HOMEMADE ICE CREAM

This is the farm where alot of my pics and fun are from :) this was last yrs music fest cant wait for this yrs !!

Midsummer

Wow it is the middle of July already. I can not grasp how quickly time goes by. I really wish i could sometimes. Even when I stop in the moment and think how sweet it is and I savor it, yet it is over quicker then I can think it. 

The boys are growing so fast and the baby is walking all over. I will be 39 this August. Good grief. I guess just to old to have anymore babies and hubby is done. I wish I was younger and healthier. My anxiety is the least of it. More or less is my BP  and arthritis. I do so love my boys but yes I did and do dream of a girl. I have actually had to stop thinking of a girl's name for future child but alas I am done and embraced by three wonderful little roughigans and I am pleased. Overjoyed really as about 7 1/2 yrs ago i ached to have just one child and for it to be a he and I thought it would not happen for me and I am so blessed to have my darling son GW  who is now a big boy @ 6yrs old. Moreover I am triply blessed to have 2 more bouncing boys. They are some bunch "my boys" hubby included. 

Summer Days

Its been a hot busy summer so far and We are having a lot of fun over here at the Gerold home. My boys are all home with me and the pool is our constant playground and the actual playground .

  My boys are getting so big GW turned 6 this June and had "Star Wars" party where dad set up a Jedi training Area and then Darth himself paid the kids a visit.

Today my baby boy turned one!! 

      I am not ready !

My Jacob will be 3 in sept. He is such a handful and needs lots of attention and Activity.

The summer so far has been nice and we have had a lot of fun so far and hubby and I  have even gone out with out children 

sure it was right down the road @ our favorite farm which really made it nice since we had a wine and cheese party and it was beautiful and yummy and I cant wait to do it again!!

 I also wish I took more photos but I was to busy having fun!!

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Weekends

The weeks fly by so fast and the weekends even faster, so its nice to just sit and enjoy the moment with friends and food and pretty things. I am lucky to live down the road from a farm and the owner is my age and we have alot in common.  When she asked me to come to her cottage for a tea party I was so excited. She has the prettiest cottage.      You can find pics in other posts of the outside and the farm. Here are some of that day (I wish i took more). I met two very nice women who I have seen before but as Stephenie (one of the ladies I met) said another face in the crowd. We would all be at the same get togethers at the farm but never met. I actually know names and even a litttle bit about them.  For me thats so improtant as i tend to seclude myself (anxiety?disorder) at times and over the yrs find myself without many girl friends. So now I made two new girlfriends. Brenda and Stephanie thanks for making me feel so comfortable and I can't wait for sunset cocktails @ the farm with the lovely Dawn. 

I have not had one second to sit and write and when I do sit here I find myself lost in a sea of blogs. They just carry me away. I feel like im on an adventure and love all the things I find. Today I saw pop corn lollipops dipped in white chocolate @ "Brown Paper Bag". Ofcourse I got lost in all the wonderful projects and links leading me to other blog like "Beyond the Picket Fence" where I am inspired to start painting my kitchen chairs.

I love getting to travel back in time with all my favorite vintage,victorian, and retro bloggers.  Check out

 "Jersey Girl Blog" and "Bobby Pin Blog".  There are so many more but I do spend all my time looking and not writing. Thats ok I have fun and get inspired like at "Todays Creative Blog Spot".   I could just keep going but I am now sitting here way too long. gota run. Visit those sites and have fun!!!

MY JEWEL'S

Rainy Evening

Sat in hubby's office early this evening and enjoyed a storm that threatened to break all day. His office is a room (front porch) full of windows and it was so relaxing and cool. 

 It was a low stress day today. Thank goodness my baby feels better and is finally napping during the days in his crib. He still nurses but really just 2 times a day and only for a few mins then i give him his snugy/bottle with formula and then daddy puts him in bed. my 2 yr old and almost 6 yr old need more to do during the day. Tomorrow I am off to the craft store to find some things I need for tea cup charms I'm making and I will look for things for the boys. Maybe goto the educational teacher store.

I need to keep them busy or they start fighting out of boredom. 

 

I can hardly believe my lil baby is 11 months old already.  I remember the day i brought him home how excited my boys were to see this little baby that was in mommy's big belly.  

Wow it all is going so fast.  I truly wish i was a couple yrs younger to have more or try for that girl. Oh well what can I do. I love my boys so much.  

Last night was so sad for me. I am still nursing Ethan, all though he is being weaned he gets breastfed before bed. He also was running a fever (still is pediatrician @ 10 today) so this could be why he absolutely did not want to nurse or be any where near me.  It was so strange to me and it made me emotional. 

Facebook | My Photos - my handmade jewel's

Facebook | My Photos - my handmade jewel's

DAY IN DAY OUT

Well I really have been thinking about my life and what changes need to be made.  This makes for a very long list.   

• Organize the kids stuff
•     "          our stuff
• Keep a calender
• put items back after use
• lose some weight
• make a craft area 
• eliminate extra clothing
• establish a morning routine before the family awakes
• leave the house more often

This last one is a major change.  Why? I dont know if its because I have been home so long nursing  my infant children over the past 2 yrs or if its my anxiety.  the thought of getting everyone  (me included) dressed and out to the car is daunting. Then where to go?  I usually cant think of anywhere that doesnt cost something.  Parks are scarey with 3 small children.  I dont know if I am making excuses here or not.  I think I may have a little depression as well. 

One thing about thinking of the things you want to change can put you in a very negative state of mind.  I cant seem to find the answers or maybe I deny seeing them. I know I will be praying on it.

 Hope this post makes sense to you all. It's a bit random like me.

Vintage Plus-size Dress at Ballyhoo Vintage Clothing

Vintage Plus-size Dress at Ballyhoo Vintage Clothing

i would love to get this dress

What's A Household Notebook? | Organized Home

What's A Household Notebook? | Organized Home

Saturday in May

What a beautiful day today was.  First off hubby let me sleep to 10:30 this morning. 

He also made me pancakes for breakfast.

                 

Then we went to the farm that is right down the road from our house.  We just love it!  The boys run around, we pick strawberries.

 I love Dawn's little cottage

And the shop area

         This keeps the country girl in me alive

Wow it's another weekend

The week's are just flying by so fast and we have so much to do. GW has his 6th birthday coming and then my baby boy turns one in july and JD turns 3 in September. I also turn 39 this summer and I think we will skip that one ..lol or not I love cake HEHE .

Have a great weekend everyone.

Breading without eggs? - Home Cooking - Chowhound

Breading without eggs? - Home Cooking - Chowhound

ok so usually I let Eric (hubby) get the kids up and moving and I pretty much sit around with my coffee, feed the baby and help with breakfast, but as far as getting them up and out of bed I just dont have the patience for. I wind up starting everyones day off on a sour note, so I just let eric get it all started. 

Today though Eric had some business  in NYC and he leeft before everyone woke. I got up at 7 and had everyone up dressed and fed by 8:15 and time to relax before the bus came at 8:38am. Everyone was in a good mood noone was rushed and I may be the one waking them from now on. 

Letters From A Convict

Letters From A Convict

great blog old but very touching

Friends

I sometimes wonder am i the only one who has no girl friends. I wonder why I am not included in girls night out. It gets so lonely when I hear about this one and their girlfriends going out with out kids or that one and their girl friend and the kids spent the afternoon together. I just have to be happy they r not like me with no friends and only my children to socialize with.  I sound pathetic. Oh well. it's a little bit how I feel. Lonely.

Housewife blues

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I dont know how all you mom's do it!! I am so tired and I did only the absolute must do's.  How do you clean house while a 2 yr old is systematically taking apart each room. Formula all over the pantry and kitchen. Every drawer in the house emptied.  good grief I am completely frustrated today. Typically on days like this I dont want to do a darn thing. BUT!!  George has baseball practice and JAke and the baby need to eat dinner take baths and ethan will nurse. The dishes are still dirty and laundry well lets just say I have "some" to do.  I really need a night out. I have not had a night out since I conceived ethan (20 months ago!!) I don't really go anywhere or have any friends close by.  I tend to be ahome body but even this Bird needs to fluff her feathers once every 2 yrs.  Tomorrow is friday maybe I will go to Karaokie. When I wrote that I felt no desire to go out to the pub or sing. I must be getting old. I am hoping tonight to get in the J-tub with a glass of wine. I will have to get to that laundry first tho if i want to get into a clean bed or clean jammies or dry off....

Lyme Disease

So my son got sent home from school for a rash ( he has eczema) but we took him to the doctors to make sure. While waiting to go I checked his scalp and found a tick daddy removed it. the other night i saw what looked like a mosquito bite and we put cortione on it today it looked like a bulls eye ring. So at his appointment the doctor thinks its lyme so he is giving him 4 weeks of antibiotics.  He said you can test for it in 4 weeks. I am so worried about him. I am so sick of the ticks and we have too much property not enough house and there r lots of trees and over growth.  We sprayed once but it ws supposed to be done in the next 2 days to kill any eggs that hatch that wasnt done. I am so frustrated right now. well I am off to search about lyme disease and tick extermination.

what I found on google health 

pages for my boys

so I have decided to make pages (fun) pages that is for my boys. I am also thinking I might make a social group for just family with a calender and pics and such. I had such a hard time getting my blog started and finally i got it but now I want more more more . lol I guess i should leave the boys pages private. yo never know what sicko is looking. I hate being that way but some people just are that sick and my only defense is protecting my children. My George is already very comuter literate and he is not even six yet. He is learning to read and I know I will have to watch him like a hawk on this thing. anyway back to editing learning and building!!!

LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK by Paul Simon & The Jesse Dixon Singers

new name new look

so I have changed the name, which now includes dear hubby and I like it : ) I also have a new look (big thank you to scrap e blogspot. Now that I have learned a little more on editing I can make pages for my boys. 

Happy blogging 

test posts ..are they annoying

I am trying like heck to make this page a reflection of me and my family but I find little time to get on here and i have no way of knowing if it worked other then to test post..