Superbowl Party + Dryer

I love football! I guess it has alot to do with my family getting together every Sunday and watching the game and it grew on me throughout the years :)  I am one of those girls that loves to cook all day to make the best party food and then hang out with everyone during the gamewith a beer or maybe a glass of wine(depending on my mood lol) and route on my favorite team!! :) This year my team didn't make it to the superbowl but my friends were here and they are Steelers fans...my brother and sister are also the only in our family that are Steelers fans and since they are from my home state I decided to cheer for them.. of course we all know by now that they lost by 6 points to Green Bay but it really was a good game and we had a good time watching the commercials and eating all the food that CC and I made!! We even enjoyed the halftime show which according to MANY posts on FB others very much disliked...ohh well maybe they were watching something different LOL...


Other than the superbowl today was an amazing day in the Fennessey household!! After church this morning I went to Best Buy and picked up our new Dryer!!!! Our dryer broke back at the end of November and since we will be moving in a few months we really didn't want to buy a new one but it had to happen, it was just too much keeping up with everything and all the wash.. doing laundry had become more exhausting than before so  we finally did it!! It made my week!! haha funny to think how happy a dryer could make someone but not only did we get a new dryer, we got a brand new one! On Saturday, Sean I an found one that was a floor model and it was only scratched a few places, since it was $50 off we were like yes we'll just take that one..well as they brought it out they realized it was missing a piece that could be a major safety hazard so they gave me a brand new one still in box for the price I already paid!! BONUS!! lol :)

It was a good day and I'm looking forward to a really good week :)


<3 Liz

the short month...

well February is turning out to be a good month! and well it usually is since its the short month that goes by quickly but what makes it even better is we are a month closer to moving and Sean getting out of the Army 65 days!!!!! We are also a month closer to my baby boys bday...can you believe it! My little man will be turning 1 next month! time to start party planning :)
Also in 2 weeks we are having Liam baptized at church so we have family and friends coming into town to celebrate with us! Esp my BFF who is Liam's Godmother! :) And to top it off and make Feb even better....we thought my bestest and the family (who spent most of Jan here) was heading back to Missouri yesterday, but sure enough after we said our sad goodbyes yesterday afternoon, and they headed out, they found out they had to turn around and come back here for another month!!! So I get my bestest and the family for another month which includes the awesome Superbowl party we will be enjoying together at our house :) And I get everything else that I've already mentioned...I feel pretty darn lucky :) and pretty happy!

This is also the LAST month that I will be working. I like caring for another kid so that I could be at home with my kids and still bring in some income but I need time to get things packed and moved and to do some last minute stuff around here so after Feb it will be just me and my kiddos each day until we move....I'm looking forward to it because there are days when I miss the simplicity of doing things with just 2.
I also will still be bringing in income with Thirty-One which I am loving more and more each month! The New Spring/Summer Catalog is now available as of Feb 1st!! and I'm super excited about business, booking parties, recruiting new team members!! Its going to be GREAT! I'm also really looking forward to sharing with everyone in PA and NY after we move so if anyone wants to book a party I'm scheduling as far out as June!!! :)
www.mythirtyone.com/mrsfen is where you can view the new catalog and if you have any questions just ask me!

I've added some pics from the past few days....

Trenton and Chloe---sleepover night 

Adalynn and Liam--cutest 2010 babies!!

me and my godson :) 

Chloe with her Godparents and Trenton :) 

Ohhh and a little side note: 

My hubby is trying to get me to like coffee...I don't drink coffee, never could get past the after taste that stays around forever but I have always loved the smell. My dad and poppop...BIG Coffee drinkers! I remember growing up and smelling it all the time and ohh it smelled so good and to this day the smell of coffee, especially waking up to the smell of coffee in the house makes me think of them... Anyway I spent quite a long time at the commissary today, with 3 kids, ended with a FULL cart and a very FULL trunk, of groceries. Sean was heading home for lunch after his dentist appt and stopped at McDonald's and got me my first ever Mocha Frappe.....mmmmm I was pleasantly surprised that it was not like all the other coffee drinks that I've tried and I really liked it...so I guess I may start being a coffee drinker...but and a BIG BUT...I don't think you will ever see me ordering a coffee with just cream and sugar...blah! not for me! 

well until next time...

<3 Liz 

great weekend!!

well its Saturday night and the weekend isn't over yet but so far it has been great!

Last night we had dinner with CC, Derek the kids and the Rangels! So fun and the kids were sooooo good!! We arrived at 6pm and left around 8:30 which is def past all of their bedtimes and we didn't have a problem once. You'd think 4 kids in the restaurant atleast one will cause a problem and not one did... I love that my kids are so well behaved and especially in public :)

Today was the day I finally got to sleep in...no 6am alarm and guess what I was wide freaking awake at 6am! ahhh I was going crazy...tossing and turning to go back to sleep. My only day of the entire week where I don't have to wake up to an alarm and I'm up. Finally I went back to sleep and the kids slept in too so we all woke up nice and refreshed! 

Took advantage of not having to be anywhere today and Chloe helped me make pancakes or as she likes to call them pannycakes lol 

Finally got everything out of the house that we had on the donate pile, packed the trunk and backseat of the call full and dropped it all off at Goodwill. Then came home, Sean and I took advantage of Liam napping and the 60 degree January day :) and spent it in the front yard cleaning, blowing and raking leaves. It was a huge transformation and def helps with the curb appeal haha...I can't believe it was 60 outside today...we opened some of the windows too which was amazing because if we were back home in NY or PA we'd a couple feet of snow on the ground. Tomorrow is looking to be the same way so after church we are planning on heading to Pope park and letting the kids enjoy the outdoors :) 

Tonight me and my bestest had a date night :) Chrisann moved to Missouri about a year and a half ago and it sucks not having her here but since they have been here for almost the entire month of Jan and leave this coming week we had to get in some "ME" time together. Sean and Derek stayed at our house with the kids and we went out for dinner and pedicures :) It was great! I love my kids but I def needed some time out without them. The last time I had a pedicure without Chloe in my lap was before she was born so were going on 4 and a half years lol and the last time this momma has done anything without her kids...hmmm I can't even remember that far back haha. I can def say that I am slightly jealous of those people that are able to have family that live close by or a really good friend or sitter that will take your kids for you from time to time. Being a mommy is the greatest job in the world, and by far the most rewarding. I absolutely LOVE being Chloe and Liam's momma! However, it also the most on-call, exhausting, time consuming, on your feet, mind going a mile a minute, job that never, ever ends!! and I don't think there is any momma out there that wouldn't agree!!
I really look forward to moving close to our family so that we can have some time here and there to ourselves. I def am not the type of person to push my kids off on others as you can tell but I'd like a date night here an there. Date nights have been non-existent for us unless you count the nights when can get the kids to sleep without a fight and are able to stay up and watch a movie together, which we usually fall asleep during. 

ohhh and since I went out would you believe that I was gone for 2 hours tonight and my son walked on his own, across the room. From the couch to the tv stand he walked!! OMG I couldnt believe it when Sean told me and Derek was there chimming in yeah he did, he really did.
That little stinker!! 

Liam took his first steps awhile back and has been doing more and more, 4 steps here 5 steps then 6 but walking across the room and I missed it! oh my! I was a little sad. but so excited! I can't wait to see what he does and learns next!

Well it's bedtime for me. I was going to post pictures of the house all nice but I can't find my camera to upload and its getting late so until next time....hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend! 

<3 Liz 

de-cluttering the house

The majority of the house has been de-cluttered!! The kids rooms are amazing! and the rest of the house will be the same way tomorrow :) I am so proud of myself for keeping on top of the house just incase someone schedules an appt with the real estate agent to check out the house it can be a quick cleanup and out the door! Tomorrow I will finish our bedroom and tidy up the living/dining room and kitchen. Sean and I will have to attack the garage over the weekend. It gets great and then something happens and he needs stuff and its like a tornado hit! The yard needs to get cleaned up too so hopefully that will happen over the weekend with the forecast being upper 50's all weekend :) 

Here's a few pics of the house clean :)

I cant wait til we move so his room can be decorated and not so bare!

I am so proud of Chloe for helping to keep her room so clean!

master bathroom 

 

 & ending with a picture of my cute kids in their pj's...
playing together this morning :) i love them <3

this was a short one but I'm keeping up with it :) so until next time...




<3 Liz

back again...weekend where are you?!

Well last week when I finally updated I told myself I was going to stay on top of this and do ya think I did... nope :/ Life just always gets in the way but I am loving life lately. It's busy but good. My bestest friend has been in town the past few weeks and I get her for just another week so I am having fun hanging out with her and the whole family! It's especially nice to get to spend time with my ADORABLE godson :) Last time they were here it was for a week and he didn't know me too well because he didn't remember me and I just had Liam so I had my hands full to say the least. I love that now he will come to me, sit on my lap, give hugs and kisses and seeing him and Chloe beg me to tickle them is sooo funny :) & its cute to hear him call me aunt Izzy LOL soooo cute!! 


this past week we've been to Monkey Joes...not once but TWICE! Also have been to the Children's museum which Chloe LOVES. Ever since Saturday she keeps asking if we are going again..


Sean had to go to the field this week which is crazy because he hasn't been in a lonng time and is getting out super soon but its been better then we expected. He left early Saturday morning but because its sooo cold he's been able to sleep at home and some night he's even gotten home early and the kids get to see him before they go to bed. Tomorrow is the last day and then we get normal days and the weekend again! 
Which I am really looking forward to because we love our weekends and we both need Saturday to sleep in a little. I am getting so tired of these early 6 am mornings! I'm up by 6am monday thru friday and sundays we are up for church around 7am. Saturday is our only day where we can try to catch up on some sleep if the kids sleep in too...which usually happens more during the week and we have to wake them up on Sundays...go figure! lol 


We started going to Sunday church service at a chapel on base about a month ago. I like going and have wanted us to go as a family for quite some time now but never found a place around here that I felt comfortable going like I did at my church back in PA. I still don't feel super comfortable, which I think has alot to do with the fact that we are going to a very traditional service which I am not use to but I'm starting to get more comfortable with it and Chloe loves going too. Her wanting to go makes me happy because she is getting to the age that I was when I knew what I believed in and accepted it and I want her to develop her own beliefs on religion and be able to learn from someone other than me. We are going to have Liam baptized during the service in a few weeks. The same pastor that baptized Chloe will be baptizing Liam :)
This past Sunday I was able to meet a few of the people that go every Sunday and talk with them after the services which was really nice and Chloe liked playing with the other kids. There are two 2-year old little girls that she was playing with this past Sunday and she keeps saying mommy I hope they are there again next week! 


Well time for this momma to get some sleep... here I go telling myself I will be back tomorrow.. so wish me luck and hope that tomorrow doesn't get too much in the way of my blogging LOL 
Happy Wednesday! Yay for being closer to the weekend :) 

sheesh where does the time go?!

So it has been a month and a half since I was last on here and I really don't know where all that time went. December was a very busy month for us. Getting ready for the holidays, then celebrating the holidays, a little bit of traveling and the start of moving/selling the house. 


As of January 9, 2011, our house is officially on the market to be sold!!! I HOPE AND PRAY EVERYDAY that it happens for us! So everyone keep your fingers crossed and pray for us, please! :) 


Sean should be getting his orders by the end of the week and we will be out of North Carolina April 8th or 9th!! which is ONLY 79 DAYS AWAY!!!!!! The plan is to move to Long Island, NY and live with my mother-in-law until we can find jobs and our own place. Fingers crossed that doesn't take too long. We would like to buy but we will see how things go once we get up there and if we have sold our home in Fayetteville. Sean is getting things all set so he can finish he Bachelor's degree at a college up there, sending transcripts and doing all the transfer student stuff. He also plans to take the police test once we get there but I'm hoping he sticks with school and applies to the PA(Physician Assistant) Program like he's been planning. We have sooo many plans that if one fails we have another to lean back on but I hope that's not the case. 
I have been keeping my eye out for any and all jobs around that area. I am really hoping that I can find a teaching position somewhere. Whether in a school, preschool or daycare, I would really like to stick to my field. I know that I will need to take the NY state tests when I get up there and I've found the schedule and study guides but that all has to wait until we are there. I think I've done just about everything I can ahead of time at this point. I just redid my resume, I figured its a new year, time to look for a new job so lets start off with a blank page and thats what I did. I am very pleased with it and am hoping to get copies of my letters of reference and a few other things to add with it :)




Cleaning, laundry and organizing has consumed my life these past 3 weeks...especially with the crazy rare southern blizzard we had last week which left us stuck at ho me for 3 days!! I am a pretty organized person but now that we are moving and going through things I have become overloaded with it all. So much old stuff has been burned and shredded and now things are so much easier to find. I have gone through all of our closets and took a trunk full of stuff to donate at Goodwill over the weekend and still have more to drop off this weekend. Sean has been pulling out bins from the garage and we slowly go through it all. I can't believe how much Army crap we have! It takes over atleast a third of the garage. Now that he has to turn in a bunch of stuff to get out, we can rid of some but there is still so much left! 

Chloe in front of the house after the snow hit last week :) 

Tomorrow is Thursday which makes me happy because we are closer to the weekend!!! I need to sleep in later than 6 on Saturday because these early morning are killing me. I wake up at 6am everything M-F because Sam gets dropped off around 6:30ish...going back to sleep for a little happens at times but sometimes it is so hard to fall back to sleep. I have alot planned to get done around the house tomorrow because we have a guy coming to take photos of the house soon, so that they can be up with the online listing. I HAVE to get Liam's baptism invitations out in the mail by the weekend so I should work on those tomorrow too!


Well I got a nice hour to relax and finally catch up on my blog now I hear mister Liam waking up from his nap. He's been asleep since 1:30 which is awesome for me but I had to clean up the mess from Hurricane Chloe that consumed her entire room before momma's relaxing time could begin. LOL 


until next time...

Absolutely adore him <3

<3 Liz