Ok so I am not going back to school, but I am going back to daycare. I was going to watch a friend of Logan's this year until his older siblings got home from school, but I figured why not add another one so there was a friend for emma too. Well I did and now I have 4 additional kids! It is wonderful. Oddly enough I really am enjoying it. I have never been so tired at the end of the day, but it is very easy going kind of day. The kids are all getting along really well together, knock on wood, and that gives me a few minutes a day to get my house picked up or cleaned a little bit.
Yes I am keeping the house fairly clean. I can't say that it is spotless at all times, or ever really, but you can see the carpet in all the rooms, the bottom of both kitchen sink basins, and the counter tops. I even manage to mop the floor once a week!
The extra money is great to help with the few bills that we were falling behind on and some in the coffers for some sod this fall! Yay!!! I will have grass that can be walked on in bare feet. What a concept! It is just the back little bit, but I really needed to have some grass in there with all the kids I have during the day.
Oh and congrats to Heather and Jared~ You know why.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
My bathroom sucks
~steps up onto soap box~
Ok so all day today the Nekked Princess has been playing in the sink upstairs in the bathroom. She soaked the floor, herself and I have found a trail of water leading from the bathroom, down the hall and ending in a large puddle in her bedroom. I think to myself, Ok I will just turn off the water. I have told her repeatedly today and countless other days that I do not want her playing in the sink. It has never sunk in I guess. At 3 years old though I don't really expect her to be the queen of obedience.
I unlock the cabinet below the sink (yes it is kept locked, with my brood can you blame me?) Twist the handle to the cold and hot water shut offs and then turn the handles on the faucett. Of course water is still coming out, albeit with less pressure. I get a bit of rusty water from the 1966 iron pipes and I turn the shut offs the other direction. Still nothing is completely shut off! I figure my idea was a bad one seeing as we have the stupidest house on the planet. Nothing works as it should. I turn the knobs back to their starting point, which was about half on/half off, and I still have very little water pressure!!!! Are you kidding me? I can not get the water to come back to the previous water pressure no matter which direction I twist those nasty little knobs.
So now I have a bathroom that my darling daughter will not be able to play in the water in, but neither can we wash our hands! Ok so we do have a second sink in that bathroom, but I am just so pissed off! Why was this house put together by a sub-sub-contractor who didn't know what they were doing? GRRRRRRR! I want to move! Can anyone lend me $100,000 interest free?
~steps down from soap box~
Ok so all day today the Nekked Princess has been playing in the sink upstairs in the bathroom. She soaked the floor, herself and I have found a trail of water leading from the bathroom, down the hall and ending in a large puddle in her bedroom. I think to myself, Ok I will just turn off the water. I have told her repeatedly today and countless other days that I do not want her playing in the sink. It has never sunk in I guess. At 3 years old though I don't really expect her to be the queen of obedience.
I unlock the cabinet below the sink (yes it is kept locked, with my brood can you blame me?) Twist the handle to the cold and hot water shut offs and then turn the handles on the faucett. Of course water is still coming out, albeit with less pressure. I get a bit of rusty water from the 1966 iron pipes and I turn the shut offs the other direction. Still nothing is completely shut off! I figure my idea was a bad one seeing as we have the stupidest house on the planet. Nothing works as it should. I turn the knobs back to their starting point, which was about half on/half off, and I still have very little water pressure!!!! Are you kidding me? I can not get the water to come back to the previous water pressure no matter which direction I twist those nasty little knobs.
So now I have a bathroom that my darling daughter will not be able to play in the water in, but neither can we wash our hands! Ok so we do have a second sink in that bathroom, but I am just so pissed off! Why was this house put together by a sub-sub-contractor who didn't know what they were doing? GRRRRRRR! I want to move! Can anyone lend me $100,000 interest free?
~steps down from soap box~
Friday, August 1, 2008
Who taught her this?
Emma has been running around all day basiclly nekked. She prefers it that way and really I don't mind since we are not going anywhere and it helps her go on the potty. I went down to use the bathroom myself and this is what I saw! I had to keep myself from busting up laughing. I mean really who taught her this? I guess it was her daddy!
Isn't it the man who spends more time in the throne room than anyone just being "alone"? Anyway here you go. Don't worry they are tame!
Isn't it the man who spends more time in the throne room than anyone just being "alone"? Anyway here you go. Don't worry they are tame!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Going to pick Apricots
Anyone want to come up and help me can them? I will let you take a few home with you!!!
Yay for free fruit!!!
I'll post pictures later.
Yay for free fruit!!!
I'll post pictures later.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Old Age
How do you know when you have gotten too old? Well I will tell you, it ain't the wrinkles, it starts way before they do. I was having a nice little chat with my darling husband on sunday as we drove to my parents house for the family dinner. We were discussing all kinds of things and he asks when I went to UVSC. It was a part of my life that had great meaning for me so it took about 3 or 4 minutes to figure out when exactly that was! I had to start at graduation from High School and work my way up to UVSC.
Thing is, I have totally forgotten a year of my life. Now, I have never taken any mood altering drugs, well apart from those few days after the c-sections, but 1996 has completely disapeared from my memory. I didn't think memory loss was an issue until at least my 4th decade, so why at 32 can I not remember an entire year of my life? I vagely remember working at the Sears call center making technition repair appointments, but I am pretty sure I didn't work there a full year.
Lets just go over what I do remember shall we?
May 1994 I graduated from High School.
Summer 1994 I believe (again with the foggy memory) I then worked at either Fred Meyer or the Storehouse Market
Aug-Oct 1995 Snow College (I am aware that this is not a full semester, but I was not ready to go to college. I "dropped out")
January 1995 Nanny in Connecticut. By the way the three year old that I took care of is now old enough to drive a car and his sister is probably in her second(or third) year at college! She is older than the kids I am currently working with!
November 1995 Grandpa Lofthouse dies and my life hits the fan so to speak. I leave the nanny job in early/mid december.
The elusive 1996
January 1997-August 1997 Utah State University in Logan. This is the year I learned I snore, thanks to a wonderfully tolerant roommate. She threw pencils at me in the middle of the night so I would turn over and stop snoring!
Aug-Nov 1997 Walmart Portrait studio. I loved this job and had a bunch of fun saving up money for the mission.
Nov10 1997-Jan/Feb 1998 Mission in England. It wasn't long lived, but it was a great experience that helped me in more ways than one.
1998 Bought Moira the red Civic and started working at Clarke American in Salt Lake City.
August 1999 Started going to UVSC and at some point I moved to BYU houseing in Provo
October 2000 I started working at Sento in American Fork
Not sure what month but in 2001 I moved in with Whitney in the Haunted Apartment down in Provo. She deserted me not too long after that to get MARRIED! Of all the nerve! (Feb 2002)
Early 2002 I graduated from UVSC with an associates degree in Early Childhood education.
April 2002 quit sento to work as a nanny in Springville. That didn't work out as they wanted a live in and I didn't so I became unemployed and homeless. No wait, that's a lie! I just became unemployed. I got several temp jobs to make my living. I also worked at a daycare center in orem this summer.
June 28th 2002 started talking to Mr. Shambie from LDS Singles.com
July 5th 2002 He asked me out. We went out to dinner (on the 6th) at the Macaroni Grill and then saw a movie, possibly men in black 2.
It was also in July that I started going to school at Mountain west college for my paralegal degree. Became unemployed again, but still working at temp jobs.
July 28th Mr. Shambie, ie: John Cannon, asked me if I wouldn't mind to much going to look for wedding rings with him. And yes that is more or less how he put it.
July 29th John leaves for his Cannon Family Reunion. I am unable to tell anyone I am now engaged. For a whole week!
September 2002 I start working at Marriott. I worked there longer than any other job to date.
November 16th 2002, John and I get married. I have one day off due to bronchitis so we have our honeymoon in Salt Lake.
The rest is pretty much vivid in my memory to include having Logan, buying a house, having emma, loosing my job, being a full time mom, a few more family reunions and finally but of course not least Rachel and the new job.
So if anyone is out there reading this, please tell me what exactly I did in 1996! This is, my friends, how I know I am loosing my precious memory. It might have something to do with the fact that my life was pretty much wake up, work, eat, and sleep in 1996 so I might not be missing much, but that is really odd that I can't remember that year of my life!
I guess I could make something up, like working for the secret service or maybe that was the year I had brain surgery and no one is telling me about it! Oh well, I guess it is better to forget the nothingness of one year than forget about my family and children. Let us hope I don't have a relapse and forget 2006. ;)
Thing is, I have totally forgotten a year of my life. Now, I have never taken any mood altering drugs, well apart from those few days after the c-sections, but 1996 has completely disapeared from my memory. I didn't think memory loss was an issue until at least my 4th decade, so why at 32 can I not remember an entire year of my life? I vagely remember working at the Sears call center making technition repair appointments, but I am pretty sure I didn't work there a full year.
Lets just go over what I do remember shall we?
May 1994 I graduated from High School.
Summer 1994 I believe (again with the foggy memory) I then worked at either Fred Meyer or the Storehouse Market
Aug-Oct 1995 Snow College (I am aware that this is not a full semester, but I was not ready to go to college. I "dropped out")
January 1995 Nanny in Connecticut. By the way the three year old that I took care of is now old enough to drive a car and his sister is probably in her second(or third) year at college! She is older than the kids I am currently working with!
November 1995 Grandpa Lofthouse dies and my life hits the fan so to speak. I leave the nanny job in early/mid december.
The elusive 1996
January 1997-August 1997 Utah State University in Logan. This is the year I learned I snore, thanks to a wonderfully tolerant roommate. She threw pencils at me in the middle of the night so I would turn over and stop snoring!
Aug-Nov 1997 Walmart Portrait studio. I loved this job and had a bunch of fun saving up money for the mission.
Nov10 1997-Jan/Feb 1998 Mission in England. It wasn't long lived, but it was a great experience that helped me in more ways than one.
1998 Bought Moira the red Civic and started working at Clarke American in Salt Lake City.
August 1999 Started going to UVSC and at some point I moved to BYU houseing in Provo
October 2000 I started working at Sento in American Fork
Not sure what month but in 2001 I moved in with Whitney in the Haunted Apartment down in Provo. She deserted me not too long after that to get MARRIED! Of all the nerve! (Feb 2002)
Early 2002 I graduated from UVSC with an associates degree in Early Childhood education.
April 2002 quit sento to work as a nanny in Springville. That didn't work out as they wanted a live in and I didn't so I became unemployed and homeless. No wait, that's a lie! I just became unemployed. I got several temp jobs to make my living. I also worked at a daycare center in orem this summer.
June 28th 2002 started talking to Mr. Shambie from LDS Singles.com
July 5th 2002 He asked me out. We went out to dinner (on the 6th) at the Macaroni Grill and then saw a movie, possibly men in black 2.
It was also in July that I started going to school at Mountain west college for my paralegal degree. Became unemployed again, but still working at temp jobs.
July 28th Mr. Shambie, ie: John Cannon, asked me if I wouldn't mind to much going to look for wedding rings with him. And yes that is more or less how he put it.
July 29th John leaves for his Cannon Family Reunion. I am unable to tell anyone I am now engaged. For a whole week!
September 2002 I start working at Marriott. I worked there longer than any other job to date.
November 16th 2002, John and I get married. I have one day off due to bronchitis so we have our honeymoon in Salt Lake.
The rest is pretty much vivid in my memory to include having Logan, buying a house, having emma, loosing my job, being a full time mom, a few more family reunions and finally but of course not least Rachel and the new job.
So if anyone is out there reading this, please tell me what exactly I did in 1996! This is, my friends, how I know I am loosing my precious memory. It might have something to do with the fact that my life was pretty much wake up, work, eat, and sleep in 1996 so I might not be missing much, but that is really odd that I can't remember that year of my life!
I guess I could make something up, like working for the secret service or maybe that was the year I had brain surgery and no one is telling me about it! Oh well, I guess it is better to forget the nothingness of one year than forget about my family and children. Let us hope I don't have a relapse and forget 2006. ;)
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Pics of the kids
John my manly man!
Svelt me! Whoot 195 lbs and counting down.
Logan now drives us to the store.
Emma knows how to rope you in!
Rachel likes funny faces and bows too!
Emma knows how to rope you in!
Rachel likes funny faces and bows too!
West Fest was fun and LONG!!
Here are some product displaysIt really was fun and I am not sure if I will do this next year, but I really liked the exposure I got from it, and I think next year I will take a bit different approach to the products. We will see.
Winding down
Ok so things have been lets just say crazy for the last two weeks for us here at the Cannon home. I was getting ready for the WestFest and running around like a chicken with the head cut off. I spent much of the last weekend in June at the park in West Valley and did pretty good for the heat and time I spent working on it. I have tons of bows and stuff still available if anyone wants a discounted bow, just let me know.
The Cannon Family Reunion was the 30th-3rd and it was so much fun to see all those crazy cannons. I truely won the lottery with this family. I could have married into a family that hates each other and is annoying but lucky me I get the Cannons. The craziest, most friendly, and most fun to be around family. Ok I really Love my Andersen clan, don't get me wrong, but really? I love these Cannons.
Ok then once we are back and settling into a restful 4th of July we get the news that my nephew's wife had her long awaited baby at 2:45 am! Esther has been welcomed into the Cannon clan with open arms and we can't wait to see her. She shares her birthday with the only Cannon RedHead, Atticus. He turned 7 this year and we had a nice time celebrating his birthday with cupcakes, hot dogs and fireworks.
Oh yes how could I forget that we are hosting one of Johns nephews for a few weeks. Nathan has been a great help to us in watching the kids and playing with Logan. Nathan is autistic and it has been intersting and fun getting to know him better. I start work on the 7th at Discover card and he will help me out with the overlap in time between when I leave for work and john gets home.
On Satuday the 5th we spent time with the Andersen clan and celebrated my Neice's decision to get baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Way to go Madisen! We love you and your decision. It was lovely seeing all my brothers and sisters and catching up. Amy looks great concidering she is 8 months pregnant! The family got all "You can't have another one so soon" when I mentioned that I needed to get some supplemental insurance and I have finally gotten to the point that it all just rolls off my back. I feel horrible for those in my aquaintance that have a difficult time getting pregnant and I have understanding for those who are not at peace with having children close together, but each person has a different way to deal with the "multiply and replenish" advice given to us. I am ok with that.
Ok more later
The Cannon Family Reunion was the 30th-3rd and it was so much fun to see all those crazy cannons. I truely won the lottery with this family. I could have married into a family that hates each other and is annoying but lucky me I get the Cannons. The craziest, most friendly, and most fun to be around family. Ok I really Love my Andersen clan, don't get me wrong, but really? I love these Cannons.
Ok then once we are back and settling into a restful 4th of July we get the news that my nephew's wife had her long awaited baby at 2:45 am! Esther has been welcomed into the Cannon clan with open arms and we can't wait to see her. She shares her birthday with the only Cannon RedHead, Atticus. He turned 7 this year and we had a nice time celebrating his birthday with cupcakes, hot dogs and fireworks.
Oh yes how could I forget that we are hosting one of Johns nephews for a few weeks. Nathan has been a great help to us in watching the kids and playing with Logan. Nathan is autistic and it has been intersting and fun getting to know him better. I start work on the 7th at Discover card and he will help me out with the overlap in time between when I leave for work and john gets home.
On Satuday the 5th we spent time with the Andersen clan and celebrated my Neice's decision to get baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Way to go Madisen! We love you and your decision. It was lovely seeing all my brothers and sisters and catching up. Amy looks great concidering she is 8 months pregnant! The family got all "You can't have another one so soon" when I mentioned that I needed to get some supplemental insurance and I have finally gotten to the point that it all just rolls off my back. I feel horrible for those in my aquaintance that have a difficult time getting pregnant and I have understanding for those who are not at peace with having children close together, but each person has a different way to deal with the "multiply and replenish" advice given to us. I am ok with that.
Ok more later
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Major Decisions
John and I have made a huge decision recently. Due to the rising cost of everything and well lets be honest folks, some not very smart decisions on our part, I will be returning to work. It kills me that I need to go back to work, but it will be good for the long run. We plan on paying down/off all of our debt with the additional salary so that I will be able to come back home full time after a year.
So I had an interview with Discover Card Services yesterday, I got there at 2pm and didn't leave that blasted building until 5:45pm! I got the job, I didn't really ever question it, but still 4 hours? I should have been paid for that! My wonderful friend watched the kids for me and now I get to find a babysitter for the kids every day for a few hours so I can go to training starting July 7th. Oh I am going to miss my babies! Anyone have a few thousand dollars laying around I could have?
So I had an interview with Discover Card Services yesterday, I got there at 2pm and didn't leave that blasted building until 5:45pm! I got the job, I didn't really ever question it, but still 4 hours? I should have been paid for that! My wonderful friend watched the kids for me and now I get to find a babysitter for the kids every day for a few hours so I can go to training starting July 7th. Oh I am going to miss my babies! Anyone have a few thousand dollars laying around I could have?
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Long Time No See?
Ok so I was informed that I don't blog enough. Ok I agree! Let me just tell you that I spent two hours of my life at the Drivers Licence Division of the DMV on Monday. It was a blast. After waiting in the "get a number" line for 20 minutes, I spent the next hour in the very comfortable chairs, they have lazyboys now. Didn't you know that? Anyway after freezing to death under the celing fan and air conditioner duct, I checked to make sure my number wasn't going to come up any time soon. It wasn't. I went out to my car and grabbed a notebook and a pen from my purse. I began to write a little prose about monsters, children and potty training. One day I will have to post that to the blog. It is pretty funny.
Oh yes, I just got my booth assignment of booths at westfest this year. It will be at the West Valley Rec Center the last weekend in June if you are going to be out and about, come by and say Hi. I will be tucked into the northwest corner of the booths this year.
I am also clearing out all the toys we own. I can't stand the way our family room looks after a long day of "toss the toy" that seems to be the favorite game. Emma stands at the toy boxes, yes there are boxes of toys, and tosses the toys across the room looking for her favorites. They don't understand that they need to clean up after themselves. I guess that is really my fault, because I have never instilled in them the joy of picking up. I have always done it. I take all the blame, but I just can't do it anymore. With three kids and laundry for the three kids and one husband it is a long day and I don't have the energy to clean up at night. Hey everyone, I am ready for the next kid! I have completely given up hope of ever getting on top of this housecleaning thing so why not just add one more excuse for it to be messy all the time?
Oh here is the kicker! I have to get a job. It kills me that I need one, but with the price of gas, groceries and everything else going up, we just don't have the money anymore to make it without a second income. I do get to work part time and at night once John is at home, but still I really enjoyed being a stay at home mom. If only my business would pick up and start making me some money!!!!! Anyone want to buy a bow? An embellished Tee? How about a chalk mat?
Oh yes, I just got my booth assignment of booths at westfest this year. It will be at the West Valley Rec Center the last weekend in June if you are going to be out and about, come by and say Hi. I will be tucked into the northwest corner of the booths this year.
I am also clearing out all the toys we own. I can't stand the way our family room looks after a long day of "toss the toy" that seems to be the favorite game. Emma stands at the toy boxes, yes there are boxes of toys, and tosses the toys across the room looking for her favorites. They don't understand that they need to clean up after themselves. I guess that is really my fault, because I have never instilled in them the joy of picking up. I have always done it. I take all the blame, but I just can't do it anymore. With three kids and laundry for the three kids and one husband it is a long day and I don't have the energy to clean up at night. Hey everyone, I am ready for the next kid! I have completely given up hope of ever getting on top of this housecleaning thing so why not just add one more excuse for it to be messy all the time?
Oh here is the kicker! I have to get a job. It kills me that I need one, but with the price of gas, groceries and everything else going up, we just don't have the money anymore to make it without a second income. I do get to work part time and at night once John is at home, but still I really enjoyed being a stay at home mom. If only my business would pick up and start making me some money!!!!! Anyone want to buy a bow? An embellished Tee? How about a chalk mat?
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