It's been another 8 days.

I know, I know. Where has my blogging time gone? I think about it frequently but I have been SO busy it's crazy. Things are getting in order though. And, there has actually been a lot going on.

Last thursday we had meet the teacher night. Tanner was really excited to go see his new class room and even more excited that he actually has a desk this year! Last year they sat at tables. It's cool to be a first grader. Of course, I forgot to take my camera.



CJ worked all day on saturday because of last weeks rain during the week. On sunday we laid a bunch of sod and I got to see just how out of shape I really am! OMG! My legs and my back were killing me from all that bending over and carrying. I know, I am a sis. That night we decided to go out to dinner because we were both too tired to cook. The food was good but Morgan was a nightmare! We may have hit the terrible two's at 18ms!! I feel weird saying that because Tanner and Grace neither one really went through that but I am telling you what.....he was a piece of work! Fussing (not loud enough that we needed to leave, but...), swinging his arms and knocking everything off the table he could reach, throwing everything I handed to him, spitting out every piece of food we offered him. CJ and I were just staring at each other in disbelief - something has possessed our child.



Monday was the first day of school and I finally remembered my camera. We walked him in and I got a picture of him at his desk. Yeah me! He had a really great day. His buddy Brady is in his class again and he's pumped!

We go thursday morning to meet Grace's pre-school teacher. She's very excited to start school too. What a big change for me that will be. It's very exciting though.

I'll try to be better about updating - that's all for now.

So many things to do, so little time to do them.

We've actually got several things accomplished lately. I'm doing pretty well on getting all of the customers and jobs put into the software for the business. It will take some time to get all the kinks worked out but it's coming. CJ went and bought a new truck yesterday. He got the DBA done - we're officially Take 5 Cuts. And he got the business account at the bank opened. This week I'll be working on a logo, business cards and a face letter for the customers to introduce us.

Morgan's mouth is healing very nicely. He had his 18 month well check yesterday and the Dr said it looked just fine. I left my papers in the exam room so I have no idea what his measurements are except he is 21 lbs 13 oz. So his weight is evening out. I just looked in Tanner's book to see how big he was - 22lbs. Can you believe that? That's amazing to me given he was 2 1/2 lbs bigger than Tanner at birth!

Sunday we signed Tanner and Grace up for baseball. Yup, I said it, Grace too. At first she said she wanted to continue GymKats but when we got there she changed her mind. She'll be playing in the mini's (3&4 yr olds - t-ball), and Tanner moves up to coach pitch this year. Should be interesting. I'll keep you posted.

It's been raining here for two days now. Which we desperately needed and normally I would be happy because that would mean a short day for CJ. Now, all I think is "if they're not mowing we're not making any money and nobody's getting paid!" I'm a little stressed about the money situation right now because it seems like the numbers that were presented to us were a little inflated. Well, maybe not inflated, but he used the numbers from the last 12 months. Well, the business is very different now than it was 12 months ago. I have faith in CJ though. Together we'll get things straightened out and get more accounts if we need to. I'm just very anxious to see the actual numbers. September 1st I officially take over all office duties and I'm glad. (I'm a control freak you know!)

Enjoy your day!

So, How was your weekend?

Ours was pretty eventful. CJ got home at some ridiculous hour friday night from work, but the good news was he wasn't working on saturday. Well, sort of. He did have to go mow one yard here in Granbury. It was on the schedule for friday, but he was like 'no way are we driving a crew of 5 to granbury for one yard! I'll do it tomorrow'. So he did.

Saturday we went and opend a new bank account for the business. CJ went and mowed, then we went truck shopping. Yeah, I know. But his truck just doesn't have enough UMPH to pull that big honkin' trailer full of equipment. Well, long story short Morgan was not enjoying the shopping trip. So, finally at Jerry's in Weatherford we decide to let him run around a little bit. They have a nice sitting area around their sales building and he could safely wander. Well he was backing down some steps (which he had alread done several times) and when he got to the bottom he went to stand up and walk away only he wasn't on the bottom he was on the first step. Needless to say when he turned and started walking there was no ground and he went tumbling face first onto the sidewalk. The concrete scraped the outside of his bottom lip, he all but bit through it. The skin is still in tack but you can see the hole right through the skin. He busted his upper gum pretty bad and I'm fairly positive that his two front teeth used to be perfectly even and now they are not.


It was disasterous. Blood all over him and me, screaming, people staring, yadda yadda. And the end of our shopping trip.

Sunday we stayed home. Kept Morgan on a regular regimin of Motrin because I'm sure his mouth hurts like a mutha, and enjoyed the day.

Maybe we'll get CJ a new truck next weekend.

How's it going?

Here's how it's going: CJ hasn't seen the kids since Tuesday. He's out of the house before 5am and he has been home after 10pm the last two nights. He told me this morning that he'd be working until midnight (not really) again tonight and they would probably have a full day on saturday. Things really will be much better once he is not going to Brandon's shop every day. For instance last night their last job was right by lake Weatherford. Then he had to drive all the way to Brandon's shop (which is in far southeast Burleson - about 45 minutes the opposite direction from our house) to drop off the trailer and the guys and then drive over an hour home.

I went to Brandon's shop yesterday so Michelle could help me set up the software for the accounts. Torture. Pure Torture. Before we could get started I had to purchase and download a scheduling software program that they use. Easy. Get in the internet, pay for the software, download it and we're ready to rock and roll. NOT. Everything that could have gone wrong did. First I couldn't get connected to the internet on my laptop. No clue why. It said I was connected to their computers but I couldn't get out to the internet. We spent an hour and a half trying to figure that out with no success. They finally gave me a disc they had with an older version of the software to load up but I would have to call the software people to get an auth code, etc. Then Michelle just unplugged the main computer from the internet and plugged in my laptop. Solved my problem but if I was plugged in they weren't. Big problem for them. I downloaded the software from the website but it wasn't working properly. We uninstalled the older version that I had gotten from the disk and in the process jacked up the newer version even more. Had to uninstall EVERYTHING and start over. In the middle of downloading it again the battery on my laptop went kaput. Thank goodness I had thought to bring the power cord. I plugged it up but then it was stuck. So we had to reboot and start all over AGAIN. Finally worked and I got 4-5 entries in before I had to leave. What should have taken like 30 minutes took 4 1/2 hours. I almost pulled every hair in my head out. Not only did Michelle not really get to help me but she didn't get any of her real work done either. I felt really bad. And poor Becky had my kids for 7 hours. She survived (THANKS BECKY - I OWE YOU BIG!), but again I felt really bad.

Thanks for listening to me complain. I feel a little better and now I must end on a happy note....the kids are great. CJ bought Tanner a cowboy hat Monday night. Tuesday morning Tanner comes walking down the hallway in his boots, Wranglers, belt, t-shirt, button up shirt, and cowboy hat and proclaims "Look mom, I'm a real cowboy. Just like my dad." Aw.

This picture is from last week I think. Grace had just gotten out of the shower and Tanner was talking to Papa Dave (or maybe Grammy Jan). What you don't get to see is Morgan worming his way up there to be just like them and then throwing elbows because the other two are touching him. haha!

Wednesday night we had a POW. Grace comes running in shouting "there's a tortoise in the yard mom!" A what? A TORTOISE! I am screaming for her and Tanner to stay away from it until I determine whether it's a snapper or not. The last thing I need is to have to take one of the kids to the hospital for a severed finger now that we don't have any insurance! We managed to capture it so we could show CJ then we let him go. He was a big honkin' turtle though! I'm not sure you can tell by the picture but the rubbermaid tub he is in is one of those big million gallon ones that if you fill it all the way up you wish it had wheels but it doesn't. From head to tail his SHELL is as big or maybe a little bigger than a dinner plate!

I'm Crying.

I listened to all the QuickBooks tutorials today and decided to jump in and start setting up some info and accounts in the QuickBooks. All I can say is AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! Everytime I did something it would pop up a window telling some reason why I couldn't do that! (banging my head against the wall)

Hopefully after meeting with Michelle tomorrow I'll have a better understanding. For now I'm going to try and put the computer away and not think about it. (yeah, right)

We're on day 3.

Monday CJ called at 4:45 and said he was on his way home and I was so excited. Thinking to myself 'I could get used to this!'. Then last night he got home at 8:30 and informed me that would be closer to the norm until winter gets here. Oh. Yes he's still up between 4 and 4:30am they start at 6 and last night they worked until 7pm. The plus side of it is I guess it's better to be busy than not have any business when it's your business!

I'm still trying to learn. It's kind of slow going but I go to meet with one of the girls in Brandon's office tomorrow. I'm hoping to walk away with a wealth of knowledge! I'll keep you posted.

Today is the day.

The first official day of our new venture. CJ was up at 4:30am and out the door by 5:00. He had to meet his crew at Brandon's shop at 6am. I've been thinking of him all day. Hoping he's having a good day and that he likes the crew. We'll be keeping the equipment at Brandon's shop for a couple of weeks until we can get stuff rearranged over here so that we can move it. (Heaven forbid we have a trailer sitting in the driveway!) Man, I can't wait until we can sell this house and get out of this HOA. 16 months and counting...

I tried to get aquainted with the software I'll be using today but didn't make much progress. I can't figure out how to get the internet to my laptop. I got a router (Thanks Becky!), but I still can't make it work. Don't know if I have the wrong kind of cord or if there's something else I need to do. Hopefully I'll be able to figure it out soon. Wish me luck!