Don't look back...

2010 is over and we can't look back on all the "would of, could of, should of's".  It was a tough challenging year for most people around the country and everyone has someone they love who is unemployed.  I started out the year without a job for the first time in my life as a working girl...it was a tough adjustment.  I missed my friends at work, my paychecks, my feelings of accomplishments...I might have even missed Mike Migliaccio yelling at me at time or two...(at least I knew he cared).  I DID not miss the commute over Ortega Hwy, getting the kids and myself ready in the am, a super mad transferee or working all day and then starting my other job once I got home.  I had all these great ambitions of things I would do while unemployed...lose weight, do my quiet time every morning, learn to sew,  have a perfect house (that is my favorite), peaceful mornings, scrapbook, organize every cupboard..you get the picture! 

So don't look back all the things we "would have done"...if we were more organized, or the things we "could have done"... if we had more money, or the things we "should have done"...if we were more disciplined.   We need to concentrate of what we did get done in 2010...my kids LOVED having a stay home mom that is for sure...moving them to a new school was so less stressful while not commuting to work.  I had dinner on the table most evenings, which means we rarely went out for pizza or fastfood, and I did  join the gym with my friend Barb..and went!!

I look forward to a new year of "will do's, can do's and shall do's" !

Long lost blog - Happy 2011

Jake and Soren (what is that smile?) Isabella and Riley - New Year's Eve 2010

Okay so I didn't blog once in 2010(because I was FB crazy)...and I wasn't working, how silly is that for you? But I LOVE to read blogs daily and get upset with my bestie when she does not update hers often and my other bestie needs to start one....So one of my "resolutions" (even though I hate that word) is to fire up the blog again so my 2 readers (yes Cami that includes you) will read about my daily life...even though they live it with me.

Oh and we must buy a new camera so I have pictures to document - nothing fancy , just a point and shoot...

We spent New Year's at Red Mountain...very small group, just 2 other families and Uncle Bubba went with us...it was cold but so GREAT with no wind. I sat by the fire more on this trip then I did the 8 days we went over Thanksgiving...I made my husband happy by going on a family ride on my Honda 100 - did pretty good for a 46 yr old, out of shape, haven't been on the bike in 2 years girl that I am...Kids went on long Dad ride - Soren on Isabella's 110 and Isabella on "my" Honda...they both are stepping up to new bikes. Soren even rode the Esterholt's 65...which has a clutch and it goes fast which scares me a bit, but I know I need to let it go.... we weren't home 1 hour and Mike was already on craigslist looking at a 65 to get for the kids to share...

It was a great weekend, and so glad we left when we did because it started to snow on the drive home and then they closed Cajon pass later in the night.

My goal for 2011 is to continue to love my family and friends with my whole heart and be there for all of them everyday. My theme for 2011 is "Downsize"...all parts of my life and to have a love affair with a guy named "gym".

Soren is SEVEN....

Seven years ago just about now I was praying and pushing that this baby would come out of me....4:33pm Soren Michael Oursler was born..healthy and 8 pounds 2 ounces. Who could ever think you could love another baby so much. God blessed us again!!

Soren is the sweetest little boy -yes he is all boy, but he loves to cuddle with his mom and that is my favorite part. He is my kid that will tell me everything. At 7 he loves Star Wars, and action figures, he also loves motorcycles and motorcyle guys. He can hang with Parker on bikes or skateboards, or play brothers and sisters with Lizzie and Isabella and loves to hang out with Charlie.

Today he is celebrating at Disneyland with his Uncle Bubba! They share the same birthday.

I know this is a goofy picture but my darn camera is broken and it the most recent one I have...

Hospital Stay!!

I just read my last post and 1. I can't believe it was a month ago and 2. I don't even remember having a cold...I must be getting old.

So my blog has suffered because I am addicted to Facebook - UGH!!

The funny thing about writing this is and I am dead serious - the only person who reads this is Shelley and she knows what is going on in my life already. Maybe if I updated more then I would get more readers....

Hospital Stay.... We just spent 6 days in the hospital with Isabella and a bacteria infection in her hip. I'm glad to report she is feeling much better, we go back to Children's hospital today and have her blood work done and see the orthopedic. She was a very sick little girl and it was scary. I was so calm through the whole thing, and I must say it was GOD...I could feel the prayers around me and I had a peace about me that I have never experienced in that type of situation. Typically I would have had her diagnosed with cancer or something. We had unbelievable care at the hospital, the nurses were fantastic. The dr's looked like Doogie Houser - they were so young (again I must be getting old). We have no idea how she got it since she didn't have a cold recently or an open cut that got infected.

Isabella was so awesome through the entire ordeal, she did not cry one time and she was in alot of pain. She said "this is an experience I can talk about"...I drew some of my strength from her.

I did not take 1 picture while I was there and for that I am a bad mom - part of the reason was the camera was packed in the camper, since when this happened we were going on vacation. Mike and Soren actually had already left, so Mike had to come home. Soren stayed with the Esterholts (thanks guys) and then the Wales family arrived so he stayed with them. I missed him way too much.

We had alot of visitors at the hospital which made us feel very special. My church is making us dinners, which is a huge blessing and my favorite thing is - my friend Penny paid to have my house cleaned...that was the most amazing gift and I give thanks to all my friends and family.

Thanks for all the prayers!
caroline

Facebook and Blogs

I can't believe it has been almost 1 month since my last blog - that is so bad, but my 3 readers are pretty much now just 1 (Hi Shelley)...AND I have been attached to facebook, not that I update mine all that much, but looking at what is going on with other people around me.

I am blogged obessed (thanks Shelley), I will look at the same blog 3 times a day to see if it is updated - most of my favorite blogs are dedicated bloggers and update daily!

Anyway today on a someone's blog I read 2 scriptures that really hit home with me today and they are getting printing and put on the fridge.
Phillippians 4:6-8 and Exodus 14:13-14 - Go look them up , they are powerful! Now if I just read them everyday and let it sink in.

Things are good at the Oursler's, Mike has been working this week and last week, work is crazy for me and the kids are doing well.

I do have a cold which is a complete bummer and Soren is going to have permanent tubes put in soon , but the poor guy can't hear and is going to need to learn sign language soon.

I need to put some pictures up here soon.

Oh facebook - so my darling husband loves to look at my facebook and I kept telling him to get his own, but he said "NO WAY" so I obeyed his wishes - then he did a bad thing, he accepted some old friend of his on MY FACEBOOK - hello I don't even know the guy. So that night I set him up his own account. We have no secrets to hide but he needs his own, he has more friends then me and LOTS of friends from Kindergarten he still keeps in touch with...

That is all for now - going to finish dinner and sneeze!

Oursler Update

Our camera is still doing this "green mode" thing and I don't know what that is ..I guess I should read the destruction manual.

Soren is a Dodger -not sure if I mentioned that before and now I am a Dodger Team Mom - (remember the "s" in my maiden name is for sucker) and apparantly me saying "no thank you" this year isn't working out too well. But the coach seems like he will be good and I could tell he needed help. I asked him on Tuesday at practice "coach do you have a team mom" and before he even had "no" out of his mouth I said "I'll do it".... so the first course of action was a banner (for Saturday), I got some guy's name and he whipped it out - it isn't anything fancy but for 65 bucks you can't beat it. Then I made a snack schedule and a letter from the team mom - and I am now the coaches hero. He probably thinks I am some kind of Type A personality, but if he came and saw the laundry mountain in the middle of my room, he would know I am far from Type A. I just want it to be a good year for Soren (and me...). So I'm off to get some Dodger Blue for myself - ugh!!

Isabella is in her first CYT play Jungle Book, starting on Sunday are dress rehearsals - it will be a busy week. She is very excited, and I'm glad it is only 1 week and not the ususal 2 weeks. I promise to post pictures.

Mike is back working - this is his first full week, he is tired but we are thankful for sunshine and disbatch's.

I am working my butt off (oh I wish) at work! I am having to take renter files, which I stink at - I have been a homesale consultant way too long. So I am having to remember how needy renters can be, and try to give 100% service.

PTF -as you faithful readers know, Cami and I started the PTF (like PTA) at our kids school and it is finally paying off, we are getting ready to redo the playground, with the money we raised at our "Race for Education" last year. It is so great to see God's work be done and how prayers can truly be answered.

Well just a little update...I always think of these great things to post on my blog and then I get too busy to update it. Oh my next post needs to be about facebook - seriously some people need to get a life and quit posting it on FB...(I know the lingo)

goodnight
xxox

9 year old, Valentine's "do over" and the rain...

My little girl turned 9 on Friday Feb 13th ( I know I am a bad blogger) we celebrated on Thursday night with the Wales family. Isabella was so into her birthday this year, which I find so sweet and sort of wierd since this is the 1st year she didn't have a party. So I guess all the fuss and money doesn't really matter anyway. She was so excited with her "boompod" chair her brother gave her, and a new DS game from the Wales' family, clothes and new cute sneakers from Kellee and Mrs. Morgan. We gave her our (lame) IOU gift...which will be very fun when it happens. She is going to Los Angeles for an overnight and to the American Girl Doll store for tea and shopping. She is very excited and once CYT is over then we will set the date - she did love that I put "TBD" on the card...she keeps saying that every chance she gets.

Cami and I kept telling her all about "9 years ago right now we were..." , she loves the story of her birth.

Valentine's "do over" - so Mike and I didn't have the best Valentine's day this year. We never really make a big fuss out of it, a card, a kiss and maybe dinner (typically at home), but this year we were at each other's throats about EVERYTHING...I mean any little chance we both had to get a dig in, we did it. I finally sent him off with Soren to go riding and met up with him later...we both needed a break from one another. The good news is we have at least 20 more Valentine's together, so no worries that 2009 went on the books as not our best. The 15th was a much better day for us and included a family ride...Yes my friends I got on my motorcycle and went on a family ride, it helped that I had some champagne first, but I did go on another one yesterday and did just as good. The kids were so encouraging, they kept saying "wow mom you are a rider now".

Rain - Okay I'm over it, building an Ark as we speak.... Mike doesn't work in the rain and ha, ha God, I get it.... you led me to a man that doesn't work when it rains, and I was raised by a man that didn't work when it rained.... ugh!! God does have sense of humor doesn't He? The financial part of it is stressful but also Mike and I don't do well when we are couped up together for so much time. We are the kind of couple that likes the break so we appreicate when we do get time together - he should have been a fireman.... Don't get me wrong, I love that man with my whole heart...however once he gets bored, it is game over!! So I am praying for some sunshine...and some work for Mike.

Our digital camera is in "green mode" not sure what that means... so I don't have any pictures, but I will get some soon....

Have a great Tuesday!
Cars
xxox