On That Quest

Heather here and I’m guest blogging for my mom right at this moment.  No reason really, just fun!

I am always on a weight loss quest.  I am always interested in the latest exercise equipment, dvd's, weight loss pills, etc etc etc.

Along with that though comes wariness, I want to know the side effects of weight loss pills, whether you’ll get hurt doing the exercise, etc.  Plus, is it something I’ll actually follow through on?

Obviously most of them aren’t.  I’ve bought so many things and haven’t kept up with any of them.

In this case I don’t think it’s the products’ fault.  Most likely the buyers.

Cuz she has a very very short attention span.

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up

Heather here and I’m guest blogging for my mom right at this moment.  No reason really, just fun!

When I was little I always wanted to be a singer.  Jordan wants to be an archeologist.  (At least that’s on his list this year.)  Katiana wants to be artist and Alyce wants to be Tinker Bell.  Who knows what Nano wants to be yet? 

Did you want an engineering job, a police officer, a fire fighter?  What did you always dream of doing?  And did you grow up to do that?

I didn’t.

I grew up to be a stay at home mom to 4 crazy kiddos who wants to go into naturalistic medicine when she grows up.

The Kids Fundraisers

Heather here and I’m guest blogging for my mom right at this moment.  No reason really, just fun!
It’s getting to be that time of year when my kids will start hitting my parents up with fundraisers for school.  I always feel bad for my parents because they have 3 grandchildren in the same school district selling the same thing. 
It’s not so bad when it’s wrapping paper or presents of some type, but you can only buy so many Entertainment books and magazine subscriptions without going broke.
Our district started something new last year with a spelling bee.  You sponsored them per word.  A quarter per word or a dollar or whatever you felt like giving.  The words were pretty age appropriate.  There were some tough ones for each age group to make it a little challenging though.
I thought it was a pretty neat idea for them to do!

What’s Your Dream Vacation?

Heather here and I’m guest blogging for my mom right at this moment.  No reason really, just fun!

If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go?  Some people dream of trips over seas others dream of Branson vacations.  I know my mama dreams of a trip to Hawaii with my dad.  You know, a romantic second honeymoon.  I would love to go back to Nassau, Bahamas – this time without the fighting that accompanies my brother Steve and I when we are stuck in a small place for any extended period of time.  We love each other, we just can’t live together…at all. 

I also would love to visit Scotland someday.  When I was a little girl I would always ask my grandpa where our family was from and he would always tell me our ancestors were from Scotland.  I know I’m actually a Heintz 57 when it comes to my ethnicity, but it’s nice to think that I’m Scottish.  I would love to visit there. 

For someone who loves Scotland, I ended up being named perfectly, don’t you think?

Heather - The English name Heather means - Signifies a flower associated with Scotland.

Good job mom!

What’s Your Favorite Shoes?

Heather here and I’m guest blogging for my mom right at this moment.  No reason really, just fun!

Color this my own informal poll.  What do you prefer to wear?  Tennis shoes, mbt shoes, sandals?

Mine are Old Navy flip flops until it snows and my Ryn tennis shoes when I can’t wear flip flops.  I hate heels.  I haven’t worn them since I was pregnant with Katiana and I just can’t do it.  I’ve tried a couple of times.  Doesn’t work for me at all.

Katiana and Alyce love flip flops too.  Jordan wears his tennies and my mama wears her z-coils.

He’s Going To Be A Teenager Soon

Heather here and I’m guest blogging for my mom right at this moment.  No reason really, just fun!

If you don’t know me, I’m my mom’s oldest daughter.  I have 4 kids.  My oldest is Jordan, he’s 11 – going on I know everything mom knows nothing.

Things are starting to change for Jordan, I think he’s growing up too fast on me.  Voice is getting a little lower (no squeaks yet), needing to use the Old Spice deodorant daily, and asking me to buy him acne products, though I don’t know why, he doesn’t have facial or chin acne.  Just a pimple here and there, the current one being on the back of his leg.

I’m not ready for him to grow up yet.  I’m going to put him in a mason jar and keep him small a bit more.

Who am I kidding, none of my kids are going to fit into a canning jar anymore.

Who Shops Where

Heather here and I’m guest blogging for my mom right at this moment.  No reason really, just fun!

Who has a membership to a wholesale club like Sam’s or Costco?  Do you use it enough to justify it?  We used to have one to Sam’s.  You’d think with a family of 6 that I would use it constantly.  The problem is, with living in an apartment, there is no room to store all those bulk extras.  If I had a deep freeze or even an extra closet for toilet paper it would be awesome!  As it is, we buy the membership, go a couple of times, then stop going because we run out of room.

What do you do with limited space when you want to save money by buying in bulk?