Can anything else possibly break?!?

So over the past weekend, we had three major "appliances" give out. First was the dishwasher. That one sucks just for the simple fact that I hate washing dishes...lol. The second was the air conditioner. It got hotter than blazes in the house Monday. I had someone come out and fix that yesterday. The third is the hot water heater. Tony discovered that it was rusting and when the guy came out to fix the air conditioner he looked at it and said we need to get it replaced ASAP before it explodes and floods the basement. YEA US! So Tony and I went to Nebraska Furniture Mart and bought a new dishwasher tonight. We got a pretty good deal on one. Nothing fancy, but it washes the dishes! Tomorrow he will be heading to Lowe's to purchase a new hot water heater.

I'm about ready to give up on the house. This place is a money pit! Last winter the furnace went out along with the washer and dryer. We need new siding and a new roof. Those won't be happening anytime soon...lol. Oh well. Thanks for letting me gripe! :)

Tony is just cruel....

We went out to dinner Saturday night with the kids just to unwind and catch up with each other. While we were eating our dinner we decided to make a list of things that the kids wanted to do before the summer was over. It consisted of the usual; Worlds of Fun, swimming at the lake, go bowling, try out the new Lee's Summit water park, etc. At the very end Brody added "Chicago!". Tony turned around and with the straightest face told him that we weren't going to be able to go this summer but he promised we would next summer. The look on Brody's poor face was unbearable. I almost broke down and told him. He was so disappointed. So I absolutely can't wait for the reaction next Friday when we head out to the airport and he finds out where we are going. He's going to flip!!

P.S. If you haven't figured it out, it's a complete suprise to the kids, so don't mention it on Saturday when we see everyone!

I couldn't resist...

I ran over to my Mom's this afternoon to bring back some stuff I had borrowed from her. Bad idea. She gave me a coupon to JC Penny's for $10 off a $10 purchase. So I figured I would just run over there real quick and see if I could find anything I couldn't live without...lol. Well I did. And then some. They were having a huge sale (everything 60% off). I wound up getting a bunch of stuff for real cheap, so I guess it was worth it. At least I got some cute new stuff for our trip to Chicago in a couple of weeks!

Rediscovering my love for music...

I've spent a couple of hours tonight rediscovering my love for all types of music. I absolutely love finding new little "hidden gems" in the music world. I find it so relaxing. Of course I also love to listen to some of my favorites that we all hear on the radio. So take a few minutes to browse my new playlist and maybe you'll discover a "hidden gem" of your own!

My Budding Scrapbooker

I had to teach a class tonight up at the Scrapbook Workshoppe and Holly wanted to go with me. I figured, "What the heck". So she went with me and I re-discovered how much she loves creating things whether it's with paper or legos! Here she is with my Mom helping her out with her album. Too cute!!!!



BTW...in the above picture she created Noah's Ark (except only puppies were allowed...lol!)

Paper Bag Album

So I got around to getting my "sussie" out last week while I was on vacation (see earlier blog post to explain this). It's a really cute paper bag mini-album. It's made out of 5 paper bags and some fun summery cardstock and embellies. It's been killing me not to post it on here, but I had to wait until Toni got it in the mail because I didn't want to ruin the surprise! Here's what I created for her little buddy Cole:

New Website Discovered

So when Tony and I took the kids to the Zoo last week, we were online looking for coupons. We discovered this website and it has a bunch of 2-for-1 deals in KC on it. I just thought I would share it with everyone. Have a great weekend!!

2-for-1 Specials : VisitKC.com Official Travel Source