March 14th

I can not believe that it has been this long since I have been on the blog. I guess that is why I called the blog the wonderful crazy life of me. Josh's baseball season started about the same time that my blogging stopped. I wonder if it was a coinsidence?? Of course. This is the time of the year that everything starts to be sacrificed. Laundry goes from look at what I have hung up in my closet to what do I have to wash to get something to wear and would it really cause a problem if I wash these togther. The house work goes from maintaining a sense of cleanliness to I hope no one knocks on my door. My average day starts at 530 am that is when the alarm goes off for the first time, then by 550 to 600 I finally drag myself out of bed. Please do not be like my husband who says you know if you would not set the alarm for 530 it would be better for you. He actually gets death threats from me. Hence the bloggs from previously. Sometimes my morning starts earlier if we have a 530 game. he plays an hour from home and has to be there an hour before the game starts. So I go in at 6 to get my 8 hours in before getting him to the game. Go to work, usually leave somewhere between 3 and 6 depending on the baseball schedule. We are constantly running and most nights I will run in to take care of the dogs and then leave. Usually get home about 9 or 10 that night and then off to bed. Usually hit the hay around 1130 or 1200 so do the math about 4 or 5 hours of sleep. So that is the reason no blog for me.

What's new. . . I have become an addict to facebook. I love it. I have family all over and now it is like they are here in the state with me. Especially a member that is currently over seas in the military. We are thinking about you Brandon and love you. I have also connected with some friends from school and add some of my friends that I have established since school. I love facebook because on the family you can see pics of them instead of waiting for the family reunion that happens once a year.

No here comes the big thing. We are starting to the mass remodeling of our downstairs. This start date for this part of the remodeling is May. This is the second part of a three part process. First part was about 2 years ago when we tore down a wall. As Ben says because I was sitting on the couch one day and eating popcorn and said what if we move that wall. A phone call to dad Collins in Fl and say hey come up and that happened. Well the wall came down and a temporary floor was put down. Now starts phase 2. The bar will be moved with a sink added and tile flooring put down. Phase 3 will be in about 2 years with granite counter tops and tile back splash. Sometime in there will be new appliances. So somewhere in between my wild and crazy life I will try to find sleep. Thank goodness for Dad Collins he will be bringing mom up to help in May. Now we are saving every penny we can find to get the money to do it right. Will publish pics when done.