil's assistance.)Most of the time I get up in the morning, or return from somewhere to find this. ⇑

Then I fold and wait for about 30 minutes to see if anyone steps in to put away. They never do!

I'm thinking I might go on strike for the weekend....I am going to put up a poll for ya'll to vote on it. 

Crooks!

So Curt and I have done a lot of work on the house ourselves. When it comes to roofing though,we're a little hesitant. So we called a few people for some estimates. These two guys came out yesterday, and man oh man! His first mistake was that he told curt his new siding had hail damage! When curt told him that wasn't even there then he moved on to tell us that our roof, vents,gutters,and turbines all need replaced and upgraded. I looked at the insurance claim , and they didn't include some of that in our claim. The guy asked if we had full replacement cost. To which I replied "of course." He asked to look at our claim and Curt said fine.....He then proceeded to tell us that is not what we had, and we needed a re-inspection and should update our insurance.   Curt freaked, cause he usually doesn't handle the insurance stuff I do. I was very sure of what I had signed up for so we came in immediately and called usaa. I was correct and this loser roofer guy was a crack pot. He had no idea what he was talking about.We Have total replacement value(no depreciation) They are sending an adjuster over to check out our vents and gutters, but I really feel like this guy is a crook trying to take advantage of people for what they don't know! What if  we had not called usaa? Would we of thrown away money to some guy who has no idea what the heck he's doing? That is definately a very scary thought!  They are only in it for how much they can get out of ya! I can surely say we will not be using their company! He was so intense on starting on our roof this week, and said we could check his refrences, yet gave us none! BE AWARE VERY AWARE!!

Go Away!

It's been a long week here in the Tanksley house. The boys were sick for 2 days. Curt and I have been working our tails off to finish up some tasks around the house for the appraisal and land survey. Who knew there were actually 24 working hours in a day!?!

We laid a new floor in the upstairs bathroom,painted, changed all the door knobs to match, put on the new shutters, and hung 3 out of 6 new doors! That doesn't even include all the cleaning we did! WOW. Then the stupid guy doesn't show up to the 1st appointment, and is 2 hours late to the 2nd one we scheduled!! I just about lost it with him. Wil went for his testing this morning. We get the results on the 28th.  Jack is still gone hanging out with his "Mo."  I'm sure he's loving the childrens museum!  We had a blast with the sign class last night bowling. Christine is a great bowler!!! Congrats to all who scored higher than me!!! I hope all of them enjoyed it as much as Curt and I.  The gay guy who worked at the concession stand hit on my husband.  It was hilarious!   I forgot my camera so we don't have any pics. I can truely say this class is made up of some great friends! Also thanks to Sam for bringing Teri.  I hope she will return in the fall. The boys are going to their 1st swim lesson tomorrow!!! That will be exciting!  I just can't wait!!! 

uggghhhh...

I woke up to vomit this morning!It was a great start to the day. Both of the boys started in the wee hours of the morning.Curt cleaned up the first few. He's is so good to me. I had to reschedule 4 appointments for the day, and try to baby Jack because he doesn't feel well. I also want to take this time to apologize to those of you reading the blog. I was informed by my mom and pops that typing in CAPS means your yelling at people!!! So Sorry!! I won't be doing that anymore. I have finally finished all of the arrangements  for our "Talking Hands" night out!! We are going silent bowling! It's going to be a blast. I'll make sure to take some pics.  As always in my house we a as busy as bees. Wil is having pychological testing on friday. Please pray that the tests give us some enlightment in to Wil's world! He's made some signifcant improvements since he started his seizure med! He will actually set through a whole book, and is imitating quite a bit more. While we are doing that Jack is going to be having his first Mo and Poppie sleepover. Mo will be taking him to the Jasmine Moran Childrens Museum on Friday, then to lunch, and something about a fish!  He won't miss us at all. Until next time here's pics of the snoozing boys!

MAKING PROGRESS!

WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. WE LOVED IT MINUS A FEW THINGS(LIKE THE PINK TUB AND TOILET!)  THEN WE GOT STARTED MAKING IT OURS, AND NOW I JUST DON'T THINK WE CAN STOP OURSELVES.  THERE IS ALWAYS A NEW ADDITION TO OUR IMPROVEMENT LIST. POOR CURT HAS A HONEY DO A MILE LONG. I THINK HE SECRETIVLY LIKES IT THAT WAY. WE'VE PAINTED,RIPPED OUT CARPET,POLISHED  THE HARDWOOD WE FOUND UNDER THE CARPET,NEW STEEL DOORS,NEW WINDOWS,ALL NEW LIGHT SWITCHES AND PLUGS,NEW OUTDOOR CARRIAGE LIGHTS AND ENTRY LIGHT,NEW VINYL FENCING AND A LITTLE LANDSCAPING.  STILL TO COME A NEW BATHROOM TOP TO BOTTOM,NEW SHUTTERS, A NEW LEAD GLASS FRONT DOOR,A NEW BALCONY DECK, FRENCH DOORS TO THE DECK, SOD,  FINISH REPLACING THE INSIDE DOORS WITH 6 PANEL DOORS, NEW FLOORING IN THE LIVING AREA, A NEW ROOF, AND GUTTERING. CURT HAS EVEN DRAWN UP PLANS TO REDO THE ENTIRE KITCHEN! HE'S QUITE HANDY, I THINK I MIGHT KEEP HIM AROUND. OUR NEIGHBORS KEEP COMING OVER AND MAKING COMMENTS! WE LOVE THEM DEARLY. I THINK THEY ARE A BIT AMAZED.  SO IN ORDER TO LET YOU SEE OUR PROGRESS I AM GOING TO POST A FEW PIC'S AS WE GO. I COULDN'T FIND A FULL BEFORE PIC SO THIS WILL HAVE TO DO!

FRIDAY

SO IT'S AN AUSTIN FRIDAY! THAT'S WHAT I CALL IT WHEN IT'S OUR WEEKEND TO HAVE HIM! HE'S BEEN AT THE LAKE ALL WEEK SO HE SHOULD HAVE SOME INTRESTING STORIES TO SHARE. WE HEAR ALL KINDS OF THINGS OUT OF HIM SINCE HE HIT THE 13 MARKER. IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH THEY CHANGE. I'VE BEEN IN HIS LIFE SINCE RIGHT BEFORE HIS 1ST BIRTHDAY. I AM EXCITED TO SEE THE KIND OF PERSON HE'LL BECOME.  IF HE'S ANYTHING LIKE HIS DAD THEN WE CAN COUNT OURSELVES EXTREMELY LUCKY.  THE BOYS LOVE IT WHEN "AUSIN" COMES. HERE'S A LOOK AT HIS NEWEST STYLE!!! SUCH A CRAZY KID....

FIRST BLOG

WELL I GUESS I'VE JUMPED ON THE BAND WAGON! LIFE IS ALWAYS PURE CRAZINESS IN THE TANKSLEY HOUSEHOLD. WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH ALL HE SCHOOL ISSUES EVEN THOUGH IT'S SUMMER. CURT AND I ARE COUNTING THE DAYS TILL COLORADO SPRINGS. WE ARE ATTENDING A SEE SIGN SEMINAR! THE FREE SIGN CLASS IS GOING WELL. I ENJOY LEARNING NEW SIGNS AND CHATTING WITH GREAT FRIENDS.THE BOYS ARE ENJOYING THEIR SUMMER. DESPITE DAYS FULL OF OT,PT,MUSIC THERAPY,SPEECH,SWIM LESSONS,HORSEBACKRIDING,AND MOM'S ERRANDS! THEY ARE LOVING THE SUNSHINE, AND OF COURSE THE WATER!AUSTIN JUST RETURNED