Busy month

The month started out with us going to TN to visit the in-laws. The kids had a wonderful time. Angela and her family were there and the boys LOVE their cousins so it was nice to have time with them. After leaving there, we headed to Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge to vacation with our friends...the same ones we vacation with every summer. This was our 4th year and we had a wonderful time as usual. I am looking forward to next summer already!! :) I am leaving in a couple days to go to TX with my mom. We will be visiting my sister and going to my nieces pageant. I am so excited and can't wait to see them. While I'm gone K and the boys will head back down to TN to help my MIL with some yard work and tree cutting down she needs done.

Conversations with Logan and Dylan

Walking into the bathroom....

Me: Move Dylan, mommy has to go potty.

Dylan: Dylan has to go potty.

Me: Well, Dylan is going to have to wait because mommy has to go REALLY bad.

Dylan: Ok (big pause) you wanna have a pee race?

Sitting on the couch with Logan, he is watching tv and I am doing something on the computer.

Logan: Mom, who made this house?

Me: hmmm???

Logan: Who made this house?

Me: I don't know, sweetie.

Logan: MOMMMMMMMMMMMM, who made this house? Jesus???

Me: no, it wasn't Jesus..I know that. (LOL)

Logan: Who was it then?

Me: I don't know..some house builder person.

Logan: You mean a CONSTRUCTION worker??

Me: yes, a construction worker.

Logan: ok

LAZY, lazy weekend!!

We have had THE. LAZIEST. WEEKEND. EVER! LOL I picked up season 4 of 24 at the library this past week so we have been watching it off and on all weekend. We watch a little, feed the kids, watch a little more, talk to kids, watch a little more, feed the kids again, watch a little more...play with the kids. You get the idea. It's been so nice....the house is trashed, but it's still been nice. :)

We leave for vacation in a couple weeks. We are heading to the inlaws for a few days and then to meet up with some of my very good girlfriends and their families. these are the same friends we have vacationed with for the last 3 years (this will be year number 4!) We always have SO much fun and I am really looking forward to being with them again.

In the meantime...I'm working and Amelia is here 3 days a week (MWF). We had a garage sale last weekend and will have it again next weekend and I'm selling stuff on ebay...all to make money for vacation. I have to do this every year since we never have money...but it works. LOL

Dylan turned FOUR on the 21st. I can't belive my BABY is FOUR! He'll be in pre-school this year and Logan will be in Kindergarten. my babies are almost grown! WAH! LOL For Dylans b-day we went to the free family movie in the morning and then met my mom and her husband and my dad and his wife and amelia at chick-fil-a. the kids played and we ate and had cake and dylan got a couple gifts. It was so nice and I threw the idea together the night before. LOL

Mice. Our stupid mice are on their FOURTH litter of babies!!! Can you believe that?!?! I am so annoyed. I think we are going to get rid of ALL of them. I'd rather have another dog than these mice that we can;t figure out the sexes of and that make babies non stop. the fourth litter was born yesterday and while I find the whole baby thing VERY cute and amazing and LOVE to watch them..I am really tired of the baby mouse thing. but the babies are cute..so will endure this litter until they are weaned and then they are OUTTA HEAH! ;-)

I've had a 9 lb weight loss. I would LOVE to lose 9 more before our vaca but I know thats not gonna happen..wishful thinking. really..i'm just proud that I have been sticking to it...AND exercising to boot! yay me!!

I think that gets me caught up...for now.

Not a bad week

After we got through last weekend...life with Amelia hasn't been too bad. The getting up early sucked and having her LIE to me one day was bad. But all in all..she has been ok. Dad & Lola get home Sunday...so we are in the final stretch of her stay.

I started dieting on Monday..I'm doing WW...and I have done SO well. I am really, really proud of me. In addition to eating really well, I have done some form of exercise everyday since tuesday. Today..I did a few stretches and planned to take the day off. we ended up going on a spur of the moment "Treasure Hunt" , taking a 2 1/2 mile hike in the process! We were BEAT and I am just a tinge burnt..but I look healthy. We had fun!

Kyle and I hardly know what to do with ourselves since the tv season is over. We're going to be burning up the postal service with movies going back and forth to Netflix. Recently we have seen Fun with Dick & Jane and Flightplan. tomorrow night we'll be watching A History of Violence. Sunday night we MIGHT take the kids to see Cars at the drive-in.

Tomorrow...

UGH. In the morning, I have to be up by 6:30 to get Amelia up for school. We have to leave here no later than 7:10. YIKES! Since I will already be up and out..I am going to go ahead and do my grocery shopping. fun fun. BLECK. I am REALLY dreading it!!

Tomorrow also starts day one of my diet....again. 5 weeks until my Gatlinburg trip, 7 weeks until my TX trip. I dug out my exercise videos and made a grocery list full of healthy foods. In 5 weeks, I BETTER be a little lighter and a little more toned!! I actually "bench pressed" Logan tonight!! He is right at 50 pounds..maybe a little less. I did 10 reps and my arms were shaking. I was SO impressed with myself! LOL

After the grocery shopping..I am going to come home and make a bunch of phone calls. Logan's school, the board of education, ins co., dr, pediatrician, consignment shop, dentist, eye dr.

After all the calls are made, I am going to work on more garage sale stuff. I got the front closet all cleaned out and the kids toys cleaned out and brought a load of stuff up from the basement..everything has been cleaned, tagged, priced, sorted and stacked nicely in the front closet waiting for Thursday--SALE DAY!! So, I'll work on more of that until I have to go to work at 2. After work...I think I'll sit on my rear and do nothing for the rest of the evening.

Tuesday morning, it will all start again at 6:30.

Yeah..this is gonna be a FUUUUNNNN week!!! LOL

Rain

Happy Friday! It's raining here. Rained all night. I was at the grocery when it started..had to go out to my car and load the groceries in a DOWNPOUR..had to wade through a flooded parking lot to get to my car. Had to drive through flooded streets to get home...good times, I tell ya!!

I am feeling emotionally better today, thank god. I hate when I feel like I did yesterday. We watched Fun with Dick and Jane last night. It was really good. We both enjoyed it.

My dad and step-mom are bringing their daughter (Amelia) over tonight. She will be staying with us until next sunday. Dad and Lola are taking a vacation and heading west....I am so jealous. I hope they have a wonderful time. amelia is an um....*difficult* child. She has some issues and makes us a little nuts while she is here. So, it should be an interesting 10 days. My plan is to keep her busy with helping me get stuff ready for a garage sale I am having next weekend. I am weeding through lots and lots and lots of STUFF and selling everything. All the money I make will go towards our trip to TN in July and my trip to TX at the end of July. hopefully, I make lots and lots of money!!!

I got some WONDERFUL news from a WONDERFUL friend of mine. I am absolutely thrilled for her. Congrats, my friend!!! xoxo

Aggravated

Ever have one of those days where you are just aggravated/annoyed/on edge/pissed off for no apparent reason. that's how I am today and it's not even 10 am yet. My poor husband and kids. I bet they can't wait for me to go to work. Hopefully, working for 4 hours will help my attitude. shyeah!

Magi

This is Dylan's imaginary friend, Magi. He loves the movie "Fern Gully" and talks about Maji ALL the time. I took him shopping for shoes while we were in TN a couple weeks ago and he wanted these spiderman sandals. I kept telling him that we were not getting those sandals..we were getting THESE sandals. He picked up the box, put it in the cart and said., "Magi says I can get them!" LOL And Kyle told me that he was pushing dylan on the swing in the backyard last week and Dylan wanted him to push "magi" too. lol

When I was Dylan's age I had an imaginary husband. His name was Dick. and evidently, when I was done with him, I told my mom that he died in the fire with John Dixon--a character from my mom's soap "Young and the Restless". LOL

edited to say: John Dixon was on "As The World Turns"...I don't know how I messed that up. Thanks, J for setting me straight!! ;)

Much better

Logan is feling MUCH MUCH better..thank god. I felt so terrible for him..he was having stupid dry heaves..and we all know how horrible it is to be throwing up, when there is nothing left TO throw up! YUCK! I have phenergan suppositories in my fridge, so I called the ped to ask if I could give him 1/2 of one. She said that I could give him a 1/4. I told him that I had medicine that would make him feel much better, but that since he was throwing up, he couldn't take it through his mouth...that I had to put it in his bottom. He looked and me like I was crazy and then gave a little laugh, like he thought I was joking. LOL Poor thing. But he took it like a champ and barely flinched. He threw up one more time after that...then took a nice long nap and has been fine since.

My visit with Rita was very nice. She got to my moms about 2:30 and we ate around 4 and they left at 8. We talked and laughed and had a very enjoyable time. She then came back for a couple hours today and we are going to meet for lunch tomorrow on their way out of town. The pic at the top is of her and Logan and Avery, today.

Pukey McPukerson

Logan started throwing up this morning and is quite miserable. :( My friend rita just got into town last night with Avery. NO WAY can he be around Logan. So..I guess we will hang out down the street at my moms house today and stay away from the germies.

Mom was having us for dinner (stuffed shells) anyway, so she will just have company a bit sooner! I called and told her and she told me I need to come down and dust the furniture and sweep the floor. hmmph! At least I don't have to finish cleaning MY house. LOL

Guess I better run...

Please pray that logan feels better soon!!

Summer changes

Today was Logan's last day of school so we are officially on summer break!! yahoo!!

The picnic and "program" at the school was SO nice and Logan brought home folders of his work throughout the year and several art projects and the teacher gave all the parents photo albums full of pics of their child throughout the year. VERY NICE!!

I went to Target last night to get Mrs. K's gift. I bought a straw tote and filled it with flip flops, sunglasses, a paperback, sunscreen, chapstick, and 2 "survival kits"--1 insect and 1 sunburn. I I hope she likes it..I liked it real well!! LOL

For the summer (and maybe longer depending on how it goes...) we've moved both boys into one room and turned the other bedroom into a play room. We are actually still in the process of getting it all switched. (I'm taking a break) I have cleaned out all the toys, wiped down walls, wiped down furniture, helped move the beds..and I'm tired!! Hopefully, we don't regret this..I am hoping the little darlings will get along well.

Of course...doing all this, we are neglecting doing the cleaning we SHOULD be doing for rita's visit!! SO...it's gonna be a late night. I don't *think* it will take long..the kitchen and bathroom are clean...the living room is kinda trashed. but with K and I both working on it..it shouldn't take too long.

Kyle passed the test. ya-hoo! He accepted a contingent offer of employment and is now awaiting the next step. As much as I would LOVE him to get a job..and as much as he NEEDS to get a job..I am hoping it doesn't mess with our July vacation plans...or the plans I made to go visit my sister at the end of July. If he could start work august 1 that would ROCK!

I guess my break time has come to an end..and the darlings are begging for food...

Good Grief!!!

Long time no post, huh? almost a month..sad, sad, sad!!! **hanging my head in shame**

Logan lost his first "supposed to" tooth today. He lost his 2 top front teeth last summer after getting hurt..so those don't REALLy count (even though the fairy thought they did ;)) and today lost his bottom front left..the right will be a few days behind, I think. He is very excited for the TF to come and I am excited to BE her. :) He looks pretty cute with his "non-tooth" smile.

This is L's last week of school...tomorrow I am going to the school to help, it's a cleaning day...should be tons of fun. NOT! Friday is the last day and they have a fmaily picnic to celebrate...I am taking macaroni salad.

Rita, Alan, & Avery will be here this weekend. I need to come up with some cheap food ideas so i can keep them fed. We were in TN last week so I got to see Avery then..he is as precious as can be. I can't wait to see him again.

I've been working as much as possible lately..I wish my hours would get increased so I could count on that much money every month.

K has an interview..well, a qualifying test..not an interview yet. Hopefully, he will do really well and be called back to go through the rest of the process.

oh..my life is boring and I am tired. I'm going to bed.

My heart outside of my chest....

There is a saying about becoming a mother is having your heart walk around outside of your chest. (or something like that) and it is SO true.

Last night I took Logan to t-ball.

when we get to t-ball we are always a couple minutes late and the first time we were, I said.."just go tell the coach that you are late and ask where he wants you" and Logan kept saying "just say, I'm late coach?" just real nervous and unsure of himself and what to do. So, everytime since then he always asks me a few times what to say. and then off he runs with his little skinny legs and his arms crossed..with his ball mitt hanging off his left hand...looking all unsure and a tad shy. and it absolutely breaks my heart.

and then we got seperated for like 10 seconds at Blockbuster. I wasn't where he left me..so he thought I left him. :( I rounded the corner and saw him standing on his little baby tippy toes looking for me and I said "here I am" and he turned around and had BIG tears in his eyes and said, "I didn't know where you were!" I hugged him and told him it was ok..that I was right there and that I would NEVER EVER leave him without telling him first. When we got to the car, he again told me how scared he was. Just makes me wanna sit and bawl.

I don't want him to ever hurt or be scared, lonely, shy, unsure, embarassed. I guess because I hate those feelings and I don't want that for him. Of course, that is unreasonable..those feelings are life...we all experience them.

Being a mommy is so hard sometimes.....I wouldn't trade it for ANYTHING though..not ONE thing.

mo' money!!

So, I am becoming hooked on this "complete offers, make money" thing. I have now signed up for Treasure Trooper and made $45 with very little effort. My MaviShare earnings to date are $178.60. I am so excited. I was able to go to Wal-Mart, the dollar store, the grocery store, and to the gas station yesterday to get my errands done (oh..and we got pizza for dinner 2 nights ago) and not spend one penny of the money in our checking account....you just can't beat that. Especially when you are BROKE and every purchase is a major ordeal trying to make it all work..and have money left over for *extra stuff*. I am just thrilled!! :)

slight change of easter plans....

The weather here is crappified, so we are skipping the egg hunt at the park and I will do our own egg hunt in the backyard tomorrow. Which will probably be better anyway. ;-)

So, I need to go get easter basket and easter egg hunt stuff. We'll color eggs this evening.

Flu & Easter

Kyle and Logan are getting over the flu. Or at least I GUESS it was the flu. Fevers and coughing. Logan is much better...aside from the cough and K is hanigng in. He is still running a fever but refuses to take Ibuprofen for it..so he deserves to be miserable. LOL

Logan missed the easter egg hunt at his school yesterday since he was sick. I felt so bad about it...of course he didn't know they had it..so he wasn't upset. LOL I am going to take him and Dylan to a huge egg hunt on Saturday at one of our local parks.

We were supposed to have dinner at moms tomorrow night for Easter, but she called and cancelled because they aren't feeling that hot at her house. We are going to Kyles aunts house on Sunday for dinner..so it will be a pretty quiet, uneventful easter weekend. I still need to get the easter basket stuff and all that.

Still haven't found a church, so, we aren't going to church this weekend....but I did rent Passion of the Christ and a couple kids easter movies. I told K that if we aren't going to church this weekend we at least need to be reminded of what this weekend is all about. and no...I'm not letting my kids watch Passion..just incase you were wondering. ;)

Money Maker

I am SOO excited. I just had $62 deposited in my paypal account for about an hours worth of "work"!! woohoo!!

You know how you can sign up for "free" trial offers of things like, netflix, aol, etc? Well, I was on a WAHM board today and saw a post about this site that pays you to sign up for these offers. So, I went and checked it out, it looked easy enough and from what the moms said on the board..it is legit and they had all gotten their money no problems. So, I registered and started signing up for things. I picked the ones that pay instantly and require no money up-front. I signed up for 7 offers and made $62!!! While I was signing up I made a list of the things I signed up for, how long the trial was, the number to call to cancel the trial, etc. I went back tonight and transferred my $62 into my paypal account...just to see if it would work! and true to their word...I had $62 in my paypal account lickety split!!

They have a referral program but you don't HAVE to have referrals. You can withdraw money and have it deposited in your paypal once you have $10 in your account. It's really very cool and if I didn't see it in my paypal account myself...I wouldn't believe it.

Check it out!! :) MaviShare

Hair....

I have hair down past my waist..well past it. I can't decide whether to leave it long, or get it cut. I wear it up ALL the time..I NEVER wear it down..NEVER..well every once in awhile I braid it..woohoo! It is kind of a pain..it is REALLY thick and is hard to keep the knots combed out. I'd like to get it cut shoulder lengthish...and get a perm. I like having my hair permed because when I wear it up...it looks better. I still plan to wear it up. I don't know why I hesitate...I had hair down to my knees before and cut it off..it DOES grow back. LOL If I get it cut I will definitely donate to Locks of love. I think I am just feeling "bleck" and looking for a change. who knows.

Random Shtuff....

Took Logan's splint off today. It looks swollen and he still can't move it without it hurting. I guess I will take him to the PED tomorrow and have her look at it. He needs a bath BIG time...he hasn't had one since Tuesday...just washing off. BLECK!!

Kyle has been painting my moms basement and is supposed to go today to finish up the one room. I think I am going to "make" him stay home..he can finish it tomorrow. I am in a "needing Kyle" place today. ;)

He (Kyle) went to his cousins house last night to "hang out" with the guys. They built a bonfire and drank a couple beers. We don't see people very much anymore since we are the EPITOME of the term "homebody". So, over the course of conversation last night, K learned that 5 couples that are all around our age that we are "friends" with have all gotten divorced in the last year!! I was shocked and pretty sad......and so thankful that our marriage is strong and that we have never even been close to that place. It's pretty scary. you know when your friends get married and start having kids and you get together for picnics and kids b-day parties and concerts, etc. You kind of just always assume that everyone will be together forever. And our friendships have drifted apart...and I guess that just happens with marriages too. just sad. :(

****sidenote: my kids have the POINTIEST, digging in-est, elbows EVER!!!*****

I went to old navy.com this morning and put one of every color of flip flops available (in my big foot size (11)) in my shopping cart. It felt good!! Can't beat "retail therapy" without the expense. LOL I am going to go to the store later this week and do some shopping in person. flip flops for K and I and spring/summer clothes for big L. Dylan gets Logans summer clothes from last year. I am betting this is the last year that is going to be an option since they can really share clothes now.

The mice are all up and about and eating mice food and drinking from the water bottle. they are so cute. We need to figure out who's a boy and who's a girl so we can get them separated..PRONTO. and now that the family is growing up...I think it's time to separate the dad before he gets the mom PG again...if she isn't already. I didn't feel right about moving him when the babies were so small...didn't want to break up their family ya know??? LOL

Watched the kids choice awards last night...found it vaguely interesting/amusing. In watching the show and seeing "Drake and Josh" win and award, I was reminded of my niece, Ashley being in a commercial with Josh Peck. Since we have never seen the commercial on tv I went searching for it online....and FOUND it! I was so excited!! Watch it Ashley is the tall blonde..she's on the right. speaking of her, she "made" JV cheerleading last night. yay, ash!!

I guess that's all the randomness from me today. I want to blog about Logan's school..but I think I will put that in it's own entry.

A boy and his arm

Logan fell at school the other day and did something to his arm. It was very painful and he was freaking out. So, I went to get him and took him to an Urgent Care center since the dr's office was on a lunch break. The UC took one xray and then wanted him to turn his arm over...Logan started crying because it hurt so bad. they then told me that I needed to take him to childrens hospital so he could be sedated for the x-rays they needed. *eyeroll* I was SO annoyed...so I left and took him to the hospital where I was told they NEVER sedate for x-rays. (Lesson learned...when the kids get hurt just take them to Children's and be done with it) So, he got a groovy scooby doo sling and a big set of xrays..he thought it was totally cool to see the pictures of his bones. :-)

When the resident came in, she examined him and said the x-rays looked fine..no breaks. But it was evident that he was in a considerable amount of pain and could hardly bend his arm etc. So, she went back to look at the x-rays again and to get the radiologists report. Let me back up a little to say that when we first got there they dosed him up with some Motrin. When the resident came back (who was a really cute girl and super sweet) Logan could move his arm a little more, bent it without much problem and *appeared* to be better. She called it a "miracle", told us to keep the sling on as needed, and sent us on our way. At that point...my "mommy senses" tingled. ;) I just KNEW that he wasn't all of the sudden better. Once she saw that he could move his arm better..she didn't even examine him further...it was like "ok, you're better, you can go". She had left and said the nurse would bring in the discharge papers. The more I sat there and thought about it, the more I didn't feel right about leaving. I figured that the motrin had kicked in and that was allowing him to move a little better with less pain. so, I got up and took off his sling and had him move his arm some more and he cried and cried when he moved it certain ways. So, I went out to the nurses station and asked for the dr. to return. She did and was annoyed....saying that it WAS better because he could move it now and it was *probably* a sprain and that is why she said to use the sling as needed. So, at this point..I'm feeling like an over protective mom...or one of those moms you see on a Lifetime movie that WANTS her kid to be sick or injured. So, while she's telling me how "ok" he is...the attending comes in and examines him and holds Logans elbow with one hand and turns his wrist back and forth with the other. Logan FLIPPED OUT! He was in SOOOO much pain. Bless his heart. The resident went into "defense mode" and said "He wasn't doing that before...he was moving it fine!!" the attending ignored her and said it was obvious he was in considerable pain and that since there was no sign of an evident break, he thought it was severely sprained and wanted him to wear a splint for 3 days to keep it immobile and give it a chance to heal. Thank God for him.

So, we came home with a "splint" which is really like a cast on the underside of his arm and elbow wrapped with an ace bandage. he has to wear it non-stop for 3 days and if it doesn't feel better he needs to be seen again. Today is the 3rd day but I think we are going to keep it on one more day...just because it's the weekend and if we take it off and he is in pain it'll be Monday before we can get into the PED. Yes, we could take him back to the ER..but I would prefer to just see the PED if we can help it.

Overall he seems to be doing ok. Most of his complaining happens in the middle of the night. he is tired of carrying around his heavy arm though. LOL