Yard Sale Ideas

I had suggested a little while ago about doing a yard sale as a big "Brian and Kitty Forbush Family." Those who want to participate, please comment and give suggestions as to what would work for everyone. I was thinking that with the college campus near by and being on such a busy street that doing it in my yard might bring in a lot of people. Katie had called me and brought to my attention some details that may have slipped my mind. Because the street is so busy it might be hard for people to park (if it's morning to afternoon on weekdays), also, the traffic causes a problem with children. If we are to do it at my place we would have to have one or two people to man, or woman ;), the children either at a park or elsewhere. They can be in my house, but I doubt that that's what they would want to do. We can do it at Katie's place as well. We can set up in the front and have a slippery slide or something for the kids to play with in the back. Katie and I also talked about ideas for what to do with the profits. I have a poll on the sidebar that you can vote on and give suggestions if you have any. The outings might be something like a trip to Ross Park in Pocatello, a girls' outing (consisting of more than dinner), or any other family mini-trip that we agree on. We were thinking that end of May-first of June might be the best time, again, please give input. If schedules don't quite work out with everyone, we can always take the items that you wish to sell and keep track of your profits. Hope to hear from all of you soon!

A reason to laugh

There may be days when there just isn't much to laugh about. With Quentin around, I don't find many of those. Today Quentin came up to me and said "My butt is breathing." I, of course, have no idea what he means by that, but I have a pretty good idea ;)

Yeah me!!!

I just got my grades back from Winter Semester. I am so excited because I didn't think I did that well this semester. I got 4 A's, a B and a C+. I ended up with a 3.45 GPA. It gives me hope that I can juggle all that is going on and get an education. July 2010 and my bachelors is over with. Yeah!!!

Three peas in a pod . . .

Can I just say that I LOVE my kids!It was so much fun having them all here at once, although it got a little crazy at times. They all have their unique personalities that fit right in with our corky little family. Kristin is a wonderful big sister and plays well with them, even though I'm sure that she'd rather do things with older kids. She was so patient with them. Caroline developed a little attitude this last week and we are seeing a lot more personality come out of her, as opposed to the silent-type she was before. Quentin really loved having his sisters here and couldn't stop following Kristin around and telling her "I love you Kristin." I'm sure that got on her nerves after awhile. After the girls went back, Quentin was sitting in the back seat by himself and you could see this confused look on his face. He then asked where his sisters went. I think it's gonna take some time for him to get used to the changes and the coming-and-goings. As they all will. I just love having them around and I'm sure that they love being together.

A dream come true

I am not much of a meal planner or very good with making lists before I go shopping. Obviously this leads to unnecessary spending, junkfood buying, and a lot of headache. I was looking for a cake recipe online that I could make for James' birthday. I used one of the websites that I posted on my blog and fell in LOVE! It's everything that I need! You can search recipes by ingredient and if you want to exclude certain ingredients then you can narrow your search, you can make your own personal online cookbook to keep recipes that you liked, you can make a menu and it creates a shopping list for you (you can remove from the list what you already have and add other things like toilet paper, if needed). Another really great thing is that with the recipes it gives nutrition information! I have a feeling that I will be spending some time on this website to get everything organized, but it'll be a BLAST! Are you ready for the website . . . www.recipezaar.com Go there, you'll love it!!!